Bai Yan's reaction and answer were really unexpected by everyone, and even the housekeeper was a little stunned for a while. He thought that Bai Yan, who had won the king of the flower boat, would happily agree immediately when he heard the news, but he didn't expect him to refuse without thinking about it!

"Bai Yan, you can think about it before answering. The city lord is willing to marry the young lady to you, that is to look up to you, you don't know how to raise it. Steward Yu's face was a little ugly, and his tone was not as polite as just now.

Some of the onlookers also whispered: "It's just that the city lord's daughter can't look down on it, and he really doesn't know how to lift it." Who did he think he was! ”

Bai Yan ignored the surrounding discussions, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, but he was a very tough young man.

He said, "Thank you for the love. But I have someone in my heart, if I marry Miss Sikong, it will not be fair to her, and I ask the housekeeper to apologize to the city lord and Miss Sikong on my behalf, it is Bai Yan who can't afford it, Miss Sikong's good match, please choose someone else. ”

Yuan Quanquan looked at Bai Yan's calm attitude, and then listened to what he said, and his opinion of this person changed slightly.

When I was in the boat race just now, I saw that he was so vigorous and healthy, and I thought he was the kind of person with developed limbs and a simple mind. But when he said this, he seemed to be a well-read, polite, and his speech was advanced and retreated.

He said that he had a sweetheart, so he didn't want to delay the city lord's daughter.

Don't covet wealth, don't covet beauty, this young man has a good character!

Yuan Quanquan admires him very much.

But others don't think so.

Most people think he is stupid, such a good opportunity is in front of him but he doesn't know how to cherish it, and he actually refuses in front of everyone, in addition to thinking that he doesn't know how to lift, some people even secretly ridicule him for thinking of himself and looking down on Miss Sikong.

Among them, there are some lemon essences that can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, and they are sour, but they are sarcastic about others, which is really funny.

Yuan Quanquan rolled his eyes at Chaotian, glanced down at the meditation cultivator, thought about it, patted him on the shoulder, and motioned for him to put himself down.

"Don't look at it?"

Yuan Quanquan shook his head, "No, hugging it for so long, aren't you tired?" ”

Shen Xiu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Xiaoquan'er, is this distressing about this king?" ”

Yuanquanquan said stiffly: "No, I'm afraid that you will fall me down if you are tired and your hands are sore." ”

Ming Xiu loved her little appearance of duplicity, looked at her with a heavy laugh, and suddenly hugged her with one hand, and picked her up from the ground at once, it didn't feel like hugging someone, it was like carrying a piece of paper, "Do you think this king will be tired?" ”

Metaverse: "......"

Jieya looked at the two people who could show affection anytime and anywhere, and suddenly felt that the meditation he knew before was a fake, or was this a fake now?

It's not the same person at all, right?

Lord Hades, who complained silently, was jealous and a little envious at the same time. Hey, he really wants to have someone who can show his affection......

Attention was temporarily deviated, Yuan Quanquan listened to the movement in the center of the crowd, Bai Yan seemed to have said something just now, and heard the voice of the housekeeper coming from inside: "Since you are so ignorant and dislike our young lady, then you don't have to go to see the city lord, the city lord has a lot of opportunities, but he doesn't have the time to meet such a rude boy!" ”

After saying that, he threw his sleeves with a black face and turned around and went back to Sikong Mansion, leaving a group of people watching the play outside the door.

Bai Yan in the crowd ignored the discussions and pointing of the people around him, held the thousand taels of silver he had won, and slowly walked out of the crowd and went back to his home.

After the excitement was over, the crowd gradually dispersed, and after a while, in front of the Sikong Mansion, only a few of them were left in the Yuan Circle.

Yuan Quanquan admired Bai Yan quite a lot, not only because he was angry and let her win money, but mainly because when he faced the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion just now, his attitude of not clinging to the powerful and not greedy for wealth made her feel that he was not like an ordinary boatman.

Looking at the direction in which Bai Yan had left, a thought suddenly flashed in Yuan Quanquan's mind.

Just now he said that he had someone in his heart...... And before that, when they were snatching the floating flags on the river to compete for the king of the flower boats, the female water ghost at the bottom of the river disturbed the people on the other four boats, and the people on the other boat were all good. And after Bai Yan won the king of the flower boat, the Yuan circle clearly saw the expression and eyes of the female water ghost looking at the young man, which was full of tenderness.

Could it be ...... That female water ghost is Bai Yan's sweetheart?

Yuan Quanquan guessed to himself, followed Ming Xiu to a restaurant to eat, and tasted the local specialties.

"Guest officer, your dishes are ready, please use them slowly."

Xiao Er finished serving the food and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yuan Quanquan.

"Little second brother, can I ask you something?"

The little second here is quite enthusiastic, and the Yuan Circle asked him, he saw that a group of them were not like locals, so he nodded with a smile and agreed: "What does the girl want to inquire about?" ”

Yuan Quanquan was still curious about the female water ghost, and felt that it was very likely that she was Bai Yan's sweetheart. But why did she drown?

"Well, what I want to ask is the little brother who won the king of the flower boat today. Didn't he reject the city lord's daughter, he said that he had a sweetheart, but how did I hear that his sweetheart ...... Dead, huh? The eyes of the thief in the circle of the Yuan circle turned around and began to set Xiao Er's words.

Xiao Er is a native of this Yanbo City, who runs errands in the inn all the year round, and is very familiar with the people and things in this Yanbo City. Hearing Yuan Quanquan ask about Bai Yan, he immediately told him the truth.

"Not really! This Bai Yanna, a very famous young man in our city, is handsome, has a good temperament, and has a smiling face when he sees everyone, in this Yanbo City, many people know him, especially those big girls, who are particularly fascinated by his face. ”

Yuan Quanquan raised his eyebrows slightly, no wonder...... During the previous boat race, she heard several girls on the other side of the river excitedly shouting a person's name. Now that I think about it, isn't that shouting Bai Yan!

"Bai Yan's family conditions are not good, his parents died early, and he only has a sick sister. He earns some money by pulling goods for others, but his sister is very sick and has to spend a lot of money on medicine and treatment. And in our annual Flower Boat Festival in Yanbo City, if you win the king of flower boats through the flower boat race, you can get 1,000 taels of silver. ”

"So, he signed up this year? In order to win the 1,000 taels of silver to see his sister's doctor? ”

Jieya and the others sat on the side, and they also listened to Xiao Er's talk about Bai Yan while eating with relish. Hearing this, I couldn't help but interject.

Xiao Er glanced at Jieya and replied, "Not bad." A thousand taels of silver, I have to take care of his sister for any illness. He was also lucky this year, and he really won the king of the flower boat. After finishing speaking, Xiao Er paused, looked left and right, and suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "But to say that this city lord plans to marry his daughter to him, this is unexpected." It is estimated that Bai Yan himself was also taken aback. ”

"Mm-hmm, I was there at the time, and I saw that he was scared." Yuan Quanquan listened to Xiao Er's speech intently, and forgot to eat, seeing this, Ming Xiu sighed slightly, took a mouthful of food and fed it to her mouth personally, seeing that she didn't react, he said in a deep voice half-serious and half-pampered: "Open your mouth." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Quanquan subconsciously opened his mouth and took a bite of the dish handed to his mouth.

"But it's reasonable that he would refuse, after all, he has such a deep affection for Miss Xiaohan."

After talking for a long time, I finally got to the point, and the eyes of the Yuan Circle lit up, "Miss Xiaohan?" "What is the name of the female water ghost?

"Yes, Miss Xiaohan is Bai Yan's neighbor, and the two grew up together since childhood, and their relationship is very good. Xiao Han's parents didn't dislike Bai Yan, and they liked this young man quite a lot, knowing that their daughter was in love with Bai Yan, and they didn't stop it. Miss Xiaohan turned eighteen this year, and she and Bai Yan have reached the point of talking about marriage, but they don't want to, God doesn't have long eyes, just three months ago, Miss Xiaohan accidentally fell into the water and drowned. ”

Yuan Quanquan was slightly stunned.

Actually...... It's really that female water ghost.

It's the girl named Xiaohan......

It was she who secretly helped, making Bai Yan the king of the flower boat this year.

But why would she ......

"Aren't most of you people in Yanbo City water-savvy? Doesn't Miss Xiaohan know water? ”

"How can you! Miss Xiaohan grew up by the river since she was a child, how could she not know the nature of water! "This little second brother is like a bag to inquire about Bai Xiaosheng, these people in the city, he really knows quite clearly, what the basic Yuan circle wants to know, he can tell a rough idea.

"Then if she knows water, how can she drown?"

Is it like the modern saying that drowned is often a swimmer?

"Hey, it's not because Miss Xiaohan is kind-hearted, she died because she saved people." The second brother's tone was very regretful and emotional, and in a somewhat sad tone, he talked about how Miss Xiaohan died accidentally because she saved people.

Therefore, she was rescued from a child who had fallen into the water, and then suddenly became entangled in the aquatic weeds in the water and couldn't get ashore, so she ...... Drowned? ”

"Yes, hey, they all say that good people have good rewards, but Miss Xiaohan ......"

Jieya was still eating without pressure, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but stop his chopsticks, and his expression was a little sad, as if he was feeling sorry for Miss Xiaohan.

The little second brother said a lot, and he still needs to provide some more information, but he heard a table of guests in the distance raise his voice to order, and the little second brother hurriedly shouted "hey", and left a sentence with a smile: "Guest officer, you use it slowly, call me if you have something." Then he turned and left.

After listening to the story of Bai Yan and Miss Xiaohan, Yuan Quanquan held his cheek with one hand and his expression thoughtful.

Ming Xiu looked at her sideways, and said lightly, "What do you think?" ”

Yuan Huan glanced back at him, was silent for a moment, and frowned slightly, "I was thinking, that Xiaohan girl should be the female water ghost we saw before." But just now the second brother said that she died three months ago, and her soul is still here and has not left, which shows that she still has an obsession. You say, could her obsession be Bai Yan? ”