After the dowry is over, only the last "personal welcome" is left for the six ceremonies.

There are only three days left before the official wedding, and the invitation has already been sent out, Xiao Fan and Zhao Paner are making the final preparations for marriage.

The two have no relatives in Qiantang, so the only guests invited are some friends and neighbors they know.

However, Zhao Paner has a lot of close friends and some business contacts in Qiantang, and Xiao Fan thinks about it here and thinks about it, just a few brothers he just met a few days ago.

"You guys, hurry up and take out the colorful silk and hang it up."

"Hui Niang, did Jiang Yuelou say it over there? The banquet for the guests is handed over to them, and there will be no mistakes when the time comes. ”

"Xiaocui, did you buy the dried fruits you bought? There are also fruits that are ordered in advance on the wedding day, so that people can send them over at that time, you know? ”

Looking at Zhao Paner's busy figure, looking like a shrewd and capable hostess, Xiao Fan was both amused and distressed.

Xiao Fan walked over and grabbed Zhao Pan'er's hand and said, "Okay, don't be busy, how many times have you said this?" You don't bother them. Go, go out with me for a walk. ”

Zhao Paner's eyes froze, and her eyebrows raised: "If you don't help, forget it, still look at my jokes?" ”

"Doesn't this mean that you are shrewd and capable, madam, and I don't understand anything? But I see that you have all arranged, so you can rest and rest, and don't get busy. ”

"No, I'll have to see if there's any mistakes, in case I ......"

"Alright, obedient!" Xiao Fan touched her face and interrupted her.

Xiao Fan can see that Zhao Paner should be anxious before marriage. She has always been confident in front of Xiao Fan, but she didn't expect her to be so overwhelmed.

slapped away the hand that touched his face, and glanced at Xiao Fan: "So many people are watching!" After speaking, he glanced shyly left and right, and saw that everyone else was doing their own work and didn't notice this, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

After being pulled out of the door by Xiao Fanqiang, Zhao Paner gently patted Xiao Fan: "You are not allowed to move your hands and feet in front of everyone in the future, do you hear?" ”

"Good, good, everything is up to you! Let's go to the market and have another stroll, I see you like fire coral, let's go buy some more jewelry. Xiao Fan grabbed Zhao Paner's little hand and walked towards the market.

This time he didn't take the carriage, Xiao Fan took Zhao Paner's little hand and walked on the street. Looking at Zhao Paner's heartfelt smile, Xiao Fan enjoyed his current state very much.

Zhao Paner was a little resistant to Xiao Fan pulling her shopping, but soon enjoyed it. Sure enough, no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, for women, shopping has an irresistible charm.

"Come and see, everyone, the county officials have arrested several water bandits who escaped to our Qiantang today, and they are parading the streets!"

Xiao Fan and Zhao Paner had just come out of a jewelry store when they heard a child running and shouting on the street.

Zhao Pan'er took Xiao Fan's hand tightly, looked at him with a somewhat solemn look and said, "Do you want to take a look?" ”

"Well, it's good to take a look."

When the two of them came to the street, they saw a group of officials leading five prisoners with shackles and shackles through the street.

After listening to the shouts of the officials, Xiao Fan roughly understood that this group of vicious water bandits had encountered the encirclement and suppression of the officials and soldiers in the upper reaches before, and ran to Qiantang in a panic.

Before being arrested, the gang had committed two crimes on the outskirts of the city, killing two families.

"Did you hear about something big in Fuchun before?" Xiao Fan looked at the source of the voice, and saw a person who looked like a wealthy businessman talking to the people around him with a mysterious face about the news he had heard.

"Oh? What's the big deal? ”

The rich merchant glanced left and right, as if to confirm something, and then said mysteriously to his companion in a voice that sounded very low and could actually be heard by everyone on the side: "I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone else!" Didn't I go to Fuchun the other day? As a result, I heard that the imperial court navy is a water bandit on the surface of the *** face, do you know the reason? ”

The people on the side were quite cooperative, and hurriedly looked at the rich businessman with an eager face: "Oh? Why is that? ”

The rich merchant's hand stroked the beard on his chin, and said with a satisfied expression: "I heard that it was because the second son of the Suzhou Governor's Mansion was attacked by water bandits on the river, and the boat was destroyed and people died, which caused Xiao Xianggong to be angry. Therefore, the government only mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress the water bandits in just a few days. ”

"Who are you talking about?"

"Which one else could it be? is the Xiao Qinyan and Xiao Xianggong who were relegated to Suzhou as the governor. The rich merchant said with a look of course.

When the rich businessman said that the second son of the Xiao Mansion was attacked by water bandits on the Qiantang River some time ago, Zhao Paner's face tightened and looked at Xiao Fan with a worried face.

Zhao Paner originally thought that Xiao Fan was at most an ordinary official eunuch, but he didn't expect that he was actually Xiao Qinyan's son, who had once served as the prime minister.

Feeling Zhao Paner's nervousness, Xiao Fan put his other hand on the back of her hand and gave her a relieved look.

Xiao Fan didn't speak, but just pulled Zhao Paner away from the lively crowd. When Xiao Qinyan was mentioned in the rich businessman's words just now, fragments of memories kept being remembered, and at the same time, there were bursts of stinging pain in his head.

Seeing Xiao Fan's painful expression, Zhao Paner said worriedly, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay, I just remembered something, and now my head hurts a little, let's go back first!" Xiao Fan gritted his teeth and endured his headache.

Zhao Pan'er saw Xiao Fan like this, so she had to find a carriage to send the two back.

After returning home, Xiao Fan's headache was almost gone, and he remembered the memories of the original body.

It can be seen from his memory that although the original owner is the second son, he is not treated by Xiao Qinyan because he doesn't like to read.

In addition to practicing martial arts all day long, the original owner is fighting with those fox friends and dog friends, either throwing pots, polo, juju, or the flowers and drinking places in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion.

Xiao Qinyan felt that his second son did not seek to improve, although it was not a scourge, nor did he cause any trouble, but he only knew that he was a brother and a brother all day long.

So he kept his hometown in Suzhou and didn't take it with him. Thinking that in the future, he will find a shadow official for him by himself, which can be regarded as ensuring that he will be rich and prosperous for a lifetime.

Seeing Zhao Paner sitting down next to him in the room without saying a word, Xiao Fan broke the silence between the two: "Do you have anything you want to ask?" ”

"Did you hear what the man said? I think you, like me, should have guessed your own background, right? What are your plans? Zhao Paner said a little hesitantly.

Xiao Fan, who took Zhao Paner's look in his eyes, felt sorry for her, and getting along with him for so many days made him understand what kind of person Zhao Paner was.

She was born in an official family, but she was not an official slave because of her father's sin, and she was able to get rid of the fate of serving Israel by relying on the intercession of hiding and her father's old department. Although she has a noble heart, she also feels inferior because of her former status.

So Zhao Paner always wants to prove something, and always wants to prove that she is not worse than others. She always looked confident and never thought of relying on others.

But now this Zhao Paner in front of Xiao Fan's eyes makes him feel strange, in the face of her love, her appearance of suffering and losing has long lost her confident demeanor in the past, and she looks so humble, like a helpless kitten curled up in the corner.