The carriage rolled forward, the curtain of the carriage was lifted by a slender hand, and the people in the carriage looked back at the vermilion gate that was fading away, and their eyes revealed a trace of complicated emotions.

Xiao Ruixue has been in Cao's Mansion for nearly a month, and now that Cao Ming is finally willing to let her go, she can't help but feel a little excited at the thought of reuniting with her family, but when the figure of an acquaintance flashes in her mind like a shock, her excitement is quickly diluted.

"Black bear, black bear, now that you and I have become strangers, I don't think we will have the opportunity to meet again in the future, right?" Xiao Ruixue thought dullly, and when she turned her gaze back to the car, she found that Lian'er was staring at her intently.

"Why is my sister looking at me like that?" Xiao Ruixue asked suspiciously.

"My sister is so good, could it be that she is reluctant to Mr. Luo?" Lian'er smiled, her eyes fluttering, like a fire of gossip. "When you parted, when you and Mr. Luo said goodbye for a long time, can you tell your sister, what did you both talk about?"

"It's nothing, Mr. Luo wants to send me together, I feel inconvenienced, so I refused, but his kindness is always difficult, so I exchanged a few more words with him."

"Just a few more pleasantries? Hehe, but how can I see that he gave you a jade pendant? ”

Xiao Ruixue's face turned red, and after a long time, she said, "I didn't accept it!" ”

Lian'er looked at her embarrassment, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile: "My Fair Lady, good gentleman, this is a very normal thing, not to mention that you two are talented and beautiful, how good they look!" Why didn't my sister accept it? ”

Xiao Ruixue was particularly embarrassed, and she couldn't say a word for a while.

Lian'er asked reluctantly: "What, doesn't my sister have a good impression of Mr. Luo?" ”

Xiao Ruixue's expression was slightly resistant to this question, but she still replied positively: "Naturally not!" Mr. Luo has the grace to treat me and is easy-going, so I naturally have a good impression of him, but this good feeling does not involve a little love between men and women. ”

"My sister doesn't understand it, is there someone else in my sister's heart?"

"Sister, why do you always think about this? I'll tell you the truth, I'm not interested in the relationship between men and women. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm bored, my sister wants to talk to you about some private words about your daughter's house to relieve your boredom, why are you so serious? As the saying goes, which girl doesn't have a spring, it doesn't hurt if you tell your sister what you think! ”

Xiao Ruixue couldn't help but shake her head and laugh, and suddenly her eyes rolled, and then she put on a cynical expression and said, "Let's talk about my sister, I want to know, when did my sister get pregnant?" Which family's son-in-law seduced his sister's heart? ”

"Dead girl, actually rebelling against my sister's army?" Lian'er was blushed by this sudden counterattack, but after a while, she fell into some kind of distant thought, her eyes sometimes became shy, sometimes sweet, and sometimes extremely empty, and Xiao Ruixue was confused.

Lian'er said melancholy in her thoughts: "Which family is not affectionate, which girl is not pregnant?" But my identity and appearance are not worthy of that person, so everything is just a fantasy! ”

Xiao Ruixue saw the deep inferiority complex revealed in Lian'er's eyes, and couldn't help but feel very sorry: "My sister is too arrogant, in terms of appearance, my sister has the posture of a small jasper, in terms of words and deeds, my sister will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future, and there will be many men who like you!" ”

Lian'er laughed, and there were tears in her eyes: "My sister is really good at enlightening people!" But my sister is not as good as you say, and if you don't say anything else, just say that you and your sister are put together, I think 999 out of a thousand men will choose a beauty like you! ”

"It can't be!" Xiao Ruixue was slightly embarrassed, and felt that this was a fantasy.

"No, that's for sure!" Lian'er smiled, but there was a hint of sadness in her smile, and then she said in a fog: "He must be the same!" But I hope that if he likes someone, he can get what he wants, so that he may be able to live a happy life! ”

In Xiao Ruixue's full of suspicion, the carriage continued to move forward.

West of Jinling City, Penglai Inn.

The shopkeeper knocked vigorously on the door of a Tianzi guest room, and after a long time, the door was opened, and a delicate young man's head poked out of it. The boy was very young, he looked no more than eleven or twelve years old, and his face was beautiful, no different from a girl, but that old-fashioned expression made him no different from a little adult.

"Little Er, what are you looking for?" The young man frowned, as if he was very dissatisfied with the shopkeeper who kept knocking on the door.

"Little guest officer, the money you paid in advance for the hotel was used up yesterday, if you want to continue to live, you have to renew the silver taels today!"

"Hey, you're not kidding me, are you? I paid fifteen taels of silver in advance, but it's only been five days, you say it's exhausted, do you really think this is Penglai Immortal Land? ”

The attitude of the shopkeeper was originally quite polite, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "I said little guest officer, although our inn is not a real Penglai fairyland, but you are a race fairy in our daily life!" You live in our Tianzi upper room, not to mention, every day to eat and drink must be the delicacies of the mountains and seas, from time to time you have to listen to a few songs, fifteen taels of silver can not withstand your such a spending! ”

The young man's face changed slightly, and his expression finally converged a little: "Is the fifteen taels of silver really spent?" ”

"It's all spent!" The shopkeeper nodded solemnly, and then said: "If you want to continue to live, then advance some more silver, if you don't live, then settle the half-day room payment today and leave!" ”

"Stay, of course, I haven't found the person I'm looking for yet!" The young man smiled and said, "But I'm a little tight in the past few days, can you tell the shopkeeper that I will be allowed to pay on credit for a few days?" ”

The shopkeeper's face changed: "I'm sorry, our store doesn't take credit!" ”

"Why are you so brainless? You look at the posture of the master spending money these days, at first glance, he is not a stingy person, you go and talk to the shopkeeper and let him be accommodating! When the time comes, I will find the person I am looking for, and I will not forget the benefits of you, little second brother! ”

"Hehe, you are indeed very generous to yourself, but the last time I helped you run errands before and after the saddle, you refused to reward me even a penny, are you not stingy?"

"Oh, little second brother, don't pay attention to those subsections!"

"Don't be spoiled with me! I don't have dragon impotence! In a word, love to live, don't stop rolling! ”

Anger surged on the young man's face, and he angrily pointed at the shopkeeper and said, "Don't be arrogant-" But before he finished speaking, he saw the shopkeeper stretch out his hand to say hello, and two big men with five big and three thick immediately flashed in the corridor, and the young man's momentum suddenly became shorter: "Okay, I'll pack up and get out immediately!" ”

"Well, that's pretty much it. By the way, you still have half a day's room payment to settle! ”

"Well, how much more silver?"

"Five coins!"

"How can you ask so much? You're a big bully - can you have less, I don't have enough money! ”

The shopkeeper shouted: "It's not enough, you dare to rely on it today?" He glanced at the neat set of clothes on the young man's body, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "Your clothes are not bad, if not, use it to offset the account!" ”

"I bought it for five taels of silver, how can I only get five taels of silver?"

"The old is not as good as the new, it is the old when you wear it, and it is good to be worth five dollars of silver!" If you don't say yes, then you don't want to get out of here today! ”

After half a pillar of incense, the young man in tattered clothes was pushed out of the Penglai Inn, he pouted, turned around and shouted: "What, a group of bandits and bullies, Jinling is really in the world!" But after a while, his tears rolled fiercely in his eyes: "Broken Master, Rotten Master, where are you?" If it weren't for you, how could I have come to Jinling alone and been bullied so badly! Woooooooooooooooo ”

The boy left the Penglai Inn, he choked all the way, and wandered all the way to Changfu Street in the west of Jinling City. It was near noon, and the boy was already hungry, so he went to a bun shop on the side of the street.

"Shop, business is booming! I haven't eaten for three days, can you do it and give me a few steamed buns to eat? ”

"Roll on, little Hanako! You are here, can my trade prosper? ”

At this moment, a young man dressed in a short dozen came from the side of the street and shouted from afar: "Uncle Wu, pack me ten drawers of meat buns!" ”

When the shopkeeper saw the visitor, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be an insect, why did you come to the west of the city today?" ”

"Didn't you just move a hundred jars of Luzhou old wine from the dock to the nearby Moon Tower, and it's close to noon, so I'm here to take care of my uncle's business!"

"This is a good feeling! How many of you want ten drawers of buns at a time? ”

"There are two other than me, both of whom are my good brothers! Uncle Wu, look, they are resting by the bridge! ”

"Tut-tut, your brother is as strong as a bull!"

"Oh, his name is Gao Wuji, and we have an iron relationship! Hehe, he is a god power, and he can kill eight drawers of these ten drawers of buns alone! The short boy smiled triumphantly, and suddenly he turned his head to look: "Uncle Wu, do you still have guests here?" ”

"What kind of guest, just a little call Hanako, you can't drive away!"

"Hey, why do I feel familiar?" The short-hit boy's face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed, "I remember, you are the thief who stole my money!" ”

The previous boy looked at the short-beaten boy carefully, and his face changed suddenly, and he turned around and ran away.

The short-hit boy shouted to the side of the bridge not far away: "Mowgli, dwarf tiger, the thief who stole my silver is here, help me catch the thief together!" ”

The two teenagers on the side of the bridge stood up when they heard the sound, took a step and rushed to the city.

At the intersection of Changfu Street, a horse-drawn carriage stopped steadily.

"Lao Ding, why didn't the carriage leave?"

"Miss Lian'er, I woke up too early today, and I was already hungry, and this is Changfu Street, can you allow me to buy some snacks to pad my stomach?"

"Okay, then you bolt the horse tightly, and then go back quickly!"

"Okay, thank you Miss Lian'er!" The coachman thanked him, tied his horse to a tree, and went to the market.

Lian'er apologized to Xiao Ruixue: "Maybe I have to make my sister wait a little longer!" ”

"It's okay, Changfu Street is not far from Butterfly Lane, I don't care about waiting for a while." Although she said this, Xiao Ruixue's fists were slightly clenched at this time, and her face was a little tight.

Lian'er asked, "Why is my sister so nervous?" ”

"Sister, my heart is so disturbed, I have been missing for almost a month, I am afraid that my family may think that I am dead, I don't know what their current situation is!"

When Lian'er heard this, a trace of guilt suddenly rose in her heart, before Xiao Ruixue asked her to deliver a letter to the Xiao family to report her safety, she reported the matter to Cao Ming, but there were many secrets involved in Cao's mansion, and Cao Ming didn't want to make a side difference, so he refused the matter. Lian'er had already seen Cao Ming's thoughts about Xiao Ruixue, and she didn't want Xiao Ruixue's perception of Cao Ming to become worse, so she suppressed the matter and didn't mention it again, in order to let Xiao Ruixue misunderstand herself. But Xiao Ruixue saw that she didn't reply to herself at that time, and she didn't mention it again, and her attitude towards Lian'er did not deteriorate in the slightest, as if it had never happened.

"Sister, you should think about the good side of everything, your family must not give up hope, and your return this time is the best comfort for them!"

Xiao Ruixue nodded, and finally showed a smile: "Thank you sister for your relief!" ”

Listening to Xiao Ruixue's words, Lian'er felt very guilty in her heart, and the only remaining trace of jealousy for Xiao Ruixue in her heart disappeared, and she even thought willingly: "Childe, Childe, you really shouldn't be so tightly bound, if you can get together with Sister Ruixue, how good it would be!" ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the car, the car shook violently, Lian'er sat unsteadily, and almost hit the wall of the car, Xiao Ruixue hurriedly held Lian'er in her arms, she spread her legs, stabilized the lower plate, and only then did she offset the impact.

"Why are the horses frightened?" Xiao Ruixue felt strange and was about to lift the curtain to check, but before she could do anything, the curtain had been lifted from the outside, and a small figure flashed into the car in an instant.

Lian'er screamed in shock, but Xiao Ruixue was quick-eyed, she pressed the shoulder of the uninvited guest, and shouted: "Who is the thief, dare to break into our carriage?" ”

The uninvited guest looked up, and it turned out to be a young man with an extremely delicate face, his clothes were shabby, his hair was slightly messy, and he looked so embarrassed. But when he saw the two people in the car, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he grinned: "Wow, what a beautiful sister!" ”

Xiao Ruixue was furious, and the hand on his shoulder instantly forced: "Little thief, you have no rules, and you dare to make a joke?" ”

The young man was pressed by Xiao Ruixue, and immediately cried: "Sister, sister, you misunderstood, I'm not a thief, I'm a woman, and there are wicked people chasing me!" As he spoke, he untied the hair on the top of his head, and a green silk fell like a waterfall, and a beautiful and playful female doll suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

Lian'er and Xiao Ruixue were dumbfounded, the two of you looked at me, I looked at you, and the situation instantly became funny.

Xiao Ruixue relaxed the strength in her hands and asked, "Who are you and why are you being chased?" ”

The young man, it should be said that she was a girl, she saw that Xiao Ruixue was the one who was in charge of the situation at the moment, so her speed of speech was amazing: "This beautiful sister, my name is Lu Zixuan, I have been an orphan since I was a child, and there have been three bullies near my house recently, they saw that I was beautiful, so they wanted to sell me to the Qinglou for money, but if I didn't comply, they arrested me everywhere!" ”

Xiao Ruixue was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and said, "What you just said, I didn't hear clearly!" ”

"Sister, help me!" The girl named Lu Zixuan suddenly threw herself into Xiao Ruixue's arms, her tears fell suddenly, and she didn't look so pitiful.

Lian'er heard the girl's words clearly, and she suddenly felt sympathy, and said, "Sister Ruixue, let her hide here and avoid those wicked people!" ”

This carriage originally belonged to the Cao family, and Xiao Ruixue naturally nodded when she saw Lian'er speak.

"God really doesn't open his eyes, I almost caught up with the thief just now, and let him run away in the blink of an eye, it seems that my twenty taels of silver will not come back!"

"Don't worry, I just saw the thief hiding in the carriage in front of me, waiting for me to ask!"

"Really, Mowgli? Hey, forget it, the carriage belongs to a rich and noble family at a glance, I think it should not be to shield a thief, don't anger people because of recklessness, get into trouble! ”

"Don't worry about insects, you and the dwarf tiger are waiting here, and I will deal with it myself!"

"Oooo There was a knock on the window of the carriage.

Lu Zixuan hurriedly lowered her voice and said, "It must be those wicked people who are looking for me here, please ask my sister to help me hide it!" ”

Lian'er said: "You hide under the stool, and I will cover you with my skirt!" After Lu Zixuan hid properly, Lian'er couldn't help but be afraid when she heard the sound outside, she looked at Xiao Ruixue and said, "Why hasn't Lao Ding come back, what can I do?" ”

"Sister, don't panic, I'll deal with it!" Xiao Ruixue smiled and shook her head, she lifted the curtain of the car window, put on a very serious expression and said, "Who is coming, why did you knock on the car window for no reason?" ”

The outsider heard that it was a woman's voice, and hurriedly took a step back, bowed his head and hugged his fists and said: "The kid took the liberty to disturb, dare to ask the lady if she ever saw a thief hiding in the car?" ”

"Gao-" Xiao Ruixue saw the outsider in the car, her expression was instantly shocked, and she didn't pronounce the name for a long time.

The outsider was also a little puzzled, and hurriedly looked up, only for a moment, his gaze froze, and a strange look rose in his eyes, and he gradually became a little dizzy.

Xiao Ruixue didn't know why she was angry, she shouted: "Tall man, what do you see!" ”

"Huh? I- don't dare, don't dare! The outsider panicked for a while, hurriedly lowered his head, and his square face turned red, but when he mustered up the courage to look up again, the curtain had fallen, and the appearance of the person in the car completely disappeared in front of his eyes.

At this time, the coachman had already returned from buying snacks, and he was surprised to see an incomparably tall young man standing beside the car in a daze, but he did not come forward to ask, but hurriedly untied the reins and said to the car: "Miss Lian'er, I'm back!" ”

"Well, let's go!"

The carriage began to move forward, and soon disappeared at the end of the street, leaving only the outsider standing alone in a daze. The two young companions began to gather and asked suspiciously, "Wuji, what's wrong with you?" What happened to you and the person in the car, and why do you feel like you've fallen for evil? ”

The tall boy didn't say a word, only looked softly into the distance where the carriage had disappeared, and then let out a low sigh.