"Although I don't know where you heard the news, I have already sent someone to find out. There is indeed a person like Ren Weizhi, and his family does have a salt field in Ziliujing that has been in operation for some years, but now there is basically no salt. Now, even the long-term workers can't find a few." Seeing that the Shuxiang Inn was already in sight, You Yue and You Fangyin explained, "My identity is different from yours, and I don't know what this Shuxiang Inn is. Pickled and filthy place. When the time comes, I will park the carriage outside and wait for you at the restaurant opposite. You will go into the inn and ask things clearly, and come back to me in a while. If anyone asks about your identity, you will say that you are just here to investigate. There are big customers behind the news. Don't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf in front of outsiders!"
Completely using You Fangyin as a maid.
And it's easier to use than a maid.
Since this little hoof can have money from unknown sources, he may have earned it himself. Whether it is true or not, sending her there can hide people's eyes and ears and avoid her coming out in person; The depth is to see if she is hiding something tricky; the third is that if there is any accident in this matter, it is also convenient for her to frame the blame directly on You Fangyin's head.
If you use your own maid, there is no such good effect.
You Yue was very satisfied with her plan.
After hearing this, You Fangyin didn't speak, and looked like she was submissive.
The carriage stopped as soon as it reached the opposite side of the Shuxiang Inn.
You Fangyin got out of the car.
You Yue only said: "Remember not to tell people that you are from the Qingyuan Uncle's Mansion, and ask carefully, especially the situation of the salt field and the money he needs, keep it in mind."
You Fangyin nodded and walked towards Shuxiang Inn.
From the name of Shuxiang Inn, you can tell that it was established here by businessmen from Shu.
The west of the capital city has never been a place where princes and nobles built their houses, but there are many wattles and gouts. Most of the people walking on the streets are from the three religions and nine streams from south to north, and even some beggars are sitting on the street begging.
Fortunately, You Fangyin is someone who has seen the "big scene".
After all, the last time I was in contact with the raw silk business, I went in and out of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall, and passed through dozens of chambers of commerce. Although she was a little nervous now, a small Shuxiang Inn did not make her feel at a loss.
It was also at this moment that she clearly realized—
I am no longer the same as before.
Standing at the door of the inn, she shook her fingers vigorously, took a deep breath, and walked in.
This inn has two floors up and down, and occupies a large area, but the interior decoration is extremely ordinary, and even looks a bit old and dilapidated. There are knife marks on a few tables in the lobby, and I don’t know what happened in the past.
It was past noon, and there were not many guests below.
Only a few small traders and passersby stop here, order a pot of wine and eat a few dishes in the corner.
The shopkeeper also stood listlessly behind the counter.
When You Fangyin walked in, he glanced at it and yawned, as if he hadn't seen it. It wasn't until the eyelid was put down that it was about to touch the lower eyelid, and he suddenly shuddered and realized that there was a guest.
Just opened his eyes and looked You Fangyin up and down, and was a little puzzled.
Nowadays, the capital is in a state of turmoil, and it is rare for a girl to come out alone.
He smiled and asked curiously, "Does the girl still live in a shop?"
You Fangyin glanced at the stairs next to her and said, "Look for someone."
The smile on the shopkeeper's face diminished, and his expression became strange. He actually said, "No, I'm looking for someone too? Girl, don't tell me that you're also looking for the person upstairs with the surname Ren?"
You Fangyin was a little surprised: "Is Young Master Ren here?"
Ben, the shopkeeper, had already opened the account book, took out the abacus, and was about to receive the guests. He rolled his eyes and closed the account book, without even raising his head, he pointed to the stairs on the left, and said, "Upstairs, left Turn to the inner room. But someone came to him half an hour ago, and he hasn't left yet."
If I had known that so many people came looking for it, I should have collected money according to the head.
If you come looking for him, you will receive a few pennies, and you can also subsidize the house money owed by this poor ghost!
However, You Fangyin didn't know what situation Ren Weizhi was in. Hearing the shopkeeper's directions, he was very grateful and bowed to him, "Thank you, the shopkeeper, then I'll wait down there for a while."
I don't know if it's business, if it disturbs others, it's not good.
She didn't bring any money and couldn't order anything, so she stood by and waited after saying this.
Coincidentally, before standing for a while, someone came downstairs.
The footsteps stepped on the old wooden stairs, creaking.
You Fangyin raised her head and saw a young man in a long gown walking downstairs, with an ordinary face and a thin body, but with a relaxed attitude, his hands behind his back, and a fan pendant of Hetian topaz was playing with his fingers.
He walked down and stopped in front of the counter, pulled out a silver note from his sleeve, placed it in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "Young Master Ren's rent upstairs will come from the future. If it takes a long time, It's all recorded on the account, and every 15th day of the first day, I will go to the secluded palace in the east of the city."
The shopkeeper was startled: "Oh, rich!"
He picked up the silver note and looked at it, looking at the words "Tonghe ticket number one hundred taels" on the top, and immediately smiled: "It seems that I want to congratulate this noble person, and also congratulations to Mr. Ren, this is It's a good deal!"
This person is not someone else, it is Lu Xian, the owner of the Youhuang Pavilion, who is not doing his job properly. He has seen many philistine expressions of the shopkeeper, and then he waved his hand and said, "It's just a matter of convenience, I haven't talked about any business yet. "
The shopkeeper immediately said, "I know, I know."
Lu Xian scolded you for knowing shit in his heart, snorted, and didn't bother to pay any more attention, so he turned around and left.
At this time, the shopkeeper's mood was much better, and he said to You Fang who was standing on the other side: "Girl, now the guest of Mr. Ren has left, you can go up and have a look."
Only then did You Fangyin know that the young scholar was Ren Weizhi's guest.
She couldn't help but take a look.
Lu Xian saw a girl in such a place where the three religions and nine streams gathered, although he felt a little strange, but he didn't think much about it at first, and walked over.
When he heard the shopkeeper's voice, he stopped abruptly.
This girl actually came to find Ren Weizhi
Lu Xian couldn't hold back, he turned around and looked back, this time it happened to meet You Fangyin's eyes.
It's really a "Jingchai cloth skirt", which is a bit shabby. Looking at the facial features, it is considered to be beautiful, but looking at it, it is a little weak and thin, and the eyes are extraordinarily large and bright, which is a bit surprising at first glance.
He was stunned for a moment.
The girl didn't seem to have expected him to turn back, and was startled. She looked like a frightened rabbit, and quickly withdrew her gaze, only bowed apologetically towards him, and then went upstairs.
Lu Xian's brows could not help wrinkling: Could it be Ren Weizhi's relatives? But I haven't heard that he has any sisters, let alone that he has a family.
He was a little suspicious.
Turning around, walking out of this humble inn, who would have thought that as soon as he looked up, he saw the carriage parked across the street, and then glanced at the emblem above, his eyelids twitched, and his mind flashed like lightning. A flash: There is a carriage in You Mansion, and there should be the master of You Mansion in the teahouse opposite; the girl he met just now was thin and haggard. Is it...
"That concubine from Qingyuan Uncle's Mansion?" Lu Xian turned his head back and glanced inside the Shuxiang Inn with a dreadful expression. Deep thought flashed through his eyes, but he finally laughed, "Interesting! It's really interesting. …”
He stroked his palm lightly, making a decision in his heart.
I originally planned to go back to Youhuang Pavilion directly, but at this time I changed my mind, got on the soft sedan chair waiting by the roadside, and said, "Go to Xie Mansion."
You Fangyin went upstairs.
Turn left farthest.
She stopped outside the door, stretched out her hand, and knocked lightly: "Is Mr. Ren here?"
Ren Weizhi is 24 years old this year and has failed many tests. Before the age of 20, he hadn't even passed the exam, so he stopped thinking about it and took over the family's salt farm after his father passed away. It's just that the salt field in his family has been passed down for three generations. After over a hundred years of mining, he was close to exhaustion. He was also bookish and poor in management. After only two years, the situation in his family has not been as good as before, and it has even worsened.
By now, the original long-term workers have all gone.
He couldn't borrow money from everywhere, so he had to sell a lot of his ancestral property to make up for the entanglement in Beijing. He has been in Beijing for almost a month. Many people heard about his invention of Zhuo Tsutsui and came to the inn to inquire about the news. But most of these people didn't really want to lend him money or invest in shares, they just wanted to trick him into taking a look at the drawings in his hands.
I can't deceive one or two times, and it naturally dissipates.
There are fewer and fewer people looking for him in this inn, and many people even say that he is a liar.
In the words of those people—
For hundreds of years, so many people haven't figured out a way to dig a well in the depths. You are a nerd who devotes himself to studying, and you haven't even been to the salt field a few times, and you haven't personally dipped in salt brine, yet you say you have a way. I want to know that it is just talk on paper, and it sounds nice!
As soon as Lu Xian was sent away, Ren Weizhi was a little disheartened.
Having come into contact with so many people, and having also served in the imperial examination field, he could see that this Lu Zhaoyin was by no means a small person. It's just that the other party is not as eager as others. Although he also inquired about the situation of his Artesian salt field, and also asked him about the situation of Zhuo Tsutsui, he was even willing to give him money as a temporary aid, but he never said anything about the money to buy shares, and only said a few times. See him again today.
Ren Weizhi didn't know how long he could last.
He was wearing a dark blue brocade robe, the cuffs were a little wrinkled, his fair face had a pair of good-looking Danfeng eyes, his lips were neither thin nor thick, a face that had not suffered much since he was a child, and there was some self-confidence in his eyebrows. Yes.
Right now, I'm pacing the house with anxiety.
When he heard the knock on the door accompanied by the voice of the inquiry, he was stunned at first, and then he hurriedly stepped forward to answer the door and said, "Yes."
"Squeak" the door opened.
Ren Weizhi saw the person standing outside, it was a plain girl.
He looked behind her and did not see anyone else, so he couldn't help but be a little confused: "Yes, the girl is looking for me?"
You Fangyin didn't expect him to open the door so quickly, and the knocking hand was still in the air, so she put it down a little embarrassedly, and said, "If you are Young Master Ren, then I am looking for you. "
Ren Weizhi didn't know her, so he only said, "What's the matter with the girl?"
You Fangyin remembered what Xu Wenyi had taught herself when she was in the raw silk business, that she should never sell off when she should be concise, so she said very briefly: "Artesian well, salt field, Zhuo Tsutsui, pay for the shares."
Ren Weizhi suddenly opened his mouth slightly, feeling incredible: This girl doesn't look like she is rich!
But what characters are there in the capital
He has nothing, so he can't be someone who has made a beauty trick to deceive his drawings, right
Thinking of this, he suddenly laughed at himself, took a step back, let You Fang yin inside, and said, "It turned out to be for salt, please come in. I haven't asked the girl how to call her?"
Although You Fangyin had discussed business with Xu Wenyi before, but Xu Wenyi was not young and even had children, she only regarded Xu Wenyi as an elder.
This Ren Weizhi is the same age as her.
After entering his shabby guest room, she couldn't help being a little cautious, and only said, "My surname is You."
Ren Weizhi nodded: "Then I'll call you 'Young Girl', please take a seat."
There was only a bare square table in the guest room, with a plate of cold corn tortillas on it, a few tea cups, and a pot of tea.
There are three chairs beside it.
He asked You Fangyin to sit across from him, then brought a teapot and poured a cup of tea for her, and smiled ashamedly: "A few days ago when I was serving guests with such rough tea, I was a little embarrassed, but The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and even if I want to save face, I can’t do it. The situation is forced, and I ask Miss You not to dislike it.”
You Fangyin was a little flattered, and took the tea cup with both hands. He only remembered that he couldn't even drink rough tea in Bo's Mansion. He felt a little desolate for a while, so he said in a low voice, "I don't dislike it."
Ren Weizhi looked at her.
She took a sip from the tea cup, and when she looked down, she saw the plate of cold corn pancakes, she raised her eyes to look at Ren Weizhi, and said slowly, "Can I eat this?"
Ren Weizhi was startled and looked at the plate of pancakes, his face was burning, and his speech became stumbling: "This, this, lunch, it's edible, but it's already cold..."
You Fangyin curled her lips and smiled: "It doesn't matter."
She was just a little hungry.
With the master's permission, You Fangyin put down the tea cup temporarily, picked up a corn pancake from the plate, and bit into it.
Cold food slides into the abdominal cavity, warmed by the heat of the body.
She obviously didn't feel that she was wronged, but after taking a few mouthfuls, tears rolled down in series without knowing it, and she almost choked.
Ren Weizhi just thought it was an unusual customer, how could she cry before she even finished half a pancake? For a while, I was in a hurry and wanted to find Fang Jinpa to hand it over, but I couldn't find it for a long time.
I can only say dryly: "You, don't cry, others think I've done something to you!"
You Fangyin buried her head and stared at the notch she had bitten out on the corn tortilla, but murmured something irrelevant: "It's so hard to live, what's the face..."
Ren Weizhi was suddenly stunned.
Jiang Xuening waited in the car for a long time.
Look to the left, You Yue can't come out in the teahouse; look to the right, You Fang can't come out in the inn.
She felt bored.
What to do when you are bored
You Yue is in her own mansion, always bullying and abusing You Fangyin, so she doesn't go down to find You Yue's bad luck, it's really unreasonable.
Thinking like this, Jiang Xuening said decisively: "Get off."
Tanger and Lianer helped her down, and she went directly to the restaurant next to her.
This tea house is in the shape of a zigzag, and there is a stage at the bottom, which is reserved for people to sing or tell stories, but at this time there are neither opera singers nor storytellers, and it looks quite deserted.
You Yue is on the second floor.
Jiang Xuening went in and glanced upstairs, just in time to see You Yue's position, he pointed at the place to the court waiter who was approaching, took out the arrogance that had been held back for many days, and said, "I want to go upstairs. that location."
When the waiter saw her appearance and her outfit, she knew that she was a rich master. She was smiling and wanted to welcome people in. Who would have thought that this charming young lady had an astonishing expression.
The smiles froze.
Eyelids jumped and looked upstairs, he swallowed and said, "Yes, but there is already someone there..."
Jiang Xuening lifted her eyelids and squinted at him: "Tell her to get out."
The waiter: "..."
It can be seen that this girl has a grudge against the one above, and is looking for something!
The waiter had cold sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
This tea house is not too big.
From the upstairs to the downstairs, it is not two feet away, and the words from the bottom can be heard clearly from the top.
You Yue was muttering from above why You Fangyin hadn't come out yet, but then she heard someone talking below, and said "tell her to get out", knowing that there were not many guests upstairs at the moment, and the voice sounded familiar.
She frowned and looked downstairs.
This glance almost didn't make her grit her silver teeth with hatred, and suddenly she got up from the seat: "Okay, the enemy is narrow, I won't come to embarrass you, you Jiang Xuening will embarrass me! You dare to tell me to get out?!"
Jiang Xuening raised his head, as if he had only seen her at this time, and covered his lips in surprise: "I thought it was some winless upstairs who took up my favorite spot, but I didn't expect it to be Miss You Er!"
You Yue was in a hurry: "You—"
Seeing that the unpleasant words were about to be spoken, but when she rolled her eyes, she was stunned and held back. She only moved a step, and walked down the stairs gracefully from upstairs, choking her throat and said, "Oh, it's okay. I want to care about you, but when I think that you are a phoenix that loses hair now, it is not as good as a chicken, and I feel sorry for you."
Jiang Xuening had listened to this kind of taunting in her previous life, but it didn't really arouse her anger, she just smiled and watched You Yue approach.
Her expression did not change, but You Yue's expression changed.
Seeing that these words didn't work, old hatred and new hatred surged up in my heart, and it became more and more vicious: "Look at you, you are from a small family, a savage who grew up in a village, and you don't understand the rules at all, but you want to climb the branch and do it. Phoenix. I don't dare to say it in the palace, but when I go outside, I should persuade you. It's just that a girl's family doesn't know how to collude with men to ruin the reputation of her daughter's family. I don't know who in the past used the power of Yongyi Hou's mansion to bully others, and now that family is going to be killed. First, the son of Yan Lin, I don't know what will happen to Zhang Zhe in the future!"
The color at the bottom of Jiang Xuening's eyes finally darkened.
She slowly raised the corners of her lips, her eyes wandering around the teahouse.
At the end, he muttered like he was talking to himself: "Strange, why is there not even a fish tank in this restaurant..."
fish tank!
When You Yue heard these two words, the hairs on her back stood up almost immediately, and she instantly remembered the scene where the lunatic in front of him pressed his head into the fish tank with a cold and violent face!
A sense of crisis immediately climbed up!
When she saw Jiang Xuening's gaze turned back, it landed on her gently, and even reached out to put her hand on her shoulder, she screamed in fright, and brushed towards her hand!
When Jiang Xuening was a child in the mountains of Zhuangzi, he was a feared little devil, not to mention that he was reborn and accumulated a suffocation that could not be released, and he was not afraid of a little Youyue at all.
She thought about making You Yue impress her more "deeply".
But before she could do it, she heard Tang'er whisper to her behind her, "Miss Fangyin is here!"
Jiang Xuening's eyelids twitched, and she immediately remembered the lie she had told in front of You Fangyin before. She was the one who was bullied by You Yue and dared not even speak!
Can't reveal the stuffing!
She responded very quickly, and without waiting for You Yue to react at all, she bent her legs and screamed, fell weakly to the ground, lightly pressed one hand on her heart, and half covered her face with the other and sobbed: "You Miss, you, how can you do this..."
"… "
You Yue felt that this scene was a bit familiar, and the back of her head began to tingle like a conditioned reflex.
She first glanced around and confirmed that neither the eldest princess nor Yan was present, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She turned her head and saw that Jiang Xuening was still acting. "You lunatic! Who are you pretending to see all day long? Did I push you? Did I push you? If I really pushed you, what can you do to me? Do you think anyone can see it now?"
As soon as You Yue finished speaking, she made a mistake and finally saw You Fangyin standing outside the door of the teahouse.
In her eyes, this person who has always been docile and easy to bully, stared at her with a pair of eyes, and her eyes were even more red, and asked every word: "Did you push the second girl?"
Only then did You Yue remember that Jiang Xuening was You Fangyin's savior.
But she didn't think she needed to be afraid of You Fangyin, Zuo was nothing but a concubine's concubine.
At the moment, he sneered and wanted to ridicule.
Who would have expected the next moment to see You Fangyin without a word, just picked up a bench in the lobby of the restaurant and walked towards her!
"Ah what are you doing!"
"You are crazy!"
"Come on, help, help!!!"
You Fangyin just came over from the opposite inn. When she first saw Jiang Xuening, she was very pleasantly surprised, but when she saw her second sister pushed the second girl down, she felt cold in her heart at that moment.
But this icy cold turned into an endless flame of rage in an instant!
She didn't know if she was crazy, but at this moment she didn't want to back down, let alone compromise, she just wanted to be stronger and stronger, so that she could protect the people she wanted to protect.
With the bench in her hand, she couldn't see the other people in the teahouse who were confused, only You Yue was the only one in her eyes, and she approached her step by step.
Where has You Yue seen such a lifeless person
Even if she spoke evil words, she was just a boudoir lady, not to mention that she had never seen You Fangyin so vicious as if possessed by a demon, she was so frightened that she backed away and tears came out: "You, get out of here, come here. People, help!"
She screamed.
But even the maids were frightened and screamed back.
You Yue fell to the ground in a panic, and when she looked around for help, she happened to catch a glimpse of Jiang Xuening who had just fallen to the ground—
Where does this bitch still look weak and pitiful before
With a completely lazy posture, he took care of his dangling locks and even looked at her with a bit of pity and sigh.
He also gently waved his hand and instructed the maid next to him: "Persuasion, don't cause any fatalities."
You Yue is mad!
The same trick was used twice on her alone, and after she was hit once, she was hit the second time!
Ah ah ah!
This hateful monster! Yan! cheap! goods! ! !