Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 196: The tiger does not show off its power
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Guests come to visit the east bed, which is naturally precious. When Qin Mubai arrived at the Wu family, everyone in their room greeted him with overjoy.
The Chinese New Year is coming in a few days. For example, the first wine is being renovated today, and the business is suspended. The people of the Wu family have been busy for a year and they have temporarily stopped. It is quite cozy to have a table with good fire, good wine and good food at home.
After tossing this year, the Wu brothers can be regarded as seeing how powerful Qin Mubai and Wu Meiniang are, and finally obediently admit their fate. Now in this martial arts family, Wu Meiniang is the head of the family with all his promises, and Qin Mubai, the "uncleared" son-in-law, also has the most weight. Although his surname is Qin, he seems to be the head of the Wu family.
Qin Mubai took the initiative to visit, and Wu Meiniang was so happy that she was happy, and she was also happy to be her mother Yang. As soon as he sat down, the Yang family was going to cook in person, and said to make him some good snacks to taste.
Now Qin Mubai feels that the Wu family is really rich. Even if it is an ordinary maidservant, the new clothes that he wears during the Chinese New Year are also valuable high-quality fabrics. There is no shortage of delicacies of mountains and seas for the New Year's goods prepared at home, and half a house can hold a few cars. Just for the new year’s gifts, there are thousands of cash in cash, packed in several large boxes, wrapped in red cloth bags.
I can imagine that it is really not easy for Wu Meiniang to be this family. This little girl is really capable.
"Hehe, Mu Bai, why did you think of coming to my house today?" Wu Meiniang smiled at him.
"The New Year is almost coming, should I always come and have a look?" Qin Mubai also smiled, "I should visit my mother-in-law and eldest brother in the future."
"Oh, your mouth is sweet, I know you must have something for me to help." Wu Meiniang said, "Come on, what's the matter?"
"Isn't it Xue Rengui's business?" Qin Mubai smiled and told her truthfully.
Wu Meiniang thought for a moment, and said, “After the business of No.1 Wine under the World was closed the other day, Liu’s family had nothing to do for a while, and their couple had no place to live. I thought they were poor, so I invited them They came to my house, but they refused, and they also resolutely refused to ask for money and goods. No way, I had no choice but to let them. I heard that they rented an old house in Quchifang in the south of the city to live in temporarily. There, Liu’s belly is already very big. It is estimated that he will give birth in a month or two. I don’t know what the situation is now. Today is just right, let’s go and see."
"Also."
Shortly afterwards, Qin Mubai enjoyed a snack made by the Yang family, chatted with the Wu family for a while, and drove to the south with Wu Meiniang.
No matter how prosperous there is, there are also shadowy corners; in the world, there will always be the poor and the rich. Chengnan Quchifang is synonymous with Chang'an slums. At the beginning, Yaoer took a group of little girls and rented there. Because renting there is relatively cheaper.
This reminded Qin Mubai of the "ant tribe" today. In a place like Chang'an, not all people can wander comfortably. Maybe renting an inn here for half a month is enough to live a comfortable life as a rich man in an average state and county.
The carriage walked slowly under the snow, heading south of the city.
Wu Meiniang put her hand under Qin Mubai’s cloak and put it in his armpit to keep warm, and said, “Why did Li Ke suddenly think of making such a movement? He didn’t always claim that he had nothing to do with the world and just thought about it. Is it peaceful? It seems that he is ambitious after all!"
Qin Mubai smiled and said: "People have desires, and they have different ideas in different periods. Before Li Ke was reprimanded and impeached, he could not protect himself. Of course, he just wanted to be a Taiping lord; now he has turned over. , It is reasonable to expect to be able to fly to the top one day. This trip to Jiangzhou made him feel the distress of the lack of soldiers at hand. If it weren’t for me and Quan Wanji to help him around, he might have done it. The ship capsized. Taking advantage of the opportunity of foreign transfers to recruit talents, the emperor would not say anything. In fact, his main purpose of doing this was to target Xue Rengui."
"Yes, I can see it." Wu Meiniang nodded, "Li Ke is a person who has no arrogance to be a courteous official. The more such a person, the greater the ambition in his heart. Otherwise, why should he be like this? Wouldn’t it be more worry-free to live a leisurely life by yourself? I guess, he missed you before and didn’t want to make the same mistake again, so he made a big fanfare, and he must get Xue Rengui. Mu Bai, you try to help this way Li Ke...is it because you are optimistic about him?"
"What are you optimistic about him?" Qin Mubai smiled and asked back.
"Ask you knowingly!" Wu Meiniang said, "Now the court is in fierce competition for reserve and prosecution. People in the whole length of An are all talking about the crown prince and Wei Wang. Wu Wang faded his sight for a long time and was almost about to be killed. Forgetting. Is he always keeping a low profile and waiting to reap the benefits?"
Qin Mubai paused for a moment and smiled: "Mei Niang, are you very clear about these things, as if you are also very interested?"
"Hehe, there is no shortage of people with long tongues in places like wine shops. The big things in the country are as small as the parents. You can know what you want to know." Wu Meiniang said, "I am also affected by my ears and eyes, and I care about it unconsciously. How to say, my Mu Bai is the one in the game, can I not care more about it?"
"Your Mubai?" Qin Mubai smiled.
"It's not mine, who else can it be?" Wu Meiniang glared at him, and lightly pinched his elbow, "No matter how many women you have, I say you are mine, that's mine. !"
"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed, "Okay, it's yours. Anyway, Li Ke is definitely not a lonely person. Now his tone is very tight, and he can at best say yes to me. In order to protect myself, I want to strengthen some forces. But I just want to cover the obstacles. I clearly feel his ambition, or ambition."
"I know that you and Li Ke have a very close personal relationship, but everyone in the world knows that Li Ke is just a concubine prince, and he won't be able to get his share in the battle for reserve and righteousness!" Wu Meiniang said.
"Heh!" Qin Mubai smiled, "Aren't you also concubines? Now in the Qin and Wu family, what's your status?"
"That's different!" Wu Meiniang said, "They are royals, and there is a powerful character like the emperor on them!"
Qin Mubai paused for a moment, and said, "Let’s talk about it later. I am not determined to help Li Ke fight for the crown. The emperor also asked me to ask me to help Li Ke help him. It can be seen that in the eyes of the emperor, my position is still to stand with him, but he sent me over. No matter how the princes fight and fight, I will try to maintain the emperor’s trust in me. ."
"Yes! No matter which prince you follow, there is nothing better than following the emperor! As for the future, I will talk about it later!" Wu Meiniang said, "Now the emperor trusts you and treats you as half Look at this son!"
Qin Mubai smiled: "Are you jealous?"
"Nothing!" Wu Meiniang groaned, "I am learning from Princess Gaoyang, everything is for your own good, that's okay. In fact, seeing you and Princess Gaoyang together, I really can't pass this hurdle in my heart. But I changed my mind. When I think about it, she is the emperor’s most beloved princess. If you can marry her, it will be of great benefit to you. What's more, she is really infatuated with you. Hey... I have to wrong myself and slowly adapt. And accept myself!"
Qin Mubai smiled meaningfully: "It seems that Princess Gaoyang told you a lot that day! You are such a smart person, can you be moved by her stupid girl?"
"What? Nothing!" Wu Meiniang glared at Qin Mubai bitterly, "Don't try to trick my mouth! If I tell you, I won't tell you!"
"General, boss, here." The coach stopped and the coachman outside said.
The two got out of the car and saw a small farm house in the thick snow.
"Xue Rengui and his wife live on that side." The road-knowing coachman pointed to the front.
"Okay, we two will go over." Qin Mubai and Wu Meiniang move forward hand in hand, their temperament and luxurious dress seem a little incompatible with the surrounding scenes.
Most of the people who live here are traffickers who drive carts and horses in Chang'an, or farmers who work as tenant laborers for wealthy Chang'an households. They live on a meager income. In the low and dilapidated houses, people in rags can often be seen walking by, black smoke from Lao Chai's home is coming out of the roof, and people coughing violently from time to time.
The snow in the yard of Xue Rengui's house has not been cleaned. There is a row of footprints clearly printed, as if to go out. The home is very quiet, and there are no fireworks.
The two opened the fence and walked in. They stepped on the snow and creaked, and heard a woman's voice inside: "Is Rengui you come back? I'm so hungry, did I bring back food?"
"It's Sister Liu!" Wu Meiniang frowned, stepped forward and walked into the house quickly, "It's me."
"Ah, boss!" There were many surprises in Liu's voice.
Qin Mubai didn't enter the house first to avoid suspicion, and waited outside.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you, your face is so bad? Where's Brother Xue?" Wu Meiniang asked anxiously.
"I...I'm okay." Liu's lowered his head a little ashamed and muttered.
"I just heard you say you are hungry?" Wu Meiniang glanced around. There were two empty bowls on the table in the room, and only a little unfinished vegetable soup was frozen into ice. She couldn't help being a little annoyed, "What about Brother Xue? Why don't you take care of you at home! Really!"
"No... Don't blame him, the boss." Liu's head lowered his head, and he burst into tears.
"Sister-in-law, what's going on, tell me!" Wu Meiniang sat next to her and asked patiently and softly.
Liu cried a few times, and finally said slowly--
"A few days ago, we moved out of the best wine in the world and rented it here. Although it was a bit poor, it was originally a good one and life was going on well. But three days ago, I accidentally moved my fetus. I had to go to the doctor for medical treatment, and at any rate it was considered as protecting the child in the fetus. But... the only little money was spent, and I couldn't even pay for the room, and I couldn't open the pot again at home. Originally Rengui planned to go hunting in Zhongnanshan temporarily To survive, but a heavy snow closed the mountain road, where can I get the prey? Today, the family was completely cut off from cooking, so..."
"So what?" Wu Meiniang asked anxiously.
"So... Rengui took his Fangtian painting halberd and went out to sell it." Liu said, he wiped his tears sadly, "This Fangtian painting halberd is like a kindness No matter how poor or miserable he is, he would never give up. He didn’t expect that now..."
"Hey!" Wu Meiniang sighed anxiously and irritably, "If you have any difficulties, you should tell me! Brother Xue is really too bad! I didn't invite you to live in my house not long ago. Isn’t he? He’s afraid of disturbing life and death. I want to give some money and food. He doesn’t want to ask for it. Now it’s okay... Let’s not talk about it! First of all, Sister Liu. You come back to the house with me now. I’ll be pleased. Mother takes care of you, this is about to give birth, even if you don’t think about yourself, you must also think about the child! As for Brother Xue, this time he can’t be the case! He will suffer and let him go by himself, and he deserves to starve to death!"
"Woo..." Liu cried, and was about to get out of bed with her pregnant belly and kowtow to Wu Meiniang, "My boss, what a great benefactor to our mother and son!"
Qin Mubai was annoyed at hearing it, and he walked into the room and said, "Sister-in-law, don't do this, just go back to the house with Mei Niang! No matter how hard it is, I can't suffer the child. As for Brother Xue , If he dares to bully this time, I will send a hundred and eighty soldiers to tie him up and see what he has to say!"
Liu cried with a smile: "General Qin is here too...I'm really sorry, I made the general laugh. Rengui has such a temper. Just as the owner said, he must face and suffer. I also persuade him not to come. . If the general wants to tie up, he will tie it up. He has such a bad temper and it is not guilty to be polite with him."
"Okay, don't talk about it, sister-in-law clean up and go with me." Wu Meiniang said.
"Yeah!" Liu's side said, "Rengui puts up signs and sells halberds in the West Market. It should be easy for the generals to find them."
Soon, Wu Meiniang cautiously helped the Liu family out and got on the car, heading to Wu's house first. Qin Mubai walked to the West Market alone and rented a carriage halfway. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.
"Xue Rengui, this pedant who wants to face and suffer! You can't be too polite to him!" Thinking of this, Qin Mubai said to the coachman outside, "Go to the Xuanwu Gate of the palace!"
"This prince, is the palace the place where the villain can go to the chariots?"
"Let you go, you go, no nonsense!"
Shortly after, a dilapidated civilian carriage swaggered open the gate of the Xuanwu Gate of the imperial city, and drove straight into the Baiqi Camp.
It was the imperial court's annual leave, and most of the government offices have been on holiday, leaving only some officials on duty. Qin Mubai, a Hundred Cavalry Envoy who had not resigned, entered the official office and called Pang Fei directly, asking him to pick up 20 Hundred Cavalry Sergeants and go out with him.
Pang Fei was shocked, thinking that Qin Mubai was going out to fight in groups, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he immediately called in twenty of the most powerful and trustworthy henchmen, all armed with Eredivisie swords. , Put on the horse and wait for the condemnation.
Qin Mubai didn’t talk nonsense, and asked Pang to fly to Xishi to find a man named Xue Rengui who was selling signs and selling halberds. Don’t talk nonsense with him, just tie him up and throw it to Wu Mei’s family. , And then it's all about them. By the way, if the halberd is sold, it will be redeemed for ten times the cost. In addition, you must not reveal your identity.
Pang Fei was confused and didn't know why, but since it was what Qin Mubai had ordered, he went out with a bunch of sturdy horses without saying a word.
Qin Mubai was still sitting in the broken carriage, swaying and walking to Wu Mei's family without hurries, and thought to relieve his hatred: Xue Rengui, your martial arts are great, but you dare to be open in Chang'an. Do you work with the army? The more polite you are, the more naughty you are. Tigers don’t show off their power, you treat me as HelloKeity!
Half an hour later, a group of intrepid soldiers broke into the Wu Mansion, frightening the whole house of the Wu family like earthy faces. The Wu family brothers hurried out to welcome them, and said in a panic: "What is the general? What is the general?"
Pang Fei strode in, and Huhu looked at the Wu family brothers vigorously and waved his hand. Several sergeants from behind pushed in with a five-flower tied man, then turned and left.
"Hey, general...what do you mean?" Wu Yuanshuang asked in surprise, looking up and down Xue Rengui without knowing him.
"You asked the general, who would you ask?" Pang Fei cursed without looking good, "this general was ordered to do the work, and the rest is done. Anyway, you are optimistic about this person, if you lose it, you will be responsible for it!"
"Ah..." The Wu brothers and the servant girls were dumbfounded--this is too baffling!
At this moment, Wu Meiniang came out and said from a distance: "Pang Fei, you are majestic!"
"Ah? Madam..." Pang Fei murmured in surprise, and his tight face instantly changed to a grinning hand and bowed his hand to salute: "I have seen Wu Dong's house!"
Wu Meiniang glanced at Xue Rengui, and Xue Rengui hurriedly lowered her head and turned around, flushing with embarrassment.
Already understood, Wu Meiniang held back a smile and said: "When the business is over, then you go back!"
"Yes." Pang Fei smiled, glanced around, and then whispered: "Madam, can I ask you to do something, okay?"
"Don't bark, who is your wife!" Wu Meiniang scolded softly, "What's the matter, let's talk?"
"I heard that my teacher is about to be transferred from the capital to take up posts in remote states and counties. Many of us old brothers who followed him all the way are reluctant to bear him, and want to go with him!" Pang Fei said pitifully , "Especially me, I followed him. If he is no longer in Baiqi, what am I still hanging around here? I beg your teacher to say something nice for me, let my teacher take me away?"
Wu Meiniang couldn't help but chuckled: "You are not an unweaned child, do you want to follow along?"
Pang Fei's embarrassed face flushed, and he smirked: "What do you want to say, what is it? Anyway, I just want to follow my teacher all the way. Where he goes, I also go."
"Okay, I'll try." Wu Meiniang nodded and smiled, "But this kind of thing is probably not something he can call the shots, don't report too much hope. You go back first, this person, just leave it to me. "
"Thank you Madam, then I will go!"
Pang Fei took a team of mighty and sturdy armored horses, and left with great power.
The Wu brothers secretly wiped out a cold sweat and breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a bewildered voice: Where is this singing?
At this time, I saw Wu Meiniang, Xue Rengui also almost understood what was going on, so he turned his head in shame, and was embarrassed to look straight at Wu Meiniang.
Wu Meiniang drank the crowd and walked to him and said, "Big Brother Xue, don't blame us. You are really unkind, you know too much?"
Xue Rengui did not speak, but sighed.
Wu Meiniang glanced at the rope tied to him, then looked at Fang Tian’s painted halberd that was thrown aside in the snow, and said: “I’ve heard Mu Bai once said that men’s self-cultivation and family governance are safe and peaceful. To become a literary and martial artist, you must first be able to help the family. He also said, "A house is not sweeping, but the world is sweeping?" Although you have martial arts talents, you can't even take care of your wife and children. Still wanting face and suffering, he refuses his friend’s kindness. No wonder Mu Bai is really annoyed and slaps you! Such a comparison, Mu Bai is really a **** and daring man with a true temperament. You... It's just pretentiousness! Sister Liu is following you, but she's been moldy for eight lifetimes!"