Moling is located in the south of the Yangtze River, many water and many trees, no matter inside and outside the city, there are a lot of places for fishing, you Ruoheng often goes to a lake in the south of the city, because the grass on the lakeside is green, it is called Qingcao Lake.

When he arrived at the lake, the coachman picked a secluded and uninhabited lakeshore according to You Ruoheng's preference, and said to the carriage: "Grandpa, the place has arrived." ”

You Ruoheng lifted the curtain and looked around, and felt quite satisfied, so he responded, and the little guy hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, this time it was Ming Yin and Ming Ji who got out of the carriage, helped Zhuo Zhao Festival down, and then picked You Xuan and You Ruoheng in turn.

At this time, the coachman also untied the fishing rod and bait from the back of the carriage.

The three ancestors and grandchildren were all helped by the little maid and the maid to put on the lily clothes and put on the hats, among which You Xuan must not wear the lily clothes, You Ruoheng persuaded a few words, because he has always been in good health, and it will be forgotten when he sees this.

After walking a few steps along the shore of the nearby lake, he found a suitable place to take the hook, and the little maid took the prepared small pestle from the carriage and sent it over, and You Ruoheng sat down steadily, and stared intently at the hook without saying a word.

Zhuo Zhaojie and You Xuan are not the first time to accompany him out to fish, they have long known his temperament, but the two sisters and brothers have no patience to wait for the fish to be hooked, wait for a while, see that the fish float is still not moving, the two of them glanced at each other, and both put the fishing rod into the hands of the people around them, Zhuo Zhaojie stuffed it to Mingyin, and You Xuan stuffed it to the little guy, and they all stood up, because they knew that You Ruoheng didn't like to be disturbed when fishing, and they didn't greet him, Shi Shiran walked to the side of Tingzhu.

While walking, You Xuan whispered: "Cousin, I saw a mussel there last time, but I didn't know that there were pearls, if there were, I dug it up and made beads for you?" As he spoke, he grabbed the dagger from his sleeve and looked very proud.

Zhuo Zhaojie looked at the dagger in his hand and said curiously: "Where did this come from?" ”

The You family used to be a family heirloom, and when he arrived at You Ruoheng, he got the second-class perch and stayed in Hanlin for a few years, and he was a self-proclaimed scholar.

You Xuan sneakily looked left and right, and saw that there was already some distance away from You Ruoheng, so he whispered to her: "I picked it up by the lake last time, and last time I was fishing with my grandfather in another place, I went to the grass to catch grasshoppers in idleness, and I happened to see this dagger fall there, and after waiting for a long time and no one came, I took it." ”

"You didn't even tell your grandfather, although you found it, but it doesn't look like an ordinary object." Zhuo Zhaojie asked him for it, pointed to a pearl on the sheath and said, "You see this is the East Pearl, extremely precious, ordinary bead flowers are not used, the average rich are only at the bottom of the box, there are three embedded in this, where will it be owned by ordinary people?" If you lose it, why don't you come back and find it? Don't be a thief? ”

You Xuan was also shocked when he heard that these three pearls were so precious, but he couldn't bear to look at the dagger, so he asked, "Then what should I do now?" ”

"According to me, it's better to get it from where you got it and throw it back anyway." Zhuo Zhaojie suggested, "Or ask You An to report to the official and ask if any of them have lost this item recently." ”

You Xuan was reluctant: "If you pick it up for others, you may not be willing to return it to its owner, put it here, I won't damage it, if its owner can be found back, I will return him." The reporter estimated that he would soon find the owner with the status of the traveling family, but he refused to mention it.

Zhuo Zhaojie heard what he wanted to stay, so he said with a straight face: "This is always someone else's thing!" ”

"Cousin, I'll stay for a month!" You Xuan didn't expect that showing off would be such a consequence, he knew that You Ruoheng had always been square, if he knew, he would definitely force him to try to return it to the original owner, and maybe beat him for a long time, but Zhuo Zhaojie was soft-hearted, so he pulled her sleeve and begged vigorously, "Let's find the lost owner in a month?" Since there are even three Dongzhu embedded in the dagger, I don't expect to be so poor that I can't wait for this dagger to be a life-saving ......."

Zhuo Zhaojie couldn't help but entangle him, hesitated and said: "You have to remember to return it after a month, you are a child of the You family, you must not fall into the family style of the You family!" ”

"Good!" You Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, deeply regretting that he exposed the dagger today, thinking about it, he quickly turned back and warned Mingji who came over, "Not a lot of mouths!" ”

Mingji hurriedly said: "The servant knows! ”

After saying these few words, the two of them had already walked to the edge of Ting, and there was a swamp in front of them.

You Xuan has long been accustomed to following You Ruoheng up the mountain and into the water, so he rolled up his sleeves, kicked off the clogs, stepped in, tried the depth, and said to Zhuo Zhaojie: "The water is not deep here, come, I'll take my cousin to look for mussels!" ”

"I'm not going down today!" In the past, Zhuo Zhaojie didn't notice it because You Ruoheng didn't notice it, and he would take off his clogs and carry his skirt to play in the water with him, but now that he was told by Ban's to be extra careful in everything, he shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for you here." ”

"Huh?" You Xuan first felt that it was boring to go looking for mussels alone, but then he thought that if he didn't look for it, what would he do to try the dagger he picked up? He said, "Then I'll go alone." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie told him: "Be careful, don't fall into it." ”

"Don't worry, I've stepped on most of the Tingzhou of this Qingcao Lake, not to mention the deep water, I'm not afraid, just swim back." You Xuan said confidently.

Zhuo Zhaojie still didn't feel at ease after thinking about it, so he gave his hat to Ming Ji and asked her for an umbrella: "You go with you." ”

Mingji hurriedly said: "Yes! ”

You Xuan felt bored alone, and when he saw that someone was accompanying him, even if he was just a maid, he also found it interesting, so he smiled and said: "If you find more mussels with pearls in a while, I will also save a pearl flower for you." ”

"The servant thanked Liulang first." Mingji pursed his lips and smiled, in fact, there are many such mussels in the waters of the south of the Yangtze River, although there are pearls, but the size of a grain of rice is not very good, most of them are not smooth, and they are not worth anything.

She also told Zhuo Zhaojie: "The girl is here alone, although Ah Gong can see it, but it is not good, it is better to go back to Ah Gong and wait." ”

"It doesn't matter, I'll walk around here." "I don't go far, I'm always where the drivers can see." ”

Ming Ji and You Xuan packed up, and they groped into the depths of Shui Ting together, and now it is March, and the peach blossoms, plums, and apricot blossoms in Jiangnan have bloomed, and the place in Tingzhou is especially lush with vegetation, and the two of them were quickly covered by the lush reeds.

Zhuo Zhaojie waited beside him, and felt bored, so he returned to You Ruoheng's side, and saw that he was still staring at the fish hook motionless, so he opened the fish basket next to him and looked at it, but saw that it was still empty, and went to see that Mingyin and Xiaowu were around, only Mingyin had a small fish here, but it was not much bigger than her palm.

She looked at it for a while, and saw that there was nothing to gain, so she paced back to Ting's side, not wanting You Ruoheng to suddenly turn around and look at her and ask, "What about Liulang?" ”

"I'm going to touch the mussels over there." Zhuo Zhaojie said, there is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, children are good at playing in the water, and it is common to fish and catch shrimp on Tingzhou, You Ruoheng didn't ask more questions after hearing it, only nodded, and went to look at his hook intently.

Zhuo Zhaojie waited by the side for a long time, and saw You Xuan's face flushed, and he hugged a mussel out with excitement, panting and saying: "Cousin, look at this, it's so big, there must be a lot of pearls in it!" ”

"Get out of the way and see!" Zhuo Zhaojie was waiting for boredom, and secretly complained that if it wasn't inconvenient, he would have gone down a long time ago, where could he be so bored, and when he heard the words, he couldn't wait to roll up his sleeves and urge.

You Xuan wiped the sweat on his face, pulled out the dagger from his waist, compared the position with the mussel in front of him, and started to pry, but he didn't want this dagger to be incomparably sharp, although the mussel was tightly closed, he easily cut it open, and after a while, he asked the two sisters and brothers to break it together - but after breaking it, both of them were disappointed, and they rummaged through the mussel meat, but they didn't find half a pearl.

"It's a real deal!" You Xuan was very angry, "I still worked hard to carry it over!" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie swept his sideburns, and said hatefully: "Take it back and stew the soup!" Such a big man, he didn't even have half a bead, it was really white! ”

You Xuan complained, cheered up again, and said, "This is just the first one, there are many more over there, cousin, you wait!" ”

He went for half an hour, Zhuo Zhaojie turned around You Ruoheng a few times, and saw that there was a harvest in the three fish baskets, You Xuan was still nowhere to be seen, although he felt that nothing would happen, he was worried in the end, and was hesitating to tell You Ruoheng whether to tell him, when he heard a sound in the reeds, someone was hurrying out.

Zhuo Zhaojie breathed a sigh of relief, but saw that it was Mingji who came back empty-handed, and her expression was still quite anxious, her heart suddenly rose to her throat, and she almost rushed to the water: "What's wrong with Liulang?" ”

Although Mingji looked anxious, he was also startled by her rushing over, and hurriedly said, "Girl, be careful!" ”

jumped up and helped her, only to explain: "Liulang people are fine, but just touched the clam over there, and met a painting boat tied to the shore, a few people on the painting boat teased him, claiming to be a hero of Kuocang Mountain, who is secretly discussing the safety of the world's martial arts, and revealed a few martial arts, which caused Liulang to ask them vigorously whether Kuocang Mountain still accepts apprentices...... How the maid persuaded him, Rokuro didn't pay attention to it, and then he simply left the girl and went to the painting boat, worried that the girl was worried, so he came over to tell the girl. ”

When Zhuo Zhaojie heard that those people tricked You Xuan into the boat, he couldn't help but change his face: "Have you seen clearly what kind of ship it is?" Don't meet a kidnapper! She and You Can like to read miscellaneous books, of course they know what it means for You Xuan to follow people without any scheming!

"Boats are common on Grass Lake." As he spoke, Mingji climbed up, washed his feet in the lake, stepped back on the clogs, and pointed to the shore of the lake next to him, "It's over there, just bypass this Tingzhou—it's not far away, but it's blocked by reeds." After hesitating, he said, "The maid doesn't look like those people are crutches, but a little like ...... Like a reader! ”

"Reader?" Zhuo Zhaojie didn't believe it, "How can a scholar be so rude!" ”

"Xu is joking with Rokuro?" Mingji whispered.

Zhuo Zhaojie hesitated to tell You Ruoheng to go and see for himself first, but there was footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was the coachman You Bao: "Qi Niang, but what happened to Liulang?" ”

There are not many people with You Ruoheng, but he himself is wooden, and the entourage arranged by the Ban family is naturally shrewd, Mingji and You Xuan went into the reeds together, but now only Mingji comes out, and when talking to Zhuo Zhaojie, Zhuo Zhaojie also frequently looked at You Ruoheng, You Bao felt that something was wrong, and immediately came over to ask.

"That's what happened." Zhuo Zhaojie was worried, and told him about You Xuan, "You go and tell your grandfather, Mingji and I will look for the past first......

You Bao didn't panic much after hearing this: "Since it is a common painting boat on the lake, it may not be a crutch, after all, the painting boat can be found out, even if the abductor rents a boat, and calls up Liulang in the middle, the boatman should also pay attention, so as not to cause trouble to himself, not to mention that Ah Gong often takes Liulang out, and a few boatmen on this lake recognize Liulang, and the small ones think that those people tease Liulang." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie listened to what he said, and was a little relieved, but he still refused to believe it all: "Really? ”

You Bao said with a smile: "The little one has been running on the rivers and lakes for a few years before following Ah Gong, so it's better for the little one to accompany Qi Niang to have a look." "That means he's pretty sure.