Qiao Ran was silent for a while, and looked at Qiao Zhengyuan: "You stole it?" ”

"How is that possible?" Qiao Zhengyuan was speechless by her words, and his angry voice also rose, "How could I steal the account book?" ”

"Then what are you anxious about?" Qiao Ran looked at him and said, "You didn't steal it." ”

Of course, this is not the reason why he is in a hurry, he is afraid that if he says a few more words, he will be angry with her, Qiao Zhengyuan couldn't help it anymore, and explained the reason why he came to see her: "I didn't steal the account book, did you steal it?" ”

I thought she had stolen the books! Qiao Ran suddenly spread her hands and said, "No! What do I do when I steal the books? ”

Qiao Zhengyuan said in his heart: You went to great lengths to get me into the Chamber of Commerce just to go in and read the account books, and I only took you in this morning, and now I heard that the account books of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce were stolen, how can people not suspect her.

"We went to the Chamber of Commerce in the morning, and now it's almost time, it seems that the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce found that someone stole the account book after noon." The girl patted Qiao Zhengyuan's shoulder and comforted, "The main building of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce will rest for an hour at noon, and there will be stewards and miscellaneous servants in front of the lock building to check whether the open floor is missing account books, so the lost account books should be missing after noon, Master Qiao, you don't have to worry." ”

It turned out that there was still this stubble, and Qiao Zhengyuan breathed a sigh of relief. But he doesn't know about this, after all, he only received the brand of the Chamber of Commerce last night, and he hasn't checked the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, which is like her, as if he has already checked it.

"Also, if you suspect that Master Qiao stole the account books, the people from the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce have already come to you with an official messenger, how can you still run out to find me now?" Qiao Ran said for a while, as if she felt a little ridiculous, she said, "It can be seen that the people in the Chamber of Commerce also know in their hearts that the matter of stealing the account book has nothing to do with you, Master Qiao, you can relax." ”

When she said this, Master Qiao was a little embarrassed, and the incident happened suddenly, he was out of proportion for a while, and he made her a joke in plain terms. Thinking like this, Master Qiao felt more and more hot on the soles of his feet, coughed twice, turned his head and left.

The unitary time is the hour of the next duty, and the officials who have nothing to do can leave, Qiao Ran is now considered to be light and light, so he naturally left with a little pinch, and Tang Zhongyuan went back with her, but because Tang Zhongyuan was sent out by Zhen Shiyuan to do things these days, Qiao Ran mostly went back and forth between Dali Temple and home alone.

Their current residence is quite close to Dali Temple, and they come and go on the avenue, there are many people, there is no need to walk in any cramped alleys, so that there will be no mistakes when one person goes back and forth. Qiao Ran was also used to going back and forth alone like this.

Today is a little different, only to step out of the gate of Dali Temple, I saw a few people waiting under the big tree in front of the door.

Qiao Ran's eyes were sharp, and when she saw them first, she walked over and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

It was Pei Qingqing, Second Mrs. Fang and Fang Xiuting.

If Pei Qingqing appeared here, she could still understand. Most of them ran out to play or buy something to eat, and waited for her to go back together here in Dali Temple by the way, but Second Mrs. Fang and Fang Xiuting, Qiao Ran thought to herself that the two of them did not have such a relationship.

Pei Qingqing bit the sugar gourd in her hand, glanced at the second lady Fang and Fang Xiuting, who were not very good-looking, and said: "The two of them said that they hadn't received a letter from Jinling for a long time, and they went to several letters to the second master of Fang and didn't reply, so they were really a little panicked, so they wrote a letter to Jiangnan Shuyuan to ask the two sons who were studying in the library, but today I received a letter from the two sons saying that there were only two sons and scholars in Jinling, and the second master Fang brought the others in the third room of the Fang family to Beijing. ”

It turned out that the Fang family had come to the capital, and when Qiao Ran heard this, she said, "Isn't that good?" The two of you will have a place to live, and you won't have to stay with us anymore. ”

Fang Xiuting pursed her lips, her face was not good: "It's better to stay here!" ”

Who is glad to see those few!

However, Qiao Ran had no intention of staying with them for a long time, and ignored the ugly faces of the two, and just asked Second Mrs. Fang: "When did they leave?" Is the day coming? ”

Second Madam Fang replied with a bitter face: "Count the days, I will leave before I enter Beijing." ”

This answer made Qiao Ran a little surprised: "Isn't that long overdue?" "What about people, why haven't they disappeared until now?

Before Second Madam Fang could speak, Fang Xiuting snorted coldly: "It's probably because I ran into some fox spirit on the road, so I won't leave!" ”

Looking at the sneering look of the two of them, this kind of thing must not be the first time, Qiao Ran didn't say anything more, turned around and walked home with Pei Qingqing.

The mother and daughter of the Fang family followed behind the two of them.

Their residence is very close to Dali Temple, walk west along the street in front of Dali Temple, walk a few corners, turn in and see their own house.

Now that the unitary hour has passed, it stands to reason that if there is nothing to do, the official will be able to go home after the unitary hour, except for the people who have changed shifts. But today there is still a team of officers walking around on the street.

Well-informed vendors on the street have also heard the news.

"Someone went to the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce to steal the account books! It is said that the account books were found to be missing, and they were reported to the authorities in just half an hour, and they are now being searched everywhere. ”

"Did you find anyone?"

"I haven't heard anything yet."

……

She didn't need to ask, just listening to the conversation of the street vendors was already listening.

"What a bold thief," Pei Qingqing said as he licked the syrup on the sugar gourd, "The Chang'an Chamber of Commerce also dares to steal things, this is causing big trouble." ”

Because she was licking the sugar gourd, as soon as the wind blew, a tuft of her hair stuck to the sugar gourd, Pei Qingqing tried to pull it twice, but when she couldn't pull it down, she immediately called Qiao Ran with a "wow" and asked her to help pull her hair.

Qiao Ran finally separated the sugar gourd and her hair with a handkerchief, and was about to stop when a bright color suddenly appeared in the field of vision.

Qiao Ran's hand was beaten.

Seeing that the handkerchief in Qiao Ran's hand was about to stick to her face, Pei Qingqing hurriedly pushed Qiao Ran: "Miss Qiao, what are you looking at?" ”

"That...... Lin Niangzi. Qiao Ran took the handkerchief and pointed to the bright shadow of the red dress: "She seems to be sick, so she grabbed the medicine from the pharmacy." ”

"What Mrs. Lin?" Pei Qingqing was stunned when she heard this, when did they know what Lin Niangzi.

"The lantern that Hongdou got was made by her." Qiao Ran said.

When I saw her in the morning, I didn't feel anything because she was wearing makeup on her face, but her bearing around her was a little different from the red dress she was wearing. Now she probably spent her makeup on a hot day, so she simply wiped the makeup on her face and put on a plain face. I don't know if it's because I've seen her with makeup before, but when I see her again at this time, I just feel that her face is a little sickly, as if she really has some kind of illness.

"The lantern is not very good, how can it be better than my lantern." Hearing Qiao Ran mention the lantern, Pei Qingqing couldn't help but snort to express her dissatisfaction.

Qiao Ran smiled and touched the two dumplings on her head: "Okay, your lanterns are the best, let's go home!" ”

When she was sick, she looked for a doctor, but she was not a doctor, and the Lin lady herself also found a doctor to get medicine. She will notice that Lin Niangzi is purely because of the lantern and the different temperament on Lin Niangzi.

After all, she's just a stranger, and it has nothing to do with her. From childhood to adulthood, Qiao Ran has never been the kind of enthusiastic person who knows herself, and she doesn't like to meddle with other people's affairs.