Huaxi Chronicle

Because of the act of stealing relatives that night, Xun Feibai was a little shy and guilty when he saw Yan Cong'an for several days in a row.He didn't dare to look directly at Yan Cong'an when he was talking, especially when he accidentally saw those cherry lips, he always felt a little flushed.

Yan Cong'an also noticed her strangeness, although he was a little puzzled, he just thought that the two had just engaged in love, this person was thin-skinned and a bit shy, so he didn't think too much about it.

On this day, the two had lunch and were playing chess in the study.The treasure box hurried over from the outside, saw the two of them, saluted and said, "Third Lady, Miss Chu is here."

As soon as the treasure box finished speaking, a crimson figure walked into the study.

Looking at the two chess players on the low couch, Chu Wuge couldn't help but tsk-tsk twice in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Congan, Feibai, don't come here to be safe."

After saying hello, she was not too polite, and sat on the side of the low table by herself, reaching out to hold the teapot and poured herself a cup of tea.

Seeing this, Yan Cong'an got up slowly from the couch, sat down together on the side table, and ordered Yuzhu to go to the kitchen to cook some food for this man.Chu Wuge was able to arrive at Binzhou City at this hour, presumably he came here on a fast horse early in the morning, probably before lunch.

Chu Wuge heard Yan Cong'an order Yuzhu to prepare meals for her, put down the teacup and said, "You don't need to prepare meals, just make me some refreshments. I haven't eaten for a month, but I miss Yuzhu's craftsmanship very much."

Yuzhu went out to the kitchen in response.

Xun Feibai got off the couch with Yan Cong'an.As soon as she sat down, Yan Cong'an saw that her skirt was a little crooked, so she naturally reached out to help her tidy it up.

Chu Wuge saw this scene from the side, and looked at Yan Cong'an in surprise.

With a slight smile on the corner of Yan Cong'an's mouth, he looked at Chu Wuge and raised his eyebrows slightly, then reached out and poured tea for himself and Xun Feibai.

After this action, Chu Wuge understood that this person was just showing off to him.Thinking of the little girl who had a big fight with her yesterday, she couldn't help feeling sour in her heart.

When Yuzhu prepared the refreshments, Chu Wuge picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, immediately suppressed a lot of sourness, glanced at Yan Cong'an, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Liu." As soon as Chu Wuge said a name, Chu Wuge said He stopped and looked at Yan Cong'an.

Yan Cong'an nodded to her: "I told Fei Bai about the past a few days ago, so it's okay if you say so."

Seeing her statement, Chu Wuge didn't hesitate any longer, and continued, "There are some discoveries in Mrs. Liu's place. In her house, rice noodles are delivered on time every month, and five guan coins are put in the rice every time. This That's the reason why Mrs. Liu is not short of money even though she hasn't gone out to work. Five pennies a month is naturally enough to maintain her current life."

"Then here comes the question, Cong An, let's guess, which is the grain shop that delivers rice every month?"

Without thinking, Yan Cong'an blurted out: "Yan's Rice Shop."

Chu Wuge's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded with a smile.

Xun Feibai was surprised when he heard the words: "But you are at the rice shop in Binzhou?"

Yan Cong'an raised his eyebrows and said lightly, "Exactly."

Xun Feibai continued: "If that's the case, then you can send someone to find out who ordered the rice and who handled it, and you will be able to find out the relevant people."

Yan Cong'an took a sip of tea and said: "This method is not very feasible. If you want to know who ordered the rice and who handled it, you only need to find the manager of the rice shop and ask. But what you ask may not be the truth. Judgment will indeed scare the enemy. If they are alerted, they will not show up again, or Liu will be placed in another place, it will be even more difficult for us to find them. If we cannot bring out the mastermind at once, what we have done It is very likely that things will fall short.”

Yan Cong'an's words were indeed reasonable, Xun Feibai pondered for a while, but couldn't think of a better countermeasure.

Chu Wuge said aloud: "I will continue to investigate this matter secretly, and follow the clues bit by bit. Although it will take more time, it is also more secretive and appropriate. There is another matter, I have found some clues. "

Yan Cong'an looked at her sideways, Chu Wuge swallowed the tea in his mouth, and continued, "I have already found out who the person who assassinated you two that day was."

Yan Cong'an also sent people to investigate this matter, but those mountain bandits seemed to have disappeared from the world, and they couldn't find any traces. It was Chu Wuge, the owner of Tinglou, who lived up to his reputation and was well-informed.She frowned and asked, "Are those people real bandits?"

Chu Wuge nodded and said: "Those people are indeed bandits, but they are not bandits from Jiangnan Road, but bandits from Yuzhou City and Jiulang Mountain on Shangjing Road."

Yuzhou City is attached to Shangjing Road, separated from Binzhou City by a river, and the main city is more than a hundred miles away from Binzhou City.After Binzhou City crosses Surabaya, it is Qianjiang County in Yuzhou City, and next to Qianjiang County is Jiulang Mountain.

Jiulang Mountain is not only one mountain, but nine mountains connected in one place.Jiulang Mountain is high and steep, with many and steep peaks. The surrounding low mountains are close to Qianjiang County, but it is quite lively. Orion farmers often go into the mountain to hunt and cut firewood.However, the roads in the depths of the mountains are difficult to walk, and there are few people. Not only wild animals appear, but also many bandits camp in the mountains.

The imperial court had sent troops to suppress and kill many times, but all had little effect.Jiulang Mountain was constantly plagued by bandits, and even the official road had been diverted to go around the mountain, and the journey was more than a hundred miles longer.Therefore, merchants often choose to travel by water, going up the Huai River, which is safe and fast.

The bandits from Jiulang Mountain came to Binzhou to rob the road. If no one specially instigated them, even Huangmaoer would not believe it.It's just how this member of the Yan family colluded with the bandits from Jiulang Mountain, Yan Cong'an was full of doubts.

She frowned slightly, and asked, "Do you know which group of bandits they are? And how is it related to the Yan family?"

Chu Wuge looked solemn, shook his head and said: "That group should be Tianhu Village in Jiuhua Mountain, but where is that village in Jiulang Mountain, and who is in collusion with Yan Mansion, there is no result for the time being."

Although the two things Chu Wuge said have progressed, they can't make a breakthrough for a while, so they have to figure it out slowly.

All three people in the room lowered their eyebrows in thought, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while.

Chu Wuge took a sip of tea, recalling some interesting things, she raised her voice a little bit gloatingly: "I know from Anke that during the month when you two were not in Huaxi, the Yan family was very lively."

Yan Cong'an had spies in the Yan residence, and if something important happened, someone would report it, but she didn't mention these things to Xun Feibai, and Chu Wuge didn't stop him from talking about it now.

Seeing that she did not object, Chu Wuge continued, "Isn't Yan Hongjie and the Hu family arguing about reconciliation last month? It turns out that Yan Hongjie took his temper a few days ago and didn't go to the water tea house or the flower planting house." , 'self-cultivation and self-cultivation' at home every day, sending some things to the Hu Mansion from time to time, trying to persuade the Hu family to return home"

"Originally, seeing his sincerity, Mrs. Hu did not refuse. But the day before yesterday when Yan Hongjie really went to the Hu's residence, and when Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Hu were planning to return home, something happened. Guess what happened?"

Xun Feibai wanted to know more about the Yan family, hoping to help Yan Cong'an in the future.Since Chu Wuge started to speak, she has been listening intently. At this time, she was listening intently, when Chu Wuge suddenly asked, she didn't know the story behind it, so she had no clue, so she could only shake her head cooperatively.Yan Cong'an beside him was unmoved, drinking tea by himself.

Seeing Xun Feibai's support, Chu Wuge became even more interested: "That Yan Hongjie hired a young lady in the planting flower house. A few days ago, a foreign merchant wanted to buy the young lady. The young lady has a very close relationship with Yan Hongjie. It’s secretive, so he refuses, but Yan Hongjie hasn’t been to the Flower Planting House this month, and the young man asked someone to bring a letter, but he was also turned away.”

"This day when he found out that Yan Hongjie was coming to the Hu Mansion, he ran to the gate of the Hu Mansion to look for Yan Hongjie. He held Yan Hongjie at the gate of the Hu Mansion and refused to let him go. He wanted him to take him as his concubine."

Hearing this, Xun Feibai was a little surprised. She had heard people mention those flower planting halls and water tea houses before, and they were all the places where Goulan cottages were.Although she had never been there before, she had seen those young men from a distance, all of them were exquisitely dressed, and some of them were even more beautiful and charming than women.

Chu Wuge paused, seeing Xun Feibai's stunned look, it was very interesting, and then talked freely: "The matter is not over yet, and the good show has just begun. Originally, Yan Hongjie wanted to persuade the young man first. Let's go, after picking up Mrs. Hu and going home, I will go to the flower planting hall to deal with this matter. It's a coincidence that Hu Erlang came to Hu's mansion for something. Big fight."

"The next time we met, the enemy was extremely jealous, and the young man was flirting with Yan Hongjie. As soon as Hu Erlang stepped forward, he wanted to snatch the young man away. Yan Hongjie wanted to persuade the young man to leave first. Kuan, who ever wanted to kill Hu Erlang halfway, and immediately became friends with him again."

"This fight was really a storm in the city. How could the Hu family be happy when things got to such an extent, and angrily threw up their sleeves and went back to the Hu mansion. Just yesterday, I heard that the Hu family had delivered He Lishu to the county. Ya, it is estimated that the marriage between Yan Hongjie and the Hu family should be broken up this time."

After hearing the whole story, Xun Feibai was already dumbfounded, and fought for the young lady in the street, how could this clan boy be worse than the shrew at the entrance of the village.

Yan Cong'an put down the teacup, and said calmly, "It shouldn't be so simple behind this."

Chu Wuge glanced at Yan Cong'an appreciatively, Xun Feibai saw that the two looked clear, but he was confused, and immediately asked, "How do you say that?"

Yan Cong'an looked at her with a faint smile, and patiently explained to her: "Fei Bai didn't know much about the Yan family, so he couldn't guess the reason behind this. Yan Hongjie deliberately 'cultivated his character' this month in order to win the favor of the Hu family. Good impression, good to take back Mrs. Hu, and I haven't had any contact with that young man during this period."

"How did the young man know when Yan Hongjie was going to pick up Mrs. Hu? This is one. Second, Yan Hongjie is a masculine man, and he has been with the young man for many years. Into the backyard, how can you deliberately send the messengers sent by Xiaoguan. There must be someone obstructing Yan Hongjie's ignorance of Xiaoguan being favored by foreign merchants."

"Furthermore, Hu Erlang and the Hu family are only relatives, and the two families are not closely related, so why did he appear at the door of the Hu mansion so early in the morning?"

Xun Feibai thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Cong'an means that someone has carefully arranged this matter from the beginning to the end. This person knows that Yan Hongjie and the Hu family are quarreling, and also knows that Yan Hongjie is pretending to restrain himself and not go to the planting flower house. Therefore, he first sent people to the Flower Planting House to buy the young man, and then deliberately prevented the young man from bringing a letter to Yan Hongjie, and deliberately let the young man know that Yan Hongjie was going to Hu's mansion the day before yesterday, and then notified Hu Erlang to go and make trouble, and to dispose of this The incident became so big that everyone knew about it. And the purpose of all this is to reconcile Yan Hongjie and the Hu family?"

Chu Wuge turned his eyes and asked Xun Feibai: "Who does Fei Bai think did it?"

Xun Feibai thought for a while, and replied, "But the fourth room?"

Chu Wuge saw that she was able to guess what was going on behind the scenes with just a few words, and praised with a smile: "Fei Bai is really smart, this leader of Chun Wei is really extraordinary."

Xun Feibai was amazed by what happened behind it, Yan Cong'an said it quite clearly just now, it is not difficult to think of those things, but he was praised by Chu Wuge.

Now Yan's family and Sifang are fighting each other fiercely for power, and the most likely person who can stop the young servant from delivering letters in Yan's house is Sifang.Yan Hongjie's reconciliation with the Hu family meant that he lost the support of the Yue family, and half of the power struggle was removed.The long house lost its momentum, and it seemed that the other three houses would all make profits, but among them, the fourth house, which is now in the limelight, is making profits.

After finishing the refreshments, Chu Wuge continued, "However, Changfang's cowardice is not in vain. This year's rainfall is much more abundant than before, and Sifang did not respond in time. The quality of tea in Huiming Tea House has been affected. Coupled with the popularity of tea in the past two years, Huaxi County has built a lot of tea houses."

"The business of the tea house in the first half of this year was not ideal. Before Sifang could figure out a solution, the head of the house directly reported it to Mrs. Yan. When Mrs. Yan found out, he was furious. He searched for Sifang's father and son overnight, and reprimanded him."

After Chu Wuge finished speaking, he clicked his tongue twice: "Now the eldest room and the fourth room have completely fallen out, and they are incompatible. You come and go, it's really lively."

After hearing these two stories, Xun Feibai sighed in his heart, the situation within this big family is really complicated, and intrigues are endless.

Chu Wuge has been running around all morning, and now that the business is over, there are also a lot of interesting things to talk about, a plate of pastries and three cups of tea, and he is already 'satisfied'.She didn't stay in the study any longer, so she went to the south room to rest.