[MTL] Dressed as the villain's main room in the novel

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Chapter 11 The House

    ◎I am the master, you are the servant◎

    "Second young lady wants to buy a house? I don't know your price..."

    He held back his surprise and surprise, and looked at Jiang Yao tentatively.

    Jiang Yao glanced at her and sighed, "Of course it's too expensive. To be honest, I met water bandits on the boat that came here, and I don't have much money left in my hand.

    " "Now I only have more than fifty taels of silver in my hand. Look and find me a house." She

    was originally a merchant woman, and she has been familiar with various prices since she was a child. No more than thirty taels.

    He's eyeballs rolled, and he quickly screened in his heart.

    The houses in this village, even if they are green brick and large tile houses, only twenty taels are enough, and she can get a few taels from it when the time comes.

    She made up her mind to cheat Jiang Yao out of the fifty taels in Jiang Yao's hands as soon as possible.

    "When you say that, I think of a house. The son of that family went out to do business, and took the old couple to the city. The house has been vacant, and the villagers help take care of it, and they asked us to help sell it. "

    In fact, the other party didn't intend to sell it at all, but He felt that it was empty, and the family hadn't come back for several years.

    Jiang Yao curled her lips, "Okay, take us to see the house." "

    Hey, come with me."

    He beamed with joy, and led them to the house with a weeper.

    Along the way, the villagers looked at them curiously and whispered to each other.

    "This is the second young lady of the Hou's Mansion from the capital?"

    "Looks like she is indeed a fairy."

    "I don't know why she married a dead person. How long do you think she can stay here?"

    "The affairs of this big family are very complicated, so don't think about it if you have nothing to do. Didn't the wife of the Xiao family in Yunzhou let us watch her? It looks like she was driven here on purpose." Jiang Yao listened to these voices with his left ear

    . Her right ear came out, her expression was indifferent, and she asked Mrs. He, "Auntie, how far is it from the nearest county?" Mrs. He

    immediately became vigilant when he heard the words, "Is the second young lady going to the town?"

    Jiang Yao said: "Of course I’m going to buy something.”

    He said with a smile, “It’s not far, only ten miles, and it’s an hour’s walk away. If you go to the county town, ask my second son to accompany you. He uses bullock carts every market day. Go to the town and the county."

    The second son must be the one watching her, Jiang Yao knew it well, and said: "Then go this afternoon, clean the house, and you can stay at night." Naturally, He didn't disagree

    . Agreeing, Huanhuanxi led her to the vacant house in the village.

    There is one main house, three bedrooms, and two side houses. The house is neither new nor old. Fortunately, it is a tile-roofed house, and the yard is also built with a wall instead of a fence. The overall situation is better than other houses in the village.

    It can be seen that the original owner has some background.

    "It's here."

    Just passing by the village chief's house, Mrs. He had already gone back to get the house key, opened the courtyard door, Jiang Yao and others walked in, and saw that although weeds were growing in the courtyard, the overall condition was good. All in good condition.

    Pushing open the door, the furniture in the room is complete, but the cabinets are all empty, and you need to buy quilts, bowls and chopsticks by yourself.

    "How is it okay? The son of this family has made money and made money. This house was renovated a few years ago."

    Jiang Yao took a rough look and was quite satisfied. He asked, "How much money do you want to buy this house?"

    Mr. He I made up my mind on the way, and said with a smile, "Second Young Madam, you have also seen that this house is much better than other houses, so it's worth the number."

    She stretched out her hand to compare the number.

    "Forty taels?" Zisu's eyes widened, "Isn't this just a house in the village? A shop in Yunzhou is only about a hundred taels." Jiang Yao had expected that she

    would open her mouth like a lion, which was just right for her. She agreed, because she had no intention of actually buying a house.

    She won't live here for a long time, so why waste money.

    She was just looking for an opportunity to go back to Yunzhou, and no matter how bad she was, she would buy a house in Yunzhou.

    Xianglian sternly said: "You woman, are you trying to raise the price deliberately because of my young lady's bullying? Do you know that according to your status, you are a descendant of the servant of the Hou's mansion, and my young lady is the second young lady of the Hou's mansion. Are you trying to bully me?" Lord?"

    He married from the next village and grew up in the countryside. Although she knew that her husband's ancestors were servants of the Hou family, she never cared about it. It had been so many years, and she had already left registered.

    She really didn't know if her family was still a servant of the Hou family.

    "Oh, let's see what you're talking about." He was stunned for a moment, then quickly stabilized himself, and said with a smile, "I don't have the guts, it's really the price that the owner of this house offered at the beginning, and I will help sell it. , but you won't get any benefits."

    She made up her mind that Jiang Yao should either buy the house, or go live in that dilapidated thatched cottage.

    Jiang Yao said: "Since you can't afford it, let's rent it. How much is it for a month?" "

    Ah..." Mrs. He didn't expect Jiang Yao to change his mind again.

    Jiang Yao: "No rent? That's fine, then we can go to the county to stay in a hotel. There's nothing we can do about it. It's not that we don't abide by the rules of the Xiao family." She sighed, "Oh, although my husband and I have never met,

    but I often dream of him, thinking that if he was alive, he would definitely not let me suffer this situation, so he would definitely not blame me for not accompanying him every day to offer incense." "No!" Hearing that Jiang Yao was going to live in the county

    , He immediately quit.

    Mrs. Xiao explained that Jiang Yao cannot be allowed to leave the village no matter what.

    If someone went to the county and ran away, she couldn't bear the responsibility.

    "You woman is such a rascal, you don't want to rent a house and don't let me stay in a hotel in the town, so what do you want?" Jiang Yao raised her eyebrows, and her tone became sharp.

    "Then let us live in your house? That's okay, please clean up the three best rooms and come out. Otherwise, I will go to the county government to sue you for deceiving the master, auntie, although your husband and the others have already been released from slavery, how many generations can you live?" The identity can be found in the county government, don't forget that I am the master and you are the servant."

    She has been the wife of the eldest son for several years, and as soon as she put on the posture, He immediately became a little timid.

    How is it possible to live in my own house? There are many people in the family, and the house is already full.

    He's face turned black, and he said coldly: "Rent, one tael of silver a month."

    What's the air, you will feel better in the future, He secretly slandered.

    "Three months." Jiang Yao resolutely said, "One tael of silver for three months, rent or not?" Renting

    a house in the county is only at this price, and it is not for nothing. He hesitated for a while, and could only agree.

    Seeing her promise, Jiang Yao calmed down and said with a smile: "Then please trouble your aunt to write the deed and you and I will sign it, and then help find some people from the village to help clean the yard and buy things. I will pay by the day, one afternoon Twenty cents, and dinner."

    He was very upset when he had to run errands without earning a lot of money, but she was really afraid that Jiang Yao would go to the county government to sue.

    The land in their village is now registered in the name of the Hou Mansion and does not collect taxes. If it is really said that this is the property of the Hou Mansion, the county magistrate already hates them who do not pay taxes, and he will definitely favor the Jiang family when the time comes.

    Unexpectedly, this little hoof is still a bit strong, and she has to go back and think of some ways to deal with it.

    "Understood, you just wait here, I'll come back as soon as I go."

    Mrs. He walked away with a frown.

    Zi Su rolled her eyes at her back and said, "There are such savage people in this small Peach Blossom Bay. Fortunately, we are not those women who don't leave the door and don't leave the door. She can't deceive us."

    Xianglian had already run to the well in the courtyard to have a look, and said: "First pick up the dead leaves in this well, fetch water and wipe the tables, chairs and benches for the lady to sit and rest."

    Zisu and Xianglian were cleaning the well, Jiang Yao wandered around. The yard is very big, divided into front yard and back yard. There is a well in the front yard, and a small vegetable field in the back yard, and a big tree that I don't know what it is.

    Now the people in the village look at her strictly, and they don't have transportation, so they can walk to the county at most.

    She touched the token in her bosom, which was given to her by Xiao Huanzhi, and said that she could ask the local officials for help if necessary.

    But she doesn't plan to do this for the time being, people can't always rely on others, unless something very important happens.

    What she wanted was to live in Taohuawan for a while, and after Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Hou relaxed their vigilance, she would find a chance to go to Yunzhou.

    If it is as expected, in the next spring, Marquis Xuan Ping will rebel. At that time, Marquis Mansion is too busy to take care of her, so no one has time to care about her.

    She can fly away, change her identity, and live freely.

    Two quarters of an hour later, Mrs. He came with a dozen villagers, each carrying a rag, bucket, and broom.

    It is hard to find a job in the county that pays 20 cents a day and pays meals, so no one complained, and I started working immediately.

    Weeding, scrubbing doors, windows, tables, chairs, and benches, cleaning the house, Zisu followed He's second son to the county town to buy pots, pans, pans, quilts and other things listed by Jiang Yao.

    He brought the deed of the rental house, Jiang Yao gave the money, and both parties signed their fingerprints, one share per person.

    "The second young lady will live here well, come to me anytime you need anything." He said threateningly: "But there is one thing, you can't go to the county seat alone, you have to be accompanied by people from the village. This is Xiao Madam ordered, if something happens to you outside, no one will be responsible."

    Jiang Yao said lightly, "Understood."

    He pretended to be kind and persuaded: "Don't blame me for talking too much, this Madam Xiao is not disrespectful in Yunzhou, even if you go to the county or Yunzhou, her people are everywhere, why don't you live here So, after three years, you can return to the capital, right?"

    He said dryly, seeing Jiang Yao's expression of no interest, she felt more and more angry.

    Jiang Yao suddenly asked: "Is there any place in the county to sell servants?"

    He paused, and said, "Yes, do you want to buy servants to work? You don't need to buy them, my family and the village have plenty of them." Young boys are all good at work, and the wages are not much, and it is more cost-effective to work day after day than to buy someone."

    Jiang Yao looked at her with a half-smile upon hearing this.

    He also knew that he was too eager, and said: "What I mean is, don't waste the money."

    Jiang Yao pointedly said: "I didn't buy people just to work, but to look after the house. The guards say that there is a lot of gossip in front of the widow's door, so what if someone climbs the wall in the middle of the night?"

Chapter 12 He's Back

    ◎Why don't you see my sister-in-law? ◎

    The weather at the end of May is already very hot, and the war between the imperial court and the Turks has been going on for two months.

    The good news of Japan's victory in North Korea finally came back to the capital, and the city was full of excitement.

    The grievances and grievances between the two countries have continued since the founding of the country, and they have fought back and forth dozens of times.

    Now he finally let out a sigh of relief.

    People rushed to the streets to celebrate, and at the same time, a name that everyone had forgotten reappeared in front of the public.

    Xiao Chenzhi, the second son of Xuanping Hou.

    The young general who had died in battle five years ago, his body never returned.

    It turned out that he did not die, but was taken away by the Turkic people and stayed in Turkic for five years. During these five years, he pretended to be obedient, but in fact he was always looking for opportunities to get in touch with the imperial court.

    In the end, the inside and the outside finally cooperated and annihilated the Turkic army in one fell swoop. The Turkic Khan has officially handed in the letter of acceptance and expressed his willingness to submit to the dynasty.

    This time the army returned to the court, and the Turkic envoys also came to the capital together.

    "Why did the Turkic people capture General Xiao, but didn't kill him?" "

    I heard that it was a Turkic princess who fell in love with General Xiao at first sight on the battlefield. General Xiao was captured by them after being ambushed."

    " So General Xiao has become the Turkic consort?" "

    That's not true, General Xiao will always be a member of my Daliang, even if he pretends to obey, he is just taking advantage of the Turkic princess." "

    Two months ago, the Xuanpinghou Mansion Didn’t you just match General Xiao with a yin marriage? It’s the second young lady of Jiang’s family.” “

    You say she is a blessed person. Back then I shed tears for the story between her and General Xiao... "

    On the day when General Zhou led his generals and Turkic envoys back to Beijing, the gates of the city were wide open, and the streets were crowded with people. Everyone held flowers and looked at the passing team with excited and eager eyes.

    While cheering, they threw flower petals into the sky. The windows on the second floor were all wide open, and countless heads poked out to watch the grand occasion.

    The tall horse at the front of the team was sitting on a armored horse, with a fierce aura, eyes like a falcon, and the gray-haired general Zhou, with one horse on each side of him.

    One is a Turkic envoy, and the other is a young general in silver light armor with a tall and straight figure and a face like a knife.

    He is only twenty-three or twenty-four years old, but he has a sense of weather that ordinary men don't have. His skin is not as fair as the men in the capital. If you look closely, there is a scar on the forehead, but it does not damage his appearance at all. The whole person is like an unsheathed man. sharp edge.

    His eyes swept across the crowd, and the people who made eye contact with him felt startled, subconsciously weak.

    After the team passed by, someone whispered: "That's General Xiao? Sure enough, he came back from the battlefield. His eyes scared me so much." "Don't you know? He has

    a nickname called Killing God. I heard On the battlefield, with such a swing of his knife, an enemy soldier's head fell to the ground." "

    Hey, you see, this is just a rumor, General Xiao clearly used a sword."

    "It's a long spear!"

    "Nonsense, Xiao The general didn't need to use weapons, he just flew up from his horse, with a sweep of his legs, the enemy got off his horse and knelt down and begged for mercy..."...In the middle of the night, the cicadas rang, and the

    gate

    of the Hou Mansion, which was closed early in the past, was still wide open today.

    The curfew was suspended in the capital today, and the common people sang and danced, making noise until midnight, which was more lively than New Year's Eve.

    Today in the Hou Mansion, it can be said that the whole family is full of joy. Xiao Huanzhi and Xiao Chenzhi are two promising children, with one proficiency and one martial arts, the Hou Mansion is always favored.

    At the celebration banquet tonight, the emperor was overjoyed and granted Xiao Chenzhi the title of Uncle Zhongyong and bestowed upon him the uncle's mansion. If the old eunuch beside him hadn't reminded Xiao Chenzhi that he was married, the emperor might have drawn a red line on the spot.

    After the celebration banquet was over, the Hou Mansion father and son returned to the Hou Mansion, and the Hou Mansion had already prepared the banquet.

    At the celebration banquet, even if they are happy, they can't drink heavily, lest they drink too much and make a fool of themselves, so the three of them only drank a few glasses, and didn't enjoy themselves to their fullest.

    Mrs. Hou had been waiting in the dining room a long time ago. She couldn't tell what mood she was in. She had been fidgeting all day, but she was the mistress of the house. No matter what she thought in her heart, she still had to do well on the surface.

    After all the banquets were prepared and she was free, Madam Hou began to think about things again.

    How can, how, how can come back alive.

    At the beginning, Xiao Chenzhi's mother Zhou's appearance, stature and talent were not inferior to her. If she hadn't been a concubine, she might not have married worse than her.

    Although her son Huanzhi is promising, Xiao Chenzhi is now an uncle, and has won the love of the people and the emperor. It seems that the future will not be worse than that of Huanzhi.

    Then there is Jiang Yao, a slut who has been married for five years and has nothing to do. After divorce, he deliberately married Huan Zhi's younger brother to disgust people. He originally thought that Jiang Yao would be a widow for the rest of his life. He would never even think about returning to Beijing in that small Yunzhou .

    Who knew Xiao Chenzhi didn't die! Could it be that Jiang Yao wants Mrs. Cheng Bo?

    The handkerchief in Mrs. Hou's hand was messed up. Suddenly, she had an idea and remembered something. Although Jiang's family and Hou's house held a wedding, Jiang Yao was not included in the family tree!

    You can't be regarded as a serious Hou family.

    Xiao Chenzhi has never married a wife before, so how could he be willing to have a second-married woman? As his aunt, it is necessary for her to choose a good wife for him.

    Just as she was thinking about it, someone came to report, "Master, my son, the second son is back!" Madam Hou hurriedly got up, "     Order

    the kitchen to serve food."

Go to the gate.

    Madam Hou looked around at the door, and saw Xiao Huanzhi get out of the carriage first, and then he stretched out his hand to help Xuan Pinghou get down, and finally a tall young man in black clothes got out of the carriage.

    The young man is somewhat similar to Xiao Huanzhi, but his aura is more fierce, making people dare not look directly at him.

    No one in Hou's mansion had seen Xiao Chenzhi for five years. When he left Beijing, he was still a young man.

    "This is, is it Chenzhi?" Mrs. Hou felt nervous, but she still greeted her with a smile.

    The people in the second room also laughed and gathered around to talk.

    Today's protagonist is Xiao Chenzhi, Xuan Pinghou and Xiao Huanzhi have consciously stepped aside.

    Xiao Huanzhi was very happy that his second brother could come back, but when he thought of Jiang Yao and Xiao Chenzhi's marriage, he couldn't laugh anymore.

    If the second brother knew...

    he still remembered that at the palace banquet just now, an official got drunk and made fun of Xiao Chenzhi, asking him how many wives he had married in Turkic, and whether he thought about setting up a family there.

    What responded to the official was the wine glass that Xiao Chenzhi raised his hand and flew over. He was impartial and directly knocked off the official's hair crown.

    The official held his loose hair and screamed like a pig, thinking that his scalp had been shaved.

    The emperor liked Xiao Chenzhi's temperament very much, not only did he not punish him, but he also asked people to drag out the dishonest official in front of the palace.

    Xiao Huanzhi knew that his second brother was no longer a good friend.

    Lun Wuyi himself was no match for the opponent at all, what if Xiao Chenzhi went crazy when he learned about that and beat him to the ground.

    Xiao Huanzhi swallowed his saliva, and greeted him: "Let's go ahead and talk about it. I didn't enjoy the palace banquet just now, and I won't return tonight if I don't get drunk!"

    Xiao Chenzhi didn't respond to the flattery of the second bedroom and other concubines and concubines in the mansion, just Responding lightly, he raised his foot and followed Xuan Pinghou inside.

    Xuan Pinghou is still very happy, he is short of generals who can lead troops to fight, Xiao Chenzhi is his own son no matter what, so he is more at ease than others, besides, behind Xiao Chenzhi is General Zhou, the general is old , his son had already died in battle, and Xiao Chenzhi was appointed to succeed him in the future.

    After the group arrived at the dining room, the other female relatives and children withdrew, leaving only Mrs. Xuanping Hou Hou, Xiao Huanzhi, the husband and wife of the second room and their two sons.

    Mrs. Hou was busy serving dishes and drinks, Xiao Chenzhi's second uncle couldn't wait to ask about Xiao Chenzhi's situation in the past few years.

    Xiao Chenzhi said briefly, and his second uncle sighed, "It's really the blessings of the ancestors of the Xiao family, that you can survive like this." Several of his cousins ​​also

    praised .

    Xiao Chenzhi said a few perfunctory words, and asked, "Why didn't you see my sister-in-law just now?"

    It was two months ago, he won the first battle, and he had already returned to the camp of General Zhou, but after so many years of planning in Turkic, he Knowing that there were officials colluding with the Turks in the Liang Dynasty, General Zhou sent him to sneak into the south to arrest people.

    Later, he learned that a wealthy businessman was an informant of the Turks, so he boarded the ship, intending to arrest the wealthy businessman as a witness, but unexpectedly there was a spy of the treasonous official by his side. Anyway, let the subordinates leave first with the rich businessman.

    Then he met a woman on the boat who looked very similar to the person he remembered.

    He thought it was just a coincidence at first, that person was Mrs. Shizi, how could she leave the capital alone, he didn't confirm her identity until she said that her surname was Jiang and she was going to Yunzhou.

    However, due to the urgency of the war, he hurried back to the border, and this matter was temporarily put on hold.

    Could it be that two months have passed, and she hasn't come back from Yunzhou yet? And why is she going to Yunzhou?

    When he asked such a question, several people present here instantly became embarrassed, looked at each other a few times, and didn't know how to speak.

    The second aunt who didn't know the inside story said enthusiastically: "You didn't know about this when you just came back. Huan Zhi and Jiang Shi have been reconciled for several months. Now, Huan Zhi's son is going to be 100 days old.

    " Chen Zhi was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly looked at Xiao Huanzhi.

    Mrs. Hou glared at Second Aunt, who was puzzled, why did she stare at her.

    Xuan Pinghou's complexion was also not very good-looking, and he drank silently.

    Xiao Huanzhi smiled awkwardly, and said: "Yes, yes, it's been a while. Tomorrow, let the nanny bring Yucheng to you to have a look."

    Yucheng is his and Zhao Yun's son, his first son, so cute Tight, Mrs. Hou's treasures are as precious as eyeballs, even life in the mansion with Zhao Yun is much easier.

    Xiao Chenzhi frowned, "Why are you reconciling?"

    Xiao Huanzhi said: "I..."

    Seeing her son's hesitating, Mrs. Hou quickly interjected: "If we can't make it through, why don't we reconcile? Let's talk about her five years later." I have nothing to say, so I should ask myself to come down."

    Xiao Chen's eyes darkened, his hands on his knees clenched into fists, and just as he was about to speak, his second aunt said again: "By the way, I forgot to talk to Chen What are you talking about, ah! Sister-in-law, why are you pinching me?"

    Under Madam Hou's coercive power, the second aunt did not dare to speak anymore, but Xiao Chenzhi had an intuition of what had happened, and asked, "What's the matter?"

    Xiao Huanzhi Knowing that this matter must not be hidden, he said: "Just two months ago, the family married you a wife..."

    He took a sip of wine to hide his embarrassment.

    Xiao Chen was taken aback, "Which family is the late lady?"

    Since he was marrying a wife, it was a marriage in the underworld, and the dead were married to the dead, so that they would not be alone in the underworld.

    Xiao Huanzhi said: "It's Jiang Qi, the second young lady of the Jiang family. In fact, she..."

    Mrs. Hou kicked him hard, successfully shutting him up.

    "It's the girl from the Jiang family who was wandering outside since she was a child. Now she is guarding the tomb for you in Yunzhou. Since you have come back alive, I will send someone to pick her up and return to Beijing immediately." Mrs. Hou smiled softly, and it seemed that everything was arranged. It looks very appropriate.

    She didn't notice that when Xiao Chenzhi heard the words Jiang Qi and Yunzhou, his body froze.

Chapter 13 He's Back 2

    ◎She is married to her elder brother◎

    "But this Second Miss Jiang, she is just a village girl, she just came back to her not long ago, her wild nature is hard to change, and she is just a concubine of the Jiang family, how can she be worthy of Chenzhi, Chenzhi is now Uncle, it is natural to marry a lady from a great family."

    Mrs. Hou said with a smile, "When she returns to the capital, write a letter of letter and leave to her, and mother will choose a wife who is well-matched for you." Xiao

    Huan Hearing the words, he looked at his mother in a daze, and wanted Jiang Yao to reconcile with him a second time?

    Xuan Pinghou also frowned, but he didn't say a word.

    The people in the second room echoed: "Yes, yes, how can a village girl be worthy of uncle."

    Xiao Chenzhi clenched his fists under the table even tighter, but on the surface he remained calm, and said in a cold tone: "In that case , It's all up to mother to arrange."

    "That's good, that's good, come and eat." Mrs. Hou laughed when she heard this, she knew that Xiao Chenzhi was definitely dissatisfied with this marriage, but luckily she spoke first.

    Everyone at the wine table had their own concerns, and they didn't finish the table until late at night, and went back to the yard.

    Xiao Chenzhi's yard was already occupied by other people in the house, so he was temporarily arranged in Tingchun Courtyard which was temporarily unoccupied.

    There is no way, the Hou Mansion is in the capital city where every inch of land is expensive. Although the status is high, it is not comparable to the Wang Mansion. The area is not too large, and there are many masters in the mansion. The identity of Xiao Chen's residence.

    But at present, the renovation of the Bo mansion has not been completed, so it is impossible to ask people to stay in the inn.

    It is said that the Spring Courtyard was once lived by Mrs. Jiang, the wife of the eldest son. After she left the Hou's mansion, Mrs. Hou kept it here for Xiao Huanzhi's future successor.

    The Jiang family is rich, and they have sent a lot of good things intermittently in the past five years. When Jiang Yao left, he didn't bother to move those big things, so he stayed.

    "Uncle, we're here, be careful where you step." The servant led Xiao Chenzhi to the gate of Tingchun Courtyard.

    "I'll take care of Uncle, you all go down and bring some hot water." Xiao Chenzhi's entourage helped the half-drunk man with weak feet into the bedroom.

    The bedroom that Jiang Yao lived in was naturally not suitable for Xiao Chenzhi, so it was temporarily locked, and he lived in another bedroom.

    When the door was closed, the drunk man stood up straight, his eyes clear.

    "Master, I heard that this is the yard of the former wife of the eldest son." The entourage, Zhou Lei, was chosen for him by General Zhou. He grew up in the border gates and spoke not-so-fluent Mandarin, but he was good at kung fu and loyal. dedicated.

    Xiao Chenzhi paused after hearing the words, looked at the furnishings in the room, and said: "Which room did she live in before?"

    Zhou Lei said: "It should be the main room."

    He poured a cup of tea and said strangely: "You were here just now. When I was last, I already had a rough idea of ​​the mansion, and I only knew that the prince and his wife suddenly reconciled, but I never heard anyone say that they had a quarrel." The affairs of

    this big family are really complicated, Zhou Lei said to himself .

    Xiao Chenzhi took a sip of tea, then stood up suddenly and said, "I'll go out for a while, if anyone comes, just say I'm asleep." "

    Master, where are you going so late?" Zhou Lei just finished speaking, Xiao Chenzhi Has disappeared into the night like a gust of wind.

    main courtyard.

    Madam Hou drank a few glasses of wine and blew the night breeze again. When she returned to the yard, she had a headache.

    She knew that she hadn't caught a cold, but was actually overwhelmed with worry over the past few days.

    She and Xiao Huanzhi had an idea, if Xiao Chenzhi found out, and the family passed Jiang Yao to him in order to gain the support of the Jiang family, would he resent the Hou family for this.

    Although she had already said that she would find Xiao Chenzhi a good-looking lady, but as soon as Jiang Yao returned to Beijing, Xiao Chenzhi would know about it sooner or later.

    She was leaning on the bed thinking about something, when Xuan Pinghou came in, he drank a lot of wine, fell asleep immediately.

    Madam Hou pushed him and said, "What do you say about the second daughter-in-law?"

    Xuan Pinghou was confused, "What should I do?"

    Mrs. Hou said in a bad tone: "About Jiang's matter, if the second child knows that the daughter-in-law he married is his former sister-in-law, he is not allowed to talk to us. Are you making trouble?"

    Xuan Pinghou woke up a little bit, stared at the tent above his head and said: "How does he know? Let Huan Zhi be careful, you and I won't say anything, I will go to the Jiang family to say hello, they dare not say anything Madam Hou said anxiously: "

    What about Jiang herself? If she comes back..."

    She turned her head and found that Xuan Pinghou had fallen asleep.

    She gritted her teeth and thought about it, and finally made up her mind that Jiang shi should not come back.

    Xiao Huanzhi was also disturbed.

    After he went back to the yard where he lived with Zhao Yun, he held Yucheng and played for a while. After the wet nurse took the baby down late at night, he stood up and went to the window to look at the big foggy moon in a daze.

    Jiang Yao has been away from the capital for almost three months. These days, he is immersed in the happiness of reuniting with his lover and having a son, and he has gradually forgotten Jiang Yao's appearance.

    He sighed, wondering how she was doing in Yunzhou.

    At this time Zhao Yun came over and said softly: "What is husband thinking? Be careful of headache after drinking."

    She closed the window, pulled him to sit on the edge of the bed, and brought him hot water to scrub him.

    Xiao Huanzhi never thought of hiding anything from her, so he naturally told her about Jiang Yao's marriage to Xiao Chenzhi.

    "Yunniang, do you think I should tell my second brother about Jiang's affairs?"

    Zhao Yun smiled softly while continuing to twist the handkerchief, "Yunniang thinks Miss Jiang is a good person.

    " After saying what she said, she suddenly became enlightened, nodded and said: "You women are more careful, I only thought about whether the second brother would agree, but I didn't consider it from Jiang's point of view."

    He felt ashamed of Jiang Yao. She fell in love with her second brother, so he tried his best to match him up, and of course he also had his own selfish intention of winning over the Jiang family.

    Now that the second brother is not dead, Jiang Yao should be the happiest. If she and the second brother can stay together for a lifetime, it can also dilute his guilt.

    But the second brother still doesn't know about this matter now, if Jiang Yao only let him know after he returns to Beijing, then he would be sorry to the second brother.

    So he decided to tell his second brother about it, and if his second brother got angry, he would let him beat him up. He is still a real brother, young and strong, so nothing will happen to him.

    After Zhao Yun cleaned him up, he said: "It's getting late today, husband, why don't you discuss it with your second brother tomorrow."

    Xiao Huanzhi thought so too, "Then let's go to bed first.

    "

    The window was gently pushed open, and a figure came in, took out a torch and lit the candlestick on the table, and the room was brightened immediately.

    Xiao Chenzhi stood there for a while, looking at the room.

    This is the place where Jiang Yao lived before leaving the Hou's Mansion, and now it is locked, and the furniture is covered with dust-proof cloth, and a thin layer of dust has fallen on it.

    Xiao Chenzhi's eyes fell on the dressing table by the window, as if he saw a woman who used to sit here and dress up every day.

    His thoughts flew back to many years ago.

    At that time, she and her elder brother had just got married, and the elder brother was already a juren, and only waited for the spring of the next year, when the position of Jinshi was close at hand, but he was just a bastard whose mother died early. He practiced martial arts with his uncle since childhood, and later won the martial arts exam. The head leader is considered to have made his mark. He was praised by the emperor and held an important position in the army. He was also praised by the young general for single-handedly capturing wolves and leading troops to exterminate a group of mountain bandits in the autumn hunting ground.

    But he also offended many disciples of noble families because of this. Once in the suburbs of Beijing, he was surrounded by dozens of killers who suddenly appeared. He wanted to run, but was forced into an alley. After being slashed, he climbed into a passing carriage and got in.

    Although the lady maid in the car screamed in fright, the lady saw that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen and covered with blood, and that he had no intention of hurting them. He bandaged the bleeding.

    He once lied that he was in business, and he was hunted down only when he offended in the business field, she had no doubts.

    He remembered her face then.

    Later he found out that she was the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, that is, his future sister-in-law.

    Even so, he still couldn't help going to Jiang's tea house when he was resting, and occasionally met her bringing a maid to have tea or go shopping in the shop. She recognized him and asked him if he was healed.

    Sometimes she would tease him, saying that he always had a cold face and was not suitable for business, no wonder he offended people.

    He also said he was stunned, why didn't he bring a thank you gift.

    Later, she married her elder brother.

    On the day of the wedding ceremony, he went with his elder brother. He watched her silently until she was sent to the bridal chamber. After drinking the wedding wine, he left the capital overnight.

    His uncle, General Zhou, sent letters many times at the border, asking him to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, so that he could rise to the top because of his military exploits.

    He just waited for her to marry before leaving.

    After he was captured in the Turks, he suffered all kinds of painful tortures. Later, the Turkic princess who still liked him couldn't bear it, so she asked Khan to let him go.

    But he has been unable to leave Turkic. After five years in Turkic, he has become more and more like a Turkic. Khan thought that he had given up on running away and accepted his fate. Turkic princess, enjoy the glory and wealth for a lifetime.

    But he didn't agree. He told the Turkic princess that he already had someone in his heart.

    He always thought that his feelings were nothing more than a dream, even if he recognized her on the boat, he didn't dare to recognize her, and he only thought that she was going to Yunzhou as the wife of the eldest son to do business.

    But now, she suddenly became his nominal wife?

    With a creak, the windows were shaken by the night wind.

    Xiao Chenzhi regained his senses and looked out of the window, he saw a strong wind blowing outside, dark clouds closed the moon, it seemed that it was going to rain heavily.

    He glanced at the room again, blew out the candlesticks, put his hand on the window sill and turned it out, closing the window.

    At this time, Zhou Lei was already waiting in the house, why didn't the master come back.

    Suddenly the door was pushed open with a bang, Xiao Chenzhi walked in, Zhou Lei got up quickly and said, "Master, you are back, it looks like it's going to rain heavily." He was about to get some hot water for

    Xiao Chenzhi to take a bath , but listened to Xiao Chenzhi: "Pack up your bags and leave tomorrow."

    "Let's go?" Zhou Lei was frightened, didn't he just arrive in the capital today? "Where are you going?"

    "Yunzhou."

    The author has something to say:

    The one who saved the hero is the heroine who just crossed over, not the heroine in the original text

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Chapter 14

    ◎Break down her shop and ruin her reputation? ◎

    At the beginning of June, summer is here.

    Yunzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is a lot of rain in summer and there are many mosquitoes.

    Jiang Yao didn't sleep well for a few days. Zisu made her herbal tea to clear away the heat and reduce the heat, and at night, she burned incense in the room to drive away mosquitoes.

    Xianglian ran to the county every day, busy taking care of Jiang Yao's small shop.

    It has been a month since he came to Yunzhou, and Jiang Yao has temporarily settled down. Although the He family and the villagers tried their best to prevent her from going to the county seat, it was not impossible for her to go at all. At most, she could bring He's second son with her.

    But the second son had been with Jiang Yao a lot, and gradually felt that she was kind-hearted and charming, so he told his mother He, "My son thinks that the second young lady is a very good person, mother, you should not target her in the future. She's gone, and I will still follow her when she goes to the county, but that's not surveillance, it's to protect her."

    He's nose was almost crooked, and she gave her second son a good meal.

    Jiang Yao told outsiders that he only had fifty taels in hand, so he had to plan carefully how to spend it.

    Renting a house, decorating the house, buying people, buying a carriage and other miscellaneous things cost a total of 30 taels, and the remaining 22 taels rented a shop in the county town to sell pastries and snacks.

    They are all from the capital, and they have eaten a wide variety of pastries. In addition, Jiang Yao rarely went out during the five years in the Hou Mansion. The pastries and snacks that are popular in Beijing are still easy.

    There are many wealthy families in the county, and the pastries in the shop are not expensive, and ordinary people can afford them, so the business of the shop is very good.

    As for the servants, Jiang Yao bought a middle-aged couple, the husband was the driver and shopper, and the wife was in charge of washing and cooking. In addition, he also bought a young man and a young girl who were in charge of making pastries and guarding the shop in the county.

    Xianglian is in charge of pastries and shops, and Jiang Yao only needs to provide some guidance and help taste and develop new flavors.

    After excluding all kinds of costs in a month, Jiang Yao is very satisfied with earning about two taels of silver. For an ordinary family, two taels of silver can nourish their lives for several months.

    In fact, there are other reasons why Jiang Yao chose the pastry shop.

    At the beginning, the villagers bullied her as a woman and a foreigner.

    Why deliberately put mice and snakes in the yard to scare people, steal their clothes to dry, throw garbage in the yard, spread bad things about them everywhere, and so on.

    There are even old bachelors and old alcoholics in the village who come to propose marriage and ask Jiang Yao to marry Zisu and Xianglian to them.

    The other party said that it is better than serving others at the moment.

    Of course, the servants who were ordered by Jiang Yao beat him out mercilessly.

    Since then, their relationship with the villagers has become even more difficult. Now Xianglian and the driver go to the county every day, and they put a long knife in the car to intimidate people and prevent them from being entangled by villains.

    Among them, there is a family that is the most active in jumping. The family's mother-in-law is surnamed Wang, and their son has opened a shop in the county to sell pastries. Overall, this family is much richer than other people in the village.

    Therefore, Mrs. Wang was very embarrassing, and felt that the villagers should curry favor with her.

    She looked down on young and good-looking women like Jiang Yao the most, and made up rumors about Jiang Yao, Zisu Xianglian and others everywhere, and she said it logically.

    Jiang Yao simply opened a pastry shop, and it opened opposite Wang's son's pastry shop.

    In just one month, there were not many customers left in Wang's son's pastry shop. On the other hand, Jiang Yao's shop often had long queues.

    However, the rent of the shop and the cost of the shop assistants are not low. If this situation continues, Wang's son's pastry shop will not last for a few months and will close down.

    Wang was so angry that her mouth was bubbling, and she couldn't bear to look for Jiang Yao, so she asked the village head's daughter-in-law He to be a lobbyist.

    He came here with a cheeky face, saying that Jiang Yao would take the people in the village to do business together.

    Jiang Yao didn't have that kind of idleness, so he just said: "There are pastry shops everywhere, they can open them as soon as they want, why should I take them? I can't help much, besides, the money in my hand has been spent, even if I want to borrow it There is nothing they can do with the capital."

    He said unwillingly: "They are all from the Xiao family, and the whole family is from the village, why do you..."

    Jiang Yao smiled, and said softly: "Auntie, you I forgot again, but you called me the second young lady yourself."

    Zisu interjected, "That is, who is with your family."

    He's face turned pale, speechless, he could only hate Leave and wait, she will find someone to send a letter to Mrs. Xiao right now.

    "Miss, if you speak so ruthlessly, will the wife of the village head and those villagers join forces to target us?" Zisu looked at He's back and laughed.

    Jiang Yao rolled her eyes imperceptibly, "Aren't they targeting us too much?"

    Now that I know, I have come to beg them, and these villagers did not stop them a lot back then.

    If it wasn't that the yard wasn't big enough to accommodate so many people, she would definitely buy a few more servants.

    On this day, Jiang Yao made egg yolk cakes with an oven specially built by someone, and was going to sell them in the shop.

    In the past, the shop sold some traditional pastries, and now she began to study some modern pastries that she had eaten in cake shops and dessert shops in her previous life.

    "One, two, three, there are three layers inside, it's delicious." Zisu's eyes lit up while picking up the crumbs that fell from the surface of the egg yolk cake with the palm of her hand. This must be a good seller.

    Xianglian also nodded repeatedly. Whenever a new product comes out in their store, it is often sold out before noon.

    Jiang Yao distributed two to each of the servants in the family, and a plate of freshly baked egg yolk crisps was gone.

    It was getting dark, and the dogs in the village were barking one after another.

    The servant, Aunt Huang, has already started making dinner. Her husband, Uncle Huang, is feeding the horses. The servant, named Shunzi, is wrapping the remaining egg yolk cakes with another maid, Jiaoxing, Zisu and Xianglian.

    Jiang Yao sat in front of the stove and watched the fire.

    She enjoys this kind of time very much, and also likes the feeling of slowly accumulating money like this.

    A snow-white puppy was sleeping soundly at her feet. Its chubby belly made people want to touch what it ate. It was picked up by Jiang Yao from the street in the county town. I don’t know which family threw it out. , It was only the size of a palm at that time, people can't get enough to eat these days, and there are too many dogs that they can't afford.

    The fire was neither too big nor too small, and bursts of fragrance wafted out, and He could smell it as soon as he walked to the gate of the yard.

    Jiang Yao was looking for something delicious again, and He was greedy and jealous, holding back his saliva and knocking on the door.

    "Who is it, here it is." Shunzi ran to open the door, poked his head out for a look, and his face instantly grew longer, "

    What are you doing here?" After a long time, he said unhappily, "I'm here to talk to your master, let me in quickly."

    Shunzi raised his head and fiddled with his hands, almost writing He Shi and the dog not allowed inside.

    "No."

    Mrs. He wanted to get angry, but when she thought of the task Mrs. Xiao Hu had entrusted to her, she held back her anger and said with a smile, "I really have something serious to do, please pass it on to me." At this moment

    Jiang Yao heard the movement, Walking over with the dog in his arms, he glanced at Mrs. He and asked, "What's the matter, auntie?"

    What is "you", Mrs. He was upset, "Go in and talk about it?"

    "The room is messy, so let's talk about it here." As Jiang Yao spoke, he touched the dog in his arms. The dog was only two or three months old, and was barking at Mrs. He.

    Mrs. He secretly scolded the dog for taking advantage of others, but still maintained a smile on the surface: "The county is going to hold a lotus appreciation festival. Mrs. Xiao is afraid that you will be bored. She heard that you have opened a shop, so she helped you get a seat." She took out an envelope

    . Come and pass it to Jiang Yao with a sincere expression.

    Jiang Yao raised her eyebrows, and took it over, "Sounds good, please come to my aunt."

    Night Breeze sent the smell of baked egg yolk crisps and the smell of hot pot of Aunt Huang's cooking, Jiang Yao was willing to eat and drink, every day Let Aunt Huang cook meat dishes every day, without saving oil and salt, the taste makes He's greedy.

    He couldn't take it anymore, turned around and left quickly, unable to hold back the excitement in his heart as he walked, it was done, and Jiang Yao could still be proud for a few more days.

    While closing the courtyard door, Shunzi came over and said, "Miss, I know that the lotus appreciation festival is indeed a good thing for shops."

    But would the He family be so kind? He felt a little conspiracy.

    Jiang Yao opened the envelope and took out the contents to take a look, and then he understood that this is something similar to an exhibition. The shops in the county will set up stalls on that day to display their products for the convenience of the people. Let's go shopping and choose, to increase the reputation of our shop.

    It can be regarded as a grand event in Yunzhou.

    Naturally, she also knew that it was impossible for Hu and He to be so kind, and there might be some big conspiracy behind them.

    "Do you think we're going?" she asked casually.

    Shunzi said: "It's very lively. You can just go for a stroll. It would be the best if you can set up a stall. On that day, you have to spend money to rent a stall. It's hard to find a good location." Jiang Yao

    nodded Head, they have been in Yunzhou for so long and it hasn't been lively yet, so they have to go, why should they affect their mood because of Hu and He.

    It's just that she has to be prepared, not to let the villain take advantage of the loopholes, and maybe use this opportunity to turn against the general.

    After a little thought, she had a plan in her mind.

    Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Lotus Appreciation Festival is here.

    It was a very lively day, and people from the county and nearby towns and villages flocked to the streets to participate in this grand event.

    The yamen also rested, and officials of all sizes, as well as wealthy families from the county, came.

    The Lotus Appreciation Festival is held on the outskirts of the city. The terrain is flat and there are dozens of ponds, large and small. It is the season for appreciating lotus flowers. The shopkeeper buddy came with his own goods.

    The location Hu arranged for Jiang Yao was a prime location in the gourmet district, and even the big shops in the city might not be able to grab it, which made Jiang Yao look forward to what Hu would do even more.

    Bring down her shop? Bad reputation?

    But she was already well prepared.

    Just when Jiang Yao led his servants to set up the booth in a hurry, two horses had already stepped into Yunzhou City.

    Zhou Lei smiled while wiping his sweat wildly: "Master, I found out, the Xiao family is just ahead." The

    man on the horseback was tall, his face was a little skinny from the exposure to the sun for several days, he pulled Tightening the reins to stop the horse, he raised his eyes and looked ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.

    Zhou Lei murmured in his heart, the master hastened his horse and rushed from the capital to Yunzhou in less than ten days. He was in such a hurry, why didn't he dare to go forward when he reached the gate.

    Suddenly Xiao Chenzhi got off his horse and took out a piece of silver from his arms, "It's getting late, you go to the inn next door to open two rooms, I'll go check it out first." The silver fell into

    Zhou Lei's hand in a parabola, and Zhou Lei raised his head At a glance, Xiao Chenzhi disappeared again.

    He said with a strange expression: "Tantan? Could it be that the master wants to climb the wall in the middle of the night?"

    

Chapter 15

    ◎She can't let go of her eldest brother, so what is he? ◎

    Because we had to go to the booth early in the morning the next day, the whole family lived in the backyard of the shop and in the inn tonight.

    After Jiang Yao finished dinner, Shunzi came back with a big bag of things.

    "Miss, according to your instructions, I asked someone to buy back all the good ones sold in their shop."

    The package was spread out on the table, inside were several large packages of oiled paper, and each package contained a kind of pastry.

    This is bought from Wang's son's pastry shop.

    Jiang Yao tasted it, and felt that the taste was not bad, but there was nothing outstanding, and it was mostly a popular taste in the county, which made customers switch to the more novel pastries of Jiang's shop, and Wang's son's business was getting better and better. Difference.

    Who made the two shops face each other? If you want to blame it, you can blame his old mother's gossip.

    Xiang Lian is in charge of the business of the shop, she glanced at her eyebrows and put down the pastry she took a bite out of, "Miss, what do you buy these for?" Jiang

    Yao smiled, "Of course it's for sale, or it can be said to be a consignment sale. After leaving the stall tomorrow, I'll find someone Go and continue to buy from his family, and buy more."

    Zi Su's eyes widened after hearing this, "Miss, why do we sell it for them?"

    It was still bought at the original price.

    Shunzi also looked at Jiang Yao in puzzlement.

    Only Xianglian seemed to understand something, and said, "Miss, have you guessed what they are going to do?"

    Jiang Yao nodded, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "There is nothing to be courteous about, adultery or robbery, Mrs. Hu and Mrs. He Since they gave me this booth, they naturally want to use it to frame me, what do you think they are most likely to do?"

    Zisu and Shunzi thought about it, they looked at each other, hesitantly said: "Malicious slander?"

    Xianglian said, "Either the cakes we sell are unpalatable, or the cakes we sell have problems."

    This is a common trick in shopping malls, so it's not surprising.

    The difficulty lies in how to break it.

    Zisu suddenly realized: "I understand! Then we will sell pastries from Wang's other shop. If someone says that there is something wrong with our pastries, we will say that we bought and sold them from other shops." Jiang Yao said: "That's right

    . , That's what I mean."

    The reputation of Jiang's pastry shop does not need to rely on this Lotus Appreciation Festival, as long as their pastries are delicious, there will naturally be repeat customers.

    She didn't plan to make any money at the Lotus Appreciation Festival. Rather than saying that she was too busy and busy, it would be better to say that she was curious about what medicines were sold in He's and Hu's gourds.

    He should be very proud now, thinking that she has fallen into a trap.

    So she didn't even put up a signboard, and there was only one booth, and the customers who came and went didn't even know the name of her shop.

    On a midsummer night, the cicadas keep singing.

    The lights of the Xiao family's old house in Yunzhou slowly went out, and the people in the house fell asleep one after another. No one noticed a figure like a ghost walking on the roof under the moonlight.

    A night watchman with a small lantern yawned while patrolling the mansion. When he passed the rockery in the back garden, he suddenly covered his mouth with his hands and dragged him into the rockery with great force.

    "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo." The night guard's servants were fighting with each other, looking at his captors in horror.

    The other party covered the lower half of his face with a black cloth. Although he had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his eyes were cold and sharp like knives. The night watchman felt that the other party could easily pinch his neck.

    "Don't make a sound, I'll ask you to answer, and I'll let you go after I answer." Xiao Chenzhi let go of his hand, pressed the thumb of his left hand, and drew his long sword an inch from its sheath, and suddenly a cold light appeared, which scared the night watchman to his knees.

    "I said, I said, I will know everything you ask, a good man." The night watchman's legs softened and he knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

    What kind of person is this? No one found out that the house was burglarized.

    Xiao Chenzhi knelt down and looked him up and asked, "Who are the masters in the mansion?"

    The night watchman quickly answered while thinking, "Master, Mrs. and the Eldest Young Master have a family of three, the Second Young Master has a family of four, the third young lady who has not left the cabinet, Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Qin, that's all..." With a swipe, the long sword approached

    him Xiao Chenzhi said in a cold tone, "Where are the people from the capital?" The

    night watchman was so frightened that he begged for mercy, "Don't kill me, don't kill me. The Second Young Madam of the Mansion?"

    "Yes."

    "She went to the countryside to guard the tomb for the Second Young Master of the Hou Mansion."

    Xiao Chenzhi paused when he heard the words, no wonder he searched the Xiao Manor to no avail.

    The countryside... How could she go to the countryside?

    "If this matter is revealed to others, be careful of your life."

    The night watchman raised his head in horror, but there was nowhere to be seen the figure of the man just now.

    Xiao Chenzhi shuttled on the roof, came to the main room in the main courtyard, gently lifted the tiles, saw that the light in the room was on, a middle-aged woman in pajamas was shaking a fan while talking to her confidant.

    Xiao Chenzhi looked away and only listened intently.

    He originally wanted to ask the master of this mansion directly, but then he thought about it, logically, when Jiang Yao arrived in Yunzhou, he should live in Xiao's mansion, but now he went to the countryside.

    The only explanation is that someone played tricks.

    He naturally knew that Mrs. Hou was dissatisfied with him, and she would not be satisfied with his wife, not to mention that this wife was once the wife of the eldest son.

    Therefore, he decided not to act rashly, but to find Jiang Yao first.

    If someone bullied her, he would settle the matter later.

    The weather was sweltering, and Mrs. Hu was a little annoyed, so she put down the fan and said, "Tomorrow is the lotus appreciation festival?" The

    nanny quickly picked up the fan and fanned her, "Yes, madam, do you want to take a look? The people below said The Jiang family is already furnishing the shop today."

    Xiao Chenzhi was startled when he heard that, could this Jiang family be Jiang Yao.

    Mrs. Hu asked: "Have those people been arranged?"

    The nanny smiled and said, "Don't worry, ma'am, I will make sure that things will be done well. Tell the pastry shop to close, and Mrs. Jiang go back to Taohuawan and stay there." Not to mention, maybe I can let her go to the yamen."

    Hu didn't know what to think, and a smile appeared on his face: "He's useless, I need to do it, you find someone Keep an eye on it tomorrow, don't let them notice."

    "Hey, I understand."

    After the voices in the room stopped, Xiao Chenzhi put back the tiles and flew away.

    At dawn the next morning, Jiang Yao and the others woke up.

    After washing up and having breakfast, the group of people walked to the stall in a mighty manner. There was only one person left in the shop to watch the shop, and Shunzi first went to find someone to buy pastries from Wang's son's shop.

    The other stall owners also came early and busily displayed their own products. There were all kinds of snacks, snacks and dry goods, and the common people would be dazzled when they came here.

    Putting all the pastries bought yesterday and today, it looks like that. Their shop is in a good location, far away from Wang's son's shop, and they are not afraid of what they find.

    At this time, Mrs. He, Mrs. Wang and some women in the village had already driven their families to the town in a bullock cart.

    Wang's smile never faded along the way, because He told her that as long as today's matter is completed, Jiang Yao's pastry shop will not be able to open, and her son's shop will naturally improve in business.

    Today, she also brought her good sisters to patronize the business of her stall, and naturally, she also prepared to watch Jiang Yao's jokes.

    The sky gradually brightened, the sun broke through the clouds, and people on the street felt the heat.

    Jiang Yao felt sweat all over after sitting for a while, and felt a little regretful. She should just lie down at home, and she doesn't know how hot it will be in the afternoon.

    Suddenly she remembered something, and told Aunt Huang, "Do you still remember the shaved ice I taught you to make last time? It's hot today, so prepare some."

    Shaved ice is simple and easy to make. You only need to buy some ice from an ice shop in the city, prepare some cut fruits, add sugar water, etc. It is enough to cool off the heat in summer.

    Aunt Huang hurried back to the shop and got ready to go.

    Jiang Yao asked Shunzi to guard the booth, and led Zisu Xianglian Jiaoxing and the others to start shopping.

    At this time, more and more people came to visit, most of them brought their families with them, and there were many shops for food, clothing and play. Today, in order to attract business, many stalls had discounts, and it was very lively for a while.

    Jiang Yao and the others bought some beautiful fabrics, weird gadgets, snacks and fruits, and ate and played while walking.

    This was the most lively scene she had seen after leaving the capital, but she was far less free than she is now in the capital. At that time, she had to worry about the face of Mrs. Shizi when she went out.

    After wandering around and returning home, seeing that not many pastries were sold at the booth, Shunzi sat with a sad face.

    That's right, it was bought from Wang's son's shop. Naturally, it was mediocre, and the business was not much better.

    But Jiang Yao mainly came to play today, so he didn't worry about it. At this time, Aunt Huang and his wife had already delivered the shaved ice, and they also packed lunch from the restaurant.

    After lunch, Jiang Yao hid by the lotus pond to enjoy the shade. Many sheds were built here, many people were admiring the lotus, and some literati were painting and writing poems.

    Jiang Yao is wearing a water-green skirt today, and her headdress is simple and refreshing. With her face, it really has the charm of clear water coming out of hibiscus and natural carving.

    She didn't dare to stay too far away, in case something happened to the stall and Shunzi couldn't find her.

    It's just that sometimes she vaguely feels that someone is staring at her, and she looks back, there are tourists everywhere, nothing special.

    Xiao Chenzhi, who quickly hid himself behind a booth when Jiang Yao turned his head, heaved a sigh of relief.

    He smiled wryly. He had never been timid when facing tens of thousands of enemy troops on the battlefield. Now that the person he had missed for several years was in front of him, he didn't dare to go forward.

    He didn't know how to face her, and he was also very afraid that she had forgotten himself. Five years ago, he lied to her that he was just a businessman.

    He didn't know how to get along with her.

    After reconciling with her elder brother, she chose to marry a dead person and stay in the Hou Mansion. She really couldn't let her elder brother go.

    What about him? What is his status?

    If he appeared rashly, would he scare her?

    "Young man, do you want to buy it? Can you go away if you don't buy it?" The stall owner couldn't stand it any longer. What was this strange man doing here? He was so cold that he scared away all his customers.

    Xiao Chenzhi came back to his senses, and saw the stall owner looking at him angrily, while Zhou Lei covered his mouth and snickered.

    He glared at Zhou Lei and walked away, "Go and prepare me some coarse clothes."

    Zhou Lei didn't know why, "Ah? Master, why do you want coarse clothes?" He looked at Jiang Yao in the distance with his head poking around, The master is going to see his wife, so he should dress up well.

    Not to mention, this Second Miss Jiang is quite pretty.

    The master has been acting weird since he came back from the Xiao Mansion last night. Today they set off before dawn, first went to Taohua Bay to find someone, and found that most of the people in the village had gone to the Lotus Appreciation Festival, and they came to the county again non-stop , I got here for a long time and finally found someone.

    Why don't you dare to step forward again?

    Could it be that the master was once abandoned by this woman, afraid of being rejected again?

    Jiang Yao didn't know that she was being watched. She was holding a few lotus flowers and wanted the artist to draw a portrait of herself.

    At this time, Shunzi came running from a distance, stopped in front of Jiang Yao and said, "Miss, go back and have a look, something has happened!"

    The author has something to say:

    Xiao Chenzhi: She loves my elder brother. (humble, pitiful, helpless)

    Jiang Yao: You have so many dramas

Chapter 16

    ◎What a life she lived in Taohuawan◎

    Jiang Yao was not in a hurry when she heard that the job was coming, but became excited and asked, "What happened, let's talk as we walked."

    She lifted her foot and walked back, Shunzi Said: "Sure enough, as you expected, someone really said that there was something wrong with our pastries, and now they are lying in front of the booth and rolling around."

    Jiang Yao smiled and said: "Then let's watch the show quickly."

    Looking at the two People passed by, and Xiao Chenzhi and Zhou Lei who were standing behind the booth also lifted their feet and followed them slowly.

    "Something happened to their booth, why don't you see Madam in a hurry?" Zhou Lei asked strangely.

    Xiao Chenzhi glanced at him, "Forgot what I told you this morning?"

    Zhou Lei paused, he really forgot, it was all because the lotus appreciation festival was so lively.

    "The little one will do it right away!" He hurriedly rubbed the soles of his feet with oil, and ran to Jiang Yao's booth from another road.

    Xiao Chenzhi followed Jiang Yao unhurriedly, and followed her to the booth. He stood in the corner with his arms folded, and when he saw Jiang Yao approaching, a woman grabbed her arm.

    His eyes fell on the woman's hand, with a pine nut candy that Zhou Lei bought just now between his fingers, as long as Jiang Yao showed the expression of being scratched and hurt, he would strike.

    "You are the stall owner? You black-hearted thing, what do you add to the cakes sold at your stall? My son has a stomachache after eating it!

    "

    Her son was lying on the ground covering his stomach and yelling, "There is something wrong with this pastry!" The

    mother-in-law's daughter-in-law pretended to wipe away tears and said, "My husband-in-law came to visit the lotus festival today. I kept my stomach and didn’t eat anything, just ate his cakes and something happened, there must be something wrong with your stuff!”

    In fact, no matter whether there is any problem with the cakes, their purpose is just to make everyone suspicious, so that they don’t dare to eat any more. Buy pastries from Jiang's shop.

    Reputation is such a thing, the more it spreads, the more it stinks, and it will be difficult to restore it.     Someone next to him chimed in, "Which shop is this ?

    Why isn't there a sign?"

    "I know, Jiang's Bakery, it's the one in Luhua Lane."

Prepare, Zisu, Shunzi and the others are still very angry at this slander.

    "You said something went wrong after eating my pastry, do you have evidence?"

    Karen asked calmly, as discussed in advance.

    The mother-in-law's daughter-in-law hurriedly took out an oil-paper bag to show everyone, and it was indeed bought at their stall in the morning.

    "Look for yourselves, is it from your family!"

    The melon-eating crowd discussed a lot, He, Wang and others hid in the crowd, watching the scene in front of them excitedly.

    Jiang Yao tried to shake off the old woman's hand, but it hurt her flesh, "Just say something, let go of your hand first!" "

    Eh? You want to run away? I won't let you go!" The old woman said even more It's overbearing, and the strength in his hands is even stronger.

    Jiang Yao frowned and wanted to break her hand away.

    Suddenly a small black spot flew over, and something hit the back of the woman's hand. There was a sharp pain, and she let go of her hand in pain, and let out a scream.

    "Ouch, who, who hit me?" She waved her hands frantically and looked around in horror. There was no one there. When she looked at her hand, there was a blood hole on the back of her hand, which looked very scary.

    "Mom, what's wrong with you?!" The son who was still lying on the ground just got up immediately.

    "Oh, mother, what happened to your hand?" The daughter-in-law also stared at the back of the mother-in-law's hand with wide eyes.

    Jiang Yao didn't notice what happened, but it didn't prevent her from taking the opportunity to make trouble, and said with a smile, "Did you do something wrong and got beaten by a ghost?"

    "You!" The mother-in-law saw that everyone around her was staring at her, ignoring the injury on her hand, and shouted, "Which uneducated child is using the slingshot! Don't let the old lady catch you!" "Your stomach doesn't hurt anymore!

    " ?” Zisu pointed at her mother-in-law and her son.

    When the mother-in-law and the son heard it, they realized that they immediately lay down again.

    The old woman gritted her teeth while covering the back of her hand and said, "Don't talk about other things, you black-hearted trader, lose money quickly     !

    "

Is there a problem with you eating alone?"

    "Maybe, maybe it's just my bad luck, and I just happened to encounter something unclean in this piece!" the woman and son cried.

    The mother-in-law raised her chin and said domineeringly: "You reneged on your debt, right? Okay, report to the official! Old man, report to the official!"

    She turned to call her husband, but found that the person who should have been standing behind her was gone.

    The mother-in-law panicked for a moment, but she forced herself to calm down and asked her daughter-in-law to report to the police.

    The noble concubine of the magistrate of this county is Hu's concubine, and Hu's has already prepared it, even if there is no problem with the pastry, they will ask someone to find out the problem.

    At that time, even if Jiang Yao is a member of the Hou family and does not need to be punished, her shop will definitely be closed. If this matter is reported back to the capital, Mrs. Hou will have a reason to punish her.

    Jiang Yao put on a fearless look and said, "Okay, then report to the official! Let the official come and clear my innocence!"

    Anyway, the pastry is not from her shop, and reporting to the official will only bring Wang's son The patisserie was dragged down.

    Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the crowd, He Shi and the others who she thought were well hidden.

    Zisu Xianglian and the others behind her also had no objection.

    Mrs. He and Mrs. Wang looked at each other and almost laughed out loud. Mrs. Jiang could have lost money by jumping into the pit by herself, but she insisted on reporting to the officials. She knew that the county magistrate was also Mrs. Xiao's.

    The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have no choice but to squeeze out the crowd to report to the official.

    Obviously according to the prior arrangement, the father-in-law should report to the official, and I don't know why he disappeared.

    At this time, in a small alley, a middle-aged man knelt on the ground, looked at the person in front of him in horror, and shouted: "The hero, spare the life! The hero, spare the life! I, I have no money, and all my money is in the hands of my wife!"

    He Originally standing behind his mother-in-law, waiting to report to the police, but someone suddenly clicked on one of his acupoints from behind, he was speechless for a moment, and then was pulled away by someone, he couldn't resist at all.

    Zhou Lei looked at the man in distaste, and patted his face with a dagger, "Say, who asked your family to frame Jiang's pastry shop, how did you frame it, and the truth."...The official came soon after receiving

    the

    report , They were originally assigned to patrol nearby.

    After learning about the situation, the head catcher pretended to say: "According to the law of this dynasty, those who sell food that poisons people will be punished with 20 boards to make an example. All of you will go back to the yamen with me to be ordered by the county magistrate." Make up your mind!"

    Several policemen immediately wanted to go forward to arrest him.

    Shunzi stood in front of Jiang Yao and the others and said, "Wait! Officer, we still have something to say!"

    The head catcher said in a deep voice, "Say what you have to say!"

    Shunzi took out the pastries from the booth and said He said: "Please look, my lord, the pastries sold at our stall are not actually made by ourselves, but bought from other people's shops to help sell them." As soon as this remark came out, all the people around were shocked

    .

    Especially Mrs. He and Mrs. Wang wished that their eyes were dazzled, why did this pastry look so familiar.

    Take a closer look, isn't this sold in your son's shop? !

    How is this going? !

    If Mrs. He hadn't pulled her, Mrs. Wang would have rushed in to see what happened.

    The head catcher was also confused, since the above clearly didn't explain it like this, he asked, "What do you mean you sell it for other shops? Who do you sell it for? Why don't you sell it from your own shop?" Zisu said hastily

    . She said: "My lady is kind-hearted, and helped Xiao Chenggui from the same village to sell it in his shop."

    Xiao Chenggui is her son of the Wang family.

    Hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it any longer, pushed away the crowd and rushed out, yelling, "You fart! How could my son ask you to help sell pastries? Don't bite people carelessly!" Zisu saw her come out

    . Come on, put your hips on your hips

    and say, "Hey, aren't you Xiao Chenggui's old lady? The two shops are so far apart, why are you here?" Shut up."

    Catcher had no choice but to follow the rules first, restrained the excited Wang, and signaled Jiang Yao to speak.

    Jiang Yao had already prepared his stomach draft and brewed his emotions, and walked out while wiping away tears, saying, "I am also responsible for this matter. I am originally an immigrant in the village, and I want to open a pastry shop to supplement the family. How can I know?" Aunt Wang’s family in the village also opened a pastry shop, and my business was better than hers, so the aunt of the village head’s family came to tell me that everyone is from the same village, so let me help.” She wiped her face

    aggrieved Wipe away tears that didn't exist.

    Zisu shouted from the side: "Everyone in the village bullies my young lady as a foreigner, throwing dirty things into our yard, letting mice and snakes in, stealing our things, and now they have the audacity to ask us to help them sell them. Stuff!"

    Xianglian said: "If you don't believe me, go to Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop and you will know whether the pastries on our booth are from their shop!"

    Jiang Yao sighed, "It's all my fault for being too kind, how do I know their pastries It was made with bad ingredients, and it made the customers eat up their stomachs. It really makes people wonder what to say. If you want to take me to the yamen, you can take it. I am also responsible." She felt that she was a playwright

    . Upper body, more and more interesting.

    She wants to see how the He family will end up with today's matter.

    This reversal caused the surrounding people to exclaim in surprise, there is such a thing.

    Look at this little lady with outstanding appearance and gorgeous temperament, she doesn't look like a peddler but like a lady from a rich family.

    She also spoke politely, softly, and very convincingly. When such a beauty was wronged, the onlookers began to turn their hearts towards her.

    "I don't think this little lady is telling lies, but your family is not blushing and not panting. Maybe she pretended to be sick to deliberately blackmail people?" "Let me tell you, this Jiang's

    pastry I bought the cakes from the shop, and they are much more delicious than the ones at this stall, and they are really selling them for others today!" "My

    lord! Take this man back to the yamen, and let the doctor see if he really eats bad food!" Stomach!"

    "That's right, you can't let him blackmail people!"

    Catching the first one and two big ones, he naturally received instructions from his superiors, knowing that the female owner of Jiang's pastry shop is a person of status from the capital, no matter what. It might really put people in jail.

    Originally, she thought that as long as there was a problem with her pastries, there would be a reason to close the shop, but she never thought that she would be involved in selling things for others.

    Xiao Chenzhi looked at the woman in the crowd quietly, his face was expressionless, his long eyes were narrowed, his lips were lightly pursed, his arms were folded, his mind was full of what the maid beside her just said.

    Snakes, worms, mice, outsiders.

    It turned out that she lived such a life in Taohuawan.

    Seeing that he couldn't control the situation, the head catcher slapped his forehead, and let the county magistrate clean up the mess.

    "Take them all back to the yamen, and then go and take away the people from Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop!"

    Wang Shi almost fainted when she heard that, and wanted to roll over and refused to go to the yamen. situation?

    If I really want to go to the yamen, and find out that the pastry is from Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop, then there is nothing wrong with Jiang Yao!

    At this time, a middle-aged man squeezed out from the crowd, he staggered over and knelt down in front of the catcher, his brow was sweating, and he said eagerly: "Guard, I have something to say!" The catcher was

    impatient , scolded: "What do you have to say quickly!"

    The man said: "I want to surrender, it is the wife of the village head of Taohuawan, Mrs. He, who asked our family to pretend to have a bad stomach and frame Jiang's pastry shop!

    " The boulder was thrown into the lake and caused waves. His family members looked at him in disbelief.

    "Fucking daddy! What nonsense are you talking about!" the mother-in-law yelled like losing her mind.

    Jiang Yao also didn't understand what was going on now.

    Only Xiao Chenzhi glanced over the crowd, exchanged a glance with Zhou Lei, and saw a "fixed" look from the other party.

    As for Mrs. He, who was already annoyed and angry by Jiang Yao's words, but when he heard the middle-aged man's words, his heart throbbed like falling into an ice cave, his head became dizzy, and he fell down, unconscious.

    The author has something to say:

    In the next chapter, the male and female protagonists will officially meet

    

Chapter 17 He Saved Her

    ◎I remember you were a beard before ◎

    Everyone was taken to the county office.

    But firstly, there is evidence to prove that the cakes sold by Jiang Yao and his stall are indeed from Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop, and secondly, a middle-aged man admitted that he was bought by He's to deliberately frame him.

    Therefore, no matter how much the county magistrate tried to find Jiang Yao's crimes, he would never be able to find out.

    It's all to blame these people for doing what Mrs. Xiao told them to do like this, especially the He family, who is the most responsible.

    The county magistrate was so angry that he and his middle-aged man's family of four were fined 20 big boards each.

    As for Xiao Chenggui and the Wang family, there is no evidence to prove that they were also involved in this incident, so they escaped by luck.

    Even young and middle-aged people couldn't hold the twenty big boards down, and screamed for a while, He was dizzy from panic, but after being woken up with water, he was hit by the boards, and passed out again from the pain.

    Zisu and Xianglian held Jiang Yao's hand tightly, watching this scene with horror.

    But they felt relieved that these people were not worthy of pity.

    If it wasn't for the young lady's cleverness to think of a way to crack it, then Jiang's pastry shop would be convicted of the crime. Even if they don't have to be beaten in their capacity as young ladies, these servants would not be able to escape the board, and the shop would also be forced to close.

    Jiang Yao watched calmly, and suddenly she felt two scorching gazes, and when she looked up, Wang Shi and Xiao Chenggui were looking at her with hatred, wishing they could eat her up.

    Xiao Chenggui and the village head are relatives, He's been punished, their plan failed, how could they not hate themselves.

    Besides, this means that Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop really cannot continue to open.

    Jiang Yao raised his eyebrows and returned a disdainful look.

    Outside the county government office, Xiao Chenzhi was listening to Zhou Lei bragging about how he scared the middle-aged man just now, "That man is a softie. Before I said anything, he kept kowtowing and calling him grandpa. I told him to be honest. After explaining what happened, you don't know, but the He family and the Wang family are so cruel..."

    Seeing that he was getting more and more biased, Xiao Chenzhi interrupted him, "Get to the point." Zhou Lei

    quickly retracted the topic, "The point is that the idiot is very afraid of death, I let him choose whether he surrendered himself, or I put him on the spot. His arm was chopped off, so he immediately chose the former."

    After he finished speaking, he thought for a while, "By the way, sir, since you have come to Yunzhou, you have to support your wife, that Hu family, He family, etc. Make it easy for them, they are so disrespectful to the second young lady of the Houfu, according to me, they should confiscate their home and exile to the border to collect sheep dung..."

    He was talking excitedly, Xiao Chenzhi had already stepped into a nearby clothing store .

    When the person came out again, the black narrow-sleeved jacket just now had been replaced by a coarse cloth blouse, a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, and the silver crown on his head was replaced by a cloth scarf. He was dressed like a person walking in the rivers and lakes.

    It's just that he is tall, tall, and has an overly outstanding face. Even so, he is still very eye-catching in the crowd.

    Facing Zhou Lei's exaggerated surprised expression, Xiao Chenzhi rarely asked, "Am I ugly like this?"

    After all, I was going to meet her in this outfit.

    After what happened today, he changed his previous idea of ​​meeting her directly to reveal her identity, and then taking her back to the capital.

    Because he discovered that the whole thing was not simple. During the five years he was not in the capital, what happened in the Hou Mansion, what did Madam Hou want to do to Jiang Yao, and his father and elder brother seemed to be hiding something. .

    If she really had deep-rooted affection for her elder brother Xiao Huan and was reluctant to leave the Hou's mansion, she had to bear the burden of marrying him, a dead man.

    Then if he rashly appeared with his real identity, it would be unsightly for both sides.

    The first thing he needs to do now is to find out her intentions and find out all the people in Yunzhou who have bullied her.

    "Not ugly, not ugly! Master, you will always be my most handsome master!"

    Xiao Chenzhi: "..."

    He threw the burden to Zhou Lei, and said, "Go and do something for me."

    ...

    After coming out of the county office, the sun was already setting.

    Jiang Yao led his family out, and the servants next to him carried out the screaming people who had been hit by the board one by one.

    He's son and daughter-in-law had already arrived, and wanted to rush up and wrestle Jiang Yao, but they were concerned about their status, so they could only cry and carry their old mother to the hospital.

    The crowd pointing and pointing gradually dispersed.

    Jiang Yao was in a good mood, as if it wasn't him who was almost hit by the board, but just watched a scene of excitement from others.

    "Miss, it's getting dark, it's time to close the stall."

    The sky gradually turned orange, and the street was a little more smoky.

    Jiang Yao said: "Then Shunzi, you guys go to close the stall, we will go to the restaurant to order the dishes first." It

    will take half an hour to go back to Taohuawan from the county town by carriage, and the journey is quite bumpy. She is tired today and plans to go back tomorrow.

    On the way from the county government office to the restaurant, she repeatedly thought about what happened today, and still couldn't figure out why the woman's husband-in-law ran out to confess his guilt.

    In itself, she meant to divert the trouble to the east, making people think that there was something wrong with the pastries in Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop.

    It was Xiao Chenggui's family who suffered in this way.

    She has no plans to do anything to He Shi yet, after all, He Shi is the wife of the village chief.

    Who would have thought that after this incident, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xiao Chenggui's pastry shop did not do much good, but they made Mrs. He half dead.

    He's also called self-inflicted evil can't live.

    In the end, after much deliberation, she couldn't figure out why, so she had to give up.

    But she also understands one thing, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, she wants to live in peace, some people don't like her.

    The He family is like this, the Hu family is like this, and even Mrs. Hou in the capital is like this.

    She sneered in her heart, just wait, within a year, Mrs. Hou's good days will be over.

    Because she remembered that in the original book, although Xuan Ping Hou succeeded in rebelling, another person ascended to the throne of queen. It was the daughter of a general who followed Xuan Ping Hou to conquer the world. How the truth is unknown.

    As for the Hu family, she has already begun to think about how to fight back.

    Xiao Chenzhi followed Jiang Yao and the others all the time, and he didn't know how to show his face. When he thought of talking to her face to face, his heart skipped a beat and his breath stopped.

    It was the first time that General Xiao, who was invincible on the battlefield and remained calm even when he was captured in the Turkic camp, felt so difficult.

    Jiang Yao stayed in the inn for one night, and the next morning, Shunzi and the others went to work in the shop as usual, while Jiang Yao led Uncle Huang, Aunt Huang and Zisu back to Taohuawan.

    Xiao Chenzhi was inconvenient to ride a horse, it was too eye-catching, seeing them getting into the carriage, he could only quickly follow behind, and after leaving the county town, he used lightness kung fu on his feet, and followed them not far or close.

    Jiang Yao was sitting in the carriage playing with the gadgets she bought at the Lotus Appreciation Festival yesterday. After the carriage stopped, she put down her things as usual and waited for Uncle Huang to greet her.

    But after waiting for a while, there was no movement, and Aunt Huang also felt strange, "Old servant, go down and have a look first." "Old man

    , what are you doing without talking nonsense!"

    She lifted the curtain of the car and poked her head out, her body froze suddenly.

    After a while, she let out a scream, and stumbled out of the car, "Sin! Which god did this!"

    Jiang Yao and Zisu were shocked, and immediately opened the curtains to look out, only to see the car parked in the At the entrance of the courtyard, the courtyard door was wide open, and rotten vegetables and leaves were smashed on the door and the courtyard wall, and even feces were poured on it. The inside of the courtyard was also a mess.

    Jiang Yao froze in the car, and then burst into overwhelming anger.

    She pinched the window sill with her hands, her teeth chattered slightly, and she tried her best not to make a sound.

    Zisu stood up from the car angrily, but she never thought of hitting the roof of the car, but she didn't care so much, she covered her head and climbed out of the car, and rushed into the yard with Huang Shu and Aunt Huang who were already stupid.

    The clothes and racks to dry in the yard were overturned and trampled to the ground, and everything in the house was looted, and even the pots and pans were smashed.

    In short, all the things that Jiang Yao arranged with his own money were destroyed.

    Hearing the yelling and cursing of Zisu and others, Jiang Yao was trembling with anger, got out of the car and strode in.

    "Miss, we have been robbed!" Zi Su cried and stomped her feet.

    Aunt Huang kept yelling, "Sin, sin!"

    Jiang Yao looked at the red and white thing under the courtyard wall without moving. When she got closer, she stopped breathing. It was from her puppy. corpse.

    She swayed, leaning on the courtyard wall to stand still, with hatred in her eyes.

    Fortunately, she carried the bank notes with her, so no one would steal them.

    The pastry shop of He and others failed. This time, they didn't even bother to pretend.

    Xiao Chenzhi followed them into Peach Blossom Bay. At this time, it was approaching noon, the sun was scorching hot, and the cicadas were constantly singing.

    There is a huge tree at the head of the village. He flies up and stands on the tree, and he can have a panoramic view of half of Taohuawan.

    And his eyesight is very good, he saw the situation in Jiang Yao's yard from a long distance, and naturally saw many villagers coming out of the yard carrying hoes and poles.

    "Miss, what should we do?" Zisu looked at the puppy's corpse with tears in her eyes.

    Jiang Yao stood on the spot, suddenly thought of something, and said eagerly: "No! Go! Uncle Huang, let's go to the county!" Before

    Zi Su could react, Jiang Yao had already taken her hand and walked quickly to the carriage go.

    "They must be waiting for us to come back!"

    Uncle Huang and Aunt Huang's expressions changed greatly and they realized it.

    Since these villagers dared to blatantly destroy her residence, they would not let her leave Taohuawan alive, nor would they give her the opportunity to deliver a letter to the capital!

    The four of them climbed into the carriage quickly, Uncle Huang gave the horse's ass a slap in the face, and the carriage ran quickly to the entrance of the village.

    But before reaching the entrance of the village, a group of villagers suddenly rushed out from the side alley, holding hoes and poles, looking at Jiang Yao and the others fiercely.

    Many people in this village are descendants of the former servants of the Hou Mansion, and after decades of intermarriage, they have long been twisted together.

    Therefore, the matter of He's being punished has completely torn off the fig leaf of both sides, and directly became the opposite.

    Zi Su gasped, these villagers are really unreasonable, they are so bold.

    Jiang Yao's heart also sank to the bottom, her intuition was wrong, she would not believe that these villagers had no support behind them.

    Hu's? Or Madam Hou who is far away in the capital?

    And why did he suddenly want to take her life? Could it be that something happened in the capital?

    In the blink of an eye, she thought of many possibilities, but now she can only find a way to get out of trouble.

    "What do you want to do!" Uncle Huang roared fiercely, "Our lady is the Second Young Madam from the Hou Mansion from the capital!" The leader of the

    villagers spat and laughed, "What Second Young Madam, come here!" If you are in Taohuawan, you have to listen to us!"

    "Who told you to be restless, and dare to make our village head's daughter-in-law suffer if you insist on building a shop!"

    Uncle Huang asked, holding the reins, his palms were sweaty. "Aren't you afraid of the Hou's Mansion?"

    "Hou's Mansion? Hahahaha, even if you die here, Xiao Xiao said that you died of illness, who will be held accountable? You have come to guard the grave, and you really think you are from the Hou's Mansion." The eyes of the villagers are full of malice

    , and Jiang Yao has already felt their wanton gaze through the curtain of the car.

    She forced herself to calm down, patted Zisu and Aunt Huang's hands to comfort her     , opened the curtain of the car and said, "What are you going to do today?" She had the same expression on her face, "Come with us!"

    "Wait."

    Jiang Yao said calmly, "Do you want money or something? Killing me now is not a good deal."

    She didn't move Looking at the person in front of him sensually, he found that he was tall, solid and powerful, and his face was a little different from the people in Taohuawan and Yunzhou. He looked like a northerner, and he had an unfamiliar face. He had never seen this person in Taohuawan.

    Was this person sent by Mrs. Hu or Mrs. Hou?

    "My father is a big merchant in the capital. He has so much money that he can't use it up in a few lifetimes. My mother's family will send me some things from time to time, and I have saved thousands of taels of silver in the bank. If you kill me, you will kill me." I won’t get a penny.”

    The villagers hesitated when they heard that it was several thousand taels, they had never seen so much money in their entire lives.

    Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

    The leading villager shouted: "Don't be fooled by her! If you don't kill her now, she will report to the police if she escapes, and you will be the ones who will die!" Jiang Yao also said in a deep voice: "I just want to live

    longer A few days later, if you kill me one day later, I will give you five hundred taels."

    Now it is just delaying time.

    Xianglian is a thoughtful person. It stands to reason that after Uncle Huang sent Jiang Yao and others home, he would go back to the county to pick up Xianglian and the others. If Uncle Huang didn't go tonight or tomorrow morning, Xianglian would definitely guess that something happened.

    When the villagers heard the words, they began to discuss in low voices, each with their own calculations in their hearts, five hundred taels a day, and they dared not even think about it.

    The leader of the villagers was about to speak when suddenly a figure jumped off the roof and landed directly on the carriage.

    The visitor pushed Jiang Yao in at the door of the car, grabbed the whip from Uncle Huang's hand, and slapped the horse's butt hard. The horse neighed and rushed forward.

    He shouted in a deep voice: "Sit still!"

    He grabbed the rein with one hand and threw a handful of stones with the other.

    The stone was infused with internal force, and the person who was hit suffered a sharp pain as if hit by an arrow, and took a few steps back to stabilize his figure.

    In an instant, a hole was torn open in the front. The person who came drew out his long sword and collided with the sword of the rushing village leader. go.

    "What a strong internal force!"

    "Catch me!"

    The carriage staggered forward on the mountain road, Jiang Yao and Aunt Huang Zisu staggered in the car, and Uncle Huang also held on to the door tightly to prevent himself from falling.

    The four of them looked at the man driving the car in amazement, the divine soldiers descended from heaven, were they saved?

    "You are..." Jiang Yao was about to speak, when the man suddenly turned his head and said, "They are here, let's talk about it later, please sit down."

    His voice was very clear, sounding young, Jiang Yao inexplicably felt a little familiar.

    Zisu opened the curtain and poked her head out to see that a group of people were chasing after her.

    "What to do, they are still behind!"

    Jiang Yao also took a look, and found that some of these people were also riding horses. Sure enough, they were not simple villagers.

    Uncle Huang said suddenly: "No! If you run too fast, the axle will break!"

    The carriage was not big at first, and its quality was average. There were now five people in the carriage, and it bumped on the gravel road, making creaking noises from under the carriage.

    If it goes on like this, it will be a car crash.

    Several people on horseback had passed them quickly. The man put the reins into Uncle Huang's hand and said, "You drive!"

    He flew up and received the enemy's attack directly with his sword. With a kick, he jumped onto the horse of a man, and the man with a knife in his hand fell off the horse and landed on his face.

    Jiang Yao's heart was beating like thunder, and his heart was in his throat, staring at that figure.

    She watched him fight one against four and still not lose the wind. The long sword seemed to cut through the sky, and blood spattered.

    She remembered, this person, this sword, turned out to be the person she met on the boat!

    Why is he here! ?

    The villagers behind chased the carriage panting, seeing the beating in front of them dazzled, their legs were weak and they dared not go forward, but thinking that if someone ran away, they would be the ones who would die, so they raised their weapons and charged forward.

    Within a few moments, the four thieves were all killed by the men, but there were also many villagers rushing over.

    The long sword in the man's hand dripped blood, and he was about to kill, but he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his old wound was broken open.

    Jiang Yao asked Uncle Huang to stop the car, and grabbed a few fire mine bombs from the drawer. They were bought from the black market, and they belonged to forbidden items. She didn't dare to use them before because they had a large explosion range and were easy to accidentally injure them. He also blew himself up.

    Now that their carriage has run away, there is no need to worry about blowing themselves up.

    "Hero! Next!"

    She poked her head out and threw it with all her strength. The man's gaze was like a torch, and he turned around with a sword flower to repel several villagers. He kicked the other one with his toe, and the fire mine bomb would explode when it hit the ground violently. The one he kicked changed its flight trajectory and hit the villagers with a loud bang.

    He threw two more in his hand, and the person had retreated dozens of meters away.

    Immediately screaming screamed, the villagers rolled on the ground. Although not many villagers were killed by the bombing, many were caught in flames and disfigured.

    Jiang Yao climbed out of the carriage in shock and looked at those people, showing no sympathy. Zisu also yelled, "Well done! It deserves it!"

    Aunt Huang hid aside and vomited, while Uncle Huang looked at the villagers and sighed.

    The man came riding a horse. His back was straight, his body was covered with blood, his forehead was covered with thin sweat, but his eyes were bright, and he looked down at Jiang Yao without any trace of hostility.

    Not like a murderer who just killed several people, but more like a warrior who guarded his lover.

    Jiang Yao looked up at him, and suddenly smiled. After the catastrophe, she met her old friend again, "Thank you, hero, for your kindness, please accept my concubine's bow."

    She solemnly saluted.

    Xiao Chenzhi wanted to stretch out his hand to support her, but he retracted and put his back behind him, only looking at her, his eyes were all about her, if Zhou Lei were here, his jaw would drop in shock, when did their master look at her so tenderly? Extraordinary.

    He didn't know what to say. Looking at her expression, he must have remembered that the two had met. Five years ago, he was rescued by her and lied to her that he was a businessman who failed in business and was hunted down.

    Jiang Yao smiled and said, "It's you, where's your beard?"

    Xiao Chenzhi was taken aback when he heard that, what beard?

    Jiang Yao said: "On the boat, I remember you with a big beard."

    The man without beard is really handsome.

    

Chapter 18 Can't Swallow This Breath

    ◎How about we pretend to be husband and wife? ◎

    Xiao Chenzhi realized that she had forgotten what happened five years ago, and only remembered the time on the boat more than a month ago, and said, "Did you recognize it?"

    Jiang Yao saw that although his face was calm, there was still fine sweat on his forehead , and said with concern: "I remember your figure and sword, why are you here? Did you get injured just now?"

    Xiao Chenzhi was betrayed by someone when he was on the boat, and he was hit by a sword in the chest. At the border, he put on his armor and went to the battlefield again, intermittently, the wound has not healed, and just now there was a fight, the scabbed area burst open again.

    He was just about to say that it's just a relapse of the old injury and it's not a big deal, but the words turned around again, and said: "Well, the old injury may be torn apart, it's a bit...serious." Hearing what he said,

    Jiang Yao was frightened She jumped, how serious it is, if saving herself puts him in danger, she will never have a good time in her life.

    "Then get down quickly and lie in the carriage. We'll go to the county clinic right away."

    Then he turned his head and told Zisu, "Find out the sore medicine and hemostatic medicine in the car."

    Zisu groaned and climbed up quickly car.

    Uncle Huang and Aunt Huang also surrounded him, thanking him for saving his life.

    When Xiao Chenzhi faced other people, his face became a bit colder, he nodded and said nothing.

    Uncle Huang and the others didn't think his cold face was intimidating, but they thought it should be like a master.

    Jiang Yao looked up at him and said, "Go to the carriage and let Uncle Huang apply medicine and bandage you."

    Xiao Chenzhi shook his head, "Let's go first, I can hold on, there may be pursuers behind."

    Jiang Yao turned her head Taking a look, he saw that the thunder and fire bombs were very powerful, and some people were lying on the ground crying, and the casualties were unknown, but the only thing that could be confirmed was that the four people who were not villagers had already died under Xiao Chen's sword.

    It is not clear who sent these people, and now is indeed not the time to stay for a long time.

    She didn't hesitate anymore, and ordered: "Let's go quickly, the city gate is closed and we will

    go to the county town." The three female family members got into the carriage, Uncle Huang checked the axle, and drove the carriage to the county town, one of Xiao Chen and his horse guarded him. Next to it, I walked for nearly half an hour, and entered the county seat when the sun was westward.

    Jiang Yao was afraid that Xiao Chenzhi's injury would not last, so he asked Uncle Huang to go directly to the medical clinic. The doctor in the medical clinic led Xiao Chenzhi into the house to apply medicine, while Jiang Yao and the others rested on the stone benches in the yard. .

    "Miss, drink some water." Zi Su begged for some boiling water from the back kitchen.

    Jiang Yao took a small sip of the teacup and said, "Uncle Huang, can the car still work?"     Uncle Huang said, "Yes

    , it's okay to run slowly."

Put everything away, close the shop and go directly to Yongfu Inn, we can’t stay in this county for long.”

    She is ready to give up the shop deposit, which is only a few taels of silver, and she will go directly to Yunzhou tomorrow.

    At this time, the door creaked open, the doctor came out first, followed by Xiao Chenzhi who changed into coarse clothes.

    Jiang Yao got up quickly, "Doctor, how is his injury?"

    The doctor was about to say that there is nothing serious, just apply some medicine, but when he thought of the man's instructions just now, he changed his words, "The situation is not very good. Keep it for a few months, and be careful not to get the root of the disease."

    Xiao Chenzhi's face was calm, not guilty at all.

    Hearing this, Jiang Yao hurriedly said: "Then you have to prescribe the best medicine for him."

    The doctor nodded repeatedly, and left the backyard as if fleeing, just now the man's body was covered with new and old injuries, which really scared him, could it be? What kind of desperado, he wanted to remind the young lady to be careful of being cheated, but after thinking about it, forget it and be cautious in words and deeds.

    "Let's go to Tongfu Inn first." Jiang Yao asked Zisu to pay the bill in the front hall, while Uncle Huang went to the shop, while he put on a veil and led the people out through the back door.

    The twilight is getting thicker, and the lights are just coming on. Tongfu Inn is not far away, just walk over there.

    Only now did she have time to ask Xiao Chenzhi, "By the way, why did you appear in Peach Blossom Bay?"

    She was half a head shorter than him, so she could only look up at him. Looking at him from the side, she only felt that his nose bridge was straight and his brows were deep. The jaw line was tight, and even the lines of the entire side face were so perfect, but he was obviously strong in martial arts, but he was not vicious, and his face was handsome and surprisingly good-looking.

    Her ex-husband Xiao Huanzhi was also very good-looking, he was a well-known handsome man in the capital, this man was not bad at all compared to Xiao Huanzhi, and he was more masculine, while Xiao Huanzhi was more bookish.

    But because Xiao Chen's appearance followed his mother, and he didn't quite resemble Xiao Huanzhi, Jiang Yao didn't become suspicious.

    She has always been a good-looking dog, and her voice is much softer.

    Xiao Chenzhi had made preparations a long time ago, and said: "At that time on the boat, you said that you could come to Yunzhou to find you."     Jiang Yao realized

    , "Did you encounter difficulties?"

After fooling around, Jiang Yao understood that he was helpless as a majestic master and could only find a woman for help.

    In order to take care of his face, he didn't ask any more questions, just stopped and said sincerely: "What can I help you with? You can also see that I am a little bit hard to protect myself now." Xiao Chenzhi was silent for a while,

    nonsense Said: "Someone is chasing me, I am injured now, you can help me hide my identity."

    Thinking that the injury on his body relapsed because of saving himself, Jiang Yao felt a little guilty, and said: "I will try my best, you I will also help you find the best doctor for your injury."

    While speaking, Tongfu Inn had already arrived, so Jiang Yao put away the conversation and planned to discuss it in detail at night.

    "Let's eat first, the doctor said you should take good care of it." She went in and opened four rooms, and ordered a few more dishes.

    Soon Uncle Huang picked up Xiang Lian and the others. As soon as they entered Jiang Yao's room with big and small bags, they hurriedly checked Jiang Yao's situation, "Miss, how are you? I heard from Uncle Huang that you were attacked. I'm going to be scared to death."

    Jiang Yao smiled and said: "I'm fine, thanks to this hero who saved us."

    Xiang Lian and others hurriedly saluted Xiao Chenzhi, who was sitting in the dark like a statue, they didn't notice when they came in just now he.

    "Eat first, and then discuss the follow-up matters."

    In order to heal Xiao Chenzhi, Jiang Yao specially ordered some light food for him.

    After eating, Jiang Yao asked everyone to sit at the table after Xiaoer took away the bowls and chopsticks, ready to discuss the next thing.

    "Take away everything that can be taken from the store, right?"

    Shunzi said, "It's all taken away, and there's nothing of value."

    Their cakes are baked at home and then brought to the shop for sale.

    Jiang Yao nodded and said: "Now you know my situation, someone wants my life, and you are in danger of your life at any time if you follow me. We are masters and servants. If you want to leave, I can give you the deed of sale." , get rid of your slave status for you, and you go to make a living by yourself."

    Several people were silent when they heard the words, Zisu and Xianglian would naturally not leave, Huang Shu and Aunt Huang immediately said: "If we don't leave, our children are gone , where to make a living with a handful of old bones, it is easier to follow the lady than to be servants in a rich family, so we have the cheek to follow the lady."

    Shunzi also said: "I will not leave either! When the master bought me back then, Gave me ten taels of silver and told me to take care of my father's funeral, and I swore from then on that I would follow Miss all my life!"

    Jiao Xing also had nowhere to go, she was sold by her family when she was a few years old, and it was not easy to meet her. Jiang Yao is such a good master, she also shook her head and whispered: "I'm not going either."

    Xiao Chenzhi was sitting in the corner, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but think of five years ago, when she rescued him, she was so sincere At that time, like these servants, he was willing to repay her for the rest of his life.

    Jiang Yao was moved, and said in a gentle voice, "In that case, let's discuss the next thing. We can't stay in the county town anymore. Those people may not give up. They are hiding in the city. I plan to go to Yunzhou tomorrow. When we get there, we Then open a few shops in the name of others."

    She couldn't swallow this breath in her heart, and she was going to take out all her money, open a shop in Yunzhou, destroy the Xiao family's property, and fight back against the Hu family.

    At the same time, she will write the book and go back to the capital, and directly tell Father Jiang and General Zhou about Xuan Ping Hou's rebellion and Mrs. Hou's plan to kill her, regardless of whether Mrs. Hou knew about her husband's plan or whether she was the one who killed her. Don't even think about living a stable life.

    General Zhou is a staunch royalist, and she is now Xiao Chenzhi's wife, his nominal niece and daughter-in-law, maybe he will take care of her for a while.

    As for whether this would implicate her ex-husband Xiao Huanzhi and the original heroine Zhao Yun, then she didn't want to think about it, she was always selfish.

    Today's incident made her understand completely, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, escape is no longer the way.

    Zisu said: "Miss, why don't we go back to the capital?"

    Is the lady still guarding the grave of the dead second son of the Hou family?

    Jiang Yao naturally didn't want to go back to the capital, because soon the capital would be in turmoil.

    "After opening the shop in Yunzhou, I will slowly develop towards the capital. Now I can only live in Jiang's house when I go back. I can't feel comfortable outside." Zisu thought of Jiang Yao's annoying stepmother, and she understood

    . she means.

    Jiang Yao looked at Xiao Chenzhi again: "I haven't asked what your name is yet, what are your plans?"

    Xiao Chenzhi had been waiting for her to ask himself, and then said the name of the rivers and lakes when he was a boy: "My surname is Zhou. , Ming Cheng, the family used to run an escort agency, but later got into trouble and had to abscond everywhere."

    This is almost the same as Jiang Yao's guess.

    It's just that the martial arts of the people who run the escort agency are so good?

    "I can help you hide your identity, how about you pretending to be my bodyguard?"

    Jiang Yao felt that this arrangement was very good.

    Xiao Chenzhi said: "I just heard that you want to open a shop? Then who do you want to use as your identity? If it is your own, your enemies will know when the government investigates." Jiang Yao heard the words and said: "I just

    now I also thought about this problem, and I am going to spend some money to buy a relationship with the government and set up a new account for me, so why do you have a better way?" No matter how strict the household registration management is in this era, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, and there are many people who benefit from it in the

    government Now, as long as the money is in place, this is a small problem.

    Xiao Chenzhi said: "Although you can spend money to clear it up, your identity as a woman is easy for people to detect. I have already created a fake identity for myself. You can borrow mine. The left and right are just opening an account, and I will not covet you. Half a penny, but..."

    Jiang Yao was overjoyed, this saved a lot of trouble.

    Just what?

    She looked at him questioningly.

    Xiao Chenzhi drooped his eyes, and said a little uncomfortable: "It's just that I'm injured now, and I can't stand up against a strong enemy. I'm afraid I can't be qualified for the job of guards. You have to buy some more guards. Why don't we pretend to be husband and wife?"

    Jiang Yao: "?!"

  

Chapter 19 Pretending to be a Couple

    ◎My wife is about to give birth◎

    Jiang Yao was not only surprised by Xiao Chenzhi's words, but the people around him also looked at him in bewilderment.

    "I just mentioned it casually." Xiao Chenzhi raised his hand and pressed the center of his eyebrows, annoyed at his impulsiveness, because he was too impatient.

    He explained, "Miss Jiang doesn't have to take it seriously, but besides the household registration issue, if you offend someone from the government, girl, they may post a reward order, and it's convenient to cover with multiple identities." "You know our

    lady What is your identity?" Zisu was annoyed, Xianglian pulled her hand and shook her head at her.

    But Jiang Yao took what he said seriously and thought it was very feasible.

    When she left the capital, Xiao Cheng helped her set up a false guide, so naturally she could no longer use this identity. These days, there are few women who have registered households, and they are easy to attract attention. If the people in the Hou's mansion can't find her, she really needs a "sister-in-law" as a cover.

    She seriously asked: "Is there a marriage in your family?"

    Xiao Chenzhi: "..."

    How should he answer?

    Jiang Yao looked at him suspiciously, "Yes?"

    Xiao Chenzhi couldn't answer, his expression was stiff, he hesitated for a while before he said in a cold voice: "I have a wife in name."

    When he said this, his eyes were fixed on Jiang Yao.

    Jiang Yao frowned and said, "In name but not in reality?" Isn't that very similar to her relationship with her ex-husband.

    But she still felt that it was wrong. Even if she had no feelings, the other party was still a wife and should be respected.

    But Xiao Chenzhi added: "She has someone else in her heart."

    Jiang Yao: "...well, I will follow your suggestion."

    For the sake of fairness, she added: "My husband has passed away."

    ...

    In the middle of the night, Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Hu, was distractedly enjoying the cool air in the yard. Her mind was repeatedly replaying today's events, which were reported by the servants. She couldn't figure it out. A weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken and a few ordinary people The servant, who will save me.

    That man was so skilled that he killed all four hidden guards sent by Mrs. Hou to Jie Jiangyao, and even the villagers in Taohua Bay were killed or injured by something unknown.

    And now the people on his side still can't figure out who the other party is.

    On the one hand, Mrs. Hu felt that the people sent by Mrs. Hou were useless, but on the other hand, she was afraid that Mrs. Hou would convict her, so she could only bite the bullet and take the money to go over the local yamen, offering a reward in the name of the yamen.

    According to the news from Mrs. Hou, Jiang Yao's husband came back alive from the border, and even became an uncle. If he didn't kill Jiang Yao before the news of the capital reached Yunzhou, he would have no way to survive. .

    So Hu was very scared.

    He wrote an urgent secret letter overnight and sent it to the capital.

    Let’s say that Jiang Yao and the others have allocated four rooms in total, one for her and Zisu, one for Xianglian and Aunt Huang Jiaoxing, one for Uncle Huang and Shunzi, and one for Xiao Chen.

    After returning to their rooms, Xiao Chenzhi, who was still pale and slightly weak, lost the feeling just now, and only pushed open the window, and knocked on the window lightly and rhythmically a few times, which was his secret signal.

    After a while, Zhou Lei crawled in with a burden on his back.

    As soon as he closed the window, he complained: "Master, why don't you train a few hidden guards? You are using me as an animal messenger. I have to be a follower and a scout at the same time. It's really tiring. You let me I'm just starting out with the things I collected..."

    He sniffed and said in surprise: "Why does it smell like medicine, sir, are you injured?"

    Sitting in the dark, Xiao Chenzhi said: "It's nothing, I met some people this afternoon Little thief. I asked you to check it first, and you go back to the capital first, let Jingyun and the others check Mrs. Xuanpinghou, and I will know her every move."

    Zhou Lei slammed his mouth, "This subordinate knows, that woman was not a good person when I first saw her, she must be the one who bullied Madam!"

    Xiao Chenzhi supported his forehead, gently knocked down the table, Only then did Zhou Lei stop talking, and said with a smile: "Then this subordinate will stay here for the night with the audacity to set off tomorrow morning."

    He put Xiao Chenzhi's luggage away, "This is your luggage", and then went to the couch for a while. lie.

    There was nothing to say all night, the next morning, several people had breakfast, Shunzi changed Xiao Chenzhi's medicine, and went shopping again, the carriage that Uncle Huang had rented early in the morning also came.

    The two carriages headed all the way to Yunzhou.

    The carriage was staggering, Xiao Chenzhi was injured, so Jiang Yao let him and Shunzi ride in the same carriage so that he could lie down, and the others took the other carriage.

    Xiao Chenzhi lay on the carriage covered with a clean and soft quilt, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and Shunzi sat beside him, sitting upright.

    Ever since Zisu heard about Xiao Chenzhi's heroic deed of saving Jiang Yao with one as ten yesterday, he has become a loyal admirer of Xiao Chenzhi.

    Xiao Chenzhi couldn't sleep, so he opened his eyes slightly and looked at the top of his head. Shunzi immediately said nervously: "Master, what do you want?

    " Pretending to be a husband and wife, the servants call her his wife and Xiao Chenzhi his master.

    Xiao Chenzhi glanced at him sideways, put the back of his hand on his face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your name is Shunzi?"

    Shunzi nodded quickly.

    Xiao Chenzhi: "How long have you been with your master?"

    Shunzi thought for a while, "More than a month."

    Jiang Yao claimed to Xiao Chenzhi that she was a widow from a wealthy family, and didn't say much else. Of course I didn't ask anything.

    Xiao Chenzhi remembered that she said that her husband had passed away last night, but she didn't mention her ex-husband, so does she only admit in her heart that she is his wife Xiao Chenzhi?

    He raised the corner of his lips involuntarily.

    "Then you've heard her mention her husband?"

    Shunzi immediately became vigilant when he heard what he said. Although he admired this man's martial arts, he was loyal to the young lady. If this person wanted to inquire about the young lady's private affairs Son, that would never be said.

    Shunzi said vaguely: "I haven't heard of it, maybe the lady doesn't want to bring up the sad things."

    Xiao Chenzhi asked again, "Then does your lady have someone she likes now?"

    Shunzi looked at him with a strange expression when he heard this.

    I heard from the young lady that this man had saved her twice, and they had met before.

    But the young lady didn't seem to know him very well, so why did he inquire about these things?

    Xiao Chen seemed to be calmly waiting for his answer.

    "I see." Shunzi suddenly clapped his hands.

    Xiao Chenzhi was taken aback, "What?"

    "You must have taken a fancy to my young lady!"

    Jiang Yao didn't know anything about the situation in the carriage behind, she was dressing herself up with Zisu and others.

    Usually she likes to wear plain dresses, but today she specially changed into a bright red one, changed her hairstyle, put on some exaggerated makeup on her face, and ordered a matchmaker mole.

    In this way, Jiang Yao has not much connection with what she used to be. Unless someone close to her, it is difficult to recognize her just by the portraits of this era.

    The county seat is not far from Yunzhou, and the carriage arrived after an hour. They first stopped a mile away from the city gate and were going to exchange places. Since they were acting as husband and wife, they naturally wanted to take a carriage.

    Jiang Yao got out of the car and climbed into Xiao Chenzhi's carriage, while Shun Zi sat next to the coachman and lowered the curtain.

    Xiao Chenzhi had already sat on the carriage, and the quilt was packed.

    He glanced at Jiang Yao who had sneaked in, first his eyes stayed on her face for a while, and then he put his hand to his mouth and coughed lightly, with a smile in his eyes.

    Jiang Yao sat down, straightened her red and purple skirt, and keenly caught his eyes, "Am I exaggerated?"

    Xiao Chenzhi stopped laughing, and said seriously: "No."

    Jiang Yao didn't believe it, " Then if you are in the crowd, can you still recognize me at a glance?"

    Xiao Chen subconsciously said: "Yes...but you have to look carefully, those who have never seen your original face should not recognize me."

    Jiang Yao was relieved now, He took out a pair of good things from his arms, "You also need to disguise yourself, those villagers have seen you before."

    Today Xiao Chenzhi was wearing the water-coloured brocade dress that Jiang Yao prepared for him, and his hair was tied up with a jade hairpin to match him. Ordinary rich men are dressed in the same way, a little less serious and a little more soft than yesterday's outfit.

    Looking at the beard in his hand, Jiang Yao hesitated for a moment, such a pretty face really didn't match the beard.

    "I'll post it myself." Xiao Chenzhi thought that she felt that men and women could not kiss each other, so he was ready to reach out to take it.

    Jiang Yao avoided his hand, "How can you stick to it without a mirror, I'll do it."

    She sat up straight and leaned over, Xiao Chenzhi froze unexpectedly, her back pressed against the car wall and dared not move.

    "Don't move, it will be fine soon." Jiang Yao held his breath and carefully pasted the beard on him, rubbing the edges with his fingers to make sure it was firmly glued.

    Xiao Chenzhi clenched his fists by his side, the faint fragrance of her hair lingered at the tip of his nose, and the place on his cheeks where she rubbed them was hot.

    After posting it, Jiang Yao quickly backed away, and sat by the side with a fan to fan the wind. It was getting so hot in this hot day.

    She lifted the curtain of the car, and saw that the gate of Yunzhou City was in front of her, and there were rows of horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians waiting to be checked and released at the gate.

    She frowned and stared at a reward order posted next to the gate of the city. The person painted on it was somewhat similar to her, and the painters these days were quite capable.

    Xiao Chenzhi opened the curtain on the other side, also saw the reward order, and said coldly: "The people behind are so fast."

    Jiang Yao said angrily: "The sky is so high and the emperor is far away. These people are a nest of snakes and rats, and there is no kingly law."

    She knew at a guess that the Hu family must have colluded with the Yunzhou government to arrange something for her to murder her, murder and set fire , the crime of collaborating with an enemy country.

    The more she stared at the portrait, the more she felt that the painting was very vivid, and she was a little worried: "You won't really recognize me, right?"

    Xiao Chenzhi regretted that he and Zhou Lei had just left at the beginning, and the two of them went out immediately After leaving the capital, there is no one who can be summoned at hand.

    But luckily he came in time to save her.

    The team moved forward slowly, and Jiang Yao quietly watched the situation ahead through the gap in the car curtain.

    Suddenly, the inspecting soldiers pulled a young woman out of a carriage, "Take her away!" "

    Why arrest me! I didn't break the law!" The woman screamed in disbelief and was dragged away. There was nothing her family could do, yelling in the carriage.

    The soldiers took the portraits and carefully compared the people in the carriage one by one.

    Jiang Yao heard the passerby walking beside her carriage say: "When you go back, you have to tell your daughter-in-law not to go to the city in the near future, and the government will arrest people. Anyone who looks somewhat similar to that portrait will be taken to the yamen for careful attention." Check it before letting it go."

    "Check it so carefully?"

    "That's right, I heard that the absconding prisoner is scheming and will change his face! You must take it to wash your face."

    Jiang Yao's heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to wash your face?

    She subconsciously looked at Xiao Chenzhi, Xiao Chenzhi couldn't see the expression on his bearded face.

    "What should we do?" Jiang Yao asked in a low voice, "Do you have an idea?"

    He glanced at the front with his pretty eyes, and said in a deep voice: "We will go to the city at night, and I will take you inside."

    Jiang Yao: "... Over the wall?!"

    Xiao Chenzhi nodded confidently.

    Since the gate of Yunzhou City is so strictly checked, other places will not be easy to go to. Even those villages will be searched by soldiers, unless Jiang Yao and the others don't go to any cities and stay in the deep mountains and old forests.

    Now the safest place is Yunzhou City.

    Jiang Yao laughed and said: "Forget it, you are still injured, how can the city wall be so easy to climb."

    Xiao Chenzhi looked at her, he led troops to attack the city at the border, and once led a team of ten people to enter the enemy's city at night. He climbed up the city wall, destroyed the catapults on the tower in the dark, and killed a general guarding the city.

    Now it's just a Yunzhou city without garrison guards, how can he not do it?

    Jiang Yao shook his head and said, "No, no, I'm afraid of heights."

    It's too risky if someone finds out that either the other person or the two of them will die.

    Suddenly she thought of an idea, grabbed Xiao Chenzhi's clothes and said, "Take off your coat." "

    ?!"

    Xiao Chenzhi looked at her in surprise.

    Jiang Yao: "I'll pretend to be a pregnant woman who is about to give birth. Hurry up, it's our turn soon."

    She helped Xiao Chenzhi take off his coat in a hurry. Kneaded into a ball by Jiang Yao, with his back turned and stuffed into his stomach.

    She tidied up the shape, then tore apart her bun, spread out the folded quilt, and lay down on it.

    Xiao Chenzhi was already unable to keep up with her series of operations, Jiang Yao tugged at his sleeves, "Sit down, put your arms around my head, and act anxious." Xiao Chenzhi heard the

    words Sitting next to her, he had long hands and long feet, and his legs were resting on the ground. Jiang Yao had already propped herself up and lay on his lap.

    Xiao Chenzhi felt a heavy weight on his legs, and a burst of warmth in his arms, as soon as he reached out to support her shoulders, two soldiers stopped their carriage.

    "Who is in the carriage? Lu Yin took it out."

    Shunzi who was sitting outside immediately said: "My master is the young owner of the Sujia Grain Shop in Jizhou.

    He came to Yunzhou this time to discuss business." If you're ready, it's much easier to fake a road guide than a fake account.

    The two soldiers first checked the road guide to make sure there was no problem, and then asked to lift the curtain to check the people in the car.

    Shunzi broke out in a cold sweat, bit the bullet and lifted the car curtain, begging not to be discovered.

    But suddenly there was a painful cry from a woman in the carriage, "Master, I'm in such pain, I feel like I'm going to die!

    "

    The soldier was about to take out the portraits for comparison, and he was a little confused when he saw the scene inside.

    I saw a woman lying in the arms of a man, her legs were bent, her abdomen was protruding high, her hair was disheveled, and she was holding her stomach in great pain.

    The man had beards on his face, and he hugged the woman's shoulders tightly, comforting: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we will be in Yunzhou soon."

    He turned his head and said to the soldiers: "My wife is about to give birth, let us go in quickly !"

    The two soldiers looked at each other, and said, "Show your face! We want to find out the escaped prisoner!"

    Hearing this, the woman barely exposed her head.

    The soldier stretched his head to look at the woman's face, and saw that there was a big black mole on her face, and she was frowning, clenching her teeth tightly, and there was no resemblance to the portrait, so she was about to let her in.

    Shunzi breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to put down the curtain, when a thin middle-aged man suddenly walked up, "Wait." The

    two soldiers said, "There is a pregnant woman who is about to give birth."

    The middle-aged man said: "Have you looked carefully? Are you really going to give birth?"

    Jiang Yao saw this man's face, and immediately buried her head in Xiao Chenzhi's arms, grabbing the clothes on his chest and shaking them vigorously.

    She remembered that this person was actually the manager of the Xiao Mansion!

    She lived in Xiao's house for a few days, and the people in the mansion had seen her, so the Hu family sent all these people out to search for her.

    Yunzhou is the only transportation hub in the vicinity, running from east to west, from north to south, no matter which county you come from, if you want to go to the capital, you have to come to Yunzhou to board a boat by water, and you have to stamp the road if you go by land. There is no road stamped If you lead to the next place, you will not be allowed to enter.

    Therefore, the Hu family sent someone to wait for Jiang Yao at the gate of Yunzhou City. She guessed that Jiang Yao would return to the capital.

    Xiao Chenzhi noticed Jiang Yao's nervousness, and also guessed that this person must have seen her face, so he hugged her even tighter with his big hand, and the other hand quietly leaned behind him.

    "What? Are you suspecting that my wife is not really pregnant?" He had a straight face and his voice was angry.

    Jiang Yao also yelled in cooperation, "Master, my stomach hurts..."

    Zisu, Xianglian and the others in the carriage in front had already been let into the city gate, and they stopped the carriage not far away and ran over. But the soldiers stopped him from approaching, so he could only worry beside him.

    The middle-aged man said: "My lord, don't get angry. It's because the prisoner who fled recently is too good at disguising, so we have to investigate carefully.

    " It was a bit similar, so I came over to check it myself.

    At this time, Xiao Chenzhi suddenly stretched out his hand, only to see that his hand was covered with blood, which looked very scary.

    The middle-aged man also took a few steps back in fright.

    "She has shed so much blood! You still doubt it? If you don't let my wife and the baby in my womb have an accident, even if I lose everything, I will let you die!" Xiao Chenzhi's face was gloomy, and he spoke harshly He said gruffly, "My uncle is an official in the capital, and I will write to him when I get back!"

    Seeing this, the two soldiers were terrified. They were just ordinary soldiers, how dare they offend these rich and powerful families!

    "Forget it, forget it, it doesn't look like a fake. The daughter-in-law next door to me also had a lot of blood when she gave birth, and she died that night!" The

    middle-aged man had no choice but to step back and say, "Let Let's go!"

    Shunzi snorted, gave him a hard look, lowered the curtain, and told the coachman to hurry away.

    After the carriage entered the city gate, Jiang Yao sat up and grabbed his hand in surprise, "Where did the blood come from on your hand?"

    She looked around and saw the long sword behind him unsheathed a few inches. There was still blood on the blade.

    He just took advantage of others and cut his hand just to cover up for her?

    For a moment, her heart was swelled, her nose was sore, and she was almost moved to tears.

    However, Xiao Chenzhi took a breath, held her hand behind his back, and said in a low voice: "Don't make a sound, someone from them is

    following

    .

    "

Chapter 20

    ◎She let him go mercilessly◎

    Jiang Yao's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, "They still don't believe it?"

    Xiao Chenzhi said, "That man must have seen your face.

    " I have lived in the Xiao Mansion for a few days."

    "Sure enough."

    Xiao Chenzhi pondered, "I feel that the person following behind is a Lianjiazi, but compared with me, his skill is mediocre, so I can finish him directly." His thinking has been going all the way

    . In this way, if you can kill it, don't bother with other efforts, just be simple and decisive, mothers-in-law are the most taboo on the battlefield.

    Jiang Yao disagreed. Although he was skilled, he was injured, and killing people was a bad thing after all. She didn't want to see him sticking more blood on his hands for her.

    "Don't care about him, follow him if you want, I've already thought of how to get out of trouble."

    She said, taking out the medicine and gauze in the bag, and said, "Stretch out your hand, and I'll bandage it for you."

    Xiao Chenzhi wanted to say that it was just She was slightly injured, but seeing her unquestionable expression, she obediently stretched out her hand.

    His palms were full of blood, which looked serious at first glance, but he controlled his strength, just looking scary.

    Jiang Yao pursed her lips and bandaged him with a serious expression.

    Xiao Chenzhi suffered countless injuries in his life. When he was first taken captive to Turkic, he was only less than eighteen years old, and there was nothing good about him. He also thought about committing suicide, but he often saw it in his dreams. she.

    He wanted to see her again and also wanted to go back to the capital.

    After she got married, he rushed to the border alone, but later slowly regretted that he could at least see each other again if he stayed in the capital.

    He had been dormant in Turkic for several years, thinking that she would live happily in the capital, but only after returning to the capital did he know how she had lived in the past five years.

    It was a blessing that he was able to come back alive. She reconciled with her eldest brother and became his nominal wife again. Isn't this God's will?

    He quietly lowered his eyes and looked at Jiang Yao who was seriously bandaging, and a thought suddenly came to his mind, so what if she pretended to be the eldest brother? Is he inferior to others? It's impossible for him to take a step back now.

    Jiang Yao didn't know what was going on in his head, and said guiltily: "You have saved me so many times, I can't even say thank you, but next time, you should at least protect your own safety first. "

    She didn't know why this man was so warm-hearted.

    Maybe it's because she is good-looking, let's be a hero to save the beauty, but she can't think of any other reason.

    "But I don't like to owe people favors. What I owe you, I will try my best to repay."

    She made up her mind that even if this person stayed by her side for nothing in the future, she would pay it back!

    "No need." Although Xiao Chenzhi had a lot of thoughts in his heart, he still maintained a calm and indifferent appearance on the surface, "It's just a handy job, you also helped me."

    Jiang Yaoxin said that she didn't do anything at all, "Okay, later Be careful not to touch the water."

    She put away her things and took out a coat from her bag and gave it to him. "You put it on first, and we will enter the medical hall in a while, give the doctor some money, and then we will sneak out through the back door."

    While speaking, the carriage had stopped, and Zisu said from outside: "Master, madam, go to the medical hall." Yes! Just now, my servant inquired about it, and there is a stable woman nearby, please go here now."

    She and Xianglian were not stupid, so they naturally guessed Jiang Yao's plan.

    A man's Qingyue voice came from the carriage, "Drive the carriage in through the back door."

    Hearing this, the coachman and Uncle Huang quickly turned their horses and headed for the back door, and the guards of the Xiao residence who followed them along the way also followed after seeing this.

    The backyard of the medical center is very large and there are many patients living there. Xiao Chenzhi stretched out his arms and firmly hugged Jiang Yao out of the carriage.

    Jiang Yao was taken aback, with her arms hanging around his neck, a little afraid of heights, but she did not forget to maintain the pain on her face and cry out in pain.

    Zisu has already yelled, "Doctor! Where is the doctor? Hurry up and arrange a room for us!"

    Xianglian has already automatically explained to the patients who are looking around them, "My wife was shocked by a carriage outside the city and got a flatulence. A lot of blood."

    In this situation, Wen Po alone is not enough, the doctor must also be there, otherwise it is easy to kill two people.

    The others were not surprised when they heard the words, and the people in the medical center quickly arranged a room for Xiao Chenzhi to carry Jiang Yao in, and then went to inform the nearby Wen Po to come.

    A group of people were busy, and the guards of the Xiao family saw Wen Po go in, but no one came out, and there were quite a few maids coming in and out bringing hot water.

    How did he know that Jiang Yao had already changed into a maid's clothes and changed her appearance, and slipped through the main entrance together with the patients coming in and out of the medical center.

    Jiang Yao breathed a sigh of relief when he approached an inn, and the shopkeeper came up to greet him and asked enthusiastically, "How many rooms do you want, our store has a lot of vacant rooms now, the environment is quiet, hot water is prepared day and night, you are satisfied with the safekeeping. "

    Jiang Yao thought for a while, and planned to ask for five rooms. Both she and Xiao Chenzhi shared one room, but Xiao Chenzhi had already found out a few coins first, "One room for heaven, and three rooms for people. "

    When the shopkeeper saw the two of them, he thought it was a couple leading the servants out, and said: "Okay, guest officer, please take the door key, Xiao Er, and lead them upstairs." Jiang Yao stared

    secretly Xiao Chenzhi, why are you pretending to be husband and wife even after getting rid of the stalker?

    Xiao Chenzhi turned a deaf ear to it, but said gently: "My lady, please."

    Jiang Yao could only take a breath, and went up to the second floor first, and told Zisu and the others to put the things away before coming to serve.

    After entering the room, Xiao Chenzhi was about to close the door, Jiang Yao raised his eyebrows and said: "Wait."

    Xiao Chenzhi stopped his movements, "What's the matter, lady?"

    Jiang Yao took a breath, calmed down, and frowned. : "Forget it, close it."

    He probably wouldn't do anything to her, with his skills, if he really wanted to, she would have been a dead person long ago.

    Xiao Chenzhi closed the door and stood at the door without moving. She must have been angry when he took the initiative to share a room with her just now.

    But he didn't want to do anything, he just felt at ease because she was under his nose.

    His biological mother died early, he was young at that time, and he didn't have much memory, but he also knew that his biological mother was usually in good health, but she suddenly fell ill. He had always suspected the cause of her death, but suffered from powerless and powerless means of investigation.

    If you really want to doubt, then the most likely person is Mrs. Hou.

    Seeing Jiang Yao being chased and killed now, he has no doubts about Mrs. Hou's cruelty.

    Now he is alone in Yunzhou, and Zhou Lei has returned to Beijing to do business. None of the men he trained at the border has brought him, and he is injured again. I don’t know how many people Mrs. Hou sent here. He is not sure that he can protect him. She was unscathed.

    Thinking of this, his eyes darkened.

    Seeing him standing still, Jiang Yao asked, "Why are you standing?"

    Xiao Chenzhi came over and sat down in front of her, his breath softened, poured her a cup of hot tea, and said: "You want to ask me why I want to live in a room with you?"

    Jiang Yao nodded and looked at him.

    "I still want to ask, why did you save me over and over again? It's such a coincidence? We are so destined?"

    Xiao Chenzhi said that it was really fate.

    Jiang Yao said in a cold tone: "I am naturally grateful that you saved me, but I don't like going around in circles either. You are good at kung fu. At first I thought you came to me for help because you had no money on you, but you just made a move. Three taels of silver, with your ability, if you want to avoid your enemies, why do you need my help?"

    Xiao Chenzhi laughed, her thoughts were very delicate, he thought about it, and admitted: "Yes, I lied to you, I Going to Taohuawan didn't come to you for shelter when we encountered difficulties."

    Jiang Yao's heart was full of alarms, and he looked at him unkindly.

    Xiao Chenzhi slowly said: "Actually, I came to you because I liked you."

    Jiang Yao: "?!"

    She suspected that there was something wrong with her ears. A man who had only met once said that he liked her?

    "What did you say?"

    Xiao Chenzhi said sternly: "I said I admire you, you may have forgotten that five years ago, in the capital, before you were married, you once rescued a man who was hunted down. It's me."

    Hearing what he said, Jiang Yao's distant memories came flooding back, she murmured, "It seems that there is such a thing."

    Xiao Chenzhi said generously: "I fell in love with you five years ago, It’s just that at that time you said that you were going to get married soon, and five years later, I met you again on the boat. This time I passed by Yunzhou, just wanting to visit my old friend, so I became like this by accident .”

    When he was talking, he looked at Jiang Yao without blinking his eyes, his expression was calm on the surface, but he was extremely nervous inside, for fear that she would show a little disgusted expression.

    After all, when he met her five years ago, she was already engaged. This is undoubtedly the same as coveting someone else's wife, and it is not what a gentleman does.

    Jiang Yao stared at him, looked left and right, and gradually remembered the appearance of the handsome young man in his memory, and now he is taller and more stern.

    She was dumb and speechless.

    Her current mood is very complicated. In the past five years, in this strange world, she has never had a heart-to-heart relationship with anyone. She always feels that she is isolated from this world. Neither the Jiang family nor the Hou family has her. place of standing.

    The Jiang family used her as a pawn, the people in the Hou family despised her and looked down on her, and her ex-husband Xiao Huanzhi also had other people in his heart. After choosing to marry the dead Xiao Chen, she thought she would be a widow for the rest of her life.

    Now someone told her that he had admired her for five years.

    She felt blocked and astringent in her heart, and said, "Sorry, I really didn't recognize you. Where have you been for the past five years?"

    Speaking of which, at the beginning she regarded him as the first friend she met after time travel, but then he disappeared without a sound.

    Xiao Chenzhi was a little surprised that she didn't have much mood swings, "I... my family is in business, I went to the outside of the Great Wall, why don't you blame me for hiding it from you?" Jiang Yao took a sip from the teacup, "Why should you blame me

    ? , who has nothing to hide, my tone was not good just now because I was afraid that you had some plots."

    Seeing that she didn't seem to have the slightest reaction to his expression of intentions, Xiao Chenzhi became a little anxious, "I have plans."

    Jiang Yao lifted her up. Looking at him with eyelids, "You see that I am down and out now, and you want to seek my beauty? To seek my money?"

    Xiao Chenzhi: "..."

    He smiled wryly in his heart, what did she think of him? Is he the kind of man who eats soft food?

    Jiang Yao resolutely refused: "I'm not that kind of woman, since you and I are old acquaintances, and you also know that my husband's family is the Xuanping Houfu, then I can tell you clearly that my current husband is the second son of the Houfu, Xiao Xiao. Chenzhi."

    Xiao Chenzhi: "..."

    He thought to himself, isn't that just me.

    Jiang Yao suddenly stood up and said, "I'm very grateful to you for saving me. I'll give you five hundred taels of silver bill first, and if it's not enough, I'll give it later. It's just that you said you liked me, so I'll pretend I didn't hear about it."

    Then she ignored Xiao Chenzhi's dazed and confused expression, and said mercilessly: "You take the money and go."