The middle-aged man ate the meatballs on the chopsticks into his mouth, spread his hands, and said inarticulately, "Send you a letter, and by the way, look at your boy's proud appearance." "That's a little underwhelming.

Zhou Boyan took the teacup again and wanted to throw him.

He threw away his chopsticks and quickly covered his face with his hands, "Don't, don't, they all said that the eldest brother's makeup was made with a lot of effort, why did you kid still come?" ”

Zhou Boyan only gave him one word, "Say." ”

He took away his face-shielding hand, sighed, and straightened his face, "The higher authorities sent me not only for the things mentioned in the letter, but for one other thing. Your confidante ......" At this point, he looked like he wanted to say something.

Zhou Boyan didn't blink his eyes, and the half cup of tea in his hand splashed straight into his face.

He seemed to be prepared, pulling out the tray hidden under the table, covering his face and screaming. I saw that the tea spilled on the tray, and the water droplets splashed everywhere, splashing into several dishes on the table, and the meatballs closest to him were not spared. He took the tray away and leaned on the plate of meatballs and yelled, "Wow...... Lord's balls, Lord's balls. ”

Zhou Boyan, who was pouring tea, sat opposite him calmly, letting him yell and scream non-stop, without any guilt. When he stopped yelling, he spoke, "Would you like another drink?" ”

He immediately stopped, "Alright! Your confidante ......" He pulled out a long tail note, and when he saw that the person opposite was about to turn his face again, he quickly picked it up, "My brother, I'm in trouble." He took the chopsticks slowly, moved his butt and sat next to Zhou Boyan, moved the fish plate that was not affected by the tea to him, and said while carefully picking out the fish bones, "I don't need to say, you should have found it too." In order to hide people's eyes, the top sent General Gu, Vice General Li, and Vice General Qiao to pick up the person. At that time, there were three newborns, General Gu and two lieutenants, Li and Qiao, each receiving a newborn. I don't need to say what the result will be. ”

Zhou Boyan was silent, but his face was very gloomy.

"Three newborns, two died on the spot. There is another one, the one that General Gu carried, who was robbed by unknown people. After that, no matter how much they checked, they could not find the whereabouts of the one who was robbed, and many people believed that the person was dead. In the past many years, even those in the know have forgotten about it, but they don't want to, and it has recently made waves again. In the winter, Vice General Li's seven-year-old son disappeared, and his body was found in the suburbs of Beijing a few days later. A few days before you left Beijing, Vice General Qiao's eight-year-old son also disappeared. ”

Zhou Boyan frowned, but did not interrupt.

"Fortunately, when the bandits were about to kill the child, they were broken by a team of officers and soldiers who were searching for the fugitives. The bandits fled, and the son of Adjutant General Joe was saved. Adjutant Qiao's son said that the bandits carried him to the outskirts of Beijing, took off his shoes and socks on his left foot, and looked at the soles of his feet. The strange behavior of the bandits attracted the attention of Xue Fox of Dali Temple. Xue Fox linked the account of Vice General Qiao's son to the murder of Vice General Li's son and did some investigation. Later, he found that when the body of Adjutant General Li's son was found, the shoes and socks on his left foot had been taken off, and the shoes and socks on his right foot were still well worn. ”

Zhou Boyan clenched his fists, the green tendons on his forehead protruded, and a killing intent appeared on his body.

"If it were me, even so, I wouldn't suspect anything, I would only think that this murderer was a pervert who took off the child's left foot and killed it. But Xue Fox of Dali Temple didn't think so, he reported his guess, saying that the third target might not be the son of General Gu, who also received the emperor's order. The other party's target is a boy of seven or eight years old, and it is the son of a military general who has received an imperial order to adopt that one. Obviously, some people suspected that the one was still alive, and suspected that the one was living in the mansion of the military general who had received the emperor's order, which set off a storm. "The royal family will not tolerate the fact that someone tried to cover it up again and hurt innocent children.

The killing intent on Zhou Boyan's body slowly dissipated, but his heart was turbulent. Indeed, before he left Beijing, all the high-ranking officials in Beijing were silent, and they hated to take their children and grandchildren under the age of ten with him to protect them at all times. The reason was that Vice General Li's son was killed first, and Vice General Qiao's son was almost killed later. At that time, he did not know that the bandits had taken off the children's left shoes and socks, and if he knew, if he knew......

"Xue Fox of Dali Temple is very good, I went to ask him and asked him what the shoes and socks of the bandit took off the child's left foot and socks. He talked about him left and right, and he wasn't prepared to let me know the details. I guess you know why, so you might as well tell me and let me hear about it. ”

"Have you ever checked whether the murdered child had a birthmark on the left side of his foot?" Zhou Boyan naturally knew what it meant for the bandits to take off their children's shoes and socks. The child born to the eldest princess of Da'an and the prince of Xichang Kingdom has a birthmark on the heart of her left foot! He didn't know what the birthmark looked like, but what he found was it.

"This ......" is obvious, he hasn't checked it. But he also understood that the bandits were looking for a seven or eight-year-old boy with a birthmark on his left foot. No wonder Xue Fox would link the two cases, it turns out that the answer is here. This shows that when he was born, he had a birthmark on the heart of his left foot. He wondered, is that really alive?

Zhou Boyan stood up, "I'm going to leave for a few days to do a very urgent matter." You stay in Kangxi Town honestly, protect him, and don't let him go on any errands. ”

"Boy, who do you want your master to protect? Is it your confidante, or is it your confidante's younger brother? He asked playfully.

Zhou Boyan punched over.

He tilted his head away with a smug expression. But he didn't want to, Zhou Boyan struck the west, the punch he hit was just a false move, and the kick under his feet was a real move. With a bang, he fell to the ground with a chair, "Hey, stinky boy, you're still so insidious." ”

Zhou Boyan glanced at the person who was lying on the ground, and said indifferently, "I don't want to be hunted down, remember to pay the bill." With that, he pushed open the sliding door and went out. There were a few more customers at the restaurant, but they were all arranged to sit at a distance from the private room. He walked over to the counter, "He came on a donkey?" ”

Gu Yuanhe stood up, "Yes." ”

"Remember to take double the amount of money from him."

Gu Yuanhe was stunned, their restaurant has always been a child's undeceived since it opened, how can they accept double the silver from diners?

"You just take it. But if he refuses to pay, he shall detain his ass. If he has an opinion, you say that I said it. Zhou Boyan confessed this, turned around and walked out of the restaurant. He came outside. Qingyang's Spring Festival couplets stall was still crowded with big girls and little daughters-in-law, and he couldn't go over, so he waved to the Du guards who occupied an important position.

Escort Du greeted the people next to him and came to Zhou Boyan.

Zhou Boyan opened his mouth and said, "I have something important to do, I need to leave for a few days, and the days have been a little uneven recently, so please leave to you." ”

Du Huwei was surprised, "Isn't it peaceful? "What kind of unlawful?

Zhou Boyan whispered, "Don't let the two young masters go wrong." He paused, "I have left ten guards in the palace, and they will be at your disposal." He said no more, but took the horse and rode away, without looking back.

Escort Du watched Zhou Boyan walk away, looked around, and returned to his position, suggesting that the other eagle guards should be vigilant and not careless. He secretly pondered Zhou Boyan's words before leaving, stared thoughtfully at the busy Qingyang and Hao for a moment, walked into the stall surrounded by the table from behind, and stood behind the busy Qingyang and Hao.

On this day, Qingyang and Hao's Spring Festival couplets sold very well. The two of them were so happy that they didn't even eat lunch, it was already too late, and they refused to close the stall, and said in a dumb voice that they would go back after all the sales were out.

Qingshu waited left and right in the mansion, and couldn't wait for Qingyang and Hao to go back, so he sent Xiaojuan to the gate of the mansion to have a look. After a while, Xiaojuan returned.

"Miss, Brother Yuanhe has closed the restaurant and come back. Brother Yuanhe said that the young master's Spring Festival couplets business was very good, and the young master was so happy that he didn't listen to anyone's persuasion, saying that he must sell all the Spring Festival couplets before closing the stall. ”

Qing Shu put down the needle and thread in his hand, "What time is it?" ”

"It's not even a moment. Miss, Brother Yuanhe also said that the two young masters didn't eat lunch, and no one persuaded them to say that they were not hungry, but they just drank a few sips of water, and their voices were a little hoarse. ”

Qing Shu took the needle and thread again, and the work in his hand did not stop, "Tell me to go down and prepare the carriage quickly." Inform the kitchen, prepare the ingredients for the shredded pork noodles and cook a few salted duck eggs. When I pick up the young masters and come back, the noodles will be cooked in the kitchen, and the young masters will take a breath and eat hot noodle soup. ”

Xiaojuan agreed, and hurriedly went to pass the word.

After a while, Qing Shu took the scissors and cut the thread. She put away the needle, held up the sewn bag and looked at it, satisfied. She handed it to Xu Wuniang, who was immersed in sewing a schoolbag beside her, "I'll leave the rest to you." I'm going to get the two boys who got carried away. ”

Xu Wuniang raised her head and said with a smile, "Miss, just go." Then he sighed, "The young masters will earn their own silver, it's good!" In a few years, when she comes back with a meritorious name, the young lady will have to wake up laughing in her dreams. ”

"I'm going to have to wake up laughing." Qing Shu said, tidying up his needlework and thread.

Xiao Yu came over with Qing Shu's cloak, hat and gloves, "Miss, go pick up the young masters!" These are sorted out by slaves and maids. ”

Qing Shu smiled, "I don't know which one is blessed and will marry my family's lovely little fish." ”

Xiaoyu blushed at being teased, silently waited for Qing Shu to get dressed, opened the door and invited Qing Shu out.

In front, the carriage was ready, and Qing Shu took the carriage to pick up people.

The time is almost over, and it will be time soon. The people around the town who came to buy New Year's goods were basically scattered, and there were only a few men in front of the Spring Festival couplets stall in Qingyang.

The carriage stopped nearby, and it wasn't until the men bought the couplets and left that Qing Shu got out of the carriage and stepped forward with a smile, "Little shopkeeper, come a couplet." ”

Qingyang and Hao, who happily lowered their heads and fiddled with the copper plate, raised their heads, grinned, and shouted non-stop.

Qing Shu took off a glove, reached over, touched the red and cold little faces of the two of them one by one, and then winked at them, "Ah, they're all about to freeze into red apples!" ”

Qingyang grinned, and hugged the heavy money box to show Qing Shu, "Sister, look, look, there are a lot of copper plates." ”

Qing Shu didn't disappoint them, glanced at the money box, and exclaimed, "Ah! A lot of copper plates, a lot! Xiaoyang, Hao, you are so powerful, you have sold so many copper plates. She understands that proper praise and encouragement can be very helpful for children to develop self-confidence.

Qingyang said with a smile, "Buy a lot of delicious food for my sister tomorrow, okay?" ”

Qing Shu also smiled, "Xiaoyang is so good." ”

After Hao was unwilling, he held his purse in front of Qing Shu, "There are also copper plates here." ”

Qing Shu touched his head, "Do you want to buy delicious food for your sister too?" ”

Hao pursed his lips, smiled shyly, and nodded.

Qing Shu pinched their noses one by one, "Okay, let's do it here today, close the stall, and go home." ”

Qingyang and Hao didn't have any opinions, and were happily taken back to the house by Qingshu. The two of them didn't go back to their respective yards, but guarded the money box and went to the Qingshu house. With a bang, Qingyang poured all the copper plates in the money box on the kang. Hao took out the two bulging purses that were tightly protected in his arms, and poured out the copper plates in the purse. After that, the two of them lay on the kang with their butts in a hurry, ready to count the copper plates.

Qing Shu couldn't look at it, and patted one of them on their buttocks, and scolded with a smile, "Two little money fans, come down, wash your hands and faces, and eat." I haven't eaten lunch, and you're not hungry! ”

At this time, Qingyang and Hao raised their heads, glanced at each other, touched their shriveled stomachs, and climbed down from the kang. After they washed their hands and faces, Su's mother personally brought the food basket over. Mother Su brought two bowls of steaming shredded pork noodles from the food basket and placed them on the table, and brought out a plate of halved salted duck eggs and put them on the table.

Xiaojuan had already set up the chopsticks in advance, and Qingyang and Hao, who were hungry and gurgling, came over to sit down, and they ate their big bowls of noodles with the yolks of salted duck eggs. At the end of the meal, they didn't even have the noodle soup left, so they took a bowl and drank it clean.

After that, they rinsed their mouths, and once again threw themselves on a small pile of copper plates pushed on the kang, and each of them took the other, and began to count the copper plates with their buttocks.

Xiaojuan felt itchy hands, poked her head to look at it for a long time, and saw that no one paid attention to it, so she took the initiative to ask, "Young master, young master, is it okay for the slave to help count?" ”

Qingyang and Hao didn't hear anyone, and they threw themselves on the copper plate. For every hundred counts, they took a thread and strung it together. Put the stringed pennies aside, and then count the others.

Qing Shu shook his head, said "Come when you go", took Xiaoya to the study, and asked people to send Du Escort over to question.

"Did anything unusual happen today?"

Du Huwei replied, "The eldest son of the eldest master, together with a strange young man, stared at the young master's stall from a distance and left for a while, without stepping forward. In addition, Yan Gongzi went to the restaurant alone today and said something. He told Qing Shu Zhou Boyan's original words.

Qing Shu was silent for a moment, "Did he say where he was in the past?" ”

"Nope. Since it is said by Yan Gongzi, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful in recent days. According to the opinion of the subordinates, even if it is a young lady, it is advisable to go out as little as possible. ”

"Got it. After a hard day, you are tired, the kitchen has prepared the meal, you can use it and rest! ”

Escort Du thanked him and withdrew.

Qing Shu went back and called Xiaojuan to ask, "Did you mention where you went when you passed the message?" ”

Xiaojuan recalled for a moment and replied, "No, miss." Listening to the porter, Yan Gongzi only took Gu Shi and the chief of the guard away. ”

Qing Shu fell into deep thought, only took Gu Shi and the guard chief, and left the other guards to her, where did he go? What was it that made him go in such a hurry?