Chapter 22 (Four Watches · iv)
Suddenly, such a thing happened, Deng Feiyin was very calm on the surface, and he was busy inviting someone to report the case; This sobering soup didn't dare to be drunk by Zhao Langzhong, so he hurriedly shouted to the small kitchen to make another ginger soup, and told Qi'er to hurry up and buy a new set of clothes on the street and come back; When the county government finally came, he lent a room for the head catcher for questioning, and the arrangement was in good order.
But after all, this is a murder case, and she has a lot of anxiety in her heart, but she can't show it. Feng Ayan saw that she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, although she didn't sympathize with her, she was afraid that she would make a mistake in the chaos and say something wrong, and then supply Zhao Langzhong, who was already unlucky enough, to the manager of Unknown Spring, so she comforted her: "Deng Niangzi doesn't need to panic, what about the murder case, whoever should kill it, who killed it, even if it is a county order, he doesn't dare to cross the royal law to arrest people casually - not to mention, this is not knowing the spring, you say yes?" ”
If this Oiran lady was clever enough, she might be able to play here and stretch the line.
Unexpectedly, this medicine boy talked to her at this time, and Deng Feiyin was really stunned for a moment. But she has been floating and sinking in the willow lane of Huajie since she was a child, and she always has some eyesight to know people, and her heart is also transparent, and she understands in an instant that this person is by no means an ordinary way, so she didn't dare to hold it up, and cautiously tested: "You are?" ”
Feng Langzhong didn't hide it for a while, raised his head, and said straight to the point: "My surname is Feng, Zhao Hanjing is my senior brother." ”
When she saw Feng Ayan's face, she was a little in a trance, the more she looked at it, the more familiar she felt that her face, nose and eyebrows were familiar, thinking that when she was studying art in Jiangnan, she must have seen such a face - but as if she was separated by a veil, she couldn't remember where she saw or who she met.
Perhaps because he was too shocked, Deng Feiyin was confused for a while, and couldn't help but speak: "You are the Mr. Feng of Sanqitang?" The concubine felt that she was a little familiar. ”
Feng Lang's head trembled, and the woman holding the string in the Yanshui attic flashed in front of him. If this Oiran had studied art in Qinhuai when he was young, he would have worshiped the portrait of Yin Shancai...... She actually felt a little embarrassed, and muttered: "Déjà vu or not, even if you really know each other, it's just some old yellow calendar." ”
Deng Feiyin was speechless at this time, and said with a smile: "What Mr. Feng said is true." I have long heard that Mr. Feng is different from ordinary women, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary. ”
"Oiran lady...... It's no ordinary Oiran either. Seeing that the door opened and Zhao Langzhong walked out of it with a slump, Feng Ayan's heart suddenly softened for a moment, and she wanted to pull Deng Feiyin by the hand, but she didn't want Zhao Langzhong to hear it, so she turned around intentionally, supported the wall with one hand, and encircled the Oiran lady into her arms, and chuckled in her ear, "Little lady, most of the fence under the wall of your Evening Champs Courtyard should be repaired." ”
"What?" The Oiran lady was shocked when she heard this, and before she could ask carefully, Feng Langzhong turned around and went to help Zhao Langzhong, who was shaking three steps and a dozen times.
Poor Zhao Langzhong first fell into the water and caught a cold, and then took turns to be interrogated by the county government and the master, who was wilted like a frosted eggplant, and wanted to find Ah Yan for comfort; As soon as the result came out, I saw my own dear sister teasing Deng Feiyin, and suddenly the whole person felt bad.
Could it be that the surname Feng likes the Oiran lady, so he has to take the post behind his back, just to see the Oiran side? Seeing that she is used to pretending to be a man, she is really a little suspicious of grinding mirrors. usually does not avoid suspicion, I am afraid that she thinks that she is actually a man in her heart, so she only treats him as a brother......
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this was really the case, and Zhao Lang was quite desolate in the center; He was still wearing the clothes that Deng Feiyin bought with money, and he felt very embarrassed at the moment, he didn't want to be perfunctory anymore, he just wanted to go home quickly and change his clothes, and find a clothing appraisal shop to sell for money!
Zhao Hanjing is in a bad mood, Feng Ayan can understand, whoever soaks in a pool with a dead person will not be in a good mood, this little lamb has always been a good citizen, and he can't even kill a fish - but he doesn't know that he is used to being frivolous, which stimulates Zhao Langzhong.
When he went back, he still didn't know the carriage of spring, and Zhao Langzhong paid him two ingots of carriage and horse fees and hush money with the steward, and he only closed his eyes like a god, ignoring Feng Langzhong. Feng Ayan thought about it, her family, a good citizen, is timid, and it is rare to see nine and a half catties, so she has to slow down; What's more, he fell into the pool, also because he lost his hand, and he didn't blame him for being angry, so he didn't get together to ask for this boring.
When the car stopped outside the courtyard gate, Feng Langzhong sat outside, opened the curtain first, and jumped down. Because she didn't open her mouth all the way, in his eyes, she was completely righteous. Zhao Lang was angry in the center, angry Feng Ayan didn't come to coax him until now, and without waiting for the coachman to move the pestle, he jumped down with a wooden face. The frame was high, and he had never had much skill to speak of, and when he almost broke his foot, he fell into a somewhat courteous embrace.
He snorted coldly, and let Feng Langzhong help him to stand firm, but he didn't struggle.
"Mr. Zhao?" Just when he was about to take a step back and give Feng Langzhong a step down, a girl's surprised and shy cry suddenly sounded in the alley.
Out of the alley came a girl with a mule, only sixteen or seventeen years old, although her clothes were shabby, but her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she was extraordinarily delicate and bright. The mule had a cart on its back, and two wooden barrels were fixed to it, and as soon as the mule cart left, the sound of water sounded in the barrels.
Zhao Hanjing blinked, recalled for a while, and then recognized that this was the daughter of the old bolt family of a fisherman in the northern suburbs. Although Artemisia County is said to be the northern boundary, it is next to the Jingjiang River, the fish is beautiful and the crab is strong, and there has always been the custom of thawing and eating fresh, frozen and pickled. When the old owner of the medical hall was still there, the old neighbors of Zehuafang got together and ordered fish at the old man's house together and delivered it every few days. The fresh fish of the old bolt's house is pickled and fragrant, and the people who have bought it have applauded, because for so many years, the big guy has never changed the seller.
However, most of the time it is the old bolt who comes to deliver the fish by himself, and occasionally brings embroidery; Today, there was only one person in Xiuluo, and he was a little surprised: "Xiuluo? Where's your dad? ”
Xiuluo took out two live fish dressed with horse leaves from the water tank, and when he saw that Zhao Langzhong was delayed, his eyes were a little obscure: "My father took a big order and was busy making pickles at home." Most of the people in this county are old acquaintances, so he can rest assured that I will come out by myself. ”
Feng Ayan was very dedicated, dressed up the appearance of the entourage to the bottom, took the fish in Xiuluo's hand, said "rudeness", and went straight to the kitchen to carry the fish. She has been dressed as a man since she was a child, and she can fake the voice of a half-grown teenager by suppressing her voice; When he was about to go out, he wiped off the rouge powder, wiped his face with acorn water, and painted his complexion yellow, just like the usual two people.
And Xiuluo has not gone out much since he beat and Lu, and Feng Langzhong has only come in the past two years, so the two have never met. "There is a medical girl in the medical hall of the old Zhao family, who is the younger sister of Xiao Zhao Langzhong according to her generation, maybe the two of them have also ordered a baby kiss, and they will have a round house as soon as the filial piety period is over" - she has not heard of this rumor, but the women who support their families and careers are not all reckless women who are five big and three coarse? What is said about the quality of Lan Xin, it is probably also praised by the patients with gratitude, and it is not worthy of Mr. Zhao.
So she never cared much about who that "Feng Langzhong" was.
At this time, Xiuluo only regarded Feng Ayan as an ordinary partner, and delivered the fish at will. After thinking about it, Zhao Langzhong is such a gentle person, and now he can be regarded as a door, so he naturally wants to hire someone to do these things for him, and he was relieved, so he stood on tiptoe and greeted him with his fingertips around his braids: "Mr. Zhao just went out?" ”
"Well, just went to the doctor." Zhao Hanjing was still thinking about Feng Langzhong's, and he was a little unhappy when he was so distracted by Xiuluo. But the old bolt had a good relationship with him, and he was embarrassed to meet the little girl in general, so he had to patiently greet her.
Xiuluo's eyes were sharp, and he had already clearly seen that on the carriage that Zhao Lang had just gotten off, he was carrying a lantern that did not know spring. I heard him say that it was a house visit, but I didn't believe that he was really a house visit; I was angry that his words were perfunctory, and I was annoyed that he didn't tell the truth even when he went to the kiln - sure enough, these men were all average! Damn it! She was so confused for a while that she couldn't say anything more, and she didn't know what to say again, so she had to say goodbye in a hurry.
Zhao Lang only thought about why Feng Ayan didn't come to coax him, so he didn't care about Xiuluo's abnormality. I asked the little apprentice who was looking for the housekeeper, but there were no acquaintances and friends in the morning, and I saw that there was nothing to see in the medical hall in front of me, so I was in a panic, and I couldn't sit still.
Coincidentally, Feng Ayan had already quickly packed up two fish, soaked them in green onions, ginger and salt wine, and prepared to stew a wide noodle with noodle sauce at noon. She could see at a glance that Xiuluo was interested in her senior brother, and thought that after chatting with the little girl who was very smart, Xiaolang's heart could be much better, so she couldn't help but relapse into her old ways, and teased narrowly: "The peach blossoms have been lucky recently." ”
"Your peach blossom luck is also good, and you mix oil with other people's Oiran girls." As soon as he mentioned this, Zhao Hanjing became annoyed again, and he didn't want to give the steps, so he brought thorns to the exit.
"......" she choked and arched her hand at Zhao Langzhong through the window, "It's not a secret, in the past, people used to treat me as a broken sleeve, and they thought I was like a mirror, and you were still the first one." “
Zhao Langzhong left with a disdainful face, but in his heart, he began to sum up, what did the surname Feng mean. He spun around under the eaves, and again under the grape trellis, and suddenly came back to the smell, and couldn't help but laugh.
But it's useless for her to just say that she likes men! There are thousands of men in the world, what if what she likes is the sour Xiucai at the entrance of the alley? Zhao Hanjing felt unhappy again, and saw that nothing was pleasing to the eye, so he simply went back to the house first to change the old jacket, pulled a piece of the wrapper, wrapped the new white clothes casually, and was about to go out.
"Hey, hey, I haven't eaten lunch yet, where are you going?"
Hearing Feng Ayan shouting at him, Zhao Langzhong stopped his steps, expecting her to coax him back, but he refused to show it, and pretended to be angry on his face: "I'll go to the clothing appraisal shop and exchange money for food and wine!" ”
"Wait, you wait for me. Little Sea Seamount! Little sea and mountain! Feng Ayan called out to the little nephew to look at the fire on the stove, and she didn't even have time to untie the apron, so she hurriedly ran over, "The smell of the wine I ate before has not disappeared, and it has fallen into the cold water, why don't you go back to the house and lie down, and toss something." ”
Not only did he not coax, but began to discipline him, Zhao Hanjing was very unconvinced, and muttered aggrievedly: "If you hadn't forced me to go to this clinic, would I have been drunk?" Now I'm tossing again, I'm ...... Hey, what are you doing!? ”
Feng Ayan lightly hugged the person horizontally: "I apologize to you." ”
Lying on Ah Yan's shoulder, Xiao Langzhong inexplicably dissipated his anger, and only felt his heartbeat accelerate.
How do you apologize...... Is that what he thinks?