female catcher

Chapter 115 Xiangbo's Abacus

Yu Shiji's question startled Xia Chu, thinking that he had been exposed, he got up and wanted to escape.Su Zhen pressed his shoulders before his body moved.

"Follow me." Su Zhen said these three words almost out of breath, pointed to the verandah, and then gestured to Xia Chu to move forward.

Xia Chu nodded, and then followed him to the side for a short distance. The two sat shoulder to shoulder on the ridge of the roof. Their eyesight formed an oblique angle with the corridor, and they could just see the situation under the corridor.

"Young master, why don't you rest?" A person walked slowly from the other side of the veranda, wearing dark camel clothes, with his hands behind his back, and his gray hair was very characteristic.He chuckled at Yu Shiji twice, coughed for a while, and then a spit of phlegm flew out of the veranda and fell into the flower garden, "There are no lights in the back garden, are you afraid, Eldest Young Master?"

As soon as Xia Chu heard it, he felt that Xiangbo's tone of voice was not right, and it was completely different from the respectful attitude she had when she came to Baicaozhuang last time.She was a little excited, and felt that the next conversation between the two must be very exciting.At this time, Su Zhen leaned close to Xia Chu's ear, put his hands around his mouth and asked her in a low voice, "Who is this person?"

Xia Chu also followed Su Zhen's example, leaned into his ear, and said, "Xiang Bo, the steward of Baicaozhuang."

When Xia Chu spoke, the breath penetrated into Su Zhen's ears, and it was a little itchy, which made him feel strange all over.Xia Chu wanted to talk again, but Su Zhen didn't dare to let her speak into his ear anymore, so he waved at her and pointed to the veranda.

Xia Chu turned his head, and Su Zhen seized the opportunity to grab his earlobe quickly, and almost shivered.

"Xiangbo, what do you mean by that?" Yu Shiji obviously heard the disrespect in Xiangbo's tone, and couldn't help frowning.

"It's nothing." Xiang Bo sat down in the veranda, with his back to Xia Chu and the others, and he couldn't see the expression clearly, he just heard his old hoarse voice say: "I'm just worried about something, come out for a walk , I happened to meet the eldest young master, so I wanted to tell you, so that I, an old man, can come up with an idea."

Yu Shiji didn't speak, he hesitated for a moment and sat down in the veranda.

Xiangbo sighed, but he didn't feel too depressed, and said, "I don't have any skills. I have spent most of my life following the old man and the master. I can't talk about earning a fortune. At most, I can eat and wear Don't worry..."

"Xiangbo's words are as if our Yu family has treated you badly."

"Of course that's not what it means." Xiang Bo waved his hand, "After all, I am blessed. There is only one son in the family. I expected him to become a success. But he is not as promising as you, young master."

He looked at Yu Shiji and smiled, but Yu Shiji was a little impatient, "What happened to your son?"

"That's how it happened." Xiangbo sat down in front of Yu Shiji, "Last year he opened a pawn shop with someone, but the results were not good, and even a few dead pawns were pawned. Then When the partner saw that the situation was not good, he secretly swallowed the money in the account and ran away. My son was stubborn and found out when the house was vacant.

"Report to the official?" Yu Shiji asked.

"Oh, hehe." Xiangbo smiled inexplicably, and shook his head, "It's not easy..."

"how?"

Xiang Bo paused, "Hey, let's just say it straight. My little money is not enough to open a pawn shop for him, so I moved some from the account of the village at that time."

"how much is it?"

"Actually, it's not too much, one thousand two hundred taels."

When Chu Xia heard this number on the roof, he couldn't help but be speechless, isn't that too much?One thousand two hundred taels, this Xiangbo really doesn't treat himself as an outsider.

"One thousand, two hundred taels?!" Yu Shi stood up in a jerk, took a step forward, frowned and scolded: "Xiangbo, you are too courageous!"

"Young master, sit down." Xiang Bo got up and patted him on the shoulder, and was waved away by Yu Shiji.He smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "I have already paid 300 taels with my coffin book. When I checked the account last month, I used the money on the cabinet to make up for it. The owner just made it up before going to Xingzhou, but I think it’s not a long-term solution to make up for it all the time, is it?”

"A long-term plan?" Yu Shiji sneered and said, "Xiang Bo, I think you are too powerful in our Yu family! What long-term plan are you talking about?"

"Master..."

"Okay!" Yu Shiji held up his palms to stop Xiangbo from speaking, "You don't need to tell me anymore, I still respect you as an elder, just tell my father when he comes back."

"If the boss knows, I will be able to do my job well." Uncle Xiang didn't panic, and sat down again slowly, "Say yes, as long as the young master is not afraid of my old age and muddleheadedness, it's fine to say something else. "

Yu Shiji's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his voice, "What do you mean?"

Xiang Bo snorted, pulled out the dry pipe from his waist, put the tobacco leaves on it and compacted it calmly, lit it with a scythe, took two sips, and said: "Madam died unjustly."

Hearing this, Xia Chu hurriedly leaned forward, afraid of missing something.When Su Zhen saw it, he stretched out his hand to grab her arm, fearing that she would fall if she got agitated.

Yu Shiji moved his lips there, and said after a while: "Whether death is wronged or not has nothing to do with me."

"Really?" Xiangbo laughed hoarsely again, took a few puffs of dry tobacco vigorously, then crossed his legs and knocked the pot on the sole of his shoe to wipe out the sparks, "The first young master is not at home at the beginning of April Bar."

Yu Shi's silent eyes stared at him intently, "What does it have to do with you?"

"My leg hurts, but I'm neither blind nor deaf. Young master, don't forget how many years I have been in Zhuangzi. I watched your father grow up. Now when these old guys follow me to work , you are still breastfeeding."

"Don't rely on the old to sell the old here. What do you want to say? Anyway, let me tell you, Cao's death has nothing to do with me."

"I didn't say it was related." Xiangbo turned his head to look at Yu Shiji, and said slowly, "But it's useless for you to tell me, young master, and I don't want to hear it. The important thing is whether the government thinks it has anything to do with it, right? ?”

"Yes, yes, yes." Yu Shiji said with a sneer, "Then you just report to the officials."

"Okay." Xiang Bo stood up, patted his pants, and made a gesture to leave, "Let me ask one more question, what did the young master borrow me for the bunch of keys a few days ago?"

Yu Shiji took a small step back timidly, and then took another step forward, "Stop!"

Xiangbo looked back at him and laughed twice.Yu Shiji glanced to both sides, continued to stare at Xiangbo, and remained silent for a while before saying, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to ask the young master to help me make up for the shortfall."

"Dream! The person who is about to enter the earth, you are too embarrassed!"

Xiang Bo was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "What do you think the master will think about the matter between you and the Cao family? But this is at best a family scandal, and it is not worth 900 taels of silver. After all, you are the son of the master. But Now that Mrs. Cao is dead, it’s human life, and you won’t lose money, young master. If you’re willing to do it, why should I be ashamed?”

"You didn't tell the government when they came to investigate the case, but now you retract your confession, why should people believe you!"

"Young master, why don't you know how to cherish it? I was helping you before. I didn't tell Pei Lan that you were at home on the first day of junior high school. Do you think you can still be here in a good way? Since ancient times, personal affairs are the most likely to cause trouble. Guess the government Believe it or not? To be honest, I believe it. What's more, the bunch of keys..., ha ha, what is indisputable? The young master can weigh it up, 900 taels of silver or your own life, which is more important."

"I didn't kill anyone!"

"That's right, whoever kills someone won't go all over the street shouting." Uncle Xiang laughed again, "Don't be busy, young master, think about it again? I'll wait for you for two days, just two days. The boss is about the same. Be back soon."

After finishing speaking, Xiangbo walked away unhurriedly, humming a tune with his hands behind his back.

Yu Shiji stood there with a pale face for a while, then punched the pillar beside him with his fist, probably with too much force, then frowned and shook his hand.

With a sullen look on his face, he spat forcefully on the ground, fixed his eyes on the direction Xiangbo left, gritted his teeth, and said, "Old man! He's more damned than Cao Xuelian!"

When Yu Shiji had gone far away, Xia Chu let out a long breath, looked back at Su Zhen with bright eyes, clenched his fist and lightly thumped him on the shoulder, "Mr. value!"

"Good luck." Su Zhen then let go of Xia Chu's hand, "What else do you want to see?"

"Can Mr. Huang know where concubines usually live?"

Su Zhen stood up and took a look, "It's hard to say." He pointed to a place on the west side and said, "That should be the main courtyard, where the main wife will live, and the concubine's room will usually be in the side room or courtyard. "

"It's a little far away." Xia Chu also stood up, and looked along Su Zhen's fingers, "It doesn't seem to be easy to get there."

"Walk through the veranda, it's all connected."

There was a gap between the roof and the veranda, Su Zhen jumped very lightly, and stood firmly on the veranda roof.At the beginning of Xia, he didn't have the ability to be as light as a swallow, so he had to sit on the roof first, then use his feet to stabilize the tiles on the roof of the veranda, and slide himself down.

From the corridor to the roof, from the roof to the corridor, the feeling of climbing mountains and mountains in early summer.She was already a little nervous about doing the work on the beam, and her clothes were long and she walked in a hurry. When she was about to reach the main courtyard, her forehead was already sweating a little.She squatted on the roof looking at Su Zhen, and smiled helplessly: "Compared to you, I think I'm really clumsy."

Su Zhen jumped down, turned around, and stretched out his hand to Xia Chu very naturally, "This is it."

Xia Chu looked at his hand and hesitated for a moment, then put it in his hand, and jumped onto the veranda with his strength.

What's the matter!Who does modern people not shake hands with when they meet?Go climbing with friends, who is not allowed to give a hand?Xia Chu secretly said to himself, intentionally ignoring the temperature of Su Zhen's palm, ignoring the strength of his fingers, ignoring that strange feeling.

Don't think too much, really don't think too much.

The houses in the main courtyard are all dark, only two wind lanterns are hung at the courtyard gate.Xia Chu and Su Zhen climbed over the roof and looked into the side courtyard. The lights in the room in the side courtyard are actually on.But before the two of them stood still, they heard a sound of barking from inside the room.

Xia Chu and Su Zhen looked at each other, feeling bad.

Just thinking about it, the dog in the front yard also barked, and quickly joined together.

(End of this chapter)