"It's easy to say, I have a silk village, an inn, and two pawnshops, this business will inevitably escort the goods, if Lu Ye is not too hard, then be a dart master here for me, help me transport the goods of the past, including food and accommodation, and pay the wages, how about it?" Xu Hanyun said with a smile. Now that his family has a big business, he really needs people like Lu Pengju, Hua Chen, Hua Ren and other people with martial arts skills to help transport goods, and take care of the home, it was drowsiness that met the pillow, Xu Hanyun left Lu Pengju and others without the slightest hesitation.

"Thanks to the third master Xu for not giving up, Lu will bring all the disciples to ensure that the goods are comprehensive." Lu Pengju didn't expect Xu Hanyun to be so refreshing, and he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly got up and thanked him.

"Lu Ye is polite." Xu Hanyun got up and saluted back.

"Tomorrow is the birthday of the old lady, I have done all the tricks today, I should dress up, I will see if there is anything inappropriate." This is the morning of the seventh day of Boss Gu's entry into the palace, and Boss Gu called out to his apprentices early, and hastily set up a stage in the courtyard of Bixi Palace, preparing to repeat the play that will be sung tomorrow.

"Yes." The apprentices responded in unison, and then turned around and dressed up.

"Boss Gu is busy?" As soon as the apprentices dispersed, the palace gate of Bixi Hall was pushed open, and Mu Lingyi walked in.

"The grass people greet His Royal Highness the Prince." Boss Gu hurriedly knelt down.

"No courtesy." Mu Lingyi said, "I will come to the stage tomorrow, this is not an errand for the palace concubines to have fun in the future, we must prepare carefully." I'm going to see how you're prepared today, and if there's anything missing. ”

"The grass people just instructed the apprentices to dress up and rehearse the drama in advance today, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not dislike it, please invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to watch it together." Boss Gu bowed his waist and bowed his hands, respectfully.

"It's okay, it's okay left and right, then let's take a look." Mu Lingyi thought about it and responded.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please." Boss Gu let Mu Lingyi sit on the Taishi chair directly opposite the temporary platform, and he stood behind Mu Lingyi, clapped his hands and said, "Let's play!" ”

With the start of the play, the gong and drum scene suddenly became lively, and the actors in costumes came to the stage one after another to sing with their voices.

"Huh......" Qiu Tang wiped the sweat on his forehead, stood up, and put the washed clothes in the yard, just a few days ago, all the work almost silently fell on Qiu Tang, every day to buy vegetables, cook, boil medicine, laundry, all Qiu Tang is doing alone, Pearl did not leave, but Pearl is more and more like the eldest lady of the mansion, except for dressing and eating by herself, she does nothing, she originally took care of Xu's mother, but now she is hiding alone in the West Wing, almost not going out.

Qiu Tang looked at the sun, there was still some time to go to the teahouse to sing music, she hurriedly ran into the kitchen, poured the boiled soup into the bowl, put it under the window to cool, and started cooking again. After working for a long time, he boiled the rice in the pot, and hurriedly picked up the warm medicine bowl and ran into the house, feeding it into Xu's mother's mouth one by one. Although Mother Xu's eyes were still glazed, she knew better than anyone else in her heart that when she saw Qiu Tang carefully feeding herself medicine, two tears fell in her half-cloudy eyes. Qiu Tang stretched out his hand, wiped away Xu's mother's tears with his cuffs, and said with a slight smile: "Why are you still crying when you drink medicine well?" It seems that the medicine is working, don't think too much about it, as long as you take the medicine on time, you will definitely get better. I don't know if it's an illusion, after Qiu Tang said this, she vaguely felt that Mother Xu nodded slightly.

Seeing that Xu's mother finished drinking the medicine, Qiu Tang returned to the kitchen, the rice in the pot was almost good, and after a brief cleanup, Qiu Tang brought the food to the table, and when he passed by the West Wing, he called Pearl out to eat. When Pearl walked out of the house slowly, Qiu Tang had already eaten a few bites casually, holding the pipa and preparing to go to the teahouse.

Pearl looked at the vegetarian meals on the table, and frowned: "Qiu Tang, you make a lot of money every day by singing in the teahouse, you eat so vegetarian every day, where do you spend all the money?" ”

"Madame's health is not good, I can't take back as much as I want, I always have to save some, besides, Madame's medicine is about to run out, I see that Madame's condition has improved in the past few days, I want to prepare a few more pairs of medicine to come back and drink, which costs money." Qiu Tang patiently explained.

"That's a nice thing to say, don't secretly save up to buy clothes and jewelry, and don't use your mother as a cover!" Pearl said, dropping her chopsticks, and the food spilled on the table.

"Sister, don't talk nonsense, even if you want to buy clothes and jewelry, you must buy it for your wife and you first, it will get colder and colder after a while, and thick clothes and thick bedding must be prepared." In the face of Pearl's aggressiveness, Qiu Tang was a little displeased, but he didn't want to turn his face.

"Okay, okay, take other people's hands short, eat other people's soft mouths, don't you just see me idle at home and don't do things, you deliberately make a table of vegetarian dishes to chill me!" Pearl waved her hand, and all the food on the table was knocked to the ground, and Pearl didn't look at it, and went straight back to the west wing, "Calling my sister again and again, I should be very close, I don't want to be separated from the belly by the heart!" When the door was closed, the pearl's complaint fell word for word on Qiu Tang's ears.

Qiu Tang was anxious and angry, and he was even more distressed when he looked at the food all over the ground, but it was not too early, Qiu Tang didn't have time to clean up, and ran to the teahouse with the pipa in his arms.

"Not bad. So be it. Tomorrow, remember not to look up at the outside of the platform, no matter where you are facing. Tomorrow you will be surrounded by harem concubines, and there will be court ministers on the left and right, so don't break the rules. After briefly reading a few paragraphs, Mu Lingyi felt a little tired, so he called a pause.

"Obey the prince's order!" Boss Gu and all the apprentices on the stage responded with a salute.

"Good students practice, don't make mistakes tomorrow!" Mu Lingyi turned around and explained uncomfortably when he left the palace gate.

"Obey! Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! The crowd shouted in unison.

"Okay," Boss Gu saw that Mu Lingyi was walking away, straightened his waist, and said to the apprentices, "You are also tired, and your throat is also tired, go and rest." ”

"Yes." Since entering the palace, all the brothers of Yuluan and Yuchen have been very restrained, even if it is not the first time to enter the palace, the overwhelming palace power still makes them a little restrained.

"Sister?" After Qiu Tang finished singing, he returned home, as usual, calling for pearls, but he did not get a response as usual, and Qiu Tang felt faintly uneasy in his heart. She hurriedly ran into the house, and saw that Xu's mother was still lying on the bed, Qiu Tang breathed a sigh of relief, and then ran to the west wing, only to see the door of the west wing room wide open, but there was no one inside, Qiu Tang suddenly felt that her brain was blank, she couldn't believe that the pearl was gone quietly like this, suddenly, as if she remembered something, she went straight to the east wing where the luggage was stored, pushed open the door of the east wing, and the scene in front of her was like a basin of ice water, pouring down from Qiu Tang's head. The east wing room was turned into a mess, except for the jewelry that Qiu Tang was wearing, all the gold and silver jewelry was swept away, and even the only two pairs of medicines left by Xu's mother were thrown on the ground. Qiu Tang knew that the pearl was gone. Pearl left Mother Xu, who had raised her for many years, and left without saying hello. Before leaving, he also took away all the money that Qiu Tang had saved and hidden in the makeup box in the east wing. Qiu Tang felt empty in his heart, as if his soul had been drained, his feet were soft, Qiu Tang sat on the ground, his heart was so uncomfortable, but he couldn't even shed a tear.

I don't know how long I sat before Qiu Tang slowly woke up. She rubbed her cheeks vigorously with her hands, and pinched her thighs hard, and the whole thing finally came to her senses and returned to reality. Without saying a word, she silently cleaned up everything that had been messed up by the pearls, and her serious attitude was like picking up her own broken soul. It wasn't until the western sky was covered with burning clouds that Qiu Tang walked out of the east wing one by one. She silently closed the door of the east wing and locked it, as if sealing a story that she didn't want to tell, and returned to Xu's mother, poured a glass of water and slowly fed it, Xu's mother's throat hummed and chirped, Qiu Tang put the cup away, tucked the corners of Xu's mother's quilt, and smiled reluctantly: "Sister Pearl is gone, I don't know where she went, only I will serve Mrs. in the future." But I still have to go out to sing music to make money, and I can't stay by my wife's side all the time, so don't blame me. ”

Mother Xu didn't speak, just looked at Qiu Tang in a daze, and she didn't know if she understood Qiu Tang's words. Qiu Tang saw Xu's mother's eyes and smiled helplessly: "You lie down well, I'll cook for you and boil medicine." ”

It was midnight after serving Xu's mother to eat and fall asleep. Qiu Tang sat in the courtyard with his knees crossed, looking at the starry sky, and recalled in his heart what Boss Gu said to himself before leaving, this has become a reality in less than half a month, Qiu Tang shook his head with a wry smile. Fortunately, what Boss Gu repeatedly told Qiu Tang did so, although the pearl took away all the valuable things, but the silver bag given by Boss Gu has not been lost. This silver bag is Qiu Tang's last confidence.

This sitting is a night, the warm sun sprinkled on Qiu Tang, Qiu Tang realized that he had spent a night in the yard, facing the sun, Qiu Tang felt that she was a little more alive, and at the same time she also made a decision, a decision that allowed herself to continue to live.

"Master, why do we have to do things here with Xu Sanye." is used to being a majestic dart master, but now he is taking care of the family in Xu Hanyun's house, Hua Chen's heart is full of resentment.

"Isn't that bad?" Lu Pengju looked at Hua Chen and asked.

"What's so good about this, Xu Sanye said that he asked us to help him escort the goods, but so many days have passed, and he hasn't seen a single box of goods, and he has been going around here all day to take care of his family, and the apprentice doesn't know why the master deigns to be here. Let's go to other dart games, can we have food? ”

"Do you remember Qiu Tang?" Lu Pengju looked around at no one and asked softly.

"Yes." Hua Chen replied, how could he not remember that it was Qiu Tang that allowed Hua Chen to see another side of society that he had never seen, and let Hua Chen know that there are many people who have tried their best just to live.

"That's good." Lu Pengju smiled and said, "Huachen, you remember that Qiu Tang's father is the great benefactor of all our Lingcheng people, so no matter what, you must protect her well." We can go to other dart games, but in this way, we can't guarantee that we will stay in the Holy City most of the time, and Qiu Tang is still in the Holy City, so we can't leave. ”

"......" Hua Chen looked at Lu Pengju with a puzzled face, Hua Chen had never heard of the great benefactor of the Lingcheng people in the master's mouth, and he couldn't believe that Qiu Tang had a relationship with their great benefactor, in Hua Chen's view, Qiu Tang was a disaster water, an out-and-out disaster water, at first he only felt that Qiu Tang was pitiful, in order to live, he went through all kinds of difficulties, but when he realized that Lingcheng was slaughtered maybe because of her, Hua Chen felt very uncomfortable, although everyone in the dart game followed the troupe out of Lingcheng, but after all, it was because of her, Lingcheng was destroyed, and now the master said that Qiu Tang must be protected no matter what, which made Huachen unacceptable for a while.

"If you don't understand it, don't think about it." Looking at Hua Chen's frowning brows, Lu Pengju shook his head, "You just need to do what the teacher says, and you will slowly know many things later." After speaking, he stopped talking to Huachen and left with his hands behind his back.

"Excuse me, is Mother Dream there?" Qiu Tang hesitated in front of the door of Fengqi Pavilion for a long time, and finally knocked on the door of Fengqi Pavilion.