Due to Xu Hua's kind invitation, Fang Yuan stayed in the peach garden for two more days, and the brothers of Jinyiwei were all recuperating.

After all the arrangements were made, Fang Yuan said goodbye to Xu Hua and returned to Beijing with the confiscated gold, silver and jewelry.

From Nanjing to the capital, you have to pass through Yanzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion in Shandong again.

Everyone bet on gold and silver, with beauties, the target is too conspicuous, and the speed of travel is also extremely slow, and they dare not delay much in Shandong, and they travel day and night.

After traveling for seven days, Fang Yuan and his entourage finally went out of the Shandong border and arrived at Hejian County, the seat of Hejian Province, the border of Gyeonggi.

When I arrived in the Gyeonggi area, I would be able to return to the capital in 10 days.

Fang Yuan was on official business, and he was in a hurry to return to the capital to resume his life, so he chartered a big inn in the county seat, rested for a while, replenished supplies, and set off again a day later.

The escorted gold and silver sent twenty brocade guards to guard it closely, and the accompanying women were also arranged in four rooms, and when they returned to the capital, they each returned to their respective homes.

After the night meal, Fang Yuan was resting in the guest room, the weather was cold, he nestled in bed, shivering from time to time.

'Knock knock! ’

Fang Yuan heard a gentle and polite knock on the door, so he got up and went to open the door.

Standing outside the door was a beautiful girl who had a relationship with him at the celebration banquet, hot and poured wine for him, and took care of the beautiful girl.

The girl held a wooden plate, and there was a bowl of steaming ginger soup in the wooden plate, as well as a white cloth for wiping, and said softly, "Master Fang, the cold is coming, let's drink a bowl to warm up!" ”

Fang Yuan was indeed chilled, but he didn't expect this girl to be really understanding, so he sent a bowl of ginger soup in time, hurriedly drank the ginger soup, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said to the girl, "Thank you!" ”

The girl laughed and said, "How can Master Fang wipe it with his sleeve, there is a white cloth here!" ”

Fang Yuan also saw the white cloth, but he didn't have her exquisiteness, he smiled and said, "Vulgar people, get used to it!" ”

The girl entered his room uninvited, looked at the thin blanket on the bed, and hurriedly went out and said, "It's so thin and easy to catch a cold, I'll go get a quilt for Fang Ye." ”

Fang Yuanzheng was stunned, he didn't expect her to be so considerate and careful.

After a while, the girl arrived with a thick quilt and spread it neatly on the bed for him.

Fang Yuan silently looked at the girl who was busy in front of the bed, and her appearance was also outstanding among the many women she bought, and she was full of beauty; The manners are very polite, and you know that you are quite well trained.

A bigger question arose in Fang Yuan's heart, who bought this girl? How do you come to serve your own daily life?

The first object of his suspicion was Qin Zhan, with the appearance of this girl, at least it was much more expensive than other women, not less than three hundred taels of silver, and only this kid in the brocade guard could get this 'huge money'.

He didn't directly ask the girl to question, after sending the girl away, he went to Qin Zhan's room, knocked on the door and entered, but saw Qin Zhan and the woman he bought were hugging and making love on the bed.

Qin Zhan looked at the sudden Fang Yuan in surprise, hurriedly got up and tidied up his clothes, and asked the woman to hide behind the screen to tidy up, and smiled awkwardly, "Boss, something?" ”

Fang Yuan sat down at the table as if he were invisible, and asked lightly, "Fourth, did you buy the most beautiful woman?" ”

Qin Zhan was stunned for a moment, groaned slightly, and nodded again and again, "Yes!" Oh, yes! ”

Fang Yuan's gaze glanced at the other girl beside him, and asked again, "You bought two in this line?" How much did it cost? ”

Qin Zhan stretched out two fingers and said, "Two hundred taels!" ”

As soon as Fang Yuan heard it, he knew that he was lying, as long as the mother-in-law of Yaxing didn't get into the water in his brain, it was impossible for such a beautiful woman who was like a flower and jade and knew how to read for only a hundred taels of silver. The more Qin Zhan lied, the more suspicious Fang Yuan became, only to feel that there was a bigger cat in the middle.

Fang Yuan said in a cold voice, "Fourth, what is the woman you spent a lot of money buying to serve me?" Take it back! ”

Qin Zhan rubbed his hands in embarrassment, and said, "This is what I bought for you, you can laugh at it!" ”

With Qin Zhan's good fortune and his slashing character, he would give away such a high-priced girl without Fang Yuan's consent, which was simply insulting Fang Yuan's IQ.

Fang Yuan got up angrily, slapped the table heavily and said, "Fourth, you are still lying, and you can't tell the truth, how much money did this woman spend?" ”

Qin Zhan saw that he was really angry, he didn't dare to smile anymore, he had something to hide, and said hesitantly, "This, it cost a thousand taels of silver!" ”

"A thousand taels of silver?!"

This huge amount of money is definitely not something that Qin Zhan's Yulu can afford, Fang Yuan said angrily, "Who bought this girl?" ”

Qin Zhan cried and said with a sad face, "Boss, don't be angry, this woman was bought by Xu Hua, the owner of the Peach Garden, to give the head a warm quilt." ”

"Xu Hua?!"

Fang Yuan remembered that he had rejected Xu Hua before to thank him for rescuing Chen Yuan and giving him a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, but he didn't expect this honest peach garden owner to hide it from himself and buy a girl like a flower and jade for 1,000 taels.

Qin Zhan knew the truth, but he also deliberately concealed himself, until he left Suzhou Mansion, crossed the Shandong boundary, and arrived at Hejian Mansion to inform the truth, that is, to make raw rice into mature rice.

Fang Yuan looked straight at Qin Zhan and said, "Fourth, I said that I wouldn't accept the cash, but you accepted this woman for me, didn't you make Lord Xu laugh behind his back?" ”

Qin Zhan smiled and said, "How much is that Chen Yuan worth?" At least a few thousand taels of gold! The leader gave Xu Hua a great favor, he just gave a woman, that is a big profit, and this is what the leader deserves. ”

Although it was just a woman, but this was also a bribe in disguise, Fang Yuan shook his head and said, "Fourth, this trip to Jiangnan, I have made a lot of enemies, and I can't tell the truth anymore, this woman, you send it back to the master of Xu Garden for me." ”

As soon as he heard that Fang Yuan was going to send this woman back, Qin Zhan's face changed greatly, and he said hesitantly, "Boss, this place is thousands of miles away from Jiangnan, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to come and go!" ”

He secretly glanced at the anger on Fang Yuan's face and said, "Besides, just send her back like this, just send her to the Qinglou to pick up guests, this is ......"

The woman Qin Zhan bought also came out of the screen, and said in a coquettish voice, "It is the greatest luck that she can follow Fang Ye, if she is sent back, it will be to push her into the fire pit again, how can Fang Ye bear it?" Fang Ye should be a good person and give her a place to live! ”

The two sang and lobbied in harmony, but Fang Yuan resolutely refused to bribe, but in the end, if Fang Yuan didn't accept this woman, he would be the culprit who harmed her life, and there is still such a saying in this world?

Fang Yuan had a sense of absurdity that he couldn't cry or laugh, he suddenly admired Hai Rui, the first Qing official of the Ming Dynasty, to adhere to the integrity of officials, it was really a technical job, because sugar-coated shells were everywhere and pervasive, it was really unbearable for him!

Fang Yuan stood up helplessly, looked at Qin Zhan and said, "Only this once, not for example." ”

When he got out of Qin Zhan's room, he couldn't cry or laugh, and he rescued Chen Yuan, who was obviously the official voice of the people, but he was tossed by Qin Zhan like this, but it became a business to use people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

He slowly returned to the room, but saw that the girl was still in the room, standing meekly in front of the table, which was already full of Fang Yuan's night meal.

The girl's slender hands hung straight down on her waist, her eyes lowered to the ground, waiting for his return.

Fang Yuan took a look at the girl's flower and moon appearance, the beauty is really beautiful, it makes people feel excited when they see it, but her age is too young, she was a primary school student before the crossing, how can she do it? The wealthy merchants and officials of the Ming Dynasty took playing with young girls as a fashionable fashion, but Fang Yuan, a traverser, could not do it.

Fang Yuan sat at the table, and the girl hurriedly poured a cup of tea for him and handed it to him, "Master Fang, the night meal is ready." ”

He was stunned, but he still took the teacup, drank it all, quenched his thirst a little, and his stomach was a little hungry, so he raised his chopsticks and began to sweep the food on the table.

Fang Yuan ate for a while, and saw that the girl was still standing upright and motionless, and it was estimated that she was still hungry, so he said, "You are also together!" ”

The girl said softly, "The little slave must serve Master Fang to eat first, and cannot eat together." ”

Fang Yuan had a headache at these broken etiquette, and he was really not used to being watched by a beautiful girl eating on the side, so he hurriedly said, "In my place, there are no such etiquettes, so you can sit down and eat together." ”

The girl was sure that Fang Yuan was not talking back, so she sat down meekly, picked up the small bowl, and ate it in small bites.

Fang Yuan looked up at her, even the appearance of eating was heartwarming and cute, so he asked, "What's your name?" ”

The girl's gentle voice sounded like water, "Master Fang, the little slave is called Xiaoyuan." ”