Shen Nianchu was bored lying on the bed, the ancients didn't seem to have any entertainment activities on weekdays, no mobile phones, no TV, no square dancing, it was really boring. I can read books, but I can't understand a lot of ancient texts, and it's really hard to endure these days. And he is used to living a life of upheaval and displacement, and now he finally has a stable life, and Shen Nianchu is a little happy in it.

In fact, Shen Nianchu really wanted to investigate the incident of his mother's elopement, if he found out that incident, his father should also feel guilty about himself, and he was afraid that his life would be much better in the future. But because she has no connections and money, although the people in the family respect her, if she really wants them to help with things, she will naturally not obey her.

Thinking of this, Shen Nianchu was a little annoyed, he should have spent some time learning a skill, except for being able to observe words and feelings, and after reading for a few more years, he didn't seem to have any other skills, even cooking was just so-so, how could he survive in such an environment. Besides, she doesn't know anything about this era, and even if she solves the matter of her mother, how to deal with herself in the future is a big difficulty.

Cui'er saw that Shen Nianchu's expression was a little abnormal, and mistakenly thought that Shen Nianchu was unwell, so she hurriedly came over and asked, "Second Miss, what's wrong with you?" But what's wrong with it? Shen Nianchu waved her hand, and then sat up, she felt that she couldn't waste her time thinking about it here, so she called Cui'er out for a walk. I've been in this house for so long, and I haven't seen the environment here, so maybe I can find some business opportunities when I go out.

Although it is not suitable for young ladies who have not left the cabinet to go out, but the beauty election is about to begin, and now the ladies of various prefectures will take their servants out to buy rouge gouache and jewelry and clothes in order to have a good result in the general election, so as to attract the attention of others in the beauty election, even if they can't become concubines, if they are favored by the prince and noble, it is also a beautiful thing. Shen Nianchu took advantage of this reason to take Cui'er and two servants out of the door.

These days to stay in the house to recuperate, but Shen Nianchu is bored, now it is good to be able to go out for a walk, and for the time being, I can forget those troublesome things, today's market is a little lively, maybe there are more ladies from various provinces recently, and there are more small traders than in the past, which is very lively.

Cui'er hasn't been out of the house for a long time, and she is also excited to see things along the way. Shen Nianchu looked at the things sold in this world curiously, and there was not much difference from what he saw on TV, but there were more things that he had never seen, and he was very curious.

This street full of food is more attractive than those gold and silver jewelry, Shen Nianchu took Cui'er to eat it at this roadside vendor, the taste is okay, but there is less taste of oil and spicy, or I feel less soul. Just as the two of them were eating with relish, a sudden noise of fighting caught their attention.

A big man with a fierce face was pulling an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, the girl's clothes were tattered, unkempt and pitiful, and her body was extremely thin, which looked particularly dazzling on the street. The girl struggled and asked for help from passers-by, but no one was willing to come and help her.

The young ladies present were reluctant to pay attention to the girl's dejected dress when they saw it. And the other ordinary people all know about the big man, and they can't help if they want to. Seeing that the girl had been struggling and unwilling to leave, Dahan slapped the girl angrily, and kept muttering: "Cheap bones, Lao Tzu has taken a fancy to you, it is your blessing that you dare to resist." I don't think you want to live anymore, give your master a good walk. ”

Shen Nianchu originally didn't want to be nosy, but when he saw the girl being beaten like that, he really couldn't bear it, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and walked towards Dahan: "Stop, don't fight, if you beat her again, she will die." ”

Seeing that someone was blocking him, Dahan said very unhappily: "Heh, where did the yellow-haired girl come from, and she dares to interfere with the good things of the master, do you know who the master is?" ”

"In broad daylight, robbing people's daughters, do you still have a royal law in your eyes." Shen Nianchu hates these bullying weak people the most on weekdays, and thinks that when he was helpless, he was often bullied by these self-righteous people.

"Phew! King Law! Lao Tzu is the king's law! You don't inquire when you go out, this street is my king's territory, who dares to care about Lao Tzu's affairs? Wang Da said without cutting down.

Cui'er pulled the corner of Shen Nianchu's clothes and whispered: "Second Miss, this Wang Da is the head snake here, he is used to being fierce and domineering on weekdays, and it is said that even the government will give him face, we can't afford to provoke this person." Although Cui'er doesn't go out much, she also hears other sisters mention this Wang Da on weekdays.

Although Shen Nianchu had no confidence in his heart, when he saw the girl's red eyes and puffy face, he still stubbornly said, "I don't know who you are, but you can't take this kid away today." Or, how about you make an offer and give her to me? ”

"Hahaha, ridiculous! Let it be given to you, little girl, do you know how much I bought this person? I bought it back for ten taels of gold, and this girl is also a beautiful embryo, and I can make a lot more money by selling her to the kiln. If you want to buy it, you can buy it for fifteen taels of gold. Wang Da looked at Shen Nianchu with a mockery, although this girl didn't spend too much money, it was good to take the opportunity to blackmail.

"Fifteen taels of gold? So much? Cui'er said in surprise, Shen Nianchu recalled that he had seen in the magazine before, one tael of gold is about equal to eight taels of silver, and these fifteen taels are one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and the price here does not know how much, but one hundred and twenty taels of silver is still a little expensive.

"Second Miss, our silver taels today are not enough, only twenty taels of silver, how can this be good?" Cui'er said worriedly, and the big man spat on the ground: "Hey, you little girl, you dare to make trouble for only twenty taels?" Lao Tzu's time is wasted here with you. ”

I didn't think about buying anything, the silver taels naturally brought relatively little, and she only recently had some silver taels, Shen Nianchu saw that the big man was going to take the girl away, and hurriedly went up to stop him: "Don't worry, I also have silver, but I'm in a hurry to go out, and I didn't bring enough, so it's good for you to go home with me and get it." ”

Wang Da said impatiently: "There is no silver without silver, and I will go home with you to get it, hmph, you don't see who I am, there is no silver to interview, and Hugh wants to stand in my way here." With that, he forcibly dragged the girl in the direction of ***.

The girl saw that only Shen Nianchu was helping to say good things, and knew that only Shen Nianchu could help her at the moment, so she pulled the corner of Shen Nianchu's clothes and knelt down, crying and begging Shen Nianchu to save her.

Wang was angry and shouted to clean up Shen Nianchu, and just when everyone thought that Shen Nianchu would be beaten, a crisp voice came from the side: "Stop!" The king scolded and looked at the comer, and just as he wanted to curse a few words, he was kicked over by the guards who came to him.

"Wang Da, you are so powerful, is this street also a place where you can splash?" Shen Nianchu looked towards the voice, and it was a man in a guard uniform who spoke out, and next to him stood a man in white, with a handsome face and delicate facial features, which made him feel very fond of it.

Holding a folding fan in his hand, he exudes a scholarly atmosphere. Shen Nianchu was a little intoxicated by the aura that came, the man smiled, and gently knocked Shen Nianchu's head with the fan in his hand: "Cousin, what kind of expression do you have?" "Cousin? Shen Nianchu was a little trance-like, and there didn't seem to be this person in his memory?

"Second Miss, this is the adopted son of Aunt Zhang's distant sister, Zhou Yugongzi." Cui'er looked at Shen Nianchu at a loss, and quickly explained. It turned out to be the child of a distant relative of his mother, but why didn't he have an image?

Zhou Yu seemed to see Shen Nianchu's doubts, and rubbed her head with a smile: "When I was young, I lived with my aunt, and you were still young at that time, so you may not remember clearly, and I only knew that you were Nianchu when I saw your maid ring." The voice was gentle and good, and Shen Nianchu felt that he had fallen a little again. If you want the slaves you bought from the traders, you have to pay me the same taels, but if this lady doesn't have them, I can't let them go, and that's the rule. ”

"How much did you buy this kid? Just sell for as much as you want. As far as I know, I'm afraid it's not worth fifteen taels of gold. Zhou Yu put away his smile and looked at Wang Da and said lightly.

"But I bought this, naturally it's my person, and I have the final say on how much I sell!" Wang Da is unwilling to sell it at the purchase price, so won't his efforts be in vain?

"I think this girl should only be about eleven or twelve years old, and it won't be of much use for you to buy it back, so it's better to give it to the next face, and sell it to this girl for ten taels of silver." Zhou Yu wanted to make peace, but Wang Da was unhappy: "How is ten taels possible?" What kind of thing are you, and you dare to be arrogant in front of your lord? ”

"Bold dog thing, this is Zhou Yu Zhou's waiter, and you are also worthy of mentioning?" The guards on the side pointed at the king and scolded.

Wang was annoyed, now no one knows that Zhou Shilang is a popular person in front of the emperor, and there are three princes behind him, if he offends him, I am afraid that he will not be happy in the future. After a long time, after finally agreeing to ten taels of silver, Shen Nianchu asked Cui'er to give the silver to Wang Da, and Wang Da took the silver and left scoldingly.

When the girl saw that Wang Da was gone, she knelt down in front of them and thanked them for saving their lives. Shen Nianchu hurriedly pulled the girl up, took her to the stall where she had just eaten, and ordered her some food, and the girl devoured it.

"Why is my cousin here today? What is the relationship with this girl? Zhou Yu looked at the gobbling girl and said.

"Just a person all the way, seeing her pitiful, I want to help her. I went out of the house today to buy something. Facing the gentle and elegant Zhou Yu, Shen Nianchu said with a little blushing.

"It seems that my cousin is still the same as before. I just don't know if my cousin is okay in the house recently? A few days ago, I heard that my cousin was injured and almost died. The reason can be found," Zhou Yu asked.

"The injury is healed, and I don't have a clue. It's just cousin, when did you leave the Shen Mansion? Shen Nianchu thought that if Zhou Yu was also there at that time, maybe he would know something.

"I guess it was when you were about four or five years old, and you left in order to gain fame. At that time, I remember that you were still a white and chubby little girl, and you were really a female college student. Zhou Yu thought for a while.

"Oh, okay." At that time, my mother's affairs had not yet happened, and I was thinking too much about myself.

Zhou Yu looked around, leaned sideways and whispered, "Cousin, are you thinking about your aunt?" Shen Nianchu looked at Zhou Yu in surprise, how could he guess what he wanted to ask.

"Back then, someone in the house also mentioned to me that my aunt treated me very well, and I wanted to do something for her. It's just that the two most favorable witnesses back then, Caihuan and Feng's mother, have disappeared, so it's not easy to investigate. However, these days are a bit eyebrow-raising, so you might as well wait a few more days. ”

"Thank you cousin for caring so much about my mother, if she knows about it, she will be very happy." Shen Nianchu was very happy that Zhou Yu could help him. Many years later, when Shen Nianchu recalled this incident, he still resented that he only cared about being happy and failed to see through the malice hidden behind this incident.

Zhou Yu remembered that he still had something to do, so he said goodbye to Shen Nianchu and left. The girl was also full, and Shen Nianchu asked the girl where she came from, where she wanted to go, and the size of the family. The girl replied with a sob: "Miss is good, my family has a family of four, but the family is poor and sold me to Wang Da in order to let my younger brother study." Now I beg Miss to give me a way to live, and I can be a cow or a horse. ”

"Is that a name?" Cui'er asked.

The girl fell to her knees with a bang: "Even if Miss saved me, I will be Miss's person in the future, please give me my name." "She's homeless now, and it doesn't matter what she's called.

Shen Nianchu thought for a while and said: "In the future, you will be called Zhilan, although following me will not protect you from your glory, but it will not let you wander." You think it's good. ”

"Zhilan thanked Miss for saving her life." The girl kowtowed three times in thanks. Shen Nianchu asked Cui'er to help Zhilan up and take her back to the mansion to wash up, only to find that Zhilan did look like a symbol, no wonder Wang Da wanted to sell her to ***. It's just that my life is not good, so I suffered from this.

In the middle of the night, Shen Nianchu sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the moon in the sky and sighing, now that he has met Zhou Yu, a nobleman, it can be regarded as a happy event, and it will be convenient to act in the future. It's just that when will I be able to return to the real world, this is also a difficult problem.