There are more than a dozen rooms on each floor of the first floor, and most of the rooms are separated by screen doors, and when the doors are opened, they can be connected to each other and become an open hall.

The women's seat is located on the northwest side of the building, and it is a large room connected by five rooms. The men's seats are located directly opposite to the southeast, which is also made up of five rooms connected by one. There are two red ropes connected between the two large houses, which are used to circulate poems to each other.

Someone on the male guest's side wrote the poem, felt that it was good, and had the heart to marry, so he signed and stamped the poem and hung the poem on the red rope. Hearing the ringing of the bell, someone pulled the rope and passed the poem to the woman.

The girls received the poems and passed them to each other, and if they admired the person's style and font, they wrote down their names and whispered to the elders of the family.

The elders will send the older mother-in-law to the male guest to see and inquire about the person's appearance and character, and then make a further decision.

The girls also wrote poems and passed them on, but they did not sign them, but made a special mark.

If any of the young people admired the girl's writing, they wrote a separate poem, marked with the same mark, signed and sealed. When the girl saw it, she told the elders in the family, and the elders sent people to look at her.

All the poems will be summarized at the end of the judges, who will select the ten that have done the best and annotate them themselves. And select the best three articles from them, and seal them as Kuiyuan, Yayuan and Jingyuan.

When Jian Ying came, the men and women were coming and going, and it was lively.

Zhou Qin also racked his brains to make a poem, asking the licorice to take it out and hang it on the red rope, and at this time he was waiting for a response from that side in a nervous mood, and he didn't even notice that Jian Ying came in.

Zhou Xi was still talking to Jiang Yutong, and when he saw Jian Ying, he waved his hand happily at her.

"The second young lady is late, and she has to punish herself with three cups at noon." Mrs. Fang and Jian Ying greeted each other, and then joked with a smile.

"Okay." Jian Ying responded happily, "Mrs. Fang has prepared good wine, and I should sacrifice my life to accompany me." ”

Jian Zhuohua was unhappy because Jian Ying was always avoiding her, so she pouted and interjected, "What are you doing?" How did you come? ”

"There's something to do." Jian Ying replied with a smile, and went to sit next to Second Mrs. Jian.

Mrs. Jian patted her hand affectionately, and went to talk to Mrs. Li who was sitting next to her.

Fang Yiyun's girl came over and whispered in Mrs. Fang's ear: "The slave maid took advantage of Miss's inattention and hung up a new poem manuscript by Miss. Someone took a fancy to Miss's poem and replied to one. ”

As he spoke, he presented a piece of paper to Mrs. Fang.

Mrs. Fang took it and looked at the name first, and when she saw that it was a son surnamed Li, she was a little disappointed, and asked Bi Mu again, "Can you see that the young master of the Chu family has passed on the poems?" ”

Bi Mu shook his head, "No." ”

Mrs. Fang frowned slightly, she had obviously arranged it, how could there be no poems to pass on?

After thinking about it for a while, he beckoned a mother-in-law to come over, "You go to the male guest and take a look, the young master of the Chu family is here." ”

The mother-in-law agreed, and after a while, she turned back again, "Madam, Master Chu is not here, he said that there was something wrong and left Meizhuang in advance." ”

"What?!" Mrs. Fang's face couldn't help but change.

She organized this poetry meeting in order to match her daughter with the young master of the Chu family. As a result, the main owner left without saying a word, what is going on? Could it be that she worked hard just to make wedding clothes for others?

glanced at her daughter, who was concentrating on poetry, and her nose was a little sour.

After thinking about it, he was quite unwilling, and instructed the mother-in-law: "You go to the master's place and ask the master to probe Mr. Tan's tone, why did the young master of the Chu family leave?" ”

"Yes." The mother-in-law took the order and left.

Jian Ying sat for half an hour, excused herself to go to the toilet, and led Xiao Ji and Yuan Fang out of the first floor. went to a secluded place, instructed Yuan Fang to control the wind, and left Xiao Ji alone to speak, "You take my post, take a car back to the city immediately, find Luo Yuzhu, and let him keep an eye on his cousin."

If possible, let him think about checking his cousin's whereabouts in the past few months. Where have you been, who you have met, what you have done, the more detailed the better.

By the way, my cousin has an Uncle Huai next to him, who is very strong in martial arts and is a difficult master, so let him be careful. ”

In fact, the person she really wants to target is not Chu Feiyan, but Xiao Liu'er. She couldn't tell Xiao Ji and Luo Yuzhu her true identity, and she could only deduce where Xiao Liu'er was at the moment through her whereabouts.

In general, she doesn't like to think badly of people. But the few words that Chu Feiyan said inadvertently aroused her vigilance.

Thinking about it carefully, Xiao Liu'er's words and deeds are really a little unreasonable.

Since she fought to the death to keep her innocence, it shows that she has something to love. What's more, Chu Feiyan didn't dislike her for having entered that kind of place, and agreed to marry her, so why did she refuse and insist on becoming a monk?

Since all thoughts are disillusioned and you have decided to stay away from the red dust, why do you regret not being at the beginning, and you shouldn't run away from home?

Presumably she knew very well in her heart that without the identity of her concubine, the Chu family would never let her marry in. In the end, Chu Feiyan couldn't screw it, and they were allowed to get married, and she couldn't get the respect and decency she deserved.

And paper can't contain the fire, what she has experienced, as long as others want to check it, sooner or later they can find out. When the time comes, she will be ruined, and the Jian family will take care of the overall situation, and it will be impossible for her to come forward for a daughter who has no name as a concubine, and her fate will be very miserable.

The best way is to return to Jinan Mansion and unknowingly replace the concubine who married on her behalf. In this way, the stains on the body are washed away, and the fame, honor, due decency, and the support for the second half of life are gone.

So she pretended to be discouraged on the one hand, and hinted that Chu Feiyan would only have a way to live if she returned to Jane's house, and encouraged and used Chu Feiyan to help her build bridges and pave the way.

Of course, this is just speculation.

But what if Xiao Liu'er really calculated like this? Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated, and it is always right to be more vigilant.

Xiao Ji didn't agree immediately, hesitated for a moment, and raised his eyes to look at her, "Second Young Lady, can the slave ask, what happened between you and Young Master Cousin?" ”

When the second young lady and the young master were talking together, she was far away, and she didn't hear anything, and she didn't see anything. But she could feel that the second young lady was a little unsettled, and she couldn't see anything abnormal on her face, but she had never liked to drink tea, so she actually took a few sips of the tea cup just now.

It was the first time she had seen the second young lady like this, which made her very uneasy.

Jian Ying knew in her heart that she was not a child who was a good thing, and she would ask this out of concern, so she reached out and touched her head, "I can't sue you, it's not that I don't trust you, but because suing you is likely to hurt you." ”

"The slave knows." Xiao Ji blessed her, "The slave maid will set off here." ”

"Be careful on the road." Jian Ying instructed.

Xiao Ji answered "yes", took a few steps back, turned around and left quickly......

- (To be continued.) )