That night, when Shi Qi was reading, Jiang Xianglian came to wait, she said: "Son, the quilt has been laid out, should you rest early?" Shi Qi looked at her, it was a mature face although he was not very old, under the lamp, it was much more amorous than in the afternoon, Shi Qi was too young, but he had that kind of natural concern for girls, he didn't understand human feelings, and insisted that she go back, he could find a place to rest in the study casually.

Jiang Xianglian said: "Shi Gongzi, you saved me in the afternoon, otherwise I would be Hu Xianggong's person now, he already has a few wives, and after I went, I was at most a big girl in the room." If you don't want me tonight, let Hu Xianggong find out that you are young and don't know how to sleep with men and women, he won't wait until tomorrow, he will definitely take me to his room at night, you save people to the end, go back to the room with me tonight, and after tomorrow, I can be free under your nose. Shi Qi looked at her, turned off the light in the study, and accompanied her to his room.

I don't know if I have family guidance or I was born to understand, in short, Jiang Xianglian understands how to rely on Shi Qi, but Shi Qi really doesn't understand, and may be a little influenced by the fourth lady, thinking that men and women are inconvenient. In short, in the face of the hot Yuan Xianglian, he just hid outside the bed without any movement, and after only a short while, he fell asleep.

Of course, Jiang Xianglian didn't go through the world, and she slept carefully, but she felt something wrong in her heart. After dawn, Hu Zuocheng came to Shi Qi's room, looked at Jiang Xianglian who was combing her hair, and asked Shi Qi: "Little brother, did you feel like you didn't come to the world in vain last night?" I can see from the faces of my brother and daughter-in-law the joy of your first life as a pair of golden boys and girls, and in the future, in my brother's house, I am sure to let you stretch out your clothes and open your mouths for food, which is much better than your wife's life at home. Shi Qi blushed and said: "I'm out alone, I can't call her Mrs., there is an old mother at home, and she can only enter my house after she agrees." ”

Since Shi Qi left home, the fourth lady asked someone to ask Niu Lixin to look for him more than once, but there was no trace of him around, and Daozhen had also gone out a few times, but there was still no clue. Time flies, Hu Zuocheng and Shi Qi get along well, when the Chinese New Year is approaching, Shi Qi finds that Jiang Xianglian is not very happy, he asks, "What's wrong?" Are you homesick like me? Jiang Xianglian nodded, and Shi Qi said: "We have neither a marriage contract nor facts, I told Hu Gongzi, I want to go home, you go back with me, if I don't come in the future, you won't come again." ”

Jiang Xianglian said: "I have known since I was a child that marrying a chicken is a chicken, although you have not accepted me until now, but I am a person in your room, I just want to go back to see my old father, I still want to be with you." In the future, when you marry your wife, you can treat me as a small person or a servant, you are a good person, I don't want to stay in the Hu family alone. Shi Qi thought about it for a while and decided to accompany Jiang Xianglian home first. He told Hu Zuocheng that he had been out for a short time, he would, Hu Zuocheng had also learned all, he could practice by himself, and he wanted to go home to see his mother and younger brother. Hu Zuocheng prepared a lot of gifts for Shi Qi, but Shi Qi didn't take much, he prepared them for Jiang Xianglian's family.

The Jiang family's father was not too old, he received Shi Qi and asked, "You still look like a child, why can you come out alone and become the brother of the son of the Hu family?" Are you friends with his family? Shi Qi briefly told Jiang's father about his background, but he didn't mention his mother's twists and turns. Jiang Xianglian's father said: "The Hu family is relying on carrying a sedan chair for Lord Ouyang for a few days, you can run rampant in the place, when you are young, my daughter is now in your hands, I won't hide it from you, that Ouyang Lao'er is not a good thing, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to go against him." I heard that you can do martial arts, if you can go to the battlefield in the future, lead the troops, and have power, remember, you are the son-in-law of the Jiang family, and there is a generational feud with the Ouyang family. ”

Jiang Xianglian said: "Shi Gongzi, don't let my dad drink anymore, he drank too much, I am just the girl he used to pay off his debts to Hu Gongzi, and now he says that you are his son-in-law." Since the defeat of his family, he has been drowning his sorrows with wine every day, and I have not seen him sober since I can remember. I used to often have the opportunity to help him out even if I went to the Ouyang family as a girl, but later I owed a debt to the Hu family, and when I was ten years old, he wanted the Hu family to bring it to me, and told me that the Hu family could get close to Ouyang Xiangfu. I thought that one day, I might be sent as a gift to Lord Ouyang's mansion, this is my own father that you are respecting now. ”

Shi Qi said: "Uncle, I only know Jiang Xianglian, now I send her home, I want to go back to my own house, I will come to see you in the future." Jiang Xianglian said: "I won't stay in this house, where you go, where I go with you, if you leave me behind, maybe one day he will change me for wine, in case I meet a bad one, I can be finished at once." ”

Shi Qi didn't understand a little, but he couldn't really leave her alone, he could only take her to Shifu, and when he was about to arrive, he thought of the sins he had suffered in Shifu, and decided to settle Jiang Xianglian in Niu Li's new home. Shi Caishuang said: "You can make your mother die in a hurry, go back quickly, which girl is this?" Does the Fourth Lady know? Shi Qi told her that he met him on the road and didn't want to go home, and his mother didn't know it yet, so he put it at their house first.

When the fourth lady saw her son come back safely, she didn't ask anything, but she was just concerned about his recent life and study, and Shi Qi told her that there was no delay at all. Shi Qi found that after he left, his mother did not move back to the old courtyard as he thought, and he asked, "I am not at home anymore, why are you still living with the servants?" The fourth lady said: "It has nothing to do with whether you are at home or not, don't ask more, my life with your brother is also very good, but your brother is now in the school with the children in the village, and the conditions are much worse than your previous conditions." ”

Shi Qi didn't know why he wasn't at home, and his mother still couldn't restore his previous treatment, so he just went up the mountain after a little food. He couldn't rest assured that Yuan Xianglian was relieved, and he also wanted to see his master Daozhen, and he would ask him to take him to the township for a test after the New Year. After he arrived at the mountain, Niu Lixin was also at home, he looked at Shi Qi, then at Yuan Xianglian, smiled, and said: "Your mother has been worried that you can't take care of your life outside, and I didn't expect to bring back a big girl." If your mother sees it, she will be very happy, she doesn't spend a penny, it's really not a big person, but there are a lot of things. ”

Shi Qi just looked at Xianglian and found that she could adapt to the conditions of the Niu family, so he was relieved. He faced Niu Lixin's smile, he didn't know what mistake he had made, he just scratched his head and ran. The fourth lady wanted to move back to the small courtyard more than once, she wanted to make it clear to Shi Songshan that Changfeng was his child, but her backbone made her hold back. When it was less than two days before the Chinese New Year, Shi Lao Yuanwai came down from the mountain, and the first thing he did was to go to the fourth lady's courtyard, and after finding that it was empty, he stamped his feet and asked, "Where are their mothers?" The subordinates had already been explained, and told him that because the fourth lady lived a disorderly life, the young master rushed to the side house to live with the subordinates.

I heard that the fourth lady was indecent, and the old man knew that it must not be her and the eldest young master of the Shi family, otherwise he would not be dealt with. He was so angry that he didn't want to live at home, and after more than half a year in the monastery, he had become accustomed to that kind of regularity and quietness, regardless of the New Year, he went up the mountain again, and the fourth lady and Changfeng couldn't meet him. On the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Shi Songshan really spent the New Year as the master for the first time, accompanied by the butler, he looked at the situation in each room, and when he arrived at the fourth lady's house, he asked: "Aren't they all angry with new clothes?" Why didn't the four ladies have it? ”

The housekeeper said: "I gave it to them, I may not wear it, and I won't miss a piece, even if Shi Qi is not at home for more than half a year, I will consider making one for him." Shi Songshan looked at the fourth lady again, there was no abundance when he was in the small courtyard, how could there be golden branches, no jade trees, no jade leaves. He just sneered, ignored the fourth lady, and left this somewhat smelly place with the attitude of a master.

Soon after Dao Zhen opened the spring, he took Shi Qi to prepare to go down the mountain, Jiang Xianglian wanted to go with him after hearing it, Dao Zhen said: "Shi Qi is still young, he doesn't know how to take care of your life, you are in the new home, after he comes back, if he is in high school, I will let him marry you, I heard him say that he has been to your house, and you are not a person without roots." Jiang Xianglian heard that her little man might be moved, and she was very proud, but she was not down-to-earth, can she really be the master of the time? Can she really be a lady of merit? She was a little unconvinced.

After Daozhen heard about Shi Qi's half-year experience, the two of them stayed at Hu Zuocheng's place on the road for a night, and found that Jiang Xianglian was not there, Hu Zuocheng asked, "What?" Is she home alone? After holding the child, you want to invite me to a wedding drink, and I am happy to think that your child is about to take the child. Of course, Shi Qi didn't understand what he said, but just told him that he was going to take the township test with his master. Hu Zuocheng said: "Your news is too closed, I don't know yet, right? This year is not a big exam year, it will be two years later, you took the children's exam last time, and the big exam will be taken three years later, what's the matter? Think it's every year? ”

Dao is really a martial artist, he didn't know that there was a big exam year, and Teacher Su hadn't mentioned it to Shi Qi before, and the two of them went back after drinking some wine at Hu Zuocheng's house. I heard that it would take two more years, Jiang Xianglian wanted to see Shi Qi's mother, Shi Qi told her to wait for the right opportunity to talk about it, he didn't want Jiang Xianglian to see it, he was also surnamed Shi, who used to be called the second young master of Shifu, and now he is with his mother, the fourth lady who is still called by the subordinates, is actually living in the same place with the subordinates.

Because Jiang Xianglian first arrived at Niu Li's new home, Shi Caishuang took care of her a lot, and liked her diligence from the heart. Soon, Shi Songshan heard the news: Shi Cai's family is a new young woman who looks like a flower and jade. He knew that Niu Lixin was not a master to be messed with, but he was a strong dragon, and Niu Lixin was nothing in his eyes, so he instructed the housekeeper to find a way to find out the origin of the woman.

It is impossible to inquire about it, and it is impossible for Shi Caishuang's family to tell others that it was a girl brought back by Shi Qi, she just told others that it was a lost and homeless woman rescued by Niu Lixin hunting in the mountains. After Shi Songshan got the news, one afternoon, he and the housekeeper brought a group of people to Niu Lixin's house, took out a portrait of Jiang Xianglian that the housekeeper had secretly drawn from his arms, and told Niu Lixin that this woman was a girl who was lost in a large family in a neighboring county. Now there is a bounty to find the portrait, as the owner of the party, he wants to send Jiang Xianglian to the government, not to receive the reward, but to complete the task of finding people assigned by the government.

knew that he was a lie made up, but it was not easy for everyone to stab him at once, there were many people on the other side, but even if there were few people, Niu Lixin couldn't do anything with them, the other party was powerful and reasonable. If you tell them at this time that Jiang Xianglian was accepted by Shi Qi to be a woman, and now because she is small, there is no round house, and she is placed in their house, then Songshan will bring the woman home, since she is a member of the Shi family, of course she can't stay in Niu Lixin's house.

Because of the big movement, after Daozhen heard it, he didn't come out to stop it, and immediately reported to the abbot of Yunchi. The Buddhists have always been kind, and after Yun Chi came out, he gave a salute to Shi Songshan and said: "Young Master of the Shi family, the master is resting in the back room, this is a quiet place, there are many women under the mountain, this girl listened to the disciples in the temple and said, it is indeed not the lost woman you talked about." You study the portrait again, don't make a mistake, let the master be unhappy to hear it, I heard that you are a dutiful son. ”

When Songshan saw the abbot come out, he knew that today's things were not easy to do, the abbot was now a person with high virtue, and heard from his mouth that he was a filial son, and he was satisfied with the abbot and said: "Maybe the subordinates are mistaken, I'll go back and take a look, I'm sorry." As he spoke, he waved his hand and led the people down the mountain.

was targeted by Shi Songshan, everyone knew that it was impossible for him to stop there, Yun Chi was a man of the way, he had only heard before, since he had intervened in this matter, he also wanted to find out. He asked Jiang Xianglian to come out for questioning, and heard that her surname was Jiang, and she had a father in the family, and it was her father who was good at drinking who used her to pay off her debts. Hearing that her surname is Jiang, and she has a father who is good at drinking, Yun Chi doesn't want to ask down, he himself is surnamed Jiang, he has three sons, after he became a monk, he didn't ask about his sons, he is an official eunuch, no matter how down, his sons will not have such a situation, he just sighed and went back.

Yun Chi was not at ease, he returned to the temple, inquired about Hu Zuocheng's situation with Daozhen in detail, and found that there was no consistency with his previous residence, which was down-to-earth. Niu Lixin and Shi Caishuang discussed, their opinions were the same as Mei Yaoming's, in order not to have any more trouble, Jiang Xianglian had to leave, their family couldn't protect her, and they couldn't hurt her in the future. Niu Lixin found Shi Qi and told him what happened today, after Shi Qi heard it, he gritted his teeth with hatred, but he knew that he couldn't solve the problem for a long time by relying on his strength, so he still decided to discuss it with his master Daozhen overnight.