Yong'an City

East City

There are many shops, the treasures of the four directions gather, the world's talents are passing through it, I don't know which famous prostitute is the first to come to the interest, playing the pipa with no hands, the voice is melodious, singing is a girl Huaichun, singing is a talented and beautiful woman.

Qiao Lingjun was a little helpless, and his head hurt slightly.

At this time, I can't read quietly, but I am dragged to the street to buy gifts by someone I don't like very much......

But although he felt that he was not in tune, he also felt that he was unwilling to refuse and did not refuse, which was a bit hypocritical, but in the capital, he could not follow his own wishes in everything, and he had to learn to be tolerant.

Just went on the street, he still consciously separated from the lingering Brother Xia and walked alone. The capital is really different, it is extremely prosperous, and the pedestrians look so rich, maybe even the soldiers guarding the city gate have one or two rich relatives.

At this time, it is the time when the literati and talents gather, and there are people everywhere chanting poems against each other, appreciating the texts, looking at the high-spirited appearance of the young talents, even he feels that he is proud in his chest.

Suddenly, a thin old man fell out of the pharmacy next to him.

The shopkeeper inside scolded in official dialect: "What's the matter, come to cheat medicine again, you are half cut into the ground, wait for death." ”

Qiao Lingjun sighed, the old man had gray hair and beard, only wore a patched robe, and his shoes were even thinner. Shivering in such a snowy day, the pedestrians around me are a little unsightly, but who wants to pay attention? Where can I manage it?

The old man's age is about the same as his grandfather, Qiao Lingjun has been close to his grandfather since he was a child, pushing himself and others, and unconsciously walking over.

Although he doesn't have a lot of money in his hand, he now lives in the Xia family's courtyard, and he doesn't need to spend money on food and drink, so he can still make up a few points.

Just took two steps. The surroundings suddenly fell silent. There was an ordinary carriage that almost passed through the crowd and stopped between the pharmacy and the old man, because the place was so small that it had to be parked in such a position. The coachman's methods are really clever.

Especially since the coachman looked like he was no more than a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. Looking forward to the flight. Clever and eccentric, he doesn't look old at all.

The shopkeeper was startled and just opened his mouth. wanted to scold, but was dumbfounded and trembling.

A big tiger actually got out of the car.

The fur was bright, and he shook his head and stretched his waist when he came, his eyes were wide, and the pedestrians around him were stupid, and they forgot to run away for a while.

The tiger didn't move, shook his hair, stood by the door, lifted his legs, uh, soaked his pee, and jumped on it again.

"Go, it's dirty."

There was a crisp shout from the car, and the tiger slipped out and rolled down again, this time with a purse in his mouth. The tiger looked around, and saw a vendor selling burlap next to him, and the tiger walked over.

The peddler rubbed it, ran faster than the rabbit, jumped into the shop behind it, and clinged to the pillar, but instead of chasing him, the tiger glanced at him inexplicably.

Everyone who saw it thought they were crazy - could a tiger still have an expression on its face? What's even more outrageous is that why didn't I scream and run away? The main thing is that it happened too bizarre and too fast, and most people can't react.

The tiger threw his purse on the stall, went back with a piece of cloth in his mouth, threw the sackcloth on the ground, rubbed his limbs and feet in turn, and then jumped into the car again.

Pedestrian: "......"

The pounding heart is still beating, and the fright has turned into surprise.

The carriage did not go, but on the contrary, the window opened, revealing a silhouette of the person inside, whose face could not be seen clearly, only the hand on the window.

The hands are very slender, the fingers are slender, the nails are trimmed very short, and only an ordinary silver chain is worn on the wrist, revealing half of the moon-white wide sleeves, which is only so simple, but when you see it, you can't help but think - I don't know what kind of beauty it is to be worthy of this dazzling jade hand?

The driver had already jumped out of the car, went over to pick up the old man, and walked to the door, where the owner of the car looked at him, reached out and threw off a large black cloak, and put it on the old man's shoulder.

The old man seemed to be frightened, helpless, and did not dare to move at all, and his eyes showed indescribable fear.

Gollum, the two guests standing at the door of the pharmacy next to them accidentally peeked at half of the owner's exposed face, and they couldn't stand steadily, fell down the steps, and fell headlong in the snowdrift, unable to move, but still twisted their necks to look over.

Qiao Lingjun was also stunned, his heart seemed to jump out, he had already passed the time of Mu Shaoai, and he never felt how important a woman's beauty was, but at this moment, he felt that the ancients said that women can captivate the country and the city, and it really makes sense.

If the beauty in front of her wants to be a hot pot demon queen, it must not be too difficult, but she is too dignified, and it is so inappropriate to use the word demon.

It was only a glimpse of the car, and the window closed, leaving only the remnants of the woman in people's hearts, which would never fade.

"Go to the east of the city to live in Wanliu, looking for Zhu I don't know. You are a sign of longevity, and you can live forever. ”

The old man was startled, the carriage had already gone away, and he didn't know why he believed it, and staggered to the east of the city, step by step.

After a long time, the pedestrians came back to their senses, and the street gradually returned to noisy, Qiao Lingjun also slowly turned around, walking along the street at will-the capital is really outstanding, and his little scholar often chatters, saying that the young ladies in the capital are beautiful and talented, and if they are admitted to the female school, they are no worse than men.

It's not just that it's no worse than a man!

"Brother Qiao, where have you been? Don't walk around, hurry, hurry, I'm in a hurry. Xia Shijie saw someone at a glance, hurriedly grabbed him, and walked all the way.

Qiao Lingjun was dragged to a stagger, and he broke free from the amazement, such a beauty, I'm afraid he doesn't dare to think about it now.

"Ah Chan is already in time, so she still has to wear more jewelry."

The two of them turned around for a long time, and finally entered a big signature jewelry store, Xia Shijie's eyes swirled on the dazzling array of gold, silver, pearls and jade on the shelves.

It's a lot of money. Even he couldn't take out too much private money, so he had to choose carefully, but fortunately, he looked very good at dress, and the shopkeeper of the store was polite and carefully selected by him.

Xia Shijie half-squatted, looking at a golden hairpin on the counter, the gold wire is extremely fine, the workmanship is exquisite, the phoenix on it is simply ready to fly, and Ah Chan is usually dressed very plainly. In fact, I still love these fine jewelry.

He saw Ah Chan staring at Ah Niang's head more than once. Maybe in the future, when she gets married, she will prepare a dowry for her and send more hairpin rings.

"Give me ......"

Just as he was about to wrap up the guys, a person came down the stairs on the second floor. He was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

He was wearing only an ordinary Confucian shirt. The outside is covered with only a rabbit skin cloak of ordinary gray-brown color. Tied with a two-finger-wide blue headband, smiling and bookish. His eyebrows were delicate, his eyes were bright, that kind of brightness, just like the sky after the rain, he walked slowly downstairs, his demeanor elegant, and every step looked extravagant.

Xia Shijie thought - this feeling, he seemed to have felt it the last time he met King Qi with his father, but no matter how you look at it, King Qi is also a little pretentious, not as natural as this.

Then he couldn't help but pout, a scholar, how can he be compared with the dragon son and phoenix grandson!

It's just that this person is a little familiar, and his eyebrows seem familiar, but he thought about it for a long time, and he couldn't think of where he had seen it.

In the blink of an eye, the young man went downstairs, and Qiao Lingjun had already talked to the other party, sounding as if he was choosing a gift.

“…… I used to be young, I didn't have much money, I sent my own articles to the teacher's birthday, or I told her a story, this year I made my own money, I want to buy a little more expensive, the upstairs is good, it's too expensive, the money spent can buy a small house in the capital, I want to go back, the teacher will definitely not be happy. ”

The young man's voice was soft and his words were sincere.

"Jin Qing, you kid ran away? Said that I would go to the Butterfly Tower to drink together. ”

After saying two words, there was another person outside the door, it was Xue Baiqiao, Xue Xiaohou.

"Yo, Brother Xia is also there?"

That kind of rap is really awkward.

Xia Shijie frowned, or politely saluted, even if he and Xue Baiqiao looked at each other and hated each other, they were also Hou Ye, and they must not be too rude, but the good mood of choosing a gift for the girl was gone, and he picked the golden hairpin at random, so he pulled Qiao Lingjun to say goodbye, and somehow turned his head before leaving, only to see Jin Qing and Xue Baiqiao standing side by side, talking and behaving very casually and intimately.

By the way, it's also Xia Hongchen's birthday, do you want to send something.

This thought turned in his mind, and then dispersed, the family was full of guests, there were a lot of people coming to Ah Chan's birthday, his parents were busy, he was afraid that the hospitality would not be good, he had to go to support Ah Chan's façade, and the brothers and sisters in the family school, everyone had to be present, if there were not enough people coming, Ah Chan was afraid that she would be unhappy.

Xia Shijie knows very well that in the entire Xia family, Achan attaches the most importance to homeschooling, and most of the homeschoolers are peers, and the same family is a natural alliance.

Xia Cicada's birthday is very lively.

Shi Feng raised his eyes and looked around, all the subordinates were busy for this, preparing melons, fruits and vegetables, and the kitchen should also have fresh dishes, and most of the invited guests were the daughters of aristocratic families, so they could not be entertained without some fresh food.

A small opera troupe was invited outside, and there were two acrobatic troupes, coming and going in the Qilan Garden in the east. He shook his head, went to the pharmacy to grab a pair of gunpowder, didn't go to the kitchen, and went directly to the back of the academy.

There are two rows of houses in the courtyard, all of them are home-based disciples, I heard that there were still few disciples in the Xia family back then, and everyone could get an independent courtyard, but now it is not good, and even the disciples of the descendants have to squeeze it.

Of course, most of the time, Shi Feng lived with his master, the elder, and this time he came to see Senior Sister Fang Zhi. Fang Zhi has been in the sword house for too long recently, the fire is serious, and there are two burning bubbles on the lips, although it is not serious, but it is not appropriate in case of a scar, she prays for a good dance, has spirituality, and her master has praised it, if there is a scar on her body, she will not be able to dance at the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens in the future, it is disrespectful to the gods, and she must be careful.

He knocked on the door, and the person inside answered lazily, so he pushed the door in, and as soon as he entered, he saw Fang Zhi wrapped in a large quilt, kneeling on the ground, pouting...... Buttocks, looking for something.

"You...... Pay attention to the image. ”

"There's a young junior brother here?"

"Nope."

"You don't have a nag fart!"

Fart...... Who did you learn this from? In the eyes of outsiders, who doesn't say that Fang Zhi is hearty and generous. She has a beautiful appearance and better manners, and the new junior brothers and sisters regard her as an idol, if you look at this girl's appearance, you don't know how disappointed you are.

"What are you looking for?"

Fortunately, the teacher is used to it.

"It's my 'trumpet bell,' ah, there it is." Fang Zhi dragged out a wooden box wrapped in red silk, opened it casually, and lay a guqin inside. It's just that the famous piano is dusty. It seems a little lost.

"Today is not Xia Chan's junior sister's birthday, anyway, I can't play this piano well, so I'll give her a gift."

Shi Feng's eyes bulged, and his voice was raised: "Give it to her!?" ”

Fang Zhi was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

Shi Feng's lips moved. Bite one's tongue. He patted his forehead. When I turned around and took a look, I saw that the doors and windows were closed, and there were no outsiders outside. As soon as his eyes rolled he said: "Have you forgotten, others in our family don't know, you went to help the father-in-law on that errand, don't you know, today is also the eldest lady of our Xia family, the daughter of the concubine, have you ever thought about giving gifts to others?" ”

Fang Zhi was surprised at first and raised his eyebrows: "I naturally remember, but that young lady is not reluctant to go back to Xia's house?" ”

And now it is unknown where they are.

"Then you can't help but give a gift to the real lady, to an imposter......"

"Senior brother!"

Shi Feng shut up, took a deep breath, and tried to smile: "Okay, don't say it, in short, like this kind of famous piano, even if it is just an imitation of the previous dynasty, but the imitation is first-class and good, and the sound of playing is so passionate, it should be given to a person who is above board." ”

“…… Forget it, I'll take it first. ”

Fang Zhi blinked, a little helpless, and didn't know what had happened in the past few years, Senior Brother Shifeng seemed to have a deep affection for Xia Chan, especially in the past two years, when Xia Chan sent her a medicine or something, he didn't let him drink it.

There are not many girls in the Xia family, and even fewer female disciples, Fang Zhi has grown up with Xia Chan since he was a child, and the relationship has always been good, although he has grown older in the past two years, there are many things to learn, and many things to do, it is inevitable that he will be unfamiliar, but the friendship he has formed since childhood is still there.

Let's just say that the young lady who came out, she is as willing to respect as Shi Feng, if the other party comes back and can make the princess happy, she will be very happy, but even so, Fang Zhi feels that he is unlikely to change his attitude towards her because Xia Chan is not the real daughter of the Xia family, no matter what, the playmate who has been laughing and playing with him since he was a child is the Xia Cicada in front of him.

As soon as Shi Feng saw her appearance, he knew that this matter was not clear, and he couldn't interfere with her making friends just based on his own speculation.

Fang Zhi has an open-minded temperament, gets along with others, and has always only looked at good and not evil, which is a good thing, but it is worrying at this time.

"Let's go, let's go together."

Shi Feng shook his head and stared at Fang Zhi, asking her to change her clothes and makeup, gifts or something, just be ordinary and not ashamed, but she still had to go to the birthday banquet.

Everyone goes, it's not appropriate for them not to go.

Fang Zhi changed her clothes, so she simply dressed up, and she didn't paint her makeup, she was born beautiful, at least much more beautiful than Xia Chan, she was usually in Jianlu, her gray face was not conspicuous, and it was not good to dominate at the moment, of course, she was on fire, and there were bubbles on her mouth, and she couldn't be beautiful.

When the two of them went out, they happened to see Xia Shijie standing at the door, greeting guests seriously, and when he saw Shi Feng and Fang Zhi at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Shi Feng pulled Fang Zhi to turn a corner, only pretending not to see it, and walked to the front yard with a smile.

Xia Chan is not his sister-in-law, who is willing to make her face, and she has to face the cold wind.

It's just that it's really like a cloud.

Shi Feng glanced at it casually, and even the carriages of the two foreign surnames of the Wang family, who had little communication in Beijing, listened to in front of the door.

Just got off the car and the daughter of the wealthy merchant Wang family in Beijing, a century-old family, a scholarly family, the eldest lady of the Zhang family, plus the senior monks of Dayun Temple, personally sent a Buddha statue, praying for her, a small life banquet, there is really a weather, the gift is full of the whole yard, after a while, maybe you have to open the treasury to collect.

After a long time, a convoy suddenly came slowly outside.

The carts are all white horses without any variegation.

The carriage has uniform specifications, and the same glass lamps are hung at the four corners, with exquisite workmanship, and it is even more smooth and stable to walk without any bumps.

Shi Feng was excited, and shuddered: "Am I dazzled?" ”

"Unless I'm dazzled too?."

Fang Zhi's face was also a little blue.

The surrounding guests turned their heads in unison, and even Xia Shijie was stunned.

The carriage also had a simple wooden carved sign hanging on it. The word 'heavenly machine' is written on it, and the colorful flower spikes are below.

"From the Ghost Valley Heavenly Machine Gate?"

Most people here can't see the descendants of Guigu, and the descendants of Guigu are just legends in their eyes, but the people of Tianjimen can occasionally meet, although they are also mysterious, they only know that Tianjimen is responsible for investigating the news of the four countries and transmitting information, but there are few times when they meet.

Xia Shijie pondered for a moment, before he had time to figure out how to deal with it, the Xia family and the ghost valley of the people had no friendship. Opposite. There are also some over-knots.

A middle-aged man dressed as an ordinary Jianghu man wearing a curtain hat had already come down from the car, and with a wave of his hand, countless people came over to open the carriage. A box. Boxes of things are being moved out. All of them were piled up in front of the gate, almost in the blink of an eye, and they were piled up far away. The cars behind were blocked all of a sudden, and many passers-by had to stop to watch the excitement.

"This ......" Xia Shijie was stunned, "this ...... Hero, may I ask you? ”

"Master Xia, I'll be ordered to give gifts, these are all gifts from my master, please count them."

Xia Shijie was stunned, the heat in his chest suddenly boiled, and a trace of joy rose, and the subordinates behind him didn't need to be instructed, they trotted all the way to congratulate Xia Chan.

Xia Chan was entertaining guests in the backyard, all of them were the ladies of the capital, but she recognized it and said that the people from Guigu also came to give her gifts, and she was quite surprised, and after thinking about it, she really didn't think she had any friendship with Guigu.

But the face of the next person was happy, there were many ladies, and even there was a lot of discussion outside, very curious and envious, she opened her mouth, just covered her lips and smiled: "I don't know which Guigu master disciple is so polite, maybe it was just a chance meeting." ”

This is a clever statement, pointing out that she doesn't know who is giving the gift, and it also shows that this person has a wide range of friends.

Almost in a short period of time, the entire Xia family knew that their Miss Xia Chan had a relationship with the people of Guigu.

Xia Shijie was even more complacent, and he was extremely proud: "I will thank your master on behalf of my family......

"Ahh

"Journey map of the mountains and streams."

"Master Fan's painting, real or fake."

Those boxes have been opened, not only jewelry, but also a lot of cultural antiques, especially ancient paintings, there are a lot, because there are too many, and there are scattered, Tianjimen people clean up neatly, or someone saw it, and was surprised.

Xia Shijie was also startled, stammered, and even stumbled with kind words, "My Ah Chan is still young...... he almost regarded the gift-giver as another infatuated lover who wanted to marry the daughter of the Xia family.

In the capital, such sons are not uncommon.

There was a sound of swaying skirts, Xia Chan supported the maidservant, followed by many beautiful daughters, just like the stars holding the moon, just heard the words of the brother, smiled slightly, showing a dignified and graceful expression: "Thank you for your son-in-law's favor, but I am still young, I really don't want to consider ......"

Before she finished speaking, the person who gave the gift seemed to be quite surprised, glanced at them, and then frowned and said loudly: "My master sent a thank you gift to Shi Feng Shi Gongzi, thank you for your help three years ago, and thank you for that invitation letter, giving a few hard-working women a way to live." ”

Xia Shijie: "......"

The other guests were also stunned - it turned out that it was not for Miss Xia Chan's birthday.

But it's normal to think about it, Xia Chan is just a woman, although she is also a little famous in the capital, she is not worthy of such a heavy gift, but Shi Feng is a disciple of the Great Elder, I heard that it is already possible to refine spirit soldiers, and it is normal for someone to give gifts, although this batch of thank-you gifts is too valuable.

The giver of the gift piled up the boxes very casually, handed the gift list to Shi Feng, turned around and left, without looking at others.

It seems that for irrelevant people, they are completely unwilling to pay attention to them.

The irrelevant Xia Cicada stood stiffly on the spot, wanting to say something, but no one was willing to listen, and wanted to turn around and leave, but he lost his demeanor, and the sour taste spread in his heart, but even Xia Shijie didn't pay attention to it for a while.

He is also the son of the Xia family, and Guigu Tianji suddenly gave a heavy gift, or for Shi Feng, here......

All of a sudden, the entire Xia family, even the attention of those guests was focused on the Guigu Tianji, on this batch of gifts, and kept asking questions around Shi Feng, and no one paid attention to today's birthday star.

Those theater troupes, juggling, dance music, are all gone.

The poems and articles prepared by Xia Chan have no time to show at all, and forcibly showing them now will only have a bad effect.

This Miss Chan's embarrassment was so entertaining that Xue Baiqiao Xue Xiaohou Ye was entertained.

He received Hongchen in Houfu Manor, circled around Hongchen several times, hugged his stomach and rolled around while laughing, so that Hongchen especially wanted to reach out and stroke his stomach. (To be continued......)