Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Chaoyun Pavilion,

The street in front of the brothel is very lively.

Three young men wearing scholar's blouses stood aside.

One of them was well-dressed and said with an angry look on his face: "Brother Jinyu, that scholar surnamed Sun, he is like a dog biting Lu Dongbin and doesn't recognize a good heart. What do you care about him?"

The young man who was called Brother Jinyu, although the robe on his body was a little shabby, was very clean. He looked back at the tall and exquisite wooden building and said, "I was listening to what Sun Xiucai said in the room just now. He knows a lot about starching and sewing, so he must have come from a poor background!"

"Hey! I really can't bear for him to waste his money here!"

Hearing what Brother Jinyu said, a man with embroidery on the t-shirt next to him shook his head and said, "What a pity! People thought you, Shuijinyu, were robbing him of the female musician. Since he doesn't know good from evil, why did you say those two words more? , which made the mother in the pavilion unhappy!"

Shui Jinyu sighed: "Brothers, you two don't know how embarrassed I was when I came to Bianjing! I also received financial help from an unknown nobleman. I wanted to ask for my name and repay you, but People say that if I see other people in distress, I can just reach out.”

The well-dressed young man said: "Hahaha! Brother Jinyu, the scholar surnamed Sun is not in trouble, at most he is someone who has fallen into someone else's trap! This person is hard to persuade, let's not talk about him! In a few days, he will be able to take the test When the list is released, I don’t know if Brother Jinyu will be caught by others.”

Shui Jinyu looked melancholy in the direction of the imperial city: "I just want to pass the test, I don't dare to think about anything else."

The young man in the embroidered t-shirt said: "If you two brothers succeed in the examination, you must lend me some money so that I can go to the pawn shop in the city to redeem the jade pendant from the Yongyi Hou Mansion. My wife can also embroider less handkerchiefs." ”

"Haha, let me borrow some good words from Brother Shan."

As they spoke, the three of them left in a direction away from Chaoyun Pavilion.

Farther away,

'Brother Shan' among the three looked back at the brothel and whispered: "I think it would be better for us to participate less in the banquets at Prince Kang's Mansion in the future, so as not to cause any trouble."

Hearing this, the other two nodded repeatedly.

polo ground,

The two sides facing each other on the field have changed to new people.

In the tent of British Duke Zhang's house,

The ladies sat on the embroidered pier and looked out at the polo match.

Gu Tingyi and Minglan were standing next to Zhang Jiawu Niang, and you were talking to me about the skills of throwing pots.

Hearing the cheers outside the tent,

The fifth lady of the Zhang family looked outside and said, "Which two are the new ones?"

Mo Lan looked at the people in the tent and saw that no one was speaking, so she whispered from the side: "It looks like they are the second man and the third girl of the Yu family, but I can't recognize the family they are facing."

"Go and ask."

The fifth lady of the Zhang family ordered.

"Yes, girl."

The female envoy left in response.

"Wu Niang, why don't you compete in throwing pots? If you don't want to compete, I'll just sit with Minglan and have a rest."

"It's a comparison! It's a comparison!"

After a while,

The female envoy of the Zhang family said at the door of the tent: "Girl, I have found out clearly that the opponent of the Yu family girl is the third girl of the Hong family of Yangzhou Zhizhou who came to Beijing last year! Mrs. Peng of the Hong family is somewhat related to the Houwei family of Fu'an."

Hearing what the maid said,

Gu Tingyi looked out curiously: "It turns out to be her!"

The fifth lady of the Zhang family looked at Gu Tingyi: "Tingyi, do you know him?"

Gu Tingyi shook his head: "It's not acquaintance. I just met her once when my mother went to Yangzhou for a thank-you banquet. I vaguely remember that her aunt's family is an adult from the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Everyone nodded as they listened, and Chai Zhengzheng glanced at several Lans in the Sheng family in confusion.

After looking at each other with Chai Zhengzheng, Rulan smiled a little cautiously: "Sister Chai, what's wrong?"

After speaking, he looked down at his clothes.

Chai Zhengzheng shook his head: "It's okay. I just heard that Shanda people were also serving as general magistrates in Yangzhou before. I didn't expect that."

Rulan nodded: "Oh, the three of us are young. We used to be the eldest sister attending these fragrant clothes gatherings in Yangzhou. I have never seen the Hong family sister."

In the Xu family tent,

The two sides are also talking about the battle on the field.

Xu Zaijing asked curiously: "Liu Lang, are you saying that the girl from the Hong family originally ordered the hair guard?"

Liang Han nodded repeatedly: "Yes! But somehow the Wei family regretted their marriage."

Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing: "Brother Jing, we should have seen this girl when we were in Yangzhou. She seems to be not much younger than Sister Hualan, right?"

Xu Zaijing nodded and turned to look at Liang Han and continued: "Liu Lang, what new changes have taken place now? After saying such a thing, this girl from the Hong family will not come out to stir up discussion."

Liang Han glanced at Gu Tingye with a smile.

Gu Tingye asked with some confusion: "Liu Lang, what are you looking at me for?"

Liang Han whispered:

"Not many people know about this, but I heard from my mother that this girl from the Hong family has chosen Gu Tingyang, who belongs to the fifth room of your Gu family."

"My cousin?"

Gu Tingye glanced at Xu Zaijing as he spoke.

Xu Zaijing, who was holding the tea cup, stopped his hand in mid-air, and said with disdain in his tone: "Hey, it's this guy."

"After all, your Gu family is also the family that founded the country and has a long history of connections in the military! The Houwei family of Fu'an is not as well-established. So naturally this girl from the Hong family wants to come out and play polo."

Hearing Liang Han's words, Gu Tingye raised his eyebrows very proudly and said, "No wonder my cousin doesn't go to brothels these days."

At the end of the day (after 3 p.m.)

The polo match ends,

There were servants packing things near the Yu family's tent.

Yu Yanhong put down the silver pot from which she drank water, tugged on her brother's sleeve and said, "Brother, look, it's the female envoy next to Miss Zhengzheng of the Chai family who is coming this way."

Yu Erlang looked sideways, quickly straightened his clothes, and looked at Yu Yanhong's eyes that said there was no problem, then he cleared his throat and stood up.

The female envoy from the Chai family came forward and gave her a blessing: "I have met Erlang and Miss Third. The servant Fu Yi is from the Chai family."

"I know, I know, you are sister Zhengzheng's personal maid, why are you here?"

Yu Yanhong asked with a smile.

Fuyi smiled: "I wonder if Miss Yu is in the tent?"

Hearing this,

The smiles on the brother and sister's faces faltered, but Yu Erlang reacted quickly and continued to smile: "Yes, yes!"

After speaking, he turned around and shouted: "Sister!"

Yu Yanran poked her head out of the tent with the female envoy, her eyes a little confused.

Fuyi smiled politely at the Yu brothers, then walked up to Yu Yanran and bowed: "Miss Yu, our girl invites you to taste tea tomorrow and the day after. I wonder if you can spare the time to go there. "

Yu Yanran nodded repeatedly: "I don't dare to waste time. I will go tomorrow and the next day when I am free."

"Okay, then this slave will return our girl's favor."

After saying that, Fuyi bowed to Yu Yanran, Yanhong and Yu Erlang and turned around to leave.

Yu Yanhong watched Fu Yi leave with a smile. When they walked away, her smile dropped and she secretly rolled her eyes at Yu Yanran.

Finished packing things,

The Yu family walked towards the outside of the venue.

Just as he arrived at the door, Yu Erlang looked at Yu Yanhong and said, "Sister, where are your earrings?"

Hearing this, Yu Yanhong touched her earlobe and was stunned: "It's broken! Maybe it fell off."

Yu Erlang frowned and said: "Those are mother's treasured earrings. You secretly wore them. If you can't find them, you can't find them."

"Brother, stop talking and go back and look for me."

Afterwards, everyone in the Yu family returned to the tent.

The sun sets in the west,

After searching for a while,

There were far fewer people in the polo field and it seemed very empty.

"Found it!"

Yu Yanran pointed to the ground under the gap in the wooden floor.

"Why don't you go down and pick it up!" Yu Yanhong stared at the little envoy next to her.

The little maid got into the space under the floor and took a lot of effort to pick out the earrings from underneath.

Yu Yanhong put away her earrings,

When everyone in the Yu family was preparing to leave,

The polo ground was already very quiet. In the distance, stewards and servants were carrying flags, gongs, drums and goal boards.

When we arrived outside the polo field,

Yu Yanhong thought about what the Chai family's female envoy had just said, and looked around with some discomfort.

Suddenly,

Yu Yanhong was stunned for a moment and then patted her brother's arm beside her: "Brother, look over there! Why does the horse next to the car look so familiar?"

Yu Erlang followed his words and looked at the carriage and horse of the servant girl standing in the distance: "It seems to be the mount of the girl from the Hong family who fought with you just now."

"Right! But the carriage next to it doesn't look like it belongs to the Hong family!" Yu Yanhong continued.

Yu Erlang squinted his eyes and took a look: "Hey! It looks familiar to me. It's the carriage of the Qin family of Dongchang Marquis Mansion!"

"Hmph! No wonder she came out to play polo. It turns out she climbed up a high branch!" Yu Yanhong curled her lips in disgust.

Talking

The Yu family gradually moved away from the polo field.

Yu Erlang glanced back from time to time. When he saw someone getting out of the Qin family's carriage and adjusting his clothes, Yu Erlang turned back and sighed: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, brother Qin is really romantic!"

"Bah, shameless."

Yu Yanhong said at the side, not knowing whether she was talking about a boy, a girl or her own brother.

When I return to Yufu,

The sun sets in the west,

It's already getting a little dark.

Yu Yanhong entered the inner courtyard, looked at her parents who were talking, then walked over quickly and said: "Mother, what do you think my daughter saw just now?"

"Hong'er, what did you see that made you so happy?"

Yu Yanhong whispered something into her mother's ear.

The eldest lady of the Yu family looked at Yu Yanhong in surprise and sighed: "I didn't expect that this Hong family member would actually climb such a high branch!"

Yu Yanhong nodded repeatedly.

night,

In the palace,

Outside the house where the guards rested under the city wall,

An internal official carried a lantern and walked into the house with a guard carrying a piece of wood.

The voice of the internal official came:

"Brother Pan, these are the marks made by a certain brother during the polo game today. Your Majesty wants you to take a look!"

After a while,

Someone said: "Your Excellency, I would like to thank your Majesty for your kindness in protecting me."

"Brother Pan, you are so polite. Your Majesty also wants you to know your intentions and understand His Majesty's good intentions in not letting you leave the palace."

"Xiao Chen understands!"

A few days later,

Early this morning,

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

After finishing the exercise, Xu Zaijing walked into the room, looked at the empty seat at the dinner table in confusion and said: "Where is my father?"

Sun yawned and said, "Today, His Majesty will review the returning Western troops in front of Baojin Tower. Your father rushed there early in the morning."

"Speaking of which, for this review, the Western Army was detained in the camp for training from the day they arrived in Beijing. It should be a little different from previous reviews."

Xu Zaijing listened, nodded and sat at the dinner table: "Cousin, he said he would return to Beijing before the end of the year, and it's already been three months since he said this!"

Mrs. Sun glanced at Xu Zaijing and said, "Is it your cousin you are thinking about or the gift you want to give you?"

"All of them!"

Xu Zaijing took the porridge bowl handed over by Zhu's mother and smiled.

Finished breakfast,

When Xu Zaijing was about to leave the dinner table and go to school,

Mrs. Sun looked at the eyes of her eldest daughter-in-law, Ms. Xie, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Jing'er! Wait a minute!"

Looking at the confused Xu Zaijing, Sun said: "Before, your eldest brother hired several elite cavalrymen from Beijing, and the rest followed your eldest brother!"

"Only one of them has been in the west camp because he came back with Tuo Xihou and your father to prepare for today's school review. You will visit Yi Er after school today."

With that said, Mrs. Sun reached out and took the envelope from her close mother's hand and handed it to Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing took it and glanced at the address on the envelope before nodding: "I understand, mother."

Zai Zhang, who was at the table, looked at Mrs. Sun and said, "Mom, where am I?"

Sun smiled: "Zhang'er, Jing'er, he has been to the Western Army, and he always has something to say with the cavalry army that your elder brother likes. What can you say if you go?"

Zai Zhang nodded helplessly: "Mom, I'm full too."

When Xu Zaijing was studying in the Sheng family,

Mrs. Wu was visiting a certain civil servant's house. She was sitting at the top and said with a smile: "Sister Liu family, the Hai family asked me to express their gratitude to you, but their sister Yun is still young, so the marriage is going to take a long time." Let’s talk about it in two years.”

Madam Liu, the mistress opposite, nodded: "I knew it was probably the case. My brother hasn't passed the exam yet, how could he be in the eyes of a family like the Hai family! If it weren't for the official's pressure, I wouldn't have. I’ll ask my sister to come along.”

Mrs. Wu smiled and shook her head to indicate that it was okay, and said: "It's all a trivial matter. I just thought I went to the Hai family to have a visit! By the way, I took a look at their brother! Oh, that's really good. child."

Mrs. Liu nodded happily and smiled, then leaned forward and said with a gossipy look in her eyes: "By the way, sister, I heard that after the third girl of the Hong family who came to Beijing last year was regretted by the Wei family, the marriage has been decided again? "

Surprise flashed in Mrs. Wu's eyes, and she smiled: "Sister, you are very well-informed!"

Mrs. Liu waved her hands and said: "No, no, I also heard what the eldest lady of the Yu family said! Hey, sister, why do you think the Hong family has climbed up the high branches of Dongchang Hou Mansion!"

Mrs. Wu smiled noncommittally: "It's Mrs. Yu's stepmother? How did she know?"

Mrs. Liu nodded: "Yes, that's her! She said her daughter saw the Hong family's daughter getting off the Qin family's carriage outside the stadium."

Mrs. Wu nodded without changing her expression: "Okay, I'm used to the rumors in Bianjing. I have some things to do today, so I'll take my leave."

"well!"

Mrs. Liu stood up and responded, then accompanied Mrs. Wu out of the house.

Seeing Mrs. Wu's carriage go away, the nun on the same side as Mrs. Wu sighed: "Tsk, this daughter of the Hong family is really brave. She can't do this even if she is engaged."

The last moment of the unitary hour (7 p.m.)

A dark alley somewhere.

Xu Zaijing stood next to the little Liju, followed by Qingyun who was leading the horse.

Xu Zaijing turned around and said, "Qingyun, the Baojin Tower Review of the Western Army will end at noon, right?"

"Yes, sir."

"Then why doesn't this strong man named Liao come back?"

"Sir, the neighbor said that the Liao family brother went out again after coming back in the afternoon. Maybe he went to some brothel Gaole. How about we come back tomorrow?"

Xu Zaijing patted the envelope in his other hand and said, "Wait a while, if you don't come, we'll go back."

The alley became darker.

"Chi"

There was the sound of heavy objects mopping the floor in the darkness not far away.

"Xi Lv Lv"

The little Liju neighed uneasily and scratched the ground with its front hooves.

After the sound of a knife being unsheathed not far away, someone hoarsely said: "Who is it?"

Xu Zaijing comforted Xiao Liju and said, "But Liao Sanlang is in front of you! I am a descendant of the Xu family on Quyuan Street. I was entrusted by my brother to invite him to join the army. I have a great future!"

"Tsk! Xu family?"

The man in the darkness sneered.

"Woo~woo~"

There was a muffled sound of someone being gagged.

While talking,

A tall and strong young man appeared in front of Xu Zaijing and Qingyun.

The young man was holding the horse, and behind it was dragging a sack.

Then, the young man opened the sack in front of Xu Zaijing, revealing the middle-aged man inside.

The young man pulled out the rag from the middle-aged man's mouth and said: "Manager Qi, this is the Kang family backer you mentioned, a descendant of the Xu family of the Yongyi Hou Mansion on Quyuan Street. Do you have anything to say? ?”

The middle-aged man looked at Xu Zaijing in the dark with panic in his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "I, hero, your sister's death, I really didn't mean to do it. She, I, and the Xu Xu family don't know either."

"Come in and speak slowly in front of my sister's spirit."

With that said, the young man took the middle-aged man's hair and dragged him towards the house.

Xu Zaijing frowned and asked Qingyun beside him: "When did our family become the backers of the Kang family?"

Qingyun shook his head in confusion: "Sir, do we want to go in?"

Xu Zaijing thought for a while and said, "Don't go in yet! Go to Kang's house on horseback and tell me that the Qi Da manager is inviting me to a drink. Then go to Sheng's house and ask what's going on."

"Let's talk to my family by the way."

"Yes, sir!"

Qingyun leaves.

After Xu Zaijing moved his hands and feet, he walked towards the Liao family's house.

Less than half an hour,

Xu Zaijing walked out holding a person in one hand.

The young man's horse was still following behind him.

After securing the young man on his horse, Xu Zaijing led his men into the darkness. At the same time, a voice came: "You, a Western Army warrior, really don't take the Great Zhou Law seriously! Alas!"