Chapter 20: The blood-red arrow in the quiver
Today is clear and quiet, tossing in the embroidery room for a long time, now the rest of the embroidery room is all Zheng Fu's, now from large to small from urgent to slow to the embroidery samples in order, the big and complex I will embroider, the simple and small can let Xia Xia first outline the shape.
I often embroider mandarin ducks, dragons and phoenixes, and the colors are clear, but the butterfly pictures that Miss Zheng asked for have to be well colored.
Such a Luo Hao, it's already Shen Shi when it comes out, Xia Xia hasn't come back for a day, I plan to go to the street to buy some food and cook something delicious at night, and by the way, return Aunt Hong's basket of tofu to her.
Before leaving, I went to the courtyard to look again, the man was already asleep, I covered him with a quilt, and he opened his eyes again, with a smile on his calm face.
I also laughed and said softly, "What's your name?" Did you float from the sea? Then I'll call you sea drifting first, okay? You lie down at home obediently, I'll buy a fat chicken and stew soup for you to drink at night, okay? ”
The man rolled his eyes and "looked" at me blankly, maybe it wasn't even a look, just a pause in the blink of an eye, but I seemed to be able to feel the warmth and indifference in his heart.
"Then I'll call you drifting in the sea. Tell us your name when you're well, okay? "I am as gentle as I can.
Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and Kara knocked down something she was leaning against in the corner.
I turned my head to see that Song Ling's quiver had also fallen, and I frowned-
The few arrows poured out of the quiver were not black as usual, but red!
Bright red, as red as blood, glowing coldly in the sunset! The same color as the red arrow that Han Sanxiao broke last time, the same color as the blood on it, poisonous.
Could it be that this is a revenge arrow specially made by Song Lingjian to avenge Eleven Lang? Does she know who killed Eleven Lang? Does she know where to find those people?
My hands shook unconsciously, and I hurriedly stuffed the arrow back into the quiver with the cloth - tomorrow, I will talk to Han San about it with a smile.
Walking to the market, let the chicken seller Brother Zhi help pick the fattest one, Brother Zhi carried the chicken that was about to die, as if looking at his perfect handicrafts, that kind of eyes seemed a little greedy and ruthless.
I swallowed my saliva and said, "Then bother Brother Zhi, you can help me kill it, and when you go under the knife, be sharp, don't let it suffer too much." ”
Brother Zhi was stunned, and said with a smile: "It can't die with a knife, it has to run out of blood, you see, I cut it on its neck with such a knife, and then throw it in this barrel to let it struggle, the more it struggles, the faster it bleeds, and the faster it will die." ”
I could imagine that scene, and I shuddered and took a few steps back.
Brother Zhi stared at me and said, "I'm afraid, the girl's family just can't see this scene, and the young widow in the cloth shop is also afraid of killing chickens, but there is no way, people are filial, everyone on the fifteenth day of the new year has to come to buy chickens, and you also buy chickens, who are you going to be filial to?" ”
Young widow? He's talking about Li Xue? Why is his eyes so strange?
I hiccuped and said, "No, it's autumn, and I want to eat some chicken to make up for it." ”
Brother Zhi smiled and said, "I'm kidding." If Boss Yan is afraid, he will go elsewhere to shake it out, and it will be good to come back with chickens. ”
I hurriedly put down the silver and left, muttering in my heart, what's wrong with this big brother today, usually honest and polite, and suddenly said such strange things to me this day-
Thinking of this, I turned my head to look and saw that he was engrossed in holding the chicken killing knife, endlessly gesturing in front of the chicken's neck, but he never gave the chicken a knife happily.
I suddenly regretted buying the chicken, hey.
After wandering for a while, I arrived at Aunt Hong's stall, which was covered with rain cloths, but how could there be Aunt Hong's figure?
Where is Aunt Hong? Didn't she come to the dinner market? But she's usually there at this hour?
I asked Uncle Cai, who sold meat at the stall next door, we knew each other very well, and when I was a child, I often played at his house, and said, "Uncle Cai, have you seen Aunt Hong?" ”
Uncle Cai was stunned and said, "No, I've had rheumatism in the past two days, and I'm not on the stall - have you seen the pillar?" ”
Zhuzi is the son of Uncle Cai, who grew up with me when I was a child, and is an honest man, he looked at me, a little embarrassed, and replied softly: "I haven't seen you for a few days." ”
Uncle Cai asked, "What's wrong?" What's the matter with her? I'll help you ask the others to see it later? ”
I shook my head and said, "It's nothing, come and return a basket, and ask when she's not there." ”
Uncle Cai has already cut a good leg bone for me with a very fast movement: "Seeing that you are thin again, drink some bone broth to make up for it, next time your aunt will feel distressed when she sees you like this." Business is business, you can't fight with your body, you know? ”
I don't shirk, I never shirk Uncle Cai's kindness to me, they are like half of my father, I put down my leg bones and smiled: "Well, I'm fine." ”
Uncle Cai whispered: "That difficult Liu Wangyue, didn't make it difficult for you, right?" ”
I was stunned, Liu Wangyue? Who is Ryu Mochizuki?
I frowned and asked, "Who is Liu Wangyue?" ”
Uncle Cai sighed and said, "I forgot, that was her name before she got married, and now she is the eldest lady of the Zheng family." ”
It turns out that Mrs. Zheng's girlfriend's name is Liu Wangyue, and she is quite poetic and gentle.
I shook my head and said, "No, Mrs. Zheng is just more serious in her work, and she is still a good person." ”
Uncle Cai nodded and said, "That's good, she won't dare to make things difficult for you." ”
I smiled strangely: "Uncle Cai, I'm just a businessman in an ordinary little village, do things innocently, be innocent, don't call me like a bully, okay?" ”
Uncle Cai smiled, there are guests at the stall, and I don't want to disturb more, there is still some time, you can take a look at Cui Ge.
When I walked to the Green Pavilion, as soon as I entered the door, I bumped into a woman who hurried out of the door, and I looked a little familiar, and I didn't remember who it was for a while.
"Be careful!" The woman glared at me, fierce, rough, and her face was long, I should have seen it!
"I'm sorry." I didn't want to get into an argument with anyone, so I quickly and consciously got out of the way.
The woman hurried away, looking at her gorgeous back, I thought hard about her identity, gorgeously dressed, she should be the wife of a rich family, so arrogant and fierce, it should be-
Mrs. Zhao?
That's right, it's Mrs. Zhao, the wife of the county official Lord Zhao, Mrs. Zhao!
The shopkeeper in front of the counter is not He Qizhen, it is a distant relative of his, and the helpers are all apprentices, and I don't know what the name is, anyway, everyone calls him Xiao He.
Xiao He beckoned me to look casually, while recording a pile of gold and silver jewelry on the countertop.
I wondered, "Isn't the shopkeeper here?" ”
Xiao He said: "The goods have gone, and they haven't come back yet." ”
I was a little disappointed and a little strange: "Haven't come back yet?" So the jewelry on this cabinet is not your new purchase? ”
Xiao He shook his head and said, "No, this is resold to our store by someone else." ”
I made a rough estimate, there are a lot of beads and bracelets, who is so big and has to get rid of so many things at once?
I pretended to be interested in buying it, but I looked at it and said, "I'm just looking for a cheaper hairpin, and I'll see if there's anything for this resale that suits my eyes." ”
Xiao He said while recording: "Look at it casually, it has just been plated, if you like it, you can give it to the flying girl cheaper." ”
I looked closely at the jewelry on the countertop, and I recognized one of the golden hairpins, because Madame Zhao often wore it on her head ostentatiously, sparkling and very expensive.
Xiao He saw me staring at this golden hairpin and said with a smile: "Does Fei Girl like this hairpin?" This hairpin is made of gold, a bit heavy, for the flying girl to wear, it may be a little old-fashioned. ”
I nodded and said, "Well, I think this hairpin is quite familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere - do you know who resold it?" ”
Xiao He smiled apologetically: "This, most of the resale matters are not glamorous, and the shopkeeper said that it is better to keep it secret for the guests." But if you guessed it yourself, the small one can't be pulled. ”
I smiled, this little He is not very old, and his mind is quite flexible, it seems that these jewelry are indeed resold by Mrs. Zhao-
Why did the county official's wife suddenly rush to take off her jewelry? Is she short of money?