Chapter 2 On the Way to Jiangning (2)
Before Gu Wuchen arrived at Dongyang Mansion, he still traveled lightly, in addition to his family, there were only three people with him, four maids, maids, maids, mothers-in-law and two Yang Pu's wife and daughter, and hired a boat to go to Shiliang County to worship their ancestors first. After the assassin was encountered in Shiliang County, even if Gu Wuchen still wanted to travel lightly, Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang Prefecture, would not agree, and if Gu Wuchen really had to make any mistakes on the way from Dongyang to Jiangning for the last two hundred miles, Shen Rong would not have time to cry.
In addition to Liu Xilin, the deputy lieutenant of the cloud cavalry, who led a team of elite cavalry guards, this huge official ship was also prepared by Dongyang Mansion, and the cooks and boatmen were all errands from Dongyang Mansion. In addition, Liang Zuoren, the magistrate of Shiliang County, said that Gu Wuchen was short of errands around him, so he sent two people to Jiangning to wait for the dispatch. These two people are the same as the cook Xiao, the money and silver are all supported by Shiliang County, and even Shiliang County has prepaid food money for these three people.
Throughout the ages, even thousands of years later, officials will never play too unexpected tricks.
Lin Jian took the wooden barrel full of hot vegetable broth from the hand of the cook Xiao, and beckoned Liu Xilin on the shore to answer: "General Liu, Lord Gu is sympathetic to the hard work of the military masters, and the hot vegetable broth is cooked here for the military masters to enjoy......"
A junior colonel under Liu Xilin cleverly shouted to the side of the cabin: "Thank you for your compassion!" He led the two of them down to the river beach and took the soup bucket and a stack of bowls. Liu Xilin gave instructions on the shore, jumped on the boat, and whispered to Lin Lian: "You paid for this broth privately, how can you give a favor to Master Gu?" β
Lin Jian smiled: "I can get acquainted with General Liu, isn't it a favor for Lord Gu?" β
Liu Xilin, a military general, thought that a few days ago outside Gujia Village, Lin Lian's master and servant were chased and killed by the assassin's party, not only did he stand by, but also prevented them from entering the village to avoid the enemy, in exchange for others to be a dead grudge in their hearts, but he didn't want Lin Jian to have no guilt, and he didn't have the slightest sense of looking down on these rough soldiers, so he was very grateful.
Gu Wuchen accompanied his family to dine in the cabin, with female dependents, Lin Lian, Liu Xilin, and Gu Wuchen's two nephews, Gu Siming and Gu Tianqiao, all stayed in the outer cabin to dine with Yang Pu, Yang Shi's father and son, and another Sui Hu Ma Chao.
Even the domestic servants are divided into three, six, nine and so on, when Gu Wuchen was exiled to the army, Yang Pu took his family to take care of him, Yang Pu has been loyal to the Gu family for more than 20 years, needless to say, his son Yang Shi is not only Gu Wuchen's guard, but also Gu Wuchen's scholar; Ma Chao was originally a military man in Yanbei Yanmingyi Army, and he had a life-saving grace for Gu Wuchen several times during his army, and when Gu Wuchen returned to Beijing after being released from his crimes, he took off his military status and stayed by his side.
It is said that the prime minister's family slave seven officials, Yang Pu, Yang Shi father and son, and Ma Chao, even Liang Zuoren, the magistrate of Shiliang County, also have to stammer - Lin Jian can only admit that he is unlucky, and he offended these three people when they first met.
In the narrow cabin, Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu, and Chen Enze were crowded on another table with the servants sent by Liang Zuoren and the Ding Tou on the official ship, and the dishes were also worse, and the maids and mothers-in-law who did not need to serve in the cabin were at the same table, and the cooks, boatmen, and other handymen were all at the stern, and they could not easily come to the front without being summoned. The official ship is not a big place, and there are many inconveniences, but everything is in order, and everyone abides by their own rules.
If you want to let Lin Bin's temper, he would rather drink vegetable broth and eat cooking cakes with Liu Xilin and Zhou Pu on the shore with those rough soldiers, and it is better than drinking with Yang Pu and others in the narrow cabin in the nest, but Gu Wuchen's nephew Gu Siming was a little excited, and boasted that he had seen the prosperity of Jintuan in Jiangning Mansion in the past: "Lin Juren, you have also been to Jiangning, you have knowledge, you should know that the restaurant over there is four or five stories high, and the rich and alcoholic go upstairs, they are not called upstairs, they are called mountaineering; Most of the mountaineers don't want to drink stuffy wine, you can order a flower card to invite the singer to cheer up, speaking of the singer, I have to say dustpan lane Sumei, her little song is only heart-wrenching, if you have heard it, you will know that what I said is false or true......"
Lin Lian thought to himself that Su Mei and Xiaoman probably didn't know that they would be able to go to Jiangning tonight.
"Lin Juren ......," the lady of the Xiao family came out of the cabin and called Lin Bin.
The lady of the Xiao family is dressed in a hairpin skirt, and her outfit is not as beautiful as the servant woman who is dining on the side, wearing a blue printed waist, and slightly closing her waist, she has a bit of grace, her skin is like the first snow, and her raven-colored hair is a little unkempt, which makes her face look a lot more charming, and she is a beautiful and charming young woman.
The cabin here was already stuffy, but the lady of the Xiao family pushed open the hatch, but it made people feel that their eyes lit up, and their minds suddenly opened up. Many people really think that Liang Zhixian is really kind enough to hire the Xiao family lady to only be a cook for the Gu family, so naturally they don't have too many scruples, they all look back at the past, Gu Siming's goods are even more powerful, and when they saw the Xiao family lady shouting Lin Tie, she laughed and said: "Why is the Xiao family's lady only looking for Lin Juren, didn't she burn some good dishes privately and only give them to him to eat, so that we can't eat them?" β
"......" The lady of the Xiao family stared at everyone's eyes, her face was slightly dizzy, and Qiushui's eyes looked at Lin Lian.
"What does Master Gu have to say?" Lin Jian put the chopsticks on the bowl and asked the lady of the Xiao family, he could understand Liang Zuoren's intention of hiring the lady of the Xiao family to be a cook for the Gu family, and his words would not be so casual.
"Madame, let me invite you in." The lady of the Xiao family took a step back to the door and waited for Lin Tie to come out.
Lin Jian was slightly stunned, he didn't know what the Gu family could do to find him, he glanced at the lady of the Xiao family, and signaled that he wanted to go into the flower hall now? Looking at the Xiao family's lady's talkative eyes, Lin Jian stood up, ignoring the puzzled eyes of others, followed the Xiao family's lady to the flower hall in the middle, smelling the faint fragrance from the Xiao family's lady, and always didn't understand what kind of incense powder and perfume women in this era used to make themselves smell so comfortable? The same is true for the Seventh Lady.
Lin Jian walked into the flower hall, Gu Wuchen's family of four was also dining, Gu watched him come in, and instructed the maid who was waiting on the side: "Add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to Lin Juren......
"Thank you, Madame, Lin Lian has just had a full meal with Yang Ye and them," Lin Lian said, although the etiquette of this era is not as strict as he understands, it is still necessary to avoid his relatives during the banquet, and he looked at the Gu family's young lady Jun Xun shyly lowered her head, kept taking the ivory chopsticks and plucking the rice grains in the bowl, her eyes still fell on the table in front of Mrs. Gu, and asked, "Madam asked Lin Lian to come over, what do you have to order?" He glanced at Gu Wuchen suspiciously, looking at Gu Wuchen's expression, he didn't seem to know what his wife was thinking.
"It's not that there is anything else important," Gu said, "I will be in Jiangning City soon, so I want to ask Lin Juren what his plans are after entering the cityβis there a place to stay?" Can someone take care of your life? Your three servants all look clumsy, and they don't look like they can take care of people. β
"Mrs. Xie cares, Lin Lian has two friends in Jiangning, and he doesn't have to worry about the temporary place to stay - he will find a house in the advanced city and then discuss the future, and he will rely on the cultivation of his wife and adults, Lin Lian has been used to rough clothes and light food since he was a child, and the three entourages are clumsy and clumsy, and there is nothing unaccustomed." Lin Lian replied, still unable to grasp the point of Gu's words.
"It used to be before, and now it has fame, how can it be as broken as before? Besides, two generations of your family have been kind to my family, and if you want to live roughly, won't you let others say that my family is not? Gu said slowly, "The maids and mothers-in-law we brought from Jingshi this time are enough, I think I will let the lady of the Xiao family take care of you." β
"Ugh!" Lin Jian subconsciously looked at Gu Wuchen wrongly, and Gu Wuchen also looked wrong.
"Master, do you think it's appropriate for the concubine to be arranged like this?" Gu looked at Gu Wuchen with a smile, "You can't let others say that the Gu family doesn't miss kindness, right?" β
Regardless of whether Gu Wuchen was bitter or not, Lin Jian thought that he would have to rely on Gu Wuchen and the Gu family for many things in the future, and the lady of the Xiao family would never be able to take it, and besides, he took the glamorous cook back to Jiangning, not to show Su Mei and Xiaoman a joke, and said: "Mrs. Lin Lian Xie cares, but Lin Lian is also a wanderer in Jiangning, and he doesn't know where to eat, and there are three vulgar men under him, where do you dare to serve the lady of the Xiao family?" β
"What is the parasitism and not the wanderer, don't you say that you are so shabby, can the master still watch you continue to be shabby?" Gu Shi said with a smile, "Don't be busy refusing, you also listen to what the master means?" β
Lin Lian thought to himself that this old lady surnamed Tang may have been a young lady of an official eunuch family, but after nearly ten years of career in the army with Gu Wuchen, it is impossible to still be the young lady who does not understand the world, where would she easily tolerate her status to threaten a female chef who showed up in the township, Lin Lian sighed in his heart, this Gu usually looks gentle and good-natured, and if she offends her, she is afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat.
"Cough ......" Gu Wuchen coughed twice, the cough was very dry, and he could probably imagine that he was going to open his mouth to persuade Lin Lian, and his heart was very bitter, "Lin Lian, Madame is also thinking about you, you don't refuse Madame's kindness...... This one... This, after all, still depends on the Xiao family's own meaning......"
The last sentence exposed Gu Wuchen's true intentions, but when he saw that his words did not fall, his brows furrowed first, Lin Lian thought to himself that probably the instep of his table was stepped on by someone, Lin Lian almost begged the Xiao family lady in his heart, don't treat yourself as a hot hand and let him drill in his arms, and he was afraid that the Xiao family lady would be confused for a while, so he hurriedly said: "Lin Lian also thanks Lord Gu for his kindness, but Lin Lian can't even support himself, where can he afford to invite the Xiao family lady to be a cook?" β
"You don't have to worry about this, even if Shiliang County doesn't give the Xiao family's lady Yueyin, I will take care of this for you." The Gu clan would not allow Lin to block his retreat.
"If Lin Juren eats the food of the slave family and becomes a big official, the concubine can still raise the price when she becomes a cook in another family," the lady of the Xiao family saluted Lin Jian as she spoke, and said softly, "I just hope that Master Lin will not think that the food of the slave family is made lightly." "The titles have changed.
Lin Lian was entangled in his heart, this disaster water was still splashed on his head, and he heard Gu Shi talking to himself there: "Then settle it like this, anyway, I haven't gotten off the boat yet, and the package hasn't been dispersed, since Lin Juren has friends in Jiangcheng's family who can find a place to stay, I don't have to worry about this anymore......"
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