Record of ups and downs in troubled times

015 Xiangfu

Although Fu Qichen always acted foolishly, he still kept his promises to Yingguzi.When the autumn rain that lasted for three or four days showed signs of stopping, he finally remembered the matter of looking for snake sloughs, and began to ask around for this thing.

However, the snake slough is easy to talk about, but the South Sea snake slough is not so easy to get started.

He inquired for a few days, and found that, as Yingguzi said, this item could not be bought with a lot of money, but had to go through many channels to make it work.Usually there is a black market, but because the South China Sea has been quite unsettled these past few days, it has been raining continuously, and floods have burst banks, the place where this snake grew up has been washed away, not to mention it The number of this is rare, and it is not known if there are as many as ten in the wild.

"Don't say I can't get it for you. In the whole world, there are only three places where you can find this medicine." The black market leader in the capital city hiccupped and patted Fu Qichen on the shoulder sincerely, "One is Under the blanket of the Nanhai prefect, second, in the vast ocean and flood, as for the third, look over there, see? Let's go to the imperial city."

"The Nanhai prefect is there. You don't have to go. At the end of summer, the snake sloughs in his hands will be packed in boxes and sent as tribute to the palace." He kindly said: "Brother Fu, don't blame me for speaking badly. This thing Jingui, when things were good in the past, I only bought one or two pieces. If you find it rare and want to play with it, then there is no problem; if you use it to save people, it will be a bottomless pit, it is better to let go of it as soon as possible .Do you think, where can you buy it? Do you want to go fishing in the South China Sea?"

What he said was true, and the more Young Master Fu thought about it, the more he felt it was reasonable. When the thought of "Ren Xiaotang'er will fend for herself" was about to gain the upper hand, an ear scraper came over and there was a crisp sound.

Fu Qichen came back to his senses, and stared at his red right hand for a while, feeling unbelievable.

"Young master is so elegant..." A long-bearded man saw that the atmosphere was really weird, and couldn't help but said politely: "Fu Zongzheng's family has its own style, I don't know which way it is?"

"Where is it?" Fu Xiyuan felt extremely embarrassed. He cleared up the astonishment on his face, turned to his son and said, "Chen'er, if you are tired from sitting, just go for a walk. If you don't want to fall asleep, go to sleep. Don't worry." Hit yourself. Your mother will feel distressed when she sees her."

Even Cheng Nan, Prime Minister Cheng Nan, who was used to seeing all kinds of ghosts, ghosts, ghosts and goblins, couldn't help being dumbfounded when he first heard Fu Xiyuan's "way of training children".He picked up the teacup next to his hand, looked at the father and son up and down while moistening his mouth, and said unhurriedly: "It turned out to be a coup for the young master to refresh his mind. Cheng Xiao, look at him working harder .”

"Yes." In the corner of the five-cornered pavilion on this side, a young man was sitting upright.His face is not mean and pale like his father Cheng Nan, but honest and honest, he should have followed his mother in appearance.

Huh?There were only four people just now, where did this guy come from?

Ever since his butt touched the blanket, Fu Qichen started to lose his mind, as if he was seeing a living person for the first time in his life, he carefully looked at Cheng Xiao from beginning to end, his eyes were so bright that he had never seen it since he was a famous family.Therefore, it was no surprise that the prime minister's youngest son was blushed by this little hooligan.

Seeing Fu Qichen's rudeness, his father hastily stretched out his hand to grab the hem of his clothes.When he was busy in the corner, he heard the prime minister who was sitting across from him snort coldly, and he became more and more anxious, regretting bringing this kid to the prime minister's residence.

However, Young Master Fu is not a delicate person.

The child was sitting upright, but the prime minister still refused to give him a good face; he was half leaning and half lying down, sitting or not, and his father even tugged at the hem of his clothes affectionately.Thinking of this, Fu Qichen felt an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart, and said lazily, "Father, Prime Minister, I don't understand what you are talking about. If you sit down again, I'm afraid you will fall asleep. In case of snoring, then... so, can you invite this young man to go out with me?"

Cheng Xiao blushed and lowered his head, looking at his nose and heart; Fu Qichen looked nonchalant, as if the invitation just sent was actually unnecessary.

Prime Minister Cheng could also nod his head dispensably, but he didn't seem to care about it at all.Even when his son was taken away by the unreliable Fu Qichen, he didn't even look at him, but said slowly to Fu Xiyuan: "What is the important thing you didn't say yesterday?"

"Ah? Ah, that." Fu Xiyuan watched helplessly as his son got up and left quickly, rubbed his nose, and replied respectfully: "I heard that His Majesty is going to be crowned queen, so I was thinking, can I..." He looked at him again, wondering what he thought Cheng Chengxiang's voice became more and more cautious: "Can you consider my daughter?"

silence.

"Fu Zongzheng, do you want to taste the taste of the emperor's relatives?" Cheng Nan's words were soaked in cold ridicule, and it sounded a little threatening.

"Hey," Fu Xiyuan's old face was very thick-skinned, and he said boldly: "Who says it's not! The benefits of the emperor's relatives and relatives are understood by all civil and military officials in the court. Who dares to pat their chests and say that they don't want it? Besides, Cao Taichang, you are also because of this." What happened?"

The long-bearded old man was blushing and white when he said the main thing, and hated Fu Xiyuan, an old guy who had no way to talk.

"Cao Taichang, you don't have to blush. Why are you embarrassed? What did you say? Gratitude and hatred are empty, and everyone in the world suffers from fame and fortune. If you don't pursue fame and fortune, you will lose your sense of taste in life. What are you doing? Cao Taichang, what do you think?" Fu Xiyuan's face was shy, and he was not ashamed at all, but became more open-minded, "I am old, and I always want to favor my little daughter, and I hope that you, the prime minister, will help me a little bit. Heart."

Fu Xiyuan dotes on his children, and you can get a glimpse of Fu Qichen just by looking at what Fu Qichen is used to by him.

"Fu Zongzheng, in the past few days, there have been countless people who have visited my Prime Minister's Mansion. There are those who are eloquent, and those who lure you with benefits. You can explain to me why you did not choose others. What about it?" Cheng Nan's frighteningly white fingers stroked the rim of the porcelain cup lightly, with a half-smile on his face, as if he was really puzzled by this question.

"Besides," Cheng Nan still said slowly, "There are many people who have joined me for many years, such as Cao Taichang, who has served in the Prime Minister's Mansion for more than 20 years, right? Why should I offend these old people and choose you?"

Cheng Nan asked with ulterior motives, and Fu Xiyuan was not to be outdone.

He glanced at Cao Taichang pointedly, and said with a sly smile: "You called me into your command, and I, Fu Xiyuan, can't eat in vain. As for why it is me instead of others, of course it makes sense. For example... What the prime minister wants, I know what it is, where it is, and how to get it for you."

The two looked at each other, and between several quick glances, Cao Taichang on the side had been ignored.

"Oh, I see." Cheng Nan smiled lightly, tapped on the surface of the case lightly, as if talking to himself: "There are roundworms in your belly, right?"

His voice was light and soft, and it almost overlapped with the sound of "du, du" from knocking on the table, as if there was a deeper secret under the surface that could not be reached by others.

"You are really different from your father." Fu Qichen who could even walk wobbled casually commented on the father and son duo.He was already talking about keeping virtue, and thinking that Cheng Xiao didn't know him well, he purposely swallowed the next sentence, "Could it be that you picked it up? Or did your mother and others spend a lot of time and give your father a cuckold?" and swallowed it back. into the stomach.

"Ah?" Cheng Xiao was taken aback, no one had ever spoken to him so casually, whether in the prime minister's mansion or in the court.He also explained straightforwardly: "I'll follow my mother, I should."

"Oh, that's how it is." Young Master Fu made an exaggerated look of suddenly realizing it, but he said in his heart: Then your mother looks really shabby.After marrying such an honest and strong wife, the prime minister can still keep himself clean and not linger in the butterfly dance among flowers, which is really admirable.

"Hey, let me ask you something good? You, have you ever heard that there is something called 'South Sea snake slough' in your Xiangfu?"

This is the purpose of Fu Qichen's visit this time.He originally planned to ask the prime minister for it, but when he saw Cheng Nan's face that anyone owed him hundreds of thousands of money, he realized that it was true, as his father Fu Xiyuan said, that there was absolutely no possibility of plucking a hair from the iron rooster .

"No." Cheng Xiao really thought about it carefully, but he still felt a little guilty, "Then what kind of snake slough, is it a kind of medicinal material? Is it to cure someone's disease?"

"Yes." Fu Qichen was full of enthusiasm, making up stories in heaven and earth: "Don't look at me so alive and kicking, I actually have a hidden disease! Can't you see it? Oh, that's because I'm made of copper and iron, and I'm used to it. So After many years, I finally found a life-saving medicine, but I lacked such a single medicine. I really had no other choice, so I took the liberty to ask you. Otherwise..."

As he said that, there was actually a tendency to drip.

"Hey, don't be sad, don't be sad!" Cheng Xiao comforted him urgently, and said softly, "Since it's so important, then..."

"Can you ask your father for me?" Fu Qichen's eyes lit up like lights, more like tigers, leopards, wolves and snakes when they hear that there is meat to eat.

"This... I'm afraid it won't work." The young master of the Xiangfu also felt embarrassed, but he didn't reject it outright. "I'll look for it secretly. If there is one, I'll bring it to you, okay?"

Fu Qichen's eyes became brighter: he didn't know that there was such a kind and bullying little rabbit in the old fox's den.

"Okay, okay! I'll thank you for Xiaotang'er first! If it works, I'll ask him to treat you to a drink! Hey, by the way, do you want to drink?"

"Xiao Tang'er..." Cheng Xiao's tongue couldn't turn around, he wondered in a daze, "Isn't it for your treatment? Who is 'Xiao Tang'er?"

Fu Qichen got carried away with his complacency for a moment, and unexpectedly showed his feet!However, he has experienced a lot of things like deceiving others and being exposed, so he was not afraid of boiling water for a while, and started messing around and trying to cover up: "Ah, young master Cheng, to tell you the truth, I just lied to you. I Well, in fact, there is nothing wrong with it. It was my poor younger brother Xiao Tanger who was really seriously ill. Because of this disease, he is almost twenty and still can’t speak or write. It’s really pitiful. I lied to you, it was my fault, if you want to beat me and scold me, let go! I just ask you not to go back on your word, just help me once or twice!"

Cheng Xiao still had that honest look, but there was a trace of expectation or yearning for nothing.He carefully asked: "I heard that the Fu family has only one son and one daughter. Is this brother Xiao Tang'er your best friend?"

Best friend?Be it.Fu Qichen thought about Mu Tang's rigid handsome face all the time, and nodded with a clear conscience.

"You must be a very good friend if you are willing to lie for him. Mr. Fu is really a person who values ​​love and righteousness. I am sure I am not mistaken." Cheng Xiao said fortunately, completely unaware of the twists and turns in Mrs. Fu's stomach around.Looking at his innocent and deceitful appearance, Fu Qichen suddenly understood why Cheng Cheng ignored his son's answers: in a simple sentence, it might be, "different tempers, no conspiracy"...