"Excuse me, how is Hou Ye's Qingxin Zhai going?" The man's voice was modest and polite, but very unfamiliar.

Seeing that there was no one else around, and that this courtyard was occupied by maids, it was not convenient for strange men to enter, so she had to silently step forward and open the hidden gate.

Outside the gate of the courtyard was a man about twenty years old, handsome in appearance, dressed as a scholar, and very elegant. The moment he opened the door, the man's eyes flashed with amazement, and he stood on the spot. With a "snap", even the book in his hand fell to the ground.

Izuku lowered his eyes and looked at the booklet on the ground, only to feel quite familiar. If she remembers correctly, this should be the account book of the rice bank in the Huainan area, and the accounts are from the year before last, and Yun Ci has only taught her in the past few days.

Thinking like this, Izuku unconsciously leaned over and picked up the account book, and when he got up again, he saw that the young scholar was still standing in front of the door, and he still muttered: "Fairy ......"

Hearing this, Izuku couldn't cry or laugh, so he hurriedly waved his hand to bring him back to his senses, and handed back the account book. Only then did the scholar come back to his senses, the roots of his ears turned suspiciously red, and he hurriedly took the account book and said, "Just now...... Is it abrupt under the hope...... The girl forgives her sins. ”

Izuku pursed her lips and smiled, indicating that she didn't care.

"Well, this ...... Dare to ask the girl...... How to go about Ching Shin Zhai? The scholar was already a little incoherent, and he lowered his eyes and did not dare to look up at the beauty in front of him. He waited for a reply, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement. Only then did he raise his head in disgust and look again, but the beauty in front of him pointed to his throat with an apologetic look.

The scholar was a little surprised: "The girl suffers from a throat disease?" ”

Izuku nodded.

"The girl can't speak for a while? Or ......" The scholar knew that he was presumptuous, but he still couldn't stop asking.

Izumi's face was calm, and she only made a lip shape, which was a simple two words: "Dumb." ”

The scholar understood, and a look of disappointment crossed his face. He originally thought that this beauty should have a good voice of a yellow warbler out of the valley, but how did he know that she was a dumb girl. The scholar suddenly regretted that he had stumbled into this place by mistake, so that he would not have such a bitter regret now......

He tried his best to calm down, not wanting to let Izuku see his disappointment and offense. After a while, he remembered his intentions, and hurriedly explained: "I just went down to Qingxin Zhai to meet Hou Ye, and I originally took last year's account book, but I didn't know that when I left, I was dazzled and mistakenly took the account book of the previous year. At this time, I want to change it back, but I don't know the way. ”

Hearing this, Izumi felt a little unconvinced. Not to mention that this scholar looks quite young, and he doesn't look like an old steward. Even if he is a young talent, how could the chief steward of Yunfu not know the way to Qingxinzhai? It must be known that the stewards have to come to Yunfu every year to report their accounts.

The scholar also saw Chuxiu's hesitation at this time, coughed lightly in embarrassment, and then explained: "It's not a secret, I just took over the position of steward last year, and this year is the first time I came to Yunfu to meet Master Hou...... That's why I made such a joke. There was a hint of shame on his face as he spoke.

Hearing this, Izuku thought about it carefully, this scholar has no reason to deceive himself, and the account book of the year before last is in his hand, so it can be seen that he has been in and out of Qingxinzhai. If he's only been here once, it's normal that he can't find the way.

However, Qingxinzhai is the study of Yunci in the end, and it is impossible to let a stranger in. For the sake of insurance, Izuku gestured to the scholar and said, "I'll take you there." ”

The scholar's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, girl." ”

Out of Xiu no longer delayed, took the scholar to Qingxinzhai and found last year's account books. She thought that she could not hand over the account book to a stranger so easily, so she wrote to the scholar with a pen and paper: "I will take this account book, and I will go to the council hall to ask the Hou Ye for instructions, and I can give it to you." ”

The scholar was a little surprised, he didn't expect this stunning woman to be so cautious. But he came quietly, because he was afraid that Yun Ci would blame him, so how could he let Xiu go to Yun Ci for instructions?

Thinking of this, the scholar pleaded: "The girl is good, if the Hou Ye knows about this, he will definitely be scolded." He pondered for a moment, and then said, "The light-hearted girl knows it, you can ask her for verification." ”

has to be forgiving and forgiving, and when he heard this, he acquiesced, and followed the scholar to the council hall.

The Yunfu Council Hall does not belong to any courtyard, but is on the west side of the back garden of the outer courtyard, and the huge tiled houses are independent of the west corner, which seems remote and quiet.

At this time, Dan Xin was really waiting outside the conference hall, and when he saw the two of them coming, he was very surprised: "Out of Xiu, why did you come with Steward Yun?" ”

This steward is also surnamed Yun? This thought flashed through Izumi's heart, and before he could reply, he was preempted by the scholar and told Danxin the matter as it was.

Hearing this, he smiled lightly, and said to Chuxiu: "What Steward Yun said is true, you give him the account book." ”

Lightly said that he had taken the new account book from Chu Xiu's hand, handed it to the cloud manager, and changed it back to the old account book, and said with a smile: "Cloud manager, there will be a next time, and the slave will not say anything for you." ”

Steward Yun nodded his head again and again, and hurriedly entered the conference hall with the account book. Izuku glanced in quickly through the crack in the door, guessing that the council hall must be huge, but she couldn't see the end with that glance.

Izumi was curious about what the scene was in the council hall, and suddenly heard a faint whisper in his ear: "If you are in charge of the side, there is no need to give him this face." But Yun Steward is different, he is the nephew of Yun Steward. ”

It is no wonder that this scholar is young and has been able to govern the rice business in the Huainan area, and it turns out that there is such a relationship. When he came out of Xiu, he understood, and put away the old account book, so he said goodbye to his heart and returned to Zhiyanxuan alone.

As soon as he entered the back garden, he almost bumped into a person, and Izuku hurriedly lowered his head, retreated to the side to make way out, but he didn't know that the person was unsteady and still bumped into her.

Izuku was knocked into a stumbling foot, and before he could do so, he dropped the ledger on the ground. She wanted to lean over to pick it up, but the man picked up the account book from the ground one step ahead of her, looked at the words on it, and read it half-drunkly: "Huainan District Mi Xing Annual Account." ”

The last note of the word "account" dragged on extremely long, almost indistinct. The oncoming smell of wine made Xiu understand that the person in front of him was drunk. And those who can drink unscrupulously in the daylight must not be the people of the Yunfu who are strictly disciplined.

This man must be a master in the house. Either the second master Yunqi or the third master Yunxian.

Izuku was speculating in his heart, and he didn't dare to look up. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the hem of a brown shirt, and quickly lowered her head and took the lead in saluting to admit her mistake.

But it is clear that the drunken master does not intend to stop there, but asks her, "Which room are you from?" How can there be such a ledger? ”

Izuku pointed in the direction of Zhiyanxuan, and then pointed to his throat.

"You're Big Brother?" The man asked again.

Izuku still didn't dare to raise her head, only nodded.

"Why don't you speak? The master asked you so rudely? ”

Hearing that this master should be sober, he was no longer drunk when he spoke, and his heart was a little calmer, and he pointed to his throat again.

Seeing this, the other party was silent for a moment, and suddenly stepped forward, reached out to clamp her jaw, and forced her to raise her head.

This rude move was so sudden that Izuku was caught off guard. She was forced to look up, only to see a young man squinting at herself, looking at her meaningfully.

The shrewd and admiring gaze in his eyes reminded Zhu Xiu of the flower guests he had met in the Drunken Flower Building.

This is the gaze of a man looking at a woman, not like the simple amazement of Fang Caiyun, but a pure covetousness.

I've seen this kind of gaze too much before, and I've long been accustomed to it. She glanced at the brown-clothed man in front of her slightly, his face was very young, but the peach blossom eyes and the corners of his mouth were slightly drooping, and the bottom of his eyes was still faintly blue, not a sick appearance, more like overindulgence.

Relying on his previous experience of reading people in the dust, Izuku guessed that this was a rich and noble kid who had been hollowed out by wine. Thinking of his indifferent reminder on the day he first came, Izuku was already able to determine his identity - the second son of Yunfu, Yunqi.

This kind of behavior of being slighted by a strange man made Izuku very angry. In the past, in Zuihualou, most of the children of the family were still quite graceful, and occasionally a few people didn't know what to do, and they also had their own suitors to block back.

But now ...... Izumi couldn't show resistance. Or rather, she doesn't want to let Yun Ci and her brother have a quarrel because of herself.

The first time Izuku felt the trouble of losing her voice, she couldn't even explain half a sentence, so she could only break free of Yunqi's clamps and point to her throat repeatedly.

"Can't speak?" Seeing that Xiu was struggling, Yun Qi let go of the hand that was clamping her jaw, and instead went to wrap around her waist, and whispered and laughed ambiguously in her ear: "You are so beautiful, I went to ask my eldest brother for you, okay?" ”

Izuku let out a "groan" in his heart, and his hands pushed hard, trying to break free from Yunqi's arms.

"It's quite strong." Yunqi's peach blossom eyes narrowed with bad intentions, and his gaze was almost obscene: "Why do I think you are familiar?" It seems that the two of us are quite fated. Isn't it? ”

He chuckled, let go of his hand and said, "You said that if I go to ask my eldest brother for you, will he be willing to cut his love?" ”

Izumi was even more ashamed when she heard this, but she inexplicably gave birth to a firm belief in her heart - Yun Ci would not give her to Yun Qi. It is precisely because of this that she does not want to provoke the person in front of her.

Izuku stretched out his hand to Yunqi and gestured, regardless of whether he could understand it or not, he just wanted to bow and retire quickly. At this moment, a soft call suddenly came from not far away: "Second brother." ”

Yun Qi immediately put away his romantic smile, turned to look at the comer, and greeted with a smile: "Third aunt, third brother." ”

"What is the second brother doing?" The voice was a little serious and displeased.

"Hah! Isn't this idle and leisurely gardening? Yunqi replied perfunctorily.

When Izumi heard Yunqi Fangcai's name, she already understood that the two people not far away were the third aunt Taiwen and her son Yunxian. But for some reason, Izumi was ashamed to look up at the two masters, but she was afraid that the scene where she had just been molested had fallen into the eyes of the two.

Thinking like this, Chuxiu didn't dare to delay any longer, hurriedly saluted Yunqi, and ran to the third aunt and the third master to salute and leave, and hurriedly returned to Zhiyanxuan. And during this time, she never looked up.

*****

After this incident, the house was calm. By the first day of the fourth month, the stewards in various places had gone to seven or eight times, and Chuxiu had also resumed his routine, going to Qingxin Zhai to serve as usual every day. This made her almost forget that day when she was molested by Yunqi.

On the first and second days of the first month of April, there was nothing unusual, and Yun Ci was also very interested in studying her accounting skills.

On the third day of April, things suddenly changed.

Early this morning, Izumi went to Qingxinzhai as usual, and was just about to enter the door, but he met a brown-clothed figure coming out of it, it was the second master Yunqi, and it seemed that his face was not good. Seeing this, Izuku hurriedly stepped aside, avoided meeting Yunqi, and waited for him to go far before entering Qingxinzhai.

As soon as the front foot entered the study, out of Xiu saw Yun Ci's calm face, but the housekeeper Yun Zhong was happy, and saw that he took the initiative to greet him: "Miss Xiu is here?" ”

What does this look like? The master's face is as heavy as water, and the subordinates are beaming? Coupled with the fact that Fang Yunqi had just come out of this house, he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding......