Wen 丨 Qing Xin Junyue
The Su family in the southern capital, the imperial merchant of the king, has a hundred years of heritage, and its life hangs in the balance.
Su Mingyu is really silly and cute sometimes.
Finally, according to the gourd, I finished reciting Yun Xiang's suggestion of first flattening the silk price and then rushing to make Kampot, but was asked by her sister Su Huairou lightly throwing a question "more than ten cars of raw silk, how to stabilize the silk price".
Looking at his younger brother who had not learned the parrot in front of him, Su Huairou smiled angrily.
Su Huairou knew that with her brother's "achievements" of Shangdao, it was impossible to think of this layer, and there must be someone behind it, she guessed that it was likely to be Yunxiang who photographed Lianshengfang with Su Mingyu, so she asked her silly brother with a little playfulness:
"These words, but Gongzi Xiang taught you?"
Seeing that he showed his stuffing, Su Mingyu said with a playful smile:
"Sister, isn't everyone the same about this, do you also think there is some truth."
Su Huairou pondered for a moment, turned his head and handed over to the steward Qian, with the highest hospitality etiquette of Su Mansion, invited Yunxiang to enter the mansion.
In fact, Su Huairou has always been a little wary of Yun Xiang, she can't determine whether this Yun Xiang, who suddenly broke into the southern capital and approached her brother, is an enemy or a friend, she is waiting, waiting to see what Yun Xiang wants.
But now that Yun Xiang has asked her younger brother to convey her intention of helping the Su family, she can't continue to watch coldly, and can only invite Yun Xiang to enter the house as a family member of the Su family.
It was also when I saw Su Huairou using "Han Xizai Night Banquet Map" to test Yunxiang, I found that the seemingly weak Su Huairou was the real ruthless character.
Dilemma
The reason why the Su family fell into the current predicament was completely "benefited" from Yunxiang's fire, which burned all the raw silk in the Su family's silk warehouse.
With a shortage of raw silk and a rising price of silk, the Su family is not only faced with the inability of Kampot to deliver on schedule, but also the problem of whether it can keep the position of president of the Nandu Chamber of Commerce.
And from the moment the fire burned, Su Huairou knew that someone did it on purpose, so she would say to Steward Qian, "This fire burns too accurately, and it burns too fiercely."
So, does Su Huairou know that the person who set the fire was Yunxiang?
She guessed, but wasn't entirely sure.
Originally, Su Huairou did not have a clear object of suspicion, until she heard Su Mingyu's words.
Su Huairou, Steward Qian and Su Mingyu discussed who the person who set the fire might be, and Steward Qian mentioned whether it might be the Cao Gang, and the basis of Steward Qian was that Gongzi Xiang had said that the person who attacked the Su family caravan that night was from the Cao Gang.
After listening to the words of the money butler, Su Huairou directly stopped the money housekeeper's guess with "undecided".
In Su Huairou's view, the Su family and the Cao Gang have no grudges in recent days and no enmity in the distant future, and the Cao Gang has no reason to rob the Su family's caravan and burn the silk warehouse. Even if it is for the sake of business matters, the Cao Gang will most likely not first make a move to the Su family, which has a rich background and hangs the imperial signboard, and still do it so obviously, unless there is an appropriate time.
Su Huairou knew that Qi Tianfeng's ability to climb from a cloth to the position of the leader of the Cao Gang was enough to show that Qi Tianfeng was not a simple character, and he should not easily do such a burning thing before he was sure that a blow would be hit.
Therefore, she did not suspect that the person who set the fire was Qi Tianfeng.
Subsequently, Su Huairou led the topic to the Tang family:
"But there are also rumors in the market that it was Tang Xiao's fire."
On the surface, Su Huairou was doubting Tang Xiao, but in fact, Su Huairou was ruling out the suspicion of the Tang family.
Su Huairou knew that Tang Xiao's suspicion was indeed very large, after all, not long ago, Su Mingyu did not hesitate to take a heavy amount of money to photograph Tang Xiao's inevitable Liansheng Fang for the sake of Menglan, so that Tang Xiao's face was wiped out.
If Tang Xiao held a grudge because of this, and ordered someone to burn the Su family's raw silk warehouse, it was also reasonable.
But the problem is that she has fought with Tang Xiao for so many years, and she knows that Tang Xiao is not a fool, can become an existence comparable to the Su family, and can firmly sit in the first place in the Nandu gambling industry, Tang Xiao's mind is not shallow, even if he really has the intention to take revenge, he will not choose such an obvious knot.
It is precisely because the suspicion is too big, so big that as soon as the Su family caught fire, it was rumored that Tang Xiao did it, so in her opinion, it could not be Tang Xiao.
Moreover, from the plot of Tang Xiao preparing to open the green building in the play, it can be known that Tang Xiaozhi is not in the raw silk business, and Su Huairou, as an "opponent", naturally knows this.
In addition, Su Huairou did not think that it was the fire set by the Cao Gang and Tang Xiao, and there was another reason.
In the play, when Mo Bufan and Yunxiang talked about the fire in the Su family, they once said a sentence:
"I have been dealing with Tang Xiao and Qi Tianfeng for many years, but it is really the first time that I have done it by such means."
This shows that although the business community in Nandu has obvious division of power and occasional commercial wars, there has never been a situation similar to arson. In other words, if it weren't for some special reason, the Tang family and Qi Tianfeng wouldn't have done this.
Mo Bufan knew this, and Su Huairou also knew this, so she did not target the Cao Gang and the Tang family, but was thinking about whether there was anything unusual in Nandu recently.
And Su Mingyu's next sentence reminded Su Huairou:
"By the way, Gongzi Xiang said, this fire seems to have been deliberately done by someone."
It was also this sentence that made Su Huairou suspicious of Yunxiang.
From Yun Xiang's approach to Su Mingyu in Yangzhou, to the attack on the Su family caravan on the way back to the southern capital, to Yun Xiang's help Su Mingyu photograph Lian Shengfang, this series of things Su Huairou is clear.
Before the Su family's fire, although she had doubts about Yun Xiang's purpose in approaching the Su family, she was more just wary. But now Yun Xiang told Su Mingyu that someone deliberately set the fire, which had to make Su Huairou suspect Yun Xiang.
First, whether the Su family fire was accidental or man-made, did not find out, how could Yun Xiang be sure that someone deliberately set the fire? Second, the timing of the fire is too coincidental, before Yunxiang came to the southern capital, everything was normal in the southern capital, since Yunxiang appeared, first the Su family caravan was robbed (the money butler knew that the robbers were rushing towards Yunxiang), and then Yunxiang helped Su Mingyu offend Tang Xiao, and then the Su family fire, to say that it was all coincidence, it obviously did not make sense, that is, it was the appearance of Yunxiang that broke the balance of forces in the southern capital.
These doubts are impossible not to make Su Huairou suspicious.
It is precisely because of the suspicion that Yun Xiang is the one who set the fire that Su Huairou's sentence "I don't know how credible that Gongzi Xiang is", and the Qian Butler's slightly reminding and warning sentence, "The young lady said before, I hope Yun Gongzi can be our Su Mansion's friend".
If Su Huairou's initial suspicion of Yun Xiang was five points, then after discovering that Yun Xiang gave Su Mingyu advice and proposed to prioritize stabilizing the silk market, the degree of doubt was even better.
This is the plot where Su Huairou invites Yunxiang into the house.
The temptation and confrontation of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet Map"
Su Huairou invited Yunxiang to the house for a gathering, and its purpose was twofold:
First, thank Yun Xiang for helping the Su family to contribute, as a clan member, there must be a number of gifts after all; The second is to test whether Yunxiang is friend or foe, so as to prepare measures to deal with it in advance.
In this regard, Yun Xiang, who had no omissions, knew that this was a step that he had already calculated.
Therefore, when he saw the "Han Xizai Night Banquet Map" placed by Su Huairou on the table, Yun Xiang, who was a guest, spoke first (for the night banquet map, there is a saying that Han Xizai deliberately disguised himself as a wandering skeleton in order to avoid being suspected by the later master, and had no intention of taking the road):
"Some people speculated in later generations that the Southern Tang Dynasty declined, and the later lord ordered the court painter to infiltrate Han Xizai's house, hoping to use the painter's eyes to see if the prime minister he had the heart to support was really as rumored, living an indulgent life and letting loose remains."
Yun Xiang's words are comparing himself to Han Xizai, comparing Su Huairou to the queen master, telling Su Huairou: The Su family is dead, you need help, I know you are wary of me, this time I asked me to come, just to test me.
Seeing that Yun Xiang was so direct, Su Huairou also picked it out and said:
"The artist's skill is superb and restored the night banquet, and the later lord should have seen through this painting that Han Xizai was indeed greedy for wine and did not want to make progress, thus dispelling the idea of joining the shi.
Here, we can compare the "night banquet picture drawn by the painter" to the information obtained by Su Huairou, then the subtext of this sentence is: I was wary of you before, and I didn't want to cooperate with you to get closer, because through the various information I got, I determined that you were as calculating as rumored, which made me have to worry.
However, Su Huairou's words were not finished, and the second half of her turn was the point:
However, if you look closely, Han Xizai is alone, sitting in the song and dance, his brows are deep, do you say that the latter really sees Han Xizai singing night and night, or does he know its meaning, but does not explain? ”
This is a question, what Su Huairou wants to ask is: But do you think that the reason why I am wary of you and not cooperating with you is because I see your details, layout and intentions, or because I know that you are deliberately making me suspicious of you and not cooperating with you for the time being, and I follow the trend in order to cooperate with you?
(It should also be added here: the reason why Yun Xiang told Steward Qian that the attack on the Su family caravan was done by the Caogang, that is, he deliberately showed his horse's feet to make Su Huairou suspect him, and thus promoted the meeting now.) Because the steward Qian knew that the Cao Gang was going towards Yun Xiang, Yun Xiang said this, that is, deliberately showing flaws, so that Su Huairou suspected that he was an arsonist, and then he used Su Mingyu's mouth to help the Su family, when the time came, Su Huairou would invite him to meet whether it was out of courtesy, or out of temptation and clarification of his intentions, and he was also ready to persuade Su Huairou to cooperate with him. ）
It's just that Yun Xiang didn't expect that his calculation was seen through by Su Huairou, and Su Huairou, who saw through his calculation, still invited him according to his ideas, which is why Yun Xiang smiled after listening to Su Huairou's last sentence.
Subsequently, Yun Xiang did not directly answer Su Huairou's question, but led the topic to the Deming monk in the painting:
"I think this person is very interesting, if Han Xizai is sitting alone in a place of singing and dancing, everyone is drunk and I wake up alone, then this Deming monk seems to have strayed into the world, he and Han Xizai are confidants, knowing that Han Xizai has nowhere to show his ambitions, he can only indulge in wine to spend the rest of his life, and the monk's sigh has been heard for a hundred years."
Note that at this time, Yun Xiang compared himself to the monk Deming and the Su family to Han Xizai.
He used the Deming monk to "mistakenly enter the world" to express his meaning: what I do is not the layout, but the situation, I understand the situation of the Su family just like the Deming monk knows Han Xizai, I also know that the Su family needs to break and stand up, I just follow the trend.
Here is also to add: the Su family fire, Su Huairou except for hearing that her brother Su Mingyu entered the fire scene, nervously fainted, the whole process did not show any trace of panic and anxiety, this abnormal reaction means that Su Huairou either has hole cards, or she also thinks that the Su family needs to be reborn from the ashes, and she is also plotting something with the fire. Therefore, although she suspected that the person who set the fire was likely to be Yun Xiang, she did not show any dissatisfaction with Yun Xiang.
This is why Su Huairou followed up this sentence:
"The most clear thing to see should be the court painter invited by the Hou Lord, it is not difficult to draw people's postures, but he can read the postures."
In this sentence, Su Huairou not only tacitly acquiesced that the Su family was indeed laying out (or had hole cards), but also released goodwill to Yun Xiang, using the painter as a metaphor for Yun Xiang, saying that although Yun Xiang is an outsider, he has seen through the hidden thoughts of insiders (she and the Su family), which is really rare.
Yun Xiang, who heard the praise in Su Huairou's words, also saluted back:
"No matter how clever the painter is, he would never have imagined that with the passage of time and the change of dynasties, there would be a pair of eyes to scrutinize his works after a hundred years."
The meaning of this sentence is obvious, and it can also be understood as "praising each other": no matter how powerful I am, Miss Su, you are powerful, and a pair of wise eyes have already seen through the overall situation.
The conversation then moved on to the next stage, the final tent before "cooperation."
Su Huairou said:
"The world is chaotic, it is difficult to tell, in fact, Yun Gongzi has long seen that this is not Gu Hongzhong's original work, but it has not been explained."
The subtext of this sentence is: why have you already seen that this painting is fake, but you don't say it directly, so secretive, inconsistent, how do you let me believe you.
Faced with Su Huairou's sudden "attack", Yun Xiang replied calmly:
"This world is already chaotic, why care about those true and false, false and real, just like this picture scroll, it is useless, it is silent, but it is far better than those croaking sounds outside."
Both: The things in the world are true and false, false and real, the important thing is not true or false, but what I do is beneficial to the Su family, and I can help the Su family.
For Yun Xiang's words, Su Huairou did not fully agree, so she said:
"But Young Master Yun can know that unlike Han Xizai, our Su family has a good relationship, and the appearance is the same, as long as it is a friend of our Su family, I will treat each other with all my heart."
What Su Huairou wants to express is: our Su family has always been bright and honest, and the appearance is the same, if you are really a friend of the Su family, I also hope that you can be honest with each other, and my Su family should be a guest.
Yun Xiang, who understood the deep meaning in Su Huairou's words, leaned over and said:
"Since Yun Mou has already come, his heart is naturally clear."
The action of bending over is respectful, so the deep meaning of this sentence is: I respect the Su family, and I also respect the Su family's style of acting, which you can rest assured. I came to the appointment today and tacitly agreed that I was already in the bureau, which was enough to prove my sincerity, and I was sincerely friendly with the Su family.
At this point, a meeting with deep meaning and temptation came to an end.
Yun Xiang got the result he wanted - befriended the Su family and became a helper for the Su family to get through the difficulties; Su Huairou also got the result she wanted-Gongzi Xiang is indeed not a mediocre person, although it is not clear what his ultimate purpose is, at least from the current point of view, he really wants to help the Su family.
As a result, there was a follow-up plot in which Su Huairou followed Yunxiang's advice, peddled raw silk promissory notes, and died and was born.
Weak woman, ruthless character
I have always thought that Yunxiang, Qi Tianfeng and the like are the ruthless people in the play.
One, who has been practicing hard for 15 years, stirred up the entire southern capital and rivers and lakes as soon as he descended the mountain, and everything was within his calculation; One, a cloth cloth, not only walked to the position of the leader of the Cao Gang step by step, but also defeated Wen Cong, who was known as a world-renowned talent, and was even ready to fight with Yuntai and "swallow" the Su family alive.
Until I saw Su Huairou and Yunxiang painting "confrontation", I found that the seemingly weak Su Huairou was also a ruthless character that could not be ignored.
Being able to sit as the president of the Chamber of Commerce in the unpredictable and deceitful shopping mall; can single-handedly maintain the prosperity of the Su family for a hundred years under the siege and covetousness of forces such as Tang Xiao and Qi Tianfeng, so that the Su family can stand; When the Su family suffered a catastrophe, he was not chaotic at all, and he was always calm and calm; Be able to tie with Yunxiang, who is calculating and has no omissions; Being able to gamble on the entire Su family's family in order to break the game is enough to prove Su Huairou's unusualness.
The most rare thing is that although she is well versed in the way of doing business, she always puts morality first, never opportunistic, deceives and dominates the market, and does not use the name of the president of the Chamber of Commerce to do self-theft (she can speculate on silk promissory notes to reduce the losses of the Su family).
The only regret, or Su Huairou's hidden pain, is that she can't stay with her beloved.
Responsibility, heavy burden, in front of the Su family's century-old inheritance, she can only choose to temporarily put her personal love aside.
Qing Xin Junyue is an emotional observer, book critic and film critic. Warm you with words, me.