When Cheng Yingyu and Zhao Xiyan returned to the Qian Mansion, a little later, Shen Yin sent Liuxiang over.

Looking at the girl wearing a pomegranate red jacket and black oil double bun, standing in the bamboo shadow with a burden, Cheng Ying eagerly welcomed her in.

"Come, come in and sit, have a cup of hot tea, it's freezing all the way, right? This is your room, right next door to me, and you need to tell me if you want something. Oh, this is Mrs. Nan, the concubine of the head of the Qian family. ”

Cheng Yingyu pulled Liuxiang around, chattering non-stop, looked at the residence and swam the garden, Qin Nanxiang was laughing on the side.

"Second girl, is this a sister? When the master of the house sent his slave to serve the girl, he did not see the girl so happy. ”

Liuxiang saw the salute one by one, and also blushed a little: "The maid is just a slave, and she has come to help the second girl temporarily these days, and she should not be treated well by the nobles of the Qian Mansion." ”

"What kind of slave is not a slave, you have helped me a lot, count me as half a benefactor." Cheng Yingyu pushed Liuxiang in front of Qin Nanxiang, "This girl snorted casually, and solved the headache of His Royal Highness the Sixth, you said it is not powerful." ”

"The real person doesn't show up, no wonder the second girl said that she wanted to ask this maid to help her choose. If she thinks of something again, hum a few more words, won't it become a neon dress? Qin Nanxiang covered his lips and bent his eyebrows.

"Ladies and gentlemen have tormented slaves and maids, how can servants have such abilities." Liuxiang's face became redder and redder, and she couldn't lift her head anymore.

Everyone laughed, so Qin Nanxiang went to Zhang Luo Liuxiang's food and clothing arrangements, and Cheng Yingyu led Liuxiang to meet Zhao Xiyan, who welcomed him thousands of times, and said that he would wait for Ming'er to discuss the newly changed music score.

It's lively. In the evening, when the twilight is four, Xiaoyuan lights up the glass crank lantern, and the bamboo shadow is Xiao Xiao in the black rumbling night.

Cheng Yingyu had dinner, sat down with Liuxiang, took care of the girl's taste, and specially asked Qinnanxiang to add a white sugar cake.

"How does the girl know that the slave loves to eat white sugar cakes?" Liuxiang was stunned.

"I asked Shen Yin." Cheng Yingyu stretched out her chopsticks and clamped a piece for her, "Shen Yin often praises you for your loyalty, but now that you have been made to follow me, I am afraid that you will feel uncomfortable." Don't worry, it's only temporary, and I'll send you back when I'm done with my wife. ”

Liuxiang knelt down with a plop, and her eyes were red: "The slave doesn't dare, the girl is a good person, and the slave and the maid are willing to help the girl." ”

Cheng Yingyu hurriedly dragged her up, and looked at her delicate eyebrows under the lights, if it weren't for a coarse linen dress, it would not be surprising to wear brocade and satin.

"Liuxiang was sold into the Hou Mansion as a maid?" Cheng Yingyu was tentative.

Liuxiang bowed: "Yes." It is estimated that the slave maid was lost with her original family and was taken by someone's teeth. Fortunately, the Hou Mansion treats the slaves and maids kindly, and the slaves and maids are not bad in this life. ”

Cheng Yingyu sandwiched another piece of white sugar cake for her, and asked lightly: "Do you have any memories of Liuxiang about the original family?" ”

Liuxiang shook her head and nodded again: "I was too young at that time, I was so scared that I only knew how to cry, where to remember something...... But...... It seems that there is an older brother. ”

"What else?" Cheng Ying's eyes lit up.

Liuxiang's face was gloomy, and it seemed that it was not the first time she had been asked like this: "I can't remember the others." After so many years, it is the change of the East and West Weeks, I am afraid that it is better not to recognize each other. ”

Cheng Yingyu listened to the barren heart, yes, the troubled times are like tossing and turning, and they are all moving towards a fate that cannot be turned back.

Good dinner and low eating. Cheng Yingyu felt that she had said the wrong thing, and poured wine to make amends for her sins, but she didn't expect this girl to drink too much, and she was drunk and dizzy after a few glasses.

At that time, Qin Nanxiang was not there, and Cheng Yingyu said that it was okay to be a woman, so she started to help Liuxiang take off her jacket and prepare to help her go back to the room to rest.

But he was stunned. Cheng Yingyu saw a mark on the girl's arm, which was branded.

"What's this pattern?" Cheng Yingyu took a closer look, but she didn't know why, so she could only wait for Liuxiang to wake up and ask.

After placing the incense, Cheng Yingyu had to sit idly under the lamp, spread out the pen and paper, and write a letter.

She agreed to Zhao Xixing's letter. Although this letter had to go for ten days and a half months, and it was estimated that the letter would go back to the person, I don't know what the meaning was, but Zhao Xixing insisted, and she relied on him.

This one can't be written, so I just wrote a thick bunch.

Qin Nanxiang, who came in with a lamp, caught a glimpse of it and smiled: "Girl, this letter has to be written into a book!" Even wrote in what I ate this morning, and the slave had to arrange for the dart to deliver the letter! ”

Cheng Yingyu hurriedly covered the letter, blushing and said, "How can there be!" Write whatever you want! That guy can't talk about it, and he has to worry about state affairs day and night, isn't it pitiful? ”

"The slave is not pitiful, it is a lovesickness, two sorrows!" Qin Nanxiang raised his voice.

"Phew! Know all about broken mouths! Where did Mrs. Nan go just now, I haven't asked you yet! Cheng Yingyu was said to be weak-hearted, and she had the courage to feign anger.

Qin Nanxiang Yifu smiled and said: "Yes, yes, the slave left without telling the girl, it is not a slave." The slave just went to the night market to go shopping, and the Liuxiang girl moved in and went to help her add some maiden things. ”

"Night market?" Cheng Ying's ears were pointed.

Qin Nanxiang's white porcelain-like little face floated with a touch of arrogance: "I haven't played in the night market in the south of the Yangtze River, the girl hasn't played yet." The lights in the neighborhood are like daylight, and the east wind blows the sound of the market for ten miles. ”

After a pause, Qin Nanxiang looked at Cheng Ying's covered letter Nunu mouth again: "If you want to bring someone back, you can't see the good things in the night market during the day!" ”

"Who said they were going to bring him something!" Cheng Ying stiffened his neck, cleared his throat, and added, "I mean...... I want to see it myself......"

Qin Nanxiang snorted and laughed, and brought the fox fur cloak: "It's better to see than to hear." It's lively now, the girl will go by herself, and the slave will help the girl arrange the sedan chair. Go out and walk in the direction of Beiguan, and you can see the lights from afar. ”

Cheng Yingyu immediately took the cloak and tied it, pondering: "Mrs. Nan helped me come up with an idea, what are some things good, and I don't know the goods...... I'll buy it for myself! ”

"Yes, the girl bought it for herself." Qin Nanxiang dragged out his tone and joked, "The most interesting thing in the night market is to sell hexagrams." What jade pot five stars, three stars (Note 1). Bu Shiyun, Bu Shitu, Bu Fugui, 1,800 stalls, each hexagram is different. ”

"Hexagram? It's okay, calculate the health and good fortune for that guy or something, Sheng Jing's hexagram is never accurate, I can't get used to it. Cheng Ying muttered thoughtfully, mind.

Qin Nanxiang suddenly said: "Second girl, what did you say?" To whom? ”

"Nobody! To myself! Cheng Ying was frightened, rushed out of the door and got into the sedan chair.

The evening market in the north city is like a forest, the country has been spread until now, the green cocoon is shaken by the wind and the moon shadow, and the sarong's sarongs shine on the spring yin. In front of the building, the drinking companions swim together, the women on the lake are drunk, and the noise is like day, and the forbidden bell is not moving, and the night will be deep (Note 2).

The grand scene of the Jiangnan Night Market is naturally difficult to describe, and someone who went to buy hexagrams fell ill when he came back from shopping.

Following. The October sun was miserable, the west wind swept the yellow bamboo leaves, and the three people in the small garden all looked at Cheng Ying on the couch and worried.

"How can this catch a cold?" Zhao Xiyan stood behind the screen, frowning.

"The second girl didn't come back until dawn yesterday, and on the night of October, especially in the early morning, it was freezing, and the girl stayed outside all night." Liuxiang fanned the stove and served medicine.

Qin Nanxiang blamed himself: "The slave asked the sedan chair man, and said that the second girl went to the night market to buy hexagrams, and the family counted them, and all the hexalists in the market patronized the circle." ”

"There are hundreds of hexagrams sold in the Beiguan Night Market, and they all go to buy them, so they stay out all night?" Zhao Xiyan raised his forehead, "This October day, no wonder I got cold." ”

Qin Nanxiang bowed down and asked for sin: "Your Highness the Sixth Highness forgives your sins." It's not good to be a slave, and a slave should go with him, and he can also help persuade him. ”

Zhao Xiyan sneered and sighed again: "How can you blame Mrs. Nan?" It's because she is for the emperor's palace, her heart is real, and she can become a scale. ”

The couch was noisy, the house was full of medicinal smells, Cheng Yingyu opened her heavy eyelids, and she was top-heavy for a while.

"The girl is awake! How does it feel? The three of them were happy, and they all looked at the past.

Cheng Ying blinked, his mind was chaotic, and the donkey's head was not in response to the horse's mouth: "The hexagram of each family is different, who knows which family's spirit...... If you want to buy him an accurate one, you can rest assured that you will turn evil into good fortune...... Cai, I walked around......"

"Girl, don't talk about it yet." Liuxiang knelt down with the medicine bowl, crying and laughing, "The girl should do the math for herself." It's the final selection soon, you have to practice dancing and arranging music, time is already tight, and your body is going to be delayed again. ”

exegesis

1. Jiangnan Night Market: After the Song Dynasty moved south, compared with the national power of the army, the Jiangnan area was economically developed and the people were luxurious. In addition to the traditional catering industry, there are many people who sell literature, paintings, sugar, and medicine, among which there are more unique and more hexagram sellers. The hexagram sellers in the night market play mysterious names such as "jade pot five stars" and "three stars", and at the same time shout "propaganda slogans" such as "when the time comes, buy a farm and marry a wife", which is also a picture scroll with the scenery of the times. (Source: "Listening to Books, Watching Dramas, Taking a Bath...... The nightlife of the ancient Jiangnan people turned out to be so rich")

2. The Beicheng Evening Market is like a forest, and it has been passed down in the country until now: Gao Deyang's poem "Beiguan Night Market". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, although Hangzhou was no longer the capital, its market still operated day and night, and the most prosperous Beiguan night market was a beautiful scenery in Hangzhou. (Source: "Listening to Books, Watching Dramas, Taking a Bath...... The nightlife of the ancient Jiangnan people turned out to be so rich")