"No, look for it again to see if it's caught in the futon." Green bamboo lifted the futon and rummaged through it together.

"Forget it, just give this to Madame." Seeing that it was almost time to listen to the morning training, Qiu Tang picked up another handkerchief and ran out.

"Slow down, don't fall." Green bamboo told him to chase out.

"Brother Shun, I've seen you come back late for a few days, isn't business good late?" A lady about fifty years old called out to the young man who was returning to the house by moonlight.

"Auntie hasn't rested yet." Brother Shun put down the goods pick.

"No, I'm tired of the day, come and drink hot porridge at home." The eldest lady's words were full of concern.

"No, auntie, you should rest early. I also want to save a little more money. Brother Shun scratched his head a little embarrassed and said.

"What's wrong? What's uncomfortable? "I heard that Brother Shun wants to save money, and the eldest mother is a little worried.

"No, auntie, it's okay, it's just ...... I just want to give a girl a hairpin. Brother Shun's face turned red to the base of his neck.

"Girl? Do we have a sweetheart? After hearing the reason, the eldest lady was so happy that her eyes were crooked.

"Auntie......" Brother Shun wanted to stop the aunt's words, but the aunt couldn't stop being happy.

"Tell my aunt whose girl it is? Another day, the aunt will help you talk about matchmaking. The eldest lady grabbed Brother Shun's hand and inquired carefully by the moonlight.

"Yes...... Be...... It's the girl of Linglong Pavilion, Green Bamboo. "Brother Shun snorted.

"Brother Shun, do you know that Linglong Pavilion......"

"Auntie, I know. I don't want to really marry her in this life, I just want to help her save some more money, and maybe I can help her redeem herself in the future. Brother Shun's voice became smaller and quieter.

"Well, okay, let's get some rest early." The eldest lady sighed and went back to the house. Hey, it's good for everyone, why is it Linglong Pavilion. The eldest lady shook her head and blew out the oil lamp.

"Master, there's a letter from inside."

Zhang Qingyan opened the note, and there was a line of beautiful small words on it: Daddy, don't worry, Wan'er has been named Xiao Beauty. Ling Yi is also good.

"Okay." Zhang Qingyan burned the note on the candle flame, picked up a wax-sealed envelope, and handed it to the servant who delivered the letter, "Let the dumb man send this letter out overnight, and send it to the innkeeper last time." ”

"Yes, don't worry, sir." The servant took the letter and turned away, and disappeared into the night.

"What are you embroidering?" Green bamboo came over.

"Bluegrass. In the past, there were a lot of different kinds of orchids in our garden, and when they bloomed in the spring, they were beautiful. Qiu Tang said without raising his head.

"Your garden? Qiu Tang, what did your family do before? Is there a big garden? Green Bamboo stopped the needle and thread in his hand.

"Nothing." Qiu Tang suddenly came back to his senses and took the topic.

"Holy Lord, it's time to flip the cards."

Mu Jianyu glanced at the tray in the eunuch's hand, but did not stretch out his hand, "Xiao Meiren." ”

"Yes. The miscellaneous family sent someone to bring Xiao Meiren over. ”

"That's it," Mu Jianyu got up and moved his body, "Let's go with me." ”

Gonggong You played the lantern and accompanied Mu Jianyu to the Yulan Palace where Xiao Meiren lived.

"You embroidered this?" Mother Xu held a handkerchief and looked at Qiu Tang, the handkerchief was embroidered with a dewdrop orchid grass, and the handkerchief shook gently in Xu's mother's hand, like an orchid in the wind.

"Yes." Qiu Tang bowed slightly.

"All right, you all go down. Qiu Tang, you stay for a while. Mother Xu waved her hand and asked the girls to leave. The girls are all blessed and stand back.

"Qiu Tang, when you grow up, what do you want to do?" Xu's mother put the handkerchief aside and picked up the bowl.

"I want to go to Caifeng Tower like Sister Ruoyun." Qiu Tang replied with low eyebrows.

"Caifeng Tower? Do you know what kind of place Caifeng Tower is? Mother Xu was obviously stunned for a moment.

"I don't know, but Sister Risa said that you can meet the sky there."

"God? Do you want to touch the sky? Mother Xu leaned forward and looked at Qiu Tang. However, Qiu Tang did not answer her question again.

"Alright. Go down. Xu's mother closed her eyes.

"Yes." Qiu Tang Wanfu left.

"Good swordsmanship!" Mu Lingyu barely caught Mu Lingxi's moves, and couldn't help but praise.

Mu Lingxi stretched out his hand to pull Mu Lingyu up, and put the sword back into the sheath: "I can't compare to you and Lao Eleven in reading, but if you want to dance with guns and sticks, you still have to practice hard."

"Thank you for the teachings of the second brother." Mu Lingyu put away the sword, took the handkerchief handed by the maid beside him, and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

"Let's go, let's go see the ninth brother and them studying." Mu Lingxi took Mu Lingyu's sword, handed the two swords to the personal guard behind him, and pulled Mu Lingyu out of the martial arts arena.

In the early morning, the mausoleum was quiet and busy, in the meager morning mist, the wooden planks were taken down by the shopkeepers, and the signboards of the business were hung up, and then there were men with basins and brooms who came out to sweep and sprinkle, and in a short time, all kinds of things were put out, and there were groups of peasant women on the side of the road, carrying baskets, squatting on the side of the road, placing the fresh vegetables they had harvested. The streets slowly became lively.

Qiu Tang took Luzhu's hand and walked closely behind Xu's mother, looking around curiously with a pair of eyes.

Walking and walking, Qiu Tang suddenly felt that the pace of the green bamboo next to her slowed down, she couldn't help but look up along the green bamboo's gaze, only to see a half-sized man with a picker looking at this side with his feet across a breakfast stall, his face was mixed with shy joy, his cheeks were slightly red, like the morning glow looming in the sky, and a pair of eyes looked at the green bamboo with affection as if he could speak.

"Look at your feet when you walk, don't look around, carefully stone your feet." As if sensing something, Mother Xu opened her mouth and knocked on the girls behind her.

"Yes." The girls answered. Lu Zhu also hurriedly withdrew his gaze, looked at his nose, nose and mouth, and walked with a blushing face.

Under the leadership of Xu's mother, the girls walked through the most prosperous streets in Lingcheng and walked all the way to a house in the west of Lingcheng.

A plaque is hung on the courtyard of the house, the word "West Garden" is written on it, two vermilion lacquer pillars are erected at the entrance of the courtyard, the pillar supports the pavilion corridor as wide as half a room, and the top of the pavilion corridor is painted with all kinds of strange flowers and plants. In front of the pillar are two bluestone carved stone lions, there is a pair of horse stones next to the stone lions, behind the pillar is a two-open vermilion lacquer door, there is a pair of golden lions on the door, and the lion holds a pair of golden knockers in its mouth.

Mother Xu ordered the girls to stand down in front of the stone lions, and a person carried the corner of the skirt and stepped on the brick steps, walked to the door, and reached out to knock the knocker. After a while, the vermilion lacquer door slowly opened, and a boy dressed as a scholar came out of it, saluted Xu's mother, and said: "Mother Xu, our husband has been waiting in the front hall for a long time."

"Well, lead the way." Mother Xu nodded slightly, looked back at Luzhu, Luzhu understood, took Qiu Tang, and led the sisters into the courtyard with Mother Xu.

Facing the courtyard gate is a huge shadow back wall, write a big "art" word on it, bypass the shadow back wall, is a square brick paved a courtyard, the center of the yard is a fish tank with the end of tea leaves, and the courtyard is surrounded by bamboo and cypress. Passing through the front yard, there is a living room, the half-old Eight Immortals table and two Taishi chairs are placed in the center, and the back is against the gable, and the Eight Immortals table is placed with seasonal fresh fruits, and an old man sits on one of the Taishi chairs. The old man had a childish face, a hint of clarity between his eyebrows and eyes, holding a plain bowl, looking up and down at the people walking towards him in the courtyard.

"I've heard a long time ago that Mother Xu is coming in person today, I don't know what advice I have?" Seeing that Xu's mother was still one step away from entering the living room, the old man put down the bowl and got up to greet him half a step.

"Boss Gu, long time no see." Mother Xu stepped into the threshold and gave the old man a shallow blessing.

"Mother Xu, please sit down, come on, serve tea." Boss Gu raised his hand and let Mother Xu go to another Taishi chair.

"Boss Gu, I bought a girl a few days ago, and today I want to ask Boss Gu to listen to it and see if I can learn something from you or your apprentice." Mother Xu sat down, her eyebrows full of smiles.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Yuluan, take the girls to the backyard to hang their voices and practice, and I will check my homework later. Boss Gu took a sip of tea and called a teenager.

The young man looked like he was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with fair skin and clear eyebrows.

"Yes, Master." The young man named Yuluan gave a deep bow to Boss Gu.

"Luzhu, you take them with you, Qiu Tang, you come here." Mother Xu drank tea and said without raising her head.

"Begonia, Begonia!" Green bamboo pushed the begonia beside him.

"Huh?" Qiu Tang screamed in surprise before coming back to his senses. The environment here reminded her of home, the Chen Guoshi Mansion.

"Mom called you over." Green Bamboo quietly reminded, "Go ahead, don't be afraid." Green bamboo gently pushed on Qiu Tang's back. Glancing back, he led the sisters to follow Yuluan to the back of the living room.

"Come, girl, let me see." Boss Gu raised his hand and beckoned to Qiu Tang.

Qiu Tang raised his eyes to look at Boss Gu, and then at Mother Xu, hesitating.

"This child is recognized." Mother Xu put down the tea bowl and smiled, stretched out her hand to beckon, "Come here, Qiu Tang." ”

Qiu Tang lifted the corners of her skirt, lowered her head, and walked into the living room.

Boss Gu looked Qiu Tang carefully up and down: "This kid ......" He faintly felt as if he had seen it somewhere, and there was always a familiar feeling between his eyebrows, but he couldn't remember it. This kid is good. Boss Gu decided to press it first and keep quiet.

"Patriarch, there's a letter."

A pair of hands like withered branches took the letter as thin as a cicada's wings, and the rough fingers made one have to worry about whether the letter would be crumpled carelessly. The bronze mask on the face conceals the facial expressions in the slightest, and the eerie patterns on the mask make it impossible to distinguish the facial features.

"Okay, I ordered, from today onwards, all the clansmen in the Limu clan are not allowed to go to the border market to buy and sell and exchange goods at will without permission. Go and bring the eldest lady here. The voice under the bronze mask was so cold that it made people shiver.