"You will live in this room in the future, I will find someone to make a brazier, there is a full set of bedding and winter clothes here, all of them are new, Li Gongzi is a guest in the house, Mrs. ordered, don't slack off!" Zhang Luzheng, the second housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion, introduced Li Qing to his residence, he looked at the things in the room, and sighed again: "The condition is that it is almost there, if it is in my old master's house, as Li Gongzi, he can live in a single courtyard, and there are people to serve him." ”

Zhang Lu is a middle-aged man with a kind appearance, no matter what time it is, he is always smiling and amiable, which makes people can't help but have a good impression of him, and even Li Qing feels that the big housekeeper is a superfluous person. His residence is in the west room, which is used to entertain ordinary guests, and the room is spacious and spotless, but it is the middle of winter, the room is shady, and he feels that it is unusually cold, and after standing for less than a while, Li Qing is shivering from the cold.

"Where is the old mansion of the second butler? What's wrong with Zhangfu? Li Qing was so cold that his teeth were fighting up and down, and he stomped his feet desperately, but he still couldn't drive away the cold on his body.

"I came with my wife to marry, and my wife's maiden family is in Xinzheng County" Zhang Lu wanted to show off but didn't want to say in detail, so he only said perfunctorily: "I'll go get you a brazier, and Li Gongzi will rest first!" ”

"Let the second housekeeper bother, I want to go out and buy something, I don't know if it's convenient?"

"It's okay, just hurry back before the hour!" Zhang Lu thought of something again, saw that there was no one left and right, and lowered his voice and said: "That big housekeeper is a person who holds a lot of grudges, I heard that Li Gongzi has offended him, you must be careful, it is better to go to the East Courtyard less when you have nothing to do." Speaking of this, he sighed deeply and said: "He formed a gang in the mansion, and his wife has hated him for a long time!" After speaking, he shook his head again and again, as if he felt guilty for not relieving his wife's worries.

"Thank you!" Li Qing looked at his face, and then suddenly realized that there seemed to be a few knives hidden in his smile.

Yilong County is not big, it was originally a county, Wude four years, divided out a part of Xinzheng County, now it is a middle county, with a population of nearly 5,000 households, but the county seat is not big, it is the kind of small city that can walk three times with a pillar of incense.

Like all the states and counties in central Sichuan, this Yilong County is also densely populated with teahouses, there are a lot of idlers, Li Qing bought some daily necessities, and then walked along the street, the street is also lively, carrying snacks, selling pig babies, watching fortune tellers, squatting in the corner to watch women's .......

Li Qing went all the way, and he only felt that there was not much difference from those small counties in later generations.

"That boy, your things have dropped!"

Li Qing didn't know it until he got on a small bridge, and a little lady ran out of breath from behind, holding an object and shouting: "Childe, your comb has fallen off." ”

Only then did he react, and when he turned around, there was a girl with a pretty face standing in front of him, with an amiable smile, and she was not yet old, as if she had seen it next to the old blind fortune teller, and the boxwood comb in her hand was not her own? Li Qing hurriedly touched his sleeve, it was already empty, and he didn't know where to go even a dozen copper coins, he smiled bitterly, he only wore a Taoist robe after he came to the Tang Dynasty, and the first time he wore a robe, he made such a foreign appearance.

Seeing his embarrassed face, Xiao Niang smiled, stretched out her white palm, and held a yellow Kaiyuan Tongbao on it.

"I picked it up, I guess you dropped it!"

Li Qing's face was hot, and he hurriedly thanked him, so he reached out and took it, carefully carrying the copper coin into his pocket.

Exactly: "I'm afraid of shyness when the bag is empty, so I have to keep a penny to see." ”

"My grandfather said that the son has an extraordinary face, and he will become a great weapon in the future!" The little lady blushed, turned around and ran down the bridge. Li Qing looked at her back, smiled and shook his head, it was strange that a blind man could still show his face.

It was already twilight, and Li Qing, who had lost his money, had to hurry back to Zhang's mansion, and just entered the mansion, but saw the young master's personal maid lotus beckoning to him.

"I've been waiting for you, the young master didn't see you just now, and he left first, he asked me to tell you, either go to Chengdu Wangjiang Inn to find him, or wait for him to come back."

"How long is he going?"

"Who knows? If you meet a good match, maybe ten days and half a month, if you don't like it, you can come back tomorrow! ”

Lotus smiled again: "I know you must not have eaten dinner, so I will serve you one, the meal is in your room, this kitchen is the person of the big housekeeper, after an hour, but there will be no part for you." ”

The two said while returning to Li Qing's room, the carbon had been lit, the room was as warm as spring, and there was indeed a meal on the table, which was packed in a wooden tray, Li Qing's stomach was really hungry, and he was not polite, he chewed it according to the case, and asked vaguely while eating: "The relationship between the two housekeepers doesn't seem to be very good, why is this?" ”

"Why? Hum! Isn't it for power and money? The big housekeeper is in charge, the second housekeeper is outside, it was originally peaceful, but since the year before last, the cousin of the big housekeeper married the master as a concubine, since then the lady has seen the big housekeeper unpleasant, and picks his thorns everywhere, maybe the pillow wind blows too much, a few days ago from the inner house sent a letter, the lord is ready to send the big housekeeper to see the manor, and the second housekeeper is brought up to be the chief housekeeper. ”

"Is there still a manor in Zhang's mansion?"

Lotus glanced at him and sneered: "What does this big family eat without a manor?" The rice in your bowl, the meat in your mouth, and the vegetables in your stomach are not all from the manor. ”

The words were extremely fast, like a machine gun, Li Qing choked all of a sudden, bent over and coughed violently, Lotus hurriedly handed him the cup in his hand, and then beat his back and complained: "Look at your appearance, how to eat like those rough people, as if you are robbing to death, can't you slow down?" ”

Li Qing easily relieved his breath, and was about to drink saliva, but saw two red lip prints on the rim of the cup, and suddenly remembered the rouge in the enmity room, he had a burst of numbness on his body, and his mind turned sharply, leaned over to pick up the carbon clip, and said with a dry laugh: "I need to add some carbon." But he avoided the pink fist of the lotus, he had just arrived in the Tang Dynasty, but he was not blessed to accept the grace of the beauty.

The lotus punched the air, looked at him in a daze for a long time, and suddenly a red cloud floated over his face, biting his lip and giving him a white look: "What I told you just now, I have never told anyone, you, don't go out and talk nonsense!" After saying that, he twisted his waist and ran out.

Seeing Li Qing dumbfounded, is this woman's coquettishness really in the same vein?

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The New Year passed soon, Zhang Qiu has not come back, presumably he really met a good match, after the New Year, soon it is the Shangyuan Festival, this Tang Dynasty Shangyuan Festival is today's Lantern Festival, but it is lively and grand, it is better than the Spring Festival, especially the big family Miss, it is difficult to go downstairs once a year, except for this Shangyuan Festival, the willow branches on the moon, people about dusk, every year and year have led to a lot of wind liu good stories, the day of this universal lantern viewing, knocking on the mark of a wind liu, after a thousand years, floating across the sea, Westerners do not know the lunar calendar, Then the 14th day of February was designated as the Shangyuan Festival of Westerners.

Yilong County is small, not as good as Xiongzhou in Nawang County, but the big families are colorful, but it is also indispensable, Zhang Qiu does not come back, Li Qing has become the decoration of Zhang's mansion, eating and drinking for nothing every day, he also feels a little embarrassed, just the house is equipped with lights, so he started.

"Idiot! Who told you to install the goldfish lamp in the front yard, this is installed in the inner house, don't take it off quickly! Li Qing had just installed the first lamp, and he was greeted with a scolding.

"I'll take it off!" He hurriedly took off the lamp, turned around and smiled apologetically, a big yellow tooth jumped into his eyes, his smile suddenly stiffened, and he was not the big housekeeper who roared at him, both of them stood like mud figures, for a long time, Zhang Fucai let out a sneer, he injured the shoulder meridians, and lay down for five days before he was fine, I thought it was a hairy guy in front of him, but it turned out to be Li Qing, the so-called enemy meeting, his eyes were red, Zhang Fu's eyes were not red, but his shoulder was faintly painful. He gritted his teeth and said: "Immortal Li is a distinguished guest, how dare you work for your big driver, you better go back to bed and enjoy the corpse!" ”

Li Qing didn't want to do much, but the last sentence annoyed him, and he sneered: "I'm not stupid enough to be hit by a child's copper basin, why bother to stand up for a corpse, but someone has been lying in bed for five days, and the feces and urine are all pulled on the bed, isn't it just a corpse?" ”

"How daring! Dare to insult the great butler. ”

Behind Li Qing, suddenly there was a woman's scream, he turned his head suddenly, a strong smell of incense powder almost choked him, a miserable white face appeared in front of him, his lips were painted scarlet, as if the Japanese geisha, but the powder was too thick, she couldn't see her age, dragging a green floor-length dress, her body was thin and black, but she wanted to imitate Mrs. Zhang's slow skirt and half exposed her breasts, although she was not rich, but it was quite a bit of Wei and Jin style. Li Qing just knew that wearing this kind of open-chested dress must have a certain status, and subordinates or flat-headed people are not qualified to wear it.

There are no more than three women with a bit of identity in this Zhang Mansion: Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Qiu's wife, and then there is Zhang Bailing's concubine, there is no doubt that the concubine must be this woman, I heard that she is still Zhang Fu's cousin.

The impression was preconceived, and the image of this woman in Li Qing's heart immediately became extremely hateful, he didn't want to cause trouble, so he silently picked up the goldfish lamp and turned around to leave. But the woman did not spare him, and a ghost flashed before him and blocked his way.

"I want to go! It's not that cheap, and you need to apologize to the housekeeper. ”

"Apologize?" Li Qing glanced at her and sneered: "Unless I also change my surname to Zhang"

"What do you mean, make it clear!" The two of them were furious, blocking his way one after the other.

"People are the surname of their ancestors, and they are upright, so naturally there is no need to apologize to those who have no ancestral surname!" In the flowers, Mrs. Zhang, who was in charge, flashed.

Although the words were vicious, the two of them were like rats seeing cats, and immediately stood beside them, not daring to take a breath, Mrs. Zhang looked at them in disgust, and said coldly: "Do whatever you have to do, don't be embarrassed in front of my guests!" ”

"Yes!" The two bowed their heads and retreated, but at the moment when the figure disappeared, Li Qing suddenly found that the woman's eyes were full of endless resentment.