That night, in the box of the wealthy feast, Mrs. Zhang made an appointment to meet Zhu Wenkang, and after the two sat down with a pleasantry, they retreated, closed the box door, and talked for about an hour, and the two walked out of the box one after another.

No one knew what they were talking about, but the waiter at the feast found that the dishes at the banquet had not touched a single chopstick, and only took away pumpkin pie and tea leaves. provoked the waiters to hold their foreheads quite tangled and sigh, this is a tyrannical thing.

In addition, according to eyewitnesses, when Mrs. Zhang walked out of the private room, she walked lightly and smiled, and let her eldest maid help her to get into the carriage. According to a person familiar with the matter, the pavilion was built by the old general as a memorial to the old lady. The old lady watched the moon in the cold night, until a cavalry galloped and whispered, and then the old lady Zhang got up and got into the carriage and went straight back to Zhang's mansion.

And Zhu Wenkang, another newcomer to the Zhu Mansion, didn't look so good when he walked out of the private room. According to Xiao Tian, the waiter in charge of the private room at the wealthy banquet, Zhu Gongzi came out of the private room long after Mrs. Zhang left, with a black face and silence. Then he got into the carriage and went straight back to Zhu's mansion.

At night, the Zhu Mansion guards stopped the search operation, and the town of Liuhe was restored to tranquility. And the entire Zhu Mansion was brightly lit and lit up all night. The gate of Zhu's Mansion has never been closed, as if no one is sleeping.

Therefore, judging from these signs, everyone believes that in this negotiation, Zhu Wenkang has completely failed. However, on the second day, as soon as the sky was dawn and the four gates were opened, a man galloped in and rode straight into Zhu's mansion. Sharp-eyed people recognized it as Jing Liang, a divine doctor who had a close relationship with the Zhang family.

Chen Qiuniang was eating breakfast in her shop, listening to a group of people who came to eat breakfast gossiping about all kinds of things, and she already knew in her heart that in yesterday's negotiations, Mrs. Zhang actually gave in.

However, no matter who wins or loses in the Zhang Mansion and the Zhu Mansion, the most important thing is that the life of Liuhe Town has returned to peace, the four gates have been opened, and there is no more large-scale search for Chai Yu. Chen Qiuniang felt that this morning was very wonderful, so she took an extra basket of xiaolongbao and went to buy a house.

When the Luo couple saw that Chen Qiuniang had brought delicious buns, they immediately smiled, said thank you, and led her around to see the furniture, count all kinds of utensils, and record them. It took about half an hour to count the furniture and appliances at home, and then the two parties signed a contract, and she wrote Chen Qiusheng's name on the transfer of the title deed.

"Ah, isn't this house where Jiang Gongzi lives by himself?" Luo Zhang looked at the name.

"Well, I also live, but this house was given to my cousin's family, and my cousin is about to go to school, and this Sifang Academy is better." Chen Qiuniang replied, then took the key, and asked the little maids of the Luo family if they were willing to stay, and the salary was still the same. Most of the little maids were from the vicinity of Liuhe Town, so they all stayed behind and continued to take care of them.

After doing a good job in the handover work, the Luo couple pulled Chen Qiuniang to sit down and drink tea, introduced the respective situations of these maids and maids at home, and gave a detailed explanation of the assignment work.

Chen Qiuniang drank tea with the two old people, knowing that the two of them would go to Chengdu Mansion in a while. Originally, the day was set for yesterday, but because the people of the Zhu Mansion blocked the four gates, the people sent to rest in the nearby Wuli Town, early this morning, a small servant came to see the four doors open, and said that they would immediately let people pick up the two old people.

When Chen Qiuniang heard that they were about to leave, she didn't rush to do anything else, but out of politeness, she waited here to pick up the Luo couple and sent the two old people away. At the same time, she also had to clean up the house and pick up Qiusheng and others as soon as possible.

Therefore, after the two old men left, she gathered all the little maids together and lectured and read out the house rules. immediately appointed Xibao, a clever little servant in this group of people, as the new official, and asked them to ask Panqing Brother Yunlai Hotel if they didn't understand anything, and she would greet Panqing for Xibao.

She then asked the porter to go out into the street and find a locksmith to change the locks in each house. The rest of the people, under her guidance, sprinkled and cleaned up the house. During this period, furniture additions were also made. She spent an afternoon busy decorating the house for her younger siblings.

During this period, Xibao counted the family's belongings and made an account book and handed it to her. He also received some silver from her to buy rice and cloth in preparation for the coming of winter.

It was dusk and sunset, and she was so hungry that she remembered that she hadn't eaten lunch. Fortunately, here in the new house, the organic maid had already begun to prepare dinner, so she had dinner here in the new house, and guided the maids in the kitchen of the new house, and taught them a few dishes and a few soups to relieve the heat. After that, almost at night, the moonlight was like water, and she returned to Chen's house.

Because Mrs. Chen went to Qingquan Temple to pray for blessings and has been living in the temple, the business of Yunlai Hotel is very busy, Xiaoqing, Chen Wenzheng, and Pan Qing are all busy in the store, and the home is deserted.

Chen Qiuniang took a hot bath, changed into clean clothes, spread out the four treasures of the study, and wrote a letter to Chen Wenzheng, probably explaining that he should help take care of his family, especially the reading problems of his younger brothers and sisters, hoping that Chen Wenzheng could be more sad for her sake. After that, she wrote the share transfer agreement of Yunlai Hotel, transferring half of her shares in Yunlai Hotel to Chen Qiusheng and the other half to Chen Wenzheng. She also stated in her heart that the purpose of doing this was to ensure that he was the largest shareholder in the hotel and had the absolute right to speak, so as to prevent people with ulterior motives from taking advantage of the loopholes in the equity system to plunder Yunlai Hotel.

She wrote the letter and the transfer of shares, signed her name, pressed her own handprint, and put it in an embroidered cloth bag, hidden in the bottom compartment of the wardrobe.

After doing this, she sat down at the table again and carefully sorted out the things she had to do in the past few days. Then began to estimate Zhu Wenkang's possible movements, as well as Chai Yu's possible whereabouts.

As the night wore on, she felt tired and went to bed. Chen Wenzheng, Pan Qing, and Xiaoqing are still accounting for the hotel and are preparing for the first dividend shareholders' meeting. According to Chen Wenzheng's rigor, it is estimated that he will not sleep until early in the morning.

She was very tired, lying in bed, and quickly fell into a trance, originally thinking that she could fall asleep quickly, but Zhang Ci's face kept coming to her mind, remembering the bits and pieces between them, although it seemed to be an unpleasant experience all the time, but every detail was remembered so clearly every time. The little details of those getting along continue to invade in a fragmented way at the moment when they seem to be asleep. Chen Qiuniang tossed and turned because of this, and it was difficult to sleep deeply.

She tossed and turned, counting the number of sheep jumping over the fire ring for an unknown time, and she didn't feel sleepy; I started to recite English words again, but I still didn't feel sleepy; Then she found a super difficult high math problem and chewed it over and over again, and finally, she had to burst into a foul mouth: Damn, your uncle, why couldn't I solve it before? Yes, she actually solved it.

After this repeated attempts and couldn't sleep, she finally rolled over and got up, sighed, and no longer thought about those messy things, but missed Zhang Ci intently.

Yes, she is a person who has lived for more than thirty years, and she is missing a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, and when she thinks of him, her heart is full of sadness and distress.

If it was in the past, she would have thought it was incredible. One is the age of thousands of sails, and the other is the season of budding. How could two people who are so incompatible have such strange behaviors and expressions.

But now, she really misses this person. Because of his excellence and maturity, she forgot his age. yes, age is a ridiculous thing.

Or, he forgot that she was only nine years old. Chen Qiuniang thought of the little things he got along with her, and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile. Zhang Ci is an interesting person, if it weren't for those bonds, maybe they would be good friends with each other.

As she thought to herself, she heard the window open softly, and then someone came in, and the curtain was lifted.

His uncle, tomorrow he is going to write a letter to Chen Wenzheng, and he stewed the black horse in winter. This dog is completely disrespectful.

Chen Qiuniang complained about the black horse, held the dagger in her hand, and lay on the bed sideways, waiting for the move of the comer.

Outside the house, the moon is like water, and the inside of the house is hazy and can be seen. The man crept in, went straight to her bedside, took out a small bottle in his arms and gently handed it to Chen Qiuniang's nose.

This man is going to poison her. Chen Qiuniang held her breath and did not move. Fortunately, after a while, the man took the small bottle away, closed the cap and put it in his arms. Chen Qiuniang was in the shadow of the bed, and her lungs felt very uncomfortable because of holding her breath, but there were thieves in front of her, so she could only breathe slowly. In the midst of this, she still smelled a faint fragrance diffusing around her.

"Hey." The man stood for a moment and nudged her.

Chen Qiuniang was startled, but did not react, carefully pondering whether this person's figure and voice were acquaintances. The final conclusion was that the person was not known.

Who the hell is this guy from? Chen Qiuniang was depressed, it seemed that she had to quickly understand these things, and a golden cicada would come out of her shell.

"Hey, wake up." After a while, the man nudged her again.

"He's going to wake me up?" Chen Qiuniang asked herself in her heart. Then he denied this possibility, because he had brought a medicine bottle to her nose before, and if he wanted to wake her up, he could wake her up directly after entering the room.

Well, this person was testing her to see if she was stunned. Fortunately, she was clever at the beginning and held her breath, and this room was very well ventilated at her request, so she didn't catch it.

Then pretend to be stunned and see what this man does. Chen Qiuniang decided to pay attention to pretending to be dizzy and observe this person.

The man stood by the bed for a while, pushed her with more force, screamed a few times, and saw that she didn't respond, so he bent down and spread a thin quilt to push her onto the quilt, and then wrapped the quilt, hugged her horizontally and walked outside.

Isn't it a flower thief? This thought flashed through Chen Qiuniang's mind, and then she laughed at her brain. How could a flower thief behave like this?

So, what exactly does this person want? Chen Qiuniang clenched the dagger between her sleeves.

The man went out through the window of the outer room. There was a bush of plantain on the other side of the window, blocking the moonlight, and a dark corner provided a natural barrier for this man, and the little man on duty at night was in a drowsy mood, and it was impossible to notice it.

Hmph, tomorrow I have to build yì Chen Wenzheng to clear this plantain. Last time, I said that plantain is too yin, and it should not be planted in front of and behind people's houses, let alone in the courtyard.

The man stood under the banana tree for a moment, then crept into Mrs. Chen's room and skillfully opened the secret passage.

This person originally came in through a dark passage, no wonder Wu Qi didn't react at all. However, did Zhu Wencai and Jing Liang also come from the dark road before?

When Chen Qiuniang thought of this, she really wanted to hold her forehead and sigh, what the hell is this Chen family. A secret passage is almost known to everyone, and it doesn't keep people cold and mysterious.

The man walked into the dark passage, put Chen Qiuniang at the entrance of the dark passage, and knocked on the stone at the entrance of the dark passage three times. After a while, there were three stone knocks not far away, which should have been a response to him. The man struck two more times, and after that, someone lit a torch in the tunnel.

"Got it?" The man with the torch asked in a low voice.

"It's just a little girl, it's not difficult." The man from earlier picked up Chen Qiuniang and returned to his companion's question.

"Anyway, be careful, the seventh prince said that she is scheming." The man with the torch walked in front, and the sound must have been in his twenties.

The man holding her snorted and said, "You always underestimate me." ”

"Hey, you're always disobedient." The man in front shook his head.

The man snorted again, and then stopped speaking coldly. The two of them walked in the dark passage one after the other, because they were holding her, the secret passage was very narrow, so they walked very slowly.

"Yue, why do you say you have to see her?" The man with the torch asked suddenly.

The man in the back, who was called the moon, said, "What does the lord mean, how do I know." ”

"They're setting up a gambling game." The torch bearer said, "The bet is whether the master will save her." ”

"You're betting again." Moon asked.

The torch-bearer coughed a few times and said, "This is a very mysterious matter, so I don't want to gamble blindly." ”

Yue didn't say anything more, and after walking through the first narrow corridor and entering the wide area, the two of them quickened their pace, and soon reached the underground river.

This time, they did not follow the route taken by Chen Qiuniang, but walked downstream along the underground river, and at a waterfall formed by a drop, the two flew down.

Chen Qiuniang was startled, and her breathing was a little heavier. But the moon and the man with the torch landed firmly under the waterfall and continued downstream.

Just two steps away, the torch-bearer said, "No." ”

"What's wrong, Kun?" Monthly inquiry.

"You've been deceived." The guy named Kun turned around and strode towards Yue, and Chen Qiuniang hurriedly lowered his eyes.

"This girl is really powerful, she can adjust her breathing as if she has been incense. If it weren't for the fact that she was breathing out of order just now at the waterfall, we would have both been deceived by her. Kun said, as if she had pulled back the thin quilt that covered her, for she felt the intense light and the heat of the torches.

"But I'm sure she's not awake." Yue said again.

Kun sighed and said, "Among the eighteen horses, my ear power is the best. ”

Yue didn't speak, just put Chen Qiuniang down, and then said very politely: "Since Miss Chen is awake, please open your eyes and go to meet someone with us." ”

Chen Qiuniang didn't open her eyes, and that Yue said the previous words again, but she was still silent. Kun is not as gentle as Yue, and said directly: "If you don't wake up by yourself, I'll throw a snake to you to play, and I'll talk about it." ”

Snake! Chen Qiuniang is not afraid, she can beat her to death. But to play with snakes, that slippery thing-

Thinking of the snake drilling on her body, Chen Qiuniang couldn't help but shiver, and Nakun continued to say: "Snakes like warmth." It's so cold in here, the snake may dig into your nostrils. Well, I'm raising little green snakes. You commonly known bamboo leaf green is the most suitable for drilling into your nostrils. ”

"Maybe, you really didn't wake up, you heard it wrong." Moon said.

"You're insulting my abilities." Kun said unhappily, and then said, "I let the snake go, I have several in this bottle." ”

Before Chen Qiuniang could react, she felt a cold hand, and then a snake was swimming. Damn, this kid is telling the truth. She was so frightened that she shrank down, and suddenly opened her eyes to look at her wrist, only to see Kun holding a small green snake, which was spitting out the core.

"Your uncle, are you still human?" Chen Qiuniang scolded while slapping his snake away with lightning speed.

Kun laughed, then put the snake into a small bamboo basket around his waist and said, "Who asked you to play with us?" ”

"You are the thieves who have entered the house." Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips, and then squinted at the moon.

Yue is an extremely delicate man, and when Chen Qiuniang looked at him like this, he couldn't help but bow his head and said, "I'm just, just ordered to invite Miss Chen to go." ”

"Are you please?" Chen Qiuniang asked rhetorically.

"I'm afraid you won't, so I'll just do it once and for all." Kun replied as he fiddled with the torch.

"You've asked me what I mean, it's never too late to do it." Chen Qiuniang stood up and put the thin quilt on her body, because she was only wearing a lining, not a coat.

"The Seventh Prince said you are scheming." Moon seems to be a very honest child.

"He's talking nonsense." Chen Qiuniang retorted, and then asked, "Who is the seventh son?" ”

"Lu Chen." Kun replied

"It turned out to be him. He was an insult to my personality. Chen Qiuniang protested.

Kun Hahaha laughed and said, "Your temper is my appetite, I quite like the lord to take a fancy to a girl like you." ”

"Your grandfather is Zhang Ci?" Chen Qiuniang asked tentatively. Because she had also heard that the Zhang family had a secret eighteen horses, which were only managed by the head of the family. If the head of the family dies, the Eighteen Horsemen will be automatically disbanded. And the next head of the family will have his own eighteen horses. At that time, Chen Qiuniang felt that the Zhang family was simply a waste of talent, but Ye Xuan said that the Eighteen Cavalry was a dead soldier who grew up with the head of the family, and only lived and died with the head of the family. In fact, when the head of the family passed away, there were very few eighteen horsemen still alive.

"Do you need to ask?" Kun looked at her like an idiot.

Chen Qiuniang was displeased, wrapped the thin quilt on her body, and said, "Let's go, I also happen to meet him." ”

"Uh-huh, let's go." Kun raised the torch in his hand, and Yue suddenly hugged Chen Qiuniang horizontally.

"Hey, I'll go by myself. I'm awake now. Chen Qiuniang shouted.

"Come on, when you get there, it's dawn, and it's going to happen." Kun Langsheng replied. Then the two of them galloped all the way, sometimes forward, sometimes left, sometimes right, and finally waded through the underground river, and went all the way up, and finally came to the exit, which was a cave. This cave is the same as the cave that the Chen family's secret passage leads to, and it is on a cliff. It's just that the Chen family can still find a way down, and the cliff is not high. With the help of the moonlight like water, Chen Qiuniang saw that this cave was on top of the cliff, and this cliff was all made of rocks, as for what was under the cliff, the fog was rising, and it was completely unclear. What is the place on the cliff, Chen Qiuniang leaned her neck and didn't see the top, and what is even worse is that these cliffs are incapable of vertical angles up or down.

"How do you feel like this place has left Shuzhong. This mountain is not a typical dirt mountain in Shu. Chen Qiuniang muttered.

"The little girl is very knowledgeable." Kun grinned, and he didn't know whether it was praise or sarcasm. Chen Qiuniang also ignored it, and only asked: "What about others?" There's no way here, aren't you trying to deceive me? ”

"Yo, you just remembered that we might be villains? Your sense of precaution is really poor, and the seventh prince still says that you are scheming. The loss is still an exaggerated tone.

Yue was sincere, pointed directly to the top of the cliff, and replied, "Ye is on it." ”

"Let's go, don't keep me waiting." Kun said.

Yue picked up Chen Qiuniang and said, "Miss Chen, hold on to me." ”

"Okay." Chen Qiuniang replied very briskly and grabbed him tightly. What she thought to herself was: Well, if you fall to death, you will have to pull a cushion. Fortunately, the moon pulled the vines hanging down from above, and the climbing speed was very fast, like a monkey.

Kun pulled another vine, and was still in the mood to ask, "Tsuki's hand is very powerful, right?" He was raised by monkeys in his early years. He knows all the monkey's skills. ”

Yue didn't speak, Chen Qiuniang also felt that Kun was not authentic, casually revealing people's privacy, and on this kind of cliff where she would become mud as soon as she stumbled, she didn't want to talk and divide Yue's heart, which would cause unnecessary misery.

Yue's skills are really good, and after a while, he climbed fifty meters. Fifty meters away, there was another platform, on which four men in black clothes stood and pulled them up.

"Where's the master?" Kun asked.

"Inside." One of the men in black replied.

Yue put Chen Qiuniang down and said, "You come with me, I haven't rested for the past few days, and I guess I'm closing my eyes inside now." ”

"Hmm." Chen Qiuniang wrapped the thin quilt tightly and followed the moon into the cave on the platform.

The cave has been renovated and looks more like an ancient mausoleum. And Zhang Ci was resting on the stone bed in the main burial chamber, looking very tired.

Chen Qiuniang's heart, which was very happy at first, suddenly sank, and she felt that her nose was sour, she stood for a long time and said, "Second son, I'm here." ”RS