"What?"

Hearing this, Lu Er's heart was really shocked, Song Jiu's thing was too inauthentic, and the maids of Yi people dared to change their household registration without permission and sell them to the dignified Guogong Mansion.

But to be honest, Lu Er, the old fox, was shocked and a lot of joy at the same time, and almost instantly came up with a bad idea, so he patted Song Jiu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Song, what you said about this matter is simply too timely, it is really what I need." ”

Song Jiu, as a human being, doesn't know how many big families he has entered and exited over the years, so he is naturally the most observant of words and feelings, hearing Lu Er say this, he raised his eyebrows, and asked knowingly: "Steward Lu doesn't care if I lead it or not?" ”

Lu Er shook his head and said unashamedly: "Of course not, I still have to thank you." With that, he tore off a moderately colored jade pendant from his belt and gave it to him, "You've done me a great favor." ”

Seeing this, Song Jiu's subordinates, do their part, stop asking what they shouldn't ask, and turn their heads when they shouldn't look, he smiled, greeted Lu Er, and left the Guogong Mansion.

Lu Er sent him out of the house, and then walked to the courtyard of the third room in a comfortable mood, his tricky eyes were full of calculation and insidiousness that he couldn't look at directly in this dark night, and said coldly: "Qing Dai, Qing Dai, you cunning little cunning, this time you can't escape from the palm of my hand." ”

…

…

"New ingredients?"

In the upper hall of the main courtyard of the third room, Cheng Yunduo rejected the maid's tea, and asked with a difficult face: "Tan Pi, do you mean that the dead girl in the long room is developing a new spice recipe for Xiangfang?" ”

Tan Pi sat opposite, without Cheng Yunduo's urgency on his face, and nodded calmly.

Cheng Yunduo couldn't wait to ask, "Then do you know what the recipe is?" Is it a new style in Beijing, or is it a crooked match that she has randomly matched? "Keep shaking her legs," this dead girl. ”

Tan Pi frowned slightly: "This old slave doesn't know, the rope in their long room is tightened, not to mention asking about the new recipe of Xiangfang, just ask a few more words, and the white fruit next to Cheng Yan will learn from Aunt Meng to scold the street." ”

When Cheng Yunduo heard this, he stroked his forehead tiredly, I don't know why, when he heard the five words 'Aunt Meng scolded the street', he was more or less stunned in his heart, not because he was afraid, but because he was afraid.

After all, the man scolded the street, and his words could be like a surging river, and no one could match his filth and filth, but his physical strength was very good, but he was afraid that even if he came out of this Xiping Nine Cities, it would be difficult to meet an opponent.

"This Meng Yun."

Cheng Yunduo did not hide the disdain in his tone at all: "Mangye village woman, how could the eldest brother accept her back then." ”

"Then I'll have to ask the eldest lady." Tan Pi calmly answered.

Cheng Yunduo exhaled tiredly, and his voice was a little hoarse because of the continuous exhaustion: "After the eldest brother passed away, the eldest sister-in-law's whip was out of reach, and Qiubai was weak due to illness, so I could fiddle with the long room at will, but I didn't expect that in the past few years, the surnamed Meng stood up and fought against me everywhere, now it's better, Cheng Yan doesn't say it, Cheng Qi's girl also shows her true murderous appearance, not to mention Cheng Taiheng's stinky boy, put all the enmity with me on his face, for fear that others won't know that my third uncle is incompetent." ”

Tan Pi smiled bitterly twice and did not speak.

"Where is the new formula so easy to develop, it shouldn't be that little girl in the long house is lying to you." Ji Shi walked out of the bedroom, took the teacup and took a sip, sat down and said, "She can do everything now." ”

Cheng Yunduo felt that Ji's words were strange, so he asked, "What do you mean... Do everything? ”

"Hmph." Ji Shi said coldly, "Master, think about it, Cheng Qi used to be a person with many nests, how could he change his sex with a neck, as the saying goes, wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, in my opinion, she used to choose Mingzhe to protect herself because of her eldest brother, and Changfang had no backer, but now it's okay, Cheng Dai has grown up, and Cheng Yan has come to help again, and she is now Zhuang Baolin who is waiting to enter the palace, so naturally she doesn't have to pretend." ”

"I think, this Cheng Qi just wants you to tear your face."

Ji Shi rarely analyzed so seriously: "Nine times out of ten, the matter of the new formula is fake, it is a pretext to inform the Xiping people, that is, our two rooms must be separated from each other." ”

"Separate family and separate family."

Cheng Yunduo's face turned blue in an instant: "Cheng Tian is out of the family, don't you have anything else in your mouth!" ”

Although Ji and her husband are not of the same mind, after all, they are husband and wife who have been married for more than ten years, and she actually knows exactly what that person thinks in his heart.

"Cheng Yunduo, I know what you mean." Ji Shi simply broke through, "Aren't you just afraid of tongue, you want to split up, but you can't afford the infamy of the whole world, so uninformed, destined to not be able to do great things..."

"Ji Taiping, you get out of here for me!"

Cheng Yunduo couldn't help it, and blurted out and scolded in the direction of the bedroom.

Ji's face turned pale, he didn't expect Cheng Yunduo to refute himself in front of Tan Pi in a frightening face, and glanced back at the old account room angrily, fortunately, that person was an old man, and said solemnly: "Since the third lady is a little unhappy, let's go back to the bedroom to rest." ”

Tan Pi said this, but it relieved Fang Cai's embarrassment, and Ji was too lazy to continue to be scolded, so he went into the bedroom.

Cheng Yunduo took a deep breath, leaned back on the back of the chair a little decadently, and didn't say a word.

How could this be, it has only been less than a year, and things in the Guogong Mansion have changed a lot, not only was Cheng Yan robbed of the Liangzhuang industry, but also suppressed and narrow-minded everywhere, and now he has a reputation for having no conscience.

It's better to be happy when the eldest brother is here.

Cheng Yunduo rubbed his temples in pain, and when he heard the footsteps of someone coming in, he didn't need to look at it to know that it was the housekeeper Lu Er, so he asked casually: "Song Jiu sent it away?" ”

Lu Er responded, glanced at Tan Pi, who was also worried, rolled his eyes, walked to Cheng Yunduo's side, leaned over and whispered: "Third master, the minions may have a way to get their hands on the new formula of Xiangfang." ”

Tan Pi slowly looked up, his deep eyes glowing with a faint light.

Cheng Yunduo also opened his eyes, this Lu Er used to be an apprentice brought out by Liu Hua himself, although he has learned from his master over the years, but in the end, he is not as safe as that person, and most of them are slippery.

This guy has a good way to get a glimpse of the new formula.

"What can you do?" Cheng Yunduo asked.

Lu Er heard the distrust in this person's tone, he was slightly stunned, and then chuckled, after all, this was also an expected attitude, so he thought about it and didn't say all the words.

"Third Master." He said with a hippie smile, "The slave knows that you can't believe it, but the slave really has a more thoughtful way, but it's hard to explain for a while, but if you let the slave do it, it's better than waiting for the result here, don't you say?" ”

Cheng Yunduo heard this, although it was weird, but it did make some sense, so he cautiously looked at the person in front of him a few times, feeling that even if Lu Er was unreliable, he would not have the courage to joke with him at will.

"That's so." Cheng Yunduo said coldly, "You just do it, see what you can do." ”

Lu Er breathed a sigh of relief and said with a busy smile: "The slave has to be ordered." ”

…

…

In the bedroom on the third floor of Tinglan Water Pavilion, Qingmiao's small body stood in front of the larger tent bed, trying to flatten Cheng Qi's mattress, but her small arms were short, and she couldn't reach the part inside.

Qing Dai walked up, looked at it with a smile, put the food box she brought back on the flower table not far away, and asked Qing Miao to go over to serve Cheng Qi with dinner, and she carefully sorted out the man's mattress.

Qingmiao nodded, and in front of the bookcase where Cheng Qi was, she looked at her meditating on something.

"Girl." She shook Cheng Qi's arm slightly, "Aren't you hungry, Sister Qingdai went to the back kitchen to get food to fill her stomach and came back, you use some to think about it, you've been thinking about it for a long time." ”

Cheng Qi turned around and asked her to open the food box, take out the food inside, and then looked down at the paper in front of her, and she didn't write a few words for a long time, and she was a little surprised.

It seems that it is really difficult to make perfume from ready-made spices and change the method from incineration to evaporation.

"Qing Dai."

Cheng Qi got up and walked to the flower table: "You're hungry too, come and use some with me." ”

The girl was still thinking about Song Jiu's affairs, she didn't react for a while, so she didn't agree, and unconsciously the tidying up in her hands slowed down, and the whole person was so unrelenting from the back.

Cheng Qi felt strange, and patted her on the shoulder, but scared the little girl half to death, and when she came back to her senses, her face was a little pale, and her palms were sweaty, rubbing uneasily.

"Qingdai, what's wrong with you?"

Cheng Qi didn't think about it elsewhere, only reached out and touched Qingdai's forehead, and tried his own again: "Is it a fever?" But it's not hot, it's not as hot as my forehead. ”

Qing Dai hurriedly shook her head and walked to the side: "No, the slave is not sick." ”

Cheng Qi went over and sat down at the flower table, and said uneasily: "I'm not sick, why is my face so bad." ”

"Although I am not sick, my body is a little sore." Qingdai explained in a low voice, "Maybe it rained a few days ago, and the slave didn't wear enough clothes, so he caught a cold." ”

Cheng Qi didn't doubt much, picked up the chopsticks and ate the meal, thought about it, turned his head and said vaguely: "Qingdai, the new recipe paper I wrote, you helped me fold it and put it away, don't let anyone touch it." ”

Qing Dai answered, did as she said, she folded the paper into a square and put it away, and exhaled a little crampedly that Cheng Qi couldn't see, the big stone in her heart, after seeing Song Jiu, was hanging high after all.

Is... A fate that can't be avoided.

She looked back at Cheng Qi's back, the man took a big gulp of food into his mouth, and he was very busy, Qing Dai looked at it and unconsciously showed a relieved and complicated smile.

If Cheng Qi is the master, whether it was in the past or now, he is good for himself, but this is good, after Cheng Qi learns his true identity, will it be the same as before.

…

…

Because of the winter, and Cheng Qi has been selected, so the Vermilion Bird Building does not need to go so diligently, just a heavy snow wrapped the entire Xiping Nine Cities, the old lady is afraid of the cold, but also worried about the children's health, so she asked Cheng Qi to rest at home, a good seven days off.

It's good that it doesn't rain or snow in winter, but that thick layer of snow is illuminated by the sun in the morning, and it has almost become the most hated late-night high beam maniac for drivers, which is too white, too bright and too dazzling.

Cheng Qi's petite body shrunk in the warm tent bed, the blackout curtain helped her resist those thorns, and she didn't respond when she heard Qingmiao call twice, and played cards with Zhou Gong in her sleep.

Qing Dai walked up and asked Qing Miao to go and get some washing water to dry, just as Xi Xin was preparing food on the second floor, and she was going to go to the back kitchen to get some boiled porridge, and looked at Cheng Qi before leaving, but she still didn't feel at ease and said: "The girl's body will be heavy after sleeping, and when the time comes, I will be out of energy for a day, and I will call a few times later." ”

Qing Miao nodded obediently.

Qing Dai carried the empty food box out of Tinglan Water Pavilion, but as soon as she turned out of the pebble path, she met a person who she didn't want to see the most, and her expression was cold in an instant.

"Steward Lu."

Qing Dai looked at Lu Er coldly and asked, "Why is Steward Lu here?" ”

Lu Er put his hands behind him and said casually: "Eat in the morning, walk around casually, digest the tea and stomach, don't laugh at me." ”

Qing Dai held the half-big food box, and said with some effort: "I naturally won't laugh, it's just that Steward Lu wants to digest the accumulated food, and he shouldn't go in the direction of this Tinglan Water Pavilion, our girl's yard, even if a few young masters are close to it, it will be passed on, Steward Lu is careful to annoy our girl." ”

Lu Er smiled: "This is natural. Looking at the food box in Qing Dai's arms, "You are going to the back kitchen, look at such a big food box, where can you hold it alone, why don't you see that Xixin, let me help you." ”

After saying that, Lu Er stretched out his hand into Qing Dai's arms, but his target hand was slightly raised, with a softness that was different from ordinary people, but it had nothing to do with the food box at all.

Qing Dai naturally noticed it, and took a few steps back with a blushing face, and said angrily: "Steward Lu is self-respecting. ”

After that, he walked forward briskly without anger.

Lu Er followed closely, probing left and right unhappily: "I said that you girl is so ignorant, do you know how many maids like you begged me to touch her in this country's mansion, but I refused, you are good, I gave you a good thing for nothing, but you are pulling and blocking it." ”

Qing Dai frowned, and her tone became more and more disgusted: "Then trouble Steward Lu to find those who are voluntary, in short, Steward Lu's kindness, I Qing Dai can't stand it, and I don't have this blessing." ”

Lu Er laughed evilly when he heard this, a cunning light flashed in his eyes, and he stood in place and said: "Qing Dai doesn't have this blessing, but Gu Tutu does, doesn't he?" ”

As soon as Qing Dai heard the three words 'Gututu', her whole body seemed to be overpowered, and she suddenly stopped in place.

"What did you say?" The little girl turned around uneasily, "What do you call me?" ”

Lu Er knew that Song Jiu hadn't lied to himself, so he smiled and said, "Isn't what I said wrong?" ”

Qing Dai blinked, with some despair on her face: "Song Jiu told you?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that."

Lu Er walked forward slowly, walking around her step by step, as if he was painting an invisible prison cell: "I just want to ask you, do you know that if you change your household registration without permission and sell yourself into the Guogong Mansion, if you go to sue the official for such a big crime, how miserable will you die as a little slut." ”

Qing Dai's face turned pale in an instant, and the food box in her hand was almost inaccurate, but she still tried to quibble: "You... You are talking nonsense, I don't know any Gu Tutu, I am Qingdai, my name is Zhou Qingdai. ”

"A slave who is like an animal." Lu Er said disdainfully, "Even if you spend money to change your household registration in the Central Plains, in the final analysis, you are still pigs and dogs in human skin, and you can't stand up on all fours." ”

Qing Dai still has this psychological preparation, she is young but smart, and she knows that since Lu Er did not choose to go directly to the official to tie her hair, but came to threaten herself, she just wanted to let herself help him do things, otherwise her shortcomings in his hands would be useless.

"Lu Er, what exactly do you want to do?" Qing Dai simply made her words clear.

Lu Er's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "You are smart, you had the courage to hide from the world, and now..." ”

"You're dreaming."

Qingdai has the backbone of preferring to die: "Even if I Qingdai jumps into the river today and cuts my wrists today, and I am killed by a headlong collision on the edge of this flower bed, it will not be cheap for you." ”

Lu Er squinted slightly, and Qing Dai also tore his face: "Don't think that I can't do Qing Dai, don't underestimate me, anyway, if I am exposed, I will die, and it will be a big deal." ”

After all, Lu Er still has to use this girl to do things, he was silent for a few seconds, and said lazily: "Really, you little girl just don't resist teasing, who am I, Lu Er, the girl in the Manchu Mansion is inexhaustible, I won't waste time and effort on you, a thin dead man, you don't do it, but I don't know that I'm still dirty." ”

Qing Dai squinted at him and didn't answer.

And Lu Er smacked his lips, and then he revealed his true purpose: "Qingdai, let me ask you, is the master of your family studying any new recipe of Xiangfang recently?" ”

Qing Dai's expression was grim: "You want me to betray my girl?" Gritting his teeth, "Dreaming..."

It's just that before he finished speaking, Qing Dai's eyelashes trembled twice, and she immediately panicked, looking at the deed of sale in the second-hand landing, which was her original name 'Gu Tutu', and there was a real red handprint on it.

"Your deed of sale in the name of Zhou Qingdai is stored in our Guogong Mansion." Lu Er said with a smile, "I asked Song Jiu to send it to me, and it is your handprint, as long as you help me get that new formula, I will hand over this deed of sale to you and let you dispose of it." ”

Qing Dai swallowed slightly, her eyes staring at the deed of sale straightened, obviously tempted.

As long as...

As long as she destroys the deed of sale, she can always be Zhou Qingdai, no matter how Lu Er and Song Jiu repent, without evidence, she will not be tortured by the name 'Gututu' anymore.

Lu Er looked at Qingdai's state, sneered twice, knew that the matter was done, and coerced and lured: "I'm too lazy to sell it to you, Zhou Qingdai, I'll put the words here for you, tomorrow morning, I'm still waiting for you here, if you don't get me the new formula, we'll see you in the government." ”

Qing Dai's expression was mixed, and she stared at Lu Er viciously.

The man didn't care at all, and walked calmly to the road: "Zhou Qingdai, anyway, once the incident in the east window happens, it is you and Song Jiu who can't escape, I, Lu Erzuo, watch from the wall, don't think I'm afraid of you, what fish die and the net breaks, but I don't know that only the fish die, and the net will not break." ”

After that, he disappeared from Qingdai's sight.

After the man left, the little girl slowly squatted helplessly on the ground, her miserable little white face buried between her knees, the food box and her petite body formed a conspicuous contrast, and as soon as the cold wind passed, she shivered involuntarily.

Girl...

Don't blame me, girl.

…

…

In the evening, Cheng Qi, who had eaten overnight, continued to sit in front of the bookcase and write indiscriminately, and what was written on the paper was the recipe of Jiuhua incense that sold very well in Xiangfang, but customers reported that they were generally choked.

This incense is more expensive, and only some large families can afford to use it, but the choking smell when it burns is the most serious.

How to turn into water pinch.

Cheng Qi hugged her head and pondered, but it turned out that she was not suitable for contemplation, so after holding her head for a while, she was drowsy and dreaming of Zhou Gong again, Qingmiao came over and brought her a cup of tea, and woke her up by the way.

Cheng Qi sobered up for a moment, took the tea and drank it with some embarrassment, turned around to find Qingdai and rubbed her shoulders, but the little girl was not on the third floor, she shouted a few times in a row, and the man came up from the second floor and cut off the water for washing.

"What's wrong?"

Cheng Qi sat on the edge of the tent bed and washed his hands, looking at Qing Dai's expression: "The soul is not kept?" ”

Qing Dai looked up, showed a far-fetched smile, and shook her head to explain.

Cheng Qi said funny: "What? Seeing that Holly can be released back to your hometown, are you homesick too? He took the towel handed by Qingmiao and wiped it, "Otherwise, I'll put you back to your hometown?" What do you think? ”

When Qing Dai heard this, she froze, and her expression became more and more unnatural.

Go home?

Home?

Back to that demonic lair where the spirit that tortured her and whipped her flesh? Back to that dungeon that that compares her to a brute, wantonly bullying self-esteem?

She finally escaped, she must not repeat the mistakes of the past, thinking about the cold late night with cockroaches and tide insects, the countless footprints on her body, the spitting and phlegm that fell into her hair...

Think about today's stable life, and cherish your master so much.

Qing Dai's eyes turned red, afraid that Cheng Qi would find out, so she just didn't hold the basin, and she sprinkled it all over her body with a sigh, so she quickly asked Qing Miao to serve Cheng Qi to sleep, and went to the second floor to change her clothes.

Cheng Qi frowned, he didn't know what was wrong with this little girl today, so he told Qingmiao to take a look, and he sat on the tent bed a few times more, and then turned over and fell asleep.

And on the second floor, Qing Dai looked at the piece of paper in her hand, which Cheng Qi instructed her to put away every night, and the boxy folded was like a tofu block, carefully hidden in her sleeve, gritted her teeth, and clenched her fists.

Damn Lu Er.

Qing Dai looked out of the Xuan window in confusion, and tears flashed in her eyes.

"Sister Qingdai."

Qingmiao calmly walked over and touched her hand: "What's wrong with you?" The girl is worried about you. ”

Qing Dai took a deep breath, and when she turned her head, the tears were gone, she reached out and touched the top of Qing Miao's hair, and whispered something in her ear, and Qing Miao had a scared expression on her face.

"Sister Qingdai..."

Qingmiao said in a panic: "I... I'm scared. ”

Qing Dai's face was resolute and asked, "Have you remembered everything?" ”

Qingmiao nodded timidly.

"Remembered."

Qing Dai said: "Very good. ”

Turning his head again, his teeth clenched, but he released weakly.

Girl.

I'm sorry.

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