The girl on her body was very dirty, covered with dirt and dust, but Li Xiao did not dislike it, gently hugged it, and walked towards the Lu Mansion.

And Xu Jing behind him didn't react when the girl was taken away, he took the money bag in a daze, opened it and counted it, there were one hundred taels, and he was a slave who had lost all his money, and suddenly made a lot of money, and couldn't help but be ecstatic, busy getting off the donkey, thanking him again and again, and almost didn't kneel down to call his father.

Li Xiao is not interested in paying attention to the behavior of these small people in the market, and he doesn't have the idea of beating him up like in film and television dramas, this kind of thing that can be solved with money can be solved with money, and he doesn't want to destroy the peaceful atmosphere of Yizhou City.

On the way back, he walked very slowly, the girl on his body lowered her head, a pair of small hands tightly grasped Li Xiao's collar, and the chain on her feet shook "jingling", making a crisp sound.

Passers-by and vendors on the street looked at the two, some laughing, some admiring, and some just shaking their heads and regretting. But Li Xiao didn't care about this.

As Mr. Lu Xun said, "Go your own way and let others say go".

The sky gradually darkened, and the horizon gradually revealed red, and the shadows of the tall buildings in the distance were stretched slender in the setting sun. The people in the bazaar also gradually dispersed and went home, as for Li Xiao's purchase of slaves, everyone just thought that it was the young master of the rich family who spent money indiscriminately.

Lu Yunlu met Li Xiao at the entrance of the market, and when he saw the girl Li Xiao was carrying on his back, he almost began to doubt his life when he saw a bunch of food in his hand. The girl was messy and smelled bad, I really don't know how Li Xiao patiently carried her away.

"Brother Li, who are you?"

Seeing that Li Xiao didn't speak, he didn't say much, the parties didn't care, so why should he, a bystander, say more. With a wry smile, he gave the roast chicken and duck in his hand to the passers-by on the side, and he trotted to follow.

When I returned to Lu Mansion, it was already dark, and there was no trace of skylight.

In the distance, the lanterns at the gate of the Lu Mansion were lit, guiding the people who had not returned in the night. The old butler stood at the door with a crimson cane, looking at the brightly lit West Market with a worried expression, and it was not until Li Xiao and the three of them appeared in sight that he smiled again.

Lu Yunlu saw the old housekeeper from afar, beckoned, hurriedly ran over, took the old housekeeper's hand lightly, and said, "Uncle Lu, you are not in good health, why did you come out and wait for us again." ”

"The young master hasn't come back for so many years, and this time he went to the West Market to play, and the old slave is also afraid that the young master will get lost." The old housekeeper looked at Lu Yunlu and smiled, and then noticed Li Xiao who was holding the girl on the side, "Li Gongzi, why did you come back with a slave." Lu Dong and Lu Xi, don't hurry up and come over to help. ”

As soon as the words fell, the subordinate who was standing at the door hurriedly ran to Li Xiao, and was about to take over the girl on his body, but the girl's hand was very tight, it seemed to be glued to it, and after trying several times, he couldn't pull it away. Anyway, Li Xiao could only carry it into the house.

After entering the Lu Mansion, Li Xiao was led by the maid to the side room that had been prepared, and the old housekeeper also intimately prepared hot water for the group to bathe for several days. As for the girl on the body, she was taken to the side of the room by the careful maid to be cleaned. The hot water prepared by the old housekeeper was very comfortable, and he couldn't help soaking it for a while, until the maid knocked on the door to bring the dinner, and then got up and put on the prepared clothes.

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The moonlight was cunning, shining through the faint clouds on Li Xiao's room, and when it fell on the side of the bed, there was a feeling of "bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground".

Sitting in front of the window, he took out the letter he had received this morning. The letter came from Suzhou City, and the person who wrote it was Chu Xin'er.

Just a few days later, Li Xiao's sister began to worry about Li Xiao. When I opened the letter, it began with the statement that everything was fine in the house, that the guests had left early, and that my father had once again gone out to play. and Chen Ziye, who didn't know what was going on, took a roll of rice paper in his hand, and left happily, but he heard the maids say that it was a poem he copied from Miao Miao, but it didn't matter, whether he could leave or not, it was nothing in Chu Xin'er's eyes.

At the end of the letter, there was a large number of worried words, roughly asking Li Xiao if he was tired, whether he had eaten enough for three meals, and so on. Chu Xin'er's full of care jumped on the paper, which made Li Xiao feel that there was such a sister, and life was like this.

Picking up the pen, he wrote back, "Everything is healthy and smooth, and it is estimated that you will be able to arrive in Beijing in a few days." If it goes well, I'll be back soon. Sister don't worry, she needs to pay more attention to her body. ”

At the end of the letter, at first I wanted to write about the slave I had just bought, but after thinking about it, this slave was just bought on a whim, and I was in high spirits at the time, but I didn't think about how to deal with it, of course, throwing it in Lu Mansion was the best way, but looking at the way the slave grabbed him just now, it is estimated that he refused to keep it alone, but the Jingshi is dangerous, and it is not very convenient to take it.

There is also the matter of Wang Anshi, Li Xiao doesn't want to talk about it, at least not now, so as not to be worried by his family.

sighed, picked up the pen and wrote: "Now that I am going to Beijing with a Lu Gongzi, he is very good, and my younger brother has a care." As for Dad, my sister can let him go. ”

Rubbing his head, thinking about it, at the end of the letter, he advised his sister to pay attention to her body, and in business, you can ask some shopkeepers to deal with small things, don't do everything yourself, if you are tired, the gains outweigh the losses.

After writing, he put the letter paper in the envelope and fell straight down on the bed. Li Xiao was really tired in the past two days, Lu Yunlu was as desperate as a madman, and he persuaded him many times to take a little rest, and the horses couldn't stand it. But Lu Yunlu still doesn't care, except for the night after resting for the night, the rest of the time is basically on the way, fortunately, when he arrived in Yizhou City, the old housekeeper was merciful and stayed for one night, otherwise if it goes on like this, it is still a question whether he can get to Beijing safely.

Unconsciously, Li Xiao fell asleep like this, and felt a kind of pressure on his body in a daze, which was very light and fragrant. When I opened my eyes, it was the slave girl I bought in the afternoon.

The gentle body was draped in a light veil that couldn't be thinner, lying on top of her softly, and her delicate little face seemed to be expecting something.

"Young, young master, you're awake." The girl said timidly. The thin body trembled slightly.

This matter is a bit of a mess, the girl was taken away by the maid, Li Xiao thought that she had prepared a wing room for her, but the maid and the girl thought that Li Xiao bought her, wanted her, took it to wash the dirt on her body, and then brought it back. And when he entered the room, Li Xiao was already lying on the bed, didn't that imply that the girl was sleeping. Leaving the girl, the maids gently closed the door with strange eyes and withdrew. And the girl finally took off her clothes slowly after a long psychological struggle and slowly climbed up.

"You, you, why are you here?" Li Xiao was obviously frightened, and the sudden pressure almost made him have an instinctive reaction, the so-called instinctive reaction - E to flat, A to scrape the outer ring, and A to slash one after another.

Seeing Li Xiao wake up, the girl's originally accumulated courage dissipated instantly, she stepped out of bed, squatted on the ground and hugged her head, her body full of scars trembling uncontrollably.

Looking at the girl on the ground, Li Xiao realized that this was just a poor person who had gone through hardships and had a bad background, and her smooth begging for mercy showed her experience of being bullied for many years. got out of bed and picked up the girl, and the girl grabbed Li Xiao's collar tightly again after a shiver. sighed and wanted to put the girl on the bed, but found that she hugged her very tightly, so he had no choice but to sit on the bed with her, but he still dressed her.

"What's your name?"

"I, I don't have a name." The girl's voice was very soft, and her small head was tightly pressed against Li Xiao's chest, and the expression on her face could not be seen. The little hand grabbed Li Xiao, but his body didn't tremble anymore.

"And where are you from?"

The girl stretched out a small hand, pointed to the north, and immediately retracted it at random, and said in a voice that could not be more fine: "My mother is a Tatar, and my Bara is also a Tatar." ”

After speaking, the girl buried her head lower, and a pair of small hands grasped it tighter, making Li Xiao almost feel a little out of breath. "Well, can you come down first?"

The girl shook her head.

"I'm not leaving, let's go down first."

The girl shook her head again.

"Can you speak, let's not be like this all the time. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it. ”

The girl didn't continue to shake her head, and slowly raised her face to look at Li Xiao. The moonlight shines through the window on the girl's face, the big eyes are very beautiful under the moonlight, the original dirty face looks extremely white at the moment, and the small lips make people want to kiss it. Look down, small hills and ravines......

The girl who finished bathing was so moving, she almost fascinated Li Xiao, and looked at the girl's ...... with a pair of eyes

Although the girl was red-faced, she still held back her shame and showed her consciousness of being a slave.

I don't know how long it took, Li Xiao noticed the conscious loss of manners, and coughed lightly to ease the embarrassing situation, this was the first time he had seen the girl's body so close since he felt this body, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Looking at the girl with her head buried in her body, she thought for a moment and said, "Since you don't know your name, why don't I get you one." ”

Feeling the girl in his arms nodding, Li Xiao pondered for a moment, coughed twice, and said: "Zhongduo girl, hairpin mountain flower, Huanyi Xikou, sit on the stream stone." With the language, there is no surprise guess, and there is no pretense, Chu Chu is lovely. ”

"It's good to call you Chu Chu."

This is a sentence in Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Poems", for some reason, looking at the girl in front of him, Li Xiao will think of this sentence, maybe he thinks of the girl in the raccoon clothes.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, the girl raised her head, muttered the words and sentences of Li Xiao's words in her mouth, her face was full of smiles, and she said mischievously: "Does the young master want to be a hairpin mountain flower, by the Huanyi River?" ”

Chu Chu's voice was soft, but there was already a joy in his tone that could not be concealed. Looking at the girl in his arms, Li Xiao suddenly felt that although he was only a small boy in a small Suzhou city, he could also use his small power to change the life of a stranger, for example, the girl in front of him who got a name.

"Sleep, it's not early." Touching Chu Chu's head, Li Xiao smiled. I couldn't help but sing the lyrics that I had originally performed at the birthday banquet the day before.

Chu Chu slowly fell asleep in the gentle and melodious singing.

"When is the bright moon? Ask the sky for wine. I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace. I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the high place is unbearable. Dancing to figure out the shadow, how does it seem to be in the world? Turn Zhu Pavilion, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly. There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye? People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ”

The melodious words pulled Li Xiao's thoughts to Suzhou City, a hundred miles away, and then to the hometown that he couldn't go back to.

The night was very deep and quiet, and no one knew when the two masters and servants in this room had shed and dried up when the tears full of longing in the corners of their eyes had dried.