seventy

In September, the city of Yunzhou is still not peaceful, the streets and alleys are full of ragged clothes, beggars begging along the streets, fortunately, the yamen officers patrol diligently, the homeless people do not dare to make trouble anymore, although there are occasional thefts, but compared to before, it has been much better.

Xu You has been bored at home for too long, it is difficult to come out, as soon as she gets out of the alley, she looks around, and Mrs. Meng doesn't say anything about her, only tells her to follow carefully and don't go away.

The ancients said that what to eat and what to make up, Zhao Cheng hurt his leg, Mrs. Meng wanted to buy a pig's trotters and stew it for him to eat, and was bargaining with the butcher who sold meat, Xu You suddenly saw a young man at the exit of the vegetable market who was very familiar, she was stunned at first, and then immediately remembered.

He...... How could he be in Yunzhou?

What is Hou Ye coming? Time has passed too long, and Xu You can't remember his name for a while, but it is very certain that it is the person that Rui Wang Ye once saved, by the way, Changping Xiaohou Ye! Why did he come to Yunzhou? Are you here to find Zhao Chengjin?

Xu You's eyes lit up, and he quietly followed without thinking.

The little marquis of Changping wore a patched linen robe, a small felt hat on his head, and his face and arms were tanned, looking like a poor man working as a coolie. He walked through a small alley with his head down, looked around vigilantly, Xu You's heart suddenly burst, pretended to pass by, and continued to walk forward with his head down. As he walked, he pricked up his ears to listen to his movements, but after listening for a long time, he didn't see any sound, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but quietly turn around......

"Ahh

"What is the little girl doing with me?" The little marquis of Changping asked coldly with a calm face.

"I ...... I didn't ......," Xu You flatly denied, "My family lives here, who is following you?" ”

The little marquis of Changping's eyes flashed slightly, and his face became more and more cold, "You live here?" How come I've never seen one? With that, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Xu You's arm, and with a slight force, Xu You suddenly cried out in pain, "It hurts, it hurts—you tap it, I said—"

The little marquis of Changping let go slightly, Xu You quickly withdrew his arm from his claws, and looked at it, the thin wrist was already red, she immediately took a breath of cold air, glared at him angrily, and said angrily: "I just follow you, how about it?" As soon as she spoke, she felt as if she didn't have the confidence to yell at him like this, so she gritted her teeth again, lowered her voice and whispered: "I think you are a little familiar, as if you have seen it somewhere." ”

The face of the little marquis of Changping changed slightly, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes, "Have you seen me?" There was a deep suspicion in his tone.

Xu You's mind quickly turned around and nodded, "I seem to have seen you in the capital." She said, and then asked, "You're from the capital, right?" ”

The little marquis of Changping didn't speak, he looked at her coldly, his pupils shrank, and his killing intent flashed.

"I want to ask you something." Xu You was stared at by him like this, and his whole body was cold for a moment, but he still tried hard to keep himself from falling, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "Is Brother Shun, the prince of Rui Wangfu, okay?" ”

The tense face of the little marquis of Changping loosened at this moment, his brows frowned slightly, and he asked coldly: "Do you know the prince of Ruiwangfu?" He didn't believe it at first, but when he heard her open her mouth and called out Zhao Chengjin's name, he became a little suspicious.

"We met in the capital," Xu Yu said, "and I also sent him a pony carriage." Is Brother Shun okay? She deliberately made an innocent appearance, after all, she had a little girl's face, and her appearance was still attractive, coupled with this innocent and cute appearance, the little marquis of Changping immediately dispelled a lot of suspicions.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Xiaoxue," Xu You replied: "My father is the head of Meng Zhutou of the county government, what is your name, uncle?" You really came from the capital, I'll just say, I seem to have seen you at the back gate of King Rui's mansion once. What about Brother Shun? He's written to me before, but there's been no news in the past few years, so nothing happened to him, right? She deliberately mentioned Xue Dad, so that the little marquis of Changping was afraid, after all, Yunzhou is not the capital, this is the territory of the Hu people, although Xue Dad is just a headhunter, but his power in Yunzhou is much stronger than that of the little marquis of Changping.

The face of the little marquis of Changping showed a sad expression, and after a while, he replied in a low voice: "The prince has passed away." ”

"What?" Xu Yu was shocked, how could this be? Zhao Cheng is careful to take care of it, why would there be rumors outside that he has passed away? Did someone do it on purpose?

He ...... How can you die, impossible! Xu You covered his mouth in disbelief and took a deep breath, "Impossible, I...... My father said that Brother Shun is a rich and noble look, how could he die? This can't be, you must be lying to me! How did he die, did you see it with your own eyes? ”

The little marquis of Changping sighed, shook his head and said, "Three years ago, the Qin clan rebelled against the thief, and the prince died at the hands of the traitor. Because he was hit by an arrow and fell into the river, he has not yet fallen into the ground......" He said that his voice was almost inaudible here, and his eyes were a little red, which showed that he was also sad and indignant.

However, not only did Zhao Chengjin not die, but he didn't even have an arrow wound on his body, was the incident of his death from an arrow a misunderstanding, or was someone deliberately misleading? Xu You didn't have time to think about this at this time, she thought about it, and continued to ask with concern: "That...... What about Lord Rui and Brother Ping'er? Are they all right? ”

The little marquis of Changping became more and more suspicious, it was only that this little girl could call out Zhao Chengjin's milk name, but she even knew the milk name of the second young master of Rui Wangfu, which was a bit too unusual. You must know that since the second young master was injured, the Rui Wangfu has been secretive about him, if it is not for the people close to the palace, he still doesn't know the name of the second young master.

It seems that he is really a friend of the prince before his death, otherwise, how could the little girl who is thousands of miles away know so much.

"The princess is fine, but the second young master ...... Injured," the face of the little marquis of Changping showed a look of pity and sympathy, "he injured his leg." "The second young master's leg was not injured during the rebellion, but fell from the rockery of the palace when he was two years old.

Xu You's face suddenly turned white. Zhao Chengjin was out, Brother Ping injured his leg again, and this palace was ...... Sure enough, the sky has changed!

"Lord Rui, he ......" Although she knew that this sentence might be very inappropriate, she still couldn't help but ask, "Did he admit anyone into the mansion?" ”

The little marquis of Changping's eyes flashed, and his eyes immediately became scrutinizing and exploring. He felt a little surprised, and at the same time a little incredible, if this sentence was a shrewd old lady, it was just a little girl, or a little girl far away in Yunzhou, he actually guessed what happened in the palace from this few words, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The little marquis of Changping thought about it, but he didn't hide it from her, nodded and said: "There is an extra side concubine in the palace, and she is a young lady from General Zhang Tingliang." ”

Sheet...... Tingliang? Who is this? Listening to the tone of the little marquis of Changping, it seems that this person is quite remarkable?

"General Zhang is an upstart in the DPRK, little girl, don't you know what to do?" The little marquis of Changping was slightly surprised, he thought that this little girl knew everything about the Ruiwang Mansion, and she wanted to know something about the capital, but she didn't want to, she didn't know Zhang Tingliang. He thought about it carefully and vaguely understood something, "You left Beijing before the rebellion?" ”

As if he hadn't heard his words, Xu You gritted his teeth and asked angrily, "She gave birth to a son?" "That's why the Zhang family roared and wanted to get rid of Zhao Chengjin and Brother Ping.

The little marquis of Changping blinked and nodded.

"Bastard!" Xu You stomped his feet with hatred, and glared at the little marquis of Changping with wide eyes, "Even I can guess something, can Lord Rui still not know the way?" He was actually doing something wrong with that woman? also planted Brother Ping'er into it! He's not a man yet! ”

The little marquis of Changping didn't speak, his eyes were locked tightly on Xu You's body, as if he was thinking about something.

"Do you live around here?" Xu You finally recovered from his anger, took a deep breath, and asked him.

The little marquis of Changping nodded.

"I'll come back to you when I have something." Xu You suddenly remembered that he had secretly run away, and Mrs. Meng couldn't find her for a while, so she had to die in a hurry, so she hurriedly waved her hand at the little marquis of Changping and ran away.

When she walked away, someone immediately opened the door and walked out of the courtyard on the side of the alley, and asked in a low voice, "Little Hou Ye, just let her go like this?" In case our whereabouts leak out......"

"Didn't you hear that it was the daughter of the Meng Zhutou family?" The little marquis of Changping frowned, "Although he is only a small official, he has an excellent reputation in the city, if he can be pulled over, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." He thought about it, gestured to his subordinates again, pushed the felt hat on his head, and slowly chased after Xu You.

From the time Xu You talked to him, the little marquis of Changping had always felt that something was wrong, and now he suddenly understood what was wrong. That little girl, who was obviously friends with the prince of the world, was angry and angry when she heard that the second young master was injured, and she didn't choose to speak, but when she heard the news of the death of the prince, she was only shocked, but there was no sadness on her face......

The little marquis of Changping wondered, is he ...... Somewhat...... Thinking too much......

When Xu You rushed back to the vegetable market in a hurry, Mrs. Meng was already so anxious that she was about to go crazy, and when she saw her come back, she was so angry that she stretched out her hand and slapped her on the head, and scolded her fiercely. Xu You knew that he was wrong, he was not angry or annoyed, he honestly let the old lady get angry, and when she finally finished venting, she admitted her mistake in a low voice, and promised with a well-behaved face that she would never do it again.

Mrs. Meng couldn't help her, so she stretched out her finger and nodded her forehead, and said angrily: "This naughty bag, go back and let your father clean you up." ”

In the end, the old lady didn't buy pig's trotters, saying that they were not fresh, and only bought two catties of bones to go back to make soup for Zhao Chengjin, "It's better to drink soup, it's better than eating pig's trotters." The pig's trotters have eaten too much and their stomachs are full of oil, and Brother Shun has been unable to move recently, so if he continues to eat like this, he will not be able to eat into a big fat man......"

The little marquis of Changping, who was not far away, watched in disbelief as the two of them walked farther and farther, standing in place in a daze, not moving.

Xu You recently began to learn cooking skills from Mrs. Meng, not to mention anything else, the skill of making soup has been greatly improved. Boil the boiling water, blanch the bones, pat a few pieces of ginger and throw them into the water, and then stuff a few sticks of wood into the stove to make a big fire. She's learned how to light a fire and cook by now!

The pot had just been boiled, the fire turned to low, Xu You took back two firewood from the stove, clapped his hands, and came out to talk to Ah Chu.

"You accompany Brother Shun to talk," Mrs. Meng instructed her: "Brother Shun is so sad to stay at home all day, Xiaoxue, you accompany him more." ”

"I know it." Xu You responded, first went back to the room and took the half-embroidered purse in his hand, and then went to Zhao Chengjin's room. In fact, Zhao Chengjin was not sad at all, although he couldn't move, he was reading books in bed from morning to night, and he didn't know what to see about those books, he just watched them with relish.

knocked on the door and entered the house, Zhao Chengjin was really reading again, and when he heard the door, he didn't even raise his head, and said, "Xiaoxue is here?" ”

"You haven't even looked at it, how do you know it's me?" Xu You was a little discouraged, "I obviously deliberately left lightly." ”

"Except for you and Ah Chu, who else would deliberately go like this?" Zhao Cheng smiled slightly, and finally took his eyes off the book, and looked up at her, his gaze was gentle, like a warm and moist white jade.

"Then why don't you guess it's Ah Chu?"

"The footsteps are still a little different." Zhao Cheng said solemnly, he glanced deeply at Xu You's face, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Did something happen?" ”

"What?" Xu You's heart trembled, and he immediately denied it.

She was very hesitant, she didn't know if Lu Dao should tell Changping Xiaohou the news that Zhao Chengjin was still alive, if Changping Xiaohou could be trusted, it would be the best, Xu You also hoped that Zhao Chengjin could reunite with his parents, after all, he didn't belong here. However, what if...... Changping Xiaohou is not credible? Or, even he can't keep Zhao Chengjin? How powerful is that General Zhang?

Zhao Chengjin looked at her, didn't ask any more questions, glanced at the purse in her hand, and said with a smile: "Your purse is embroidered?" What is embroidered? ”

Xu You suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, squeezed out a smile, and sent the purse to him and said, "Guess what." ”

"Will you give it to me if you guess right?"

"Huh?" Xu You was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed, "That's not good, this is too ugly, I'll send it to you when it's done well in the future." ”

"That's what I want," Zhao Cheng held the purse in the palm of his hand, "This is the first time you embroidered the purse, well, it's bluegrass?" ”

"Huh?" Xu You was surprised and delighted, "You actually saw it!" Grandma disliked my ugly embroidery, and said that I was embroidering a dead tree, and I didn't have any aura of bluegrass. "This little ghost has a pretty good look.

"Then it's decided, send me when you're done embroidering."

Xu You couldn't cry or laugh, "As long as you're not ashamed." "Anyway, there is no name on it, and it will not be her who will be disgraced at that time.

The two were talking and laughing, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard, Mrs. Meng went to meet the door, opened the crack, looked at the person with a sharp gaze, and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

The little marquis of Changping's eyes swept quickly towards the courtyard, didn't see Zhao Chengjin, thought about it, and said in a low voice: "I'm looking for Brother Shun." ”

The author has something to say: Well, from tomorrow onwards, the manuscript box will be at work, and the number of words updated every day will be relatively small.

I'll come back when all these chores are sorted out in June