Ma'am help, the general is in trouble again

Chapter 84
Guessing this way, Master Li treated Sang Xuanqing's family members with a more gentle attitude.

His face was pale and cold, his facial features were distinct, and he looked at a certain distance from others, but his behavior had a kind of spring breeze soaked in a good family.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but is this family Sang Xuanqing's?"

Brother Sang sized him up, and the other party was beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that the person who came to look for Sang Xuanqing would be a craftsman with no sense of purpose, but he didn't expect that he would be a well-mannered and polite kid from a rich family.

Just looking at his elegant attire and his fair and delicate skin, which represents the upper exploiting class not doing coolies, one can know that people of this background are far from those civil engineers and masons.

How can a person like him have anything to do with Sang Xuanqing?
Brother Sang murmured in his heart, and said with some reservations: "What's the matter with you?"

"My name is Master Li. I'm a craftsman. I met Sang Xuanqing in Guijiaoling. I was specially invited by him to be a guest. Is he at home now?"

What?The person was invited by Sang Xuanqing herself?
Brother Sang glanced at Zheng Quchi who was hiding behind him like a quail, and stared at her speechlessly. It seemed that she had repented...

Reporting that the fault was on his side, Brother Sang apologized to Master Li: "That's right, but he hasn't come back yet."

The implication is that only the two of you have talked about this matter in private, and no one else will know about it. Before seeing Sang Xuanqing to confirm this matter, he would not rashly welcome a stranger into his home.

Hearing this, Master Li raised his eyebrows slightly, apparently skeptical of this answer.

"Didn't come back? It's so late, I don't know where he went?"

Saw saw Guijialing where she left with her own eyes. According to the time calculation, she should have returned to Hegou Village long ago.

Brother Sang just casually evaded: "We have never been very clear about his affairs. I guess something important happened suddenly, so I asked someone to bring a message, saying that he will not be home until later."

Since Sang Xuanqing is indeed not at home, Master Li has no reason to stay any longer.

He lowered his eyes, and there was no expression on his sharp-edged face: "If that's the case, then I'll come and look for him tomorrow."

Zheng Quchi felt numb when he heard it.

Again?This person doesn't know what it means to give up.

Brother Sang frowned, and said bluntly: "You don't have to come here every day. In our rural place, Hegou Village, the roads are muddy and slippery when it snows. Be careful if you fall. Where do you live? Why don't you wait for Ah Qing to come back?" I will send him to find you."

Master Li's eyes were a little melancholy: "For the time being... I don't have a fixed residence, and I have no relatives in Fu County. Except for Sang Xuanqing, I don't know anyone well. Since he invited me, I will accept it. It’s just a few extra trips.”

Hearing what Master Li said, Zheng Quchi's not-so-dark conscience was poked.

He's too serious, he's completely obstinate, so if someone just said a few polite words, wouldn't he believe it?

However, it's not his fault. Although she reluctantly agreed to let him go home with her for Zhengdan, since she said it, she should fulfill it.

But she forgot.

It also made "Sang Xuanqing" disappear suddenly and let him go.

It's a pity that he braved the wind and snow all the way to inquire and pursue him in the cold night, but in the end he was dismissed at will and returned disappointed.

Zheng Quchi's guilt reached its peak for a moment, and she couldn't help but say: "Brother, why don't we let him stay for the night first, it's so dark outside now, and it's still snowing, walking at night is prone to accidents."

Yes, even if the guilt was so high, she didn't intend to keep him at home tomorrow, waiting to reunite with "Sang Xuanqing".

I was bluffed by him before, thinking that he might disrupt the project while she was on vacation, but after Uncle Mu told her that Yu Wensheng had already taken precautions and sent more people to patrol and check the post, basically who would take advantage of it? At this time, sabotage is equivalent to asking for trouble for yourself.

Master Li, who had just walked a few steps, heard a clear and soft female voice, he turned around, and his eyes fell precisely behind the tall young man... but he only saw a black head hanging on his chest.

She seemed to realize that he had turned his head back, and lowered her face without hesitation, as if she was naturally shy facing a stranger... But her voice was clear and clear, and the words were correct.

"That's annoying."

Zheng Quchi: "..."

Brother Sang: "..."

So fast!

Compared with the attitude of procrastinating to leave just now, the speed of this response is too fast!
No, he couldn't have been just being polite just now, why did she agree immediately after a word of persuasion, as if she had been waiting for someone to ask to keep him?
Seeing that one dared to speak and the other dared to answer, Brother Sang felt helpless, and finally believed that the two might really like each other.

"Then come in."

Brother Sang nodded to Master Li and let the door open, but when he turned around, he couldn't help knocking the idiot Zheng Quchi on the head.

Net trouble.

Zheng Quchi held his head, thinking that he must have been scolded by her brother.

Master Li shook the heavy cloak, and as soon as he stepped into Sang's house, he smelled a waft of cooking aroma coming from the kitchen, which was especially tempting.

He guessed that they should be preparing New Year's Day food at home just now. I don't know what the people in Fu County will prepare for Zhengdan?
Thinking about it, it should be relatively rich, or else it wouldn't be so busy so late.

He stepped into the courtyard and glanced around the Sang family inadvertently.

At night, the light is insufficient, and the gray light from the oil lamp on the ground is reflected on a wall, a section of the eaves, a wooden corridor, halls and halls... half exposed, generalized, it has already made him aware of the construction of the Sang family. different.

When he was outside the courtyard wall just now, he was a little surprised at the height of the Sang family's courtyard wall.

The fences and white-ash brick walls of other people's houses are "still holding a pipa and half covering their faces", and they are covering their faces to death.

There is no room for imagination at all. Looking at Sang's house from the outside, except for a plaque on the door, it can be identified as a house. From other directions, it looks like a fortress encircling the center, and nothing can be seen.

It's no wonder that when he asked for directions in Hegou Village, others just pointed in a random direction. At that time, Saw also questioned the other party's perfunctory, but they all said that as long as they are not blind, they can find Sangzhai.

It is because its existence has already become the benchmark of Hegou Village.

Out of the habit of a professional, Master Li inspected the wall.

The materials and workmanship are not the earth ramming method commonly used in townships and counties, nor is it built by burning bricks, but the strength and hardness are comparable to chiseled square stones of the same size. What is it?
He took a closer look and sniffed it. After applying it for a long time, there was only a faint pungent smell of grease left, but he knew that it could not only prevent the wall mud from cracking, but also prevent insects and damage. .

These... are all things that Sang Xuanqing researched in private?
Now Master Li is more and more curious about her, and also very interested in these new things she made.

Just as he was looking at Sang Xuanqing's house design, he suddenly noticed a line of sight that could not be ignored.

He looked up and saw the person standing in the corridor.

His dark blue sideburns and shattered hair were blown by the wind, and he was dressed in white clothes that were better than snow, with a silver fox fur coat over his body. Under the light, his silhouette was perfect and impeccable, especially his lips, which were as rosy as rouge. .

What is even more gorgeous is the red veil around his eyes, dancing enchantingly behind his ears.

It is still clear when it encounters snow, and it is more colorful after frost.

Just as Master Li was secretly wondering how such an unusual person would appear in the Sang family, an ordinary country craftsman, he heard a female voice eagerly reprimanding him from the side.

"Liu Fengmian, how long have you been standing there blowing the wind? Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

When Master Li saw the "scared" little girl before, he ran over in a few steps angrily, and took the man's hand.

And the man who exuded an aura that made Master Li uncomfortable, turned his eyes away from the treacherous and deep eyes on him, and was gently taught by the little girl's hard and soft voice.

"Who is he?"

Yu Wencheng knew why and asked.

Zheng Quchi asked in surprise, "Did you hear that?"

Yu Wencheng smiled harmlessly and gently: "You don't think I don't know that there is a stranger in the family, do you?"

"Are you unhappy?"

“How come you see?”

"Do you mind Master Li?"

"Oh, his name is Master Li."

Of course Yu Wensheng knew about Master Li, he even sent someone to investigate this person before.

Although in the end, nothing suspicious was found on him, but Yu Wensheng didn't think that this person named Master Li was really as clean as in the background of the investigation.

The two of them were just like practicing Tai Chi, no one was willing to talk properly, and in the end Zheng Quchi couldn't take it anymore and told him directly.

"He...he is a craftsman my second brother met in Guijialing, and he came here specially to find him."

"Your second brother is not at home, but you let a stranger into the house, aren't you afraid that he will be full of lies and deceive you?"

If she wasn't Sang Xuanqing herself, she might have been overwhelmed by his questioning.

Uh, how to explain to him, she was really sure that the other party was not a liar, so she asked her elder brother to let him in.

Seeing that Zheng Quchi was silent and evaded his questioning without words, Yu Wencheng thought to himself, before he even said a word to some wild man outside, she started to favor him?
"Even though he is familiar with your second brother, but your second brother is not at home, is it possible that he will stay here to celebrate the festival with us on Zhengdan?"

She glanced at Master Li in the yard, and whispered to him: "Second brother will not come back tomorrow, if he can't wait for anyone, I think I will go away."

"Then where are you going to arrange him to sleep tonight?"

You know, there are only three rooms in the Sang family.

"Let him sleep with my brother."

Yu Wencheng heard the words, but didn't speak any more.

There was a smile like a spring breeze on his face, but his eyes were cold. Why did this master Li suddenly come to Sang's house, knowing that Sang Xuanqing was not at home, and still stay in shamefacedly?
"Tonight, I need to follow the rules of my Liu family and copy the prayers of the ancestral hall without being disturbed. You and Yaomei should sleep in the same room first."

With that said, he retreated into the room, and naturally closed the door in front of her.

Zheng Quchi: "..."

Is she loud?What prayer was he going to keep vigil and copy so he had to drive her away?

Seeing the scene of the interaction between the two, Li Shi was puzzled until Big Brother Sang explained to him: "I am Sang Xuanqing's big brother, that is my third younger sister, and the other is the husband-in-law of my third younger sister."

Only now did Master Li understand the relationship between the two.

But at the same time, he felt more and more that the man named "Liu Fengmian" was weird.

Maybe Sang Sanmei's appearance... except for the black spots... I didn't look carefully, but overall, because of "Liu Fengmian"'s outstanding appearance and temperament, she married a country girl, which really makes people have to doubt it. Any problem.

For the sake of Sang Xuanqing, it seems that it is necessary to check the background of this "Liu Fengmian".

"Your third sister-in-law looks quite special..."

That person gave him the impression that if he was not rich, he was expensive, and he had an indescribable aura in his gestures, because he had met too many people like this every day, but he was deeper and more like an abyss, making it difficult to understand.

He was sure that this man named "Liu Fengmian" was by no means simple.

And Sang Xuanqing's third sister, who is so innocent and ignorant of world affairs, is very likely to be deceived by his deceitful appearance.

Brother Sang thought he was referring to the veil on Liu Fengmian's eyes, so he explained: "He suffers from eye disease and cannot see strong light."

After finishing speaking, seeing Zheng Quchi approaching, he was very satisfied with Yu Wensheng's sense of humor this time, and said, "We only have three rooms in our house, so you can come with me tonight."

However, Master Li hesitated and said: "This is too much trouble for Brother Sang."

"The visitor is a guest, let's spend the night first."

-

In the middle of the night, when everything is still, there are two groups of people who "visit" Sang's house, one before the other.

But in the end, they all had injuries of varying degrees on their bodies, and they managed to sneak into Sang's house smoothly.

When Yu Wensheng saw Wei Yao who came late at night: "Why are you injured?"

At this time, Wei Yao was in a panic, with disheveled hair, withered grass, mud all over his clothes, and most importantly, injuries to his arms and thighs.

"It's too scary. Is Madam's house some kind of trap city? There are hidden weapons hidden in the trees, and there are hidden weapons in the bushes that fall to the ground. Even the walls are covered with stinging wood thorns. Now I can come to see the general alive. It's really hard work." Doomed."

Yu Wencheng looked at Wei Yao with disgust and cried and complained.

He really didn't expect that so many traps were secretly arranged in the ordinary Sang's house...

It seems that Sang Xuanqing has not been wronged, he has done too much meticulous work, and this has created an extreme sense of crisis, for fear of being assassinated at home unconsciously.

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On the other side, after Brother Sang fell asleep, Master Li opened the door and walked to the corridor, only to see the saw lying on the ground in pain, tearing out a bloody calf from the biting iron.

As soon as he saw Gongshu, he suppressed his throat and complained miserably: "Master, this Sang family is too dangerous!"

Gongshu squatted down and looked at it with the help of the weak light: "This is... a bear trap?"

"That's right, I didn't expect that I escaped the thorns embedded in the courtyard wall, the wooden thorns and barbs on the wall, but I couldn't escape the animal trap buried in the grass!"

Master Li saw that his injuries were not serious, but his flesh was in pain, so he asked: "Did you alarm anyone?"

"No, Humble desperately stabilized the line drawn inside the courtyard wall. Fortunately, our public losers are good at cracking mechanisms, otherwise ordinary people would definitely..."

"Dangdangdangdang—"

His face paled.

(End of this chapter)