In Pei Yan's mind, Yu Tang's black and white eyes, clear as a spring, appeared.
When looking at anything, it is shiny and full of curiosity.
Such a little girl, even if she is allowed to stay at home, can something happen to her
Pei Yan dropped a piece of peanut crisp in his mouth.
No, she was not allowed to go out, so she made peanut crisps at home.
Locked up at home for a few more days, still don't know what she will send him
"Ah Ming," he said, "please invite Ms. Yu to have tea at home." As soon as the words fell, he suddenly thought of the guests staying in the guest room at home, and immediately changed his mind, "I'd better go see Ms. Yu. Tell me They are preparing ordinary sedan chairs, we will go quietly and come back quietly."
In the evening, there is a reception banquet.
Ah Ming responded and left.
Two quarters of an hour later, a small sedan chair with green curtains quietly left the back door of Pei's mansion.
The Ziqi Donglai Pavilion used by the Pei Mansion to receive guests is called the Pavilion, but it is actually a courtyard with nine twists and turns. Looking up, there are flower walls everywhere, and there are paths everywhere. Being in it, it is easy for people to get lost.
The grandpa of the Peng family stood in front of the window lattice with the sash wide open, with the bamboo forest on the left and the rockery of Taihu Lake on the right, the scenery is picturesque.
"The Pei family is quite interesting." He snorted softly, and said lightly, "If we want to visit, we might get lost, right?"
He is a man in his fifties, with a tall body, a white face and long beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a very elegant temperament, like a bachelor who has read a lot of poetry and books.
Behind him was a twenty-five or six-year-old man. On his crown-like face, there was a purple-red scar cut obliquely from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth, which not only made his appearance hideous, but also added to his expression. It's a bit fierce, which makes people look sideways.
"Uncle," he said in a low voice, "Then, shall we still visit the Huzhou Wu family?"
His voice was somewhat docile, but the hostility revealed in his eyes let people know that he was impatient.
The Peng family and the Wu family used to have some unspeakable business, which was easier to talk to than other families.
"Of course we're going." The elder of the Peng family turned around and said to the young man, "Pei Yan created this kind of auction just to make several families kill each other. I heard that the Wu family was the first to come. The virtue of their family, before the auction, they will definitely jump up and down to find a way to find someone to join forces, at least, we can't let Pei Yan control the price. We will just participate in a share when the time comes."
The youth hesitated to speak.
The old master of the Peng family said: "Eleventh, you have to remember that the imperial court is going to remove the department of shipping, and only a joint vertical and horizontal alliance can resist this risk. The auction will start in two days, so you don't want to show up. Tonight Be careful when you go out, the Pei family is not simple, if you are found out, you should think up your words early, so as not to be misunderstood."
In a small courtyard, seven or eight wealthy families live in at once. The relationship between them is intricate, and everyone comes here for the priceless map. It is easy to wander around in the courtyard without sleeping in the middle of the night. It is considered to have ulterior motives.
The young man called "Eleventh" is exactly what Lin Jue called "Master Peng Eleventh".
He respectfully replied "Yes", but raised his head but said unconvinced: "No matter how powerful the Pei family is, it is only Pei You, now that he is dead, the rest, Pei Xuan is weak and incompetent, and Pei Yan is arrogant and arrogant, but why? Pei Yan is still narrow-minded. After taking over the Pei family, he didn't think about how to make the Pei family better, but how to suppress the long house. In my opinion, even if the Pei family still has a few catties of nails, it is just a rotten ship That's all. Uncle don't have to worry about it."
The elder of the Peng family frowned.
This nephew rarely had a literary name, and he won the Juren at a young age. The Peng family made great efforts to praise him, so that he and Gu Chang from the Gu family in Hangzhou were called "Yuliang at a time". It's a pity that he was accidentally disfigured later, and he had no chance of official career, so he could only help him with general affairs. However, Gu Chang's official career was smooth and prosperous. His nephew was always unhappy, and even became cynical. Several times that could have been resolved peacefully, he made blood flow all over the ground, which made people feel disgusted.
But his nephew is really smart.
He can do a lot of things that others can't do, and it's a pity to discard it, and worry about it.
Fortunately, he is quite filial, dedicated enough to the affairs of the clan, and obedient enough to the elders of the clan. Even if he disagrees with the decision of the clan, once the clan makes a decision, he will still follow it.
This is why several elders in the clan feel that they should train him more.
But he is also really pure.
The world's elites judge at will, and no one pays attention to it.
But times make heroes. No matter how Pei Yan is, how is Pei Xuan, they are serious and serious Jinshi, no matter how smart, astute, and talented they are, they can't sell them to the emperor's family, they can only watch others give advice , the name will remain in history, so you can only admit defeat and accept your fate!
However, now is not the time to talk to him about this, I will talk to him properly when I return to Fujian.
Otherwise, he really thinks that he can control these people, he doesn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth!
"This is the territory of the Pei family. Even if the Pei family is a rotten ship, don't be careless." Mr. Peng told him, "Don't forget, we also thought that the painting should be easy to get. The results of it?"
A trace of hostility flashed in Peng Shiyi's eyes.
Back then, the Peng family was afraid of alarming the Pei family and attracting covetousness from other families, so they decided to find a humble person to find a way to get the painting, and he was one of those who agreed.
"Uncle, I understand." Master Peng Shiyi lowered his head and said, "There will be no mistakes this time."
Mr. Peng nodded.
He was relieved that his nephew was doing business.
"I'll meet with the Wu family and see what the Wu family thinks about the auction." He pondered, "Maybe we can join forces with the Wu family."
The part of the map that the Pei family showed them was the same as the map in their hands.
Now they have no way of judging what went wrong, or even whether the map in their hands is real or the map of the Pei family is real. This forced their family to participate in the auction.
Old Mrs. Pei is a kind person, but he has heard of Pei Yan's rebellion for a long time. This is the first time he has dealt with Pei Yan, and he doesn't know the depth of Pei Yan. If Pei Yan plans to use this map as a cash cow, their family may bleed heavily.
It's all right.
Where there is loss, there is gain.
I'm afraid that the map they took is exactly the same as the one in their family's hands, or that the one the Pei family got is fake... That would make people vomit blood.
Although Pei Yan knew that the Peng family was not a friendly visitor, he was just a teaser. The more he was like the Peng family, the more he wanted to provoke them. He would not do what the Peng family wanted to do. If you are facing a big enemy, you naturally don't bother to send someone to watch the Peng family.
Anyway, they had already lived in Pei's house, so there was nothing he wanted to know but couldn't.
He had the sedan chair parked in the alley at the back door of Yu's house.
Usually no one moves around here.
Especially in the afternoon, most of the men in Qingzhu Lane were in the shop, and the female relatives were either resting or doing needlework, so it was very quiet.
He told Ah Ming: "Be careful not to disturb Mrs. Yu. I don't want to visit."
Ah Ming knew that the third master of their family didn't like to socialize, so she agreed repeatedly and went to the front door to knock.
It was Mrs. Chen who answered the door. Hearing that Ah Ming said that he was a servant of Pei's family who came to look for Yu Tang, and seeing that he was fat and cute, she liked him very much, so she took him to Yu Tang's place without further questioning.
Yu Tang was very surprised when he saw Ah Ming, and he was even more anxious when he found out about Ah Ming's purpose.
She sent Shuangtao to fetch peanut cakes for Ah Ming, lowered her voice and asked Ah Ming: "You said that the third master wants to see me, and the sedan chair is at the back door of our house?"
Ah Ming nodded again and again, seeing that Yu Tang was wearing a red silk gown with a face like white jade, with a smile on his face, kind and amiable, he informed Yu Tang: "The third master is probably for your family's sake." He even asked about the mountain forest before coming here."
Yu Tang wanted to see Pei Yan for a long time, but now it's all right, when the sleepy one meets the one who hands the pillow, they are both good to each other.
"You wait!" Yu Tang was also afraid that Pei Yan would come to the house. With his temperament, no one is comfortable in front of him. What's more, her mother just took the medicine and lay down to rest. Knowing that Pei Yan is coming, she will get up to entertain him in person no matter what. "I'll tell my family, I'm going to see the third master."
Ah Ming walked away happily holding the peanut crisps given by Shuangtao. Yu Tang asked Shuangtao to help cover up and slipped out the back door to meet Pei Yan.
The weather was getting warmer day by day, Pei Yan wore a moon white triangular muslin straight gown, with a small cyan seal on his waist, standing there like a jade tree facing the wind, with an incomparable demeanor.
Yu Tang quietly admired it.
If you don't want to see a real person, you don't have any ideas.
"Why are you moving so slowly?" Pei Yan said displeased, "I'll leave after I ask you a few words."
There is no gentlemanly style.
Yu Tang cursed in his heart.
If it didn't happen that she was dressed "properly" today, she wouldn't have gone out so soon!
However, thinking of Ah Ming saying that Pei Yan came for the sake of their family's forest, she felt that she shouldn't be so stingy, and shouldn't argue with Pei Yan.
"Third Master, what do you want from me?" She got straight to the point.
Pei Yan didn't realize that there was something wrong with his tone, Yu Tang's straightforwardness also saved him from going around in circles, and he was in a good mood.
"Have you decided what to plant in your family's forest?" He said briskly, "The spring plowing is over, if you still don't decide, you will have to delay another season."
Yu Tang was about to test out Pei Yan's tone, and these words hit her heart. She said: "I always thought it was good to grow seabuckthorn, but everyone told me not to grow it. I just want to ask you, if our forest was sold to yours, what would you grow?"
What does she mean
Because it is useless, you want to sell the forest to their family
Does he look like a fool
Pei Yan's face turned dark. He said: "Do you want to sell the forest to our family?"
"No, no." Yu Tang realized that Pei Yan had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "I mean 'if'. If it was you, what would you do?"
This assumption makes no sense.
Pei Yan was displeased, and said: "I haven't thought about it. I don't know." After finishing speaking, he still couldn't understand his hatred, and continued, "Unless your family's life can't go on, if you don't sell the land, you will die. For the sake of the folks in the village, I will help you. The mountain forest was bought by me. In order to give an explanation to the family, I can only pinch my nose and think of a way, then maybe I will think about it carefully. "