Although there are some speculations and grasps about Sang Xiu's hometown, there are more questions that follow. Who would take a Rus' girl that young from the distant plains of Eastern Europe to the East? From the Eastern European Plain to Yanshan, even if everything goes smoothly on the road, it will take a year or two, so what is supporting these adventurers to climb over the lofty mountains, through the vast Gobi and desert, and finally come to Yanshan? The possibility of religion was first ruled out by him; He felt that even the most ardent Christian Benedictine ascetics could not be so crazy as to take a little girl on the road. Since it is not a spiritual need, it can only be a material pursuit. So, are they profit-chasing businessmen? They sold Sang Xiu to the Jiaofang, which was also in line with the true character of a merchant: everything in the world that could be measured by money was a commodity; But these people have traveled tens of thousands of miles just to be intercontinental human traffickers? This is obviously impossible. The money from selling Sang Xiu is probably not enough for her expenses on the road......

However, whether it is Sang Xiu, a Rus woman, or those human traffickers, it is none of his business. There is no special provision in the "Da Zhao Law" related to the personal and property safety of the foreign population, and it is estimated that Sang Xiu's case will be sued to any yamen, and no one will come out to pick her up. Besides, he was a governor and not a prefect or a prefect, and he had no judicial power, so he could not try cases. The reason why he cares about Sang Xiu's origin is only because he has been entangled by his own troubles for a long time, and he wants to get a buffer for his nervous emotions and rigid thoughts that are about to freeze. Therefore, his curiosity about Sangxiu's hometown ended here.

He glanced at Sang Xiu, who was sitting on the side, and said, "What about the real slave, didn't you say that she was going to pretend to be Hua Dan today, where did she go?" He didn't remember the kabuki who had helped him twice at the banquet a few months ago.

Sang Xiu was no longer as afraid and frightened as he was just now, and was sitting sideways on the drum bench with his head buried in a daze. Suddenly heard Shang Cheng talking to her, and suddenly like a frightened deer, he raised his head and said, "I, I...... I don't know. But she realized right away that she had said the wrong thing. She invited the adults here, how can she say that she doesn't know where the people the adults want to see are? So he immediately changed his tune and said, "I'll call her." ”

After a while, she took out a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old from the tiled house with red silk hanging on the rafters.

Shang Cheng smiled when he saw the person she had brought.

This is the beautiful kabuki who has a clear eye when playing with money just now!

But the current real slave is completely no longer the spicy appearance when he played with money just now. In the blink of an eye when Sang Xiu entered the house to look for her to come out again, she had already changed into gorgeous clothes, and the short clips, inner wipes, long skirts, and corset and high-waisted calfskin boots on her body were all embroidered with gold thread in large clusters of blooming peony flowers; She also combed her fairy bun, and on the high bun, she inserted four or five silver hairpins and hostas of different lengths and shapes, and the plum blossoms were also dotted with cinnabar in the middle of her forehead; These are all full feast attire that every kaki may not be able to wear once a year. Perhaps she wanted to use this method to express her joy at the arrival of the Admiral, as well as her respect for Shang Cheng.

It's a pity that her hard work was purely in vain, and the fake Admiral Yanshan didn't understand the mystery of these outfits at all. Shang Cheng didn't know the meaning of the five small red dots that the real slave pointed out between her eyebrows, nor did she know what special meaning was the movement of her right hand dragging behind her and her left hand caressing her waist when she was half-bowing her waist...... The only thing he could understand was that most of the outfit meant "warm welcome".

Until the real slave sat down, he was still staring at her dress. It's really embarrassing for her that she made such a big commotion in such a little time; Isn't she afraid that the weather will make people hot?

Sang Xiu also took out the teapot and teacup from the real slave's house. Although most of the tea soup in the pot is not good, it is also a good tea cake boiled from the painting building, but it is a little warm, I am afraid that the taste is inferior. What made her regret even more was that she didn't have a box of good tea with her, otherwise she could have carefully ordered a bowl of tea soup for adults here. Maybe after the adults see her tea art and taste her tea soup, things can turn around. In Shangjing, her tea-ordering skills are more famous than her singing, and even Princess Nanyang, a great calligrapher with such extensive knowledge, was full of praise after her performance and made a small order for her......

Shang Cheng took the tea soup that Sang Xiu brought over, took a sip, and said to Zhennu with a smile: "I heard Miss Xiu say that you are going to enter the industry today...... " At this time, he was not good to say congratulations. It's hard to evaluate the teaching industry. It's definitely not appropriate to say it's good, but it's not right to say it's bad, there are both good and bad, so he had to say, "...... So I came over and had a look. ”

The real slave didn't understand what he meant, and stared at the Admiral-Sama with round eyes. She entered the industry at the age of six and entered the industry at the age of fourteen, and it is exactly five full years to this day. She was going to perform at the send-off banquet of the pastoral mansion in the evening, so there was no other arrangement during the day, and she happened to have free time for the flower festival, so she invited the sisters who met and got it on weekdays to have a lively time. Why did the adults say that she only entered the industry today?

Shang Cheng stopped talking.

The real slave's look told him that he had probably made a mistake.

Sang Xiu also heard the problem in Shang Cheng's words, so he explained in a low voice: "Today is the birthday of the real slave. On the day the sisters entered the workshop, the teacher would give her a nickname. The day of the flower name is her birthday. ”

Shang Cheng was a little embarrassed. It's not about joining the flower dan, but to celebrate her other birthday today. Since it was her birthday, he came over under the banner of participating in the flower festival, and of course he wanted to send some gifts to express his congratulations. But he only has this clothes and shoes all over his body, and he doesn't even have half a copper coin in his waist, what will he give to this girl? Turning his head to look for the two guards who had followed him, both of whom were hiding under the small hut at the door to take advantage of the shade and talk. I don't know what they are talking about, but now Gao Qiang has already pointed at his companions and smiled like a gourd......

He was about to raise his voice to call them, when he noticed someone gently tugging at his robe, turned his face and looked down, Sang Xiu buried his head, and quietly handed him a jade plaque from under the table.

Although this girl is small-hearted, her heart is very small. Shang Cheng sighed in his heart. He took the jade plaque and gave it as a gift to the real slave. When I handed it over, I glanced at it, there was variegated color on the jade, and the handiwork was also very rough, so I couldn't see what kind of beast was engraved on the jade, and it didn't look like something valuable. He thought that he would go back and ask someone to send a few good things to Sang Xiu, first, to repay her love, and secondly, to give her a gift for a long journey.

He didn't know the details of this brand, but the real slave who had been with Sang Xiu for more than ten years knew it very well. The jade plaque was bought by Sang Xiu a few years ago for eighty-six wen in Nanshi, and it was not worth much; But Sang Xiu asked the great monk to recite the scriptures for it in Qingliang Temple to open the light, which can drive away all evil spirits and avoid a hundred evils, and make a wish to the Bodhisattva is nine out of ten wishes, which is the most beloved thing of Sang Xiu, and it has always been carried closely...... She held the card, and her round black eyes came and went, and she looked at the two of them again and again.

She was the one who repeatedly advised Sang Xiu not to be delusional. She kept saying that it was impossible to happen, but now she appeared in front of her, which really confused her......

Sang Xiu also had a gift for the real slave, which was a silver branch green luan hairpin, and the luan head also held a gilded bead, which seemed to be much more valuable than the jade plate given by Shang Cheng.

Zhennu stood up and was about to thank the two of them, when the guard who remained at the side door of the workshop suddenly walked into the courtyard. He walked up to Shang Cheng's side, leaned over and said in a low voice, "Commander......"

Shang Cheng used his eyes to stop the guard from finishing his words. He stood up and said to the real slave, "I wanted to hear you sing again, but it seems that this time it will not be possible." Fortunately, we will meet at the banquet tonight, and it will be the same when the time comes. ”

Zhennu and Sang Xiu also quickly stood up with him. The real slave asked, "My lord, can I still hold the lamp for you tonight?" ”

Shang Cheng smiled, pointed at Sang Xiu and said, "I have promised her." If you want to help me with the lamp, then you can discuss it with her. Then he said to Sang Xiu, "Where do you live now?" ”

“…… The old store of the Wang family next to the new post house in Xicheng. ”

Shang Cheng didn't explain why he was asking about this, nodded at the two of them, said "see you in the evening", and went out with three guards. Walking out of the courtyard gate and stepping on the edge wall path to the side door, you can still hear the real slave shouting: "Mom, it's really scared to death!" He blamed Sang Xiu again and said, "Xiu, you are a dead girl!" The Admiral is coming, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing in advance?! The Bodhisattva blesses ...... "After that, I can't hear clearly."

Shang Cheng instructed a guard: "You go to the workshop and ask the people in charge to see if they still have Sang Xiu's contract of sale." Now that the contract is still there, take it back. If you don't let you take it, you can copy a copy and come back. "I don't know if those who brought Sang Xiu to Yanshan left any clues in the contract.

He also remembered those who had come from the steppes of Eastern Europe.

In the small courtyard just now, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that things were unreasonable. He always felt that the purpose of bringing a doll of a few years old to the Far East who didn't know anything could never be to be a human trafficker......

He then asked the guard who had told the news what had happened.

"General Zhang Shao, please go back to Yamen immediately. A horse has been prepared for you at the entrance of the workshop. ”

"Where is he now?"

"General Zhang Shao and General Wen Mu are in the public office right now. Several Cao Ke chiefs of the Wei Mansion who were at home were also there. ”

Shang Cheng's heart tightened. Several generals of the Wei Mansion went to the Yamen of the Admiral's Mansion together, which he had never encountered since he took office. Could it be that something is wrong?