87_87437 After entering the city gate, Zhong Ziyuan said goodbye to Mrs. Taifu and Liu Yuqing, and sat back in his light-axle two-wheeled carriage. Taifu's Mansion is in Dongcheng District, where the nobles gather, so the price of that piece of land has always been high. And Zhong Ziyuan's father is just a small Wupintai Hospital envoy, so naturally he can't afford to buy such a luxurious house, so they don't have the same path.

The courtyard of the Zhong family is located in the locust alley in the west of the city, which can be regarded as a good place to take a quiet place in the middle of noisy. This courtyard has three entrances and three exits, although it is not large, but it is very exquisite. The Zhong family originally had a simple population, just a family of three. plus maids, mothers-in-law, housekeepers, and servants, there are only ten people in total, and it's enough to live.

When Zhong Ziyuan got into the carriage, her maid Qingdai pouted and complained: "Miss, you finally went to the eldest princess's garden to attend a party, why did you hide in the warm pavilion with Miss Liu and refuse to step out?" In Qing Dai's eyes, today's gathering gathered the top families in Chang'an City, as well as so many handsome young men. If only my own young lady could show her face in front of those ladies! Maybe there will be someone with a discerning eye who will fall in love with his own young lady, and the young lady's life will not be settled.

Zhong Ziyuan blinked her eyes and said with an innocent face: "I was originally going to accompany Sister Liu, but she stayed in the warm pavilion and refused to go out, could I still be wandering around alone?" ”

"That's not what I meant!" Qing Dai stomped her feet anxiously, but she didn't know how to wake up her still naïve and ignorant young lady.

In her opinion, Zhong Ziyuan had already been married a few years ago, and if it was someone else's young lady, she would have been engaged to get married at this age. But it's my own young lady, who only cares about studying medical books and prescriptions every day, and doesn't take her life's events to heart at all. It's just that the young lady is young and doesn't know the world, but her lord and wife are not in a hurry at all. On the contrary, it was herself, a maid, who was so anxious that she had red eyebrows and green eyes. If you don't know, you may think that you are a maid who is worried about getting married. It's just a part-time job, I'm easy! Qing Dai secretly slandered.

Zhong Ziyuan didn't understand Qing Dai's thoughts, but she understood better in her heart. Vainly trying to cling to those high-ranking nobles and noble families with their own family background is tantamount to bringing humiliation on themselves. She didn't want Qing Dai to continue to dwell on this issue, so she deliberately pointed to the outside of the carriage and said, "Qing Dai, look outside, it's actually a pinzhai!" While there are no people queuing up now, let's go buy some of my mother's favorite jujube paste cake and my father's favorite beef tongue cake! ”

Sure enough, Qing Dai's attention was instantly diverted, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, and said in the future: "Can you still buy some laughing dates?" It's cardamom that I love to eat. ”

Zhong Ziyuan said with a smile: "No problem, you can also buy some rose cake you like." Qing Dai's eyes were crooked with a smile, and she almost narrowed into a slit.

Zhong Ziyuan kicked the cloud board and said in a low voice, "Stop." ”

Qing Dai's face immediately darkened, she bit the corner of her handkerchief with a gloomy face, and said, "Miss, where am I here?" This kind of thing should be done by me, a maid. ”

"Anyone can do the same." Zhong Ziyuan smiled heartily, she put on a cone hat casually, and didn't wait for Qingdai to help her, or for the coachman to put the tripod. I lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage. Because she often followed her father up the mountain to collect medicine, she was more flexible than ordinary men.

Qing Dai was so anxious that she only jumped to her feet, she climbed out of the carriage, trotted a few steps behind Zhong Ziyuan with her skirt, and reminded in a low voice: "Miss, pay attention to your manners." Zhong Ziyuan was afraid that she would be verbose, so she had to reduce the steps she had already taken a little bit.

Yipinzhai really lives up to its reputation, and in such bad weather, there are still many people queuing up, waiting to buy the pastries produced by his family, but the number of people is not as exaggerated as when the weather is good.

After Zhong Ziyuan and Qingdai lined up for a while, they finally bought jujube paste crisp and beef tongue cake, but the laughing jujube was gone, and it was replaced with wosi candy and rose cake. Qing Dai happily carried four oiled paper bags and followed Zhong Ziyuan back to the carriage.

As soon as Zhong Ziyuan got into the carriage, he keenly smelled a faint smell of blood. She subconsciously glanced at Qingdai, and saw that she was still looking at the oiled paper bag in her hand with great interest, and she didn't seem to be aware of it. She frowned slightly, and quietly commanded in a loud voice, "Let's go!" ”

"Great!" The answer to her was Fu Bo, who was sitting in front of him to drive the carriage, he had driven the carriage for the Zhong family for thirty years, although his ears were a little bad now, but his driving skills were still first-class.

Zhong Ziyuan weighed it, and it was either an old man or a woman in his car. If the thief who sneaked into his carriage attacked, it seems that his side will not be able to win. Zhong Ziyuan will never fight a battle that she is not sure of, so she decided to paralyze the other party quietly for the time being.

The car soon arrived at the gate of Huaishu Hutong, and Ziyuan suddenly said in a loud voice: "Fu Bo, send me to the backyard." I'm going to see if the herbs are frozen. ”

"Okay." Fauber agreed, and with a flick of the whip, he pulled the horse's head to the side, and walked straight to the backyard of the Zhong family.

The carriage entered the backyard of the Zhong family and stopped steadily in a vacant lot in the backyard. The three of them got out of the carriage, and Zhong Ziyuan ordered, "Fu Bo, you go find some hay to feed it." Qing Dai, you bring the snacks to Mrs. while it's hot. I'm going to see my herbs. ”

"Yes."

"Okay."

Fu Bo and Qing Dai did not doubt him, and after agreeing, they took their own actions. In the backyard of the Zhong family, Zhong Ziyuan specially repaired a large house, and the roof and walls of the house used a large area of valuable crystal glass, so that the sunlight could shine directly into the room through the glass. In this way, the plants planted inside do not need to be afraid of the changes in the natural weather, and can enjoy full sunshine. However, the purpose of this glazed house is not to grow flowers or vegetables, but to grow a variety of rare herbs.

The glass house is usually taken care of by Zhong Ziyuan alone, and even her personal maids Qingdai and Cardamom can't come in without permission. But the first thing Zhong Ziyuan did when he came in today was not to see the growth of those herbs as usual, or to care about the state of the mice in the cage. Instead, he directly opened a five-drawer cabinet with vermilion lacquer inlaid luodian flowers placed in the corner of the glazed house, and then took out a bunch of bottles and cans from it. These are all the good things she thinks up every day.

After pondering for a moment, Zhong Ziyuan carefully selected two bottles from it. A bottle contains a poison that seals the throat with blood, but it is colorless and odorless, and can evaporate in the air. The other bottle contains a strong drug that makes you smell and pour it out.

Zhong Ziyuan looked at the treasure in his hand, and said to himself with a smug smile: "No matter who you are, as long as you dare to get into my carriage without permission, don't think about going out so easily." ”。