Outside the gate of a house somewhere in the capital, an old man was negotiating with someone, and after a while, he took two ingots of silver, took out a bunch of keys from his arms and handed them over, and then touched the silver in his arms with a smile, and slowly paced towards the wine shop at the entrance of the street.

Someone greeted him along the way and said with a smile: "Old man Zhang, have you rented out the master's house again?" Looking at your happy appearance, I'm afraid you got a lot of money for wine, right? What's the matter, don't you invite me to a drink? ”

"Where is the money? It's just a relative to stay for a few days. Old man Zhang seriously denied it, "The house is not inhabited, and it is easy to be deserted." I am doing this for the good of the Lord's house. Old man, I have dozens of dollars a month, and I don't have enough to eat, where can I have money to drink? It's drinking, and it's also a book. As he spoke, he didn't stop for a moment, and went straight into the wine shop.

"Huh, this stingy old man, iron rooster, doesn't pull out a hair." The man was just joking, waved his sleeves, and walked away.

Not long after Old Man Zhang entered the wine shop, an ordinary green oil carriage drove over from the entrance of the alley and stopped at the door of the house. A woman jumped out of it, and then a limp man was half-helped out of the car, and half-hugged and half-hugged into the house.

The middle-aged man who was the first to rent the house took down a lot of things from the mule cart he drove and put them in front of the door. The woman came out of it and carried her things in one by one.

As soon as the two finished moving their things, another carriage drove at the entrance of the alley, and a young woman got out of the carriage, half-carried a woman in, said a few words to the middle-aged man, and followed the woman with the miscellaneous items in her hand, and entered the house together. The woman turned and slammed the door shut. Go straight inside.

The house has a total of two entrances, covers an area of not wide, and is located in a corner of the capital, very remote. But at the foot of a small hill, a small stream flows through the courtyard, and there is a big banyan tree in the backyard, the environment is very cool and quiet.

The second courtyard was divided into two courtyards, east and west. At this time, on the carved bed in the east courtyard room, a woman with a calm expression was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly. A cool breeze blew in through the wide open window. The book on the table was blown with a "whoosh" sound. This voice disturbed the woman lying down with a slight frown, and opened her eyes with a "bang". She first stared blankly at the tent embroidered with green yarn lotus branches, and was stunned for a long time; He turned his face again and surveyed the room; Only then did he sit up straight. Get out of bed.

"Little bamboo girl, are you awake?" A woman heard the movement and pushed the door open from outside the house.

"Hmm." Lin Xiaozhu bowed slightly. He looked at the woman and smiled, "How shall I call you?" ”

The woman was stunned. She has performed countless such tasks. But every time I meet a girl who is on a mission for the first time. Although I knew that I was on a mission, I suddenly somehow went to a strange place. In the face of strangers, there was a period of panic, and she was full of vigilance and scrutiny of her sudden appearance. But the girl in front of her, obviously on a mission for the first time, was so calm and calm, as if she had been living here all along, and she was the family she had faced since childhood. She couldn't help but glance at Lin Xiaozhu curiously, and said, "You can call me Yuan Sanniang." ”

Lin Xiaozhu nodded and set his eyes on the books that were blown by the wind. This book was borrowed by her from Yuan Tianye a few days ago. It is called "Journey to the East", a book dedicated to introducing the customs and customs of the Dongyue Kingdom.

Obviously, these people brought all the things she had in the Yuan Mansion over.

This made Lin Xiaozhu very satisfied.

Yuan Sanniang saw that Lin Xiaozhu stopped asking. Gently retreated. After a while, she came in with a basin of water in her hand. Put it in front of Lin Xiaozhu: "Girl, wash your face." ”

Lin Xiaozhu smiled dumbly. It seems that it is not bad to carry out the task, at least to be a young lady and taste the taste of being served.

"Thanks, put it on the stool." She couldn't bear to be a slave Yuan Sanniang. is the same as the end of the world, and no one is more expensive than anyone else.

Yuan Sanniang didn't insist, stretched out her foot to hook a round stool in front of the bed, and put the basin on it.

Lin Xiaozhu bent down and reached out to get the cloth towel in the basin.

However, when she was halfway bent, she was stunned. Her reflection was clearly visible in the copper basin, but this reflection was so unfamiliar, with apricot eyes hanging and eyebrows swiping, not her face at all. She reached out and subconsciously stroked her face. And the reflection in the basin also made this action.

Yuan Sanniang saw her movements and explained: "Sanniang put on makeup for the girl. After all, the girl is the one who follows the child, and the less people see her true appearance, the better. Wait a while, Miss Zhou Rou will come over to learn tea art from you, and ask the girl to keep silent and not say a word about herself. Now, give yourself a new name, and it will be convenient for Miss Zhou Rou to call you. ”

I'm afraid, the word Zhou Rou is also a pseudonym, right?

Lin Xiaozhu thought so, and was very satisfied with this arrangement. The more closely Yuan Tianye does things, the more secure her safety will be. Otherwise, she would have her identity exposed after a mission, and she would be on the cusp of the limelight from now on, which was definitely not what she wanted.

Lin Xiaozhu groaned slightly, and then said, "Let's call Ye Qing." ”

"Good name, Ye Er Qingqing, isn't that tea? Then Miss Ye Qing, please clean your face, you will not have a problem with how to wash your face. Yuan Sanniang put her hand into the basin, mercilessly smashed the reflection in the water, twisted a handful of cloth towels, and handed it to Lin Xiaozhu.

Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yuan Sanniang with some amusement.

Originally, she thought that when she brought this basin of water, she was asked to look in the mirror and tell her that her appearance had changed at this time. Unexpectedly, this Yuan Sanniang was quite serious, so she had to wash her face, just like asking her to inspect the goods for a while, telling her that this disguise was of high quality and there was no fake.

She took the cloth towel and carefully washed her face according to the strength of her usual face. Her face was soaked in cold water, which looked extraordinarily refreshing, which lifted her spirits, and her mind, which was still a little dizzy due to the effect of the medicine just now, was also cleared.

She put the cloth towel back in the basin, stood up and walked to the dresser next to the room, looked at her face in the bronze mirror, and found that it was really as Yuan Sanniang said, after she rubbed it just now, there was no problem at all.

"Good stuff." Lin Xiaozhu stretched out his hand and touched his face, only to feel that the touch was delicate, as if he was touching his face, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is this made of?" Human skin masks? But Yuan Sanniang, what did you do? ”

Although she has been disguised, her appearance has changed from the original beauty to charming, but her clear big eyes are full of curiosity and innocence, but they can't be hidden. Seeing this in Yuan Sanniang's eyes, she couldn't help but soften her heart, and sneered: "Where did you get any human skin?" It's just made of some materials. Also, I didn't do it, and I didn't have the ability to do it. As for where it came from, girl, I tell you, if you want to live a long life, you have to know less. Let's just do things and don't ask too much. ”

"Thank you Sanniang for teaching." Lin Xiaozhu stood up, saluted, and bowed. Although this Yuan Sanniang met for the first time, what she said was from the bottom of her heart, it was really good for her, and she accepted this love.

Seeing this, Yuan Sanniang sighed and said, "In these years, there are not many people who know what is good or bad. It's okay, you're still one. With that, he took the basin out.

Lin Xiaozhu also stood up and followed out the door, only to find that this was originally a suite. There was a bed in the outer compartment, and the bed was very well covered, which should be where Yuan Sanniang lived.

Walking out of the outer room, you will see a courtyard, in which the ancient trees are towering, covering half of the hot sun; The water is murmuring under the trees, and the flowers and trees are luxuriant. Coupled with the cool breeze, it makes people feel comfortable.

Lin Xiaozhu was in a trance for a moment. When she walked into Yuan Tianye's study, it was noon, and the sun was just at the beginning. At this time, the shadow of the sun is only a little bit to the west. It can be seen that from the moment she fell into a coma to this time, it was only less than an hour apart. is hidden in the city, which shows that she is still in the capital.

Yuan Sanniang splashed the water on the flowers and trees next to the pool, and was about to go back to the room to put down the basin, when she heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard door.

"Here we are." She casually lowered the basin to the ground and got up to open the door.

"Yuan Sanniang, Miss Zhou Rou is here and wants to ask for tea art. I wonder if your girl has any free time? A crisp voice rang out.

"Miss Ye Qing, what do you see?" Yuan Sanniang turned around and asked Lin Xiaozhu.

"Miss Zhou Rou, please." Yuan Tianye's words were still in his ears, Lin Xiaozhu knew that the time for this mission was urgent, and she was also a person who couldn't be idle, so she couldn't wait to have something to do. This week, Rou came and fell right into her arms.

"Miss Zhou Rou, please." Yuan Sanniang turned sideways.

A woman of eighteen or nineteen years old with a beautiful face, supported by a maid, stepped into the threshold. Her eyes turned around the courtyard, and finally fixed her eyes on Lin Xiaozhu, looked at her twice, and then turned sideways to bless her, saluted, and said, "In the next few days, there will be Miss Lao Ye." ”

"No need to be polite." Lin Xiaozhu returned the salute with a smile, but a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Because the girl in front of her, although her face was extremely unfamiliar, this figure and the tone of her speech gave her a very familiar feeling. Could it be that this is the girl from Class 3 in the villa?

After sifting through the people with outstanding stature and taste in her mind, she already had the answer in her heart. This Zhou Rou is probably the Tuesday Ni who has always been at odds with Wu Caiyun.

Thinking of this, she secretly woke up. Since Yuan Sanniang wanted to cover her up so hard, it was probably because she was afraid that once something happened to a chess piece, she would implicate others and let the enemy wipe out the vine mold melon field. Thinking that this Tuesday Ni was carefully taught, and she was going to be sent to a high-ranking official's house to be a pet concubine. If you want to keep yourself safe, all you have to do now is to keep Tuesday Ni from recognizing her.

"Two girls, please come here." Yuan Sanniang saw that the two of them had finished saluting, made a gesture and led the way in front, walking behind the banyan tree in the west. (To be continued)