Chapter 1068: The price of leaving Pei Yuanzhang

He looked at me silently, his eyes complicated as if there were tens of thousands of emotions coming up at this moment, intertwined with each other, even he didn't know what the mood was in his heart in the end.
After a long time, he took a deep breath.
"it is good."
"..."
"I stay with you."
I smiled and slowly turned around.
There are many people around, they hurried in and hurried away, but everyone has their own life, they can't see it, and they don't care at all. When I turned around and turned my back to him, it was I can't see any mood. When I turned around, his face was always indifferent, with a cool face, and what kind of expression he was.
...
Next, we went to many places.
Probably relying on my bulging money bag, and with him behind me, I gradually started to get upset.
Speaking of which, I have n’t been short of money over the years, but it ’s rare that when I go to the street to spread silver, maybe women are born to like shopping, like to buy things, and the more you have the spirit, the more you buy, the happier you are. After a while, his hand behind me was stuffed with big and small bags and boxes.
Then we entered another silk satin village.
He was holding so many things and was so tired that when he walked into the shop to say hello, he sat aside to drink tea and sweat, but I looked at the brightly colored satin and the beautifully cut garments with spirits. After looking at it for a while, he chose one, and asked him in front of him, "Do you want to see it?"
He looked up and said nothing.
I also know that he probably hasn't had such a time in his life, and it is not difficult for him to help a woman look at clothes or something, so he turned around and tried it.
Putting on my clothes, I walked in front of him, reached out and shook his eyes, and he looked up at me. I asked, "How?"
He glanced up and down at me, shook his head, and didn't speak.
The owner nearby saw him like this and hurried up to round the field: "Mrs. This suit is well chosen, our shop is unique, look at this material, this tailoring!"
He didn't speak.
I turned around and chose another one.
After changing it, he walked in front of him and asked, "What about this one?
He only glanced at it and reached out his corner.
The shopkeeper chuckled aside and said, "This sangong's eyes are really high. This clothes is not my self-promotion, as a boss. Even if I take it to Yangzhou City, few shops can make such a fine Here comes the clothes. "
He still doesn't speak.
I didn't complain either, turned around and continued to pick, then went to him and asked his opinion. In this way, several sets were changed in a row, and the changed clothes were piled on the shop and piled up into mountains. The boss smiled bitterly: "This man, the shop's clothes are famous from far and near, isn't he able to see one Eye? You look at this lady, everything is sweating. "
Liu Qinghan looked up at me and looked at the pile of clothes before he said, "The fourth one."
"what?"
I looked at the boss and looked back at the piles of clothes, and I was dumbfounded. Who remembers the fourth one?
He said silently: "Shi Qing's set."
The boss hurried over and pulled out one: "This?"
He nodded.
The boss seemed to be relieved. One of the rare things he looked at was pleasing to the eye. He thought that the business was about to be completed, and said in a hurry: "Xiangong has a vision, look at the clothes, the material, the cut ..."
However, although the boss talked wildly, I looked at the dress, but I didn't really think it was very good. Compared with the other sets, the color of this dress seemed very simple, and the stone blue was not too eye-catching. Put it in a pile of clothes, he wouldn't say, and I wouldn't go for a second look.
I frowned slightly: "Why did you choose this set?"
"Simple, generous, and sturdy." He glanced at me and lowered his head, but seemed a bit cramped: "You are white, look good in this color."
Looking at his contortion, I was silent for a while, some of them smiled, then turned around and said to the owner: "Just this, wrap me up."
The boss promised and hurriedly asked my buddies to pack my clothes. I took the paper bag and turned it to him. He didn't complain. After receiving it, he picked up the bags, boxes and me before Out of this satin village together.
The two people walked back and forth for a long time. By noon, he could n’t get enough things, but I did n’t want to stop, and went to a dental shop specializing in the hire of a carriage coach, and hired a carriage. I hired a driver who looked quite honest and honest, signed a contract for half a year, paid the down payment, and asked them to wait for me at the entrance of Jixiang Village tomorrow.
After I walked out of the shop, I was relieved.
Liu Qinghan followed me, but remained silent, just watching me deal with these things back and forth, this time I looked back at him: "Are you tired?"
He said nothing. He only said, "Why are you wearing old shoes faster than my new ones?"
I laughed: "Old shoes fit."
He couldn't help sighing and shaking his head.
This time, I did not embarrass him either. The two found a tea house to drink tea, and also rested. When they entered the room, they felt cool for a while. He finally relieved himself and set everything aside. Sitting there rubbing sweat.
I sat next to him, watching him sweat like a rain, smiling, took out a handkerchief and handed it to him, and said gently, "You still take it down, so sweaty."
But before I finished speaking, he immediately stood up and stepped back.
Seeing that I was holding a handkerchief in my hand instead of removing his mask, he felt relieved, but just looking at my stiff face, he coughed softly and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it . "
"..."
I was silent for a while, and still handed the handkerchief in front of him. He took a look, took it, carefully rubbed the sweat on his forehead, and squeezed the handkerchief in his hand.
I glanced at him and said nothing. I just turned around to greet Xiao Er, and brought in some refreshments.
The two were drinking tea while sitting and enjoying the coolness. The cool breeze came in through the gaps in the bamboo curtains on the windows, and they could hear the extraordinary sound of the bustling streets outside. After taking a few sips of tea, he finally took a sigh of relief, then looked back at the pile of brocade boxes and paper bags we were piled up beside him, shaking his head and saying, "You can really buy it."
I laughed: "For so many years, I have almost forgotten the feeling of spending money."
He couldn't help but laughed.
I went on to say, "But rest assured, these are just small sums of money, but they are needed on the road. You see, I haven't moved the money you gave me."
Then he shook the purse around his waist.
After walking out with me for so long, he is a sharp-eyed person. Of course, I already know that I have a lot of money on me, including those tickets that Ruxiang gave me that are temporarily unavailable. One of my large stacks of silver tickets came out and was not used up.
This time, he finally asked, "What are you going to do with that much money?"
I smiled.
"Playing music?"
I nodded, and then said, "Although I'm going to the capital, I also want to find the wonderful words, but this must not be at the cost of me entering the palace again and staying with the emperor." Calmly said: "I left him that year and paid my whole life-the biggest price, I won't and can't go back again!"
His face sank slightly.
After a long silence, he said, "But if the emperor wants you--"
Before he finished speaking, I went on to say: "I know he is the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. If he wants to find a woman, he can do it by force."
"..."
"But if he is looking for Miss Yan, it will not be so easy."
"..."
He immediately seemed to understand what came over, his eyes lit up, and I said calmly: "So this time when I go to Beijing, I won't be like everyone in the past, I'm alone, a weak woman, and of course how others bully No matter how bullying, I have to put on a show, there must be many servants hug and hug, I will appear as Miss Yan family. "
"Then, if you need a guard--"
"I'll go back and hire the militia, you don't have to worry."
He looked at me for a while, and seemed to laugh and cry, "How can I not worry."
"..."
"You are on the road alone, how much will happen on the road."
"..."
"Even if you have made arrangements on the road, what will you do after you arrive in Beijing?"
I laughed and shook the heavy purse again: "That's why I asked you for money."
He looked at me: "Ah?"
"I plan to go to Beijing and buy a house."
"what."
"Beauty words are sick. I heard Yao Lao said they all. Even if they can really practice the spirit, they will not be successful overnight. It takes a long time to recuperate alone. I will go to Beijing to wait for her illness. Seek a chance to meet her, or— "I pursed my lips and didn't finish the words, and then continued:" The time is definitely not short, so I plan to build a house in Beijing. "
"..."
"But you also know that from ancient times to the present, the land in Beijing has been the most expensive. The money to buy a large estate in these places is probably only enough to buy a latrine in Beijing."
He laughed loudly.
"and so--"
He watched me shake my little money bag again, with a smile, but also a little worried: "You should have enough money, but if so, your next life-"
"I'll think of a way."
Instead of speaking immediately, he was silent for a while and said, "Maybe, I can help you find a way."
I glanced at him: "What can I do?"
"I have a house in Beijing, a private house."
"..." I raised my eyebrows and looked at him with a complicated expression.
He met my eyes and smiled, "You don't have to look at me like this, being an official, who can have one or two such private houses?"
"where?"
"Near Tongquetai."
"How old?"
"Three in and three out."
My eyebrows are raised higher.
Although it is very common for officials to be able to set up private homes, not all officials have the ability to set up lots in the area near Tongquetai. After all, I have been in the palace for so many years, and I have done the straight in Jixian Temple, mixed with the officialdom, and I know the origin of those things, and looked at him with a smile: "Your popularity seems to be good."
He smiled: "If I don't do well, I won't do well."
After hearing what he said, I was silent.
Indeed, there is no fish in the clear water, especially his status in the imperial court. If he can only do things one-by-one, he's afraid that he will have ten million enemies long ago. Where can he do his best?
So I smiled and let him continue.
He thought about it for a while, and then said, "Although this house is my private house, I haven't used it very much. Only one family is helping me to keep it. The man in that family is Lao Zhu, who is also a kind old man. I write A letter to him, you take it, he will know after reading it. But-"
"But what?"
"Hopefully the house hasn't been found yet."
I hesitated and immediately understood that he is now a guilty body, everything before that has been brought to naught, and I don't know if this house is also under investigation.
He called Dian Xiao Er, asked for ink and pen, and quickly wrote a letter and sealed it for me.
"If you're lucky, maybe you can save that," he said.
I took the letter and smiled slightly: "I hope too."
After drinking tea, I also had enough rest. We both left the tea house. He still helped me to hold those things. The two went forward all the way to the west of the market in a very lively area.
Here are some dental shops, introduced to the servants of the big families. Outside their shops, there are some little girls, one by one with ragged clothes, with straw labels on their heads. They are poor, and they are selling slaves.
Liu Qinghan asked, "You are--"
"It's too far. I plan to buy two girls to stay with me."
"Oh."
"Then help me look at it, pick a smart one."
He didn't speak, only nodding slightly.
Most of the people who came here to sell as slaves escaped from Jinling because of the disaster this year, but the taxation was particularly heavy. Not only was the taxation heavy, but also the military service. Many people were overwhelmed. The family escaped, but once they got out of the household registration, they had nothing. In addition, Yangzhou had re-measured the land some time ago, and the arable land privately occupied by many squires and local lords was brought under the unified jurisdiction of the court. It is difficult to find. These people have no land, have left their household registration, cannot survive, and can only sell themselves as slaves.
Liu Qinghan sighed and watched slowly in the crowd. I know that he has been an official for so many years, and he is still very accurate. After a while, he pointed to a trembling figure in the corner and said to me: "That looks good."
I turned to look at it, and it happened that the person also slowly raised his head and met my gaze.