The grandeur of the Chen Mansion stunned Xia Xiaobei, and he looked at all this stupidly and was speechless.

Yan'er ran out of the gate, jumped on her father happily, followed by a group of servants wearing Chinese-style white shirts and black cloth pants, bowing and saluting: "Hello master." ”

Chen Zikun hugged his daughter and led his son into the hall, Xiaobei suddenly felt dazzled, magnificent, the teak floor was waxed, shiny and smooth, and the crystal chandelier hung on the ceiling, spotless everywhere, and the luxury had exceeded Xiaobei's imagination.

People who go to the rivers and lakes to sell their arts, usually live in a carriage and horse shop, chicken feather shop, sometimes it is a coincidence, they can only live in a broken temple and kiln, and there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The dinner party was ready, Yao Yilei and Jianbing came out of the restaurant, and they were a little surprised to see Chen Zikun bringing a boy home, but they heard Yan'er talk about some situations, but they didn't expect Chen Zikun to bring Xiaobei back.

Yao Yilei hurriedly looked outside the door, was there another person, and was relieved to make sure that Xia Xiaoqing didn't come along, and asked, "Why did you come back?" ”

Chen Zikun wrote lightly: "To deal with some official business, I will go upstairs to change clothes first, and you bring the children to the table, Xiaobei, call Auntie." ”

Xiaobei bowed and said, "Mrs. is good." ”

An unnatural smile appeared on Yao Yilei's face: "This kid is so well-behaved." ”

Jian Bing smiled: "Xiaobei, I heard that you fought again today." ”

Xiaobei said: "My mother said, I can't bear it, I don't need to endure it anymore." ”

Yan'er jumped to her feet and said, "My brother helped me beat the bad guys, but I'm happy." ”

The kitten in her arms also meowed happily.

Yao Yilei said: "It's not good to fight at a young age, Yan'er, you can't do this." ”

Chen Zikun turned his head and said while going upstairs: "Shoot when it's time to shoot, that little bastard of the Ou family, I want to beat him." ”

Yao Yilei squeezed out a smile: "Don't say this, sit down." ”

Today, Chen Mansion eats Western food, sirloin steak, borscht, boiled corn, vegetable salad, French croissants, silver cutlery sparkling in the candlelight, white napkins, and crystal goblets make Xiaobei feel at a loss, and his dusty student clothes look even more out of place.

Chen Zikun changed his clothes and went downstairs, sat at the dining table, looked at the dishes on the table, and said, "Bring two pairs of chopsticks." ”

The maid took two pairs of ivory chopsticks, Chen Zikun put one in front of Xiaobei, and said, "Let's eat!" "Let's eat it up, mainly with hands and chopsticks, occasionally cut the meat with a knife, Xiaobei has the same example, eating a mouth full of oil, happy, eating two mouthfuls of meat, drinking a sip of Coca-Cola, choking straight hiccups, Yan'er laughed on the side, Yao Yilei held her forehead with her hands and closed her eyes and shook her head, with a helpless face, Jianbing looked at this, looked at that, pursed her lips and smiled.

After eating, it was still early, Chen Zikun said, "Let's go, watch a movie." ”

There is a small cinema in the mansion, with screens and projectors, as well as a large number of domestic and imported film films, tonight is the sound cartoon "Steamboat Willie" imported from the United States, looking at the anthropomorphic mice jumping around on the screen, Xiao Bei opened his eyes, and even forgot to eat popcorn, this is the first time he has watched a movie in his life.

After watching the movie, the maid cleaned up the room, Chen Zikun led Xiaobei to take a bath, the mansion has a Turkish bath, Islamic style decoration, and a huge pool filled with warm water, Xiaobei was surprised: "How much firewood do you have to burn in such a big bathhouse." ”

Chen Zikun said with a smile: "I don't burn firewood, I use a boiler, come, my father will help you rub your back." ”

Xiaobei has a lot of scars on his body, and Chen Zikun asked one by one that he fell when he was three years old, burned when he was five years old, and was bitten by a dog when he was seven years old...... Touching the tired scars, Chen Zikun's nose was a little sour.

……

In the flower hall, Yao Yilei and Jianbing sat opposite each other, one with a sad face and the other calm and peaceful.

"Jianbing, Zikun, he won't want to take Xiaobei as a son." Yao Yilei said.

Jian Bing smiled: "What do you mean by receiving, maybe it was originally biological." ”

"But, it's not quite like that."

"My son may not look like his father, sometimes he is a little more like his mother, but I see that this child's eyes follow our master's eyes." Jian Bing took a sip of the teacup: "It's not too early, sister, rest early." ”

Yao Yilei was still preoccupied, and went back to the bedroom to lie down with the novel, but she couldn't read a word, and after waiting for a long time, Chen Zikun came back, and when she entered the house, she said: "The brother and sister are really close, Yan'er has to sleep with her brother." ”

"What the hell is this kid......" Yao Yilei wanted to say but stopped.

Chen Zikun said: "This child is my son. ”

"But are you sure? Maybe it's someone else's. Yao Yilei still can't accept that there is suddenly an extra boy in the family, and he is still the status of the eldest son.

Chen Zikun said: "Father and son are connected, Xiaobei is my own son, I can be sure of this, even if I take 10,000 steps back and say, it is someone else's seed, it is nothing, Xia Xiaoqing is not married to me, why can't I be good with others?" Even if it weren't for my Chen family's blood and blood, I would like to take him as my adopted son if I fell in love with Xiaobei like this. ”

Yao Yilei was angry, but she had nothing to say, turned her back to get a pillow to cover her head, and ignored Chen Zikun.

Chen Zikun didn't care, he was immersed in the joy of having a son, he couldn't fall asleep over and over, and after lying down for a while, he had to get up and go next door to take a look, and help Xiaobei cover the quilt or something.

Xiaobei slept very soundly, he had never slept in such a warm and soft bed in his nine-year-old life, embroidered sheets and duvets, light and warm, and a faint smell of the sun, he fell asleep after a tired day, but his mouth still murmured: "Mother, mother......"

……

Xia Xiaoqing was squatting on the streets of the provincial capital, and she instinctively judged that the snitch would still appear and would come to her.

Sure enough, a little beggar ran over: "Auntie." ”

Xia Xiaoqing's nose was almost crooked: "Who is it called, is this girl so old?" ”

"Eldest sister, someone asked me to give this to you." The little beggar with a hippie smile handed over a stack of paper swallows.

"What about others?"

"I'll take you."

The little beggar led Xia Xiaoqing to the Tribute Courtyard, the provincial capital in the Ming and Qing dynasties were the location of the Jiangdong Governor's Yamen, the Tribute Courtyard and the Confucian Temple were located in the back street of the old Governor's Yamen, a large dilapidated place, the township trial house was connected one by one, it was abandoned here for many years, overgrown with weeds, it had already become a paradise for snakes and rats and wild cats and wild dogs, it was said that it was haunted at night, so few people came here.

When he arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, the little beggar pointed inside and said, "It's dark inside, I'm afraid, you can go in by yourself." ”

Xia Xiaoqing is bold, observe the surrounding situation, today the moon is dark and the wind is high, it is a good time to commit a crime, she looked at the rusty iron lock on the gate, jumped on the wall, and fell silently in the yard, suddenly the wind sounded, there was a hidden weapon!

A flying locust stone grazed Xia Xiaoqing's sideburns and flew over, if she hadn't dodged quickly, this time she would have broken the phase.

"Hair thief, don't show up soon!" Xia Xiaoqing shouted.

A black shadow fluttered down, it was the snitch "Zhang Hanlin".

"Woman, please." The snitch gave up, he was wearing a soft night suit, thin-soled fast boots, and a fight today.

Xia Xiaoqing returned the salute and said, "I haven't thanked you for saving my life." ”

The snitch said: "Thank me, it's not that I want to save you, it's that I can't get used to seeing the black dog killing innocents, you have good kung fu, you are qualified to be my opponent, today we will compete and compete, those who win, stay, those who lose, roll out of the provincial capital!" ”

"It's a deal!" Xia Xiaoqing responded.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly began to act, the snitch preemptively, three sleeve arrows in a row, was restrained by Xia Xiaoqing with a money dart, the two of you chased me, and launched a chase battle on the hundreds of row houses in the Gongyuan, flying knives and sleeve arrows flying locust stone money darts swishing around, the tiles of the house were trampled on, and the wild cats perched here squatted on the eaves of the Confucian Temple, watching them fight, while making impatient protests.

After the hidden weapon was released, the two of them were unharmed, so they started a fist and foot fight, although Xia Xiaoqing is a female streamer, but she has been assigned by Du Xinwu, and has traveled all over the country, in addition to performing arts, she is also looking for many high-ranking hermits, and her martial arts attainments are much higher than those of the snitch.

After more than 100 rounds, the snitch showed his flaws, and was knocked to the ground by Xia Xiaoqing, and he was caught.

"Woman, your boxing skills are quite miscellaneous, and you can't see the teacher's inheritance, but your light skills and secret weapons seem to be from the Yan family in Cangzhou." The snitch was not afraid at all, and grinned almost.

Xia Xiaoqing said angrily: "What, you are also from the Yan family?" ”

"Yes, I am the heir of the Yan family, I don't change my name or surname, Yan Qingyu."

"Hmph, so what, be honest." Xia Xiaoqing tied Yan Qingyu's hands behind his back with a cowhide rope, and his feet and necks were also tied, and he tied a dead pig buckle, but he was muttering in his heart, there is no such green character in the Yan family's family tree.

"Eldest sister, I saved you, you can't turn your face and deny people, I'm from the Yan family, ouch, light." Yan Qingyu was called out by the rope.

"Less nonsense, the scum of the Yan family is even more damned, how many innocent women have you ruined, how much money you have stolen, you are a thief, you have to be cut by a thousand knives, even if I can spare you, God can't spare you! Get up and go! Xia Xiaoqing viciously lifted Yan Qingyu up.

Suddenly, a group of dark shadows surrounded her, Xia Xiaoqing looked left and right vigilantly, but found that they were a group of unclothed little flowers, looking at her with a pair of pitiful eyes.

"Woman, Brother Yu is a good person, don't arrest him."

"Auntie, please let him go."

These children were only seven or eight years old, with dark faces and tattered clothes, which made Xia Xiaoqing think of his son, and couldn't help but loosen the rope and asked Yan Qingyu: "What's going on?" ”

Yan Qingyu said triumphantly: "It's nothing, it's just a bunch of homeless and helpless children, Yan did the way for the sky, took ill-gotten gains from the high-ranking officials and gentry's families, and used them on them, if I am arrested, they will definitely freeze and starve to death, woman, if you want to catch me, let me prepare the rice, noodles and pork for next month." ”

Xia Xiaoqing hesitated.