Yi Dan returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and came to the west side of the backyard arranged for her by Steward Zhang, outside the row of rooms dedicated to servants on the far left. Seeing that the room had been uninhabited for a long time, there was some dust and cobwebs. So she picked up her broom and cleaned it gently.

Sweeping and sweeping, Yi Dan heard the sound of men and women playing next door. So she paused curiously and listened carefully. At this time, I heard a young man's voice say, "Mei'er, look, is this golden hairpin pretty? I bought it for ten taels of silver, so I'll give it to you." ”

A young woman's voice responded, "Well, I'm good-looking, thank you, Brother Xiong." ”

Brother Naxiong said, "Then, do you want to marry me?"

Mei'er said: "You don't have anything now, let's talk about this question later." ”

"But I'm also trying to save money, I've already saved a lot of money, if you marry me, I can buy a small house in Guangzhou immediately, and become our new house. Brother Naxiong said.

"Just have a little house, and you're full, and you're full of sitting in your little house every day?" said Name.

"Well, we can do a little business, and life will always get better and better. Brother Xiong said.

"That's enough, you better save some more money. I took it, and next time I want to buy it, I'll buy a heavier one. Namier said.

"Well, you can promise me not to marry anyone else. Brother Xiong said.

"Then you have to save more money quickly, or I'll marry someone else. Meier said.

"Don't be been, I'll just work hard to save money, I'll go out first, you can rest well." With that, the man left the next room, and there was no sound.

When passing by the door of Yi Dan's room, Yi Dan deliberately looked at the window, this man was not the same time that they brought fruit in the morning. Was it one of the two housekeepers he met in the hallway? Yi Dan wondered who lived next door? This row was a servant's room, she must be a maid too, right?

Yi Dan was guessing when he heard another man coming next door. The man whispered, "Mei'er, are you there?"

Mei'er said, "Brother Fei, is there something wrong with you?"

The man named Feige took out a good jade lock from his arms, handed it to Mei'er and said, "Mei'er, look, this jade lock." It was made of Khotanese jade from the Western Regions, I heard that it originally flowed out of the Tang Palace, and I spent a dozen taels of silver to buy it, and I specially took it to give it to you, do you like it?"

Mei'er took the jade lock, looked at it, and liked it very much, so she nodded and said, "Well, it's not bad." Thank you, Phine. ”

"No thanks, as long as you like Mei'er, just let me take the stars from the sky. I hope that with this jade lock, I can lock your heart. Meier. When are you going to marry me?" said Fei Ge.

After Mei'er picked up the jade lock, her face changed and said: "Your family is in that poor and dilapidated Leizhou, and you don't even have a house, only a broken fishing boat. Do you want me to follow you in the wind and sun on the sea for the rest of my life? My skin is so white, I can't stand that kind of sin. ”

"How so? I feel so sorry for you, I will definitely not let you suffer from that sin of wind and sun. I'll tell you the truth, I've saved a few hundred taels of silver, and I've already thought about it, as long as you're willing to marry me, I'll buy a small mansion in Panyu City. At that time, we can still live in this bustling Guangzhou, and we can also do some small business, how good you say, Meier. ”

"You see, Gui'er, who came with me at the time, married a businessman, and now she is doing well. I think that's all you can do. You want me to marry you, unless you have to make enough money for the rest of my life. ”

"Mei'er, although the merchant Gui'er married was rich, it was an old man in his fifties, and there were seven or eight concubines. I'm sure that Gui'er won't be much happier either. Don't think about it so much, just follow me, I promise to marry only you. Phineas said.

"Then you can save more money, and then go out to make a big deal and make a lot of money in the future. Meier said.

"Mei'er, please believe me, I mean it to you. Fei Ge confessed stupidly.

"I know, I believe in you. But you also have to show your ability and make me believe it, it's not too early, you should go back to doing things quickly. With that, Mei'er pushed the Fei Ge out of the door.

"Okay, Mei'er, you wait for me, I will definitely save a lot of money to marry you, and I will definitely let you live the happiest life in the world. ”

"I see, you can hurry up. ”

Brother Fei reluctantly left Mei'er's room and passed by Yi Dan's door. Yi Dan hid in front of the window and looked quietly, it turned out that this man was also one of the family members he met in the morning. Yi Dan thought: No wonder these two people were so tacit in the morning, they both liked the same woman, Yi Dan was very curious about what the woman next door looked like?

After Yi Dan cleaned the room, he began to slowly sweep the corridor with a broom, and when he arrived at Na Mei'er's door, Yi Dan deliberately looked up to see what this Mei'er looked like.

I saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman sitting in the room, with big eyes and white skin, sitting in front of the bronze mirror with her head scratching her head, fiddling with the golden hairpin on her head, and putting the jade lock on her chest and trying again and again, no matter how she took it, it was not enough (if there was a mobile phone in that era, I believe she would definitely pout and pretend to be cute and keep taking selfies, and it must also have a beauty function. ）

The broom in Yi Dan's hand deliberately swept with great force, attracting the attention of the woman in the house.

Sure enough, when the woman heard the sound, she quickly turned her head to look at Yi Dan at the door and said, "Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm a new maid, you call me Dan'er, may I ask who you are?" Yi Dan deliberately inquired.

"Oh, it turns out that you are what Steward Zhang said, that new maid?" said the woman named Mei'er disdainfully.

"yes, that's me. Yi Dan said.

The woman held her head high, touched the jade lock on her neck, and said proudly: "I am the general affairs of the maids in this house, and all the maids in this house listen to me, so you can call me Sister Mei'er in the future." ”

Yi Dan muttered: "After all, isn't she also a maid?

"What are you muttering?" asked Na Mei'er.

"Oh nothing, okay, Sister Mei'er. Yi Dan responded again and again.

Na Mei'er said angrily, "Well, go and get me a pot of hot water." It's time for me to drink ginseng soup. ”

After Yi Dan heard this, he almost didn't spurt out a blood or two, a maid's general affairs, even if he was one level higher than the maid, but after all, he was still a worker working in the Xiangfu, why was he so arrogant and arrogant? It's unimaginable. Thinking about it, Yi Dan began to be in a trance.

"What are you doing? Didn't you hear me? Let me tell you, you are in this mansion, and you are directly under my control. In the future, if you do not listen to me, you will have good fruit to eat. Na Mei'er threatened Yi Dan.

Yi Dan rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, I know, I'll go get hot water." ”

Yi Dan put down the broom, went to the boiling water room to get a pot of boiling water, and brought it back.

At the door, I heard another man's voice in Mei'er's room. Yi Dan leaned lightly on the window, wanting to hear which man would confess to the incomparable beauty this time.

Yi Dan took a closer look and couldn't help but widen his eyes. I saw that I was at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the morning. One of the Uighur men who checked their fruit cart was actually in Mei'er's room. He looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and straight. The handsome and heroic face is still slightly immature and green.

Then. The Uighur man took out two villains from his arms, made of dry grass, and said to Na Mei'er in a slightly green Tang voice: "Mei'er, look, are these two little people good-looking?"

Mei'er glanced at her. casually perfunctory: "It looks good." Elk Tai Rongxuan, what are you doing here? Aren't you trying to protect the master?"

It turned out that the Uighur man's name was Eltai Rongxuan, and Mi Tairongxuan quickly explained: "I just changed guards with them. I'm resting now. You see, these two straw men are like the two of us, right? You see this tall one is me, and this one with pigtails is you. Elk Tai Rongxuan took a small figure in one hand, teased Na Mei'er, and said, "Do you think this is fun?"

Mei'er said perfunctorily: "It's fun." ”

Elk Tairong asked, "Then are you happy?"

Mei'er said with an unhappy face: "Happy"

Elk Tai Rongxuan handed one of the straw figures to Mei'er and said, "Then I'll give you this one that looks like mine, and then leave the one like me, what do you think?"

At this time, Mei'er finally said impatiently: "You are such a big person, why do you still play with such children's things? ”

Eltairong preached: "Oh you don't know, this is our Uighur custom. A-Niang said that if you see which girl you like, you will pick some wild flowers on the grassland and tie them into two little people, and if the girl accepts it, she will express her willingness to marry him. Mei'er, are you willing to accept this little person I pierced?"

Mei'er said unreasonably: "Okay, you can put things on this table." ”

Mi Tai Rongxuan happily put the straw man on Mei'er's dresser: "Great, Mei'er, so, are you willing to marry me?"

Mei'er changed her words and asked, "I heard Lan'er say that your father is the leader of a Uighur tribe, right?"

Elk Tairong preached: "yes, what's wrong?"

"Since your father is the leader of the tribe, you can stay in the tribe and live a comfortable life like a young master. Why did you come all the way to Guangzhou to protect others?" asked Mei'er, puzzled.

Elk Tairongxuan explained: "That's the case, my father said, let me come to Tang to study and learn, increase my knowledge, and learn from each other's strengths." Besides, our Uighur soldiers are all equal, regardless of whether they are high or low, so I have to stand guard at the gate, just like them. ”

"Then, will you also be a tribal leader in the future?" asked Mei'er.

The Uighur boy thought for a moment and said, "Now that the Western Regions are also fighting, I don't really want to live that kind of fight-and-kill life. It would be wonderful to live in seclusion on the grassland with the people we like, like our Uighur ancestors, herding horses and sheep, and living a very leisurely life. Mei'er, do you know? I liked you at first sight, can you stay with me?"

Mei'er said: "You don't want to be the leader, how can I stay with you?"

"What's so good about being a leader? Not to mention being a leader, even if you are a king or an emperor, maybe no shepherd is happy. Those people were worried all day long, and they couldn't sleep well. Either I'm afraid of losing power, or I'm afraid of losing my land, and I'm annoyed to death anyway. Mi Tai Rongxuan said.

Mei'er asked rhetorically: "Isn't it bad to have power? Whatever you want, you can have? Who in the world doesn't want power?"

Elk Tairong preached: "My father said it. People with power, the more they get, the greater the responsibility on their shoulders. I don't want to live as tired as him, so I'd better herd the horses and sheep and live happily. Mei'er, are you willing to live with me to live a life that is free from the world?"

Mei'er listened to Elk Tai Rongxuan's words, and responded very disappointed and embarrassed: "I heard others say that the Western Regions are all deserts full of yellow sand, and there is not even water. It's cold in the winter and hot in the summer. I also want to herd sheep and horses with you, the wind and the sun, I don't want to go on such days. ”

Eltai Rongxuan hurriedly explained: "Those are people who have never been to the Western Regions, and they have a misunderstanding of the Western Regions. Although there are deserts in the Western Regions, there are also large areas of fertile fields and grasslands, the grasslands are clear and beautiful, the cattle and sheep are fat, and the fields are full of grapes. The melon and fruit are fragrant. There are also the endless Tianshan Mountains, you don't know how beautiful they are. ”

"Even if it's as beautiful as you say, so what? If you don't become a leader, will you let me go with you to suffer?" asked Mei'er.

"No, it won't. If you want to go back with me, I will love you very much, and we can herd the horses and sheep and pick the grapes. How good a day like this is, and it is happier than being a leader and a king. Don't you like it?" Mi Tairong asked innocently.

"That's what you like, not what I like. Meier said.

Elk Tairong asked, "Then what do you like?"

Mei'er put the jade bracelet on her hand. shook it in front of Elk Tai Rongxuan and said, "I like this." ”

Elk Tairong asked puzzledly: "Isn't this just a stone, it can't be eaten and can't be used, why do you like it?"

Mei'er said in surprise: "A stone, then you go and pick up a piece for me, to put it lightly, why are you Hu people so stupid? ”

Elk Tai Rongxuan said: "No, what I said is the truth." When I was a child, I went to Khotan with my father, and saw that the river was full of such stones, we all picked them up, and played on the water. ”

When Mei'er heard this, Emperor Xing asked, "Really? You said that your river is full of such stones?"

Elk Tai Rongxuan said with an innocent face: "Yes." But that's been when I was a kid, and I think you guys here like this stone so much, I guess they've all been picked up by now. ”

Mei'er's face changed from surprise to disdain: "Then what else are you talking about?"

Eltai Rongxuan said stupidly: "I just want to say, in fact, these stones, gold and silver, are not important to us. ”

"What's most important to you?" asked Mei'er.

Lu Tai Rong Xuan replied: "In our place, the most important thing is life, sunshine, and water, as well as the friendship between people, and..."

"What else?" asked Mei'er disdainfully.

Elk Tairong blushed and whispered shyly: "There is also the beautiful love between the guy and the girl..."

When Mei'er heard this, she said impatiently: "Okay, I'll take the things, you go out first, it's not good for people to see it for a while." ”

"Okay, Mei'er, I hope you like this gift I gave you. I'll go first, you have to be happy. After making a cute grimace at Mei'er, Mi Tairong Xuan turned around and left the room.

Yi Dan outside was lying on the wall, and when he heard Elk Tairong Xuan leaving, he hurriedly retreated to his room to avoid being embarrassed.

Yi Dan was in the next room, and when he saw the Uighur boy leaving, he slowly walked to the door of Mei'er's room while carrying the kettle.

I saw that Mei'er threw the little straw man that the Uighur boy had given her just now into the dustpan under the dresser, and continued to admire her golden hairpin and jade lock.

"Knock knock" Yi Danjiang knocked lightly on the door and said, "Sister Mei'er, I have already brought boiling water." ”

Mei'er looked at the bronze mirror and said without looking back: "Well, there is a pack of ginseng slices in the left drawer, you can take it out and make a few slices for me." Remember to rinse the cup first, I don't want to see any dust. ”

"Well, got it. Yi Dan thought to himself, why is this Mei'er so arrogated, is it just because there are three men circling around him? Forget it, I am too lazy to worry about her, the purpose of staying in the Prime Minister's Mansion is to investigate the case, but I don't want to delay the business because of these small things. She let herself make a ginseng tea, and she made it, anyway, she didn't want to be a maid here for the rest of her life, and she just endured it.

"Well, to be a maid, you have to be diligent and obedient, I also came here like this, you have to learn a little hard, and it will get better and better in the future. Na Mei'er looked in the mirror and said proudly. Yi Dan brewed ginseng tea and didn't pay attention to what she said. (To be continued.) )