I raised a husband in ancient times

Chapter 73

"Have you heard? The Liu Family Restaurant also sells wine, and it tastes great!" "

Yes, yes, and the price is also cheap. A jar of wine only costs two taels of silver! It's much cheaper than the Star Picking Wine. A lot! I see the taste is not much different, they are all wine."

"Yes, I can make it myself and eat it, why buy such expensive ones."

All the major restaurants in Jiangzhou Prefecture put fresh grapes on the shelves overnight. Fruit wine, Lu Yiming's ears were full of rumors as he walked in the streets. All in all, Jiangzhou Prefecture had started a wine craze.

"Don't tell me, if you have money to buy this star-picking wine, you may not have this life..."

An old woman carrying a basket heard this, picked up the eggs in the basket and threw them on the head: "It's you ruffians who spread rumors and frame Mr. Lu's family!"

"Smelly old woman, what are you doing?!"

The man who had an egg smashed on his face wiped the yellow goo off his face with one hand, and approached the old man with fierce eyes. The woman snatched the basket of eggs from her hand and threw them on the ground.

The old woman showed no sign of weakness. Now she is in better health and has more strength.

She grabbed the egg that was broken into pieces on the ground, pointed at his face and moved it into his palm. The yolk and egg white flowed all over the other person's face. This time she was really angry.

"Damn it, old thing, you're looking for death!"

A fist roared out. The old woman squatted down holding her head, but the pain she expected did not appear. She lifted her head from her arms little by little, and saw A young man held the opponent's raised wrist and folded it effortlessly.

Click -

the sound of bones dislocating was heard, and the man realized the pain and burst into tears.

"Ah - it hurts -"

When the few people who were whispering to him saw this scene, they were so frightened that they quickly stepped back and waved their hands without doing anything.

"Hehehe, I seem to have something else to do, so let's go first."

The speaker glanced at Lu Yiming, pretended to be anxious, and left in a hurry.

The few people who had no time to react saw Lu Yiming looking over and did not dare to move at all. Wu Jieyuan, that was no joke.

Looking away, Lu Yiming helped the old woman on the ground up and asked, "Aunt Zhou, what happened?" The old woman

was none other than Zhou Jiangshu's mother, who had been ill for many years. However, Zhou Jiangshu didn't know what happened recently. I heard that Lu Yiming had medical skills and offered him most of his salary in exchange for a shot.

Lu Yiming agreed, but the condition was that he would become Lu An's teacher.

Within half a month, Aunt Zhou's condition gradually improved and she became more energetic. However, this was still the effect of Lu Yiming's control. He was cured in one day, but he was afraid that it would be too eye-catching.

With the backing up, Zhou Jiangshu became even more aggressive. He pointed at the group of people and said angrily: "A few brats spoke ill of Star Picking Wine at the door of the wine shop, but I caught them."

Thinking of what he had just heard along the way, Lu Yiming could roughly guess the origins of these people. He said to them calmly: "Is it the Liu family, the Sun family, the Jin family, and who else?"

Every time Lu Yiming mentioned someone, their eyelids would twitch, for no other reason. But the other party actually knew the mastermind behind this matter! No one is missing, no one is wrong!

Lu Yiming paid attention to their expressions, and it seemed that he had guessed it right. He said in a neither salty nor bland tone: "Slap yourself twice hard before leaving." Looking at

the group of people gradually surrounding them, their faces were a little confused. Can't hang on.

However, the devil's voice sounded again: "Do you want me to help you?"

Several crisp voices were particularly loud in the silence. With their red and swollen cheeks, they covered their faces and left quickly.

As for the person with a broken hand on the ground, Lu Yiming kicked him: "Apologise, pay compensation, are you willing?"

It seemed that he was asking for his opinion, but when he looked up, he saw that Lu Yiming was clearly forcing him. In his heart, Malice arose, but when he met the other party's cold eyes, his heart trembled, and all the momentum disappeared.

"I apologize, this is one tael of silver, please keep it, aunt!"

At the end, he glanced at Aunt Zhou fiercely, and was startled again by Lu Yiming, who narrowed his eyes, and then left angrily.

Lu Yiming put away his thoughtful look and helped Aunt Zhou to the wine shop, but the latter did not move: "Thank you, Master Lu, but I will go in from another place so as not to disturb you." "

No problem, today. Thank you Aunt Zhou for coming forward. You don't have to do this next time. If I bump into you carelessly, Zhou Jiangshu should settle the score with me."

"How dare he!"

Having said that, she was indeed a little impulsive today, but if She will do this again next time. Why should such a good person like Mr. Lu be hurt by their words? !

There was a shadow falling above his head. Zhou Jiangshu, who had just raised his smile and was about to greet the guests, saw it was his mother. He was stunned for a moment: "Mom, why are you here?"

But then he saw Lu Yiming following behind, and his face changed instantly. Face, he looked over the other party's shoulder and saw that the people in the wine shop had not noticed this, and cried to him with a depressed voice and a frown: "Brother Lu, you are finally here!" When

his mother entered the backyard, Zhou Jiangshu handed over the recent account books of the wine shop. Give it to Lu Yiming for review.

Lu Yiming took a look and found that since the incident that day, it had dropped off a cliff and then gradually picked up. In recent days, his income had dropped a lot, probably because of the grape wine they had just heard about.

After reading the contents at a glance, Lu Yiming returned the notebook to Zhou Jiangshu. Seeing that Lu Yiming did not show any signs of anxiety, the latter asked curiously: "Brother Lu, aren't you anxious?" "Don't worry too much

, it will be solved soon. A guest is coming soon, please guide me to the private room on the second floor."

Which guest?

He felt a little uneasy. Ever since he started working as a cashier at the Star Reaching Restaurant, he had never seen Lu Yiming meet anyone at the restaurant. Could it be that the Star Reaching Wine was really suppressed to the point where it was difficult for him to stand up?

Less than a moment after the incense was burned, a man wearing an official uniform and an official hat walked into the Star Picking Restaurant. One of the two servants next to him walked up to the counter and asked, "Is Mr. Lu here?"

Hiss -

there was a gasp from everyone around. Cool air.

Isn't this Mr. Cao who is in charge of merchants in Jiangzhou Prefecture? Why did you come to Star Picking Restaurant? Have you seen any good shows again?

The surrounding people who came to the wine shop to drink turned around to watch the excitement. Seeing the impatient glances of the guards, they turned back knowingly. However, they secretly pricked up their ears and listened carefully where no one could see them. Occasionally, they pretended to turn their heads casually to see what was going on. .

"Here, here," Zhou Jiangshu had also seen this gentleman. He thought that Lu Yiming asked him to receive other merchants, but he never expected that it was Lord Cao. He quickly stood up from the counter, "Please move to the second floor. "

He pointed in the direction of going upstairs and asked Mr. Cao to walk in front, and he followed behind. This period of time in dealing with others has made him more tactful, and he is not as restrained as he was when he first came here.

Zhou Jiangshu led the people to their destination: "Your Majesty, please."

He did not stay here, silently closed the door and walked out, asking the waiter who served tea and wine in the store to bring a pot of Star Picking Wine and some snacks to go with the wine.

"Master Cao is here, Lu is waiting to welcome you from afar."

Facing Lu Yiming, Cao Yi did not put on a straight face like before, but narrowed his eyes and wrinkled his smile: "You kid, are you still asking me for Qiao?"

Ying Li left before leaving. , among the acquaintances who went to Ying's hometown to swindle wine, there was Cao Yi. He came more often, and the two of them occasionally bumped into each other, so they were not complete strangers.

Taking a sip of the newly poured Star Picking Wine, Cao Yi sighed: "Sure enough, this wine is still wonderful. Since the old fox from Yingli left, I have no place to buy this Star Picking Wine." "

If you don't, sir. If you don't like it, I can ask the waiter to bring two pots for you to take away."

Seeing Lu Yiming's approach, he stopped beating around the bush: "I'm here this time, there are two things related to you."

Cao Yi said while taking them . He wrote a letter and handed it to Lu Yiming: "This is what Mr. Ying entrusted to you."

Taking the official route is much faster than smuggling. Ying Li was probably afraid that he would be impatient to wait, so he asked Cao Yi to deliver it for him. , even though he knew that Cao Yi was also from Yingli Fang, he still did not open the letter in front of others, but pressed it with his hand and asked calmly: "What's the second thing?" He

planned to take the opportunity to drink a few more Cao Yi, who was drinking wine, was a little surprised when he saw that the envelope had not been opened: "Why don't you take a look at what your teacher wrote to you first?

" It won't be too late to read it."

Cao Yi choked. In fact, he really didn't mind the other party reading the letter in front of him, and wished he wasted some time so that he could have some time to drink.

However, when he was refused, he could only put down the wine glass in his hand and talk about the second thing: "Every year at this time, the imperial court will send people to each province to select the list of palace tributes. I wonder if you have any interest in wine?

" Once the palace tribute is included in the list of local tributes, the brewing method must be sealed and submitted together, so it is necessary to obtain the other party's consent before reporting.

Afraid that Lu Yiming would not know this, Cao Yi specifically explained to him: "Don't worry about keeping this secret. These sealed boxes came to Beijing with us. Anyone who dares to snatch them will be in trouble with the court."

Lu Yiming was not worried about this. , its core is grapes, not the brewing process.

What really concerned him was another thing: "I also want to go to Beijing with you? When?"

Cao Yi didn't know about Lu Yiming's pregnancy: "Yes, the palace tributes will be screened with wine samples. If you are chosen, His Majesty will summon you and give you the title of Royal Winemaker. In previous years, the interview will be in mid-December." It is

now the end of July. After the local government collects the list in August, it will be late September to submit it to Beijing. After several rounds of screening, , it really has to be ranked at the end of the year.

From the very beginning when he made Star Picking Wine, he had no intention of selling it as ordinary grape fruit wine. The purpose was just to get the name of tribute wine. However, it arrived faster than expected. Originally, he thought he would have to wait another year. , which somewhat disrupted his plan to live in a humble place.

Lu Yiming thought of his husband who was about to give birth at home, and pondered: "Are you leaving in November?"

Cao Yi nodded halfway, then dismissed the two officials, leaving only the two of them in the room.

He clicked his fingers ten times, lowered his voice, stared at Lu Yiming and said, "If nothing happens, it's okay to leave in November. I wonder if Mr. Ying mentioned the confusing situation in the capital to Lu Jieyuan?" "My

lord, I'm kidding. I'm just a civil servant, I'm afraid I'm powerless, I can't help the teacher even if I want to, not to mention that my wife is about to give birth, if something happens, I can only pray for the safety of the teacher and the others in Jiangzhou Mansion."

Believing in Ying Lao and believing in Cao Yi are two different things. If he is not careful, he will be self-defeating, and he will harm his family and the teacher as well.

Seeing what Lu Yiming said, Cao Yi drank all the wine in the wine cup without saying anything else and returned to the topic: "I will report the tribute wine issue to the Star Wine." "

Thank you, Mr. Cao."

He left the wine shop . , Cao Yi looked back at the plaque with an expressionless expression, and then left quickly.

The two officials thought that Master Cao was worried about this year's tribute, and persuaded him: "Don't worry too much, sir. My subordinates have also been lucky enough to drink this star-catching wine. The taste is indeed mellow and unique. There is no problem in classifying it as a royal wine."

Logically speaking, the selection of tributes must go through layers of screening. New wines such as Zhaixingxing Wine, which has just become famous, will not be ranked. It is actually a helpless move for it to take its turn.

Jiangzhou Prefecture has not produced imperial tribute wine for five consecutive years. It really couldn't find famous wines so it chose this year's upstart to try its luck.

Cao Yi nodded on his face, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

...

Back at Lu House, the first thing Lu Yiming did when he entered the house was to see his husband.

There was a slender man lying on his back. The orange oil lamp shone on the man's face. His delicate eyebrows and soft face, coupled with his bulging belly, gave him the appearance of a loving father.

Warm and unforgettable.

Seeing such a scene, Lu Yiming stopped for a moment, then lightened his steps, controlled the slight noise, and walked towards him.

Now little stars can't stand being scared.

Pei Xing heard the voice and put down the needle and thread in his hand. He could tell who it was by hearing the footsteps. He raised his head and smiled away: "Husband, you are back." Lu Yiming took the servant's cattail

leaf fan, sat next to him, and gently fanned it for him. : "Are you feeling unwell today?"

Pei Xing suddenly had a stomachache a few days ago. He was so frightened that he thought Little Corn was going to be born prematurely. After calling a doctor, he found out that it was a normal pre-pregnancy reaction - false contractions, which only happened once. Lu Yiming almost had symptoms of prenatal depression again and dared not leave Pei Xing even to this day.

Pei Xing shook his head, touched his belly and said, "Little Corn is very good and doesn't make any noise."

Despite what her husband said, Lu Yiming still felt the movement in Pei Xing's belly through Xiao Miao as usual. At the beginning, Xiao Miao was not familiar with this aspect. He also made a fool of himself, thinking that little Xingxing had another "tumor", and cried sadly.

Later, I discovered that this was a tumor, and it was obviously a fetus. Out of curiosity, I told the two of them every day what it was feeling, including the number of fetal heartbeats per minute, the difficult movements when turning over, and various other things. action.

It can be said to be a true witness to the growth of small corn.

[Little Corn turned over several times today, and one time he was strangled by the umbilical cord. I almost couldn't help but turn into a little fetus and push him. 】

Now Pei Xing can hear what Xiaomiao said, and he understands why her husband usually doesn't want to pay attention to it. He is really a strong talker.

However, Pei Xing still cheered: "Hahaha, Xiaomiao, you are going to be my husband and I's child."

Thinking of being chased and beaten by Lu Yiming and reviewing his homework, he shook his invisible body.

Don't even kill it!

This scene is so scary...it will give it nightmares!

After the meal, Lu Yiming, Lu's father and the housekeeper opened the letter from Mr. Cao in the study. The envelope was intact and there was no sign of it being opened.

"Yi Ming, what did Mr. Ying say?"

Originally, Father Lu saw the label on the envelope that read "In person from Lu Yiming" and secretly thought that Mr. Ying was writing about finding his mother, but when he saw that Lu Yiming was getting more and more solemn, His expression was a little worried.

The letter was indeed sent from Yingli, saying official things like not to worry, but the letter also mentioned things about the Lu family.

Grandma Lu and the others were indeed in the border town, but they only reunited after a lot of hardships. Someone did interfere with their arrangements before, and almost sold Grandma Lu and the rest of the family to a brothel, but luckily they were stopped immediately.

It's just that it's difficult to judge the person behind this for a while. The other person is obviously hiding very deep. But what is certain is that there is something fishy about the Lu family, and some places are really hasty.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Father Lu heard that they almost suffered an accident and smashed a teacup to pieces. Although they hadn't seen each other for many years, these were his mother and nieces!

If he knew who the hell did it...he couldn't do anything...For a moment, Father Lu was a little discouraged.

Lu Yiming patted Lu's father on the shoulder. It was still a bit awkward for him to comfort his father: "Dad, I will definitely give justice to the Lu family in the future."

...

At the same time, a tense atmosphere spread in Cao Yi's mansion. Come on.

The two people playing chess seem to be relaxed, but in fact they are secretly competing.

"So, is that the man with excellent medical skills that Ying Li mentioned?"

Cao Yi dropped a sunspot, looked at the person in front of him and said leisurely: "Why, the eldest prince is afraid that Ying Li will call someone over to detoxify the saint. ?"

"Lord Cao, please be careful, the emperor's poisoning is just what the bad guys call it, and it has nothing to do with the eldest prince."

The emperor fell ill and fell into a coma, so the eldest prince temporarily took charge of the government and was assisted by the prime minister.

The situation in the capital was mysterious and unpredictable. Ying Li did not mention it to Lu Yiming and the others, so as not to worry them in vain, but these two people obviously knew it well.

Lord Hao, the city guard, held up the white child and dropped it: "However, Lord Song Qingsong has been staying behind closed doors for a long time. I don't know what's going on with his illness. There is also the matter of giving Lu Yiming a wine shop. It's really strange."

Cao Yi Stopping his white son, the two of them were equally matched: "I don't know, I don't know. After all, Ying Li and Song Qing are the real old foxes. I can't compare to them, but I am the son. I have a formidable young man. This time Wu Take the limelight."

This didn't sound like a compliment.

Thinking of Hao Yongshi's bastard son Hao Ping, his face darkened, and he suddenly had no mood to continue and stood up directly.

Before he left, he said meaningfully to Cao Yi: "There are no neutral factions now. I believe Mr. Cao is a smart man."

Without looking at the person's leaving figure, Cao Yi watched the last piece fall on the chessboard and faced the air. He said with a smile: "The smart man... won."

The author has something to say: The steamed buns are coming! ! !

(I will sort out the Beijing line tomorrow, and then... you know, I may have to say goodbye) Bushi

has been overhauled. Today is not in good condition. I wrote too quickly and felt that the plot advancement was unreasonable, so I overhauled it. Good night.