"Standing in the cold morning on this day, Lord Xue is really admirable, Qiu Tang, you have fast legs and feet, go back to Linglong Pavilion to make a pot of hot tea, and warm your body." Xu's mother hurriedly asked Qiu Tang to go back to make tea.

"Yes." Qiu Tang ran towards Linglong Pavilion with a smoke.

"What kind of official is this?" Seeing Qiu Tang walking away, Mother Xu asked quietly.

"The people from the Zhang Guoshi's mansion." Xue Bowen was quite proud, as if he was related to Zhang Qingyan.

"The people in the National Teacher's Mansion? City Lord Xue has a bright future. Xu's mother flattered.

"Mother Xu has won the award, this is all thanks to Mother Xu's blessing and the blessing of the people of Lingcheng." Xue Bowen said modestly.

"Come, come, drink some tea, go to the cold, warm and warm." As he was talking, Qiu Tang hurried over with a large teapot and a food box. Mother Xu took out the cups in the food box and poured tea one by one.

"City Lord, the old body still has something to do, so I won't bother you." After drinking the tea, Xu's mother put away the cup and said goodbye.

Xue Bowen took his master and the servants to wait at the city gate for a day, until the sun received the last rays of light, and then he faintly saw a few horses running towards the city gate. Xue Bowen's legs couldn't stand bend, and seeing the people getting closer and closer, Xue Bowen called out to the master and whispered: "When they arrive later, you kick me in the back."

"What's wrong with you, sir?" Master Duan looked puzzled.

"I won't bend my legs." Xue Bowen whispered.

"Okay." As soon as Master Duan's words fell, Chen Xiao led people to ride a horse in front of him, Master Duan kicked Xue Bowen's knee, Xue Bowen knelt on the ground with a plop, and said: "Steward Zhang is coming, there is a disappointment, forgive the sins, forgive the sins."

"Get up." Chen Xiao heard Xue Bowen call himself Steward Zhang, and he was slightly unhappy at the moment, but he didn't want to attack in public, so he had to answer indiscriminately.

"I have already prepared a few glasses of thin wine to wash the dust for a few adults." Xue Bowen stood up with the support of his master, raised his hand and said.

"There's Lord Rauscher." Chen Xiao turned over and dismounted, and thanked him.

"Fine, okay." Xue Bowen turned to the side slightly and let this bow pass, "Adults, please come with me." The group followed Xue Bowen to the largest Huizeyuan restaurant in the mausoleum.

Hui Zeyuan Restaurant received a notice from the yamen early in the morning, saying that there were distinguished guests to receive, Qi Yang, the shopkeeper of the restaurant, cleared the scene early in the morning, refused the diners for a whole day, and the kitchen also prepared all kinds of fruits, vegetables, fish and meat early, waiting for the distinguished guests to come to the door.

"Shopkeeper, here, here." The young man who was sent out by Qi Yang to watch the wind at the intersection ran back like a fly. As soon as Qi Yang heard this, he was busy with the master chef in the back kitchen, which is called frying and frying, what is simmering and stewing, and the kitchen was very lively for a while.

"Adults, please." Xue Bowen introduced the guests to the restaurant, and the aroma of the food was appetizing.

Xue Bowen led everyone to sit down one after another, Qi Yang took his men to move the two jars of daughter red, pried open the lid, the wine was fragrant, and everyone said: "Good wine!" Qi Yang's face bloomed with joy, and Xue Bowen's heart also blossomed.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Xue Bowen took Chen Xiao's hand: "Steward Chen, what are you coming back for?"

"For her!" Chen Xiao pushed the dishes in front of him away, took out a portrait from his arms and slapped it on the table.

Xue Bowen looked at it, why is this portrait so familiar? It seems that I saw such a portrait last year before the Chinese New Year. Xue Bowen looked at the portrait, then at Chen Xiao, and said, "Steward Chen, didn't you come to us last year to look for this girl?" How? Haven't found it yet?"

"I can't see anyone alive, I can't see a corpse when I die!" Chen Xiao sighed and poured another bowl of daughter red.

"Steward Chen, let me ask a few words, whose daughter is this? Going so hard to find it?" Xue Bowen said as Chen Xiaobu distributed.

"Miss Daughter? That was before! This girl is now the daughter of a sinner. Fled. Chen Xiao's tongue is a little big.

"Oh, fugitives, that's a catch, a catch!" Xue Bowen echoed.

"Sister Qiutang, aren't you still sleeping?" The four drums outside the window have been beaten, and the lights in the room have been turned off, Fei'er covered the quilt, looked at Qiu Tang who was still sitting by the window and asked.

"Fei'er, go to sleep." Qiu Tang reached out and tucked Fei'er's quilt and smiled reluctantly.

Ever since he saw Xue Bowen waiting for someone at the city gate, Qiu Tang was flustered, and he was restless all day, not only did he lose several times by touching Pai Gow, but he didn't even remember a word of the new lyrics of the Yuchen Sect. Qiu Tang vaguely felt that the person who came this time was coming for her.

"I'm so pretty." Mother Xu was amazed, "Where did you learn this?" ”

"Does Madame look good-looking?" Qiu Tang was slightly blessed, put the embroidery in his hand on the table, and the bead flowers on his head trembled slightly with Qiu Tang's movements, like a spring breeze.

"Beautiful." Mother Xu reached out and touched the jade hairpin on Qiu Tang's head, "Our Qiu Tang is already good-looking, and this dress is even more beautiful." ”

"That day, I saw that Sister Liuyun of Caifeng Tower was dressed like this, so I tried to learn to dress up myself." Qiu Tang Yingying smiled.

"It's good-looking, I look better than Liuyun's girl." Mother Xu saw that Qiu Tang had become more and more energetic in Linglong Pavilion for almost a year, and she was indescribably happy in her heart. The more beautiful the girl is, the higher the price she can sell in the future.

"Mother Xu, Luan Catcher is here at the Yamen." While the two were talking, Pearl came in from outside and spoke.

"Come in, please. Qiu Tang, you go down first. Mother Xu got up and straightened her clothes and walked to the door to greet her.

"Mother Xu, it's early!" Luan Zhutou stepped into the courtyard and greeted loudly.

"Luan Zhutou, come to me in a hurry this morning, do you have an errand?" Mother Xu saw two or three faces behind Luan Zhutou, and knew in her heart that Luan Zhutou's visit today was not to drink tea and chat, "Pearl, serve tea to you." Luan catchers, gentlemen, please come inside. ”

Luan Pu'an took Chen Xiao and the others behind him into the house and sat down, and the officials stood on both sides of the courtyard.

"Mother Xu, this time I'm here for the girl last time. You don't think it's convenient to call out all the girls here for us to recognize. Luan Pu'an took a sip of tea and said.

"Then sit down, pearls, go and bring all the girls, not a single one is missing." Mother Xu lowered her eyebrows and smiled, and instructed Pearl.

"Yes." Pearl Wanfu, walking towards the backyard.

After a while, there was a jingle of ringing, and more than a dozen girls turned out from behind the screen one after another, and they were stunned for a while by Chen Xiao and a few people in the room. The girls lined up in two or three rows, facing Xu's mother, bowing their eyebrows and looking at them deeply, "Mom Wanfu." The sound was like a silver bell, and Chen Xiao's hearts rippled when he heard it.

"I've seen you soon." Mother Xu waved her handkerchief, and the girls turned around in unison, facing Luan Pu'an, Chen Xiao and the others, and said, "I've seen all the adults."

"Lingcheng is really a good place, look at these girls, all of them are pretty and beautiful." Chen Xiao said with a smile.

"Steward Chen, take a look." Luan Pu'an looked at the girls in the house and saw that almost all of them were here, urging Chen Xiao to find someone.

Steward Chen. When Qiu Tang heard these three words, his whole body was like an electric shock, and his head went blank. She thought that she would never hear the name of the Chen family again in this life. Qiu Tang pressed his beating heart, and secretly looked out of the corner of his eye, except for Luan Pu'an who was an acquaintance, and Steward Chen, who stood up, couldn't see the faces, the rest were almost all fresh faces, looking at the clothes and fabrics, which were common styles and materials used by the servants of the big families in the Holy City, but they didn't know which one it was. Qiu Tang decided to respond to all changes with the same.

"Lift your head up." The girls all lowered their heads, and Chen Xiao looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see the reason, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

The girls were scolded for no reason, and they were so frightened that they lowered their heads even deeper.

"This master, don't be angry." Mother Xu quietly accepted half a smile, as long as the girl from her Linglong Pavilion didn't go out of this door, it would not be the turn of outsiders to teach her, "Girls, don't be afraid, raise your head slightly, let this official take a good look." ”

When the girls heard Mother Xu say this, they all raised their heads slightly. Chen Xiao looked over one by one, all of them were delicate and beautiful, but they didn't have the face he was familiar with. Qiu Tang stood in the crowd, held his breath and condensed, and quietly raised his eyes to look, this look didn't matter, Qiu Tang only felt that he was hit on the head, as if he was choked by the throat in an instant, and the blood in his whole body was cold. The housekeeper Chen in front of her, who carefully inspected the girls, was Chen Xiao who quietly took her out of the holy city that day! And those who came with him were not from the Chen family. Qiu Tang lowered his eyes, trying to hide his emotions.

"Steward Chen, you can take a closer look, if you don't bring people back this time, the national teacher will be there, and you won't be able to explain it." The man dressed as a servant on the side knocked lightly and heavily.

"I don't need you to teach me a lesson!" Chen Xiaodeng's face was murderous.

The servant stopped talking, let out a puff of air from his nostrils, changed his comfortable position, and took up the tea bowl. He squinted and looked at Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao looked at them one by one seriously: "It's not like ...... Unlike ......" as he spoke, he walked up to Qiu Tang and stood still, "Raise your head a little more." ”

Qiu Tang slowly raised his head, his eyes were like silk, his eyes were flowing in the autumn waves, his cheeks were pink like peach blossoms, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were indescribable. Qiu Tang looked at Chen Xiao in front of him, a familiar and strange person.

"It's not." Chen Xiao looked at it for a long time, shook his head, let go of the hand holding Qiu Tang's chin, and walked to the side.

About half an hour, Chen Xiao sat down again and picked up the tea bowl.

"Steward Chen, isn't it?" Luan Pu'an asked.

Chen Xiao put down the tea bowl and sighed and shook his head.

"There are many girls in Linglong Pavilion in this mausoleum, and then there is Caifeng Tower, and the girls in Caifeng Tower are not old, where do you think we are going next?" Luan Pu'an looked at Chen Xiao and his entourage, his face was sad.

"Check, door-to-door." Chen Xiao stood up, gritted his teeth and said, "If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die!"

"Yes. Let's go! Luan Pu'an beckoned everyone to leave.

"Ladies and gentlemen, go slowly." Xu's mother was sent to the door.

"Mother Xu stayed. Excused me today. Luan Pu'an turned around and hugged his fists.

"Let's do work in Linglong Pavilion these days. Don't go out. Mother Xu sent everyone away, turned around and went back to the house, looked at the girls who were still standing in the house stupidly, and admonished. She didn't want anything to happen to her little cash cows.

"Yes." All the girls responded in unison.

"General, it's not good, again, it's started again!" As soon as the night fell, a man rushed in from outside the tent, and the wind stirred up the light of the torches that had just been lit and swayed from side to side, and the fiery red light shone on the pale cheeks of the comer, and the bloodshot eyes were full of terror, and there was an indescribable strangeness.