"Take it down!" With Xi Chu Lu Ning's roar, the maid who was dragging the four princesses suddenly trembled, and the strength of her hands increased, and soon, the figure of the four princesses disappeared around the corner.

When there was no one in the house, Xichu Lu Ning rubbed her eyebrows, and there was a bright red thread tied to her exposed wrist, she looked at the red thread for a while, and then let out a long breath, turned around, and walked out of the door, "Someone, this king wants to enter the palace!" ”

……

Chu Nian and the other three stood at the door of Xuanmo Hall, and Xi Chu Yueling stared at the huge plaque in front of him in a daze.

"When did there ever be such a place in town...... I've never heard of such a big store. ”

Chu Nian glanced at her sideways and didn't speak, and Ming Xiu on the side pursed his lips slightly.

This Xuanmo Hall is opened in the most prosperous street of the Imperial City, the storefront is very elegantly decorated, the plaque is made of mahogany, and the three big characters look at the tiger and the tiger.

The furnishings in the store are also very atmospheric, and there are all kinds of ink treasures in the hall, and occasionally there are two things that look at Shangcheng, so that Chu Nian's eyes light up.

The three of them walked into the store, the footsteps were sparse, there was no one in the store, only a little girl who was about ten years old, was dozing on the counter, with two long eyelashes hanging on her slightly squinted eyes, a small face was flushed, and the appearance of a pink face and jade pecking was a little similar to the five princesses.

Chu Nian frowned, turned his eyes to look at Ming Xiu, and saw Ming Xiu step forward and gently knocked on the wooden counter, making a crisp "dong dong" sound.

The little boy was suddenly awakened by this voice, she raised her head, stared at a pair of big blank eyes and searched around, and after a while, she saw the three Chu Nian standing in front of the counter.

Seeing Ming Xiu at the head and Chu Nian and Xi Chu Yueling behind him, Xiao Tong pretended to be old, "Well, what do you want, our store has everything, you are satisfied." ”

"Everything?" Chu Nian's heart was a little teasing, "Then I want the latest version of the women's ring, do you have it here?" ”

The little boy suddenly felt like a great enemy, "Female ring? That's a forbidden thing in Xichu, don't talk nonsense! She remembered something and said seriously: "But if you want a male ring, I still have it here." ”

Seeing Xiao Tong's appearance, Chu Nian and Xi Chu Yueling couldn't help but burst out laughing, even Ming Xiu couldn't help laughing, at this point, the little boy reacted that he was being teased, so he snorted angrily and said, "My mother said that those who don't want to buy things should hurry up and get out." ”

Xiao Tong's horizontal eyebrows and raised eyes were not a deterrent at all, but her little face turned red, causing Chu Nian and Xi Chu Yueling's laughter to become more and more irrepressible, until the little girl's eyes were red, Chu Nian held back her laughter, stepped forward and bent down slightly and said, "Little sister, we are not here to buy things, we are here to find someone." ”

It seems that Chu Nian's kind appearance reassures the little girl, the little girl blinked, and the redness in her eyes disappeared, and then, she jumped from one side of the counter to the other, while looking impatiently flipping through the account book, and said, "Who are you looking for?" There were only two people in the store, my mother and me, and now that my mother is out, there is no one else. ”

Chu Nian rolled his eyes, and the three people in the room glanced at each other, and they all saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes, didn't they say, didn't that kid be picked up by the owner of this shop? So why does the kid say that there is no one else in the store but her mother?

Don't...... How could such a big little doll lie?

But looking at this look, it doesn't look like a lie...... Chu Nian frowned, and didn't have the idea of giving up, "Then when will your mother come back?" ”

The little girl glanced up at Chu Nian, "If you want to find my mother, you have to wait until evening, and then my mother will come to pick me up and go home." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyes and looked out of the door, the sun was scorching outside, it was only noon at this moment, and there were still two or three hours before evening.

"Your mother is relieved to leave you here alone, so she is not afraid that you will be captured by the bad guys?"

"Hmph, how could it be, do I look like such a deceitful child?" Seeing Xi Chu Yueling's suspicious eyes, the little girl seemed to be annoyed, she glared at Xi Chu Yue Ling fiercely, and turned her eyes to look at Chu Nian, "You guys go out quickly, don't delay me doing business, hum!" ”

Chu Nian was a little helpless, turned his eyes and glanced at Xi Chu Yueling and Ming Xiu, so he had to nod and said, "Okay, let's come back in the evening." ”

After that, Chu Nian walked out, the three of them came out of Xuanmo Hall, and Xi Chu Yue Ling looked at Chu Nian sideways, "You say, if you give birth to a child, no matter how smart the child is, will you rest assured that such a big thing will be left alone in Jishitang?" ”

Chu Nian shrugged his shoulders, "No, unless ......"

"Unless Lone arranges for guards to guard her in the dark." Ming Xiu glanced at Chu Nian with a calm face, Chu Nian's face suddenly turned red, but he calmed down and thought, it is indeed like this, if the child's mother is so relieved that such a little bean Ding will stay alone in the store, then there is only one possibility - someone in the dark is guarding.

The three of them glanced at each other, and Xi Chu Yue Ling frowned and said, "That child's mother is so big?" Ming Xiu, did your secret guard find someone in the shadows? ”

Ming Xiu shook his head slightly, if the secret guards found out, they should have informed him a long time ago.

Chu Nian touched his chin, "Who it is, we will only know when we see it later." ”

……

In the evening, Chu Nian and the others appeared at the door of Xuanmo Hall on time, and it was still Xiao Douding sitting alone in the counter, but at this moment, Xiao Douding seemed a little restless, she looked left and right towards the door, and finally saw the figure, and saw that it was Chu Nian and the three of them, and suddenly showed a look of loss.

Angrily, he said to Chu Nian and the others: "My mother hasn't come yet, you can come back later." ”

Chu Nian couldn't cry or laugh, seeing Xiao Douding lying on the counter again and pretending to be calm, Chu Nian smiled slightly and said: "Your mother is also coming soon, as the host, you should serve tea and water to the guests, is the way to be hospitable, isn't it?" ”

Xiao Douding's black and white pupils turned around in the sockets of her eyes for a while, and then she said: "Well, you are right, then you wait, I ...... here" She looked around, as if she was looking for something, but she didn't find it, so she turned her eyes to look at Chu Nian again and said: "I don't have any extra chairs and tables here, you just stand and wait for me for a while, and I'll come over in a while." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Douding jumped down from the counter and made a "bang" sound, at this time, Chu Nian realized that there was a long chair behind the counter, which was enough to reach Xiao Douding's waist, but there was a small chair on the chair, so that the little girl could sit on the counter instead of not even seeing her head in the counter.

Seeing that the little girl turned around and walked to the back door, Chu Nian and the three of them stood quietly in place, looking at the door.

"Judging by the little girl's appearance, her mother should be late." Xi Chu Yueling wiped a handful of ink on the counter on the side, and found that she couldn't erase it, so she rubbed her fingers.

Chu Nian nodded slightly, at this stall, the street outside the door was still bustling, but no one was willing to take a second look at Xuan Mo Hall.

After a while, the little girl came over, glanced at the three people blocking the door, she put the teapot in her hand on the counter, "If you want to drink tea, come over quickly, don't block the door and delay my business." ”

Chu Nian smiled helplessly, "You are such a big and small thing, and you can still do business?" ”

"Don't look down on people!" The little girl seemed to be angry and put the three tea cups on the counter, "Why can't I do business!" I'm telling you! I only sold five brushes yesterday! ”

Seeing this, Chu Nian couldn't help but laugh and said, "There are so many five brushes!" ”

"Hmm!" The little girl nodded thoughtfully, "My mother said that the business in my shop has grown a little bit better than before, although the five brushes are all sold to my brother......"

Seeing the three of them couldn't help but laugh, the little girl hurriedly stopped, "Hmph, I sold it anyway." ”

Seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to smile helplessly, Xi Chu Yueling stepped forward, lifted the teapot taken out by the little girl, poured a cup of tea for herself, and took a sip only to find that the water in the teacup was cold, and she couldn't help but put down the teacup with a smile, and didn't dare to pick it up again.

At this time, Chu Nian was attracted by a painting on the side, this painting was a man, plain in green clothes, black hair tied high, sitting in front of a zither and smiling shallowly in front of him, a pair of beautiful and bright big eyes to complete a pair of crescents, the curvature of the thin lips is just right, just the arc that makes people infected by this smile.

Chu Nian's gaze fell on the unicorn jade pendant on the man's waist.

She turned her eyes and looked at Xiao Douding, "Who painted this picture?" ”

Xiao Douding followed Chu Nian's gaze, and then said with a happy face: "This is a painting painted by my mother, and the person in the painting is said to be my father, but my father is not like this." ”

Seeing Chu Nian's searching gaze, Xiao Douding seemed to think: "My father can't laugh at all, he has always had a straight face, and he never strokes the piano, and besides, he is blind. ”

Blind.

When these words fell, Chu Nian and the others suddenly changed their faces, and Xi Chu Yueling took the lead and said, "Where is your father now?" ”

Seeing Xi Chu Yueling's eager appearance, the little girl suddenly became vigilant, she glared at Xi Chu Yue Ling and said, "What are you looking for my father?" Didn't you say you wanted to find my mother? ”

"No, the person we are really looking for is your father, and we have something very important to do with your father!"

"How important?" Xiao Douding stared at Xi Chu Yueling in front of him with a pair of innocent big eyes, "My mother said that my father once saved a very important person, but that person didn't cherish my father, and he also dumped my father after blinding him, is this also the case for the important things you said?" ”

Xi Chu Yue Ling was speechless for a moment, she turned her eyes, looked at Chu Nian with a little weakness on her face, and said, "I said before that the palace master of Liang made a close-fitting iron armor for my mother emperor, and that iron armor prevented an assassin attack for my mother emperor......

Chu Nian raised her eyebrows slightly, she was not interested in the secret affairs in the harem of Western Chu, at this stall, a surprised voice suddenly sounded at the door, the speed of the person coming was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Douding was already protected in his arms.

"Why are you here?"