In the evening, it was already dark.

The sun fell, and the layers of white clouds flowed slowly, and finally disappeared into the boundless night sky.

Shen Ci came back from buying the sacrificial things of the day after tomorrow from outside the house, walked through the courtyard, and returned to the main courtyard Youtang, where he saw Mama Xuan in the house sorting out the expenses on the road these days.

The three girls sat at the long table around Mama Xuan, one listened carefully, one seemed to listen carefully, and the other shook her head and seemed to listen.

Shen Ci leaned against the door frame and said with a smile: "Mama Xuan worked hard, and she had to bring students who couldn't be brought after retiring." ”

Mama Xuan paused, raised her head and said, "The second brother can make fun of the old slave, and it is the blessing of the old slave to be able to teach the girl to take care of trivial matters." ”

After that, Mama Xuan slowly stood up and said: "The accounts on the road will be sorted out here, and in the future, the girls will need to sort out the accounts as fine as Fang Cai, and they can't go wrong. ”

The three girls responded obediently, watched Mama Xuan leave, and saw people disappear outside the door, so they relaxed their posture.

Mrs. Shen lived alone in a small courtyard called Xiaojingzhai.

It was cold on a moonlit night, and she needed to drink a bowl of hot wine to sleep comfortably, and Mama Xuan entered the house with hot wine, and saw Mrs. Shen sitting cross-legged on the soft couch, closing her eyes and slowly twisting the Buddha beads.

"The old lady is not ready to sleep?"

Mama Xuan brought the hot wine over and asked, "Is there something in the old lady's heart?" ”

Old Mrs. Shen opened her eyes, took the hot wine but didn't drink it, and said: "Someone came with a letter, asking my old woman to 'entangle' the Yue Zhizhou for him, hmph, I know that it is not good to suddenly let this old bone return to the Yue Yue Ancestor." ”

In the early years, Shen Zhan led troops to the northern Xinjiang to pacify the turmoil of the remnants of the previous dynasty, and in the past few years, the anti-thieves in the western Jiuqu Xionghu City were rampant, and it was also Shen Zhan and Cheng Fei's family to clean up and crack down.

This time it is the turn of Nanguan to commit crimes, and there are lessons from the past, and the people here are only afraid that they are smarter and more difficult to rectify.

Mama Xuan glanced at the letter on the table, and had already guessed the person who received the letter in her heart, and said with a light smile: "Little Hou Ye believes in the old lady, he must have a problem, so he will ask you for help." ”

"Difficulty?" Old Lady Shen sighed, "I owe him the old woman." ”

Mama Xuan smiled and said nothing.

Thinking that it was imminent to break through the Jiuquxiong Tiger City seven years ago, but the offensive and defensive maps were less than half, and the old lady Shen insisted on hiding this matter from Shen Xiaohou, and poured a lot of "warrior" chicken soup into it.

The fourteen-year-old Shen Xiaohou Ye relied on his enthusiasm to lead the troops into the Jiuqu Xiong Tiger City!

In the end, although he won the Jiuqu Xionghu City with Cheng Fei, he was also injured all over his body.

When the people came back, the eldest princess of Jiayi almost didn't break the gate of the Hou Mansion, after all, it was the time when the old Marquis Shen was defeated and sacrificed...... It's only been three years.

Old Mrs. Shen said quietly: "Actually, the things in this place are the most complicated, you see that the face is the Moon City, and the bottom is the twelve towns, I just think it is a hierarchical relationship, but in fact, it is often a grasshopper on a rope, which moves the whole body." ”

Mama Xuan muttered: "What the old lady said is that local affairs are the most difficult to sort out. The little marquis has his own way, too calm pond, how can he attract curious fish without starting waves. ”

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The old lady Shen of the Hou Mansion in Ningbei, the capital city, spread the word of the offense, and countless people came to visit the next day, and the guests came like clouds, and the dilapidated old threshold of the old Shen Mansion was almost unbearable.

The women's table was almost ready, and a group of richly dressed women sat together eating tea and talking, and the girls who were in their prime were also talking together.

The men's seat is also staggered.

There are also many male customers who come today, most of them are businessmen, no more than those who have official positions, one is more familiar than the other, and Shen Ci doesn't have to take special care of it.

The three girls followed Mama Xuan to assign errands to the female envoy, as if a crucian carp was shuttling through the house, and in this way an hour passed, the soles of their shoes were almost worn out, and they were not able to eat tea at leisure.

Shen Pan'er was the most dishonest, giving all her responsibilities to Ye Lingwu, letting her go to entertain guests and say polite words, and by the way, she also revealed the results of Mama Xuan's training, and she herself dragged a lacquered wooden table and moved it to the corner to sit on the women's seat.

The little maiden sent by the Wang family was very clever and served the tea fruit, Shen Paner thought that she could settle down at ease, but after sitting down for a while, the side was surrounded by the girl who committed the moon, with an accent, which made Shen Paner helpless and funny.

Some people talk about women, and women talk about men. I don't know who started first, and several girls actually scrambled to ask about Shen Ci first.

Hearing a certain girl say that Shen Ci looked like a serious man with a gentle personality, Shen Paner didn't infarct herself to death after taking a sip of tea: "Who?" Who has a gentle personality? This girl's eyes are not good, I'm afraid she saw it wrong. ”

The girl blinked blankly: "What does Shen San mean, isn't Shen Ergongzi a serious boy on weekdays?" ”

Shen Pan'er stammered.

What does she want to say, does she want to say that her brother is a well-known gentleman in the capital? It's not good to say this after all, if Shen Ci knows that she is talking bad about him behind her back, then she won't know how to clean her up when she returns to the capital.

"There are so many nobles who have come to the moon in the past few days, and Miss Shen San knows that there are two rich sons from Fengzhou who came to the moon the day before yesterday, and their surnames are Murong ......" The girl who spoke covered her mouth and smiled, "People who have seen these two Murong sons say that they are very handsome." ”

"No, no," said the other girl, "I heard from my little servant that the eldest son of Murong is handsome, and the second son seems to have a half-brother relationship, and he looks a little ugly." ”

Seeing that the girls around her were chatting enthusiastically, Shen Paner suddenly became interested: "It's really fake, is the Murong family in Fengzhou very rich, what kind of business do they do?" ”

The girl replied: "Shen San's girl may not be clear about local affairs after living in the capital for a long time, Fengzhou is located in the middle of our dynasty, the people are rich, the Murong family is in the silk business, these two sons of the Murong family should have come to do business, the day before, those two sons called a generous, as soon as they came, they bought the most expensive mansion in our moon, and rented several shops. ”

Shen Pan'er frowned and said, "Those two sons of the Murong family are acting in such a high-profile manner? ”

"It's not, and my aunt also said that the two sons of the Murong family don't seem to have any relatives." The girl who spoke was shy.

"......" Shen Paner: Nymphomaniac.

Another girl said: "Although there are no relatives, don't worry about it, I just heard yesterday that the first night of the two sons of the Murong family coming to the moon was to spend the night in the Xueyue Qin Garden. ”

Shen Pan'er asked, "What's wrong with the overnight stay in Xueyue Qinyuan?" ”

"Xueyue Qinyuan is the largest restaurant in the moon, although it is a serious restaurant, but the ...... who spend the night inside" The girl who spoke covered her mouth with a fan, "But it is not necessarily a decent gentleman." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was movement at the door, and everyone looked together, and saw a noble lady wearing gold and silver, with plump breasts and fat buttocks, leading a pair of men and women in.

The man Shen Paner only saw yesterday, it was Wang Xuzhou, the eldest son of the second room of the Wang family, I didn't know the woman, I saw her wearing a golden satin dress, her expression was arrogant, her skin was white and creamy, and she was better than Liu Feiyan.

The three of them walked towards the top.

The noble lady at the head said: "The concubine is Sun Jinlan, the second room of the Zhizhou Mansion, and brought the juniors in the family to meet Mrs. Shen. This is my youngest daughter Sun Xinran, my son-in-law Wang Xuzhou, and Mrs. Shen should have seen it yesterday. ”

In fact, the two families are only hired and have not yet officially agreed on their relationship, but the business with the hairpin family, it is also possible to raise their heads with joy when they say it, the more proud the Sun family is, the more people in the city are not used to it, Sun Jinlan knows that they are not used to it in private, but she just likes this feeling that she can't get used to it and can't kill her.

Old Lady Shen glanced lightly and said: "Yes, I have seen it, Mrs. Sun is so blessed, your son-in-law is a capable person, her daughter looks beautiful, and the two of them look at it as a good relationship." ”

Sun Jinlan smiled and said, "Today I should have come to see you with the eldest lady of the second room of the Wang family, Xuzhou and her mother, but Xuzhou's mother is very weak, and her father is busy with trivial matters in the town and can't come, so I hope that Mrs. Shen will forgive me." If you can come to the wedding banquet after a while, you will definitely be compensated for today's gift. ”

Mrs. Shen said: "Don't get in the way, Mrs. Sun should sit down quickly, and the girl will also go to the women's seat to use some tea fruits." ”

This Sun family has a bad reputation in the mouths of the people who commit crimes, so they take the ridiculously high taxes, even if Sun Kunqian is a clean official who is not greedy, even if all the money from this tax is handed over to the imperial court, it is not pleasant.

Not to mention that the Sun family's food and clothing are notoriously extravagant, and Sun Xinran, the only daughter of the Sun family's second room, is even more arrogant. In her heart, the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, and the dress for today's visit is very exaggerated, and those who don't know think they are here to compete for flowers.

Sun Xinran bypassed the screen and walked into the girl's seat, seeing that the girls in the banquet were all sitting around Shen Pan'er, feeling uncomfortable but not expressing, and said with an elegant posture: "I have seen Shen San's girl, I am the niece of Yue Zhizhou named Sun Xinran." ”

Shen Pan'er looked at her and said, "It turned out to be a girl from the Yuezhizhou family, please sit down." ”

Sun Xinran responded, and after she sat down, no one on the side paid attention to her anymore, and the girl who was usually stammering was holding Shen Pan'er and talking at this time.

The girls either hid their sleeves and laughed, or whispered, laughing from time to time, looking so unhappy, especially Shen Pan'er was so happy that her mouth never closed.

Sun Xinran put down the teacup in her hand with a calm face, and said loudly: "Third Miss Shen, I have long heard that the Ningbei Marquis Mansion has made outstanding achievements, and the Young Marquis Shen is the right-hand man of His Majesty today. Now the third girl Shen, the fourth girl Shen and the second son of Shen are all returning to the moon with Mrs. Shen to worship their ancestors, why are the grandchildren of the Marquis Mansion of Ningbei all here, but the little Marquis Shen is not there? ”

There was a moment of silence.

Everyone was also curious, and their eyes moved from Sun Xinran to Shen Paner.

Shen Pan'er poked a pear with a silver skewer into her mouth, and said unhurriedly: "Miss Sun herself said that my eldest brother is the right-hand man of His Majesty today, and he is busy with official affairs in the search day, and he doesn't even return to the Hou Mansion, and the moon is thousands of miles away from the capital, how can my eldest brother take a month of free time to come back to worship his ancestors, he must still be in the palace to deal with important matters." ”

Sun Xinran said: "What Miss Shen said is very true, Shen Xiaohou is famous all over the world, and I don't know when I will be lucky enough to meet him." ”

Shen Pan'er smiled and said nothing: It may be possible in the next life.

(End of chapter)