Chapter 20 Inquire about the news
In the end, Mo Yunxiao still didn't take Lily's suggestion, if it was really like what she said, a girl who had not yet reached the end of her life, wearing a wide-sleeved robe and a bunch of gold and silver jewelry, it was estimated that she would be famous in Qinghe Town tomorrow.
Lily stood in the courtyard in a daze, the second lady went to the appointment but did not take her, but brought another first-class maid peony, could it be that Miss Fei had decided to give up herself and choose another peony as a wedding maid? The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and the more I thought about it, the more worried she became, no, she would never allow such a thing to happen! Since the eldest lady can't get any useful news, then she will go out and inquire for herself, Lord Zuo is so good, there must be many people who know him!
Thinking of doing so, Lily went back to the house to change her clothes, bribed the doorman with money, and slipped out of the house through the back door.
Since coming to Qinghe Town, Lily is still the first time to go out, Qinghe Town has typical northern town characteristics, unlike the graceful Jiangnan Water Town, compared with the two, one is a rugged strong man, the other is a beautiful girl, each with its own characteristics.
Lily came out, but she didn't know where to go for a while, although the county government was not very far from here, but it would take half a day to get there with a pair of feet, but she didn't have that much time. After thinking about it for a while, I followed the teahouse.
The teahouse is very lively, the storytellers who drink tea sing songs, there are any sounds, but there are few female guests, Lily stepped into the door and immediately attracted a lot of attention, she didn't take it to heart, and asked the little two who greeted her: "Little second brother, is there still a place upstairs?" The voice in which he spoke was the soft language of Wu Nong from the south, which was very fascinating.
Xiao Er nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, this girl is upstairs, please!" He bowed over and led people upstairs, chose a table by the window, and wiped the table with a gentle step: "What kind of tea does the girl want?" ”
"Come on, some more fruit snacks or something." Lily pinched the silver in her purse, it hurt a little, it was not easy for her to praise these silver, if she couldn't find out any news, it would be in vain: "Little second brother, can I ask you about something?" ”
"Yo, you see I'm too busy here!" Xiao Er suddenly made a difficulty, it is naturally a good thing to talk to the girl, but at this time, the teahouse is busy, and the shopkeeper is staring at him for a moment, where does he dare to forget his privacy! "Why don't you ask later?"
Lily waved her hand in disappointment: "Forget it, it's the same when I ask others." ”
Xiao Er trotted away and left for a while, bringing a pot of tea, a plate of crystal cakes, and a plate of melon seeds: "Girl, you use it slowly." After saying that, he pedaled downstairs to greet the guests.
Lily poured a bowl of tea, leaned close to her nose and smelled it, but she had never learned the tea ceremony, so she didn't know what kind of tea it was on at all, so she took a sip of it as if she was intoxicated, and put down the tea bowl casually, learning the way Mo Yunxiao used to taste tea.
A young girl, alone in the teahouse to taste tea is attractive enough, Lily as soon as she put it out, immediately attracted the attention of many people, she smiled slightly, and smiled at a few young students dressed up not far from her: "You sons are not good at drinking tea, what do you see me doing?" ”
"Which maid are you, do you actually know the tea ceremony?" A middle-aged man in a black robe on the table looked at the woman's nondescript behavior with interest, thinking that she was imitating the way others were drinking tea, but she made a tiger and not a dog, which was funny to watch.
"How do you know I'm a maid?" Lily looked at the clothes on her body, the material was fine, it was made of the clothes that she had appreciated during the New Year, and she was reluctant to wear it on weekdays. "Is there anything wrong with me?"
"It's just speculation." The middle-aged man shook the fan and smiled, and couldn't help but slander in his heart, although he was wearing a good dress, but his expression and demeanor did not look like a big lady, with a pair of hands and ten fingers, and he was not a peasant village girl, and he could not go up or down, so he would naturally only be a maid: "Why are you here alone?" Don't you need to serve the Lord's house? ”
This person is really annoying, he wants to get to the bottom of it, Lily was unhappy, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and swallowed them, without glancing at them. My aunt and grandmother are maids, but they are not your maids, so I can't stand your anger.
A man in green clothes next to him had a change of color on his face, and was about to slap the table and get up, when he was glared at by a middle-aged man in black, and he couldn't help himself, but his gaze at Lily was extremely unkind.
"Hasn't the young master come back yet?" The middle-aged man no longer talked to Lily, but asked about the long entourage beside him, with a faint anger on his face, as if he was very helpless about this young master.
"If you go back to your master, the young master hasn't come back yet." Chang Sui bowed down and accosted him, and looked at his master hesitantly: "I heard that there was a murder case in the Mo family in Qinghe Town recently, and the young master went to investigate after hearing about it." ”
Lily's ears heard the two words of the Mo family, and suddenly stretched out, are you talking about their house? Where do these people come from?
"There was a murder in the Mo family?" The middle-aged man seemed surprised, "What the hell is going on?" Who died? ”
"It's not the Mo family." Chang Sui seemed to understand what the old man was worried about, and immediately replied: "The current Mo Mansion was originally owned by a family surnamed Han, and a few days after the Mo family moved over, white bones were dug up under a begonia tree. This matter was handled by Lord Zuo Zhanzuo in the capital, and now the sea fishing documents have been discovered, and the Han family and his wife have been arrested. ”
"Xiao Zuo!" The middle-aged man seemed to be familiar with Zuo Zhanji, and shook his head when he heard this: "This guy has been in Qinghe Town for a few days, but he can't miss it." I think that if the above doesn't issue a clear order to him to go back, this kid will pretend to be confused, and he will have to continue to hide. ”
Chang Sui didn't interject, just smiled.
Lily became excited, this person seems to be very familiar with Lord Zuo, she came to the right teahouse this time, so she raised her face with a gentle smile: "The two people just said Lord Zuo, but the current Lord Zuo Zhan Zuo of the county government in Qinghe Town?" ”
"Oh?" The middle-aged man looked at her with interest: "You also know Zuo Zhan?" ”
"Of course I do!" Lily's face was flushed with excitement, but it was also extremely charming: "A few days ago, Lord Zuo came to our house to handle the case, and I also saw him!" ”
Went to the house to handle the case, a few days ago? The middle-aged man thought for a while, and suddenly suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are a girl from the Mo family!" ”
Lily lowered her head shyly: "Yes, I am Lily, a first-class maid beside Miss Mo's side." ”
Miss Mo's maid! The middle-aged man's eyes flashed, and he nodded, but did not speak again.
Lily was so anxious that she said, why didn't she say it? Really, you want to suffocate people to death? In the end, I couldn't help it: "Lord Zuo is very powerful, he only took a turn around that scene and found a clue, it's really smart." I don't know who has the blessing to marry him, but Lord Zuo seems to be over twenty years old, so he should have already married, right? ”
The middle-aged man in black didn't speak, lowered his head to drink tea, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, little girl, such an inferior means really owe her to come out. However, what is a little maid asking Zuo Zhan for? Her identity is not enough for Xiao to want to occupy the left, could it be that her master has this meaning?
Suddenly, a smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared again.
Lily looked at each other with blank eyes, but the other party still didn't say a word, and was annoyed, but looking at their clothes and materials, it was not simple, and there was a long entourage behind her, but it was not something that her little maid could afford to provoke, so she had to swallow her anger secretly: "Just tell me, I'm just curious." Besides, I'm a maid, and I'm still self-aware, do I still have delusions that I can't achieve any results? ”
Seeing that the middle-aged man didn't speak, the Tsing Yi scholar on the side seemed to be unbearable to watch the beauty being left out in the cold, and coughed twice: "Lord Zuo got married three years ago." ”
Married? One of Lily's hearts suddenly fell into a bottomless ice cave, then, isn't she hopeless?
"It's a pity, it's a shame, it didn't take long for Mrs. Zuo to be gone, and Lord Zuo became a widower at a young age. After being sad for a while, I volunteered to accept the will of the saint and came down to do errands around, thinking that this was also a way to escape from the sad place! The scholar shook his head and sighed, but he glanced at the warning eyes of the middle-aged man in black, touched his nose with a flash, and picked up the tea bowl to block his face.
Already dead? Lily's eyes lit up suddenly, and sure enough, the heavens were still facing her, and the woman who was in her way no longer existed.
Maybe it's because the joy on Lily's face is too obvious, and several men furrow their eyebrows in unison, and I'm afraid anyone can guess what this woman is thinking, so she is even more disgusted in her heart. Such a woman is definitely not a person who keeps to herself.
At this time, the stairs sounded, not in a hurry, not slow and rhythmic, and then I saw a young man dressed in a cyan embroidered ink bamboo robe, with a face like a crown of jade, a pair of eyes shining, looking at people as if they were going to hook people's souls, two strands of ink-colored hair fell from the sideburns, leisurely.
Lily was stunned, and the melon seeds in her hand leaked out between her fingers, but she didn't realize it.
The young man came upstairs, his eyes swept slightly, and suddenly a big smile appeared: "Father! ”
What a dazzling smile! Lily looked at it blankly, and suddenly felt that the sun was so dazzling, so warm, that people were willing to want to hug it until death.
The middle-aged man in black had a cold face: "Son! You still know to come back! ”
The young man came over with a hippie smile and bent down to make a gesture: "The son knows that he is wrong, the father's body is important, don't worry about the son." After the son goes back, he will take the family law by himself! ”
Collar law? The middle-aged man almost copied the tea on the table and splashed his son in the face, but he had the face to say, which time has the family law succeeded? Either the old lady or the wife's protection, a group of women are noisy, and the family law has not been implemented, so he annoys those women to death first!
Lily blushed and looked at this beautiful man and sat down with a big smile on his face: "My son didn't come back empty-handed on this trip, and the harvest is not small!" ”