Fair Lady

When Shuyao returned to Xia Zhai, Hongjin said that Mr. Jin and the eldest young master had returned, before the words fell, Huohuo rushed out and lay in Shuyao's arms "squeaking" to ask for credit.

Shuyao knew that Jin Xida must have found the half piece of ivory chrysanthemum that Jin Xida was looking for, so she patted it amusedly: "So impatient? flower."

Lan Jin responded with a smile, turned around and walked towards Shuyao's small study.Huohuo licked Shuyao's cheek, and ran away excitedly, faster than Lan Jin, probably waiting in front of the flowerpot.

Shuyao and the others were stunned for a moment and laughed, what a greedy fox!

"Where are Uncle Jin and my eldest brother?" Shu Yao asked while cleaning her hands.

Hongjin handed a clean cotton handkerchief to Shuyao: "Young master Jin is out, and he said he would be back very late, so you don't have to wait for him for dinner. The second young master and young master Zhong are squatting in the garden. Once the eldest young master comes back, he will be locked up alone. In the study, they even said that you came back and let you pass."

"Eh?..." Shuyao was taken aback. Normally at this time, the elder brother is usually instructing Wen'er and Zhong Jiayi. Even if they are squatting, the elder brother will practice and watch from the side. What happened?

Changing into a set of fine cotton simple clothes she wore in the house, Shuyao went to the big study, and when she entered the room, Shujie was leaning on the chair in a daze.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?" Shuyao asked with concern, reaching out her little hand to touch Shujie's forehead.

Shujie pulled down his younger sister's little hand: "Brother is fine, Yaoer, look, does this belong to dad?"

In Shujie's hand is a small sandalwood gourd.It was trimmed with a handful of red silk ribbons, but it was almost black now.Shujie deliberately turned the engraved side of the small gourd to Shuyao, which is the two numbers "66".

Shuyao asked in surprise: "Brother, did you find it on Jiuling Mountain?" As he spoke, he immediately took out the bracelet that was found not far from Xia Linxuan's "corpse" from the mahogany box. The small gourd hanging on it was lost. I didn't find it, it was exactly what Shujie was holding at this moment.

This string of sandalwood bracelets was asked by Xia Linxuan when Yen Zirou took Shujie and the three to offer incense at the Yuquan Temple on the outskirts of Daming Prefecture. The master in the temple would engrave a word on the gourd, usually the name of the person wearing the bracelet. A character in Chinese, or "Fu", "Fa", "Cai" and the like.There are also a few people who will ask for a special family mark or something.

The master asked Donnie Yen, and Donnie Yen wrote the number 66. Although the master thought it looked strange, he engraved it accordingly.

At that time, Shujie asked what "66" meant, and Yen Zirou said it was "66 Dashun".Xia Linxuan was a headhunter, so fierce actions such as fighting and chasing were unavoidable.Bracelets are easy to lose.Donnie Yen felt that losing something with the name engraved on it would cause trouble. Although small families like them might not be so sensitive, they could always avoid it if they could. "[-]" has a good meaning, but others can't understand it, so it's best to engrave it on these things.

Shujie's voice was choked with sobs: "I found it in Mushigu, only a few steps away from the place where Uncle Jin found the ivory fluorene." Seeing the little gourd.Shujie thought of his father who loved him all the time, and he couldn't lift his emotions after returning.

Shuyao asked strangely: "What a coincidence? Dad is also looking for that thing, right?"

Shujie shook his head: "Uncle Jin is someone close to the emperor. Finding ivory fluorene is a secret matter of the imperial court. Neither the prefect of Fucheng nor the county magistrate of Yulin know about it. How could dad, a small headhunter, know about it? Perhaps he was hunting prey and passed by there, no Be careful to drop it." Having said that, Shujie is not without doubts, the small concave valley is really hard to find, he has been to Jiuling Mountain so many times but he has not found it.

Because the place where the ivory fluorene is buried is just under the fallen stele.Only then did they see the name engraved on the stone tablet, and knew that the boundary of that land was called "Mushi Valley".Jin Xida couldn't help but sigh with emotion.If it wasn't for Huohuo, even if they searched all the places with "shi" and "ten", they still couldn't find the half piece of ivory fluorene!

After completing the most important task this time, Jin Xida was about to rush back to the capital to return to his orders, and specially called Shujie and Shuyao into the study and explained: "You all know the truth about the 'crime of pregnant jade'. Except for you three brothers and sisters, Huohuo's magical ability can't be told to the fifth person, so as not to be jealous and cause harm. This time, I will report that Shujie often goes hunting in the mountains and has seen the stone tablet of "Mushi Valley", so I was able to find things so quickly when I thought of the valley when I asked about the place containing 'stone' and 'ten'."

Shujie and Shuyao hurriedly responded: "Uncle Jin, we know, we won't tell anyone else, we don't even know about Wen'er, we're afraid that he'll slip up."

Jin Xida nodded: "You don't have enough self-protection ability now, and I can't be in Yulin all the time, so be careful in everything! I'm leaving for Beijing tomorrow, hehe, I didn't expect it to be so smooth this time! I thought at least Stay here for half a month." Knowing that the Shujie brothers and sisters are not ignorant of the truth of "being pregnant with a jade", they also know how to prevent Xiao Shuwen from leaking out, but when he needed it, he offered to let Huohuo Helping him, Jin Xida felt warm in his heart.Like the woman in his heart!They are all good children who value affection, and it is not in vain for him to treat the three of them as his own children.

When Shuyao heard "Departure Tomorrow", she blurted out anxiously: "Can't it be two days later? We still have to prepare a special birthday gift for Uncle Jin." Won't you be unhappy?

"Birthday gift?" Jin Xida wondered, "Do you know my birthday?" If Yaoer hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have thought that tomorrow is his birthday.

Shuyao carefully looked into Jin Xida's eyes, and whispered when she saw that there was no anger in it; "Sister Nian'er told me that my eldest brother, Wen'er, I, and I want to celebrate Uncle Jin's birthday together, and we have to prepare a special As for the gift, the three of us like it very much.”

When Jin Xida saw Shuyao's shining eyes full of admiration for him, and Shujie's expression of yearning for him to nod and agree, his heart almost softened, and he knelt down and hugged Shuyao gently. With small shoulders and hot eyes: "Okay, Uncle Jin will stay for one more day and leave after his birthday. The three of you all like good things that you like very much? Then Uncle Jin has to guess carefully, ah, I will leave tonight I won't be able to sleep anymore."

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On the second day, Shuyao got up early in the morning and went into the kitchen, replaced the materials in the mahogany box, and got busy with the help of Mother Liu and Aunt Mei.

Jin Xida was strictly prohibited from approaching the kitchen, and he was very happy: Is this little girl going to cook for him to celebrate his birthday?Won't it burn you?Well, with Mama Liu and Aunt Mei here, they will protect her.He brushed away his worries with a smile, sent Shuwen to the school in person, and then stopped by Daxin Yaxing Wang Xina to have a look.Last night Shujie said that their brother and sister wanted to buy some real estate, whether it is a house or a shop to live in.

Jin Xida thought about it and found it feasible. Although the three of Shujie will probably go to Beijing in the future, shops, farms and houses are all industries that will increase in value.The location of Yulin Town is good, and it is close to the capital city. The land price will only go up and not go down. There is no harm in buying more.Next to Shujie is the 5 taels of silver bills given by Zhang Caishu. Although they said it was well hidden, it still makes people worry that there are mostly women and children in the summer house.

The house deed is different. Those who have registered with the government have to sign and print their fingerprints. It is useless to steal it. The county magistrate Yang Yishan knows how much he attaches importance to Shujie and the three of them, and also knows the "grace" of the emperor and queen mother to Xia Zhai. He should not dare to easily let Xia Zhai's property have any "accidents" under his nose and in his official office.Of course, when purchasing property, he would still ask Wang Xi to keep it secret, so that too many people would not know that it was purchased by the three brothers and sisters of the Xia family.

Seeing Shuwen waving his hand to say goodbye to him, after entering the gate of "Xianglin Primary School", Jin Xida suddenly turned his head to the left, at the entrance of the alley over there, a [-]-year-old boy was shrinking his head and looking at him.Jin Xida's sharp knife-like eyes pierced over.

Not long after leaving the summer residence, he noticed someone following him, but he felt that the person didn't look like someone with martial arts skills, and he didn't have any skills in following him, so he thought of sending Shuwen to the school first, not wanting to scare Shuwen.

"Come here, do you have something to say after you have been with me for so long?" Seeing that the man was found but did not run away, Jin Xida came to him on purpose and didn't want Shuwen to know?

"Yes... yes... it was a maid who asked me to give you this piece of paper, saying it was your friend." The boy said with fear on his face, the hand holding the scroll was still trembling slightly. The eyes are terrible.If it wasn't for the twenty copper coins and a bunch of candied haws for his sister, he would have turned around and ran away after being stared at just now.

"Friend?" Jin Xida looked around with his sharp eyes, carefully took the scroll, stretched out his hand and shook it heavily, and then took a closer look. It was a line of beautiful lower script, which was obviously made by a woman: by the Xiushui River. See you in the peach grove, Man Lian.

Man Lian?Who?Jin Xida searched in his mind, but he didn't know him!He is busy, he has to find Wang Xi as soon as possible, how can he have time to see Man Lian?After so many years, these women have always played this kind of tricks. Originally, they were only in the capital. Why now even Yulin has so-called women who admire him?

Just as she was about to rub the note and throw it away, she suddenly thought, Man Lian?A long time ago, he seemed to have received another note with this name!Man Lian...Man Lian..., by the way, Yao'er's piano and chess master Lian Layman!Man Lian is exactly the word she used before.

Jin Xida frowned, recalling Layman Nichiren's strange reaction that day, isn't it? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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