When Ma Xingjian and Tu Huyi heard this, they took a step back almost at the same time, and they both looked at Jingyi with some embarrassment.

"Besides, where is a bride who opens the box like this?" Qiu Wei's voice was low.

Jingyi said: "It's okay, if it's really necessary." ”

Tu Huyi looked at Ma Xingjian, but Ma Xingjian opened his mouth to explain: "Young grandma, we are afraid that there are dangerous items inside. This person is scheming, and he really can't help but guard against it. ”

Tao Xiang walked over slowly, looking left and right at the comet between the cages.

Jing Yi's eyes followed his footsteps - the black riding boots were knee-length, shiny, as hard as iron sheets, and every movement of his foot seemed to be audible...... He stopped and looked at her.

Jing Yi's hand was hidden in the pocket of the cloak, and it was already clenched into a fist.

Tao Xiang looked at her for a while, and then looked at the cage in front of him.

He bent over and approached one of the big red sandalwood boxes, and was just about to reach out to touch it, when Ma Xingjian hurriedly shouted: "Qishao, don't touch it with your hands." He stepped forward and handed the gloves over. Tao Xiao took it, glanced at him, and said, "What's the panic?" ”

"Seven young people forgot, the road chief was injured by chemicals last time." Ma Xingjian said.

"It's all carried in, what is it, I and those outside have already fallen." Tu Huyi said with a smile, "I don't think there's anything abnormal, so it's better to carry it to the basement...... These boxes are so beautiful, just looking at them makes me feel happy. It's a pity that we came all the way up, and we carefully guarded it in our hands to see what it had become when we came back from a trip to Wolong Mountain. ”

Ma Xingjian almost rolled his eyes and gave Tu Huyi - this kid is really good at seeing the wind and rudder - Tu Huyi doesn't care about him, hehe.

Jingyi pondered for a moment and said, "Qiu Wei, you go up and get the key down and open the box." ”

Qiu Wei hesitated for a moment, and when she saw what Jing Yi said with a cold face, she was about to leave, so she heard Tao Xiang say, "Don't be so troublesome." ”

Before Jing Yi could react, he saw Tao Xiang patting the suitcase closest to him and said, "Atul? ”

Tu Huyi bowed to Jing Yi and said, "I'm sorry, young grandma, Qi Shao forced me to make a trick again." ”

Jingyi didn't embarrass him, just watched him pass, pulled out the dagger from his riding boots, turned it twice on the lock of the suitcase, and said, "This foreign goods are just not easy to deal with...... I changed the copper locks on the wooden box, and after a little figling, it was opened. That's actually the ears of the deaf...... All right! As he spoke, the lock on the suitcase had been opened. He raised his hand and loosened the belt on the box, took two steps back, and said, "Young grandmother, please." ”

Jingyi walked over and looked at the leather suitcase, and couldn't help but sweat in her palms.

Tao Xiang stood aside, waiting for her to open it with his own hands, not urging, just looking at her.

Ma Xingjian silently handed over a pair of gloves, Jingyi didn't answer, she was angry, stepped forward and lifted the box, and was stunned - the box was neatly stacked, not something special - maybe not something special for others, but for Jingyi, these things, she thought they were lost forever...... She reached in and picked up a book on the top with her name written on the title page.

Look again, and her little medicine box...... Her fountain pen, which has been used for a long time, is also very emotional.

She held the fountain pen and book in her hand, and looked at the whole box of things, which were slowly stuffed, as if there was no rich space for her eyes to inject.

"These ......" Qiu Wei squatted down, checked, and turned her head to look at Jingyi, "Fortunately, they haven't been lost." ”

Jingyi didn't look through the things below, but closed the suitcase, looked up and said to Tao Xiang: "Open those too, take a look, it's okay to rest assured." ”

Her tone was cool.

Tao Xiang was lighting a cigarette and said lightly, "I don't need it." ”

Jing Yi looked at him.

He said, "Atul, pony, let people in and carry these boxes upstairs." ”

Jingyi got up, and her squatting feet were numb.

Stomped, hated.

This person is really unpredictable......

"Yes." Tu Huyi agreed.

"However, the seventh young ......" Ma Xingjian wanted to say something, but he was touched by Tu Huyi, so he stopped.

The soldiers waiting outside rushed in again, running up and down in unison, and in a moment they had all the cages up to the second floor. Jingyi looked at the cage of the boss in the shop, and listened to Zhang's mother ask her how to clean it up, so she turned her head and said, "Let's put it like this first, don't worry." ”

"Yes, young grandma. The young master is waiting for you downstairs, saying that he is going to the old lady. Zhang's mother reminded Jingyi.

"I see." Jingyi said.

Zhang's mother went out first, and Qiu Wei took out a bunch of keys and handed them to Jingyi.

Jingyi found one of the keys and opened another suitcase.

Qiu Wei snorted and said, "What is this!" ”

It's something, nine rings, cloth tigers...... There are even shadow puppet plays.

Jingyi was stunned, took out a nine-link link, played with it twice, looked at those little things again, and sighed: "This is really ......"

She thought about it, quickly opened the suitcase just now, flipped to the bottom, and found nothing unusual. But suddenly, she remembered something, picked up the book, and sure enough, there was a thin envelope inside.

When I opened it, there was only a simple sentence on the letterhead: the original will be returned, and there will be a period later. Dunhuang.

Qiu Wei looked at Jing Yi strangely, Jing Yi shook her head, and said with relief: "Dunhuang...... I really didn't expect it. ”

She put the letter back in the book, still locked it in the box, and then took Qiuwei downstairs.

This time, her steps down the stairs were a little lighter......

Tao Xiang had already changed her clothes and was waiting for her.

She actually deliberately delayed upstairs for a while, thinking that she would see Tao Xiang's impatient appearance. No, no.

Tao Xiang instructed Ma Tu and the others to stay. The two of them were still not at ease, and they were stared at by him and stopped talking.

When he went out, he simply explained to Jing Yi that he would "go to the eldest brother to say hello first", and walked in front. Although she had not been consulted beforehand, she did not object. As if this was the most natural thing to do, on the way to my grandmother's place, I stopped by to see the neighboring big brother and sister-in-law.

Tao Xiang walked fast, and she needed to pick up her pace to keep up with him. Qiu Wei was almost about to trot all the way.

Tan Yuan, the residence of the eldest prince Tao Jun and his wife, was not far from their residence, Langyuan, and after walking for about a cup of tea, they saw the courtyard gate. The plain door, a few poles of sparse bamboo in front of the white shadow wall, plain as if freehand painting. Jing Yi felt comfortable first, and before she knew it, her steps slowed down, and when Tao Xiang stood down to wait for her, Tan Yuan's old servant had already seen them coming, so he greeted them first, and hurriedly asked people to report inside.

Jingyi walked beside Tao Xiang, and when she walked through this plain courtyard, she only quietly observed twice, and felt that there was an indescribable bookish atmosphere in the elegance of this courtyard...... An old plum tree in the corner of the wall, the branch shadow is slanted, presumably when the plum blossom is in full bloom, there must be a dark fragrance in this courtyard, but suddenly, Jingyi heard the dog barking.

Her heart pounded.

I saw Tao Xiang with his hands behind his back, glanced at the eaves of the upper room, and said, "It's a white lion." ”

Jingyi was not afraid of dogs, but for some reason the dog's barking made her a little afraid, but Tao Xiang's faint tone made her feel that she shouldn't be so afraid.

"What kind of dog?" She asked. Zhang's mother said that it was a wolf dog, and it may have been a black monster-like vicious dog in her imagination, but she didn't expect it to be snow-white.

"Snow mastiff. I went to Qinghai that year and was sent by the Living Buddha. Tao Xiang said.

Jing Yi looked at the snow-white fluff, and it seemed that she was screaming at them...... Is it a deception?

Qiu Wei was afraid of dogs and hid behind Jingyi.

"Three iron chains are tethered, and the white lion can't escape." Tao Xiao looked down at the steps and said.

The barking of the dog stopped, and Qiu Wei stuck out the tip of her tongue at Jingyi.

Jingyi thought that Qiu Wei had been bitten by a pug raised by Zhiluan when she was a child...... Compared to a snow mastiff, a pug is the difference between a thin baby and a strong man.

They had already walked into the courtyard.

"The seventh brother is here?" With a soft greeting, a tall and slender woman in a snow-blue pigmented light gown came out of the room.

"Yes, sister-in-law." Tao Xiang agreed, glanced at Jingyi, and said, "This is the sister-in-law." ”

"Sister-in-law." Jingyi spoke obediently. I only felt that the bright eyes of the young grandmother walked all over her. Her hand in the sleeve clenched tightly, as if it had been lifted in an instant.

Tao Xiao was calm, smiled and said, "Let's take a look at the eldest brother and sister-in-law." ”

"Come in, please." The eldest young grandmother, Fu Lizhen, walked down, "This is the seventh young grandmother, right?" ”

"Sister-in-law, call me Jingyi." Jingyi and Fu Lizhen saluted each other and were supported by Fu Lizhen.

"Don't be polite...... It's cold outside, seventh brother, seventh sister, please inside. Fu Lizhen's voice was low and soft, which was commensurate with her thin and slender appearance, but her eyes were shining, and she looked like a shrewd and capable woman.

Jing Yi immediately smelled the faint smell of medicine on her body.

"Is Big Brother better? I heard the eighth sister say that the eldest brother has a cold. Tao Xiang walked ahead and asked.

"It's much better. Let the seventh brother remember. Fu Lizhen said.

Jingyi thought to herself, no wonder she smelled of medicine...... But the smell of this medicine is clearly not just the smell of cold and flu. She sniffed, and suddenly heard a fierce bark, and in a moment she saw a snow mastiff tied to a thick leather rope under the eaves. The massive snow mastiff barked at them with its mouth wide open. It was the first time she had seen such a vicious dog, so she couldn't help but take a second look.

When Fu Lizhen saw Jingyi looking at the snow mastiff, she stood down and said, "The white lion is too noisy, right?" I don't usually call it much. I don't know if it's because the seventh brother came over. ”

Tao Xiang also stood down, looked at the white lion, stretched out a finger, and tapped it.

The white lion screamed and began to circle eagerly in place, gradually quieting down, whining at Tao Xiang.

"It probably still thinks that the seventh brother is the master." Fu Lizhen said with a smile.

Tao Xiang walked over.

Jingyi saw this vicious big dog, lying on the ground, and when she saw Tao Xiang approaching, she turned over, with her four paws facing the sky, looking at him. Tao Xiang raised his foot and kicked its hind legs, saying something. The white lion rolled over and lay on the ground, silent.

"The white lion was originally given to the seventh brother by the living Buddha. Qilin'er likes it, and the seventh brother is not at home, so he puts the white lion here. Fu Lizhen explained to Jing Yi, saw Tao Xiang coming over, and said: "Qilin'er refuses to say a few words a day, but he talks so much to the white lion but he doesn't know where he comes from." ”

Tao Xiang smiled.

Jingyi looked at him, he was still looking at the white lion.

"Uncle Seven, Daddy wants Uncle Seven to come in." The unicorn came out of nowhere.

"Call Auntie." Fu Lizhen touched her son's head.

"Auntie." Qilin'er is very well-behaved and calls.

"Hurry up and get in, it's cold." Fu Lizhen urged Tao Xiang and Jingyi.

Jingyi followed Tao Xiang and entered the house.

Although the room was warm, the smell of medicine was stronger and a little darker, and Tao Xiang's tall figure in front of her seemed to cover more light, like a thick black shadow, covering her...... Jing Yi immediately felt depressed, and when she came back to her head, her steps were extremely slow.

Fu Lizhen took Qilin'er, pushed open the door and invited them in, saying, "I've just started napping...... These days, we are using medicine, and our house is becoming more and more like a drugstore...... Seventh sister, I'm sorry, the smell of medicine is so strong, it's smoking, right? ”

Jing Yi hurriedly shook her head.

Fu Lizhen went to the east door first.

Jing Yi and Tao Xiang stood outside, holding their breath.

She looked at the small table on the south kang, a porcelain vase with freshly folded plums in it, and there was paper and pen on the table, presumably when they first entered, Fu was writing or painting here......

"Big brother." Tao Xiang screamed.

"Come in." Someone inside is talking. After saying that, he coughed.

Jingyi looked at Tao Xiang, Tao Xiang motioned for her to walk in front, she looked at the open door in the middle, as if it was brighter than the middle room, but at a glance, she didn't see anyone. I saw the maid retreat to the side, and Fu Lizhen's snow-blue skirt also flashed. She walked into the room with her head down, stood down and heard a gentle voice say, "Seventh brother and seventh sister, sit down, I have been in poor health these days, so I have to meet guests like this...... She just looked up.

Under the window, there was a young man with a gray complexion, who looked similar to Tao Xiang, but his face was fuller, so he did not look so angular.

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