The sound of Suo Suo came from the bushes not far away, and Zhao Xiu immediately turned his head to look, only to find a touch of green. If she remembered correctly, Miss Fang's maids, Yuege and Yunqu, were wearing turquoise skirts.

Yue Ge went back to Wenxin Hall to get the cloak for Miss Fang, and Yun Qu had already disappeared before eating Laba porridge. Which one is here? But no matter which one it is, it is the girl of the Fang family, seeing that the eldest girl Fang sprained her foot and sat on the ground, and heard her cry for help, she didn't run out to help but avoided the side, there must be a problem.

Zhao Xiu glanced at the frightened Fang girl.

Miss Fang's face turned pale, and she said to Zhao Xiu in a trembling voice, "Miss Zhao...... How can you shout like that? This...... This ......"

Zhao Xiu winked at her innocently: "What's wrong?" You said you wanted me to find someone. The weather is so cold, when your girl comes back, I'm afraid you'll already be sick with the cold, and I don't worry about leaving you here alone. So I had to shout loudly. You have a big garden, but there should be people nearby, right? ”

Fang Da smiled reluctantly: "You are right......" She only hoped that no one would be near the garden, it was better that even that person had not arrived yet, and the ladies over there in the Asking Heart Hall should not hear the movement. At this time, if a rough mother-in-law comes and confuses this matter, it will be her creation. The daughter of the Zhao family of Jiannan Hou Mansion is such an unreasonable character, which is really much unexpected to her.

Unfortunately, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and there were footsteps ahead, and then, the figure of a young man appeared behind the bushes not far away. He probed and saw that there were two little girls here, so he immediately turned his back and asked very cautiously and politely, "But the two girls are calling for help?" ”

Fang Da's face turned even greener, Zhao Xiu blinked, deliberately showed a sweet smile, and said to the young man in a childish tone: "This uncle, are you from the Fang family?" This sister is the eldest girl of the Fang family, she has crutches, she is injured, and she can't walk, can you help us call a few girls to help her? Thank you. ”

She was originally young, although she grew taller, but her facial features were still childish, since the beginning of winter, she exercised less, ate well, her small chin was much rounder than before, and her cheeks were still red and fluttering along the way, revealing health and cuteness. She combed her beard today, and she wore the insect beads that little girls often wore in her hair, and coupled with her deliberately pretended immature voice, she was a good little girl. She also opened her mouth and shouted "uncle", calling the young man opposite who would never be more than twenty years old as an elder in disguise, which immediately erased the ** color of many unmarried men and women meeting each other.

When the young man heard this, he subconsciously regarded himself as an elder, and with a little less concern, he turned his head boldly and confidently, took two steps closer, and asked with a worried face: "Whose child are you?" Why are you two the only ones here? Don't even bring a girl? Seeing Fang Da, he was stunned. Fang Da blushed and lowered his head deeply, not daring to look at him at all.

The young man's expression was a little stunned.

Zhao Xiu only realized at this time that although the young man in front of him looked quite thin and straight from a distance, when he got closer, he could find that there was a large spot on his left face, which spread from under the eyelid to the corners of the eyes and cheeks, like a triangle, the widest part was three fingers wide, and the whole was light brown, lining his white skin, which was very obvious. In fact, looking at his facial features, he looks quite upright, and even quite delicate, only looking at the right side of his face, he is a really handsome guy, but his face is ruined by this spot. Fortunately, he has a clear eye and a very bookish aura, which makes it easy for people to feel good at the first sight, but it will not make people afraid because of that spot.

Although Zhao Xiu was surprised when he first saw him, he quickly returned to normal. People who have experienced it in modern society, what ugly face has not been seen? I have watched several versions of the "Journey to the West" movie and TV series, and compared with the ugly "monster" in the play, this young man's appearance is really nothing, and he looks very kind.

The amiable young man said softly to Zhao Xiu: "I am the cousin of this Fang girl, whose surname is Shang Mingqiong, and I am also here as a guest today. I just sat in front of the Yuebanxuan, there is a tea stove in the Xuan to keep warm, and there are doors and windows to shelter from the wind and cold. Little girl, how about you help my cousin and wait for Xiaoxuan in front first? I went to find someone to see Cousin Fang's injuries. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled and nodded, and asked Fang Da again: "Can you go?" I'll hold you up, try your best. Which foot is twisted? Just don't push yourself and try to walk on your other foot. ”

Seeing that his plan had failed, Fang Da had already dispelled his original thoughts, and said weakly: "I think it's better than Fang Cai, I should be able to walk, and I'm tired of Miss Zhao." ”

Shang Qiong turned around and walked in front, and Zhao Xiu helped Fang Da to limp along. She looked at the latter's feet and smiled softly: "Miss Fang, are you twisting your left foot?" But what you said just now seems to be an injury to your right foot, right? ”

Fang Da froze, he didn't know what to put on for a while, and after a long while, he barely pulled out a smile: "It's true that I injured my right foot, but I don't think the pain is so bad now, so I want to try to walk by myself." ”

"Oh - I see." Zhao Xiu helped her walk up two steps before she stomped her feet with a look of annoyance, "I remember wrong, Miss Fang did twist her left foot." It was because your left foot hurt that you sat on the ground next to the tree on the left side of the path. She glanced at Fang Da's feet: "I'm just mistaken, why can't Miss Fang herself remember which of her feet was injured?" ”

Fang Da's face turned red, her hands trembled like leaves in the wind, and she was about to cry. Knowing this, she should have said that Zhao Xiu was wrong, she did hurt her left foot, why did she panic for a moment and say the wrong thing? Shang Qiong walked less than six feet in front of them, he could hear everything Zhao Xiu said, if he suspected something because of this, then she ......

Shang Qiong in front of him only paused at his feet, and his face was obviously confused when he turned his head on the side, but he quickly continued to walk forward.

They soon arrived at their destination, Yuebanxuan. It is a half-moon-shaped porch house, with a wall on one side and water on the other, and a row of beautiful carved wooden windows with glass inlays, facing the rockery pool in front of the pavilion. There are doors at both ends of the gallery house, as long as the doors and windows are closed, it is a small world isolated from the outside world, you can enjoy the scenery, you can also drink tea and chat. At this moment the door was closed at one end, and at the other end was the entrance where they entered. There is a set of tables and chairs in the room, and on the table is a small red clay stove for cooking tea, and the fire has not yet been extinguished.

Zhao Xiu helped Fang Da sit down on the chair next to the table, opened the teapot on the stove and looked at it, and saw that although the water in it was hot, it was not boiling. She thought about it, then opened a clean cup and poured most of the cup, and stuffed it into Fang Da's hand: "You take it to warm your hands, although the water is not boiling, as long as you don't drink it." ”

Fang Da was holding the cup, his body was still trembling, so pitiful.

Shang Qiong saw it, a trace of unbearability flashed on her face, and she turned around and closed the door. Fang Da heard the sound, as if he was greatly frightened, and glared at Shang Qiong and the door behind him, but he didn't say anything.

Shang Qiong's face was puzzled: "Does Cousin Fang want to open the door?" I saw that you seemed to feel cold, so I wanted to close the door. He turned to reopen the door, but found that it wouldn't be pushed.

He frowned and pushed the door a few times, but it still wouldn't open. He looked out through the glass and saw that the lock was broken, and that the door could not be opened without an external force breaking it. He was so shocked that when he went out, he didn't notice anything wrong with the lock!

But...... It didn't seem that the girl had closed the door, but only covered it up, so he felt that the cold wind was unbearable, and when he came to close the door, he heard a cry for help from the garden.

Could it be that this is already bad?

Shang Qiong strode to the other end of Yue Banxuan, this was where he came in, because the wind was strong, the girl who led the way locked the door casually. He tried the lock on this side, but found that the lock would not be opened either.

What's going on?

Zhao Xiu looked at his actions and had already guessed the answer in his heart: "What's the matter, Uncle Shang?" Is the door lock broken? ”

Shang Qiong frowned and looked at her: "It seems like this, we have to find a way to call someone to open the door, otherwise we won't even be able to go out and call someone to see Cousin Fang's injury." ”

Zhao Xiu asked him thoughtfully, "Uncle Shang, were you here alone just now?" What are you doing here? Since you are a guest at Fang's house, is there no one to entertain you? ”

Shang Qiong glanced at Fang Da: "I'm waiting for someone here, and there is a girl waiting for tea." Because the person I was waiting for was delayed, the girl said to invite her, so she went away, but she has not returned. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled and said, "If you really can't get out, you can only wait for this girl to come back." Also, Miss Fang Cai also felt cold, so she sent the accompanying girl back to Wenxintang to get the cloak, presumably she will be back soon. ”

Shang Qiong bowed respectfully and said, "Having said that, the two of them are daughters in the boudoir, and it is very inappropriate for me to be alone in this house." I am afraid that outsiders will know that it will damage the reputation of the two girls. ”

Zhao Xiu waved his hand: "We are clear, besides, only we know about this matter." As long as we don't tell people, how can others gossip? You're not going to say it, are you? I won't talk too much. She looked down at Fang Da: "Miss Fang won't tell anyone, right?" ”

Fang Da smiled reluctantly: "Of course......" She looked at Shang Qiong's eyes, her face turned pale again, she lowered her head, but she was unspeakably afraid in her heart, and her body trembled even more.

Zhao Xiu frowned at her: "You don't matter, right?" Could it be that the wind is blowing cold? After hesitating, she stuffed the hand stove in her sleeve, replaced the cup of tea that had become warm, and saw that the other party was still shaking, so she simply moved the tea stove closer so that the other party could keep warm.

At this time, the sound of people talking came from outside Yue Banxuan. A familiar young man's voice said, "Fang Cai's cry for help came from this direction, right?" Some others responded: "But this is already the corner of the garden, and few people usually come over, who is calling for help?" Shizi, did you really hear me right? ”

"There's no way there's anything wrong!" The young man replied categorically.

Zhao Xiu was overjoyed, rushed to the window to look, and caught a glimpse of Gao Zhen's figure turning out from behind the rockery, and hurriedly patted the window frame loudly: "Brother Zhen, Brother Zhen!" ”

Gao Zhen had already heard the movement, his face suddenly changed, and he ran over quickly, running to the door on the side of Yue Banxuan.

Zhao Xiu squeezed Shang Qiong away from the door, and said to Gao Zhen outside the door: "The eldest girl of the Fang family sprained her foot, I helped her to rest here, I wanted to call someone, but I didn't expect that the doors on both sides of this house were broken, and we couldn't get out, so I don't know what to do." ”

"What?" Gao Zhen looked back coldly at the two teenagers accompanying him, and the tallest one of them hurriedly said, "How can this be? Yesterday, I saw the next person cleaning Yuebanxuan, and I didn't hear them say that the door lock was broken? He squeezed forward to check the situation in the house, and when he saw that Miss Fang and Shang Qiong were also there, his face suddenly changed.

Gao Zhen said coldly: "Now is not the time to talk about this, hurry up and open the door!" ”

The young man hurriedly said, "I'll call someone to go!" He turned around and left, and without taking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back at the big girl Fang in the Xuan again, but Fang Da hung his head and didn't say a word. The boy gritted his teeth and turned away.

Another teenager hesitantly asked Shang Qiong, "Cousin Shang, why are you here?" Just now, you talked to us about poetry and papers, and we had a good chat, but the eldest aunt and cousin called you over, and we only thought you were still talking to them, but I didn't expect you to come here. ”

Shang Qiong's expression was faint: "I am also acting according to the orders of my elders." ”

The young man didn't know why, so he looked at Fang Da in Xuanzhong: "Big sister, are you okay?" Fang Da continued to bow his head and pretend to be dead, without answering.

Gao Zhen asked Zhao Xiu: "Is it cold inside?" How long have you been stuck here? ”

Zhao Xiu replied: "You just came, you have arrived, did you hear my cry for help?" Uncle Shang also heard my call for help and went over, otherwise we would still be in the snow at this time. ”

Gao Zhen paused, and glanced at Shang Qiong with an uncertain expression. Shang Qiong hurriedly said: "In the next year, the girl should not call me uncle." Then he said: "I haven't had time to ask, I don't know which family the girl is?" It turned out that it was an old acquaintance with the son. ”

Gao Zhen said lightly: "This is the sister of Jiannanhou, and I have known each other since childhood. ”

Shang Qiong was solemn, and hurriedly saluted: "It turned out to be Miss Zhao, it was really rude." If it weren't for Shang Qiong's negligence, the girl wouldn't be trapped here. ”

Zhao Xiu avoided with a smile: "Shang Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, if it weren't for you, I would still be blowing the wind right now." While being locked in the house was an accident, it's not something you want. As he spoke, he glanced at Fang Da, and always felt that this matter must have nothing to do with her.

Gao Zhen watched their interaction, and suddenly said, "Fang Jinqi went to find someone, why hasn't he come back for a long time?" Sister Zhao, it's not a way for you to continue to stay inside, why don't you come up with another idea? ”

Zhao Xiu asked, "What's the way?" Slamming the door? ”

The young man was suddenly startled, and looked at Zhao Xiu's expression as if he had seen some monster, and stammered to stop: "This ...... This...... Yuebanxuan is my uncle's beloved place, if it is smashed......"

Gao Zhen glanced at him arrogantly: "Then ask him to come to me." ”

The boy suddenly closed his mouth.

Zhao Xiu couldn't help but smile, and looked back at Xuanzhong: "There shouldn't be any need to slam the door, I'll try another way first." She went to the table, picked up a chair, and placed it on the edge of the window, and then tried to open a window, and when she found it unlocked, she was overjoyed, and she stepped on the chair and climbed the window.

Shang Qiong and Fang Da were both stunned, and Fang Da rushed over with a scream: "What are you going to do?!" "Forget about my "foot injury".

Zhao Xiu looked back at her and smiled: "Look, if you really want to find a way, in fact, we won't necessarily be trapped here." With that, he turned around and stepped on the windowsill.

Gao Zhen had already stepped on the Taihu Lake Stone under the window of Yuebanxuan, walked over from the edge of the pool, held Zhao Xiu's hand tightly, the two looked at each other and smiled, Zhao Xiu held Gao Zhen's hand and jumped steadily from the window sill.

Gao Zhen stretched out his hand to arrange the cloak on her body for her, then took her hand, turned around and carefully stepped on the Taihu Lake Stone step by step back to the edge of the pool.

Miss Fang was already stunned, and what made her even more sluggish was that Shang Qiong followed Zhao Xiu's footsteps, stepped on the chair, and stepped on the windowsill. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Cousin Shang?!" ”

Shang Qiong glanced back at her: "If you don't want to, just say it, why drag irrelevant people in?" That's still a kid, and you can do it. My mother really misjudged you in the past! After saying that, he jumped out without looking back.

Fang Da's complexion changed greatly, and he only felt that his legs were weak, and he sat down on the ground weakly.