Hua Hui sat there with her cheeks propped up, her fingers fiddling with the rim of the cup, but Qi Xiangsi could see that she was not talking casually, so she replied in a light tone: "How come." ”

"My family lives in Zhuzhou, I have a small business at home, and I have many brothers and sisters, and I am the fourth in line, not the most favored child." Hua Yuan pinched the cup, looked at the porcelain pattern on the cup, lowered her eyes and thought about it, "At that time, my father asked my brothers to read and write, and I also followed along. ”

"When I was nine years old, my father died of a sudden illness, my uncle and uncle began to fight for the family property, my mother was cowardly, she could only cry, and my brother was not old enough to be alone, so he naturally couldn't share much, and was finally kicked out of the house." Hua Hui said and laughed, "Later, my mother took a few of our children to go to my grandfather, and on the way, my younger brother fell ill and died, and I was separated from them in the crowd, and was captured by those people and taken to the cottage. ”

"I know that you and Ah Ying are the same as me, different from them." Hua Yuan was born in a well-off family, and she could tell what the people in the house were from at that time, some were real beggars, and some were the same as her.

"Why don't you go back to them." Hearing about his family, Qi Xiangsi's heart will always soften, "Your mother must have been very anxious when you were separated, maybe they have been looking for you for many years." ”

"Go back? I'll take something back. Hua Yuan laughed self-deprecatingly, "I was sold to Xiaoyao Building, where did I come from?" ”

Qi Xiangsi was silent, she didn't know how much silver taels it would cost to redeem herself in Xiaoyao Building, but she had delivered Du Juan with Imperial Physician He, and she really wanted to leave, with her current popularity, there was still a way to redeem herself.

"But with your help, I should be able to reunite with my family like you." Hua Yuan changed her words and took her hand with a smile, "Acacia, you can help me redeem myself." ”

As soon as she approached the smell of rouge on her body, Qi Xiangsi frowned slightly, and Hua Hui continued: "Isn't the Qi family still in business, you have your own shop, it must not be difficult to redeem yourself for me." ”

"After redemption, I can still help you take care of this shop, and I won't go to Qi Mansion to nag you, after all, we have different identities now." Hua Yuan let go of her hand and got up, walked to the window and pointed to the backyard outside the window, where there were several bungalows, which Xiaoliu and they lived in on weekdays, "How about I live here?" ”

"I can't redeem you." Qi Xiangsi put down the cup and looked very calm, "Hua Yuan, we are old acquaintances, you don't have to be like this." ”

"We are not only old acquaintances, but we also share hardships and sorrows, and now that you are doing well, you should pull me along." Hua Yuan looked at the bungalows, "You don't want me to be a lowly person. ”

What is this?

Qi Xiangsi smiled: "It's not easy for you to leave Xiaoyao Tower, with your ability, you should have saved a lot of money for more than a year, and after redeeming yourself, you can go home and reunite with your family, why do you need my help." ”

Hua Yuan leaned against the window and looked at her, raised her hand and gently stroked her drooping hair, and then sneered: "You are still the same as before, you haven't changed at all." ”

When she was first caught in the cottage, she looked bad, someone died in the house, everyone screamed in fear, worried that the next person who would think of death would be herself, she could still calmly protect A Ying, as if she was used to seeing death, when those thieves came in to intimidate them, she seemed so calm, I didn't see her panic.

That look is very annoying.

"It's not too early, I should go back." After being quiet for a while, Hua Yuan suddenly stood up and walked towards the door, pushing the door open, and the room was bright for a moment.

"That's right, Acacia." Before stepping out, Hua Yuan turned her head and smiled at Qi Xiangsi and said, "It turns out that you lived in Huizhou City for twelve years before being taken back to Kyoto, am I mistaken, obviously you were arrested in Yongzhou, and Ah Ying is the one who grew up in Huizhou City." ”

Qi Xiangsi looked at her calmly: "That should be your mistake." ”

The smile on Hua Yuan's face froze, and complexity flashed in her eyes: "Yes, then my memory is really bad." ”

Xiao Liumu sent Hua Hui away, turned his head to look at Qi Xiangsi in the house, and was a little worried: "She is threatening you, you have to find a way to keep her secret." ”

"What way." Qi Xiangsi poured a cup of herbal tea and handed it to him, his eyes were clear, "Did you kill her?" ”

Xiao Liu pursed her mouth, killing people is too fierce, and he won't dare to let him come, but only the dead won't say these things, her tone is clearly blackmail.

"You can't kill." Fingertips tapped lightly on the table, "I can't ask for it." ”

"Then what should I do, this is the third time she has come back to the shop, and it will not be good for your reputation if it spreads." When Xiaoliu was a beggar in Yongzhou, he heard a lot about the fireworks place, they were all people with means, and they were like that, so where would they care about what others thought when they made trouble.

"If she wants to come, let her come." Qi Xiangsi walked out of the house, the people outside the shop had already dispersed, Qi Xiangsi stood at the door and looked at the river not far away, silently reciting that her life was different, she was complaining about herself, she was also a person who was caught in the village, she Qi Xiangsi is living such a life now, but she Hua Yuan fell into the Hundred Flowers Lane and couldn't get out.

Hua Yuan, who left Jinqiao and returned to Baihua Lane, was stopped by someone when she passed a rouge shop, and a well-dressed girl stopped her: "Miss Hua Yuan, our princess invites you to come in and sit down." ”

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After the Zhang family's affairs were done, Qi Xiangsi returned to the Tai Hospital on the evening of the 19th, and after cleaning up, the people from the Tai Hospital went to the summer resort in advance on the afternoon of the 20th.

It was built in the middle of Lake Yamashita of the Great Buddha Temple outside Kyoto Castle, and it was originally just a small island that emerged when the water receded in autumn, but it took many years to reclaim the lake and build it to become the current summer resort.

It is said that it is a mountain villa, a big palace, and every year in the summer, the emperor will bring his concubines here to escape the summer, live for a month and a half, and cultivate his self-cultivation.

Qi Xiangsi followed Imperial Physician Wen to the summer resort by boat, they entered from the side door, took the road of the outer village, the height of the wall was the same as in the palace, the cinnabar red lacquer wall, and arrived at the Imperial Physician Pavilion after passing two doors.

This is only about one-third of the size of the hospital, and the departments in the hall are very close, because there is no residence for Anle Hall in the inner village, so a place is set up in the museum for them, and when Qi Xiangsi arrived, the medical hall was busy.

Helping Imperial Physician Wen sort out some books and cases together, Qi Xiangsi changed into the clothes of the Imperial Hospital and went to the front of the hall to help, just as several eunuchs were carrying the things transported from another ship, Qi Xiangsi gave them a hand: "This father-in-law, do you want me to bring these in for you." ”

The eunuch glanced at Qi Xiangsi, saw that it was a familiar face, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Miss Qi, we are moving things for Imperial Doctor Qi, it's good that you are here, or watch it for me for a while, let's carry these in first." ”

Qi Xiangsi glanced at the big box placed on the ground, and locked it: "This is Imperial Doctor Qi's thing?" ”

"No, there are still two boxes in the back, the things are too heavy to need Miss Qi's help, and now there is a shortage of manpower, you can show me here for a while, and we will move over and come back." After that, the eunuchs carried the box to the back hall, and their movements were cautious, for fear that the box would bump into it.

Soon a few eunuchs came over, and Qi Xiangsi picked up the medicine box on the table: "Father-in-law, that's all, I'll stop by and help you get some together." ”

"It's fine." A few people carried the remaining boxes over, and Qi Xiangsi followed them to a room in the back hall, where several boxes had been placed in the open door, which looked like Qi Henian was alone.

"A few fathers-in-law came over, but did they see my uncle with them." Qi Xiangsi put down the box and asked casually, "I heard that he was going to be a day late." ”

"Imperial Physician Qi will come with the Holy Driver tomorrow." With the identity of Imperial Physician Qi's niece, several fathers-in-law were not wary of Qi Xiangxi, "These are all to be transported in advance, Miss Qi is the first time to come to the summer resort, and she started preparing here half a month ago." ”

"This is the first time this year that I have come with my teacher." Qi Xiangsi smiled, took out two taels of silver and stuffed it to the father-in-law, "Thank you for your hard work, it's so hot, take it and drink herbal tea." ”

Doing things is the essence, it is naturally better to have silver, a few people came out from here, one of them locked the house, Qi Xiangsi glanced at the keychain he hung on his waist, and had an idea in his heart.

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The summer resort at night was very quiet, and the hospital was tired after a busy day, except for those who had to supervise the medicine stove, the rest rested early.

Here in the inner hall, Qi Xiangsi quietly came to the house where he had come during the day, because no one came, and there was no one here at night, only the light in the corridor was on.

"Where's the key?" After arriving at the door, Qi Xiangsi turned his head and asked Laixi, who took out a bunch of keys from his arms, "Which one are you talking about?" ”

"Just try it." Qi Xiangsi started to try from the outer edge, and finally opened the lock when it was almost halfway through, pushed open the door and went in, seeing that Laixi was still outside, he raised his hand and pulled him, "What are you doing in a daze." ”

"What the hell are you here for, I finally got a job here." After entering the house, Lai Xi took out the fire fold from his arms, blew it and shone it to the side, found the candlestick and lit it, "You have to hurry, wake up after the wine and find that the key is missing, I have to go around without eating." ”

"All the medicine I gave you?"

"Down."

"And how much did he drink?"

"More than one jar, that kid is too good to drink."

"A jar of wine goes down, and the cow can sleep for half a day." Qi Xiangsi motioned to him to reassure, "Come and see, can you help me open the box." ”

"I'll follow you to the thief ship." Laixi squatted down and looked at the lock on the box, took out two filaments from his arms, looked at the keyhole carefully, one of them was folded and put in, and then he used the other one to assist, and not long after, with a slight snap, the lock opened.

"Come to Xi, you don't mix in the palace, you can still be a locksmith when you go out." Qi Xiangsi took off the lock and put it on the table, carefully opened the lid of the box, and a smell of old paper came out.

"My grandfather was a locksmith in the family." Lai Xi saw that she was stunned, stretched his neck and looked at it, he thought that there was some treasure hidden in the lock, "It's all old paper." ”

Qi Xiangsi took out some of the paper in the box and put it on the table, moved the candlestick, looked at the things drawn on it and smiled: "This is not simple paper. ”

Laixi didn't think so, didn't he just draw something, and after looking around, he realized: "Whose box are you prirying?" ”

"Imperial Doctor Qi's." Qi Xiangsi said very casually, flipped to the next one and continued to look at it, and came to the side to stumble and look at her with wide eyes, "You are prying Imperial Doctor Qi's box!" ”

"That's right." Qi Xiangsi looked at him with a smile, "Although I didn't find what I wanted, these gains are not small." ”

"You're cheating me." Laixi wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Let's go back quickly, if people find out, I won't see the sun tomorrow." ”

"Don't worry." Qi Xiangsi grabbed him, pointed to the burden she brought, and asked him to take out the pen and paper, "I'll keep you seeing the moon tomorrow." 166 Reading Network