This is a frost-colored middle coat, at first glance it looks plain, in fact, the neckline and cuffs are embroidered with pale pink silk thread peach blossoms, in Zhang Lan's opinion, it is too tender and cute, she tried it on her upper body and let the maid put it aside, and never wore it again.

Zhang Lan carefully examined the middle garment, from the appearance all the way to the inside of the middle garment, and finally found a dark red stain the size of a fingernail on the inside of the neckline......

This is......

Zhang Lan stared thoughtfully at the stain, her eyes were slightly condensed, and she couldn't tell the taste in her heart.

I don't know how long it took, but the maid came and said, "Girl, the second lady is here." ”

Chu came in a hurry, smiling with his eyebrows. She also knew that Duanmufei was gone, and she only thought that her daughter was going to tell her something about Duanmufei.

"Sister Lan'er......"

Zhang Lan subconsciously looked at the Chu family, and even forgot to get up and salute, which made the Chu family immediately feel that something was wrong with her daughter.

"Mother, look at this jacket ......" Zhang Lan pointed to the stains on the jacket and said to the Chu family, her voice was difficult to hide the dryness, and she said when this jacket was sent to her one by one.

Chu is a smart person, he can understand it at one point, and he immediately understood what his daughter was suspicious, and his pupils shrank sharply.

She sat down beside Zhang Lan, her eyes fixed on the frost-white middle coat, the white snow looked pure, but who knew how much filth was hidden under the white snow.

The same is true of the inner courtyard of the deep house, which seems to be full of flowers, but I don't know how many similar selfish means are hidden in it.

Chu Shi squinted, and there was a touch of coldness and determination on his gentle face.

She turned her head to look at her daughter and said sharply, "She's for the Keju competition on the first day of June?" Chu's tone was cold, and he didn't name names, but both mother and daughter knew who she was talking about.

After Zhang Lan received the post on May 20, she asked the Chu family about Duanmu Fei asking her to watch the Keju competition, and now the Chu family put the causes and consequences together, and quickly figured it out.

Presumably it was Zhang Ruoling who knew about this matter, so she wanted Zhang Lan to go, so she could replace her.

Chu couldn't help but think that on May 30, Zhang Ruoling suddenly came to find him, and kept regretting the post, thinking that it was just a trivial matter, so he handed the post to her, but he didn't expect it......

Chu's lips pursed, disgusting as if he had swallowed a fly.

"Changfang came to Beijing half a year early, but he has brought the whole house together." Chu stroked his sleeves and said unhurriedly, the corners of his mouth hooked a contemptuous arc, "It's a pity." Your eldest sister has been carefully raised by your aunt since she was a child, but she has not been able to develop a little bit of your aunt's bearing, and like her father and aunt, she will only play this kind of means that cannot be put on the table. ”

Chu Shi was really angry, her eyes seemed to be raging, especially when she thought of the acne scar left on her daughter's forehead, she felt as if something was burning in her heart, and she was even more angry.

Her daughter was carefully raised by her, she was well-behaved and obedient since she was a child, and she never bumped into it, this time, her daughter not only suffered a big sin because of acne, but also left a scar...... The doctor said that the scar will fade in a few days, but it is impossible to leave no trace at all.

Originally, she thought it was an accident, but she felt helpless and heartache for it, but now she knows that her daughter will have acne is a calculation, and she hates Zhang Ruoling in her heart.

She had written down the account, and she would never take it lightly.

Hearing this, the grandmother beside Chu finally understood, and she was not lightly angry. This grandmother is the nurse of the Chu family, and she also grew up watching Zhang Lan since she was a child, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is half a relative.

Mama Li said angrily: "Madam, the eldest girl is simply too deceitful!" ”

The acne can be big or small, although most of the five girls will be fine, but they are not afraid of 10,000, just in case, and it is not that no one has lost their lives because of this. Zhang Ruoling didn't think of a trace of sisterhood at all when he behaved like this.

Chu Shi said coldly: "She is relying on her to be in the next room, thinking that I have some scruples and dare not clean her up!" ”

Chu Shi said and took the middle coat from her daughter's hand and ordered, "Mama Li, you throw this dress to the eldest girl!" Then let the people in the needlework room be called. ”

"Yes, Second Lady." Mama Li went out aggressively.

There was silence in the room.

The maid saw that Chu was very angry, and hurriedly poured tea and water for her.

After taking two sips of hot tea, Chu Shi calmed down a lot and asked, "Sister Lan, but what did the fourth girl of Duanmu tell you?" ”

The timing of Zhang Lan's mention of this matter was too coincidental, and the Chu family inevitably thought of Duanmu Fei's body.

Zhang Lan didn't intend to hide it from her mother, and truthfully retold the conversation between her and Duanmu Fei today.

Chu's eyes flashed slightly, and there was a touch of interest in his eyes.

Nine times out of ten, Duanmufei saw that the person who went to Cuiwei Lake that day was Zhang Ruoling instead of his daughter Zhang Lan, so he was suspicious, coupled with Zhang Ruoling's utilitarian heart, it was likely that he had done something to make Duanmufei feel wrong, so the little girl came to mention her daughter today.

Chu Shi sighed: "The fourth girl of Duanmu is really a thoughtful person, but she is a little similar to your cousin......

Thinking of his niece Chu Qingci, Chu's face was a little nostalgic and a little embarrassed, in a blink of an eye, Ah Ci had been gone for more than three years.

Hui Ji will be hurt.

Chu raised his hand and rubbed the top of his daughter's soft hair, Zhang Lan was a little helpless, but who let this be her mother, she could only let her, and silently recited "Hundred goodness and filial piety first" in her heart.

Looking at his daughter's forbearant little appearance, Chu smiled again, his eyebrows and eyes warm.

By the way, the fourth Duanmu girl still loves to tease her daughter just as much as Ah Ci.

"Sister Lan, that fourth girl from Duanmu is a person who can be friends, you can walk around with her more in the future." Chu said with a smile.

Zhang Lan responded seriously, looked at the peach-pink leather bow placed aside, and thought in her heart, she had to practice how to juju first, and then she could play with Tuanzi and Xiaoba next time.

Thinking of the cute two little guys, Zhang Lan smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Seeing that his daughter was not in a bad mood by these pickles, Chu Shi was also secretly relieved in his heart, and continued to sip tea, his eyes flashing.

Before Chu's cup of tea was finished, Mama Li came back in a hurry and said, "Second lady, the eldest girl is 'sick'. After a pause, she added disdainfully, "As soon as she saw the middle coat that the slave maid had taken, she was sick." ”

Mama Li did not hide the ridicule and sneer on her face, everyone knew that Zhang Ruoling was pretending to be sick.

Chu Shi said lightly: "Xu is chickenpox is not well yet, and it can't be transmitted to others, so let her take care of it, seal her yard, and don't allow her to come out for half a step." ”

"Don't forget to send the decoction three times a day, so that others don't say that my aunt has treated her badly."

"Also, the eldest girl is sick, so don't eat those greasy things, it's better to be lighter."

The Chu family has her own success in her heart, she is the aunt in the next room, and it is indeed inconvenient to punish Zhang Ruoling directly, but there is still Zhang Ruoling's own grandfather in Huaibei's hometown, and there are people who are "qualified" to punish Zhang Ruoling.

Mama Li responded again and again, and before she could retreat, another girl in Tsing Yi came in, saying that Sun Anzhi's family from the needlework room was here, and she was waiting outside.

Chu didn't plan to see the other party at all, and directly ordered: "Fight." Give me thirty rods of the rod! ”

A cold breath was released from her eyes, children were her lifeblood and her weakness, and whoever dared to violate her taboo would die, and she deserved it.

She's going to make an example of her today.

"Yes, Second Lady." The maid in Tsing Yi respectfully bowed to the leader's order.

After a while, there were bursts of hysterical shouts from the courtyard outside: "The second lady spares her life, and the fifth girl spares her life!" ”

The terrible screams and the sound of the wooden stick hitting the flesh and skin were intertwined, and the atmosphere around them became solemn, as if a storm was coming.

As if he hadn't heard of it, Chu Shi calmed down, and then instructed Mama Li: "Mama Li, you will have someone go to the warehouse to get two new materials and send them to Duanmu's house later." ”

Mama Li responded again and again: "The second lady is still thoughtful." ”

This matter is a housework of the Zhang family, so Duanmufei just euphemistically mentioned a sentence or two, so the Chu family can't thank you with great fanfare, everyone just knows each other.

In short, Duanmufei's kindness and kindness were recorded by the Chu family.

So, at dusk, Duanmu Fei received a gift from Zhang Zhai, a fiery red material and a primrose-colored material were obviously given to the sisters.

My aunt is really careful, and she deserves to be taught by her grandmother. Duanmu Fei looked at the two horses back and forth, blinked twice, and his eyes were shining like black agate.

She knew that the Chu family and Zhang Lan's mother and daughter must have found something, so she was relieved.

What I have always been most afraid of is to have a heart and no heart, just like Chu Qingyu back then, who calculated himself so easily in Yunmen Temple......

As long as the little cousin of the Zhang family knew that someone was plotting against her behind her back, it would be difficult for Zhang Ruoling to succeed again.

Duanmufei asked the maid to take the two materials to the needlework room, make clothes for her and Duanmujun, and then continued to tidy up her things leisurely, she planned to go to the princess's mansion in Wuyang tomorrow to stay for a few days.

In Wuyang, you can eat and sleep, sleep and eat, it is really a fairy day, there is no eldest brother Duanmu Heng always staring at her studies, and there is no grandfather who calls her from time to time to say that the court affairs, the fly in the ointment is probably that Duanmu Jun can't accompany her, not only because Duanmu Jun is in charge of the internal affairs of Duanmu Mansion, but also because Duanmu Qi's ceremony is about to arrive.

Duanmu Fei only lived in Wuyang Mansion for three days, and then reluctantly returned to Duanmu Mansion on June 14, no matter what, Duanmu Qi and her are the same surname Duanmu, and the other party's and the ceremony Duanmu Fei can not be absent.

On June 15, Duanmuqi's ceremony finally arrived.

How much Duanmuqi and Xiao He's had expectations for this ceremony, but now how much they are disappointed, this ceremony ended unremarkably, and Xiao He's was smiling from beginning to end.

Under the circumstance that the Yang family deliberately publicized and the Duanmu family did not deliberately conceal it, most of the people who came to attend the ceremony knew that the marriage date of Yang Xuyao and Duanmu Qi had been set.

The Yang family was raided and robbed, and they were all downtrodden like this, the Duanmu family still fulfilled the marriage contract, which inevitably caused a burst of discussion among the guests, some people were surprised, some people disagreed, and some people praised the Duanmu family's trustworthiness, Duanmu Xian deserved to be the first assistant, and led by example.

On this day, when the feast was over and the guests were sent away, it was almost time.

Duanmujun dragged his tired body back to Zhanqing Courtyard, and Duanmu Fei brought tea and water, like a little maid who was very attentive.

"Sister, after this is done, you can rest for a few days." Duanmu said intimately.

Duanmujun drank half a cup of tea, put down the teacup in his hand, and with a thought, he proposed: "Zhenzhen, why don't we go to the hot spring Zhuangzi tomorrow to stay for a few days, take a break, and escape the heat by the way, how about it?" ”

Duanmu's scarlet eyes lit up, nodded frequently, and smiled happily, "Recently, the lotus flowers have bloomed just right, and we can just enjoy the lotus and fish." "Moreover, going to Zhuangzi for summer vacation, doesn't it mean that she can be lazy again!

Duanmujun looked at his sister's happy appearance, and a smile was also infected on his bright face, and he remembered one thing, "The lottery head won last time hasn't been given to Cen Gongzi yet, and it will be sent by the way when I go out tomorrow." ”

The two sisters were chatting, and suddenly Wisteria hurriedly entered the left room, and said anxiously to Duanmu, "Big girl, the second girl is gone." The second lady has ordered people to search all over the backyard, and now she is asking the outer yard to help find it......"

It's not trivial to lose people in this house, so Duanmu Jun had to follow Wisteria to the Zhenqutang in front.

Duanmufei looked at Duanmujun's back, sighed silently, and said secretly in his heart: Sister is really hard!

For the sake of Duanmuqi and Lu, Duanmujun has been busy for several days, and finally the ceremony is over, and this kind of thing happens again.

Duanmu Fei raised his hand and made a gesture, and Bi Chan immediately understood and followed him to the front to investigate.

Duanmuqi did run away, she should have taken advantage of the fact that there were many guests leaving the house after the ceremony, and no one could take care of her for a while, so she quietly slipped out.

Xiao He's cried and made trouble in the Zhenqu Hall, not to say that the house forced Duanmuqi away, but moved his anger to Duanmujun and Duanmufei, saying that if it wasn't for Duanmufei's lack of family affection and didn't go to Cen Yin to intercede for Tang Ruhai, how could Duanmuqi be forced to run away.

Duanmujun has never been a loser, and he directly made Duanmu Xian, crying and scolding by Xiao He.

If this were usual, Xiao He's would have been stunned as soon as he heard the old lady, but this time, because his daughter Duanmu Qi was gone, Xiao He's was completely messed up, and he was completely panicked, and he kept scolding with one mouth, if it wasn't for the maid to stop her, she would have rushed up to fight with Duanmuqi.

"If Sister Qi really has anything, I have to find your sisters desperately!"

"It's all because of you, and your sister, you just refuse to let Sister Qi live, you forced her!"

"Obviously, as long as your sister goes to Lord Cen to say a word, the little thing Tang Ruhai committed is just a crime to add, it's just a matter of Lord Cen raising his hand......"

Xiao He's chattering grumble was coldly interrupted by a stern voice: "Enough! ”

When Duanmu Xian heard the news, he strode into the True Fun Hall, his eyebrows beating wildly, and he was angry.

Xiao He was really bold, and he actually openly brought out Cen Yin, and even accused Cen Yin in his words......

Duanmuxian couldn't help but think of the mansions that were raided by Dongchang, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, feeling that Xiao He's family was really dead!

If the person in front of him at this moment was his son Duanmu Chao, Duanmu Xian would have kicked it a long time ago.

Seeing Duanmuxian coming, Xiao He's face was even paler, and she didn't dare to look at Duanmuxian directly, but for the sake of her daughter, she still mustered up the courage and said: "Father, you can't help but ......" Sister Guan Qi!

"Shut up!" Duanmuxian reprimanded again, his voice as cold as the cold winter of the wax moon.

He didn't want to care about Duanmuqi, but Duanmuqi was surnamed Duanmu after all, and once her running away from home was known to outsiders, it would ruin the reputation of all the girls in the house, even the reputation of the Duanmu family.

It's just to find someone, and you can't look for it with great fanfare.

"Sister Jun," Duanmu Xian looked at Duanmu Jun and said, "I have already asked someone to quietly go to find Sister Qi'er, and you are still going to rectify this mansion...... Everything is done cheaply. ”

Duanmujun really didn't want to take on this errand, but for the sake of her sister, she also knew that she must not let this matter make a big fuss, "Grandfather, I know." ”

Duanmujun glanced at Mama Zhang, and Mama Zhang went down, closed the door, and did not allow anyone to go out at will, and called all the housekeepers and grandmothers over, issued a gag order, and asked them to restrain the people under their heads, if they dared to break their mouths, they would all be sold, and they would not be merciful.

All of these things also reached the ears of Duanmu Fei of Zhanqing Courtyard one by one.

Sister mighty! Duanmu sat by the window, looking at the sunset outside the window, his eyes burning.

It was already dusk at this moment, and the sunset was halfway down, casting a blood-colored halo over the house, exuding an ominous and unsettling aura.

As time passed, the sunset continued to sink, and the sky became darker and darker, but Duanmuqi still had no news.

This night, Duanmu Fuzhong has been brightly lit, as bright as day.

For most of the people in this mansion, this is a sleepless night, and people are worried, especially in Duanmuqi's Qingzhi Courtyard, those subordinates are almost trembling, it is conceivable that if the second girl can't find it back, the second lady will inevitably be angry with them, and their fate can be imagined......

On nights like these, time flies very slowly, and it seems surprisingly fast.

When the rooster crows at dawn breaks through the silence, the night sky turns gray and a new day begins.

Xiao He, who stayed awake all night, is going crazy, if he doesn't return home this night, what will happen to his daughter's name?!

She couldn't sit back and wait so stupidly any longer.

"Mama Song, you let people prepare the carriage, I want to go back to the He family!"

Xiao He didn't care about dressing up, so she took Mama Song and wanted to leave the house, in her opinion, the Duanmu family didn't go to find her daughter at all, since this was the case, she went back to her parents' house and asked her mother's family to help find it.

However, before the carriage went out, a porter quietly went to Zhanqing Courtyard to pay homage to Duanmujun, and Duanmujun was not polite to Xiao He, and simply ordered Xiao He to be locked up in her own Qionghua Courtyard.

The noise in the house did not affect Duanmufei.

She still slept according to her usual routine, and slept until dawn before getting up, and then she went out to Cen Mansion.

Although the hot spring Zhuangzi can't be gone today, the color head still has to be sent.

Her luck was good, Cen Yin didn't go out, and Duanmufei was immediately led to the study by his subordinates.

The study room was filled with a strong fragrance of books and ink, and there were tall rosewood bookshelves on both sides against the wall, which were full of all kinds of books, more than the books in Duanmu Xian's study.

is worthy of Cen Gongzi. Duanmu said with a smile, and gave Cen Yin a salute.

"Master Cen ." Duanmu smiled sweetly and cutely, took out a heavy willow blue purse from his sleeve and handed it to him, "This is the color head of the day." ”

There were only a few simple bamboo leaves embroidered on the purse, which were verdant and bright, and unremarkable, but Cen Yin recognized them at a glance, and these bamboo leaves were exactly the same as the bamboo leaf stitches embroidered on the cloak.

She won, as she said that day.

Cen Yin looked at the purse, the bright and cheerful girl appeared in his mind, his thin lips were slightly curled, and a pleasant aura emanated from him.

The little scorpion served hot tea, and Duanmu Fei was about to serve tea, when he found that there was a music sheet on the square table, and the cover read "Yaotai Fu".

Duanmu Fei raised his eyebrows with interest, "Yaotai Fu" was composed by Lu Changqing, a well-known genius in the previous dynasty, this Lu Changqing is a madman, and the music composed is famous for being difficult, and it is not suitable for ordinary people to play at all, so it is not widely circulated.

When this volume of "Yaotai Fu" was in the Chu family, it was also one of her collections.

Duanmu Fei suddenly had the excitement of meeting a thousand cups of wine with her confidant, and forgot to serve tea, she looked at Cen Yin again, and changed her words and said: "Gongzi Cen, didn't I tell you before, my piano was made, and I later named it 'Mingyu'." Originally, I wanted us to play it to you when we went on an outing...... "But she happened to have a pone, and the outing plan was not completed."

"When Gongzi Cen is free one day, I ask you to listen to the voice of 'Mingyu'." Duanmu smiled very cutely, with a bit of smugness.

Cen Yin listened to Duanmu Fei's tone as if she was not talking about the piano, but about her own child, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became even stronger.

After Duanmu Fei finished speaking, she remembered that her house had been messy recently, and it was not suitable for hospitality, well, she had to wait for the family to finish tossing before she could invite Cen Yin over.

So, she hurriedly changed her words again: "It's going to be a few days...... When the time comes, I will send someone to make an appointment with Mr. Cen. ”

Cen smiled faintly.

The little scorpion looked at Cen Yin, and lowered his eyes silently, and he almost suspected that even if Duanmu Fei wanted to pick the moon in the sky, the overseer would respond.

After Duanmufei drank the cup of tea at hand, he didn't stay long and went home.

The little scorpion personally sent Duanmu Fei out, and when he returned to the study, he listened to Cen Yin's instructions: "You go check and see if something has happened to Duanmu's family recently." ”

"Yes, Overseer." The little scorpion had just entered the door and went out again.

Cen Yin was the only one left in the room.

Cen Yin looked at the white porcelain embossed teacup that Fang Mufei had used, and his eyes flashed slightly.

The bamboo forest outside the window swayed in the wind, making a "rustling" sound, as if in response to something.

Cen Yin looked at the swaying bamboo branches and bamboo leaves in the courtyard for a while, then withdrew his gaze, and then looked at the willow blue purse sent by Duanmufei, staring at the few bamboo leaves embroidered on it with deep eyes.

Obviously it is a simple bamboo leaf, but Cen Yin looked at it for a long time as if he was obsessed, and his slender fingers like jade gently stroked the purse, again and again, as if he was touching a rare treasure, and his expression was soft.

Cen Yin carefully put the purse into a box, and then continued to flip through the folds on the bookcase.

The room was quiet and peaceful, except for the slight rustling of the warm breeze outside the window, mixed with the flipping of paper.

I don't know how long it took, but the silence in the room was broken by the sound of a curtain, and the little scorpion hurried back with a delicate expression.

"Overseer, it was the second girl of Duanmu who ran away from home after yesterday's ceremony, and the people of Duanmu Mansion searched for it all night, and they are still looking for it...... The Duanmu family is now closed to the door, but it is quite stable. The little scorpion gave a rough idea first, and then briefly explained the cause and effect of this incident, feeling that this Duanmuqi was simply stupid and brainless.

Cen Yin raised his head from the fold and subconsciously looked at the box where he put his purse, and his narrow eyes became deep. He remembered that it should be Duanmu who was now in charge of Duanmu's house......

The corners of Cen Yin's lips hooked slightly.

The little scorpion continued to say: "Overseer, the East Factory found out that after the second girl Duanmu left Beijing yesterday, she went to a black shop in the west of the city to stay, and was later abducted and sold to Baihualou. The little scorpion said as he observed his words.

Cen Yin's fingertips casually rubbed the fold in his hand, and said lightly: "Three days later, I will send someone to inform Duanmu Xian." ”

"Also," Cen Yin pointed to the volume of "Yaotai Fu" on the side of the window, "Then you find someone to copy a copy and send it to the fourth girl." ”

"Yes, Overseer." After the little scorpion made a move, he picked up the volume of "Yaotai Fu" and retreated, knowing in his heart that the overseer was going to make Duanmuqi suffer something, so as not to always cause trouble to the four girls.

The little scorpion walked briskly out of the house.