Wu Yueguo, Hangzhou City, Late Spring.

The Sima family in Hangzhou, which is a rich and rival country surname, is second only to the Qian family in the importance of its speech, because the surname of King Wu Yue is Qian.

One by silver, the other by power.

These are things that everyone dreams of, but there are two people who have really acquired them from birth.

One is Sima Fengnian's only daughter, the pearl of the Sima family, Sima Pet. I heard that Sima Pet is the best in the world, and he is known as "the first beauty in the south of the Yangtze River".

The other is the young master of the Qian family, Qian Jin. I heard that Qian Jin is a gentleman, and he doesn't know how to learn.

Therefore, the two families failed to marry, and I heard that it was actually Sima Fengnian who wanted to climb the Jianghu sect, so he let his palm pearl Sima Pet and the youngest grandson of the martial arts alliance leader make a marriage contract.

On the shore of West Lake, one painting boat docked, it was noon at this time, and naturally there were few tourists.

Among the boats, there is one of the tallest and most beautiful that stands out, and the word "Sima" on the small flag on the bow indicates its belonging.

For more than half a month, Sima Pet has been living on this painting boat, attracting countless young people to come to the West Lake every day, or chanting poetry loudly, or playing the piano solo, and I heard that Sima Girl likes martial arts, so she came to the lake to play martial arts, all of which made her strength closer, just wanting to please the beauty.

But all are useless.

In the past half a month, Miss Sima has never looked at this side.

In the afternoon, the lake breeze is just right, and the water is rippling.

A person wearing an emerald green brocade shirt walked out of the painting boat, with a graceful figure and a slender posture, an increase of one point is too long, and a decrease of one point is too short. The waist is like a bundle, the teeth are like shellfish, the eyebrows are like distant mountains without depiction, and the lips are not dotted if they are coated with sand.

Standing quietly at the stern of the boat, the West Lake reflects a beautiful figure.

Xi Shi plays with the moon in the water, and reflects the beauty of eternity.

"Miss, you can't run outside with so few clothes. A delicate little girl came out and said coquettishly.

Sima Pet slowly hooked his hand, and the little girl approached with a smile, but was pinched in the face: "You girl, dare to laugh at me, right?"

The two frolicked and ran back to the boat, leaving behind only a silver bell-like laugh.

At the same moment, the city gate of Hangzhou.

Dugujing, A-Yao, and Du Xi'er entered the city.

Now they have arrived in Hangzhou, but the three of them also face a bigger problem. Although he knew that Le Zheng Shang would bring the Qin Valley Lord to Hangzhou, he didn't know where the Le Zheng Chamber of Commerce was staying, and the three of them had no relatives or friends here.

With no relatives, naturally there is no one to turn to, and there is no way to find out.

But Du Xi'er didn't think so.

"Smell the incense. ”

No matter who lives in the attic style on the edge of Yongping Lake, the person who built it is Sima Fengnian, and the people who live there use the high-grade rouge that only Wenxiangzhai has.

"So go to Wenxiangzhai first, and then go to Sima Mansion. Du Xi'er said.

Wen Xiang Zhai is a well-known rouge businessman, Wen Xiang Zhai does not do ordinary business, does not do green house business, only do the business of large households. Even with the major families are directly linked, for each rich family in the wife or the powerful family of the lady tailor-made, if you can buy a box of Wen Xiang Zhai rouge, that is a symbol of status and status.

But this person just knocked over the box of rouge and threw it in the building and did not take it away.

On the shore of the West Lake, smell the incense.

Before entering the door, I smelled the aroma of rouge, and when I looked up, I saw an ordinary black plaque with no characteristics, three golden large-character books on it, and one in the corner, I couldn't see what was written.

Du Xi'er took out the box of rouge and walked into the door, Dugujing followed behind him and couldn't help but look at Du Xi'er's hand twice, his eyes moved slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"A few guest officers, the shop is not open to the public......" A woman with a little rouge hurriedly approached when she saw the three of them, and saw the dress of the three of them in the middle of the conversation, and quickly stopped talking.

has been open for many years, and the woman still has this eyesight, and she can see it at a glance whether she is a person in the rivers and lakes.

"Three heroes, why did you come to my place to smell the incense?" the woman asked, and as she spoke, she glanced at the box of rouge in Du Xi'er's hand, but her expression was calm and unchanged.

"Are you the shopkeeper here?" Du Xi'er looked around and saw that this woman was the only one, so she asked.

The woman was stunned for a moment, and understood that the first time these three people came here, whether the entire Hangzhou city could afford rouge or not, who didn't know that she would be called Mrs. Yu when she entered the door?

Mrs. Yu smiled and said: "The slave family is, and the guest officials who come here call me Mrs. Yu." ”

"Do you know this thing?" Du Xi'er didn't pay attention to what her name was, and directly handed over the box of rouge.

Mrs. Yu pretended to have just seen it and took it: "This box of rouge ...... It looks like my Wenxiangzhai item, but presumably the three heroes also understand, I Wenxiangzhai said that it is not big, it is not small, and the rouge sold is not tens of thousands, but at least thousands, this ...... I really can't be sure. ”

"A beggar can smell that this is your rouge from smelling incense, and you tell me you don't know?" asked Ah Yao coldly, frowning between her eyebrows.

"Beggar?" Mrs. Yu scoffed, "What does a beggar know, how can a beggar's words be trusted......

Before he finished speaking, Du Xi'er's green dragon sword and the silent unsheath pressed on Mrs. Yu's neck.

"Don't do it, let the slave family check the woman......"

"Check, how do you check?" Du Xi'er did not withdraw the Qinglong Sword.

"Wenxiangzhai sells a lot of rouge is mostly a different recipe, the slave family for so many years to make a new rouge to record it, although there are many types, but as long as it takes a little more time to find out, and even know which big family it sold to. ”

"Okay, I'll give you time. ”

Seeing that the tip of the sword was far away from her neck, Mrs. Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then please ask the three heroes to sit here for a while, wait for a while, and the slave family will go to the inner room to check them one by one." ”

Seeing Mrs. Yu leave with the rouge, Dugujing was worried: "Let her take it, will something happen?"

Ah Yao said: "She walks heavily, breathes rapidly, and is an ordinary person who has never practiced martial arts at all, so I don't dare to forgive her." ”

The three of them sat down and waited in Wenxiangzhai, just after noon, there were pedestrians coming and going on the street outside the door, and sometimes there were female relatives who cast admiring glances at Wenxiangzhai.

After about a stick of incense, Ah Yao said a little impatiently: "I'll go in and have a look." He lifted the curtain and went into the back room.

"Why is it so slow, you woman shouldn't be lazy?" was A-Yao's voice.

"Ahh......h

"I'm not interested in you, hurry up and ......"

After Ah Yao came out, the three of them knew that Mrs. Yu was indeed checking the records, so they could only continue to wait. But the more time I waited, more than an hour passed, and the time was almost dawning, and there was still no movement in the back room.

Du Xi'er has long been a little impatient, and if he delays here for a moment, he will rescue his master a moment later. got up and lifted the curtain of the door like A-Yao, but stood still and didn't go in.

"The man is gone!"

The voice that couldn't hear the emotion came, and the shocked Dugujing and A-Yao rushed over at the same time, and the three of them rushed into the house at the same time, but they saw that the house was empty, there was no one, only a wide open window

I saw that all kinds of incense powders, spices, and many unfinished rouge were placed around the room, and on a low table in the middle were all kinds of tools that I didn't recognize, presumably all of which were used for rouge.

When Ah Yao came in before, Mrs. Yu was lying on this low table and looking through an account book, but at this moment, the account book also disappeared without a trace.

Du Xi'er was already relaying herself to restrain herself, and she was almost on the verge of breaking out.

The three of them jumped out of the window, and outside was an alley next to Wenxiangzhai, which was unremarkable and unremarkable. More than an hour, enough for one person to leave, and he can't stop him from going anywhere.

I inquired around, but I saw that the people around me looked at the three people with strange eyes, and then they all shook their heads, and even asked several people.

Or Dugujing had a whim, stopped one person and asked: "This big brother, we are from other places, I don't know why there is no one in this Wenxiangzhai, what is the way here?"

The eldest brother who was stopped was also a kind person, so he replied: "Little brother doesn't know, this Wen Xiangzhai just needs to shout Mrs. Yu when he enters the door, and he doesn't care who comes out, whether it's a man or a woman." ”

"Oh, what does that mean?"

"Because Wen Xiang Zhai has never done business in this small shop, he came to invite the owner of Wen Xiang Zhai to come to the door, so the shopkeeper here is not really a shopkeeper, and it changes every day, there are men and women, just call Mrs. Yu. ”

Dugujing thanked me.

"It's been put on the table!" Ah Yao said angrily.

"Go to Sima Mansion. Du Xi'er went straight to Sima Mansion without saying a word.

Dusk, sunset.

The painting boat docked by the West Lake, there were beauties moving lotus steps on the boat, pedestrians stopping on the shore, and young people watching.

"I heard that someone saw Miss Sima today, and it was the first time she appeared in more than half a month. ”

It's a pity, I have a shallow relationship with Miss Sima, and I don't have the opportunity to see her alluring city. ”

"Really, tell me about it!" said another.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's hear it. Someone next to him chimed in.

"It's on that boat, it's the biggest and most beautiful over there. I heard that at noon, Miss Sima was dressed in an emerald green Luo shirt, standing in the stern of the boat, looking at the reflection in the lake. ”

Dugujing stood aside, and also looked at the painting boat that the man was pointing to, the curtains were heavy, and it was impossible to know if there was anyone in the boat. On the shore on the side, there were still people who began to play with literature and chant poetry, in a vain attempt to attract the attention of the people on board.

"Dugu Gongzi has ever seen Miss Sima?" asked Ah Yao in a low voice, still holding Du Xi'er with one hand. If it weren't for A-Yao dragging her, she would have run away a long time ago. After hearing that the person on the boat was Sima Pet, Du Xi'er also stopped and was no longer in a hurry to go to Sima Mansion.