Brocade tears

Guo Dayou quickly walked across the covered bridge and headed for the annex.The annex also has three floors, and Liu Yanzhi's room is on the east end of the third floor, which is the most upscale room in the entire annex.At this time, there were not many visitors in the other hall, and the third floor, where the private houses of the first few girls in Zhu Bang were located, was even more clean.Many girls are accompanying guests in the main building ahead at this time, and they are not here.Guo Dayou stepped lightly, and slowly came to the door of Liu Yanzhi's room.Guo Dayou didn't see any trace of those two attendants, according to Mr. Gui, they each ordered a girl to be happy, and they won't show up here for a while.Guo Dayou stood by the window, taking care not to cast a shadow on the window screen, and quietly listening to the movement in the room.

At this time, only a weak candle was lit in the room, and Guo Dayou could hear the woman's coquettish moans and the man's heavy breathing. He grinned silently, scratched his thick beard, and thought that Shuer Haqi was really here. Prostitute?But he was not in a hurry to leave, he just stood there and listened quietly.For Guo Dayou, women are dispensable. He is cunning and cold by nature, and has strong self-control. Any beauties and charms are useless in front of him.Unless he is interested, even if there are angels descending from the sky and throwing them into his arms without a thread, he can still sit in his arms.So now that he is over 32 years old, he is still a loner. He is happy and at ease, and is not in a hurry to find a woman to marry.The joyful things going on in this room, to him, who listened to the corner, could not cause the slightest disturbance in his heart.He suddenly remembered that if he didn't come in person this time, but asked Meng Shisan to inquire about the information, what would Shisan's reaction be?Thinking of this, Guo Dayou couldn't help laughing, Shisan is very innocent in matters of men and women, I'm afraid he will die of shame.

He took out a pair of finely carved Wenwan walnuts from his pocket and squeezed them to play silently in his hands. While sorting out the recent events in his mind, he observed the surrounding situation with some attention.After about a quarter of an hour, there was a burst of cheers from the top of the cloud and the tidal waves in the house, and then quietly came to a rest.Guo Dayou muttered in his heart that it was quite fast, so he paid more attention and continued to listen carefully to the movement in the room.Not long after, he heard Liu Yanzhi's delicate voice from inside the room:

"Ahhun, when are you leaving? I don't want you to leave."

Guo Dayou remembers that "Ahun" seems to mean "brother" in Jurchen language. This way of calling is a bit like "elder brother" and "a younger sister" in the Chinese lover's world, and it is not really a brother and sister.

"Soon, it's just a few days. The situation in the city has changed, we have to leave as soon as possible." Shu Erhaqi replied, and then he seemed to kiss the woman in his arms, and said, "Xiao Zhi, I can't bear to leave either. You, if eldest brother takes the Yalu River Road, we will have the capital and the Ming court will reward you. At that time, I will come here on a mission, and I will marry you back in a beautiful manner."

"When you come back to the capital, have you found the money-spreading boy you were looking for?"

"I was annoyed when I talked about it. I caught it, but I didn't expect to run away. Seeing that the wind in this city is getting tighter every day, we have to retreat first." Shuerhaqi's Central Plains The official language is not bad, although the tone is a bit strange, but the words are quite authentic.This is not surprising. The three brothers became independent from the family after their mother died young and their father was reunited. They travel to and from the border all year round and trade with the Han people. They must learn to speak the Mandarin of the Central Plains.

"I heard people are being arrested everywhere. Are they arresting you?"

"No, it was the cunning old guy I mentioned to you. Ming Ting probably didn't know about our relationship with that old guy. The old guy said that as long as he escaped for a few days, he would be able to Find an opportunity to go out of the city, and then we will meet outside the city."

"The city gates are blocked, can he still go out?"

"In a few days, there will be chaos in the city, just watch." Shuerhaqi's voice revealed gloating.

Guo Dayou's eyes flickered, and suddenly he heard footsteps coming from not far away, he quickly dodged and left the door of Liu Yanzhi's room.

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Meng Kuang froze in place at a loss as to what to do, and his mind went berserk intermittently.Where did Bai Yuyin's name "Meng Lang" come from?She swore to God that she had never seen Bai Yuyin before, why would she call herself so affectionately and ambiguously?Did she recognize the wrong person?

But, who did she confuse herself with, and the person she admitted was also surnamed Meng?Meng Kuang's heartbeat suddenly increased. Bai Yuyin went north to Beijing seven years ago after finding someone from Nanjing. Before that, she was redeemed in a Qinhuai brothel in Nanjing. In order to take care of her daily life, and then disappeared.Counting the time, after the second brother left home nine years ago, he was immediately arranged by his uncle to recuperate in Nanjing. It was not until two years later that he left Nanjing and began to wander around.

At that time, he left Nanjing very suddenly, so that the old folks of Zhao's grain company who took care of him in Nanjing were caught off guard.Moreover, the several hundred taels of living expenses that my uncle left to the old folks to take care of my second brother disappeared in a flash, as if they were taken away by him.But in the second brother's letter later, he mentioned that he sold calligraphy and paintings and wrote letters for others for a living, and the hundreds of taels of silver disappeared like this, and he did not explain the reason.The two sisters, Meng Qing and Meng Ai, always thought that they were robbed by thieves or robbers, and they were worried for several days. It was not until he stayed in Macheng, Hubei for more than a year, and the letters were stable, that the two sisters were relieved, and gradually Accepted his decision to wander outside and investigate everywhere.

The second elder brother left Nanjing seven years ago, and the several hundred taels of silver also disappeared at that time, which coincided with the time when Bai Yuyin went to Beijing to look for someone after he was redeemed!Could it be that Bai Yuyin's "Meng Lang" is his second brother?I and my second brother are twin dragons and phoenixes, and their eyebrows and eyes are very similar. If they cover the lower half of their faces at the same time, it is almost difficult to tell who is Meng Kuang and who is Meng Qing.Could it be that the second brother didn't face Bai Yuyin with his full face, so Bai Yuyin only remembered the eyebrows and eyes of the second brother?

But if this is the case, why did the second brother never mention Bai Yuyin in his letter?Meng Kuang was a little unsure again.

She looked at Bai Yuyin in surprise, and for a moment didn't know whether she should ask her about her second brother.Seeing that she didn't answer, Bai Yuyin caressed her face and said in a sobbing voice:

"Why don't you speak, and pretend you don't know me."

Meng Kuang shook his hand and tried to push her away. For a moment, she really didn't know what to say to Bai Yuyin.Should she speak up and confess her identity as a woman?However, if the so-called "Meng Lang" she called wasn't her second brother, if she couldn't believe it...Meng Kuang was a little hesitant, and there was only so much he could express with hand gestures.She could only keep trying to push her away, keep her distance, and calm her down.

But she never thought that this action of hers seemed to arouse Bai Yuyin, she held Meng Kuang's hands tightly, and said with tears:

"Are you...are you disappointed to see me falling into prostitution again?"

Meng Kuang shook his head hurriedly, and tried to break away from her again, but she jumped up and hugged Meng Kuang's neck tightly again, refusing to let go no matter what.In desperation, Meng Kuang could only spread his arms, his face full of innocence.He heard Bai Yu chant:

"You... don't you hate me, okay? I'm so afraid that you hate me. I've been looking for you for seven years... I don't know anything, I can only make a living with this, and I can only find you in this way. But I swear I didn't let any man touch me...I swear!"

Meng Kuang felt extremely sad for a moment, and his throat was slightly choked.

Bai Yuyin wept silently in her arms. After a while, she finally let go of her arms, wiped away her tears, and raised her hand to caress Meng Kuang's body: "You...you seem to be much stronger than seven years ago, when you Always coughing and always sick. Meng Lang, I finally found you. I am surrounded by people from King Lu, and I dare not recognize you in front of them. Now I find a free time to come to you. You should say something stop."

Meng Kuang sighed, grabbed her hand, spread her palm, and wrote in her palm: Meng Lang is Meng Zixiu?

Bai Yuyin was suddenly surprised, looked at Meng Kuang in confusion, and said, "Meng Lang? Aren't you Meng Zixiu?"

Meng Kuang laughed uncontrollably, and suddenly spoke out: "Mo Shengzhang, Meng Zixiu is my brother Longfeng." Her voice was very low, and it was even weaker through the mask, but Bai Yuyin listened closely. Very clear.

She was struck by lightning, and was extremely shocked that the man in front of her could actually make a woman's soft voice.She pointed at Meng Kuang with trembling fingers, and said:

"You...you are a woman..."

"Hush..." Meng Kuang raised a finger on the mask to silence her.Immediately, she turned around, as if deliberately blocking Bai Yuyin's front with her body, then raised her hand and took off the mask, allowing Bai Yuyin to take a closer look at herself, and whispered: "Look, am I a beard?" No stubble?"

Bai Yuyin was startled and confused, and tried to wipe Meng Kuang's face with his hand. It was as smooth as silk, without any stubble, and when he looked carefully, there was no Adam's apple in his throat.After the mask was removed, the person in front of him smiled, and his face suddenly softened a lot, showing a female appearance.This is really a rare and strange woman in the world, she really opened her eyes today.

"What's going on here?" Bai Yuyin was confused for a moment and couldn't react.

"Miss Bai, you have misunderstood the person. Your Meng Lang is indeed my elder brother. He was indeed in Nanjing seven years ago. But I have never been to Nanjing, and I don't know you. Have you never seen him before?" The full face of my brother?"

Bai Yuyin nodded and said softly: "When I saw him for the first time, he always used a scarf to cover the lower half of his face through bead curtains and curtains. But I'm sure he is a young man, about my age. It’s similar. He and I exchanged poems and recited words. We once talked by candlelight at night. His voice was very nice, and it was a manly voice. I will never forget it..."

"Second brother is indeed a great talent. If it weren't for the accident in his family, he would have already obtained his fame and become an official in the court." When Meng Kuang said this, his tone was calm, but his expression showed a little sadness.

Bai Yuyin took a deep breath and finally calmed down.She looked at Meng Kuang with red eyes from crying, and asked in a whisper, "Do you know where your second brother is right now?"

"I don't know either. After he left Nanjing seven years ago, he wandered around. The only place where he lived for a long time was Macheng, Hubei. He stayed there for a year and a half. He left Macheng about five years ago and went to Sichuan and Sichuan, and then went to Jiangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang. Then he returned to Nanjing, because his health was too poor, and he was really desperate, so he had to go back and ask for help from my uncle’s family. He lived in Nanjing for a while, probably Just half a year ago, he wrote to say that he felt much better, and he was about to set off again. This time he said that he planned to go to the north, possibly to Liaodong, but he did not give a letter of approval. Afterwards, we waited for his letter, but There was no news. Neither my sister nor I could leave the capital to look for him. In the end, my sister’s master Luo Daozhang set off to look for him, but Luo Daozhang hasn’t heard from him yet.”

"He went back to Nanjing later...he knew that I left Nanjing and went north, but he didn't come to look for me..." Bai Yuyin said in a daze.

Meng Kuang didn't know what to say, but seeing Bai Yuyin's heartbroken, she could only try her best to comfort her: "My second elder brother is not in good health, and I always feel that my life is not long. Besides, our Meng family still bears unexplained burdens. My father and elder brother died tragically under the knife of the enemy, and my mother also died of a disease caused by the death of my father and brother. We have not yet found out the identity of the enemy. Our brothers and sisters vowed to spend our lives to revenge this revenge, and we will never die. My second brother has been busy with revenge, he can't help himself. I think that's the reason why he left you back then and never looked for you again. He didn't want to involve you in our family hatred .”

Bai Yuyin was silent, and she asked for a while, "Is it because of this hatred that you disguised yourself as a man and became a Jin Yiwei?"

Meng Kuang nodded: "Meng Kuang is my second brother's real name, and Zixiu is a pseudonym. My real name is Meng Qing, and I am the eldest daughter in my family. I am the Jinyiwei who replaced my second brother's identity, because our family is hereditary. Military status. After my father and brother died, my second brother was too weak to join the army. I was the only one who practiced martial arts and was in better health. We agreed that my sister and I would stay in Beijing and investigate the events of the year in Jinyiwei, while he would investigate other matters outside. Clues. We maintain correspondence and keep what we know in sync.”

Hearing this, Bai Yuyin couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and was speechless with Meng Kuang.Meng Kuang smiled, raised his hand and patted her shoulder and said:

"But no matter what, the meeting between you and me today is an indescribable fate. I really didn't expect that I would meet my second sister-in-law."

Bai Yuyin smiled bitterly and said: "What second sister-in-law, I have been looking for your second brother for so many years, but your second brother has been avoiding me. He doesn't want to marry me at all. He was willing to spend a lot of money to redeem me, but he couldn't do it anyway." You don’t want to marry me through the door.”

Meng Kuang also found it strange that her second brother was not an impulsive person, on the contrary, he was thoughtful and thoughtful.When he was 15 years old, he was able to plan a detailed plan for his third sister to replace him in Jinyiwei. How could he suddenly go to Qinhuai when he was 17 years old and spend a lot of money to redeem a geisha, and then let it go?He never mentioned Bai Yuyin in the letter, but why?Could it be that the second brother is planning something?

"Did you leave Nanjing and go north secretly?" Meng Kuang asked.

Bai Yuyin nodded: "The house your second brother arranged for me is small and elegant, and the servants are hardworking and honest people. It's not a problem to live there, but those servants obviously don't want me to leave the house for half a step, they keep looking at me If I want to come out, I can only sneak away. If he is there, I am willing not to step out of the yard, but he has not been here for two or three months. I am really suffering. I don’t know my own What will happen in the future, I can only take a gamble and leave secretly to find him. I remember he told me that he is from the capital, and his accent is also from the capital, so I just want to go to Beijing to find him. But wait for me Only then did I realize how difficult it is to find someone in this huge capital city. In desperation, I had no choice but to find a way to enter the most famous brothel in the capital. I wanted to become the most prestigious oiran so that he could notice Me, maybe he will come looking for me."

Meng Kuang pursed his lips, glanced sideways behind her indiscriminately, then she took Bai Yuyin's hand and said softly, "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, my second brother is definitely not a person who betrays his heart. Since you met me, Then you will be settled. When I find my second brother, I will definitely catch him and bring him to you, and let him explain everything to you. At that time, I will wait for your wedding wine."

Bai Yuyin couldn't help laughing through tears, but held Meng Kuang's hand and said, "Thank you...Sister Qing."

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At that time, in the private room next door, Guo Dayou closed the hidden surveillance hole on the wall, and said to a thin "boy" next to him:

"How, men are like this, what else do you have to say?"

The "little servant" sat silently on the chair beside her, her face was pale and panicked, it was Sui'er.

"I can't hear what they are talking about, it doesn't matter." Sui'er subconsciously stroked her eyebrows and said.

"What else can we talk about? I pulled hands, hugged, touched my face... I'm kind, I don't want you to watch it anymore." Guo Dayou joked.

"Guo Qianhu, you don't have to sow discord like this. I came to find you because I have other important matters. Are you willing to listen, or not?" Sui'er interrupted his joking words, and his expression calmed down.

Guo Dayou raised his eyebrows, twirling the two Wenwan walnuts in his hand, he sat down opposite Sui Er in a leisurely manner, and said, "I would like to hear more about it."