Zhan Qi's resolute figure stopped when he walked to the door. He was about to pull the door open when there was a knock outside.

When the door opened, I saw an old man in gray standing outside with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in green. The gray-clothed old man Du Xiaomeng recognized that he was the one who brought the family sending team into the general's mansion yesterday.

That old man was none other than Uncle Yang, the old butler in the General's Mansion. Seeing him appear here, although Zhan Qi was a little surprised, he quickly welcomed the old housekeeper into the house and asked, "Uncle Yang, why did you come here?" ”

Steward Yang and the green-clothed maid saluted Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng, and then Steward Yang straightened up and said with a smile: "The old slave came here to do two things. He motioned to the green-clothed girl ring who followed him to step forward, "Madam, this girl's name is Liu Lu, and from today on, she will be the girl who will serve you." If Mrs. has any needs, or if you don't understand something, just tell Liu Lu. ”

Du Xiaomeng politely unfolded a toothless smile and said, "There is Uncle Lao Yang." Although she hadn't figured out the identity of this old man yet, it should be right to follow Zhan Qi when she heard Zhan Qi call him "Uncle Yang".

Steward Yang then said: "There is another thing, the old slave came on the order of the old man to invite the general and his wife to Nian Ci Garden. ”

Nianciyuan is the residence of the old man Zhan. There is no need for the Yahuan family to pass the word, and the old housekeeper is specially asked to invite someone over, so solemn, is there something important that can't be done?

Thinking of this, Zhan Qi didn't ask much, and hurriedly went to Nianciyuan with Du Xiaomeng.

Before I arrived at Nianci Garden, I saw that the old man Zhan who was holding a cane was already standing in front of the garden gate and waiting. As soon as he saw Steward Yang bring Du Xiaomeng and Zhan Qi here, Old Man Zhan waved his hand to Du Xiaomeng with joy and shouted, "Little cute girl." ”

Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng stepped up and walked towards him. Walking up to him, Zhan Qi stretched out his hand to help him, but he walked directly past Zhan Qi, and then took Du Xiaomeng's hand affectionately, and said with a pleasant face: "Xiaomeng, come on, come on, the old man has something good for you!" ”

Zhan Qi, who was completely ignored by his father like this, and had never received this kind of treatment, froze his hand in the air for at least five seconds before he was embarrassed to withdraw it, and then threw a roll of his eyes at Du Xiaomeng very dissatisfied.

Du Xiaomeng saw Zhan Qi's actions in her eyes, but she smiled proudly in her heart, but her face was still silent, she just pretended to be a virtuous and virtuous daughter-in-law, and helped Old Man Zhan walk past him in a proper manner.

Old Man Zhan led Du Xiaomeng into the house and said, "Wait for me for a moment." With that, he turned and walked to the large closet by the wall, and took out a large set of keys from his bosom to unlock the door of the cabinet. He tried one key after another, and as he tried, he said, "It's not this, it's not this, huh?" Is this wrong too? It doesn't make sense! ”

I tried almost all the keys and finally opened the lock. Old man Zhan turned the wardrobe upside down, and only then did he turn out a carved locket made of rosewood from a corner. He carefully took out the small wooden box, put away the smile on his face, and called Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng to his side with a serious expression.

There is also a lock hanging from the small wooden box. Old Man Zhan took out the key hanging around his neck and opened the lock. The lid of the small wooden box was slowly opened, and Zhan Qi and Du Xiaomeng, who didn't know what medicine was sold in the old man's gourd, stretched their necks to look at the small wooden box.

After the lid of the box was completely opened, a piece of red silk cloth appeared in front of me, and when the red silk cloth was removed, what I saw was a jade plaque carved with a Tai Chi pattern, about twice the volume of an ordinary coin. It's not big, but the jade body exudes a warm and soft white light, and there is not a trace of flaw in sight.

Seeing that jade plate, Zhan Qi was surprised. He looked at Old Man Zhan suspiciously, and asked, "Dad, where did you find this pair of jade plates?" ”

Old Man Zhan was stunned, thought for a moment, showed a confused expression on his face, and said: "Yes, I remember that when I was in trouble, this pair of jade plates was obviously sold together with other valuable things in the family, how could they return to my hands?" ”

Steward Yang, who was standing on the side, reminded him: "Master, after the eldest young master was canonized as a general by the emperor, you sent people out to find the whereabouts of this jade plate, and finally more than two months ago, the person who went out to look for it found this jade plate in a jade collector in his hometown and bought it back at a high price." ”

After such a reminder, Master Zhan seemed to remember, and said repeatedly: "That's right, that's right, that's how I got it back." ”

After speaking, Old Man Zhan slowly picked up the jade plate and divided it into two. Du Xiaomeng found out that the jade plate could be divided into two pieces along the middle line of the Taiji diagram, and there was a convex edge on the left side, and the dot on the jade body was also protruding; There is a groove on the side of the right piece, and there is a round hole in the jade body. The two jade plaques are combined left and right to form a complete Taiji diagram.

"Xiaomeng, this is a family heirloom that has been passed down by our Zhan family for many generations, Liangyi Jade. This jade is divided into yin and yang, yang jade is passed on to the eldest son, and yin jade is passed on to the eldest daughter-in-law. Old Man Zhan handed the grooved piece to Du Xiaomeng, "This piece is the yin jade in the Liangyi jade, and it will be handed over to you for safekeeping in the future." ”

Du Xiaomeng didn't take the jade card all at once. She was still thinking about whether she should accept this gift, but she saw Zhan Qi's cold gaze sweeping towards her again, and that gaze was obviously threatening her not to touch the jade plate. Du Xiaomeng has always been a master who is not hard to be soft and hard, and she was still hesitating, so she immediately took the jade card without hesitation, showed a bright smile, and said sweetly to Old Man Zhan: "Thank you, father-in-law." Xiao Meng will definitely take good care of this jade. ”

She deliberately said the words "keep it well" word by word, and at the same time, she seemed to look at Zhan Qi affectionately.