Chongde County.

It was late at night, and footsteps sounded in the dark alley.

The big trees in the courtyard were whirring in the night wind, and the woman hugged her clothes, got up and covered the window, and listened to the "knock" from afar...... Boom! Boom! ”

After the sound of a slow and two-piece bangzi, a familiar and long tone sounded, "Three watches, safe and sound." ”

After thinking about it, the woman put on a garment, went out with a candlestick, walked along the winding corridor to the corner, and saw that the candle flame in the house had been extinguished, and then she was relieved.

Turning around and slowly returning to the house, suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the flame on the candlestick in the woman's hand flickered, reflecting her face uncertainly.

The thirty-three years of Jiajing are unusual for her, and the unusual place is not only that the old man who is over the age of sixteen was slaughtered, nor is it just that he has moved from a small household in the alley to this huge mansion now.

Behind the pavilion pillar not far away, a pair of eyes stared at the woman closely, although they saw the sadness on her face, but they also saw the lightness and excitement in her eyes through the dancing flames, as well as a trace of confusion and confusion about the future.

The woman walked for a short time, even to and fro at the door of the house, until a night wind extinguished the candlelight, and she sighed and crossed the threshold.

The woman was about to take off her clothes and go to bed to rest, and when she was about to close the door, she suddenly turned around and stiffened, and slowly turned her head to look.

With a slight creak, the previously closed window was opened again.

A figure sat by the bookcase in front of the window, and the bright moonlight cast on his side face, a face that impressed a woman and often woke up from her dreams.

Qian Yuan turned around, behaved politely, and said gently: "Miss Wang, it's been a long time." ”

Wang Cuiqiao's body shrank back and slammed into the dead door that was closed behind, there was no trace of blood on her white face, she was not a stupid person, and her memory was not like a goldfish for only a few seconds, of course she remembered that she hadn't closed the door before.

Seeing that this woman did not try to turn around and pull the door, nor did she shout, but slowly sat on the round stool with a trembling body, Qian Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

"This house can be ranked in the top ten in Chongde County, it is said that it was built by a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the Emperor, although it is not as good as the Xiang family, but it is also extraordinary." Qian Yuan said gently, "It seems that Miss Wang already knows." ”

Wang Cuiqiao's trembling voice was slightly higher, "What do you know?" ”

"Miss Wang, don't worry, the two people on the other side of the street from the house have already fallen asleep." Qian Yuan smiled and said, "Of course, although no one disturbs you, it's best not to disturb other people's dreams, look, you haven't even lit candles." ”

Looking at the charming woman in front of him hanging her head slightly, her thin teeth biting on her lower lip, Qian Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, what a stunner in the world, and I don't blame Xu Hai for not forgetting it.

"Sect Shen's edict is full of people, and there is no living mouth, and even the black dog guarding the door has been cut to a bloody blur."

"Moving from Fireworks Alley to this valuable house, the door is tight, and no one disturbs you."

"It's like a piece of jade being carved into a heirloom jade pendant, congratulations, the girl is hidden by the golden house."

"Don't the girl know who he is?" Qian Yuan shook his head, "I don't believe it. ”

It seems that because he didn't break into the door this time, it seems that because there were no men with knives and guns this time, Wang Cuiqiao was a little bolder...... Although the truth is not fundamentally different from the last time, it is even more shocking.

He ...... He's been here once, but he really doesn't know...... Who the hell is he? ”

"He's the young man you saved last year." Qian Yuan was a little surprised, Xu Hai didn't tell the truth, too, although she was a ninth-rate woman, she might not be willing to follow her into exile at sea.

"Yes...... Who is he? Wang Cuiqiao boldly raised his head and stared at Qian Yuan, "I know you...... You are the Huating Xiucai who guards the city. ”

A few months ago, in the battle of Chongde, although Qian Yuan did not appear in public every day like Lu Bin and Li Liangqin, the residents in the city were very familiar with him, and after the war, many families in the city set up tablets to pray for Qian Yuan.

Qian Yuan did not avoid Wang Cuiqiao's tentative and confused gaze.

A man and a woman looked at each other for a long time in the dim room, there was no ambiguous atmosphere, but something strange.

Qian Yuan was repeatedly taking stock of the plan in his heart, whether it was the history he had read from the historical materials of his previous life, or the information he had collected from this life, the woman in front of him was very useful.

At this time, Wang Cuiqiao woke up suddenly, Huo Ran got up, poked forward half a step forward on his toes, and carefully pressed down the business, "He's a widow!?" ”

Qian Yuan's eyes were a little surprised, although he was a prostitute, he was really not an ordinary person, although it was easy to make such a judgment logically, but women in this era rarely had such logical thinking ability.

Qian Yuan's reputation has risen in the past two years, at first because of the turmoil in Hangzhou, but it is the two great victories in Jiading and Chongde that have established his status, and the people who can make him pay so much attention to him...... Naturally, it is the most likely to be a Japanese robber.

The women of this era, except for a few others like Wang, there are no more than two kinds of knowledgeable women, one is born in a family of eunuchs, has been studying since childhood, has been exposed to hearing and seeing, and has a wide range of knowledge, and the other is a fireworks woman, who has a wide range of communication, quick thinking, and is good at observing words and feelings.

After pondering for a moment, Qian Yuan smiled, "Maybe, in fact, I don't know very well. ”

Wang Cuiqiao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and sat back on the round stool, but the next moment, she tensed up nervously.

"Before visiting the girl, I went to see the girl's sister."

"You ......"

"Don't worry, girl, she doesn't know." Qian Yuan's attitude was still so gentle, but the biting chill penetrated into Wang Cuiqiao's bones.

"There were several packages in the house, and in them were a few pieces of clothing, some of which were intimate clothes, and some of the jewelry, and a bag of broken silver." Qian Yuan smiled, "It can't be that Ling Mei is going to go out alone, right?" ”

Seeing Wang Cuiqiao lowering his head again, Qian Yuan sighed and said, "It's okay, it's not late, it's okay......"

Wang Cuiqiao was very eccentric in her heart, although she had enough confidence in her appearance, she never believed that the other party had a good heart.

Don't say that the other party is a young talent who is famous in Nanzhili, don't say that the other party is from a family like Huating Qian, and don't say that the other party is the head of the government test.

Although the other party was polite and polite, although the other party was gentle and elegant, just seeing the other party's unfathomable and cold eyes, Wang Cuiqiao knew that the other party's mind was never on herself.

There was no fiery greed in that look like the previous benefactor, only a trace of condescending indifference, Wang Cuiqiao twisted his waist slightly...... It's her habit.

"Don't worry, girl, this time Qian is here to set up a relationship, to be precise, to ask for personal favors." Qian Yuan slowly took out a piece of paper from his arms, "After all, it was Qian who opened his mouth last year, so he saved the two of you sisters from kneeling, right?" ”

"Let's see." Qian Yuan handed over the paper.

Wang Cuiqiao looked at it hesitantly, and couldn't help but move.

"If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan."

"Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable!"

"Lishan said that it was half a night, and the tears and rain did not complain."

"How can he be like Bo Xing Jinyilang, who wishes for the day of the wings!"

"Good words, good words, who filled in this magnolia order!?" Wang Cuiqiao asked repeatedly.

"Remember?" Qian Yuan avoided answering, took back the paper and withdrew his sleeve, but when he looked up, he saw Wang Cuiqiao's hot eyes......

Well, Nalan Rongruo deserves to be called the first person in the Qing Dynasty, plus this word is in a woman's tone, the words are sad and sad, and the bending is lingering, what a big killer!

"Qian someone can only write some sour eight shares, but he doesn't have such literary talent." Qian Yuan first cleared up the relationship before continuing: "If someone pronounces this word in the future, I hope the girl can give Qian someone some thin noodles." ”

Wang Cuiqiao immediately calmed down, leaned forward and retracted suddenly, and only asked in a low voice after half a sound: "You...... What the hell do you want to do...... Want me to be a spy? ”

"Of course not." Qian Yuan said with a smile: "I only hope that the girl will cooperate with one or two at that time." ”

The room was quiet, and only the whirring wind could be heard outside the window from time to time.

Qian Yuan looked at the woman in front of her quietly, she lowered her head, her hands clutched her clothes nervously, and she could hear the sound of rapid panting.

"Knock...... Boom! Boom! Boom"

Yaoyao heard a long and three short bangzi sounds, and then came a long trumpet, "When it is ugly, it is cold and frozen......"

Qian Yuan sighed and said slowly: "The girl sister was born in Linzi, Shandong Province, Ma Xiu's mother, why is her surname Wang now?" ”

Wang Cuiqiao jumped up violently, her eyes wide and suspicious.

Qian Yuan turned his head to look at the bright moon outside the window, "Twenty years ago, there was a Xiucai surnamed Wang in Danyang County, Zhenjiang Prefecture, who had two wives and concubines, and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. ”

"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, the eight-year-old eldest daughter and the three-year-old young daughter were taken away at the same time, and there has been no news since."

"At the age of eight, I think I can remember."

"The loss of two daughters, that Wang Xiucai was heartbroken, and he lost the heart of the imperial examination, but he had no ability to manage general affairs, and his family fell down more than ten years later."

"Until four years ago, the Wang family suddenly developed, and that year, there were two less interpreters of Tongwen and Mo and Xiao poetry on the Qinhuai River."

"Say no more!" A low, shrill roar sounded behind him.

Qian Yuan didn't turn around, and after a pause, he continued: "The grandson of the Wang family is a well-known young talent in Danyang County, and he even passed the county test at the age of thirteen, and he married the young daughter of Danyang County. ”

"You...... What do you want to ......?"

Qian Yuan turned around slowly, and persuaded slowly and earnestly: "It's not easy to come by, you have to cherish it." ”