Xie Yuanniang saw the shopkeeper Zhao in the tea room where the porter stayed, the shopkeeper Zhao was quite calm, Xie Yuanniang came forward to greet him after he came in, and he didn't need Xie Yuanniang to ask, so he learned the matter again.

"The child is never playful, and he is the only child in the family, so he is afraid that his parents will never spend the night outside, even if he comes back late, he will make people come back." Shopkeeper Zhao paused, "I didn't come back last night, and I'm afraid something happened to the little one." ”

He only knew that his son was ordered by the girl to go out to do errands, but he didn't know what to do.

But it must have something to do with it.

Xie Yuanniang didn't hide it, she told her about Zhao Gui, and after listening to it, the shopkeeper Zhao said, "The little one will go to the colorful clothing shop now to inquire if Zhao Gui has gone, and maybe you can find clues." ”

Xie Yuanniang asked Ling Mei to go with her, "If there is any news, Ling Mei can come back and inform me as soon as possible." ”

Zhao's shopkeeper saw that the girl was also so worried, and he felt better.

He didn't dare to blame the master, after all, their lives belonged to the master, but he was such a lone seedling, in case something happened, he had no hope.

The master's actions and attitude also made him feel better.

Sent away Zhao Shopkeeper and Ling Mei, Xie Yuanniang was not sure, Zhao Gui was not an impulsive person, something must have happened, it was knowing this that Xie Yuanniang's heart was even more anxious.

Time passed little by little, and Ling Mei did not come back.

Xie Yuanniang always asked people to run to the gatehouse, and Xiao Shushi also knew, so he called someone over and asked, "But what happened?" I heard from the porter that the shopkeeper Zhao on the pen and ink shop is here. ”

"I took a fancy to a piece of ink, and the shopkeeper Zhao helped me find it, and I told Mei to get it, but the girl hasn't come back yet."

Xiao Shushi poked her head with a smile, "It's just a piece of ink, look at what makes you nervous, I have a few pieces of good fragrant ink in my library, and the words written will last for a long time, that is the dowry that your grandfather gave me, and I will let people find it and send it to you in a while." ”

"Mother, such a noble student, you better keep it." Xie Yuanniang knew that it was extremely valuable when she heard it, she was lying again just now, but her mother loved her so much, she didn't want to go in her heart, how could she accept things.

"I don't like to get those pen and ink, I can only play its role when I send it to you, what are you polite to your mother." Xiao Shu is also the only daughter in the family, she has been favored since she was a child, and the Shu family is also a big family, and there are a lot of good things for Shu's family.

When Xie Yuanniang saw this, she could only respond.

As a result, Mei was gone forever, and there was no news.

Xie Yuanniang looked at the sky and it was getting dark, she called Han Xue, looked at Han Xue and stopped talking, until Han Xue spoke first, "Girl, let the slave go, the slave ran over to her hometown." ”

"I'm worried, Ling Mei and Zhao's shopkeeper know that I'm waiting for news here, and no one is seen at this time, I'm worried that something has happened." Xie Yuanniang didn't expect that the matter would be so serious when it came to the Min family, "You don't have to go anywhere, just go to the book and ink shop, see if the shopkeeper Zhao has gone back, don't go to the colorful clothes shop." ”

In Xie Yuanniang's repeated advice, Han Xue left.

It was night, and Xie Yuan couldn't sleep.

She heard something pounding on the back window, sat up from the bed violently, got out of bed barefoot, and pushed the back window open, and there was nothing outside the back window except the night sky.

Xie Yuanniang felt that she was a frightened bird at this time, and she was shocked when there was a little wind and grass.

Suddenly, her expression changed, and her eyes fell on the windowsill, where a wooden hairpin was quietly placed on it.

At one end of the hairpin is a cluster of wind wax flowers, just like the white jade comb that the little uncle gave her.

Xie Yuanniang picked up the hairpin and looked into the darkness.

Did the little uncle send it?

And why do you send a hairpin?

Xie Yuanniang held the hairpin tightly in her hand, closed the window, and lay back on the bed to think about it all night, but she didn't figure out what the intention was.

And after a burst of wind and cold, Xie Yuanniang woke up a little heavy the next day, and when Zui Dong combed her hair, she found that her master had a fever.

This is not a trivial matter, Xiao Shu's nervous hatred can't turn the entire Confucian Mansion over.

In the front yard, after Kong Daru lost the Yellow Tiger, he had not slept well, and when he heard the chaos in the yard, he couldn't help but twist his eyebrows, "What's wrong?" ”

Shuangshou didn't dare to hide it, "It's the eldest girl who is sick." ”

"Sick? What's wrong with it? Kong Daru turned around, and without waiting for Shuangshou to answer, he sighed, "Did no one come to the door to propose marriage, so he came up with this method again?" ”

Then he snorted, "Woman's opinion." ”

Shuangshou lowered his head.

Kong Daru is still annoyed about this, the attitude of the second prince is very clear, he intends to raise the side concubine, and he also takes a fancy to Xie Yuanniang, just waiting for an opportunity to mention it to the emperor, but these women in the house are restless, and they are looking for people there all day long.

The corners of his lips hooked slightly, called Shuangshou, whispered a few words in his ear, and Shuangshou's face immediately changed.

"Old lady...."Shuangshou almost cried.

Kong Daru's eyes widened, "Don't go yet." ”

Shuangshou could only bite the bullet and go.

In the alley to Liu's house, as soon as Liu Xuan came back, he saw two people walking in front of him, still talking while walking, which made people notice the content of the conversation between the two, or because of the mention of the second girl.

"Although our girl was recognized later, she is also the concubine of the Kong family, do you know what a granddaughter is? Our old lady is a great Confucian in the world, how can his concubine marry low. ”

"I told you that you must not say it, the second prince is already interested in marrying our second girl as a side concubine."

"Be a side concubine?"

"No, it's only a matter of a few days." The little man in the green robe looked proud, and raised the wine in his hand, "Okay, I'm going back to deliver wine to the old lady, but I won't tell you." Don't tell anyone what I just said to you. ”

The two walked farther and farther away, but Liu Xuan fell into deep thought.

And at the end of the alley, Shuangshou wiped the sweat on his forehead, he was doing the things that the old lady had explained, thinking that if this matter was opened, the flesh on his body would already start to hurt.

On this day, Xie Yuanniang sweated after taking the medicine, and the person was much more energetic, and Hanxue also came back, she didn't dare to say when Xiao Shushi was there, Xie Yuanniang waited for her mother to leave, and was busy asking Hanxue.

"Girl, I went, Aunt Zhao was the only one in the shop, she thought that the shopkeeper Zhao was in the house, and the slave was afraid that she would be worried, so she lied that the girl left the shopkeeper Zhao to help reconcile the accounts, and she didn't dare to tell her the truth."

Xie Yuanniang said, "It's rare that you are careful." ”

Thinking of the three missing people on one side, Xie Yuanniang was also in a heavy mood, she was holding a wooden hairpin with wind wax flowers in her hand, could it be that the little uncle was telling her that she was looking for him?

The sky is about to dark, Xie Yuanniang can't bear it anymore, except for begging her little uncle, she has no one else to ask for, her father is a literati, and she can't help.