Chapter 074: Little Maiden
Qi Yan casually ordered two snacks, and then looked at the little girl who was dressed as a man last night and claimed to be Xie Xianxian.
She lost the tension and restraint of yesterday, and seemed to have not disappeared, and was cautiously talking to another girl opposite.
As for the girl sitting across from her, she sat with her hands on her chest, her chin slightly raised, obviously more imposing than the little girl, and even a little domineering.
"You can't do anything! Rubbish! ”
"I ...... I know I'm wrong......" The little girl from yesterday timidly lowered her head and wrung her fingers.
The girl opposite was still angry, and pursed her thin lips: "How can I have such a stupid maid as you!" ”
The little girl kept her head down, as if she was used to being scolded.
The girl on the opposite side scolded a few more words in a low voice, and finally snorted and said coldly: "Tonight, you go to Chunmanlou again!" ”
"Still, are you going to go?" The little girl shuddered and shrunk her neck.
"If you don't go, do you want me to go?"
"That'...... Also, do you still want to be a man? The little girl swallowed and asked cautiously.
"Or else?" The domineering girl sneered, "It's okay if you don't become a man, you can sell it directly!" You're a slave to our family anyway! If I sell you, I won't break the law. ”
"Miss, you, you don't, don't joke......" The little girl's face turned white with fright.
"I'm not joking with you, I warn you if you mess things up again......" said the domineering girl, and as she spoke, she suddenly sensed something,
She paused slightly, then suddenly turned her head and met Qi Yan's gaze.
was caught off guard, Qi Yan didn't have time to retract her gaze, and of course, she didn't plan to retract it.
"Look at what! I've never seen the master reprimand his maid! ”
Qi Yan shrugged her shoulders and was noncommittal, she withdrew her gaze.
The domineering girl poked the little maid with food: "In short, if you mess things up again, I won't spare you!" ”
With that, get up and go.
The reprimanded maid hurriedly paid for the tea and chased after her with a bitter face.
Qi Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at the backs of the two.
"Young lady, do you know them?" Full Moon asked.
Qi Yan shook his head: "I don't know." ”
"I think that maid is quite pitiful." Full Moon whispered.
Qi Yan nodded; "It's really pitiful to meet such a master."
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Qi Yan searched for a day in the medicinal herb shop in Youzhou, but he didn't find Doctor Zhang.
However, this day was not in vain, she inquired that two days later, a medicinal herb shop called Renxintang was going to sell a batch of rare medicinal materials, and this Divine Doctor Zhang might appear at that time.
"Young lady, do you think Doctor Zhang will show up?" Full Moon asked.
"I don't know." Qi Yan shrugged.
"What are you going to tell him if he shows up?" Little Full Moon's mind is full of all kinds of questions every day.
"I haven't thought about it yet......"
Full Moon said: "I think it's better for us not to say it explicitly." ”
Qi Yan turned his head to look at the little maid beside him: "Why?" ”
"That's what I thought." Full Moon scratched the back of her head, "If Childe also finds Doctor Zhang, won't we be exposed when the time comes?" ”
Qi Yan nodded: "What you said makes sense." ”
Full Moon stuck out her tongue.
Qi Yan pinched his chin: "So...... I'm going to figure out a way. ”
"What's the solution?"
"It's very simple, it's ......" Qi Yan was about to tell the full moon what his method was, when the full moon suddenly saw something, and looked at it, "Young lady, it's her!" You see, it's her! ”
Qi Yan followed the full moon's gaze and saw a girl standing at the door of Xie's house. That girl was the maid who disguised herself as a woman yesterday, and met again at the teahouse at noon. She was now with her head down, wiping her tears.
Opposite the little maid stood the housekeeper of the house, who sighed and comforted the little maid.
"Okay, I promise you about this, you don't cry......"
When Qi Yan walked over, the maid's tears had not yet dried, and she turned her head in sobbing.
"Less, young lady?!" When the housekeeper saw Qi Yan, he was slightly surprised.
"What's going on?" Qi Yan looked at the little girl with red and swollen eyes crying, "She is ......"
"Back to the young lady." The housekeeper explained: "This is the daughter of an old friend of mine, named Jiang Xiaoyuan, because her father owes a lot of debts for gambling...... Hey, in the end, she sold Jiang Xiaoyuan to the Qian Mansion, and now she is a maid in the Qian family. ”
After the housekeeper finished speaking, he hurriedly said to the maid: "Xiaoyuan, this is the young lady of the Xie family, hurry up and salute." ”
"See the young lady." Jiang Xiaoyuan wiped his tears.
"You're welcome." Qi Yan said.
Jiang Xiaoyuan sniffed, looked at Qi Yan, and paused slightly, "Young lady...... We...... Have you ever seen it? ”
Qi Yan smiled: "I've seen it." ”
"You've seen it?" The butler said, "Where did you see it?" ”
Jiang Xiaoyuan replied: "When I went to tea with the young lady, I saw the young lady in the teahouse......
"One more time." Qi Yan smiled.
"Another time?" Jiang Xiaoyuan blinked his red eyes, confused.
Qi Yan said: "I'm in the teahouse, and I heard your young lady say that I want you to go to ...... tonight."
Before the words were finished, Jiang Xiaoyuan's tears fell again.
"What's wrong?" Qi Yan was taken aback, "Are you okay?" ”
"Young lady!" At this time, the housekeeper spoke, looking at Qi Yan pleadingly, "Young lady, you, can you help Xiaoyuan?" ”
"What the hell is going on?" Qi Yan asked.
"Here's the thing......" the butler let out a long sigh before he could say.
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Jiang Xiaoyuan's gambling ghost father sold Jiang Xiaoyuan to the Qian family, and Jiang Xiaoyuan served by the side of the Qian family's young lady, Qian Xiuxiu.
Qian Xiuxiu has a good reputation in Youzhou, she is a well-known lady, and she is said to be an extremely virtuous and virtuous person.
"Everyone's ladies? Virtuous and virtuous? The full moon next to her couldn't help but speak, and she said to Jiang Xiaoyuan, "Is the person sitting next to you today Qian Xiuxiu?" ”
Jiang Xiaoyuan nodded: "Yes." ”
Full Moon pouted: "Where is she virtuous and virtuous?" ”
Qi Yan said: "Listen to Steward Yang first." ”
"Oh."
Steward Yang looked at Jiang Yuan: "You can tell the young lady in person about the specific matter." ”
"Hmm." Jiang Xiaoyuan nodded, "Miss and Zhou Heyuan, the son of the Zhou family, have always had a marriage contract, and they will get married next month." Miss has always liked Zhou Heyuan very much, because the Zhou family is a scholarly family, and Miss plays the role of a good lady...... Although sometimes she will beat and scold the maid, but it will not be too ......"
Jiang Xiaoyuan paused and continued: "Everything was okay before, but later, someone told Miss that Zhou Heyuan had fallen in love with a prostitute in Chunmanlou, who it was, and that person didn't know, Miss was very angry, but she didn't dare to question the Zhou family, let alone Zhou Heyuan, so she ...... She asked me to be a man and go to the Chunman Building to find out the news......"
"I went yesterday, and as a result, that sister in Chunmanlou is so terrible......" Jiang Xiaoyuan said, and couldn't help but shudder, "She's very strange, in short, I, I don't want to go to Chunmanlou again......"
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaoyuan drooped his shoulders in frustration as if he had been punctured, and said softly: "But, if I don't go, Miss will punish me again......"
Qi Yan listened quietly until Jiang Xiaoyuan finished speaking, and she nodded: "I know." ”
"Young lady, look, can you help a little garden?" The butler asked cautiously.
Qi Yan said: "After listening to you, it's actually not impossible. ”
"What's the solution?"
"Someone else will go for you." Qi Yan said.
"Xiaoyuan came to me just to ask me to go to Chunmanlou on her behalf." The housekeeper said.
Qi Yan said: "So, isn't the matter resolved? ”
The housekeeper shook his head and said, "I can go to Chunmanlou to find out the news instead of Xiao Yuan, but what about the future...... Young lady, I said please help Xiaoyuan, I want to ...... Please come forward and redeem Xiaoyuan from the Qian family, you can rest assured, the money is ready, you just need to come forward...... The Qian family didn't dare not give you face. ”
The full moon on the side said, "Steward Yang, why don't you go?" ”
"I've been." Steward Yang said, "But Miss Qian won't let me go, so it's not good for me to go a second time." Just because I went to redeem Xiaoyuan, the result was ...... Hey......"
Saying that, the head of the house sighed: "Xiao Yuan, show the young lady the injury on your arm." ”
Jiang Xiaoyuan bit his lower lip and lifted his sleeve.
I saw that Jiang Xiaoyuan's arm was blue and red, with new wounds and old scars.
Qi Yan's eyebrows furrowed: "This is Qian Xiuxiu?" ”
Jiang Xiaoyuan knelt down with a "poof": "Young lady, you, save me!" ”
Qi Yan sighed and leaned over to help her up.
"Okay, I'll help you." She said.
"Young lady?" Jiang Xiaoyuan was stunned, it was about Qi Yan who promised to be too happy and a pie fell from the sky, Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't react for a while, and knelt on the ground in a daze.
"You get up first." Qi Yan said, "I'll help you tonight." ”
"Tonight?" Jiang Xiaoyuan was stunned.
Qi Yan nodded: "Yes, tonight." ”
The housekeeper said on the side: "Young lady, do you have any plans?" ”
Qi Yan smiled: "If you think about it temporarily, we will act tonight." ”
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Before the evening action, Qi Yan still had to go back to the house and have dinner.
"Coming back?" Xie Fu Yi had already returned, and when he saw Qi Yan coming in, he asked, "What did the doctor say?" ”
Qi Yan said: "I'm already much better." ”
She said and sat down opposite Xie Fuyi.
"Do you have a better appetite?" Xie Fuyi asked.
"I'm already able to eat." Qi Yan didn't want to hover more on her "lies", she asked, "What about you?" How's the business going? ”
"It's okay." Xie Fuyi said, "Tonight, there is still entertainment. ”
"Social?" Qi Yan said, "Then you are still coming back for dinner?"
Xie Fuyi sighed: "Isn't this wanting to accompany you?" ”
Qi Yan said: "I'm fine, you don't have to accompany me." ”
"Then I want you to accompany me." Xie Fuyi said.
The corners of Qi Yan's mouth stiffened: "Xie Fuyi, are you okay?" ”
"Why do you ask that?"
"I've always felt like you've been very sensy lately." Qi Yan said bluntly.
"Fleshy?" Gongzi Xie froze, crying and laughing, "My affectionate style is numb in your eyes?" ”
"Affectionate?" Qi Yan shuddered, "It's okay to save it." ”
Xie Fuyi: "......"
"Don't you still have a party?" Qi Yan said, "When are you leaving?" ”
"Looking forward to me leaving?"
Qi Yan shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal: "I also have something to do tonight, I want to go out for a while." ”
Xie Fuyi asked, "Where to go?" ”
"Uh......" Qi Yan said vaguely, "I can't go far, what about you?" ”
"It's not far." Xie Fuyi said.
Qi Yan just wanted to open the topic and didn't really care where Xie Fuyi went, but when he answered so vaguely, Qi Yan was a little curious.
However, it was just a trace of it, and it didn't make Qi Yan ask.
"Well, I'm leaving." Qi Yan stood up and waved his hand at Xie Fu Yi, "You eat slowly." ”
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Qi Yan, who left the room, walked to Steward Yang's courtyard.
Steward Yang rubbed his hands: "Young lady, you are finally here." ”
"The carriage is ready?" Qi Yan asked.
"It's ready, it's waiting for you." Steward Yang said, hesitated, and asked, "Young lady, do you really want to do this?" ”
Qi Yan nodded: "Yes." ”
Steward Yang was still a little hesitant and said, "If you come forward as the young lady of the Xie family, the Qian family will not dare to refuse, why do you have to go around such a big circle?" ”
Qi Yan smiled: "The power of the Xie family, if you can not use it, you will not use it." ”
When Steward Yang heard this, he was taken aback, and then nodded his head clearly: "What the young lady said, you should be low-key. ”
Qi Yan said to him that he was stunned.
What's low-key?
Steward Yang completely misunderstood, Qi Yan didn't want to be low-key at all, he just resisted the identity of the young lady of the Xie family.
"Young lady, shall we go?" Steward Yang asked.
"Well, let's go." Qi Yan said.
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Qi Yan was dressed in men's clothes, and when he stood in the Spring Man Building again, night had fallen. Compared with the last time it opened, the current Chunmanlou has been immersed in the bright lights, and the night with heavy makeup is wantonly stealing joy.
"Young lady, you're here." Jiang Xiaoyuan slowly walked to Qi Yan's side.
According to Qian Xiuxiu's requirements, she made men's clothing.
Qi Yan asked, "What about Miss Qian?" ”
"Yes, wait in the carriage next to you." Jiang Xiaoyuan said.
"I'll take a look." Qi Yan said and walked to the carriage not far away.
"Miss Qian." Qi Yan took care of it.
The carriage was lifted, Qian Xiuxiu's face was revealed, Liu Ye's eyebrows were twisted sharply, and a pair of critical eyes looked at Qi Yan: "Who are you?" How do you know me? ”
"I listened to Xiao Yuan." Qi Yan said.
"She?" Qian Xiuxiu's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, "What did she tell you?" ”
"It doesn't matter what she tells me." Qi Yan said, "This time, I came to find Miss Qian because of one thing. ”
"What's the matter?"
"I want to redeem my life for Xiao Yuan." Qi Yan said.