Cheng Qi looked at the cylindrical object in his hand that was narrow in front and wide in the back, and the curved glass was inlaid in front. Whether you look closely or at first glance, this is clearly a simple telescope!

Cheng Qi was a little messy, and glanced back at Cheng Yan, who was still sorting out the bookcase, the person obviously didn't notice her abnormality, she swallowed slightly, and wanted to ask.

But when the words of thought came to the teeth, she swallowed them back fiercely.

According to her meager understanding, this telescope originated in Europe and was introduced to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Is it Cheng Yan who spied on the future, or is this person... It's really a traverser.

When Cheng Qi was brainstorming and flustered, Cheng Yan glanced over, and Cheng Qi was immediately so frightened that he reacted slowly, resulting in no time to hide the simple telescope in his hand.

So, both of them were stunned.

Cheng Qi blinked and laughed twice.

Cheng Yan was expressionless, but what he said in his heart was... Oops, I forgot to hide it, but who is he, how can he be caught by Cheng Qi, and immediately said: "That's not a telescope!" ”

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After saying these six words, Cheng Yan's face suddenly turned long, and he realized that he had no silver three hundred taels here.

Cheng Qi was on fire.

This person is the same as the flower that helped him embroider the handkerchief last time, he doesn't recruit himself, this kind of mind, why did his father pass him to the long house in the first place, is it because he thinks that there are too many industries and the family has been in the house for too long?

"This..."

After realizing that he had leaked his mouth, Cheng Yan began to run rapidly in his mind, trying to make excuses, so after a series of careful considerations, he explained: "This... Actually, it's a water glass. ”

When Cheng Qi heard this, she almost fainted with laughter, but the truth is that this explanation is so funny, she doesn't know what way to laugh in order to express the smile in her heart, and as a result, her face is expressionless.

I can't laugh, I can't laugh.

"Water glass?"

Cheng Qi handed the simple telescope in mid-air, obviously with an expression of disbelief, but his mouth was very cooperative.

"Since it's a water cup, I'm a little thirsty, you can pour me a drink." She said.

Cheng Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly, swallowed his saliva with extremely subtle movements, and then frowned: "This... This is my cup of water, you have to drink it yourself and get a new one, who will use the same as you! It's too unhygienic! ”

Cheng Qi glanced at it, and the light that saw through the camouflage shone in the depths of his pupils.

But Cheng Yan didn't pay attention to the light, he only thought that Cheng Qi believed it, and just when he felt that Cheng Qi withdrew his hand to put the telescope on the windowsill, Cheng Qi put it in front of his eyes.

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It's a big cake.

Cheng Yan coughed lightly, trying to keep the emotions in his heart.

Cheng Qi has no psychology about him, those reasons sound too nonsense, from a modern person's point of view, if this thing is not a telescope, it is... That's a fart, it's a telescope.

Cheng Yan, Cheng Yan, old lady, look at when you are exposed.

If you want to load eggs, you have to be rounded, leaving no gaps to attract flies.

The rain seemed to stop soon, Cheng Qi saw that the wind outside was much lighter, and the rain would not blow in, so he lifted the window a little, supported it with a short pole, and then looked out through the telescope.

As the name suggests, this pavilion is hidden by a green wood, and it stands to reason that it should be bare everywhere in winter, but perhaps it is a strange early winter, and the climate is abnormal, and green can be seen everywhere now.

Her clear gaze passed through the vibrant sparkle and finally landed on a tower.

It was a nine-story tower next door to the Vermilion Bird Tower, although it had been abandoned for a long time, but it had always been cleaned, and it never felt dirty, Cheng Qi had been with Ma Zhen before.

After going up, the height of the nine floors, it is naturally a glance at the mountains, but the only disadvantage is that there is no railing in the tower gate there, if you step out... If you don't die, you have to end up half-paralyzed.

Wait a minute.

Cheng Qi looked at the interior of the tower boredly, and suddenly realized one thing, when she used this telescope to look around, she found that because of the shade of greenery, nothing else could be seen, and there was only this tower in the field of vision, so in other words, Cheng Yan made this telescope just to see the tower?

"Cheng Yan."

Cheng Qi turned around and asked directly what he was thinking: "You spent all this effort to make a telescope, wouldn't it just be to see that tower?" ”

Cheng Yan's face turned pale, and he tried to make amends: "That's not a telescope." ”

Cheng Qi rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, okay, aunt, grandma, I can't demolish you, so he said again: "You spend all this effort to do this... The water cup came out just to see the tower? What's so nice about that tower? ”

Cheng Yan's face turned even bluer.

"Tower," he almost jumped out, "it's not pretty." ”

Cheng Qi looked innocent: "What is so good-looking?" ”

"The rain is beautiful."

After Cheng Yan finished speaking, he grabbed Cheng Qi, who was full of doubts, and walked out without saying a word.

Cheng Qi knew that in order to change the topic, the man actually wanted to rush in the rain, and he couldn't cry or laugh: "I said why are you so naïve, it's not a telescope, but I changed my mouth to say that it won't be a water cup, you quickly let go of my hand, I warn you, I'm not used to children." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, her body shook, and the person in front of her stopped suddenly, and when she turned around, her arms were instantly raised, knocking her whole person against the door frame, and the faces of the two were so close that they couldn't breathe well.

Cheng Qi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned her head, the tip of the person's firm nose slightly crossed the skin of her left face, with a slight anger in her hair, which made people feel in a trance, and even the back of her spine was numb.

"I rub..."

Cheng Qi leaned back hard, blushing with great difficulty: "You want to die?" ”

Cheng Yan didn't speak, just stared at her.

Cheng Qi was embarrassed by the sight, and after thinking hard in his heart for two seconds, he slowly squatted against the door frame, wanting to withdraw from the suffocating wall.

This kind of squatting against the wall is very tiring, but Cheng Qi was born in the police academy, and it is still very easy to sit up... It's just that things are not going well, because when she squats, Cheng Yan is also squatting.

The frequency is the same.

Cheng Qi wanted to cry without tears, how did he provoke this cat master.

"Cheng Qi, you look up at me."

Cheng Yan lowered his voice, and he actually had three points of hoarse magnetism, which sounded very good.

Cheng Qi raised his head obediently, and the whole person hugged his knees and shrunk.

Cheng Yan looked serious, and after thinking about it for a few seconds, he sighed helplessly, and said slowly: "Actually... Do you know that your embroidered shoes are dirty! Such a big person! I don't pay attention to personal hygiene at all! ”

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Cheng Qi... WTF…

This person's attitude has also become too fast, it almost broke her old waist, if the car turns at such a speed, it is estimated that the two of them have now walked together hand in hand.

"Miss Qi, Young Master Zongyu..."

A confused voice sounded beside him.

Cheng Qi turned his head when he heard this, and found that it was Ah Qiao, who was suppressed by the two of them, and also understood why Cheng Yan suddenly changed his words, and the little coachman went out to pee and came back, looking at the two of them squatting here together.

Ah Qiao just thinks... I was so impressed.

It's really touching him, such a brother-sister relationship is really embarrassing.

"Miss Qi, Young Master Zongyu."

Ah Qiao applauded them in his heart, and then said, "The rain is lighter, and you can hurry." "Anyway, I didn't want to disturb the warmth at the moment, so I went to tidy up the carriage first.

Seeing Ah Qiao out of the courtyard, Cheng Yan got up neatly, then pulled Cheng Qi up, took out the handkerchief on her chest very skillfully and wiped her hands, and said coldly: "Yunshu is indeed a little dirty." ”

Cheng Qi glanced down and didn't speak.

Cheng Yan folded the veil, and seeing that Cheng Qi's eyes had the desire to continue the topic, after a few thoughtful times, he chose to change the way, and said: "Cheng Qi, I know you have doubts in your heart, but now is not the time to solve it, when the opportunity is ripe, I will tell you everything about me." ”

Cheng Qi's pupils trembled slightly, and he subconsciously said, "Everything about you?" ”

"Yes."

Cheng Yan nodded, took her right hand with her left hand, put the folded handkerchief over with her right hand, buckled it warmly with her three hands, and said lightly: "Everything about me, and everything you should know." ”

After speaking, he took her hand and walked silently out of the courtyard.

The moment the two stepped on the threshold, the drizzle in the sky miraculously stopped, Cheng Qi obediently walked beside him, turned his head to look, the person's handsome side face with a little rare tenderness, it was the mark engraved by the vast time, such a charm, it was really eye-catching.

I just don't know when the opportunity will be ripe.

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After returning to the Guogong Mansion, Cheng Qi went to the Wuyuan with Cheng Yan to greet the old lady according to the rules, and then went to Xiaoxiang Courtyard to accompany the Gu family to eat at night.

The group of people in the long room sat around the table, and Gu asked Aunt Meng to sit down together, but the man shook his head stubbornly, carefully gave Gu Shi a cloth, and said lightly: "Madame don't have to worry about me, it is important that you have a full stomach." ”

Cheng Lan drank a spoonful of porridge and said gently, "Auntie, you can sit down and use it with us." ”

"You stinky boy." Aunt Meng glanced at another attitude, and said with a smile, "If it was only a few of you little rabbit cubs, the old lady would naturally sit down, but I promised, but whenever Mrs. is present, I will be a servant, and I will never offend Mrs. at all, you know it, and you want to harm me." ”

Cheng Lan has always understood Aunt Meng's temperament, and she just smiled indifferently when she heard this.

"Ah Yun." Gu shook Aunt Meng's hand and said with great relief, "Ten years is like a day, I knew that when I asked you to enter the house to fill the house, it was a matter of collecting blessings for the Cheng family. ”

Aunt Meng is a temperamental, and when she heard this, her eyes reddened slightly and she shook her head lightly.

"With Madame's words, I am also willing." She said.

Cheng Qi looked at it and showed a peaceful smile, in this era of wives and concubines, it is really rare to have such a frank relationship.

"Eat this."

A pair of chopsticks suddenly stretched out next to her, and put a piece of fish roe in her bowl, Cheng Qi looked down, saw that it was the largest piece in the whole fish belly, and asked, "You don't eat it?" ”

Cheng Dai ate the tofu expressionlessly, and said coldly: "Don't eat it, it's too fishy." ”

"I'll eat it if it's fishy."

Cheng Yan on the left hand side is cheeky and comes to clip.

Cheng Qi hurriedly stuffed the caviar pieces into his mouth first, and said vaguely: "This is given to me by Taiheng." Under Cheng Yan's disdainful gaze, she suddenly remembered something, and then her eyes became more cautious.

"Why don't you see Holly coming to serve?" She said.

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Zhang, who was standing behind Mrs. Gu, raised her head, bowed her head slightly, signaling that everything Cheng Qi ordered seven days ago was going well, and then said calmly: "What can the girl say, Sister Holly doesn't know what's going on in the past two days, she has no energy, and she always talks nonsense in the middle of the night, which is very scary, Mrs. loves her, and she is resting in the ear room at this time, and there is no way to come out to serve." ”

After Cheng Qi listened, her right leg under the food table was kicked very lightly, she didn't check it, knowing that it was Cheng Dai's code to herself, and told herself that Jixin Pharmacy had also explained it clearly.

"Grandma."

Gu really cared about Holly, who had been following her, so he said to Cheng Qi: "I see that Holly's symptoms are similar to the situation in my early years, I went to Jixin Pharmacy to see it, Xiao Tong also said that there is no way, I thought, didn't you get me a prescription last time, can you catch a few more pairs of Holly, see if it will work." ”

Seeing this, Sister-in-law Zhang leaned over and said: "Madam, this disease has always been widespread, even if it is the same disease, in different people, it is also two ways to suffer, even if you hurt Sister Holly, you can't rush to the doctor." ”

Gu felt that this was reasonable, but he didn't want to give up Holly, so he sued a few more times.

Cheng Qi stopped Zhang's sister-in-law, who wanted to persuade her again, and said, "Okay, then I'll ask Xi Xin to do it." After thinking about it, "It's just that whether you can get better or not depends on Holly's own creation." ”

After hearing this, Cheng Lan put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth, and said lightly: "In the past few days, I have seen that Holly always uses some mung bean cake to chew, and the mung bean cake is a characteristic of Queensland, and Holly is from Queensland, could it be homesick?" ”

Cheng Qi's eyes lit up slightly, this is a good excuse, it can be regarded as Cheng Lan's crooked attack.

Sure enough, Gu Shi also felt reasonable, and said in a low voice: "Yes, I have been hearing Holly muttering about her hometown Queensland recently, is it really homesickness?" He stroked his forehead and said with some guilt, "Yes, Holly was not my companion at first, it was brought to this Xiping by me all the way, and I had no choice but to say that it became a marriage, and now I have become an old girl for my illness, and I haven't been home for more than ten years, and homesickness is also common sense." ”

Cheng Dai also finished eating, took a sip of tea and cleared his mouth and said: "Since my mother cherishes holly, she should have let her out as soon as possible to become her own child, and she actually stayed until now." ”

Gu Shi sighed, a little haggard: "I want to, but I've been sick for so many years, and no one can call the shots for her, so I delayed her." ”

"As the saying goes, heart disease still has to be cured." Cheng Qi got off the donkey and said, "Since Holly is homesick, let her go back to Queensland, if my mother is inconvenient, I will arrange with Cheng Yan to ensure that I will not treat her badly." ”

As soon as Gu Shi heard that he was going to transfer away his maidservant who had been close to him for more than ten years, he had some mixed feelings: "But... But I've been around for so many years, and she's the only one by my side, she's gone, and I..."

"Isn't there a sister-in-law Zhang?"

Cheng Qi said with a smile: "Holly has been sick these days, isn't Sister-in-law Zhang also serving her properly, mother, just put your heart in your stomach, Holly has worked hard, I will promise her a good family." ”

Seeing that Cheng Qi had an idea, Gu Shi also responded with confidence.

After eating at night, the group went out of Xiaoxiang Courtyard, Cheng Qi and Cheng Yan glanced at each other, then turned their heads and said coldly to Xi Xin next to his right hand: "In the past few days, Holly has gone to serve, except for the people I have ordered, no one is allowed to enter her ear room, on the fourth day of the next month, I will call Sister-in-law Zhang and my mother to talk, and say that there is no need for the master and servant to look at each other with tears in their eyes, and directly send someone to send Holly back to their hometown, and after the carriage leaves Liangcheng, I will rob it immediately, tie up the person and send it to Cheng Yan's Green Pavilion, take care of it carefully, I have a lot to ask her." ”

Xi Xin gave the order and nodded seriously.

Cheng Yan frowned, and said in his heart, why do you have to judge people in my territory...

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The night was a little deeper, and Cheng Qi, who was almost digested at night, was hungry again, and wanted to find something to cushion, but the small kitchen on the second floor was turned off, and Xi Xin asked Qing Dai to go to the back kitchen of the house to get some pastries.

It was still a little cold at night, and the little girl quickly carried two big food boxes in the direction of Tinglan Water Pavilion, but when she passed by the backyard, she saw Lu Er, who took over Liu Hua's housekeeper position, and was very angry.

There were more than a dozen little maids standing beside Lu Er, all of them were timid, they should have been newly bought, he saw the Qing Dai walking over, and immediately said, "Qing Dai!" ”

This little girl has never been very kind to see Lu Er, and she thinks that this person is lustful and flattering, but she is just crushed to death by the first level of the official, so she had to walk over and ask, "Steward Lu, is there something wrong?" ”

"What are you doing here?" Lu Er looked at Qing Dai's bright face and asked with a smile.

Qing Dai told the matter, Lu Er said just right, accurately ordered three of the dozen maids, pushed forward, and ordered: "These three were bought by Young Master Zongyu, these days have taught the rules, you can send them to the Tinglan Water Pavilion, you just take them back, show Miss Qi, if you are not satisfied, just come and tell me, I will change it again." ”

Qing Daixin said that this was the case, so she responded, and looked at the three girls in front of her, who were not very outstanding in appearance, but their temperament was quite dignified, so she said, "What's your name?" ”

"The slave is called Lychee."

"A slave is a peach."

"The slave's name is Ah Xiu."

"Wait."

When Lu Eryi heard the name Ah Xiu, he frowned and said: "You can't do this, your name is Ah Xiu, isn't this colliding with Miss Qi's young name, be careful that master slaps you." ”

When the maid named Ah Xiu heard this, she immediately shrank in fright.

Qing Dai was dissatisfied with Lu Er's smearing of her own girl here, smacked her mouth, and said: "The girl won't slap you, if you can't call Ah Xiu, then follow their names and change their names to Ah Guo." ”

Ah Guo thanked her again and again, and Qingdai told her that she didn't need to say much, and was about to go to Tinglan Water Pavilion with these three people, but as soon as she turned around, she ran into a man in front of her.

One of the most familiar strangers.

Qing Dai's face turned pale, and she was in a state of confusion, and she lowered her head fiercely in a panic, wanting to get through the trick.

Lu Er didn't notice her strange appearance, but the man noticed it and said coldly.

"Wait."

As soon as these two words came out, Qing Dai was like a knife that had been pierced in the heart, and she twitched all over, but she had to stand still.

Lu Er was puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

The man's eyes were like an eagle, and he walked around the front of Qing Dai, told the little girl to raise her head, and then looked at her without shying away.

The man is like this, which makes the three heartfelt maidservants behind Qing Dai also uneasy, I don't know what kind of evil wind the people who sent them suddenly smoked, and stared at Cheng Qi's personal maids to see what they were doing.

"I said Song Jiu, what are you looking at?" Lu Er was a little impatient.

Song Jiu shook his head, and finally glanced at Qing Dai a few more times, and suddenly showed a triumphant smile, and then casually swept past her, walked towards Lu Er, and said with a smile: "It's nothing." ”

Although he said nothing, Qingdai's tone did not loosen, and he hurriedly took people away.

Song Jiu stared at her one last time, his sharp gaze seemed to pierce the little girl's thin body, and Lu Er was the most puzzled, patted him on the shoulder, and sent him out leisurely.

"What? Seeing that girl is handsome, she is tempted again? Lu Er smiled contemptuously.

Song Jiu chewed his tongue and put his hands behind his back: "That girl is really good-looking." "But when it comes to trying to deal with her, where am I your opponent." ”

Lu Er squinted at him, sneered twice, and then lamented strangely: "It's a pity, this girl is the personal maid in Cheng Qi's courtyard, that master is not easy to mess with now, I still don't want to step on the dog's tail." ”

"Miss Qi..."Song Jiubai said boredly, "It seems that Miss Qi doesn't have any good eyesight, and she can't detect such a clumsy imitation trace, or what kind of lady is it, she really hasn't seen anything in the world." ”

Lu Er didn't understand, and asked again and again.

Song Jiudao: "That girl is called Qingdai." ”

Lu Er nodded, and then smiled self-righteously: "What? When she sold herself, could it be that she still passed through your Song Jiu's hands? ”

Song Jiu stopped, raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course, I can remember this girl, she was sold by my hands." ”

Lu Er didn't take it to heart, ignored him, and walked forward on his own.

"What's this?" He said, "You are alone, you don't know how many slaves you have in your hands, five or six out of ten of our country's mansions are bought from you, what is so strange." ”

Song Jiu didn't move, and smiled meaningfully.

Lu Er took two steps out, feeling that something was wrong, if it was an ordinary servant, Song Jiu would not hold on like this, thought about it, and turned his head to look at him again: "Do you have any shortcomings from her?" ”

Sure enough, it was right, but Song Jiu was cautious and said with a smile: "I said it, I'm afraid that you will accuse me of deception." ”

Lu Er understood this person's thoughts, fumbled in his pocket twice, threw over a small money bag, Song Jiu took it and shook it in his ear, no more, no less, it was enough to buy this secret.

So, Song Jiu put the bag in front of him, walked over and whispered: "Steward Lu, you don't know Qing, this Qingdai's original household registration is actually... She is from the Yi tribe, she was brought in by foreign traders, and she is still halfway due to illness. ”

Lu Er's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said incredulously: "What did you say?" ”

Song Jiu said with a smile: "It was she who gave me some silver, bought a good one, and changed the household registration of the Central Plains, otherwise she would like to enter our Guogong Mansion to serve with her as a lowly species, even if she sharpens her head, it is not easy to do it." ”

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