Chapter Seventy-One: Who Came for Whom
Chinese New Year's Eve. Traditionally, Pond Forest Castle celebrates the New Year twice a year. This year, the New Year's party of Mei Honglou was held for the first time.
Because she can't wait another month or two. I just want to get it all done as soon as possible and leave. Even if she broke her promise, she didn't want to be the poor worm who waited for a year, but couldn't wait for him to return.
On this day, she has been staying in the mountains, and it was after a day of waterfall washing that she was cold and cold, and made this difficult decision.
I have to say that in the end, she found out that he was not a perfect lover, but she had to admit that he was the best teacher. He taught her martial arts, and he taught her very well, which was her biggest gain this year. So, let him maintain this perfect image in her mind. Waiting hard will only consume all the perfection in this memory. She didn't want to.
She didn't want to regret it. This half a year of companionship, half a year of waiting, she has no regrets.
"Bang, bang!!" The drums shook the sky, which was the prelude to the opening of this year's Meihong Mansion New Year's party.
It was when she told Xu's mother to ring the agreed time before she went up the mountain.
She had just come down the mountain, heard the drumming, and finally looked back at the mountain, which was full of memories between her and him, and with just one glance, she resolutely turned back. There was no need to deliberately lift her qi, the watery true qi in her body had long been used to filling her whole body like blood. So she just raised her foot slightly, and the person was like a wisp of green smoke, and the afterimage gradually dissipated in place, and she had returned to Chilin City.
"Bang!" With the last sound of a dozen drums, she stepped into the door of Meihong Mansion.
Unexpectedly, she almost bumped into someone. This person was also about to step into Mei Honglou, and he didn't want her to suddenly dodge, so he didn't retract the foot he stepped out, but when the footsteps were steady, he flashed to the side. She didn't have time to stop because she was rushing too fast, and she could only look to the side and dodge. The two stepped into the Meihong Mansion together.
"Ahh She hurriedly apologized to the person around her, but was stunned the moment she looked at the person.
The man was wearing an iron mask, the kind of mask that hid his entire face underneath, and his height and body looked like ...... She was instantly surprised, and thought it was him in front of her! However, the next moment, she realized that it was not. Although the person in front of her also gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, let's not mention why the person in front of her gave her such a sense of familiarity...... But she only used a second glance to see through that the person in front of her was not him.
The man didn't speak, waved his hand, and accepted her apology.
Because of the loss in her heart, she also paid no attention to this person's wordless rudeness. Finally staring at the ground and nodding at the man in front of her, she headed backstage. She didn't notice that behind her, a pair of eagle-like eyes behind the mask of the iron-masked man kept staring at her, staring firmly, as if staring at a prey that was bound to be won!
"Sir. At this time, a man who was also wearing half an iron mask appeared next to the man in the iron mask, covering only the upper half of his face. It's a pity that she didn't see it, otherwise, just the lower half of this man's face and the eyes that the iron mask can't hide, she will definitely be able to see who he is, and then guess who the man next to him is. The man spoke softly to remind the iron-masked man who seemed to be stunned at the gate of Meihong Mansion.
The man in the iron mask stared at her with burning eyes, and he had already stepped backstage, and he couldn't see her anymore, so he nodded slightly to his entourage.
At the door, no one stopped her, but immediately a little maid greeted them and stretched out his hand.
The attendant thought about it for a moment, and handed out two invitations in his left hand.
Before coming, they made second-hand preparations. An invitation was originally sent by Mei Honglou to the man in the iron mask. The other one, the two that the attendant handed to the servant, was bought by them from someone else.
"Young Master Qiao, Young Master Li?" The little guy hesitated slightly, and carefully looked at the masks of the two people, but how could he see through the two masks? Soon, the little guy still greeted him with a smile and said, "Please come with me." ”
By the time we got to the seats, there were already five people sitting side by side at the round table that could seat ten people. The man in the iron mask glanced at the men and sat down in the empty seat across from him.
The little guy was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to remind them that their seats should be adjacent to the five people, but they ignored each other when they saw that the two parties ignored each other.
"You're rewarded. The attendant threw a small ingot of silver weighing enough in time.
The little guy just laughed and laughed, and didn't do anything more. Anyway, the remaining three people at this table originally came alone, and they didn't know the other eight people, so they just waited for the three people to come and changed their seats. It's just that......
The little guy looked back at them one last time before leaving, and felt more and more strange in his heart. He went back to the door first, and after saying hello to another guy who greeted the door, he went backstage.
"Oh, you mean, the two masked men are clearly not Qiao Gongzi and Li Gongzi, but they are coming with Qiao Gongzi and Li Gongzi's invitations. Looking at the appearance, that fake Li Gongzi is more like the entourage of the fake Qiao Gongzi?" she asked without looking back, as she gently wiped the strings.
"Yes. The two men were very strange, the man wearing the half mask did not sit down, but stood behind the man wearing the whole mask. The little guy replied.
She finally glanced back at the little guy, and looked at the ingot of silver that the little guy still held in his hand and didn't have time to put it away, and said with a smile: "They are generous?"
The little girl was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly embarrassedly presented the silver in his hand to her for a closer look.
Very good, a whole ten taels of silver ingots!
Then she waved her hand, and the little girl smiled and took the ingot back again, this time directly into her arms. She would not have confiscated the ten taels of silver. In addition to the tips of the ladies, Mei Honglou must also be handed over and then returned to the ladies according to the shares. The reward that the servant and the maidservant can receive is at most ten taels of silver, often three or five taels, and sometimes even only some broken silver, which should be theirs, all of which they have earned through hard work, and they are all theirs.
She finally smiled and said, "It's good to be generous enough." When I first came back, I met one of them at the door, and I didn't think I was here to cause trouble. Thinking about it, it is a person from outside the city, who has long admired the name of Meihong Mansion in my Chilin City, and on the occasion of this party, he got an invitation from Na Qiao and Li, so he came to participate in place of the two. It's okay, a good life is waiting. ”
"Yes. The little guy answered, and he went back to continue the work of welcoming the door. It's not that I'm afraid that another person won't be busy, but on an occasion like tonight, the job of greeting the door is a good thing!