[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

Zuo Xi didn't rejoice for a long time, and was pulled to the front by a group of wives who came to the birthday banquet, as if they were looking at a piece of high-quality pork belly, and looked up and down for a while.

Because it was Wang Ziteng's wife's birthday banquet, and the Wang family had a daughter, so Zuo Xi didn't wear red or green today, and was extremely brightly dressed.

Inside is a rose-pink jacket with a stand-up collar, over a beige brocade narrow-sleeved beige, and underneath is a pleated skirt embroidered with silver patterns and [-] butterflies.On her black oily hair, she only wore three or five hair accessories and a palace flower.Although exquisite and precious, it will not overwhelm the master.

These ladies first praised Zuo Xi's appearance and figure, and then praised Zuo Xi's demeanor.Immediately afterwards, they began to ask about Zuo Xi's age, what he did at home on weekdays, and whether he was married.

Zuo Xi had to perfunctory all the compliments mentioned above with a shy expression.As for the latter questions, some of them were answered by Zuo Xi himself, and some of them were answered by Aunt Xue.Although most of them were dismissed by Aunt Xue's words about participating in the draft next year, Zuo Xi still felt a little uncomfortable.

Sister Feng has long sleeves and is good at dancing, and she is best at watching people's faces.Unfamiliar outsiders may not be able to see the impatience hidden in Zuo Xi's expression, but she can tell it at a glance.Thinking that the two of them had some 'friendship', he laughed and joked and fished Zuo Xi out. After a short while, Zuo Xi went to Wang Xiluan's side to have fun with some girls who were going to the banquet.

Zuo Xi has been in Beijing for several years, and rarely goes out to socialize.And the few houses that she often went to were not here today.Therefore, Zuo Xi only knew a few young girls in the room, and Shi Xiangyun from the Wang family's offshoots and historians.So Wang Xiluan, who is the host, took Zuo Xi to meet the noble ladies in the room one by one.

"Why didn't Sister Bao herself, Second Sister, Third Sister and Fourth Sister come?" Shi Xiangyun greeted Zuo Xi enthusiastically as soon as he saw Zuo Xi, as if he had long forgotten the unhappiness before. "The old lady and Brother Ai are in front?"

After Shi Xiangyun finished asking, before Zuo Xi could reply, he had to go to the room where the wives were.Seeing this, Zuo Xi pulled her back, "Don't go, only Sister Feng and brother-in-law are here."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice again, and said in a few words that Baoyu was taken outside by Jia Zheng and beaten up.

Just now Sister Feng said it in front of so many people.Even if she didn't say anything at this moment, the news would have spread.

Instead of hiding it and stammering to make people think she has something, it's better to say what she has.

Shi Xiangyun covered his mouth with his hands and let out an 'ah', and then he made a very certain conclusion, "Master must have hit Brother Ai because of Uncle Lin's visit to the garden that day."

Why does this sound so strange?

Is she being overwhelmed or is this girl making trouble again?

"How old are you, why do you still love your brother? The one who loves his brother bites his tongue." Zuo Xi patted Shi Xiangyun's hand, "I didn't see you biting your tongue when I was next to you, so how can you be confused just by connecting these three words together? .”

Zuo Xi didn't believe this girl because she didn't do it on purpose.

Otherwise, why have I never heard what she said, love two months' money, love ten taels of silver, love a dish, love someone's.

The topic changed quickly and bluntly, but Shi Xiangyun had dealt with Zuo Xi several times.Knowing that she defended Daiyu three points more than the old lady, she felt sour and jealous, but she dared not mention the Lin family or Daiyu in front of Zuo Xi again.

The beast-like intuition told Shi Xiangyun that for Daiyu, Zuo Xi might trample on her desperately.On this occasion, she doesn't want to go head-to-head with this eccentric guy~

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The family background of the Xue family is indeed low, some young girls heard that Zuo Xi came from the Imperial Merchant, and their attitude towards Zuo Xi became much colder.

But the Xue family is the in-laws of the Wang family, and Wang Ziteng is Zuo Xi's biological uncle, those little girls would never do anything to humiliate Zuo Xi on the Wang family's territory.It's just that they deliberately snubbed and rejected Zuo Xi's behavior. After all, Zuo Xi once again knew her previous Xiaoxing mentality very clearly, which was really brave and fearless.

If all the people you meet in the future have this attitude, it is no wonder that those who are not firm in mind will make progress, or they will degenerate.However, life is like drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or not.The envy, jealousy, neglect and expectation of others should not affect your thoughts and life.

In order to make others look up to her and envy her, she went to kiss an old man.Or compete with a group of women... Forget it, you should look down on her.

So Zuo Xi, never get lost by irrelevant people and things.

Wang Xiluan is the host, so it is impossible to accompany Zuo Xi all the time. After introducing today's guests to Zuo Xi, he went back to work.Zuo Xi took a look at Shi Xiangyun, who was very comfortable in this situation, chatting and laughing with others, and could only ignore Shi Xiangyun's childlike showing off.Zuo Xi looked around and walked to the chair beside him and sat down.

In order to entertain these little girls who came to visit with the elders in the family, Wang Xiluan prepared a lot of things to pass the time in the flower hall.Zuo Xi casually picked up Hua Rongdao at the side and passed the time one by one.

Others don't come to talk to Zuo Xi, a merchant woman, and Zuo Xi doesn't force her into circles that she can't squeeze into.Tell Yinger to go to the back kitchen to bring her favorite snacks.

So there was a room full of officials' daughters, and Xungui later found that the merchant girl who mixed in here was quite at ease.

Playing Huarong Road in his hand, with a good tea in his hand, tilting his head, the girl serving on the side will bring snacks or peeled fruits to his mouth...

When it was time to eat, Zuo Xi sat next to Wang Xiluan because she was the niece of the Wang family.It's just that there is no turntable on the round table, and everyone eats only the two dishes in front of them, and none of the two dishes in front of Zuo Xi is her favorite. Looking at the wine-stuffed duck breast not far away, what Zuo Xi thinks is It's all the idea of ​​asking someone to get the turntable out tomorrow.

After the banquet, the madams all moved to listen to the opera, Zuo Xi thought of the embarrassment of getting along with these little girls before, so he got up and walked to Aunt Xue, and mixed into the crowd of women as if he wanted to attend the opera .

Zuo Xi was quite patient about listening to the play.If they sing a cappella without a soundtrack, and don't think about what they are singing, I think Zuo Xi will be more patient.

In the afternoon, the female relatives left the table one after another. Sister Feng was going back to Rongguo Mansion, and Aunt Xue was going back to Xue's house. After thinking about it, Zuo Xi followed Aunt Xue home.

After arriving home, Zuo Xi immediately asked the people on the stove to bring some food. After eating several fried dumplings, a bowl of porridge with chicken shredded mushrooms and a few side dishes, he put down his chopsticks in a satisfied mood.

She seldom felt full since she came to the banquet. Originally, Aunt Xue could hold out until dinner, but seeing Zuo Xi's delicious food, she also sat down and ate.

After the meal, Zuo Xi went back to the room to draw the blueprint of the table turntable, while Aunt Xue went back to the room to rest.

Zuo Xi was left out in the cold, and Aunt Xue was no better than her.Especially when those wives who look like Zuo Xi are not looking at each other for the sake of the brothers from the family, Aunt Xue will be hurt even more.

Zuo Xi wrote down the shape and principle of the turntable and the effect she wanted on a piece of paper, and then asked the manager to send it to the shop at home.After three or five days, the manager in the shop delivered what Zuo Xi wanted.

Although there are some discrepancies with Zuo Xi's memory, the effect is almost the same.Let people make ten copies.One was sent to the Lin Mansion, one was sent to the Wang Family, one was sent to Xiaotangshan, two were kept by the family, and the remaining five were sent to the Rongguo Mansion.

The Rongqing Hall of Jia Mu, the East Courtyard of Jia She, the Rongxi Hall of Mrs. Wang, the Xiaokuan Courtyard of Sister Feng, and the Daoxiang Village of Li Wan.

Originally, Li Wan could not be sent away, but Zuo Xi felt that although Jia Zhu was gone, there was still Jia Lan in their room.Since there is Jialan, it is necessary to use bean buns as dry food.

The manager in the shop asked Zuo Xi if it could be sold in the turntable shop.Zuo Xi didn't even think about it and just asked the stewards to figure it out for themselves. It is a good thing to be able to make money.

In the next few days, there was a turntable fever in the capital.Especially after Jiuye's restaurants were all on the turntable, not long after, even the palace also appeared on the turntable.

Everyone only thought that the turntable was Jiuye's business, but no one thought that it was created because of a girl's hungry stomach.

Zuo Xi stayed at home for a few days, and then took Ying'er and the others back to Rongguo Mansion.

Baoyu's injury has healed up again. Although she still can't roam around the garden, she can walk a few steps in her own house without help from others.

The end of March can be regarded as the best weather in Yili, and the scenery in the garden is even more gratifying.Zuo Xi likes the tender green of the willows that have just returned to spring at this time of year, but it is a pity that as soon as he returned to the garden, he was told to plant flowers in the trees and not to walk around casually.

After hearing this, Zuo Xi immediately knew that this was the content of that page in the book, but if she had known that she would be restricted when she returned to the garden, she might as well stay at home for a few more days.

"Girl, Ma Daopo has entered the house, and she just came out of the old lady's house." As soon as Ying'er came in, she saw Zuo Xi sitting in front of the window, resting her chin on the window, looking out from the second floor of the Zhuijin Building .Knowing that she was distracted and bored again, she stepped forward and told her what Zuo Xi had told her earlier. "Looking at the direction, I should have gone to Rongxi Hall." It's just that the second wife is still in the old lady's room.

After Baoyu was beaten last time, Zuo Xi thought of Aunt Zhao's way of asking Ma Daopo to clean up Baoyu and Sister Feng, so he ordered Yinger to keep an eye on Ma Daopo that day.

There is no other, because Ma Daopo is really good.And if Taoist Pozu and Monk Laitou didn't come to save their lives, Baoyu and Sister Feng would have easily fallen on it.

After Taoist Po Zu and Monk Lai Tou were arrested by Master Jiu, there was no news of them.Zuo Xi felt that it was unlikely that the two of them would be happy outside again.But if both of them are caught, who will save Baoyu and Sister Feng?

Can Taoist Po Zu and Monk Lai Tou have colleagues who can take this order?

If not, then Baoyu and Sister Feng will be trapped by the five ghosts and nightmares again. Zuo Xi shivered and dared not think about it.

Thinking of this, Zuo Xi couldn't care less about others, and while telling Ying'er to keep an eye on Ma Daopo, she quietly asked who Aunt Zhao's eyeliner had placed next to Baoyu and Sister Feng.

Doing business requires integrity, so Zuo Xi is not going to make things difficult for Ma Daopo, but just hopes that Ma Daopo will not go too far.

It's okay for Baoyu and Sister Feng to suffer a little, but if it affects their lives, it will be terrible.

Zuo Xi originally wanted to find Aunt Zhao's people quietly.Another trick is to knock the mountain and shake the tiger.But after thinking about it, I felt that there was no need to be so troublesome.

Originally, regarding matters between wives and concubines, from the standpoint of being the main wife, Aunt Zhao was wrong to do anything.But from the standpoint of this era, if conditions permit, would Aunt Zhao be willing to be just a concubine?

So in the final analysis, it was Jia Zheng's fault.

Since this is the case, let's add Jia Lian and Jia She, and let's have a mess.

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"Let someone prepare the carriage, let's 'go home'." Zuo Xi snorted, then stood up and ordered Ying'er, while walking towards the inner room.

As soon as Ying'er heard the word 'go home', Ying'er knew that Zuo Xi wanted to go home again and didn't know what to do.But thinking of the news just sent, Ying'er is [-]% sure that Zuo Xi is going to block the Ma Daopo.

After changing the clothes for going out, she chose a black gauze hat that was knee-length among several veiled hats and held it in her hand.

After leaving Zilingzhou and passing by Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Zuo Xi went to the gate of Xiaoxiang Pavilion without knowing what to think, broke off a piece of green bamboo and held it in his hand.

"Look at my memory." After reaching the corner gate, Zuo Xi remembered that he forgot to tell Li Wan, so he turned around and asked Wen Xing, who was following him, to go to Daoxiang Village and tell Li Wan about her home, "Don't chase after her." Now, go back to Zilingzhou directly or play by yourself."

Wen Xing responded, turned around and walked towards Daoxiang Village.After leaving the Grand View Garden, Zuo Xi took Ying'er to Sister Feng's small courtyard.

It just so happened that Sister Feng was playing with the eldest sister at home at the moment. After Zuo Xi went in, he touched the tender and smooth face of the eldest sister, and said to Sister Feng with a smile, "My sister is growing better now, please come back and ask me The old people in the country who have been in the country for many years have a wild name, so they don’t have to worry about growing up. By the way, can we get a big name?”

Zuo Xi remembered that the eldest sister of Sister Feng's family would be called Sister Qiao in the future, and Grandma Liu helped to get it.But I forgot whether this Qiao sister has a name.

Sister Feng smiled, "Madam said to wait for two more years to come up with a better name, and I can hold back."

"What madam said must make sense." Zuo Xi responded casually to Sister Feng's words, then looked at the girl who was following her, leaned up to Sister Feng, and whispered to her, "What did my cousin say, Mrs. 'Is it the eldest wife or the aunt?"

Zuo Xi called the second wife Aunt, and Sister Feng called Aunt.But no matter what it is called, Sister Feng can understand who Zuo Xi is referring to.

Sister Feng opened her mouth, wanting to say it was the second wife, but seeing Zuo Xi tilting her head and raising her eyebrows to look at her, she swallowed back the words that came to her lips.

This cousin of hers is always talking about it.

"Stop joking with my sister, I want to go home. Either today or tomorrow." Zuo Xi reached out and took out a golden peanut from his waist purse and handed it to the eldest sister, "I'm free by myself Come get it, give it to my sister to play with."

Xue's family raised an old couple who made gold and silver ornaments. Even if Zuo Xi went fishing for three days and learned a little from drying nets in two days, he learned some rough crafts after such a long time.

In addition to the two sets of utensils in the small apartment that will be brought into the palace in the future, there is also a set of making tools and molds in the Zhuijin Building, so many people in the Jia family know Zuo Xi's small business hobby.

At this moment, no one was surprised to see Zuo Xi take out a golden peanut with three nuts from his purse.

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After talking to Li Wan and Sister Feng, Zuo Xi got into the carriage at the second gate.After the carriage drove out of Ningrong Street at an even speed, it went to the largest inn in the capital.

The servant who followed asked for a room in Tianzi No. [-], and then Zuo Xi took Ying'er in.

Entering the upper room, Zuo Xi changed into a pitch-black dress with slanted breasts, and the whole body of this dress was black and there was no other color.The style is a bit like a monk's robe, but there is an extra belt underneath and a multi-pleated skirt that reaches to the ground. In short, it is weirdly tight.

Ying'er also changed her body and dressed up as a servant boy.

The master and the servant are still smearing on their faces, putting a scab on one side and a birthmark on the other.When she was young, Yinger repeatedly confirmed that Zuo Xi didn't need her company, and then went downstairs to invite Ma Daopo over.

It took almost half an hour before Yinger invited Ma Daopo over.

When Zuo Xi heard Yinger's knock on the door, she put the black gauze hat she brought out earlier on her head.

When Ma Daopo came into the house, Ying'er withdrew, closed the door and guarded the door, not letting any idlers approach.

Ma Daopo is also well-informed, and there are more amazing ways to ask her to do business than this.Zuo is just doing business, as long as the business is fair, you don't need to take it to heart.Ma Daopo looked at Zuo Xi calmly, thinking about how much profit this transaction could make.

I don't want this to be a big deal of strong buying and strong selling.

Zuo Xi sat there wearing a black veiled hat, and as soon as he raised his hand, he threw a black cloth bundle on the table in front of him.

Following Zuo Xi's movements, the black cloth bundle spread out on the table, revealing several small gold bars and a piece of letter paper full of names and birthdays.

"Let's do a business." Zuo Xi's low voice came through the veil, "With Aunt Zhao's 500 taels of silver, this business should be negotiable."

Ma Daopo didn't want Zuo Xi to mention Aunt Zhao, so she couldn't help being shocked.He was a little careless before, but now he can't help but look at the girl in black in front of him.

That's right, it's a girl.

Although she couldn't see the girl's appearance, and the voice sounded a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the fact that the person in front of her was a young girl, she couldn't be mistaken.

Zuo Xi's voice does sound a bit tongue-in-cheek and distorted. Firstly, she deliberately lowered her voice to speak, and secondly, she cleverly put two rock candies in her mouth...

"What kind of business do you want to do with Dao Po?" Ma Dao Po narrowed her eyes and glanced at the paper full of birthdays and names, "These are the names of men in Rongguo Mansion. Could it be the girl?"

"Aunt Zhao told you to take the lives of Baoyu and Grandma Lian to put Daopo in danger. I am different. I only need Daopo to cast spells and toss all the people on this list and Baoyu. The business is done." Zuo Xi paused, and then continued: "When Dao Po was entrusted by Brother Nine to capture two sloppy monks together with others, I knew that Tao Po has some Taoism, but Dao Po didn't realize that the fate of Baoyu and Grandma Lian Er is so unpredictable?"

Ma Daopo rolled her eyeballs, and tentatively said to Zuo Xi, "I don't know which nobleman the girl is from?"

"Could it be that you always forget this rule?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Daopo knew that there was nothing to ask, so she said directly: "So that the girl knows, Daopo has not received the 500 taels of silver from Aunt Zhao."

"Then you give me the IOU that Aunt Zhao sent you, and I will pay for her."

Ma Daopo: "..." I know a lot.

"I advise Dao Po to do this business with me, even if it's for the sake of the gold."

Ma Daopo didn't know Zuo Xi's origin, but saw that almost 100 taels of gold were placed on the table.Thinking about whether Aunt Zhao's 500 taels of silver might be able to get it, she changed her mind a bit and Zhang got the money first.

The most important thing is that Aunt Zhao wanted to crush Baoyu and Sister Feng to death, but the girl in front of her was just a "small fight".

Ma Daopo, who wanted to understand, immediately changed her face and asked what effect Zuo Xi wanted to achieve.

"Toss for 21 days. As for how to toss, I don't think the Taoist mother should teach you. After 21 days, you go to the mansion and tell the old lady that this is all a disaster caused by women. The only way is to stay away from women and keep your heart pure. You can keep safe..." Finally Zuo Xi said: "Tell the old lady that the yin in the Rongguo mansion is prosperous and the yang is declining. If you want to last forever and have endless descendants, it is best to let more servants go out."

Ma Daopo: "Where is Lian Er. Grandma?"

"All the men in the family have fallen. If she doesn't stand up and take charge, how can she do it?"

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After a friendly negotiation with Ma Daopo, Zuo Xi took away Aunt Zhao's IOU and made up the money for Ma Daopo, then made a gesture of invitation to Ma Daopo.

Ma Daopo didn't want to stay too long, seeing Zuo Xi chasing people away, she left with the gold and the piece of paper Zuo Xi gave her.

After Ma Daopo left, Zuo Xi stayed in the guest room for another quarter of an hour, took Ying'er to check out and left without changing clothes.

After leaving, Zuo Xi and Ying'er boarded a carriage hired by Ying'er on the street and headed out of the city.

Ma Daopo followed Zuo Xi to the gate of the city, worried that it would be easy to be found if the city was empty, so she had to go home.But Zuo Xi and Ying'er changed into their own carriages at Shili Pavilion outside the city, and headed all the way to Hongluo Temple.

Zuo Xi was always a little worried when dealing with Ma Daopo.When I went to the inn, I asked my carriage to wait at Shili Pavilion outside the city.Now that he got into his own carriage, Zuo Xi didn't call the hired carriage back to the city, but handed a letter to the coachman, telling him to go to Tongzhou, and then sent the letter to Tongzhou Station.

The place of receipt is Tibet, and the name is nonsense.

That letter is just a fool, mainly to guard against Ma Daopo.After sending off the hired carriage, Zuo Xi changed clothes with Ying'er in his own carriage, and then they sat together and went to Hongluo Temple without saying a word.

Stayed at Hongluo Temple for one night, and the next day Zuo Xi took people down the mountain and returned to the capital.

Go back to Xue's house first, find the big steward, and then tell the big steward that someone is going to assassinate Xue Pan through Ma Daopo on the grounds that Mr. Xue is dreaming.Let the big housekeeper send some shameless servants to quietly collect some of Ma Daopo's movements in the capital.

Which house she has been to, and how many children and women have died in that house over the years.

"Don't rush to use it, just give it to me before the Dragon Boat Festival."

"Why is it the Dragon Boat Festival?" The butler asked in confusion when he heard Zuo Xi's words, "Could it be that the master told the girl?"

"Yeah." Zuo Xi nodded heavily, "Father said not to do it too early, and told us to borrow a knife to kill someone."

Even if the stone is worthless, Zuo Xi is not a generous master who would spend money on Ma Daopo.Ask Ma Daopo to do the work first, and then send the information she collected to each mansion. Someone will always teach Ma Daopo what is "a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way".