Chapter Ninety-Nine: Gu Heng's Gift
Liu Han turned his back to Gu Heng, didn't see Gu Heng's expression, and was still muttering to himself: "Brother, we are now grasshoppers on a rope." ”
Gu Heng's face softened slightly when he heard this, it seemed that Liu Han was not targeting him, but he was just a little emotional, hesitated, and was about to speak, Liu Han said to himself again: "I don't believe it, this Yangzhou has become a small kingdom of prosperity, officialdom is similar to a shopping mall, and there is absolutely no shortage of enemies." ”
Speaking of this, Liu Han turned to look at Gu Heng: "Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Yamen of the Assassin History more often, and socialize more with the people in the Yamen, remember, don't associate with those officials, interact more with the little people below, entertain, eat, drink, go to the Qinglou, what they like to do, inquire, who has a bad relationship with Sheng Huai, in the past few years, there are no cases." ”
"Yes, sir. Gu Heng breathed a sigh of relief, his heart settled down a little, and Liu Han noticed that his expression was wrong, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Heng hesitated for a moment and smiled bitterly: "My lord, I don't know what the palace will do to me?"
Liu Han understood after thinking about it for a while, he smiled slightly: "There are some things, don't think too much, your father's mistakes, he has been punished, you just joined the internal guard, so, as long as you do things carefully and do things seriously, it's fine." ”
Gu Heng smiled bitterly in his heart, this adult still had a tail, so he nodded: "The subordinates understand, please rest assured, the subordinates will do their best." ”
"That's the best," Liu Han nodded: "The internal guard of Yangzhou is now commanded by me, but after this thing is done, I will definitely leave Yangzhou, and when the time comes, I will suggest your arrangement to the palace." ”
Gu Heng immediately understood that Liu Han was warning him that his fate was in his hands Liu Han.
After drinking another pot of wine, the two chatted and talked about some business experience, Gu Heng really wanted to cooperate with Hanhai Trading Company in the weaving workshop, but now, his silver was in the salt number, and there was no silver to invest in the weaving workshop.
Liu Han gave him the idea to go to Huitong Bank to borrow money, so that he could mortgage Defu Restaurant, and besides, Hanhai Trading Company will not find a partner until next spring.
"The Lu family and the Yu family both have big workshops, this Hanhai trading company won't look for them, right?" Gu Heng was still very worried.
"If I were the shopkeeper of Hanhai Trading Company, I wouldn't choose these two, just think about it. Liu Han smiled meaningfully. Gu Heng was already very smart, but he had to worry too much about it during this time, so he didn't expect that, this would be reminded by Liu Han, and he would understand it after thinking about it a little.
The Lu family's Yu family, the family is strong and powerful, Hanhai Trading Company cooperates with them, in case the other party has a heart, Hanhai Trading Company is afraid that it will be beaten up, with the shrewdness of the owner of Hanhai Trading Company, how can it not be imagined.
Although he was chatting, it was Liu Han who was assessing Gu Heng, and Gu Heng's performance made him more satisfied.
For the newcomers, Liu Han has a wealth of experience, the thirty-six iron guards are all trained by him, as well as most of the guards and the shopkeepers of each store, in the past ten years, he has been crazy about practicing and educating people, and cultivating the team for returning to Dajin.
From the perspective of internal guards, Gu Heng is very immature and has no experience, but Liu Han feels that his brain is fast, his understanding is strong, and he is not rigid in doing things, and although he hides it well, Liu Han still feels his strong ambition, which is what Liu Han wants, and that kind of honest person is not suitable for working in internal guards.
Gu Heng arranged for him to rest in the backyard guest room, which was originally his eldest brother's residence, and after the separation, it naturally belonged to Gu Heng.
"Brother Wu is tired today, so I have to rest, and I will talk about it tomorrow, and I will say goodbye. After Gu Heng finished speaking, Liu Han nodded, and also pretended to hug his fists to send him off.
Gu Heng left like this, Liu Han was not busy, lifted the kettle on the table, and found that the water was warm, so he poured himself a glass of water, and as soon as he picked it up, he heard soft footsteps, and after a while, the fragrant wind came, and two women came in.
Liu Han didn't care, drank the water, put down the cup, looked up, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Although he knew that a family like the Gu family would never let him wash by himself, the two women in front of him were too unexpected for him.
Standing in front of him are the two beauties who played the flute and the kite at the dinner, at this moment the two women have changed into palace clothes, the pretty face is thin with light makeup, the plain white dress is changed, the goose egg face is replaced by an aqua blue long skirt, the melon seed face is a chrysanthemum white, the two women are orange bandeau, outlining a deep **.
"Two," Liu Han didn't know what to say for a while, but the alarm in his heart was loud, and his divine sense was quickly released, and he wandered around without the slightest notice, and the courtyard was quiet.
"Two," Liu Han didn't know what to call him, whether to call him aunt or girl, these two daughters were Gu Shuo's concubines, and they should be called aunts, but in this way, he knew that the identity of these two daughters was picked out, whether it was good or bad...
Just as they were hesitating, the two girls had already come over, and said softly with a goose egg face: "The young master asked our sisters to serve Mr. and ask Mr. to wash." ”
The melon seed face went to open the bed and spread the quilt, Liu Han's mind was a little messy, what was Gu Heng doing?
A series of questions slipped through her mind, and Goose Egg Face had already sent the water-soaked towel to her, and she squatted down beside Liu Han very neatly, raising the towel slightly with both hands.
Liu Han hesitated to take it, wiped his face, put the towel on the goose egg face's hand, and came over after the melon seed face made the bed, and came over to bring another basin of water.
The wooden basin is made of pine, brand new, stimulated by hot water, exudes a fresh aroma, but Liu Han has no time to taste.
The two girls carefully observed Liu Han's expression, and seeing that Liu Han looked unhappy, both women were a little flustered, and asked cautiously with a goose egg face: "Does Mr. think the water temperature is appropriate?"
"Add some hot water. Liu Han said casually, after cultivating to a certain extent, hot and cold are not taboo, no matter how cold the winter, a single dress is enough, no matter how hot the summer, wearing a cotton robe is nothing, but today, he felt that there was a problem, so he instructed the two girls to see what changed.
The melon seed face quickly got up and went out, Liu Han decided to make the matter clear, so he asked: "As far as I know, you are Gu Shuo's woman, why did Brother Gu let you do such a rough thing?"
The goose egg face was carefully washing Liu Han's feet, and because she was very close, Liu Han could smell the faint fragrance emanating from her body, and it was obvious that the two girls had bathed.
Goose Egg Face hesitated and was about to answer, but Liu Han asked again, "I don't know what you call it?"
"The slave's mother's name is Zhu Niang, and the sister's name is Mei Niang," Zhu Niang's accent is soft and glutinous, very good, Liu Han looked down, the scenery on her chest was unobstructed, Zhu Niang was slightly shy, but she didn't hide it, and then sighed softly: "The slave sisters are originally serving people, and it is natural to serve Mr. ”
"But aren't you Gu Heng's little lady?" asked Liu Han.
Zhu Niang sighed again: "What is the little lady, the young master is not bad, ordinary people, our sisters are like this, if the housewife is kind, she can also be dismissed, if it is the kind of vicious housewife, it is also common to sell it to the Qinglou prostitution." ”
Liu Han still frowned slightly: "Didn't Gu Heng let you choose by yourself? ”
Zhu Niang was a little surprised, looked up at Liu Han, Liu Han nodded at her slightly, half a sound, she smiled bitterly, and was about to speak, Mei Niang came in with water, carefully scooped a scoop and slowly poured it inside, and then added another scoop.
"The slave family entered the house at the age of sixteen, and Mei Niang entered the house at the age of fifteen," Zhu Niang continued: "The master asked the slave family to learn the flute, and let the Mei Niang sister learn the zheng. ”
Mei Niang didn't speak, and listened to Liu Han and Zhu Niang quietly, Zhu Niang continued: "The young master will let us out of the house, and even if the slave sisters go out, they won't know where to go." ”
"What about your parents?" asked Liu Han.
Zhu Niang sighed softly, and shook her head lightly: "Don't hide it, sir, the slave family is poor, the old man hired him with a lot of money, the slave family has been in the house for eight years, and Mei Niang has also been in the house for seven years, and she has long been used to it, and if you go back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get used to it." ”
Liu Han recognized this in his heart, it is easy to go from poor to rich, but it is difficult to go from rich to poor.
But is that all?
"With your appearance, even if you stay in the house, you can do it. Liu Han said very tactfully, but Zhu Niang and Mei Niang both understood that the two girls did not answer, just silently washed their feet, Zhu Niang felt that the water was a little cold, and was about to heat the water, Liu Han had already pumped his feet out.
Mei Niang hurriedly picked up a towel to wipe his feet clean, put on soft shoes for him, Liu Han stood up, Zhu Niang took the basin and went out, Mei Niang came over to help, Liu Han waved his hand: "No, I'm not that old." ”
Mei Niang stopped when she heard this, followed Liu Han to the bedside, and helped Liu Han undress, Zhu Niang came in, saw this and hurriedly came over, replacing Mei Niang, Liu Han asked her to pour herself a glass of water, Zhu Niang poured a glass of water and brought it over, but Mei Niang had already begun to undress, Liu Han was stunned again.
"No, you can't. ”
Mei Niang Luo Yi was half-dissolved, looking at him puzzled, Zhu Niang also looked at it, Liu Han glanced at the two girls, and there was a bit of panic in the confused expressions of the two girls.
Liu Han slowly understood what was going on, it should be like Danniang Fei'er and them, but the problem was that the identities were different, Danniang Fei'er's four daughters were originally dancing girls, and they had the responsibility of entertaining guests.
Mei Niang and Zhu Niang are Gu Shuo's concubines, and Gu Heng's little lady is also used to entertain guests?!!!
Liu Han felt that he couldn't understand the world anymore.
"Sir, it doesn't have to be that way. Zhu Niang was smart, saw Liu Han's embarrassment, and explained shyly: "Mr. doesn't care about the identity of our sisters, in fact, it is said to be the master's concubine, in fact, it is not much different from the singing and dancing queen in the house." ”
Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief, took off her clothes, and did not take them off, leaving only a belly pocket, and then went to bed, pulled the quilt over, covered her body, and Zhu Niang then took off her coat for Liu Han.
Mei Niang goes to bed first, this is a saying, this is called a warm bed, generally large families have this kind of warm bed girl, of course, this is only in winter.
Zhu Niang took off Liu Han's coat, Liu Han stood beside the bed and hesitated, his divine sense swept the yard again, there was no movement inside and outside the yard, he thought about it and went to bed.
Zhu Niang took off her coat by the bed, untied her bun, her long black and beautiful hair hung down, and her skin looked whiter under the light.
She was about to turn off the lights, but Liu Han commanded on the bed, "No." ”
Zhu Niang was slightly stunned and then pursed her lips and smiled, turned around and went to bed.
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