Pei Zhan's people returned to Lu's house with the letter of divorce, handed it to Mrs. Lu, and told Chu Yao by the way: "His Royal Highness the Prince said that everything here is for you." ”

When Mrs. Lu and the two little ladies heard this, the expressions on their faces were a little unbearable.

Chu Yao thanked the man: "It's hard work." ”

In this way, she was not polite, and gave Brother Ming to the nurse to hold, and she and Zhiye moved out all the things in the hall and everything that Pei Zhan had added and could take away, and the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were also taken down by her, rolled up and thrown into the pile of luggage, and a pair of Huanghuali circle chairs, she and Zhiye also carried them out together, and saw if the carriage could be put down later.

Seeing this, Lu Mingshu teased: "Chu Niangzi brought back so many things from His Royal Highness the Prince, aren't you afraid of seeing things and thinking about people?" ”

Chu Yao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said that he was not afraid: "When you go out, find a pawnshop and take all these things away, do it absolutely, and don't redeem it." ”

Lu Mingshu's face turned green.

The coachman helped to carry everything into the carriage, and the pair of huanghuali circle chairs took up the space, so they tied them to the back of the carriage and walked through the alley very swaggeringly.

Turn left at the entrance of the alley, and there is a pawnshop not far away.

Chu Yao asked the coachman to stop, got out of the carriage with a few scrolls, and Zhiye carried a flower and bird pattern plate and a double-eared old glass cup in his arms, and entered the pawnshop with her.

In front of them was a young man who was told to redeem a painting, saying that it had been stolen by a thief in the house and had taken it for his own sake.

The man redeemed the painting at a price of thirty taels, turned his head and saw Chu Yao holding a few paintings in his arms, he seemed to be very interested, and did not leave immediately.

Chu Yao randomly took out a piece of worship for the pawnshop, the man hung his eyebrows, looked up and down for a long time, and then said that it was a fake, not worth a few dollars, but fortunately, it was very delicate, but he could give one or two halves of silver.

Although Chu Yao was in a hurry to get rid of these things, he was not stupid, how could the things collected by Pei Zhan be fakes, this Chao Fengte was a little treacherous.

"In that case, you can return the painting to me, and I'll ask for another one."

The Chao Feng withdrew the painting, and looked quite indifferent: "This lady wants to go to the side house to ask, just ask, I'm afraid that the side family can't give a tael of silver." ”

Chu Yao knew that he was provoking himself, so he couldn't hear it, so he came out with something.

The young man immediately chased after him, and called out politely: "Lady, please stay, can you take a look at the painting in your hand?" ”

Chu Yao looked at the person's face and clothes, the other party's eyes were comfortable, his eyes were upright, his clothes were embroidered with elegant bamboo leaves, and he looked like a literati in his gestures.

Thinking of his style of taking out thirty taels of silver to redeem the painting without hesitation, he must be a person who knows how to paint and loves to paint.

Chu Yao showed him the painting that was degraded as a fake by the court, and the man held the painting very seriously and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "That court is bluffing you, this is the "Five Horses" made by Li Lao in the previous dynasty, it is undoubtedly a genuine work, if it is in a good world, it can be sold for a hundred taels on the market. ”

"So expensive?" Chu Yao didn't know calligraphy and painting, but she felt that the price given by Fang Cai was too low, and she never expected this painting to sell at such a high price.

The man pointed to the inconspicuous corner of the painting, where there were traces of being crumpled: "He made a mark here, this is the black word of their pawn shop, even if you take this calligraphy and ask all the pawnshops, they will not pay more than a tael of silver." ”

Chu Yao suddenly realized: "No wonder when I asked for the painting back, he didn't mean to add a price at all." ”

She showed him the rest of the calligraphy and paintings, and he said that they were all genuine, and gave a lot of prices one by one, and sincerely suggested to her: "Now the world is still chaotic, and it is difficult to find buyers. ”

"Thank you Childe for reminding me." Although Chu Yao has no interest in these calligraphy and painting antiques, since they are good things, they can't be sold at will. At that time, if the Lu family said that they would take it all, they were just angry with Lu Mingshu.

She told Zhiye to put away the treasures, and said goodbye to the man.

The man seemed to have something to say, and when she turned around to get into the carriage, she opened her mouth in a hurry: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of the next place, I actually like the "Five Horses" very much, but I can't take out so much silver in my hand for the time being." There are two taels of silver on the lower body, and I want to give it to the lady to make a deposit, and when I go back and make up enough silver, can this painting be sold cheaper to the next? ”

"Okay." Chu Yao didn't hesitate and agreed, "You just said that this painting is worth a hundred taels, then I'll sell it to you at half of it, fifty taels, how about it?" ”

The man was delighted: "So, thank you lady." ”

Chu Yao casually pointed to a teahouse next to him, and agreed with him to meet in the teahouse in three days, and he would draw a picture to him at that time.

The man gave him away, Chu Yao got into the carriage and sat down, and after walking a long distance, Zhiye said to her: "Sister, that son shouldn't be a liar, right?" ”

After leaving the Lu Mansion, she asked Zhiye to change her name to "Sister".

"Whether it's a liar or not, let's find someone to ask."

"Who are you looking for?"

Chu Yao smiled: "You'll know in a while." ”

On the way back to their parents' home, they found another pawnshop to inquire about the price. As the boy said, the price given by the pawnshop was indeed less than one tael of silver, and he pointed to the painting and said that it was a fake.

Chu Yao deliberately asked: "If it is a real painting, how much is it worth?" ”

The court said: "If it's true, now in this market, I can give you thirty-five taels, if it's absolutely appropriate, I can add another five taels to you, but it's a pity that your painting is not genuine......"

Chu Yao asked for the painting back, and glanced at Zhiye: Although this courtroom is not sincere, it also just verifies that the prince did not lie to them, and it is already very good that this painting can be sold for fifty taels now.

This is a windfall.

Back in the carriage, watching his son gnaw on a bronze golden bull, Chu Yao hurriedly replaced it with a teething stick made of pepper wood.

This wrong golden bull is half the size of a palm, so it should be worth a lot of money.

The carriage drove out of Suizhou City leisurely, and the guards at the city gate were much stricter than before, and their carriage was carefully inspected before letting them pass.

It was almost noon, the sun was getting hot, and Brother Ming was so hot that he cried in the carriage for a while, and the three adults calmed him down for a while before lulling him to sleep.

After walking for more than half an hour, I finally arrived at Lianhu Village.

Under the shade of the trees at the entrance of the village, there are old people playing chess and children watching idly, and women under the thatched eaves gather in twos and threes to sew clothes on the soles of their shoes.

Seeing a carriage coming, he couldn't help but look at it curiously, and when he saw the carriage stop at the door of Chu's house, there were more voices of whispering.

Chu Yao's mother Zhou Shiyuan was also chatting with people under the eaves in front of the house, her body was a little bloated, and her body was weak and fat due to taking medicine and tonic all year round, and she was even more guilty when she encountered such a hot weather, the fan in her hand kept shaking, but her body was still sweating.

Rao is like this, she doesn't want to go back to the house to lie down, the whole village counts the girls of her family to marry well, marry to the city and be a young lady, food and clothing are served, and her mother-in-law also benefits. She also likes to chat with others, and from time to time she shows off her own girl, which makes others envious.

Seeing a carriage entering the village from a distance, Zhou took a look: even an ox cart is rare in this village, let alone a carriage, and it must be her girl in the city who has returned to her parents' house with gifts to visit relatives.

Zhou's waist board stopped more and more, and she had to show off to her neighbors again.

The carriage stopped, and Zhou had already stood up with his hands on the door frame, his eyes looking straight at the car, and when the curtain was lifted, it was his daughter's dignified and delicate little face.

Then I looked into the carriage again: it was full of things, big wooden boxes and small burdens, as if I was moving.

The smile on Zhou's face froze, and with a little speculation in his heart, he asked Chu Yao: "Why did you bring so many things back today?" Do you want to move your home? ”

Chu Yao got down from the carriage, hugged Brother Ming, and while arranging for Zhiye and the nurse to move things home, she said to Zhou: "Mother, I'll come back to live for a while." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the neighbors gathered, curious, puzzled, and gloating......

Zhou hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Quarreled with Jiro? ”

In front of so many people, Chu Yao couldn't tell the truth, so she responded vaguely: "Hmm." ”

Zhou was in a hurry, and the pu fan shook quickly: "This good and dignified person, why did you suddenly quarrel?" Did Erlang bully you? ”

"Brother Ming is still sleeping, mother, let's go into the house and say."

Chu Yao did not tell the Zhou family the truth about Pei Zhan and Lu Shaohuai's exchange of identities, only that she was in a discord with Lu Erlang and had reconciled, and the other party gave her three hundred taels of silver, and she would come and take Brother Ming away in a few days.

Zhou almost jumped up in a hurry when he heard about her and leaving, and when he heard that the other party had given three hundred taels of silver, he was inevitably shocked: "Gave so much? ”

This is still Chu Yao deliberately undersaid the value of two hundred taels and those antique calligraphy and paintings.

"Are they going to take Brother Ming away?" Zhou thought for a while, "Take it away, take it away, otherwise it will be difficult for you to remarry with your children." The Lu family is rich, and they will not treat their children badly......"

Although he said this, Zhou still regretted it, and still had some hopes, thinking that it was nothing for the young couple to quarrel, so that Chu Yao would go back and be soft for the sake of the child, maybe there was still room for reversal.

Chu Yao resolutely said that it was impossible, and she didn't want to have anything to do with those people in the Lu family in the future.

Seeing that she didn't eat oil and salt, Zhou was so angry that she didn't eat dinner, and then didn't go out for three days in a row, afraid that the neighbors would ask her about Chu Yao.

Three days later, Chu Yao freshened up, changed into a light ochre narrow sleeve gown, and Zhiye held "Five Horses" and waited to go out with her.

Zhou thought that she was going out to see Lu Shaohuai, and said that she should change into brighter clothes, Chu Yao smiled helplessly, and walked out with Zhiye.

Hire a carriage to come to the teahouse agreed in advance, and the young man he met that day was waiting there. Seeing her coming, he got up and invited her to take a seat, and by the way, he asked the little second brother in the store to add two bowls of mung bean paste sugar cooked water and a dessert of preserved fruit.

Chu Yao told him that he was not polite, and after sitting down, he asked Zhiye to hand him the painting.

After he spread it out and read it, he conveniently took out the silver ticket and handed it to her to point it out.

"That day, I saw that there were other calligraphy and paintings in the hands of the lady, if you still want to buy them in the future, I don't know where to find the lady?"

Chu Yao put away the silver ticket, and when she heard him ask, she thought about it for a while, and said: "Don't hide it from the son, I have lived in the inner courtyard for a long time, and I don't know much about it, and I didn't know that these things were worth it before, but now that I know it, I feel like I have relatives in my heart." I only sell this one painting, and I plan to find a safe place to store it, as Childe said before, when the world is stable in the future, I will take it out and sell it. ”

She and him only met in Pingshui, and they didn't dare to rashly tell each other where they lived, for fear of causing danger.

The other party obviously saw her concerns, hesitated for a moment, and then confessed to her: "The lady doesn't have to be afraid, she is not a bad person." My father is Jiang Yunzhou, who is sentenced to Suizhou, and I am the fourth in the family, named Jiang Qingci. A few days ago, my father wanted to give gifts to nobles, and when the housekeeper counted the warehouse, he found that a few calligraphy and paintings were missing, and he found one in the pawnshop after investigation. On that day, I came home with the redeemed painting and told my father about the "Five Horses", and my father thought it was very good, and he gave me money so that I could buy it back. I was thinking that my father was in his official career, and this kind of thing would inevitably be indispensable in the future, so I took the liberty to ask my mother, where should I find you in the future......"

Chu Yao was surprised for a moment, although she still had doubts in her heart, she was still a little respectful on her face, and bowed her head slightly: "It turned out to be Yanei, it was rude." ”

Jiang Qingci knew that she would definitely not trust him yet, thought about it, and said: "There is no basis for what she said, when the lady finishes eating tea and rests for a while, I will take you to the yamen of the state capital, and I will hand over this painting to my father, so you can rest assured." ”

"It's fine." It's always good to be cautious, Chu Yao promised to go to the mansion with him later, if he is really the son of Suizhou Tongju, she naturally has nothing to worry about.

After eating tea and pastries, Chu Yao did not sit for a long time, so he walked out of the teahouse with Jiang Qingci. The other party rode a horse, and she and Zhiye still rode in a carriage and rushed to the yamen of the state capital together.

Through the gap in the roller shutter, the young man's back was straight, and he led the way in front of him, Chu Yao suddenly felt that he was a little bold, and it was only three days after leaving the inner courtyard, she actually went to a strange place with a stranger, if it was before, she would not dare.

But what now? In the future, there will be no husband's family to rely on, and her mother will be sick, and she will have more places to show up in the future, so she must be bold.

After about half an hour, the carriage stopped leisurely, and Jiang Qingci's voice came from outside the window: "It's here, please wait for the two ladies." ”

Chu Yao lifted the corner of the curtain, saw him turn over and dismount, and greeted the person guarding the door, the man asked, "On such a hot day, why did Yanei come?" ”

Jiang Qing said: "I'll deliver something to my father, and I'll come out in a quarter of an hour." ”

The man did not hesitate and let him in.

Chu Yao looked at the figure that gradually disappeared into the yamen, and then believed that he really did not lie to himself.

It was getting midday, the umbrellas were stretched high, and the carriage gradually began to get hot because it stood still and there was no wind pouring in. Chu Yao had no choice but to lift the curtain to breathe and chat with Zhiye to relieve boredom.

She asked Zhiye what her plans were next, if she wanted to go back to her hometown to join her relatives, she could prepare enough for her.

Zhiye shook his head and said no, she was born in a family with many brothers and sisters, her father and mother did not love her, if she went back, she was afraid that she would be married by her father and mother to earn a bride price, so it was better to stay here and serve the Zhou family with Sister A.

Chu Yao smiled: "I took you out of the Lu family, I don't want you to be a slave anymore." Now we have some money in hand, let's set up a shop in a few days, can we do business by ourselves? ”

Zhiye clapped his hands happily and said yes, and after the two of them planned with great interest, they didn't notice that a team of people came out of the palace.

The man at the head was dressed in a red black riding suit, his indifferent facial features had a noble and indifferent atmosphere, and his slender and open eyebrows casually glanced at the carriage parked not far from the gate, and his footsteps immediately stopped.

Through the car window, he saw a familiar gentle face, with a fair and delicate neck leaning forward slightly, cherry pink lips, and bright eyebrows, as if he was talking to someone happy about something.

How did she get here?

Did she come to find herself?

Probably, does she know anyone else here besides herself?

It's just that he has military affairs to be busy at this time, and he has no time to pay attention to her.

It is also time to dry her, so that she knows what she is wrong.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhan raised his feet and continued to walk out, just turning his back from the direction of the carriage.

Chu Yao heard the sound of footsteps, and curiously glanced at the door of the mansion, just in time to see a group of majesticly dressed people leaving, Jiang Qingci stepped over the high threshold with his robe raised, and strode towards the carriage.