Chapter 182: On Fire
"No way!" Aunt Shi suddenly shouted and got up, like a female beast covered in thorns, swearing to defend something, "Don't make a big fuss!" β
She glared at Lu Li, and seeing that Shi Yi was about to come over to stop her again, she took a step back, didn't look for Huai Shuyu, didn't look for Mrs. Huai, and directly determined the direction and ran over to grab Huai Xin's hand, "You don't want this matter to make a big deal publicly, do you?" β
Aunt Shi's gaze was a little crazy, Huai Xin was startled, and struggled to get rid of Aunt Shi's hand, "The fifth sister's life is on the verge of death, Xijing is so big, if you can get everyone's help, you will suffer one less day if you find the fifth sister one day earlier, why don't you ......"
"Sister Yu is a girl's family! This year's fourteenth, she hasn't said that she is out of the cabinet, if things are big and everyone knows, how can she find her in-laws! Aunt Shi interrupted Huai Xin's words sharply.
Huai Xin was a little speechless, "The most important thing is for people to live well...... "If something happens to people, what's the use of worrying about these?
"You're a girl, too!" Aunt Shi squinted, "You have just come to Guishui, and you haven't grown up yet, and you will also find your in-laws in the future!" β
Huaixin didn't expect Aunt Shi to say such a thing in front of her foreign man, and immediately blushed with shame, "Aunt Shi is cautious!" β
Aunt Shi would consider her thoughts, and continued to lobby firmly, "You are all surnamed Huai, born to the same father, if your fifth sister has a bad reputation, you will not have a good reputation!" Even if you are raised under the knee of your wife, don't think about marrying a good man! β
Huaixin is a little girl after all, how can she stand Aunt Shi repeatedly mentioning what 'in-law', her angry chest is agitated, and she can't speak.
Aunt Shi's hand wrapped around again, and she glared at Huai Xin with burning eyes, "So you are so good to persuade Madame, don't listen to the words provoked by outsiders, the reputation of the Huai family is the most important!" β
Huaixin was really frightened by Aunt Shi, and quickly retreated, but she still didn't dodge, and was dragged by Aunt Shi's arm.
"Let go of meβyou let go of me!" Huaixin slapped Aunt Shi's arm hard, screaming and retreating, the maids couldn't stop it, and the two of them fell together.
Huai Shuyu didn't see it well, so she hurriedly went to pull Huaixin up, and Shi Yi immediately went to Aunt Lashi.
Lu Li and Shen Wansha were dumbfounded, and Zhao Shu and He Lianyu glanced at each other, saying that they didn't want to care at all.
Da Bai likes to join in the fun, and when he saw that people were having a good time, the owner didn't care about it, so he flicked his tail and roared and rushed into the crowd. Probably it felt that Aunt Shi's combat effectiveness was too strong, and Huaixin suffered a lot, so she spontaneously joined Huaixin's camp and pounced on Aunt Shi.
Aunt Shi had just been helped up by Shi Yi, and before she could stand firmly, she saw a dog pounce on her, and her frightened feet fell to the ground again...... pounced on Shi Yi.
Shi Yi himself was short and thin, like an undersized teenager, not only did he not hold Aunt Shi, but he was also thrown to the ground by Dabai......
The screams of women, the muffled snorts of men, the gurgling of puppies, and the occasional tripping of tables and chairs, the whole hall is truly ...... It's hard to put into words.
Mrs. Huai was powerful again, and dropped a teacup, "Enough! β
The master's mother was powerful, the effect was obvious, everyone didn't dare to make trouble anymore, and the maids helped the master to stand up.
Lu Li also dragged Da Bai back.
Da Bai didn't know what he did wrong, and thought that the master also wanted to play, so he screamed and threw himself on Lu Li, and stretched out his tongue to lick his face, but was stopped by Zhao Shu with a black face.
Zhao Zhu's big hand crossed the top of Da Bai's head, pressed it slightly on the back of its neck, and Da Bai squatted down.
Whenever he had this action, it was time to stay obediently, Da Bai understood very well and fell down.
After a moment of confusion, the hall fell silent again. There was no need for Mrs. Huai's instructions, everyone in the hall knew what to do. Huai Xin saluted Mrs. Huai in a proper manner, and was accompanied by the maids to leave; Shi Yi, no matter how unwilling Aunt Shi was, saluted Mrs. Huai and pulled her away; Huai Shuyu and the chief housekeeper went out and called a few stern-mouthed subordinates to come in and dispose of the corpses in the hall......
Mrs. Huai's slender fingers pressed against the corners of her forehead, "What do you have to do?" β
This sentence was said to Lu Li.
Lu Li finished packing up his tools, touched the big white dog's head with an unhappy face, and said with a smile, "Actually, what to do, Madame knows better than me, why bother asking?" β
Mrs. Huai's eyes were slightly closed, and she was silent.
Lu Li sighed lightly, "Please make it convenient for the host of the banquet that day, and find out what accidents happened on the day of the banquet, and take a look at anything that is loud and may attract the girl's attention......"
"Look at the list of Miss Youyan, which people are usually close to Miss Five, and it is possible that Miss Five asks for help, ask about the whereabouts of these people, especially at key points before and after leaving the main house......"
"Please Lord Huai and the government officials, catch them quickly, and strictly investigate if there are unknown people wandering around the main house that day, but there are any movements that are different from usual......"
Lu Li finished thinking of them one by one, "If there is any news, Madame can let someone inform me, and the four of us will also visit around to help." Today's business is over, and the four of us will take our leave. β
Mrs. Huai did not stop Lu Li, her eyes opened and closed, and the light fainted, "Don't forget what you promised me." β
Lu Li paused, his smile was as bright as a summer flower, "What I promised, I will do it." β
"Mother Zhou, send off guests."
Lu Li bent down and picked up Dabai, "No need, we know the way." β
Zhou's mother still sent a few people to the Hanging Flower Gate.
Lu Li thanked him, and the group was led by the little guy and walked out.
Shen Wansha was just about to make some sighs, when he saw Shi Yi again.
He was personally taking the heavy purse to the subordinates.
Seeing Lu Li and his entourage coming, Shi Yi smiled awkwardly, and straightened out his clothes and walked over, "My sister doesn't know much, and she has a strong temper, so she has a lot of offenses, so don't be surprised." As he spoke, he offered four heavy purses.
Different from the purses that Fang just gave to the subordinates, these purses are embroidered with gold threads, the materials are of high quality, the workmanship is exquisite, and the texture is different when you touch it.
He quietly winked at Lu Li, and he was a younger brother who worked hard to help his sister buy people's hearts.
This kind of apologetic and flattering gift is different from rewarding, and it is not good not to accept it, so Lu Li took it.
Sure enough, he saw Shi Yi's expression obviously relaxed.
"Shi Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, when this kind of thing happens, it's normal for Aunt Shi to be stimulated, I mean that Huaifu is an outsider, and I don't feel offended."
Shi Yi bowed his hand and saluted sincerely, "A few people don't blame, they are gentlemen with high morality, but I can't help but be embarrassed and ......."
Shen Wansha felt that Shi Yi was very good at being a man, and gave a few smiling faces.
Today, I experienced a big drama in Huaijia, and everyone actually didn't have the heart to chat, Lu Li and his party were, and so did Shi Yi. So after only a few cold words, Shi Yi retired with a look in his eyes, "I still have to help my sister with some ...... Don't accuse me of being sloppy, I have a chance to turn back, and if I don't dislike it, I will make a banquet. β
"Shi Gongzi is polite ......"
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After Lu Li and his entourage left Huai's house, they quickly returned to the garden.
After entering the door, Lu Li put Dabai down, patted its ass and motioned it to play by itself, and pulled Shen Wansha and Zhao Zhuhe Lianyu into the hall together.
When the gatehouse of the garden saw them from afar, he informed the people in the inner hall that the ice basins had been placed in the four corners of the hall, and a small table was placed on the long and low couch, and there was a cold soup on the table. As soon as a few people came in, they felt a shock in their spirits.
After drinking the refreshing cold soup and feeling the faint cold air in the room, Shen Wansha sighed comfortably, and fell on the low couch very unimpressively, commanding Helian Yu to pinch his legs.
Lu Li asked Zhao Zhu a little eagerly, "Have you found anything in the Huai family?" β
"Yes." Zhao Shu put down the teacup and stopped like a guanzi, the old god was squeezing Lu Li's hand.
Lu Li dodged.
When have you been thinking about this!
Zhao Shu narrowed his eyes...... It's all his people, and they dare to hide!
Lu Li glared at Zhao Zhu provocatively, and cast his hopeful gaze on Helian Yu. This man went with him and could provide the same information!
Pity...... Helian Yu was concentrating on pinching Shen Wansha's legs, and fed the young master a grape from time to time, the peach blossom eyes were full of the shadow of the young master, where could he care about looking elsewhere!
Lu Li's heart 'groaned'.
Silently turned his head and saw Zhao Shu holding his cheek on the table with one hand, and stretching out his other hand to him, tilting his head slightly, his eyes full of banter.
He didn't move, and Zhao Shu didn't urge, and his gaze at him became more and more warm and ambiguous.
Lu Li gritted his teeth, reached over and hit Zhao Shu hard, and then obediently put his hand in Zhao Shu's palm.
Zhao Shu squeezed his little hand and was satisfied. The fingertips rubbed the back of Lu Li's silky hand, and the five fingers moved slightly, turning in a different direction...... Ten fingers interlocked.
The palm was warm, and Lu Li's face was a little red.
Zhao Shu was not satisfied, leaned forward slightly, turned his wrist slightly, let Lu Li face him with the back of his hand, and then gently ...... Print a kiss.
This kiss was light and fast, like a dragonfly touching water, but Lu Li felt a bang, and the itching felt along the back of his hand and swim all over his body!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and he heard the continuous chirping of cicadas outside the window, a maidservant girl holding a pot to add water, and Helian Yu and Shen Wansha were fighting......
How dare Zhao Zhu!
Lu Li bit his lip, quickly glanced around, and found that no one saw it, exhaled a long breath, turned his head and couldn't help but glare at Zhao Zhu.
The daughter-in-law is seducing herself again! His face was red, his eyes were upturned, and his mouth was full of disgust......
Zhao Zhu's throat rolled, and he especially wanted to hug Lu Li back to the room now, so it hurt him!
Unfortunately, no.
Zhao Zhu stared at Lu Li's lips, do you want to kiss it......
With a 'snap', Lu Li put the teacup in front of him, "Drink, water!" "Don't you think he can see what this rascal is thinking! No way!
Zhao Shu unwillingly took another bite of the back of Lu Li's hand, adjusted his sitting posture to make his body less uncomfortable, and talked about what he found in Huaifu.
Because it was the fifth lady Huaiyu who had the accident, he and Helian Yu were most concerned about Huaiyu's residence.
Huaiyu's residence is very close to Aunt Shi, and she was brought up by Aunt Shi since she was a child, and the mother-daughter relationship is very deep. She inherited Aunt Shi's beauty, and because of her sweet mouth and ability to speak, she was very favored by Huaide Shui. Because of this favor, her status in the family has not been low since she was a child, except that she dare not confront Mrs. Huai openly, she dares almost anything.
She has a strong temperament, she has to pinch the tip of everything, and there are often quarrels with her sisters, not only Huaixin, as long as the Huai clan, girls who are about the same age as her, no matter the concubines, she doesn't get along well with people, and she has to compete everywhere.
She is fourteen years old this year, it is the time to say that she is married, she herself has a lot of expectations for this, even if it is a concubine, she also wants to say that she is a good family, and it is good to be able to overpower all the girls in the Huai family, so in the past six months, she has been very interested in participating in various small banquets. The maid chatting in Huaiyu's room faintly revealed the news, Huaiyu seems to have a goal, but it is not easy to achieve the goal......
"Because the time is too tight, I can't hear more news, so I need to inquire privately." Zhao Shu concluded.
Lu Li nodded, "What about the others?" β
Zhao Shu scratched Lu Li's palm, and was satisfied to see Lu Li's face blushing, glaring at him, and then continuing.
Huaixin and Huaiyu are of the same age, and they have been raised by a concubine to a lady, Huaiyu is a little jealous, and the relationship between the two is particularly bad. Sisters quarrel Mrs. Huai has always been in charge of not much, if the matter is big, the two will be punished together, if the matter is not big, just pretend not to see, Huaiyu has Aunt Shi to help, and Huai Deshui is coquettish, Huaixin has no one else to rely on, but after so many years, she has not suffered too much.
It can be seen that Huaixin is also a smart girl. The subordinates all said that Huai Xin had a strong mouth and was difficult to serve, but Zhao Zhu and He Lianyu listened to many people and found that Huai Xin had a bad temper in the mouths of the subordinates, but she did not do anything excessive, but Huai Yu changed several times by her subordinates, and many of them were sold to the dark by her hints.
Before and after Huaiyu's disappearance, Huaixin's reaction was not inappropriate......
Mrs. Huai is even more unusual, although Huaiyu has been staring at the subordinates since her disappearance, there is nothing special in her spirit and behavior......
Huai Shuyu seems to hate Aunt Shi very much, but because of the education she has received since she was a child, and because she avoids suspicion, she rarely confronts Aunt Shi......
As for Aunt Shi, the subordinates said that she went to Huaifu to serve when she was more than ten years old, and she mixed in front of Huaide Water at the age of thirteen. She is beautiful, clever, and good at competing for favor, and soon became a person in the Huaide water house, and gave birth to the eldest daughter of Mrs. Huai is only three years younger, standing in the back house for more than 20 years, is a very capable.
When Aunt Shi was a subordinate, she always talked about her younger brother at home, but she never contacted her family, and it was not until she became pregnant and gave birth a few years ago that she took her family to Xijing......
"At Shi Yi's age, Aunt Shi definitely didn't see this younger brother when she entered the Huai family." So close......
Lu Li said, "Maybe Aunt Shi's parents gave birth to more than one son. β
Zhao Shu thought for a moment and continued.
Regardless of whether Aunt Shi had seen Shi Yi before or not, she had a very deep relationship with Shi Yi, as soon as the Shi family came, Shi Yi came to the house to visit, and Aunt Shi asked Huai Deshui for benefits, so that Shi Yi could do business in Xijing through Huai Deshui's official name.
Shi Yi is also capable, but in two years, he has earned a lot of family business, which not only allows the Shi family to live a good life, but also gives feedback to Shi, making Shi's body harder and more stable in the Huai family......
Huaide is extremely good at being a man, has a good official reputation, except for a rival in the local area, he maintains an excellent relationship with others, and has no enemies......
Time is limited, Zhao Zhu and He Lianyu only roughly took a few turns around Huaifu, and this is the only information they can get.
"If you want to know more, let's check it again."
ββ¦β¦ Well. Lu Li nodded, his eyebrows furrowed, and his thoughts began to churn.
Listening to Zhao Zhu's story, Huaiyu's accident should not be aimed at the Huai family, then it should be aimed at Huaiyu himself. Huaiyu is just a boudoir woman, even if she is a little careful, her biggest plan is to find a good husband for herself, who will she offend?
The husband she wants? Or someone who wants to find the same husband as her?
Huaixin is still young, and she has not yet reached the time when she urgently needs to find a husband for herself...... Mrs. Huai and Huai Shuyu seem to be quite popular, will they be heavy-handed to a concubine?
There is also Aunt Shi, today's reaction looks quite crazy, Lu Li understands that the children are lost, and the mother's affection will be very excited, but Aunt Shi's expression, he always feels a little disobedient, but when he thinks about it, he can't find any flaws, he doesn't understand it......
Between the ups and downs of thoughts, the sound of irritable cicadas is far away, and there is a dark fragrance lingering in the nose.
Suddenly, his lips warmed, his consciousness returned, and in front of him was Zhao Zhu's enlarged face.
Without waiting for the struggle, his waist was firmly bound by this person, and the whole person was overwhelmed and unable to dodge.
"Hmm...... Other...... Someone ...... "Lu Li struggled.
Zhao Shu pinched his chin and helped him turn his head, "Where is someone?" β
Lu Li was very surprised when he saw it, "What about the young master?" "What about Helian Yu? What about the people?
"The surnamed Shen said that he wanted to eat something delicious, and he didn't want to move, so let Xingxing take him to the kitchen and order."
Zhao Zhu deceived down again, his eyes full of aggression.
Lu Li's eyes were flustered, "That'...... I'm hungry too......"
"Good, husband loves you......" Zhao Shu pinched Lu Li's wrist, lifted it above Lu Li's head, pressed it, and a smile appeared at the end of his eyes, "I'll take you to dinner when I kiss you......"
Lu Li bit his lip, his heart was about to jump out, and he couldn't be nervous.
He and Zhao Shu like each other, they are not exclusive to this kind of intimate contact, and they even have a small desire in their hearts, but this does not mean that he is not afraid or nervous.
He wasn't worried about kissing, but he was worried that Zhao Shu would go too far......
And since they have shown their hearts to each other, Zhao Zhu has changed from a cold iceberg man to a hooligan who is ready to move at any time! He couldn't resist it at all!
For example, now, after Zhao Zhu carefully described his facial features with a fiery gaze, he stared at his lips, "What are you biting it for?" It's my ......" and he lowered his head, pushed Lu Li's teeth away, and took the lip in his mouth......
This kiss was too passionate, too lingering, Lu Li was surprised, Zhao Zhu, this bastard, had such a gentle time!
Of course, no matter how tender he is, he can't resist his nature, Zhao Zhu's breathing became heavy, and he began to be dissatisfied, and there were obvious changes in some places, Lu Li bit him and pushed him away.
Zhao Shu was very dissatisfied, grabbed Lu Li's wrist with his big hand, and wanted to continue, Lu Li turned over and dodged over, rightly speaking, shouting in a very loud voice, "I'm hungry!" β
Zhao Shu was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly, "I have good things...... Guaranteed to feed you......"
Lu Li didn't understand at first, but then when he saw Zhao Shu's eyes go down three ways, he realized something, and his face blushed with anger, this rascal with a yellow cavity!
He raised his eyebrows and gritted his teeth, "I, want, eat, eat!" β
The daughter-in-law has a ruddy complexion, clear eyes, and moist lips, and every expression is telling him that she wants it, but she doesn't admit it, and she says she wants to eat!
It's clearly a desire to refuse and welcome, and a desire to be dissatisfied!
"I really can't help it...... "If you want it, you can give it, and your daughter-in-law will serve it by herself." Zhao Shu jumped up with a smile and gnawed on Lu Li's mouth again.
This rascal can't communicate!
Lu Li was ruthless, showing his small teeth and biting Zhao Zhu's lip out of blood, "You can't understand people's words!" I said I was hungry and wanted to eat! β
"Okay, since you're shy like this, let's continue next time." Zhao Shu licked the blood on his lips, and couldn't help but lean down again to lick Lu Li's forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth again, and it seemed that he didn't want to stop at all.
Shy of your sister!
Lu Li couldn't help it angrily, and impulsively raised his hand and slapped Zhao Shu with a 'snap'.
Although it was an impulsive hand, he still subconsciously collected his strength, which was not heavy, but it was very loud.
Zhao Shu paused, his eyebrows raised high, and his eyes were awe-inspiring.
As soon as the slap came out, Lu Li regretted it and wanted to apologize, but he apologized just after being taken advantage of, as if he had done something wrong. Lu Li bit his lip, blinked his eyes, leaned over and kissed Zhao Shu gently, "I'm sorry......"
Zhao Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed Lu Li's wrist, "No one dares to hit me in the face yet...... Daughter-in-law, let's hit a few more times! β
Lu Li looked at Zhao Shu in surprise, thinking that this person was ...... It's just unreasonable.
I just wanted to apologize...... Now that you see, forget it.
With a blank face, he stood up.
Zhao Shu felt a pity. How cost-effective it is to beat the daughter-in-law and take the initiative to kiss it! The face doesn't hurt at all, it's still itchy, and the daughter-in-law's little hands are tender!
Zhao Zhu followed Lu Li out with a smile.
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Walking to the flower hall, Shen Wansha, the young master of the local tyrant, who was a close friend, had already prepared a delicate meal with He Lianyu, and was very happy to see Lu Li coming over, "Little Oak came too timely!" Otherwise, I'll have to find someone to call you...... Huh, what's wrong with your mouth? On fire again? β
Lu Li sat down at the table and replied vaguely, "...... Well. β
"Well, how is this good? It's hot and dry in summer, it's not good to be so old and hot, and the diet therapy doesn't look very useful...... Why don't you call a Lang Zhong to come over and show you later? Shen Wansha's brows furrowed, and he was heartbroken for his little friend.
"No...... It's good to raise it......" Lu Li was quite embarrassed, and hung his head with red ears.
"You can't hide the doctor, little oak! I'm going to have to say a couple of things about you......"
Shen Wansha chattered in his ear, Lu Li simply found a crack in the ground to drill through, begging to let it go!
Ashamed, he stepped on Zhao Shu's feet.
Zhao Shu let him step on it, his face remained unchanged, and he put a pair of chopsticks and bamboo shoots into Lu Li's bowl, "Come on, get off the fire." β
Lu Li squinted, and returned a chopstick and bitter gourd without smiling, "I see that you have also been a little hot in the past two days, come and try this." β
Zhao Zhu's scorching gaze swept over Lu Li's eyebrows and fell on his lips, as if he ate the bitter gourd with a big gulp of enjoyment, "It's really good." β
After eating, the tip of his tongue licked his lips suggestively, "It's very sweet......"
Very sweet your sister!
Lu Li almost flipped the table.