Lying on the old Taishi chair, Li Xiao fanned the pu fan sent by Monk Pujing yesterday, enjoying the coolness brought by the shade of the trees in the afternoon yard. April and May are not so hot, but there is always a familiar heat, perhaps in the north, and there is less moisture in the air.

Taking a sip of tea and moistening his dry lips, Li Xiao lay weakly, digesting the meal he had just eaten at noon.

This is the second day that Li Xiao came to Beijing, and there are no other distinguished guests to visit, but it is similar to what he thought, he just came to Beijing to see a doctor, although the object is the emperor's daughter, but in general, this is not a bargaining chip, at most he will be praised by His Majesty the emperor who has been locked up in the palace all day, and reward some gold and silver treasures. Regarding whether he can be knighted as an official, Li Xiao is naturally not interested, let alone whether he can help anyone in the officialdom.

As for that plan, what should come will always come.

Raising his head, the sun in the sky was a little dazzling, Li Xiao subconsciously covered his eyes with a pu fan and listened to the birdsong in the sky. Just now, he had already rejected Chen Ziye on his face, and he also made it clear that he didn't want to get involved in the whirlpool of the Jingshi. And presumably the person behind Chen Ziye also understands that it is useless to recruit himself at this time, unless when he is in Suzhou, it is Chen Ziye who takes him instead of Luhou Mansion, and at this moment, no matter how he looks at it, he is His Majesty's person, and at this time, Chen Ziye can still be allowed to get close to him, maybe because of "poetic talent", or maybe because of some other reason.

"I just don't know if that plan was canceled because of this variable." Li Xiao pinched his brows and muttered to himself.

Turning over, the Taishi chair that I found yesterday creaked. Li Xiao took down the fan on his face and continued to fan, not thinking about it so much, what those treacherous and cunning officials think has nothing to do with him, when Her Royal Highness the princess recovers, he can leave this place quickly, what is the plan, just hide from it. But before leaving, you still have to visit the good places that the young master of the Lu family said.

Li Xiao sat up, and the Taishi chair rang unrelentingly. This voice is indeed noisy, but it's a pity that he is not good at carpentry work, and he rummaged with Chu Chu for a long time last night, and he didn't find the problem, but after trying, there is no problem lying down, so he simply doesn't care, and he can't get along for a few days anyway.

The sun shone obliquely through the leaves on his face, a little dazzling, Chu Chu, who had eaten lunch, returned the tableware to the back kitchen of Wan'an Temple, the back kitchen was not far from the courtyard where Li Xiao was, but after so long, I didn't see Chu Chu come back, shouldn't it be that the little girl was playful and lost?

It should be the little girl who saw the hard work of the masters and helped wash the dishes and chopsticks.

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Chu Chu is indeed helping the monks and masters in the back kitchen to work, because it is a royal temple, the number of people is strictly controlled, so there are not many monks in the temple, but there is no less, the abbot and several masters in the front yard are busy receiving pilgrims, and only a few monks in the prime of life in the backyard take care of everything.

Chu Chu, who sent the tableware, saw that the masters were chopping wood, washing the laundry, and he was late with the young master's dishes and chopsticks, so he was embarrassed to trouble them again, so he washed himself silently. The two of them didn't have much tableware, but Chu Chu was so careful that she washed it seven or eight times before stopping. is also a master who has worked hard to fetch water, and he will have to make a few more buckets tomorrow.

Chu Chu, who finished washing the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the sweat on his forehead, put the dishes and chopsticks back in the back kitchen, and was about to go back, but he saw that the door of the backyard was open, but it was nothing, but there was a person standing at the gate of the courtyard, holding a bronze box in his hand, and motioned for her to go over.

The little girl who didn't know anything about the world naturally didn't think of those scenes of catching children, and tiptoed over, the person at the door didn't do much, only stuffed the box in Chu Chu's hand, turned around and disappeared at the street entrance. However, Chu Chu was puzzled, looked at the box in his hand, stood in place for a long time, and did not see anyone come back for a long time before turning back.

And the box, Li Xiao at the moment is also strange, why would there be an unknown person to give a little girl, and the objects contained in the box are not strange things, it is a black jade pendant of unknown material and a pale yellow letter with "Li Xiao received".

"Are you sure the man disappeared after giving the box?" Li Xiao took out the letter and jade pendant, and didn't know why: "What does that person look like, did he say anything?" ”

The jade pendant presents a dark black, square shape, and a fan-like object engraved with the word "Luo" is circled in the middle. The craftsmanship of the carver must be very high, and even the picture of the rivers and mountains on the folding fan can be seen clearly. And the letter, after opening it, didn't write anything in it, only a painting of the mansion I don't know, maybe it's black and white, I can't see the Tao, but I vaguely feel like I've seen it somewhere.

"Young master, Chu Chu doesn't know who that person is, after he gave me the box, it disappeared, Chu Chu waited at the door for a long time, he didn't show up, so he took it back to the young master." Chu Chu took the pu fan and fanned Li Xiao, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair, one by one: "Does the young master know who sent it?" ”

Li Xiao shook his head and rummaged through the copper-colored box, but there was nothing else except the jade pendant and the letter. The jade pendant is good-looking, but I don't know who the source is. Engraved on it is a fan, and the owner is probably a scholar or a lover of poetry. It's just that I came to Beijing for the first time, and I don't remember anyone else except Chen Ziye. Chen Ziye can rule it out, if it was him, he wouldn't give it to Chu Chu just now, but handed it over to himself in the morning, the key is that this Chen Dacai may not be able to afford it.

It won't be Lu Yunlu, that kid is generous in spending money, but he will never spend silver in these crepe places, and more importantly, he who likes yellow will never buy black things. It doesn't seem to be the Gonggong Xu, it seems unlikely, but it may be that the porcelain county lord found out in conscience and bought it to make amends, but this jade pendant looks very valuable, although she made a lot of money from herself yesterday, but it may not be enough to buy this jade pendant.

"Forget it, there's no need to think about it so much." Putting down the jade pendant and the letter, Li Xiao lay down directly, enjoying Chu Chu's service, although the little girl was soft and weak, it was still very comfortable to fan the wind, not so strong, not so weak.

"Young Master, do you know who it is?" Chu Chu sat next to Li Xiao, fanning the wind, and looked at Li Xiao.

"I don't know." Rubbing his head, Li Xiao replied.

Li Xiao, the owner of the jade pendant, doesn't think about it, since the other party knows his identity, and it is a dark place, if it is a friend, then the status is not low in terms of the value of the jade pendant, and it will also help him, but if it is an enemy, there is no need to be afraid, spend these days in peace, and the person who wants to come will not be irrelevant to trouble. In any case, the owner of this jade pendant will not have any conflict with himself for the time being.

At this time, Li Xiao's headache is a dinner with Chen Ziye tomorrow, and it is nothing to get together with Chen Ziye, after all, he is just a staff member in that person's mansion, although it is the most marginalized, no one will pay attention, but there is always a strange feeling. However, he really wanted to go to the rumored "Penglai Immortal Residence" with this Chen Caizi, but he didn't want to have the presence of the one in Chen Ziye's mansion, one was that there would be restraints, and the other was that as he told Chen Ziye earlier, he would get himself into unnecessary trouble.

Chen Ziye said that the prime minister would not appear, but as for what that person thought, it is unknown.

Looking at Li Xiao, who was frowning, Chu Chu knew what the young master was thinking at the moment, as a maid, she knew that she couldn't help in this matter, she knew that her young master was different from the other people who were in the Qinglou Tavern, and there were novel ideas in her head, and there would definitely be a solution. He didn't speak, sat silently on the side, fanning one after another.

"Chu Chu." Li Xiao closed his eyes, and his fingers lightly buckled the Taishi chair: "Do you want to go to that restaurant tomorrow to play?" ”

The little girl nodded vigorously, the movements in her hands slowly increased, her face was filled with excitement that could not be hidden, and a word popped out of her mouth: "Yes." ”

It's not a strange thing for other maids to travel with their own young masters, the little girl is so excited, it's not because of Li Xiao, it's just Chu Chu herself, although Li Xiao treats her as a maid on weekdays, but she knows that she is not a maid, but a lower existence than the maid - a slave.

The so-called slaves, that is, those who work all day for their masters' families and have no freedom, are also the most humble beings in the world. It is unique to be able to go out with the host's house, and also to go out and have fun with it. No wonder the little girl is so excited.

Li Xiao smiled and touched Chu Chu's head, got up and went back to the house with the box containing the jade pendant, today is indeed a little boring, while there is no meal, he is ready to go back to the house to rest and rest.

Watching Li Xiao return to the house, Chu Chu slowly put down the pu fan in her hand, and the breeze blowing in the distance raised the ends of her hair, revealing the word firmly engraved behind her ear - "slave".

Originally, this word was to be engraved in the most conspicuous place on the forehead, and it was her parents who begged and tried every means to make the sharp-toothed official engraved behind the ear, just to let the little girl live beautifully. But once you enter the slave country, it is as deep as the sea, and from then on a good life is a passerby.

Chu Chu subconsciously covered his blown hair, turned his head to look around, and saw that there was no one around, so he lay on the stone table, not knowing what to think about looking at the flowers blooming in the courtyard.

Li Xiao in the room looked at Chu Chu on the table, a little helpless, he didn't know about Chu Chu's slave status, but he checked the laws of Haoguo, and none of them said that he could get out of slave status, and now the only way may be the emperor in the palace.

But how can it be so simple, unless Her Royal Highness the princess's condition suddenly deteriorates, and she happens to be meritorious, so as a reward.

Shaking his head, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel ridiculous for his evil thoughts, laughed at himself for being selfish, sighed, lay on the bed full of sandalwood, and fell into a deep sleep.