Wishful Things

Cai Jin expected to ask her to take over the chess game, and it turned out to be the case.

She sat down by the bed and glanced at the half-played chess game, she couldn't help being very surprised - this is too close, isn't this too one move?

How could it be possible to get up and leave at such a critical juncture? What kind of deep and profound paternal love did this have?

No wonder Mr. Xu couldn't help cursing.

Cai Jin's chess skills have never been weak, and the two of them felt dissatisfied after a round of chess, so they played another round.

When Xu Yun was thinking about how to make a move, Cai Jin quietly raised his eyes to look at him.

Mr. Xu has to go ten days and a half months without shaving...

But other than that, it is said that he will take a bath once a day. In terms of details, people are lazy, but fortunately, they are not sloppy.

And when painting and playing chess, he is serious and focused, which is completely different from his usual unreliable appearance.

Recently, she couldn't help but wonder, is Mr. Xu hiding some unusual past in his heart, so he hides his true self?

It's just that after hiding it for a long time, I almost forgot what it was supposed to look like.

Sensing her gaze, Xu Yun sat down and looked at her: "What are you looking at?"

What are you doing staring at his beard? Can't you just envy his thick beard?

"I was just thinking, now that the weather is getting warmer, when will Mr. Xu get out of the bed." Cai Jin said earnestly, "When I passed the garden in the front yard today, I saw many flowers blooming. The scenery is quite beautiful. Maybe Mr. Xu can go to enjoy the sun and enjoy the scenery."

Xu Yun casually said: "Flowers and grasses, I'm already tired of seeing them..."

"But the same flower blooms every year. Mr. Xu has to look carefully to know that it is not greasy at all." Cai Jin said while laying her hands down.

Xu Yun smiled noncommittally: "I'm not as elegant as you young people..."

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Cai Jin sighed in a low voice and said, "Yes, I am old and stubborn."

Xu Yun didn't bother to pay attention to it, only thinking about how to play chess.

...

On the other side, Xu Jin, who was forced to go out to visit friends, just brought two "little servants" to the backyard of the Beijing Yamen.

Ji Dong has been suffering from a headache for the past few days because of the case of the flower picker. Such a rampant thing happened at the emperor's feet. The thief's behavior can be said to be rubbing the court's face on the ground. His Majesty was very displeased with this, and he was ordered to solve the case within half a month.

Hearing these words at that time, and thinking about the only clues in this case, Mr. Ji felt hopeless in his heart.

But fortunately, the security guard is also secretly investigating the matter by order - not to say that the addition of the security guard has given him much confidence, but that he is accompanied by someone who is desperate, at least not alone.

"Here you go, what else do you bring..."

Inviting friends into the hall, Ji Dong sighed.

If he brought something, it would be unreasonable for him not to leave someone for dinner—what about his good friends, wouldn't this cause trouble for him?

"I can't do without something..." Xu Jin said to his friend in a low voice: "The two children I brought with me today, if I don't bring something in my hand, I'm afraid they won't act like them enough..."

It doesn't look alike, can't I use props to make it up?

When Ji Dong heard the word "children", his eyes changed and he turned to look over.

"this……"

...

Half an hour later, Xu Jin left the yamen with the servant.

When they came, they brought things with them, so they drove two cars. At this time, Xu Mingyi and Cui Yunqing were riding in the simpler one behind.

There was no one else in the car, so Xu Mingyi suggested: "From today on, I'll let Ah Zhu stay with my cousin for a while until the flower picker is caught."

Just now in the yamen, and heard Mr. Ji say something about this thief, Cousin Qing must be more or less afraid.

What's more, this kind of people act elusively, so it's hard to guess with the thinking of normal people. If they missed the last time, maybe they really will go again for the second time, trying to get back their face.

"I appreciate my cousin's kindness, but now there is no peace everywhere in Beijing. If Azhu is allowed to go to my place, wouldn't my cousin be by my side..." Cui Yunqing said, his voice slowly trailing off.

She wanted to say that when Ah Zhu went to her place, there was no one around her cousin, so she was in danger.

But then I thought about it, which thief dared to break into the Zhen Guogong's mansion?

Before you go, you have to look carefully. The four big characters written on the plaque on the gate of the mansion are "Zhen Guogong Mansion" or "Where to go and never return"?

I'm afraid that as soon as the front foot steps in, the knife will be on the neck the next moment, right?

"Cousin don't have to worry about me." Xu Mingyi said with a smile, "I was looking forward to his coming—"

If this person bumps into her hands, she plans to destroy the other's only remaining arm first, after all, she is a person who pays attention to auspiciousness in her work, as the saying goes, good things come in pairs.

The cousin was obviously smiling, and she smiled beautifully, but Cui Yunqing felt a chill down her back for no reason.

The carriage was driving slowly, and when it passed a narrow road, it stopped for a moment and gave way to an official sedan chair.

Xu Mingyi glanced casually through the car window, and saw that the car curtains were made of red cloth aprons—this is a regulation that can only be found on the official sedan chairs of first-rank officials.

Not far away is Mingkang Square.

The person sitting in this sedan chair should be Xia Tingzhen.

The soft sedan was indeed carried all the way into Mingkangfang, and landed steadily in front of the Xiafu gate.

Xia Tingzhen got off the sedan chair, and instead of going directly to the outer study as usual, she went back to the inner courtyard.

When he returned to the courtyard, Mrs. Xue was coaxing her little grandson in the inner room——

"Good, really good... It's still the same, it hasn't changed at all..."

Hearing his wife's voice patiently patting the child, Xia Tingzhen wanted to frown.

This is the child of Han'er and Lu's family. It is said that it would be the most appropriate to grow up in obscurity, but the wife kept the child by her side and even quarreled with him because of it. It was crazy.

He has no intention of competing with a mad woman, so now he seldom sets foot in this yard.

I came here today because there is one thing that needs to be explained.

Xia Tingzhen sat down in the hall and asked someone to invite her young daughter over.

"Father, mother."

Xia Xi bowed to her parents sitting there with a well-behaved and gentle tone.

Although she is not a quiet and timid character, she was most afraid of her father since she was a child. Especially after the incident with the second brother, the relationship between father and mother was no longer the same as before, even very stiff. Under such conditions, her father treated her more and more severely. Although she didn't like it in her heart, she could only pretend to be more obedient.

But why did her father suddenly come here today?

Is there anything that father needs to tell her personally?

But she's clearly behaved at home recently, except that she hurt a servant girl's face when she got angry a few days ago-but such trivial matters, her father never bothered.

And looking at his father's face, he didn't seem to be angry, so it shouldn't be a bad thing, right?

Xia Xi secretly analyzed it in her heart.

Good night.