Du Xia couldn't sleep all night, tossed and turned, all he could think about was Gu Yuqi, and after finally surviving until the next day, he finally couldn't stand the torment. Ran to the dark cabinet.
"Master, have you ever seen this kind of hidden weapon?" Du Xia handed the picture he drew to Master Chang of the hidden guard training camp, and then stood aside respectfully.
Master Chang took the picture, looked at it, and frowned, "Have you met someone who uses this kind of hidden weapon?" He asked in a deep voice.
"I don't have any." Du Xia shook his head, "but I saw such a hidden weapon on the prince's desk. I'm curious..."
"Presumptuous!" Master Chang immediately raised his eyebrows and snapped, "Have you forgotten the basic principles of being a secret guard?"
Du Xia knew that if he asked Master Chang for help, he would definitely be reprimanded. Master Chang had always been his trainer, and he only came to ask his master when he really had no choice. He knew that the prince would never let him touch these things, and he didn't hide anything from Master Chang.
"Disciple understands, but ask master to clarify. Disciple will go to the punishment hall to receive punishment." Du Xia saluted respectfully, "disciple understands that master should not be casually inquired about. But master. This matter This matter is very important to the disciple, the disciple begged the master, so let’s just tell the disciple this time. The disciple is willing to accept any punishment.”
Master Chang took a deep look at the apprentices he personally taught. He has been the trainer of hidden guards for many years, and there are many hidden guards trained by him, but Du Xia is the best one and the most diligent. one of. Master Chang treats Du Xia differently from others. He has already regarded Du Xia as his direct disciple in his heart, so no matter what he teaches, he pays special attention to it, but Du Xia doesn't care about anything. He has been disappointed before, and he has a tenacity that no one else has.
Master Chang sighed deeply, "Forget it, I'll tell you this time. But remember not to be an example."
Du Xia was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed deeply to Master Chang, "I understand, I will never break the rules again and make things difficult for Master."
"This kind of hidden weapon is rare in the Jianghu. It's not from Daqi. It comes from a secret organization in the Jianghu of Liang State, called Reincarnation Pavilion. There are rumors in the Jianghu that once you enter reincarnation, you will be reincarnated, and you will be reincarnated." When the knife comes out, there is no living soul. This kind of hidden weapon is not thrown, but is blown out by a ball called reincarnation bomb. If it is close, there will be no way out." Master Chang said. "Will there be such a thing on the prince's table? It is estimated that someone has encountered someone from the Reincarnation Pavilion. They collect money and kill people for others. They are cruel and merciless. It is said that they have never missed it. Alright. The origin of this hidden weapon, I have already I told you, so don't ask any more questions, this time, I forgive you, but next time, I will definitely send you to the execution hall to receive punishment."
"It's master." Du Xia kowtowed again to leave, his footsteps were no longer as light as when he came, as if he had been poured with a weight of lead.
His heart and eyes were also flustered, Reincarnation Pavilion, since even Master Chang said they act viciously, does it mean that Gu Yuqi met someone from Reincarnation Pavilion? What does Wang Yan mean by sending this hidden weapon back? Is she already in distress
Du Xia's heart was in a mess, and it was even difficult to breathe. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, by the way, go and see if Wang Yan has sent back a secret letter today.
If Gu Yuqi really died under the hands of Reincarnation Pavilion, then Wang Yan would not send secret letters today. If she is not dead, there will be a secret report sent back in a while.
Thinking of this, Du Xia trotted all the way to the secret letter place in the dark pavilion.
Calculating the time, Wang Yan's secret report was sent almost every day at this time.
"Du Xia? What are you doing here?" Du Xia just arrived at the door when he saw Li Meng walking out with a secret letter sealed with spicy pills in his hand.
"Is there a letter from Wang Yan today?" Du Xia lowered his breath and said casually.
"Yes. Just arrived." Li Meng shook the secret letter in his hand, smiled and said to Du Xia, "I'm going to send it to the prince."
"Then hurry up." Du Xia nodded, "I'm afraid the prince will have to wait in a hurry."
"Oh? No, you're not on duty today." Li Meng nodded first, took two steps forward, and then suddenly remembered, he turned his head suspiciously to Du Xia and asked, "Why would the lord send You come to ask?"
Du Xia's heart tightened suddenly, "My lord is looking forward to Wang Yan's letter every day, I'm just asking casually for my lord. By the way, you can rest for a while, why don't you come to my place. I've got some wine and food , shall we have a drink?"
Du Xia's prevarication did not arouse Li Meng's suspicion anymore, he nodded with a smile, "I'll go there when the shift changes." After speaking, he lifted the letter in his hand and walked towards the study of the palace.
As soon as he left, Du Xia breathed a sigh of relief, not only for himself, but also for Gu Yuqi. There are letters, that is, she is still alive! No matter what, it's good to be alive. Du Xia relaxed, only to feel that the clothes on his back seemed to have been soaked in cold sweat.
But why did she provoke Reincarnation Pavilion? If the Reincarnation Pavilion is as powerful as Master Chang said, even if it fails once, there will be a second assassination...then she...the heart that had just let go suddenly lifted again.
He only hated that he was a hidden guard now, that he couldn't go to the Northland to find her right away, and couldn't protect her by her side... the blood of the giant bird.
Why didn't the prince hand over her affairs to himself? In this way, he can go to see her openly, instead of worrying about her every day in the capital.
Now Du Xia doesn't ask for anything else, she just wants to see the secret letter sent back by Wang Yan every day, as long as she has the letter, she is still alive.
Day by day, Du Xia finally received a new mission in summer, that is to sneak into Jiangxia City secretly, and he was finally able to leave the capital.
The summer in Kuizhou is obviously much better than that in Beijing. Although it is very hot during the day, it is very cool in the morning and evening.
Gu Yuqi has already settled down in Kuizhou, and it has been about a month. In this month, everyone has tidied up this mansion quite impressively. All the doors and windows have been painted new, and the furniture inside has also been replaced with new ones. Yes, a professional gardener was hired to get rid of the original weeds in the garden, and trees, flowers and plants were planted, creating a new look.
Gu Yuqi also specially asked someone to watch the day, and held a ceremony of going to the house, which can be regarded as officially moving in. She asked Daimei to make a lot of pastries and distribute them to the surrounding neighbors. All of a sudden, the whole of Kuizhou knew that a new big family had moved here, and the big signboard of Liang Mansion was hung on the door of the house, which was really grand.
During this month, Gu Yuqi was not only cleaning up the house, but also sent people to inquire about the preferences of all the officials and their families in Kuizhou.
This matter is left to Runying and Daimei. Daimei's life is quiet and delicate. When Runying smiles, there will be two deep dimples on her round face. When these two maids go out, they will give people an impression Just fabulous.
Daimei knows how to cook, and the vegetable market is the best place to inquire about news. There is a large vegetable market in Kuizhou. Every time Daimei goes to buy vegetables, she is very generous and doesn't care about every detail. She comes and goes, and is familiar with those vegetable vendors. stand up. Many of these vegetable vendors wanted to deliver vegetables to the homes of officials and masters in Kuizhou City, and they would always hear some gossip in the inner house. Daimei is pretty and she speaks politely. Whenever they talk about something, those vegetable sellers don't back her. In order to please her, some even take the initiative to tell Daimei what they know.
People said that she just listened carefully. After a long time, she also felt the temper and preferences of many official grandmas in Kuizhou city. She reported them to Gu Yuqi one by one when she went back.
Runying is good at doing business, and she is very talkative. From time to time, she goes to the shop to buy some small jewelry, buy some rouge and gouache, or go to the cloth shop to pull some floral cloth heads and so on. The bosses became familiar with each other. They knew that she was the maid of the newly moved big family. In order to do more business, they were willing to talk to Runying a little more. After a long time, I also got a lot of preferences about the official grandma in Kuizhou city.
Runying and Daimei gathered all the information to Gu Yuqi. Although Gu Yuqi stayed at home this month, she also had a general understanding of these officials in Kuizhou.
Although Liang Huaiyu didn't know what her daughter was asking for, anyway, she was the one who doted on her daughter, so as long as it was done by Gu Yuqi, it was reasonable and right to her. After all, if they want to live here in the future, they will have to get in touch with these officials' families, and it would be good to know more about them.
Liang Huaiyu didn't know that Gu Yuqi had a big plan in mind, which was to transform Kuizhou City.
Kuizhou is located at the junction of the three countries. It should have been a town with extremely developed trade, but due to poor management, the business here is very weak. The guardian is not afraid of anything but turmoil, so he is not very supportive of trade development.
The basic conditions here are too poor, hindering economic development everywhere.
If she wants to implement the plan in her heart, she must get the strong support of the town guard of Kuizhou. She is a woman, so it is not easy to go directly to the town guard, and she will ignore you. So Gu Yuqi can only take the wife's route first.
Who doesn't want to live a better life, but in this remote country, there must be conditions to live a better life.
But by coincidence, Gu Yuqi found out that Mrs. Zhenshousi is from the south of the Yangtze River, from a water town. After marrying Lord Zhenshousi, she came here with her husband and lived here for several years.
The new guardian is very young, less than 30 years old, and he was born as a martial arts champion in the previous sessions, so he is already young and promising.
Gu Yuqi also inquired about one more thing, that is, Mrs. Zhenshousi has not yet given birth to a child smoothly. She was pregnant with two children before, but she lost them inexplicably. This time she is pregnant again. She is going to go outside the city Ganquan Temple to pray for blessings and peace.
Great opportunity!
After Gu Yuqi inquired about it, she talked to her mother, and Liang Huaiyu naturally raised her hands in favor of them going to "encounter" Mrs. Zhenshousi.
Gu Yuqi asked Daimei to make some Jiangnan dim sum, put them into a food box early in the morning, took Liang Huaiyu and a few maids, and also set off from Liang's mansion to burn incense and worship Buddha at Ganquan Temple.
As the name of Ganquan Temple suggests, there is a spring in the temple. In the north where there is generally little rain and little water, this spring is particularly precious, and it is known as the first spring in the north. This spring water is indeed as its name suggests, with a hint of sweetness, it is perfect for making tea, so Ganquan Temple is also the place where some elegant people in Kuizhou are most willing to go.
It is summer now, and the mountain temple is hidden in the dense forest. The red walls and green tiles are really beautiful.
The weather was fine, and there were quite a few people heading to Ganquan Temple along the way. Although they were not as gorgeous as the capital, they were all neatly dressed.
Gu Yuqi custom-made a very beautiful carriage, all black body, all metal parts are gilded and hot silver, gorgeous and extraordinary, the horses that pull the carriage are chosen by Zhao Wu from the market, there are six black horses in Yishui, The harnesses are also made of black leather, and the bridles are the same as those used on the carriages. When the sun shines, they shine golden. When such a carriage is on the road, it conveys the message, "I am rich and I am a cow".
Zhao Wu led two guards to clear the way in front, followed by two such carriages. Everywhere he went was really eye-catching, which surprised and envied the passers-by.
Gu Yuqi sat in the car and looked out through the translucent gauze curtain, very satisfied with the sensational effect. Such a carriage is attractive enough even in the capital, let alone in a place like Kuizhou.
This was done on purpose by her, just to advertise for herself.
Since you want to get to know those official wives, it is absolutely impossible to have nothing to offer. This place is high and the emperor is far away. If Gu Yuqi wanted to make friends with these wives, she would have to have some weight.
It's a pity that her and Liang Huaiyu's official identities can no longer be used, otherwise, with the title of Marquis Dingyuan, how can these people bow their heads. Since the official identity can't be used, then use the unofficial identity, rich man! The very proud kind! Even if the officials are upset, but for the sake of money, they should be courteous to their mother and daughter.
I have to say that Gu Yuqi's advertisements are very successful. From time to time, someone asks who owns such a magnificent carriage, and if something good happens, they will be very proud to answer that it is the new big family in Nancheng, the carriage of Liang's mansion, and the carriage in the carriage. What I did was Mrs. Liang and Miss.
Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi were well-dressed today, and they even wore lake silk shirts that they seldom wear in the capital on weekdays, just to decorate their appearance.
Liang Huaiyu wore a light blue pair of straight skirts today, made of lake silk, light and elegant with a heavy drape. The front and cuffs are embroidered with elegant patterns with yellow and green silk threads. Two Ruyi silk ribbons of the same color hang down from the waist, and each has an oriental pearl. The pearls are round and smooth, and there is a faint flow of precious light when walking. This gorgeous and very low-key body does not have the slightest sense of nouveau riche, coupled with Liang Huaiyu's appearance and temperament, it is almost eye-catching when you get out of the car. Her cloud-like hair was combed into two buns at the back of her head, and on top of her hair was a delicate pearl phoenix hairpin, which complemented the pearl on her waist, making her look like a fairy in a painting.
The people of Kuizhou have never seen such a watery person. When Liang Huaiyu got out of the car, the surrounding air seemed to be frozen. Almost all the eyes of Liang Huaiyu, whether they were stalls or walking pilgrims in front of the temple gate, were attracted by Liang Huaiyu. up.
Seeing so many people looking at her, Liang Huaiyu couldn't help but feel a little hot on his face. She nodded slightly and her eyes rolled around. It was another intoxicating scene, and it took a long time for the people around to come to their senses.
Everyone couldn't help looking forward to the people who got on and off the second car.
A delicate-looking maid came over, opened the curtain of the car, and helped a young girl out of the car.
She has double rings in her hair, her long hair reaches her waist, and she is wearing a plain white gauze dress as light as a cloud. The buttons on the neckline of the white gauze dress are all made of pearls. A white jade pendant is attached to one side of the belt. This jade pendant is exquisite, named Yu Linglong. The white jade is polished very thin, and the top is hollowed out to carve repeated patterns. When the wind blows through the jade pendant, it will make a crisp sound, hence the name. A hairpin made of white jade was inserted obliquely in her hair, and she looked like a fairy in the dust. Her eyebrows are extraordinarily gorgeous, her lips are as red as roses in midsummer, and her starry eyes are like the sea, so that people will be addicted to them if they are not careful, and they will be overwhelming.
If the first beauty had a spring breeze blowing on her face, then this beauty in white would be a pot of fine wine, which not only makes people have endless aftertaste, but also makes people rather drunk to death.
The appearance of Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu won everyone's admiration and admiration. Their gestures and gestures also carried a heroic spirit and crispness that ordinary women do not have, which is really unforgettable.
It wasn't until they entered the temple together that the people in front of the temple woke up like a dream. If it weren't for the two extremely gorgeous carriages left behind, everyone would have been like a dream.
The guardian's surname is Fang, and his wife's maiden name is Fan. She has long been worshiping the Buddha in the temple, and Gu Yuqi's timing is just right.
When the two people faced each other, even Mrs. Fang admired the bearing and beauty of Liang Huaiyu's mother and daughter, and stopped to watch for a while.
Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi knew that this was Mrs. Zhenshousi. Seeing that she was only in her twenties, she also had delicate features and a petite figure, with the unique charm of Jiangnan women. Liang Huaiyu immediately had a good impression of Fan, and nodded with a smile as he walked by.
When Liang Huaiyu's mother and daughter entered the Buddhist hall, the Fan family asked the maid who followed her to ask whose wife and lady these were. The little maid came back after a while, and said that this was the new big family in the city, the wife and lady of the Liang family.
Gu Yuqi went to the house that day and it was very lively. Firecrackers were set off for half of the city, and there were red crumbs all over the place. In addition, she was very generous. Rice grains were distributed on the street, so as long as they were officials of Kuizhou City, there was no one who didn't know the newly moved family.
When Fan heard that it belonged to their family, and saw the demeanor and temperament of the mother and daughter, she felt that she wanted to make friends.
She is also a very assertive person, otherwise she would not have given up on the prosperity of central Beijing, and she followed Master Zhenshousi to the border area many years ago. There are not many wealthy households in Kuizhou city, and there are no figures like Liang Huaiyu's mother and daughter among them.
She asked the little maid to wait at the door, and when the mother and daughter came out, she invited them to drink tea in the gazebo behind.
But she told the little maid not to tell the mother and daughter her identity, she just wanted to try the mother and daughter.
She wanted to test people, but she didn't know that Gu Yuqi had already found out her details.
Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu came out after worshiping the Bodhisattva and added a lot of money for sesame oil. As soon as they came out, they were stopped by this little maid, saying that their wife had invited them. This was exactly what Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi wanted, but the two still pretended to ask who their wife was, but the little maid refused to tell, as long as she said it, she would know.
Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi followed the maid to the gazebo on the back mountain. It's already summer, and the pavilion is surrounded by big trees that block out the sun, and it's in the mountains. Once the breeze blows, it's indescribably cool and pleasant.
After Fan waited for a while, the tea was already brewed, and Liang Huaiyu came slowly with Gu Yuqi. After seeing the ceremony, the mother and daughter sat down opposite Fan.
Gu Yuqi was still thinking about what to say, so she heard Fan say, "I have heard about the name of the Xinliang Mansion for a long time. Now seeing the owner of the Liang Mansion, I am really envious."
Liang Huaiyu immediately exchanged pleasantries, and said a few words to Fan Shi, Fan Shi asked the maids to serve tea, and Gu Yuqi asked Dai Mei to bring the food box.
"How can there be tea without desserts?" Liang Huaiyu smiled, "It's a coincidence that today I asked the maids in the house to make a little pastry from my hometown, and I asked my wife to taste it. Don't dislike the rough hands of the maids in the house." Good feet."
Fan Shi is pregnant now, so how dare she eat outside food, but Liang Huaiyu said so, she didn't refuse, it's okay to see.
As soon as the food box was brought up, Fan's eyes tightened. This box is extremely exquisite, isn't it the lacquer box from Jiangnan? Where is this kind of thing in the Northland? It was obviously brought from Jiangnan.
Fan Shi, who was not looking forward to the pastries inside, also felt a little nervous.
As soon as the lid of the box was opened, Daimei took out eight kinds of Jiangnan dim sum from inside. When Fan looked at it, she felt that her eye sockets were slightly red and hot.
It's been too long, since she got married and left home, she never went back to Jiangnan. Now in this closed place, how can she not get excited at first glance at the things she is familiar with.
"This..." she said tremblingly, "Could it be that Mrs. Liang is also from Jiangnan?"
"That's right." Liang Huaiyu nodded pretending to be surprised, "How did you know, Mrs. Fang?"
Gu Yuqi sat on the side with her head down, almost wanting to give her mother a thumbs up, her acting skills are so good, she's almost at the level of a movie queen.
"Dare to ask if Mrs. Liang was born in the Liang family in the south of the Yangtze River?" Mrs. Fang asked a little excitedly.
Yes or no? Liang Huaiyu secretly arched Gu Yuqi and asked his daughter for help. If it is true, if Mrs. Fang has any troubles with the Jiangnan Liang family, then hell will happen! If it's not... it seems a bit bad.
Liang Huaiyu was in a dilemma, Gu Yuqi didn't tell her this beforehand.