"Yesterday, I heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say that His Majesty sent someone to pass on the decree and urgently summon Si Nongqing back to Beijing, oh no, that one is now Duzhi Shangshu, lady, there is only Shen Wenhe who is escorting the grain and grass at the moment," Yuzhi was waiting for Xie Zheng to change clothes.

Xie Zheng glanced sideways at Caiqin, the maid who was cleaning up the house, and didn't seem to be wary, then she glanced back at Yuzhi and said, "What, do you want to start with grain and grass?" ”

"The original escort of grain and grass, both the people of the King of Linchuan, and the people of the King of Wuling, the two sides are incompatible, they are staring at each other, and now only the King of Wuling is left, if something happens to the grain and grass at this time, the most suspicious person is the King of Linchuan, at this time, kill two birds with one stone."

"Confused!" Xie Zheng reprimanded lightly and said: "If something happened to the grain and grass, the first thing Your Majesty suspects is that someone wants to take this opportunity to frame the King of Linchuan. ”

Yuzhi was puzzled: "Why?" ”

"You and I can think of it, the king of Linchuan can also think of it, Lu Huilin just left on the front foot, and on the back foot, the grain and grass had an accident, and then everyone will point the finger at the king of Linchuan, why should they take risks? Therefore, with His Majesty's intelligence, what he thought of must be framed by the crown prince. ”

Yuzhi understood, if something happened to the grain and grass, the king of Linchuan would be the first to be suspected, so he would never dare to attack the grain and grass, His Majesty knew this truth, so once the grain and grass were robbed, His Majesty would suspect that someone wanted to frame the king of Linchuan, and this person was the only prince.

"Besides, the war in the south is urgent right now, and Shen Yuzhi is waiting for the grain and grass to be rescued, if you send someone to rob the grain and grass, won't it cut off his back road? It's okay to hurt him, but do you want to watch Jiuzhen County fall? As Xie Zheng spoke, he tightened his collar, and then said earnestly: "At present, the enemy is now, and personal interests are put aside for the time being. ”

"What the lady said is," Yuzhi was quite ashamed when she heard this, indeed, you still need a heart to fight against foreign enemies.

Xie Zheng diverted this topic and joked: "Your Majesty suddenly promoted Lu Huilin to the rank of Duzhi Shangshu, and urgently summoned him back to Beijing, it seems that the Lu family is going to have a happy event." ”

"The lady is talking about His Majesty's marriage?"

"A few days ago in Hualin Garden, Yu Zizhao recommended to His Majesty that Lu Qiwei be pointed out to the Marquis of Xichang County, thinking that His Majesty acquiesced, and the position of Si Nongqing was not decent enough, so he promoted Lu Huilin to the rank of Duzhi Shangshu, so that Lu Qiwei could match the Hou of Xichang County."

As soon as the words fell, a maid came to the back room to report: "Xie Niangzi, the county marquis called you to have breakfast." ”

"Got it, let's go," Xie Zheng said, and then he raised his feet and walked out, and Yuzhi followed.

Xie Zheng twisted her wrist, and when she walked to the gate of the courtyard, she suddenly felt that something was missing from her wrist, she stopped, looked at the empty wrist, especially uncomfortable, and hurriedly turned to Yuzhi and said: "Go and get my ice glutinous jade bracelet, the wrist is empty, and my heart is uncomfortable." ”

Yuzhi answered, then turned around and turned back into the house, Xie Zheng stood under the arch of the courtyard, and advised: "Put it in the small drawer on the bottom layer of the makeup, you look for it, I will wait for you here." ”

Hearing this, Yuzhi turned back to the back room, and happened to see Cai Qin cleaning up the dresser, she went to open Xie Zheng's makeup, opened the lowest drawer according to Xie Zheng's instructions, but saw that it was empty, and then opened the other drawers to look for it, and the jewelry next to it was all there, but she didn't see the priceless bracelet.

She saw Cai Qin on the side, so she asked casually: "Cai Qin, have you ever seen Xie Niangzi's bracelet?" ”

Cai Qin's body stiffened obviously, and she shook her head and replied: "Hand...... Bracelet? Slave...... Slave doesn't know ......"

It would be good if Cai Qin returned neatly, but her eyes were dodgy and her expression was panicked, Yuzhi couldn't help but be suspicious, so she asked again: "You really don't know?" ”

At that time, Xie Zheng couldn't wait, and he also walked in, so he heard Caiqin say in fear: "Slave...... The slave really doesn't know ......"

"What's wrong?" Xie Zheng asked, Yuzhi glanced at Cai Qin, and then replied, "That bracelet is missing." ”

"Gone?" Xie Zheng was in a hurry, hurriedly walked to the dressing table, looked for the inside of the makeup, and then rummaged through the cabinets to find it, and finally didn't see the bracelet, she stood in a daze, suddenly heard Cai Qin sobbing, saw her bow her head, and hurriedly said: "Girl, what are you crying about?" Didn't someone bully you? ”

Cai Qin raised her head, looked at Xie Zheng with teary eyes, and whimpered: "Xie Niangzi, I'm ...... I didn't take your bracelet...... There really isn't a ......."

Xie Zheng was stunned for a moment, she remembered that she heard Cai Qin's nervous explanation, and guessed that it must have been Yuzhi who asked, so she reprimanded: "Yuzhi, are you wrong to blame Cai Qin!" If you lose the bracelet, you will lose it, and you don't want to wronged Cai Qin! ”

Yuzhi was very wronged, and reluctantly smiled at Cai Qin: "Cai Qin, I didn't mean you took it, I just asked if you saw it, why should you be nervous......

This was Yuzhi's unintentional words, saying that she was nervous, and even said it casually, but Cai Qin's heart was sensitive, and when she heard this, she was even more ashamed, so she cried even more, and her body trembled inexplicably, and she seemed to be very frightened.

Xie Zheng hurriedly wiped her tears with a handkerchief and comforted: "Okay, girl, your sister Yuzhi is just asking you, you don't have to be afraid of her, I will make decisions for you in everything." ”

Cai Qin heard this, her eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, and without waiting for Xie Zheng to finish speaking, she didn't wait for her to take precautions, grabbed Xie Zheng's hand to wipe her tears, and bit her wrist hard, biting at the place where her palm was connected to her wrist.

Xie Zheng was in pain, shouted, and hurriedly broke free, and at that time, Yuzhi also rushed up and scolded: "You are crazy!" As he spoke, he was about to hurt someone, but Caiqin was relieved, but he ran away in a hurry.

Yuzhi had no time to chase after her, and when she saw that the row of tooth marks on Xie Zheng's hand was already oozing blood, she hurriedly took a towel to wipe the wound for her, and couldn't help but scold in her mouth: "It's all bleeding!" This dead girl, thanks to the lady who treats her so well, she doesn't think about kindness, and she actually takes revenge! ”

Xie Zheng gently blew on the wound, and then said, "Quickly take out the leftover jade cream I used last time, this wound is not shallow, I'm afraid it will leave a scar." ”

Hearing this, Yuzhi hurriedly put down the hand towel, opened the drawer under the dresser, took out a small white porcelain cup, dug out some paste with a small spoon, and smeared it on Xie Zheng's wrist, just at this time, Huan Ling couldn't wait for Xie Zheng to go to dinner, and he had already found it, as soon as he entered the house, he saw Yuzhi applying ointment to Xie Zheng, so frightened that he hurriedly came over and took Xie Zheng's hand, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yuzhi was angry, and when he spoke, he was also rampage, and angrily reprimanded: "Let Cai Qin bite!" ”

"Celery?" That girl was brought back by Xie Zheng a year ago, and now she is only eleven or twelve years old, she looks very well-behaved on weekdays, Huan Ling is really suspicious, and then she listened to Yuzhi explain: "The lady's bracelet was lost, and the slave asked Cai Qin if she had seen it, this dead girl cried and cried with the lady and said that the slave was wrong to blame her, and the lady kindly comforted her, in exchange for this bite!" ”

Huan Ling was very annoyed when he heard this, he swept his eyes left and right, and couldn't find any trace of Cai Qin, and reprimanded Zeng Qionglin who was standing behind him with a calm face: "What about her?" Why don't you get her for me! ”

"That's it, this girl can't stand the stimulation, Xu is just to accuse her of unclean hands and feet, which scared her," Xie Zheng withdrew her hand, she looked at Huan Ling, and then frowned and said: "Cai Qin was originally rescued by me at the city gate, at that time she happened to be framed by the old owner for stealing things, and people were beaten half to death, and finally bit the old owner, thinking that she regarded me as the old owner." ”

The more Yuzhi thought about it, the more angry she became, and said, "Then she can't do this!" This white-eyed wolf thing, after all, was also rescued by the lady from the ghost gate, and she was really ruthless! If it weren't for the slave to reach out and beat her, she wouldn't let go if she couldn't keep it! ”

Huan Ling also said: "No matter what, it's not right for her to bite you!" She is your slave, although I can't control it, but after all, she hurts you, and I can't spare her! ”

Xie Zheng didn't say anything more, just thinking about diverting the topic, so she crossed the Huan Mausoleum without a trace, and walked outside the house, she stood in the garden, looked at the west across the courtyard twice, and asked casually: "Why don't you see my brother?" ”

The maid who was sweeping in the yard replied: "Thank you for your words, your brother went out early this morning." ”

"Out of the house? Can you go with the school? Xie Zheng was uneasy.

The maid replied: "Follow." ”

After what happened last time, Xie Zheng is really not worried about Xie Wei going out again, only if You Xiao follows, she can feel more at ease.

At that time, Xie Wei was selecting jade ornaments from the largest jade shop in Jiankang on Youyu Street, and he was really dazzled by the high-quality jade in front of him.

Seeing that he had been wandering for a long time, the little servant in the store came up and asked, "What kind of jade do you want to buy?" ”

Xie Wei is a layman, he doesn't know much about jade, but because jade symbolizes power, so he came here to choose, and he didn't know what kind of jade is the best goods, so he just turned his head and looked at the little guy with disdain, and didn't answer, the little guy saw the situation, and then asked: "The noble man buys jade, is it for ornamental purposes or accessories?" ”

"Send a woman as an accessory," Xie Wei finally spoke, and the shopkeeper in front of the desk walked over with a smile on his face when he heard this, and said: "It's a coincidence that the noble man came, our store has newly arrived two pieces of high-quality mutton fat white jade a few days ago, and now it has been made into a forbidden step, which is the most suitable for giving to a woman's home." ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper led Xie Wei to the desk, carefully took out two mutton fat jade with red tassels, and said: "Nobleman, you give the palm eye, these two pieces of mutton fat white jade are the best goods, take a look, can this enter your eyes?" ”

These two forbidden steps, the outer ring is fan-shaped, but the patterns inside are different, one is engraved with a bird, the other is engraved with a peony, all carved lifelike, even Xie Wei such a layman saw it, all from the bottom of his heart.

Xie Wei really picked up the forbidden step of the Luan Bird pattern, and said chicly: "That's it." ”

"You really have a vision, this, among all the jade that the villain has bought in the past two years, it can be regarded as the treasure of the town, seeing that you are dressed extraordinarily, either rich or expensive, you must also be a refreshing person, since you sincerely want it, then what is the price......"

The shopkeeper was verbose for a while, Xie Wei was straightforward and impatient, and said bluntly: "Don't talk nonsense, you just make a price." ”

The shopkeeper smiled, then stretched out his hand, gestured five fingers, and Xie Wei said disdainfully: "Fifty taels? ”

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper seemed to be smiling, shook his head, Xie Wei was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Five hundred taels? "He knew the weight of the money bag in his sleeve pocket, and it was three hundred taels at most.

The shopkeeper nodded, but Xie Wei was annoyed and reprimanded: "A forbidden step costs five hundred taels? You might as well grab it."

"Hey," the shopkeeper smiled politely, "Your nobleman, you're joking!" If this is an ordinary forbidden step, as high as dozens of taels, as low as a few taels of silver, I have it here, but the piece in your hand, it is a high-grade mutton fat white jade, this is not ordinary material! ”

Xie Wei laughed, he glanced around, and said bluntly: "The mutton fat jade is not as expensive as yours, I think you are a black shop." ”

As soon as he heard this, the shopkeeper's face also turned cold, and he said coldly: "This penny is a penny, the price is high and the price is low, it's not up to me to say, it depends on whether this thing is worth the price, if you sincerely want it, then five hundred taels, one cent is not much, one point is not a lot, if you don't want it, then this forbidden, I will not sell it." ”

The shopkeeper said, this took back the forbidden step in Xie Wei's hand, and then he was blowing and rubbing, Xie Wei listened to his words, he was not comfortable, and now he saw him so humiliated, he was even more annoyed, so he scolded: "Hey, you old thing, how can you talk, Lao Tzu can tell you today, your forbidden step, fifty taels of silver, you have to sell it, if you don't sell it, you have to sell it!" ”

Xie Wei couldn't help but snatch the forbidden step, and You Xiao followed behind him, embarrassed to see and sigh to hear.

The shopkeeper was in a hurry, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it back, but Xie Wei held the forbidden step in his hand tightly and put it behind his back, so he pointed at Xie Wei anxiously and reprimanded: "You...... How unreasonable are you! I don't want to sell this forbidden step to you, you actually robbed it, there is no royal law in your eyes! ”

"Wang Fa?" Xie Wei sneered for a while, very arrogant, and said loudly: "What kind of royal law do you want?" Do you know who your Lao Tzu is, Lao Tzu is the elder brother of the county lord of Hengyang, have you heard of the county lord of Hengyang? That's the big celebrity in front of today's saints! You ask Lao Tzu if there is a royal law? Let me tell you, Lao Tzu is the king's law! ”

You Xiao listened more and more unbearable, imagine that Xie Zheng treats the people with kindness and generosity, and has long been famous in the community, how can he be so rude, Xie Wei's move is obviously to ruin Xie Zheng's good reputation!

It's not good for him to remind, and it's even worse if he doesn't remind, so he interjected: "Xie Langjun, you are cautious." ”

Who wants Xie Wei to really regard himself as his master, he looked back at You Xiao from head to toe, and then said: "Lao Tzu is talking, what are you talking about?" You're just a dog, and it's your turn to discipline Lao Tzu! ”

You Xiao was stunned, even though he was very annoyed in his heart, he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only endure this evil breath.

Xie Wei then took out the money bag, took no more and no less, and threw it in front of the shopkeeper like a charity, and said: "Fifty taels, one cent is not much, one point is not a lot." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the fifty taels on the desk, so angry that he almost fainted, he stretched out his finger and pointed at Xie Wei, and said, "You...... You...... Since you are the elder brother of the county lord of Hengyang, then today's matter, I will ask the county lord of Hengyang to administer justice! "Xie Zheng is generous, and the people always know it.

Xie Wei stepped out of the store with one foot, turned back when he heard the words, and raised his hand to point at the shopkeeper, and reprimanded: "You dare!" ”