Daming Yinghua

Chapter 44
The shopkeeper of the Heming Tower made a bow to the young man in brocade robe: "Your Majesty, you are here, but are you having dinner?"

The young man showed embarrassment on his face, and pointed at Mr. Gui: "The ones with them, look for someone."

The shopkeeper's eyes were not full of suspicion, the young man had already followed Mr. Gui to the book pavilion at the east end.

Mr. Gui's eyes were sharp, and he judged from his clothes and demeanor that Zheng Haizhu, who was blocking the door, was by no means a low-level servant girl, so he greeted politely: "Miss, forgive me."

Zheng Haizhu said lightly: "I heard it just now. There is a lady from the Xu residence inside, so you can't go in."

Her honorific title of "one step" was addressed to the young man in brocade robe beside Mr. Gui.

Zheng Haizhu recognized the woman's clothes in the young man's hand, which was the red dress embroidered with tuberose flowers that Ru Jiu'er often wore, and guessed in his heart that this delicate and gentle young man was probably Ru Jiu'er today. Get rid of guests.

She found it strange that the young man in brocade robe did not show the slightest hint of annoyance, and he was not as excited as ordinary spectators.

In the young master's eyes, after the embarrassment faded away like a wind blowing dust leaves, there was a bit of helplessness.

He cupped his hands at Zheng Haizhu, controlled his figure, dared not overstep the bounds, looked into the bookstore for a while, and said to Gui Gong: "There is nothing weird in it."

Mr. Turtle scolded in his heart: Stupid egg.

Mr. Gui has seen a lot of these officials, gentry and literati who come and go to Qingfeng Tower, and they talk about their officialdom or articles and poems, and they talk endlessly, as if they are capable, but in fact, they are very shallow.

Mr. Gui shook his cheeks with a smile, and said to Xu Huizhen in the house: "Miss Xu, the person we are looking for has a serious disease, and it is best to pass it on to others. If Miss sees a Girls with big eyes and oval face, with a mole on the right eyebrow, don't get close."

Xu Huizhen raised her face and looked at the two grown men outside the door. She looked calmly and nodded her head to show that she understood.

This clever little girl was laughing at Mr. Gui's clumsy aggressive tactics in her heart, she didn't want to open her mouth, but when she saw her mother rushing from the flower hall, she panicked a little.

If the mother took her away, wouldn't the house be able to be searched by the prostitute?
So he put on a look of being too lazy to talk to outsiders, buried his head in adjusting the paint, picked up the brush, and began to trace beside Zheng Haizhu's half-drawn embroidery pattern.

Gu Lanjie had already walked to the door.She heard the commotion in the courtyard just now, worried about her young daughter, she immediately left the table and asked the servant girl Cui Liu about the situation.

At this time, of course, she was proud of her status and would not talk to Mr. Gui. She only saw Zheng Haizhu sticking to the outside of the house, and she felt relieved. She said softly, "How are you doing?", and went straight into the bookstore .

Xu Huizhen made a cheerful demeanor, showed her mother the rosette Maria drawn by Zheng Haizhu, and introduced the novel idea of ​​missionary in one voice.

Zheng Haizhu, who was outside the door, was nervous, and secretly admired that Xu Guangqi's little granddaughter, who was less than ten years old, was so calm and composed.

Seeing this situation, the young man in brocade robe at the side showed a relieved expression, coughed lightly, and politely said to Zheng Haizhu: "Farewell."

However, the tortoise turned his eyes and walked around to the east window of the Book Pavilion.

Zheng Haizhu guessed that he was looking for traces of someone stepping under the window outside the wall.Fortunately, there is neither mud nor shrubs outside the book pavilion, but a layer of weeds.

A moment ago, Zheng Haizhu had vigilantly inspected the house, and could not see Ru Jiuer's footprints.

Unexpectedly, the tortoise suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Ru Jiuer! You are hiding here!"

Everyone inside and outside the house was shocked.

In the silence that fell for a moment, Mr. Gui raised his head with his sleeves behind his back, and through the window lattice, he said contemptuously to the room: "Ru Jiu'er, what you put on your hair today is the 'Sai Lanxiang' mixed by Mr. Ruan! "

Hearing his shout, the maid Cui Liu from the direction of the flower hall, the shopkeeper of Heming Tower, and the guardians of those brothels all ran over.

Mr. Gui became more and more determined to win, walked back to the main entrance of the Book Pavilion, and said to the crowd with a grinning smile: "I want everyone to know that that kid named Ruan is really not a fun thing. He has a man named Ruan Dacheng." Clan brother, a Jinshi in the middle of this year, sent people to Songjiang to look for him yesterday, recruited him as a follower, and called him to Yingtian Mansion to cater to the officialdom. What's more, it turns out that the owner of our Qingfeng Tower is actually related to the owner of Ruan Dacheng who supported him The guy surnamed Ruan was thinking about his future, so naturally he didn't dare to kidnap my girl again. No, he came to my house at noon to report the letter, and gave him a bottle of this, saying that he used the orchids he planted at home Perfume for Ru Jiuer."

Mr. Gui took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, pulled out the stopper, and triumphantly issued an ultimatum to the people in the house: "Miss Jiu'er, your good friend told us that the world knows the fragrance of orchids, what is it? Clearly, the orchid grown by his family has a strong smell. Not to mention Songjiang City, even the entire Jiangnan, you can’t find the second one. Just now, I can smell it very clearly. The orchid on the window is more fragrant than yours The smell on the red dress that came down is even stronger."

"Ah? Is that so?" The young man in brocade robe picked up the skirt in his hand and smelled it, and said seriously, "I can't smell anything fierce."

Mr. Gui is not a respectable person, and he doesn't care about his face, so he simply chuckled: "Mr. Tao, I have worked in Qingfeng Building for 18 years. What kind of girl has never smelled the perfume and powder on her body? Naturally, her nose is better than a dog's. Hey Hey, Miss Chiuer is finally out!"

Following Mr. Gui's last words, everyone at the door turned their heads to look into the room, only to see Ru Jiuer appearing at the desk with a disheveled bun and an earthy face.

She smoothed her temple hair, shook her sleeves, knelt down to Gu Lanjie, kowtowed and said loudly: "Grandma, when miss and that girl came in, my family was already hiding in the house. My family is stupid and disgusting, now Fan disturbed the young lady, begging grandma to forgive me."

Gu Lanjie is so smart. When Ru Jiuer came out a moment ago, Xu Huizhen's low "Hey" was more annoyed than frightened. It was obvious that she knew who was hiding in the box. How could she, a mother who was so close at hand? Can't hear it.

My own daughter, Miss Zheng, and even this infatuated Ru Jiuer are all kind-hearted children.

Thinking this way, Gu Lanjie raised her hand to signal Ru Jiu'er to get up, then walked out of the room, glanced at everyone, and said to Cui Liu first: "Go back to the flower hall and report to the old lady that there are foreigners coming to look for you. Nothing serious."

"Yes."

Cui Liu was far away, Gu Lanjie straightened his face, and said to the turtle: "In the Mercy Hall of our Xu family, girls from the Moon River area often come to pray. But at any rate, today passed under my nose, since you Qingfeng Building has found someone, you can do nothing for her."

As soon as Xu Gu's words fell, the Mr. Tao, surnamed Tao, nodded repeatedly, and said along with his meaning: "This grandma is right. Don't worry, grandma. I will follow them and send Miss Jiu'er back to the city."

He walked up to Ru Jiu'er, and handed back to her the skirt and skirt that he had been holding diligently.

At that time, Ru Jiuer used the excuse of urgency, took off her gorgeous clothes and fled, but now she only felt very indebted to this new guest who was deceived by her.

Thinking of Ruan Lang, who had sworn to each other, he turned his head, and because he had no future at all, his affection became thinner, and he was not as good as the young master Tao who had only known each other for three days, who knew how to pity himself.

Ru Jiuer said softly, "Master Tao, I'm sorry", and looked at Zheng Haizhu while turning around and putting on the red gown.

That look, self-deprecating to the extreme.

Immediately, Ru Jiuer understood Zheng Haizhu's expressed worry, turned to Xu Gu and said, "I'll go to the Mercy Hall to help with the sweeping at the back of my house, but I beg grandma not to dislike her."

This shows that although I feel sorry for him, I don't have the stupid idea of ​​committing suicide.

Gu Lanjie said gently: "God said, may there be benevolence, and may mercy flow like a river. Girl, how could I despise you, come here when you have time to turn around."

After the group of people went out for a long distance, Xiao Huizhen ran out, rubbed against Gu Lanjie, and called "Mother" in a low voice like a cat.

Gu Lanjie gently stroked her daughter's bun, turned her head to Zheng Haizhu who was standing solemnly, and said, "I just said, it's not a big deal. Go ahead and paint."

(End of this chapter)