Chapter Twenty-Three: Pandan Pandan
The life of the servant girl Xianglan can be described as a displacement.
It's no wonder that in a troubled era like the Eastern Jin Dynasty, even if it is a big family, few people can live a stable life, let alone a little maid in her Xianglan.
has been sold since she was a child, and she has served three masters before and after. The third time was lucky, she came to the Xi Mansion in Huiji City, and she was also serving the authentic Langjun on the Xi Mansion.
People like them, who don't usually do heavy work, and serve the young master, can be regarded as having hope. Especially with a character like Xianglan, if she was once taken by Xi Feng and Xi Langjun, became a house-filling maid, or even became a concubine, it would be the best fate.
It's just that this Xi Feng Langjun doesn't seem to have much affection for her, and after getting engaged, between the status of the woman, in order to avoid suspicion, he is very alienated from himself.
Xianglan had no choice but to do her duty every day and night, just to be able to stay in Xi's Mansion and not have to be sold like goods.
A few days ago, at the temple fair, many servants in the house took leave to play, and Xianglan was also one of them. In the temple to offer incense and ask for a signature, Xianglan and a few sisters of similar age talked and laughed and went to the Taoist priest next to them to unsign.
Xianglan asked for marriage, signed and said, "Retrospectively follow it", and told her birth date, the Taoist priest thought about it for a long time, and said: "In the Book of Songs, it is said, 'Retrospective and long', the marriage is a major event, the girl still has to be in a hurry, take your time." ”
Xianglan was quite disappointed when she heard this, put down a few pennies, smiled again, and went to play with her sisters.
She didn't know that at this time, there was already a person named Guo Pu next to her who had insight into everything. This is the first time Guo Pu has seen Xianglan, even in the crowded crowd like the temple fair, Guo Pu's eyes can't help but be attracted by Xianglan.
Hearing the signing of the marriage sign and Xianglan's birthday, and listening to the Taoist priest's explanation, Guo Pu pinched his fingers and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
I thought that this Taoist priest was really misleading, although the first half of this "retrospective follow" was "the road is blocked and long". But the next sentence is "Swim back from it, like in the middle of the water". Where is there no way to get married, obviously there is no need to deliberately look for it, and there are a few twists and turns to mean a way out.
As for this way out...... Guo Pu smiled proudly, naturally in his hands.
Where does Xianglan know these things, she has been a little depressed since she drew the lot, plus the lord of the mansion suddenly got a strange disease, and always said that she could see some strange things, and they, the subordinates of the mansion, became more and more busy.
Although Xianglan was taken to participate in the poetry meeting of Xie Mansion yesterday, she had a lot of miscellaneous things in her heart, and she didn't notice that Guo Pu looked at her very eagerly during the banquet.
As for what happened after that, it was even more chaotic. invited a Taoist priest to exorcise ghosts, and hundreds of red-clothed people really appeared in the house.
After almost being scared to death, Xianglan thought that this matter had finally come to an end, but who knew that a note came out of the hand of Lord Lang, telling everyone to report their birthdays.
The people in the mansion didn't know Lord Lang's intentions, so they all reported it truthfully, and after some tossing and turning, Xianglan was expelled from Xi's mansion along with the other two.
Packing up her things in despair, Xianglan found that although she had been in the house for almost a year, there were still very few things that belonged to her, and a small burden was enough to fit it.
The sisters who knew each other on weekdays came to say goodbye and secretly shed tears, Xianglan smiled and comforted her, but she secretly sighed in her heart that she was displaced and had a bad fate. I don't know what kind of place I will go to this time, and what kind of family I will follow.
Along with the other two valets, Xianglan was taken by the butler to a small pavilion ten miles outside the city. The housekeeper on the road explained the reason to them, it turned out that the reason why he was sold again was not for anything else, but because the immortal master who exorcised the ghost yesterday said that the eight characters of several of them were in conflict with the lord of Lang......
Just because of someone else's words, he was kicked out of Xifu. In this regard, Xianglan and the three of them were not without resentment in their hearts. But yesterday, they saw the vision of the mansion with their own eyes, and they knew that the immortal master's magic power was profound. How can such a master say something wrong?
If there is a mistake, it is only because your life is too bad.
Xianglan was silent all the way, only secretly prayed that she would sell herself to a good family, even if she did heavy work. Don't be sold to some unspeakable place, otherwise......
She didn't dare to think any further, and the tips of her clenched fingers turned white.
The small pavilion ten miles outside the city, an inexplicable place, turned out to be as the immortal master said, someone was waiting to buy them.
In this wilderness, it is not a tooth shop in the city, and it is already rare for a figure to have a figure, let alone a middle-aged man who wants to buy three people. Seeing this situation, several people couldn't help but believe in Guo Pu a little more.
"One price, five thousand dollars." The middle-aged man had a hoarse voice, and the price offered was outrageously low.
Even in today's troubled times, the most worthless thing is human life, but it stands to reason that an adult man can sell it for 5,000 dollars.
There are three people here, two men, and the other is a very good-looking young girl, and this person only gives 5,000 dollars? What's the difference between this and open robbery?
The housekeeper subconsciously wanted to bargain, but remembered the things that the master had told him to do: sell it ten miles southwest of the city, don't bargain, don't bargain!
Covered in a spirit, the housekeeper did not dare to delay, hurriedly agreed, took the bag of money thrown by the man, and presented the three deeds in his hand.
Xianglan watched the exchange between the two, and only felt that it was not real in a trance. Even after too many transactions, she can still feel that feeling of powerlessness...... How many people in this world can truly control their own destiny?
According to the order of the new owner's family, he boarded the ox cart, and the middle-aged man ordered the other two to drive, and he also entered the car.
The carriage was not big, and Xianglan was a little nervous.
She looked around secretly, and only felt that the ox cart was very ordinary, and did not look like something rich and rich. As for the man in front of him, he is an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary.
If you follow such a master's family, you don't know whether it is good or bad.
The man didn't talk to Xianglan along the way, and after entering the city, he ordered to go straight to Yaxing, and the two people driving outside looked at each other, thinking that he was afraid that he would be resold again.
Sure enough, the man sold the two male servants for 10,000 yuan, then walked back and smiled at Xianglan, who was nervous in the car, and said, "I'll take you somewhere." ”
Xianglan chuckled in her heart, and subconsciously thought that he was going to sell herself to the Qinglou, but she didn't dare to resist, she trembled with fear.
The ox cart turned around the city for a thousand times, and finally came to a slow stop, and Xianglan heard her heart beat like a torrential rain.
"Don't be afraid, open your eyes and see." The man's voice had a soothing magic.
Xianglan was subconsciously obedient, and when she looked up, it was not Fireworks Alley, but a small house.