Chapter 166: Confrontation (6,000 words)

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In the early morning of the next day, in the tent bed on the third floor of the Tinglan Water Pavilion, Cheng Qi woke up from her sleep, reached out and rubbed her eyes, she turned over and looked at the green seedlings who were carefully wiping the vase on the windowsill.

It was a large white glazed porcelain vase, and there were no new flowers in it, mainly as a decoration, and a small person in the green seedlings was holding it, even if the action was careful, it still looked suspenseful.

"Seedlings..."

Cheng Qi just woke up, and his voice was still a little hoarse: "Don't wipe it, be careful of breaking and hurting you." ”

Although Qingmiao is strong, but not reckless, she put down the vase lightly, although she tried her best to restrain herself, but she could still see the traces of panting, she walked over and lifted the heavy curtain.

"What about the indigo and the fine spice?"

Cheng Qi rejected her move to put on her shoes, got up and went to the flower table, drank a cup of herbal tea, and unraveled: "Why aren't the two of them here, so you can serve alone." Putting down the teacup, he remembered again in a daze, "By the way, didn't Qingdai bring back three maidservants the night before yesterday, what about them?" ”

Qingmiao laboriously made the bed for Cheng Qi, and replied according to her words: "The girl doesn't know, those three maids are second-class status, and they can't serve the girl closely. ”

Xi Xin is really thick on the outside and thin on the inside, Cheng Qi thought about it and didn't say anything, just looked at Qingmiao, a small person, who was meticulous in tidying up the mattress for himself, he was really embarrassed, so he took the handle.

"Don't girl, let's come as a slave."

The girl who had just arrived at Cheng Qi's chin was very well-behaved, perhaps because of her family background, or because this child was born with a stable temperament, so she didn't dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

"The girl can sit down in front of the dowry first, and the slave will immediately wait for the girl to wash and put on the makeup." Qingmiao finished the mattress neatly, and went down to the second floor with her skirt to bring a basin of warm water.

"Girl, please clean your hands." Qingmiao said lightly.

Cheng Qi soaked her hands in it, not wanting to be tired of the green seedlings, so she asked her to put the basin on the table, who knew that the little girl refused to live or die, so she had to wash the toilet at will.

"You're so small, do you know how to comb your hair?"

When he turned to face the round mirror, Cheng Qi looked at the snow-white cheeks reflected by Qingmiao, and smiled curiously: "I'm afraid that I can't even recognize these hairpin beads, let's wait for Qingdai to come back and get it for me, you go and rest." ”

Qingmiao shook her head again, she asked Cheng Qi to sit down, in order to make up for the height gap, she moved a low stool and stepped on it, skillfully picked up Cheng Qi's wisp of green silk, and slowly combed it with a grate.

Cheng Qi looked strange, and said in his heart that this half-grown child really has a bit of posture, and it is also methodical to tie up those cumbersome buns for himself, look at that technique, I am afraid that he is more skilled than Qingdai.

"Who did you learn this from?"

Cheng Qi saw that his scattered hair was pulled up by Qingmiao's dexterous little hand, so he opened the makeup box, fiddled with those heavier jewelry casually inside, and asked, "Is it with your mother?" ”

But looking at Sister-in-law Zhang's small and chubby hands, it doesn't look like she can tie her hair in a bun.

Sure enough, hearing Cheng Qi's question, Qingmiao said: "It's not my mother, my mother can't get it, her old bun still wants me to get it for her every day, I learned these from a mother-in-law in the slave house, although her hands are full of wrinkles and old spots, but it is very coincidental, she knows what is popular on the market, and there are some originals." ”

"Original?"

Cheng Qi turned his head slightly: "Can this bun still be tied casually by yourself?" ”

Qingmiao nodded, and then shook it again: "A young lady from a big family like a girl still has to tie her hair in a bun according to the rules, and the slaves don't have to be these maids. ”

Cheng Qi responded: "I see." ”

"But it's just those of us who don't serve by our master's side." Qingmiao's words changed, "First-class personal maids like Xi Xin and Sister Qing Dai still have to behave. ”

When Cheng Qi heard this, he raised his eyebrows, flipped through the makeup box again, was suddenly stunned, took out all the jewelry in it, shook it again, and wondered: "It's strange, where are my things?" ”

Seeing this, Qingmiao behind him flashed a trace of nervousness in his clear eyes, and whispered, "What is the girl looking for?" ”

Cheng Qi was still carefully flipping through, pushing away the grate handed by Qing Miao, got up and looked at the back of the makeup, for fear that the paper would fall behind, and muttered while looking for it: "Where did it go?" Is it difficult to grow wings and fly? ”

And Qingmiao remembered Qingdai's instructions last night, and asked again with the courage to ask.

"What are the girls looking for?"

Qingmiao swallowed slightly, and pushed back the topic: "But find that piece of paper again?" ”

Cheng Qi turned his head suddenly, so frightened that Qingmiao took several steps back, holding the wooden grate in his hand, ten little fingers rubbing uneasily, and he didn't dare to look up into his girl's eyes.

"yes, that's the piece of paper?"

Cheng Qi looked Qingmiao up and down a few times, and asked with some caution, "What?" Did you take it? ”

"It's not." Qingmiao subconsciously whispered, "It's not me." ”

Cheng Qi hugged his arms, condescending naturally gave people a sense of oppression, and this feeling was not only because of the height difference, but also because of the majestic and solemn atmosphere in his bones as a policeman.

"It's not who you are, or do you see who took it?" Cheng Qi pointed to the makeup and said, "Don't lie to me, I told Qingdai to put away the paper every day, how could it be gone?" ”

Qingmiao's hand holding the grate changed to grasping the corner of his clothes, pinching it hard, causing the tips of his fingers to turn red, and after a few seconds, he gritted his teeth, and then told the truth: "... That paper was taken by Sister Qingdai. ”

Cheng Qi was stunned when he heard this, and his arms hung down a little stunned: "Who?" ”

Qingmiao tensed her face, frowned slightly, and muttered in a mosquito voice: "It's Sister Qingdai, she came upstairs to take it this morning while the girl was still asleep, the slave asked, she seems to... It's like..."

Cheng Qi himself is a quick temper, looking at Qingmiao like this, he is almost crazy: "Say it quickly!" ”

Qingmiao shrank her shoulders in fright, and subconsciously blurted out: "Sister Qingdai wants to give that piece of paper to Steward Lu." Raise her head and look into Cheng Qi's eyes to show honesty, "Qingmiao didn't dare to lie to the girl. ”

Cheng Qi frowned, did not speak, but fell into serious thought.

In fact, Cheng Qi knows very well the loyalty of Qingmiao's family to herself, this little girl will never dare to lie to herself, because her death deed is in her own hands, in addition, she doesn't believe that Qingmiao will use the new formula to frame Qingdai, and she doesn't believe that Qingdai will betray herself.

However, the paper with the new recipe written on it was indeed missing.

Qing Dai did not show up this morning.

Cheng Qi's face sank inch by inch, in short, whether it was Qingdai's unruly desire to betray him, or if there was another reason for this, if he wanted to know the truth, he had to open SchrΓΆdinger's box and release the cat.

"Qingmiao, you wait here for Xi Xin to come back from picking up food, and I'll go out."

After Cheng Qi finished speaking, he went downstairs with neat steps, and Qingmiao, who stayed in place, held the grate with body temperature, ran to the window to take a look, and the person walked like a fly, and soon walked out of the courtyard gate of Tinglan Water Pavilion.

"Sister Qingdai..."

Qingmiao's little hand clutched the window frame, and her big eyes were full of worry.

"What the hell are you going to do..."

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In the back garden, the water of the garden lake is frozen, and the upper layer is covered with snow, because there are few people here after winter, so the sprinkling and sweeping is not very timely, and the footprints on the walk are still very obvious.

Qing Dai held the thing in her arms and walked on the path stiffly, although the wind was cold in early winter at the moment, but the thing seemed to have a fire-like temperature, which made her sweat all over her body, for fear of any accident.

Qing Dai's little face was blown white, perhaps due to nervousness, and the pace under her feet became faster and faster, she walked with her head buried, until she accidentally bumped into someone, and then carefully raised her head.

Sure enough, it was Lu Er, the man looked impatient with 'I've been waiting for you for a long time', and reached out to pull her out of the small intersection, where did Qing Dai resist her strength, and fell to the ground as soon as her feet slipped.

Lu Er will not pity Xiangxiang and cherish the jade at this moment, although he likes Qingdai's face, but since he learned that this little slut is actually from the Yi clan, he has no interest.

In this Dachang Dynasty, Yiren is more than animals, and even worse than those pigs and dogs, if he touches Qingdai, what is the difference between those cattle and sheep, although he is lustful, but he is also divided into three, six, nine and so on.

"What do I want?"

Thinking of this, Lu Er was more and more unkind to Qing Dai, of course, this attitude was probably due to the fact that he could no longer covet the villain of Qing Dai, so he chose to hate from love.

"Bring me the stuff quickly, be careful that Lao Tzu will dig a hole in this lake and drown you little."

Hearing this, Qing Dai glared, knowing that Lu Er, a bastard, was a profit-seeking, and he was willing to say some nice soft words to coax himself in the past, but now he can't give up a word.

Why, the people of the Central Plains are so noble, and they are not as good as pigs and dogs, can they be despised by others?

Seeing Qing Dai's resentful eyes, Lu Er was even more unhappy, a dog leg beside his master, he wagged his tail and begged for mercy by Cheng Yunduo's side all day long, betraying his self-esteem to live a life, and in front of people who were lower than himself, in order to vent, he would naturally intensify his efforts to achieve a balance in his heart.

What's more, in Lu Er's eyes, Yiren is not a good person.

"You little." Lu Er didn't even bother to touch Qing Dai's body with his hands, and directly kicked the weak man over, "Dare to look at Lao Tzu like this, be careful that Lao Tzu kills you with one sword." ”

Qing Dai is a person who loves to wipe her tears in front of Cheng Qi, but in front of Lu Er, she is full of resilience, she endured the sharp pain in her shoulder, covered her hands and slowly stood up, and swept the snow on her body by the way.

It's just such an ordinary behavior, but it makes Lu Er even more disdainful, in his opinion, Yiren guards decency, which is like pigs and sheep standing up and walking, cats and dogs learning to hold chopsticks.

Qing Dai yearns for the equality of all beings, so naturally she doesn't care about a discriminator like Lu Er, she took out the stacked boxy paper from her arms, held it in front of Lu Er and said, "I brought something." ”

Lu Er's eyes lit up, and he immediately took two steps forward to snatch it in his hand, but Qing Dai took it away first, and the little girl took a few steps back, clutching the paper to death, her eyes full of defense and hostility.

Seeing the situation, Lu Er smiled disdainfully: "What? Repented? Aren't you afraid that I'll expose you? ”

"It's not that I regret it, I never look back when I do things."

Qing Dai spoke neatly and with a more neat attitude: "It's just that I brought what you wanted, but you can bring what I need, if not, I will eat this paper immediately." ”

Lu Er continued to laugh hideously: "Okay, you little, what qualifications do you have to talk to me about the conditions." ”

Qing Dai's expression was firm: "Even if I was born a Yiren and was born cheap, but I have what you need in my hands, I have value, and with value, I am naturally qualified to talk to you about conditions." ”

Seeing that Qing Dai's thoughts were clear, and her actions were quick and prepared, Lu Er knew that it was a little difficult for him to eat black, so he reluctantly took out the deed of sale with 'Gu Tutu' written on it and his handprint.

"A slut."

Lu Er handed over the deed of sale and asked Qing Dai to come over too: "Hurry up, after the two of us take what we need, there will be no more grievances, don't rub it on me, I don't have time." ”

Qing Dai lowered her eyes and raised her eyes, thinking in place for a few seconds.

Lu Er looked at her, his brows were so frowning that he could almost kill a fly, and his voice increased unconsciously: "What are you doing, don't come over quickly!" Give things to Lao Tzu!! ”

"What for you?"

A cold voice sounded behind him.

Qing Dai was shocked, and subconsciously turned around, but she didn't notice it, she was attacked by Lu Er behind her, and the piece of paper in her hand was snatched by him, and he pushed her hard!

"Haha, it's mine!"

Lu Er immediately hid the paper in his arms, and looked at Cheng Qi who rushed over along the footprints, although he was a slave of the Duke of this country, the expression on his face at the moment was even more proud than that of the master, he got the new formula, he didn't even say hello to Cheng Qi, turned around and ran down the gap in the rockery.

Qing Dai's eyes were full of decadence and guilt, and she didn't dare to raise her head, she couldn't face Cheng Qi at all, her own girl was so good to herself, but she betrayed her, is this still something that people can do?

Cheng Qi was speechless.

She stared at the cramped girl in front of her, the first person she crossed over and saw when she opened her eyes, Cheng Qi didn't regard Qingdai as a calling girl in her heart, she loved this child who had to be busy every day, but she never dreamed that this girl was backwater.

"Lu Er took it."

Cheng Qi now has to believe what Qingmiao said: "It's the new recipe I wrote to Xiangfang, isn't it?" ”

Qing Dai's eyes were bright red, but she tried her best to restrain herself from tears, if she cried at this time, wouldn't it be dirty Cheng Qi's sight, so she bit her lip and nodded, and knelt down.

Although the ground was full of snow, listening to the sound of her knees hitting the ground, this girl must have exerted her strength.

Cheng Qi frowned slightly as she saw that a darker color was oozing out of the fabric on Qing Dai's knees, but she knew that in the face of someone who had betrayed her, sympathy was tantamount to self-immolation, so she reached out and ripped off her lengthy shawl.

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In the upper hall of the courtyard of the third room, after washing, Cheng Yunduo was about to eat with the morning court, and when he saw Ji Shi coming out of the bedroom, he just glanced at it and didn't say much.

Ji doesn't bother to pay attention, so many years of married life have been like this, what is there to say, I'm afraid that in the next ten or twenty years, the two of them will walk opposite each other, and they will only be unable to see anyone.

"Sir!"

Cheng Yunduo had just taken his seat, and was about to be served by the girl next to him for a meal, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps in the courtyard, and then it was Lu Er, who broke in without being heard.

Cheng Yun glanced at the snickering joy on Lu Er's face, glanced up and down, and stood up with some suspense.

"What's wrong?" He suppressed the emotions in his heart, "So panicked? ”

Ji Shi was also very unhappy, and reprimanded: "Lu Er, you are so bold, if I am not in good clothes, you will lose your head if you break in, you are half old, and you are still so unruly." ”

Lu Er was overjoyed, reacted at this moment, and heard Ji say this, so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground to admit his mistake to Ji, muttering in his mouth, and he couldn't hear what he said.

Cheng Yunduo frowned extremely tiredly, at this critical time, the Ji family still cared about those details, and almost wanted to anger him to death, so he raised his voice sharply: "Get up!" Say it! ”

Seeing that his husband didn't help speak, but turned his elbow out, Ji rolled his eyes.

Lu Er was tossed by these two people and was about to urinate blood, knelt down and got up again, panting, and swallowed several times before saying: "Third master, the new formula is here!" ”

Cheng Yunduo instantly turned from anger to laughter, and said in his heart that he had guessed correctly, but he didn't expect Lu Er, a person who usually gags and flatters, to be able to do things reliably, so he nodded.

"It can be done..."

"Cheng Yunduo! You come out for me! ”

Unexpectedly, before Cheng Yunduo finished saying the word 'good', a person's scolding sounded in the courtyard, which sounded like he couldn't be easily provoked, he was stunned, and looked at several people in the house.

Lily hurriedly trotted in from outside, looked at Ji Shi with an embarrassed face, and whispered, "Madam, it's the female overlord of Tinglan Water Pavilion who is here." ”

"Cheng Qi?" Ji was very dissatisfied with Cheng Qi's fact that he called his third uncle by his name, and he didn't say anything about it without rules, wouldn't he on Sanfang's neck in front of the family, "What is she messing around again?" ”

Lily was puzzled: "This... The slave doesn't know. Turning his head and saying to Cheng Yunduo, "That female overlord also tied up her own personal girl Qingdai, who is like a living Hades outside, the third master... Otherwise, let's call Miss Qi in, and if she stands down, the family will know everything. ”

"She tied up Qingdai?"

Cheng Yunduo felt that there was something strange in this, and glanced back at Lu Er uneasily, and saw that there was a thief's heart on the man's face that could not be hidden, and he closed his eyes in extreme annoyance.

It seems that he just thought wrong, Lu Er's work is really going to go wrong, and he can't compare with his master Liu Hua for the rest of his life, even if he gets the new formula, he still rubs his ass of green shit in the end, and he has to wipe it himself.

"That's it."

Cheng Yunduo rubbed the mountain root tiredly: "Go and call Cheng Qi to me in, what kind of noise you look like outside, you are all people who are going to enter the palace." ”

Lily got the order and hurried out again.

Ji Shitong sat down, his face was not very happy: "This living ancestor, I don't know and..."

It's just that this time Ji's words were not finished, and she was interrupted by Lily who came and went quickly, and after she entered the house, she didn't know how to open her mouth, hesitated for two seconds, and then said: "Third master, Miss Qi said... I'm going to settle accounts with you. ”

"Tsugoin?"

Cheng Yunduo glared and slapped the table very angrily: "It's against her!" Don't go! ”

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In the upper hall of the Wuyuan Courtyard, Red Ginseng walked out of Mrs. Cheng's bedroom, looked at Cheng Yunduo, who was sitting on the upper seat, with an iron face, and said lightly: "Back to the third master, the old lady said that she is unwilling to judge you in a lawsuit, if you have anything to do with Miss Qi, just tell it in front of Mother Zhou, she will handle things fairly." ”

Mother Zhou is the old lady's companion, she has been in this mansion for decades, and she is the oldest, and she has always been the most senior lady, so Cheng Yunduo and Cheng Yan have no opinions.

"Since Miss Qi and the third master have something to say." Zhou's mother said, "There is no need to come to the second room." ”

Red Ginseng nodded and went out to command.

"Miss Qi."

Zhou's mother said to Cheng Qi, who was sitting next to her: "It stands to reason that you are a junior, and it is really inappropriate and unruly to confront your uncle like this." The conversation changed, "But Chang Chao has always been reasonable, you are not a pampered person, there must be a reason for this, and you also tied up Qing Dai, I don't know what happened?" ”

Cheng Yunduo frowned, Mother Zhou's words seemed fair, but Mingxin listened to it, and still looked towards the long room.

"Third uncle."

Cheng Qi stared at Cheng Yunduo coldly, and then glanced at Qing Dai, who was tied by himself with a shawl and knelt in the hall, and said: "According to the agreement between you and Cheng Yan, Manyun Xiangfang is already our Changfang's, even so, how to operate the business of Xiangfang is our own business, and what new recipes come up with have nothing to do with you, why do you have to spend so much effort to ask Lu Er to buy the maid next to me and steal my new recipe?" Could it be that the third uncle wants to regret it and take back the incense shop? ”

Cheng Yunduo had already thought about it, once the incident happened, all the mistakes would be pushed to Lu Er's body, presumably that person also had this psychological preparation in advance, not to mention, he also pinched Lu Er's wife and children outside the city.

"What a new recipe." Sure enough, Cheng Yun said, "I don't know at all, you just kept saying that I instructed Lu Er, why don't you ask Lu Er directly, isn't it more convenient?" ”

"Capture the thief and capture the king." Cheng Qi said coldly.

Cheng Yunduo's eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't bother with her, turned his head and said, "Lu Er." ”

The man stood behind Cheng Yunduo, listening to his master's tone, that is, he wanted to take himself to blame, and at the same time he hated it in his heart and was very helpless, so he had to go over and obey.

"Miss Huiqi's words."

Lu Er thought about it, since he was arrested by Cheng Qi today, it is useless to refute it now, but she will be laughed at by her because she is too pale, it is better to admit it, with Cheng Yun taking it, it is a big deal to take some boards, is it possible that Cheng Qi will send himself to the government, make a big deal about this matter, and throw people to Xiping?

Saying that the long room and the third room are not in harmony?

The old lady hates the restlessness in the family the most, and Cheng Qi is filial, so it will not be like this.

"Miss Qi, it's... It was the old slave lard who was blinded, thinking that the girl and the third master were not on good terms, and I heard that the girl was developing a new spice formula, so I thought about getting it and going to please the third master to live, who knows, the girl and the third master are like father and daughter, where is not harmonious, but the old slave has done more. ”

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I wrote 12,000 from four to seven o'clock in the morning, and I felt like my liver was going to explode...

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