When Li Si walked out of the teahouse, he was still holding the red paper umbrella, and the rain curtain hanging from the umbrella half-hid his face, making it difficult for people to see his appearance clearly.

He used his jade pendant as collateral and exchanged two hundred taels of golden tickets for the little guy in Fengyulou.

This is not his pit wind and rain building, and his jade pendant is not an ordinary jade, even if it is really sold, it is estimated that it can be sold for two or three hundred taels of gold.

It's just that that jade pendant is useless for him now, it's better to save someone with money, and it should be a good fate.

Holding an umbrella and walking towards the street, the raindrops hit the umbrella surface, with bursts of soft sounds, such as the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, often whispering.

"Huh. When he suddenly thought of something, Li Si under the umbrella shook his head and chuckled softly.

I can't imagine that the name of a thief in my life can be exchanged for two hundred taels of gold, and I will not lose anything.

Thinking so, he hooked the corners of his mouth, casually leaned the red umbrella on his shoulder, and walked away slowly.

It wasn't until he saw the red umbrella disappear into the gray and black street that the little maid in the teahouse looked down at the jade pendant in his hand with a complicated expression, and then turned around and walked into the store.

He was going to write a letter to Xiao Muqiu.

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The first rain of spring rained for three days in a row, which made people's mood a little gloomy.

In the Wanhualou on this day, Yan Ziqing sat alone in the gazebo in his backyard, silent.

If nothing else, her mother would send someone to pick her up in the afternoon and take her to the rich merchant's house.

The courtyard of Wanhualou is much larger and quieter than that of Qianjialou. Surrounded by towering pavilions and walls, people can't see the outside, only a narrow blue sky. And today, even this side of the blue sky is cloudy.

The courtyard is planted with all kinds of flowers and plants, and there are rockeries and flowing water among the plants and trees, and there are countless swimming fish in the flowing water.

No matter how you look at it, it's a fairly well-furnished yard. Spring is coming, the grass and trees in the courtyard are verdant, and the flowers and branches are clustered, which is beautiful in its own right.

It's a pity that the people sitting in the courtyard today have no intention of enjoying such a view.

She sat alone on the edge of the railing of the pavilion, watching the water trickling under the pavilion, without any gleam in her eyes, just pursing her lips and silently in a daze.

Suddenly, her eyes turned red, and she raised her hand to gently wipe away the tears in her eyes, but she endured it and didn't cry.

It was quiet all around, and the woman sitting in the pavilion went back and forth several times.

Finally, she still couldn't hold back, and cried, and a tear fell to the ground and shattered.

The woman's shoulders trembled, and she covered her cheeks with her hands.

She seemed to cry bitterly, but she still didn't make a sound.

"What are you crying about?" at this moment, a flat voice abruptly broke the silence of the courtyard.

Yan Ziqing, who was sitting in the pavilion, was startled, raised his head, quickly wiped away the tears on his face, and asked in a cold voice with an unnatural flush.

"Who?"

"Guests. The voice continued to reply flatly.

Yan Ziqing looked sideways at the voice, but saw two figures, one large and one small, sitting on the wall by the courtyard, wearing black clothes, wearing a black scarf, holding a red umbrella, looking at her silently.

The light rain rustled, and everything in the yard was already wet, with a thin layer of reflection.

Under the red umbrella, the large figure looked a little languid, its emaciated body slightly hunched, one foot on the wall, and its arm propped up at its knees. The red umbrella was held diagonally by him, just enough to cover the two people under the umbrella.

The three of them should have looked at each other for a while, and after half a sound, Yan Ziqing calmly withdrew his gaze and said a little coldly.

"You are the first to bring your children to visit the Qinglou. ”

Li Si, who was sitting on the courtyard wall, looked a little embarrassed, he actually didn't want to do this, but when he said in the store that he was going to help Yan Ziqing, Ning Caihe said that he would come with him, he couldn't resist him, so he had to bring this kid with him.

Ning Caihe, who was sitting on the side, was also red-faced, he just wanted to follow his brother to rob the rich and help the poor, but who knew that what he saw was a group of warblers, Yanyan and Rouge Fandel, which made his heart beat even now. Fortunately, he had a face towel, otherwise he would really have no face to see.

The courtyard was silent for a while, until Yan Ziqing continued to ask.

"How did you get in?"

At this time, Yan Ziqing was very calm, even if she could see that these two people were obviously not serious guests, and they might even be robbers or flower thieves.

But right now, her situation couldn't be worse, so her mood didn't fluctuate.

Anyway, in her opinion, being bought by a rich merchant is the same as being robbed by a robber.

"Walked in. Li Si replied softly without concealment.

"Yes. Yan Ziqing replied lightly.

Then, the atmosphere between the three of them dropped to freezing point again, and it was so quiet that it made people palpitate.

So Li Si asked the first question again.

"Why are you crying just now?"

"I didn't cry. Yan Ziqing directly denied Li Si's statement.

"I've seen it all. Li Si calmly recounted the facts he had seen.

"That's none of your business. Yan Ziqing's tone was a little colder.

"But you're a Qinglou woman. Li Si held the umbrella and said, "Isn't it my duty to laugh?"

With that, he took out a paper ball from his arms and threw it to Yan Ziqing.

"I'll pay for you, give me a smile. ”

"Huh. Yan Ziqing sneered, looked back at the paper ball that fell beside her, and said.

"I've been ······"

But before she could finish speaking, she was already stunned.

Because she found that the paper ball was actually two golden tickets, two golden tickets of one hundred taels, and there was a broken silver of one tael in the middle.

"One hundred taels, I will redeem you. One hundred taels, go back and live a good life. and a tael of silver, which I will give you as a reward. ”

Under the red umbrella, Li Si said.

In the rain, his figure seemed very blurred.

"This ······" Yan Ziqing hadn't come back to her senses yet, she just stared blankly at the paper ball on the ground, and after a long time, she slowly reached out and picked it up.

"You ······"

But at this time, there was already a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard.

Li Si glanced at the voice, and then pulled Xiaohe on the side to get up and said.

"It seems that there is no way to wait for you to laugh today, count it as you owe me. Let's go first, and the next time we meet, don't forget to return it. ”

With that, he jumped off the wall with Ning Caihe.

"Wait a minute!" At this time, Yan Ziqing reacted and ran out of the pavilion to chase after her, but how could she still catch up with the figures of those two people, she could only see a red umbrella floating away in the rain.

"Who the hell are you······"

Looking blankly at the direction in which the red umbrella was leaving, Yan Ziqing asked the last question she hadn't had time to ask, but it was already unanswered.

The light rain was endless, but in a trance, Yan Ziqing was next to the wall where the two of them had stayed, and smelled a faint smell of medicine.

Is it the man just now, she thought to herself, clutching the paper ball in her hand tightly.

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Outside Yan Ziqing's courtyard, Li Si and Ning Caihe were about to leave Wanhualou, but suddenly, he heard a sound of breaking the air behind him.

He immediately pulled Ning Caihe behind him, let go of the red umbrella, turned around and slapped him.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound sounded, and the red umbrella was swept up in the air by the energy, and a figure touched Li Si and took a few steps back.

And Li Si jumped up, caught the red umbrella, and landed on the ground with Ning Caihe.

At this time, he saw clearly the figure that attacked him, and to his surprise, it was Wanhualou's mother, Lady Liu.

The woman's figure was bloated and short, but at this time she was slowly standing up straight, looking at Li Si with a serious expression, as if she said with a little helplessness.

"You shouldn't have taken care of this matter, everyone has their own fate, so why should you meddle?"

Li Si was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and replied, "Then I'm in charge now, isn't it also her life?"

Listening to Li Si's words, Mother Liu's expression was stunned, and then she tightened her eyes again.

"Two hundred taels of gold, you're really generous. ”

"It's hard to buy a beauty smile, I only used two hundred taels, no loss. Li Si replied with a smile, and the next moment, he took up the light gong and took Ning Caihe to step on the wind.

In the rain, the red shadow was fleeting and disappeared into the Wanhualou, leaving a scattered raindrop.

Mother Liu knew that she couldn't stop Li Si, so she stood in place and snorted.

Then, she turned her head with a complicated expression and glanced at Yan Ziqing's courtyard. Half a sound, as if he had made a decision, he didn't care about it anymore, smiled again, twisted his fat body by himself, and walked back to Wanhualou.

(End of chapter)