The two first went to the housekeeper Li Yan to exchange the broken silver, and all the things in the prime minister's mansion had to go to the housekeeper to register when they entered and exited, Li Yan had become Xia Mengning's subordinate since the last incident, and when he saw Zhulian coming, he hurriedly put down the things in his hand and greeted him with a smile.

"Miss Zhulian is here, is there any shortage in the Bamboo Branch Garden?"

Zhu Lian smiled, "Steward Li is too worried, it was the young lady who rewarded the girls with the silver, and asked me to take her to send it to her old mother at home, no, I came to you to think about exchanging some broken silver, so I can buy some things." ”

Li Yan smiled and took the silk cloth in Zhu Lian's hand, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes when he opened it, but he was a perennial worker, and he was still a little stable in his heart.

When Zhulian was opening it to inspect it carefully, Jiu'er found that a servant next to her was registering the ingredients used in the house for a day, and the old mother who was standing next to her was leaning on the table and leisurely knocking melon seeds, not looking at the registration book with her eyes at all.

The ingredients on the side of the booklet are all bought by the old mother, Jiu'er took a closer look, but saw that there were a lot of white plants with roots, like the roots of a big tree, at this time, Zhulian had already counted the silver, took Jiu'er's hand and said: "What is it, go quickly, it will be miserable if you can't come back after dark." ”

Jiu'er hurriedly lowered her head, but her eyes continued to glance at the pile of ingredients in the afterglow.

The two walked out of the housekeeper's yard, Zhulian handed the cloth bag to Jiu'er, pushed her and said, "What's the matter, sullen?" ”

Jiu'er raised her head with an 'ah', saw Zhu Lian's concerned look, smiled and shook her head and said, "It's nothing." ”

Zhu Lian didn't realize that there was him, and walked out with a smile and Jiu'er's arm.

In front of the housekeeper's yard, behind a towering tree, an obese figure slowly walked out, and when he saw Zhulian and Jiu'er walking away, he squinted his eyes and smiled, and quickly turned around and ran back.

A middle-aged woman leans on the carved mahogany window lattice, and a large incense burner is placed in the center of the room, from which incense comes out, and the whole room is immersed in the special effect of spices.

"Coming back? You can get the honey agarwood, hurry up. ”

The fat figure quickly took out a paper bag from his pocket, walked to the incense burner and opened the lid, his hand shook lightly, and then poured some spices into it.

The spices were quickly burned, and the strong smell made people want to cough, but the person on the couch was like a beggar meeting the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, leaning out and sniffing, for a while, before slowly calming down.

"The old slave went to fetch spices just now, and saw that the two girls in the bamboo branch garden were sneakily exchanged for broken silver, as if they were going out of the house."

The middle-aged beauty blinked, leaned on the couch, then closed her eyes again, and asked leisurely, "Which two girls?" ”

"Zhulian and Jiu'er."

As if she was strongly stimulated, the middle-aged beauty opened her eyes quickly like a cheetah, her bright lips shining in the sun, "Go find two capable people, be sure to bring back that girl from Jiu'er." ”

The person standing at the bottom smiled, and his fat body shook a few times, and said gloomily: "The old slave knows." ”

It was the weather in May, although it was not yet summer, but it was also hot, Jiu'er grabbed a few cough medicines, bought some snacks and pulled a few pieces of fabric, and the two rushed to the east of the city with a large bag, seeing that the sky was getting dark a little bit, Jiu'er did not stay longer, so he rushed back to Xiangfu with Zhulian.

"Jiu'er, don't you stay at home for a meal anymore?" When she was about to go out, Jiu'er's old lady padd her little feet and looked at Jiu'er reluctantly.

Jiu'er's eyes were red, and she touched her mother's hand, "Mother, I have to hurry back to serve Miss, you keep the flowers, don't be reluctant, Jiu'er is protected by Miss in the house, no one bullies me, and I eat and dress well." ”

The six-year-old brother pulled the corner of his sister's clothes and said innocently: "Sister, when I grow up, I will also go to a big family to be a slave, so that I can eat enough for every meal and have good clothes to wear." ”

When Jiu'er and her mother heard this, they couldn't help but shed tears, Zhu Lian wiped the corners of her eyes, squatted down and touched his head and said: "Your sister works so hard to serve others, just to let you be able to read and write, and in the future, you will be able to gain fame and glory on the lintel, and in the future, you are not allowed to say such unproductive words." ”

Jiu'er's younger brother nodded as if he didn't understand, and Jiu'er hugged him lovingly, "Brother Xun, you have to listen to your mother's words well, and when you go to a private school, you have to study hard, you know?" ”

Jiu'er's mother looked at the sensible daughter in front of her, and couldn't help but say: "Jiu'er, the third lady is so good to you, you have to serve you well, don't let down someone's heart." ”

Jiu'er nodded, put down Brother Xun'er, wiped her tears and said: "Mother, I really have to go, I will lock the door in the house later, the few pieces of fabric I gave you, you can make a dress and wear it yourself, and make a few pieces for Brother Xun to do the rest, don't wear the old clothes all day long." ”

"Hey, hey......" Jiu'er's mother nodded, speechless, just tears flowed vigorously.

"Auntie, don't worry, the third lady is a good person, otherwise how can I accompany Jiu'er to see you, you can rest assured, I have a very close relationship with Jiu'er, and treat her as my own sister, and in the future, I will never let people bully her in the house."

Jiu'er's mother gratefully held Zhulian's hand, and when Jiu'er saw it, she hurriedly said: "Yes, mother, I have recognized Sister Zhulian as my sister, and we will take care of each other in the future, and it will be fine." ”

After some reluctance, Jiu'er and Zhulian still walked out, the night was already dark, but there was no one on the street, the two walked back quickly, Jiu'er took Zhulian's arm and whispered: "Sister, how do I think someone is following us?" ”

Zhu Lian looked around, and her heart was also scared, but Jiu'er was by her side, and she couldn't show it, so she just calmed down and said, "It's okay, I'm here." ”

The two of them invariably quickened their pace, seeing that the turn in front of them was the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhu Lian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, and was about to continue walking, when suddenly four black-clothed people fell from the sky in front of her.

"Ah——————" The two girls shouted, the man in black slowly moved closer to the two, and Jiu'er plucked up the courage to ask: "Who are you, you know that we are the girls of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so bold." ”

The man in black was unmoved, he was about to be arrested, Jiu'er closed his eyes in fear, but he heard a 'bang', and the sound of weapons touching within easy reach came, Jiu'er was pushed back vigorously, and he was pushed to the ground with Zhulian.

Zhu Lian had already fainted in fright, and Jiu'er calmly helped Zhu Lian to look over there, only to see that there was one more of the original four black-clothed people.

It must have been that he saved himself just now, thinking of this, Jiu'er looked over there even more nervously, there were four people in black, and if he was one against four, I don't know if he could win.

The victory or defeat was obvious, the four black-clothed people were beaten within five moves, and fled in a hurry, seeing that the enemy was gone, the black-clothed man who had saved Jiu'er just now also took the sword in his hand and put it into the sheath, and strode forward.

"You wait......" Seeing that the benefactor was leaving, Jiu'er hurriedly shouted, and when the man heard Jiu'er's shout, he stopped, turned around, and said in a cold voice: "What else is going on?" ”

Jiu'er was taken aback, only to feel that the eyes of the person in front of her seemed to be very scary, but there was a very familiar feeling.

"You...... Are you okay, are you hurt? Jiu'er asked worriedly.

The man in black was masked, and Jiu'er couldn't see his expression, but those eyes seemed to be familiar.

"It's okay, the prime minister's mansion is ahead, the girl should help your companion in quickly." After speaking, he walked lightly and left.

Jiu'er looked at his departing figure and was about to turn around to help Zhulian, but saw a yellow purse on the ground, Jiu'er walked over to pick it up, only to see an orchid embroidered on the yellow purse, the purse is made of gold thread, although the purse is old, but can still know that the owner who wears it is a powerful family.

Could this have been lost by the boy just now? Jiu'er rubbed his purse, this is bad, there is a vast sea of people, where are you going to find its owner?

When she was in a daze, Zhulian next to her woke up leisurely, Jiu'er hurriedly stuffed her purse into her sleeve cage and walked over to help Zhulian up.

"What's wrong with me?" Zhu Lian held her head, her body was extremely sore, Jiu'er hurriedly told Zhu Lian what happened, but she concealed the purse.

Zhu Lian stood up with Jiu'er's arm, and said with palpitations, "Who is going to kill us?" ”

Jiu'er thought for a while, shook her head and said, "I don't know, let's go back to the house quickly now, and tell Miss about this first." ”

Although the two of them were frightened and their legs were weak, they were also afraid that the group of black-clothed people just now would return again, so they couldn't help but feel the wind on the soles of their feet, and walked quickly towards the house.

Entering the gate, the two went straight to Zhuzhiyuan, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard Xia Mengning ask: "Zhulian, are you and Jiu'er back?" ”

The two walked into the house, and Xia Mengning was startled by their embarrassed appearance, Wu Qing on the side was sitting there eating snacks, and when he saw the appearance of the two, he couldn't help but quip: "I said, isn't it just to take Jiu'er's sister out for a trip, as for making yourself look like a refugee?" ”

Zhu Lian glared at her, walked to Xia Mengning and knelt down, tears flowed out, "Miss...... The slave almost died when she came back to see the young lady......"

Xia Mengning looked at the appearance of the two of them, and knew in his heart that he was afraid that something had happened on the way back, and now he looked at Zhulian's face for the rest of his life, and he had a bottom in his heart.