Behind the rockery, ants line up at the entrance of the cave.

Qiao Yuan pinched a branch and made a wicked cut in the middle, and the ants here fell into the ditch and were in a hurry.

The verdant skirt spreads on the gravel floor, and the sunlight penetrates through the cracks in the branches, revealing a delicate flower shadow.

The argument outside continues.

"Chanjuan, you are just the adopted daughter of our family, if it weren't for my family's kindness to take you in, you would have starved to death, and you would have the courage to quarrel with me."

Behind it was a female voice.

It seems that the sisters in the house pinched the tip and had a quarrel.

Qiao Yuan held his cheeks depressedly.

She originally wanted to sneak behind the rockery to hide quietly, but she didn't expect to encounter such a scene, but now she can't go out.

The beauty sighed faintly.

The guards in the convoy were all controlled by the people led by Zhang Mao, and no one went back to report the news, and Qi Cun didn't know when he would find out that she was missing.

Maybe he's preoccupied with the case now, and he's forgotten about her long ago.

Qiao Yuan was so angry that he grabbed the weeds on the ground.

I don't understand when I should understand, and when I don't know what I should do, my mind is very lively, and I use it all on those things.

When Qiao Yuan came back to his senses, there was no sound outside.

Finally gone.

Qiao Yuan rubbed his numb calves, stood up with the stone wall, but he didn't expect that as soon as he poked his head out, he met a woman's gaze.

Qiao Yuan: "...... I didn't mean to eavesdrop on you. “

She arrived before them, but she was blocked in the rockery and forced to listen to a corner.

The woman smiled, and didn't seem to mind: "Come out, girl, there is a lot of grass and trees over there, although there are few mosquitoes at this time, but it is not nothing." “

Qiao Yuan was so frightened that he quickly stood up, but when he came to the end, he made a difficulty.

When I climbed up just now, I just thought it was fun, but now that I want to go down, I think this rockery is a bit high.

The woman seemed to sense her predicament, took a few steps forward, and stretched out her hand: "I'll hold you." “

After hesitating for a while, a small hand was carefully poked out from the wide soft sleeves, with delicate fingers, rounded nails, and thin powder on the fingertips.

Qiao Yuan tentatively put it on her hand, not as weak as his own hand, this woman's hand was very steady.

Chanjuan held this soft and boneless Rouyi and hooked the corners of her lips.

With the help of well-wishers, Qiao Yuan climbed down the rockery step by step.

The wide sleeves like water brushed over the uneven stone surface little by little, and the dead things glowing with cold light seemed to be soft.

The embroidered shoes decorated with pearls stepped on the depression of the stone wall, and the blue and black stone wall was hard, lining the towering and trembling posture more and more weak, like a small white flower growing on the cliff.

Ah, look what she caught, a delicate and weak little beauty scattered with the guardian beast.

The upper of the shoe was stained with the solid ground, Qiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the jade-skinned beauty thanked very politely: "Thank you, girl." “

Chanjuan smiled: "It's a gesture." “

She had a red fingerprint on half of her pretty face, thinking that she had just been beaten.

Qiao Yuan was not a person who liked to explore, so he only swept it slightly and quickly looked away.

Chanjuan noticed her gaze and touched her face: "Just now it was my cousin Zhang Caihe, the eldest lady in the house, I sent someone under the fence, and there was always a bit of suffering." “

Her demeanor was not embarrassed, and she was a little peaceful.

Qiao Yuan couldn't help but look at her, and this look made him feel a little familiar.

Chanjuan was also a little surprised: "This girl, have we met somewhere?" “

She thought for a moment, "Yes, before I arrived in Gongzhou, in a forest, I still wanted to take your car." “

Qiao Yuan also remembered when she said it.

On the night of the encounter with the Assassins, a woman did appear, saying that she had gone to Gongzhou to visit relatives, and that she had been separated from her servants and maids, and wanted them to give them a ride, but was then sent away by Qi Cun for suspicious reasons.

Chanjuan didn't seem to mind the rejection, and there was no mustard on her face: "It seems that we do have fate." “

Qiao Yuan's face was hot, no matter what, it was always a little embarrassing to meet here.

The snow-white face was flushed with a hint of redness, and the watery eyes were rippling, more magnificent than the glow of the sky.

Chanjuan sneered: "Zhang Zuoling is my uncle, my parents died when I was a child, I grew up here, I went out to run errands, and I met you when I came back." “

She asked curiously: "Why are you here, you are the one who lives in Qinyuan according to the rumors in the Chamberlain?" “

Now who in the house doesn't know that Zhang Zuoling brought back a delicate guest a few days ago and placed him in Qinyuan, and his food and clothing are better than Miss Yiying.

Qiao Yuan thought to himself, how could she be here, she was kidnapped.

But when the person in front of her met in Pingshui, she would not casually explain her bottom clearly, and prevaricated in the past.

When Qiao Yuan returned to the courtyard, sure enough, it didn't take long for a steward to come.

The steward's face was respectful, but his tone was not to be denied: "The leader has an order, if the lady has any orders, you can hand it over to your subordinates, and it is better not to leave this courtyard in the future." “

Zhang Zuoling wants to keep her in his hands as a handle, so naturally he can't allow a little mistake.

The steward ordered his men to close the door, and through the crack in the door, the moving guards could be faintly seen.

Qiao Yuan glanced at him lightly, turned around and went back to the house.

Inside the kitchenette.

A person who looked like a big girl walked in: "Why is the lotus root flour balls that Miss wants not good?" “

The cook hurriedly greeted her and said with a smile: "Wait a while, the tired girl is starting the pot." “

When Yinling heard this, she looked displeased: "Two quarters of an hour ago, Miss sent someone to pass the word, why is it only now, isn't it your old woman who is cheating and playing tricks." “

The cook hurriedly explained: "The girl wronged me, it was the one in Qinyuan who ordered the rhombic flour cake, and the master ordered before that the distinguished guest came first." “

A few days ago, a guest stayed in the Zuoling Mansion, only to know that it was a woman, and the lord didn't say what his identity was, but he just ordered not to be lazy.

Yinling is the eldest lady Zhang Cai and the big girl next to her, and she has a high status in the house, and it is the first time that she has been subdued like this.

"A woman of unknown origin is like being treated as a treasure by you, and she is not sure that she was raised by the master outside, and she is just looking for a name to carry in."

The cook didn't dare to answer.

If it was really the outer room to enter the door, Mrs. Zhang was afraid that she would be the first to make a move, didn't she see that Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to say anything about the master's orders now.

When Yinling saw her wooden appearance, she was even more angry: "Why don't you hurry up and bring the lotus root flour balls." “

When she returned to her residence with the food box, through the screen, Zhang Caihe was facing the mirror to freshen up, heard the movement, and glanced at it: "Why did you send it here now." “

Yinling repeated the words of the cook, and was indignant: "The people in the small kitchen have no eyesight, and they dare to rank Qinyuan in front of you." “

Zhang Caihe snapped the fat powder box and frowned irritably.

Now everyone in the house is curious about the people in Qinyuan.

Zhang Caihe asked her mother, but her mother was vague every time, and only asked her to go over there less.

She is a serious young lady, but in her own home, she is a head shorter than others.

So she wants to see if it's a human or a ghost.

Zhang Caihe's eyes flashed: "Yinling, is the eldest brother coming back?" “

(End of chapter)