It turned out that under the corner of the wall outside the courtyard of Zhong Ziyuan's house, I don't know who drew a strange pattern with black charcoal. Roughly it looked like four sheep were grazing, but the sheep were too ugly, and they were all black. Xiucai Lady smiled: "Forget it, it must be just a naughty child." I'll be fine with water later. Where is it worth your temper tantrums. ”

Sister-in-law Zhuang said angrily: "This group of little deflated three, last time I also carved a bunch of small animals on the gate of my house with stones, and I used paint to paint the entire gate to cover those traces." But so far, there has been no admission of Xiao Misan. ”

"Hahaha" Xiucai Lady and Zhong Ziyuan couldn't help laughing. Laughing so much that Sister-in-law Zhuang was embarrassed to nag anymore, and she covered her mouth and laughed. The three of them talked and laughed for a while before returning to the courtyard together.

Xiucai Lady really fetched a basin of water and wanted to clean it, but Zhong Ziyuan stopped her and said, "That's not in a hurry, you better teach these girls how to grind medicinal herbs first!" ”

"Great!" Xiucai put down the basin, wiped the water stains on her hands, and took the three little girls back to work in her yard.

Zhong Ziyuan pulled Sister-in-law Zhuang to sit down at the stone table under the grape trellis, and began to discuss in detail how to package those pills. Everyone was busy with things on their hands, and they quickly forgot about the scribbled graffiti outside the door.

Until the evening, all the people who had been busy all day went home. The Zhong family closed the courtyard door, had dinner, and bathed. Zhong Ziyuan was wearing wet black hair, half-lying on her bamboo chair, while Qingdai held a wide handkerchief to help her dry her hair.

Cardamom sits at the table. She held a brush with a green bamboo pole, dipped in ink, and took advantage of the dim light of the butter lamp. Carefully recorded it in the ledger in front of him.

After a long time, she finally raised her head, rubbed her eyes, and said a little tiredly: "Childe, I have memorized everything, do you want to take a look?" ”

"Well, I'll take a look."

Cardamom immediately put down the brush in her hand. held the ledger in front of Zhong Ziyuan.

Zhong Ziyuan turned the pages one by one and looked carefully. Cardamom's handwriting is not yet out of shape, and those words are written big. Small, small. However, the strokes are indeed very serious, and the content recorded in it is not at all wrong. Zhong Ziyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, not bad." There is no error at all. ”

Cardamom listened. The corners of his mouth curled, and a hint of smugness appeared on his immature little face. Seeing this, Qing Dai smiled and said: "Childe, you ask her to keep accounts and settle accounts every day, this is to train her to be a female shopkeeper!" When Cardamom heard this, she also looked at Zhong Ziyuan in surprise.

"Yes, I have such a plan." Zhong Ziyuan actually nodded in agreement, and she sat up. looked at Qingdai Zhengse and said, "Not only her, but also you have to learn to keep accounts with Cardamom." ”

"I'm going to learn too?" Qing Dai pointed to her nose in surprise. The round little face immediately collapsed. She is very afraid that the soft tip of the pen is good, and every time she writes, she always has a bad grasp of the weight, either the words are painted black, or the uneven thickness of the writing is really ugly. She prefers to hold an embroidery needle rather than a brush.

Zhong Ziyuan said with a smile: "Fu Bo is old, I can't let him worry too much, I can use the two of you around me." Did you know? I only learned today that Mrs. May's daughter country is not only doing so successfully, but also in that daughter country, whether it is a partner, a cook, including a shopkeeper, or a steward, all of them are women. ”

Cardamom had heard what Mrs. May had said at the time, but she didn't think there was anything. Qing Dai was surprised, and she said incredulously: "Can my daughter also be a shopkeeper and a housekeeper?" In her impression, even if she is a capable woman, at most she is the housekeeper of the back house. She had never seen a woman who could be the steward of a large shop, let alone the shopkeeper. That's the first person under the owner, and half of the decision-makers of the whole store. There are many shops where the proprietor is the shopkeeper himself.

Zhong Ziyuan nodded and said, "Since men can do it, women can naturally do it too, and the success of the daughter country is a good example." In the future, I don't plan to just make Peach Blossom Beauty Pills. I still have several health regimens in my hands that I can produce on a large scale. Maybe one day I'll open a health hall that only sells all kinds of pills that I make home. When the business grows bigger, I will definitely need a shopkeeper and a manager to be my right-hand man. But the only ones I can fully trust are the two of you. Don't you want to help me? Yixi's eyes were sparkling with cardamom and Qing Dai, and for the first time, there was something called "ambition", which was slowly expanding.

The three of them chatted for a long time, Qingdai yawned countless times, and her round eyes were foggy. Feeling sorry for them, they were too tired, so Zhong Ziyuan smiled and sent them back to the room to sleep.

After the two left, Zhong Ziyuan was left alone in the house, but she didn't feel sleepy at all. He simply stood up, pushed open the window, and let the silver moonlight sprinkle into the humble room with the cool night breeze.

She leaned on the long collapse with her long hair, holding a coarse porcelain tea cup in her hand, and slowly sipped the green tea inside. A pair of amber eyes quietly stared at the starry, shining sky, but unfortunately no one knew what she was thinking.

At this moment, there was silence, and Zhong Ziyuan seemed to be able to hear the earth-shattering snoring of Fu Bo from the two rooms. Gradually, a trace of tiredness welled up in my heart. When she was in a trance and wanted to close her eyes and take a nap, suddenly a black shadow fell silently from the roof. Zhong Ziyuan was taken aback, her heavy drowsiness was almost half frightened, and she shouted in a low voice: "Who is it?" ”

"It's me." The voice was low and deep, and Zhong Ziyuan immediately heard that it was the head of the guard during the day. She frowned slightly, and asked puzzledly, "It's so late, what's the matter?" ”

The guard whispered next to the window: "Today, Jia Gongzi's wealth has been exposed in front of people, and he has been targeted by thieves, but I am afraid that there will be action tonight." I have sent someone to report this to my master, and he will be there immediately. Please rest assured, if there is any change outside, you just don't hear it. ”

Targeted by thieves? Zhong Ziyuan suddenly remembered the graffiti that appeared inexplicably outside the courtyard gate, could it be that it was the mark left by the thief. Her complexion changed dramatically. Flustered, he stood up and asked, "What about the others?" ”

"Childe, don't worry, we have enough manpower to keep others safe." The guard said unhurriedly.

"Thank you, then, sir." Zhong Ziyuan thanked him. Feeling the long collapse, he slowly sat down. The guard stopped talking, and his figure flickered, and he didn't know where he was hiding again.

Zhong Ziyuan was restless at the moment, and her heart began to beat uncontrollably. Although she was assured by the guard, as a daughter's family, she was afraid after all knowing that she was being targeted by thieves. After sitting on the long collapse for a moment. She suddenly stood up, ran over to open the medicine box resting on the camphor wood box, and took out a porcelain bottle inside. Started to get busy arranging it.

When she had done this, she blew out the butter lamp as usual, and lay down on the bed. I don't know exactly how long it has been. Her eyes were wide open in the darkness with horror. Don't dare to close. But the sleepy insect is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, constantly destroying her nerves. Finally, she didn't hold back and slowly closed her eyes.

She was woken up by the sound of soldiers in the courtyard, the sound of weapons clashing, and then a few muffled shouts rang out: "Here we are!" ”

"Catch it alive!"

"Don't let them go!"

"They've been in ambush, be careful!"

"Haha. You can't run away. ”

The chaotic sound made Zhong Ziyuan open his eyes suddenly. A flash of light flashed. The guard's warning was still in her ears, but she couldn't resist the panic and curiosity in her heart, so she had to comfort herself: "I'll just see, it shouldn't matter!" She rolled over and sat up, not daring to light the lamp, but cautiously came to the window in the dark, opened a crack and peeked out.

Under the starlight, she vaguely saw that there were several figures entangled and fighting together in the small courtyard of her house. The figure flickered, blood splattered, and from time to time there were a few muffled grunts or screams. She couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly.

It took a while for her to get used to the dim light before she could see clearly. There were three people dressed as rivers and lakes in the courtyard, and they seemed to have just sneaked into the courtyard, and they were immediately discovered by the guards who had been ambushed in the courtyard early and started a fight. At this moment, one of them was already seriously injured and was taken down on the spot, while the other two were also painted and were still dying.

Then, someone tried to climb the wall from the darkness, but he just showed his head. Immediately, a rope flew out of the courtyard and was put around the neck of the hapless man who poked his head out. With a single force, the unlucky man can be pulled off the wall. He screamed and then went silent. This is probably the beginning of the temptation, because in the darkness, no one knows how many people on the other side are hidden in the dark. The two intruders in the courtyard didn't last long before they were taken down and tied up and left firmly under the corner.

The two sides fell into silence again, and the people inside and outside the hospital faintly formed a confrontation, but no one dared to act rashly. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn

"Strange." Zhong Ziyuan secretly wondered, after ping pong outside for so long, why didn't Qingdai and Cardamom react at all? Even the sister-in-law Zhuang next door and Xiucai on the other side were silent, and even the lights were not lit. Also, didn't the guard say that he had already notified his master, so why did his master disappear? At this moment, Zhong Ziyuan's heart was already a mess.

After thinking about it, she straightened her hair in a bun, tightened her belt, and then tiptoed open the door, wanting to go out to see what was going on. As soon as the door was pushed open, she saw at a glance that Guo Chenghe, dressed in a purple robe, was whispering to the tall guard. Zhong Ziyuan's heart, which had been clenching, immediately calmed down strangely, she rushed to his side, and said in a brisk tone, "When did you come?" ”

Guo Chengsi glanced back at her sternly, she was startled, restrained the smile on her face, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”

He sighed lightly and said, "I knew that you would be forgetful, and I said that I wanted you not to come out, why did you run out again?" ”

Seeing that his face was not good, Zhong Ziyuan pinched the corner of his clothes and said cautiously: "I just want to ask, how are the rest of my family doing now?" ”

"They have all been lit to sleep, and they should be sleeping in Zhengxiang now, and they will not be disturbed." The guard clenched his fists and replied to Zhong Ziyuan's question.

"That's good, that's good" Zhong Ziyuan was a little dumbfounded, paused, and she said, "Otherwise, I'll go back to my room and pretend to sleep." ”

Guo Chengsi's face turned dark, and he said coldly: "Forget it!" You'd better follow me. If you do, it's troublesome. ”

"Oh!" Zhong Ziyuan really followed behind him honestly.

Seeing that she was so obedient, Guo Chengsi secretly hooked the corners of his mouth, and whispered to the guards again: "Do you know how many people they came?" ”

"It's hard to say, but they're a lot of people and they're very cautious. actually let people play the strikers first, which exposed our manpower. It seems that the only thing left is hard fighting. ”

"Are they from the capital?"

"No, they have a southern accent, and they're all fresh faces. Dare to fight, and have a lot of strategy. Look at the number of roads should come from other places. It is estimated that he is accustomed to wandering around committing crimes, and if he succeeds, he will run away, so that the victim has nowhere to find someone. ”

Chang'an City is rich, and there are many dignitaries and dignitaries. There are many people who gather here from all over the world to get out of the way, and there are many people who gather a group of people to do a big ticket together, and leave when they have enough money.

Especially when there are natural and man-made disasters, those outlaws who have lost their homes, loved ones, land, and a qiē are even more violent when they cross the river with fierce dragons. Such people often have nothing to deter, and they hold a posture of not wanting to die, and become the nemesis of many wealthy families with weak protection power.

Of course, those real dignitaries and dignitaries have a large number of guards at home, and the little ones guard the door, so they naturally don't dare to provoke them lightly.

"Master, please rest assured, although these wild road thieves are cunning, they don't know that they are against the government. This strong dragon is not yet a strong snake, not to mention that they are not called a strong dragon, at best they can only be said to be loaches. Let them come and die as many as they want tonight, lest they have a chance to hurt others. The six-rank guards spoke majestically, full of confidence.

At this time, Zhong Ziyuan saw clearly that under the eaves of his yard, there were a large number of guards standing in the shadows. They are like a pack of lurking cheetahs, waiting to deliver the deadliest blow to their enemies.

This small courtyard is simply guarded like an iron bucket that cannot be pierced by a gun, splashed with water, or burned by fire. Someone outside suddenly shouted sharply: "Kill" (to be continued......