After finishing the meal, Meng Tianchu was going to ask Murong Yuxue to go with him, but the two of them would have a conflict, so they didn't call. Instructed his subordinates to prepare some small mouths and fruits for Wen Rou to eat on the road, and called Zhu Hao to prepare for departure.

Xia Fengyi and Zuo Jiayin sent them out, and when they arrived at the door, Meng Tianchu first helped Wen Rou into the car, and then turned around to say goodbye to everyone, and suddenly found that Zuo Jiayin's expression was a little wrong, as if he was thinking about something, so he walked to her side and said, "What do you want?" ”

Zuo Jiayin was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and said, "I didn't think about anything, you guys go quickly, be careful on the road, the second lady is not in good health, you take care of it more." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't tell them about his agreement with Gentle, so he agreed, and said to Xia Fengyi and Zuo Jiayin: "Don't worry, I will take good care of her, let's go." ”

Seeing Meng Tianchu and their carriage go away, Xia Fengyi and Zuo Jiayin turned around and prepared to go home, only to find Murong Yuxue standing there at the door, with a sad and lonely face.

Zuo Jiayin stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Naturally, he didn't call you because he took your feelings into account." ”

Murong Yuxue nodded and said, "Sister doesn't have to comfort me, I understand." ”

The bumps along the way did not seem to affect her gentle mood at all, and from time to time she put her hand out of the window, singing loudly and giggling like a happy bird.

"You still have injuries on your body, so sit down and be honest for a while, you have been excited like this, and when you get to Qiantang, I'm afraid you don't even have the strength to get out of the car." Meng Tianchu said with a smile.

Gentle holding a sprig in one hand~. flying in the wind: "This feeling is really good, Hangzhou is good, the air is so fresh, so moist, so sweet, do you smell it?" There is the scent of flowers in the air. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and looked at Gentle, and at this time yesterday, he had already judged two people, one fierce and vicious. A cheerful and lively. Maybe it's really the knot that has been untied. The happy fairie-like woman in front of her is the original face of gentleness.

When it was almost afternoon, he finally arrived in Qiantang County, and Meng Tianchu decided to have a meal first, and then rush to the former residence of Zhou Bangyan, a halal layman.

The reason why Meng Tianchu wanted to come to Qiantang County to investigate the case was to find the inscription on the painting in the ghost house and get a hint from it, and learned from it that the maid should live near the halal layman's house.

Three people parked their car in front of a restaurant. Then got out of the car.

Gentle looked very tired, and stretched her waist greatly, but this lazy waist was also stretched quite elegantly, and at this time she had the feeling of being a lady.

When the shopkeeper saw the three of them, a beautiful girl was gorgeously dressed, and a man who was older than this girl was also extraordinary, and he was also a rich man when he was dressed. As for the old man who followed behind. It should be an entourage, although the appearance is ordinary, but a pair of eyes are swept coldly. But people can't help but feel excited.

"Three guest officers, please." The shopkeeper smiled and saw that the rich master naturally had a different attitude, his face smiled and bloomed, and he stepped forward to greet him.

Meng Tianchu said: "Find us a private room to sit in and serve a few delicious dishes." ”

"Okay, no problem, three of you, please upstairs." As he spoke, he took Meng Tianchu and the three of them upstairs to a private room.

Meng Tianchu ordered a few dishes and asked for two pots of wine, and when he saw that Wen Wen was lying on the table and had no spirit at all, he smiled and said, "I knew you would be like this when you came here, look, don't wait for the delicious food to come, you will fall asleep." ”

Gently pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes were slightly bent down like a crescent, and she looked very cute: "It's nothing, I haven't slept all night, and it's normal to be sleepy now, my mother often says that I am a sleepy cat who can never wake up." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, if it were in modern times, a sixteen-year-old girl would still be in school, and she would indeed have to be coquettish to her mother when she returned home, but women in ancient times were already wives or even mothers. It's a little distressing to think about: "Don't sleep yet, when there will be something delicious, you won't be able to eat." ”

Gently, his eyes seemed to be unable to open them, and the corners of his mouth showed a sleepy smile, really like a well-behaved kitten, and his voice was already indistinct: "Let me sleep for a while, just for a while." The voice fell, and the man fell asleep.

Meng Tianchu looked at Zhu Hao, and both of them smiled.

Wen Wen woke up and found himself lying in the car, still covered with Meng Tianchu's clothes, but there was no one in the car. She rubbed her eyes, got up, and found that the car was parked on a grassy field, and not far from the meadow was a small river, and the small river was under a mountain.

Meng Tianchu was sitting in the place where the two girls were sitting in the painting at the moment, everything seemed to be very accidental, the carriage suddenly loosened the axle when it came here, Zhu Hao stopped the car to check and repair, he wandered around, and found this place.

It is indeed a very beautiful place, and people blend into the mountains and rivers, and the mood is very comfortable.

Take off your shoes and put your feet into the river, which was a little cool at first, but soon felt comfortable, and from time to time there were some small fish playing around your feet, and their feet were itchy by these naughty little ones, but they were afraid of scaring them away, so they had to endure it.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, Meng Tianchu turned around, and saw a woman in a lilac dress, holding a bouquet of flowers of various colors in her hand, tiptoeing over, seeing her bending her waist to take a slight step, showing a bright wrist in a light yarn, her eyes were full of spring water, and her fingers were like cutting onion roots, like containing Zhu Dan, just like a flower fairy floating here. It was gentleness that couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiaorou, why are you up?" Slept well? ”

Gently took off the embroidered shoes on her feet, revealing a pair of white and smooth little feet, walked to Meng Tianchu's side, handed the flowers to him, and sat beside him carefully: "Hmm~!" When I woke up and saw that you were not there, I thought you had connected me to the car

Throw the pieces into the wilderness and leave me alone! ”

"That's what you think of me? Am I that bad? Meng Tianchu laughed and saw her putting her feet in the ice water. The expression on her face knew that she was chilled by the feeling she had just entered the water.

Smiled gently, didn't speak, took the flower from Meng Tianchu's hand, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

Meng Tianchu took out a small food box made of bamboo from his side, and there was a lid on it, which was very exquisite. He handed the food box to Gentle and said, "Eat something first." ”

Gentleness put the flower aside and took the box in surprise. Open it and take a look. It was actually some delicate dim sum and braised vegetables: "I didn't know we had such good things in the car!"

Meng Tianchu smiled. Said: "This is after you fell asleep, I asked the children in the store to prepare it for you, you naturally can't see it in the car, I asked him to put some clean cotton cloth around the box, and then put the food on the plate, so that it can keep warm and more hygienic, eat it." If you don't eat it, it's cold again. ”

Gently and sweetly smiled at Meng Tianchu: "I didn't expect you to be so careful!" Thank you! ”

Meng Tianchu said: "They all say that I am your brother, it is normal to take care of your sister, eat quickly." ”

Gently nodded, picked up a piece of dim sum and tasted it.

At this moment, a flock of wild ducks suddenly flew out of the grass in the distance, fluttered a few times and flew away, and the wind blew softly, at this moment. People are going to be intoxicated.

After the car is repaired. Gentleness had already swept away the food in the food box, and she saw that the food box was very delicate and reluctant to throw it away. So I stayed.

After inquiring all the way, I finally found the former residence of the halal layman, but the place mentioned in the painting should be opposite the place where the halal layman lived, and it would not be far from the river where he rested before, so it seems that he can only know by asking.

The three of them drove the carriage to the village opposite the Halal Layman's house, which was not far from the small river, and was probably in this place.

After entering the village, he saw an old man with gray hair sitting under a large osmanthus tree at the entrance of the village, Meng Tianchu stepped forward and gave a salute: "Old man, can I ask you something?" ”

The old man was already in his prime, but he was in good spirits, listening to Meng Tianchu talking to him, he looked up at him: "Young man, what do you want to inquire about?" ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I want to ask, is there any girl in this village who goes outside to be a maid for others or something." ”

The old man nodded and said, "Alas, how can the poor have nothing, naturally there are, and there are quite a few." ”

Meng Tianchu was happy and said, "Then do you know if there is a girl named Qin'er who has worked as a maid for others in Hangzhou?" ”

While the old man was frowning and thinking, a young woman came over, looked at them warily, helped the old man up, and said, "Grandpa, it's time to go home for dinner." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "This young lady, we want to ask the uncle about a girl. ”

The woman ignored it, and walked away with the old man in her arms.

Gentleness stepped forward, stopped the woman, and said with a smile: "Sister, do you know if there is a girl named Qin'er in your village who works as a maid for others in Hangzhou?" ”

When the woman saw that it was a girl and asked herself, she asked, "Who are you?" ”

Wen Rou immediately said: "Our lord is the owner of this qin'er, and she used to do very well, so the lord sent us to find her, and wanted to ask her to go back to us as a maid." ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, this lie is not smart, where is the reason why a master came to find the maid in person.

The woman said, "She is no longer a maid, don't you know?" ”

Said gently: "Then did she come back to farm?" Can you take us to meet her? We all miss her. ”

The gentle expression was very serious, and there was no appearance of lying at all, even Meng Tianchu was about to believe that she was telling the truth.

The woman said, "You haven't seen her for a long time, she has a good life, not to go home to farm, but to give a rich family a small one." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "How many people in your village are named Qin'er?" ”

The woman smiled, didn't speak again, helped the old man to leave again, and gently took out a piece of broken silver from her bosom and gave it to the woman.

This piece of broken silver is five taels to say the least. The woman was surprised and delighted, and immediately took it, carefully carried it in her arms, helped the old man back to sit under the tree, and then said with a smile: "Where would we rural people take such a name, this qin was not called this name before, it was called pomegranate, and then came to Hangzhou to make a maid for people, as if it had not been done for a long time, saying that the master of the house liked her, so he made a small one for the master, and since then he has eaten and drunk spicy food." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Then you mean, she is the only one in your village named Qin'er?" ”

The woman nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"Then how do you know that Qin'er has made a small for someone else?"

The woman said: "Naturally, her father and mother said that she often asked people to bring some silver and clothes back, and her father and mother often praised their daughters in the village, who in our village doesn't know." ”

Said gently: "Isn't that Qin'er particularly beautiful?" ”

The woman pursed her lips with disdain, and looked up and down gently: "If you want to say beautiful, I'm afraid that there is no girl and your Yicheng, no one in our village has found her good-looking before." ”

Gentleness was said by the woman, and she was a little embarrassed.

Meng Tianchu said: "Can you take us to her house to have a look?" ”

The woman nodded happily, helped the old man up, and said, "Let's go, it's not far from my house, I'll take you there." ”

The woman took Meng Tianchu and the others to the front of a small courtyard, pointed, and then helped the old man to walk slowly.

It was a small farmhouse, and the roof was still made of thatch and mud, and it seemed that the family was not wealthy.