Chapter 4, Sneaking Out of the House
Luo Qi's actions obviously startled Xiao Man on the side, Xiao Man directly "pounced", knelt on the ground, with a hint of trembling in his voice, and said:
"Miss, but what did Xiaoman do wrong?"
Since Luo Qi had just entered the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few days, and all the maids in this courtyard were taken away by Luo Ying for a reason, almost all the big and small matters here were taken care of by Xiaoman.
This master of his family suddenly made such an unusual move, Xiaoman thought she was angry, so she was a little at a loss.
After Luo Qi smoothed the folds on her clothes, she reached out and helped Xiao Man up, this little maid is good anywhere, but it seems that there is a string missing in her head, and after a series of observations, she found that this Xiao Man seems to care a little too much about herself.
"It's okay, Xiaoman, I remember that our yard is right through the back door of the house, right?"
Xiao Man raised his head, a little puzzled, but still nodded and told everything he knew:
"That's right, but the second lady didn't say that there were not enough people in the house these days, so she transferred all the people in our courtyard away, and now the guards at the back door don't know where to go. ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Man's tone was a little more resentful, and he clenched his fists.
When Luo Qi heard this, she couldn't help but thank her "good sister" and transferred all the guards away, isn't it just convenient for her to slip out?
What's the use of always staying in the Prime Minister's Mansion and sitting still?
What she wants is to return all the things that those who deceived her, deceived her, and insulted her, and treat her in the way of others.
Although she had been fostered in the countryside before, and her connections must not be as good as others, she always remembered that her biological mother, who was the original lady in charge of the Prime Minister's Mansion, left her a relic, which was a jade pendant and an important token.
In the previous life, she knew too late, and the jade pendant was stolen by thieves as soon as she got it.
Now that she had done it all over again, she would find it now and keep it safe, and she would not give it away.
Speaking of which, she was once too simple and gullible to others. But how many people in this capital are sincere to others?
When she went out today, in addition to looking for the jade pendant, she had to do one more thing.
After Luo Qi instructed Xiaoman, he secretly got out of the back door. After carefully moving away from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he breathed a sigh of relief, pretended to be an ordinary peasant woman, and walked down the street.
She has only been in the capital for a short time in this life, and she hasn't known a few people, and it is impossible for ordinary people to know her appearance, so she is still very relieved.
The sun shines on the red walls and green tiles, the signboards and banners of the shops, the sparkling cars and horses, and the endless flow of pedestrians.
There are still many small vendors in the open spaces on both sides of the street, and the bustling streets are filled with one after another high-pitched hawking.
Luo Qi looked at this disturbance coldly, and only felt that he was incompatible with this complicated place.
She still has some clues about Yu Pei, but she can't be in a hurry, and the most important thing now is to deal with the second thing she has to do when she goes out today.
Wait for the rabbit.
Her second sister Luo Ying was originally the daughter of a nurse family, and the nurse herself wanted to find her own daughter, but his stepwife deliberately deceived him, saying that the child had already died of illness, but privately received the gold and silver sent by Luo Ying from the prime minister's mansion.
All of this is taken care of by the nurse who delivered Luo Ying.
Luo Qi remembered that in the previous life, on this day, Luo Ying was ruthless and found someone to secretly get rid of the nurse, deliberately disguised as an accident, and it was on this street.
If you want to expose Luo Ying's true face, this nurse is an indispensable witness.
She was thinking about where to find this nurse, and the next second, there was a noisy quarrel in front of her.
Luo Qi hurriedly stepped forward and squeezed up,
Sure enough, in the midst of the crowd, she found that extremely familiar figure.
It was an acrobatic booth, and right in the middle of the crowd was a man with a large knife that was slashing at the man lying on a wooden chair directly below him.
As soon as the broadsword touched the stone slab on the opponent's chest, the slate immediately turned to powder.
But to everyone's amazement, the man under the slate didn't have anything to do.
The man with the big knife walked and collected the copper plate, threw the porcelain bowl in his hand to the ground, and then said in a loud voice:
"Don't miss it when you pass by, how about it, all the officials, do you want to experience it?"
Everyone was holding a wait-and-see attitude and did not dare to step forward. When the man saw this, he then encouraged:
"This magistrate, do you want to experience it?" The person he caught was the nurse.
Realizing the other party's possible intentions, Luo Qi was a little anxious for a while, and hurriedly squeezed to the nurse's side, but there were too many onlookers, which took her a lot of time.
But fortunately, the nurse refused the other party and waved her hand again and again.
The man with the big knife didn't appreciate it, but he didn't get annoyed, but just smiled indifferently, and then went to the side and continued to ask.
While breathing a sigh of relief, Luo Qi also began to think of a way.
It is definitely not feasible to go up and grab the other person's hand like this. But if it goes on like this, she can't stop anything from happening.
Looking at the people who gradually came up because of the man's movements, Luo Qi had a plan.
Since she can't pull people away directly, she can always attract people over!
She grew up in the countryside, and when she was a child, no one cared about her, so she could only follow the charlatans on the side of the road to make a living.
And she found that everyone in the capital has always had a respectful and worshipful attitude towards things like divination and fortune-telling. If there is an accidental god operator from afar on the street, everyone will rush to it.
Luo Qi thought about it in his heart, and when he thought of it, he did it, and directly set up a small stall not far away.
So, there is such a scene:
It is a little out of place with the surrounding lively environment, a somewhat simple at the intersection, at a glance it is a temporary road stall, a woman wearing a lilac plain velvet embroidered jacket, below is a pure pleated skirt sprinkled with flowers, is poking her cheeks, bored looking at the passing crowd.
Dozens of big characters were written on the stall:
The sky is raining and falling, and the mystery of fate is complicated. If you are willing to ask for directions, you will not go the wrong way, and if you are willing to ask things, you will not do wrong things. Predict the future, you can use fortune telling.
In short, two words: fortune telling!
Luo Qi sat in front of the stall, his slender fingers tapped on the table one by one, looking at the bustling crowd, his brows were tightened, he put his eyes not far away, shouting loudly to attract passers-by and the extremely lively place, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he shot the case, and pointed at the passers-by, holding a master's shelf, and said:
"Cough, cough, people's fate is destined, don't be hard. Every year there is December, and there are disasters and difficulties...... If you don't believe it, I'm also good for you......"
This was a bit simple and crude, but it was effective, attracting a few people who happened to pass by to come forward to check it out.
Luo Qi seized the opportunity and hurriedly pulled the person who came forward and wanted to consult.