The national teacher does not practice

Chapter 157 The Invitation of the Noble Daughter of the Pei Family Xu Yuanyun's Curiosity (Subscribe)

early morning.

When the summer sun tore through the clouds and shone through the window, Ji Pingan yawned, put on his coat, and pushed open the door.

I was looking at the center of the courtyard, next to the well, with two round buttocks sticking out, one pink and one green, two girls were brushing their teeth.

"Morning." Ji Pingan smiled, squatted over with the toiletries, squeezed the soap powder on the wooden bristle toothbrush, and began to rinse his mouth.

The picture is harmonious and beautiful, as if everything that happened last night was just an illusion.

Yesterday, after returning from the Song Mansion, Ji Ping'an felt exhausted and fell asleep with his head wrapped around his head. In fact, he experienced too many changes last night, which made it overwhelming. When he woke up, he felt his mind was much clearer.

The same was true of the two girls squatting next to her. Yu Yu was a saint after all, and quickly calmed down, no longer making a fuss like yesterday, with a calm and composed appearance, which made Ji Pingan look at him differently.

As for Mu Yaoyao... she is simply big-hearted.

"Bah!" Yu Yu's pink cheeks spit out a thick white liquid, suddenly stood up, looked at him seriously, and said:

"I remember last night, you talked to us about rebirth..."

Ji Pingan took out the star fragments and shook them. Seeing this, Yu Yu swallowed the second half of the sentence, and let out a deep breath:
"It really wasn't a dream."

After a night, she still found it difficult to accept this possibility, but after witnessing the fragments and confirming yesterday's truth, her eyes unexpectedly showed high fighting spirit:

"In this way, this is the experience that the saint wants."

As she said that, she suddenly looked down at Ji Pingan with contempt, with her hips on her hips and her snow-white jaw raised, like a proud little peacock:

"You took the lead in the case of the Four Saints, but I will not lose to you again."

Where did you get your inexplicable confidence... Ji Pingan complained.

At this time, the courtyard door was pushed open, Huang He walked into the courtyard with the breakfast he bought, Ji Pingan spat out the mouthwash, and said:

"Dinner, I happen to have something to tell you."

……

The dinner table.

While eating, Ji Pingan recounted the exchange with Xin Yaoguang yesterday.

"Resurrected from the dead?" Huang He put down his chopsticks and pondered:

"If this information is true, it can greatly reduce the scope of our investigation, but I am afraid that this thing is not easy to confirm. After all, it is not dead, but resurrected from the dead."

Ji Pingan said "En", swallowed the egg drop soup, and said seriously:
"So, the direction of your next investigation is what everyone discussed last night, plus this one. By now, I believe you have all realized the seriousness of the problem. Which side can find the rest of the reborn people as soon as possible? , have the opportunity to take the lead in the next changes.”

The implied meaning of these words is:

They have an intelligence advantage and a "window of time".

But when the Beastmaster Sect, the imperial court and other forces reacted, and there were clues of the reborn, it might not be his turn.

Huang He nodded vigorously, and said, "My lord is right."

Mu Yaoyao also had a stern face, expressing that she was listening carefully.

Yu Yu provocatively said, "Then what are you doing?"

Ji Pingan picked up a steaming meat bun, took a bite, suddenly smiled mysteriously, and said:

"Wait for someone."

……

After dinner.

The three of them split up and went to investigate everywhere.

Ji Pingan walked into "Yi Jing Zhai" as usual, sat down behind the antique sandalwood table, made tea, read books, breathed out and practiced.

The business was as bleak as ever. Throughout the morning, only the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop on the same street came to visit and shared a piece of big news with him happily.

Namely: Someone died in Dongcheng last night, which alarmed the Yamen of the Demon Slayer Division.

"It is said that the head of the Ye Division went there in person, and I don't know where the Jianghu people came from to commit the murder. Sigh, why do you feel that the city is not peaceful recently." The small-eyed boss sighed.

Typical petty bourgeois mentality.

As everyone knows, the people from Jianghu who committed the murder are smiling and listening to his story.

Near noon, just as Ji Pingan was preparing for his lunch break and hanging up the closing wooden sign, he opened his eyes on a whim.

I saw the sound of horseshoes at the entrance of Laoliu Street.

Then, a low-key and luxurious carriage drove in slowly, and finally stopped at the entrance of the alley.

The wind blows the green willows.

The coachman lowered his pedals, opened the curtain, and first jumped out of a woman dressed as a maid, holding a paper umbrella in her hand, and as soon as her feet were firmly established, she opened the paper umbrella for the sun.

Then, a silk and satin embroidered shoe embroidered with flowers stuck out, and slowly stepped on the pedals. Inside the satin trousers, there was a section of white calf, but it was a pity that it disappeared in a flash.

A young woman wearing a long skirt, with a gentle temperament and an oval face, stepped out of the carriage and stood under the paper umbrella, with a straight back and an elegant gait, which is the etiquette and nobility that only a big family can cultivate.

The appearance of such a visitor immediately attracted the attention of Laoliu's neighbors. Immediately, some people recognized the emblem of the carriage and were surprised in a low voice:
"It's Pei's."

"Why did people from the Pei family come to our small place?"

"Who is that woman? Could it be a certain lady from the Pei family?"

In the calligraphy and painting shop, the owner who was selling inkstones to two scholars also came out curiously when he heard the movement.

Suddenly, one of the scholars said:

"Why does it look like the second Miss Pei? I was lucky enough to see it from a distance at the Zhishui Poetry Association last year. It looks a bit like it."

Second Miss Pei?
That talented woman who is famous in the south of the Yangtze River?Pei's favorite jewel?
The owner of the calligraphy and painting shop turned pale with fright.

There is a feeling of seeing the daughter of a chaebol in reality.You know, the Pei family is something that little people like them need to look up to in the whole of Yuhang, and even the whole of Jiangnan.

However, when he saw the two daughters, the master and the servant, holding umbrellas, walking straight into "Yi Jing Zhai", he was even more surprised and even tore off a few beards.

……

"Hey, are you the owner of this shop? That Mr. Li?"

In the small shop, as soon as the maid holding the umbrella walked in, seeing Ji Ping'an's unexpectedly young appearance, and his "straight-up" eyes looking at his young lady, she immediately frowned, domineering.

"He'er! Don't be rude!"

Hearing this, the gentle and sweet-looking young woman reprimanded in a low voice, and then looked apologetically at Ji Pingan who was sitting at the counter:

"Pei's eldest son, Pei Qiuwei, dare to ask if you dare to ask Mr. Li?"

God counts Mr. Li?
Ji Ping'an's heart was churning, thinking who gave such a bad nickname, but there was no sign on his face, he just looked at the woman in front of him with a little curiosity.

The face is delicate, the skin can be broken by blows, and the dress is well cut, which not only outlines the curves, but also does not look frivolous. The elegant temperament reminds him of Mr. Zhong Tong.

But the latter has a bookish air, and carries some dusty air of a practitioner.

As for the second Miss of the Pei family in front of her, she was a "good lady", especially her eyes were quite reminiscent of the city... and she was somewhat similar to Pei Qian.

He had expected that the Pei family would come.

After hearing from Song Xuezheng yesterday that the Pei family was looking for a fortune teller all over the city, he tried astrology and got the revelation that today he will intersect with the Pei family.

"It can't be called the word 'magic calculation'. I don't know how Miss Pei knows this place?" Ji Pingan shook his head with a smile, and raised his hand to signal her to sit down.

While Ji Pingan was looking at her, Pei Qiuwei was also looking at this peer.

She was also surprised at the youngness of the other party, but a talented woman from a wealthy family does not judge people by their appearance, and even became more interested, saying:

"It's a coincidence that the servant girl at home mentioned that there is an extra expert in this Old Willow Street."

She roughly explained that it turned out to be a matter of the Honggu family, who handed it to the neighbors to enter the mansion before they were able to enter Pei Qiuwei's sight.

And because the matter was too bizarre, after sending someone to inquire, it was confirmed that it was true, so she came to visit in person, which was also a test of the truth.

"There are no coincidences in this world, so you don't know it's not destiny." Ji Pingan pointed to the few copper coins in front of him like a stick, and said:

"I don't know what Miss Pei wants to ask Bu?"

Pei Qiuwei pursed the corners of his mouth, as if he was thinking about something, the maidservant next to him holding a paper umbrella said lightly:

"My lady is..."

"He'er." Pei Qiuwei interrupted her, and then his eyes flickered, and he said suddenly:

"I don't know if sir can read a picture?"

Ji Pingan glanced at her and said, "I understand."

Pei Qiuwei smiled and said, "Then please take a look at my face, sir, can you see anything?"

This is, you want to test me? ... Ji Pingan had strange eyes, and found it interesting. After thinking about it, he leaned back on the chair, folded his hands, and said slowly, with a half smile but not a smile:

"You look bad, and you're overthinking. I think Mrs. Pei has been restless recently. Could it be that... Miss Pei... is there a relative?"

The words fall.

Pei Qiuwei's eyes narrowed suddenly, the maid next to her was startled first, and then she said as if she had made a big discovery:

"You didn't even look at it, but dare to talk nonsense just by glancing at it?"

She looked at Second Sister Pei and said:
"Miss, I'm afraid it's not a lie to you, it's just like a fortune-telling charlatan on the street, talking nonsense."

However, Pei Qiuwei didn't make a sound, but said seriously:

"To tell you the truth, sir, today's visit is indeed because I, Mrs. Pei, have some matters that I would like to ask for a fortune-telling. The matter is so important that it is inconvenient to say it here. Therefore, I still need to confirm the master's ability so that I can pay the corresponding amount of money. If I offend you just now, Qiuwei apologizes here. If it is convenient for you, sir, could you please come to Pei's in the afternoon so that we can talk about it in detail?"

Ji Pingan didn't answer immediately, but looked at her deeply for a while, and then said slowly:

"can."

……

After a short chat.

Pei Qiuwei left a note to verify his identity, as well as a sufficient amount of silver ingots of twelve taels in advance, and then left.

Outside Old Willow Street, low-key and luxurious carriages rolled over the street.

Inside the carriage, the maid holding the oiled paper umbrella said reluctantly:

"Miss, do you trust this person just like that? I think he looks like a charlatan. He probably directed this movie because he learned about our family's search for a fortune-teller from somewhere. I don't know what's wrong, it's just..."

Pei Qiuwei leaned on the soft cushion in the carriage, and sighed softly when he heard the words, his sweet and hidden face showed the maturity that a child of a big family should have:
"He'er, don't you hear that narrow-mindedness is the root of disaster. When you face outsiders, you must open your heart, and don't presuppose a position to judge people. Although my Pei family has a great business, it is only a clan after all.

The family has been handed down for hundreds of years, and it is still prosperous and undefeated. It is not only because of the grace left by the ancestors in the past, and the favor of the first emperor and the master of the country, but also because my descendants are cautious in words and deeds, and have many good relationships. "

The maid named He'er bowed her head and said sullenly:
"But when he first met, he just stared straight at you, Miss. How can you be an expert? He looks very similar to those conceited and elegant guys in the city... I am angry."

Pei Qiuwei smiled, shook his head and said:
"When a guest comes to the door, it is natural to take a look at it. Besides, they also know how to read faces. How can this be the same. Openness of heart is the door of blessing. You have been with me for many years, and you have always done things neatly. I also know that you and I have one heart, but It’s better to be open-minded.”

"Oh." He'er replied, but she was still not convinced.

Pei Qiuwei sighed softly and said:

"I'm not scolding you, but that Li Anping is really not simple. You don't want to see him as a young director, just talk about the director... The slaughter of the escort team outside the city is deeper than you can imagine. It is definitely not a charlatan. Directing with one hand is a testament to his ability. Moreover, you only saw him staring at me, but you didn't think about it, with my reputation, when I announced my name, did he ever feel a little bit surprised and frightened?"

The maid thought about it and frowned:
"Miss means..."

Pei Qiuwei said seriously:

"This man has an extraordinary demeanor, and it gives me a strange feeling, as if he is sitting in the hall today, waiting for my visit. But you must know that I came to see him in person because it was just a temporary idea."

The maid was stunned, and when she told the young lady this, she immediately felt that Ji Ping'an was unfathomable.

There is one more thing that Pei Qiuwei didn't say, and that was Ji Ping'an's last sentence "my relatives are sick", which really shocked her.

Fortunately, with her city, she didn't show it.

"Of course, these are just speculations. Whether you really have the ability, you will know in the afternoon."

……

Pei's mansion, the center of a separate garden named "Fengyi Pavilion" for guests to live in.

There is a two-story wooden building.

At this moment, the window on the second floor of the small building was open. She was dressed in a plain dress, with a slender figure and a slightly pale face, as if Xu Yuanyun, who had just recovered from a long illness, was standing quietly by the window.

Looking at the green bamboos outside the window, as well as the mountains, rocks and flowing water, I was fascinated.

Her delicate hands, which seemed to be broken by someone, gently supported the fence, and on the wooden fence, there was actually a row of gray birds standing neatly.

For some reason, these birds that were extremely afraid of people stood so quietly, as if they had an instinctive intimacy and love for the woman beside them.

"Flickering."

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a flock of birds flew up.

The old woman walked in with a bowl of iced sour plum soup in both hands, and said with a smile:
"Girl, the weather is sweltering, let's drink some plums to relieve the heat."

Now, Xu Yuanyun named "Mochou" turned around, took it with a smile, picked up a spoon and lightly scooped up some soup to drink, and asked casually:
"Just now I watched the servants in the mansion go towards the gate, did something happen?"

The old woman said:
"Oh, it seems that the Second Miss invited some well-known hexagram masters in the city to come to the house for some reason, so let them go and accept her."

Gua division?Xu Yuanyun frowned.

The old woman said, "Miss, do you want to watch the excitement?"

……

There is a bit of Kawen, this chapter is less

(End of this chapter)