"High, really high!"

After returning to the inn, Gou Gong expressed his sincere admiration for his lord Xie An's previous methods, after all, Xie An did not make physical contact with the object of the flirt like an ordinary gentleman, it can be said that from beginning to end Xie An did not even touch the fingers of the woman who sold fruits, and only made the other party's face full of shame and anger with the offensive of words, this realm has long exceeded Gou Gong's imagination.

"Yes, my lord, the little ones are just an eye-opener!" Xu Jie continued to talk.

"Average......" Xie An thanked humbly when he heard this, and recalled in his mind the angry eyes of the woman who wanted to devour him alive when she handed him the cherries, and couldn't help laughing.

Some people may think that Xie An is a little excessive, but to put it seriously, is Xie An excessive?

Although Xie An deserved it, he was idle and had nothing to do to make jokes about the woman, and wanted to use words to tease people on the street, but at that time, he didn't do anything to the woman, and the other party used the wooden stick in his hand to make Xie An's head bleed, if it was in Jijing, like this kind of civilian attack on the important ministers of the court, it would be directly interrogated by the Criminal Department, no matter what the reason is, it is your fault that you injured the important ministers of the court, and at the lightest you will be subject to the criminal law of forty sticks, not to mention that Xie An did not touch the other party at that time.

In this era of extremely harsh status and identity, Xie An didn't even ask the other party to pay for the medicine, which is already generous enough, and if she is any courtier in Jijing, that woman will probably suffer.

Of course, if it were other courtiers, I am afraid that they would not be idle to flirt with a people's girl.

At this time, Xiao Li walked in from outside the room, holding a towel in his hand, and something seemed to be wrapped in the towel.

"Childe, you want ice!"

"Hmm." Xie An nodded, took the ice cube wrapped in a towel from Xiao Li's hand, and gently pressed it against the injured head, and then couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.

Xie An didn't think it was enough to reason with the woman just now, but after the people left with the bamboo basket on their backs, Xie An gradually felt a faint pain in his head, and in desperation, he had to ask Xiao Li to find the shopkeeper of the inn and ask for a few pieces of ice, after all, there are generally high-grade inns. There will be a certain amount of ice in the cellar to accommodate special requests, especially in this spring and summer season.

The difference is that most people use it to suppress wine, while Xie Anma uses it to suppress the head.

I have to say. Using ice cubes to suppress the pain in the wounded area was a good idea, at least Xie An had gotten rid of the dull pain.

"Childe, where are we going next?" Xiao Li asked curiously.

I saw Xie An pressing his head with ice cubes and thinking for a while, and Zhengse asked, "Is there any news from Mo Fei and Ding Qiu?" ”

Seeing Xie An ask about this, Gou Gong arched his hand and said. "Not yet, counting the time, Mo Fei and Ding Qiu should still be investigating the movements of the Taiping Army at this time, and it will take some time! -- The Taiping Army has been hiding and lurking for more than ten years. How could they be traced so easily, anyway, Gongzi had already informed them that there was something to meet in Guangling, if they really found something, they would definitely send someone to come. Before that, it is better for the prince to recuperate in Guangling for a few days......" Speaking of which. He frowned and looked at Xie An's head, after all, in his eyes with Xiao Li and Xu Jie, that unknown woman was indeed very heavy, no wonder Xiao Li was very angry at first.

"Cultivate for a few days...... Xie An nodded when he heard this, and then said with a little emotion, "In this case, in two days, I will go to the south of the city for a trip to the Shili River, and the son wants to go to a place ......."

"Could it be the hometown of the Su family in Guangling?" Gou Gong asked curiously, after all, as one of Xie An's henchmen, he also knew some things about his own adult, and knew that when his family had not yet made his fortune, he was in charge of the wealthy Su family in Guangling, but later the Su family was framed, and this adult took Su Wan, the daughter of the Su family, to leave his hometown and go to Jijing.

"Huh!" Xie An smiled slightly, but did not speak, but looking at the expression on his face, it was obvious that Gou Gong had guessed correctly.

Seeing this, Gou Gong chuckled and said, "In that case, why didn't Gongzi take Miss Su Wan with him when we left Beijing, this is a great opportunity!" ――As far as I know, how many times has Gong Lu wanted to match Gongzi and Miss Su Wan over the years? ”

Indeed, as Gou Gong said, I remember that at the beginning, Lu Gong felt guilty for inadvertently separating Xie An and Su Wan, since his son Lu Fan died on the battlefield, Su Wan lived in the Nangong Mansion, and treated Lu Gong with sincerity and filial piety, which made Lu Gong feel more and more guilty.

In Lu Gong's mind, anyway, his son Lu Fan also died on the battlefield, rather than calling his virtuous and filial daughter-in-law alone, it is better to round Xie An's mind, after all, over the years, Lu Gong has also treated Xie An as half a son, otherwise, how would he entrust the Southern Army to Xie An?

But the problem is that Su Wan cares a lot about her identity, after all, she is now a widowed widow, and Xie An, a dignified criminal department scholar, has four wives in the family, and the status of the two is too different, even if Lu Gong once revealed his intention to accept her as a righteous daughter, he can't relieve Su Wan's heart.

In the final analysis, Su Wan didn't want to destroy Xie An's relationship with the four ladies in his house because of herself, after all, in her opinion, Xie An didn't need him to take care of him now, so why bother pestering him? It's good to keep to herself, after all, she came to be a weak woman.

In this regard, Xie An and Lu Gong had nothing to do.

As for coming to Guangling this time, Xie An also thought about bringing Su Wan with her, wanting her to return to her hometown, and by the way, she would run in and run in with her again, but unfortunately, although Su Wan has a weak personality, she is not stupid, how could she not see Xie An's purpose, although she wanted to go back to her hometown to see, she also refused for some reasons.

In this regard, Xie An didn't persuade too much, firstly, he knew that Su Wan would not change his mind easily, and secondly, for the sake of her safety, Xie An planned to come to Guangling first to explore the depth and shallowness of the water in the city, after all, this is the territory of the Guangling assassins, and it is said that the Guangling assassins had an affair with the Taiping army.

As for Su Wan, Xie An plans to wait for her side to stabilize, and then ask Yi Yi or a few other ladies to bring her to Guangling, with a few of her wives here, Su Wan shouldn't be cranky anymore and leave her hometown for three or four years, doesn't she want to go back to her hometown to see? It's nothing more than fear of breeding rumors. It just caused a lot of inconvenience to Xie An.

"Let's wait until the son's affairs are over, otherwise, Li Xian may not be able to spare me......" Shrugging his shoulders, Xie An said with a wry smile.

Hearing Xie An's words, Gou Gong knew that his adult was insincere, but he didn't say anything, and said with a smile instead of the topic, "The little one was in Hongshan, Guangdong, and I heard that Guangling was picturesque. It's a pity that I didn't get the opportunity to meet you, but now I'm lucky enough to be here, but I want to have a good look! ”

"You're here, then!" As soon as Gou Gong mentioned this, Xie An became interested and gushed about the famous scenery near Guangling. As well as the place of fireworks in the Qinglou of the scattered branches in the city, such as a few treasures, only listen to the three of Gou Gong, Xiao Li, and Xu Jie.

To be honest, there are also many famous fireworks places in Jijing, but the problem is that Gou Gong and the others don't dare to go, after all, since serving as the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple. Gou Gong cherishes his wings very much, for fear that his dignified Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple will be recognized when he visits the Qinglou, and as for Xiao Li and Xu Jie, they are just afraid that their eldest sister Jin Ling'er will scold them when she finds out. After all, when Jin Ling'er was young in Jinling, she was sold to Qinglou by local ruffians, although later a series of encounters, and her partner Ding Qiu and others hijacked the prisoner's car. This rescued her, but it also caused a heart attack. Sympathize with those women who have lost their footing and fallen into the dust, if she learns that the Jinling assassins under her command dare to go to such a place of fireworks, don't look at the fact that Jin Ling'er seems to have changed her temper after giving birth to her daughter, and she will still break their legs.

And now that he followed Xie An to Guangling, whether it was Gou Gong, Xiao Li, or Xu Jie, it seemed that they had fallen a thousand catties of burden, and when Xie An counted the famous green buildings in the city, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, revealing a look of impatience.

"That'...... So what are you waiting for? Xu Jie licked his lips and said.

Xie An teasingly glanced at the three people who looked a little embarrassed when he heard this, smiled hehe, and said, "Well, this matter is not in a hurry, after a few days to finish the work, Gongzi will ask you to wait for a wish......"

Looking at the eager expressions of the three of them, Xie Anxin felt a little funny, to be honest, he liked to go to that kind of place earlier, but after several warnings from Liang Qiuwu, Changsun Xiangyu and others, he gradually changed his temperament, not to mention that now that he has a daughter, he is naturally more cautious about his behavior.

Of course, even back then, in fact, Xie An went to the Qinglou to eat and drink with those Meiji who accompanied the wine, although he occasionally took advantage of others, but he never really did anything with those women, otherwise, let alone Liangqiu Dance, the eldest grandson Xiangyu would definitely not be able to spare him.

And from Xie An's point of view, the reason why he likes that kind of place is nothing more than to enjoy the gentleness of those women's gentleness, just to have fun, not to say that he fell in love with someone, after all, in his mansion, except for Yiyi, who has no temper, the other three ladies will definitely not be able to pull off this face and accompany him to do that kind of embarrassing game.

"After a while? So what do you do these two days? Gou Gong asked suspiciously.

"These two days...... Hey! With a smile, Xie An looked back at Xiao Li and asked, "By the way, Xiao Li, Gongzi just asked you to check the woman's residence, have you found it?" ”

Xiao Li nodded when he heard this, and said, "The little one has already inquired, that lady lives on a street in the north of the city, and I can't remember what the street is called, but it is deep in the alley where she sells fruits today...... According to local neighbors, the woman went to the orchard at the foot of the hill outside the city every day to pick the fruit and sell it to pedestrians......"

"Every day......" Xie An had a strange smile on his face, and at a glance he knew that he didn't intend to let the woman go like that.

Seeing this, Xiao Li hesitated for a moment and said tentatively, "My lord, no, childe, you won't really fall in love with that spicy woman, right?" - That woman looks seventeen or eighteen years old, and may have already promised someone ......"

"Stupid!" Before Xie An could speak, Xu Jie said angrily, "I didn't see that woman...... No, don't you see that the woman hasn't coiled her hair yet? Obviously, she has not come out of the cabinet to get married, if she really has a husband's family, then what does our son-in-law have to do with her? As he spoke, he smiled and looked at Xie An with a flattering look.

"No, it's not, Childe is just ......" Facing Xu Jie's [I understand] look, Xie An felt a little embarrassed inexplicably, in fact, he just thought that woman was more interesting, after all, it was quite rare to meet a woman who was flirting with a gentleman, not only was she not afraid, but she dared to take the lead in breaking her head.

Xie An hasn't finished talking yet. Over there, Xiao Li asked Xu Jie with a surprised face, "Will a married woman tie her hair?" ”

"What? You don't know? Xu Jie glanced at Xiao Li in dismay, blinked and said, "I didn't see our eldest sister marrying an adult...... No, did you tie up your hair after marrying your son? ”

"Huh?" Xiao Li was stunned, scratched his head and said in astonishment, "I said that I went to congratulate the eldest sister at that time, why did the eldest sister suddenly get angry and throw me out......"

"What did you say?"

"I said that the eldest sister didn't look good with her hair up. It doesn't look like a good fit......"

"......" Xie An, Gou Gong, and Xu Jie were silent.

"Childe? - What are you looking at me like that? Xiao Li looked at Xie An and the others with a puzzled expression.

"You are really ......" Looking at Xiao Li and shaking his head, Xu Jie lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you scold the eldest sister to her face for being inappropriate as a woman?" ――The eldest sister said this on the day she got married, and she didn't dismantle you on the spot, which is considered to be cheap! ”

"......" Xiao Li opened his mouth and patted his chest with palpitations. muttered to himself, "I said why did my eldest sister always stare at me when she saw me in the next few days, and I didn't dare to show my face in fright......"

"You're calling yourself dead!" Glancing at Xiao Li angrily, Xu Jie said earnestly, "After returning to Beijing, let's find a way to please the eldest sister, oh, that's right." I'll teach you a trick, when you see the eldest sister, you can praise Miss Kwannini more, the eldest sister is quite precious to her daughter, you can say a few more words to Kwannini. The eldest sister won't look at you unpleasantly......" he said, he put on a very experienced look, and it seemed that he had not used this trick less.

"If you have a trick, don't you say it early? - What a lack of righteousness! Suddenly realized, Xiao Li looked at Xu Jie with disdain.

Listening to the conversation between Xiao Li and Xu Jie. Xie Anxin moved, and couldn't help laughing.

"Why is Childe laughing?" Gou Gong looked at Xie An suspiciously.

"It's okay...... it's okay," Xie An waved his hand. I couldn't help but think of the piece of paper I left for Jin Ling'er before I left Beijing, which said that Li Shou intended to let his son marry his daughter as the crown princess.

I don't know if Li Shou's kid is still alive right now?

With the picture of Jin Ling'er, who was angry in his mind, forcing the Son of Heaven Li Shou to the corner of the palace with a knife and forcing him to dissolve the marriage contract between the children of both parties, the corners of Xie An's mouth raised a little inexplicable smile.

Early the next morning, Xie An and Gou Gong finished washing, had breakfast at the inn where they stayed, and sat at a tea stall near the south gate of Guangling City.

This time, Xie Anxin didn't want to tease the past woman anymore, because he was waiting for the woman to sell fruit with a basket on her back.

After waiting for about half an hour, and waiting for a few people to fill their stomachs with tea, Xie An waited until the woman came from near the city gate with a basket on her back like yesterday.

"Let's go!" Xie An gave Gou Gong a few looks, and a group of people swaggered towards the woman.

At this time, the woman had just come to the place where yesterday's fruit was being sold, set up the shop, and set up the fruit she had just picked today, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Xie An's hateful face that made her feel like she was gritting her teeth.

"Chick, uncle is here again!" Xie An fanned her and looked at her with a grin.

"......" The woman stared at Xie An with an angry expression, gritting her teeth and spitting out a few words from her mouth.

"What exactly are you going to do?"

"Uncle wants to buy your ......" Speaking of this, Xie An deliberately paused, staring at the woman's chest with a greedy gaze, until the woman's face was full of shame, and then he slowly took the second half of the sentence.

“…… of fruits! ”

"......" glared at Xie An with a sad face, and the woman said angrily, "What fruit do you want to buy?" ”

I saw Xie An use the folding fan in his hand to order the fruit on the shop, and like yesterday, he said slowly, "Is this mountain fruit sweet?" ”

“…… Sweet! ”

"Brittle?"

“…… Crisp! ”

"Is it delicious?"

“…… It's delicious, you want a pound of cherries, right? The woman raised her head and said with disdain.

Hey, this chick is smart......

With a secret laugh in his heart, Xie An deliberately showed a stunned expression, looking at her like a fool.

Didn't he ask for the cherry yesterday?

Isn't it today?

The woman wondered in her heart, and was about to pick a mountain fruit in the direction pointed by Xie An's folding fan, but she heard Xie An say slowly, "Hmm, let's have a pound of cherries!" ”

"......" The woman was choosing the action of the mountain fruit and paused, raised her head and glared at Xie An with anger, and said in a low voice, "If you dare to anger your aunt and grandmother today, your aunt and grandmother will fight to kill you and make you die a good death!" As she spoke, she picked up the wooden coffin stained with Xie An's blood and shook it in her hand as if she were threatening.

Good guys, so ruthless?

Xie An glanced at the woman in surprise, as if she was frightened, and nodded quickly.

The woman snorted with satisfaction, and was about to pick cherries, when she suddenly heard Xie An say again, "Slow...... Childe thought about it, let's buy a few mountain fruits to eat today......"

"......" slowly raised her head, the woman forcibly resisted the intention of whipping the hateful guy in front of her with a wooden stick, and turned to pick mountain fruits, but before she could pick a few, she heard Xie An say again, "Oh, but then again, yesterday's cherries were indeed very sweet, do you still want cherries......"

The woman couldn't hold back any longer, and subconsciously grabbed the wooden stick, Xie An saw it, her face changed greatly, and she immediately fled with Gou Gong and the other three.

As a result, there was an extremely gratifying scene in Guangling City, a woman in her seventeen or eighteen-year-old years old chased after four men with a wooden stick, causing passers-by to pause and watch.

"Damn fellow!"

After chasing for half a street, and seeing that she couldn't catch up with Xie An and the others, the woman gave up and returned to her fruit shop, but before she could sit down on the small stool, she heard a laugh in front of her that made her gnash her teeth.

"Chick, Uncle is back again......"

"......" The woman raised her head indifferently, and in her eyes, it was Xie An's face that seemed extremely hateful to her.

Since this day, Xie An seems to have been fighting with this unknown woman, and he has been waiting for this woman to sell mountain fruits every day, during which he has been chased by this woman for many distances, but Xie An is still happy.

In Xie An's opinion, this is more interesting than molesting a woman from a good family on the street, after all, this woman's personality seems to be very strong, quite funny, unlike other Guangling women, crying and crying at every turn, making Xie An feel guilty, which is not interesting.

At first, the woman was still a little afraid of Xie An and the four of them, after all, Xie An and the four of them were all men, especially Xiao Li, who was five big and three thick, and her arm muscles were thicker than her legs, don't look at her as if she had no scruples, in fact, she was also afraid.

But what made her wonder was that the hateful gentleman had never used her hands and feet to tease her only verbally, and that as soon as she picked up the stick, the four of them immediately fled, which undoubtedly filled her with confidence in herself.

I have to say that this young woman who has never seen the world has a simple idea, she thought that Xie An and the others were just bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, seeing that the other party did not mean to be rough with her, she thought that her courage scared them, so she was no longer afraid, once she was annoyed by Xie An's words, she chased the four of them out of a few streets without saying a word.

How did she know that any of the servants beside that hateful gentleman could casually level her down, and the reason why he never acted rough was just to tease her.

Until one day, when Xie An excitedly took Gou Gong and the others to the woman's troubles again, he was surprised to find that someone seemed to have taken the lead......