As soon as May passed, it began to rain on this day.

After several heavy rains in a row, the weather not only did not get cooler, but it also seemed a little hotter.

Hongchen held a little tiger on his left and a little leopard on his right, sitting in the gazebo and watching the fine rain curtain outside.

The raindrops hit the flowers and trees, and the sound of brushing was more pleasant than the sound of music.

Xue Baiqiao lay on the stone table, staring at the last two pieces of milk cake left in the tray, swallowing his saliva, still planning to stay and eat later.

The kitten and the little fox were dressed in robes, braving the rain to clean up the mud in the garden, and glared at the little marquis of the Xue family while clearing.

"He's a big man, what's the matter with us young lady all the time? Didn't he say that his family was going to marry him? ”

A while ago, Xue Baiqiao just showed off in the teahouse, saying that his family selected a future daughter-in-law for him, and the candidates lined up in three rows, all of them were famous daughters, a man who was about to get married, and walked around the backyard when he saw the sky, which was really unusual.

"Hey, why didn't Ah Chen speak, have you heard about Wang Yuanwai's matter?" Xue Baiqiao mysteriously rubbed over and asked in a low voice, "If the surname Lin doesn't tell me, if you don't tell me, I won't have any sources?" Too underestimated. ”

Hongchen picked up the little tiger and frightened Xue Baiqiao before he said: "There are different opinions on this matter, and I don't know the beginning and the end." ”

The Yamen side originally tracked down Wang Yuanwai's whereabouts in order to save him, after all, in the mouths of those subordinates, their family members were kidnapped, the problem is that they didn't find it, but they found out a little bad news.

The great benevolent man with kind eyebrows and good eyes, outside the king. Before they settled in Qixian County, they turned out to be a well-known green forest bandit in Jiangbei, carrying an unknown number of lives, and he was wanted by the imperial court for more than ten years.

said that he was incognito, washed his hands in a golden basin, and lived in seclusion with them, in fact, there were several transactions under his hands, but now he is not doing the work of killing people and stealing goods, but has changed to human trafficking, and I heard that it is more profitable and safer. He has people under him. If you want to have news, it is perfect to do such a non-capital transaction.

Hongchen was also dumbfounded when she heard the news, but her good impression of Wang Yuanwai collapsed back then, and she had the first thought when she came back in this life. If you can't survive in the Jiang family. She really sold herself to the Wang family for five years. Being a cook can support yourself!

"In this way, Luo Niang and the others will be locked up in the underground palace, and they will probably have nothing to do with the king."

Xue Baiqiao blinked. Very authentic.

Hongchen also thought it was very possible, but she asked, those girls didn't know anything, they had never seen Wang Yuanwai, every time they were taken out and brought back, they were groggy and drowsy, and the people they could see were limited.

Then don't think about it, it's not too late to wait for the king to be caught.

Although they have tears on their faces when they think about it, Luo Niang and they are really miserable, it is estimated that everyone is full of resentment, but everyone has to look forward, and finally have such a good life, how can they spend all their energy there because they don't know the news that they are reliable or unreliable.

"Miss, it's time for the Eight Treasure Rabbit to come out of the pot, do you want to eat now, or wait for dinner?" The kitten swallowed and shouted.

"Eat now, eat now."

Xue Baiqiao rushed out as soon as he jumped up, and he couldn't even take care of the rain, he was tired of being in the teahouse recently and refused to leave, purely because he was greedy.

Hongchen got a lot of seasonings, except for some of them that were planted as seeds, and the rest wanted to taste them.

These seasonings are not simple, although not every one of them can be compared with the serious spiritual rice, but it is also the nourishment and improvement of the aura, just add a little to a pot of dishes, and the taste is so delicious that people can't wait to swallow it with their tongues.

Since the new dish came out, the little fox is okay and can be restrained, the kittens have gained a lot of weight, and their little bellies are bulging.

Although there was a high wall in the front and back yards, the smell of food was dispersed by the wind, wafting through the courtyard gate and into the study, causing the scholars to wander under the wall at noon.

The old gentleman surnamed Yan Shan Academy for a week, couldn't help but break a few white beards: "When the family was poor, I ate wild vegetable porridge every day, and I was used to eating, I didn't feel that I couldn't bear to see people eating meat, and then I came to the academy, and occasionally listened to the nagging of those people, which dish in which restaurant is particularly authentic, and I went to taste it, and I felt that there was no difference between it and the mother-in-law at home, I wondered, the same roast chicken, all the same, how can their tongues taste which is delicious and which is not delicious?" ”

The old gentleman sighed for a long time, "When I smell this smell today, I finally understand that there is really the kind of fragrance that makes people hungry." ”

Other guests just smell good, but their skin is not thick enough, so they don't really beg for food, so it's a big deal to bring a few more cakes and fill their stomachs with the fragrance.

Xue Baiqiao doesn't care about that, his face was thick before, which gentleman wouldn't eat and drink in vain? I was stunned to pick up some food and come over, and I didn't even eat and take it, which was not polite at all.

Hongchen estimated that half of the food he took back could enter his senior brother's stomach, and it would not fall into the mouths of outsiders, so he indulged it a little.

Xue Baiqiao is the best at reading people's faces, and knows what it means to kick her nose on her face, and if she is a little indulgent here, the other party will not only come over for dinner, but also not let go of ordinary snacks.

The kitten has long been used to it, so he only smiled, and when he saw the master nodding, he went to the kitchen to find Qu Sanniang and serve the newly cooked food.

The main reason is that Xue Baiqiao is too noisy, and he is gagged, so everyone can still have a little leisure.

Three days later, the drizzle that had been lingering for many days finally stopped.

After the rain, the sky was blue, and while the academy was still on holiday, Hongchen changed his clothes and planned to go to the vicinity of the ancient temple in the county seat to see if he could find a few good magic weapons.

She didn't think of this stubble, it was Hong Wenbin's parents who sneaked around the teahouse all day long, although they didn't dare to come to the door to disturb, but the old couple were sixty years old, and they came over in the wind and rain every day, which also made people feel uncomfortable.

Hongchen is stable on the face, in fact, she was also a girl with a strong and impulsive temperament back then, and she was more willing to do things intuitively, not willing to think carefully, and later married Wang Yue and had no choice.

The Wang family is a mess, and anyone who marries in the door has to grind himself into a careful character. The family pays attention to pomp and circumstance, but it is just a down-and-out small family, with little money, and the elders have no knowledge, so Hongchen has to spend effort to train men, take care of his mother-in-law, and shoulder big and small things.

Now she is back in her teenage years, free, unburdened, and willing to show her strengths. Give your opponent a hand. If you are not happy for yourself for fame or profit, why not?

Xiao Mo didn't say no, he drove the carriage to take Hongchen to the street. It's not why the Feng Shui Bureau. What a magic weapon. It's also good to just go shopping and relax, but it's been tossing for so long for the assessment. Now that the dust has settled, it is time to rest.

The ancient temple of Qixian County was originally a moon old temple, the incense was prosperous, and then the war was frequent, the moon old temple also fell into decline, to the house is okay, I don't know if there is really a god to bless, or the rebels see the temple also leave a little more leeway, more than 100 years have passed, the red bricks and tiles of the temple have insisted on the ancient charm until now.

The surrounding slowly becomes a prosperous street, many merchants have taken root here, the population of Qixian County has gradually increased, the people seem to have a very tacit understanding, no one has moved this temple, it seems that no one has thought of bulldozing it to re-build it from the ancestors, and then it is used to it, and now the incense of the old temple of the moon is at its peak, and even the street is directly called the ancient temple street.

There are a lot of shops on the street, and there are a few selling feng shui magic tools, when Hongchen was still in Jiang's house, her Jiang father went to the county town to make ironware for others is on this street, she also often comes and goes, at that time you can often see people bargaining in the shops.

Xiao Mo drove the car, and when he arrived at the street, he left the car and horses at the car dealership, and gave the guy a handful of copper coins to take care of him.

The young man was so happy that his teeth were exposed.

The street was full of people, very lively, and Hongchen didn't rush to look for it, so he bought himself two pieces of cotton cloth first.

Her little tiger and little leopard are very good, with heavy fur, that is, Ping An has been shedding his hair recently, one by one, and his back is bald.

It's just that Ping'an's little thing still loves to be beautiful, since the hair on his body began to fall out, he always got into his nest and refused to come out, pitiful all day long, Hongchen wanted to make two beautiful clothes for it to wear, maybe he could be cheerful.

I picked a few more head flowers, and went to the silver building to play twenty-six breastplates, all of which were petal-shaped, plain, and only drew some wavy lines.

Hongchen's own painting is very chic.

Or Luo Niang suddenly said that day, a few years ago, they had a group of sisters who fled, although it was a good thing, but I don't know if they can recognize each other when they see each other many years later, everyone in this kind of dark place, no one wants to look at people, obviously dependent on each other for a long time, and in the end they don't know each other, how sad!

Their experience is a scar that they don't want to mention, and they must rather forget it, but the sisters who used to warm each other don't remember, which is inevitably melancholy.

"If only I could have a mark that only my own people knew."

Luo Niang sighed inadvertently, and Hongchen suddenly thought, although it was late, it felt good to make a delicate badge for everyone to wear.

Just like the Xia family, each of the inner disciples has a whistle made of brass, which is carefully carved, and the manpower spent alone is worth seven or eight taels of silver, which is more expensive, but the benefits that can be brought are not on the surface.

No matter how fierce the war was, none of the inner disciples of the Xia family had betrayed for many years, and there were accidents in which several elders defected to the enemy.

"Wow......"

Walking out of the silver building, as soon as Hongchen looked up, he saw Xiao Mo standing on the stone steps, tilting his head sideways, whispering something, and a little girl sitting on the ground next to him, crying.

"Don't cry, don't cry, look, my brother is not a ghost."

The little girl snorted and shuddered.

Xiao Mo's voice was softer, and he whispered: "Because my brother is too good-looking, I am afraid that a bad guy will catch my brother away, so I scratch my face and become a little more terrifying, just to scare those fierce bad guys, little sister, you are not a bad guy, are you?" If you're not a bad person, don't be afraid. ”

His voice is so good, every time Hongchen listens to it, he can't help but feel sour on the tip of his heart, not to mention such a four or five-year-old girl, who was fooled into putting down her arms, secretly raised her head, and looked at Xiao Mo's flawless half of her face, and was not afraid, she got up from the ground and said childishly: "My mother said, I am also so beautiful." Will the bad guys come and catch me? ”

The little girl lowered her head very aggrievedly, "I don't want to scratch my face!" ”

Xiao Mo smiled, stretched out his hand to pull the little girl up, smoothed the corners of her clothes, and took a handkerchief to wipe her face.

Hongchen smiled unconsciously.

In the underground palace that day, he was also so gentle, but after leaving, he became very indifferent, and in the teahouse, he often sat alone in a daze. Otherwise, it is also a person who sweeps the floor and wipes the table. Silent.

Xue Baiqiao is a cat and a dog, but he never dared to talk to him alone, and once secretly said to Hongchen that Xiao Mo was full of life. See him. It's like a cold winter moon that froze on a snowy mountain for a night. I'm cold.

Luo Niang and the others scoffed, only as Xue Xiaohou Ye talked nonsense, and Xiao Moduo was warm-hearted. But a great man.

Hongchen felt that Xue Baiqiao, a small animal, had a very accurate intuition, and even when she faced Xiao Mo, she felt that this person was similar to her own Qingfeng breath, but this person pities the poor and the weak, and there is always a little compassion for the weak.

"Miss!"

Xiao Mo was talking, a woman in a pink silk skirt was squeezed out of the crowd, grabbed the little girl, and hugged her, at first glance, her face was snow-white, her lips were blue, but she was still very loyal to hugging the young lady in her arms, and roared, "You, who are you, my eldest lady is the newly selected side concubine of King Li, if you are plotting against you, I, I ......"

Before her words fell, Xiao Mo's expression immediately became wooden, lowered his eyes, lowered his head, turned around and walked to Hongchen's side, and helped her down the steps, "Let's go, don't you want to buy something?" ”

Hongchen smiled, and walked slowly along his traction, the maid seemed to be really scared, and the little girl in her arms slipped into the crowd and disappeared in a blink of an eye, until it was Xiao Mo, chasing her back and looking at it again, her eyes vaguely revealed a little cold light.

"King Li? He's got a good word! ”

Hongchen was stunned, and suddenly found that Xiao Mo seemed to have some grudges with that Ninth Highness, this is not a good thing, King Li will be the one who will be the emperor in the future......

"Ouch, guest officer, what do you want to buy? The small shop has all kinds of magic weapons, look, look at our treasure gourd, you hang two at the head of the bed, to ensure that you have many children and grandchildren! ”

Xiao Mo: "......" Hongchen is only fourteen years old, and he has no hair, at first glance, he is the youngest daughter in the boudoir, what kind of treasure gourd do you want!

The guy also said that he smoothed his mouth, turned back to his senses and slapped himself, "I'm sorry, you definitely don't need this, look at it here, it's all good things!" ”

Hongchen didn't mind, glanced at it, and there were all kinds of shelves, a bunch of palm-sized gourds on the left, most of them were primary colors, and some of them were colored, bright red, very festive.

There are also some large and small Buddha statues below, as well as a few jade ruyi.

On the left, there are bits and pieces, Buddhist beads, peace pendants, copper coins worn with red threads, bells, and even knives, guns, daggers, flags, and harps.

Hongchen frowned at a glance, and raised his eyes to look down, this shop looks not small, and there is an inner room inside, separated by a door curtain.

"Only these?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "This is a lot, they are all good things!" ”

Hongchen shook his head, picked up a string of copper coins casually, weighed them in his hand, and asked, "How much?" ”

"Miss has a good eye, a serious evil money, Chenghui, you take thirty taels."

Hongchen suddenly laughed and said, "...... Evil money? It's all freshly minted, and you're too perfunctory. ”

When the guy heard this, his face suddenly became serious: "Miss, you are here to buy magic weapons, you can't look at the surface, although the copper coins we have here are newly minted, but this is a good thing that the master of the palace has passed by, and most of them are rewarded by the masters in the palace, so it is spread out of the palace, and the old man is alone in his hands, and the copper coin is stained with the true dragon Tianzi Qi, which is absolutely inviolable, if I say a lie, you will smash the signboard of the small shop!" ”

"Oh?"

Hongchen raised his eyebrows and looked at it carefully, not to mention, this Zhishun Tongbao is really a sample in the palace, a little heavier than the one circulating outside.

"That's still fake, the girl who had a conflict with your little brother just now was only exchanged for a dozen of us a few days ago, and it was rewarded by His Royal Highness King Li at the beginning, and the quality is absolutely high."

Their shop is particular about doing business, and the things are sold really, saying that it is the copper money in the palace, then it is true, and they will definitely not fool with fakes.

Hongchen nodded, no matter what it is, as long as it has a relationship with the palace, it will definitely be very expensive, they don't have a lion to open their mouths, the problem is that they want a true magic weapon, and the money to ward off evil spirits is not useless. If she wants real money to ward off evil spirits, she will make a talisman for Hong Wenbin, so that it can alleviate his condition.

But where is the real quality evil money so good? That has to circulate in the hands of thousands of people, and it can't be contaminated with bad luck, it can only be contaminated with yang qi, and it can only be obtained over time, uh, or even if the emperor sleeps and holds them every day, it is just ordinary copper coins. Nothing to do!

Hongchen glanced at it. The whole room in the store was full of furnishings, so he put down his things, gave Xiao Mo a look, and planned to leave. As a result, I just turned around. Then I saw the curtain of the inner room lifted. A middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper came out of the room, talking to a person in the room.

"Okay, send it to me when the time comes. There are a total of ninety-nine jade gourds, all of which must be carefully polished and carefully carved, so that no mistakes can be made. ”

"Don't worry, you'll see." The voice of the speaker is slightly high-pitched, and he may still be in the stage of voice change, and he is a teenager.

The curtain was lifted to reveal the inner room, which looked very messy, with many boxes and cabinets opened, and a mess on the floor, covered with a layer of dust, which had not been cleaned up for years.

The young man's face was pale, his eyes were deep-set, and he was dressed in a purple robe, which looked thinner and thinner, and although he was young, he looked a little overly drunk, and he was nodding at the steward with a flattering face.

"Steward Li, these are the two jade dolls you want, they were carved by my father when he was there, they are absolutely first-class, I will wrap them up for you, as for the jade gourd, I will send it to your mansion in three months, to ensure that I will not miss the good time of my mother."

As he spoke, the young man grabbed the two pieces of paper that were resting on the desk, wrapped the jade doll very neatly, and put it in the cloth bag.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Hongchen was suddenly dumbfounded, and looked at the young man's movements in amazement.

Xiao Mo stroked her back, but she didn't alarm others, the steward took the cloth bag, and frowned with disgust: "Why don't you even have a box, your Fu Lai Shun is not as good as before!" ”

"Treat more, take care of more, isn't this busy moving?" The young man hurriedly smiled, and while laughing, he sent the guest out.

After walking a few steps, Hongchen stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Your surname is Liu?"

The young man paused, his face was very impatient, but when he turned his head to see Hongchen's face, the expression on his face suddenly relaxed, "Miss knows me?" I am the young owner of Fu Lai Shun, Liu Yi, what do you want to buy? But the guy didn't entertain well. ”

"What is the relationship between Master Liu Wuliu and you?"

“…… That's my grandfather. The boy lowered his eyelids and said reluctantly, "Do you know him?" ”

Looking at the young man's expression, he should be a little dissatisfied with his grandfather, "If you want to find him, but you are in the wrong place, my grandfather has been away from home for more than ten years, and I don't know where to hide to be happy!" ”

Hongchen choked, luckily, and didn't care about anything else, but said, "What did you use to wrap the jade doll for this guest just now?" ”

"With what? Paper! "The boy is inexplicable.

Hongchen sighed: "Listen to my advice, put those two ...... Please come back with the paper, go back and stick it on the door, and then kowtow to accompany the sin. ”

The young man scratched his head, and before he could answer, his guy jumped up: "Hey, my good young master, didn't you use our door god as paper?" He didn't bother to look outside, and rushed over to grab the bag from the steward.

The housekeeper was stunned, took a step back, and was furious: "What are you doing!" ”

The young man was also anxious: "While staying and disturbing the distinguished guests, can you take care of it?" What is the door god or not, it has been used for more than ten years, and when we turn back, we will change to a new one, come, come to Steward Li, you walk slowly, be careful of your feet, you must come again! ”

"Hmph, what the hell!"

Steward Li was obviously a little unhappy, and he was in a hurry, so he didn't delay much, glared at them and left.

Hongchen's feet moved, but he didn't stop it, it was sent out by the owner himself, and she couldn't stop it.

"Hey!"

She is really a little strange, I don't know why she always encounters these strange things, obviously there are no tasks released in the Yujue space this time, she has been going to the capital in her previous life, and there are not as many new things as she has encountered in just a few months.

Liu Wu had been worshipping in the Xia family for a few years, and Hongchen was taught by him, although it was only more than a year, but it was a rare elder who took care of her, and now he saw his old man's grandson die, whether it was inappropriate or not.

Hongchen didn't care about the young man, and only grabbed the guy: "I live at the foot of Cangqing Mountain, Zhoujia Village, and opened a teahouse, you can definitely find out if something happens to your young master, come to me." (To be continued......)