Maoyoufang

"Hey, sir, did you just buy this jade? It's so uniquely carved, such a beautiful pendant."

Jiang Maoyou took the vegetables by himself, and after hearing Fang Duan's praise, he also took the bamboo shoots for him. Dou Xuemo, who was sitting facing him, was stunned when he saw the jade pendant, and turned to Tong Yuguang with a shocked expression. Guang looked back apologetically, but didn't answer.

"Hehe, this jade was given by someone."

"It's so good, is it true that smart people are favored, and there are always people giving you things."

Dou Xuemo was choked up, and hurriedly said: "Jade also depends on the person wearing it."

"Really." Fang Chuan nodded and echoed earnestly: "So that's the case, it's rare to see a young man Dai Yu."

Jiang Maoyou deliberately hung the jade pendant on his wrist, and said while grilling rice, "I have fair skin, so I can wear jade."

Fang Chuan glanced at the three people at the same table, and retorted: "In terms of fair skin, Boss Tong's skin can be regarded as the most suitable jade. Your skin can be white, but it is easy to turn red. For Dai Yu... …maybe pick a color.”

Jiang Maoyou chewed his food and stared at him, swallowed it and choked him: "Eat your meal quietly. My skin is red or white, and Dai Yu is suitable for me, so I want to wear it."

Dou Xuemo buried her head in her meal, but she didn't have an attack immediately. Tong Yuguang also became reticent, and Jiang Maoyou found it funny when he saw this, and almost laughed.

After boarding the boat, Jiang Maoyou was not as afraid of dizziness as before. It seemed that it was because of the wind that the boat was traveling so fast that he didn't get dizzy.When they came to the ancient temple, those who worshiped Buddha worshiped Buddha, those who admired maple trees appreciated maple leaves, Jiang Maoyou and Fang Chuan only went to the main hall to worship a Buddha, then wandered around, and met a monk with hair.

"Ah, it's the crazy monk."

Fang Chuan frowned and said, "Master, you are so disrespectful. How can you say he is crazy."

"It's not what I said, it's what he claimed before, I know him. I have something to talk to him, you go somewhere else."

"You leave me, where am I going?"

"That's your business. Go, go." Jiang Maoyou waved the people away, and then walked towards the crazy monk.

The monk with the hair stood there leaning on his crutches, as if he was waiting for Jiang Maoyou to come over.

"Be safe."

"Amitabha."

"Didn't you go to patrol the mountains before?" He felt that the crazy monk was kind, because the crazy monk also told him about the moon tea house. Although Jiang Ziwu also knew this monk, he didn't know about his childhood dreams and the moonlight. .

"I have visited a few places, and I have also been to Fuyan Mountain. I happened to pass by here today, so I came to worship Buddha." The crazy monk said before that because of the moon tea house, some things would naturally arise in the mountain to make trouble, so he went to patrol the mountain Seal them all up.

Those things were mysterious, no one believed them, and Jiang Maoyou didn't think about whether he believed them or not, but he felt a sense of intimacy when he saw the mad monk, so he didn't care about the absurd things they talked about.

"That's a coincidence, I also came by the way." Jiang Maoyou smiled, and asked him seriously: "Monk, have you seen my sister?" This crazy monk is probably the only person in the world who knows the secrets of their siblings, and the only one who recognizes them Out of the two different people.

"Yes, I met her that time, she was very carefree, don't worry about it."

As if the monk had seen through his mind, Jiang Maoyou nodded and said sadly, "That's good."

"Is that your friend?" The crazy monk's eyes fell behind him, Jiang Maoyou looked back and found that it was Tong Yuguang.Are you here to ask for a jade pendant?Jiang Maoyou didn't respond, the crazy monk walked towards Tong Yuguang, and the two saluted, another Buddha's name.

Tong Yuguang didn't even look at Jiang Maoyou, but instead looked at the monk curiously. This was the monk who ate meat noodles before.The monk said kindly, "If you have fate today, why don't you let the old monk tell you about your fate."

"Fate?" Jiang Maoyou's eyes brightened, and he nodded with interest, then cast a defensive sideways glance at Tong Yuguang, who seemed indifferent.He thought that he would hear about each other's affairs anyway, and no one would take the lead, so he was not afraid.So he urged the monk to say, "Who do you tell first, and mine first."

"Alright, everything comes first and then comes first." The crazy monk smiled slightly, then looked at Jiang Maoyou's face, and asked: "The Ziwu Maoyou in your life is all peach blossoms. This peach blossom is very heavy, and it lives in many mountains in Kyoto. In a place of water, it is easy to flood, and the fruit is ripe and the flesh is rotten.”

"Uh……"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Jiang Maoyou's face was livid, and he flattened his mouth and complained: "You are gloating!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the seed can be reborn after you rot."

"seed?"

"Well. All things live and die, each has its own destination. Let nature take its course."

"... If you talk about it, you don't talk about it!" Fortunately, the crazy monk didn't ask him for money.

"As for you." The crazy monk looked at Tong Yuguang, "Near death." After the crazy monk finished speaking, he saw the jade pendant on Jiang Maoyou's wrist, and wondered, "This thing is not yours."

"It's mine now." Jiang Maoyou clasped his hands behind his back and emphasized seriously.

"Jade can block evil spirits. But white jade like this is not suitable for you to wear..."

"Mine, mine, mine!" Jiang Maoyou suddenly shouted, and he also felt that he couldn't suppress his emotions, so he turned his head and ran away.

Tong Yuguang still looked at the old monk, and after a while he said, "It was not Maoyou who ate noodles at the same table as you that day." This was affirmative, without any hesitation.

The crazy monk smiled and said, "How can you see that?"

"It's just that they look the same, even if they have similar temperaments, they are still different people." Tong Yuguang whispered to himself: "But who is that..."

"Ziwu Maoyou, all are peach blossoms. There are countless sentient beings who came to this world at the same time, and they are all Ziwu Maoyou." The mad monk muttered to himself and walked away. Tong Yuguang pondered for a moment, his eyes changed suddenly, and he looked Follow Jiang Maoyou's whereabouts.

***

Fenghong Liudan, the color of blue butterflies intruding into the forest, Jiang Maoyou secretly escaped with light work, he raised the wrist of Peiyu, and scolded it as a human being: "It will be no good if you wear it. Even the monk said I am , how annoying!"

"Maoyou."

"Huh!" Jiang Maoyou was startled, and found Tong Yuguang running from behind, he was secretly surprised: "Northern people even run so fast? The speed is so fast."

"What are you doing, come to grab the jade? Let me remind you, I'm a cowardly person. If you scare me by grabbing it hard, I'm afraid I will accidentally throw the jade into the water over there."

Tong Yuguang really wanted to take the opportunity to get the jade back, but he also cared about another thing, for no reason. "Do you have a relative who is born exactly like you?"

"……No."

"Her name is Jiang Ziwu." Tong Yuguang guessed the name following the logic in the mad monk's words, Jiang Maoyou's eyes changed instantly, and he continued, "I have seen her."

Jiang Maoyou quickly calmed down, and sighed with a smile: "I have a twin sister, but when we were born, she died young. You said you have seen it, isn't it a ghost?"

Tong Yuguang had already guessed that Jiang Maoyou was the most misleading person. Regardless of the reactions and attitudes he deliberately pretended, he confirmed his conjecture and said with relief: "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. There is a folklore in the south. It is said that if you see a double-headed snake, you should kill it, otherwise it will cause disaster. If you see a monoecious flowering tree, you should eradicate it, otherwise it will cause disaster. , you have to do the white things for one of them first, and fool the underworld."

"What are you talking about..."

"This kind of argument is not because such children will do evil in the future, but because they are mostly gifted, also known as ghosts, who are easy to be exploited by people with intentions. Over time, there are various versions of this legend, and finally it becomes that if a pair of men and women are born , one of them will definitely live soon, and if he survives, disaster will happen, so some people are so afraid that they will kill the child.”

Jiang Maoyou never thought that someone would mention such a remote legend to him, he forgot what to say in reply, what disgusting face he made, so he could only stare blankly at Tong Yuguang.

"so what?"

Tong Yuguang went on to say: "I thought your name was Maoyou, because your domicile is in Fengdi's Maoyoufang. It turns out that your name comes from your birthday. Ziwu Maoyou, your sibling is Jiang Ziwu."

"Don't talk about it." Jiang Maoyou was obviously displeased, and said in a low voice: "You have seen all the ugliness, and you deliberately exposed me to the full. Then do you know that I..."

Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Tong Yuguang stretched out his hand to beg for something. "Give me back. Don't make me angry."

"Let me say a few words to this year's tax officer, those farmers you care to protect will have something to watch. The tax in the coming year can be light but heavy." Jiang Maoyou smirked, seeing Tong Yuguang's gloomy expression but did not dare to act rashly , suddenly smiled proudly, but was at a loss in his heart.

"You like jade, I will personally pick one for you some other day."

"That's right. If you want me to return your things, you have to please me first." Jiang Maoyou nodded and said, "We all see through the role of the other party, and those cutscenes have long been avoided. Tong Yuguang, I just recently I found out that you like men."

Tong Yuguang frowned and stared at him, exerting invisible pressure.

But it was Jiang Maoyou who was stared at, he was not that good at scaring, he continued to tease badly: "But no one knows how close your relationship is, do you want to protect that person, hope that public and private are clear, or is it because you don't love each other that much in your heart ?”

"Jiang Maoyou." Tong Yuguang's expression changed from cloudy to sunny again, not bright and happy, but there was a bit of banter hidden in his eyes.

"Huh? What, what do you think?"

"What you want is not jade, but people, right?"

"what……"

Tong Yuguang slowly approached him, put his arms around his waist and said, "You should explain clearly. Do you want jade or people? How do you want me to please you? As long as I please you, you will agree to me." Thinking about those things?"

The atmosphere became ambiguous with Tong Yuguang's instantly softening attitude.Jiang Maoyou was still holding the jade pendant tightly, feeling that he was surrounded by a warm and comfortable atmosphere, and his mind swayed. "I want everything, I want jade, and I want people." This answer is definitely Jiang Maoyou's true nature, greedy.

"Hmph, you're so shrewd, you're afraid that if I flatter you, I won't get the desired result."

Jiang Maoyou hugged his waist instead, raised his eyebrows and smiled, his eyes rolled, his usual lazy attitude turned into a shrewd ghost, and said: "Everything has to bet on luck, maybe you will be a big winner. I have nothing to lose, Anyway, I am definitely not the one who loses the most. Before placing a gamble, I always have to study some basic tricks, play one trick at a time, and not show my trick until the end, so I can play for a long time, right?"

Tong Yuguang looked down at him, stroking his hair that was tied behind his head, and asked with a low smile, "What if someone has to reveal his hole cards and reveal his last hand?"

"If you get to this point, you can only hold the determination not to gamble again. The monk said that you escaped death, but he didn't mention me. If I am willing to help you, I can protect you from disasters like jade. Come here quickly." Ingratiate, curry favor."

Jiang Maoyou greedily touched Tong Yuguang's chin, pursed his smile, and the corners of his mouth were so happy that he hooked his cheeks.Tong Yuguang said coldly: "Even if I am willing to hug you, you know that the person in my heart is not you."

"Don't spoil the fun." Jiang Maoyou said angrily with a downcast face: "I don't need you to tell me about this. I just want to be happy for a while, can't I? I won't pester you anymore after the cloud and rain are full of joy. If you say that you are tempted by me, you may If you lose your feelings, then I can’t bear it. Don’t think that I’m attracted to you, I just want to enjoy it.”

"But what you do is jealousy."

"That's fun." Jiang Maoyou grabbed his collar and stared at each other, then smiled cutely again, with a face like a stealing cat, looking up to kiss his cheek.

He felt that Tong Yuguang's embrace became a little stiff, but he still wanted to continue, so he tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he was looking for an angle to lick that beautiful and full lip, he pursed his mouth, and slowly She squinted her eyes and wanted to kiss her, but she was suddenly pushed away, and she staggered back a few steps before standing still.

Jiang Maoyou was stunned, looking embarrassed for a while, and seeing that Tong Yuguang no longer showed any hypocrisy and submissiveness, all kinds of emotions of embarrassment, shame, embarrassment and frustration surged in his heart, and they were all stuck in the apex of his heart, forcing Jiang Maoyou to blush and his eyes were hot, and his nose suddenly twitched. Sour, full of grievances.

He knows that his words and deeds are bad, so it is natural to be hated by Tong Yuguang. Anyway, the people who like him from the bottom of his heart can be counted on one hand, and after getting to know him, he can still maintain his liking... Probably not.

"Forget about jade." Tong Yuguang said indifferently: "Maoyou, I don't know how many times you want to betray yourself. Since I can guess your mind, I think you may be doing it for someone who looks similar to you." Living this kind of life, but have you ever thought that the other party is rare?"

"...I... what do you know, I look pathetic to you, but all I have left is..."

"Giving blindly is also love, but love will bruise all over the body, and no one will be happy."

"So you are humiliating me now?" Jiang Maoyou twitched the corners of his mouth and said mockingly: "I always see that I don't joke enough, teach me and pretend to care about me, but in fact you are just humiliating me. You are no different from that person, you all It's selfish, as selfish as I am."

"Maoyou, you only think about yourself from the beginning to the end, even if you pay, it's just to satisfy yourself, isn't it?"

Jiang Maoyou roared in the maple forest: "Shut up!"

The cold wind blew up their clothes and long hair, and a few locks of black hair were blown to Jiang Maoyou's eyes, mixed with vicissitudes of gray and white, and Tong Yuguang could see it clearly, but he already had gray hair at a young age.

"Pull it down. I don't want it anymore. Let you and Dou Xuemo love you to the death, and see if you are true love, or if you are facing disaster, you will fly separately, hehe." Jiang Maoyou still did not return the jade, turned his head and left with a sneer.

Tong Yuguang looked down at the thin waist he had hugged, feeling pain in his heart.When I met Jiang Maoyou for the first time, I felt that this young man had strong muscles and bones. Although he was so clever that he was annoying, he always smiled energetically and energetically.But just now, Jiang Maoyou couldn't hide those white hairs, couldn't hide the childishness in his bones, and couldn't hide the hesitation and bravado in his heart.

He knows that Jiang Maoyou can show weakness, so that he can be loved and cherished by others, and he can live a more relaxed life, but he also understands that Jiang Maoyou is in an environment where he cannot show weakness.Because once he is willing to be at a disadvantage, not to mention the guests of those art workshops outside, no one will recognize him as the head of the Kuang Yifang alone. To him, taking the position of the head of the house may be just vanity and self-esteem, but when you think about it Let's take a look at Jiang Maoyou's possible mood and position...

"I'm afraid that superficial thing is all he has." How pathetic.Tong Yuguang clenched his fingers, his eyes became deeper and darker, and he murmured: "But I won't soften my heart any more. There will be sacrifices in the reform, and we can't let the people suffer because of you." He has many business names to operate, and Those industries are based on farmers and fishermen, and everyone has to continue to live a hard life, just asking for food and clothing.

The tax system of Dajin originally followed the system of the old dynasty, but times have changed, coupled with corrupt officials manipulating the regime, some remote areas suffered first, so Tong Yuguang ran around, opening up various channels to listen to Datian.

Clearly using the influence of a businessman to bribe officials secretly, but the desire of corrupt officials is a deep abyss that cannot be filled, so he wants to use Kuang Yifang to let Dou Xuemo understand the environment first.Since Jiang Maoyou couldn't go this way, he could only take a detour.

People don't fight with officials, but people with enough money to overwhelm people have plenty of bargaining chips.

***

In a palace garden to the north, Jiang Maoyou followed people to the viewing pavilion in the garden. Li Yumu was playing the piano, and five tea boys beside him, some boiled water, some roasted tea cakes, and another one grinded them into tea powder. One is keeping an eye out for spice jars and other tea utensils.

After Li Yanmu caressed a song, he looked gracefully at Jiang Maoyou, who bowed and said, "Xiaomin pays homage to His Royal Highness, King Yu."

King Qi smiled and ordered: "Come and sit."

Jiang Maoyou chose Zhang Tuanpu to sit, facing the tea boys admiring their busy appearance, Li Yumu turned to the right to look at the scene of making tea, then turned to look at him, smiled lightly, and said softly: "I really miss you. "

"Thank you Your Highness, Maoyou is flattered."

Li Yumu asked people to take the piano back into the room and hang it up, removed the piano case, leaned close to Jiang Maoyou, his eyes were full of nostalgia and joy and said: "You don't come to this kind of thing, are you holding grudges?"

"I don't dare." Jiang Maoyou replied with a smile. Seeing that Li Yumu didn't intend to hide his desire at all, the cloth bag was slightly raised between the cross-legged legs, and he tried to imply in a natural tone: "Your Highness, although I don't hold grudges, but that It really hurts me, I’m still on the medicine.”

"Why didn't you see something strange when you came here just now?"

"Heh, I'm an entertainer who relies on dancing skills for a living, so it's plausible that I can't even cover up these things."

"I really hurt you..." Li Yumu felt ashamed, took Jiang Maoyou's hand and said, "You know that I have kept my edge and lowered my figure since I was a child, but I still have a royal style in my bones. You don't want to be nice to me, so you lost your sense of proportion in anger. Maoyou, I won't hurt you like that in the future, so don't hold grudges, okay?"

Faced with Li Zhenmu's soft-spoken apology, Jiang Maoyou found that he didn't feel anything. He really wanted to kill this person with a sword, but now he doesn't feel anything. "If I held grudges, I wouldn't have come to His Highness."

When Li Yumu was happy, he hugged him into his arms, and the tea makers were busy as if they hadn't seen each other, and they left automatically after they had prepared their tea and snacks.There was a delicate fragrance in the air, and Jiang Maoyou let him hug him, too lazy to react.

Since someone has seen through him, he has no motivation to pretend to be himself.

Before the reality collapsed, Jiang Maoyou was still Jiang Maoyou, but he didn't know how long he could last, and he didn't know if he wanted his sister back so much. If her sister was free and easy outside, he would let her go.After all, he wanted his sister to live her own life from the very beginning, while he himself was in charge of Kuang Yi Fang.

He didn't care about responsibility, he thought he was very proud of being a leader in Kuang Yi Fang, but it was nothing, at least one person surnamed Tong looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.

"Maoyou, why are you in a daze, did you hear what I asked?"

"Um?"

"Those tribute teas, the emperor gave me a few catties of tea cakes, and I had someone grind them just now. You have never had Xilei spring tea, come and try it." Li Yumu led him to the tea table, smiling proudly.

"What?" Jiang Maoyou was a little surprised, looking a little dazed.

Dajin has a tribute tea house, which manages and manufactures tea collected by tea farmers from all over the country every year, so that it can be drunk by the royal family.This is a tax in disguise, and the tea farmers take it as a burden. The scale of the tribute tea house alone is quite astonishing. There are more than ten workshops in each tea-making process, and tens of thousands of laborers are exhausted.

Tribute tea has a main production area and a secondary production area. The secondary production area is the tea selected as tribute by visiting various provinces and counties. The main production area is made of big dragon and phoenix, with eight cakes per catty, and small dragon and phoenix with twenty cakes per catty. Occasionally, they are rewarded to princes and ministers. To show favor.Due to the small number, most of them have become family heirlooms.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiang Maoyou took the tea cup and tasted it briefly. The tea soup tasted thick but not thick, refreshing and moistening the mouth, and the throat rhyme was excellent.It is unspeakably bitter for a while at the beginning of the mouth, but it returns to sweetness from the depths, overflowing with fragrance, it is really a tea as its name suggests.

"If you like it, I will give you all of these." Li Yumu said that the tea he wanted to give was about two catties, and he put it on a small table not far away.

"Thanks"

"Why are you being polite to this king?"

"Ugh."

"Why are you sighing?" Li Yumu nervously smoothed his eyebrows, and looked at Jiang Maoyou with care, "I want to chat with you, are you unhappy? I still want you to stay with me, the matter of Kuang Yi Fang Someone pays attention to you."

"It's not what it used to be, everything is in His Highness's heart, what can I do? I'm also a self-aware person, I don't dare to climb high."

"No." Li Yumu hugged him tightly, "I will treat you very well. I will do everything according to you, and I will never bully you like that again, Maoyou, you..."

"Your Highness, the emperor favors you so much, will you let him sit on the throne for a few more years?"

Li Yumu calmed down and responded naturally: "No. To avoid long nights and dreams, in the coming year... I want to hear your opinions on many things. You stay here for a few days and tell me more things."

"What do you want to hear, Your Highness?"

"I want to hear everything you have to say."

Jiang Maoyou smiled and said, "Then let's talk about tribute tea."

"What happened to Gongcha?"

"Now, Your Highness, please put aside your identity as the King of Qi, and only this person, Li Yumu, is here to listen to me."

"Okay, tell me."

"There are several hidden worries in the Jin Dynasty that must be reformed. If this continues, I am afraid that the country's fortune will not last long."

Li Yumu almost yelled out the word presumptuous, swallowed it back in time, and suddenly stared at Jiang Maoyou seriously, put down the teacup and said thoughtfully: "Really. I really underestimate you, you... Come with me, We need to find a more private place to talk about this."

Jiang Maoyou nodded, and quietly followed King Qi.Just then, for a moment, he caught the killing intent in Li Yumu's eyes, he knew that this man must be very glad that they are not brothers, otherwise, he would have fought to the death and died, hehehe...

Fortunately, he is just Jiang Maoyou, Jiang Maoyou from Maoyoufang.

He told Li Yumu a few things. One is the ethnic issue. The Jin Dynasty has a vast territory and strong national power, so it accommodates many ethnic groups and cultures. In order to strengthen management and avoid border disturbances, many governors and orders make.However, the officials of the Jin Dynasty never wanted to educate those foreign races, and the estrangement always existed. If one day the foreign envoys turned against the Jin Dynasty, the court and the central government would have nothing to do.

Even many officials of the Jin Dynasty were foreigners. If they rebelled in groups in the future, they would definitely end up turning against the guests.

Again, it's about money.It is also Jiang Maoyou's most important thing, to put it bluntly, people's livelihood.As Tong Yuguang is concerned about the tax system, to stabilize the tax system, household registration must be established first, and land mergers and the development of the gap between the rich and the poor can be avoided.The other is redundant officials and redundant soldiers. Except for the emperor, not everyone can be appointed. Almost any official can be appointed by examination. In order to let people have official positions, some positions with dry salary and no work are set up, such as Yuanwailang This idle time.

Jiang Maoyou only intended to start and let Li Yumu think for himself, but just a simple discussion went from chatting during the day to holding candles at night. He began to feel sleepy and concluded casually: "These things have not yet surfaced, and prevention is better than cure. If you don't pay attention, they will promote each other in the future, and Da Jin will...cough cough. I'll tell you what to say and what not to say, you..."

"I understand." Li Yanmu's face has never been better, but he is not targeting Jiang Maoyou, but worried about the national situation. "Go and rest, let me think about it."

"The little man is leaving." Jiang Maoyou bowed down in front of him, and quickly withdrew. He closed the door and caught a glimpse of Li Yanmu's serious look of flipping through the books. He was a little inexplicably relieved.He felt that he was on the right side and helping the right people. The man surnamed Li seemed to really care about the country and the people.

"It's none of my business." Jiang Maoyou spit out a puff of white smoke towards Han Ye, feeling lost for no reason.What has he accomplished by himself?

It seems that there is no, and it is not known whether it will be nothing in the end.He inadvertently recalled the absurd scene of Fenglin's courtship to Tong Yuguang, felt amused, let out a long breath, and sang casually: "The absurdity in the dream is not the absurdity, but the absurdity in life is like a dream."

In the end, he still chose to help Tong Yuguang, perhaps not for this purpose, but because he understood that what Tong Yuguang wanted to do was not selfish.

It turned out that there were times when Jiang Maoyou was not so selfish.