After breakfast that morning, Deng Xiaoke sat in the pavilion in the backyard and began to sulk, pouting his lips for a while and biting his teeth for a while, viciously tearing off the petals of the moonflower picked from the garden one by one and throwing them into the pond, causing the koi in the pond to spit bubbles and compete for "fish food". The bright red lips opened and closed and muttered in a low voice: "Dead Deng Jiu, stinky Deng Jiu, I haven't come back after walking for more than half a month." When you come back, Miss Ben will make you look good! You have to let Xiao Hei bite you a few times. Huan'er, who was standing next to him, was still laughing, teasing the koi carp heartlessly, which made Deng Xiaoke even more upset and irritable. Laugh, laugh, you know how to laugh every day except for eating, and I will sell you to Baihualou another day. ”

Huan'er hurriedly suppressed her laughter and said carelessly: "Miss, who provoked you again?" The weather is so good today, why don't you wait for the old lady to go out and the slave and maid accompany you to go shopping. "Thinking that I haven't had a chance to go out in the past few days, the snacks I bought have already been eaten, so I can just go and buy some more.

"If you don't go, everyone will provoke me!" Seeing Xiao Hei wagging his tail and grinning and sticking out his tongue beside him, he looked like a dog's leg, and he kicked the jade foot to vent the anger in his heart. Of course, she was not willing to exert herself.

Huan'er shrank her head and said, "Miss, the slave maid went to the front yard to take a look, it seems that someone is calling the slave maid." As he spoke, he hurried away, apparently afraid of being harmed by the fish in the pond.

Deng Xiaoke stretched out his onion and pointed at the little black dog's head who was whining and barking aggrievedly, and said to himself: "Deng Jiu, you have run away for so long and still haven't come back, so Miss Ben can't go out shopping, see if I can't clean you up." You say, what should Miss Ben do if she goes out and is in danger? Is it your fault? Speak! Why are you dumb? You know it's a loss, right? ”

Xiao Hei raised the dog's head and looked at the master, he couldn't understand the master's current instructions at all, his eyes were full of doubts, and then he whimpered twice and lowered his head.

Deng Xiaoke said a little proudly: "You know it's wrong, right?" Miss Ben has a lot of them, so I won't bother with you. However, the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped, so you will be punished for two months and not allowed to go home. When Miss Ben is happy, I'll let you go......"

As soon as Huan'er arrived not far away, she met a family member who was in a hurry, and asked briefly that there was a servant who came to find the master, so she hurried back and prepared to tell the eldest lady. After all, the last time the official came to the door, he almost broke the door of the Deng family, which was really terrifying. When she walked to the pavilion, she saw that the eldest lady was talking to Xiao Hei, and she was still very emotional, and she was so stunned that she forgot what she was going to say.

Deng Xiaoke felt very embarrassed when he saw Huan'er coming over, and he complained about Xu Anping a little more, and quietly raised two months to three months in his heart. She turned her back to the pond and turned her back to Huan'er, looked at the koi, and said casually, "What's the matter?" Walking in a hurry, there is no rule. ”

"Yes, yes, Miss. Oh, oh, the eldest lady is not good, and another official has come to find the master. Huan'er's little head couldn't turn around, and she said upside down.

"What! What the hell is going on? Deng Xiaoke couldn't care about the embarrassment, and asked Huan'er while walking towards the front yard in a hurry.

Huan'er frowned and said, "Miss, the slave doesn't know what's going on!" Just now I heard a family member say that a servant came to find the master, and the slave and maid hurried over to tell you. ”

Deng Xiaoke didn't say much, trotted to the front yard, and just saw Daddy go out of the gate to meet a few errand soldiers. So, she quietly hid behind the gate and eavesdropped on her throbbing chest.

Deng Yongming walked up to the front and handed over ten taels of silver, and then asked, "This poor master, what is the matter with Deng?" ”

Several officials said with a pleasant face: "Master Deng don't worry. Zhou Wudao, the prefect of Anlu, has been taken down by Lord Yushi Sun of Qingping County because he accepted a bribe from Qingping County. Now that the two cases have been merged into one, Lord Yushi Sun of the Imperial Capital has asked Master Deng to go to Anlu Mansion to assist. ”

When Deng Yongming heard this, his heavy mood disappeared, and he handed over another ten taels of silver. "Yes, this is the duty of grass people. I'll go back and explain to my family first, and then set off with a few messengers. ”

"It's easy to say, Master Deng, please. A few of our brothers took a sip of tea and rested in the teahouse next to it. ”

Deng Xiaoke, who was hiding behind the gate, was pulling Huan'er's cheeks, and couldn't help whispering: "Let you talk nonsense, tell you to talk nonsense, see that I don't tear your mouth." Huan'er whined and said something, and couldn't help but let out an "ah".

The official who was turning around and preparing to leave heard the shout and asked with some confusion: "Master Deng, I just heard a sound in your house, is something wrong?" ”

Deng Yongming hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, no, I'm bothering you masters." The maid at home likes to play and always doesn't know the severity. If you go back and clean up and deduct some wages, you will be honest. "He didn't dare to put the servants at home, otherwise whatever happened or not, those things that could be seen would suffer. As the saying goes, "bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates", which is not a joke, let alone these officials who are used to extortion. He hurried back home, and sure enough, he saw his daughter and the maid fighting, and said "you" and hurried to the backyard. If you go a little later, if you don't get Mrs. Jingniang, you will scare yourself. He briefly explained a few words and was about to go out, when he saw his daughter come over and said with a smile: "Daddy, you are going to go far away!" Deng Yongming said with a face: "Didn't you overhear? Ask while knowing the answer. ”

Deng Xiaoke was not annoyed, and hugged Deng Yongming's arm while shaking it and said, "Daddy, you can bring Ke'er." You go out by yourself, and A-Niang is not at ease. If you take me, I can take care of Daddy. ”

Deng Yongming pretended to be angry and said: "With you, your aunt is even more worried." Don't think I don't know what the hell you're up to, and I don't want to hang out yet. No way! If you mess around again, don't even think about going out and hanging out in the future. ”

"Daddy, I'll be very honest, and I won't run around this time." Deng Xiaoke continued to shake Deng Yongming's arm, and raised his right hand and swore solemnly, "If I run around, let me... I can't get married in my life. ”

"That's not what you wanted."

Seeing that Daddy still disagreed, Deng Xiaoke immediately sacrificed the magic weapon of a hundred hairs and a hundred spirits, and said in a long voice: "Ah... Dad...... it's a big deal that I won't tell A-Niang about your going to Baihualou. ”

Deng Yongming covered Deng Xiaoke's mouth, looked left and right with a weak heart, and then said: "Little ancestor, when has Daddy been to Baihualou!" This was heard by your aunt, but it was troublesome. Okay, let's change our clothes and set off later. ”

"Daddy is the best." After speaking, Deng Xiaoke flew back to his yard like a lark.

So, when Xu Anping was wandering near the north gate of Anlufu City in the afternoon, he inadvertently saw Deng Xiaoke, who was looking around with the curtain of the carriage opened, and almost bit his tongue.