The two of them were full of surprise in their tones, but it was clear that they knew each other.

"Xianggong, do you two know each other?" Ling Xiu'er never thought that her family would know this "thief", and she didn't expect that this "thief" turned out to be a woman.

"Xiu'er, this is Huang Ping, do you remember, it was the jade pendant she gave me that helped me block Li Feng's knife, so she is my life-saving benefactor. Ajiu, let her go. Huang Ping, this is my insider-Ling Xiu'er. Cao Yu introduced Huang Ping to Ling Xiu'er, and personally helped her up after Huang Ping was untied.

Ling Xiu'er has never been a person who messes around, but her intuition belongs to women, which makes her a little wary of the woman in front of her. Su Shi on the side was not introduced, but she didn't mind, but had a playful expression on her face, not knowing what Ling Xiu'er would do with this life-saving benefactor.

"Thank you first for this girl, your jade pendant saved my husband's life. You are Xianggong's life-saving benefactor, and naturally my life-saving benefactor. Ling Xiu'er blessed Huang Ping, and then looked Huang Ping up and down a few times, "But girl, what are you trying to do at my door in the middle of the night?" And I've marked it before, so it's probably not the first time I've visited. Could it be that you want to steal silk? ”

Ling Xiu'er's tone was not enthusiastic, but a little cold in it.

"No, no, no, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. How could I go and steal silk? I'm just here to line up. You know, how terrible those vendors are, and how I might have robbed them if I hadn't waited here in advance. Huang Ping waved his hand, shook his head again, and hurriedly explained to Ling Xiu'er.

"Who would go to someone's door in the middle of the night and wait? Wouldn't they be treated as thieves? Besides, girl, why do you want to dress up as a man? ”

Ling Xiu'er has always treated others with a point of courtesy, and she has courtesy to others with two points, obviously she is a little abnormal tonight. Su is also a woman, watching from the side, naturally she knows what is going on, and she watched this scene with relish.

Huang Ping was a little anxious, she didn't know how to explain to Ling Xiu'er: "This, I wear men's clothes for convenience, and also for my safety." I promise I'm not really here to steal the silk, I just want to buy your silk, really, you can trust me. ”

At this time, it was already late at night, and in the dead of night, the street was empty, and the people next to them had already closed their doors and turned off the lights. So their voices are exceptionally clear.

"Okay, it's not early, talking here will disturb others, let's go in and talk." Cao Yu opened the door of the house and wanted to go in first, but Ah Jiu behind him stopped him.

"Master Cao, since I caught the wrong person, then I will go back first and not disturb your business." Ah Jiu clasped his fists and saluted Cao Yu, wanting to leave first.

"I'm sorry for you today." Cao Yu nodded, and after Ah Jiu left, they all entered the door.

Cao Yu and Ling Xiu'er's small yard is indeed not big, but Ling Xiu'er is a diligent woman, and she keeps this yard in good order. In addition, she is very concerned about her and Cao Yu's small home, so she has put a lot of effort into tidying up, and the yard is very full of life.

Cao Yu took Huang Ping to the main hall to talk, although Su also wanted to hear what they talked about, but she still had a sense of proportion, she had already been targeted by Cao Yu, but she couldn't drop the chain anymore, so she went to the guest room to rest first under the leadership of Ling Xiu'er. And after Ling Xiu'er settled the Su family, she went to make tea for Cao Yu and Huang Ping.

Huang Ping followed Cao Yu into the main hall, she looked at the furnishings in the room at random, and had her own guess about Cao Yu's current official position.

"Cao Yu, what official position do you hold now?" There is speculation, but it still needs to be confirmed.

Cao Yu didn't tell her falsely: "I am currently a member of the ministry." ”

Sure enough, it was about the same as I thought.

"Cao Yu, you are so smart, I don't think you won't know that there is something wrong with your imperial examination results, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be a simple official. Huang Ping looked at Cao Yu, his face full of seriousness.

"What was your intention in stealing the test papers from the Guozijian that day?" Cao Yu didn't answer Huang Ping's question, but asked her instead, her indifferent expression was not at all like treating Ling Xiu'er.

Huang Ping looked at Cao Yu steadily, and then hooked his lips and smiled: "I advise you not to ask what you shouldn't ask, don't want to know what you shouldn't know, otherwise you won't know how you died." ”

Cao Yu wanted to say something, but Ling Xiu'er came in from outside with tea, and he didn't say anything. Political dirty, he didn't want Ling Xiu'er to know.

"Miss Huang drinks tea." Ling Xiu'er gave the tea to Huang Ping after a few thoughtful times, and then handed it to Cao Yu, "Xianggong drink tea." ”

Cao Yu smiled and borrowed Ling Xiu'er's tea and took a sip.

"Xianggong, what are you talking about with Miss Huang?" Ling Xiu'er sat on the main seat next to Cao Yu.

"It's nothing, I'm just talking about Tian Silk, it's just that my husband doesn't know much about Tian Silk, so I have to talk about it."

"In this way, Miss Huang is so sincere that she wants to buy silk, and I am also flattered, but it is so late today, and I am also tired, so we might as well talk about the details tomorrow." I don't know where Ms. Huang's family lives? ”

"Let Huang Ping live in our house today." Before Huang Ping could answer, Cao Yu had already spoken first, "It's late, and it's not safe for her to go back alone." ”

Huang Ping is also Cao Yu's life-saving benefactor, and he is not a person who does not repay his kindness, not to mention that he is the only man in the family, he doesn't want to send Huang Ping home. What's more, he didn't believe that Huang Ping came purely for Tian Silk, for convenience, and to be able to see what tricks Huang Ping had done tomorrow, so Cao Yu still left her.

But Ling Xiu'er didn't think so. Xiang Gong took the initiative to leave a woman to live at home for the first time, and just now he wanted to leave Sister Su behind, Xiang Gong was not happy, but this time he actually took the initiative to leave Huang Ping.

"Xianggong, Sister Su has rested in the guest room, except for the main room, we have no place to stay Miss Huang." Ling Xiu'er said angrily.

"It's okay, it's okay, I can sit in a chair for the night, I'm not so squeamish." Huang Ping didn't mean to want to block Cao Yu and Ling Xiu'er.

"Didn't you say that you would sleep with the Su family tonight, then I will go to the firewood room to sleep for one night, and let Huang Ping sleep in the main room."

Hearing that Cao Yu wanted to let herself and his bedroom sleep with Huang Ping, Ling Xiu'er felt even more uncomfortable, but she didn't want to argue with Cao Yu, and said in a light tone: "Whatever the Xianggong says, I'll go rest first." ”

With that, he just got up and left.