The second housekeeper looked at Akiba Bai's back coldly, clenched his fists, turned around and immediately followed her into the door.

The back door slammed shut, and the obedient servant at the door was almost smashed on the nose, he was startled, annoyed and helplessly touched his nose, turned around and stared at the surrounding onlookers, and scolded: "What do you see, dirty embryos, are you also watching the liveliness of the nobles, get out, get out!" ”

The onlookers looked at the fierce and vicious officials, and they all immediately scattered.

But the little beggar held the bowl and a steamed bun in his hand, and looked directly at the black bronze beast Huan Gate, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Hmph, an official gave a broken steamed bun, and it is worth your baby to be like this!"

"It's good for a fool from out of town to have a steamed bun to eat!"

"Hahaha......."

The beggars laughed contemptuously when they passed by the little beggar, but they were finally afraid that the one who gave the little beggar steamed buns and coarse porcelain bowls was an official, and they did not dare to go up and kick over the bowls and steamed buns in the little beggar's hands.

The little beggar lowered his head and did not speak, waiting for all the beggars to disperse, he slowly let go of the thick steamed bun that was dragged in his hand, there was a hole in the middle of the steamed bun, which was inlaid with a piece of broken silver that weighed three or two, the steamed bun was originally upside down in the bowl, if you didn't pick up the steamed bun, or didn't pay attention to breaking it, you wouldn't find that there was silver in it at all.

This money is enough for him to catch medicine for his sister, and he can eat pickles and white rice porridge for a month.

The little beggar looked at the gate opposite him in a bit of a daze, and remembered the eyes of the young man who walked in looking at him, quiet and indifferent, as if he was fighting with him but a person who was no different.

But he knew that they were different, that young man was an official, and he could make people like Meifu send someone out to greet him!

Shouldn't those officials sit in a sedan chair far away, as far away as the Bodhisattvas enshrined in the temple?

The Bodhisattva does not kill people, but he has seen Ah Niu, who was begging with him, venture to the market on Suzaku Street to beg in order to ask for two more winter cotton clothes for him and his sister, but accidentally bumped into the sedan chair of the big official, and then was dragged down by the officials who patrolled the streets of Suzaku Street and beaten to death.

Ah Niu was only twelve years old, and he was about the same age as the young master who was sitting in the sedan chair of the big official, and the big official watched Ah Niu being dragged down coldly, like looking at an ant.

But the young official just now was not only good-looking, but when he gave him silver taels, he even considered a way to avoid other beggars from snatching the silver taels.

It turns out that the official and the official are different?

The little beggar lowered his head and rubbed the corners of his eyes, but found that there were no imaginary tears in the corners of his eyes.

It's weird......

He held the steamed bun and began to gnaw slowly, but his eyes were staring at the gate of the Mei family, and he was in a daze, and his mind was full of those quiet and indifferent eyes.

――The old lady is the dividing line of the Cuihua Club to throw sauerkraut dance on the street to earn money and raise Ali――

"My lord, please come here." The second housekeeper led the way in front, smiling respectfully, as if he hadn't left Autumn Leaf White outside the door for a quarter of an hour, and Autumn Leaf White hadn't embarrassed him in public.

Akiba Bai didn't give him such a face, only snorted coldly and walked forward.

There is not much difference between the outside of this Mei Mansion and other rich households, but as soon as you enter the house, there is a cave, although the building is not as atmospheric as the red wall of the Autumn Mansion, but there is a Jiangnan style.

Small bridges and flowing water, rockery ponds, pavilions and pavilions, green tile cornices, corridors and secluded into the flowers, a clear artificial channel meanders out from the depths of the flowers, the water is lined with green wattles, and there are small blue-tailed fish swimming and playing in the water.

A small awning boat stopped at the edge of the ditch.

"Your Excellency, please get on board."

If it weren't for Qiu Yebai's affirmation that she was in Beijing, looking at such a scene, she almost thought that she was really in the south of the Yangtze River, where the spring water was half-trenched, a city of flowers, and the smoke and rain were dark

Looking at Qiu Yebai's stunned expression, the second housekeeper snorted contemptuously in his heart, the Northern Barbarian is such a small family, he has never seen the world.

Autumn leaves white, Xiao Qi, the second housekeeper before and after the feet on the canopy boat, the swaying oars of the green cloth maid is also done in the south of the Yangtze River rocking the fisherman's dress, rocking the boat along the winding ditch forward, along the way planted flowers and trees, from time to time there are fallen Ying have come down, not far from the shore on a mossy stubborn stone carved down the Ying Wonderful Truth, the pen is calm and atmospheric, very some simple artistic conception.

Qiu Yebai quietly looked at the scenery in front of him, and sighed lightly in his heart, no matter what kind of family this Mei family is, but this ingenuity is unique, it is really unique, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is really outstanding.

The second housekeeper looked at the original sharp and cold look on Qiu Yebai's face and eased it slightly, and he was proud in his heart: "The scenery and houses in the house were personally supervised by the eldest young master of my family when he was sixteen years old. ”

When Qiu Yebai heard this, he sneered lightly in his heart, it seems that this Mei family really has the grace of the Queen Mother Lafayette, so that the second housekeeper does not forget to remind her all the time that the Queen Mother Lafayette will definitely stand on the side of their Mei family, so that she can be more interesting.

However, she must also admit that if this garden was designed and supervised by the eldest prince of the Mei family himself, then this eldest prince of the Mei family is indeed a rare talent.

"Since the eldest prince is so talented, this Qianza is a little puzzled, why didn't the eldest prince participate in the scientific examination and enter the office, that is, he entered the Ministry of Industry, and he will not be a scholar in the future." Autumn leaves shook the folding fan in his hand and enjoyed the scenery by the small canal.

Those who didn't become slaves didn't like their masters to be praised, and the second housekeeper was proud and said with some regret: "My eldest son needs to take on the burden of the family, and as the eldest son, he has to do so, but last autumn, the third son was already in the second class Jinshi, and now he is waiting for the assignment of official positions." ”

Qiu Yebai got the news he wanted to know, and then nodded slightly: "Well, your people are outstanding people." ”

Although the Tianji Empire still has some heavy agriculture and light business, and the merchants are not as good as the official family, but the talented people of the merchants are already able to be scholars, but it is strictly stipulated that after they enter the scholars, they are not allowed to do business again, let alone serve in the place where their own business is located.

Even with such harsh conditions, there are still many children of merchants who participate in scientific examinations in order to have another future.

Seeing that this eldest prince has expanded the Mei family's industry several times over the years, it is definitely not a thing in the pool, plus the third brother of his own family has entered the office, although he can't be in the capital, or even in the place where the Mei family in Jiangnan started, but after all, he still pressed him, how could he be willing?

Now that the Mei family has become closer and closer to the Du family in the twelve years he has been in control, it must be the result of his unwillingness.

This eldest son of the Mei family, in addition to being talented, is also ambitious.

I just don't know if his ambitions are limited to shopping malls, or if he has deeper plans.

Autumn leaves looked at the falling Luoying, and a trace of ridicule flashed in her eyes.

The second housekeeper saw that Qiu Yebai's expression was faint, and he couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he was a little suspicious that he had said something wrong, so he didn't dare to say more.

For a while, I could only hear the sound of the boat's swaying water, the rustle of the summer wind blowing and swaying the branches, and the smell of moist water and the fragrance of falling flowers in the air.

Autumn leaves stand with their hands in their hands, quietly admiring the beautiful scenery of the water town in front of them, and suddenly hear an ethereal song from afar: "Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian." There are double carps, playing with each other in the blue waves. Fish play lotus leaf east, fish play lotus leaf south ....... ”

The woman's voice was soft and insignificant, soft and nongnon, with a strong southern Jiangsu flavor, which made Qiu Yebai instantly feel a little trance-like, as if returning to the days when he lived with his master in Jiangnan when he was young.

At that time, she was only thirteen years old, living in that water town, she hid from the master to change the clothes of the little daughter of the host family, pulled her hair and mixed into the middle of the girls who picked water chestnuts, took the small rocking boat and shook all the way into the depths of the lotus, all the way with other girls while picking water chestnuts and lotus flowers, while playing, and then a few little girls together secretly drank the lotus wine brewed by the boat, only to be drunk forever between the lotus fragrance in the sky.

In the midst of fascination, what lingered in my ears was the lotus picking song sung by the girls in the south of the Yangtze River in Wu Nong's soft language.

She was in a trance, but the singing voice seemed to be closer: "Whose daughter is in the depths of the lotus leaf, laughing and throwing a lotus ...... across the water." ”

Accompanied by the singing, there was also a soft silk scarf from the party.

The silk scarf, like a light mist, fell from a delicate stone bridge across the canal in front of it, swept over the right side of the autumn leaves, and fell into the water.

Autumn Leaf Bai subconsciously stretched out the folding fan in his hand and hooked it lightly, hooking the silk scarf into his hand at once.

The silk scarf is delicate and silky, with a faint fragrance.

"Hey!" Suddenly, a woman's soft voice came from the bridge: "Nong Yi Saning, Nong Le do Sa!" ”

A mouthful of soft farmer Wu Di language, soft and glutinous but delicate, obviously an unkind question, but it makes people think of the spring breeze blowing in March in the south of the Yangtze River, and the apricot blossoms are thick.

If she was from Shangjing, she wouldn't understand the local soft language in the south of the Yangtze River, but Qiu Yebai could understand it, she raised her head to look at the girl standing on the stone bridge, and smiled slightly: "I'm a guest, and what I'm doing just now is to help the girl pick up the silk handkerchief that almost fell into the water." ”

At this look, she couldn't help but be stunned.

The girl on the bridge was holding a flower basket in her hand, leaning against the bridge, and suddenly half leaned out, wearing a lotus pink placket, with a slight anger in her autumn eyes, Qiong's nose and cherry lips, and her fair and delicate melon seed face showed a transparent pink tenderness under the reflection of the peach powder of the tree.

It's really beautiful, the face is delicate, the peach and plum are burning, it is difficult to take its beauty and thickness, and there is no place that is not exquisite, as if the trees and flowers have turned into human shapes.

At the beginning of a hundred miles, she was already in front of her face, and she had taken up the best color in the world, but Qiu Yebai was used to seeing beauties like this, and she couldn't help but praise this girl for definitely being a wonderful color in the world.

Qiu Shanning will be ashamed of herself in front of this girl.

As for Xiao Qi, he was already stunned.

"Look at what, disciple!" The girl didn't seem to like others to look at her like this with appreciative eyes, so she glared at Qiu Yebai and Xiao Qi coldly, and no longer spoke that Sudi.

The second housekeeper's face changed: "Miss, aren't you...... Didn't you go to Tianyi to see the incense? ”

He never thought that he would meet the eldest lady who went out to incense yesterday here, and he suddenly felt a little bitter in his heart.

Qiu Yebai listened to the second housekeeper's call, and understood that this was the first beauty in the capital of the Mei family's famous capital - Miss Mei, Mei Xiangzi.

I heard that this is the first beauty in the capital, with good poetry and books, although she was born as a merchant girl, she has enough to suppress many of the ladies of the noble families in the capital, which makes the famous ladies very angry, but Mei Xiangzi is too beautiful and outstanding, and her reputation is far and wide.

Fortunately, Mei Xiangzi does not always stay in the capital, more often she stays in the Mei family's mansion in Jiangnan, so she is not excluded by the ladies in the capital.

Now she feels that the name of the first beauty in the capital is indeed worthy of her reputation in the eldest lady of the Mei family.

is scolding, the voice is soft and delicate, but there is no sense of artificiality.

"Second steward, don't you take the eldest lady's silk handkerchief back from the hands of this disciple, and be careful that the eldest young master breaks your legs." A big girl suddenly poked her head out from behind the girl and said coldly to the second housekeeper.

The second housekeeper stiffened, remembering his eldest young master's love for the eldest lady, how to allow the foreign man to take the eldest lady's silk handkerchief, he immediately turned around, and was about to ask Qiu Yebai for the silk handkerchief, but he didn't want Qiu Yebai to suddenly blow his sleeves to a graceful one, and the light yarn seemed to take another breeze and soft clouds, floating to the bridge.

The big girl was stunned for a moment, and then immediately reached out to fish for the silk handkerchief, who knew that the silk handkerchief seemed to be in life, and it actually swept past the girl's hand, and then it fell squarely in Mei Xiangzi's flower basket.

This hand, immediately the people on the bridge were stunned.

Qiu Yebai looked at her and smiled faintly: "The good wind sends incense to Qingyun, eldest lady, take it, if the incense is blown away by the wind again, you can only go into the water to fish, Su Hexiang is dyed with water vapor, and the incense made is not pure." ”

If she didn't guess wrong, this Mei Xiangzi is looking for petals to make Su Hexiang, Su Hexiang needs a silk handkerchief wrapped in a fragrant twist and smoked for seven days and seven nights to make a fragrant handkerchief, and then wrapped the petals with a fragrant handkerchief and sealed into Weng to make it.

For this girl who reminds her of the good times of her youth, she is willing to be gentle.

It's just that Autumn Leaf White didn't know that when he was just brushing his sleeves, the unintentional strong wind swept over the low treetops, causing the branches to tremble, and a bouquet of flowers was scattered.

In the eyes of the man on the bridge, after the amazement in the eyes of the young man, there was no trace of the usual greed and infatuation, at most a faint appreciation.

He stood quietly on the canopy boat with his hands down, his blue clothes fluttering, his long body was jade, like cultivating bamboo, and the petals fluttered on the young man's head and shoulders on the boat, making his unparalleled cold eyebrows dyed with a touch of tenderness, just like the person in the ink painting.

The so-called Mo is a young man, who is romantic, and that's it.

Mei Xiangzi was a little stunned.

Qiu Ye Bai didn't notice her gaffe, just because the second housekeeper had hurriedly urged the boat lady to open the boat, and the defensive appearance that seemed to be afraid that Qiu Ye Bai would seduce his eldest lady made Qiu Ye Bai funny.

"Hurry up, don't keep the eldest young master waiting."

Seeing the canopy boat cross the bridge and slowly drive into the distance, a trace of coldness flashed in Mei Xiangzi's eyes.

"Hurry, hurry......." The second housekeeper was urging, and suddenly heard a loud "poof".

Suddenly, a woman screamed in horror from the bridge: "Oh no, the eldest lady has fallen into the water!" ”

The autumn leaves were white, and then he turned around, only to see the water splashing, and the beautiful girl like an apricot blossom had long been missing on the bridge.

The big girl who was crooked on the bridge turned pale and said in a trembling voice: "Miss...... No...... I know how to water! ”

When Akiba Bai heard this, he didn't have time to think about it, and subconsciously jumped into the water in an instant.