Congxi, Congran, and Lan Chu had dinner in Jian Xuan's house, and only returned to Qufu when they were near, walked into Youyun Garden, and saw Qu Zaichen sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, playing the flute quietly, and the sound of the beams was low and melodious. Qu Zaichen caught a glimpse of the three of Congxi, and then stopped his flute and looked at Congxi without saying a word. Seeing Qu Zaichen's gaze, he was a little unclear, so he walked towards Qu Zaichen and said: "Qu Ergongzi is so Yaxing, the flute is really good, you continue." ”

Qu Zaichen: "I'm a little curious, dinner makes people wait in vain, it seems that it shouldn't be what the girl who understands the righteousness and is delicate and transparent?" ”

After being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly said, "Are you waiting for me to have dinner?" I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I chatted with Jian Xuan today, I forgot the time for a while, if I don't come back for dinner next time, I will definitely tell you in advance. ”

Qu Zaichen clenched the jade flute: "It's really a miracle, Jian Xuan didn't kill you, can he still have a long conversation with you?" ”

He walked from Xi to Qu Lu's side, sat down on the stone bench and said, "You think of Jian Xuan too viciously." Back then, my mother had some misunderstandings with Aunt Lan, so he kept treating me coldly and coldly, but now that the misunderstanding has been solved, we are naturally still friends. ”

Cong Ran turned his head to look at Lan Chu and Cong Ran: "Sister Lan, Cong Ran, it's not too early, you go back to the house to rest, I only got up at noon today, and I'm in good spirits, since the second son of Qu is interested, can you blow a few more songs for me?" ”

Lan Chu nodded and left.

Qu Zaichen didn't answer but asked: "In a few days, it is my mother's birthday, and the nobles of Xu Zhifu and Jinzhou should all come to the banquet, and my sister-in-law is afraid that she will not be able to come, so how many days will you help your sister-in-law prepare for the banquet at home?" ”

From the embarrassment: "I won't? ”

Qu Zaichen: "You can learn, you must learn things quickly from girls." ”

Congxi: "Thank you for the compliment, but Miss Yang Er is by the sister-in-law's side, she can help the sister-in-law, and the county lord, and there are many servants in your Qu family, so it's not my turn to contribute, right?" ”

Qu Zaichen: "Miss Yang Er and the county lord are not the Qu family, you are." ”

Congxi was slightly surprised: "I. . . Doesn't count, does it? ”

Qu Zaichen: "At least in the eyes of others, you are the second young lady of the Qu family, and it is natural to help your sister-in-law organize a birthday banquet." From the girl, your mother took out a jade screen to help you and Jian Xuan calm the disaster, and you helped your mother organize a birthday banquet, which is counted as a thanks, shouldn't it? ”

After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Although your mother definitely doesn't know that the jade screen has cleared the trouble for me and Jian Xuan, but the jade screen is hers after all, and I do owe her a favor, okay, I will go to my sister-in-law tomorrow morning." ”

Qu Zaichen's eyes were faintly happy, and he raised the flute to play again, and the flute sound was more joyful and open.

After listening to the meeting, I saw that a pear tree next to it was already blooming for spring, and pieces of snow-white petals were fluttering in the wind, like white snow flying. From a whim, walk to the pear tree, spin and dance, the bright moon is in the sky, the flowers and rain surround the body, the green silk is elegant, the pink skirt is flying, there is no step and no posture, and it is wanton, if the spirit is like a fairy. Qu in the dust flute did not stop, his eyes did not blink, staring at the figure of Congxi, like a pink stream flowing through his heart, cleansing the dust and vulgarity, all the hearts disappeared, and glanced at Congxi's face, and his heart moved inexplicably.

In the next few days, Cong worked hard to assist Yang Sishan in organizing the banquet, with a lot of trivial matters, from morning to night every day, busy and tired, and had no time to take care of others. On the day of the birthday banquet, the banquet was set up in the Qufu Garden, and the servants of the Qu family set the table and served the dishes, attracting guests to serve tea, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. Congxi felt that he was almost busy with his business, and sat at an empty table to rest, and not long after he sat down, Uncle Sun, the porter, walked quickly to Congxi's side and said, "Second Young Lady, Yu Zhuo said that he wanted to see Second Young Lady quickly, and he was waiting outside the gate?" ”

Congxi: "Yu Zhuo? Let him come in directly, and when he comes to me in the future, he doesn't have to stop him, just let him go directly to the house. ”

Uncle Sun: "I know that the second young lady and Yu Zhukuai are friends, and just now I also asked Yu Chukuai to enter the house directly, but Yu Zhuai said that the Qu family is busy today, he won't come in to disturb, or invite the second young lady to meet outside the door, he has a few words he wants to talk to the second young lady alone." ”

From Xi frowned, Yu Zhuo knew that he had been helping Mrs. Qu organize a birthday banquet these days, and at this time, he was looking for me and had to talk alone, so there was something important. Congxi immediately stood up and walked quickly to the outside of the gate, the door was open, Congxi saw Yu Zhuo pacing back and forth beside the gate from a distance, his face seemed to be melancholy, Congxi accelerated his pace to Yu Zhuo's side, and asked urgently: "Yu Zhuo, what happened?" ”

Yu Zhuo hesitated and said, "Let's go over there and talk about it." ”

Without waiting for Congxi to answer, Yu Zhuo turned around and walked along the wall of Qufu to a corner secluded place, Congxi followed closely behind, and was surprised to find that there were three people standing there, two women and one man, both women were wearing hats, and they couldn't see each other. And the man knew him from Xi, his name was Song Su, and he was also a close colleague of Yu Zhuo, and he went to Yu Zhuo's house from time to time to look for Yu Zhuo, and he had seen Song Su several times from Xi. The three of them saw Yu Zhuo and Congxi approaching, Song Su hugged his fists and saluted Congxi, and the two women wearing hats half-lifted the curtain at the same time, and turned the curtain on the top of the hat, revealing their faces. One of the women's names is Jiang Dairou, Congxi is very familiar, is the former Tianxuefang dancer, singing and dancing, silk and bamboo are proficient, Jiang Dairou used to teach Congxi singing and dancing instruments, and Congxi is very careful, Jiang Dairou married Xu Yan, the prefect of Jinzhou, a year ago as a concubine, and occasionally go back to Tianxuefang to see the former sisters. The other woman had an elegant and beautiful face, and her expression was a little sad and sad, and she had never seen her before.

Congxi glanced at the four of them, and his eyes showed doubts: "Yu Zhuo, Sister Jiang, Song Zhukuai, how can you be together?" ”

Yu Zhuo said: "Song Su and Miss Hua have some trouble, you have always had a lot of ghost ideas, I will take them to find you to come up with ideas." We happened to meet Miss Jiang outside the gate of Qufu, and she said that she also asked you for help, but it was inconvenient to show up, so I asked the three of them to wait for me here. Yu Zhuo glanced at the woman beside Song Su and said, "Let me introduce her, her name is Hua Yue, and she is the daughter of Hua Lu, a wealthy merchant in Jinzhou. Song Su's wife. ”

Hua Yue hurriedly saluted Congxi: "I've seen the second young lady." ”

Congxi stretched out his hand to stop and said, "Miss Hua, don't be so polite, just call me Congxi." ”

From Xi glanced at Song Su and Hua Yue, both of them had simple and pure appearances, pure eyes, and they were like husband and wife.

Yu Zhuo glanced at Song Su, looked at Congxi and said: "Song Su and Miss Hua were originally lovers with each other, who knew that a year ago, Hang Zhirong of Hangzhou Mansion fell in love with Miss Hua, and went to the Hua family to propose marriage, and wanted to marry Miss Hua as a concubine." Miss Hua's father Hua Lu and brother Hua Song are all people who climb high power, although Miss Hua is unwilling, Hua Lu and Hua Song still force Miss Hua to marry into the Hang family. On the way to Hangzhou, Song Su made a plan, startled the horse to disrupt the sedan chair team, and took the opportunity to escape with Huayue. Hua Yue and Song Su secretly worshipped heaven and earth, this year, Miss Hua has been hiding in Song Su's house and has never dared to go out of the house. A few days ago, Song Su didn't return home overnight because of office work, Miss Hua was worried about Song Su's safety, and went out to look for Song Su, who expected to be found by the people of the Hua family and take Miss Hua home. Hua Lu locked Miss Hua in the room and still forced Miss Hua to marry into the Hang family. And Hang Zhirong still coveted Hua Yue, even if Hua Yue told them that he had married someone, Hang Zhirong still insisted on marrying Hua Yue as a concubine, and went to Hua's house to marry two days later.

Today, Hua Lu and Hua Song came to Qu Mansion to participate in Mrs. Qu's birthday banquet, and an old servant of the Hua family couldn't bear it and secretly released Miss Hua. As long as Miss Hua shows up, she will be arrested by the Hua family or the Hang family, and she can't hide all the time. Although Miss Hua was afraid that the Hua family would find trouble with Song Su, she didn't tell Hua Lu and Hua Song that the person she married was Song Su. But always hiding, it is inevitable that one day it will not be found by the Hua and Hangzhou families, the Hangzhou and Hua families are powerful, and I can't think of a way to help them, you have always been a ghost, so I came to you to try, do you have a way to fulfill Song Su and Miss Hua? ”

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Song Su and Hua Yue: "When you visit the church to get married, can someone else be present, can someone testify?" ”

Song Su and Hua Yue glanced at each other, their faces were a little blushing, Song Su said: "My parents have passed away for a few years, my family and other relatives, we are afraid that the Hua family will come over and forcibly take Hua Yue away, and we don't dare to publicize it. When I got married, only me and Hua Yue were two, with the heaven, earth, sun and moon as evidence, and worshiped in the church, without any witnesses. ”

Congxi frowned and said: "You are afraid that people will know, and you don't dare to go to the government to register your marriage, right?" ”

Song Su nodded: "Yes." ”

Congxi pondered: "If there are no other witnesses, and there is no official record, just the two of you say that there is no evidence, your wedding is not valid in the eyes of others." And Miss Hua's father and brother were in charge, agreed to marry the Hang family, and accepted the dowry, and Hua Yue also got on the Hang family's sedan chair, which is equivalent to the Hang family, which is really not easy to do. Even if Yu Zhuo and I hypothetically witnessed your wedding, but you don't have the orders of your parents, the government can also invalidate your marriage contract.

Moreover, Hang Zhirong does not extinguish his heart, if you force yourself together, he will also find you trouble, the Hang family is indeed powerful, and Qu Zaichen does not dare to provoke them easily. The father and son of the Hua family want to borrow their daughter to climb high, if they want Song Zhukuai and Miss Hua to be upright and upright, and look together, not only to make Hang Zhirong die to Miss Hua, but also to let the father and son of the Hua family accept Song Su, but it is not easy, well, let me think about it first..."

Congxi glanced at Jiang Dairou again: "Sister Jiang, the prefect is in Qufu now, you didn't look for Prefect Xu, but came to look for me, didn't you also encounter an emergency?" ”

Jiang Dairou glanced at Yu Zhuo, Song Su, and Hua Yue, and seemed to hesitate.

Congxi said: "Let's go to the side and say." ”