Exploring the Wilderness at Night
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There are many Hu merchants in the West City, with countless gold, silver and jewelry, and fresh toys. Yuan Cixian stopped and stopped all the way. At first, he chatted with Lu Shiqing from time to time and took the opportunity to gain favor. Later, he only remembered to collect rare treasures in foreign lands and handed them all over the place. For a moment, he forgot that this person was probably the future imperial teacher.
After an hour, when Yuan Cixian came back to his senses, Lu Shiqing's hands were already full, and even his arms were hung with several strings of red and green pearls and jade. His narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and it was obvious that he was trying his best to endure it.
Because Lu Shiqing had time to change his official uniform, passers-by from all over the world looked surprised - using such a big official as a entourage, this little lady is amazing!
Yuan Cixian looked at them, and then looked at the gold-plated four-tone silver bowl in his hand. Thinking that Lu Shiqing might have to hold his head and leave, so he gave up his plan.
She approached him, showed some flattering smile, divided some objects from his hands, then put the pearls and jades on his left and right arms back in a uniform color and position, and then looked up and said, "Mr. Lu, let's go home. Let's find a residence to store these objects, and I'll send someone to pick them up later."
Lu Shiqing patiently waited for her to place these fragments. After the end, he wanted to part ways with her immediately. He walked a long way to the gate. When he passed the silk shop, he stopped and said, "Lu still has something important to do, so please go back first."
Yuan Cixian turned around and saw him stopping in front of a silk shop called "Jinxiuzhuang", and he drooped on the guise at the door and wrote the word "ji".
Remembering the look he looked at the Ji family caravan before, she pointed to the plaque with her finger: "If you are talking about this shop, I want to go in and have a look."
Lu Shiqing sighed, and didn't say it well, nor did he say it was bad. He turned his head and crossed the threshold first.
Yuan Cixian smiled and followed.
At this time, there were not many customers in the store, but the shop’s shop’s friends all came to the ground and worked together to carry large wooden boxes, busy coming and going. It seemed that they were putting in the batch of goods that had just arrived.
When the shopkeeper saw Lu Shiqing's dress, he knew that the noble man had come. He quickly put down the chores at hand, handed the account book to the accountant, and bowed to greet him: "This gentleman is for the husband..." He was halfway through his words, noticing Yuan Cixian's girl's bun, and quickly changed his words, "The little lady behind you came to buy clothes?"
Lu Shiqing didn't break up. He looked back at Yuan Cixian and said lightly to the shopkeeper: "Just pick out the new silk from today's store."
The shopkeeper showed a look of dismay: "It's really unfortunate that this batch of silk has been booked by a Hu merchant..."
Lu Shiqing pulled the corner of his mouth: "If I pay three times the price, would you like to sell it to me?"
As soon as he said this, the guys from all sides immediately became alert.
The shopkeeper choked, his eyes flashed a few times, and he said with a bitter face: "My husband, I don't want to do it. It's really a matter of business. I want to come first and then come."
Lu Shiqing smiled and said, "In this way, we won't make things difficult for the shopkeeper."
Yuan Cixian suddenly stepped forward: "But I want to be embarrassed, what should I do?"
Lu Shiqing glanced at her.
She looked back at him and smiled at the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, this statement of coming first and coming later is of course up to you, but I ran from afar and my legs were sore. Your friend was swaying in front of me with such a big fanfare. I didn't look at the silk in the box to satisfy my eyes, which really made me feel itchy. I'll just take a few glances, it won't prevent you from doing business, right?"
The shopkeeper is already old and his hair is gray, but Yuan Cixian's cute smile is exactly the same as what Lu Shiqing is used to.
Lu Shiqing suddenly felt that she was chattering and very noisy. She didn't say hello and turned around and left.
Yuan Cixian said "ah" and in desperation, he grabbed his sleeve: "You are not allowed to leave!" Then he whispered, "I have to finish the errand assigned by the saint."
He frowned and looked at the sleeves that were wrinkled by her, shook her hand away, took a deep breath, and stood there in the back of his hand.
Yuan Cixian didn't care much about his impolite spirit. She continued to sharpen the shopkeeper, which made the old man sweat all the time, nodded and bowed: "Cheng, Cheng! Little lady, wait, the little man will arrange it for you now."
She turned her head and looked at the two men who happened to be coming here. Her eyes fell down as they struggled, and pointed to the wooden box in their hands and said, "There is no need to work on the shopkeeper to arrange it, I'll just take a look at that box."
The shopkeeper laughed and waved to the two of them. The two men looked at each other, worked together to bring the box, and put it on the ground with caution.
As soon as the box landed, Yuan Cixian's ears slightly turned.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the shopkeeper opened the box, someone hurried over from the backyard and attached himself to his ear: "Shopkeeper, Hu Shang is here, and he is in a hurry to see the goods."
Yuan Cixian heard this and looked into the half-open box.
The shopkeeper turned around and closed the box, wiping his sweat: "Little lady, I'm really sorry, Hu Shang has arrived... You see, why don't..."
"How about I'll come next time." She smiled and said that if she didn't get attached, she wouldn't be attached.
Seeing that she had finished seeing her, Lu Shiqing walked away.
Yuan Cixian didn't know why he looked up, and trotted a few steps and followed, "Mr. Lu, wait."
He paused to look back at her.
She seemed to have no other intentions, and asked him to wait here, then went to the opposite street. When she came back, she had two more oil paper bags in her hand, handed him one of them, and said, "You don't have lunch, this Hu cake will satisfy you on the way back."
Seeing that he seemed to be rejecting him, she immediately said, "It is your business to eat or not, but it is my courtesy."
Lu Shiqing looked down and said, "No need."
She had to move out Huiningdi again: "Please take it so you can go back and hand in the service."
He frowned and took the oiled paper bag: "So, say goodbye." After that, he stopped caring about her and walked towards the gate first.
Yuan Cixian looked at his back and curled her lips. When she returned to Yuan Mansion, she hurriedly ordered Shi Cui to clean up her casual clothes.
Shi Cui looked at the sky outside, while explaining her complicated dress, she said worriedly: "Miss, you are just back and going out again? In less than an hour, the sun will set."
She nodded disregardly: "Mr. Lu seems to be investigating some case, I'll go and have a look. If you are not at ease, just join me."
Yuan Cixian could roughly guess that there was something wrong with the silk of the Wuxing Ji family.
Just now, she glanced at Jinxiuzhuang and saw the depth of the box. Unexpectedly, such a large amount of silk made it difficult for the box carryr to work hard. Compared with the outer height of the box, she felt that there was a dark layer hidden underneath.
Thinking back to the extremely careful movements of the guy when he put the box down, and the crisp sound made by the box as soon as it landed, she felt that something similar to a bronze or iron might be contained inside.
Of course, in addition to this, what is more important is Lu Shiqing's attitude.
She didn't care what was wrong with the silk village. She wanted to know what Lu Shiqing did to investigate it. If she didn't guess wrong, he would probably go and find out next.
Shi Cui said, "Of course I will go with you, I'm afraid that the husband will get angry if he knows it."
"What are you afraid of? I'll leave a note." Yuan Cixian pulled out the hairpin ornaments cleaned up and asked again, "Are you ready to do that bag of Hu cake?"
The two packs of Hu cakes she bought were coated with rare sauce, which had a unique and rich taste. If Lu Shiqing carried it back to the carriage, there would be some traces to follow.
Shi Cui nodded: "I have taken the branches to Xiao Hei for sniffing them. I will follow the way from the west city. If it goes well, I should be able to find Mr. Lu as the taste. Please wait with peace of mind."
...
When Zhuzhi sent back the news and said that Hu Bing had the whereabouts of Hu Bing, Yuan Cixian took Shi Cui to sneak out of the mansion.
But she finally saw the oil paper bag in a grass not far from Xishifangmen.
Yuan Cixian looked down at the black-skinned dog full of sauce, and choked.
This Lu Shiqing is really... ignorant, ignorant, and ignorant!
Zhuzhi looked embarrassed: "My little lady, I can only find out here, it's my maid who dereliction of duty."
She shook her head, looked at the sky depressedly, and would have taken risks if she knew it, so she would have followed him directly.
Shi Cui said, "My lady, since Mr. Lu is prepared, we may not be able to keep up. It is better to go back to the house. If it is too late, the husband should be worried."
Yuan Cixian nodded and turned around and was about to get on the carriage, but saw a caravan walking out of Xishifangmen.
They were a group of foreign tourists with special clothes and colors, looking like Uighurs. The camel riding men in front were tall and big men, followed by a few girls with veils and maids.
The mules and horses pulled the cart full of goods, and there were several sandalwood wooden boxes inside, which looked very familiar. The corners of the box were engraved with the emblem of the Wuxing Ji family, which was exactly the batch that Yuan Cixian had seen in Jinxiuzhuang.
Many hours have passed since the shopkeeper said "Hu Shang has arrived", but she didn't feel strange. I think the shopkeeper didn't plan to show her goods, but just asked the shopkeeper to perform a play to give her an excuse. The real Hu Shang should have arrived later.
Yuan Cixian smiled and sighed.
Lu Shiqing, Lu Shiqing, people can’t compare to God’s calculations.
...
After a stick of incense, Yuan Cixian and Shi Cui mixed into the Uighur caravan, picked branches and left two maids who were knocked out to serve as the aftermath.
The dusk is dark, and the blood is hanging high in the sky.
The winding caravan came out from the Golden Light Gate and slowly headed west. Yuan Cixian covered the tulle gauze and landed on foot at the unobtrusive position at the end of the team. Several men with high noses and deep noses sang loudly along the way with crisp and bright camel bells. As for what they were singing, she couldn't understand, and it was probably Uighur language.
Everyone took the ordinary road at first, but when they were far away from the city gate, they changed their path and took it to the remote area. Yuan Cixian once marched with her father, but she didn't feel the hard way.
When it was dark, the caravan fell into a slum in the countryside.
This house was low and dense, and all built simple earth-breasted houses. After the Uighurs arrived, they moved the goods down in boxes and transported them to a bungalow.
Yuan Cixian followed the other maids to fish in the water, and set fire to a dirt house. When several leading men relaxed their guards, sat by the fire and sang, drank wine and roasted meat, they gestured to Shi Cui to stay here, and then quietly walked around the back of the house.
She had just recorded the location of the bungalow, looked up and found the right place, avoided the guards in front of the door, and hugged her waist to a half-open rear window, tied the skirt that was in the way to the calves, and just wanted to jump in, but something licked her ankle.
The touch was wet and hot, and it was a little thick. Her scalp became numb and she almost jumped up. When she turned around, she saw that it was Xiao Hei.
It was spitting out a big tongue and looking up at her very honestly.
"..." Why did this stupid dog follow me?
Yuan Cixian swallowed dryly and felt that scary dogs could really scare people. She gave it a booed gesture, then pointed it down, signaling it not to run around, and didn't care whether it understood or not, and turned around and jumped into the house.
Unexpectedly, before her feet landed, she was flipped by a pair of hands that came out of nowhere, and it was spinning.
Chapter completed!