After Ran Qiunian entered the house, although she wanted to go to her grandmother immediately to say goodbye, she realized that she had sneaked back from her grandmother, and she was still wearing nondescript men's clothes, for fear of making her old man angry, so she had to hold back her thoughts and go back to the room to change her clothes first.

"Big brother, after you return home, your grandmother will definitely ask you to come to the front to talk, and when the time comes, you must remember to help Nian'er say a few beautiful words and talk to your grandmother."

Before Ran Qiunian entered the courtyard, he took Xiao Yin's arm and chattered for a long time before he turned around and entered the courtyard step by step.

"Young Master, you left this package on the carriage, and the housekeeper wants the small one to ask you what to do with it."

After separating from Ran Qiunian, Xiao Yin was about to go to his yard, when a small guy suddenly ran behind him, holding a blue bag in both hands and handing it to Xiao Yin's eyes.

This is...... Xiao Yin remembered what was in it, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. This is the robe that Ran Qiunian borrowed from him, and for some reason this girl didn't throw it away at the inn.

"Thrown away...... Forget it, send it to me. ”

Xiao Yin originally planned to let people throw it away, but thinking that Ran Qiunian had left this dress, he hesitated for a moment, and decided to keep it first, and ask Ran Qiunian later what it was for.

Ran Qiunian didn't know what was happening outside, she pushed open the door and walked in, sat down at the table, poured herself a cup of tea, and was about to drink two sips to relieve her fatigue, when a surprise shout suddenly came from behind her: "Miss? ”

"Miss, why are you here, didn't you say that you won't go back to the house with the eldest young master this time?"

When Qingxi heard the movement in Ran Qiunian's house, she thought that there was an ignorant little girl who took advantage of the young lady's absence to break in, and hurriedly came over to check, who knew that the person who was drinking tea with her back to herself turned out to be the young lady she was thinking about.

"What, I'm not welcome back?"

Ran Qiunian looked at Qingxi with a surprised face and deliberately teased her.

"What's the matter, the slave and maid look forward to the young lady's early return every day, come to clean the house every day, add new tea to the teapot, and dry the quilt softly. The slave and maid did not neglect the things that the young lady told the slave to do when she left. ”

Qingxi noticed the narrowness in Ran Qiunian's eyes, and knew that she was deliberately teasing herself, but she also replied seriously.

"No wonder I've been away for months, and the tea in the pot is still warm."

Ran Qiunian raised his cup and shook it, drank it in one gulp, and praised Qingxi: "It's still my Qingxi that is the most intimate, thanks to the letter you sent, when this matter is over, I will definitely give you a big credit." ”

Hearing this, Qingxi couldn't help but smile on her face, stood up straight with some pride, and then said, "Which letter is the young lady talking about?" ”

The smile on Ran Qiunian's face froze, and she was stunned for a moment: "Which letter?" Isn't it just one letter? ”

"Miss, the slave sent two letters before and after, didn't you receive them?"

Qingxi also looked at Ran Qiunian with some hesitation.

"I only received the one you wrote to say that Zhang Shao pressed the goods into Beijing first, when did the rest of the one come from?"

Ran Qiunian blinked, feeling a little bad.

"I sent it just five days ago, oops, the slaves and maids have forgotten," Qingxi patted his head and said with annoyance, "Miss must have been on the road at that time, but the letter was sent to the General's Mansion." ”

"What does the letter say?"

Ran Qiu counted the days, and it was true. The time when the letter sent by Qingxi was delivered coincided with the day she left the capital, and it passed by abruptly.

For the sake of today's plan, she could only pray secretly that there was nothing important in that letter that should not be missed.

"Actually, it's nothing, you want me to keep an eye on the movements of the second young master's caravan, a few days ago Shulin told me that they want to go out with the second young master to run a business again, it will take more than half a month, and it has only been two days since they left."

Ran Qiu listened to it, is this still necessary? hurriedly asked, but for a moment he didn't notice the unconscious intimacy with Zhang Shulin in Qingxi's words.

"Brother Qiubai, isn't he going to go out to run a business again when he comes back this time? Why is it so sudden, do you know where they are going, what are they procuring? ”

"Said that he had agreed with a Shu merchant before, and the second young master didn't want to ruin the letter, so he went to do it again one last time. It's not far, I heard Shulin say that it is near Shuzhong in the Lingnan area. ”

Lingnan, Lingnan again? Where the imperial court lost its official mines, such a coincidental thing happened at such a coincidental time, which made Ran Qiunian think about it a lot.

Qingxi saw that Ran Qiunian's expression was a little wrong, and quickly said everything he knew, but saw that Ran Qiunian's face became a little pale, and couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Miss, but what's wrong?" Why is your face so bad? ”

"It's nothing, maybe I'm too tired from the journey, help me prepare some hot water, I want to freshen up first, change my clothes and rest."

Ran Qiunian forced himself to cheer up and not to think nonsense.

"Miss, wait a moment, the slave will prepare hot water for you immediately."

Qingxi believed it and hurriedly went out to ask someone to bring hot water.

After opening Qingxi, Ran Qiunian had the opportunity to think calmly, no wonder the mansion was so deserted, he hadn't seen Brother Qiubai for so long since he came back, it turned out that he was not in the mansion for a long time.

During the time when she was waiting for Qingxi to prepare hot water, Ran Qiunian couldn't help but get up and walk through the small door between the two courtyards, and went to the opposite side to discuss this matter with Xiao Yin.

"Where's the big brother?"

Ran Qiunian threw himself into the air in the study and bedroom, grabbed someone and asked.

The man was obviously shocked by the men's clothes on Ran Qiunian's body, and was stunned for a moment, before he recognized her identity from Ran Qiunian's words and deeds, and hurriedly said to her: "The eldest young master changed his clothes and was passed by the old lady to speak, and he just left. ”

"I see, you go down."

In this regard, Ran Qiunian should have expected it a long time ago, and she secretly sighed that she was too anxious. Xiao Yin was not in the house at this time, so she had to go back and wait first, so that the waiting time slowly wore away the unrest in her mind.

After freshening up and changing clothes and changing back into the dress he was most familiar with, Ran Qiunian's body completely relaxed, knowing that no matter how worried and anxious he was, it would be useless, so he simply calmed down his mentality, and had the leisure to make a few jokes with Qingxi.

Qingxi helped dry her wet hair behind Ran Qiunian, and the girl with a pale pink face after bathing was reflected in the mirror, she couldn't help but look at it again and again, which made Ran Qiunian look at her from the mirror with amusement:

"Why, I haven't seen you for a few months, I don't know your young lady?"

Qingxi didn't feel weak when he was caught, but said generously: "After Miss came back from the capital, she looked different from before. ”

"What difference could it be?"

Ran Qiunian looked left and right strangely, and really didn't think that a few months could make any big changes in people.

"The slave and maid can't say. The young lady used to be like a budding hibiscus, but now ......"

Qingxi paused, and Ran Qiunian naturally picked it up: "Now it's a flowering hibiscus?" ”

"No, you're more like the peony that's about to bloom now."

Qingxi's serious tone amused Ran Qiunian, she smiled and glanced at Qingxi's troubled appearance in the mirror, clapped her hands and praised:

"Okay, I haven't seen you for a few months, Qingxi, you're different, you have tricks to praise people, and you talk to Wen Zou Zou, where did you learn all this?"

"Miss, you are making fun of the slave again, and what the slave said is true."

Qingxi looked at the joyful Ran Qiunian angrily.

"Okay, good, my good Qingxi, I misunderstood you." Ran Qiunian blinked, restrained her smile a little, and hurriedly coaxed Qingxi back.

"By the way, I almost forgot to ask, when you just reported to me about Brother Qiubai's affairs, one by one, when did you become so familiar with that kid Zhang Shulin?"

Ran Qiunian looked suspicious, turned his head sideways, and looked at Qingxi who was standing behind him.

"That's a long story......"

Qingxi's face turned red, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little dodgy.

The appearance of a spring heart sprouting made Ran Qiunian can't help but have some bad guesses: "You girl, let's say, what other secrets are hidden from me?" ”

Ran Qiunian stood up and pressed Qingxi to the seat she had just given up.

"Miss, this is not in order."

Qingxi wanted to stand up, but Ran Qiunian continued to sit on the chair without refusal, and Ran Qiunian pressed her hands on Qingxi's shoulders, bent down slightly, leaned in front of her, and asked with squinted eyes.

"Hurry up and recruit truthfully, what's the matter with you and Zhang Shulin?"

Ran Qiunian had a very bad impression of Zhang Shaoxian, and even he didn't like this indecisive Zhang Shulin who was obedient to Zhang Shaoxian's words.

In her opinion, Qingxi is so good, Zhang Shulin's indecisive temperament is really not suitable for Qingxi.

If it was because of himself, Qingxi got acquainted with Zhang Shulin, and suffered in this relationship in the future, how could Ran Qiunian forgive himself.

"Miss, there is nothing between the slave and Shulin and Zhang Shulin, it's just that he helped me once a few months ago, and I often go to inquire about the news of their caravans, and I have spoken a few more words when I come and go."

The shyness on Qingxi's face made Ran Qiunian's heart settle down a little, since she said this, it means that no oath has been made between the two of them. Since it is not clear, there is still a chance to redeem it.

Thinking of this, she showed a soothing smile: "I just asked casually, what are you blushing, I have seen Zhang Shulin's kid, he looks like a good old man, he is just as good to everyone, but he is too obedient to his cousin." ”

"It's not, the slave also thinks Shulin's ......"

Qingxi's words paused halfway, and when he noticed Ran Qiunian's inquiring gaze, he immediately coughed lightly and stopped, and dropped a sentence: "The slave maid still has to go to the East Kitchen to see how the food prepared for the young lady is, and she will retire first." ”

After saying that, he turned around and slipped away.

Ran Qiu watched Qingxi leave, and the smile on her face gradually faded, she was afraid that this time she would not "lose her wife and lose her soldiers", she needed to discuss with her eldest brother as soon as possible, and remove Zhang Shaoxian's restless hidden danger as soon as possible.

If it was then, then Zhang Shulin would be a good one, and he would not be involved in the smuggling of iron ore, and she would not have been able to give him a chance; If...... Then don't blame her for beating the mandarin ducks, the long pain is better than the short pain.