Half a month later, Ruyu Pavilion officially opened.

During this period, except for the news that He County's order suddenly "returned to his hometown" and Su County's appointment to take the post of county commander in danger, other things were carried out in an orderly manner as planned.

Pei Baoer was in full swing preparing the inventory of the shop in the early stage, and before the He family returned to his hometown, she took the time to visit Miss He once.

After more than three months of devil training, coupled with the gap between the sudden transformation from a young lady from the county order family to an ordinary girl, she was a little depressed, and Miss He has lost a lot of weight now, and she is a little fatter than Sister-in-law Qin, and there are only one hundred or five left. There is less flesh on the face, and the originally delicate facial features are a little more visible, and the whole person finally no longer looks like a ball of meat.

Mrs. He didn't see her, I heard that she was sick in bed, and she hadn't seen anyone for several days.

Before Liu Yun's case, Pei Baoer did not have a bad impression of the He family, even if Mrs. He didn't look down on her, in the end, Miss He got along well with herself. After that, Pei Baoer was even reluctant to go to the door of the He family, and the original practice of going every few days was also broken, and the He family seemed to be ashamed and did not dare to come to disturb it.

Later, I heard that under the intervention of Lord Yushi, He County Commander was removed, and ordered the new Su County Commander to retry the case and change the sentence to Liu Yun not to be responsible, and Lin Si had to apologize to the Liu family for false accusations. Pei Bao'er who apologized or something didn't see it, but she saved a lot of money, and she heard that Lin Si was chased by Mrs. Lin Si and beaten on the street, which was also an unexpected joy.

Pei Baoer didn't plan to stop cooperating with Mrs. Lin, even if she didn't have the debt of fifty taels, it was always important to make money.

After all, the most stable relationship in the world is not feelings, but interests!

The only strange thing is that a ready-to-wear shop next to Ruyu Pavilion, which was originally in full swing, suddenly closed its doors, and within two days, it suddenly turned into a bookstore, and the business was staggeringly cold.

Although Mrs. Lin is shrewd and strong, she is very knowledgeable and makes good use of people, and she also attaches more importance to her opinions in the decoration of the shop, so before the opening, Pei Baoer ran to Ruyu Pavilion several times, and saw the young man in the bookstore yawning and drooling several times when passing by, and almost lay down in the pile of books to sleep. She couldn't help but secretly despise in her heart, she would never be able to recruit such a lazy guy if she opened her own shop in the future!

What's even more strange is that she went into the bookstore and found that the painting style inside was completely different from that of another bookstore in the city. The latter focuses more on a subset of scripture and history, at most there are basic agricultural books or arithmetic books, and in general, the style of painting is very serious and boring. But this living bookstore is different, except for a few subsets of scriptures and histories used to make up the numbers, there are more miscellaneous books, such as famous codexes, hermit travels, wild history books, etc., especially all kinds of strange books. Compared with that jade and ice clear bookstore, this Yousheng bookstore is simply a bewitching and cheap goblin!

Pei Baoer resolutely took a bunch of notebooks home as a pastime after work.

She flipped through two books casually, picked out the fox demon scholar and put it aside, and her eyes fell on a copy of "The Little Lady of the Landlord's Family". I just wanted to have a hypnosis before going to bed, but the more I watched it, the more fascinated I became, and I almost watched it all night, and I even forgot about the opening of the store the next day.

The next day, she stood at the door of the shop with a sleepy face waiting for the ribbon cutting, but her eyes kept drifting to the bookstore next door.

She had every reason to suspect that 80% of the people who wrote those scripts were like her. Otherwise, where did those delicate wives run with the ball and the domineering general fell in love with me, a script with a strong first-generation female frequency romance painting style! Moreover, most of the plots in it are changed without changing the soup, it is nothing more than changing the modern background to ancient times, and the president to change to the general, the prince and the like. The most important thing is that the author column of this style of painting is all "Pagoda River Demon King", isn't this name a code for the traverser to find relatives!

Pei Baoer had something in her heart, and when she let go of the firecrackers, she took a hole and went into the bookstore next door to find the young man's words.

The young man was not napping today, and he had a rare and diligent effort to clean up the dust on the bookshelf. But when she asked about the script, the young man only shook his head and said he didn't know.

"This lady, I just look at the store, and only my owner knows what books to sell and where to buy them."

Pei Baoer held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "Dare to ask if your owner is a local?" What is the last name? She was thinking about whether it would be too explicit to ask whether it was a man or a woman, and the young man thought that she had something wrong, but when she saw the young man's eyes light up, he threw down the feather duster in his hand and went to the door of the store to greet him.

"Boss, you're here!"

Hearing this, Pei Baoer was overjoyed, this is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

Because the door of the shop was facing west, it was not the end of the hour, and the person she turned around and saw was against the light, and she couldn't see the other party's face clearly, only seeing that the other party was tall, slightly thin, and a man.

She was a little disappointed, presumably this person was not the one who wrote the script. The compatriot is obviously a woman, otherwise the emotions and details in the book would not be so delicate. In addition, if a man can write this kind of script, he must also be a "sister".

As the visitor got closer, her eyes widened in surprise.

This, isn't this the weird noble boy who begged for water at her door that day?

The visitor obviously recognized her, and there was just the right hint of surprise on his face, and even a faint smile. The corners of his lips didn't rise, but Pei Bao'er felt strange, and she seemed to be able to see the smile in his eyes.

This is a look that has never appeared on this paralyzed face on the day of begging for water.

The man took off his cloak and let the young man hang it aside diligently, and nodded at Pei Bao'er: "What a coincidence, the lady came to buy books?" ”

For some reason, this "lady" actually made Pei Baoer blush a little. The name of this time and space is really strange and shameful, isn't it easy to misunderstand by calling a lady to a married woman?

She cleared her throat, "Ahem, yes. He picked up a few more books and asked the young man to settle the bill, racking his brains to think about how to get words out of the man's mouth in order to find the whereabouts of the Pagoda River Demon King.

The man leaned over, glanced at the book in her hand, chuckled, and asked as if meaningfully: "If the lady wants to buy the scriptures, how can she leave behind the two copies of "The Book of Rites" and "University"?" ”

He thoughtfully took out two blue-lined books from the bookshelf next to him, handed them to her, and then said with concern: "But your husband or brother is preparing for a scientific expedition?" This year's township test seems to be over......"

Pei Bao'er really blushed this time, she hurriedly took the book, but her fingertips inadvertently touched the other party's hand again, as if a feather had scratched it, itchy. She was gracious twice, paid the bill, and then fled.

She didn't know that after she left, the atmosphere in the bookstore changed again.

The temperament of the usually lazy young man has changed, and he has become a little shrewd and introverted.

"Master, all is well these days. The day before yesterday, Pei Niangzi bought a few books here, all according to your instructions, put those books in the most conspicuous position......" paused, and he said: "There is another thing, my subordinates inquired about it two days ago, about two months ago, a fortune-telling Taoist priest came to this city, and I heard the description of the people here, and it is somewhat similar to Qingyunzi." It's a pity that he disappeared a month ago. The subordinates have already asked people to find ......"

Qi Heng nodded, his expression was as usual, and he didn't show any satisfaction at all.

Through the dense water vapor above the teacup, he seemed to see the scene of him hurrying back to the capital half a month ago and talking with the people of Ziyun Dao.

The old Taoist priest of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone still has a mysterious appearance that cannot be revealed, and he wants to fool him with those previous words.

But he asked directly: "If that person really comes back, is it possible to change his appearance?" ”

The Ziyun Dao man rarely raised his long white eyebrows, "Well, it's not impossible." ”

His second question was a little more difficult: "So, is it possible that all the memories of the past have been lost?" ”

The Purple Cloud Daoist blinked, the muscles on his face twitched, and it took a long time to calm down.

"Well, I don't rule it out."

His eyes became sharper, and the gaze he looked at the old Taoist priest was a little compelling. "It's better not to think about perfunctory this king."

The people of Ziyun Dao looked at the sky speechlessly, and said very sincerely: "To be honest, Poor Dao has never done such a thing to change his life against the sky, and he naturally knows about it. Even if Qingyun is here at this moment, it must be difficult for him to answer the prince's doubts. Otherwise, how could he have been avoiding it? "It's a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

Qi Heng grinded his teeth, and said in his heart, where is that bullshit Qingyunzi because of this to avoid himself, the last time he did it, he shouted that he had lost his Taoism for many years, and in the name of suffering a big loss, he took a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from him, and then ran away with his baggage. This kind of money-greedy villain, who said it well before doing it, is good now, two years have passed since he found someone, and he still doesn't recognize himself at all. If you let that Qingyunzi fall into his hands again, heh, he is good-looking!

He put down the teacup heavily and asked softly, "What kind of shop does she open?" ”

"Back to the master, it's a fat powder shop, just on the right hand." The young man's head hung low, but he stood straight, like a 10,000-year-old pine tree with its neck crooked.

Qi Heng was not surprised, and directly raised his legs and walked out.

The young man pointed to the cloak on the wall and opened his mouth, but still did not stop him. Hmm, the master looks in a good mood, so don't nag nonsense, right? With just two steps, it must be impossible to catch a cold......

For a moment, a young man in a coarse cloth robe walked in and looked at the two scripts in his hand, his face full of confusion. The young man changed into another lazy look, and did not greet him politely, but continued to clean the bookshelves with his eyelids drooping, as if he hadn't seen anyone come in.

Now that the winter solstice is approaching, Taixing County belongs to the north, and it is cold and windy as soon as it goes outside.

However, Qi Heng walked very leisurely, his pace was not fast or slow, but it seemed like he was walking leisurely under the moon.

He was mentally prepared, and when he stepped into the shop, he didn't smell any strong aroma, only a faint fragrance, a bit like the fragrance he had just smelled on her.

At a glance, the shelves are full of dazzling, all kinds of porcelain bottles, porcelain boxes are countless, and there is even a row of brushes of different sizes hanging on the special shelves, which looks a little strange and unusual.

The most eye-catching are the several beautiful pictures hanging on these three walls, in which the women are smiling or angry, walking or sitting, or admiring flowers or playing in the water, their looks and expressions are different, but one thing is very obvious. That is, the makeup on the face of the woman in the painting seems to be very special.

Qi Heng couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Ordinary people pay attention to a chaste and virtuous lady when painting a lady's picture, and at most they use color to decorate the dress on the lady's body, at most the ornaments on the body and head, but very few painters do these deep and shallow renderings on the lady's face so meticulously.

The two young women who walked into the shop behind Qi Heng also noticed this, and actually whispered.

"Look at the woman in the second painting, the rouge on her face is orange, isn't this painter not enough paint and cutting corners?"

"Nonsense, look at the third picture on the right-hand side, and the fifth picture, the rouge on their faces is peachy pink. Eh, do you think it's possible that this shop sells that kind of rouge? ”

"It makes sense, the beauty has also smeared rouge from her eye sockets to her sideburns, which is so weird. Let's go ask the girl, if there is, I'm going to buy it and try it......"

Suddenly, Qi Heng was squeezed aside by the two anxious little women, who ran over to ask Pei Bao'er for questioning, but he didn't feel the displeasure and coldness emanating from him at all, which made him a little at a loss.

Pei Bao'er didn't notice his arrival, she had just returned from the bookstore and was met by a group of female customers. In her eyes, it was all big fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

She gave Mrs. Lin a set of cosmetics before, and showed her makeup skills to teach the maids around Mrs. Lin two tricks. It is said that Mrs. Lin and her husband have been very affectionate recently, which has caused the ladies of the Lin family to inquire about the source of the cosmetics. In the end, it was found out from the mouth of Cuizhu beside Aunt Chen, a Pei lady in the city had such an ancestral secret recipe, and the makeup powder made was very close to the skin, and the concealer effect was very good. Not to mention Aunt Chen's remorse, these other female relatives asked someone to go to Osmanthus Lane to buy it, but they returned one by one. Only then did they know that Pei Niangzi was now going to partner with her eldest wife to do business, and sales would be suspended during the stocking period. However, three days before the opening of the new store, all items will be sold at a 7% discount. So, they could only wait impatiently until today, waiting for Ruyu Pavilion to flock over as soon as it opened.

Pei Baoer, who specially put on makeup today, has become a living sign, and curious ladies have asked her about all kinds of rouge, makeup on beauty pictures, and various products on her face, many of which they have not heard of, such as eye shadow, shadow cream and other things.

There was a woman who acted boldly when she heard this, and even volunteered, first bought a set of basic models recommended by Pei Baoer, and then sat down, asking Pei Baoer to demonstrate directly in her face, and also let her secretly teach. After passing this one, another one also wanted to experience the "beauty makeup" service, and even rushed to line up.

So, Pei Baoer was so busy that she couldn't wait to divide one person into two people, where did she remember the embarrassment in front of the owner next door. Even more unbeknownst to her, the man stood in the store and watched her silently for a long time before turning to leave.