() The man in front of him hurriedly walked away, Du Mei took advantage of the branches and leaves of the weeds, and quietly followed all the way, Xu is the mansion was holding a banquet, and the people went to the back to help, but there was no one on the way.

Du Mei recognized the man as Lu Xigui, the shopkeeper of Splendid Workshop, after she arrived in Jiangling City, she searched for this person in order to find Du Xing, but the shopkeeper of Splendid Workshop had changed, because she was from Luomeixuan, and the people there would not tell her Lu Xigui's whereabouts at all.

met today, Du Mei naturally wanted to ask Du Xing's whereabouts, Grandpa's deathbed entrustment was like a stone pressing on her heart, no matter what they thought, even if they didn't go back, knowing that they were dead or alive could be regarded as having an explanation.

The man did not notice Du May, and hurried through the verandah to a room.

Du Mei hid behind the wisteria trellis, until the door was closed, he dared to approach slowly, in addition to the door, there was a window on the side of this room, Du Mei looked around, saw no one, and lay down under the window to listen.

The voice inside was intermittent, and he couldn't hear what he said, only that it was three men talking, except for Lu Xigui, the voices of the other two were also very familiar, Du Mei frowned and thought about it, and couldn't remember it for a while.

"What are you doing here? Come with me yet! An anxious male voice with a low volume.

Du Mei was thinking about it, but she didn't expect someone to come from behind, she was frightened, and before she could react, she was covered by the person.

"Don't make a sound!" Du Mei calmed down, heard Chu Lin's voice, and nodded slowly.

The two carefully returned to the verandah, Du Mei insisted on not leaving, she wanted to know who those two people were, Chu Lin couldn't help it, so she had to hide in the shadows of the lush flowers and vines with her.

"Why are you here?" The two approached each other, breathing and smelling, Du Mei deliberately broke this ambiguous situation and asked.

"You're so bold, do you know where this is? Why don't you take Xiaoqi with you when you go out? Chu Lin suppressed his voice, and he was also full of anger.

"......" Du Mei felt that this man was really domineering and didn't want to talk to him, so he took a half step back.

"You either stand here or get out of here." Chu Lin had a calm face and ordered without question.

It was sixteen today, and the moonlight spread out like water, and when Du Mei retreated, his figure was clearly imprinted on the ground, and as soon as he came out of the room, he would find something strange.

Du Mei naturally found out about this, she felt aggrieved, but she could only obediently stand in Chu Lin's designated seat in his arms.

Neither of them spoke, Du Mei stood with her back straight, she was so nervous that all her voices were infinitely amplified, she could hear the chirping of unknown insects in the grass, and even the sound of wisteria flowers blooming overhead, and even her own heartbeat like a drum.

"Don't be afraid!" Chu Lin brushed away a flower that fell on Du Mei's shoulder, and comforted him a little unbearably.

Du Mei didn't say anything, only shook his head slightly.

After a while, the three men in the house came out in turn, and by the bright moonlight, Du Mei recognized at a glance that it was Lu Xigui, the original shopkeeper of Jinxiufang, who walked in front, and the other two men turned out to be Cui Xigui from Wanfu Qian Zhuang and Bian Xilai from Huichun Hall!

For Du Mei, these three men are not good people, but they can walk freely in the Shu Palace, and they are not today's guests, but like the original people in this mansion!

"Do you recognize them?" The three of them gradually drifted apart, and Chu Lin saw that Du Mei's expression had changed, and asked in a low voice.

"It was Lu Xigui of Jinxiufang who went to Dujiagou and wanted to hire me to be an embroiderer in Jiangling City, but I refused, and then he kidnapped Du Xing, so that to this day, she is

It is not yet known whether to live or die.

The white fat one was Cui Xishun of Wanfu Qianzhuang, who privately accepted the gold coin you gave, and was punished by the Shen County Order at that time, and then disappeared without a trace.

The last one who was very thin was Bian Xilai of the Rejuvenation Hall, he was the most hateful, and he actually asked Xiao Pingzi and Xiao Wu'er to take the big tobacco seeds to plant for the villagers who were affected by the wheat disaster, but fortunately I stopped them. Du Mei looked in the direction they were going and said angrily.

"It has always been rumored that the Seven Kings have the help of Four Happiness Pills, and there is a way to make money, and the wealth is rival the country, and now they have collected all the three joys at once." Chu Lin silently recited the names of the next three people, it turned out that the four happy pills were not one person, but four people, and who was the other one? There are really too many happy words in the name in this world, and there are a lot of them all over the street, and they can't find it, so they can only wait for the rabbit and wait for him to show up.

"The King of Shu is really not a good person, but it's a pity that his daughter was born as pure as snow and not stained with dust." Du Mei sighed in a low voice, with such a group of slaves, how good would their masters be!

"You know you're scared! Do you know that today is a feast! Chu Lin said hatefully.

But he can't get angry, no matter how many troubles Du Mei makes, he has the ability to clean up the mess for her.

Du Mei was a little annoyed by what he said, if she hadn't complained about him for deceiving her, how could she have asked for the King of Shu, so that she couldn't get out of relationship with him today.

"What am I terrible about! He can still eat me! Du Mei snorted and shook his hand and left.

"What do you say when you go out and meet people? I'll take you a shortcut, soon. Chu Lin grabbed her hand.

Du Mei turned around and looked up at him, under the moonlight, his eyebrows were still handsome and cold, but they were reduced a little, and his eyebrows were tightly locked, as if there were many sad things, which made it difficult for him to deal with them.

She raised her hand to smooth out those uncomfortable-looking wrinkles, but after all, she hung down weakly, and brushed her sideburns as if to cover it, although she and him, although they were close at hand, in fact, they were separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, why should she leave no future expectations.

complained that the moonlight was too good tonight, and there was a trace of undue hallucination.

But in an instant, it has been a hundred turns, Chu Lin looked at her eyes, from the bright stars to the dark night sea, his heart followed from excitement to wilting, she didn't say anything, a look swayed his mood.

"Let's go." Fortunately, she still let him hold his hand, which was still a small, warm and soft hand on the tip of his heart.

Du Mei let him lead her quickly, wearing flowers and willows, drilling mountains and crossing bridges, and when she was almost dizzy, she saw Chu Lin stop, pointed to the brightly lit place not far away from Xiuzhu, and whispered: "That's Qingning Courtyard, you go slowly, there are many young ladies in the family today, you hide in the crowd, no one will care." ”

"Hmm." Du Mei nodded.

"When the feast is over, they will probably come to you, but no matter what, don't say yes, and I'll be here in a while." Chu Lin felt the damp heat in her palms, and he didn't know if he was in a hurry or nervous, so he comforted him in a low voice.

"Hmm." Du Mei still nodded, as if he was running out of words all of a sudden.

His phrase, "In a while, I'll be here." Her heart was so sour that her chest was full, as if it was stuffed with thatch, and even her breathing was painful.

"Go ahead." Chu Lin let go of his hand and pushed her.

Du Mei held the wooden box, lifted her skirt through the path in the bamboo forest, entered the backyard, followed the sound, and quietly mixed in with the girls who were showing off their branches.

Chu Lin estimated that Du Mei went in, waited for a while, and saw that there was no abnormality, so he climbed over the wall

Went out.

This is a small gathering in the boudoir before the banquet, to put it bluntly, that is, when the ladies show their talents, when Du Mei slipped in, a woman with a round face was stroking the piano, and the sound of the piano was clear, as if the moon was shining on the pine forest, and the spring was on the stone. The crowd listened in a daze, and no one noticed that there was an extra person next to them.

With the applause, there was another graceful woman in red dancing, Chu Qing took the pipa to accompaniment, flicked his fingers, sonorous and powerful, plucked several times, like a rainstorm pouring, thousands of horses galloping, the dancer's body swirled sharply, the clothes were flamboyant, and a magnificent and dazzling red peony was transformed.

Everyone was amazed, and Du Mei was already at ease, and naturally applauded with a smile.

The song stopped dancing, and a maid came in to pass the ceremony, and the auspicious time was near, and it was time to move to the banquet hall.

Because it was a small birthday, Chu Qing made her own decisions, and invited all the female relatives who were good friends with her, and only opened a separate room in the Qingning Courtyard to entertain guests, and did not go to the outer room.

Du Mei walked a few steps, caught up with Chu Qing, and said with a smile: "County Lord, Fangchen Jile!" ”

"Sister Mei, when did you come? I thought you were too busy with business to come. Chu Qing's eyebrows and eyes were clean, and he smiled smartly.

"I'm here early, and you play the lute so well." Du Mei praised it heartily and handed the wooden box over.

"For me?" Chu Qing was very pleasantly surprised, she couldn't wait to open it carefully, "Wow! Bunny Dolls! Her eyes lit up instantly, and her love was palpable.

"What? Show me! ”

"Oh my God, Luo Meixuan's, I've been to see every concert, why haven't I seen this?"

"Is this a treasure that is not for sale?"

……

Du Mei stepped out of the way, and the girls who were still reserved and elegant just now saw the dolls, revealing their innocent and playful nature, vying for a glimpse.

"Thank you, Sister Mei." Chu Qing showed them the dolls, walked up to Du Mei by himself, and said with a smile.

"No thanks, as long as the county lord likes it." Du Mei smiled lightly.

"Your doll, how many people can't ask for it, what you gave me today is a priceless treasure, this is my favorite birthday gift I have received this year." Chu Qing coquettishly grabbed Du Mei's arm and stuck out her tongue mischievously.

The maid came to invite again, everyone just changed the place to eat, most of the dishes are light steaming and cooking, not to mention that there is no heavy taste of spicy and sour, even stir-fried and the like are very few, the girls in the big family pay attention to eating silently, if chewing celery makes a crispy sound, it is to be taught by the grandmothers, therefore, in order to avoid punishment, simply do not eat those.

Du Mei picked up the vegetables in front of him and ate a little, although it was not very appetizing, but the steaming heat was just right, soft but not rotten, glutinous but not scattered, even a bowl of cabbage was simmered with chicken soup, the so-called food is not tired of fine, and the stool is not tired of this.

The ladies ate very little, ate a little, and then dispersed, this kind of gathering was not originally for the purpose of eating and drinking. Everyone returned to the main courtyard, a woman in green clothes was performing tea cooking skills, everyone gathered around the tea table, drinking tea and chatting.

A maid came in and whispered something in Chu Qing's ear, she turned around and walked to Du Mei's side and said, pouting and saying, "My father is the most disappointing, he just came back from the palace, he knows that you are here, and he has to see you." ”

"It should be, since I am here, I should naturally visit the King of Shu." Du Mei got up, bowed, and went out with the maid.