So I play chess

Chapter 139 Zheng Bai's Chance

Mrs. Tian, ​​Zheng Bai, and her son often quarrel because of their attitude towards the Zheng family, but both mother and son know in their hearts what the other cares most about.Lady Tian never took the initiative to mention Zheng Bai's life experience in front of outsiders, and the biggest thought in her heart was that one day she could return to Zheng's house.

Although Zheng Bai lost his temper, he still cared about his mother. Seeing that someone was coming, he kept silent.

"Is Mrs. Tian at home?" The people outside shouted from a distance before they reached the gate of the courtyard.

"Yes, yes." Lady Tian's voice came from inside the house, and then she lowered her voice and said to Zheng Bai, "Bai'er, you go and open the door for the guests first."

Zheng Bai probably also knew that even Fangtou didn't come here easily in the past, and it was not a festival at this time, and he had just come to investigate because of the military disaster of the Liangzhou Army not long ago.The ones who came at this time were all the servants of the Zheng family. Naturally, they didn't have any good looks, but in order to hinder their mother's face, they tried their best to keep a cold face.

Unexpectedly, when the courtyard door opened, there were five or six old people and some middle-aged people outside.Needless to say, the slaves and maidservants who followed him, his biological father Zheng Jiao and his grandfather were also among them according to his mother.

Although Zheng Jiao had never seen his mother and son, after he learned of his identity when he was young, he went to meet Zheng Jiao secretly, and as he became more and more disapproving of his own life experience, he also did not agree with him. See you again.His grandfather also only met once.

It's just that these high-spirited and big figures usually avoid conspicuous positions at this time, and welcome the old and the young in the middle.

The old one is of course Zheng Tong, the head of the Zheng family, while the young one is actually a little lady who looks two or three years younger than herself.

Zheng Bai didn't know how to respond, and ignored his father and grandfather, only saluted the two in front of him.

At this moment Lady Tian also came out, her clothes had obviously been tidied up, her face was simply smeared with gouache, and she even had a silk flower on her hair.Whenever there is a visitor in the house, she must do the same.

Zheng Bai originally thought that her mother wanted to lose face in front of others, but later she gradually realized that she still had some small hopes in her heart.

Lady Tian was taken aback when she saw many respectable nobles standing outside her courtyard, but then she saw Zheng Jiao in the crowd, and then even saw the sixth master of the Zheng family and Zheng Tong.

Her complexion changed again and again, and her heart was in turmoil. There was a burst of panic and a burst of joy. She couldn't tell what it was like, so she had to force herself not to look at Zheng Jiao, and came up first to salute.

However, Zheng Jiao's face was quite embarrassed, and he didn't even look at her, but Zheng Tong spoke first: "This is a small courtyard where servants live, and there is not much population."

Hearing this tone, Zheng Bai felt a little angry in his heart, but he broke out on the spot because of his mother's embarrassment.

Naturally, Zheng Tong didn't say this to his mother and son, but he heard the little lady ask: "Are you the only two in this courtyard?"

Zheng Bai saw that she ignored Zheng Tong and actually talked to him directly, so he replied neither humble nor overbearing: "This courtyard is where my mother and I live."

Although he is neither humble nor overbearing, in Zheng Jiao's view, if he is not humble in front of nobles, then he is arrogant, and his face is even more displeased.

The little lady nodded and said: "I don't think you look like a servant of the Zheng family."

Zheng Bai didn't know who she was, but what he said was quite to his liking, so he was about to answer.Zheng Tong stopped the conversation first: "Lao Liu, is this from your family?"

The sixth-bedroom master of the Zheng family who was standing aside quickly responded, and pushed his son out to speak again.

When asked by the elders in the family, Zheng Jiao had no choice but to be vague: "Uncle, this family belongs to my courtyard."

"What do you do? Why did you set up a yard?" Zheng Tong asked again.

He really didn't know about Zheng Jiao's business, he just felt that, as the prefect's aunt said, this young man didn't look like a domestic servant, and he took care of the maids at home alone, the Zheng family rarely did such things in the past.

Zheng Jiaozheng was hesitating whether to tell the truth, or to think of something to prevaricate, but Tian Niangzi spoke first: "Master Hui, we are mending the house, Master Six is ​​pitiful, and rewarded us to stay in this yard temporarily."

With just a few words from them just now, Lady Tian understood the pros and cons, and she only thought of helping Zheng Jiao get out of the siege first, and maybe also make him feel a little bit more sympathetic.

However, when she said this, Zheng Tong became even more puzzled. He looked carefully at Mrs. Tian and Zheng Bai, and felt that he had guessed something.Then he gave his sixth son a hard look, and seeing the embarrassment on his face, he knew that his son was probably responsible.

But this matter is not a rare event, and in front of the prefect's aunt, he can't get angry no matter what, so he nodded his head in response to what Tian Niangzi said.

Naturally, Wen Gu saw their actions for a while, she pretended she hadn't seen it, and said to Zheng Bai: "Look at you, you must have studied."

Zheng Bai's expression softened a little more than before, and he replied "Yes".

Wen Gu said again: "It just so happens that I am looking for someone to do my errands here. If you are willing and feel that you have some skills, you can try it. Mr. Zheng let me go, let me go to his mansion to pick people randomly, right? Master Zheng?"

"Of course it is." Zheng Tong replied hastily, "I have just seen all the inside of the main house, and there are not many of them that can be seen. I am quite ashamed. If I can really pick some for Miss Liu to send, I am not considered an old man. I don't know people."

Wen Gu said: "It's not that there aren't any in the main house, it's just that I can't see it. I don't want to force people, it depends on whether they are willing or not."

Hearing what they said, Zheng Bai couldn't tell the stakes for a moment. He had never heard of a lady Liu in the city who could ask Zheng Tong to be courteous.

But on second thought, isn't the prefect's aunt, who has been rumored in the city recently, at such an age?

But it was hard for him to ask, seeing Wen Gu looking at him, he could only frown to show his bewilderment.

Zhi Xia, who was following Wen Gu, took no time to explain his doubts: "Why are you hesitating? I don't have to ask you to try. My eldest lady is the elder of the prefect Liu Zhu. If you want to inquire about something, you can't go in Lost to ask."

This complied with Zheng Bai's guess. He didn't know the specific relationship between the prefect's aunt and the Zheng family, but after all, he didn't need to live in the Zheng family, so he agreed without thinking about it.But she didn't expect Lady Tian to stop him first.

"Thank you for your appreciation. It is indeed a blessing that ordinary people can't find us. It's just that we are members of the Zheng family. We want to discuss such a big matter with our family." Tian The lady pulled Zheng's pendulum and replied in a low voice.

Wen Gu heard that, sure enough, there was no strongman, but he turned around and left without leaving a word.Everyone present had their own thoughts, so they didn't mention it.Not a moment later, the suddenly lively courtyard suddenly became deserted.

(End of this chapter)