Chapter 66: Tacit Understanding
After listening to Situ Xi's words, the expression on Manjun's face did not change, she just stood in place without saying a word, waiting for Hua Shaoying's instructions.
Chaoyun's eyes widened suddenly, she looked at Situ Xi in disbelief, and seeing that he was just chuckling faintly, she shifted her gaze to Hua Shaoying, expecting her to speak out against this request.
"As long as the Nine Kings are willing to trust and dare to use the people of the slave family, how can this not work?" Hua Shaoying didn't hesitate, she immediately looked at Chaoyun and Manjun, "You go and clean up, and then go back to the house with the Nine Kings later." β
"Yes." Manjun turned around and went out without delay.
"Wait, Sister Hua......" Chaoyun's next words were stopped by a look from Hua Shaoying, she didn't dare to say anything more, and obediently turned around to follow.
When the two of them exited the room, Hua Shaoying looked at the closed door and shook her head, and said helplessly: "Although this girl is a little naΓ―ve, she is kind in nature, and I ask the Nine Kings to take care of her in the future." β
"It's okay, I'm just teasing them."
When the matter was settled, Situ Xi pocketed the box containing the elephant bone wrench, and left the register and deed on the table, and he immediately wanted to stand up and prepare to leave.
However, Hua Shaoying stretched out his hands and pressed them on Situ Xi's shoulders.
"Wait, the slave family still has something to worry about the Nine Kings, do you remember the slave family's old Mr. Tuofan begging you for words?" There was some resentment in Hua Shaoying's words, "Before the Flower Dynasty Festival, there will also be competition between the music workshops in Xuan'an, and the slave family wants to compose a new song in the near future." β
Situ Xi's movements paused slightly, and he sat back down.
"Do you have pen and paper?"
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When he came to Jinsefang, Situ Xi was alone, but when he left, he became a group of four.
The two newly "invited" maids walked behind Situ Xi with their heads down, while Qixian opened the way in front alone.
Fang just wrote a copy of Su Shi's "Water Dragon Yin" for Hua Shaoying, and Situ Xi was also looking forward to the song she had compiled.
This is a very interesting thing, Li Qingzhao wrote in "Theory of Words": "To Yan Yuanxian, Ouyang Yongshu, Su Zizhan, the celestial people of the world, as a small lyric, straight like drinking water in the sea, but they are all poems that cannot be read." and often dissonant rhythms......"
Li Qingzhao thinks that Su Shi's words are "dissonant", and Hua Shaoying happens to be quite accomplished in music, and I don't know if she can make a suitable and pleasant song in the end.
Before leaving, Situ Xi also wrote a list of materials related to firearms for Hua Yaoying, and asked her to send someone to buy some in a low-key manner, and he planned to start making improvised firearms slowly, because it may take a lot of time, and it is always good to prepare as soon as possible.
Jinsefang was not far from Situ Xi's new house by the water, because it was Qixian who led the way in front of him, he walked very fast, Situ Xi also followed his steps unconsciously, and the four of them returned to the door of the house after a while.
And when he came to the door, he happened to meet Zhong Lishu and Whisper, who were also going home.
The two sides faced each other, Zhong Lixuan found the two women following behind Situ Xi, and she immediately recognized one of them, it was the girl who followed the flower family yesterday.
On the other side, Situ Xi also looked at Zhong Li in astonishment, for no other reason, because behind her and Whisper, there were also two women who were a little embarrassed, aren't these two sisters of the Su family?
"Xianggong, the concubine met Miss Su and the two in the west of the city today, they encountered some trouble, and now they have nowhere to go, so the concubine took them back without authorization, please don't blame Xianggong......"
Zhong Lixuan explained the situation to Situ Xi first, she had just heard what happened to the Su family sisters in the past two days, and she felt injustice for the two of them, she was a kind-hearted person, and these two girls were embroidering an extremely precious thing for her, so she insisted on taking them back together.
"It's bothering the son......" The two sisters bowed to Situ Xi in unison.
Su and Luoyin had a lot of dust on their dresses, she didn't dare to approach, she just looked at Situ Xi from a distance, with a complicated look on her face, counting last time, Situ Xi and his wife had already helped them twice.
She looked at the package in Su Hejiu's arms again, fortunately the ink embroidery was still well preserved, otherwise she would be shameless to face the two in front of her.
"Is that so? Let's talk about it in the courtyard first, and whisper that you go and take the two girls to take a bath. β
Husband and wife are worthy of being husband and wife, and they can even have such a tacit understanding when they go shopping, of course Situ Xi will not blame his own lady for this kind of thing, he nodded and beckoned everyone to enter the courtyard, and pointed to Chaoyun and Manjun behind him and explained to Zhong Lisu:
"The two of them are the maids I hired, the house is a little big, and one person can't be busy whispering, if there is an occasional minor illness, I am afraid that there will be a lot of inconvenience at that time...... By the way, the lady remembers to settle the monthly money for them every month. β
"The concubine knows." Zhong Lixuan nodded and wrote it down.
"Huh? What about you, why don't you go in? Situ Xi walked at the back, and when he was about to enter the courtyard gate, he found that the seven strings on the side stopped at the courtyard gate and no longer moved.
This man has not left him an inch today, always guarding his safety, but now he has stopped and not followed, which is a bit abnormal.
"You said in the morning that there is no need to be overly vigilant at home, and besides, there are nearly a dozen subordinates guarding this house, so I will just be here to guard the door."
More than a dozen? Qixian's fluttering words made Situ Xi's heart move, and he hurriedly turned around and grabbed Qixian.
"What are those people like?"
"You don't know? I greeted them all in the morning, they are all members of the Zhongli family, aren't you the son-in-law of Zhongli Mansion? Qixian looked at Situ Xi with some confusion.
"That's the case...... Situ Xi's hand loosened, and he estimated that he should have sent some more people to his side to protect himself after he sent the group of people from the iris tower to Zhong Liyi's hands last time.
"Okay, remember to come over for dinner later." Situ Xi patted him on the shoulder.
"Wait, you bring this." Qixian stopped Situ Xi at this time.
He took out a short black dagger with an iron sheath from his bosom and handed it to Situ Xi.
Situ Xi was stunned, it was hard to imagine that this was something that a person who wanted to become a monk would carry with him, and this person had never even put down the butcher knife in his hand.
"Although people from outside can't come in, the people around you should also be on guard, I can't be by your side all the time, you should learn kung fu."
"Thank you." Situ Xi did not refuse his kindness.
"Your Highness, wait a minute! Please also bring a certain Japanese breeze for dinner. β
A familiar voice came from the side of the road, and a strong man in a Confucian robe was leading a little boy and running quickly.
Well, it's been a lively day.