Everyone was able to enter the main hall of Kuai Mansion, Kuai Liang did not dare to make a big deal, and Liu Mang did not need to avoid suspicion, so the main seat of Kuai Mansion was Liu Mang sitting on top, and below that was Kuai Liang's brother Jia Xu sitting on the other side .
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu, haven't you been able to meet Mrs. Cai?!" Kuai Yue came back with his younger brother this time, in addition to discussing his son's marriage with Liu Mang, he also wanted to discuss Liu Mang's absence in the past few days. Mrs. Cai's affairs.
"Yes!" Liu Mang nodded, these three days were wasted in vain, if there is no idea in two more days, Liu Mang will really be hungry and desperate.
"Did His Highness the King of Shu hand over our recommendation letter?!" Kuai Yue continued to ask.
"Yes!" Jia Xu said on the side, "We sent the recommendation letters from the two gentlemen, but the reply was that the madam is not in the mansion, let us come back in a few days!" If Madam Cai is not there How could Liu Mang go to the mansion
"Someone is in the way!" The old fox Kuai Yue knew as soon as he heard this that someone must have intervened, otherwise it would be impossible. The letter of recommendation from the Kuai brothers, let alone Mrs. Cai, might even be able to do it to Liu Biao, the lord of Jingzhou. Seeing that Mrs. Cai has an alliance with the Kuai family, she will save face both emotionally and rationally. Who knew that Kuai Yue shook his head, "It's not Brother Degui!" Although Cai Mao left angrily that day. But afterwards, Kuai Yue chased after him. The relationship between the two was pretty good, and Kuai Yue immediately explained to Cai Mao that although Cai Mao couldn't forgive, he wouldn't get in the way.
For Cai Mao, although Liu Mang made him unhappy, the power of the Pang family also made him afraid, and the fear was even deeper. After all, Liu Mang is just a dragon crossing the river, and he will leave sooner or later, but the Pang family and Lumen Academy are different.
"Who is that?!" Everyone frowned. Everyone thought for a while, and they all thought of the same person, that is Liu Mang's current enemy Pang Tong. "There's no need to think too much, it will be clear tomorrow!" Liu Mang waved his hand, and tomorrow they will enter Mrs. Cai's mansion, so it's clear at a glance who is behind the scenes!
"His Royal Highness Shu has a solution?!" Kuai Yue looked at Liu Mang and asked.
"Naturally?" Liu Mang didn't reveal how he met Mrs. Cai, but showed a kind of confidence.
"If His Highness the King of Shu has any request, just send someone to explain it directly!" It was impossible for Kuai Yue to be neutral. Now the whole Jingzhou knows that the Kuai family is going to marry Yangzhou, and the Kuai family will also be tied to the chariot of Yangzhou. Even the lord Liu Biao heard about this, and called Kuai Yue over to ask him a question, but Kuai Yue didn't speak up for Liu Mang directly. When all the preparations for Liu Mang are done, they can work together.
"Thank you, Mr. Yidu!" Liu Mang also nodded, it is considered pretty good that the old fox Kuai Yue can do this.
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On the second day, just after dawn, Liu Mang pulled Jia Xu, the old fox, up. They had important things to do today, and after preparing everything, they got into the carriage and headed towards Jingshan. , Even breakfast was settled in the carriage.
"My lord, is it really okay to dress like this?!" Jia Xu looked at the clothes in his hands and looked at Liu Mang in embarrassment.
"Why don't you want to wear it?!" Liu Mang also took out a set, a total of three sets, one of his, one of Jia Xu's and one of Jia Xu's men.
"It's not that I don't want to! It's just this, this!" Jia Xu looked at the clothes in his hands. It was no longer Han clothing. There were hats and chains on it, but the hat was not a Han hat, but a round cap.
"Stop this and that, do you still want small pills? You don't want to wear these clothes. Why didn't you feel embarrassed when you pretended to be the descendant of Duan Taiwei!" The clothes Liu Mang took out were really not Han people wear it, even the ethnic minorities around the big Han rarely wear it. This is basically a fancy dress, like the dress of the Arabs in the Western Regions.
"I'll wear it, I'll wear it!" For the small pill, Jia Xu really worked hard.
"And don't forget this mustache!" Liu Mang handed Jia Xu another beard to stick directly to his mouth. Liu Mang turned around, and it was very good. It was a fresh one from the Western Regions who was going to the big man to trade. Foreign merchants appeared.
"The clothes are ready, after the disaster, huh!"
"Could it be that these things are sold!" Liu Mang took out several bottled items from another package.
"It's another day!" The sun quickly rose from the east. In a mansion at the foot of Jingshan Mountain, a beautiful woman slowly got up under the sunlight.
Although this mansion next to Jingshan Mountain is not big, there are quite a lot of things inside. There are many exotic flowers and plants. This is not the key point. The key point is that a place here is really enjoyable and forgets itself .
The beauty slowly got up, this is her mansion, she is the hostess of this Jingzhou, she came to this mansion for enjoyment, every month she comes here will feel a kind of ethereal The feeling of sunshine made her really relax. In the past, this kind of sunshine would make her very comfortable, but today she didn't have this feeling.
Because this trip has changed its original meaning because of some people, it has become dull and boring.
She came here every month to leave Xiangyang, which represented the power center of the entire Jingzhou, but now it has become intriguing again, so she doesn't like this kind of sunshine anymore. I just hope that the time will end soon. let her go.
Beauty sat up. Walking in front of the dressing table, a beautiful figure appeared in the smooth bronze mirror. Even though she just woke up, she still had a graceful and luxurious beauty.
She caressed her face, but no one appreciates such a beautiful face. Who doesn't miss spring, who doesn't want Prince Charming, but her identity is destined that she will never have such an opportunity in her life. Political marriage, in her twenty-eight years, she married a man who would be a few years older than her own father, even if this man is the master of Jingzhou, a member of the princes of the world, and a clan of the Han Dynasty personnel.
But I can't resist the fact that this man is already old, his youth has passed away, and it has fallen before it is ready to bloom.
The only one who can appreciate yourself is yourself!
The beauty stood in front of the bronze mirror. She dresses up and dresses up, and she can only show herself the clothes she changed several times. Still so youthful.
"Huh?!" Suddenly the beauty's brows frowned, and she had already found a flaw in the corner of her eyes from that youthful youth, and a big crow's feet stood there, as if mocking her. You are old, you are no longer twenty-eight years old, you are no longer that cardamom girl.
Beauty wanted to use the rouge gouache on the table to cover up the crow's feet, but after applying rouge gouache over and over again, the crow's feet did not change at all, and even because of Beauty's anger, other blemishes began to show on her skin , the face is no longer flamboyant, but has become dry and withered.
"Ah!" The beauty couldn't take it anymore, and directly swept away the rouge and gouache on the dressing table and knocked them all onto the ground.
"Madam, Madam! What's the matter, what's the matter!" Hearing the movement in the inner room, the maidservant outside wanted to go in to see what happened, but was stopped by this beauty.
Beauty tried her best to calm her mind, "It's all right, it's just that the rouge and gouache fell off! No need to come in!"
After a long time, the beauty redressed and walked out of the room to the hall.
There was already a person standing there in the hall, who else was it if it wasn't Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan.
"Morning, ma'am!" Pang Tong saw Madam Cai's arrival and saluted him. Pang Tong got up quite early every day.
"En!" Mrs. Cai also nodded to return to politeness, and then sat on the edge of the table, and soon a servant brought the breakfast.
"Sir, do you want some?!" Mrs. Cai greeted Pang Tong.
"No need, ma'am! Tong has already eaten!" Pang Tong retreated, Madam Cai did not force her, and ate breakfast alone.
"Madam, I don't know when Madam will return to the city!" Pang Tong asked Madam Cai while waiting for Madam Cai to finish eating.
"Tomorrow, I've already ordered someone to clean up today!" Mrs. Cai replied. "What's the matter, sir!"
"Nothing!" Pang Tong waved his hand. He wanted Mrs. Cai to leave this place early. As long as Mrs. Cai returned to Xiangyang, the false king Liu Mang would have nothing to do, but Pang Tong couldn't say so clearly, because he made Mrs. Cai disappear Liu Mang was already very kind.
Can't Mrs. Cai see Pang Tong's anxiety? She saw it, but it was impossible to change too much because of Pang Tong. If she went back early, Liu Biao asked how to speak, saying that Mrs. Cai would listen to his words because Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan said that he would support his youngest son Liu Zong. Why don't you go back early
"Madam, do you want to continue yesterday's chess game?!" Pang Tong asked with a smile.
"Sir, if you are interested in it, let's continue!" Mrs. Cai nodded. The ancients didn't have many entertainments, and playing chess was one of them.
Pang Tong nodded, he went to the courtyard to prepare the chess pieces.
"Xiaocui, I don't have much rouge and gouache, go to the city and help me buy some!" Mrs. Cai said to her maidservant when she thought of something.
"Understood, miss!" Xiaocui nodded. The rouge and gouache I bought the day before yesterday are gone now. It can be used for half a month. Mrs. Cai's sudden temper in the morning knocked over all the rouge and gouache. Go shopping.
Mrs. Cai went to play chess with Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan under the service of another maidservant. The matter of buying rouge and gouache naturally fell on Xiao Cui. Only he understands rouge and gouache.
Jingshan is still some distance away from Xiangyang City. So it is necessary to prepare a carriage to go.
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"Here we come. We are here!" Liu Mang and the others saw a carriage outside Madam Cai's mansion and were about to leave. The person who got into the carriage looked like a maidservant. The woman left naturally to buy rouge and gouache.
"Jia Xu, come on, let's shout!" Liu Mang said to Jia Xu who was beside him.
"My lord, don't do it!" Jia Xu was very embarrassed.
"What a hypocritical thing! Hurry up!" Liu Mang put his foot directly on Jia Xu's body.
Then the old fox reluctantly shouted, "The best Western Region rouge, the best Western Region gouache, don't miss it when you pass by, there is no other home like this one." Let Jia Xu, a top strategist, stand The only person singing and shouting on the side of the road is Liu Mang, a wonderful hero.
"Huh?!" Sitting in the carriage, Xiaocui frowned a little. Although I have become accustomed to it, my wife will knock over the dressing table when I get up in the morning, so I have to buy rouge and gouache again, but every time the journey from Jingshan to Xiangyang is uncomfortable, it is all dirt and stone roads. Liu Biao also sent someone to level it out, but it could only change a little, the back and forth bumps were still very uncomfortable.
Xiaocui is a maidservant, although she is with Mrs. Cai, but she is just a servant. She can't make a luxury carriage with a lot of cotton padding and down, but can only make this kind of ordinary carriage. How she feels about this, only Xiao Cui knows.
In the morning Xiaocui was ready for another jolt. However, he heard the strange voice of the groom, and the carriage slowed down.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Cui asked.
"Miss Cui, someone is selling things on the official road ahead! Blocking the official road!" The carriage reported to Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui's status in the mansion is not low.
"Someone sells things?!" Xiaocui frowned, this place is close to Jingshan Mountain, if you want to sell things, you have to sell them in Xiangyang.
"Selling rouge and gouache! How many girls are there in such an official way!" The groom said with a smile.
"Rouge gouache?!" Xiao Cui was stunned for a moment. She came out to sell rouge gouache, but she became vigilant immediately. This was too coincidental. Whatever she wanted to buy, someone would sell it.
"Go straight over!" Xiao Cui said to the groom, this was such a coincidence, Xiao Cui prepared to let the groom drive the horse straight away under vigilance, ignoring this place.
"Yes, Miss Cui!" The groom nodded, raised his whip and was about to accelerate the carriage to leave directly.
"Leave?!" Liu Mang also frowned, they were too abrupt, there is no market here, and there are not many people, how can there be business selling rouge and gouache? People who see it will naturally have a vigilant look.
"Speak louder!" Liu Mang raised his foot to Jia Xu again, and now the words taught Jia Xu by himself can be useful.
"Using my family's rouge powder, you are definitely worth the money. Eighty years old becomes sixty, sixty becomes thirty, thirty becomes eighteen! The skin is dewy, tender and youthful!"
"Stop!" Xiaocui's voice sounded again in the carriage.
"Miss Cui?!"
Xiaocui was attracted by Jia Xu's yelling, eighty to sixty, sixty to thirty? Thirty to eighteen? Where is this rouge gouache? Isn’t this a magic medicine, rejuvenating youth.
Which woman does not love beauty? Xiao Cui grew up with Mrs. Cai and also served Mrs. Cai, so Mrs. Cai is close to thirty, and she too, naturally has her own picky about appearance. It's even more beautiful! Even if she is just a maidservant.
Thirty becomes eighteen! This completely attracted Xiaocui, Mrs. Cai always wanted to marry her. Although Xiaocui was a dowry maid, Liu Biao didn't do it. It was because he didn't have the energy, so Xiaocui was still perfect. However, time will always leave marks on people's faces. A beauty like Mrs. Cai will have wrinkles, let alone a maid like her.
Because of her age, it is not easy for Mrs. Cai to find someone for her. If there are better young men, they will dislike Xiaocui because she is too old. He didn't want to, he didn't want his tragedy to happen to Xiaocui again, so he delayed it all the time.
Now Xiao Cui's heart is moved when she hears the thirty-eight transformation.
"Miss Cui, is this fraudulent?!" The groom asked vigilantly.
"This is outside Xiangyang!" Xiao Cui replied. This is on the edge of Jingshan Mountain. It is also on the edge of Xiangyang. Not to mention the guards on Mrs. Cai's mansion in Jingshan, even the large troops from Xiangyang arrived here very quickly, and they are not afraid of cheating Xiaocui. Might as well take a look.
A woman's curiosity is powerful.
"There is a chance!" Liu Reck looked at a figure walking down from the carriage, and from the information he got from Jia Xu, Liu Reck knew that this woman should be Xiaocui, the maidservant beside Mrs. Cai.
"You guys sell rouge and gouache?!" Xiaocui got off the carriage and asked Liu Mang and Jia Xu. The groom next to him became vigilant, he was also a member of the army.
"No!" Jia Xu subconsciously wanted to say no, but changed her words under Liu Wei's foot, "Yes, yes, yes!"
"Girl. Our rouge and gouache are not what we boasted. It can be said that we are the second in the whole world and no one dares to say the first!" Liu Mang stepped forward and said to Xiaocui.
"What a big tone!" Xiaocui sneered to express her disdain, but it aroused her curiosity even more.
"Hehe, we don't brag, if not, then the girl can take all our rouge and gouache, without a penny!"
"Oh, I want to take a look!" Xiaocui stepped forward. Seeing the desktop that Liu Mang had put down, he immediately frowned.
Because there is no trace of rouge and gouache on the table, but white liquid-like things. There are also some plaster-like things, and there are even masks. It's just that the mask is so thin that it can cover the face!
"Who are you guys?! What are your plans?" Xiao Cui immediately asked Liu Mang and Jia Xu, taking a step back.
"We!" Jia Xu stood aside and was about to go up to talk to him and prepare to make up a reason, but Liu Mang spoke first.
"We came from the Western Regions and went for Mrs. Cai!" Liu Mang stepped forward and said.
"My lord?!" Jia Xu looked at Liu Mang, and Liu Mang immediately said the old man.
"For Madam?!" Xiaocui became more vigilant.
"Yes, we came here for Mrs. Cai. We know that Jingzhou is prosperous and prosperous, so we bought rouge gouache from the Western Regions and planned to sell them in Jingzhou. But girl, you also know that it is difficult for us to sell rouge gouache in Jingzhou. !” Liu Mang explained.
It can be said that the various commercial routes in Jingzhou have shadows of nobles, and the sale of rouge and gouache is also controlled by the Wu family in Jiangling. Ordinary merchants must obtain their permission if they want to sell!
"So we came after Madam!"
"Come after Madam?!"
"Yes! We know that Madam Fanghua is the beauty of this Jingchu!" Liu Mang has never met this Madam Cai, but it does not prevent him from flattering her.
Seeing her wife being praised by others, Xiaocui feels very comfortable.
"If the madam thinks it's good after using it, why don't we worry about selling it?!" Liu Mang said to Xiao Cui with a smile, if Madam Cai also thinks it's good, then naturally those noble ladies will buy it, this is The noble effect is like a modern advertising endorsement.
The rouge gouache Mrs. Cai is buying now is the Wu family's Jiangling powder, so the Wu family's business is particularly good.
"So that's what they think!" Xiao Cui gradually began to dispel her worries, and now everything is painful to explain. These people are here waiting for her, as long as she buys the rouge powder here and goes back, Madam. If used well, naturally these businessmen can make a lot of money.
"It also depends on how your rouge powder is doing!" Xiaocui naturally looked at these rouge powders after dispelling her worries.
"If the girl misses it, then there is no chance!" Liu Mang also bragged and didn't draft, almost blowing his things to the sky.
"Take out the rouge and gouache!" Xiaocui got a little impatient.
"These are rouge and gouache!" Liu Mang pointed to the things on the table and said to Xiao Cui.
"These?!" Xiao Cui obviously didn't believe that these creamy and liquid things are rouge and gouache.
"Girl, we come from the Western Regions, so we naturally bring different things, don't worry, let me introduce you carefully!" Liu Mang opened a wooden box, and a scent came out as soon as he opened it. It's tangy.
"Miss, please look at this, this is cream!" Liu Mang handed the wooden box to Xiao Cui. "This is made of Tianshan snow lotus, which contains the essence of heavenly snow lotus. It is boiled for ninety-nine and eighty-one days. It is made by collecting open-air water!"
What Xiao Cui had in her hand was actually an ordinary cream. It's still a miscellaneous brand whose price in the previous life was no more than five oceans, but now in Liu Mang's hands, he made it from Tianshan snow lotus, otherwise it wouldn't be called cream, right
"Made of snow lotus in the sky?!" Xiaocui was really surprised. Tianshan snow lotus is a very precious thing. Xiaocui saw it in the hinterland of Jingzhou, and it was worth hundreds of gold as a tribute.
Xiaocui didn't believe it at first, but when she saw something as white as snow in this box, it really looked like snowflakes. The most important thing is that this thing smells so good. A scent of flowers came out!
It is even better than the effect of using smoked flowers on Xiaocui's body. A woman deserves to be a woman, there is no difference between a woman thousands of years ago and a woman of later generations, Xiaocui was fascinated by this fragrance, and couldn't help but took a deep breath.
"Girl, girl?!" Liu Mang waved his hand in front of Xiao Cui, and Xiao Cui came back to his senses only after Liu Mang blocked the cream in front of her eyes.
"How to use this?!" Xiao Cui already believed that Liu Mang was selling rouge and gouache.
"It's very simple!" Liu Mang took out a small piece from the small wooden box, making Xiaocui feel a little distressed, and put it in the palm of his hand. She rubbed it carefully, and finally massaged it directly on her face.
"It's like this. Apply the essence of Tianshan Snow Lotus evenly on your face. People don't just rely on their mouths to eat, and other parts of your body also eat. The face can only maintain its good luster if it absorbs these. ,!" Liu Mang was fooling Xiao Cui with a makeup theory that was bombarded by Chen Yi.
"The face also needs to eat?!" Xiaocui heard this theory for the first time. Under Liu Mang's instigation, she also dug out a small piece and smeared it directly on her face. After putting it on her face, a cool feeling came over her face, and after Xiao Cui had finished painting her entire face, she touched her skin with her hands, and then she became dumb.
"It's so smooth!" If the face is not maintained, the ancients, who are most likely to lose moisture, know how to maintain health, but it is good for the body but not for the skin.
"Of course it's smooth!" Liu Mang smiled in his heart. The ingredient of this cream is not a piece of bullshit Tianshan snow lotus, but oil. It's a ghost if oil is not smooth on the face, and the cream is originally moisturizing.
"It smells so good!" Xiaocui's own hands were also fragrant.
"How about it, girl, how about our rouge and gouache!" Liu Mang said while the iron was hot.
"What about the others!" Xiao Cui asked, pointing to another thing.
"This is hand cream!" Liu Mang said to Xiao Cui, "This is the same as cream, except that he puts it on his hands!"
"What about this one!"
"This!" Liu Mang looked at what Xiaocui picked up, "This is Huaxianglu!"
"Is this also smeared on the hands?!"
"This is not applied on the hands, but on the head! It is used to protect the girl's black hair!"
"Hair?!" Xiao Cui wondered.
"Yes, girl" Liu Mang gradually approached Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui didn't notice it just now, but now she reacted, her face was a little blushing, because Liu Mang was too close, Xiao Cui could feel Liu Mang's body The heat radiates away.
"What do you want to do!" Xiaocui asked with a blushing face.
"It's nothing!" Liu Mang wiped Xiaocui's shoulder lightly, and stretched out his finger to show Xiaocui, "Miss, look, the girl's hair is not well protected!" It turned out that Liu Mang was in Xiaocui On top of the clothes, he gently stroked his scalp and peeled it off for Xiaocui to see.
"This!?" Natural desquamation is a product of the normal physiological metabolism of the scalp, and it happens to everyone. The ancients didn't have anti-dandruff shampoos, but girls would normally clean it off.
"This floral dew can be removed, these things!" Liu Mang said to Xiao Cui.
"This is okay too!?" For some people, scalping is rare and difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, but it is different for some people. It's okay if you don't pay attention. If you pay attention, you can wash a lot on your hair. Xiao Cui is such a girl.
"Girl, if you don't mind, you can try it!"
"Try it?!" Xiaocui was stunned for a moment. The ancients didn't wash their hair alone. Basically, washing their hair is taking a bath. How can you try it!
"If you don't mind, girl, I can help you!" Liu Mang said, pointing to the basin and water on the other side.
"Yeah!" Xiaocui agreed without knowing why.
Liu Mang fiddled with the water temperature, and then helped Xiaocui wash her hair once when it was moderate.
"Look, girl!" Liu Mang pointed to the basin of water and said to Xiaocui. No matter what shampoo it is, he can give you the illusion that your hair is dirty, because the shampoo finally leaves white hair. Foam, as long as a little dirt can show up.
And now Liu Mang showed Xiaocui the effect of this shampoo after washing her hair.
"It's so dirty!" Xiaocui said dumbly, covering her mouth.
"Miss, look at your blue hair again!" Liu Mang gently rolled up a strand of blue silk for Xiao Cui, and Xiao Cui held it in her hands, and a fresh fragrance wafted out of her hair, and the dry ends of her hair became slick stand up.
"How could it be!" Xiaocui just covered her mouth and watched the changes in her hair. Not only did she have a fresh fragrance, but her hair became smoother. The comb can comb down very smoothly on the top, although it does not fall directly in the advertisement, it is also very good.
"Is there anything else?!" Xiaocui is now more and more interested in Liu Mang's things.
"Of course! Miss, your skin is neutral, it should be this, this!" Liu Mang stood aside and helped Xiao Cui choose cosmetics. Liu Mang's knowledge was all taught by that witch Chen Yi. A few anime guys don't know a little about makeup and maintenance!
In the blink of an eye, Xiaocui's outlook on life and values were completely overturned. Originally, she thought that women only need to put on powder and rouge. Xiao Cui took off all her clothes!