And Xia Zhiqing looked at the blood stains and tooth marks on Chen Mo's arm, her heart trembled, she knew that the bite was quite heavy just by looking at it with the naked eye, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped it, not because she was worried about Chen Mo, but because she was afraid that the young man would anger her sister.

Chen Mo was silent for a moment, raised his hand, and stretched out to Xia Zhining.

Xia Zhiqing's face changed, thinking that the young man was going to take revenge, so she hurriedly hugged the young man and said, "Don't, Zhining didn't mean it, you just spare her this time." ”

Xia Zhining didn't hide, raised her white greasy face, her narrow eyes were full of tears, she bit her lower lip, and glared at Chen Mo with a stubborn and resentful expression.

As if you will kill me if you say something else?

But who knew that the hand stretched out by the young man gently stroked her cheek, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, and she didn't know if it was true or not, Xia Zhining also saw a trace of guilt in the other party's eyes.

"Resolved?" Chen Mo was silent for a moment and said softly.

Xia Zhining's expression remained unchanged, still staring at him like this.

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, looked at the cold and beautiful face, there were tears in the corners of his eyes, and said: "Since the hatred is relieved, for the sake of Sister Ling, this matter will be settled, I will count my words, and the account will be paid, let you go." ”

After speaking, his eyes moved to his sister, whose face was only one or two points different from his sister, and took off the wooden hairpin on his head, because the latter was still wiping his arm, so he didn't react at all.

After the hairpin was taken off, the long hair that was pulled up was also lost its fixation, and the three thousand green silk fell down and fell on the shoulders, she was already born beautiful, with bright eyes and bright teeth, Qiong's nose and nose greasy goose fat, white and slender neck, and the long hair that was scattered added a bit of tranquility and purity to her.

Xia Zhiqing thought that it was about to start now, so she shrank back when she threw down her handkerchief, covered her chest with her hands, and said, "I'm not ready yet." ”

"What do you think?"

Chen Mo pinched Xia Zhiqing's face, then got out of bed, and said while getting dressed: "It's the woman this official likes, how shabby it is to use a wooden hairpin, and I will let Chunhong send a hosta later." ”

Then, Chen Mo's gaze moved to Xia Zhining, who was a little dull in his eyes, and said softly: "What I just said is indeed a little heavier, in fact, there are some words, it's not that I forget it, you just take it as angry words."

After speaking, Chen Mo's clothes were also put on, and in the blind spot of Xia Zhiqing's perspective, he glanced at Xia Zhining greedily, and then left the room.

Xia Zhining naturally saw this, and her originally somewhat dull gaze changed for a while, what did this bastard mean by what he said just now, and that look, she couldn't help but reverie in her heart.

"Zhining, you. You okay? Xia Zhiqing crawled over and gently stroked Xia Zhining's shoulder, her uncomfortable appearance just now was even more sad than when she returned the whip for the first time.

When Xia Zhining heard this, her delicate body trembled, and she turned around to her two sisters' clear eyes, hugged her, and said in a low voice: "Sister, that bastard is too bullying?" ”

Xia Zhining is naturally strong, because she and Xia Zhiqing are twins, from childhood to adulthood, she will inevitably be compared with Xia Zhiqing by the people around her.

But every time Xia Zhiqing is more loved by others and her family, Xia Zhining sees all these in her eyes, and silently compares with Xia Zhiqing in her heart.

Because of the influence of her father and also to please her father, Xia Zhining fell in love with the military, loved to read military books, and had a dream of fighting on the battlefield and galloping the world, while her sister Xia Zhiqing was the opposite of her, liking piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and reciting poems and music.

For a woman, whether it is the daughter of the prefect or the royal princess.

Everyone loves a good girl like Xia Zhiqing, who writes poems and paints, not a tomboy like Xia Zhining.

Even the family thinks so.

Therefore, every time it is Xia Zhiqing who gets the good one, it is Xia Zhining who gets the number of people.

Of course, the parents' love for the two daughters is the same, but for Xia Zhining, who is still young, she is very sensitive, and she cares about any difference.

After the age of ten, there began to be relatives in the family, but every time the object was my sister.

It was also from that moment that she told Xia Zhiqing that she would marry the same Lang Jun in the future.

This is also a comparison, Xia Zhining just doesn't want Xia Zhiqing to marry before herself.

Later, she used this reason to sabotage Xia Zhiqing's family affairs little by little.

Therefore, in everyone's eyes, Xia Zhining is more rebellious and difficult to get along with.

Seeing that everyone thought so, she didn't explain, she simply walked independently, and went all the way to the dark.

Of course, Xia Zhining didn't tell anyone, this is her heart's thought, or obsession.

Therefore, what Chen Mo said just now is tantamount to degrading her to the point of incompleteness.

Xia Zhiqing gently patted her sister's jade cup and said, "It's over, it's about to pass." ”

As he spoke, he brought a handkerchief again, gently wiped the tears from the corners of Xia Zhining's eyes, as well as the beads of sweat on her cheeks, looked at the flowing eyes, and said softly in order to let her forget the sad thing just now:

"Zhining, when the time comes, where are we going to go?"

“.”

Xia Zhi's eyes were stunned and she didn't speak.

"Is it good to go to Gangnam? I used to hear my father say that he had a good friend who served as a county magistrate in Yangzhou, and we could go to him. Xia Zhiqing said.

Xia Zhining's eyes flickered, looking at her sister, silent for a while, because she was not particularly happy about leaving in her heart, but she still said, "Listen to my sister."

……

After the county government had Geng Songfu to help, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.

Geng Songfu was born to be an official.

After putting on the official uniform of the county prince, Geng Songfu changed the confusion when he first saw Chen Mo, and the whole person seemed a little high-spirited, and in terms of demeanor, he was indeed dignified.

Let's just put it this way, if Chen Mo, Zhao Daoxian, and Geng Songfu all wear the official uniforms of the county order, and let the people recognize who is true, the people will definitely refer to Geng Songfu.

Geng Songfu was very quick in handling things, and from the moment he came to the county government to serve as the county officer, in less than three days, he almost knew about the big and small things of the county government.

Chen Mo also knows how to delegate power, and taught Geng Songfu to deal with the governance and logistics of the county government's livelihood and logistics, that is, the Wen side, and he can take charge of military and political affairs.

And for some things that are not particularly important, Chen Mo asked Geng Songfu to make his own decisions.

Of course, there was another thing that happened during this period, that is, the supply of coarse salt was cut off.

At the beginning, it was Yuan Youchun who raised the price, and the price of coarse salt sold to Chen Mo was twice that of the market.

Therefore, Chen Mo simply did not enter from Yuan Youchun's side.

The price was twice as high as the market, and he brought in coarse salt from Jiangnan, but he didn't want this price.

After all, the places where coarse salt is produced in the country are not only in Qingting County, and Yuan Youchun can't handle it at all.

……

June 21.

Zhang He came back with the 30,000 catties of red copper he bought, and it was Geng Songfu who handed him over, because Chen Mo went to concubine.

The steps of taking a concubine are relatively simple, there is no need for three books and six appointments, and eight sedan chairs.

If it weren't for Chen Mo wanting to give face to the Yi family and wanting to set up a table to receive gifts, he only needed to send someone to carry a small sedan chair to Yi's house to pick up Yi Shiyan that day, and then come in through the small door of the county government, and the matter of accepting concubines would be completed.

At this moment, in the small courtyard of the Yi family.

The housekeeper of the Yi family, who was in charge of welcoming the foreign guests, held a large hinged book and read the names of the guests: "Wang Xiu, the head of the Wang family in Pingting County, Lynch, the shopkeeper of Zijin Building, and Wei Jiucheng, the shopkeeper of Wanhe Tower. Quanyang County Zhu family steward. ”

I read it for about a quarter of an hour.

When guests come to the wedding banquet, they naturally do not come empty-handed, and the gifts used have been piled up like a small mountain.

Although it was a concubine, Yi Qianqi made this ceremony very grand.

In the wedding room in the backyard, all the maids and old mothers are busy in an orderly manner, and Yi Shiyan is in their hands at this moment, and they are setting up puppets, bathing, dressing, combing hair, and powdering, and dressing Yi Shiyan beautifully.

Yi Shiyan was holding a round fan in her hand that could cover her entire face, and the side of the round fan facing her body was embroidered with a small poem, which was given to her by Chen Mo.

After the maids were busy, the old mother withdrew from them, and then as a passerby, she told some things that Yi Shiyan paid attention to.

In the end, the old mother took out a booklet from her arms, handed it to Yi Shiyan, and said, "Miss, you have to study hard." ”

"Mama Wang, what is this?" Yi Shiyan put down the round fan, opened the booklet and looked at it, and it didn't take long for the booklet to fall to the ground with a click, Yi Shiyan's face was flushed, and he hurriedly raised his hands to cover his face, and the dull hair on the top of his head drooped: "I'm ashamed, why do you learn this."

"Miss, you have to learn this, after entering the door, Miss is a member of my uncle's family, and I have to serve my uncle in the future, if I don't learn well, I will be disliked by the man." The old mother said very experienced.

"Ahh

Hearing this, Yi Shiyan couldn't help but be shy and hurriedly picked up the booklet, she didn't want to be disgusted by Chen Mo.

The old mother said again: "Miss, don't worry, this kind of thing won't be too long, grit your teeth and pass, and the slave maid is also a distressed person when she sees her uncle, maybe Miss will be very comfortable then."

The old mother watched Yi Shiyan grow up, and the relationship between the two was good, so she couldn't help but make a joke at this time.

"Okay, miss, you take your time, and when the auspicious time comes, the slave and maid will come back." The old mother smiled and patted Yi Shiyan's shoulder, and when she was about to leave, she suddenly thought of something, leaned into Yi Shiyan's ear and said, "If Miss can't eat, you can ask Xiaoling to help you." ”

After saying that, the old mother left with a smile.

Yi Shiyan held the booklet, and for a while felt like she had a major mission to complete.

Soon, the auspicious time came, and the old mother walked in and went out with Yi Shiyan.

When she came to the lobby, the old mother handed Yi Shiyan to the two unbroken maids, and the two maids took Yi Shiyan in.

The sound of gongs outside the hall sounded, followed by various musical instruments such as suona.

The hall was full of guests watching the ceremony, and in the midst of all kinds of commotion, she finally saw her husband for the second time, dressed in red, tall and mighty, handsome and extraordinary.

(End of chapter)