"You are ......," the sharp-faced woman looked at the two in front of her in disbelief.

The young man is handsome and fair-skinned, and the girl is still a little childish, wearing a bright yellow skirt.

A group of mothers-in-law rushed out with sticks, An Niang crossed her hands on her hips, and angrily reprimanded: "Dare to raise a stick against the master!" ”

Master? What master?

The sharp-faced mother-in-law's face turned white, and the young girls in front of her knew that they must have come from a wealthy family just by looking at their clothes, and thinking that there were going to be a few masters in Zhuangzi today, they were suddenly so frightened that the seven souls lost six.

I am used to being vulgar and domineering, and there is no one from the Duan family to take care of this grange for a long time, and now it is the second master of Su Mansion who is in charge.

This Second Master Su rarely cares about their affairs, and the management of the grange is also messy, but now that the serious master is here, if he is accused of being a slave bully, he will be beaten lightly, and he is even more afraid that the master will sell himself in a fit of anger, which will be bad.

In the same way, the round-faced mother-in-law and the slender and tall mother-in-law also thought of this stubble, and they all looked panicked and stood on the ground and trembled.

The three mothers-in-law knelt down with a "plop" almost at the same time, and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy: "The young master and the girl are angry, the slave and maid are guilty, and the slave and maid are guilty, which shocked the master." ”

"You say you haven't eaten meat in a long time, but really?" Shen got out of the carriage with Wen Niang in her arms, and the sharp-faced woman nodded busily: "Really, really." We haven't seen meat for most of the year, and we spend our days with green vegetables and rice porridge, and the mothers-in-law don't dare to deceive the master. ”

Shen Shi and Duan Yu and Duan Ling'er glanced at each other, and they both frowned slightly.

Every year, the Duan government will allocate a few hundred taels of silver to this village to support people, even if the grain in the grange is not planted evenly, and the profits cannot be recovered, but the silver for raising people is enough to eat and drink.

It's not that you can't even eat meat for most of the year.

"Meow~~" A cat meowed, Duan Ling'er lowered her head and found that the big white cat just now was rubbing her legs.

"I, I'll take this beast away!" The pointy-faced woman was ready to pounce.

Duan Ling'er glared at her and picked up the white cat, which was very close to Duan Ling'er and directly attached to her neck.

A few mothers-in-law muttered, this cat has always been powerful and never touches people, why do you like this little master so much?

A few didn't dare to talk about it, and they all obediently followed.

Looking at the group, they all felt very strange in their hearts, and they all said that Duanfu was a banquet with wine and food, and music and songs, but these three masters, not only were they dressed very ordinarily, but even the servants they brought were all old and young, dressed in tatters, and one was dying.

It's so weird!

The mothers-in-law have already cleaned up the main house, and the so-called house is just a slightly larger yard.

Duan Ling'er and his party stayed, Duan Ling'er placed her own things, and then asked An Niang to make some clothes for Uncle Geng and the others, and then urged Duan Yu to go to the north study to study, don't rub here.

Shen saw that the people around him were scattered, and the people on the grange did not come to salute for a long time, looking at the appearance of the four walls of this family, he couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, and frowned and said to Duan Ling'er, who was petting the cat: "Ling'er, it seems that not only does there be no family here, but there may not even be much food in stock, how can this be good?" ”

Duan Ling'er touched the white cat's soft fur and smiled softly: "Mother, Ling'er sees that this Zhuangzi is actually promising. Don't care whether the field is good or bad, rent it to others, so that you can earn a few loads of grain, these mothers-in-law are idle all day long, follow Lan Niang to do some work first, you can get by, as for the grange in the feed, I want to take a good look at what the problem is in a while, calculate how much is left now, let's not move the capital for the time being. Then it's time to think about business. ”

Shen said, "What business are you going to do?" ”

Duan Ling'er said: "If you are in business, you will do a lot with more capital, and if you have less capital, you will do a small job." But you have to take a step to go outside to investigate and understand first, see the expiration date, see the situation, and only choose what has interest, not just talk at home. ”

Shen said: "This makes sense, but your brother has no business acumen, and you are a girl's family, and it is not a material for your mother, who should we let go?" ”

Duan Ling'er teased the white cat's chin, raised her head and smiled slightly: "I think Uncle Geng is a good choice." ”

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At this time, Xie quit off the horse, and was walking through the muddy water in the human market, he was wearing an ordinary outfit, and the people turned their heads, and saw that it was a beautiful young man, and one of them greeted him: "Master, uncle, are you looking for someone or buying someone?" ”

Xie Ci took out the portrait in his arms: "Do you know this person?" ”

The man looked at it, looked at it again, and shook his head: "I haven't seen it." But there are other men in my family, all of whom are strong, and they are no worse than this......"

"No need." After thanking him, he continued to walk forward, asking one by one.

The sun burned people's faces, and Xie Ci walked for a while, and asked a lot of people, but none of them had seen the person in the portrait.

He found a café and sat down to take a breath.

There were a lot of people in the tea house, and they only drank tea and didn't speak, and several people chatted separately, and when it came to the strange things in the north and south of the river, everyone was foaming at the mouth, as if they were witnessing it on the spot.

"Speaking of this strange thing, have you heard of the strange case in Beijing recently?"

"Is the case that my husband is talking about, which is called 'ghost murder'?" Someone said, "Three people died in a row within half a year, but they were all killed by a knife in their own rooms, the doors and windows were locked, no one looked like they were entering or leaving, and there were blood words on the wall, which was really weird and terrifying!" ”

"Yes, although the capital is far away from us, but this incident really makes people panic, besides, our foreign businessman in Yangzhou a while ago can't see anyone dead or dead now, could it be that ghosts are also haunting?"

Xie Ci held the teacup with a pair of slender hands, slowly turned the cup, and watched the water vapor slowly rise from the teacup, and the tea with almost no tea fragrance swayed slightly.

The face is calm and waveless.

"If you are uneasy today, all the state capitals are in turmoil, not only in the capital, but also in southern Xinjiang recently, I don't know if you have heard of it?" One of the middle-aged people, obviously a storyteller from Youfang, was still habitually holding a piece of waking wood in his hand, and he had a good conversation, "Princess Zhennan went to worship the Buddha a while ago, and suddenly saw a person with a red body, and then this person evaporated in the air. The princess was so frightened that she didn't go out for half a month. It is said that this is also the work of ghosts. ”

"What the hell?" Everyone around them stared.

"It is said to be the old princess from before." The storyteller lowered his voice.

Xie Ci had been silent, and the hand holding the cup suddenly trembled for some reason, and a little tea spilled out.

He gently wiped the tea stain away.

Everyone was in a surprise and uproar, no one paid attention to her at all, only by this reason, everyone was talking about it: "The old princess of Zhennan is said to be the first beauty in the world, but she died in the mood for love, and now this princess is her sister-in-law, and it is said that she is also very beautiful." ”

"After the old princess of King Zhennan, King Zhennan has been sick for more than half a year, it is said that he is too sad and hurts his heart, the original brave man, now he can no longer go to the battlefield, it can really be said to be a red face and trouble!"

"What's more, it is said that since the death of the old princess, King Zhennan's temperament has changed drastically, specializing in raising thin horses."

"What's a skinny horse? Horses should naturally be plump and strong......"

Several people laughed, and one of them replied: "This horse is not a horse, the so-called thin horse is a reserve of maids and concubines waiting to be bought and sold." If you want to talk about thin horses, you have to mention our Yangzhou. We have a large number of people who specialize in raising thin horses, first funding to buy beautiful girls from poor families back to practice, teach them singing and dancing, piano and chess, calligraphy and painting, and sell them to the rich as concubines or into fireworks and willow alleys when they grow up, so as to make a profit. Because poor girls are so thin, the name "thin horse" comes from this. When he first bought a virgin, he only paid a dozen yuan, but when he got married, he could earn as much as 1,500 taels. ”

"But no, it is said that Yu Linlang of the Embroidered Spring Pavilion was raised according to a thin horse, but for some reason she did not become a powerful concubine, but was sold into that place. This jade Linlang is also angry, and when she goes, she is the top brand Oiran, and she is a woman who knows how to please men very well. ”

"Hehe, King Zhennan is letting himself go now, probably because he was overstimulated, you must know that he not only lost his beloved wife back then, but also lost his eldest son." The storyteller sneered, "Have you ever heard rumors that the old princess once gave birth to a son, but that son was born with a room full of blood, and everyone who saw it said that the White Tiger Star came to the world and wanted to eat all the relatives of the family!" Sure enough, not long after giving birth to a son, the old princess died. If it weren't for the fact that the son died of illness when he was less than a year old, I'm afraid there would be no Zhennan Wangfu now! ”

Xie Ci forgot the cup of hot tea in his hand and looked at the pitted elm table in front of him in a daze.

Think of what my grandmother said.

He is the eldest son of the king of Zhennan, who is said to be dead but is still alive.

His mother was murdered.

There seemed to be a bright light in my heart, flashing from the darkness and slowly breaking through the dense clouds.

The people around looked at each other, and a lean man diverted the topic: "If you talk about red faces and troubles, the little woman I saw today is really haunting." It's just that we're still too young and we're a little taller, so it's hard for people like us to get involved......"

The men who were all anxious all over their bodies said curiously: "What woman has you never seen in this business, and you still need to be haunted by dreams?" ”

The lean man nodded: "It's a girl from Duanfu." ”

"Duan Fu? It's ridiculous, don't say that there are many servants in the Duan Mansion who can't be used up, just say that the dignified Duan Mansion still needs to come out to buy people in person with their own daughter? Did you have a dream or did you read it wrong? ”

"This is true, then, I still have the sales contract just now!" The lean man pulled a note from his bosom.

"Unbelievable......" The people around him leaned over to take a look, but they didn't believe it.

Xie Ci drank another cup of tea, and the conversation of the people around him turned back to the recent strange events in the capital.

For example, the emperor wants to build ninety-nine pagodas, Queen Chen personally sews curtains, and how many ladies in the capital want to marry the idle king, etc., all kinds of messy things, up to the royal family, down to the liuling, and so on.