CHAPTER XXI
Mu Cai wandered outside the East Courtyard for a long time, but he really couldn't find a loophole to exploit. The Mufu family Ding looked at the East Courtyard so much that he couldn't even fly into it with a foreign surname, let alone a big person like Mu Cai. At this time, even if Mu Cai was a fool, he knew that it was impossible to start with Mu Qingling. But he finally came in, and he was really unwilling to let Mu Cai return empty-handed like this.
Mu Cai hid in a secluded place and raised his hand to wipe his sweat. The makeup powder on his face was mixed up, and the whole person looked funny and ridiculous. Mu Cai's eyes rolled, the Mu family is now full of two masters, this mansion is so big, there are always some empty places, this place is not ordinary things, if you can steal one or two out, it will be a windfall.
Thinking of this, Mu Cai made up his mind, wiped his face with his sleeve, and then turned his head and walked to the other side.
Xiao Lanhuan followed him to the new mansion of the Mu family, because the new batch of subordinates in the Mufu Mansion had been recruited, and there were more people, and there were many people, and he was an adult man who stayed in the mansion of a single lady and was easy to be gossiped about, so after arriving in the new mansion, Xiao Lanhuan basically stayed at home. His identity is sensitive and he doesn't like people to get close, so Mu Qingling on the side of the guest house only has a few trusted servants to serve and clean, compared to the bustle of the east courtyard and the west mansion, this side is much quieter.
Mu Cai touched it and looked around the side of the guest house. Seeing that the courtyard door was closed, he walked around, and finally found a stone in the corner of the wall, and stood up with his head just stretched over the wall, and before he could see the scene in the courtyard clearly, Mu Cai felt that the collar on the back of his neck was tight, and the whole person was pulled back by a huge force, Mu Cai sat firmly, and looked up at the back in a daze.
Chang Lin stared at Mu Cai with a cold face, Mu Cai's dress can fool others, but it is not enough to look at it in front of Chang Lin. Chang Lin frowned, his body momentum suddenly changed, and he reached out to grab the back of Mu Cai's neck and dragged him towards the courtyard. Mu Cai was pinched by Chang Lin and screamed, and when he entered the yard, Chang Lin threw Mu Cai to the ground, and then hugged his fists and said to Xiao Lanwei who was in the yard: "Childe, catch a suspicious person." ”
Xiao Lanling was sitting at the table with vegetable leaves to feed the rabbit, the rabbit was the one sent to Mu Qingling last time, and then Mu Qingling said that Xiao Lanhuan was idle and idle, and he would hold back the water if he had nothing to do, and he brought this rabbit back, so he raised it, so he returned the rabbit. So now this little thing has followed Xiao Wangye and become a real "royal rabbit".
The little prince took the time to glance at the person who fell to the ground, then looked back at his rabbit, and said lightly: "It's not a person from the shogunate, what's the origin?" "Mu Cai is wearing clothes and dresses that are all coarse cloth, and there is no such material in Mu Mansion at all, and even the rough maids in the house can't look down on it, let alone use it to cut clothes.
Chang Lin glanced at Mu Cai, and his eyes were extremely cold, as if Mu Cai was already a dead man in his eyes. Mu Cai was terrified, and Chang Lin's next words made him even more heartbroken.
"I don't know, I was sneaking around outside the courtyard just now, and it's a man." Chang Lin's tone was flat, Xiao Lanwei heard it, looked at Mu Cai intently, put down the vegetable leaves in his hand and let the little rabbit gnaw it by himself, picked up the Jinpa on the table and wiped his hands and said: "A big man comes into the house dressed like this, and he won't have any good ideas if he thinks about it, Chang Lin, ask." ”
Chang Lin heard Xiao Lanhuan's command, reached out and grabbed Mu Cai's hand, only to hear a crisp sound of "click", Mu Cai's mouth opened wide, his face was flushed, and the green tendons on his forehead and neck were exposed, and it took a long time before he let out a miserable scream. As soon as Chang Lin let go, Mu Cai fell to the ground, his arm resting on his side at an impossible angle.
Xiao Lanwei picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of it, and said, "Say, who are you and what are you doing?" ”
Mu Cai, a small person, where has he ever seen such a scene. Chang Lin took off his arm with this move, and Mu Cai only felt that half of his body was like a fire, and the pain was like a knife, swimming all over his body along his veins. At this time, Mu Cai couldn't listen to anything, and a white light flashed in front of him. Hearing Xiao Lanwei's question, he couldn't react to what he meant for a while.
Xiao Lanwei frowned slightly, and his eyes motioned for Chang Lin to connect his hand to this person. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to ask anything just by hearing this man howl like killing a pig.
After the hand was connected, the pain was slightly weaker, and Mu Cai knelt on the ground and trembled. Chang Lin stood aside and stared at him, with the intention of breaking his neck immediately when he screamed, Mu Cai was so painful that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to make a sound, after a while, his eyes became more and more dazzling, and he was about to faint when he saw it.
Xiao Lanwei raised his hand, and a cup of tea splashed on Mu Cai's face, "Master's patience is limited, if you don't say it, you can only send you to the underworld when you are a villain, and then you can only tell Lord Hades even if you are wronged." ”
Mu Cai had no doubt about Xiao Lanhuan's threat, and hurriedly poured beans into a bamboo tube to tell him about his.
"You say, your mother and son are here to harm Miss Mu's family?" Xiao Lanwei chuckled, her tone was soft, but her eyes were full of killing intent. Mu Cai lay on the ground and didn't see it, if he saw it, he was afraid that he would immediately faint.
"Childe, leave it to your subordinates to deal with, this kind of villain is not worth dirtying Childe's hands." Chang Lin saw that Xiao Lan was moved by murderous intentions, and hurriedly said. When Mu Cai heard this, he began to kowtow and beg for mercy, Xiao Lanwei looked at Mu Cai, there was no expression on his face, and he didn't speak for a while, so that people couldn't guess what he meant.
Just when Mu Cai was about to faint in fright, Xiao Lanhuan finally opened his mouth, "Break your legs, strip your clothes and hang at the city gate." ”
Mu Cai wanted to ask for more, but Chang Lin cut the back of his neck with a palm and fainted. Chang Lin carried Mu Cai as if he was carrying something, and asked, "Miss Mu wants to be informed?" "After all, they are going for Mu Qingling, although they have dealt with people, they should also talk to Mu Qingling.
Xiao Lanwei looked at the little rabbit nibbling on the vegetable leaves on the table, stretched out his finger and pointed the head of the little rabbit, and said, "You go, I have my own arrangements." Chang Lin left with Mu Cai, Xiao Lan pointed at the rabbit's head with a hard hand, pushed the little rabbit down on the table, and laughed softly: "Why do you say you are so attractive?" Kindness? ”
In the water pavilion, Mu Qingling was talking with several wives. The new mansion brought water to the shore and built a lotus pond. Now this season has not yet reached the time for the lotus flowers to bloom, but the pond is full of slim lotus leaves, and it is also gratifying to look at.
Because the Wang family came in among Mrs. Yu's entourage, he didn't even sit down now, so he could only stand behind Mrs. Yu and listen to the words of several ladies complimenting Mu Qingling. Wang hung his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he looked at everything he could see, and there were dim sum on the small table in front of several ladies that she had never seen before, and the cups, dishes, and saucers were all exquisite. The more Wang looked at it, the more enthusiastic he felt, if their plan was successful, he would be the one who would sit on the top and be flattered in the future, and enjoy these things!
The big girl lark beside Mu Qingling suddenly walked in, she was on duty today and should be on duty in the East Courtyard, she came over at this time, her face was not good, Yunqiao saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly pulled the lark to the side and asked, "What's the matter?" How did you get here? ”
The lark was originally doing well in the east courtyard, but suddenly the little maid sent a message that someone was coming from the guest courtyard, and she had something important to tell the young lady. As soon as the lark saw that someone had heard about it, he hurriedly looked for him. At this time, Yunqiao asked, the lark looked around, and hurriedly told Yunqiao about the matter, Yunqiao was shocked and angry when he heard it, and hurriedly signaled the lark to go back first, and returned to Mu Qingling with a straight face.
Mu Qingling looked up and saw that Yunqiao's face was wrong, waved her hand to change the tea, and asked softly, "What's wrong, something happened?" Yunqiao delivered the new tea to Mu Qingling and nodded invisibly. Mu Qingling took the teacup, put it down after dipping his mouth, and said to a few ladies: "It's not too early, the hearts of several ladies are clear, but there are many inconveniences in filial piety, and a few ladies still have to spend time on the road, so Qingling will not leave you." ”
The host said so, where is the reason for the guests to stay, several ladies got up and resigned, Mu Qingling beckoned, and the little maid behind him gave each of the ladies a brocade box, Mu Qingling said: "A few ladies came to the door, Qingling couldn't even greet a drink, I really feel guilty." It's all gadgets, it's not worth anything, but it's exquisite, so let's give it to a few ladies to enjoy. Yunxi, ordered someone to send a few ladies back. ”
Yunxi curtsied his knees and said yes, then stepped forward and said, "Ladies, please." ”
When everyone walked away from the water pavilion, Mu Qingling looked at Yunqiao and said, "Okay, let's talk, what's wrong?" Yunqiao said with a straight face: "Childe sent someone to pass the message, saying that he had caught an outsider with unclean hands and feet, and he had thrown it out, let me tell Miss that there are many people who have come to the house recently, and it is inevitable that there will be a mixture, and Miss still needs to be careful." ”
Mu Qingling frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't you say which family it was?" Yunqiao shook his head, Mu Qingling said in her heart that things are not so simple, the guest house where Xiao Lanhuan lives is very secluded, and it is in the same direction as the east courtyard where she lives, the guests who came today are all in the west, how can anyone find the east?
The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, Mu Qingling got up and led people to Xiao Lanhuan's side.
On the carriage of Yu's house, Mrs. Yu opened the brocade box of Mu Qingling's return gift, and saw a set of fine jade jewelry, a pair of bracelets, and a pair of earrings. The bracelet was emerald green, and the water seemed to be about to flow. The jade beads on the earrings are round and clear, and they are worth a lot of money at a glance, Mrs. Yu picked up the bracelet and sighed: "In the end, it is a young lady from the public mansion, look at this hand......"
Wang on the side looked at the set of jewelry, his eyes were red, Mrs. Yu had never seen such a good thing, let alone her. He promised Mrs. Yu on his lips, and he hoped that his son would succeed.
"Why didn't you see that subordinate of yours?" Mrs. Yu put the bracelet on her hand, and asked casually while looking at it, Wang's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said: "Where is it, that girl is not good-looking, I am afraid that I will dirty the eyes of the ladies, so let her follow behind." ”
Mrs. Yu put down her hand, looked at Wang's pout, and said: "It's not that I said you, it's you who came to say that you have a short understanding and have never seen the world, crying and begging me to take you, so that you can also open your eyes, how can you really bring such a person over, and let others think that girl is from my house." ”
Wang hurriedly smiled, "We are countrymen, where can we compare to Mrs. You are the wife of an official family, can the people you use be comparable to people like us? I live at home all the time, and where do I have the energy to choose the next person, besides, we can't pick if we want to. ”
Mrs. Yu was so happy that she was praised by the Wang family, and she also put on the earrings by herself. Wang watched Mrs. Yu take out the target mirror and keep looking, and quickly lowered her head to hide the jealousy in her eyes.
When Mu Qingling came to the guest house, Xiao Lanwei was lying on the stone table, holding the two hind legs of the rabbit, and he had to learn to do a handstand. The little rabbit was tormented and kicked his legs, and it seemed that if it could, it would be like a kick in the face of this non-serious man.
"Senior brother...... Mu Qingling entered the courtyard, and as soon as he shouted, he saw Xiao Lanhuan's behavior, raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Senior brother, what are you doing?" Xiao Lanhuan looked up and saw Mu Qingling coming, so she quickly let go of her hand, sat up, and said, "No, I didn't do anything." ”
On the stone table, the little white rabbit finally regained his freedom, straightened up, his ears were straight, looked in the direction of Xiao Lanwei, and cooed.
Inexplicably, Xiao Lanwei always felt that this rabbit was scolding him.