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Chapter 143

After hearing Fang Xiao's words, the fourth young master didn't believe a word.Even if he sent the two of them away, he would definitely let him ride a horse, and take this girl as a bait and put him in the carriage.But now, none of the guards of the surrounding palace have seen it, and I don't know if things are really as Fang Xiao said.So, the Fourth Young Master thought for a while and said, "Then, you don't know where this place is now?"
Fang Xiao pointed to the city gate and said, "As you can see, I really don't know where this is."
"However, now that none of the guards in my palace are here, how can you make me believe that you are the adopted daughter of my father?" The fourth young master rolled his eyes and asked.

"It's simple." Fang Xiao pretended to take something out of his bosom, but actually took out the suet jade pendant left by the prince before he left from the Qiankun bag, and showed it to the fourth young master.

The fourth young master took the jade pendant, and saw that the jade pendant was not carved with flowers, but a cloud pattern unique to the palace, with the word Xiao engraved in the middle of the cloud pattern.This is indeed the jade pendant worn by the father.The father said that he left it for his adopted daughter.Now that it appeared in the hands of the girl in front of her, it seemed that she was the father's adopted daughter.The Fourth Young Master returned the jade pendant to Fang Xiao.He patted the dust off his body, walked towards the gate of the city, and said, "You follow. By the way, I am sixteen this year, and you look only fifteen or sixteen years old, and you may not necessarily be older than me. Not sure, I’m still an older brother.”
Fang Xiao sounded funny, once the little guy confirmed his identity, he started to make up his mind, but only by following him can he return to the capital faster, so he had to do this first.She said: "I am this year." Halfway through the sentence, she paused, remembering that before leaving, her grandfather told her that she should not report her real age when she entered Beijing, because she really didn't look like a 28-year-old The people who can only report success at most.Otherwise, she would not be able to hide her practice.At the beginning, when I told the prince, I also said that she was only 15 years old. "Eighteen. You are still my younger brother." Fang Xiao vomited blood in his heart. He was obviously 28 years old, but he wanted to pretend to be tender in front of a kid.However, thinking of the many nobles in the capital, such as princes, concubines, concubines, and princesses, if they know that they are 28 years old, but they have such a beautiful face, it would be a headache to find themselves every day to talk about the secret recipe for beauty. Therefore, grandpa said That's right, I can only say that I am.On the mountain, it is windy and rainy, and the days are moist, so it is normal to look tender.

The fourth young master almost vomited blood when he heard it. This girl actually paused when answering the age question. What does that mean? Of course it means that her age was reported in a false manner.Looking at her appearance, she is at most 16 years old, but she said to herself, do you want to be her sister so much, then let her be your sister.Thinking of this, the corner of the fourth young master's mouth twitched, and he said: "Ten-eight-a-ah!" The voice dragged on for a long time, and then the topic changed: "I think my brother-in-law is also in the army with General Tang. They are very familiar, who is the brother-in-law, tell me!"

Fang Xiao is angry, whoever says she must marry someone, she is 28 years old, isn't she still an old lady.She said angrily, "I'm not married yet."
Seeing that Fang Xiao's face was ugly, but his mood improved, the fourth young master continued, "Don't worry about that, our palace is more than enough to raise a girl.At that time, let the mother and concubine find you a good son, so that you can get married in a good manner. "
Fang Xiao didn't want to continue on this topic, but just asked: "I saw that they brought a piece of paper to the gatekeeper when they entered the city, and we broke up with Tao Da's manager, and now I have nothing on me. Can I go into town?"

The fourth young master smiled faintly: "You must not be able to enter, but I am the fourth master of Prince Xiao's Mansion." He raised his hand and touched his waist, but there was nothing.Then, he fumbled in his arms without giving up, but there was still nothing.His face gradually turned pale, turned black, and turned red again.The embarrassing Fang Xiao stretched out his hand and said, "Sister, we still have to borrow my father's jade pendant before we can enter the city."
Fang Xiao almost wanted to spit on this kid's face, and after a long time, this kid is also a gangster.If he knew that the matter could be solved with the prince's jade pendant, he would not be ridiculed by this kid.She raised her legs and walked forward, not wanting to pay attention to this stinky guy.

When the fourth young master saw Fang Xiao's expression, he also knew that he had boasted about Haikou before, but now he wanted to borrow her jade pendant, which was a bit embarrassing.However, if you don't follow the person in front of you, is it really necessary to let him sleep on the street?He hurriedly followed, and said flatteringly: "Sister, we are a family no matter what, our family does not speak two different languages, I have no money on me, and I don't know where I lost my identity badge. Sister, you can help my younger brother, but I can’t let my younger brother become a beggar like this, begging for food and going back to the capital.”
Fang Xiao feels that this kid is really a talent, he can bend and stretch, at least he will judge the situation, and he will be soft when he should be soft.So, he curled his mouth and said, "You have to keep the account and remember to return it to me when you return to Beijing."
The fourth young master was overjoyed when he heard that there was something going on, and said, "It must be paid back. By the way, what's your sister's name?"

"When you ask someone's name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?" Fang Xiao's mood improved.

"My name is Shangguan Zhiming. I am the fourth eldest child. Everyone in my family calls me the fourth child. What is my sister's name?" Shangguan Zhiming introduced his name very cleverly and simply.

"Fang Xiao, you can call me Sister A Xiao. All the brothers and sisters in the village call me that. I am the boss." Fang Xiao smiled, showing his white teeth.

When Shangguan Mingzhi saw the eight gleaming white teeth, he suddenly felt a little flustered, so he didn't look at Fang Xiao at all, but said: "When my sister and Tao Da's manager separated, did you say where to meet?"

"The incident happened suddenly, Tao Daguan and the others ran away in a hurry without saying anything." Fang Xiao showed the jade pendant in his hand to the officers and soldiers guarding the city.The officer guarding the city frowned and said, "We don't accept bribes here. We either take guides or referral documents, otherwise we will all be dealt with as spies." Then, the soldier looked Fang Xiao and Shangguan up and down with his small eyes. Zhiming continued, "One road guide can only accommodate one adult." That means, not only is this jade pendant not flexible, but you can't buy one and get one free.

Before Fang Xiao explained, Shangguan Zhiming, who stood aside, quit.He stood in front of the soldier carelessly, and said, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly which house this jade pendant is from. If you don't know it, call your city guard to talk back and say Xiao Xiao!" The fourth master and young lady of the palace are here." As soon as Shangguan Zhiming's voice fell, the guarding officer snorted coldly, pointed the spear in his hand at Shangguan Zhiming's neck, and shouted: "There is no way to guide, how dare you pretend to be a royal family?" Take them down." Hula, a dozen officers and soldiers surrounded Fang Xiao and Shangguan Zhiming at once.The soldier didn't return the jade pendant to Fang Xiao.

Fang Xiao didn't even bat an eyelid, she just watched what Shangguan Mingzhi was going to do.Unexpectedly, a piece of jade pendant would cause such a big commotion.

While putting the jade pendant back in his pocket, the little soldier said, "It's not good to pretend to be anyone. I don't care about my own virtue when I pretend to be a young master or a young lady of the prince's family. I don't even look at my own virtues. I don't even look as good as the young magistrate in our county. I even say that I'm a young master." You are a royal relative, if you want to be a royal relative, you can have a good pregnancy in your next life."
At this moment, Shangguan Mingzhi was so angry that he couldn't figure out his identity certificate because all the clothes on his body had been changed. He didn't even know where his jade pendant was thrown by those people, so what? Will dress him in decent clothes.He is now wearing a rough linen jacket, which seems to have been changed for him from some farmer, and the sleeves are an inch short.However, at this time, he has no way to prove that he is indeed the fourth master of the palace. Most importantly, those who can prove his identity don't know where they went.Originally, I thought that with this jade pendant, even if the soldier didn't know him, but seeing the exquisiteness of the jade pendant, he should at least inform the local county magistrate or city guard or something.Unexpectedly, this little soldier would put the big hat of a spy on them, and he would arrest them before giving them a chance to argue.

Seeing Shangguan Mingzhi's expression of being shocked, Fang Xiao sighed in his heart and wanted to come.This man has never been treated like this.Thinking about it carefully, he is the son of the prince, a relative of the emperor, and there are three or five people going with him when he goes out. He must have never been involved in such trivial matters as entering and leaving the city gate, and the people below negotiated.Now that he was in trouble, he was the only one. He thought he could enter the city smoothly with the prince's jade pendant, but unexpectedly, an ignorant person came.

She took a step forward, pulled Shangguan Mingzhi into her hand, stretched out her hand and said to the soldier: "Give me back the jade pendant."
The little soldier snorted coldly: "It's not okay to bribe, and it's not okay to try to steal things from the brothers. You are a little too bold for your meticulous work."Brothers, take down these two small works, and when the shift changes later, the little brother invites the big guys to have a drink. "
"I'm afraid that if you are destined to take the flowers, you don't take the flowers!" Shangguan Zhiming said coldly.

Fang Xiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with others, so he reached out, grabbed the soldier by the collar, brought the person in front of him, stretched out his hand to search the soldier's chest.Shangguan Zhiming's eyeballs almost popped out. Why did this girl start her hands without saying anything? How could this unmarried girl carelessly touch a big man's chest.Quickly stepped forward and opened Fang Xiao's hand: "I'm coming!" He touched Xiaobing's chest with both hands, pulled out a money bag from Xiaobing's chest pocket, and poured it into his hand. Apart from a few coins, the only thing left is the jade pendant from the palace.

The change came too suddenly, and before Xiaobing could react, his chest was touched by two people, he opened his mouth wide, and forgot how to react, let's say molestation, he is a man, let's say robbery, he himself is an officer and soldier.I was stunned there for a while, until my purse was turned over by Shangguan Zhiming, and then I came back to my senses, and pointed at Fang Xiao with trembling fingers: "You, you..." You have been there for a long time, and I don't know what words to use to describe myself The mood at this time.Because, Fang Xiao held him by the collar and held him in the air, without his feet touching the ground.The rest of the officers and soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay. They only felt that Fang Xiao had caught their own people from outside the encirclement and brought them into the encirclement in a blink of an eye. It seemed that they had no resistance at all.For a moment, they didn't know what to do.

"What are you doing?" At this moment, there was a loud shout, and a man who looked like an officer came down from the tower.

Fang Xiao threw the person in his hand to the ground, and the soldier quickly stood up, grabbed the spear that fell on the ground, and pointed at Fang Xiao, but he didn't dare to stab it.Just now, Fang Xiao has shown everyone his strength, which is not something that this group of soldiers can handle.

(End of this chapter)