Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 107 Blue and White Notes (3)
Aunt Liu took it subconsciously, looked at Zhan Zhao, and stopped talking.

Zhan Zhao noticed it, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Aunt Liu, do you have something to say?"

Aunt Liu's heart broke, and she went all out.

"Master Zhan," she said carefully while carrying the food box, "It is said that you are the master, I am the servant, you are the official, and I am the citizen. When I am older than you, I am half an old man, if you listen to it, you will listen to it, and if you don’t listen to it, it’s up to you.”

Zhan Zhao was startled, his smile gradually disappeared, he nodded and said, "Aunt Liu, but it's okay to talk."

Aunt Liu plucked up her courage: "This Duanmu girl, if she looks good and likes her in her heart, why don't you marry her and go home?"

Zhan Zhao never expected that what she said was this, and he was stunned.

He also opened his head, and he had no taboos at all: "As it is now, there is a house outside, and I come to see it every day. Mr. Zhan, to put it bluntly, in our place, only men ask for a house outside, and they dare not take it with them. Go home, that's why..."

Zhan Zhao's lips moved, and he held back his words.

"If Mr. Zhan has no intention of marrying at all, don't do these distracting things. It will delay the girl and cause so many gossips; if you intend to marry, then you should pay the dowry earlier. , so as not to have long nights and dreams, and irrelevant people come to interfere. You know, there are still people vying to be treasures if you don’t want it..."

"Zhan Zhao!"

Halfway through the conversation, he was interrupted by life.The two turned their heads together, and Duanmucui was standing on the steps, with her long hair hanging down, wearing her sleeping underwear and an emerald green overshirt, looking at them.

When Aunt Liu was called out by her, she suddenly realized that she had spoken inappropriately, and felt anxious, so she hurriedly took the food box and went back to the kitchen.Duanmucui came over briskly, walked up to Zhan Zhao and looked up at him: "Are you looking for me?"

Zhan Zhao collected himself, lowered his head and smiled, "I brought you food, does your back still hurt?"

Duanmucui frowned, and there was a little anger in her voice: "itch."

"That's good."

"En." She replied, and suddenly turned her head to look at the kitchen, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously, "Zhan Zhao, Aunt Liu bullied you?"

Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Nonsense again."

"I'm not talking nonsense." She snorted, "I heard people talking outside, and when I got up to look, I saw Aunt Liu talking non-stop. You were standing by, your face turning green and white, like a thief was arrested. It looks like..." At this point, she suddenly reached out to touch Zhan Zhao's cheek, and then giggled, "The face is still hot, and you still want to lie to me..."

The morning sun shone softly on her face, and she smiled very beautifully. There was a little light in the center of her black jade-like pupils, flickering like broken silver in the dark night.

"Duanmu, shall we get married?"

Duanmucui was still smiling, but couldn't hear clearly for a moment: "Huh? What?"

Slowly, she stopped laughing, took two steps back in panic, opened her mouth, and said nothing.

Zhan Zhao's heart sank slowly, the warm sunshine seemed to disappear suddenly, and the warm wind disappeared without a trace in an instant.

I knew it a long time ago, I knew it a long time ago, it must be so.Just bury that sentence in your heart, why ask?If you don't ask, you will regret it. If you ask, can you really feel at ease?Zhan Zhao suddenly laughed, he took a step forward, and scratched her nose casually.

"Scare you, silly girl."

"Scare... frighten me?" Duanmucui was a little dazed.

"Yeah," Zhan Zhao seemed to be in a good mood, "Mr. Gongsun always says you are smart, but in my opinion, you are also stupid. Can you tell the truth from the lie?"

"Hey, Zhan Zhao."

Sure enough, as soon as she was said to be stupid, she became anxious.

Zhan Zhao smiled: "I brought you something to eat, eat well and rest well."

"En." Knowing that he was going to leave, Duanmucui stepped aside obediently.

Zhan Zhao took two steps, then stopped again: "Duanmu, I still have some things to do tonight, so I might not have time to come and see you."

Duanmucui nodded: "That's good."

She sent Zhan Zhao to the door, leaning against the lintel to watch his figure disappear into the corner of the alley, that familiar figure looked heavy and tired.Duanmucui had a sore nose, and slowly closed the door.

She walked to the door of the kitchen, looked at Aunt Liu who was busy going back and forth, and paused every word: "Aunt Liu told Zhan Zhao to let him marry me, right?"

Aunt Liu was busy stirring the soup, when she heard someone talking behind her, she was so frightened that she almost dropped the stirring spoon in her hand into the soup.Looking back and seeing Duanmucui staring at her, her heart skipped a beat and she didn't know how to speak.

"Aunt Liu, don't mention this to Zhan Zhao again."

Aunt Liu became anxious all of a sudden: "Girl, I'm doing it for your own good."

"I know." Duanmucui interrupted her, "But don't mention it again, so as not to embarrass him."

"Master Zhan is unwilling to marry you?"

"No," Duanmucui shook his head, "Zhan Zhao is very good."

"It's because his family doesn't agree, and they dislike your bad family background?" Duanmucui was alone, and the food and drink expenses were all borne by Zhan Zhao. Aunt Liu took it for granted that she had a bad family background. It doesn’t matter whether you have money or power if you marry a good wife. If the old lady and master don’t like you, you have to be careful, say a few more soft words, be quicker and quicker in your hands and feet, and sweeter in your mouth, and it will be over.”

Duanmucui shook her head desperately, ignoring the dirty and cold ground, she sat down slowly leaning against the door frame, her eyes gradually turned red.

"Oh, grandma, what's the matter?" Aunt Liu panicked, and came over in three steps, "Why is it so good that it's going to drop beads? Is it because the family doesn't agree?"

She finally thought of this section.

Duanmucui's throat was choked, and she gave a low hum.

"Mr. Zhan has such a good personality and appearance, and he has an official position. Where are your family's eyes? Can't you see them?" Aunt Liu was filled with righteous indignation. If you don’t accept it, let Master Zhan drive them away!”

Duanmucui didn't say a word.Aunt Liu hugged her and gave her advice in a low voice: "Girl, listen to me, they are all women's homes. I'm not ashamed to say this. Anyway, you are here now, and your family can't control you. Wait for the rice to be born. Make cooked rice, and when you have a baby, your family will be helpless."

Duanmucui couldn't help but burst into tears when she heard her absurd words. When she looked up at Aunt Liu, she saw that her face was full of anger mixed with pity and care. She obviously didn't regard herself as an outsider, and felt warm in her heart.

She shrank into Aunt Liu's arms, and whispered, "Zhan Zhao left just now."

"I will come back after I leave." Aunt Liu comforted her.

Duanmucui did not speak.

The figure of Zhan Zhao's back lingered in her mind.

When facing her, he still smiled and called her "silly girl", smiling so proudly as if he really tricked her.

But when I turned around...

He walked very slowly, slowly out of her sight, he gave her a smile, what kind of expression did he leave for himself?

When Bai Yutang arrived at the silk and satin village, Xu Qing was wandering around in some corner.The shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear, went up and bowed to Bai Yutang: "Fifth Master, Third Master, I'm afraid a good thing is coming soon."

"How do you say that?" Regarding the third brother, Bai Yutang immediately became interested.

The shopkeeper happily exaggerated Xu Qing's "abnormal behavior" in the past two days.

"I don't know which girl it is, but I think the third master has taken a fancy to it."

"There's another thing?" Bai Yutang was amused, "Third brother's trip is really a radish in the twelfth lunar month—why did you (frozen) your heart?" Impossible to hold back for a while, I wish I could find Xu Qing immediately and ask what happened.It's a pity that Xu Qing was not in the village, which made him feel unbearably itchy. When he wanted to go out to look for them, he was afraid that one would come and the other would come, and the two would go astray.

"Why is Fifth Master so anxious! Don't you know when Third Master comes back?" Suzhi Bai Yutang, the shopkeeper, said, "Here in Luoyang, the journey has been full of dust and dust. Do you want to boil water for Fifth Master and take a bath?"

When it comes to bathing, Bai Yutang is more particular and enjoys it much more than Zhan Zhao.The ready-made bathroom in the silk and satin village, the pool made of large pieces of white marble, half filled with fragrant soup, and two holes for water injection were cut on the wall of the pool.If you think the water in the pool is cold, you can pull the silver rattle on the side, and the hot water heater in the back of the bathroom will quickly shake the wheel to release the water.The water flow is small and thin, in case it is too strong and burns people.There is a fine straw mat on the side of the bath, and neatly folded snow-white thick and thin Gebu towels are placed beside the mat, and a small wooden table is placed on the other side, and refreshing fruit tea is placed on the table.

Bai Yutang sat leaning against the wall of the pool, his eyes slightly closed, his long black hair submerged in the water, his shoulders protruding from the water were firm and full, one could tell at a glance that it was the result of years of martial arts practice.Even in such a comfortable and leisurely moment, the rebellious look looming on the corners of his eyebrows and lips is still undiminished.

After bathing, she changed into a clean white satin dark brocade robe with a moon-white wide waist belt embroidered with exquisite sea-blue patterns, a silver hairband in a loose knotted bun, and a piece of emerald green carved emerald jade embellished on the front. The nose is like hanging gall, the face is like powder, the lips are like vermilion, and the end is romantic and heroic.

I went to the room to look around, but Xu Qing still didn't come back.

Bai Yutang was bored, playing with his folding fan, he walked slowly to the front of the cloth shop.The shopkeeper was looking at the hair outside the cabinet in a daze, Bai Yutang stepped forward, and tapped the fan on his shoulder: "Why are you in a daze?"

"Oh, fifth master, it's not good." The shopkeeper came to his senses and stomped his feet, "The cloth that third master sent has been returned."

"what?"

The shopkeeper pointed to the two bolts of fine light green gauze silk placed on the cabinet table and showed him: "Didn't it be that the third master sent it over in the morning? A woman who looks like a servant just came and said that she thanked the third master." Good intentions, I didn’t dare to accept the things, so I returned them intact.”

Good guy, just took a shower, and the situation suddenly changed.

"What about the old woman?"

"Just left. Fifth Master is chasing after him now, maybe he can catch up." Before he finished talking, a white shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and when he looked again, Bai Yutang had long since disappeared.

It would be a lie to say that Bai Yutang was not in a hurry, his third brother's affairs were more concerned than his own.The cloth returned, looking at the small matter, but the mystery behind it was big - most of the girls were not happy about it, and the good thing about the third brother was about to turn yellow.

As soon as he turned the corner of the alley, he saw a woman in a gray-white gown walking unhurriedly not far ahead. There was no one else in front or behind, and she was probably the one who came to return the cloth.Bai Yutang's heart skipped a beat, and he simply stayed behind far away, thinking to see which girl's eyes were higher than the top, and even his third brother was not in their eyes.

As far as the third brother is concerned, he looks a bit simple and thick, and if he shows his character, anyone will give him a thumbs up, not to mention his warm heart. Don't worry about wearing clothes, this girl is favored by the third brother, that is definitely a blessing from the previous life.

The third brother is stunned, I don't know how much courage he mustered up to send those two pieces of cloth, and just return it like this, the third brother has to hang his head and drink a lot of stuffy wine...

After walking not far, the woman entered a house at the end of the lane, and it seemed that the girl probably lived here as well.Bai Yutang looked around, the place is very remote, and few people come here in broad daylight. Ordinary people in the area are by no means rich and powerful. Small families and small families also behave like this.

Bai Yutang felt somewhat awkward, stayed outside for a while, and heard the young girl's voice inside, his heart itched unbearably, he just wanted to see what kind of character the woman in the third brother's picture was.Knowing that it was inappropriate to do so, he raised his breath a little, jumped up lightly, climbed up the hospital wall with one hand, covered by the vines on the wall, and lowered his body to watch the movement in the courtyard.

As far as the eye could see, it was a small clean courtyard. The woman I saw earlier took a broom and was tidying up the courtyard.On the steps leading to the bedroom sat a young girl in a green shirt, with her hands clasped around her knees, her chin pointing on her knees, pointing for a while, then stopping, and twirling her black hair with her hands.

You can't see the face clearly from this position, but you can tell that it looks outstanding just by looking at the outline.Bai Yutang somewhat understood his intention to withdraw the cloth, because he thought: A girl of this age, who looks better, naturally plans to marry a handsome young man and a well-educated scholar. Compared with the two, the third brother really doesn't have much Advantage.

Just as she was thinking about it, the girl suddenly stood up: "Aunt Liu, this place hasn't been cleaned up."

The voice was crisp and pleasant, Bai Yutang was about to leave at first, but after listening to her instructing his servants to do things, he saw that the place where her fingers were clearly sweeping cleanly, she paused again before she knew it: "Clearly sweeping cleanly, she If you want to pick the bones in the egg, could it be that he treats his servants harshly?

Aunt Liu was also surprised: "Girl, it's been cleaned."

"How can..." Duanmucui frowned, and reached out to take the broom in Aunt Liu's hand, "There is such a big civet cat on the wall, can Aunt Liu not see it?" With a smirk, without any explanation, he flew lightly, raised his arm, and hit Bai Yutang's hiding place with the broom.

Bai Yutang looked at Lehe first, and when he heard her say "wall" and "civet cat", he was still puzzled, and suddenly saw her attack aggressively, only then did he realize that she was talking about himself, and in a panic, he hurriedly flew behind withdraw.

Speaking of Chinchilla Bai Yutang, he would never be so dull on weekdays, but this time he has decided that Duanmucui is just an ordinary girl, he has preconceived ideas, how could he have expected that she would actually know martial arts?The retreat was not as fast as in the past. Although he escaped the pressure of the broom, he never escaped the dust in front of his eyes under that blow.For a while, his head and face were all covered by the dirt on the broom.

One must know that Bai Yutang has always loved cleanliness, this time he just finished his bath, suddenly his head and face are covered in dirt, his heart is really more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly.After thinking about it, he smelled the vegetable juice and soup in his nose, guessing that this broom must have served a lot of leftovers, and his heart was even more nauseated, and in a rage, he blurted out: "What are you doing? "

"Yo, you still ask me what I do." Duanmucui stood on the courtyard wall, holding a broom with his hands behind his back, raised his chin high, and rolled his eyes at the boss of Bai Yutang, "I haven't asked you yet, in broad daylight , standing on top of other people's walls, sneaking around, what are you going to do?"

Bai Yutang was at a loss for words for a moment, in the end he didn't understand, climbing the wall was a breach of etiquette, no matter how much he lied, he was about to throw up his sleeves and walk away, seeing Duanmucui's complacent contemptuous look, he couldn't be more angry , said angrily: "Fifth Master, I have something urgent to do. If I walk under the eaves and step on the wall of your house, will it hinder the girl?"

"Fifth Lord?" Duanmu Cui pouted, and looked Bai Yutang up and down, "Could it be that my wall is covered with glue, and after Fifth Lord stepped on it, why can't you move the nest?"

Bai Yutang also knew that his excuses were clumsy and he probably wouldn't be able to get away with it, so he could only snort.

"Or..." Duanmucui smiled, "The fifth master's legs are not good, he is trembling and can't exert his strength? Should we call the sedan chair in and carry the fifth master out in an even and stable manner?"

Bai Yutang was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he was going to choke her hard. After all, he was worried about a man and didn't bother to engage in this verbal dispute with a woman, but he died down, and it was really hard to hold his breath...

At the critical moment, the savior arrived.

"Fifth brother!"

Bai Yutang was overjoyed: "Third Brother!"

As expected, it was Xu Qing, the mountain rat.Bai Yutang and Xu Qing were reunited after a long absence, and seeing each other suddenly, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, seeing Xu Qing striding over, he rushed to greet him.The greeting was empty, Xu Qing ignored his enthusiasm, hurriedly brushed past his shoulder, and almost made Bai Yutang's nose crooked when he opened his mouth.

"Miss Duanmu, how did you stand on such a high place? Carefully fall down."

The earnestness in it is beyond words.Bai Yutang rolled his eyes and didn't know who to turn to, so he could only turn around resentfully.Duanmucui was condescending, shaking the broom in his hand, looking at Bai Yutang and Xu Qing, smiling harmlessly: "So he is an acquaintance of Master Xu." While speaking, he landed gently with the broom.Xu Qing was taken aback: "Miss Duanmu, you... know martial arts?"

Bai Yutang was also taken aback: "Third brother, didn't you know she could fight?"

The implication: You don't even know she knows martial arts, how much do you know about her, so Baba sent Bu here?

"Third brother?" Duanmucui murmured, looking at Xu Qing in confusion.

(End of this chapter)