(ps: Take two days off, send a 9300-word chapter today, and make up for the amount of leave in the first two days, please use it slowly)

Hearing Cao's sigh of surprise, Yu Qi and Zisu were shocked.

At this moment, Yu Qi's internal anxiety disappeared, and he wanted to leave.

I also heard Cao Shi say: "Go inside and say, this place stinks, and it rains." ”

Zisu heard it, and there was a "bah" sound. Yu Qi still wanted to pull her away, Zisu held down Yu Qi, wanting to continue listening. Then, I heard a man pinching his voice and said, "Madam, who is not human?" Who doesn't compliment? But if you are a living person, you must have great and small respects. If I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm coming in, I've been holding back for a long time, and I'm looking for a solution, isn't it? Coincidentally, you're here again. I'll figure it out for me and I'll talk to you later. ”

Yu Qi was afraid of being discovered, so he began to pull the Zisu to shrink to the secret place in the side corner. Just flashed to the corner, I suddenly saw a man in a green robe come out of the place where Cao Shi was talking, and he slipped into the thatched house.

Seeing that Zisu was still holding an umbrella, Yu Qi motioned for her to put the umbrella away, she was afraid that the rain in the sky would make a noise that would make Cao Shi and others find out. Zisu also knew the truth and accepted the umbrella.

Immediately, Cao and Guiyuan walked from the back to the front of the thatched house, looking very anxious.

Cao Shi said to Guiyuan: "Do you see if there is anyone outside?" Keep an eye on it, and don't let people in. ”

Gui Yuan obeyed the order and hurriedly ran out to see, because he saw that the old lady and others said that they would leave for home, and everyone took umbrellas and scattered one after another. Gui Yuan hurried back and said to Cao: "Madam, no one is here." It's time to tidy up the houses! ”

Cao's "um" replied: "Okay then! Then he urged the people in the hut: "Father-in-law, are you alright?" ”

It turned out that the person who had just entered the toilet was a little eunuch from the palace. The Zhuang family has a big business, and the North Mansion is in charge of all the affairs of the family, including the business economy. The so-called economy, that is, business cooperation that extends in all directions, money can be in and out, and it is also the network of contacts. Most of the business and connections of the Zhuang Mansion are placed in the names of the three masters, because several of them are a little thin in the court, and more because of the old lady. You know, the old lady and the queen mother in the palace are not ordinary relationships! Older people know, younger people may not know, but, there is no impermeable wall, gradually spread out, and it is widely known, although those people outside do not mention what to say, there are people who ask for Zhuangfu, they know it, and they are all hearty to please, but it is naturally not allowed to please the old man, please the old lady, it is rare to see her old man, other masters and wives, beautiful characters, it is not easy to see, the only thing that can be seen is Cao and Zhuang Hu. Therefore, the connections of this Zhuang Mansion are controlled, either the Cao family or Zhuang Hu.

Because of the business in and out of the court, the Cao family naturally knew a group of husbands. The so-called husband is a eunuch.

This eunuch's name is Xiao Yinzi, and he is a person under the Inspector of the Internal Affairs Tribunal. In the old days, the Internal Affairs Court was only responsible for the royal family's money and cash, and most of them were presided over by the palace people. Throughout the past and present, the country's performance, day by day, there are always some shortcomings, not as brilliant as the ancestors of the emperor, the masters of the imperial court have tried their best to reorganize, the first to manage is the Hui Ji Division, the old supervision of the general management of all the blood and people, no longer by the palace eunuchs and maids. In other words, the hundred-year-old insects are dead but not stiff, and those old ancestors and eunuchs are gone, but some invisible rights are still there, and the people who come after them have inherited some good ways. What is said here is that they are all eunuchs, they are a family, they don't take care of their families, and the sky is thundering! That's the truth. Cao's and Zhuang Lu's communication court, the first to bear the brunt, the righteous way and the leaders of the Hui Ji Division, crooked ways, but also with those who take advantage of the closeness, the so-called business path, "black and white" all-in-one, can become big. The Beifu couple, who have been immersed in business for many years, don't know the reason. Even Zhuang Hu, who came to the top to help, knew what was powerful.

However, the Zhuang Mansion cooperated with the Imperial Court, and it should be the Zhuang Mansion people who went to visit, why did the little eunuch come to the old mansion in the south of the city alone? Pick such a day?

There's something to be said about it. On the same day, the family of Yu Qizhuo's Mansion was copied, and it coincided with the birthday of the old lady in the Zhuang Mansion. This is called "meeting the festival and being happy" to get a little angry. The people of Zhuangfu have the rule of scattering silver, and every time such a time, they must scatter it. What these colluding eunuchs in the palace know is one of the reasons they found.

And the most important reason is that the second old man Zhuang Lu has purchased a field outside, which is near the outskirts of Beijing, and it is said to be the royal estate. According to Cao's heard, the second master's move was to make an account in the name of the royal family, and wanted to sell and buy it, and then sold it at a high price. Cao questioned Zhuang Lu about the authenticity of this matter, and Zhuang Lu replied to her with the reason that the eldest lord spent money on the rebellion in the north of Ping, and said: "Our house looks at the bright and bright, and the silk, satin and gold are swaying every day, and the chicken, duck and fish are not panicked. That is what no one at home sees, butler, do you not know? It has long been a beautiful tender green bamboo, hollow. I don't plan a little, how to deal with the next season, a Dragon Boat Festival and Duanyang, a few things in the house must be put in order, and it is reasonable to say that the house is not big and does not worry, it doesn't matter! Then you have to want Duanyang to pay tribute, right? Where did the money come from? It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and the Mid-Autumn Festival hasn't had a tail shadow, so it's time to catch up with the New Year. Inside and out, up and down, I don't know how much silver I have to spend to go. We don't ask for the royal land and the royal silver for nothing, but return it to them. The next day, Cao heard that Zhuang Lu wanted to buy not only one property, but many more. At that time, it was the time when Aunt Nazha in the Fence Bamboo Garden was making trouble, and it was Aunt Nazha giving birth, and I don't know how many heart-rending things happened before and after, and the adults in the house knew, but the old lady and some small ones didn't know much. Because of the purchase of real estate, Cao's selfishly believed that the second master had ulterior motives, and he wanted to divide the Zhuang Mansion, set up a private courtyard, and arrange the world for the fence and bamboo garden.

Coincidentally, those people in the palace came, and no one picked up Zhuang Lu's foreign affairs office, so the Cao family received it, so he inquired about one or two, but it was not that the second master bought a lot of real estate! The eunuchs in the palace came to find the second master, and they shared the spoils. Cao Shi only said that he didn't know, and he would talk about it when the second master came back. The eunuch was very unhappy that day, and he left. A few days later, another eunuch was sent for a little silver.

Xiao Yinzi saw the second master, and the second master just said that now that the silver has been released, he will not return until the end of the year, so he asks them to wait. Xiao Yinzi came to beg for it on his master's order, and naturally he was dead and angry, and the second master didn't care about this, because he saw that the trouble was fierce, the second master pulled the Cao family out to block. He believed that Cao's mouth could help him do it properly.

The Cao family came out to see Xiao Yinzi, truthfully told the current situation of the Zhuang Mansion, and also told the eldest lord about quelling the chaos in the north and contributing silver to the imperial court. Xiao Yinzi saw that the Cao family was reasonable, everything was right, and he didn't say anything, and in the end, the Cao family gave him a lot of benefits in private, so he sent it away.

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the little silver could not stand his master's words, and came to ask for the silver again. It is said that when the Zhuang Mansion meets the festival, it has to scatter wealth and accumulate longevity. Regardless of their status, they think of themselves as Hanako.

Originally, it was said that they only went to Zhuangfu to ask, but on this day, a group of people in Zhuangfu worshiped their ancestors and went to the old house in the south of the city. He wanted to wait for the later to go to the mansion to ask for it, because it was said that the key to the palace gate was dark, and it was inconvenient to enter and exit, so he came to the old mansion in the south of the city. Who knows, when he arrived here, the masters were very busy, and finally found the housekeeper, the housekeeper did not wait for him to reveal his identity, and he was busy again, he saw that there were many people, and secretly went inside, and looked for a while, but did not see the second master, but saw the Cao family. The Cao family recognized Xiao Yinzi, and at that time, he was so flustered as if he was something, and quietly asked Guiyuan to follow. Later, Gui Yuan came to report, drove away the mother-in-law, and met Zi Su to find brown molasses tea. This is the process.

The Cao family ordered Guiyuan to appease Xiao Yinzi and let him find a room to wait for him first. Cao Shi wanted to wait for the time to disperse, and take the time to respond. Who knows, when they were about to disperse, the old lady said that she would not leave, and the family was waiting for the rain to stop. Cao was worried that the little silver dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, and ran out to speak, which would make the old men who were officials faceless, and scare the old lady. So I quietly went to find the little silver.

When I arrived at the house where I settled the little silver, I didn't see him inside and out, and when I asked the servant who was busy, he said that there was a person here who didn't do anything, and he didn't know what to do, and asked him, but he didn't reply, and when he was in a hurry, he said that he wanted to go to the thatched house. In this way, Cao and Guiyuan went to the thatched house. Sure enough, I saw him not far from the thatched house, sneaky, about to find the second master.

Xiao Yinzi is evil-hearted, and the people of the Zhizhuang Mansion sincerely make it difficult for themselves, so they will plan it, and when they see the Cao family coming to find it, he said that he wants to go to the thatched house. Cao Shi saw that he was a little angry, so he followed, and asked Guiyuan to hold an umbrella for him. When he got to the hut, he didn't go in. Cao sighed, snorted and tears and said how difficult it was for him to manage today's pomp and circumstance, and said how to neglect Xiao Yinzi and other apologetic words. In short, the Cao family was unintentional and asked Xiao Yinzi for forgiveness.

Xiao Yinzi replied: "Mrs. is also afraid that I will say something." Well, don't worry, wife, I'm a virtuous person. As he spoke, he walked to the back of the hut until he reached a slightly hidden corner before stopping.

Xiao Yinzi said, "I don't occupy the pit and don't. Madam, you understand what I said. Don't say it's pleasing during the New Year's holidays, it's not easy to ask for anything on this festival, after all, it's for the dead, isn't it? But the dead also celebrate festivals, and your old village is a man of good intentions, and I see that you have let go out with a lot of silver. You shall not do great good, and ignore small good, shall you? ”

Cao Shi was amazed that this eunuch spoke without leakage, tightly, and could be so sarcastic. Occupy the pit and don't, it sounds like it's on the edge of the pit, speak reasonably, think about it, isn't it sarcastic that the Zhuang Mansion took a big advantage and didn't give him a way back? When it comes to the New Year's holidays, it is a slap in the face of the Zhuangfu, and it is also a straightforward request for silver.

Cao Shidui smiled and soothed: "I know the hearts of my fathers-in-law. This amount of silver, the father-in-law does not forget it, it is not enough to make a tooth sacrifice, you come to us again and again, I should be the father-in-law to see the face of our old lady, the face of the three masters, if you say that you don't look at their faces, but also look at the faces of our sister-in-law's girl Yuanfei. Father-in-law, it's not that I don't give silver, but when it comes to silver, it hurts a lot. said that rain and dew accumulate wealth, everyone must have it, and you can't do it, you see, it rains so much! ”

Xiao Yinzi said: "Naturally." Who doesn't want this face? But sometimes, if you have face, don't lose it. Second wife, I respect you as a person. Let's be honest with you, I don't look at whose face, but it's not me who has the final say, and we are not allowed to talk nonsense, but I have a sentence I want to tell you, we stammered the three masters, it is unnecessary, saying that we stammered the old lady, the eight poles can't be beaten, and it is also a family, and we might as well go to the queen mother to tie her old man's house, and the moon will be the first to get the moon near the water, do you say that this is the reason? You just said the in there, hehe! ”

When Xiao Yinzi said this, he paused and showed a sly smile.

Cao Shi and Gui Yuan glanced at each other, and felt that Xiao Yinzi deliberately held down his words, so as to make a fuss.

After Xiao Yinzi smiled, seeing that the Cao family was speechless, he put away his smiling face and said, "Is it possible, your Zhuang Mansion still wants to give alms in the name of Concubine Yuan?" I don't think it's necessary, right? ”

Cao Shi said again and again: "Oh, father-in-law, I didn't mean that. You say, it's not appropriate for us to criticize the mother here. "Signal that this is a thatched house! It's disrespectful to the Lord!

Xiao Yinzi said: "It's not suitable." Now, doesn't the mother do such a thing? I'm afraid that you won't understand, and I'm afraid that I will be punished by God when I say it's clear, and I'll scare you in vain. Do you know the concubine Rong when the ancestor Emperor Kangdi was born? ”

Cao shook his head. She really doesn't know how many years of old history, how can she know that she is a woman, and besides, she doesn't know much poetry, writing, and ink.

Xiao Yinzi lamented: "Back then, Concubine Rong was let go by the old man Kandi to brush ......" and pointed to the thatched house.

Cao's brows furrowed: "Father-in-law, what do you mean?" We said that our eldest sister-in-law's mother, you said that the first emperor's concubine, the eight poles can't be beaten! ”

Xiao Yinzi "tsk" a few times, and then snorted heavily: "Second wife, are all of your Zhuang Mansion wise and foolish?" The mood is not necessarily too hard. Keep saying that it is your eldest girl's mother. If the Lord relieves sin, the nine tribes will also have your lineage. ”

Cao Shi was shocked: "Yo! Father-in-law, what are you talking about? How can I not understand a word? ”

Xiao Yinzi said with a smile: "It's not that I intimidate you, you want to use Concubine Yuan to suppress us, it's useless." The matter between your mother and Concubine Rong is almost the same. You think and think. ”

After hearing this, Cao Shi pondered carefully, but he was stupid and did not fully understand.

Gui Yuan was clever, quickly thought of something, and said: "Father-in-law, if you refuse to say it, there are naturally dogmatic rules, and it is naturally the great reason for your actions." I just said what Concubine Rong is, does it mean that our Concubine Yuan is the same as Concubine Rong of the first dynasty? ”

Xiao Yinzi was very satisfied, tilted his head to look at Cao's eyes, and smiled like a spring breeze.

Cao Shi looked at Xiao Yinzi's smiling expression, his legs suddenly softened, and said: "Father-in-law, things are delicious, silver is easy to take, other words can't be so easy to say!" ”

Xiao Yinzi said: "Second wife, what did I say?" I didn't say anything! ”

Cao Shi thought about it, and his heart was suddenly filled with something, so he didn't vomit or be unhappy, and said: "Father-in-law, Reasoning, I treat you like this, I still ask you to talk here." You blame me, I have no complaints. Please, don't get our mothers involved. In other words, our old lady doesn't want to hear it. I beg you for this. ”

Xiao Yinzi said: "Second wife, I didn't say anything, and I don't bother to say it." I can't talk about my mother's business, I shouldn't tell me. But since you say that you sister-in-law, isn't it Zhuofu? ”

Cao smiled and said, "Yes, my father-in-law must know." ”

Xiao Yinzi slowly stretched his neck over and said in a low voice: "Second wife, it is good to be wise as foolish, but what is good about pretending not to know anything, and being light." It's like this deal, there are in and out, and you can do whatever you want. When you can't hear it, you can't see it, you can't pull it out, it's unreasonable, isn't it? Besides, before the Duanyang Festival last year, your in-laws copied it, so you don't have to fool me. ”

After hearing this, Cao Shi was stunned for a long time, and he couldn't relax.

Gui Yuan said: "Father-in-law, you said that our Aunt Zhuo was ......"

Guiyuan covered his mouth and couldn't bear to finish.

Xiao Yinzi said: "I, I don't want to scrape people's faces with these words. The left is just to do things for the top, but you cooperate with each other. Although this time is different from the past, the people at our top do not have great power, after all, there are contacts between us, we have a long stream, don't we? Second wife, come back and forth, and the water will run dry! ”

The Cao family thought back to the old lady's birthday last year, and the Zhuo family really didn't come, saying that they had entered Beijing, and they didn't come to visit, and afterwards, they complained about the eldest sister-in-law Zhuang Hui! When the little eunuch said this, there was something wrong, as if something had happened. But the old lady and the old man explained later that the old man's family had returned to the south, and they were in a hurry to leave the temporary order. When I asked my aunt about my family, I reprimanded him. One day, the Cao family went out to run errands, quietly went to Zhuo Mansion, and when they arrived at Na Zhuo Mansion, they had changed their aliases. Thinking about it later, about as the old man and the old lady said, in the end, it is the old sister-in-law who is not filial, the old lady is too old, just don't come, even if there is something to leave, you should be polite! This has the origin of several concubines gathering in Xifu, Cao's complaints.

Now, listening to what Xiao Yinzi said, it seems to be true.

Xiao Yinzi saw Cao's panic and thought, and urged: "Second wife, what do you think of what I said?" Why don't I go to your house too? ”

After urging a few times, and Guiyuan signaled, Cao Shi woke up, and he didn't dare to make a statement, so he only asked in a low voice: "Father-in-law, why haven't you seen the news of last year?" ”

Xiao Yinzi was not happy, and said, "Second wife, don't make the point inappropriate, this topic is far off." Let's talk about us. ”

Cao said: "Father-in-law, I will make up for the dowry when I sell the silver." Now, I ask more, why didn't we ask Aunt Zhuofu...... Didn't see the legend? ”

Xiao Yinzi said: "Second wife, it's a good thing that you don't see the legend, it's really a legend, your Zhuang Mansion can still be here today?" I'm afraid that it is someone else who comes to incense and set off the cannon! Secretly, my wife, be happy! This wisdom is as foolish as foolishness, how can this son be straightforward! ”

Cao Shi trembled, felt that his eyes were confused, his brain hurt for a while, and he staggered and sighed: "It's amazing!" ”

A few people paused for a moment when they said this. At that time, Yu Qi and Zi had always gone to the toilet, and the two of them listened to some of the words before and after, but they didn't understand it very well. Zisu hated the Cao family and felt that they were plotting something bad, so she naturally wanted to hear it, so that she could take revenge on her in the future.

Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, Cao was frightened. So, in order to slow down Xiao Yinzi, Cao politely asked him to go to the house to talk, but after Xiao Yinzi's words, he seemed to catch Cao's pain, and became more and more unscrupulous, saying that he wanted to go to the thatched house, and he wanted Cao to wait at the door.

The Cao family also wanted to inquire about Aunt Zhuo's house, of course he had to wait.

At this time, after waiting for a long time, Xiao Yinzi didn't come out, and asked again: "Father-in-law, are you comfortable?" ”

Xiao Yinzi said in the thatched house: "Ouch, what kind of evil do you say I have made, I didn't drink a sip of tea when I came to you, and I didn't eat a piece of dim sum melon seeds, so I had diarrhea." What a conflict with your place! ”

Words are human words, but Li'er is not human reason. Xiao Yinzi scolded Zhuang Mansion with this! scolded the Cao family for not taking him in his eyes and snubbing him!

Cao begged: "Father-in-law, you are dissipated, please come out when you are comfortable, I will go back and soak a pot of golden melon seeds and knock the lid of tea for you." ”

I only listened to Xiao Yinzi's comfortable sigh, and it was about the end. But you can wait left and right, and you can't see it.

Cao Shi couldn't wait and asked, "Father-in-law, it's me who is wrong." After a while, we'll be heading home. Later, I will go to the ancestral hall to worship my ancestors! If you don't worry, I'll go back and get you melon seeds! However, I am a person who is very concerned and can't hold back a little something, just said that our Aunt Zhuofu, you said that it was copied, now, where did their family go? ”

Xiao Yinzi replied inside: "Second wife, why do you need to get to the bottom of it! I really want to ask, aren't there three of you masters in the court? They know a lot better than we do. ”

The Cao family thought about it, but the old men said that the Zhuo family had returned to the south. Could it be that all these words are aimed at deceiving the old lady? Don't want to make the old lady sad?

Xiao Yinzi said that, he also came out, and Guiyuan hurriedly held an umbrella and went up.

Cao was distraught, and just now Guiyuan went outside to look, saying that the people outside were preparing to get on the sedan car and go home! At this moment, if you want to stay and inquire, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, if you don't stay, you have to send the little silver away, otherwise, if you really make trouble, how can it end? The front said that the real estate arrears would not be given, and the back said that the old lady must not be angry to death!

Then, Cao touched his body, took out a small waist card, handed it to the small silver, and said: "Silver father-in-law, I can exchange this silver card for the silver card, just go to the Zhuang shop in our house, you look at the slightly larger shop, if it is not very scarce, you can also get a thousand taels of silver." This brand can only be used urgently, I have kept it for many years, it is useless, I will give it to you first. If you take it and ask for it, it will be regarded as my filial piety to you for tea, and when I go back to do the gifts for these few days, I will bring you gold melon seeds. When I made amends, I neglected you. ”

Xiao Yinzi looked at the brand, the gold was shaking, and said, "Yo! One thousand taels of silver is not as good as this gold medal. ”

Cao said: "Father-in-law, this is made of wood, and there is a layer of gold wax on the outside, which does not fade." It's really gold, silver, copper and iron, it's too heavy, how can you hold it every day. Originally, this piece was left to be placed urgently. Now, it's time to use it, don't shirk it. ”

Anyway, stuff it into the little silver.

After taking the little silver, he said, "Then I'll help my wife keep it." In other words, if you want to pay tribute in the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, you should also prepare this year. When the time comes, I'll come back again? I'm afraid it's been too long! ”

Cao Shi pulled his mouth a few times, looking very difficult, and he didn't know how to say it.

Gui Yuan knew that the Cao family was upset, and said: "Father-in-law, our wife said one or two, you should know if you come here or twice." How can I make my father-in-law's life unrecoverable. My father-in-law will give our wife a few faces, but you said that the water will flow for a long time, but you can't guarantee it, our water will flow with you. Are you afraid that the water will dry up? ”

Xiao Yinzi suddenly showed a charming expression, bowed down and said, "Then I'll thank the second wife first." It's not early, I've been here for a day, I have to go back to tell our master, if it's too late, I won't be able to enter the palace gate! ”

Xiao Yinzi pinched the brand in his hand, puzzled, but his face couldn't contain joy. He's gone.

After seeing Xiao Yinzi leave, the Cao family exhaled fiercely. Gui Yuan was afraid that she would fall, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

Gui Yuan said: "Madam, those eunuchs are the best at talking and scaring people, and they are close to the lord, so they will show off their power more and more." The wife should not trust it all. ”

Cao shook his head and squeezed Guiyuan's hand tremblingly. A little, said to Guiyuan: "This thing ......"

didn't finish speaking, pulled Gui Yuan to the corner, she wanted to tell Gui Yuan something.

When Cao told Guiyuan to speak, Yu Qi and Zisu came out, and the two of them were terrified, sad and angry. Thinking that I have to plan well when I go back, I am bound to seek justice for Zhuo Mansion. The two didn't go far when they saw Xianglian coming to find them.

Later, the Cao family came out, met Xianglian again, and several people went out to return to Zhuangfu.

As the people returned to Zhuangfu, the Cao family remembered the matter of the aunt and the master, not to mention that the people who raided the house would be implicated, that is, the old man hid it from everyone, and he was also concealed from himself. Could it be that the second master has long since regarded himself as a woman in the Zhuang Mansion? What is the intention of guarding yourself like this?

Along the way, the Cao family had no intention of asking and taking care of the people, even if there was a disturbance halfway, she changed her majesty and didn't say a word. When she returned to Zhuangfu, Gui Yuan mentioned to her intentionally or unintentionally: "Madam, on the way back, someone said that someone had seen Yage." ”

Cao's heart was empty, and he replied unintentionally: "Xifu Accord has long been inhabited, how many years have you been deserted, you are frightened and confused by the eunuchs." ”

Gui Yuan said: "Mrs., why don't you live there?" Isn't it Mr. Seki's? ”

Cao Shi remembered slightly, but he still didn't have the heart to care, and said lazily: "Isn't Mr. Guan gone?" ”

Gui Yuan said: "Xing Mr. Guan is gone, and that Ayu girl is still there." On the way back, Miss Qi saw it, asked someone to stop the car, and made a fuss to find it. It's been a mess for a while, and the wives and aunts have some complaints, saying that you don't care. ”

Cao Shi heard this, snorted, and said, "What does this matter to me!" Isn't there a butler? The second master is here! How can I say that mine is not? There's really something big going on in the house, and I have to carry the one who lost his head? Outrageous! ”

Gui Yuan said: "Who said no! ”

Then, all the people in the house gathered in the ancestral hall to bow down, and the Cao family didn't care about etiquette, etc., what others did, she did it, and she turned a blind eye to those servants who were lazy, lost, lazy and lied. Zhuang Lu saw that Cao Shi was in a trance, and he complained in his heart, and when he couldn't help it, he caught her and said, "What's wrong with the usual fire burned out?" Not even a trace of ash is gone. ”

Cao Shi gritted his teeth and said: "That's a good thing, I have to keep a little fire until I die, and burn it with the master." Don't complain about me, when this stubble is over, I will have a good relationship with the master. We have something to say, something to discuss. ”

In the middle of the day, seeing that Cao's family drank chicken blood, Zhuang Lu's grievance was suppressed again, and he no longer cared about it.

Recently, the "departure" ancestor worship ceremony was slightly grander than that of the old house, and all the people in the house knelt down in batches. After worshipping in the ancestral hall, he went to the open space of the trail to worship the sky, burned the incense and candle roots of the old year, scattered the ashes of the old year, and sent piles of paper money, high horses and other things. After the end, the ancestral hall fired. According to the process, it is time for dinner. On this day's dinner, it was very troublesome, and the offerings to the ancestors had to be cooked and eaten, so they could only be made after the ceremony.

At the end of the day, the people gathered in Nanfu, and the dinner on July 15 was held in Nanfu.

The old lady took advantage of this time to let the "fake nuns" change their clothes. And he went out with the rest of the people, for there were men from each province scattered themselves on the path. Yu Qi remembered the people he met on the road, and he didn't have the heart to communicate and talk to them.

Zhuang Yu also went back to change her clothes, in the end, she had been separated from Yu Qi for a long time, and Yu Qi didn't ask her to speak, and she didn't take the initiative to say it.

Each went back to his own mansion and did not mention it.

Yu Qi returned to Jinghua Xie, and when she changed her clothes, Zisu said distressedly: "It's raining, you still have to talk about getting off the sedan chair, which frightened the four girls." ”

All the way back, Yu Qi didn't say a word. However, she was very puzzled in her heart, she was originally going to be a nun and worship her father and mother, but she happened to hear the Cao family and their ghosts say this, and she was extremely annoyed; On the way back, on the street, I happened to see Ayu.

It's amazing.

At that time, Yu Qi was very depressed, sitting in the car, and tears kept falling. The sadness of missing loved ones. In order to avoid Zhuang Yu's eyes, she lifted the curtain to look out. Outside, many onlookers on both sides of the street watched the Zhuang Mansion be lively, after all, the team of one or two hundred people attracted people's attention! I don't know how far to go, in those piles of people, I happened to see a figure by Yu Qi, although it was far away, that face and figure, how to look like Ayu next to Mr. Guan.

Yu Qi was surprised, and instantly put aside the feelings of his father and mother, and said to Zisu: "Stop the sedan car, stop the sedan car!" ”

Zisu panicked and didn't scream.

Yu Qi didn't care how much, opened the car door, and shouted to stop the sedan chair, but the sedan chair didn't stop well, she jumped down. This scared Zhuang Yu so much that he couldn't stop it.

When it came to the end, braving the rain, Zi never had time to persuade him, and Yu Qi had already run to the crowd.

Because Zhuang Yu's car stopped, the car behind was also forced to stop. Naturally, there are complaints from those behind them. When the county lord heard that Yu Qi ran down from the car, he hurriedly called Jiang Zhu, Yuping and others to chase after him, in order not to let the old man in front of him stop his footsteps, and in order not to let the old lady worry, the county lord instructed to continue to walk in the house. By the time everyone pulled her back, she was already wet from the rain.

Back at the gate of the Zhuang Mansion, the county lord got off the sedan chair, and Tete went to Yu Qi to question.

Yu Qi replied truthfully: "I saw Miss Ayu." Anyway, I'm going to look for it, find Miss Ayu, and find Mr. Guan, and the second brother won't be angry with me. ”

At the mention of Mr. Guan and Ayu, the county lord was very angry. If it weren't for them, how could there be so many things in the house? These things have passed, but there is no need to calculate, but if you really find them, and let them back, you may not be able to cause any big trouble!

The county lord said sternly to Yu Qi: "An eldest lady, run off the sedan chair without permission, what kind of system!" ”

Yu Qi was not convinced, and said, "Madam, I am telling the truth. It's better to send someone to find it. ”

The county lord suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly: "Still looking for it?" I have no time to take care of myself when I have an accident, and I am worried about others. I think your heart is really big! ”

In order to prevent Yu Qi from acting rashly, all the way into the ancestral hall, the county lord asked people to follow, did not allow her to come nonsense, nor did she change her clothes, and also ordered the doors everywhere to be closed and not allowed to go out.

Now that he is back, Zisu said that the county lord sent someone to follow.

Yu Qi turned a blind eye, returned to Jinghua Xie, changed her clothes, and Zisu saw that she didn't say a word, so she said that.

Yu Qi said: "The second brother is riding a horse in front, even if I can't see Miss Ayu, I'm making trouble behind, can't I hear it?" ”

Zisu said: "Then you went to look for it, didn't you find it too?" Did you see it wrong? ”

Yu Qi shook his head.

At that moment, someone from outside came to say: "Have you changed Miss Qi's clothes?" The lady called the girl over, and it was almost time to be served. ”

Zisu helped: "Okay, okay!" After replying, he said to Yu Qi: "Look, send someone to follow, and keep an eye on you all the time!" If I were you, I shouldn't have looked around. It's raining, it's foggy, how can you see it clearly! ”

Yu Qi sighed and said, "That's it! When I send Miss Ayu and Mr. Kwan away today! If the second brother wants to blame, he can only blame. The wife did this, obviously not wanting people to get it back. ”

Zisu said: "Now that you know, you should put your mind away." What we hear outside the hut today is our big event. Don't pick up sesame seeds and throw watermelon, because of small losses! ”

Yu Qi "um" answered. After dressing up, the master and servant returned to Nanfu the same way.

When I arrived in Nanfu, the rest of the people who went back to change their clothes didn't come. Zisu sneered and whispered: "Look, the third wife has taken you to heart." ”

Before Zisu finished speaking, she saw Zhuang Hu in a hurry, panting and running, and before she entered the door, she heard her say to the girl outside: "Mrs. is inside?" ”

Before the sound died down, the man floated in. Because I saw that there were many people inside, the wives and aunts of the various houses were there, and the old lady was also there.

Zhuang Hu hurriedly saluted, and did not allow anyone else to speak, so he just said to the county lord: "Mrs., there is something outside, I want to ask Mrs. to make an idea." Please bother your wife. ”

The county lord and others were very surprised when they saw Zhuang Hu like this.

The old lady said, "I haven't seen you like this." We're just done, and we've worked hard all day. You come in and don't care. I also wanted to send someone to find you and see how the tortoise was, so you came. ”

Zhuang Hu's eyes were red and full of tears, and those who were near should look carefully, but those who were far away would not be able to see.

Zhuang Hu said: "It should be a greeting." The old lady forgives her sins. I'm in a hurry, and I can't wait. ”

Hearing this, the county lord's heart was disturbed, and he quickly got up and walked in front of Zhuang Hu. Zhuang Hu saluted, didn't wait for the county lord, and withdrew first. Later, the old lady and others laughed at Zhuang Hu.

The county lord followed Zhuang Hu outside.

Seeing the county lord come out, Zhuang Hu knelt down coldly and cried: "Madam, it's all my fault!" I didn't take good care of my third brother! ”

The back of the county lord's head seemed to have been hit hard by a stick, and now, his eyes were dizzy.