Rudonghai

Chapter 138 The Golden Lock
This is a place that Ji Jiaqian has always liked, the food is exquisite, and it has always been a place where dignitaries hang out.

She put on the gauze hat and was helped by Hong Luan into the carriage, her heart skipped a beat.

Liusu was winked by Ji Jiaqian, instead of following the carriage, she went to buy her favorite "snacks".

When they arrived at Fulai Restaurant, Ji Jiaqian sent Hongluan to Zhiweilou to buy a box of Yunpian Cake.

Fulai Restaurant is on the west, Zhiweilou is on the east, and it takes an hour to go back and forth.

When Liusu came over, Hongluan left without turning her head.

Ji Jiaqian chose the private room that she usually comes to. It is on the highest floor, so no one will be disturbed when the food is served.

Liusu raised the curtain outside, and a man wearing a black gauze hat stepped in from the outside, before saying a word, he smiled: "Why are you calling me in such a hurry, does my aunt miss me?"

With her head lowered, Liusu quietly closed the door, guarding the door vigilantly.

Ji Jiaqian took the gauze hat that Ji Keran took off, and held his arm with a worried expression on her face: "I didn't expect the second girl's reputation to be stigmatized by the Lin family. If you accept her, won't you be implicated?"

"I thought it was a big change, but it turned out to be such a trivial matter, my sister scared me a lot." Ji Keran patted the back of her hand, smiled unchanged: "If you don't take people back Mansion, the Gu family carelessly spread a little bit, and my situation will be more passive."

He has always believed that everything is under his control, so that nothing will go wrong.

Gu Yunyan is a big trouble, staying outside is a disaster, it's better to put it under my nose and stare at it.

The Hou Mansion was guarded like an iron bucket, and it was as difficult as heaven to spread the news.If Gu Yunyan wants to make any trouble, she has to weigh it carefully.

Seeing that he had an idea in his heart and was not caught off guard, Ji Jiaqian breathed a sigh of relief: "I didn't rush here because I was worried about Ran Lang? You just need to be careful, and I don't have to meddle in my own business. "

"What did sister-in-law say? My nephew thought you were still angry and didn't want to talk to me anymore." Ji Keran put his arms around her shoulders and smiled softly.

Ji Jiaqian was blushed by his smile, she was no longer a little girl in her [-]s, and for some reason, she couldn't help being dazed when she saw that Ji Keran's appearance was almost exactly the same as his father's.

Ji Keran didn't look like the eldest lady at all, but he looked exactly like his deceased biological father.If not, how could Ji Jiaqian be easily seduced by him?

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll take care of it. How is Master Gu's attitude? Has he agreed?" Ji Keran helped her to sit down at the table, and personally picked Ji Jiaqian's favorite dish with chopsticks.

Ji Jiaqian smiled, nodded and said, "Master has no other choice, it's really due to Master Lin."

If not, how could Master Gu easily compromise and make Gu Yunyan really a little concubine?
She frowned again: "If such an unruly girl came into the Hou's mansion, she would have to make my mother unhappy, maybe she would scold Ran Lang a few words. I am afraid that Lord Hou is also unhappy. Ran Lang thinks about what to do." Have you persuaded the old man?"

Ji Keran nodded slightly: "Since I have already agreed, it is impossible to go back on my word. Otherwise, if it spreads out, it will only be said that I have contradicted my promise. If I just bring people in like this, everyone will think that I am a big-hearted person, and I am also kind to the second girl of the Gu family." There is some truth in it."

This is the way of the world, everyone spurned and abused Gu Yunyan, but they would not accuse Lin Yushi and Yan Zhengnan of how unruly they were in private dealings with Gu Yunyan.Most of the time when they were laughing and joking, they joked that the two of them were flirting, but they were played by a girl.

Similarly, Gu Yunyan was despised by others, but Ji Keran agreed but then backed out. I'm afraid many people will turn around and accuse him of being a heartless person.

Anyway, the Hou Mansion doesn't mind having an extra pair of chopsticks, and it's okay to have an extra Gu Yunyan.

At that time, everyone will only secretly think that Ji Keran is sincere to Gu Yunyan.In order to bring people in, he didn't want her to suffer, and married the ordinary-looking third girl from the Gu family, clearly because he didn't want Gu Yunyan to suffer any grievances.

Little did they know that Ji Keran's target was never Gu Yunyan, but Gu Yunxiao, a little girl!

What's wrong with getting what you want and gaining your reputation?
The corners of Ji Keran's mouth curved slightly, and poured wine for Ji Jiaqian.She waved her hand, and declined politely: "I have to go back to the house later, so I won't drink alcohol, so as not to smell like alcohol all over during the day."

"Sister-in-law is becoming more and more careful. It's just a glass or two of sweet-scented osmanthus wine. Even if Master Gu smells it, how dare he say it's wrong with sister-in-law?"

Seeing that he was unhappy, Ji Jiaqian hesitated for a moment, not daring to spoil Ji Keran's interest, she lowered her head and took a sip of sweet-scented osmanthus rice, feeling the warmth in her stomach, and her whole body went into a trance: "Good wine, it should be 30 years old wine. gone."

"Sister-in-law is amazing, it's been 30 years. If it wasn't for a big price, the shopkeeper would not give up. This was originally intended to be poured for his daughter when she got married. Who knew that the eldest daughter drank half of it when she got married, and the younger My daughter died before she grew up. The rest of the sweet-scented osmanthus wine is still buried in the backyard, and occasionally a small bottle is brought out when meeting distinguished guests." Ji Keran squinted her eyes and smelled the aroma of the wine, her expression intoxicated.

"Such a good thing must be drunk by someone who knows how to appreciate it, so that 30 years of time will not be wasted."

Ji Jiaqian was coaxed to be happy, and she drank half a pot again and again before feeling dizzy. When she stood up, she felt dizzy, and was held tightly in Ji Keran's arms.

"My aunt is drunk, the beauty is drunk, I really can't get enough of it."

Hearing this, Ji Jiaqian smiled wryly and said, "Young lady is half-old, she is no longer beautiful. I'm afraid that in two years, Ran Lang won't be able to see me anymore."

The beauty of a woman is only ten years old, and it will be gone after that. No matter how you dress up, it is impossible to regain the amazing time of the year.

Ji Keran supported her to lie down on the soft couch, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is just sister-in-law. No matter what she turns into, even if she has gray hair, I'm still happy."

Ji Jiaqian was cheerful, limp all over, and she didn't know whether she was lightly happy, or drunk as if lying on cotton, floating up and down, unable to find a solid ground.

She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep. Ji Keran sat in front of the couch, waiting for Ji Jiaqian to fall into a deep sleep, raised her hand, opened the skirt with her fingertips, and landed on the golden lock hanging on Ji Jiaqian's chest.

Jinsuo was half the size of a palm and heavy. It was said that Mrs. Hou liked this daughter so much that she was spanked before she was born.It took a full month to get it right.

Large auspicious clouds and small Sanskrit words are engraved on the golden lock. These are blessing words. Ji Keran remembered them from the first sight, wrote them on paper, divided them into four parts, and secretly asked the eminent monks to ask each other. here.

It's just that he sent someone to ask all the craftsmen in Beijing, but no one knew what the Sanskrit word was.

This is strange, where did Mrs. Hou hire craftsmen to carve such Sanskrit gold locks on purpose?

In particular, Ji Jiaqian once mentioned that Mrs. Hou asked her to hide the golden lock so that no one could see it easily.This aroused Ji Keran's curiosity more and more, what kind of secret was there on the golden lock that Mrs. Hou kept so secretive?
It was because the two of them were close that Ji Keran accidentally saw it.It's just that Ji Jiaqian didn't let him touch it. Now that she was so drunk, Ji Keran was finally able to pick up the golden lock in her hand and look at it carefully.

He took out a bit of white mud from his waist and stuffed it into the keyhole bit by bit.

The golden lock is not like an ordinary one, it is as thick as two fingers, so maybe there is something hidden inside.

After the white mud was plugged, Ji Keran took out the porcelain bottle and poured a few drops of the medicine into it.

In a blink of an eye, the white mud solidified like ice, just like a lock.

He smiled, turned the key made of white clay, and the lock opened with a "click".

Sure enough, there was something hidden in the lock, but Ji Keran was disappointed.It was an ordinary wooden sign, not much bigger than a bead.There are a few words engraved on it, but they are in Sanskrit.

Ji Keran looked at it, but didn't recognize what the word was.

Just a faint fragrance came, and he was startled.This is not an incense that ordinary people can afford. It seems that Ji Keran has smelled it somewhere, but Ji Keran couldn't remember it in a moment.

Just thinking about it, there was the sound of Liusu outside, she seemed to send Hongluan who came back from outside to the kitchen to help with things.

Ji Keran knew that he had to leave immediately.

Reluctantly looking at the small wooden sign in his hand, he gritted his teeth and stuffed the wooden sign into his arms, and fastened the lock again.The debris of the white mud was cleaned up, and checked again, without leaving any clues, then got up and walked to the corner of the room, turned the vase on the wooden frame, and the wooden frame moved silently to the left, Ji Ke Ran stepped in.

After the wooden frame waited for him to enter, it returned to its original shape again, as if it had never moved.

Hongluan came back with snacks, but Liusu sent her to the kitchen to bring some side dishes.

This should be the work of the restaurant boy, why let her go?
It's a pity that beside Ji Jiaqian, even though Liusu and Hongluan are first-class maidservants, Liusu has been by Ji Jiaqian's side the longest and is even more favored. Hongluan dare not not listen to her words.

As soon as Hongluan left, Liusu knocked lightly on the door twice, but there was no response.

Then she gently opened the door and looked inside.Seeing that Ji Jiaqian was the only one inside the gauze tent, she seemed to be drunk, lying on the couch in a drunken state.The other person was missing.

Liusu knew that this restaurant had hidden a secret way, but only Ji Keran knew where it was besides Ji Jiaqian.

Now that Ji Keran is gone, she can also breathe a sigh of relief, at least Hongluan won't see the clue.

Hong Luan came back soon, and lightly put the snacks and side dishes on the table. Seeing that Ji Jiaqian was asleep, she even relaxed her breathing.

She suddenly let out a "huh", and asked Liusu in a low voice, "Sister, why is Madam's golden lock outside?"

When Liusu saw it, his heart skipped a beat, but he said nonchalantly, "Maybe it's too hot, Madam tugged at the collar, revealing the golden lock unintentionally."

She turned sideways to block Hong Luan's sight, and stepped forward to put the golden lock on Ji Jiaqian's chest back into her obscene clothes and put it close to her body.

(End of this chapter)