[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

The dishes were already on the table, Lu Caichun looked at the censer on the table, and remembered that the five of them got married there that day.

She followed Ouyang Chun from childhood to all over the world, and her knowledge is not comparable to that of the young ladies in her boudoir.She really had a plan at the time, she thought that she was short-handed and soft-mouthed, so she cooked food for these few and apologized, and she would never be detained in this crappy place again.But when they came to the front, until the name of the uncle was reported, the group of people let go and wanted to make friends with her instead.They didn't let go of their words after hearing the name of the uncle. The rapid change made her feel really chilled.Therefore, she should call everyone in the circle "brother", but she only favors Xu Qing in her heart.

Turning her eyes back to the dining table, she saw that the empty seats were still empty, and Bai Yutang did not come as she expected.

Seeing that Bai Yutang didn't come, Lu Fang felt very sorry, and said to Lu Caichun, "Sixth sister, don't be angry, fifth brother has this temperament, you don't have to blame him, as time goes by, the knot in his heart will be broken." It will be fine, of course.”

Lu Caichun laughed and said, "Brother is serious. It's just that my younger sister is worried that Brother Wu won't have dinner and will starve to death."

"You don't need to worry." Hearing this, everyone turned their heads and looked, only to see Bai Yutang walking in casually, and took the empty seat next to Lu Caishu, "I just went to the garden to relax, but unexpectedly it was too late. Time to eat."

Han Zhang smiled and said, "It's good if you come."

There was no words at the table.In the middle of eating, Lu Caishun suddenly asked Zhuang Ding for something. After a while, Zhuang Ding put a small celadon pot on the table and opened the small lid. It turned out to be a pot of sweet soup. The chopped peach meat was mixed with lotus root powder. , garnished with diced cherries, thick and fragrant, Lu Caichun filled a bowl with Kuidu and put it in front of him, but he didn't drink it himself, but pushed half a foot to the person above him every moment.

There were six people at a table, and the other four people all lowered their heads and snickered when they saw it.Bai Yutang glanced down, saw that the bowl of sweet soup had been pushed in front of him, and asked Lu Caichun directly, "Who do you want to push it to?"

The other four sighed secretly, doubting whether the fifth younger brother really didn't get enlightened, or it was fake.When Lu Caichun saw him asking, she simply replied, "Of course I will push it to you."

Bai Yutang said: "If you give it to me, give it to me, what are you doing secretly?" Lu Caichun was so choked by him that he couldn't speak, she rolled her eyes in her heart, and said to herself, it's not because I'm afraid you will care about me, so she won't drink the soup I made.But seeing him take the spoon to scoop up the sweet soup and put it in his mouth, Lu Caishu unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Only at this time did the people at the table change their expressions of joy.

Han Zhang asked: "Fifth brother is going to Yangzhou, what kind of connections can he find out?"

Bai Yutang said: "We didn't catch up with the murderer, but we got some news from the brothel where the murderer stayed. This matter is not over yet."

Jiang Pingdao: "Fifth brother, listen to my elder brother's persuasion, let's ignore this matter. I heard that the person who died was a high-ranking official. The government has also closed the case on this matter, so let's not go to this muddy water again."

Bai Yutang glanced around at the brothers present, and asked: "Do all the brothers mean this?"

The rest of the people were silent, Bai Yutang quickly said: "Little brother understands." At the end, he added, "Tomorrow I will go to Bianjing."

Lu Fang hurriedly asked: "Fifth brother is still worried, are you going to investigate this matter?"

Bai Yutang said with a smile: "Since all the elders have instructed my younger brother, naturally my younger brother will not dare to get entangled in this matter. This trip to Bianjing is to visit Sister Ding San. A few days ago, she didn't come out of the court, married Did you miss that Zhan Xiongfei known as 'Royal Cat'?"

The other four people looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what the fifth brother was planning.When Lu Caichun heard this, she was surprised.She thought to herself: I saw a line of small characters written on his portrait earlier, which happened to have the word "Bianjing". This surnamed Bai said that he was going to visit some third sister, so he might still be chasing the murderer.Uncle Shi hasn't returned yet, so he must have gotten the news and caught up with Bianjing.If I could go to Bianjing and find my uncle, wouldn't I be able to get rid of such a crowd?

Here Lu Caichun was thinking about it, while Bai Yutang had already set aside the spoon and said, "Little brother, eat it, brothers take it easy."

Back in the wing, Bai Yutang ordered Bai Fu to pack his burden.Bai Fu asked, "Will Fifth Master bring Miss Ding San any gifts?"

Bai Yutang thought for a moment, and said: "When my sister got married, I didn't send gifts yet. Here is the flat lacquer dowry I brought back from Yangzhou, together with silver hairpins, gold hairpins, jade bracelets, jade bracelets, agate pendants, The mahogany comb is packed together, take it with me."

Suddenly, there was a beeping sound outside the window, as if someone had smashed the window lattice with a small stone.Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, and asked loudly: "Anyone from outside the house, please give me your name!"

"Fifth brother, come and open the door for me." It was Lu Caishu's voice.

"You have hands and feet, come in by yourself." But Bai Yutang turned his face and directed Bai Fu to pack the burden, "Don't call me Fifth Brother, I am not married to Miss Lu."

The sound of small stones hitting the window lattice sounded again and again.Bai Fu glanced at Bai Yutang's expression, then turned to open the door.

The bamboo shadows in the courtyard are swaying, reflecting like water and sky, like algae and midges.Frogs croaked everywhere, but no one was there.Bai Fu felt strange, but he heard someone calling: "Where are you looking? I'm on a tree."

Bai Fu looked up and saw Lu Caichun sitting firmly on the embraced camphor tree branches, her red pleated skirt hanging down like a closed daylily flower.Beside her was a pile of small stones, presumably they were used to smash the window lattice.When she saw that it was Bai Fu who came out, she said: "Please brother call Bai Shaoxia out to meet him."

Bai Fu asked: "Miss Six just goes in to see him, why bother to come out?"

Lu Caichun said: "I don't have my third brother here to support me. I'm afraid he will teach me a lesson, so I sit up high, so it's easier to run when the time comes."

"If my master really wants to teach you a lesson, even if you sit on the moon, you won't be able to escape." As soon as Lu Caishu finished speaking, Bai Yutang turned out of the wing.

Seeing him coming out, Lu Caichun said joyfully, "Young man, I'll discuss it with you."

Bai Yutang couldn't hear it very well.He is not a person who will take revenge. He chased Lu Caishu before, but it was because she broke the rules of the sky island. Without rules, he must be careful.But now that the older brothers say they don't care about it, he puts the festival aside.Going to dinner is a proof of that.Hearing that Lu Caichun wanted to call him "Young Hero" now, his teeth felt sore, and he said, "You might as well call him 'Fifth Brother'."

Lu Caichun said: "Then fifth brother, can I go to Bianjing with you?"

"What are you going to do?"

"I thought about it, my uncle should have gone to Bianjing. He investigated the same case as you, and I saw the word 'Bianjing' in the portrait. If I guessed right, it should be the murderer who fled. Entering the capital. It is inconvenient to live on the empty island for a long time, so it is better to go to the uncle to be safe."

"Why did you come to me by accident?"

Lu Caichun curled her lips and said, "Of course it's because Fifth Brother doesn't want to see me the most. I followed Master Uncle, and Fifth Brother is out of sight and out of mind."

When Bai Yutang heard this, he snorted and said, "That will work."

Lu Caichun said happily, "Fifth brother agreed?"

"Don't think about the young master taking you to Bianjing." After saying that, Bai Yutang closed the door.

Lu Caichun didn't know what he said to offend Bai Yutang, so he was so angry that he grabbed a handful of stones and threw them at the partition door of the wing room, making a loud bang.The people inside didn't care anymore.

The next day, before dawn, the night was like a torn green gauze curtain, half a waning moon was imprinted in the west, like splashed rice milk, and the smell of reeds and river water diffused in the night.The wind is cool and the air is clear, and insects are heard from time to time.Han Zhang and Xu Qing sent Bai Yutang to the ferry, and when he boarded the boat, Fang waved goodbye and turned to leave.Zhouzi put the water pole on the river bank, and the boat rowed leisurely into the river.

A fishing fire is lit in the canopy of the boat, and from a distance it seems to be shining and undulating in the night.Bai Yutang sat cross-legged at the stern while the boatman was rocking the boat at the bow.Surrounded by silence, only the rushing of the river can be heard.Suddenly, Bai Yutang asked the Zhouzi, "Bai Fu, you haven't left Sanjie Ding's dowry?"

"I don't know, you can search by yourself." It was a clear female voice that promised him.

Startled, Bai Yutang got into the canopy of the boat, opened the straw curtain, and saw Lu Caichun was taking off the bamboo hat, holding a water pole in his hand, looking back at him with a sweet smile.She was dressed in gray and short brown, which actually deceived him.Instead of being angry, Bai Yutang smiled: "What did you do to Bai Fu?"

"I gave him a few taels of silver and asked him to give me the clothes. He got the money and didn't even want to support the boat, so I had to replace him." Lu Caichun said with a smile.

"Nonsense," Bai Yutang snorted coldly, "If he really dares to be bribed by you, he will be in trouble."

Lu Caichun said: "Aren't I afraid that if I tell the truth, Fifth Brother will throw me overboard?"

Bai Yutang said: "Dare to talk to me like that, is it because you know for sure that I can't punting the boat, and I can't get on the boat without you, and you're afraid that I'll throw you on board?"

"Fifth brother really has the knowledge of people and self-knowledge." Lu Caichun laughed, "That Bai Fu probably frightened you, and he was unwilling to switch with me. The situation forced me, so I had to drug him out. He was dragged into the woodshed and locked up, and then he stuffed ten taels of silver into his arms."

Bai Yutang thought for a moment, and said, "You are very thoughtful."

The two finally lived in peace, and went to Kaifeng Mansion together on the road.

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Another peaceful day.The sky outside the shop is clear and bright, and chatter and laughter are lively inside the shop. A green flag is picked up at the gate of the military patrol shop, and it is following Liusi to the door.Zhan Zhao finished touring the street, went into the shop, set up a bench, and sat down by the door, called the tea doctor to sift a cup of herbal tea, and ate and drank some fruit cakes.Just as he was wandering, he suddenly heard a few businessmen sitting not far away talking behind their backs, talking about Chinchilla's entry into Bianjing.He strained his ears, and heard those people say: "I heard from Ding Er from Mohua Village in Songjiang Prefecture that he came to Beijing this time to target Mr. Zhan."

"Master Zhan has no grievances or enmities with him, why does he want to seek Master Zhan?"

"There are two reasons for this, everyone, just listen to me. One is that Mr. Zhan's title of 'Royal Cat' is just to offend the five rats? Bai Yutang is an arrogant person, how can he bear it? "

"I've been used to hearing this for a long time, but it's been passed on for so long, and I don't see Bai Yutang coming to trouble Mr. Zhan—you can tell me about the second one."

"Second point, I don't know if I don't tell you, but you will be shocked when I say it-you don't know that Mrs. Zhan's newly married wife, Miss Ding San, is an old acquaintance of Bai Yutang. An empty island and a Mohua village are just a few of them. They face each other across the river. Is it possible for a talented man and a beautiful woman to say that they are ruthless? However, our Nanxia made a cross-cutting move and was the first to marry Miss Ding San. How dare you tell that Bai Yutang not to hold grudges? "

"That's quite reasonable. You don't know that when the two got married, Bai Yutang didn't even see a shadow of him. He thought he was hiding somewhere and secretly hurt himself." After saying that, all the officials burst into laughter. stand up.

Here Zhan Zhao shook his head, threw a piece of silver on the table, got up and left.Back home, I just ran into Ding Meng directing Ya Huan to bring the fish soup to the table.Zhan Zhao sat down at the top, and Ding Meng handed him a hand towel steamed with hot soup, so that he could wipe off his sweat.

Zhan Zhao thought of the gossip he heard in the morning, so he couldn't help asking her: "Mohua Village is not far from Xingkong Island, can the third sister know Baiyutang on Xingkong Island?"

Ding Meng was setting bowls and chopsticks for him, when he heard this, he couldn't help wondering: "Brother, why do you ask this?"

"I heard that he was coming to Kaifeng Mansion, but I don't know why he came." Zhan Zhao cleaned his hands and face, "It is said that it is because of my nickname of 'Royal Cat' - I really can't blame me for this, after all, The title bestowed by His Majesty himself. If he really doesn’t like to hear it, I’ll announce it to His Majesty right away, just go.”

"That's not necessary. It's summer and Songjiang is busy. Even if he really wants to blame his brother's name, he has to pick a free time. Now brother can take a breather." Ding Meng served him fish soup , "It's just that my fifth brother is coming to Kaifeng mansion? He never told me."

"So, Sanmei knows him?" Seeing that Ding Meng didn't answer directly, Zhan Zhao had to ask again.

"However, during the banquet at Lujiazhuang and Ding's Mansion, we met each other a few times, so it's not a special friendship." Ding Meng sat down first, "Fifth brother is very intelligent, and he is also a chivalrous man, but he is not as generous as you in dealing with others. That's all."

After Zhan Zhao heard the word "less than", he stopped talking.

After noon, Zhan Zhao still went to work in Kaifeng Mansion, Ding Meng was alone at home and had nothing to do, so he took down the giant gate under the wall and wiped it.This was originally Zhan Zhao's saber, but it was replaced by Zhan Lu when he got engaged to her.The sword is a murder weapon, it should not be hung in the wing room, but a martial arts practitioner loves the sword like his life and never leaves his hand;

After wiping for a while, she called Ya Huan again to clean the house inside and out.She also rolled up her sleeves and went to fetch water from the well with Ya Huan.In the end, it's already time to feed.Xie Hui walked into the house through the open window together.

Ding Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead and nose with his sleeves, and suddenly remembered something, and called Ya Huan: "Go to the wine shop in the east of the city and ask if there is any bergamot, if there is, bring one back. Ya Huan wiped her hands on her skirt twice, answered "here", and hurriedly looked out.

Ding Meng was about to take a breath, but Ya Huan turned back in a panic and said, "Ma'am, there is a visitor outside the door."