Hua Jingyao understands that there are many marriages between families, the Zhang family and the Qin family are in-laws, and among the royal family, Xiaozong is from the Qin family in this life, so that the Zhang family and the royal family have become relatives, and the Hua family, which is of Yi blood, has nothing to do with these families, her father Hua Yukun went to congratulate Mrs. Zhang on her birthday, and she could chat with Zhang Ruoxi for a few words, it must be because of the relationship between the eldest princess of Zhaoyang.

"That's because you and my mother haven't separated yet, right?" Hua Jingyao asked with a grin.

Hua Yukun was a little embarrassed, coughed dryly, and scolded: "Knowingly asking, naughty, too naughty." ”

Hua Jingyao grimaced at him, pulled the little fox and ran away, leaving Hua Yukun standing alone in the courtyard sad and sad.

The cat was carried out by Xiao Ai to inquire about the news, and Hua Jingyao and Xiao Lixi walked into a pen and ink shop.

She visited this shop once, bought a few paintbrushes for her father, and bought a stack of flower notes.

The guy still remembered her, and when he saw her coming again, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Girl, there is a new flower note in the shop, and the girl will see if there is anything she likes." ”

Hua Jingyao pretended to look at those flower notes one by one, three points picky, seven points disappointed, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Scholars don't need flower notes to write articles, flower notes are expensive, and they are sold to the women of the boudoir to express their worries about giving new words.

The guy looked at the words and looks, and at a glance, he knew that Hua Jingyao was a rich person, since she was a repeat customer, it meant that this girl lived nearby, 100% of the girl who grew up in the scholarly family, and she had a poetry and bookish atmosphere in the empty valley.

"If the girl is not in a hurry, there will be a new blue grass sign and a blue lotus sign in two days, but these two are invited to be written by a famous artist, and the market is priceless, if the girl wants to collect, she can still place an order now."

Hua Jingyao pouted secretly, there is no price in the market, you can coax me, what a famous artist, which famous artist will take the handwritten flower paper here to sell, last time I showed the flower paper I bought back to my father, he said that it was painted by the students in the academy to earn pocket money, and the painting was not very good.

"Do you have kitten notes?" Hua Jingyao asked softly.

"What?" The man was stunned, thinking that he had misheard, "Did the girl ask about the euonymus note?" ”

"No, I'm talking about cats, cats second only to tigers." Hua Jingyao patiently explained.

The guy finally understood, it's a cat, are the daughters in the capital popular to draw cats on flower notes? This should be told to the owner as soon as possible.

"The girl wants a kitten sign, yes, of course there is, but it also has to be booked." As he spoke, he took out a large book from under the counter, holding a pen in one hand and spreading it evenly with the other, which was a deposit.

"Girl, the deposit is five taels."

It's just a flower note, and the deposit will cost five taels, why don't you grab it?

"Do you have any artists who are good at drawing cats? I like cats the most, do any of the talented people who live here have cats? People who are good at drawing cats are cat owners, and if a person who doesn't have cats says that he is good at drawing cats, it must be nonsense. Hua Jingyao said as she took out a silver ticket and a small ingot of silver.

The silver ticket is five taels, and the small ingot of silver also has one tael.

"Girl, this is ......" The man took the ingot of silver in his palm and grasped it tightly.

"Didn't I ask you? Are there any talented people who live here who are good at drawing cats? Hua Jingyao asked.

"Yes, yes, but he didn't live here, he was a student in the academy, called Miao Hong, he often came to buy pen and ink paints, the little one heard that he was good at drawing cats, and the cats he painted were famous in Lixiang Courtyard."

It was also nearby, and it was originally a pear tree garden, and it became famous because it was a place where literati and scholars appraised calligraphy and paintings.

"Does he have a cat?" Hua Jingyao asked again.

The guy shook his head: "I don't know about this little one, but he lives in the academy, so he shouldn't be able to keep a cat." ”

"Is there a cat in the neighborhood?" Hua Jingyao asked again.

The guy shook his head again and said, "The girl also knows that the people who can live here are all scholars, and the cats and dogs are all in the yards of other people's houses, and the small ones can't be seen, but we have a cat in the shop." ”

As he spoke, the guy shouted, "Cuihua, Cuihua!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a cat meow, and a fat and sturdy cat walked out of the back room calmly.

"Doesn't this cat usually go out?" Hua Jingyao asked.

"If you don't go out, you're lazy, you're in the back hall on weekdays, except for eating and sleeping, at most you're walking around the back of the house." The guy picked up the cat and put it on the counter as he spoke.

Hua Jingyao dragged the little fox and said, "Go smell it." ”

The little fox leaned over, sniffed the cat from head to tail under the man's astonished gaze, and then shook his head: "It's not a smell." ”

"Okay, I'll go first, after the kitten note arrives, you will send it to the Huasan Old Man's Mansion in Zhelu Lane." After speaking, Hua Jingyao walked out of the shop with the little fox.

The guy was shocked, it turned out to be the young lady in the mansion of the famous beautiful man Hua San, this is really heavy enough, give him a tael of silver, just to smell the cat.

Lixiangyuan is not open every day, and it happens not to be open today, Hua Jingyao wants to see the cat painted by Miao Hong, but it seems that she can't see it.

She took the little fox back, and as soon as she entered the door, Xiao Ai came back with the cat.

"Girl, the slave maid asked several people, all said that they had not seen this cat before, and they only saw it recently, just like us, they all saw it in Zhelu Lane, and the slave asked the people in Xibi Lane again, some said they didn't pay attention, and some said they definitely hadn't seen it, and they didn't see the little girl and the little boy in the Shanshui Alley, so they didn't inquire."

Hua Jingyao is already very satisfied, Xiao Ai is becoming more and more clever, not bad.

After a while, Sting and Qingyu also returned, and Sting said to Qingyu: "I'm stupid, you can come on." ”

Qingyu smiled, and didn't refuse, he and A, B, and Ding knew each other very well, and the girl asked him to go with Shi Ding, just to let him speak for Shi Ding.

"Back to the girl's words, there are no locks in Xibi Lane, there are three locked houses in Zhelu Lane, one is Chen Ju's family, needless to say, and one is Mr. Wang's house, Mr. Wang teaches in Shuren Academy, he only has one scholar, the master and servant are either bought and eaten, or they eat in the academy, there is no fire at home, and there is no rough mother-in-law, when he takes the scholar to the academy, the house is locked; There is only one locked door in Shanshui Lane, which is the one next door to Zhang Shanchang, which is Zhang Shanchang's house, Zhang Shanchang is not short of silver, and there is no rental, a few years ago, there was a gentleman from the academy who lived in it, and then the gentleman moved away, and the house was empty, and there was no one living in it, and the girl's book also wrote it. ”

Hua Jingyao remembered this incident, when her father was looking for a house in this area, he also asked the tooth man about the house, and heard that there were a lot of people who wanted to rent, but they were not short of money and didn't want to rent it.