Chang An walked out of Yan Sihai's house and walked aimlessly in the house.
There was a lot of coming and going on the road.
Cook, sweeper, carpenter, gardener, maid, housekeeper.
As far as Chang An knows, there are roughly these types of servants in the house.
"Uncle Fu!"
Chang An called Chang Fu and asked
"What new things have been added to the house in the past few days?"
Chang Fu has been busy decorating the mansion recently. Hearing Chang An's call, he ran over panting.
"Master, the things recently added to the house are all things commonly used for wedding banquets. Tailor Liu has customized wedding clothes, dragon and phoenix sedan chairs, cloth window grilles, candles, and also ordered a lot of wine."
Chang An asked again
"How many people have come to the house in the past month?"
Chang Fu thought about it
"Including the cook, there are nine of us. The Jiangnan cook was hired by the old lady last month. The other eight people were all newly recruited in the past few days for the marriage of the head of the family."
"The four maids are prepared for Miss Chu. Because of the lack of manpower, four more servants were added."
Chang Fu paused and said
"Do you need me to call them all?"
Chang An waved his hand
"Where are they? I'll go and see for myself."
Chang Fu said
"Two are cleaning the north wing, one is watering the flowers in the yard, and the other is working as a clerk in the accounting room."
Chang An nodded and walked towards the accounting office.
The Chang family is a home of merchants. Although Chang An rarely manages things, he basically knows that the Chang family has done well in business in recent years, and it can be said that it has spread all over the country.
Therefore, the turnover in the house has increased rapidly in recent years, and the number of accountants has also increased.
The five or six gentlemen were very busy, and a boy with a young face was serving them tea and water.
Although there are a few more gentlemen in the accounting room, Lao Zhou is still in charge.
One of the accountants seemed very impatient and shouted at the boy.
"Xiao Zhang, where is Lao Zhou? Why haven't you come back yet? We are almost too busy here."
The boy named Xiao Zhang ran over quickly and said with a smile
"Mr. Zhou was called by the owner of the family."
The gentleman obviously had a bad temper and said angrily
"Then what should we do here? There are so many accounts waiting for him to check!"
"What accounts are there? Let me take a look."
Chang An walked in with a smile.
"The head of the family."
Several people stood up one after another.
"You all do your work and don't worry about me."
Chang An looked around the room and saw that there was an empty seat in the middle, with thick ledgers stacked in front of it.
"This is Lao Zhou's position."
Chang An pointed to the location.
Xiao Zhang ran over quickly and nodded.
"Yes, Master."
Chang An walked to the location, opened the top account book, and looked through it.
It contains all the expenses of the mansion in recent days.
He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that getting married would cost so much.
"Is this all the running water of the past few days?"
Xiao Zhang said
"Yes, this is this year's ledger."
Chang An raised his eyebrows
"You know quite a lot."
Xiao Zhang said modestly
"I am Mr. Zhou's buddy, and I have learned a lot from him."
Chang An browsed through it casually, felt bored, and left.
He walked to the North Courtyard again and saw the two raw people cleaning the North Courtyard.
"The head of the family."
The two people saw Chang An.
Chang An nodded and smiled.
"You guys continue."
The two men were also young, but they were obviously taller than Zhang from the accounting office. One of them in particular had heavy steps and steady breathing, like a practicing practitioner.
"May I have your name?"
The man replied
"The villain's name is Cheng Ping."
Chang An asked again
"Have you ever practiced martial arts?"
Cheng Ping was stunned and then said
"When I was a child, my family ran a martial arts school. I studied for a while, but then it fell into disuse."
After a while, Chang An came to the yard. The gardener Lao Wang was sighing and shaking his head.
"Oh, what a sin."
There was an old man beside him, comforting him
"Old Wang, this is not your fault."
Chang An looked around. The flowers in the garden were all wilted and listless.
Thinking of what Zhuang Xiuyu said a few days ago, he smiled, shook his head and said to himself
"Old Yan, Old Yan, you really cause harm wherever you go."
Chang An searched for a long time but couldn't find the four maids, so he called Chang Fu again.
"Uncle Fu, where are the four new maids?"
Chang Fu patted his head and said
"Master, I forgot that Miss Chu came here that day and said that since the maid was given to her, she would take her back."
Chang An frowned
"When did this happen?"
Chang Fu replied
"What her maid said after you and Miss Chu left that day, I thought it was nothing, so she took her away."
Chang An smiled bitterly and said to himself
"You sent me away just to take away the four maids. Did you find something?"
Suddenly, there was a smell of alcohol in the yard.
Chang An sniffed
"What kind of wine is this?"
I feel like the taste is different from the wine I usually drink.
Lao Yan came over carrying a wine jug, which exuded a unique medicinal smell.
"You got something good again."
Lao Yan said mysteriously
"I went to the wine cellar to steal a jar of wine and added my unique recipe. How about it, Mr. Chang, do you want to try it?"
"What you, Lao Yan, give you to drink will certainly not be bad."
Yan Sihai threw the wine to Chang An, who took the wine and poured it into his mouth.
After two sips, his expression suddenly became weird. It wasn't delicious, but it wasn't bad either. The taste of the wine was still there, but it had a strong medicinal smell.
Not far away, Lao Zhou’s begging for mercy came from the living room.
"Madam, please let me go this time. I am older and younger..."
Yan Sihai sneered and took another sip of wine.
"This guy, when he is greedy, why doesn't he think that he has seniors and juniors?"
…………
On the tenth day of February, it was just dawn.
Chang An was wearing a bright red wedding dress and was sitting in the house. Lin Xinyue, the matchmaker, Chang Sheng and others pushed in the door.
The matchmaker has a standard smile on her face
"Officer Groom, are you ready?"
Chang An stood up, with a smile on his face, his red robe swaying, and the spring breeze was blowing in his face.
The Chu family's villa is a hundred miles away. In order to facilitate the wedding, the Chu family has already purchased a house in Qingzhou City.
There are only two streets separated by Changfu.
Outside the Chu family's mansion, gongs shook the sky from far to near.
The light in the east has emerged, and the silent street was lit by the sudden sound of suonas and firecrackers.
Chang An came to the Chu family mansion and Miss Chu's boudoir.
"Squeak."
The door was pushed open gently.
A faint body fragrance hit her face, and everyone gathered around the bride to come out of the palace.
She was wrapped in a red dress, and the twists and turns of the skirt were like ripples, and the swing was pouring onto the ground like moonlight, spreading more than three feet.
Three thousand green silk hair is tied up with a hairband, a golden phoenix crown is placed on the head, and a phoenix pattern belt with gold edges is tied around the waist, which perfectly outlines the exquisite figure.
He gently stretched out his onion-like fingers, waiting for the groom's response.
The groom smiled, took the bride's hand, and walked out the door.
Outside the door, the sound of gongs, drums and suonas started again, the golden boy mounted his horse and the beautiful girl entered the sedan chair.
The wedding team arrived in front of the Chang Mansion, and firecrackers sounded one after another. Lin Xinyue led everyone in the Chang Mansion and had been waiting in front of the door for a long time.
After the wedding reception is over, it’s time to welcome the guests.
It was already daybreak, and guests were arriving one after another.
Chang An is getting married today, and many old friends from all over the world came to congratulate her.
"The leader of the Thirty-sixth Village of the Jiangnan Salt Gang, Lian Congyun, would like to send you a congratulatory gift, a pair of South China Sea jades!"
"The master of Gui Valley, Ji Rufeng, would like to send you a congratulatory gift, a life-prolonging pill!"
"Daomen, give me a congratulatory gift, a century-old ginseng fruit!"
"Jiajiazhuang, send a congratulatory gift, a hundred taels of gold!"
"Jiange, give me a congratulatory gift, a piece of black iron!"
…
It was already noon when the guests entered the house. Chang An was dressed in wedding clothes and stood in the center of the auditorium. Crowds of people were surging around him, looking forward to the most important scene.
Worship heaven and earth.
The officiant cleared his throat and shouted
"The bride is invited to enter the palace!"
Five maids, accompanied by the bride, slowly walked into the center of the auditorium with gentle steps.
Everyone around them looked happy, looking expectantly at the two people in the auditorium.
There were also children who kept squatting down and peeking at the bride’s face under the red hijab.
But at this moment, a faint red mist slowly floated into the auditorium.
A child in the crowd pointed at the red mist and excitedly pulled the sleeves of the adults next to him.
"Daddy, daddy, look, is that auspicious?"
Everyone was immersed in the joy of watching the ceremony and were attracted by the children's words.
However, he discovered that at some point, the auditorium was filled with a faint red mist.
"What's this."
At this time, the bride, who was walking towards the center of the auditorium, suddenly stopped. Then, she seemed to have lost all her strength and her whole body collapsed.
Around the bride, two of the five maids suddenly showed cruel intentions. They picked up the bride and ran out of the hall.
But today, there are many top-notch experts in the world among everyone present, so how can we allow these two to escape?
Soon after, Lian Congyun and Ji Rufeng smiled knowingly, rolled in the air, landed at the door, and stopped the two maids.
But when the two of them landed, they felt dizzy and staggered, and they also collapsed on the ground.
The two maids sneered and quickly jumped out of the auditorium.
At the same moment, everyone in the hall fainted, and for a while, the auditorium was filled with people lying in disorder.
Chang An looked solemn, unfolded the protective air wall, and quickly chased after him.
When he stepped out of the auditorium, he saw that the entire Chang Mansion was filled with red aura.
Yan Sihai ran over and said
"You go chase people and I'll take care of them."
Chang An nodded, jumped up, stood on a high place, and looked at the three figures jumping away in the distance.
Just as he was about to chase after him, he suddenly felt a chill running down his spine, and a cold murderous intention came from behind.
Chang An quickly left the place based on his intuition alone.
Then he left with his front foot, and with his back foot, a silver light pierced the place where he was originally standing.
I saw that figure covering his mouth and nose with black cloth, but his face was surprised
"Impossible, how can you still move!"
Chang An couldn't see the man's face clearly, but he could recognize his voice. This was his confidence in his hearing ability.
He was also surprised. He clearly recognized that the voice was the old man beside the gardener Lao Wang yesterday.
"The new gardener."
Chang An was frightened, looking at the red mist filling the house, and asked
"What is this?"
The old man had a fierce look in his eyes and said in a low voice
"You don't know what this is and why it's not poisoned."
After saying that, the old man's figure disappeared into the red mist. Seeing that he couldn't succeed, he hid himself directly.
He always stayed calm and alert, watching his surroundings.
"Wow!"
In the blink of an eye, the old man's sword struck again silently. The speed, ruthlessness, and accuracy of the sword strike were rare in this world.
But Chang An is now one of the seven great masters in the world.
No matter how weird the old man's movements are and how fast he draws his sword, the innate gap is still too big.
Chang An sneered, and the protective air wall slowly opened. The sword only hit two feet outside Chang An's body, and then stopped.
The old man was frightened for a while, but before Chang An could fight back, he was hidden in the red mist.
Chang An's sneer spread in the air
"If my prediction is correct, you should be one of the building owners on the Twelfth Floor. The Twelfth Floor is truly worthy of its reputation, and your assassination skills are unparalleled in the world."
The old man's voice also echoed in the house
"Hahahaha, Chang An, if you want to save the eldest lady of the Chu family, you can use the sword of the Sword God in exchange. If you think about it, we will be waiting for you on the twelfth floor in three months."
The old man's aura completely disappeared, and Chang An could no longer detect a trace of murderous intent. Looking into the distance, he saw that the three people who were still in sight were already far away.
Chang An looked solemn and returned to the auditorium.
In the auditorium, Chang An saw Yan Sihai treating everyone.
He picked up the wine flask he was carrying and watched everyone take a sip of wine.
There was a faint smell of medicine coming from the wine bottle.
People who have been drinking slowly wake up after a while.
Chang An looked at Yan Sihai coldly and said
"Since this wine is an antidote, why didn't you tell me yesterday? Since the wine in your hand can detoxify, you must know where this red mist comes from."
Yan Sihai said lightly
"I have been taking the blame for so many days, and I only figured it out recently."
Chang An frowned, taking the blame?
He suddenly remembered the old assassin, hiding his body and turning into a gardener.
"Flowers in the yard!"
He quickly ran to the courtyard and saw that the flowers and plants in the courtyard had long lost their vitality, but in a hidden corner of the courtyard, a delicate red flower was emitting red mist.
Yan Sihai walked slowly
"This is Manzhushahua. It absorbs vitality and grows rapidly in an extreme period of time. When the flower blooms, it releases a red poisonous mist. If you smell it, you will become weak and fall into an illusion."
Chang An looked at the withered flowers in the garden and felt frightened.
What Zhuang Xiuyu said a few days ago is still vivid in my mind.
"Brother Chang, look at it, the flowers in this yard have been poisoned to death by him."
He recalled the pot of clivia he saw in Yan Sihai's house a few days ago, and secretly cursed himself for being careless.
If Yan Sihai was sabotaging it, how could the Clivia in his house grow so well? Wouldn't it be the first one to be killed by him?
Yan Sihai said
"I just made a choice for you, now you have to return the favor and find someone for me."
Chang An was silent, and then he understood what Yan Sihai was thinking. This old fox was so shrewd, how could he not understand the power of it? After all, he might have been a big help.
