On the second day, Shen Miao got up late.
Xie Jing Xing came only at the third watch yesterday, he was already exhausted after talking to him, he slept all night without a dream, and when he woke up, it was already very late.
Shen Miao was rarely lazy, Luo Xue Yan only thought she was tired from the tribute banquet yesterday and asked people to specially save food for Shen Miao to eat after she woke up. Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan went to the Military Department early in the morning. They had just been reinstated, and they still had a lot of old things to take care of. Shen Qiu and Luo Ling were not in the house either, because Luo Ling wanted to find a new job, Shen Xin simply asked Luo Ling to help Shen Qiu, and also saved those people from bullying Luo Ling for the first time.
As a result, in this brand new "Shen House", there are only Luo Tan and Shen Miao. It happened that Feng An Ning sent a message to Shen Miao today, asking Shen Miao to accompany her to pick some jewelry, Shen Miao let Luo Tan go and assigned a few guards from the Shen residence to Luo Tan, only to say that she was tired today and wanted to Take a day off at the house.
Luo Tan did not say anything anymore, and warned Shen Miao before leaving. After Luo Tan left, Shen Miao asked Mo Qing to send a letter to Guang Wen Tang, Mo Qing responded and left.
After a lapse of two years, the Ding capital finally underwent some changes. For example, the girl Liu Ying, who once had a lot of fun in Baoxiang Louhong, and who was also a red card, was finally redeemed by the infatuated and single-minded Mo Gongzi at a high price of a thousand taels of gold. Without a Liuying girl, the Ding capital has quietly and silently appeared in the past few years, a long-lost double-sided embroidery, and a piece of embroidered silk can be sold for a hundred taels of silver. I heard that the embroidered lady is not only outstanding in craftsmanship, but also beautiful in life. Even with that embroidery village is also making gold every day.
Change the way of living, in fact, it may not be worse. No one can know what the new hope will be after taking that step.
With Liu Ying living so well, those who worry about her will naturally be happy too. Pei Lang was a trustworthy person, the moment Shen Miao saw Pei Lang at the tribute banquet, she had an idea in her heart. Pei Lang had already gained Fu Xiu Yi's trust, so Fu Xiu Yi would bring Pei Lang by his side. Although Fu Xiu Yi was suspicious, that was only after he became a king. In all fairness, Fu Xiu Yi now appreciates and cherishes virtuous talents. Pei Lang was a person with a chasm in his chest, and Fu Xiu Yi would definitely try his best to keep Pei Lang by his side.
It was precisely because of this that now Fu Xiu Yi had tested Pei Lang's talents, and he should have tested Pei Lang's loyalty. She couldn't rashly go to see Pei Lang, lest Fu Xiu Yi be suspicious.
This pawn has not yet crossed the Chu River and Han world.
She said, "Come out with a cloak."
Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang were tidying up the house, when they heard the words, they asked curiously, "Are you going to go out, girl?"
Shen Miao said, "There are some things to do."
Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang stopped talking, Gu Yu silently stepped forward to brush Shen Miao’s hair, Jing Zhe had already gone to look for the cloak. Invisibly, several of Shen Miao's maids obeyed her orders immediately, if anyone saw it, they would be surprised, even the maids in the palace might not be so quick and calm.
After leaving the mansion, Mo Qing went to Guangwen Hall and Shen Miao called Azhi. Shen Miao is now a lot closer to Shen Qiu's subordinates. Back then when she was in the northwest, Shen Miao gave Shen Qiu a lot of advice on the art of war, this was naturally what she heard from Fu Xiu Yi's staff before. It was just a gourd and a scoop, just looking at other people's eyes, they felt that Shen Miao was clever and talented. Those soldiers were vulgar men, but they also admired Shen Miao's brain and respected her a lot.
Shen Miao said to A Zhi, “Don’t tell anyone about going out today.”
A Zhi’s heart was agitated, his allegiance was originally Shen Qiu, but at this moment he also felt the pressure under Shen Miao’s clear eyes and nodded, “Yes.”
Azhi found an ordinary carriage for Shen Miao, this carriage was not eye-catching and no one would recognize it as the Shen family carriage. There is no other reason. Yesterday, Shen Miao offended that Princess Ming An from the Qin country. Princess Ming An and Huangfu Hao lived in Yanqing Lane not far from here. If they met, Princess Ming An would trouble Shen Miao. just broken. This princess is very arrogant. There are many guards in the Qin country. If something really happened, it would be too late when the Shen Xin couple brought someone over.
It's just that Azhi was still very suspicious. After leaving the Ding capital for two years, if anyone in the Ding capital had friendship with Shen Miao, it would be Feng Anning, the eldest lady of the Feng residence. But today Shen Miao pushed Feng An Ning's invitation, clearly not to see Feng An Ning. Azhi thought wildly in his heart, thinking about the stories that Luo Tan told Luo Qian in the Luo family before, and his heart agitated. If it really was some kind of show that the young man and the beautiful woman gave and received privately, even if Azhi tried his best, he would have to tell Shen Qiu about it. Their Shen family managed to produce such a talented and beautiful young lady, how could she be kidnapped by a wild boy who didn't know where she came from.
However, she never expected that the place where Shen Miao was going was Feng Xian's pawnshop.
Fengxian's pawnshop is still the same as two years ago, still in the cold. After all, not everyone has a baby that can be pawned here.
Shen Miao got off the carriage, A Zhi followed closely, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu also jumped down. Before Azhi had time to look at it, she saw that Shen Miao had gone straight to the pawnshop.
The little Er, who was still wiping the dust off the table with a handkerchief, saw four people coming here. The leader was wearing a cloak and pulled down the cap of the cloak, revealing a stunned and handsome face, clearly who it was. The pampered girl, the nobleness of her body can't be underestimated. He smiled pleasantly and said, "Miss, do you want to pawn something?"
Shen Miao glanced at him, the pawnbrokers had changed and heard that the Fengxian pawnshop was also closed for two years after they went to Xiaochun City. It also reopened not long ago, but I don't know if the girl Hongling and Ji Yushu are still there. She said, "I'm looking for Hong Ling."
The young man was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shen Miao carefully again, Shen Miao looked at him calmly, the young man paused for a while, and quickly said, "Please wait a moment." Turned around and got into the back hall.
After a while, a woman in red came, followed by the guy just now. She is still wearing a red dress, her appearance is quite amorous, and she is more swaying and colorful than two years ago. When she saw Shen Miao, her eyes narrowed and she suddenly smiled, "I haven't seen you for a long time, the young lady became more and more provocative, making Hong Ling unable to open her eyes."
Hong Ling said these arrogant and rude words, but it didn't necessarily feel cheap, but inexplicably hearty. Shen Miao nodded slightly and Hong Ling smiled again and said, "Old rules, young lady come with me, but..." She pointed to Azhi and said with a tender smile, "This stupid big man cannot follow."
Azhi has a lively temperament, no more indifferent than Mo Qing, and his face turned red when pointed at by a charming lady like Hongling. But he still insisted: "Subordinates follow Miss."
“You wait here.” Shen Miao said, “I will go to see a friend, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu will just follow.” Her tone was firm and Azhi could not say anything to refute.
On the other hand, when Hong Ling saw this, a strangeness flashed in her eyes. She probably did not expect that Shen Miao looked at such a petite person, but she often taught the bodyguards she brought over to be obedient and obedient, and whether it was Mo Qing or Azhi, she respected Shen at heart. wonderful. A capable subordinate would be somewhat arrogant, but in front of Shen Miao, these people were not at all arrogant.
Shen Miao is a capable person.
Hong Ling led Shen Miao to Lin Jiangxian's small building. Jing Zhe and Gu Yu followed, Shen Miao asked, "I heard that Fengxian's pawnshop reopened not long ago, two years ago..."
"There was a change in the shopkeeper's home two years ago, and he closed his shop and went back to his hometown. Not long ago, he returned to Dingjing." Hong Ling smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Miss is still the first in our pawnshop. What about the old customers?"
Shen Miao thought about it in her heart and then responded with a smile. After arriving in the small building, as before, Hong Ling placed her in the private room and said, "Hong Ling will call the shopkeeper. The young lady will sit here to rest and eat tea and wait for a while." then left.
There are plums and tea on the table, and the incense curls. This elegant room is exactly the same as before. Fengxian's pawnshop is such a big shop, and the shop has not been in business for two years, and it's not even renting it to someone else's house.
Before Shen Miao finished her cup of tea, there was a sound of someone pushing the door outside. She put down the teacup, and saw the person who came in, dressed in a robe of emerald green garnet and a golden crown, and walked in with a smile.
This person is still a baby face, but after all, because of two years of plucking, he shows a bit of youthful maturity. It’s just that the naughty look on his face was the same as before, but… Shen Miao looked at him, Ji Yushu could wear such a fancy dress so cheerfully, this person was really coquettish in his bones.
Ji Yushu opened the door and saw Shen Miao, her eyes lit up and she did not hide it at all, and praised, "I thought that Miss Shaoyao was the most beautiful girl I have seen, but now it seems that Miss Shen is not too much. , Miss Shen is even more graceful, and I can't find anything to praise the girl."
When Jing Zhe and Gu Yu saw this, their faces showed displeased expressions. Ji Yushu's remarks are like a prodigy who molested a girl from a good family, but such nonsense is matched with an innocent face, which also confuses him whether he is pretending to be stupid on purpose, or whether he is unintentional. Word.
Shen Miao smiled slightly, "Manager Ji is also richer than before." His eyes swept over Ji Yushu's fancy clothes.
Ji Yushu sat down opposite Shen Miao and poured himself a cup of tea, but he seemed very happy and seemed genuinely happy for the reunion. He said: "I didn't expect that Miss Shen still remembers this old friend. I heard that General Shen had just returned to Beijing, and Miss Shen was not in a hurry to see others, but she came to Fengxian's pawnshop. She really regarded her as someone she trusted. Impressed."
Shen Miao: "..." Just last night, a self-assured person left, and there was another one in front of him. Shen Miao only felt a little headache. Besides, what Ji Yushu said was serious, he really thought that Shen Miao was so close to him.
Shen Miao coughed lightly, "Actually, I came here today to do business with Shopkeeper Ji. I just returned to the Ding capital and many things are not clear, so I have to rely on Bai Xiaosheng."
Ji Yushu was stunned at first, and then said: "Business? It's easy to say. Bai Xiaosheng should do his best to know what Miss Shen wants to know. As for silver, since you are friends with Miss Shen, let's take a 20% reduction for Miss Shen. ."
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu rolled their eyes behind their backs. Ji Yushu was in charge of such a large family business. On the surface, it was a pawnshop, but in reality it was a business without a business. A single business became a steady stream of money. How could he be so stingy, only reducing it by 20%? Sure enough, there is no cheating.
Shen Miao smiled slightly, "Yinzi is easy to talk about, but the news this time is not easy to deal with."
Ji Yushu said: "Miss Shen is really good at joking. Back then, I even took over the business of 'making' news, and I was able to take care of it at Fengxian Pawnshop. Now there's nothing I dare not do."
"But Manager Ji hasn't been in Ming Qi for two years. The matter of Ming Qi, I'm afraid it might sound a little troublesome to talk about," she said.
Ji Yushu smiled, with indescribable pride in his eyes: "Miss Shen, don't underestimate the Fengxian pawnshop, even though the Fengxian pawnshop will be closed in the next two years, the business still has to be done. Otherwise, where will the money come from to support the family? Bai Xiaosheng is still doing it. After all, the harvest of two years cannot be thrown away. Miss Shen, do you have any news to ask? My Fengxian pawnshop will naturally serve the young lady."
Shen Miao chuckled, "I feel relieved when the shopkeeper Ji said this. I came today because I wanted to do three business deals, and they were all here to buy news. The first one... The shopkeeper Ji knew that two years ago, the Xie family of the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion was here. The news of the death of the little prince."
Ji Yushu was stunned for a moment and looked at Shen Miao, "What is Miss Shen asking about?"
"The Xie family and my Shen family are also from Ming Qi's general family. Although the Marquis of Lin'an and my father disagree on politics, the warriors sympathize with each other. As the saying goes, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad. Let the shopkeeper Ji do me a favor and find out the clues about the death of Lord Xie Xiaohou in battle, including the issue of restraint."
Ji Yushu took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "It's easy to handle, but everyone knows about Xie Jing Xing's death, it's not easy to find out something different, I can't guarantee that I can find out, after all, people are dying. Extinction, it's been too long."
“Shopkeeper Ji works hard, but if you can’t find it, it’s fine for me.” Shen Miao picked up the teapot, poured herself a cup of tea, and said calmly, “Second business, Manager Ji knows that the Ming Qi Palace is in the palace. There is an imperial physician named Gao Yang."
With a puff, Ji Yushu spit out a sip of tea. Shen Miao gave Jing Zhe a wink and Jing Zhe hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.
Ji Yushu took the veil and hurriedly wiped off the water stains on his body, only to hear Shen Miao say, "Manager Ji seems to be surprised?"
"Cough," Ji Yushu said, "I'm really surprised, how could Miss Shen think of looking for the imperial physician in the palace?"
“It’s just entrusted by others.” Shen Miao looked at him, “Has the shopkeeper Ji never heard of this name?”
Gao Yang shook his head, “It was the first time I heard about it, I thought I was not very skilled in medicine, otherwise it would have been famous all over the world.” He looked at Shen Miao with some doubts, “To tell you the truth, how could the young lady be involved in the palace. Although Bai Xiaosheng is doing business, the forces involved in the palace are too broad, and we are not good at taking risks in business."
Shen Miao looked at him without speaking, but her calm eyes made Ji Yushu feel a little uneasy. Ji Yushu coughed twice, and the inexplicable voice became a little lower: "It's not impossible, it's just more money..."
“Shopkeeper Yinzi Ji needn’t worry.” Shen Miao smiled, “It will never be shorter than the shopkeeper Ji.”
Ji Yushu was already feeling guilty after Shen Miao's previous two deals, he laughed dryly and said, "I don't know what the news that Miss Shen is going to buy the third one is about?"
“The third business is somewhat difficult.” Shen Miao looked at him, “But I believe in the skill of the shopkeeper Ji, it is only a matter of time.”
Hearing this, Ji Yushu forced a smile: "Thank you Miss Shen for your trust, but... what is it that makes Miss Shen feel difficult?"
“I want to inquire about someone,” Shen Miao put down her teacup, “His Royal Highness Prince Rui of Great Liang.”
Ji Yushu's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, but there was an unfathomable expression on his face: "Oh? How could Miss Shen think of asking about His Royal Highness Prince Rui? As far as I know, this Prince Rui has just come to make an appointment. Not long after Beijing. Even if there is a real friendship, at most, Miss Shen can see him at the tribute banquet. Could it be that Miss Shen is also like those noble girls, in love with Prince Rui's beauty, so he came to inquire?" Ji Yushu At the end, I don't know why I became happy again, and my voice changed from the low level just now, with a rare excitement.
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were going to explode in anger behind, Ji Yushu was so full of nonsense, if someone outside heard it, he might not know what to think about Shen Miao. The master couldn't interrupt when he spoke, so the two of them had to endure anger and look at Ji Yushu with contempt.
Shen Miao looked at Ji Yushu's excited appearance, scratching her ears and cheeks, and suddenly smiled, she said, "Yes. I also admire his peerless beauty."
Ji Yushu was taken aback. He suddenly opened his mouth wide and pointed at Shen Miao as if he couldn't believe it, and stammered, "Is this true?"
Shen Miao nodded and said seriously, "Really."
Ji Yushu couldn't hold back his excitement as if he had discovered some important secret. "Hehe" laughed twice, and said, "Since that's the case, I will definitely inquire about Prince Rui's situation for the young lady next time... See if there are any other girls around him."
Shen Miao got up and nodded at Ji Yushu, "Then I would like to thank Shopkeeper Ji. If I find anything, please have someone deliver a letter to the mansion, I will naturally come to Fengxian Pawnshop to meet with Shopkeeper Ji." She took out from her sleeves. A piece of silver came and placed in front of Ji Yu's writing: "This is the deposit."
Ji Yushu said with a smile: "Miss Shen is too polite, what is there to say about the deposit between you and me." While speaking, he put the silver in his sleeve. It made Jing Zhe and Gu Yu give him a few more glances.
Shen Miao said with a smile, "It is only natural to take money to do things. It's just that shopkeeper Ji needs to remember one thing," she said with gentle brows, but her words were a bit harsh, "The rules of Bai Xiaosheng's business are to be genuine. The shopkeeper from the same season came here to inquire about the news, naturally he does not want to hear false news. The news is true and it is best to be useful to me. Otherwise, the money is spent but useless information is obtained…” Shen Miao lowered her head and smiled: "It will be bad if the shopkeeper Ji's signboard is broken and the business can't go on."
Ji Yushu was stunned, Shen Miao had already called Jing Zhe Gu Yu to push the door and walked out. He stayed for a while and heard Hong Ling outside with a smile sending Shen Miao away, looking at the tea cup in front of him, he suddenly sneezed.
He rubbed his nose, stood up, pushed the door and walked to the next door, pulled open a landscape painting in front of him, and a door behind him. Ji Yushu opened the door and was kicked as soon as he walked in, almost falling. He closed the door and yelled angrily at the initiator, "Gao Yang!"
The person sitting behind the door was dressed in fluttering white clothes, with an immortal style and a dignified appearance, shaking a folding fan with a gentle appearance, but what he said was not very polite: "Ji Yushu, you have a sick mind, and you will be sold as a fool if you go on like this. I don't even know."
Ji Yushu said angrily: "You're smart, and you're smart, but you're not being discovered by others. But people say that you need to find a high-tai-doctor!"
“Shut up.” The person in the corner finally couldn’t help but speak, the purple gold robe was gorgeous, it wasn’t Xie Jing Xing or who it was. He glanced at Ji Yushu: "Noisy."
Ji Yushu was aggrieved and said, "Third brother, I don't know anything. I left Beijing with you, and it was discovered that something was wrong when we came back. This is clearly Gao Yang's fault." Ji Yushu looked at him fiercely. Gao Yang: "Tell me! Is there something wrong with you that will be discovered by Miss Shen?"
This private room was adjacent to the one just now, and the conversation between Ji Yushu and Shen Miao could be heard clearly. Xie Jing Xing and Gao Yang listened to the conversation between the two of them. To know that the three people Shen Miao inquired about were all here, thinking about it also felt strange.
“Ji Yushu are you stupid?” Gao Yang said, “Shen Miao only returned to Dingjing a few days ago. Unless she has clairvoyance, how will she know what I am doing in the palace? I also suspect that something is wrong with you. ."
"What's wrong with me, Miss Shen didn't inquire about me again, so what are you doing? Could it be that she likes you, but isn't what Miss Shen admires about the beauty of the third brother?" Ji Yushu thought of something, and said with a narrow smile: "Hehe, Miss Shen was also stunned by the third brother."
"Only a fool like you can believe this kind of nonsense." Gao Yang looked at him coldly: "Do you think everyone will be dazzled by beauty just like you?"
Ji Yushu patted his chest: "I can't tell you, I won't tell you. Third brother, what should I do now? Do you want to find her? Or do you want to make up a message to deceive her?"
“Since Shen Miao has inquired about these three pieces of information, she must have some knowledge. Lies may be discovered. What does Shen Miao mean, now I really can’t even see the position of the Shen family. Pei Lang, who had friendship with Shen Miao in private, has now become Fu Xiu Yi’s confidant. How can a little girl be so complicated?” Gao Yang rambled and found that Xie Jing Xing didn’t listen to him at all and looked at the teapot on the table. I don't know what I was thinking, so I reminded: "Thank you... Your Highness, how do you deal with it this time?"
Xie Jing Xing returned to his senses and thought for a while, "There is no need to deal with it."
"Why?" Without waiting for Gao Yang to speak, Ji Yushu said first, "I won't make any money? Besides, Miss Shen is smart. If she really refuses like this, she will definitely find something wrong. If you find out what's wrong with our Fengxian pawnshop. What to do when?"
Xie Jing Xing smiled lightly, “Just because she is smart, she doesn’t have to deal with it.”
"You mean..." Gao Yang frowned.
“She found something wrong and came to test it.” Xie Jing Xing narrowed his eyes, raised his lips and said with a smile, “Those words are not for you, but for me.”
"That sentence of peerless beauty?" Ji Yushu's focus was always on other things.
Xie Jing Xing glanced at him coldly and said, "It was also told to me."
On the carriage outside, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu looked at Shen Miao’s expression carefully, Gu Yu said softly, “Girl, did that shopkeeper Ji say something wrong…. The girl looks a little angry.”
She was indeed very angry, although Shen Miao looked calm on the face, the coldness around her body made both girls feel it. It seems to be sulking, and it seems to be angry, but this anger is just forbearance. Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were both very puzzled, Shen Miao and Ji Yushu were talking in the private room and they all heard them. Although Ji Yushu did not speak very well, Shen Miao was fine just now. Besides, Shen Miao is not a person who gets angry just because of her words.
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu could not understand, Shen Miao replied indifferently, "Nothing." The tone became even colder.
Her fingers in her sleeves clenched slightly, but an uncontrollable suffocation came into her heart. Fengxian's pawnshop closed shortly after she left, and reopened shortly before she returned to Beijing. How can there be such a coincidence in the world. All the coincidences in the world can be traced, Shen Miao thought about it carefully, when the Fengxian pawnshop closed, besides Shen Xin going to Xiaochun City, another major event happened, that is, Xie Jing Xing asked the handsome to send troops. As for the reopening of the Fengxian pawnshop…. In addition to her returning to Beijing, is it not the time when the Ming Qi paid tribute, when Prince Qin and Prince Rui arrived in Dingjing
The Shen family had nothing to do with the Fengxian pawnshop, so naturally it would not have anything to do with the Shen family. Huangfu Hao was not in the Ding capital two years ago, after all the calculations, closing and opening had an indelible relationship with Xie Jing Xing. Today, she came to Fengxian Pawnshop just to try it out.
The result of the trial was not what she expected, Ji Yushu and Xie Jing Xing were probably old acquaintances, Gao Yang was the same. Before and after the contact, I was afraid that Ji Yushu and Gao Yang were both from Great Liang, but they hid their identities and hid in the Ding capital. The hateful thing was that when she did business with Ji Yushu at the beginning, she told everything about Prince Yu's mansion, I feared that Xie Jing Xing knew all about it. She thought she had the first opportunity to eat Ji Yushu to death, but Xie Jing Xing was behind, when she thought of Xie Jing Xing playing people like fools, Shen Miao could not wait to tear Xie Jing Xing apart.
Feeling sullen in her heart, Jing Zhe thought she was too hot, she opened the curtain to get some air, and quickly put it down, Shen Miao glanced casually, but she saw a familiar face among the crowd in the street without thinking.
Jing Zhe lowered the curtain but was stopped by Shen Miao and called to stop the carriage, she opened the curtain and looked at the place just now, but there was no more face in the crowd.
“Girl?” Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were shocked by Shen Miao’s surprise today. But seeing Shen Miao carefully looking outside the carriage for a while, she lowered the curtain and said, "It's nothing, let's go on."
It's just that his brows were tightly locked, his face even more serious than just before.