That night, Luo Xiyuan and Tsubaki Ya still slept in their clothes—they said they were sleeping, but they squinted and took a nap.

When the sky was bright, the big rooster of Aunt Wang's house next door began to crow energetically.

When the two heard this, they quickly ran to the door to look. After half an hour, Luo Dongting still didn't come back. Even Tsubaki Ya was a little panicked, and kept rubbing her hands and pacing at the gate of the small courtyard.

After another half an hour, the two couldn't wait any longer, and when Chunya changed into men's clothes, locked the door and ran to the mouth of the alley. All the way, I went all the way to the chessboard street in front of the Daqing Gate, found a conspicuous teahouse to sit down, and prepared to inquire carefully.

This teahouse is called "Wenxiang Teahouse", although it is in the downtown area, regardless of the name and the furnishings are very elegant. Tsubaki Ya pulled Luo Xiyuan and chose a place to sit down, so that she could hear the voices of people in the lobby discussing.

After sitting for a while, Guo heard two young men on the table diagonally opposite him laughing and discussing the situation at the entrance of the vegetable market yesterday.

One shook the folding fan and said with a smile: "You always said that this Li family will definitely have a high momentum in the future, but now, it is also a knife in hand, and the children and grandchildren are scattered!" ”

The other shook his head and sighed, "Who would have thought that today would be like this!" His family is full of people, all of them are both civil and military, and none of them are tired. Even those two young ladies, every time they enter the palace, the Queen Mother and her old man praise her. Every time my wife came back from the palace, she scolded my second sister for being bloody compared to those two young ladies. ”

The expression of the folding fan was slightly condensed, nodded, and said, "It's a pity!" Therefore, it is appropriate for us to serve the emperor with loyalty, do errands with our hearts, and not have strange thoughts. ”

The other looked a little dazed and said, "Who says it's not!" Pity the loyal servant of his family who collected the corpses of the Li family and his son yesterday, there are still such loyal and kind servants in the world, but in the end it was in vain. ”

Hearing this, Luo Xiyuan and Tsubaki Ya were shocked. Tsubaki Ya frowned deeply, and Luo Xiyuan's slender hand clutched the teacup, almost crushing.

The fan shook in surprise: "How do you say this, is it not such a big crime as rebellion, and the loyal servants of his family buried and collected the body for the old master's family, shouldn't it be an exaggeration?" ”

The other person suddenly looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "The servant's actions are not very important to the royal family, but it is in the way of some people's eyes, I heard my father say that last night the Li family father and son were just buried, and someone did not know what to do, and the servant was locked up in Shuntian Mansion." ”

The fan suddenly stopped shaking, and after a long silence, Fang said: "After a death worship, and two big Buddhas, let's prepare for this year's autumn, we are all so old, I haven't even earned a lift, and I can't rely on the shadow of my ancestors." ”

The other, as if remembering something, held up the teacup and sighed, only nodding yes.

Luo Xiyuan and Tsubaki Ya were already ants on the hot pot at this time, and the good refreshments on the table were skept, but they didn't take a bite. It was only after the two parents chatted patiently, and after walking out of the teahouse, the two of them got up and went out.

Luo Xiyuan learned martial arts since he was a child and could ride a horse, so he said to Chunya: "I'll go and come back quickly, you wait patiently at home." I'll go to Shuntianfu to inquire about the news first, see what kind of crime they have charged Dongting, and whether they can buy it with money, and then I'll come back to you to discuss." ”

Seeing that her words were steady and her expression was not flustered, Tsubaki Ya didn't say anything more, so she only told her softly a few times, telling her not to act recklessly.

After the two separated, one rushed to Shuntianfu, and the other returned to the alley courtyard with a sad face.

Aunt Wang, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, was shaking her pu fan and knocking melon seeds, watching the two fat roosters fighting at the door. At first glance, she saw a handsome man walking towards her, so frightened that she lost her fan and quickly shrank into her yard.

Who would have thought that the handsome man also shouted Aunt Wang delicately, so frightened that Aunt Wang turned around and wanted to lock the courtyard door.

The handsome man held the door and didn't let her close it, and said with a smile: "Aunt Wang, take a closer look at who I am?" ”

……

"I'm Tsubaki Ya!"

Aunt Wang looked at Chunya's face for a long time, Fang Yi slapped her thigh, and laughed loudly: "You narrow ghost, you scared the old lady to death!" When we were young, we didn't have a young descendant to look at us, and we thought that when we were old, there was a handsome boy staring at us! ”

Chunya was amused by her and laughed, and it took a long time to straighten her waist, rub the tears in the corners of her eyes, and said, "Auntie, what about you!" You are so rich, you haven't been stepped on the threshold when you're young! ”

The lady Wang twisted her face for a long time with a red face, but she didn't refute.

After a while, she looked at Tsubaki Ya and said suspiciously: "You have never gone out of the door, and you always see your two brothers running in and out, why did you go out alone in such a dress today?" ”

When Tsubakiya heard this, she lowered her eyes and burst into tears.

Aunt Wang hurriedly took her hand and said affectionately: "Good girl, don't cry, if you have any troubles, tell Auntie, maybe I can make an idea for you!" ”

Chunya was upset, and she didn't dare to tell her heart to this warm-hearted lady. She still remembers the ridiculed tone of Aunt Wang when the family at the mouth of the alley was taken away by officers and soldiers.

She pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and sighed: "Auntie doesn't know the troubles in my heart......"

"I have a cousin, who grew up together since childhood, very good, she was originally a lady of the official family, but because her parents died and the family declined, she was sent to the palace by her aunt, and now Xin Zheku is on an errand. I'm worried that my cousin will not have a good time inside, and I want to send some money in to do some money, but I just hope that my cousin will not be bullied inside, but there is no way. ”

"Alas......"

Tsubaki Ya lowered her eyes and let out another long sigh.

"For this......"

Chunya heard that there was still an unfinished meaning in Aunt Wang's words, so she hugged her arm and cried: "Good aunt, my sister is no different from my own sister, I will thank you for helping me this time!" ”

She thought that such a market woman really had palace connections, but unexpectedly, she frowned and patted Chunya's hand and said solemnly: "Since the girl treats me as a person, I will say a few words to the girl." My sister-in-law's family that I talked about some time ago was originally a banner person, surnamed Guerjia, and her mother-in-law's ancestors didn't have any great skills, so they declined. Her mother-in-law has a daughter, who gave birth very well, and she was selected in this draft, and she happened to enter the palace tomorrow, do you say it's a coincidence?! ”

Chunya was so happy that she bowed and thanked Mrs. Wang, she didn't know much about Mrs. Wang, but she only knew that although Mrs. Wang's family was an ordinary trader's family, the family was well-off, but fortunately there was a son who was motivated to study, and he was now a Jinshi and the first. Whenever I don't feel angry about the Hutong and worship the house slaves, I must add a sentence about how to wait for my son's official to get up. This time, the girl married the flag man, and eighty percent of them were also proud of his son.

"You wait, I'll take you to my mother-in-law right now and say, you quickly go and pack your things and wait for my letter at home!"