==Chapter 9==

The next day, night fell.

Da Nan quietly took the bag of things, avoided the people in the courtyard, and walked around to a fence located in the east corner of the courtyard.

It is very secluded, but it is the most corner of the courtyard, which is usually used to pile up some unused sundries, and few people will come to this kind of place.

Da Nan carefully looked around, and saw that there was no one around, and he removed a shabby low cabinet with a missing leg leaning against the wall. After moving away, I saw that the corner of the wall was overgrown with weeds, and a dog hole was half-hidden by those weeds.

This dog hole is not big, but Da Nan is young at this time, and his bones are extremely soft since he was a child, so he can naturally drill out. This is a secret she discovered when she was playing as a child, and she has used this dog hole to do some things in her previous life.

The big man reached in and probed, then pushed the bag over, and then passed by himself.

The place where this dog cave leads is a relatively remote place in the Xiao Mansion, and the gate of the Lingyuan is guarded day and night, and the people inside cannot enter at will, let alone the big man, so if you want to get out of the Lingyuan, you must find another way.

What Xiao Nan said is not wrong, she is indeed a heartless person, she wants to worship Yueji, but it is not just for this.

The big man came out of the dog's hole, and when he came out, he looked around through the dim sky, and then the old horse went straight to his destination.

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Xiao Hang came back from outside, and the whole person was drunk.

As soon as he got out of the carriage and was blown by the night wind, the whole person seemed to be a lot more awake, but he still felt a little dizzy.

"Lang Jun, do you want to go to Chongyue Pavilion, or go back to Taoranju." The servant Liu Si said with a lantern on the side.

At this time, it was late at night, the entire Xiao family mansion was quiet, and the master and servant slowly walked along the bluestone road, and when they reached a three-way road, Liu Si's movements paused.

"What do you say? Naturally, I went to Tao Ranju. ”

This Tao Ran residence is Xiao Hang's usual wine and painting place, in the early years only for leisure and pastime, since marrying the Chaoxia county lord, the husband and wife have repeatedly had conflicts, but it has become Xiao Hang's daily living place. As for the Chongyue Pavilion, it is naturally the residence of the husband and wife, Xiao Hang is full of wine and is also contaminated with a lot of rouge gouache aroma, if he goes to Chongyue Pavilion, the husband and wife will naturally quarrel again.

Hearing this, Liu Si turned the lantern to the right, and Xiao Hang's old horse knew the way to go there. After that, they went around a remote path, and the two walked along the path.

This path can lead directly to Tao Ranju, which is much closer than taking the avenue, if Xiao Hang returns to Tao Ranju, he will inevitably take this road, and many people in the Xiao family know about it.

The night breeze was gentle, and the crescent moon loomed behind the dark clouds, casting a pale silver glow. The trail is lined with bamboos on both sides, and when the night breeze blows, it makes a rustling sound.

Xiao Hang sighed, smelling the fragrance of the bamboo, and felt even more comfortable.

Suddenly, a whimpering cry came, looming in the rustling of bamboo leaves. But when I heard it, I thought I had heard it wrong, but if I listened calmly, I knew that someone was indeed crying.

"Lang Jun."

Liu Si's face turned pale in an instant, and at this time, in such an environment of this place, it was inevitable that he would think about it more. Liu Si has never been a timid person, but he inevitably breeds all kinds of ghostly and ghostly rural anecdotes in his mind.

"What do you kid think!"

On the contrary, Xiao Hang was much calmer, and with the strength of the wine, he stretched out his arm to brush Liu Si away, and then went to the place where he cried.

The closer I got, the closer the whimpering cry became. Liu Si had the courage to shrink behind Xiao Hang and illuminate with him, but in fact, his legs were trembling. I saw an inconspicuous firelight from a distance, and when I looked closely, I found a small figure kneeling in front of the firelight.

Suddenly, Liu Si's chill dissipated and turned into anger.

He thought that there was really some lonely ghost in the middle of the night, but he didn't expect that it was a little girl who burned paper money here.

Liu Si popped out and said sharply: "Where are you a slave and maid, you dare to worship the dead in private in the house, don't you know the rules of the Xiao family?" ”

The little girl was carrying her back on her back, just immersed in grief, and was frightened by Liu Si's thunderbolt, and suddenly rushed forward, her little hand accidentally pressed into the fire, and she was so hot that she fell to the ground sideways, looking extremely wolf.

This qiē happened in an instant, and Liu Si's anger also stopped abruptly and turned into speechless.

"A little child, why should you scare her."

Xiao Hang didn't see the front of the little girl, but judging from the figure, the other party was very young. Liu Sinuo was speechless, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the little girl.

pulled the person up, only to find that this little girl was really small, but she was only ten years old. Dressed in coarse cloth, he looks very wolfish and gray-faced, and he can't see his face clearly. There was a strip of white cloth wrapped around his forehead, which at first glance seemed to be wearing filial piety with someone, but when he looked at it again, he found that there was faint blood on the strip of cloth, which seemed to be injured.

His eyes moved to her small hand, which was full of black ash, faintly red and swollen in the middle, as if the skin had been burned.

"Oh, you really are, how did you get here in the middle of the night. Where are you a little girl, and who is the servant woman in charge? Liu Si complained a little, but he couldn't raise the mind to ask, but he was a little embarrassed.

“…… Woo woo, A-Niang is dead...... They didn't let the big girl worship, but the big girl heard that if she didn't burn some paper money, Ah Niang would suffer below and have no food to eat...... This uncle, don't tell the lady in charge if it's okay, otherwise the lady will have nothing to eat......"

The little girl cried profusely, and the crystal tears crossed her cheeks, drawing two obvious white marks. Liu Si was not a ruthless person, and he was suddenly crying so hard that his heart was sour.

"Okay, don't cry, you little girl, uncle won't tell the lady in charge, where are you little girl? I came to such a remote place in the middle of the night. ”

"Da Nan is from Lingyuan, I ran out secretly, and no one has passed by here for a long time, so I chose this ......."

The little girl only cried and wiped her tears with the back of her hand, but she didn't notice that Liu Si had a strange look on her face, let alone Xiao Hang, who had been standing there with her hands behind her back.

I saw that his eyes were shocked, his eyes were rolling with all kinds of emotions, and his eyes were staring at the little girl who was crying with her head down. After a long time, seeing Liu Si gesturing straight at him, he nodded slightly, and then turned to leave, only the hands hanging on both sides and clenching tightly could reveal his uncalm mood at this time.

"Your hands seem to be burned, Uncle will take you to wash and rub some wound medicine, and then send you back."

Da Nan nodded timidly, let Liu Si pick himself up, and then followed behind Xiao Hang.

When he arrived at Taoranju, Xiao Hang had already been welcomed in by the slaves, and Liu Si took advantage of the inattention of others to carry Da Nan to an empty room next to him.

There is a large bookcase near the window, and there are pen holders, inkstones, pen washers, rulers, etc., and there are two bookshelves next to the wall, on which are placed many paper scrolls and old color slips, and the rest of the empty walls are hung with paintings.

Da Nan knew that this was all done by Xiao Hang.

Xiao Hang, the fifth gentleman of the Xiao family, is good at painting, and everyone knows it.

The big couch was placed by Liu Si on a soft couch, which was made of sandalwood and covered with a layer of dark blue silk mattress, which was extremely soft and comfortable. These furnishings and placements are not unusual for Xiao Jiuniang in her previous life. But at this time, the big girl was dirty, and she was placed on such a neat couch, which was a little surprising.

But Da Nan was not surprised, she knew what this qiē was, and this was the fundamental reason why she would go to great lengths to act in such a play.

Liu Si told her to wait for her to get the medicine for the injury, and left. In fact, Liu Si went to Xiao Hang's living place.

As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw Lang Jun sitting there with a calm face.

After a pause, Liu Si hesitated: "Lang Jun, maybe it's not what we think. ”

Xiao Hang raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of unknown anger.

He was born handsome and dusty, full of graceful demeanor. Dressed in green clothes, with a green jade crown on his head, he looks even more handsome and starry, and he is beyond the world. Everyone said that Xiao Jiawulangjun had the style of the old Tang Dynasty, saying that he was dissolute and uninhibited, and he was quite like an old Tang scribe.

At that time, Daqi was not as good as the old Tang Dynasty, and it was long gone to the time when the scholars were numerous. Although there is still a family in Daqi, after the baptism of war and the change of dynasty, it is no longer as good as the scenery of the old Tang Dynasty. The top family gate valves that were rampant in the old Tang Dynasty are not too few now.

The Xiao family is one of the families left over from the old Tang Dynasty, and it would be a bit far to trace its origin. In the near future, the Lanling Xiao family, one of the top gate valves of the old Tang Dynasty, is the main sect of the Xiao family, and the Xiao family is just a branch of the side line that can no longer be sidelined. It was only because the seventh-generation head of the family had a discerning eye to recognize the monarch and took refuge in the Tai/Zu Muyan of Daqi at the beginning of the chaos in the world, that the Xiao family, which was originally a branch, bloomed with dazzling light at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty and became one of the top families of Daqi.

The same remnants of the Xiao family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Xingyang Zheng family and the Taiyuan Wang family, as well as the Xiao family with the Lanling Xiao family, have become the four famous families of Daqi.

It's just that the family gate valve at this time can no longer be compared with the old Tang Dynasty of the previous dynasty, and it is just more than the ordinary family with a long history. As early as the old Tang Dynasty, the people in power repeatedly suppressed the gate lords of the Shi clan, which continued to this day, and it has long been in decline. However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and compared with some ordinary families, the four famous families are still out of reach.

Xiao Hang, as a descendant of the Xiao family, is the third son of Xiao Hu, the current Duke of Anguo, and the youngest son, so he is naturally born with a golden spoon, which is unspeakably expensive. He himself is literary and elegant, especially good at painting, and in the year of his weak crown, he broke through the name of a "Qing'an layman" with his handsome painting skills, which can be described as a young man's pride.

But as a descendant of the Xiao family, he also has to shoulder his due responsibilities, such as marriage.

Marriage has always been the way of life of famous families, and they use marriage to strengthen and consolidate their own strength. This is not something to be surprised by Xiao Hang, because as a child of a family, he has long had this kind of awareness. didn't expect that the wife he married at home would be such a person.

Domineering, jealous, strong and intolerant, and extremely good at bullying others. However, as the daughter of Princess Changping, the county lord of Chaoxia does have this qualification. The mother is today's sister, and the uncle is today's majesty, as long as it is not too much, the lord of Chaoxia has the capital to do whatever he wants in Daqi, not to mention a Xiao family.

After Xiao Hang married the lord of Chaoxia, the two were also very affectionate a few days after they got married, but unfortunately the contradiction was revealed within a few days. The county lord of Chaoxia has a strong personality, and Xiao Hang is not a soft person, so quarrels are inevitable. Quarrels have always been more and more intense, and in the end, they don't know why they quarreled, anyway, they don't like each other.

And Xiao Hang has always been a romantic character, and it is also a good thing to talk about articles and poems together, and to recruit a few good-looking prostitutes to accompany him.

But the county lord of Chaoxia just couldn't stand this, so he had trouble with Xiao Hang many times for this. But Xiao Hang is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, and when the two were newly married, they made a huge fuss, and even alarmed the palace.

At that time, Xiao Hang had just accepted the dancing Ji Yueniang as an outer room, and the pressure in the palace, his parents and brothers all persuaded him, and Xiao Hang did not disregard the people of the family out of temperament, so he gave in to the lord of Chaoxia County. After that, the lord of Chaoxia County still went to the Lingyuan with the big-bellied Yueji, and Xiao Hang also knew.

But as I said before, liking is just like liking a beautiful thing. Since this pretty thing is going to get you in trouble, just throw it away. Including Yueji gave birth to a pair of daughters for Xiao Hang, Xiao Hang also knew about it.

Children born to lowly people are actually not very important in the eyes of the children of the family.

It's really not that important!

But that's only because I don't know, I don't know that a child with his own blood and bones can be so miserable. This kind of anger has nothing to do with the relationship between father and daughter, it has nothing to do with love or not, but an insult and ridicule of a man's self-esteem, especially in the middle, he knows that it is definitely related to the county lord of Chaoxia without Xiao Hang verifying it, which fuels his anger even more.

"She's just a shrew, no, a poisonous woman! No, I have to ask her where she is in my Xiao Qing'an! ”