At the same time.

On Cuiping, a small town about five miles outside the Jiucheng Palace, there is an inn called Tao Ran Lou.

In terms of this inn, it is also the only one in Cuiping Town - if you really talk about it, I am afraid that it is a famous inn within a radius of 500 miles from Chang'an City.

Twenty-five spacious and deep courtyards with courtyards and trees surround the two sides of the three buildings like stars and moons. Not to mention anything else, the momentum is even more magnificent than that of the county government yamen.

This inn, tea shop, wine shop, inn, restaurant, chess and flower hall are complete, plus Cuiping Town is located in the east-west road, to the south is the only way to go to the direction of Jiucheng Palace, to the north is half a day to enter the Beijing division of Chang'an, businessmen gather to pass by non-stop, business is naturally exceptionally good.

Even a number of Hu merchants from the Western Regions who were friendly with the Tang Dynasty and had long-term business with the Tang Dynasty, or visitors from Silla, chose this place when the Tao Ran Building was just opened, and rented the annex of the Tao Ran Building for a long time as a place to contact and rest.

And the boss of this Tao Ran Lou is also very discerning, after seeing the financial road, he actually made a big deal of the left and right sides of Tao Ran Lou on the left and right sides of the ownerless field, rented from the government, a lease is for decades, and then a lot of construction, digging ponds and mountains, moving flowers and planting trees, actually built a gorgeous and quiet courtyard, called Tao Ranju - in this way, Tao Ranju has become a must live for merchants in Chang'an in the world.

"Where there are people, there is business! If you just live in an inn, there are some tea shops, wine shops, inns, restaurants, chess halls, flower halls and the like, and those guest officials may not like all of them. Moreover, after all, Tao Ranlou has more people coming and going, and the merchants may not be able to touch it often. On the contrary, the people who live in this Tao Ranju are all big businessmen from all over the world, so it is naturally much more convenient. The person in charge of the Tao Ran is interesting-at least he has traveled north and south all these years, but he has never seen anyone who knows better than him how to enter Baoshan and not return empty-handed. ”

Tao Ran lived in a small garden in an inner courtyard in the northwest, and behind a young man in a fancy costume, he followed two young boys in strong clothes all the way under the corridor. The little waiters kept talking about the magnificence and atmosphere of this Tao Ran Residence.

The young man in front of him just walked forward blankly, and his eyes that were as black as night were not alive at all.

After walking for a while, he suddenly stopped, and the two little boys behind him also closed their mouths—

In front of them, there stood a girl who was also dressed in fine clothes, and her face always looked like four or five points. Behind the girl, there were two little girls with surprised faces after seeing Minzhi.

"Brother, where are you going?"

Helan Minyue looked at her brother and smiled faintly. And the two little girls behind her, since the moment they saw Helan Minzhi, their eyes widened in a daze, as if they were enchanted.

Quietly glanced at the two little girls who couldn't pull out their eyes on their faces, and Helan Minzhi said coldly: "When do I do something, I still need to explain to you?" ”

The voice was as faint as water—like a pool of stagnant water that was clear but not lifeless, which made Min Yue frown when she heard it, but soon smiled faintly: "Where my brother goes, it's not up to Min Yue to control." Similarly, what Minyue wants to do, as long as the brother doesn't care about it, Minyue will also appreciate it. Thank you, brother. ”

As she spoke, she saluted Minzhi. But Minzhi didn't move, and after receiving her gift, he didn't snort and walked away from her.

The two little girls still watched him walk towards them in a daze, but their original pink faces became more and more red, redder and redder. Just as he was only a step in front of them, he stopped, looked at their faces as red as red silk, and gave a faint smile.

In an instant, the two little girls trembled slightly as if they had been struck by lightning.

Then, Toshiyuki didn't stop anymore and continued to walk forward, and at the moment he passed by his sister, his voice pierced her ear like an ice blade: "You can do anything, it has nothing to do with me." Just remember, don't pull me in. Otherwise, it's my sister, and I won't let you go. You should know. ”

Min Yue smiled and said, "Min Yue understands, brother is good to go", then turned around and watched Min Zhi leave step by step.

Not long after Toshiyuki's figure disappeared from the other end of the hallway, the smile on her face shattered and disappeared in an instant like a cracked mask, replaced by beads of sweat from her hair and an instantly pale face.

"Little ...... Little lady? ”

It wasn't until her body began to tremble, and even gradually became violently shaking, that the little girls around her noticed her strangeness, and after glancing at each other, they hurriedly stepped forward to help her who was almost paralyzed to the ground: "What kind of illness does the little lady have......

Before the words fell, one of the two girls watched Min Yue shake her hand and touch it in her arms, and immediately understood, so she hurriedly stepped forward and helped her touch it in her arms.

After a while, a small embroidered gold purse appeared in the girl's palm, and after untying the silk rope, two pearl-sized pills were poured out.

She hurriedly handed over one to Minyue, and took the small pot and Minyue medicine from another little girl who finally understood next to her, and then reached out and gently patted Minyue's heart: "Little lady......"

After a while, Min Yue shook her head, gasped for breath, put away the medicine and pot, and then they helped herself to sit on the side of the porch chair and calm her breath for a while.

After the little girls were busy, they wiped the cold sweat on her forehead for her, and then said worriedly: "What's wrong with the little lady?" Good ......"

"It's okay, the sickness brought by the mother's womb. But it doesn't get in the way. Min Yue smiled and comforted the two new little girls, but said with a smile: "But I didn't expect that the two of you are governors - it seems that this time, Aunt Jiao really chose the right person." Again, what's your name? ”

When the two little girls saw each other, they immediately bowed again and reported their surnames and origins.

It turned out that the two of them were a pair of sisters, and the one who took the medicine was the elder sister, named Biqin; The one who holds the pot is my sister, called Zizheng, a person from Chang'an, and they are all domestic slaves of the Fang family, the former prime minister. Since the Fang family was involved in Princess Gaoyang's counter-case and was completely ruined, their parents took their two sisters to do some odd jobs for others in Chang'an to live. Although he did not starve to death, he was extremely poor. Until the death of both parents a few years ago, only their two sisters, who were not yet adults, were left and could not afford to live alone. So he found an official, wrote his own deed, and became a servant.

Unexpectedly, they voted for servant status on the first day, and on the second day, an aunt who claimed to be the housekeeper of the Yingguo Mansion of the queen's mother came to Chang'an Guanyazi to ask some smart and clever little girls to be maids. Coincidentally, when I saw that the two sisters were like flowers and jade, with a delicate and clever appearance, I was happy in my heart, so I immediately decided to let them down.

Hearing this, Min Yue closed her eyes and muttered to herself: "Guanyazi...... Not bad. It's good to have official teeth...... And it's also an old slave of the house......

In this way, she can't think of a ...... to use a trick on you" Slowly, she opened her eyes, looked at the two little sisters with inexplicable expressions, and smiled: "It's okay, you guys are very good, I like you very much." Follow me in the future, as long as you serve well, you will never be able to treat you badly. ”

"Thank you, girl."

Hearing her say this, the two sisters of Biqin and Zizheng immediately bowed their heads and thanked them.

On the other side, after Helan Minzhi, who returned to his residence, sat down, he immediately turned his head to look at the little attendant beside him: "Those two women were found by Aunt Jiao, right?" ”

"Yes."

One of the little attendants glanced at his companion, immediately stepped forward, and said in a low voice: "Not only that, but also specially picked the people in the official's teeth - this is not quite right." ”

"Exactly." On the side, the little waiter nodded and said: "Who doesn't know that now the official Yazi is in the hands of the official slaves and maids who are not easy to send out, so naturally it is better, but compared to those Pingjia girls who are clean and have no big deals, it costs a lot of money, and they have to pay more to the official mansion; Second, we must also be careful about the risk of these slaves and maids going wrong one day. What is this little lady thinking? ”

Not only that, but she also specially picked the old slave of the Fang family who had made a rebellion and was punished for rebellion...... It's really hard to figure out. Glancing at Minzhi, another attendant also stepped forward and said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Minzhi laughed instead: "You mean...... Those two little girls are from the Qianfang family? ”

"The daughter of a house slave. It is said that their parents were still Fang Xuanling's confidants back then. The first waiter quickly answered: "That's why the two of us dare to invite the son today, take a look, and see what's going on." ”

"What else could it be?"

Toshiyuki laughed: "What else can happen? It's just that she thinks she has been killed, so she is in a hurry to find someone who will not be able to get our good aunt's hands dirty, no matter what. ”

The two waiters were stunned for a moment, and then immediately came to their senses: "What does the prince mean is that these two little waiters were chosen because they were from the Fang family?" ”

"The Fang family first offended His Majesty, the good uncle of our brothers and sisters because of the disaster of Gaoyang. Later, for some reason, I offended our good aunt - naturally, the two of them couldn't tolerate people with the Fang family around them, not to mention that their parents were still important people in the Fang family back then...... I want to come to my aunt or uncle, but after I know it, I just want them to have a bad life. ”

"Why is that?"

The little attendants heard Minzhi's words and were puzzled for a while.

"Because ......" Toshiyuki smiled, but didn't speak, just quietly looked ahead. After a while, he whispered: "Because the people of the Fang family have made a big mistake that our good aunt and good uncle will never forgive." ”