It turned out to be going to Shen's house?

Jin Liu only felt that his heart was full of doubts, but in the face of Xu Xun, who seemed to be careless, he couldn't ask a word, so he had to answer, and went to the east stable to clean up as soon as he slipped away. Fortunately, he had washed the mule and cleaned the car in the morning, and now it was only a quarter of an hour before he had packed up and gotten the car out of the door. When the servant Xu Xun got into the car, he first put down the thick cotton curtain, closed the car door, and then sat in the driver's position.

This is the first time Xu Xun has gone out in a car. There was the dull sound of wheels crushing on the bluestone pavement, the sound of Jin Liu's shouting to open the way, the sound of people and cars on the side of the road, all in all, all kinds of sounds were intertwined, and there was a peculiar hypnotic effect. So, obviously the car was extremely bumpy, he curled up in his seat and gradually fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took for him to wake up after a jolt. Seeing clearly that it was Jin Liu's face in front of him, he squinted his eyes and sat up straight, didn't ask a word, and just bent down and got out of the car. After being down-to-earth, he looked around, and saw that the road in front of the door was unusually wide, and the high walls of the mansions on both sides were extremely neat, and most of them looked impressively new, so he couldn't think about it for a while, and then he walked to the gate of the Shen Mansion, and Jin Liu on the side had already gone up first.

"Lao Jia, my young master is here to visit Master Shen of your mansion, is Master Shen here?"

In front of the door are two gatehouses, one tall and one short, and seeing that Xu Xun came by car, he was naturally a little more cautious. After looking at Xu Xun's dress and demeanor, the high gatekeeper smiled and said, "It's unfortunate that the son came, my lord happened to go out." If it's urgent, the small one will inform the big butler; If you are not in a hurry, you can leave a letter. ”

"It's not a rush." Xu Xun didn't plan to meet with people today, but when he learned that the owner he was looking for was not there, he felt that it was just what he wanted, so he immediately took out a letter from his sleeve with a smile and handed it over, "This eldest brother gave this letter to Master Shen, and said that it was Xu Xun Baibai." ”

After saying this, Xu Xun bowed his head slightly, turned around and walked towards the carriage. When he was about to get into the carriage, he suddenly said without looking back: "Jin Liu, what are you still rubbing there?" Next, I have to go to Yingtianfu to do serious things! ”

Jin Liu looked at this scene inexplicably, looked at the high gatehouse with eyebrows and contemplation, turned his head to look at his young master, and was stunned for a moment before he quickly turned around and caught up, and diligently helped people into the carriage, and immediately whipped off after being busy for a while. As soon as the carriage left, the low porter who had been silent in front of the Shen family just now came over, looked at the words on the envelope for a while, and finally couldn't read the big characters, so he bumped the high gatehouse with his elbow.

"I said big brother, why does the name of this son sound familiar to me just now?"

"It's strange if it's not familiar!" The high porter looked at the letter in his hand, and his face couldn't help but show deep disgust, "He is the loser who is engaged to the eldest lady!" ”

"What, it's that thing that doesn't make it!" The low gatehouse exploded all of a sudden, and he rolled up his sleeves, "He is so bold, he dares to come to us to ask to see the master, and he doesn't pee and take pictures......"

Before he finished speaking, he only heard a heavy cough next to him, and he was stunned for a moment, so he naturally cut off the conversation, and then looked at the other side, and he immediately changed to a smile on his face: "Oh, it's Ruyi girl, why did you come outside on this cold day?" But the eldest lady told you to run errands or buy something? Even if it is handed over to our brothers, there will be no mistakes in the safekeeping......"

The girl called Ruyi is a girl who is thirteen or fourteen years old and has a double mustache on her head. She has a bit of Jiangnan woman's grace and delicacy between her eyebrows and eyes, wearing a crab shell blue oblique placket and a small satin jacket on the right side, an apricot-colored cotton skirt underneath, and a pair of pearl cloves are exposed on only her ears, and her cheeks are slightly bulging at this moment, looking more pretty and cute. She looked at the low porter coldly, snorted from her nose angrily, and stretched out her hand to the high porter: "Bring it!" ”

"Ruyi girl, this is not ...... in accordance with the rules"

"The master is not here, is there anyone who can call the shots except for the eldest lady in this letter?" Without waiting for the high gatekeeper to find any excuse to push, she smiled again, "Why, Brother Yan didn't even listen to the words of the eldest lady?" ”

"Miss Ruyi laughed, how dare I do this!" Yan Da hurriedly handed over the letter with both hands, and when he saw Ruyi proudly accepting it into his arms, he couldn't help but remind again, "Although that kid is hateful, but for a few days, if something is written on it that is unsightly, Miss Ruyi must persuade the eldest lady to ......."

"The eldest lady is not one of those women who can only be sad, why is it so easy to be angry with this kind of guy?" Ruyi said and smiled, suddenly remembered something important, and couldn't help but stomp his foot in annoyance and said, "I was interrupted by you, I forgot about serious things." You two, come and talk to the house! ”

Ruyi called the two porters to the small room on the right side of the inside of the gate, and after a while, he opened the curtain and came out, and went inside along the corridor. And she walked happily, but the tall and short brothers who came out behind couldn't help but look at each other. After a while, the low porter lamented: "Big brother, this is the case again, how long do we have to be afraid?" ”

"How dare you say that? If it weren't for the last time you damn guy did that kind of thing, and let the eldest lady take it right, I would have had to wade through this troubled water? Don't cry with a sad face, take one step at a time, and do a lot of things! ”

After completing the important things ordered by the young lady, and just intercepted a letter from the Xu family outside, Ruyi was naturally complacent. But halfway through, she pressed her chest, and suddenly thought of the reminder of the high gatehouse, and her heart couldn't help but move. If that kid really wrote something bad in the letter, but she gave it to the young lady, wouldn't it make the young lady angry? Besides, if the two on the door are not strict and spread out what they say about giving and receiving each other privately, then she will make a big mistake!

Thinking of this, she stood there and pondered left and right, and finally turned around and went straight to the front yard and delivered the letter to the road steward. However, she wanted to take the opportunity to see what was written in the letter, but Steward Lu didn't give her this opportunity at all, and sent her away with a wave of his hand, so she had to go back in a huff.

Although the Shen family is not a big family, it has only developed in the past ten or twenty years, but there are few domestic servants who are contaminated with the habit of prevarication and deception of those wealthy slaves. After the chief housekeeper Lu Quan followed the letter, he learned that Xu Xun sent it, and immediately frowned, and after sending Ruyi away, he didn't open it easily. Fortunately, Master Shen Guang returned home not long after, and he personally sent it over.

In the study, seeing that Shen Guang was silent with the letter, he said softly: "Master, since you already have an idea, whether he is apologizing and pleading, or talking nonsense, why not take a look?" ”

"Well, that's right."

Shen Guang nodded and used a paper cutter to cut open the letter seal, and saw that there was only a thin piece of paper inside, so he opened it up with a corner, and after just one glance, he stood up all of a sudden, his face full of incredible consternation. After a long time, he realized his gaffe, so he sat down slowly, but his right hand unconsciously grasped the armrest of the Taishi chair.

"Sir?"

"You're not an outsider, take a look."

Lu Quan took the letterhead in surprise, and after hurriedly browsing it, his face showed the same expression as Shen Guang. After a while, he handed back the letterhead with both hands, and his expression was already relaxed: "Master, this Xu family's initiative to withdraw from the marriage, although it was unexpected, didn't it also exempt the lord from the name of treachery?" It must be known that according to the law, the woman withdraws from the marriage, in case he sues the government, whether it is us or ...... It's all a big hassle. ”

"That's what I said, but Second Master Xu doesn't know if he comes back suddenly......"

Shen Guang shook his head, stood up and paced back and forth in the room for a few steps. Seeing this situation, Lu Quan Shao also secretly pondered, and suddenly remembered that he had called the two porters who had received the letter to ask him before, and hurriedly said again: "Master, I remember, Yan Da mentioned it before, saying that after the Xu family sent the letter, he mentioned that he wanted to go to Yingtianfu to do something." ”

Hearing this, Shen Guang frowned even more: "What is this loser doing when he suddenly goes to Yingtianfu...... Hmm, it should be looking for Xu Laoliu's way, hum, he usually said that he didn't burn incense and temporarily hugged Buddha's feet, with Xu Laoliu's surname, he would touch the nail and come back. Forget it, since such a good thing is sent to the door, you Suo surname will go to his house in person to find out...... If he is really willing, seeing that he is the son of Second Master Xu, and he is in trouble, give him more compensation, after all, I owe him! ”

Outside the window, with the sound of promise coming from inside, a figure quietly crouched down and slipped away silently along the base of the wall.