The sun has set and night has fallen.

Due to the cold business and the crowd, Qiao's restaurant has never opened at night recently, and Uncle Qiao is also preparing to close as usual. But no sooner had he closed the latch than there was a sharp knock at the door.

"The shop is closed, the guest officer will come back tomorrow!"

"Dad, it's us!"

"Open the door, old man!"

Hearing the sound, Uncle Qiao was shocked, and hurriedly opened the door to let the two panicked figures run in, and then he looked out of the door, and quickly closed the door, and everything was calm again.

Wuyi Lane, the first lane of Jinling, is located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and is the place where the princes and generals of Southern Chu live. And Wuyi Lane to the south three miles, there is a Mingguang Lane, in which the entry and exit are not princes and generals, but also everywhere rich and noble children.

Mingguang Alley, Jiangfu. In the brightly lit front hall, there was a constant sound of staggered chips, and it turned out that there were four men drinking around the table.

Sitting on the main seat is the owner of the house, his surname is Jiang Mingtong, he has a round face and a wide forehead, a rough appearance, a very burly figure, and his arms are as thick as an iron pillar.

The other three also have very different appearances. One of them is named Chang Kui, short and thin, with a face like a monkey, because he is good at using double hooks, and is nicknamed "Gou Ming Hou" in the rivers and lakes; One person's name is Wei Ba, with a long body and very good kung fu on his legs, and he is known as the "Mixed Earth Dragon"; The last person is called "Golden Dart Snake".

Don't look at these four people who are nearly half a hundred years old, but a few years ago they were all bandit leaders who were rampant in the Taihu Lake area, and now they can live happily in Jinling City, all because they have found a backer and changed their faces.

Wei Ba's face was flushed, and he spat out wine: "Happy!" Second Brother Jiang, how long do you say it's been since we've been together for a drink? ”

Jiang Tong laughed loudly: "Yes, it's been more than half a year, it's rare today, the brothers must be drunk endlessly!" ”

The four of them pushed the cup and touched the lamp for a few rounds, and Hao Lianfei opened the conversation again, and he sighed: "A few brothers, the younger brother has found that he has a lot more meat on his legs recently, and his martial arts have also decreased a lot!" Thinking about how majestic we were in the green forest back then, and now we are no longer as brave as we were back then, this is really a bit unpleasant! ”

Chang Kui and Wei Ba both nodded and sighed, but Jiang Tong smiled disapprerovingly: "Seventh brother, you are good at everything, but your mind is too heavy!" As the saying goes, heroes don't mention the courage of the year, we are not young, why miss the days of licking blood at the tip of the knife in the past, now we eat and drink spicy, and we don't have to worry about the government's pursuit, which day is not as good as before? ”

Chang Kui said with a smile: "Second Brother Jiang is right, now it is much stronger than before, although there is less arrogance in the rivers and lakes, but there is also more wine and wealth, isn't it?" Having said that, all this is thanks to Second Brother Jiang, if it weren't for his foresight back then, he took our brothers to lean on the big tree, how could we be so happy today! ”

"The fifth brother's words are too outward, we are all good brothers who share life and death, what else do we need to share with each other? I am blessed, and naturally bring my brothers to share it! Jiang Tong picked up the flask and poured himself a glass, and his tone was particularly bold.

Luxury Lianfei but the more he drank, the more he wilted, and said: "It's a pity that we are the twelve leaders of Taihu Lake, and now there are only four of our brothers left, and the other brothers can't share the blessings with us!" ”

After saying this, the faces of the others became extremely strange, and after a while, Jiang Tong was furious: "Seventh brother, what's going on with you today?" It's a happy day, but you always like to mention the unhappy things you do! ”

"Second Brother Jiang, the younger brother doesn't like to mention old things, it's just that the older this person is, the less solid his heart becomes. I often dream that an enemy comes to us to take revenge, and I kill all our family in my dreams, and every time I wake up from a dream, I have palpitations! ”

The faces of the others were even more gloomy, Jiang Tong's eyes widened, and he suddenly laughed loudly: "I said seventh brother, I think you are the older you are, the less courageous you are!" Hmph, we have a lot of enemies, but we have all killed them back then, where are there any enemies looking for us to take revenge? Could it be that you are afraid of ghosts? Come on, come on, tell me, which ghost are you afraid of, is it Huiji Liu Zhengtang, Huzhou Baisha Gang, or Gusuluo Jiazhuang? ”

Lu Lianfei was very embarrassed by Jiang Tong's series of forced questions, so he had to say softly: "Second Brother Jiang, it's the younger brother who is suspicious, and he also swept the brother's Yaxing!" The little brother is here to compensate everyone! ”

Chang Kui and Wei Ba said: "It's okay, it's okay, don't mention these things in the future!" ”

Jiang Tong's face was still angry, and he shook his wine glass: "Today's interest has been ruined by you!" That's it, that's it for today's banquet, everyone go back and disperse! ”

Seeing that Jiang Tong's anger had not subsided, the three of them had no choice but to leave with interest. Looking at the cold remnants, Jiang Tong summoned the servants from the house to clean up, and walked to the back house alone.

On the way, he frowned, and secretly thought to himself: "Could the enemies in the past really slip through the net?" It shouldn't be! But I do not know something, except for the four of us in Jinling, the other eight brothers have been destroyed over the years, who did it? ”

Just when Jiang Tong was thinking about it, he was suddenly bumped into his arms in the night, which scared him a lot, he suddenly used a set of grappling to lock the other party under his arm, and shouted: "His grandmother's, which dog thing with no long eyes, wants to find death?" ”

"Daddy, light-light, it's me!" The other party begged for mercy in pain.

"Huh—it's Lian'er!" Jiang Tong recognized the other party's voice, it turned out to be his precious son Jiang Lian, he hurriedly let go of the other party, and asked in a deep voice: "Where are you going in a hurry this big night?" ”

Jiang Lian replied: "Dad, I asked a few friends to drink tonight. ”

Jiang Lian is Jiang Tong's only son, Jiang Tong loves him very much, but Jiang Tong's mood today is really not good, so he has a little anger at this son who is often not at home: "You always make trouble for me outside, let me wipe your ass every time, you must stay at home tonight, you are not allowed to go anywhere!" ”

"Dad, I've made an appointment!"

"I'll just say it again, don't go anywhere tonight, and if you dare to go out, I'll break your legs!" With that, Jiang Tong wiped himself away.

Jiang Lian stood in place, behaving a little hesitantly, until someone called out to him in the night: "Childe! ”

"Silly Biao, the people you brought with you have captured Little Lady Qiao back?"

"We went to Yujia Village today, and on the way, there should have been a villager who reported to Qiao Xiaoniang's mother and daughter in advance, and when we arrived at her uncle's house, we found that her mother and daughter had already fled! I had to rush back to inform Childe! ”

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! The slap sounded three times, followed by Jiang Lian's angry voice: "A group of rice buckets, it was not easy to find the hiding place of Little Lady Qiao, and you even let her run away!" Another heavy kicking voice: "You still have the face to come back, why don't you die?" ”

"Childe spares his life, Childe spares his life!"

"His grandmother's, give you another two days, if you can't find anyone, I'll let your whole family accompany you to die!"

In recent days, Xiao Ruixue has relied on her understanding of various ordnance in her previous life to devote herself to the study of textile machines, and her hard work has paid off, and she does have a considerable degree of understanding of the internal and external structure of textile machines. However, when it comes to improvement, Xiao Ruixue still achieved nothing after all, which can be said to be in line with her mother's words, interlacing is like separating mountains, and everything can be solved without personal efforts.

Early in the morning, the back house of the Xiao family.

Xiao Ruixue changed into men's clothes and planned to go out.

"Sister Ruixue!" A crisp and delicate voice came from behind her, Xiao Ruixue turned around, only to see Lu Zixuan, a bright and cute little girl wearing a white jacket and a green dress, sticking out her tongue and smiling at her.

"Hey, Zixuan, why did you get up so early today?" Xiao Ruixue was slightly surprised.

"Hehe, it's not early, sister, the day is out!" Lu Zixuan was still so innocent when she laughed.

Xiao Ruixue glanced at the east and smiled: "This day has just come out, but I heard Yun'er say that you don't sleep until three poles in the sun every day and refuse to get up, why did you change your sex today?" ”

"Don't listen to Sister Yun'er's nonsense, how can I be so lazy?"

Yun'er came out of nowhere, and said angrily: "Little girl, you dare to say that you are not lazy, I will ask you, every time I don't call you three or four times, can you get up?" Sometimes you can't do it three or four times, and you have to say that you are willing to get up when the meal is opened, which is really shameful! After speaking, Yun'er also naughtily stretched out her index finger and scraped her cheek at Lu Zixuan.

Lu Zixuan's face turned red, and she pretended to be angry and cried: "Sister Ruixue, Sister Yun'er loves to bully Zixuan, you have to make decisions for Zixuan!"

"It's useless to sue, I love to bully you, I love to bully you, grin~"

Seeing that the two were about to fight around her, Xiao Ruixue smiled, she knew that the relationship between the two young ladies in front of her was actually better than she expected.

However, somehow, Xiao Ruixue suddenly felt a trace of jealousy in her heart, watching Yun'er and Lu Zixuan, who grew up with her, laughing and playing, and the expressions of the two became more and more cheerful, she felt that she was like an outsider at this time, or like a stake as a background, this kind of joy that only girls have, is an atmosphere that she can't experience in this life.

Xiao Ruixue shook her head, dissipated the strange thoughts in her mind, and laughed from the bottom of her heart unconsciously-this kind of feeling should not be owned by herself.

"Okay, you two take a break, if you go around me like this, can I still get out?"

"Miss, are you going out so early?"

"Nonsense, when am I not so early?"

"Sister Ruixue, will you take me with you?"

"No way!"

Lu Zixuan suddenly stopped, and looked at Xiao Ruixue pitifully: "Sister, take me-"

Xiao Ruixue pressed her atrium to stop it from melting, and said, "No! I'm not going to play, what are you doing with me? Besides, isn't it interesting enough for me to let Yun'er accompany you on a tour these days? ”

"But I don't want to play anymore, Sister Ruixue, I want you to help me find my master." Lu Zixuan looked up at Xiao Ruixue with big round eyes, and her expression was even more pitiful.

Yun'er said: "Zixuan, didn't you tell me that your master abandoned you, and you don't want to look for him anymore?" ”

"That's what I said." Lu Zixuan bit her lip with tears in her eyes, and then sighed softly like an adult: "Although the master doesn't care about me, I can't ignore him, who made me a gentle and kind little lady!" ”

“。。。” Xiao Ruixue and Yun'er glanced at each other, and could faintly see the black line on each other's heads.

"Zixuan, it's no problem for me to help you find your master, but you don't want to say what your master looks like, how old he is, and who his surname is, how can I help you find it?"

"My master is a perverted old man, very lustful!"

“。。。”

Yun'er spoke: "You have emphasized this many times!" But the only thing that can be determined is the approximate age of your master, what about that, what about the name? ”

"It's ugly, ugly, how handsome can an old man be? As for the name, I only know to call him Master since I was a child, where do I know his real name. ”

“。。。”

"Zixuan, I see that you are deliberately embarrassing my young lady, such a person, God can't find it for you!"

Lu Zixuan lowered her head, as if wiping her tears: "I know it's very difficult, but I'm so young, I have no idea, and I can only rely on Sister Ruixue!" ”

Xiao Ruixue scratched her hair and felt a headache, but in the face of such an elf and eccentric little girl, where did she have a little temper?

"That's it, Zixuan, it's not that I don't have a way, but I may not be able to do it with my Xiao family's manpower. I do have an acquaintance, he has a lot of people in the three religions and nine ranks, and he is very good at finding out the news in Jinling City, maybe he can help you! I have something to do with him today, so why don't you come with me?" ”

"Wow, wow, wow!" Lu Zixuan hurriedly changed the color and happily agreed.

"Miss, can you also bring Yun'er?" Yun'er's eyes revealed a hint of expectation.

Xiao Ruixue looked at her longing little eyes, and actually had a feeling that she couldn't be too sorry for her, so she had to nod: "It's okay to come together, but you are not allowed to talk too much along the way!" ”

Yun'er smiled: "Yun'er has listened to Miss since she was a child!" ”

Xiao Ruixue glared at her: "You are not allowed to call me Miss outside, you must call me Master!" ”

"Yes, young master!"

Lu Zixuan was excited again: "Sister, sister, then what should I call you?" ”

"For the sake of convenience, you can call yourself my cousin, call me cousin!"

"My cousin is not good, I also want to wear men's clothes like my sister, it's fun to pretend to be a man!"

"Miss, I want to pretend to be a man too!"

Xiao Ruixue glared at them angrily: "What are you pretending, you two are more delicate than the other, do you pretend to be like?" Be careful to expose my bottom as well! ”

Ping'an Wharf is always so lively, with ships coming and going on the shore, and countless porters rushing back and forth.

Xiao Ruixue led two cowardly oil bottles, in order to show his identity as a young master, he did not hesitate to equip himself with a folding fan when this winter was approaching, and walked all the way, plus a white thick robe, which was simply a style of a turbid son.

"Little, master, aren't you cold?" Yun'er followed behind Xiao Ruixue and whispered softly.

Xiao Ruixue's eyebrows raised handsomely: "Why is the husband afraid of coldness?" With that, she tightened the collar of her robe upwards.

Yun'er and Lu Zixuan behind them almost laughed, and hurriedly lowered their heads and covered their mouths with their hands.

At this time, many people on the safe dock had already noticed them. It's not surprising that on such occasions, how can such a combination of handsome men and beautiful women not attract attention?

"Worm, Mowgli, come here, you guys look who it is!" The busy dwarf tiger was the first to discover Xiao Ruixue and his party.

"Who? Hey, it's Young Master Xiao! Ah, he still has two little ladies with him! Li Worm was quite surprised.

"Li Worm, do you know that little master?"

"Of course, that's the fourth young master of the Xiao family, and he has a good relationship with us and the Liu gang leader!"

"You're in luck! This little young master is young and golden at first glance, and even the little maid behind him is so beautiful, she is really envious! Well, the other little lady is not bad, delicate and tender, but she is a little younger, and it would be nice to grow up, hehehe! ”

Li Worm scolded with a smile: "You newcomers are guarding the door!" Young Master Xiao is not only my friend, but also has good martial arts, be careful to annoy him with his words and beat you down one by one! ”

At this time, Gao Wuji had been looking at Xiao Ruixue from a distance, his expression was slightly thoughtful, and finally he said to Li Qi'er: "Worm, let's go over and say hello!" ”

Along the way, Yun'er's expression gradually became a little nervous, and she whispered: "Young master, I'm a little scared, why are the people here staring at me one by one, as if they want to eat people?" ”

Xiao Ruixue turned around and smiled evilly: "You have to come yourself!" Everyone looks at you, isn't it because you're beautiful? Seeing that Yun'er's little face was slightly red with nervousness, she touched Yun'er's head with pity, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, with Young Master Ben here, no one dares to do anything to you!" ”

"Hmm." Yun'er nodded obediently.

Lu Zixuan behind her looked at Xiao Ruixue stupidly the moment she turned around, and until she finished speaking, a little star had already appeared in Lu Zixuan's eyes: "Cousin, your demeanor is simply handsome!" ”

"That's it!" Xiao Ruixue was also quite proud, and was about to shake the folding fan to fan herself twice, but at this time she heard someone shouting:

"Young Master Xiao!"

"Brother Yun!"

Xiao Ruixue looked back, and saw Gao Wuji, Li Worm, and Dwarf Tiger walking towards her, she was not surprised, so she raised her hand slightly: "Mowgli, Worm, Dwarf Tiger, don't come unharmed!" ”

Li Worm is fast-talking, and he laughed: "Young Master Xiao, what kind of wind is blowing you here?" ”

Xiao Ruixue didn't hide it, she replied with a smile: "I'm here to visit Gang Master Liu, and I have a deal to talk to him!" Let's also come to see you, last time in Qiao's restaurant, I couldn't say goodbye to you in person, I really didn't want to go! ”

The three of them are old acquaintances with Xiao Ruixue, and they are also friends in trouble, so they are not polite, and they talk and laugh with her when they come up.

Yun'er watched her young lady's every move from the side, and her eyes couldn't help but open stupidly: This- is this still her own young lady? Why does her behavior be no different from that of a man, and she is so neat and free, this is simply not like a person at home!

At this moment, Yun'er also saw her own young lady patting the arm of one of the little brothers naturally while talking and laughing, this kind of intimate behavior that should not appear between unmarried men and women at all simply made her face red and frightened, Yun'er felt that her breathing was a little short, and she couldn't help but shout hysterically in her heart: "Miss brought me out to believe me Yun'er, I can't show Miss's details, I want to be steady, I want to be steady, I want to be steady, I want to be steady——"