incense as a medium

Chapter 19 Unclear
Here, the husband and wife are planning Liu Bailu's marriage, while Liu Bailu is feeling sorry for the wedding dress that was lost today. She repeatedly asked Shuangjiang several times: "Xiang Bo really didn't see that brocade box?"

Shuang Jiang nodded vigorously, and replied: "This servant has asked my father many times. My father said that the young lady passed out. He was so anxious that he forgot to read it. After Mr. Qi hugged the young lady, he called a carriage and let the sister-in-law of the Lin family bring her back. Father Only then did I realize that the brocade box in Miss’s hand was missing, and my father went back to look for it and asked others, but he didn’t see it. What’s in Miss’s brocade box?”

Liu Bailu was stunned for a moment, shook his head lightly, and sighed: "Forget it, forget it, it's fine if there are no more. It's late at night, you go and rest."

"Yes." Shuang Jiang waited on Liu Bailu to take off his clothes and loosen his hair, before leaving to go back to the flower hall.

Liu Bailu was lying on the bed, pinching a 100 tael banknote from the skirt, unable to fall asleep after tossing and turning, it was a wedding dress she had embroidered for three years, if she said she didn't feel distressed, it would be a lie, But in the end it is something to be taken out...

It's just that something was lost for no reason, and there was an inexplicable extra 100 taels of silver. She couldn't figure out who put it in, and what was the purpose?
wrong!It's Qi Peiyun!
Liu Bailu sat up. At that time, only Qi Peiyun had a chance to put money in his arms, but why did he give him money?
I can't figure it out after much deliberation, and I will only give it back to him when I have a chance in the future.

Liu Bailu sighed faintly, closed his eyes and forced himself to rest.

On the roof.

Qi Peiyun squatted on the roof and gently put a tile back.

Shi Ce suddenly appeared behind him, and said with a muffled laugh, "What? Wrong again?"

Qi Peiyun turned his head and glared at him, then jumped off the roof clumsily, stepped on the top of the wall, staggered to the wall on the other side of the alley and jumped off.

Shi Ce said "Hey?", and hurriedly chased after him, but he jumped up and stood beside Qi Peiyun, complaining: "I said you have to learn this lightness skill no matter what? If it weren't for you Qinggong is so bad, she won't be injured last time, and she won't be chased so embarrassingly."

Qi Peiyun said bitterly: "Isn't it you? What do you call being idle? Spring? It wasn't you who attracted a lot of chasing soldiers, why are we in such a mess?"

Qi Peiyun's roar made Shi Ce shut his mouth obediently, and stepped into Zhang Ting's house with his head down.

Qi Peiyun fell behind and turned to look at the gate of Liu's house, frowning, how did that girl change so much?
***
Yesterday, Liu Zimo disrespected his elder sister-in-law in front of General Kang, and slandered his own younger sister, even the Han family who was about to cry to Liu Junge, silently kept quiet and immediately helped his son pack his luggage for the second day He rented a car with Xiangbo and took his son to Chenghui Academy in person.

There was nothing serious about Liu Bailu's body, and he recovered after a night's rest.At noon, Liu Sushi was going to let Liu Zifeng deliver the meal, but was stopped by Liu Bailu: "Second brother is busy with the business of the shop every day, it's quite hard work, it's better not to be so busy, just let my daughter go."

Liu Su was worried: "What if I meet those people again along the way?"

Liu Bailu laughed, and was about to speak when Yu Niang came in and said, "Madam, Miss, General Kang sent a carriage to pick up Miss."

General Kang?
Liu Bailu and Liu Su's looked at each other in surprise, no one paid attention to what they said yesterday, they never thought they would send a carriage over today.

Liu Bailu thought for a while, and said to Liu Su: "Mother, it's not good to receive favors so vaguely, my daughter should push it away."

Liu Su's love for her daughter is more, then General Kang is a good match in any direction, and General Kang is also a responsible man, if he really wants to marry Liu Bailu, I believe she will not be wronged in the slightest .

The letter to brother and sister-in-law has already been sent, but Liu Su still hopes to give her daughter more choices, she comforted her softly: "There are more meals for your father, the food box is too heavy, you should go by car. Even if you don't want to trouble General Kang, it's better to go and tell him in person."

Liu Bailu looked at Liu Sushi, how could he not understand her intentions?But she didn't want to be so ambiguous to others, if it got out, it would be bad for her boudoir reputation, but seeing her mother's Xiyi, worried eyes, Liu Bailu swallowed back the words that came to her lips , let Shuang Jiang help her put on the big wool clothes, took the food box in her hand and went out.

The carriage is a very ordinary green shed carriage, which looks inconspicuous from the outside. Some families in this Lihua Lane sometimes hire such a carriage when they want to travel far away, so it does not attract the prying eyes of the neighbors.

When Liu Bailu went out of the door, a vague scent came from nowhere. The scent imprinted in her bones made her stunned for a moment. She lifted the curtain but there was no scent in the carriage. Then Where does the aroma come from?
Looking at the layout of the carriage, it looks unpretentious on the surface, but Liu Bailu knows that the carriage is extremely comfortable and will never feel bumpy, and a fire is lit in the corner of the carriage, making the carriage as warm as spring.She took a look, put the food box on the carriage, stepped on the low stool, and was about to get into the carriage when someone stopped her.She put her feet back, turned around to look at the person who came by suspiciously, saw that it was an uncle in his 40s and [-]s, and couldn't help asking: "Excuse me?"

The visitor carried a bundle in his hand, cupped his hands towards Liu Bailu, and said, "But Miss Liu?"

"I am, what's the matter, old man?" Liu Bailu bowed his knees slightly and returned the salute.

The visitor said with a smile, "That's right. I'm the shopkeeper of Fengji. Yesterday, a clerk in my pawn shop picked up this brocade box at the door. Because the things inside were well-made, he wanted to keep it for himself. Yesterday During most of the day and this morning, quite a few people came to the pawnshop to ask about this item, and the prices they offered were very high. I didn’t know about it when I wasn’t in the shop yesterday, but it’s over today. I just heard that it almost made that kid sell this thing."

"Although we businessmen put profit first, it shouldn't be our own and shouldn't be usurped, right? I inquired today, and I just found out that this thing belongs to Ms. Liu. I have already asked countless people. Since the lady is interested, I also Bring the contract here. If the young lady does not change her original intention, she will sign and sign it, and this thing will be ours. If the young lady wants to keep the thing, then I will return it to the original owner."

It was nearly noon, and there were many people coming and going in and out of Lihua Lane. The shopkeeper Fengji stood here and talked for a long time, but he didn't reveal half of the words that shouldn't be said, but he also expressed his meaning clearly.

Liu Bailu looked at the bundle in the shopkeeper's hand, and was filled with emotion for a moment, she said, "Can you let me see it?"

Shopkeeper Fengji took the bundle with both hands, and Liu Bailu took it, pleaded guilty and climbed into the carriage, lowered the curtain under the curious eyes of the coachman, and opened the bundle.

The exquisite and gorgeous clothes are spotless, and it can be seen that they have been carefully handled at a glance. Liu Bailu touched the exquisite embroidery on it, and it took a long time to cover the box, put the burden on it, and lifted the curtain to the shopkeeper Fengji: "Please take a look at the contract."

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper of Fengji quickly took out the contract and ink pad box from his sleeve pocket and held it to Liu Bailu with both hands. This set of wedding dress, which was worth a thousand gold in the capital, is only worth 100 taels of silver here.

Liu Bailu hesitated for a moment, opened the ink pad and pressed the fingerprint.She took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped off the ink pad traces on her fingers. Just now, she left one of the two copies of the deed paper, folded it carefully and put it next to her body, and put the other one together with the package. Hold it out to the shopkeeper of Fengji: "I'm sorry."

The treasurer of Fengji took the burden, looked at the deed paper, and then directly took out a purse from his sleeve pocket to hold it to Liu Bailu.

Liu Bailu picked it up, thanked the coachman and asked the driver to drive away. It was a bit late just now, and now that he had money in his hand, it was better to buy two pairs of boots first.I wear half-worn cotton shoes on my feet. As for the old boots, they are already too small to wear.

The two pairs of buckskin boots found by Liu Su were enlarged according to the size of her feet in the early years.

As soon as Liu Bailu left here, the sister-in-law of the Lin family came up and looked at the bundle in the hands of the shopkeeper Fengji, and said, "This is something that Miss Liu dropped yesterday? I remember it was a red dress? Let me see?"

The shopkeeper of Fengji bowed his hands to Lin's sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "Sorry, this item has already been ordered by a customer, and the price is 500 taels of silver. You can't show it to anyone."

"500 taels!" The sister-in-law of the Lin family yelled in surprise, and called everyone from the neighbors over.

The sister-in-law of the Wang family brushed her messy hair and said angrily, "What are you yelling about? What are you talking about? 500 taels?"

Li's sister-in-law also saw it just now, and asked directly: "Shopkeeper Fengda, tell me, what exactly is this worth 500 taels of silver?"

Shopkeeper Feng looked at the wolf-like eyes of these people, and regretted saying such a thing, he said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just Miss Liu's embroidery."

"Let's take a look." Zhang's sister-in-law swung the shovel at Shopkeeper Feng a few times.

Shopkeeper Feng hugged the bundle tightly, and stepped back while shaking his head: "That's impossible! That's impossible! This thing is precious, and it will be ruined if the silk thread is broken."

Shopkeeper Feng retreated to a safer place, turned around and ran away.

The sister-in-law of the Li family clicked her tongue and said: "500 taels of silver, a pair of embroidery, I don't know who has that spare money."

The sister-in-law of the Lin family thought of the landscape picture embroidered by Liu Bailu, and said in admiration: "After all, she is a young lady from the capital. Her craftsmanship is worth a hundred and eighty taels of silver for her hard work, right?"

After the sister-in-law of the Lin family said this, the topic of the people changed again. They began to discuss around Liu Bailu's hands that turned into gold. The sister-in-law of the Li family and the sister-in-law of the Wang family looked at each other. look away.

Liu Bailu successfully bought a pair of cowhide boots for the whole family, and after he put on the boots, he asked the shopkeeper to send the rest to his home, and asked the coachman to go to the Yongding Army barracks.

With the carriage, the speed was not a little bit faster. Even though Liu Bailu had been delayed for such a long time, he still arrived at the barracks at half a quarter before noon.

At the door, she jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the stable with the food box. Before reaching the stable, she noticed something strange. The shed from yesterday was gone, replaced by a big tent. A little anxious, they didn't mean to evacuate the shed, and let father eat in the stable or in the open air in the future, right?

It wasn't until she met Liu Junge that she realized she was wrong: "Is this the tent that General Kang gave up?"

This centuries-old tradition was actually broken by General Kang?
(End of this chapter)