Yingluo never dreamed that Qin Yan, who had only seen two sides and didn't even see her appearance, would interfere in her marriage, since she learned about Liu Wangshan's hidden illness from Su Yingzi, she was counting the days and looking forward to getting married as soon as possible, so that she could get out of the cage of Su Mansion as soon as possible.

Since the beginning of the month, the rain in Suizhou has been continuous, Yingluo every day in addition to going to the Song family morning and dusk to set the province, even the garden can not go, all day long in the Luoying courtyard, learning words to see the rain, the marriage seems to have become her only hope and fun these days.

She waited for more than ten days, this morning the sky was rare to stop raining, the east slowly revealed a little red light, seeing that it was a sunny day, Yingluo was in a good mood, and after breakfast, she sent the little girl grass to the front yard to play.

In this way, if Liu Fu can come today, she will be the first to know. Yingluo hadn't waited for someone from Liu's mansion to come, but Song's Meiyuan Gao's mother over there was panicked and entered the courtyard with a bad face.

The little girls who swept in the courtyard stopped their work and bowed their heads to Gao's mother, Gao's mother nodded and told them twice on weekdays, but today she didn't stop, and she hurried over to the main room without glancing at them.

As soon as the little maids saw her like that, they knew that something had happened, and most of it was a bad thing, so they felt related and held their breath.

Gao's mother went up the steps, and when she arrived outside the curtain of the main room, she took a deep breath, calmed down the fluctuations in her heart, and opened the curtain and entered the house.

In the room, Song was pointing to Mingyue and Minghe, counting out her boxes of old gold jewelry, so that they could be sent to the jewelry shop, melted and beaten into a new style, and prepared to be worn as a meeting gift for the little girls in various provinces when they entered Beijing and went out as guests.

Seeing Gao's mother enter the house, her old face was tense, obviously she had something to say, Song shook the red gold step in her hand and threw it into a pile of jewelry next to her, and said, "Is something wrong?" ”

Mother Gao pursed her lips, her face turned a little pale, but she opened her mouth and said, "Madam, Steward Liu in the front yard came to report that Liu's house was raided last night!" ”

Song didn't react when he heard the words, and only after Gao's mother's words were repeated twice in his heart did he suddenly pinch the armrest and said, "Liu Zhai? Which Liu House? ”

"That's what Madame thought, the political envoy Liu Wangshan and Lord Liu were raided." Gao's mother said in a hurry.

Song's eyes shrank suddenly, and his face turned slightly pale and pale, and even Mingyue and Mingyue, who were packing up their jewelry, didn't dare to say anything.

Song breathed a sigh of relief before he spoke, and said, "What's the matter, I haven't heard the slightest wind before, why was my house suddenly raided, ah?" What about the master, can the master leave the house? ”

Gao's mother hurriedly replied: "I heard that the emperor sent the minister to inspect the third road in Jingnan, seven days ago the Qincha arrived in our Suizhou Mansion has been secret and unannounced, saying that he lived in the Chuanyun Inn as a merchant, and he suddenly had a seizure last night and raided Lord Liu's home, I heard that Lord Liu has been imprisoned, just waiting for the Qin to return to the capital after the inspection." ”

Song Shi listened to the hot day in a cold sweat, thinking that he had dealings with Liu Mansion a few days ago, and his heart was even more puffing, so he listened to Gao's mother say: "I'm afraid that the three girls' family affairs will not be successful, and Mrs. has been planning for so long......"

Before Gao's mother's regretful words were finished, Song reprimanded: "Confused! Xin Hao's family business didn't work out, otherwise if the master was implicated, how would it be good. The top priority is not the life or death of that little slut, but don't be found out to our mansion by the Qin, you go, quickly restrain the people in the mansion, and give me a strict order, if anyone dares to make trouble outside these days, they will all be sold on the board. From today onwards, our house will reduce the amount of use, and buy less things that are not necessary, and give me a sense of alertness, and also, the master will come back immediately, go quickly! ”

Gao's mother didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly answered and hurried away.

But an hour later, Su Yingzi walked in front, and the maid Rose held a needlework basket with embroidery threads and flower sheds and other things into the Luoying Courtyard.

"The fifth girl is here." Zifei was standing in the courtyard watching the little girl clean up the flowers and leaves scattered in the yard due to the sunset rain, and she was not surprised to see Su Yingzi enter the yard, just because this was not the first time.

Yingluo heard the sound in the house and greeted her under the porch, and saw Su Yingzi coming in a light green undergarment and skirt, and said with a smile: "I see the weather is good today, and after these days in the warm wind courtyard, I want to come to the third sister to relax and do some embroidery work together." ”

Yingluo smiled and said: "That relationship is good, the fifth sister's embroidery is good, and it also makes my clumsy hands stained with some dexterity." ”

Yingluo said and went down the steps, took Su Yingzi's hand, and the sister said and smiled and entered the house. After Ping retreated, both of them went to their shoes and got on the Luohan bed, leaning together and comparing their heads with each other.

Su Yingzi put the light green silk thread on the half-embroidered juanpa to try the color, and said with a low smile: "My sister is here to congratulate the third sister today." ”

Yingluo was stunned when she heard this, and said, "What do I have to congratulate?" "Could it be that the family affair with the Liu Mansion has been decided? But now Liu Mansion is not a future person, besides, if the relationship with Liu Mansion is decided, Su Yingzi should feel sorry for her, how can she come over to congratulate.

Seeing Yingluo's dazed face, Su Yingzi blinked her eyes and said in a low voice: "The Qin messenger who came from the capital last night raided Lord Liu's house, and the third sister no longer has to worry about marrying into Liu's mansion, isn't this a great thing, shouldn't I come to congratulate the third sister?" What good does the third sister do to give me this ear to report to God? ”

Su Yingzi said and stretched out her white palm to Chong Yingluo, with a flattering face, but she saw that the third sister, who was usually very smart, was sitting with an ugly face, and there was still a grievance floating in her eyes, no matter how you look at it, she doesn't look like she is crying with joy.

Su Yingzi couldn't help but smile, hurriedly pushed Yingluo, and said cautiously: "Third sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

Yingluo really doesn't know how to feel at the moment, she does feel very aggrieved, why is she looking forward to it every day, waiting for such news every night?!

She said that a big pie fell from the sky, and it turned out that before it fell on her body, it became a big ice cube and smashed it directly, and her fiery heart was cold.

Yingluo came back to her senses and drooped down when her shoulders landed, and the whole person looked listless and depressed. Su Yingzi, who was startled, hurriedly pushed her again, calling the third sister vigorously.

Seeing that the little girl's eyes were a little red, Yingluo reluctantly saved herself from her low love, and said with a smile: "Just now I was thinking about copying the house, and I also thought that Lord Liu's house and our house are also often visited, and Lord Liu is still the peak of our master, which means that copying the house will copy the house...... I thought about it for a while, and I scared myself, don't worry, fifth sister. ”

Su Yingzi laughed when she heard her say this, pushed Yingluo again, and said: "Speaking of which, they are all the same people, but now it is strange and scary to say that the house is gone overnight." ”

Yingluo reluctantly smiled and talked to Su Yingzi for a while before sending her away, looking at Su Yingzi's departing figure, Yingluo's eyes narrowed slightly.

It seems that the Song family's plum garden is not as tight as an iron bucket, and his maid only heard that something was wrong, and his wife strictly forbade his subordinates to go out to make trouble, but he didn't know what was going on, but Aunt Jiang knew everything. In the plum garden, you have to think of an ear and an eye to get it.

In the afternoon of the same day, the news that Liu's house was raided by Qin's mission spread in Su's mansion, and the happiest person was Yun's mother, who was barely persuaded by Yingluo that day, and she didn't have a smiling face these days. Now he was happy, but he was worried that he would suffer Ye Gongzi's revenge when he entered the capital, and he was happy and worried for a while, but Yingluo only smiled bitterly when he saw it.

Su Yingzhen heard about Liu's house raiding the house, and smashed a set of pastel official kiln teacups, and went to ask the Song family in the evening of the same day, and happened to meet Yingluo outside the plum garden. Su Yingzhen rushed up angrily, pointed at Yingluo and scolded: "You are really a mourning star, then Lord Liu will discuss a family affair with you, this has not been done, your family's house has been raided, if someone marries you, won't the whole family be killed!" ”

Yingluo smiled and blinked, and said with a flattering look: "What the sixth sister said is true, so I still don't marry out and harm other people's families, can the sixth sister help me beg Mrs., don't tell me to kiss, okay?" ”

Where did Su Yingzhen think that Yingluo would answer like this, she was stunned for a moment, and jumped to her feet and said: "Then how can I do it, a mourning star like you still wants to stay at home for the rest of your life, you think beautiful!" ”

Yingluo showed a bitter look for a while, and said: "Then my mother told me to kiss, didn't she say which family is going to harm which family?" Oh, if this word spreads, I am afraid that the reputation of the lady will not be very good, and if no one dares to marry our house, what will we do? I'm nothing, the second sister and the sixth sister won't be able to get married! ”

Su Yingzhen blocked her heart for a long time and couldn't get out, and her cheeks were red before she burst into a loud voice: "I'm saying that your life is not good, what are you rambling on!" The second sister and I won't be unable to get married. ”

Yingluo nodded again and again, and said with a smile on her face: "Oh, I said it wrong, it turns out that the second sister and the sixth sister hate to marry so much." Sixth sister, don't worry, you and the second sister will definitely be able to get married! Yingluo nodded affirmatively.

Su Yingzhen was almost angry with Yingluo, stomped her feet, and said sharply: "Why are you getting more and more stupid now, you can't even say a word!" You hate to marry, and you dare to say nonsense that I will tear your mouth apart. ”

Su Yingzhen's two big maids were punished for being disadvantaged by Xiaobai's stunned protector, and the Song family gave Su Yingzhen, the second-class maids Qingling and Qingwen in the plum garden, and the Song family instructed the two to take good care of Miss Six, and if Miss Six got into trouble, the two of them would also be punished.

Because Su Dingwen was angry with the Song family's abuse of the concubine, the Song family had strictly ordered Su Yingzhen not to do anything to Yingluo recently, but the sixth girl met the third girl, if she didn't do it, she couldn't get any cheap, and often the six girls were like thunder, and the three girls just said a few words and choked the six girls back to smash things for a long time, and the rice was used less.

Now that the sixth girl and the third girl are facing each other again, seeing that Su Yingzhen is already angry, she can't help but want to do it, Qingwen and the two of them hurriedly stepped forward to grab Su Yingzhen and persuade her.

Su Yingzhen didn't dare not listen to Song's words, glared at Yingluo fiercely, and pulled and pulled the two maids all the way into Song's plum garden with a tantrum and head.

Yingluo pursed her lips and followed leisurely into the plum garden.

Yingluo entered the house and saw Su Yingyue and Su Yingzhen sitting on the Luohan bed with Song on the left and right, and Su Yinglan was by her side, laughing with Song.

Yingluo stepped forward to salute, and the Song family immediately stared at her coldly, and said, "You must have heard about Lord Liu's house being raided, right?" ”

Su Yinglan saw that the Song family had a seizure, her face was full of excitement and pride, she raised her eyebrows at Yingluo and smiled at her with schadenfreude, and Su Yingzhen squeezed her eyebrows, waiting for Yingluo to be unlucky.

Yingluo's face showed a hint of joy at the right time, and it was fleeting, and she nodded her head and said angrily: "I heard...... After Madame's last order, I asked the little maid to invite my father over, and I had already told my father that I agreed to this family business, but I didn't expect it...... I didn't expect that. ”

Song Shi saw that her tone was a little anxious, obviously happy, and pressed it tightly, as if he was afraid that he would be angry and beat her, Song not only did not feel happy, but gave birth to a feeling of depression, and this feeling became more and more serious.

It seems that as long as I encounter this concubine recently, nothing is satisfactory. It's just that she can't do anything to her now, which makes her feel more and more restrained in the inner house, how can she not hold back her illness.

Song Shi only felt uncomfortable when he saw Yingluo, and he couldn't think of what to do with her for a while, so he simply couldn't see her and was calm, waved his hand and said, "Go down." ”

Yingluo blessed her body, didn't say much, turned around and exited the house.

Seeing her leave in a good manner, the smile on Su Yinglan's face froze, and she couldn't help but say breathlessly: "Why did Madam let her go, her sixth sister who was angry outside the hospital just now had a heartache." ”

Su Yinglan said, Su Yingzhen also showed dissatisfaction and complained, "Mother should let her kneel in the sun and bask in the sun, it's good to get rid of her skin, I will be angry when I see her face!" Kitsune! ”

The Song family already had a headache, and it was even more restless to be quarreled with by the two, Su Yingzhen was her beloved little daughter, so she naturally couldn't bear to scold, and suddenly the anger all over her body went towards Su Yinglan, and she scolded angrily: "That's your third sister, you are humble and humble, I see that your rules have been learned in the dog's belly, go, go back to Caixia Courtyard and kneel, don't use lunch!" ”

Su Yinglan didn't expect the Song family to suddenly attack her, and her face turned pale when she landed, and she stood staggered and stunned.

When the Song family saw that this concubine still dared to stare at her, her eyes suddenly narrowed, and she shot a cold and poisonous light at Su Yinglan, who hurriedly knelt down and cried: "Follow my mother's orders." ”

With that, he got up and stumbled out.

Su Yinglan was born by Aunt Liu, the bewrying girl of the Song family, and Su Yingluo's sister and brother did not dare to punish the Song family at this moment, for fear that something wrong would make Su Dingwen even more angry. But Su Yinglan is different, even if she is punished, the Song family also expected that Aunt Liu would not dare to spread the matter out of Caixia Courtyard, and Su Dingwen would not know.

After Su Yinglan, the Song family seemed to have regained the prestige of crushing the concubine before, and the whole person was a little more energetic, glared at Su Yingzhen, and said: "She is a concubine who can't be on the stage, like a clown jumping off the beam, don't mix with her in the future!" ”

Su Yinglan always sticks to Su Yingzhen, and Su Yingzhen also likes to be with Su Yinglan, but now that she was reprimanded by the Song family, she responded with a muffled voice, and then said angrily: "Mother just let go of that little slut?" I don't want to enter the capital and be in a garden with her, didn't my mother say that she wouldn't let her enter Beijing! I don't want the people in the capital to know that I have a vixen sister! ”

Song's eyes narrowed, patted Su Yingzhen's hand, and said in a cold voice: "Don't worry, what my mother said will count, since I can't get married, then don't marry, I have found so much trouble, it's cheaper to marry her!" Capital...... Hmph, where is her thin life blessed to go to Beijing! ”

The Song family said that she would not let Su Yingluo follow her to the capital, and when she entered the Hou Mansion, there were too many variables, and she might not be able to control the concubine's family affairs all the time, so before entering Beijing, she must solve this eye-catching concubine!

Liu's mansion has fallen, and the family affairs have also turned yellow, and things are already like this, and after two more days, Yingluo also let go of the matter. However, I heard that during a heavy rain on seven or eight days, the river embankment in the Jiangzhou area burst, and refugees continued to flock to Suizhou these days.

Su Dingwen, as the prefect of Suizhou, remembered that the emperor sent the messenger in Suizhou Mansion, and intended to pay a good show, but he was also busy with official business, resettlement of refugees, stabilizing order in the city, and personally busy with various disaster relief matters, leaving early and returning late every day, and even Xinna's Aunt Qing was left behind.

The government called on the wealthy families in the city to donate money and grain, and opened a grain depot to give porridge twice a day outside the city. Many wealthy households in Suizhou Prefecture followed suit, and many of them opened porridge sheds outside the city, and gave porridge once a day.

The Song family was in charge of the inner house, and also began to arrange for Gao's mother to take people to the outside of the city every day to give porridge, and because of the ten disasters and nine epidemics, the house bought a large number of medicinal materials, and every day the big kitchen boiled a decoction to prevent the epidemic according to the recipe, and each hospital sent a bucket in the morning and evening.

For a while, the smell of medicine wafted throughout the Su Mansion, and the atmosphere in the mansion was also much more depressed. During this period of time, the Song family exempted the concubine's morning and dusk provinces, and Yingluo lived more leisurely for a while.

In the afternoon of this day, seeing that the sun was very good, and it was not very sunny, Yingluo moved a small pestle and sat under the porch to learn needlework with Yun's mother, while watching a few little maids frolicking in the yard, and the little maids outside the courtyard came in with a clay pot wrapped in blue cloth.

A few laughing little maids all came up and said with a smile: "Que'er, what delicious food did your old lady bring you from home?" I'll see, I'll see! ”

The finch was bought from outside, not a child born in the family, and her mother would go to the back door to look for her every month, take the finch back to the family, and also bring some food for the finch Child, the finch took out the porcelain jar, and said with a smile: "It's just some pickles made by my mother." ”

The little maids gathered around to take the lid, and they didn't pay attention to it, so they twisted one or two to taste, Yingluo saw that they were lively and happy, so she also smiled, and Chongyun's mother said: "It's cool to eat some pickles this summer, mom go get a plate, and give me a plate to taste." ”

Hearing this, Que'er hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "There is no slave at home, there are many pickles made by the slave maid, and the pickles pickled by the slave maid are all said in the village, so I have never tasted this taste, and the girl wants to like the slave maid next time I ask my mother to send more." It's just that there are more and more crowded refugees outside the city these days, and I heard that the government is afraid that the refugees will flock into the city, and they deliberately want to seal the city gate, but I don't know if my mother can get in. ”

Listening to Qi'er's words, Chun'er also frowned and said: "My mother came to see me two days ago and told me about this, this year's harvest in Suizhou is not good, but there are still a lot of soup kitchens outside the city, and it is said that there are not a few who have died of starvation so far." But that's it, I heard that the people who sell their bodies on the side of the Bahe River are also overcrowded, and my mother said that many strong men don't want silver, as long as they give them food to eat and a place to live, they are willing to sign a deed of sale. ”

Yingluo couldn't help but move when she heard this, and her hand holding the needle and thread tightened.

In the evening, Yingluo thought about it again and again, and the next day she pulled Yun's mother and said, "Mom, I want to go out of the house." ”

Mother Yun only felt that since her girl woke up from death, she had been testing her tolerance all the time, and the matter of marriage had only passed a few days ago, and it was only two days since she was born, so why did she mess around again.

Seeing that Yun's mother was speechless, Yingluo hurriedly said: "Mom, listen to me, there are too few people we have to use now." When I entered the capital, I am afraid that it will not be much better than now, our maids and daughters-in-law are all arranged by the Song family, some are from the Song family, and some are not, but because we can't see clearly, we don't dare to let go of our hands and feet to close, even if we put it away, we don't dare to use it completely with confidence, so we will be struggling. Fortunately now, when I get to the capital, it's even more complicated, and there are more things, and there are few people to use at that time, does my mother think it's okay? ”

Mother Yun's expression changed, and she said, "Girl, this is trying to go out of the house to buy some people?" ”

Yingluo nodded and said, "I won't say it, my brother is a man, if there are no people around him, what can he do?" We have a lot of silver in our hands, so it is better to take advantage of this time to buy more people who need it. When the master returned to Beijing this time, it was impossible to bring all the people in the house over, so he must have released a large number of them, and only brought his henchmen back with their children. When we arrived at the Hou Mansion in the capital, we had to make up for a group of people to enter the mansion, and when the time came, the people we bought also followed into Beijing, first sent to Renyazi to go through the hands, and then logically sent to the mansion and arranged by the side, wouldn't it be all right. ”

Mother Yun's eyes lit up when she heard this, but she shook her head and said, "This thing is okay, but there is no need for the girl to go out of the house to pick someone in person." Or let the young master go, and then don't help the slave and maid to take a trip. Now there is chaos outside the city, there is everyone, and it is too dangerous for the girl to go out, and she can't say anything. ”

Yingluo shook her head and insisted, "I can only go to this matter." Jinghua is still too young, but he is afraid that his eyesight is not enough, and he can't know people clearly. My mother doesn't go out of the house once a year, and when she leaves the house, her wife has to keep an eye on her mother first, and it's not easy to go out of the city to buy people. Mom rest assured, as long as we are careful, I went out from the corner door after lunch at noon, and when I came back before dinner, my mother only said that I was not feeling well and wanted to rest so that no one could find out if I didn't let people into the inner room. I went out of the house, let Jinghua and the three people he bought newly follow, and I didn't walk around when I went out of the city, I went back when I bought someone, and there would be no accident. ”

Mother Yun can now see that as long as the girl has made up her mind to do something, it is useless for her to stop it, so she nodded worriedly when she saw that Yingluo had thought about it.

So that afternoon Yingluo was a little uncomfortable, people also got up, the second day had lunch, while the maids in the yard were going to eat, Yingluo sneaked out of the Luoying Courtyard, to the corner gate of the second gate, a moment Yun mother arranged the yard things also chased over, Yun mother in the light, Yingluo in the dark, one before and one after the other to the corner gate.

It's not the first time that Mother Yang, who is guarding the corner door, has let Mother Yun go out to see the third young master privately, and when she saw her coming, she hurriedly opened the corner door and said, "Mother Yun has sent food to the third young master again, go and come back quickly." ”

Mother Yun smiled and took Mother Yang's hand, and said: "This time I'm not going out, our girl has been a little unhappy in the past two days, and she has no appetite. ”

Mother Yun said and pulled Mother Yang, while pushing into the room, while opening the food box to show her, Yingluo, who was hiding in the dark, made the right time, and jumped out of the corner door with a smoke, and hid in the adjacent Wutong Courtyard.

As soon as she ran out, Mother Yang remembered the unlocked corner door, and said with a smile: "Mother Yun will sit first, and when I lock the door to make a pot of tea, our sisters will also eat snacks and say intimate words." ”

Mother Yun responded.

Wutong Courtyard, Su Jinghua had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Yingluo, she handed her a set of small clothes, Yingluo quickly changed into it, hung her head and followed Su Jinghua to the door of the house.

At this time, it was the time for the people in the house to have lunch, and the top and bottom were the most relaxed, and a few small people in the gatehouse gathered together to eat a little wine, and no one cared much when they saw Su Jinghua coming over with a small house.

Su Jinghua pretended to be angry when he arrived near the porter, and he pulled and pulled with the little guy next to him, the little guy nodded his head and bowed and laughed together, the porter looked over and saw Su Jinghua's back, and the little guy was blocked tightly.

I can't see clearly, and no one deliberately runs to see it, the young master is angry, and when he runs out, he can only look at his face, and there will be no reward, what do you do with this nosy.

Fuquan, the little guy who was eating wine, also sighed and said, "Since the little guy who beat the third young master was gouged out and his tongue cut, the third young master's temper has grown. ”

The other little guy touched a mouthful of oil and water, knocked the plate with chopsticks, and said: "That's not it, the master specially took the third young master to the study for this matter and taught him a lesson, what he said is that the third young master is too soft, and the third young master is just to make the master satisfied, and he can't be the same as before." ”

Another little servant sighed and said, "Alas, this master, it's getting harder and harder to serve." I think let's be more careful in the future, no matter how much the third young master doesn't care about the old man, he is also a young master, not to mention that he is still the only young master in the mansion. ”

"What I said is that Second Master Wen is more arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but now he has been gouged out his tongue, and he still doesn't dare to put a fart, I heard that he has been getting worse and worse in the past two days......"

"Don't talk about it, eat and drink!"

Yingluo followed Su Jinghua out of the house and turned into a bustling street, a carriage drove over, Yingluo got into the carriage by herself, and the neat women's clothes were put on the seat, Yingluo changed it neatly, put on a thick gauze hat, knocked on the wall of the car, and Su Jinghua jumped into the carriage and ordered to drive.

The carriage rolled out of the city gate and headed for the place where the victims had gathered outside the city. Outside the city, there was a clamor and shouting, and the carriages were moving very slowly, and from time to time the victims stopped the cars and begged. Yingluo pushed the window open and looked out, and her eyes were full of devastation, full of refugees with children and daughters, ragged clothes, and mothers and children.

The people on the road saw that the carriage was also numb and motionless, and every pair of eyes that hit it were withered and depressed, dazed and helpless, which made people look at their hearts sinking vigorously.

Yingluo He has seen such a scene, in the previous life of the earthquake, Yingluo also took the company's people to the disaster area to donate goods to help the people, although what was seen at that time was also full of devastation, but from time to time you can see the disaster relief team personnel, simple tents and other people are also organized to set up. Although they are falling everywhere, there is still hope for life, but these people in front of them seem to have become living corpses waiting to die, so that Yingluo feels hopeless when she looks at them.

In addition to this, a fence has been erected at the gates of the city to prevent refugees from entering the city on a large scale, and people in poor clothes have been seen driving and whipping refugees in places where refugees gather.

Yingluo frowned, feeling uncomfortable, so she simply closed the window. In a few moments, the carriage arrived at the makeshift city outside the city. Yingluo took her hat and jumped out of the carriage, the three people bought by Su Jinghua, fourteen or fifteen-year-old Wang Cong stayed to guard the carriage, and Yingluo took Lu Zhong and Ma Liu and Su Jinghua to go inside.

Lu Zhong looked like a housekeeper in his thirties, while Ma Liu was young and strong, dressed in short fights, and looked like a guard entourage.

Some of the rich maids are beside the young lady, or the people in the young master's room, they like to wear a hat to cover their appearance when they go out, and there is Su Jinghua in a gorgeous costume.

This temporary human market was full of people selling their bodies, some selling themselves, some selling their sons and daughters, some gray-haired old men crying and selling their grandchildren, and some kneeling beside the corpses and begging for thin coffins.

In addition to the local people and wealthy families picking people, Yingluo also heard a lot of people with foreign accents. There are even women dressed as merry bustards shuttling around to find the girl who is very smart.

Crying and tugging sounded one after another.

The human market is adjacent to the river, and there are many thin coffins and thin mats on the riverbank. Yingluo paid attention to it, just a person who looked like a steward bought a young man of seventeen or eighteen, and it only cost a hundred yuan, but a thin mat over there cost eighty yuan, not to mention three taels of silver for a thin coffin.

At this point, the young and strong young people became cheap, but those scrawny and weak girls who were still young could be sold for a good price, but the fate of selling them like this can be imagined.

Su Jinghua looked embarrassed, so he took Yingluo's hand and said, "Sister, shall we buy more people?" They look so pitiful. ”

Seeing Su Jinghua's eyes full of compassion and request, Yingluo couldn't help but shake his hand back, and before she could speak, a pair of brothers and sisters came over and knelt in front of her with two pops.

The young man looked at the appearance of the fourteenth and fifteenth five, pulled the eleven or twelve-year-old girl and kowtowed, and said with a smile: "Young master, look at how our brothers and sisters are, my name is Wang Dasheng, my sister Wang Xiaoqiu, I know a few words, I can run fast, I can settle accounts, I can lead horses, I can also sing small songs, the most can use leaves to blow a small tune, and if you listen to it, you don't say anything bad." My sister is skillful, can cook, can embroider, cut window paper, the dog can bark, the bird can sing, the young master bought our brother and sister. In the summer, the small one played a fan and sang a small tune for the young master, and when he went out, the small one led the young master to fall into the stirrup, and the small one entered the house to grind the ink book for the young master, and in the winter festival, my sister cut the red window flowers and pasted them on the window, which is beautiful and festive, and can you show filial piety to the elders, isn't it? ”

The young girl's eloquence was not as good as his, so she only kowtowed respectfully, and said eagerly: "The prince will buy us, we can really suffer anything." ”

Su Jinghua hurriedly took Yingluo's hand and shook it, before Yingluo could speak, he heard a commotion not far away, and then a boy in a dark blue brocade robe rushed over with a few small entourage, and the boy brother screamed when he saw the two brothers and sisters kneeling in Yingluo.

"Quick, there, block them for the prince! That kid is a loach, don't let him run away with the little beauty again. ”

He shouted, and several of his attendants rushed over with shouts.

Yingluo looked at this posture, then listened to the words of the son, and then looked at the delicate eyebrows of the kneeling little girl, what else did she not understand.

However, the brother and sister, seeing that group of people chased after them, did not entangle Yingluo and his party to seek refuge, and hurriedly got up and were about to leave.

Yingluo curled the corners of her lips for a while, and said, "Slow, who allowed you to leave, we bought your brothers and sisters!" ”

This young man obviously heard Su Jinghua's words that he wanted to buy more people, and knew that Su Jinghua was a kind-hearted person, so he caught up. This cleverness is also rare, and with the ability to speak, it is also usable. But what makes Yingluo tempting is the young man's heart.

Xu saw that his group was weak and weak, and he couldn't compare to the son-in-law who was chasing people over there, so he didn't want to make trouble for them, and as soon as he chased after them, he would take his sister away. It is rare to have this kind of heart, from brother to sister, his sister's eyes are clear and clear, and it will not be bad.

When the young man heard Yingluo's words, he showed ecstasy for a while, and then hesitantly looked at the person who caught up, and stopped talking, so Yingluo nodded and said, "Give their brother and sister ten taels of silver, and they bought it." ”

The young man saw that everyone over there had surrounded him, but Yingluo still said this, so he didn't say anything at the moment, pulled his sister to kneel down and kowtowed heavily, and pulled his sister to stand behind Yingluo quietly.

A few men in the clothes of the little guy over there had already caught up with him, and in the middle of the term, a sharp-beaked monkey raised his hand to pull Wang Xiaoqiu's arm, but was whipped back by Ma Liuyi.

The little guy screamed in surprise and glared at Ma Liu angrily, Ma Liu snorted coldly and said, "Things that don't have long eyes, haven't you seen these two people, have our sons and daughters already bought them?" ”

The little girl glanced at Yingluo and his party a few times, and saw that a little boy with a maid, a steward and an attendant, so he raised his head contemptuously and said, "The person our young master wants, don't say that you just bought it, even if you sleep, you have to give it to the master!" ”

As he spoke, the boy in the dark blue brocade robe also caught up, shaking the folding fan, staring at Wang Xiaoqiu behind Yingluo with a pair of eyes, and said, "Come over to the prince honestly, otherwise be careful about your skin!" Now the master is talking to you with good words, paying money to buy people, which really annoys the master, and no one dares to care if the master snatches you back for nothing! ”

Wang Xiaoqiu trembled, Su Jinghua hurriedly stood in front of her, frowned and said, "It's all said, we bought it!" ”

The boy slapped the folding fan, jumped to his feet and scolded: "Where did you come from, the hairy boy, the hair has not grown completely, but he has come to rob the woman with the master!" Yes? Get out of the way! Do you know where you come from? Does it start to eat sin? ”

Su Jinghua's face changed slightly, and he had to fight again, but Yingluo pulled him, chuckled lightly, and said, "Oh, I don't know where the prince came from?" No matter who the prince is, there is a saying that I am afraid that I have heard, this has always been a strong dragon that does not suppress the head snake, and the prince is sure to rob us of people in this Suizhou territory? I advise my son to think twice! ”

Her words didn't see how high her voice was, her tone was not hurried, and even with a faint smile, only the last sentence suddenly became cold, and a cold murderous intent and power suddenly rose in her tone, which made people can't help but tremble.

Although she was wearing a hat and couldn't see her face, several small people around her felt a cold gaze sweeping over her body, and finally seemed to be fixed on her son-in-law.

The dark blue brocade robe's face changed slightly, and he stared at Yingluo unkindly. But seeing that the woman did not retreat or advance, she still stood calmly and calmly, somehow giving people an overwhelming momentum and a coercion that could not fight.

This boy and the little guy are not local accents, and Yingluo's words are not just poking at the point.

Seeing this, an older guy next to him pulled the sleeve of the son, and whispered: "Son, if you can use this kind of maid, it must not be an ordinary family, although the little boy is young, he is dressed well, don't really have any origins." Let's always pass by here, the strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, don't really plant it here, and besides, the girl will be more beautiful, and the son really can't do it. There are so many people here, there is no shortage of good-looking ones, why don't we take a look? ”

Hearing this, Brother Gongzi looked at Yingluo who was caressing his sleeves casually and Su Jinghua who was standing on the side with his head held high.

Su Jinghua got her sister's orders today, and she wore the best, wearing a brocade robe with gold and silver threads dotted with plain patterns, a light purple belt decorated with jade at her waist, a delicate and small hollow red gold incense ball, and a bright red satin inlaid with round pearls on her forehead.

Although he is young, he has outstanding appearance, and he really does not look like the son of an ordinary merchant.

Brother Dark Blue Brocade Robe gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, kicked the little guy, and said, "It's slow to rob someone, don't get out yet!" ”

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves and led a group of people shouting and leaving.

Yingluo was not surprised, but turned to the brother and sister and said: "There is a purple shed ebony carriage parked at the east entrance of the city, and the one watching the car is a little guy named Wang Cong, don't follow, go over and wait for the carriage, there is food on the car, Wang Cong will temporarily settle you." ”

Wang Dasheng brother and sister were taken aback, you must know that when Fang Cai Yingluo ordered to buy someone, the steward next to him had already given the silver to their brother and sister, and now he had not signed the deed of sale, and pressed the handprint, and the girl in front of him was relieved to let their brother and sister go away on their own.

"Isn't the girl afraid that we will run away?" Wang asked aloud.

Yingluo only smiled and said, "Go ahead." ”

Wang Dasheng's eyes turned red for a while, and he and his sister knelt down and kowtowed again, and went together.

Yingluo took Su Jinghua and continued to walk forward, but she didn't see that on the river not far away, a slender man with a handsome face had been looking at this side intently.

He has a long face, a pair of long eyebrows, the color is a little light, long on his face that is slightly paler than ordinary people but extremely thick and light, the eyes under the eyebrows are slightly long, the pupils are amber, when looking at people, the eyes are clear, bright like a galaxy, a straight nose, not thick or thin lips.

Although the facial features are not extremely outstanding, they can be put together to make people feel that they complement each other, and their eyes are bright, handsome and elegant, not to mention the gentleness and moisturizing atmosphere between gestures.

He wore a stone blue round-necked robe, a jade belt around his waist, black hair tied up, an eight-treasure purple jade crown on his head, and no other ornaments on his body, but he gave people the feeling of a gentleman like jade. He stood in this chaotic market, but there was a sense of tranquility and peace around him, Xu is temperament was too gentle, not sharp, obviously a dazzling figure, standing there was not particularly eye-catching, but as long as you saw him, you couldn't take your eyes off.

Seeing the Yingluo sister and brother walking away, he tilted his head slightly and said, "That's the young master of Su Mansion, right?" ”

A middle-aged man next to him was wearing a silk robe and dressed as a steward, and nodded when he heard this: "It's the little son of the Su Governor's family." ”

The man nodded, but he suddenly smiled, if the moon rose into the sky, Minghua for a moment, and said: "This concubine of the Su family is a person with vision, self-confidence, and courage. ”