Queen's Development

Chapter 31

On a winter night, it was as black as ink, and the air was so cold that it seemed to condense into a solid body.

Out of the gate of the inner house, Yuzhi whispered to Ah Cheng: "Ah Cheng, when I went to buy vegetables, I heard that Yanzhi Lane is a courtyard, and the Helian county lieutenant and Hu county magistrate should take the young master to go. hospital!"

When Ah Cheng heard this, her face turned pale, and she stopped asking any further questions, and ran out with Yu Zhi.

On the boulevard on the east side of the county government office, Yuzhi walked countless times during the day, so even though there was no lantern, she could still keep up with Ah Cheng's pace.

In the duty room at the east door of the county government office, Wang Qingyu and Zhu Jinming, the servants on duty tonight, are playing chess against candles.

As long as the former county magistrate didn't delay his old man's fortune, he was not too strict with the officials and yamen servants below. When the yamen servants were on duty at night, they could still drink small wine with side dishes.

Today's Master Lin of Xinzhi County is young, but he has a strict temperament. He announced various regulations and punishments for violating the regulations from the very beginning. Don't dare to slack off, Zhaoxian county government also showed a new atmosphere of prosperity.

Even when they were on duty in the duty room at the gate of the county yamen, the yamen servants did not dare to drink and eat meat, but played chess and chatted to pass the long night.

Wang Qingyu picked up a chess piece and was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside the duty room, he was startled, put the chess piece aside, got up and left the duty room.

Yu Zhi and Ah Cheng trotted all the way to the duty room, seeing Wang Qingyu standing at the door of the duty room watching them, they were relieved first.

Wang Qingyu looked in amazement at Yu Zhi who was running with red face and glistening sweat on her temples, and then looked at A Cheng behind Yu Zhi, who was not flushed, breathless and calm, and asked, "Miss Yu Zhi, Ah Cheng, what are you... doing?"

Yuzhi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that her lungs were not so uncomfortable, she raised her eyes to look at Wang Qingyu: "Brother Wang, do you know where Rouge Lane is?"

Naturally, Wang Qingyu knew where Rouge Lane was, but when asked by a beautiful girl, he was somewhat embarrassed, so he refused to answer directly: "Miss Yuzhi, why are you asking this?"

Yuzhi took a look at Ah Cheng, and said, "My lord followed Helian County Captain and Master Hu to Li Xixi's house in Yanzhi Lane. Ah Cheng and I have something urgent, and we need to report it to our lord immediately!"

As soon as Wang Qingyu heard that Yuzhi and Acheng had urgent matters to seek the magistrate Lin, she stopped delaying, and immediately said to Zhu Jinming, who was on duty with her, "Brother Zhu, please stay here, I will go with Miss Yuzhi and Acheng." Looking for an adult!"

Seeing Yuzhi's anxious appearance, Zhu Jinming thought it was an urgent matter, so he waved his hands and said, "Go ahead, I'm here!"

Wang Qingyu entered the duty room, quickly took the footless headdress covered with lacquer gauze, put it on, and took a gray cloth cloak from the hanger, put it on the dark red round-neck robe of the yamen servant, and took it He picked up a lantern, and went out of the east side gate of the county government office together with Yuzhi and Acheng.

Wang Qingyu had been in the county government office for many years, her mouth was very strict, and she didn't say much. She took Yuzhi and Acheng and hurried all the way with a lantern, heading for Rouge Lane.

As night fell, Hu Yingzhi rode a horse, led Lin Jia and He Lianshan through the streets and alleys, and finally entered a bustling alley.

There are red lanterns hanging in front of every house in this alley, and there are young servants standing at the door to welcome guests. The sounds of guessing pieces, pipa and yueqin are mixed indistinctly.

Lin Jia had already guessed where this was, but kept her expression on the ground, wanting to see what kind of medicine Hu Yingzhi and He Lianshan bought in the gourd.

As soon as the group of them arrived at the door of a house, a woman came out with a beautiful little girl, who was the bustard of the Li family.

The face of the bustard of Li's family turned into a flower with a smile, and she bowed her knees happily and said loudly: "What wind brought all the nobles to this old lady? Please come in quickly!"

Hu Yingzhi smiled slightly, and said: "Mom, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and prepare some good wine, let's have a drink to our heart's content!"

The bustard of the Li family welcomed Hu Yingzhi and his party into the courtyard without moving their feet.

The wealthy businessmen and officials in Zhao County usually eat wine and socialize in this Yanzhi Lane, but He Lianshan has been here two or three times, so he calmly followed in.

It was the first time for Lin Jia to go to the hospital, so she was a little curious, but most of all she was thinking about her own thoughts, guessing what Hu Yingzhi and He Lianshan were thinking.

The bustard of the Li family let Lin Jia and the three into the open room of the main room, and asked them to sit at the head, and then yelled for the little maid to light the candlesticks, while ordering the servant to serve wine and food.

Not long after, all the candlesticks were lit, and the whole room was brightly lit, and several exquisite wine and dishes were also placed on the table.

The bustard of Li's family saw that the food and drink were ready and the candlesticks were burning high, so he smiled and clapped his hands, saying: "Xixi, Mei'er and Sai'er, the nobles are waiting, hurry up and sing and hand over the bar!"

The little servant girl kept silent, and raised the gauze curtain on the door of Dongan's bedroom.

After a while, there was only a ringing sound, and a gust of fragrant wind wafted out from the bedroom in the east, and then three beauties, Ping Ping, who were dressed like flowers and jade, walked out from inside one by one.

The one in front was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a full head of emerald jewels, a small round face painted white, eyebrows drawn thin, lips painted bright red, watery eyes looking forward, a sweet smile, wearing a red narrow-sleeved shirt , wearing a white gauze skirt, her figure is slightly plump.

The second one is about sixteen or seventeen years old, with cloudy hair, misty temples, almond eyes and peach cheeks, pink clothes and purple skirts, with a gentle and quiet beauty.

The third one was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with black hair like a cloud held back by a red gold rose hairpin, a small round snow-white face with ink-painted eyebrows and autumn-like eyes, wearing a blue embroidered narrow-sleeved jacket and a white tie. Luo Qun, although she is still young, is the most beautiful.

The three beauties stepped forward together, bowed their knees and saluted: "I have seen you!"

Lin Jia glanced at it nonchalantly, but unexpectedly found that the little girl in the third place looked a little like Yu Zhi, she couldn't help but stared, and looked over with a pair of beautiful long phoenix eyes.

Seeing this, the bustard of the Li family smiled and pushed the girl forward, saying: "My lord, this is Xixi from my family!"

He also ordered carefully: "Don't go and accompany the adults!"

The girl named Li Xixi walked shyly beside Lin Jia and sat down next to Lin Jia.

Just as Lin Jia was about to refuse, she smelled her scent and found that it was exactly the same as Yu Zhi's scent today, so she didn't say a word, but kept her back straight and kept a distance from this Li Xixi.

Seeing that the handsome magistrate did not reject Li Xixi, the bustard of the Li family smiled and ordered Jin Meier in red to serve Hu Yingzhi, and Jin Saier in pink to serve He Lianshan.

The three fans handed over a glass of wine first.

Lin Jia didn't like drinking, so she took the wine cup and brought it to her lips, pretended to take a sip, and put it on the red lacquered table.

Hu Yingzhi and He Lianshan also dipped their mouths, and put the wine cups on the table.

Both He Lianshan and Lin Jia were a bit restrained and didn't talk much, but Hu Yingzhi was calm and composed, joking and joking with Li's bustard and the three fans, making endless troubles.

Lin Jia watched from the side.

He looked at Hu Yingzhi first, Hu Yingzhi was not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a thin, beautiful and pale face, and a pair of beautiful eyes, like spots of paint, shining like waves, much more beautiful than ordinary women.

Lin Jia looked at Jin Meier, the fanboy who was serving Hu Yingzhi.Jin Mei'er was dressed in pink makeup, her small round face was painted white, her eyebrows were drawn thin, her lips were painted bright red, her eyes were flying all over the place, she looked like a woman who had experienced a lot of love.

This pair sat together, Lin Jia seemed to have the feeling that Hu Xiancheng was being prostituted by a red-clothed fan.

Li Xixi saw that the young county magistrate was just sitting with a smile on his face and refused to pay attention to him, so he gave Hu Yingzhi a wink.

She is playing the role of a young lady today, so she has to be shy, so it is not easy to seduce the magistrate directly.

Hu Yingzhi smiled slightly, with affection flowing in his dark eyes, and said in a gentle voice: "Master Lin and Lord Helian are here today. I heard that Xixi is good at singing, and Meier Saier is good at musical instruments. Why don't you sing a song and persuade the two adults to drink?" ?”

Li Xixi made a shy look, glanced at Lin Jia, and lowered her head.

Jin Meier smiled and pulled Jin Saier up, the two sisters took the pipa and yueqin from the maid, played "clank" a few times, then smiled and looked at Li Xixi who was still shy and acting like a child: "Xixi , don't be shy, get up and sing to the adults!"

Li Xixi just smiled, covering half of her face with Fang Xuebai's handkerchief, and didn't get up.

Hu Yingzhi saw that Lin Jia was always sitting there frankly, but didn't show any fanfare. He couldn't help being a little confused about the young magistrate, so he said with a smile: "Xi Xi, you are a young man, and the magistrate is also a young man. It's not humiliating you, hurry up and serve Master Lin, the magistrate, so that Master Lin is happy to serve you, and I'll groom you tonight!"

Li Xi listened carefully to what Hu Yingzhi said, so he stood up shyly, gently supported his sleeves, held a snow-white embroidered handkerchief, and began to sing: "Green grass by the river, willows in the lush garden. Yingying upstairs Girl, bright and bright as the window. E'e has red makeup, and her hands are slender. She used to be a housewife, but now she is a prodigal woman. The prodigal son will never return, and it is difficult to stay alone in an empty bed..."

This was Hu Yingzhi's idea. He thought that Lin Jia was born in a rich family, so he was naturally more elegant, and he was an official in a foreign land, so he must have homesickness, so he asked Li Xi to practice the "Nineteen Ancient Poems" in advance. song.

Lin Jia didn't expect that Li Xixi's voice was unexpectedly clear and pleasant, and it was somewhat similar to Yuzhi's voice, so she couldn't help but listen attentively.

Li Xixi paused for a moment in the sound of the music, and then continued to sing "Picking Hibiscus in Shejiang River": "Picking hibiscus in Shejiang River, the orchid is full of fragrant grass. Whoever you want to leave behind is thinking far away. Still look at the old Hometown, the long road is long and vast. Concentric and separated, sad to end old. Concentric and separated, sad to end old..."

The last sentence is sung back and forth repeatedly, which makes people intoxicated and nostalgic.

Lin Jia suddenly became a little crazy.

(End of this chapter)