The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 68

Before Zhou Tianhao had a cup of tea, he saw the old shopkeeper sneaking up to the door and looking around, his deep black eyes suddenly lit up.Although he has only been in the army for more than half a year, he still knows the secrets of some scouts.For example, this water chestnut mirror. After checking several jewelry workshops, they said that they have never seen this kind of flower pattern, so it must be a custom-made style.There are not many jewelry workshops in Jinling City that can customize jewelry, but this Jinyuyuan shop in front of you is one of them.

Unexpectedly, he just entered the first shop and caught fish. Just now when Yun Song mentioned that the shopkeeper asked the price of the mirror, Zhou Tianhao became suspicious.There is no jewelry inlaid on this mirror, and the price is at most the price of an ordinary mirror. Ten taels of silver may not sound expensive, but some price was raised secretly.Who in this world would raise the price to buy an ordinary mirror?There must be something strange in this, so Zhou Tianhao sat here for a while.

Seeing which jewelry shop Zhou Tianhao was concentrating on, Yun Song couldn't help but feel a little strange. Just as he was about to ask another question, he suddenly saw a young man coming out of the shop. Judging by his posture, he should be heading for a post station in the west. .

Zhou Tianhao had already inquired about it beforehand, this Jin Yuyuan's family was grateful, and he didn't live in the city, this young man looked like he was in a hurry, he looked like he was delivering a letter, so he put down the teacup, and took the broken fan bone. He picked up his fan, slapped it on his palm, and said with a smile, "Hurry up, the fish is hooked."

Yun Song was tired from running just now, and just poured a cup of tea, only half drank it, when he heard Zhou Tianhao yelling, he hurriedly put down the teacup, coughing and choking, seeing that Zhou Tianhao had already reached the stairs, he hurriedly said: "Master, Wait for me...wait..."

Yun Song followed to the door, and the shopkeeper standing at the counter hurriedly asked the boy to stop him and said, "Hey, the guest officer has not paid the money yet!"

Yun Song was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses, took a piece of broken silver from his purse and threw it over, and said carelessly: "No need, the rest will be rewarded to you!"

The young man took the silver and took a bite between his teeth. Seeing that it was the best grain silver, he still had a slight smile on his face, but said in his mouth: "Cut... a dog's leg, and he is still acting as a master in front of me."

Zhou Tianhao followed the boy from a distance, and saw that he went to a post station in the west, and was planning to rent a carriage to go to Xie's house.This boy doesn't know how to drive, so it is inevitable to hire a coachman, but it just so happens that the coachman at the post station has something to go out, and the uncle in charge of the post station said: "Otherwise you just wait, or you can ride over by yourself. Xie's house is not far away, and you can get there by riding a horse for an hour."

At this moment, Zhou Tianhao happened to come in from outside. Seeing his imposing appearance, the man in charge only stepped forward to say hello, "My lord, where are you going? We have a good trip here. Do you want a carriage or a horse?" Just want a horse?"

"I'm going to Xie's house to find an old friend. There are two of us, so let's rent two horses." At this time, Zhou Tianhao was afraid that the boy would recognize Yun Song, so he deliberately asked him to wait outside, and he came in by himself.

The uncle in charge heard this, and only smiled and said: "Coincidentally, this little brother also has something to go to Xie's house, but he can't ride a horse, or you can take him for a ride?"

Zhou Tianhao turned around and took a look at the boy, who looked like a thin monkey and looked very honest, so he asked him: "Brother, do you want to visit relatives or deliver letters? If I visit relatives, I will take you for a ride. Why don't you go there yourself?"

The boy's eyes lit up, and he was about to agree, but felt that he didn't know this person, so he was a bit afraid to answer, so he politely declined: "Forget it, I'll wait for the coachman to come back, and go on my own."

Zhou Tianhao smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, it seems that he is not upright enough, otherwise, why would people not trust him with such a small matter as delivering letters for others?
"I also know a few people in Xie's house. I know Liu Fugen, the second housekeeper of Xie's house."

"You...you know Second Steward Liu?" The boy opened his eyes wide when he heard this, thinking, isn't this letter meant for Second Steward Liu?Since he knows him, it's better to ask him to drop by, "Who are you, I'll go back and tell our shopkeeper, so that we can do business."

Zhou Tianhao thought for a while, and then said: "I am the cousin of Mr. Kang Guangshoukang, the magistrate of Jiangning County. I am from the capital. Mrs. Kang went away a few days ago, and I came to attend the funeral."

When the boy heard this, he must be right. Last time, the shopkeeper also said that the second housekeeper Liu hadn't come to the city for so long, and he was helping Mr. Kang with Mrs. Kang's funeral.No wonder this master sounds like a foreigner, but he is originally from the capital.As soon as the boy heard that Zhou Tianhao was Kang Guangshou's cousin, he immediately became respectful and said with a smile: "In this case, I really need to trouble this master and give this letter to Liu Er housekeeper."

Because the boy was illiterate, the old shopkeeper's envelope was not sealed with wax, and the boy didn't understand this, so he handed the letter to Zhou Tianhao carelessly.Zhou Tianhao glanced at the envelope in his hand, his eyes seemed to have a flash of light, he just watched the young man go out, paid the deposit, and Yun Song and Yun Song got on their horses, and only walked ten miles to a gazebo outside the city , which stopped.

Yun Song chased Zhou Tianhao from behind, and asked, "Master, at this time, you don't continue to look for the mirror, and you still run errands for others to deliver letters for nothing. What does that mean?"

Zhou Tianhao slashed across, got off his horse, took out the letter from his chest, and smiled triumphantly: "If you can't find it, it all depends on this."

Yun Song leaned over, seeing that Zhou Tianhao was about to open the letter, he lowered his head and glanced at it and said, "My lord, if you are doing a good job delivering letters for others, you should just deliver the letter, and peek at it, isn't it good?"

Zhou Tianhao couldn't say anything about the IQ of this follower. Sure enough, the missing man was as if his brain had been cut, and he was useless.

"I agreed to send him a letter just to read this letter, what a fool!" Zhou Tianhao opened the letter inside, read it from right to left, and said with a look of disdain on his face: "Then The shopkeeper's eyes are so bad, he actually said that we are small thieves selling stolen goods, do I look like that?"

Hearing this, Yun Song only smiled and said, "My lord, of course you don't look like me, that's what I look like!" Yun Song took the letter and glanced at it, and then he admired his lord's foresight.It turned out that the shopkeeper was really weird, this... this mirror belonged to Miss Xie's family.

After reading the letter, Yun Song raised his head, and asked with a puzzled expression: "If it is true that this mirror belongs to Miss Xie's family, then the maid she ordered is also interesting enough. It was so easy to steal a mirror. Don't worry about it." Hidden, why is it still stuffed in the cotton jacket?" Yun Song said, while thinking hard for himself, suddenly Mauser said: "I understand, she must have used the cotton jacket to hide the stolen goods, and finally forgot about it , just sew it in."

Zhou Tianhao glanced at Yun Song helplessly, picked up the fan with the broken bone, and knocked him on the head again, put away the letter, got on his horse, and continued on his way.

In fact, Mrs. Xu wanted to go to the Dragon King Temple on Yinlong Mountain to offer incense, mainly because the Dragon King Temple was next to the ancestral tomb of Xie's family. Mrs. Xu wanted to go to the cemetery to see Master Xie after offering incense.In previous years, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Master Xie would come back to Xie's house no matter how busy he was outside, and the two of them went to Nanshan Lake to watch the dragon boat race together, spent the whole day happily, and had a reunion dinner in the evening.Although it seemed plain and unassuming, to Xu, these were the greatest happiness.

Now that Mr. Xie has gone, Mrs. Xu has not forgotten these.I only brought the zongzi wrapped at home and came to see him again.There were not many people offering incense on the Dragon Boat Festival. Mrs. Xu offered rice dumplings in the incense hall, and asked Mama Zhang to add some money for sesame oil. After everything was done, she and Mama Zhang went outside the temple gate. , the two servant girls outside were already waiting, and everyone got into the car together and headed for Yinlong Mountain.

The Xie family's ancestral tomb is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is a treasured place of geomantic omen in the old days. The only downside was that it was a bit remote at the beginning, and there were not many towns and villages around.Because of this, Mr. Xie specially allocated 100 taels of silver every year, and specially found someone for the second Mr. Xie to guard the ancestral grave for the Xie family.It's just that it's the Dragon Boat Festival today, so the tomb keeper doesn't know where he went.

Mrs. Xu looked at the closed gate of the courtyard where the tomb keeper lived, and knew that he might not be here today. Mother Zhang followed behind, and she only opened her mouth when she saw her, "Master and Miss, the cemetery's money is paid once every year." There is no shortage of points, does the second old lady really think that we are locked up at home and doesn't know? There is no one here?"

When Mrs. Xu heard the words, she just sighed and said, "It's probably a holiday, let's go home."

Mama Zhang is not as talkative as Mrs. Xu, she just said, "I'll go in and see if the stove in this house hasn't been turned on for a few days, so I can see if there are still people living here."

Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "Forget it, let's talk about it when we go back. Let's see what matters, Master."

Master Xie's cemetery is not far from here. I only visited it on the Ching Ming Festival. The surrounding weeds did not regenerate, but the stone tablet beside it was exposed to the sun and rain, and some moss grew out. Gently brushed it clean, seeing that Mama Zhang had already arranged the sacrifice, she just knelt down and looked at the tombstone engraved with Mr. Xie's name, her eyes were bright red, but there was clearly a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Master, now that Jiaojiao is getting older, everything at home is handled in an orderly manner, and Chaozong is growing very well, and a tooth has grown out this month, which makes me so happy. If the master is still here, it will be the same now. A man with both sons and daughters..." When Xu said this, she couldn't help but shed tears, and hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief, and continued: "There is nothing difficult at home now, the only thing I am worried about Yes, it’s still Jiaojiao’s marriage. Last time the Jiang family’s incident was so big. Although I don’t go out often, I know that the better families within a hundred miles may have prejudice against Jiaojiao. Now I don't ask other people to marry Jiaojiao, I just hope that you will have a spirit in the sky, and you can bless Jiaojiao to meet a good-looking man who is willing to join our Xie family, then thank God."

(End of this chapter)