Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 468: Old Bastard, Old Man, Old Grandpa [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 39k more]

Mao hour (six o'clock in the morning)

Jiying Lane,
At the door of Sheng's house,

Qi Heng and Buwei, who was carrying a book box, stepped on the bicycle stool and walked to the ground.

Qi Heng took two steps towards the gate thoughtfully and then stopped.

"Sir, did you forget something?"

Hearing Buwei's voice behind him, Qi Heng looked in the direction he came from and said, "Buwei, do you think Jing'er will meet the brother and sister selling lotus flowers today?"

"Young Master, even if Wu Lang can't find one, the servants in our mansion have gone out to look for one, and I have also found a few helpers. We should be able to find one before the princess' birthday. Otherwise, I know someone with superb craftsmanship, and he can sew one for us."

"Ah."

Qi Heng nodded and continued walking forward.

Not to keep up with the pace.

He nodded to the Sheng family's doorman who was bowing, and followed Qi Heng into the yard.

After turning his head to glance in the direction of the stable, Buwei said, "Young Master, it's strange today. I saw the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion, but I didn't see Brother Qingyun beside Wulang."

Qi Heng replied absentmindedly: "Maybe something happened."

Soon, the master and servant walked into the school yard.

Walk to the school gate.

Qi Heng looked hopefully at Xu Zaijing who was writing in the corner with his head down.

"Young Master, look!" a voice full of joy came.

Qi Heng turned his head and saw Hua Xiang carefully tending to a pair of lotus flowers placed in a slender vase.

A smile appeared on Qi Heng's face. He walked quickly to Xu Zaijing and said:
"Brother Jing! Did you meet that brother and sister today? They are twin lotus flowers again."

After Xu Zaijing finished writing, he raised his head and said with a smile, "Yes."

After looking at the flowers, Xu Zaijing continued, "I just picked them this morning. If you take good care of them, they will bloom for six or seven days."

Hearing this, Qi Heng smiled even more brightly, and stood beside Xu Zaijing, bowed and was about to salute.

But Xu Zaijing held the folded hand and said, "No need to be polite, just take it back after school."

Qi Heng looked at Xu Zaijing and nodded, then smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Jing! Mother will definitely be very happy with this gift."

"Brother Jing, then you. Continue."

Xu Zaijing also smiled and nodded, then continued writing.

Qi Heng walked to Hua Xiang and looked at the lotus in the vase with admiration.

Buwei, who had put away the book box, also came over.

"it's beautiful!"

Listening to Buwei's words, Hua Xiang nodded repeatedly and said, "The brother and sister who were selling flowers this morning were taken to Sister Hua Qing's shop by the young master, and will live in the mansion from now on."

Bu Wei nodded and said, "In more than half a month, I was able to find two lotus flowers like this. It takes some skill."

"Young Master, we have been searching all over Bianjing for seven or eight days."

Qi Heng nodded in approval.

When Qi Heng sat down,
Gu Tingye, Zai Zhang, Chang Feng and others entered the school one after another.

Another surprise.

Around 10:00 AM,

Everyone was taking a rest and walking outside the school.

Gu Tingye stood in the shade of the tree next to Xu Zaijing and stretched lazily, saying, "Wulang, lend me this brother and sister next year and see if it's really so magical that we can really find twin lotus flowers."

Without waiting for Xu Zaijing to answer, Gu Tingye continued, "It's a brilliant move to bring them under your command! Wu Lang, how did you come up with this?"

Xu Zaijing smiled slightly, looked at Qi Heng who was also curious, and said, "Maybe it's fate. Last year, they sold lotus flowers to me."

Gu Tingye pouted: "Why do you have so many predestined relationships? Why can't I meet any of them?"

Xu Zaijing looked into the distance helplessly, relaxing his eyes while thinking: Why not find Gu Tingye's Man Niang for him?
At this time, footsteps were heard.

Qingyun walked into the courtyard, came to the front of the crowd, bowed to Qi Heng, Gu Tingye and others, and said to Xu Zaijing: "Sir, the people have been settled."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Have you found out what happened in their family?"

Qingyun smiled and replied, "I have checked it out. Both of his parents live on the dock in the city. They also help people in Beijing clean up the culverts and ponds. The boy is a good swimmer."

"Yes. In the afternoon, I will go find an old navy soldier from the Huyan family who is staying in Bianjing to see what Tan Xiao is like. If he is good, I will recommend him to my fourth brother-in-law."

"Yes, son."

After saying this, Xu Zaijing laughed at himself for his own thoughts.

When he saw the miserable appearance of the brother and sister before, he thought they were orphans who had lost their parents.

Today it seems that both parents are alive and they are just earning money to support the family.

Too,

When the Duke's Mansion buys a maid, she must have a clear background and origin, and it would be best if her family members are in Bian Jing so that it is easier to control her.

If Xu Zaijing was not mistaken, the younger sister, Tan Yun, was the maid in the story who looked like Minglan, especially her eyes - Tan Yun.

A few years later, when Minglan followed the old lady to Youyang, Tan Yun was bought by Princess Pingning to serve Qi Heng in the Duke's Mansion.

Then he was beaten to death.

The character that others had only mentioned briefly appeared before him so vividly and vividly that Xu Zaijing couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Why was he beaten to death?

Was it because Tan Yun looked like Minglan that the young master Qi Heng favored her, causing Tan Yun to have thoughts that a maid shouldn't have, wanting to climb up the social ladder, and flirting with Qi Heng, which led to her being beaten to death?
Xu Zaijing was not very clear. Even if there was this reason, the Duke of Qi's Mansion had always been strict in family management. The maid's thoughts were probably caused by Princess Pingning's deliberate indulgence and Qi Heng's foolish pampering.

then,

The appearance of a maid who was beaten to death was spread out, and it seemed more like it was for the Sheng family to see.

Xu Zaijing shook his head, shook off the thoughts in his mind, turned around and walked back to the school.

"Go away."

"Thank you for your teachings, Scholar."

"Ah."

quickly,

Master Zhuang, holding a fan to block the glaring afternoon sun, walked out of the school leisurely.

Summer days are long and nights are short,

Although Zhuang Xuejiu had already asked everyone to leave,

But the sky was still bright.

"Brother Qi Heng, this twin lotus is very rare. I wonder what it tastes like!"

Molan looked at Qi Heng and said with a smile.

Rulan glanced at Molan, then fixed her gaze on the lotus, and said proudly, "The one my grandmother gave my mother a few days ago smelled so good when it bloomed!"

Qi Heng's eyes lit up: "Fifth sister, is this true?"

Rulan nodded proudly.

Molan curled her lips.

Qi Heng looked back at Minglan who was talking to Hua Xiang at the back, thought for a moment and said, "Three sisters, do you want to smell it?"

Molan's face was full of surprise: "Brother Qi Heng, can I?"

Qi Heng nodded.

After smelling the black orchid and the orchid,
After Minglan withdrew her gaze from Hua Xiang, she smiled and waved her hand: "Young Master, I won't smell it anymore."

Then he pointed at Hua Xiang and said, "Hua Xiang has described it to me."

Qi Heng looked at Minglan, who was becoming more and more beautiful, with a little disappointment in his eyes, and nodded.

Buwei looked at Minglan with admiration in his eyes and said, "Young Master, let's go back quickly! Do we have to hide this lotus from the princess?"

Qi Heng smiled and nodded, and said to Xu Zaijing who sat back at the desk, "Brother Jing, I'm going back now. Grandfather will hold a banquet at Xiangyang Marquis' Mansion the day after tomorrow, so you must go then."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded.

Afterwards, Qi Heng happily held the porcelain bottle and walked out with Buwei.

Changbai, who had already packed his book box and was about to return to his study, saw Xu Zaijing sitting back at the desk and continuing to study something.

"Sir?"

Han Niu beside him asked.

Changbai hesitated for a moment and said, "Next time, if Jing'er doesn't leave, don't clean up."

"Yes, son."

After saying that, Changbai also sat back.

Turn around,

Northwest of Bianjing City,
In the Western Army camp,
A group of young lieutenants who followed Marquis Yongyi back to the capital gathered in a tent, each holding a piece of paper with words on it.

Ye Fang, the former personal soldier of the Marquis' Mansion and now a lieutenant, was once shot in the vitals by a feather arrow and was rescued by Yu Huguang. After scratching his temples, he said to Di Jing on the side: "Di Boss, how do you pronounce this word?"

Di Jing glanced at him and said, "Yi."

Ye Fang: "Huh? Then, how do you pronounce it? You don't know it either?" "Yi!"

Seeing Ye Fang frowning, Di Jing gave Ye Fang a pat on the head and said, "I said it's pronounced Yi, the Yi in Ke Yi Men!"

Ye Fang nodded repeatedly.

Listening to the conversation that followed, Zhu Qinghu looked back.

Ye Fang came over, shook the paper in his hand, and said, "Boss Zhu, who wrote this rubbish? What's the rumbling of war horses, what's the dream of shattering Keyimen? What is this!"

"Before, outside the Keyi Gate, it was our infantry that faced the White High Iron Harriers head-on. Boss Di led us to hack and kill them. What does the cavalry have to do with it?"

Ye Fang said a few words, looked at his speechless superior in front of him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Di Jing said with a smile: "Ye Fang, you'd better not let Jing Ge'er know that you said this, otherwise..."

Ye Fang was stunned as many images flashed through his mind, including Xu Zaijing's morning spear practice in the Marquis' Mansion, the banging of the bowstring of the strong bow, the flying axes that flashed by, the pistols that were thrown, and the nearly 10,000 prisoners on the Baigao battlefield.

"Hiss~ It's too hot today. I'm so hot that I'm telling the truth. No, I'm talking nonsense! Good, well done. Look at the following sentences."

After saying that, Ye Fang wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the paper in his hand and continued: "Boss Di, I don't recognize the following words at all."

At this time,

A lieutenant came in from outside and said, "General Cao and Lord Xu are here."

The tent was quiet.
quickly,

General Cao, with white hair and beard, and Xu Minghua walked in with a man.
All the lieutenants in the tent stood up immediately, bowed and called for help.

General Cao looked at Xu Minghua who had retreated to the side, and could only smile and shake his head. He looked at the people in the tent and said, "This is Wang Duzhi, the music master invited by the camp. He will teach you how to sing this song. Do you have any problems?"

"General, if we are asked to sing, we will become melodramas!"

Someone spoke up, and after that, everyone in the tent started to buzz with discussion.

General Cao looked up and said, "If you want to sing, just sing. If you don't want to sing, get out! You don't want the chance to see the emperor, do you?"

Hearing this,

Everyone in the tent looked at each other.

After they returned to the capital, they only performed martial arts for the emperor in front of the Baojin Tower in the south of Jinming Lake. At that time, the emperor was on the high top of the tower and everyone could only see his shadow.

From what General Cao said today, it seems that we need to sing in front of the Emperor!

"Sing! I just like singing songs~"

"Hey Hey"

Everyone in the tent laughed quietly.

On this day,

morning,

the sun shines brightly,

Cicadas are chirping in an unknown place on the tree,

At the gate of Xiangyang Marquis's Mansion,
Xu Zaijing rode a horse and walked over to the Xu family's carriage.

Because the Xiangyang Marquisate occupies a large area,

The banquet venue was some distance from the main entrance.
So Xu Zaijing did not stop at the gate, but followed the instructions of the gatekeeper of Xiangyang Marquis' Mansion and rode his horse and followed the carriage into the yard.

The Yongyi Marquis Mansion on Quyuan Street is a big one.
However, compared with the Marquis of Xiangyang Mansion, there is still a slight gap.

I dismounted at the gate of a yard with trees in the distance.

Qingyun followed him to place the mount.
Xu Zaijing stood beside the carriage and helped Sun get off. From the other carriages, Xie, Hualan and their maids also got off.

Subsequently,

Everyone walked to the gate of the yard.
Seeing the Xu family,

The smile on Princess Pingning's face was almost overflowing.

"Brother Heng, take your two brothers to play in the yard."

"Yes, mother."

Qi Heng also responded with a smile on his face.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Jing, please come this way."

Watching Xu Zaijing and his companions walk away,
Princess Pingning took Sun's hand, smiled at Xie and Hualan, and said, "The other day, Brother Heng hid something in the mansion. I thought it was something, but today I saw that it was actually a lotus in bloom!"

"You are so blessed, Princess! This lotus has a very good meaning."

Sun said with a smile, and the two daughters-in-law beside her nodded repeatedly.

Princess Pingning patted Sun's hand and said, "That's also thanks to Brother Jing'er."

Sun smiled and shook her head: "What are you talking about, Madam! Jing'er told me that he didn't show up earlier or later, but he showed up before your birthday. Isn't it fate?"

Princess Pingning smiled even more. After glancing at the maid holding the gift behind Sun, Princess Pingning walked in with Sun and said, "Madam, I'm not old enough to hold this, and I'd rather stay at my parents' house. But my father said he wanted to bring more happiness to the family."

"The old marquis is right~"

Sun replied.

In the yard,
With living water,

Beside the wellhead made of bluestone,

The healthy woman, with sweat all over her forehead, hurriedly fetched the cold well water and poured it into a large bucket with fruits and vegetables placed beside her.

Looking around, there are dozens of large barrels.

From time to time, maids would bring cool soaked fruits and vegetables on plates covered with lotus leaves and take them away.

In the corridor not far away, another healthy woman was busy beating ice cubes to make cold drinks.

Somewhere further away,

A musician was playing a soothing tune.
The ladies and girls, wearing bright summer clothes, walked in groups of three or five, accompanied by their maids who were fanning themselves with round fans.

In the refreshing courtyard,

Chai Zhengzheng was talking to Gu Tingyi while drinking a refreshing drink.

"Ah? Zheng Zheng, you know all this? Does it sound good?"

"Yeah, I know someone who composed the song. It depends on the person whether it sounds good or not. I think it's OK!"

Gu Tingyi hesitated and said, "It's OK. Okay!"

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Pingmei who was talking to Bai Shi with a smile not far away, and asked in confusion: "Sister Tingyi, why do you think your sister-in-law, Sister Pingmei, is more beautiful?"

Gu Tingyi nodded and said, "Sister-in-law now has a son and a daughter. Although my eldest brother is far away in Xingqing Prefecture, he is also very popular and has been used recently."

Chai Zhengzheng: "Hmm? What more?"

Gu Tingyi: "There are also many wives of officials in the capital who surrounded her and asked about Jingge's marriage."

Chai Zhengzheng glanced sheepishly at his mother, Madam Chai, who had just walked away to talk to the eldest wife of Cheng Guogong's family: "Ahem, oh!"

At this time,

When Bai saw her relative Sun coming in with her two daughters-in-law, she stood up and walked over with Pingmei.

After Gu Tingyi and Chai Zhengzheng looked at each other, they saw several ladies in the yard walking towards Sun before they could even move.

Mrs. Wu, who was sitting in the pavilion not far away, did not stand up. She just held a bowl of cool drink and looked at Sun with a smile on her face.

Men's Courtyard,

The old Marquis of Xiangyang was talking to others with great pride.
He also straightened his old waist from time to time,

Seeing his grandson coming with Xu Zaijing and three maids, Qingcao and Hua Xiangyunxiang,
Xiangyang Hou went to meet him with a smile.

After a few words,

Marquis of Xiangyang looked at the three maids behind Xu Zaijing, who had changed a lot and became more and more beautiful, with an amusement expression on his face.

Subsequently,

After taking a look at Qi Heng, Xiangyang Hou said to Xu Zaijing, "Xu family boy, I will give you another ten carts of good stuff to exchange for these two maids from my family, okay?"

Hearing this,

Xu Zaijing's smile froze on his face.

Qi Heng looked at his grandfather in surprise.

"Well, how is it?"

The old man, Marquis of Xiangyang, asked.

Xu Zaijing looked back at Hua Xiang and Yun Xiang, as well as Qingcao who was blocking the two behind them, and shook his head, "No way."

"Is it not possible for you to choose whatever you want from the things in my warehouse?"

The old bastard Marquis of Xiangyang continued.

Xu Zaijing was tempted for a moment, and after a cough, he shook his head and said, "Well, at most my family will ask for more betrothal gifts when my niece gets married. What you said is impossible!"

"You are such a jerk! You don't...When I was your age, I..." Marquis Xiangyang stopped talking.

"Cut~"

Xiangyang Hou shook his head, turned around and left with his hands behind his back: "What a loss! How could I do such a loss-making business in the first place~"

After the banquet, the highly respected old Marquis of Xiangyang presented three carts of goodies, saying they were dowries for the sisters Hua Xiang and Yun Xiang, but that is another story.

(End of this chapter)