Chapter 9: The Covenant

Today is free, Zhan Suiyu has not seen Zhang Qining's girl for a few days, and after thinking about it, he turned around until the spring breeze was proud.

The apricot blossoms on both sides of the river bank are falling one after another, and walking below is like experiencing a flower rain. The young boy was full of spirit, which caused the girls to turn back frequently, and their hearts sprouted one by one, which just responded to the sentence "The peach blossoms on the human face are red".

Zhan Sui Yu stars are used to holding the moon, just smiling and smiling, and don't do anything else.

Walking to the courtyard of the tavern, the peach is dying, scorching, and in comparison, the apricot blossoms outside are a little more vegetarian. He played at the door for a while. When he got inside, he looked around, but he didn't see the person he was looking for.

He was not in a hurry, and slowly found an empty seat behind his back with his hands behind his back.

Shi Niang saw him at a glance, walked over and said, "Yo, Zhan Gongzi." Hasn't the yamen been busy lately, how can you have the time to come? What's the point? ”

"Hundred Endings." Zhan Suiyu picked a seat by the window and sat down. "That girl lately... Ahem, are you still used to it? The words of concern came to his lips and he suddenly turned a corner.

"Qi Ning, you say?" Shi Niang glanced at him unexpectedly, will this kid take the initiative to care about people? It's no wonder that from the moment I first entered the door, Yu Guang seemed to be looking for something. Shi Niang, who consciously discovered something, dragged a long voice in her heart.

Is this kid interested in Qi Ning - hey, that's interesting!

"Good! Good couldn't be better. "Shi Niang asked Xiao Er to serve a pot of Baiji wine, and sat down by the way to pour herself a glass." Qi Ning, this girl works neatly, and her mouth is quite sweet, I like it very much. Not only me, but also the guests who come here love it. ”

She has a sweet mouth? That's hard to imagine. Hearing the second half of the sentence, Zhan Suiyu's hand holding the wine glass paused, raised his eyes and asked with some displeasure, "What do you mean?" ”

Shi Niang played with the cup in her hand and said, "Qi Ning looks good, right?" There are so many men coming and going in my place, can you be moved when you see it? That's not a man. ”

"I like it if it's me, and a lot of people ask me about her. You don't know how greedy she looks when she blushes and is shy, and she steps back and wants to hide..."Of course, the latter sentence is her nonsense, but this does not prevent You Shi Niang from smashing her mouth twice in place, as if she is reminiscing.

After listening to her description, the imaginative Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but think of her shy, overwhelmed and shy. But the point is that she is facing other men with this look, and he suddenly lost his thoughts, but was still very annoyed.

Zhan Sui Yu put down the cup and said in a deep voice: "What about her?" ”

How true is Shi Niang's words? He wasn't sure, but - being molested, blushing and crying? It's unbearable.

You Shi Niang looked at his reaction and smiled. Sure enough, it seems that I guessed correctly. This kid is interested in Zhang Qining. Although she knew it in her heart, it didn't prevent her from watching the play. She pretended to be indifferent, but instead seemed to be making a fuss.

"What are you doing, what are you doing? When a customer orders an order, why isn't it a serious job for me to ask her to send it over? ”

Zhan Sui Yu said coldly: "Just bring her over to make her like that?" ”

The old fox has not been serious for a few days, and it is really possible to use Zhang Qining as a pastime. But that girl doesn't seem to be a vegetarian either. But You Shi Niang is a demon after all, and it is impossible to say whether she will be forced to do something.

Thinking so, his gaze at her grew strange. You Shi Niang should have lived for a long time, and instead of going into the deep mountains to practice with little desire, she mixed into the human world, doesn't this mean that she is an old and disrespectful guy?

Shi Niang also put down the cup, pretending not to care, and then continued to fan the flames and watch the play.

"Flirting with two sentences is indispensable for a piece of meat, what are you afraid of? Those scholars look serious, don't they like that tone? ”

Zhan Suiyu suddenly realized that he had made a stupid decision to hand over Zhang Qining to Shi Niang.

He was about to say something when a voice from behind suddenly interrupted him.

"Shi Niang, the materials for brewing are laid out on the mat."

Zhang Qining came over from the backyard and saw Zhan Suiyu look at him and said hello painlessly.

Zhan Suiyu looked back and saw Zhang Qining, and found that she tied her sleeves with a rope behind her, wearing a semi-white coarse cloth apron, drying materials behind her at noon in spring, and her cheeks were pink from the sun. His throat moved up and down.

As long as Zhang Qining does not deliberately scare people and destroy the atmosphere, he is still very deceptive in appearance.

Zhan Sui Yu looked at You Shi Niang angrily, and asked with her eyes: "That's how she went to meet guests?" ”

Shi Niang turned her face as if she hadn't seen it, humming a little song in her heart. Then Xiao Yingying beckoned to Zhang Qining, "Qi Ning, come here." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Qining glanced at Zhan Suiyu and saw that his face was not good. "What?"

Shi Niang smiled and said, "I still have something to do, you can talk to Zhan Gongzi for a while." ”

What?

Zhan Sui Yu glanced at Shi Niang, only to see Shi Niang raise her eyebrows and look at him and said, "I have never asked Qi Ning to accompany other guests, and Zhan Gongzi wants to appreciate his face." ”

He understood what she meant, oh, old fox. I was just playing with myself!

Before the smile in Zhan Gongzi's heart was put on his face, he saw Zhang Qining's expression of bitterness and hatred, and he couldn't laugh anymore. What is her expression? How did it look like he put a knife on her neck?

Seeing that Zhan Suiyu's face darkened a degree, Shi Niang was puzzled. When she turned her face and saw Zhang Qining's bitter chirping appearance, she suddenly understood. patted Zhang Qining on the shoulder, and she left.

Zhang Qining really wanted to hold her. Shi Niang, don't go, what does your self-conscious eyes mean? She didn't walk, she didn't walk, she lowered her head and picked her fingers, looking at the two embroidered flowers embroidered on the tips of her shoes, until Zhan Suiyu spoke.

"What are you standing for? How do you usually greet guests, do you know nothing? ”

Zhang Qining was stunned for two seconds, this sounds so strange, she really wasn't sold to a Goolan brothel, but worked in a serious tavern.

"What do you want, you order."

"That's how you treat your guests?" Zhan Suiyu leaned to the side and raised his chin, determined that Zhang Qining couldn't do anything to him, and his tone became arrogant.

Zhang Qining raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "Otherwise?" ”

"The same goes for everyone else?"

"Nonsense."

Zhan Suiyu felt a little more comfortable when she heard her say this, this is about the same.

"How's it going?"

"What are you going to do?"

Zhang Qining wondered: Why did you suddenly care about yourself? Is it a greeting? Polite words?

thought she had wittily read Zhan Suiyu's intentions, only to find out later that she had dug a hole for herself. Shi Niang secretly observed the two of them in the back, shook her head and said, "This kid is usually quite a thief, why is he so stunned?" ”

"Isn't the yamen busy lately?" She untied the rope she was tiding, put down her sleeves and tidied them up, sat opposite Zhan Suiyu and asked casually, "I heard from the guests who said that Suzhou Mansion has lost several children recently?" ”

Thinking of the business that he didn't have a clue yet, Zhan Sui Yu's eyebrows couldn't help but tighten, and he took a sip of wine and said, "There is such a thing." ”

Zhang Qining: "Don't have a clue? ”

Zhan Sui Yu hummed slightly embarrassed. "Liao Zhutou and they have already gone to the child's house separately to ask, and the details will be discussed when they come back."

"Is the lost child male or female, and how old is it?"

Zhan Sui Yu: "Both men and women, about thirteen or fourteen years old. ”

"Thirteen or fourteen?" Zhang Qining suddenly felt that something was wrong. "Ordinary people can do the work for the family when they are so old, and help take care of their younger siblings. Boys must be somewhat defensive against outsiders at this age, let alone girls. Besides, the child is not a kitten or a puppy, and no one around will notice it? ”

"You're right, it's unreasonable. That's why I have to wait for Liao Zhutou and them to ask in detail and come back, maybe there will be any new discoveries. ”

She said that Zhan Suiyu didn't expect that thirteen or fourteen-year-old children might be protected in the palm of their hands like baby bumps in rich and noble families. But as the saying goes, the children of poor families are in charge of the house early, which is already a small adult who can take on part of the housework in ordinary people's families.

If they were cheated, the children were not stupid, and they would follow behind if they gave some benefits. Even if it's really stupid, it won't make several children stupid, right? Besides, these children occasionally run errands for the family, and they usually move around the house, and the neighbors don't notice at all? If they are forcibly taken away, they have mouths, hands, and feet, so they don't scream, kick, or hit? This is also obviously impossible.

But it has been many hours since the child was lost after receiving the report, and it is not necessarily the time for the parents to delay. It can only be that by the time the parents notice, the child has been lost.

Zhang Qining: "Have you gone to see the place where the child was lost?" ”

Zhan Suiyu put down the clay wine dish in his hand and answered. "I've just been there, and there's no trace of it. It was as if those children had disappeared into thin air. ”

Zhang Qining leaned on the table with half of his head propped up, Zhan Suiyu looked at her, evoked an interesting smile, and said, "Are you interested in investigating the case?" ”

"I'm interested in all interesting things, except for investigating crimes. After all, it may involve human life, which is a serious matter, but it really can't be included in the fun, otherwise it lacks humanity. ”

"That's a very sensible statement." Zhan Suiyu raised his hand and shook the wine cup at her, "Do you want to taste it?" ”

Zhang Qining shook his head, "The wine has a bitter taste, I don't like it very much." ”

Zhan Suiyu had a smile in his eyes, and instead poured himself a glass, and said, "What you said... I don't seem to be very sensible. ”

You Shi Niang stopped the abacus in her hand, saw that they were in a good atmosphere, and said, "Qi Ning, in a few days, you will also go to join in the fun?" ”

Zhang Qining: "Flower God Sacrifice? "Recently, I heard that this is a tradition in Suzhou." ... We can go and see it together. ”

Shi Niang smiled, "I had something to do that day." Zhan Gongzi, then I'll trouble you. ”

What the?!

"No, you don't."

"Why not, the flower god festival is very interesting."

"Nope." Zhang Qining glanced at Zhan Suiyu, "I mean I can go by myself." ”

"You and I are as idle as you?" Zhan Suiyu raised her eyebrows and looked at her, and said to Shi Niang: "I had something to do that day, you can ask Gao Ming." ”

The ten thieves looked at him with a smile: "You really don't come?" ”

“... It depends. ”

Shi Niang held her head and laughed silently, and then her "pop pop" sound sounded in the wine room.