Noisy running and stamping, but it was Zhang Yan's friend who chased after him from behind just now, Yue Niang was shocked and asked, "Shujun, you and ...... Do you know this Lang Jun? ”

"I don't know." Zhang Yan stepped forward and took Yue Niang's hand, "It's just that I recognized the wrong person." ”

She turned around and smiled reluctantly at the other man in blue, "Min Xiaolang, I'm sorry, I'm a little unwell today, so I'll go back first." ”

The only man among the three men and two women who met under the willow tree retracted his suspicious gaze, glanced at Liu Ying, and finally turned back to Zhang Yan, "Meng Niangzi is polite." Originally, I was just passing by, not looking for you. By the way, last time I went to the clouds, I came across some vanilla, and I thought you would like it, so I brought it back. Do you see what you want? ”

Zhang Yan was slightly surprised, and smiled apologetically, "In this way, it's really troublesome Min Xiaolang." How much money did you spend in total, I will pay you. ”

"It's just some worthless vanilla." Min Ruo didn't care and said, "It's just me giving it to Meng Niangzi." ”

"That's not going to happen." Zhang Yan shook her head, "My brother still has to settle accounts." If Min Xiaolang is unwilling to accept it, I can only give up these herbs. ”

"Just according to Meng Niangzi, count ten yuan."

The corners of Zhang Yan's lips curled reluctantly, and she motioned to the maid behind her, "Please take this thirty yuan of money, please Min Langjun take it." ”

She took the herb, handed it to the little servant behind her, and ordered, "Qingkui, knife, let's go back." ”

"Ah Yan." Liu Ying couldn't help but want to chase, but was stopped by Min Ruo reaching out.

"This Lang Jun," he seemed to smile, "since the lady of the Meng family has already said that you are the wrong person, why do you bother to hold on?" ”

Liu Ying's soft expression was put away, and he turned his head to look at the man who had just overtaken him on the road and splashed dust. With a faint look and assessment, "Who are you?" His expression was very indifferent.

Min Ruo was stunned for a moment.

Liu Yingjiu is the Son of Heaven, and he went out to the police, and naturally cultivated a kind of momentum, Min Ruo only felt that he was standing in front of this man, as if he was being looked down on condescendingly, but he didn't dare to attack, but he gave birth to a feeling of awe, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and said loudly. "I want to know, you can just find someone in Shanan City and ask the Shanan Min family, and you will know who the Min family's Xiaolangjun is."

Liu Ying looked at the empty surface of the Fuhe River. Squinted his eyes and asked Xu Huan, who had rushed forward, "What is the background of that surnamed Min?" ”

"The Min family is the number one wealthy family in Shanan," Xu Huan explained, "Today's Min Ruo." It is the grandchild of the parent. His eldest brother Xi is now working as a clerk in the Shanan County Government. ”

"Then ......" Liu Ying hesitated slightly.

“…… Mrs. is friends with the Yue Niangzi of the Zhou family, the third old man of Shanan, and has no special friendship with this Min Ruo. The Min family and the Zhou family are families, and Min Ruo learned through the wife whom Zhou Yueniang met that the lady liked to make incense, and occasionally brought some herbs back from the clouds. Give it to Madame. ”

Liu Ying exhaled, her face looked a little better, and she was surprised again. "Incense?"

……

Zhang Yan stepped out of the bathtub, took the big towel on the brocade and wiped the green silk, changed into a goose-yellow yellow shirt with pinching teeth and ice patterns, came out of the inner room, and leaned on the back of the couch. Relax.

"Big lady," Zhao Yuan stepped forward and asked. "All the luggage at home is packed, will you move tomorrow?"

"Put it all back. We're not moving. Zhang Yan shook her head and commanded.

"How?" Zhao Yuan was stunned.

"Let Grandma do her job." She propped up slightly and said apologetically, "I just didn't know who was with me these days, so I planned to move to avoid trouble." Now, now that you know that it's him, it's the same whether you go or not. ”

"What did the big lady say?"

Zhao Yuan smiled indifferently, "Big lady, you are the master, we are servants, no matter what decision the master makes, it naturally makes sense." "We just need to comply with the execution.

It's just that she has lived for so many years, and she has long since grown old, and she has seen too much of the love-hate obsession between men and women in the world. The eldest lady looked so worried, as if she was distressed by something, is it really okay?

When she exited the house, she couldn't help but turn around, but Zhang Yan was already closing her eyes.

*************

"The lady lives in this Dongping Fang. After the minister arrived in Shanan, he protected his wife all day long, but the Meng Guan next to his wife was very skillful, and in private, he was afraid that he had discovered the minister's whereabouts......"

Liu Ying gently went through Meng Guan's experience in her heart, and said, "Meng Guan's words, don't think too much. Can someone buy all the houses near where Madame lives? ”

"My subordinates are ashamed." Xu Huan lowered his head, his expression was a little confused, "The residents in the city are a little settled, and few are willing to sell the houses they live in. It is difficult for subordinates to pass through the government, so there is no more way. ”

"Guan Li,"

"The slave is here."

"You come forward and try it. - No matter how much it costs, you have to help me buy the house. ”

Guan Sheng responded, and came back half a day later to report, "The slave is fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

As Xu Langwei said, those people were originally unwilling to sell. However, the slave maid spent a lot of money, which was more than enough for them to buy another house, so they agreed. There are two closest to the lady's house, which one does the master plan to live in? ”

Liu Ying stretched out her knuckles and knocked on the case a few times, and said hesitantly, "Do you know the situation where Madame is?" ”

"The slave and maid chatted and beat the drum when they bought the house," Guan Sheng buried his head very low, but he could describe it very clearly, "The houses in this area, including the one where the lady lives now, are roughly the same structure. They are all three-entry courtyards. The foyer is used as a guest room, the maid lives in the outer courtyard, the lady lives in the west room, and the bedroom is in the east room. ”

Liu Ying made a decision, "Clean up the house in the east." - Now that we are out and about, as long as we go by, we don't need to be too particular, and we move faster. ”

"No."

……

In the evening, when Liu Ying came in, he heard Guan Sheng's shrill and slightly high-pitched voice coming from inside, "...... This screen, this couch, and these utensils, these things have to be replaced. Such a crude thing. Can you show it to your master? ”

……

"—Guan Sheng."

Liu Ying shouted in the air.

Guan Sheng answered, trotted over, bowed and said, "Master, what are your orders?" ”

"Don't make that much noise."

"No."

"Also," Liu Ying said, "put my bedroom in the West Wing." ”

"Oh my master." Guan Sheng's brows furrowed involuntarily, and he was aggrieved, "This house is simple, and it already makes the master very low." The wing room is not a proper bed. The house is narrow and wet, how to start the master's bedroom? ”

He's going to complain again, that way. Liu Ying glared at him and reprimanded, "It's a lot of things." ”

Guan Sheng's heart was pounding in fright, and he didn't dare to say any more.

After the "new home" was hastily cleaned up, the hot soup was boiled under the stove. Liu Ying changed into a plain middle coat, came out of the inner room, wiped the ends of her wet hair with a big handkerchief, and dropped a few droplets of water.

rushed all the way from Yunyang, galloping all night long, just to see Ah Yan in person. Until this moment. After bathing in hot soup, I was able to relieve my tense fatigue and relax.

"—Master." Guan Sheng poured the hot water in the copper kettle into the lacquered copper-edged teapot where the tea had already been placed, and said distressedly, "Everything in this Shanan is so rough that I can't even find a tea cup that can be seen." Fortunately, this tea was brought by the slave maid from home, and it can still be eaten. I have wronged my master. ”

Liu Ying couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth slightly. This Guan Sheng, which debris pile did Han Changliu find out? Suddenly, suddenly. There is no stability. Or do you really think that he is a pampered son who has been pampered since he was a child, and he can't eat any hardships when he goes out? Stretched out his hand to take the teacup, took a sip of tea, his eyebrows trembled slightly, and he was silent for a while, "Guan Sheng,"

"You can go to Madame's for me."

……

Guan Sheng carried the package on his back, knocked on the door of the "Meng Mansion" next door, greeted the old man who opened the door, raised a white face, and smiled very pleasantly, "This uncle, we are from the family next door," he pointed his finger, "I moved in today, and my master said that he would be a neighbor in the future, so let me give a meeting gift to visit." ”

Qing Kui looked at the blue lantern brocade package placed on the table with a curious and surprised gaze.

Zhang Yan stretched out her hand and untied the lightly tied slipknot of the package, and the four corners of the brocade fell, revealing a small and delicate gold handle ebony makeup box inside.

The makeup box is only three feet square, the body surface is the jet-black color of the wood itself, not the lacquer, the polishing is very warm, the connection and turning point, are riveted with the wrong gold chisel hinge, the back is a cross-section, which is engraved with the wrong gold pattern of the magpie climbing branch, the poor carving is fine, lifelike, and the craftsmanship is extremely fine.

——In the middle of spring and March at the beginning of the year, Sansuke was hit by a lightning disaster and destroyed an ancient well. Shaofu dug down in the place destroyed by the thunderstorm and sent out a thousand-year-old ebony. Liu Yingming used this piece of ebony to create this pair of gold beams and ebony makeup, which took three months to give to his wife.

"Lady," Qingkui looked at Huanxi, almost unable to take her eyes off, and couldn't help but persuade, "Open it and take a look." ”

Zhang Yan was silent for a while, and then gently pulled the first handle of the three layers of makeup.

The drawer on the first floor is extremely shallow, and inside is a bronze mirror with an ebony handle. Remove a layer of silk wrapped outside, revealing the glass mirror, the shape is small, simple and round, reflecting the girl's delicate face, losing a point of clarity, but more crystal clear unique to the glass. The back is the pattern of the four elephants and beasts, and the four words of Changle Weiyang are engraved with a small seal.

……

Fingers unconsciously groped for the wooden handle, feeling the concave and convex marks, and looked closely at the backlight There is a small inscription: the seventh year of the spring and April craftsman bureau A system.

A cold smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he put the bronze mirror back and opened the second drawer. There are nine ebony powder boxes of different sizes, and because Zhang Yan has been using her own handmade rouge gouache, she has not added palace makeup powder; The bottom layer is where the jewelry is placed. A pair of ebony hairpins, a pair of ebony hairpins, and an ebony comb grate. The shape is restrained and luxurious, and the hairpin tail is exquisitely carved.

"It's beautiful." Qing Kui was dazzled.

Qing Kui was born in the countryside, and he didn't know the rarity of ebony, and he also felt that this set of makeup was extremely valuable. Ebony is known as the spirit of all things, the most nourishing people, the longer it touches the people, the more bright and fragrant it is. It's even more rare that this whole set of makeup is from the same ebony plant. I'm afraid that this set of makeup alone will cost more than 10,000 gold.

- What's the use of being precious?

The wrong golden peony pattern on the handle, the light shone in Zhang Yan's eyes, and somehow, her nose was slightly sour, and she almost burst into tears. He put everything away, closed the lid, pushed it open, and said hurriedly, "Give this back to the person who came." I said that it was useless, and I was a woman who lived alone, and it was not good for me to associate with foreign men, and I did not dare to accept such private gifts. Only the original item can be returned. ”

Guan Sheng waited in the hall, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but cry bitterly. He couldn't help but speak, "Madam, the slave wants to say a few words. "A smile on his face.

Zhang Yan's eyes turned and landed on the gray-clothed waiter under the corridor.

"You are?"

"Back to Mrs. Hui," Guan Sheng's waist was slightly in his mouth, and his smile was extremely humble, but there was a look and assessment in his eyes that did not fit this humility, but he was hidden deeply, and his head and neck were slightly upturned, "The slave maid is serving in the Yunyang Courtyard, this time, the master came out, and the chief manager of Han pointed out that I would follow." ”

Zhang Yan smiled reservedly and instructed Qing Kui, "The sun is good this morning, and I will move a few pots of flowers in the house to the yard to bask in the sun." It's getting late now. You and Knife go and get the flowers back. ”

Qing Kui was stunned for a moment and retreated.

“…… The slave and maid were born poor, "After leaving people, Guan Sheng's words were even less scruples, and he simply got up, "I don't understand why Mrs. doesn't want to have a good life, so she hides in this place." It's just that the slaves and maids have also seen a lot of ups and downs in Lin Guang Palace, and those nobles in the past, once they really fall to the bottom, it will be difficult to think about it again. Although Madame's heart is a jewel at this time, it is just that if she goes too far, it will not be easy to turn around in the future......"

——3789 words, revised on May 4, 2011