Musician (six)
With financial support, Li Chiyin rushed to the palace without stopping, and led the attendants and maids who accompanied him to move the seeds and textile tools brought from the Central Plains to Aili's clothing shop one by one.
During this period, they tried to be as quiet as possible to avoid being discovered by the royal family.
"Have the guards been arranged?" Huyan Jun said to the commander-in-chief Gu Liangqu who was following behind him as he walked in the corridor.
"Your Highness, everything has been arranged. We are just waiting for your order to dispatch the troops." Guliang Thrush replied.
Hu Yanjun nodded and put his hands behind his back.
He was just about to step out of the palace when, in the blink of an eye, the figures of Li Chiyin and his group suddenly appeared before him.
He immediately stopped the people behind him and hid in the dark to observe her whereabouts.
Seeing this, Guliang Thrush deliberately lowered her voice and leaned close to Huyan Jun's ear to explain, "Your Highness, I heard that the Princess of the Central Plains signed an agreement with a private merchant under the name of the royal family, saying that they wanted to make linen clothes and the like. Are they planning to take these tools with them?"
Huyan Jun did not reply immediately. Instead, he narrowed his eyes, tilted his head, and looked as if he was thinking about something.
Later, he just said "Let's go and take a look" and took Guliangthrush with him, secretly following Li Chiyin and his group out of the palace.
Instead of taking the main road, they twisted their bodies and awkwardly walked through the narrow paths between the houses.
As he walked among the houses, Li Chiyin was able to get a glimpse of the daily life of the people of Fujue along the way.
It was the time to prepare lunch, and many families were still slaughtering cattle and sheep, with blood still lingering on the ground.
As Li Chiyin passed by, a commoner poured a basin of cold water on the blood on the ground. Li Chiyin was shocked and immediately retracted his legs, but was still splashed with a few drops of dirty water on his body.
She raised her eyes and glanced at the man who was splashing water, but she felt that the man looked vicious, so she didn't dare to look at him any longer, and then she walked away wisely.
The houses on the roadside were stacked closely together, giving off an oppressive atmosphere. In addition, the ground was slippery, so Li Chiyin and his group were extremely careful, fearing that they would fall to the ground.
Jiang Yu walked in front of Li Chiyin carrying the tools. He tested the ground with his feet and found it was still a little slippery, so he turned around and stretched out his arm to Li Chiyin, who was looking around before taking another step, and motioned her to help him up.
Li Chiyin raised his eyes and saw the arm he extended to him. He naturally took it and quickened his pace to walk side by side with him.
The noisy and casually moving crowd just covered up Hu Yanjun and Guliang Thrush who were following behind them.
The muddy and slippery ground caused the two careless people to fall several times, and the fur behind them turned into wisps due to the dirty water. But even so, they still quickened their pace to keep up with Li Chiyin and his group.
After walking for a while, we finally found Aili's own garment workshop.
At this time, Aili was already waiting for them at the door, with many female workers beside her.
When she saw Li Chiyin, she quickly stretched out her hand and waved towards her.
Afterwards, Li Chiyin and his party walked into Aili's clothing workshop, but Huyan Jun and Guliang Que who were following behind them stopped.
"Your Highness, aren't you going in with me?"
"No." Huyan Jun stared at the curtain in front of the garment workshop thoughtfully.
"That's right. After all, she is your Highness's mother. It would be unbecoming to follow her and show her off."
"Bullshit!" Hu Yanjun was furious. "There's no way I, Hu Yanjun, would call her Eji! A delicate princess from the Central Plains who's even younger than me has no right to be called Eji!"
Guliang Thrush knew that he had said the wrong thing and quickly covered his mouth.
"It's just a small clothing shop. I don't think she can cause any trouble." Hu Yanjun calmed down instantly and said in a deterrent tone, "If she gets in the way of our plan, we will kill her."
Guliang Thrush performed the chest-beating salute again and looked towards the garment workshop with Huyan Jun from behind.
In the Aili Garment Shop, Li Chiyin explained in detail the method of planting ramie to everyone. The female workers all listened attentively and followed Li Chiyin's steps closely, for fear that they would fall behind or fall behind and miss any key steps.
Seeing this, Aili felt relieved.
She didn't know that it was her sincerity, enthusiasm and kindness that won Li Chiyin's trust and bet, and that she would definitely fight hand in hand with Li Chiyin on the road ahead.
After the lecture, there was practical training. The female workers clumsily followed Li Chiyin's instructions. Although the efficiency was slower, at least the technique was correct.
Li Chiyin was walking among the crowd and watching when he suddenly heard a humming sound in his ears. He turned around and saw that it was a female worker humming a little tune while working.
At this time, Li Chiyin just realized that Jiang Yu, the zither player, had not played a song for a long time in order to follow her.
And she also thought about it and missed it.
So, she turned around and found Jiang Yu who was busy, put her red lips close to his ear and whispered a few words to him, then the two looked at each other and smiled and expressed their feelings to each other.
"Boss lady, do you have any musical instruments you can lend us to play?" Li Chiyin stretched his neck and shouted into the house.
"Musical instruments?" Ayili lifted the door curtain and walked into the open field, holding a rice sieve covered with ramie seeds ready for seedling cultivation. "You Central Plains people know how to use musical instruments, but I don't have many here..."
As she was talking, Aili put the sieve on the wooden rack beside her, and an idea suddenly occurred to her: "But I do have one, I wonder if you can use it..."
Before she finished speaking, Aili trotted to the utility room nearby. After a loud noise of rummaging through drawers and cabinets, she came out holding something covered in dust.
When she handed the thing forward, she saw that it was actually a decent zither!
"A merchant from the Central Plains came to me to buy some merchandise and accidentally left it here. I thought it might be a treasure, so I kept it. But since we don't know how to play it, it's useless. If you hadn't mentioned it today, I would have forgotten about it!"
The guitar wasn't too old, but it was still covered in dust. Fortunately, the strings were still good, so it wasn't a big problem.
At Li Chiyin's invitation, Jiang Yu walked forward and stretched out his arms to take the treasure that he once regarded as the most precious thing in his heart.
Even if he just casually plucked the strings, the melodious sound was enough to captivate people and draw the attention of everyone present.
After finding a table and chair to sit down, Jiang Yu finally put his fingers on the strings after half a month.
Between ups and downs, the music of the piano resounded in the air, like a crouching dragon or a flying crane. The realm created by the musical rhythm was extremely elegant. At this moment, it seemed that all the beautiful masterpieces in the world gathered at his fingertips, dancing to create a spiritual music.
After the piano music was over, everyone looked at him in surprise. Jiang Yu was immediately surrounded by people, and everyone was asking him for advice.
Unfortunately, he did not understand the local language and had no idea what they were saying, but he could still get a few clues from the expressions on their faces.
This performance was an act of indulgence not only for Jiang Yu, but also for Li Chiyin.
She was not happy with the joys of a foreign land, and only Jiang Yu's piano music could ease her homesickness.
At the same time, she was also grateful. She was grateful to Jiang Yu for traveling to another country for her and staying by her side without fear of hardships.
But Li Chiyin knew very well that she could not indulge in this illusory land of tenderness, as the mission on her shoulders was extremely heavy.
On the other side, in Liuxiang Residence, Xiao Lin and Mu You were doing the same job as usual, while quietly pricked up their ears to eavesdrop on the gossips of the visitors.
Fortunately, only people in the Central Plains have the habit of drinking tea. Therefore, most of the travelers coming and going in Liuxiangju speak with a Central Plains accent. Xiao Lin and Mu You can still understand them if they listen carefully.
In fact, apart from some traveling merchants passing by, there are still many people living in Fujue.
Therefore, Xiao Lin also knew a little about the fact that Li Chiyin had signed a contract with Aili's clothing store.
If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a good thing for Li Chiyin to be able to introduce Central Plains skills to foreign countries and promote his own culture.
But whether this industry can last long is another big problem.
However, instead of thinking about whether Li Chiyin was having a hard time, Xiao Lin and the others were a little annoyed.
After being used to living in the Central Plains, they found the climate in Fujue to be extremely cold. The cotton clothes they brought from the Central Plains were not enough to resist the cold wind here, so they had to pay a huge sum of money to Chu Mo and picked out two slightly cheaper animal skin coats to keep warm.
Compared to the endurable severe cold, the matter of Li Chiyin made Xiao Lin unable to sleep for several days.
The regret brought by Gao Qing's death still lingered in her heart for a long time, so this time, she seemed to have made up her mind - she could not ignore Li Chiyin, no matter how weak she was, she had to do her best, even if it only extended her life for a few years, as long as she could wait until the day she returned to her hometown, it would be enough for her.
And the current goal is to meet Li Chiyin.
Ever since she heard that Li Chiyin would go to Aili's clothing shop from time to time, she and Mu You had been planning to go and meet him one day.
But before that, they need to find a good doctor to cure Li Chiyin's illness.
But who could they turn to? A local doctor? They couldn't speak the language.
For this reason, the two of them were distressed for several days, until one morning, Chu Mo said something like a voice of salvation -
"A little bit. I only know a little bit about medicine."
It’s better to have something than nothing!
After hearing what Chu Mo said, Xiao Lin and Mu You felt like they had grabbed a life-saving straw, and shamelessly begged Chu Mo to be kind enough to help them once.
Even if they had to work for him for a few more years without paying, they would still beg him for mercy.
"You guys, do you really want to save Li Chiyin's life?" Chu Mo looked at the two people in front of him who were begging for something, but he was finally defeated.
Xiao Lin and Mu You nodded rapidly.
I thought Chu Mo asked this question because he wanted to help them, but who would have thought that he just said this, and then found a private seat and sat down without taking it seriously.
Since he was asking for help, no matter how much Mu You wanted to retort, he had to hold it back.
Afterwards, Chu Mo coldly picked up a scroll and began to read to himself: "I can save her temporarily, but I can't save her forever."
What did he mean by this? Could it be that Li Chiyin would have other illnesses in the future?
So Xiao Lin was the first to ask, "Boss Chu, are you... just watching someone die without helping?"
For this reason, Chu Mo scanned another column of ink and replied calmly: "Her death is not limited to this."
"Please explain more clearly." Mu You finally lost his patience and stepped forward. "What do you mean by 'more than that'?"
Suddenly, Chu Mo closed the scroll, looked up at the two of them, and chuckled unconsciously: "You want me to save her, don't you think she died from the strong liquor that night?"
"Could it be, isn't it?"
"You want to take her life just for the sake of wine? Do you really think that I, Princess Kuixi, am a weakling?"
Xiao Lin and Mu You didn't know how to answer for a moment, they only felt that the fierce and evil look in the corners of his phoenix eyes became even deeper.
Seeing this, Xiao Lin boldly asked, "Didn't the princess pass away recently?"
"No."
"Then let's skip ahead in time and go straight to the accident that killed her."
However, Chu Mo laughed even louder at this: "You are quite clever. You simply want me to be your stepping stone? It is you who want to change your fate, not me, Chu Mo."
Xiao Lin couldn't help but gasp.
After being together for such a long time, she thought Chu Mo would eventually develop a conscience.
It seems that he is used to being indifferent.
After a self-deprecating laugh, Xiao Lin cupped his hands in disappointment, lowered his brows, and pleaded, "Boss Chu, the princess sacrificed herself for her country and left her homeland forever. Jiang Yu devoted himself to love, and ultimately ended up like that. I don't think you should be a heartless person. Since Jiang Yu was able to find you in the future and find a way to help the princess revive, you must have contributed..."
Chu Mo: “…”
As she spoke, Xiao Lin's eyes became hot again. She swallowed her grievances and looked directly into Chu Mo's eyes: "So I beg you, we don't need you to open a backdoor, just a hint, and Mu You and I will not bother you again about changing your fate..."
The more Xiao Lin spoke, the more obvious his crying became. Mu You felt a surge of sadness in his heart. He inadvertently supported Xiao Lin's forearm and clenched his teeth.
Chu Mo looked into her watery eyes and couldn't help but be moved.
But he was also a man who changed his destiny. Who saved his life when he was alone and helpless?
Then, he chuckled inexplicably, sighed, straightened his sleeves, and said frankly, "On this journey to change my destiny, I am also a stranger. I only know that after May, there will be a snow hunt that will change the world. Perhaps you can find the answer from it."
"Then let's go to that snow hunt." Xiao Lin blew his nose and wiped away his tears. "I want to find out the truth about her death, and I also want to save her."
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