In the capital of Dawu Emperor, the streets are paved with bluestone, and the horse's hooves are trampled, which is particularly crisp in the silent night.

Linglong sat behind Shi Er, holding the food box tightly, and when she was about to leave the city, Kuroko slowed down, and Linglong asked, "Master, don't you have any relatives?" ”

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family is reunited, and the lonely Feng family in Xiling Zhuangzi also has a daughter to send her moon cakes, but Shi Er seems to have no home.

Shi Er was stunned, grabbed the reins, and turned around. His fake face was pale in the bright moonlight.

"Who said that, I was worried that a thief was worried about the things in my house, so I came to see if you were there."

Who the thief is, he knows it.

Linglong looked up at the sky: "Master, the moon is so round tonight." ”

The corners of Shi Er's mouth moved, and there was a bit of interest in his eyes.

Suddenly, there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves from far and near, as if there were more than a dozen horses. This is the Dawu Imperial Palace, and at this time, there is already a curfew. Not to mention galloping horses like their masters and apprentices, even pedestrians who walk are rarely seen.

But there were more than a dozen horsemen, and the passengers were all dressed in black, but it was a young woman who walked in the front.

This woman is twenty-four or five years old, and she is as beautiful as a peach and plum without fat powder. Seeing Shi Er and Linglong, more than a dozen people all turned over and dismounted, and were about to give a salute, Shi Er said coldly: "Excuse me." ”

Intentionally or unintentionally, he stretched out his arm and pressed Linglong, who was hidden behind him, to his waist, as if he didn't want these people to see her.

Linglong was curious, but she also knew that it might be something she shouldn't have seen. She had no choice but to prick up her ears and listen to the woman say, "I just received the news that Jinyiwei has gone to Fujian, and you must not go out of the city at this time." ”

Linglong's face was close to Shi Er's waist, it was the first time she was so close to the opposite sex, probably because this was the master, she didn't resist, and she didn't feel anything wrong. Shi Er's waist is lean, and there is no trace of fat. But before the woman's words fell, she felt Shi Er's body shake slightly.

Linglong is just a boudoir girl. I don't know much about Dawu's political affairs, but I also know what happened to the Jinyiwei in the woman's mouth going to Fujian. The imperial court dispatched the Jinyi Guard, of course, not to let them go to the mountains and rivers. Jin Yiwei went to Fujian to get people.

Is that Shi Er's relative?

Just now, Linglong thought that Shi Er was just a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes. Alone, now it seems that his background is not simple, just look at the operation of these dozen or so people, all of them are agile and healthy. It's all first-class masters. And that woman, with a beautiful appearance, but no delicateness, is like a sharp blade out of the sheath, which can take someone's life at any time.

In her previous life, Linglong had seen such people, they were raised from childhood, received inhuman training, forbearance, and ruthlessness.

They are dead soldiers. Be ready to give your life to your master.

Shi Er, is that their master?

The air around me seemed to freeze, but the August night made people feel cold from their backs.

Linglong heard Shi Er say: "Apprentice, the teacher can't send you to see your mother, you go back first." ”

"Master" Linglong hesitated, she just left, as if she had no morality.

"I heard that after being busy with this period for the teacher, I will go to you." After speaking. He grabbed her by the collar and threw her off his horse.

Linglong pulled up the black scarf around her neck to cover her face, and she didn't even look at the dead soldiers, and after a few ups and downs, she disappeared into the vast night.

The woman looked at her back. Suddenly, he glanced at the person next to him, and the one who turned around was about to follow, Shi Er shouted: "Do you still have me in your eyes?" That's my apprentice, let him go! ”

The woman was embarrassed, and wanted to say more, Shi Er had turned the horse's head and rode away in the opposite direction. The woman and the others hurriedly mounted their horses and chased them out.

Linglong returned to her bedroom, but she didn't see Xingyu, usually this girl would wait for her no matter how late it was. She took off her night clothes, changed into a moon-white silk jacket and an emerald green plain satin skirt, and shouted twice, but no one was there.

She frowned, her heart tightened, could it be that something had happened?

When she came back, she jumped out of the window, and now she opened the curtain of lilac begonia flowers, walked out of the wing, and came to the porch.

The courtyard is not big, and a few lanterns with the word Fu are lit to illuminate the courtyard.

I saw seven or eight maids, some sticking to the door, some sticking to the wall, all listening intently.

And Linglong also heard it, across the wall, there were crying and scolding, the scolding was sharp, it was the voice of the second cousin Jin Chang, the one who was crying breathlessly was Jin Wan.

When she came back from outside, Linglong felt a little heavy, but at this time, she couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that these girls of her own had all run out to listen to the corner.

She coughed hard, Xingyu and Huancui saw her, and hurriedly trotted over with a red face, and the few small ones were still unconscious, and they were addicted to listening to the wall.

Huancui saw that he was busy shouting: "One by one, you don't have long eyes, what should you do soon." ”

The little girls saw the fifth lady standing under the porch, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly bent their knees and saluted, and then ran away in a puff of smoke.

"Miss, everyone just thinks it's fun, just listen to it, don't chew the root of your tongue." Xingyu was busy explaining.

Linglong doesn't care about them eavesdropping, when the master doesn't know how to avoid it, and the chickens and dogs are jumping, don't be afraid to spread it. But they are all her people, and she doesn't want these little girls to develop these bad things.

"Regardless of whether you chew your tongue or not, this kind of atmosphere will not be able to be put in the future, you two big ones are vigilant, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a housekeeper to come, you yourself can't lead by example, and then you will be involved in these small ones."

On that day, Jin Zifeng went to find his father and went to see his grandmother, and the Xu family was about to officially propose, and then Linglong was the same as a concubine, even if the Xu family did not agree. Jin Min felt that what he said was reasonable, that is, he wanted Song Xiuzhu to do it, and remembered the incident in the small kitchen last time, which not only made the chickens and dogs restless, but also summoned the Nie family. Jin Min simply went to Chunhui Hall to see her mother, and Mrs. Jin sent Jiao and Ju Ying to do it.

Clothes, heads, and silver are all easy to say, but this housekeeper is a little tricky. Jiao's and Ju Ying are both outsiders, and there are not many people who know each other up and down in this house, and they all know that the fourth lady is not favored, and no grandmother with a head and a face is willing to take this errand.

went to ask Song Xiuzhu, she said that there were not enough people during the festival, and she would find a grandmother after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the mother-in-law's affairs were put after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the reprimand, Huancui instructed the little girls to boil hot water, and Linglong called Xingyu into the inner room and asked, "What are they doing again?" ”

Xingyu was so pouted by Linglong that she heard Linglong ask, and laughed out loud: "Miss, guess?" ”

Because of Shi Er's matter, Linglong didn't have the heart to tease her, so she said: "It's not for dressing or because it's not good to live." ”

Xingyu was surprised: "Miss, how do you know?" ”

Linglong picked up the tea cup, blew the tea leaves floating on the water, and said, "What else can they do, from childhood to adulthood, that's nothing more than that." ”

Xingyu thought about it, so she smiled and said, "Do you remember, when the eldest lady of Dongfu came over today, she brought some rouge gouache and balm to a few young ladies." ”

Linglong put it in the tea cup and said, "How can I not remember today's events." I remember that it was assigned by the sister-in-law and the fourth sister in the lobby, and they also had their share, so what was the noise? ”

"That's because Miss, when you got something, you covered it with a handkerchief and asked Xi'er to take it back first, without letting them see it. In the evening, when they came back, they saw Xi'er coming out of the small kitchen and was about to come back. The second lady sent Chunyan over to ask Xi'er what the fat powder the eldest lady gave to the fourth lady looked like. ”

Linglong frowned, she guessed that the eldest aunt attached the most importance to these, and what she gave to Coral would be different from that of others, so she immediately covered it with a handkerchief and asked Xi'er to take it back. The nurse of the coral caught a glimpse, and did the same, covering it with a handkerchief and sending the little girl back to Zhilanxuan first.

This is the rule of a big family, as a young lady, who will show this, but the sisters in the fourth room are not only sharp-eyed, but also narrow-minded.

"What did Xi'er say?" Linglong's mood was originally a little irritable and calmed down, but she thought it was quite interesting.

Xi'er said that she didn't know either, but she only saw a cloisonné enamel box with a crocus pattern, and she didn't know what was inside.

Linglong has always known that Xi'er is clever, and this is just right, not telling what it is, but it also lets people know that it must be a valuable thing.

"They're just arguing about this box?" Linglong asked.

"Yes, the items they received were in a red satin brocade box, not to mention the contents inside, this box alone is very high. The second lady scolded when she entered the yard, and slammed things, so I asked Bai Lu to go over and tell her, the objects in this yard are all registered, and it is best to find and make up for it if it is broken, so that the bookkeeper knows and sue the old lady, I am afraid that it is not good-looking. ”

Poof, Linglong couldn't hold back anymore and laughed, these girls are getting more and more naughty.

As soon as Bai Lu said this, the sixth lady cried, and the second miss scolded her for being unproductive, which made people cry when they were scared, and said that there were four wives around the old lady, not to mention breaking a few things, even if it was a big thing, it could support them.

The smile on Linglong's face gradually faded, Jin Chang and Jin Wan, like Jin Yuan, really let their mother raise them crookedly.

Dare to say such things, and don't look at what kind of place this is. Not to mention the courtyard across the wall, even by Jin Chang's own side, there are also mothers-in-law and maids arranged by the house.

Is this the old house of the Jin family, Jiao's hands and feet are used together, and they can't stop these people's mouths.

"Don't worry about them, just let them make trouble, and let them suffer and have a better memory, otherwise I don't know how much mess I will have to clean up for them in the future."

She picked up the fan and shook it gently, calmly.

Xingyu was puzzled: "Miss, why don't I go and talk to Sister Begonia?" ”

Linglong then remembered that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she didn't need a fan anymore, she put down the fan and said to Xingyu: "You don't need to say, tomorrow morning, not only the old lady will know, but even Mrs. Song will know." ”

111 (To be continued.) )