In the evening, Mu Xiangqing invited Huaxi over.

"Hou Ye went to find Du Shaoyin in Shangjing Mansion. The merchant was fine except for some skin injuries, and Du Shaoyin exempted Liu Qigui from criminal responsibility, beat him with 20 boards, and fined him 100 taels. The people have gone back to Wicker Alley, you don't have to worry anymore. ”

Huaxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Mu Xiangqing said again: "That businessman is still a little famous in Luzhou, and my sister is married to Wang Lang, the governor of Luzhou Mansion, Wang Lang is the nephew of the deputy head of the palace. ”

Huaxi immediately felt that something was wrong, but she didn't know what to do.

"How can it be involved with the people in the palace?"

Mu Xiangqing soothed: "I can't say clearly for a while. Hou Ye didn't say it carefully, so he asked me to tell you, this matter will have to be investigated for some more time, don't worry. But I know that this prince was the chief eunuch in the palace of the virtuous concubine earlier......"

Huaxi was stunned, she didn't expect that her small shop would involve these characters, and she was really "flattered".

"It's just a month before I want to change the shop, so I took advantage of this period to close the shop and rest for a while."

Closed shop, don't know when it will be open again? It's just that there is a lot of involvement in this matter. At this time, I can only close the shop first, and wait until the news is discovered.

Huaxi nodded in agreement, "Let my aunt and Hou Ye bother." ”

The next day, Huaxi asked Mu Xi to run away, told Liu's mother what Mu Xiangqing meant, and closed the shop for a month by the way.

After half a month, no other rumors were heard, and no one was looking for trouble anymore, and the matter seemed to have subsided. But Huaxi felt that things had just begun, and her heart was faintly uneasy.

At the end of the month, Ji Xie came to visit Mu's house, and Huaxi called Cui Ming to the hospital to inquire about the news.

Cui Ming came back and said that Ji Xie had talked with Hou Ye in the study for an hour, and Hou Ye entered the lady's room when he came back from the front yard. Later, Mu Xiangqing sent someone to invite Huaxi over, which probably meant that it was a matter in the shop, and the Luzhou businessman's family suffered some changes, relying on some ways in Beijing to be fearless, swaggering and deceiving everywhere, and pit the goods of a few small shops, the government has already found out, the person was imprisoned, and the silver confiscated last time was also returned, so that Huaxi does not have to worry anymore.

This result can be regarded as a concession by the other party, so has the merchant become abandoned? What does Ji Xie have to do with this? Huaxi had a series of questions swirling in his head, and he couldn't solve them. Mu Xiangqing didn't take the initiative to mention it, and it was not good for him to ask again.

In January, the pavement of Deyu Street was vacated. Manager Fu cleaned up and asked Huaxi to go over and take a look. A small two-story building with a small courtyard in the back. The first floor is a shop, the second floor is four, one is a fragrance room, and the third is a private room. There are two entrances in the backyard, the front is the incense room and the guys live, and the back is left with a lilac and their family lives.

There is nothing wrong with the shop, what is missing is a guy and a woman who specializes in massage. Although Mu Xiangqing said that he wanted to be the shopkeeper, Huaxi thought about it, and he didn't have a suitable person for a while, so it was better to ask Mu Xiangqing to choose someone, at least the people from Cheng Mansion would be more secure.

"Originally, the shop was small, and Ding Xiang and Liu's mother were also busy taking care of their own accounts. Now that the shop is bigger, Liu Qigui will be asked to do the chores and spices, and Liu Qigui is afraid that he can't take care of the account room, and Lilac has to accept two more apprentice helpers, and there are still two people missing in the incense massage room...... I'm here to ask my aunt to help me choose a few suitable people. ”

Mu Xiangqing understands that Huaxi wants to distinguish between public and private, plus she really looks down on such a big shop in her hands because of Mother Liu's family, plus that incident, it is more reliable for the people who go out of her own house.

Mu Xiangqing didn't shirk it, thought for a while, and said to Huaxi: "I have to ask Master Hou in the account room, the shop is for receiving female guests, and I will choose four from the maids for apprentices and massages." ”

Mu Xiangqing asked Cheng Chong in the evening. Cheng Chong did not refuse, and directly asked Manager Fu to choose a bookkeeper surnamed Wu from the big account room in the outer courtyard.

With all the staff, Huaxi led Liu Qigui to Yao Ji, Feng Ji and Yipinxiang, as well as some small incense shops to see the fragrant wood, and introduced them to the shopkeepers of several companies by the way, so that they could get started to buy goods independently.

The incense shop is complicated, and Huaxi often goes out of the house.

On this day, he came out of the incense shop and was about to return to Chengfu, Huaxi met Chen Hongxi, and wanted to avoid it, but he didn't expect Chen Hongxi to come up to say hello, "But Miss Mu?" In Xia Chen Hongxi, there was a relationship in Luodong Wangfu last time, I don't know if the girl remembers? ”

Huaxi frowned secretly, he wore a scarf, he still knew it? The last time we met, it seemed that Qiongzhi didn't introduce him to who he was? Because of the number of courtesies, Huaxi still greeted Chen Hongxi, "It turned out to be Chen Ergong, this is polite." ”

"Ah, it turns out that Miss Mu still remembers it." Chen Hongxi looked at the hazy face under the light veil, and was itchy for a while, but he didn't dare to show it, looked at the shop behind Huaxi with a smile, and asked, "This shop was opened by a girl?" Don't know when it will open? If you need any help, just let me know, I still have some acquaintances in the yamen. ”

Huaxi didn't want to entangle with Chen Hongxi anymore, and said, "Thank you for your kindness." I didn't open the shop, but I just came to help look at the incense. If the public is fine, Huaxi will leave. ”

"It's better to give the girl a ride."

"It's too busy to have to be so troublesome. My aunt sent a nurse to follow, and it would be fine. Say goodbye," Huaxi finished speaking, and went straight to the car.

"Girl, let's go" Chen Hongxi did not change his face because he was rejected by Huaxi, but politely said goodbye, and watched Huaxi get into the car with a smile.

Until the carriage left, the smile on Chen Hongxi's face changed suddenly, his face was extremely gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "A little orphan girl still dares to take Qiao, hum...... Fragrant beauty? I want to see where your incense is. ”

I didn't pay attention to the chance encounter with Chen Hongxi, and I didn't see the sinister smile on Chen Hongxi's smiling tiger after he left.

After another ten days, the plaque of the shop has been hung up, and Liu's mother's family has also moved from Wicker Lane, and the shop they originally bought was rented to others.

Huaxi was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, checked around the shop, and made sure that it was correct before leaving.

It was nearly twilight, and Huaxi came out of the shop, looked up at the delicate façade and the black lacquer plaque covered with red cloth, and nodded with satisfaction. Everything is ready, just wait for the first day of the new year to set off the firecrackers and remove the red cloth to open the store.

The carriage went to Chengfu according to the road taken on weekdays. Huaxi sat in the car, thinking all the way about whether there was anything missing.

Suddenly, there was a shaking, and the neighing of the horses and the shouts of the guards were heard, and then the speed of the car suddenly increased, and the body shook more and more violently. Huaxi didn't have time to react, leaned forward, and was about to be thrown out of the car door.

"Girl—" Cui Ming exclaimed, reaching out to grab Huaxi and pulling her back into the carriage.

Huaxi had never been so panicked, her heart was pounding, and she subconsciously held the hand on the wall of the car, and she didn't know if it was shaking or because of nervousness.

"It's okay, it's okay-" Huaxi's first reaction was that Ma was startled.

The car shook violently, and just when Huaxi felt that she was about to be shaken apart, the car suddenly stopped.

Resisting the urge to vomit, Huaxi trembled and said, "Cui Ming, open the ......"

Before he could finish a sentence, the door opened from the outside.

"Yo, Miss Mu is frightened," Chen Hongxi said anxiously, "The girl is injured?" ”

Hua Xi froze, looked at Chen Hongxi coldly and asked, "Chen Ergong is like a god, how do you know that it is not someone else in this carriage, but me?" ”

Chen Hongxi smiled unabated, and said with a little smugness: "Since the girl can see it, then please get out of the car." I've been thinking about it since I met the girl in the garden, but the last time I saw the girl, I refused to be thousands of miles away, which really made Hongxi sad, so I had to make this decision."

Cui Ming was annoyed, but she was pulled by Huaxi and didn't dare to move.

"The dignified second duke of the Luodong Royal Mansion actually did such a thing of kidnapping people on the street, and he is not afraid of ruining the reputation of your palace." Huaxi was uneasy, glanced outside the car, like a remote alley, and didn't dare to be careless, so she had to talk to delay some time, so that someone could come to her rescue.

Chen Hongxi seemed to see Huaxi's intentions, and sneered: "This girl doesn't have to worry, it's too late to save people, but I didn't expect that the person in the car has been robbed by gangsters......"

"You-" Hua Xi glared angrily, her little face was red, her hair was messy, and she looked weak but pretending to be tough, which was much more vivid than her cold expression in the past, which made Chen Hongxi's heart even more excited.

Chen Hongxi touched the mark on the car, "The girl doesn't have to waste her lips and tongue, she is going to go to Chengfu to report the news immediately." ”

Chen Hongxi waved his hand, and the strong man behind him wanted to step forward to pull Huaxi out of the car, but Cui Ming stood in front of Huaxi and shouted "help". As soon as he made a sound, he was stunned by a big man's hand knife.

"Don't hurt her"

Chen Hongxi smiled and made a gesture of please, and Huaxi said in a deep voice: "Don't pull, I'll go by myself"

Chen Hongxi pushed the strong man away, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to hug Huaxi out of the car. Unlike the fat powder orange fragrance lingering on the tip of his nose, Chen Hongxi only felt that his tentacles were soft and his heart was rippling, and he didn't want to let go.

Huaxi knew that it was useless to resist, so she let Chen Hongxi hug herself out of the car, and didn't want to get out of the car, but Chen Hongxi still hugged herself, her heart was even more angry, and she said with a cold face: "I have gotten out of the car, and I ask Chen Ergong to let go"

Chen Hongxi leaned into Huaxi's ear and said in a low voice: "Let's come to Japan for a long time, after tonight, I will rescue you from the gangsters, and tomorrow I will go to Mufu to mention that I can't look down on me, right?" Then I want you to watch me accept you as a concubine...... So that you can't say what you are suffering."

Huaxi was startled, she underestimated Chen Hongxi for this person's vicious thoughts, he was more scheming than those ordinary gentlemen

Huaxi was scared, did she really want to be Chen Hongxi's concubine today?

Suddenly, a whistling sounded.

Chen Hongxi's hand on Huaxi's body was released, his eyes flashed with astonishment, and the whole person slipped off Huaxi's body softly and fell to the ground.

Huaxi was surprised, and suddenly her eyes went dark and she lost consciousness.

Five people jumped down from the wall, and one of the leaders pointed to Chen Hongxi, who had fainted on the ground, and two strong men and ordered: "The three of you send them back to the Luodong Palace, and the maid will stay here." You go and send a message to the nursing home of Cheng Mansion. The three of them wanted to carry Chen Hongxi and his two subordinates over to the wall like chickens.

The leader picked up Huaxi from the ground, put it in a sack and put it on his shoulder, walked in with the other person, and disappeared into the alley.