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Chapter 457 She knows it all too well [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 42k more]

Looking at Liao Sanlang's back as he rushed out,

The two Li family Taotie Chimei brothers rode their horses forward and walked to Xu Zaijing's side with Qingyun, and the four of them stood side by side.

"Go! Follow!"

The four riders went down the slope, raising a cloud of dust.

Amid the sound of horse hooves,

Soon, the five men vaguely surrounded a line of carriages and horses on the official road.

On the official road,
The driver with white hair and beard on the first carriage held a whip made of thin bamboo.
When he saw the masked knight with a sword and a bow rushing towards him, he jumped down from the shaft of the cart, walked to the front and grabbed the reins of the horse.

"Xu~Xu"

The driver stopped the carriage and looked back at it.

On the other side of the shaft, a well-dressed young man also jumped down.

The driver looked around and tightened his grip on the reins, suddenly finding it difficult to make a decision.

If they lost their carriages and horses, the families in the city would have no means of livelihood.

If you don't throw away the carriage and horses, you might lose your life.

Looking at the knight standing in the middle of the road with a long sword in hand, the elderly driver helplessly bowed and shouted to all around:
"My fellow warriors, we are the horsemen of the ox-cart shop in the city. We were hired to take someone to the farm this time, and we don't have much money on us!"

"Please be kind enough to give us a hand. We will inform Mr. Tian Xing later and he will definitely give us a generous gift."

The knight on the official road controlled the unfamiliar mount, raised his sword and shouted, "Today I only want the person in the car, put him down, and I won't make things difficult for you!"

"This"

The white-haired and white-bearded driver turned around and glanced hesitantly at the young man beside the carriage.

The young man walked to the front of the car and bowed, "Everyone, I am the steward of the Wang family. The old master of the family deserves to be worshipped in the imperial temple! Today, I hope you can give me some convenience and let me complete this mission!"

"If we meet again in the future, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

"Xilulu!"

Not far to the side, a horse stood up.

"Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh"

"Dongdongdong"

Three arrow shots.

for a moment,
Three feather arrows were nailed to the carriages on the official road, and the arrowheads were deeply embedded in the carriages or wheels.

Looking back at the feather arrows on the car, the young man had fear in his eyes but said stiffly: "You are really toasting."

The driver with white hair and beard hurriedly took a few quick steps and pulled the young man's sleeve hard to interrupt his words.

Then the driver bowed repeatedly to the knight who shot the arrow, and then shouted to the driver behind him: "Throw the man down!"

The young man glared and was about to speak.

The driver said anxiously, "Sir, I've given you a ladder, so just shut up! I don't want to die here!"

The driver pointed at the feather arrows and said, "With these three feather arrows, no one will blame you for messing up your job!"

The young man looked around and saw the three knights who had not drawn their swords just now now had swords in their hands. He nodded awkwardly.

Afterwards, the drivers kept saying things like, "Qi Da, don't blame us for not saving him," and "Qi Er, we have families to support."
The two men, with fear in their eyes, were dragged out of the car and put on the side of the road.

Finally, the person who was dragged down was the formerly very respectable Mother Qi, but now her hair was disheveled and her clothes were tattered.

Because it was too heavy, it shook the driver and the young man's waists when it was dragged off the car.

The older coachman looked at the Qi family members who were crawling with difficulty and trying to escape, shook his head, walked to the side of the carriage, and pulled out the feather arrows in the carriage with force.

He held the arrow in both hands, bowed to the knight not far away, and put the arrow into the carriage.

The driver behind followed suit and hurriedly led the horse and turned away.

"Ta-ta~"

A horse's hoof with horseshoes stopped not far away, raising a cloud of dust.

Someone dismounted.

A pair of legs stood in front of Qi Da.
Qi Dashun, who was covered in dust, looked up.

Looking at Liao Sanlang pulling down the mask, Qi Da resigned himself to his fate and lay on the ground without moving.

Liao Sanlang narrowed his eyes and looked at Qi Da, who was unable to speak and whose palms were covered in blood. He touched Qi Da's neck twice with the long knife in his hand and then swung it down fiercely.

When the five people left,
Li Taotie whispered beside Xu Zaijing: "Wu Lang, I saw that the three people were beaten very badly, and they were fed a mute drug and their arms were broken. Even if we don't do anything, they won't live long."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

The Qi family knows so much about the main family, so how could they be left alive if something happened?

He was not beaten to death, perhaps because the Kang family wanted to preserve their reputation and cover up, or to give someone who wanted to vent their anger a chance.

All things are done,
The sky is already dark,

At Anyuan Gate in the northwest of the inner city of Bianjing,
After changing back to his own mount, Liao Sanlang bowed to Xu Zaijing and said, "Wu Lang, I will go to Xu Hou's army tomorrow, and I won't say goodbye to you then."

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Have a safe journey, Sanlang."

After returning the gift, Liao Sanlang nodded to the Li brothers and Qingyun, then turned and left.

Xu Zaijing and three others continued to rush towards Quyuan Street.

On the way,

The little black colt took steady steps.
Xu Zaijing looked at the bustling streets of Bianjing in front of him, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Most of what I thought about were stories from my vague memory, but now that the emperor has a son, and Madam Bai and Wei Shuyi are still alive, many things have become different.

'I don't know what will happen in the future'

Xu Zaijing thought to himself.

"Sir?"

"Sir?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Xu Zaijing was awakened from his thoughts and looked at Qingyun beside him in confusion.

"Sir, why don't you speak when I call you?"

"Thinking about something, what's wrong?"

Qingyun pointed to the tall wooden building in front of him with strings of red lanterns hanging on it and said with a smile: "Sir, my wife told me before that when she was working nearby, she had eaten the food ordered by the master in this Yanglou and thought it was delicious! So I thought..."

"Well! Do you have enough money?"

"Enough!"

After saying that, Qingyun tapped the horse's belly lightly and hurried away.

In front of the wooden building,
The big plaque reads "Yanglou".
The area in front of the building was quite spacious, with many carriages and horses parked directly in the open space in front of the wooden building.

Seeing Xu Zaijing and the Li brothers coming over, the tea and wine doctor at the door hurriedly came over with a smile and said, "Please come in, young master!"

A servant came up to lead the horse, but he was quite scared when he saw the tall little black colt.

Xu Zaijing smiled and patted the little black colt's neck, and the little black colt walked straight to the manger by itself.

"This is truly a divine horse!"

Dr. Tea and Wine exclaimed in amazement.

Li Chimei, one of the Li brothers, also patted his mount. Seeing the horse walking towards the mare nearby, Li Chimei hurriedly pulled the reins to pull the horse back.

After he came back, his brother patted him on the head, as if he was disgusted by his conspicuous bag.

At this time,

The curtain at the door was opened from the inside.

The middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper walked with the two women with a smile, and a servant carrying food boxes followed behind him. The shopkeeper said as he walked, "Miss Ningxiang, next time you can just ask the mansion to send someone to let us know, and we guarantee that the store will deliver it to your house as quickly as possible."

Ningxiang smiled and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper. I'll make a note of it."

As she spoke, Ningxiang turned around, and the maid who followed her reached out to the servant. Looking at the two food boxes handed over, Ningxiang said, "Boss, this is..."

"These are the latest chicken and duck items from our store. Miss Ningxiang, please try them and give me some suggestions! Well, it's time to settle the account that Erlang made at our store last month."

Ningxiang smiled and said, "The shopkeeper should just say it directly. Why do we have to do this?"

Ningxiang glanced at the food box. "Isn't this too much trouble, young lady? Please accept it."

Ningxiang thought for a moment and said, "Thank you very much, boss. I will definitely bring you what you said."

"Thank you!" said the shopkeeper with a bow.

Ningxiang bowed and was about to turn around and leave, then she looked up and saw the young man being led by the Tea and Wine Doctor.

Ningxiang quickly squatted down and greeted, "Hello, Wulang!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "Okay"

After passing each other, Xu Zaijing entered the building.

The shopkeeper withdrew his gaze from Xu Zaijing and said, "Miss Ningxiang, this man looks very impressive but seems unfamiliar. Which family is he from?"

Ningxiang looked down at the food box in her hand. "The Xu family of the Marquis of Yongyi! In the past, they usually played in the main street of Panlou. Why are they here today?"

As he said this, he walked towards the Rong family's carriage.

Rong family,

Back to the snowy courtyard,
Ningxiang walked into the hall carrying two food boxes.

"Miss, the lady knows that you didn't eat much today, so she specially sent me to Yanglou to buy some smoked fish!"

The man sitting behind the table in the room saw Rong Feiyan, who looked a little listless, and his eyes lit up. A smile appeared on his face, and he said with a blocked nose, "Bring it here quickly!"

The food box is on the table.

Xibu, who was standing by, helped open the food box, looked at the contents and said, "Ningxiang, why did you buy roasted duck neck?"

Ningxiang looked at her own girl who was looking at the smoked fish with an intoxicated look on her face, holding chopsticks in her hand, and said, "This, this is a gift from the shopkeeper of Yanglou, saying that the second young master's account for last month should be settled."

Rong Feiyan sniffed and said, "Well, I'll settle the account with my brother tomorrow."

As she spoke, Rong Feiyan reached out for chopsticks.

But after a while, the chopsticks were still in Ningxiang's hand.

Seeing this, Xibu took the chopsticks from Ningxiang and handed them to Rong Feiyan, then said to Ningxiang, "What are you daydreaming about?"

Rong Feiyan also smiled and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Ningxiang looked around and saw that there were only three of them, the master and the servant, so she whispered, "Miss, when I left Yanglou, I saw... I saw the fifth son of the Xu family."

Rong Feiyan, who was tasting the fish with chopsticks, was stunned: "Ah? Why is he going to Yanglou at this time?"

"Wu Lang and I nodded and went into the building without saying a word, and I didn't have a chance to ask."

Xi Bu put the porcelain bowl of rice on the table and said hesitantly, "Maybe it was some young master who invited us? You were right not to ask. Otherwise, what's the difference between him and that Erlang from the Yu family?"

Rong Feiyan bit the chopsticks lightly and nodded, indicating that she agreed with Xibu's statement.

Looking at her daughter picking up a large piece of fish with chopsticks, Ningxiang nodded and said, "That's right! The third daughter of the Yu family we met before followed us and asked questions. Who couldn't see that she was asking for her brother?"

"We don't know her well! She is totally different from the polite Miss Yu."

Xi Bu nodded and said, "Miss, you have caught a cold. Although you have felt better recently, you still shouldn't go boating in Jinming Lake."

Rong Feiyan: "Well, I won't go! When the examination results are posted in two days, we will go and watch the excitement of catching a son-in-law under the list."

When the two maids heard this, they looked at each other happily.

Coming out of Yanglou,
Xu Zaijing and his companions each hung a food box on their saddles.

Walking on horseback to Panlou Main Street,

"Deng Deng~"

The clear sound of a pipa came from a shop on the street.

Watching the little black colt carrying Xu Zaijing towards the store entrance,
Qingyun and the Li brothers hurriedly followed.

"Sir, what do you want to buy?"

Qingyun dismounted and followed Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing hummed and stepped into the store.

"What would you like to order, sir?"

The shopkeeper behind the desk saw a customer and hurried out to ask.

Xu Zaijing didn't say anything, but turned his head to look upstairs at the shop and said, "Why did the music stop?"

The shopkeeper thought that Xu Zaijing, who was well-dressed, wanted to listen to the pipa, so he bowed and said with a smile:
"Sir, the one playing upstairs is Wei Xingshou, the best pipa player in Bianjing! When he's free and interested, he can come to our shop and play a piece for him."

"Whether you can hear it or continue depends entirely on the interest of Wei Xingzu."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "I have heard of the money that Wei Xingshou received for playing a piece of music."

The shopkeeper smiled complacently, extended his hand to signal Xu Zaijing to go inside, and continued: "Sir, I think you look familiar to me. Have you been to our store before?"

Xu Zaijing said: "Yes, I was there when Kuixing pointed the stars."

The shopkeeper's eyes widened, and then he tapped his forehead repeatedly: "I remember now! It turned out that it was Wu Lang who was in front of me. I am sorry for being rude."

"What are you talking about, shopkeeper?"

Seeing Xu Zaijing walking towards the displayed inkstones, the shopkeeper quickly asked the shop servant to bring a few more inkstones.

The two of them were talking.
After a while

The sound of the pipa from upstairs started again, the tune was soothing and quite pleasant.

Holding a cute-looking inkstone, Xu Zaijing handed it to the shopkeeper, looked up and listened, then said, "It seems like I'm lucky today."

The shop is on the second floor.

Wei Fangzhi sat by the window holding the pipa and playing it attentively.

Next to her stood a young maid with lively eyes. She glanced downstairs and said softly, "Head, the guest just now has mounted his horse and left."

Wei Fangzhi didn't say anything. He played for a while before slowly stopping: "Let's go back."

"Oh!"

The maid quickly packed up her things and stood beside Wei Fangzhi. Looking at Wei Fangzhi, who was wearing a veil and sitting by the window looking out, the maid smiled and said:
"Master, you have never played the pipa more than usual for anyone else! Whose family is that young man? Is he the ideal man in your mind?"

"Shut up now!"

Wei Fangzhi stood up suddenly holding the pipa, frowned at the little maid, and scolded her in a stern voice.

The maid was startled, her eyes a little flustered, and she quickly lowered her head and replied, "Yes! Yes! Leader!"

"Don't say things like that again, or I'll replace you with someone else!"

"It's the leader. I'll remember that! Please don't chase me away!"

Although the maid was young, she had met many people. It was rare to find a kind-hearted master like the one in front of her.

Wei Fangzhi sighed, "Alright! Stand still. Ask the shopkeeper to bring the carriage over."

"Yes, leader."

The maid came downstairs,
Wei Fangzhi didn't sit down, and continued to stand by the window and look at the bustling Panlou Main Street. The reason why she was so out of control just now was that she knew too well the position of the Xu family's Wulang in a certain girl! That person changed his own sinking fate with just one thought.

It would be a lie to say that I don't like this Xu Wulang.
However, there are some people that she really cannot imagine.

Seeing the carriage and the mounted guards stopped at the door downstairs,

Wei Fang walked downstairs holding the pipa.

On the second day,
Sheng family,

Anzhai today,
Minglan's aunt Wei Yuyi smiled at Xiaodie who was serving tea and said, "It's true that when you are happy, you feel refreshed. Xiaodie looks even prettier."

Xiaodie looked at Wei Xiaoniang shyly and said, "I, I'll go check if the clothes are dry."

Watching Xiaodie walk out of the house, Wei Yuyi shook his head and whispered, "Silly girl, what clothes can you wear so early in the morning?"

After saying that, Wei Yuyi looked at Wei Xiaoniang and said, "Sister, the second lady of the Marquis's Mansion asked me to come and persuade you."

Wei Xiaoniang was stunned: "Miss Hualan?"

After Wei Yuyi nodded, he looked at Wei Xiaoniang with some anger and said, "You always said you would think about it, but you never said whether you would take over or not!"

Wei Yuyi sighed and said earnestly:
"Sister, you can't fool around with this! Speaking of not letting Madam Wang be the housekeeper, it was also the Sheng family's statement to the Marquisate! Isn't it a joke if we don't carry it out?! If you really let that housekeeper surnamed Lin be the one, can you still have a good life?"

"I don't care what you think, but you have to think about my nephew's future, right?!"

"Besides! You were sent to the Sheng family by the Wang family, so you are half of their family. Your housekeeper, the Wang family, will not be unhappy!"

Wei Xiaoniang looked at her sister and said hesitantly, "Then let me try?"

(End of this chapter)