An inconspicuous navy blue sedan chair, accompanied by only three or four people, but the noble uncle lifted his robe and trotted all the way, and went down the steps early to greet him.

The sedan chair man tacitly put down the sedan chair, and stood in the middle of the gate, with his head held high, with great momentum. Although he is also an ordinary family, dressed in Tsing Yi with a small hat and short coat and fast boots, this physique, resting in the Gu Mansion, is a thug in the hospital.

The little guy who followed the sedan chair was very polite, and walked two steps forward to greet him.

"Uncle Gui doesn't have to be polite. My young master said, no matter how high the official rank, you can't lose your relatives. It's a family feast, just think of him as the slug who loved to play with mud when he was a child. ”

"Then how can it be, this time is different from the past, the prefect has a noble status, and he still misses the old feelings, and I still can't break the rules."

"The table has been opened inside, please get off the sedan chair and follow the villain into the seat."

Guifu took the initiative to lift the sedan curtain.

"Huh!"

Before he could stop it, he had completely lifted the curtain of the car.

Empty.

Guifu looked puzzled and asked back.

"Where's your lord?"

"Uncle, why do you think you're in a hurry? On the way here, I suddenly encountered an official document processing, so I went back to the yamen first, and ordered me to deliver this congratulatory gift first, and he would come later. ”

As he spoke, two silver ingots were quietly tucked into Guifu's wide sleeves.

"Uncle Gui, it's not easy for you today, you have to go to the teahouse when you're busy, please listen to the music."

This little guy has a lot of small expressions and small movements, and he is also extremely lively.

Guifu accepted it quietly, and was polite on his face.

"Oh, it's too polite, you don't need to listen to the music, there are many affairs in the house, a few little brothers will follow me in to eat the bar first."

"Then thank you Uncle for your special hospitality."

"Well said, well said."

The two of them continued to hold each other, and after a few polite words, they went in.

"What are these people, so that you need to welcome them in person?"

"Can't you see that? This is an official sedan chair, and these sedan chair drivers are not ordinary people at first glance. If you can come to celebrate your birthday, you are still related to our Gu family, and you have just inherited the prefect's cousin. ”

Chang Gui looked at the back of the group and explained.

"Ah, it's still the air outside that makes people feel good!"

"Miss, be quiet."

Qiao Jinxin finally slipped out, but felt that it was good anywhere.

Looking at the bustling crowd, eating the fragrant Qingtuanzi that had just come out of the pot, and the ears were coming from the teahouse tiles, Wu Nong's soft commentary, and he couldn't help but stretch his waist on the street.

"Won't you come to a string of sugar gourds, this young lady?"

"Who is Miss, see clearly, we are men!"

Not long after she came out of the street, her daughter's body was debunked by someone, and Qiao Jinxin was very flustered.

"But the guest officer said that this sugar gourd was for the two young ladies."

Qiao Jinxin followed the direction of the hawker's finger, and soon saw the familiar face holding the paper fan with a smile on his face.

"Why are you here?"

happened to meet an acquaintance, Qiao Jinxin took the handful of sugar gourds and carried them on his shoulders, and came over in surprise to reminisce.

Ma Ye "snapped" and put away the fan.

"It's a coincidence, I happened to be walking around the street alone, and I ran into you when I thought of it."

He would never admit that he was on the way to Gu's house to pay homage to his birthday, and he met Qiao Jinxin and the others sneaking out of the dog hole, so he followed all the way and found a reason, "just happened to bump into".

"How do you know I like to eat sugar gourds? Usually in the Gu Mansion management, these streets, where can you see food with smoke and fire. ”

Qiao Jinxin was not angry when he carried this large handful of sugar gourds, but took one casually and ate it.

"Last time in the pear orchard, I saw that you ate the most hawthorn cake in addition to melon seeds, but there are no snack shops on this street, otherwise I will pack two bags for you and bring them back."

"No, no, the rock sugar gourd is good!"

Qiao Jinxin smacked his lips, savoring the taste, very satisfied.

"There's a restaurant in front of me that I frequent. The cook used to be the imperial chef in the palace. It tastes good, do you want to try it together? ”

Ma Ye took advantage of the situation to propose.

Qiao Jinxin ate a mouth full of red sugar slag, and nodded happily when he heard that there was food again.

"Let's go, you lead the way!"

Seeing Qiao Jinxin readily agree, the smile on Ma Ye's face spread even more, and even transgressed, turned around as if intimate, and wiped the sugar residue from the corner of Qiao Jinxin's mouth with his thumb.

"Let's go!"

"What, do you hate me for eating all over my face?"

But Qiao Jinxin didn't move in place, his voice was cold, and he asked with a little displeasure.

"Huh?"

Ma Ye was stunned, not knowing which sentence annoyed her.

"I have hands, I can wipe them myself, isn't it weird that a man on the street wipes the corners of another colleague's mouth?"

"Let's keep our distance, you've already 'betrayed' me once, and I don't want a second time. ”

Ma Ye smiled bitterly.

"That's just a little joke for you."

"It's not a small joke, Xingxian is so big, a little thing can make the city stormy, especially if you are still a big official, eh, no, no, let's go our separate ways, it's not good if you are recognized, you are too dangerous!"

The more Qiao Jinxin spoke, the more he felt that it was not good, and he didn't want the sugar gourd in his hand, and stuffed it back into Ma Ye's arms.

Ma Ye couldn't react to the changes for a while, and when he came back to the taste, he pulled his legs to chase after him.

"You wait for me, Brother Xia, Brother Xia!"

Ma Ye was shouting in the back, Qiao Jinxin panicked even more, and immediately sped up, just wanting to get rid of this difficult goods as soon as possible.

I only cared about the "chasing soldiers" behind, and didn't look ahead, and when I heard the sound of "oops", it was already too late to "brake".

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Qiao Jinxin apologized repeatedly, and hurriedly went to pick up the person who was recklessly knocked down by himself.

"Young lady?!"

Qiao Jinxin listened to this familiar voice, and quickly lowered his head again, sullen in a sullen voice, and deliberately suppressed his voice in reply.

"What young lady, you recognized the wrong person."

"Young lady, don't pretend, Xiuyun is here."

Qiao Jinxin looked up at the sky, forty-five degrees of sadness, and bitterness in her heart: she was only on the street, and before she reached five minutes, she met two acquaintances, and they were both recognized, which was really difficult.

Qiao Jinxin had no choice but to sneakily pull Chang Gui, who had just stood up and beat the dust, turned into a relatively quiet alley with no people, and continued to speak.

"Chang Gui, don't tell your young master when you go back, I'll beg you."

Qiao Jinxin clasped his palms together, kept rubbing his hands, and prayed humbly.

"But young lady, the young master already knew, he asked me to come out to find you back."

Chang Gui was also very helpless.

Qiao Jinxin seemed to hear the sound of "stuck" in his heart, and the glass shattered crisply.

"Then I'd better go back later, anyway, I won't have any good fruit to eat when I go back."

Since it has been discovered, Qiao Jinxin broke the jar and broke it, so it is better to have a good time.

"But young lady, Miss Qiao'er has an accident, are you sure you won't go back and take a look? The young master said, if it weren't for you, Miss Qiao'er wouldn't have been able to do such a stupid thing. ”

These words are meaningful, and it is obvious that Gu Weijun knows something.

Qiao Jinxin's face became serious.

"What happened to Qiao'er?"

When it came to Qiao'er, Chang Gui pondered for a long time, and he didn't want to say more on the street, but when he saw Qiao Jinxin's persecutive eyes, he still told the truth.

"Miss Qiao'er, Miss Qiao'er, she twisted her hair in public at the master's birthday banquet!"

"What?"

Xiuyun covered his mouth with his hand and exclaimed.

"How can parents who have suffered from their bodies be destroyed at will? What's more, at the master's birthday banquet, the hair was cut off in public, which was a public curse to the master's death. ”

Qiao Jinxin was silent.

What kind of desperation did a thirteen little girl go through to make such an astonishing act?

"I heard that it was the master who made the decision on the spot and gave Miss Qiao'er the family affair of the son of the shopkeeper Li of Fuhai Teahouse, and Miss Qiao'er was impulsive and angry."

"What? Is it the shopkeeper of Fuhai Teahouse in the east of the city? Who in Xingxian doesn't know that his baby son is a paralyzed person or a stupid person, is this old stubborn crazy?? ”

Qiao Jin's heart was really angry.

"Young lady, don't you know, Shopkeeper Li directly ordered someone to carry three large boxes during the banquet this time, and they were all genuine, golden gold ingots when they were opened. People said that when our Miss Qiao'er got married, she would also give the silk shop with the best business in Shaocheng and 100,000 pieces of silver as a dowry. ”

"It's really a lot of money, buy a wife for your son."

Qiao Jin was disdainful.

"Anyway, the master was also happy at the time, and as soon as he made a decision, he agreed."

"He had already planned to sell Qiao'er as a commodity at a price, and when it reached his psychological price, he would sell it decisively, an old capitalist."

Qiao Jinxin sneered.

"Qiao'er, how is Qiao'er?"

"What else can I do," Chang Gui sighed, "I am thinking about the hall closed, I heard that the master will gather the Gu Mansion at night to give the family law in public to set an example." ”

"How many whips do you have to whip according to family law?"

Qiao Jinxin's right eyelid jumped, and he always felt uneasy.

"Chang Gui doesn't know, let alone a few hundred whips."

"Hundreds?"

Qiao Jin was shocked, this thumb-thick whip Gu Wei was beaten more than a dozen times, and it would take several days to recover, Qiao'er, a little girl of thirteen, how could she eat and live? This must not be beaten to death?

A few people did not dare to delay.

There is no need to drill the dog hole when you go back, Chang Gui has already prepared two sets of clean clothes, the two of them put them on, and they can return to the inner courtyard safely with their heads down.

The banquet in the Gu Mansion has been dispersed, and along the way, inside and outside the courtyard, large and small lanterns, longevity red silk, in the autumn wind, swaying, but a little bleak. The little maids who cleaned up the mess all had solemn faces, bowed their heads to do things, and did not whisper to each other. It seems that the previous joy and hustle and bustle are just a phantom in the water.

"Young master, they're back."

There was a long silence in the room, and only the crisp sound of "popping" was heard.

Qiao Jin was apprehensive, not knowing what Gu Weijun meant.

Chang Gui glanced at Xiuyun, and Xiuyun understood, so he immediately left with Chang Gui, leaving only the lonely and helpless Qiao Jinxin, crying in his heart.

"Are you going to stand outside all the time?"

Gu Weijun's cold voice sounded.

"Oh."

Qiao Jinxin lazily dragged into the house this time.