"Serve Miss to be smart, especially to marry Miss Tusu City."

Steward Zhang of the Zhang Mansion chattered non-stop.

Zhao Chujiu followed behind Steward Zhang and replied resignedly. She was actually a little apprehensive in her heart, she didn't know how the young lady was, she had never done anything in the mansion, and she was afraid that she would do something wrong.

Bamboo Garden.

A big girl stood straight at the gate and waited for them.

"Steward Zhang."

Steward Zhang nodded, "This is Miss Xiaojia, the eldest girl next to Miss, you have to listen to her orders, and I will lead you here," he turned to Xiao Jia and said, "She handed it over to you" and turned to leave.

The eldest girl Xiaojia led Zhao Chujiu into the bamboo garden.

"I've heard you know how to do some work." Xiao Jia asked tentatively.

"It's just some self-defense fists and feet, and it can't be elegant." Chu Jiu hurriedly explained, afraid that she would misunderstand herself.

Xiao Jia nodded and didn't ask any more.

She strode to the door of the eldest lady's boudoir, slammed on the door, and asked cautiously, "Miss." ”

"What?" A crisp female voice came from inside the room.

"The new maid sent by Steward Zhang has arrived."

"Well, let her come in and show me."

"Yes."

Xiao Jia pushed open the door and led Zhao Chujiu in.

The eldest lady Zhang Xiyu put down the needle and thread in her hand and raised her eyes to look at the petite Chu Jiu, "You look very small, how old are you this year?" ”

"Miss Hui, the younger one's name is Zhao Chujiu, and she is fifteen years old this year."

"It's really small." Zhang Xiyu looked at the young and immature face of the new maid, and thought of his age and the family affairs of the past few days, and suddenly felt the cruelty of the years. She frowned suddenly, and her mood was a little depressed, "Xiao Jia, how are Dad and Steward Zhang preparing?" ”

"Miss, there are not many mistakes in the preparations, and the day of departure will be in three days."

What should come will always come. A month ago, she thought that there was room for her family to turn around, but as time drew closer, she no longer had any hope for that person. Zhang Xiyu's eyes were dyed with a little gloom, and his face was dull and colorless.

Zhang Xiyu has actually been waiting for someone, she has been waiting for him for four years, looking forward to him coming back one day and leaving with her, even if it is to live in the countryside. But year after year, she could wait, but her father wouldn't allow it.

Seeing Miss Xiao's depressed expression, Xiao Jia quietly left with Chu Jiu, leaving her sad in the house.

Out of the room, Xiao Jia's pace of walking gradually increased, even with a sense of sulking.

Chu Jiu also seemed to feel it, but he didn't ask too much, so he silently lowered his head and followed behind her.

Xiao Jia walked through the corridor, and the potted plant placed on the side of the road unexpectedly grew a messy branch and hooked the hem of her skirt.

"Be careful!" Chu Jiu held Sister Xiaojia in time so that she didn't fall.

After Chu Jiu stabilized Sister Xiaojia, he lowered his body and pulled the branches and leaves that hooked her skirt for her, and finally did not forget to tidy up her skirt.

"Sister Xiaojia, it's okay!"

Xiao Jia quickly tidied up her appearance, not wanting to lose her majesty in front of this little girl, but she found that the girl lowered her head very knowingly and did not look at her.

"Why do you think a woman has to die or live for a man?"

"Huh?" Chu Jiu raised his head suspiciously.

Xiao Jia shook her head, "Seeing that you don't understand these things about love and love at such a young age," and then she continued, "You live in a room with me, and you will follow me to serve Miss in the future." ”

"Sister Xiaojia, may I ask if you were the only one to serve the young lady before?"

"No, there was a little green before you."

"What about her?" Chu Jiu couldn't hold back his curiosity.

"You still don't have to ask so much, remember that those who come out to do things must learn to talk less and do more, understand?"

"Understood."

June 18.

The Zhang Mansion sounded the sound of festive gongs and drums.

People in the town all ran to Zhang's house to watch the excitement.

Zhang's house.

Zhang Xiyu looked at his flawless makeup in the bronze mirror without a smile, as if he was not the protagonist today.

Xi Po sent Miss Zhang to the sedan chair, and shouted happily, "Get up the sedan chair!" ”

The family members in front and back carried the festive dowry and accompanied them.

The journey is long, and it takes three days and two nights to walk from Luoshan Town to Tusu City.

Chu Jiu and Xiao Jia followed Miss's sedan chair, but they were not as comfortable as Miss, and they used them all the way.

After walking for almost a day, Chu Jiu felt that her leg was about to be wasted, so she opened her mouth to complain to Sister Xiao Jia, "Sister Xiao Jia, my feet are broken." ”

Xiao Jia said with a disgusted face, "It's so useless at a young age!" ”

There are not many female dependents in the same company, only Miss Zhang's family, Xi Po, Xiao Jia and Chu Jiu.

Chu Jiu looked at the handful of old Xi Po in front of him holding his waist, with a tired face, and then looked at Sister Xiaojia, who was only a few years older than him, with a normal face, and doubted himself in his heart: Is his body really so bad, how can he be like an old person?

Suddenly, there was a stop at the front of the line.

"Report to Miss Zhang, the road ahead is blocked by stones rolling down from the mountain, and we need to take a detour." Li Darttou, who came on horseback, told the truth about the situation.

Zhang Xiyu lifted the curtain, "How can this be?" Is it man-made or ......", before she could finish her sentence, a group of grass robbers rushed out to surround them.

These grass robbers have been waiting here for a long time.

When the news came out that Miss Zhang of Luoshan Town was going to marry to Tusu City, they had already calculated that Miss Zhang's marriage team would definitely pass through this road, so they blocked the road early.

The strong man led by the thief signaled his men to make a move, and after a while, the scene was extremely chaotic.

Master Zhang was afraid that he would encounter such a situation, so he hired Li Darttou and his subordinates from the Li Family Dart Bureau to escort his daughter on the road early in the morning.

Li Dart showed his big knife, "Protect Miss Zhang!" The people behind him split into two ways, a group of people followed him to fight the grass bandits, and a group of people ran to Miss Zhang's palanquin to defend it.

Chu Jiu had never seen such a chaotic scene, and she was scared for a while.

A thief raised his knife and rushed towards them, and a dart master beside Chu Jiu quickly understood him with a knife, and the hot blood splashed on Chu Jiu's face, which scared her legs weak.

"Miss, let's hide first!" Xiao Jia opened the curtain of the sedan chair, directly and rudely took off Miss Zhang's red wedding dress, and pulled her out who was trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Chu Jiu hurriedly greeted them and followed them.

"Eh-"

The Xi Po behind him also wanted to follow, but was hacked to death by the thieves on the side.

The remaining three ladies took advantage of the chaos and broke into the woods not far away.

But there were still three or two thieves behind him.

Miss Zhang dragged the excessively long skirt with great difficulty, and suddenly she tripped over a stone and fell heavily to the ground.

"Miss, hurry up, hurry up!" Xiao Jia and Chu Jiu hurriedly pulled her up, but they were still caught up by thieves.

The thieves triumphantly surrounded them and let out a malicious laugh, "You're still running fast!" ”

Xiao Jia and Chu Jiu stood in front of Miss Zhang.

"You, don't come here!" Chu Jiu's voice trembled slightly.

"Hahahaha, Lao Tzu wants to come over, what can you do to me, little girl?" An older thief walked into them step by step.

Chu Jiu gritted his teeth, and when he got closer and closer, he instantly raised his right foot and kicked it into the man's abdomen, but the man's reaction was very fast, he grabbed Chu Jiu's right foot with one hand, and directly dragged her to the ground, "You still want to kick me, and I don't look at how many pounds and taels you have!" The man let go of Chu Jiu's feet, raised his leg and kicked Chu Jiu one by one.

Miss Zhang was so frightened that she couldn't bear to look at her, so she could only hold on tightly to Xiao Jia's clothes and hide behind her.

Amid the laughter of the men, no one noticed the anger in Xiao Jia's eyes, her left hand clenched into a fist, and her right hand moved slightly. She shook off Miss Zhang, pulled out the saber on the waist of the thief next to her, and slashed the three men's necks with her backhand, the men instantly stopped laughing, they covered the bloody knife on their necks but finally fell to the ground and died.

"Chu Jiu, it's okay!" Xiao Jia dropped the bloody big knife, squatted beside Chu Jiu, and whispered softly.

Chu Jiu's body was kicked in pain, and when she heard the sound, she tried to open her eyes and looked at the man who fell to the ground, her frightened eyes full of doubt.

"Miss Zhang, where are you?" Outside the woods, Li Darthead and the other dart masters were shouting.

Miss Zhang, who was sitting on the ground, was overjoyed, and just wanted to shout, but she didn't expect a heavy burst of sweat powder to hit the faces of the three of them, and without any resistance, they all fainted.

A man appeared, he looked at the unconscious Miss Zhang, his eyes changed slightly but quickly returned to normal, he motioned to the thieves behind him to lift the bodies of the three women and the dead brother.

After they left, Li Daotou found this place, and when he saw the blood all over the ground, he knew that something was wrong.