102 Jophasma 3

Xiao You's response to Poria Cocos' questioning was to pretend to be innocent, and his pretty little Zhengtai face put on this expression, and he has always killed female animals of all ages.

It is indeed difficult for Bai Poria to harden his heart against the face of Hai Pumice, but it does not mean that it can't be done, especially since the one in front of him is not the handsome guy himself.

Especially since she has begun to feel that Xiao You is very problematic, and it is very likely to threaten her parents, relatives and friends, in this case, there is nothing to say. Even if Hai Pumice herself appeared, she didn't give face either.

Xiao You found that Bai Poria's cold expression did not show any traces of loosening, and said with a flat mouth: "I am Xiao You, my uncle is a sea pumice, and my sister knows it." ”

"Still pretending?! Whatever you want, anyway, when you go back, I'll let Bai Pingzi send you to the Relief Hall, and you can continue to pretend to them if you like. Bai Poria sneered, she wasn't really interested in Xiao You's secrets, she had never had much curiosity and didn't bother to care about other people's affairs, she wouldn't know that Xiao You was a misfortune, and insisted on keeping him by her side.

Xiao You suddenly jumped up and hugged Bai Poria and said softly: "My sister said that she would teach me and discipline me well, so that I know that someone cherishes and loves me, and you can't rely on it!" ”

When Bai Poria and Bai Pingzi said these words, they walked away a few steps away to avoid Xiao You, if he was just an ordinary child, how could he hear it?

And this guy's strength is not like an ordinary child at all, Bai Poria knows that he can't break free of this kraft candy, so he doesn't make useless moves, just looks at Xiao You indifferently and says: "If you are an ordinary child, then naturally there is nothing to say, but are you?" When it comes to scheming, even adults are not your opponents. If you still remember the friendship that my family has entertained you these days, please leave immediately. ”

Xiao You was silent for a while, and then returned to the appearance of a hippie smile: "My sister drove me away, so I'm not afraid that my uncle will come back and find out that he will be angry with you?" ”

Bai Poria is angry and funny, she has a good impression of sea pumice, but why do these people think that she is in a hurry to stick the sea pumice stone upside down? Handsome guys, just tease and tease, these people take the sea pumice too seriously.

"Your uncle still owes me 20,000 taels of silver plus favors for me, why is he angry with me, what is my relationship with him?" Bai Poria sneered.

Xiao Youyin lowered his face and said, "Don't you like my uncle?" ”

"I like it, I like all the good-looking ones, there are more people I like, if this is the case, I will take care of the family for them, get into trouble, I don't have enough heads and six arms." Bai Poria deliberately said harshly, wanting to force Xiao You to leave in a bad mood, but she didn't know how much trouble her words would bring her today.

Xiao You's expression became very terrifying, he stared at Bai Poria for a while, and said, "You don't want the Gu Mother of the Ghost Face Gu anymore?" ”

Bai Poria froze, and something flashed in his mind: "Who are you?" ”

According to common sense, Comfrey will not explain this kind of thing to a child, after all, Sea Pumice Stone disappeared to find this thing for her, and if you know, you will inevitably complain about Bai Poria who caused his uncle to be in distress.

Xiao You noticed that Bai Poria hesitated, and with some peace of mind, he let go of his hand and sat beside her, playing with the white jade forbidden step on her skirt, and said lazily: "You don't care who I am, as long as you act as if nothing has happened, when my uncle comes back, he will naturally give you the ghost-faced Gu mother." ”

Bai Poria quickly calculated in her heart, Xiao You's tone was clearly sure that the sea pumice stone was fine, and the ghost face Gu had already been secured. Since he entered the Zhongguo Mansion, he has not been in contact with anyone else, that is to say, before the purple grass tuogu, he had already confirmed that the sea pumice stone would definitely be able to bring back the ghost face Gu safely. However, the Empress Zicao Tuogu took all the elite masters of the Relief Hall to the area around the Demon Sect General Altar for reinforcements, hoping to get the sea pumice stone back.

There are three possibilities:

One is that Hai Pushi had another plan and deliberately concealed his whereabouts, and the people in Jiqiao Hall were either kept in the dark, or they deliberately cooperated in a play. And Xiao You is also in his plan, carrying out a certain part of the task, so at a very delicate time, and then through her close to the circle of the powerful in Beijing, or assassinate the prince, or have other bigger plans.

The second possibility is that Xiao You is a member of the Demon Sect or other unknown forces, and the Sea Pumice Stone and the Ghost Face Gu are in their hands, and Xiao You has repeatedly tested her relationship with the Sea Pumice Stone, in fact, he wants to weigh how much benefit he can get from her. found that she didn't care about the sea pumice stone as they imagined, so they switched to using the ghost-faced Gu mother to threaten her.

The last possibility, Xiao You is actually not sure about the whereabouts of the Sea Pumice Stone and the Ghost Face Gu, and is just bluffing to force her to cooperate.

Whatever the reason, she is the one who is threatened and used!

What Bai Poria cares about most is not the issue of face, but whether it is worth it to cooperate with Xiao You for the sake of Ghost Face Gu.

She really wants her parents to return to their former good looks, so that she no longer has to bear the fearful and disgusted eyes of others, and she can appear in front of people openly. In the past few days when her parents returned to the capital, they have stayed in the Guogong Mansion and have never seen outsiders, and the Guogong Mansion also claimed to the public that her mother, Lin Peilan, had been recuperating in other places and had not returned to Beijing, because their appearance was too scary, for fear of provoking the ridicule and disgust of others, and for fear that she would be ridiculed by others.

This is the last thing Bai Poria can do for her parents, but if it is compared to the safety of the family, she prefers to choose the latter. The retreat she prepared for the Bai family has not been completely done, and at this moment she is implicated in the unknown forces that intend to assassinate the prince, and it is not good to compensate her family of three, those who have been rescued by the Bai family, or those who are being rescued, have lost their support, and are likely to fall back into hell, so what should she do with the task of saving 10,000 people?

After thinking about it, Bai Poria reluctantly said, "No, you have to leave!" ”

Xiao You didn't expect her to be so stubborn, and after thinking about it sideways, he quickly understood her concerns, and said mercilessly: "It's not too late for you to draw a line with me now?" At the poetry meeting just now, everyone knew that I was the son of your father's family friend, and I was discovered in the future, do you think your family can escape? ”

Bai Poria was right when she thought about it, and she couldn't help but secretly hate herself for not listening to Bai Pingzi's advice before, she didn't take Xiao You to heart, she always treated him as a child, but she didn't expect to beware of him, but now she has a misfortune that she can't get rid of!

No wonder he was suddenly not afraid of her suspicions, and took the initiative to ask to participate in the poetry meeting with her, and behaved so strangely at the poetry meeting, it turned out that he not only wanted to take advantage of her to find an opportunity to get close to the second prince so that he could assassinate him, but also forced her to cooperate with him.

Now, it is useless to regret or feel sorry for yourself, Bai Poria settled down, and said to Xiao You: "You can stay in the Guogong Mansion, but we must first make three chapters of the law, otherwise I won't send you to the Jiqiao Hall, and send you directly to the Second Prince's Mansion, presumably he will not only not blame, but also thank my family for catching the murderer for him." ”

Xiao You was not frightened by her remarks about threatening him to send him to the official at all, and nodded and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Bai Poria also knew that this threat was of little use to him, and the person was entrusted to her by Jiqiaotang, if Xiao You was really Haifushi's nephew, she handed him over to the second prince, which was equivalent to offending the leader of the Wulin Alliance and Jiqiaotang at the same time, and the consequences were no less serious than being beheaded by the emperor's order.

Even if he has nothing to do with Hai Pumice and dares to assassinate the prince, he must represent a powerful force in some way, and from the current point of view, his methods are strange and bizarre and ruthless, and he spoils their affairs, and the result may be more terrible than offending the leader of the martial arts alliance or the Relief Hall, as the saying goes: It is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain.

So Bai Poria didn't care about his careless attitude, and said seriously: "First, I don't care what you want to do, but please keep your hands and feet clean, and you must not implicate my family, you must make a heavy oath on this." ”

This is the most important point, if Xiao You doesn't agree, she has no choice but to implement the preface, desperately being hunted down and assassinated, and she must expose him first.

Xiao You suddenly smiled and said, "You care about your family very much? ”

"Yes! If they had a case, I would have done anything. Bai Poria looked at Xiao You fixedly, without flinching.

Little You snorted lightly and happily agreed, "Okay, I promise you." ”

"Second, within three months, Sea Pumice must send the Ghost-Faced Gu Mother safely."

Xiao You blinked and hugged her arm and rubbed it and said, "My sister still cares about my uncle very much, I thought my sister was going to be a ghost-faced Gu mother, and I don't want him anymore." ”

Bai Poria didn't answer him, and continued: "Third, don't do anything to me, and don't get within three feet of me without my permission. ”

Xiao You frowned, the boss was unwilling, and stuck to her and refused to let go.

Bai Poria didn't struggle, but just said categorically: "Three conditions, if you can't do any of them, you will break up in two, and you don't need to say anything else." ”

The two were close to each other and confronted each other coldly in the car.

"Deal." In the end, you didn't seem to want to push Bai Poria too hard, so you let go and sat down on the chair opposite her with your mouth flat.

The bright snow light that came in through the window shone on Xiao You's face, with a look of grievance and dissatisfaction, like a cute white porcelain doll, before the change, I am afraid that Bai Poria couldn't help but reach out to pinch his little face and rub the oil, but now she only felt a chill.

What kind of soul is hidden under this familiar cute face? Shy and shy for a while, silent and melancholy for a while, evil and treacherous for a while, ruthless and ruthless for a while, where is this like a ** year-old child?!

Thinking back to the conversation just now, except for the part where he deliberately pretends to be cute, it is an adult tone from beginning to end, cunning and calm. Is it right or wrong that I promised to keep him by my side?

Bai Poria felt very entangled, she hated this uncontrollable and helpless situation.

This place in the capital is really annoying! Even the people I meet are especially annoying!

What happened at the poetry meeting spread all over the capital on the same day, I thought that there was a major event that the second prince was almost injured in an accident and the new champion was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and Xia Xinxin's plagiarism of the poems of the female steward of the Guogong Mansion should not have spread too much, but it backfired.

The whole capital is talking about how Xia Xinxin plagiarized at the poetry meeting that day, how it was exposed by a child, how it was made of perjury and bite, and how it was finally exposed. It must be above the stewardess.

Some people even said that those wonderful poems were simply the study of Miss Guogongfu, but she had the intention to take revenge on Xia Xinxin's slander, so she deliberately said that they were made by slaves.

Not only did Xia Xinxin's reputation fall to the bottom, but even her brother Xia Guoxun and even Xia's reputation were more or less affected. Bai Poria can already imagine that the Xia family must hate her so much, but for the sake of face, they are embarrassed to deal with her openly or the Guogong Mansion.

When the second prince was in distress, he pulled Huang Xixin as a back, and it was also rumored to be popular, but the versions are different, there is a truth version, and it is also said that Zhuang Yuanlang was actually excited to argue a few words for Xia Xinxin, but he walked in front of the second prince and was injured by mistake, and it is also said that Zhuang Yuanlang is eager to save people, and took the initiative to block it for the second prince, but the listener just sighed two sentences, and even said that it was a pity.

Later, this matter quickly faded away, and to a large extent, it was secretly guided by well-intentioned people, and the interest orientation of the masses also played a certain role - compared with a yellow-haired boy who has been the champion for a few months, has passed his freshness and is unconscious, the beauty with both talents and looks is obviously more attractive.

White Poria is stressed about this way of getting famous, but it's out of her control.

Bai Chou just sighed when he heard these rumors and said: "This time the scandal between the Xia family and the second prince has been spread so badly, I am afraid that the eldest prince's family has contributed a lot." Huang Xixin's child was too eager for quick success, and he ended up like this, your Uncle Gu has a hard mouth, and I don't know how sad I am in my heart. ”

Huang Xixin is the adopted son of Gu Shanlong, the manager of the Bai family's massage parlor, although the two turned their faces before, but Huang Xixin really had an accident, and Gu Shanlong took him home to take care of him as soon as possible.

Huang Xixin's condition is serious, Fang Hai has seen it personally, saying that it is difficult to say whether he can wake up or not, even if he is better, he may leave sequelae, and he will definitely not be able to be an official. In the past, a group of "close friends" around him were all gone, and the second prince sent people to send a large number of expensive medicines for treatment and recuperation, as well as a lot of silver.

Bai Poria was very depressed and ticked off one of the number of people on the task, and glared at Xiao You a few times. Xiao You didn't admit that the second prince's accident was his doing, but he didn't deny it, although he didn't know how he did it, but in the end, no one else found out the clue, but it was a pity that she lost a rescue place.

What's more strange is the reaction of the Yasukuni Mansion, Bai Poria has caused such a big disaster, and directly offended the top two powerful families in the dynasty, in addition to being shocked at first, they didn't complain or be overly scared later, but their eyes were a little more weird.

Bai Poria has never taken their family to heart, so she has not delved into the root cause of their abnormal reactions.

After the plagiarism incident, Bai Poria thought that she would inevitably become a famous persona non grata among the official ladies of the capital, and she offended the old Xia Ge family at one time, who would dare to take the initiative to deal with her? Aren't you afraid of being angered by the people of the Xia family?

She was glad that she didn't have to dress up for boring women for three days, and once again the facts took her unexpected direction—the invitations she received were increasing.

Bai Chou and Mu Peilan carefully analyzed the people who invited them, and found that the people who invited their daughters were basically the unwavering princes, and they dared to feel that the enemy of their enemy was their friend.

The two husbands and wives discussed, and felt that it was better to be low-key and modest, and completely refused the invitation of the eldest prince's faction, for fear that they would offend people, and they would stay in the capital until after the New Year, and at the same time offend too many people for fear of affecting Bai Poria's etiquette.

can be too close to the eldest prince's faction, and it is easy to provoke the retaliation of the second prince, most of the two princes and their party are literati, pay attention to decency, and they are the ones who are responsible for the poetry incident, although Xia Xinxin is the granddaughter of Xia Ge Lao, but there are several granddaughters like her Xia Ge Lao, and her little woman is not important enough to let the Xia family defend it, even if they are resentful in their hearts, they will not openly retaliate for a while, but if it involves factional disputes, it is difficult to say.

As a result, Bai Poria began to get sick for three days and two ends, and the eldest prince and his daughters sometimes went on a date, sometimes not, and responded lukewarmly.

After the poetry event, the first party that Bai Poria attended was invited by the wife of Huang Tengye, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and there were also several wives and ladies of colleagues in the Ministry of War, as well as several relatives of the generals who stayed in Beijing.

Although this Lord Huang Tengye Huang is the Great Prince's Party, he is a member of the Shanghai faction, has a wide range of contacts, and is a serious imperial examination scholar, not only has a close relationship with the Mao family, but also has some friendship with many stalwarts of the Second Prince's Party. Mrs. Huang also has a very bad reputation among the female dependents, she is kind and funny, Bai Poria has seen her at a party before, and her impression is okay.

The so-called red lotus round tea is the Pu'er tea that Bai Poria has drunk in modern times, she has no preference for tea, and she doesn't know what kind of tea is good, but the maid red yeast rice around her is a tea master trained by Mu Peilan herself, and the brother of red yeast rice runs a tea house for the Bai family in the southwest and southeast of Qi Kingdom, which is also a very profitable business for the Bai family.

Those who have a little bit of historical knowledge know that ancient tea, silk, and porcelain are the most popular export products, and Bai Poria found that the humanities and natural environment here are similar to those of ancient China, so the export has gradually become large-scale in recent years, and tea has become one of the important industries of the Bai family.

Huang Tengye and his wife are very fond of tea, is a famous tea addict in Beijing, and there are many friends who love tea, listening to Mrs. Huang's tea scriptures, it is more conducive to the red yeast to understand the tea drinking habits of the official eunuchs in Beijing, she has planned to leave the red yeast rice here next year, with the convenience of the embroidery workshop and massage parlor, do some high-end tea business.

Hongqu got engaged to her brother's right-hand man two years ago, and the other party will also come to the capital next year to expand their business, just so that their husband and wife can sing with them.

The atmosphere of the party was good, and after drinking a cup of tea, Mrs. Huang smiled and said to Bai Ling: "The female butler next to Miss Bai is the one who wrote three good poems a few days ago?" ”

"It's just a game, and I don't dare to be elegant." Bai Poria glanced at the bayberry beside her, and the two secretly exchanged glances - sure enough!

Several female relatives next to him laughed: "I don't dare to make such a good poem in the elegant hall, don't others even dare to write poetry?" Miss Bai is so humble. ”

Mrs. Huang pointed to the teacup in front of her, and sighed: "I have been very fond of this red lotus round tea since I was a child, but unfortunately I have a headache when I see a book, and I can barely recognize a few words, and I can't make any good poems to praise the good tea in my hometown. ”

The material in the belly of the white poria is very limited, at least there is no classic poem about tea, although the bayberry is not inferior to the talent champion, but it is very difficult to casually make a good poem that can be comparable to the three famous poems, and if everyone comes up in the future to ask them to write a poem, then it will be a big trouble.

It's not difficult to be a blockbuster, but the hard thing is that every subsequent blockbuster can't be too far from the first blockbuster. Instead of being so troublesome, it is better to think of a way to do it once and for all, and completely eliminate the possibility of being dragged to chant poems against it.

Bai Poria and Yangmei had already thought of countermeasures before they came, so they behaved very calmly, first showing an embarrassed and ashamed expression, and then stopped hanging everyone's appetite for a while, and then timidly said: "Don't mention the poetry meeting, when I went back that day, my grandmother called me in front of me to teach me a lesson......

Mrs. Huang smiled: "I want to have such a lovely granddaughter as Miss Bai, but I am reluctant to teach a lesson." Good boy, what did the Duchess say about you? ”

"My grandmother said that composing poems and lyrics is an elegant thing to cultivate temperament, not to fight for victory and fame, what I did that day was really wrong, and I also connived at my subordinates to come forward to argue with others, without any boudoir demeanor, if my mother knew, I don't know how sad I would be." Bai Poria said with a pitiful expression that wanted to cry.

Yang Mei and several other maids who served her admired her ability to open her eyes and tell nonsense.

On that day, they returned to the Guogong Mansion and told the old lady what had happened, both of them had a proud expression of honor, and the lady had no sad feelings, but hugged the young lady and praised her, saying "My daughter is the smartest", "worthy of being my good daughter Mu Peilan" and the like, but they didn't tell someone to buy a few strings of firecrackers, and beat gongs and drums to celebrate the successor of "the first talented woman and beauty in Beijing".