Chapter 62: Exploring the Boudoir at Night
Zhang Manlan walked over, took the bamboo basket in Aunt Han's hand, and walked towards the stone table, saying as she walked, "Originally, I wanted to personally distribute the fruits to Brother Zhao and them, but when I heard Yan Zhukuai say that I rescued a lot of children yesterday, I took some of them, and I let Granny Zhao go to the mouth of Lewei Alley for the rest." ”
Aunt Han nodded and asked casually, "The child I rescued last night?" ”
"Well, listen to Zhao Zhukuai, it was the eldest brother and the county lord of Anhe who went to the foot of Dongcheng Mountain to rescue him."
"When I heard about it, I wanted to go and see it, and I happened to meet a woman selling sugar gourds, so I bought some sugar gourds and sent them with fruits."
Zhang Manlan poured a cup of tea for Aunt Han, picked up a cup herself, looked at the colorful fruit trees in front of her, and then her eyes stayed on the pink and tender peaches, and she paused for a while before looking at Aunt Hu and said.
"Auntie, today, I met the county lord of Anhe."
Aunt Han was stunned for a moment, and saw that her daughter's expression was a little strange, and then said with a smile, "The person is the county lord, so he shouldn't say anything to you, right?" ”
"No, Lord An and the county lord not only talked to me, but also ate my peaches, and praised them for their deliciousness."
When Aunt Han heard this, she suddenly smiled, "It's really worthy of a father and daughter." ”
Zhang Manlan was a little surprised, "Why did my aunt say that?" Could it be that my aunt has seen the father of the county lord of Anhe? That is, General Situ? ”
"No, it's not me, it's your grandfather." Aunt Han shook her head, "On the way back to Chang'an after General Situ won the battle, he passed by your grandfather's peach orchard. Your grandfather has always admired General Situ as a great hero who defends the country and picks a lot of peaches for General Situ.
But he was afraid that he would dislike it, but unexpectedly, General Situ took the peach very happily, couldn't wait to taste it, and praised the peach for being delicious. Your grandfather was very happy at that time, and he kept telling us about General Situ's praise for the deliciousness of our peaches for a few days. ”
Zhang Manlan also smiled, "So that's the case, no wonder my aunt said that they really deserve to be father and daughter." ”
Aunt Han remembered the past, and suddenly her eyes darkened, and her face also showed sadness. Seeing this, Zhang Manlan reached out and held her hand, comforting her, "Auntie, don't think about it, the past is over." ”
"yes, it's all gone. It's just ,......" Aunt Han looked at her daughter, full of guilt, "It's just that I hurt you, and you're just a concubine, and you don't even have a friend." ”
"Auntie--"
"Manlan, if I don't give people a concubine, I will marry an honest man well, even if it is a common person, it is better than a concubine, so that you can't raise your head."
"Auntie--" Zhang Manlan saw Aunt Han crying, hurriedly sat down, comforted her, and said, "I have never looked down on the identity of a concubine, but I am also the daughter of the county magistrate, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I have a maid to take care of me." ”
"But in your marriage, the concubine will either marry the concubine, or she can only be a concubine, and the son of this serious family will not be willing to marry the concubine."
"Finally, the lady was willing to find you a good marriage, but he turned out to be a short-lived one."
"What will my Manlan do in the future?"
As soon as Aunt Han thought of this, her emotions couldn't calm down, and she thought of something that touched her heartache, "I failed him back then, otherwise, if you become his daughter, you, you will be the daughter of Dali Temple." ”
"Auntie!"
Zhang Manlan hurriedly interrupted Aunt Han's words, glanced around nervously, and said without finding anything, "Auntie, why did you suddenly say this, didn't you keep telling me to always remember my identity?" Why did you forget it yourself? ”
When Aunt Han heard this, she quickly wiped her tears, but when she thought of something, she was still very lonely and sad, "I heard that Dali Temple Cheng seems to be going back to Min County." ”
"Master Mo wants to go back to Min County? Did he go back to his hometown to visit relatives, or did he come to investigate the case? Zhang Manlan was a little surprised, how could she hear that Master Mo's family had passed away a long time ago, so he came back to investigate the case? Isn't the current case in Minxian County investigated by the county lord of Anhe?
"I heard that it's Brother Mo, no, it's Master Mo, who found his sister, and he came back this time to come back and incense his parents."
Zhang Manlan glanced at Aunt Han complicatedly, she didn't know what she should say, she knew that her aunt had other people in her heart for a long time, but they were no longer possible.
"Manlan, my aunt knows that you are very smart, don't worry, since I chose this path in the first place, I won't turn back, it's just, it's just that I can't help but want to know his news." Aunt Han wiped her tears.
"Auntie asked Brother Zhao to help you inquire?"
"Yes, they are beggars, but they are well informed."
"Aunt will ...... in the future"
Seeing the sadness in Aunt Han's eyes, the words that Zhang Manlan wanted to say were stuck in her throat, and she didn't come out, just sighed softly.
There is one more thing she also wants to say, she wants to tell Aunt Han that she doesn't want to marry Zhou Zhijun, in the eyes of outsiders, he is very good, but she doesn't want to be his wife at all.
Suddenly thinking of the county lord of Anhe, Zhang Manlan didn't know whether she should tell her about Zhou Zhijun, but when she thought of his sister, she was worried again, some things will not be as simple as they seem.
"By the way, Manlan, will you go to Lewei Alley tomorrow?" Aunt Han suddenly became worried.
"Well, I'm still going."
"But ......"
"Auntie, don't worry, Lewei Alley is now full of fast catchers, and there will be no danger, not to mention that the people who are killed are men." Zhang Manlan said nonchalantly.
Situ Yimo was busy with the work in hand, and it was time for dinner, so she went to find the Nirui County Lord and Shang Shuwei, and accompanied them to dinner, Shang Shuwei was still tinkering with the food in the kitchen, so she went to the Nirui County Lord first, and at this time she was bathing and coming out, and her body exuded the fragrance of peonies.
"Anhe, you're here!"
"Well, I just finished my work, and I heard that you made up for an afternoon's sleep."
"yes, I've been exhausted for the past few days!"
"Didn't you say you were in a coma for two days?"
"Uh...... That's still tiring. ”
Situ Yimo smiled and didn't speak, sat on the stool, poured tea for himself and Lord Nirui, drank tea, and recalled the clues of the case in his mind.
The county lord of Nirui sat next to her, took the tea handed over by Situ Yimo, took a few sips, and looked up and glanced at Qi'er, who was wiping his wet hair.
Seeing that her eyes were red and swollen, I knew that she was worried about her in the past few days, and her eyes were swollen from crying, and she was trying to comfort her, but she heard her crying.
"County Lord, it's good that you're fine, if something happens to you, how can you live? Her Royal Highness the Princess will not give me food. ”
"You... I'm not as good as a meal in your heart? Lord Nirui pointed at himself tremblingly, very stunned.
"Rice is also very important, people have to eat to live--"
"You ........."
"Hehehe--"
"Okay, okay, don't argue if it's the truth."
Situ Yimo said with a smile, she glanced at the cotton cotton in her hand, which is a unique cotton towel in Nanning, regular and plump, thick and soft, with great moisture absorption ability, women in Nanning generally use this to wipe their hair.
She took the brocade cotton, stood up, walked behind the county lord of Nirui, personally wiped the hair of the county lord of Nirui, and asked with a smile.
"Do you know who that old woman is?"
The county lord of Nirui enjoyed Situ Yimo's thoughtfulness towards her very much, listened to her voice, and shook her head, "I don't know, she didn't tell us too much about her, she just said that her surname was Wang, and we called her Granny Wang." ”
"King?"
"Why did you suddenly ask Granny Wang to come?"
"I thought it was a little strange for her to appear in the Ghost Forest, so I asked."
"That's right."
"That wooden house is only lived by Granny Wang? Does she have no children? ”
"Yes, she has a daughter."
Shang Shuwei came with a fragrant meal, followed by two maids, namely Gong'er and Qian'er, who were the first-class maids beside Shang Shuwei.
"Wow, it's been a long time since I've eaten the food made by Hachi!" The county lord of Ni Rui turned into a gluttonous cat and sat down, and in less than a second, the chopsticks were already in her hand, staring at the food on the plate, and as soon as the plate fell on the table, she couldn't wait to eat the meat.
"Uh--"
"I haven't eaten meat in a long time!"
"The taste of beef is so delicious!"
"It's only been three days since I ate meat!"
Shang Shuwei said with a smile, seeing that the county lord of Nirui was eating happily, she was also happy, and after giving Situ a bowl of chopsticks, she also happily ate beef meatballs.
Situ Yimo ate fish balls, looked at the two of them who were eating joy, and smiled, if only the years could be so beautiful forever.
It's just that she still has a case to investigate, and her second uncle hasn't seen anyone for the past two days, one is for the murder case in Min County, and the other is to deal with the governor who has nothing to do.
Ay! It's a tough day!
After accompanying them to finish eating, Situ Yimo went back to the room, at this moment Xinglu came with a box in his hand, saying that it was sent by the proprietress of the Yanhong Pavilion, Situ Yimo knew that it was the waking dream sent by the proprietress as soon as he heard it, and explained that after Xinglu sent the money to the Yanhong Pavilion tomorrow, she sat down to study the waking dream.
The aroma of this rouge is indeed a little special, but it doesn't have the aroma she wants, but when she smells it carefully, she feels that something is strange, she obviously captures something, but she can't think of the key point.
"Whew--"
Suddenly, the breeze blew through the candlelight, blowing Situ Yi's inky black hair, wafting a faint fragrance, the aroma is similar to daffodils, but more elegant than daffodils, and there is a sweet taste.
Situ Yimo was suddenly stunned, stood up abruptly and turned to look at the window, her bright and clear eyes were full of a man wearing a silver mask, she was stunned in place, she couldn't believe that this person had broken into her boudoir in the middle of the night!
"You...... You ......"
"Miss Situ, I'm here to see you."
Nan Jinchu walked over very comfortably, looked at the blue glass teacup on the table, stretched out his beautiful and slender fingers to pick up the teacup, smelled the fragrance of the cup, he pursed his thin lips lightly, and took two sips.
Situ Yimo was stunned when she saw this scene, and looked at him with a slightly ambiguous look, she was stunned, and then angrily snatched the cup in his hand and said angrily.
"How come you don't know how to be polite and shameful! I've used this cup!"
"Well, I know, that's why I drank it."