pretty lady in disguise

Chapter 44

There are many people who stop to watch the excitement on the street, pushing and shoving, no one wants to let the place go.But Xiao Ren was dressed in fancy clothes, and there was a young man to clear the way. The passers-by were dissatisfied and turned their heads after being patted on the shoulder.

Xiao Ren walked over leisurely, wanting to see which girl He Fengnian was bullying and how she knew him.Just now he was far away and only saw He Fengnian standing out from the crowd when the crowd was moving. Now he was in the middle of the crowd, only to find a familiar little nun standing behind Dangui, and instantly understood Dangui's identity.

He casually met A Yu's eyes, then smiled and greeted He Fengnian: "Hey, isn't this He Liu? You dare to walk on the street. What's the matter, your foot is healed?" While speaking Putting away the folding fan, it seemed to tap He Fengnian's shoulder lightly, but only He Fengnian knew how hard it was.

He Fengnian slapped his fan with a cold face.

If you want to say who he hates the most, Zhan Huaichun ranks first, and Xiao Ren ranks second.The three were of the same age, and they were all top-notch handsome men in the county. They were compared together since they were young, but one of them was richer than him and the other was more powerful than him. When others mentioned him, he was always ranked last.The family wealth and power are not comparable, He Fengnian strives to make himself better, his appearance is slightly inferior to Zhan Huaichun but not inferior to Xiao Ren, the rest is talent and learning.

Zhan and Xiao don't like to study, He Fengnian studied hard to be a scholar, never thought that that year Zhan Huaichun and Xiao Ren also went to the academy examination, and both of them were on the list, and then asked him if he wanted to take the Juren examination again, saying that if he took the examination for them both, it would be fine I am sincerely convinced.He Fengnian would not go to the exam for some kind of troublemaker just out of anger, but recruit people to play cuju instead.Nowadays, Cuju is very popular in Shengshang, and Cuju is very popular in various prefectures and counties. The county also holds a Cuju competition every spring, with several big merchants taking the lead.

Well, he is full of ambition, Zhan Huaichun and Xiao Ren are here to join in the fun again, the most annoying thing is that Zhan Huaichun is good at kung fu, as long as he plays, he will definitely win the championship, causing the surrounding ladies to see no one else, even his family The few sisters in the house all talked about Zhan Huaichun's goodness, and wished to marry him.He Fengnian gritted his teeth and endured it until this year, when he was destined to lose for three years in a row, he finally couldn't take it anymore. He deliberately tried to hurt Zhan Huaichun in the last match. As a result, Zhan Huaichun was fine, but he hurt his foot. Kicked by Zhan Huaichun.

Facing Xiao Ren at this moment, He Fengnian knew that he could no longer take advantage of it today, so he took one last look at A Yu and left with a livid face.

"He Liu, what do you mean? Why do you leave as soon as I come? It's not a mouse seeing a cat! Oh, are you afraid of Zhan Huaichun? Don't be afraid, he is in the capital now, but he will be back soon , when the time comes, I will tell him what happened today, you'd better stay at home obediently and don't go out, otherwise if he hits you again, it won't be as simple as spraining your ankle!" Xiao Ren still didn't let him go, and looked at his back kindly Reminding, provoked a burst of laughter around.

He Fengnian gritted his teeth, but never looked back.If it was Zhan Huaichun, he could still scold a few words, but Xiao Ren's father is the county magistrate, so he couldn't offend Xiao Ren openly, and his elders would know that there would be no good fruit for him.

He walked faster and faster, and soon disappeared.

Xiao Ren shook his fan and smiled, as if he had already seen the next scene.

"Thank you, Young Master Xiao, for taking the initiative to teach the wicked people. If they hadn't met you, the servants would not know what to do." Dangui thanked gratefully.

Xiao Ren turned around, glanced at Dangui, and quickly moved his eyes to Ayu. Seeing that Ayu's clothes were much worse than last time, he was surprised and wanted to ask, but this was obviously not the place to talk, so he said, "By the way My friendship with your young master, if he bullies you, he is going against me, of course I have to deal with him. Why, you two come out to buy things?"

Dangui looked at Ayu upon hearing the words, Ayu nodded, and said a little embarrassedly: "I bought a pair of earrings."

Xiao Ren couldn't help looking at her ears, the earlobe was white and powdery, and there were indeed two jujube thorns on it.Looking at the jewelry shop next to him, Xiao Ren was puzzled.Did he really misunderstand Zhan Huaichun?If Zhan Huaichun was interested in this maid, he must have bought her something long ago. Now that Ayu's clothes have changed back to ordinary maids, Zhan Huaichun didn't take her with him when he went out. After two months of leaving, it doesn't seem like he has other thoughts...

"Then do you still buy other things?" Xiao Ren asked casually as the sun was setting in the sky.

Ayu originally wanted to buy food and share it with Dangui Danxia, ​​but now he has no thoughts, so he and Dangui exchanged glances and shook their heads at the same time.

When Xiao Ren saw it, he said, "I happen to be going to the Zhan Mansion, so you two should follow me." The little maid looks extraordinary, and after leaving He Fengnian, there may be other bullies, so he is not at ease.

The second daughter couldn't ask for more.

There were many people on the street, Xiao Ren led the two girls a few steps, and did not turn around to talk to them.After leaving the main street, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, Xiao Ren slowly retreated to A Yu's side, and asked her with a smile: "Your young master is not at home, what have you been doing lately?"

Ayu turned to look at him.This man was wearing a bamboo green round collar robe, his face was not as amazingly beautiful as Zhan Huaichun, but he was also a rare handsome man, and Xiao Ren smiled happily, the kind who was very leisurely and easy-going, easy to get close to.A Yu still remembers the first time they ran into the two at the gate of the nunnery, Zhan Huaichun looked at her and she was scared, and it was only because of Xiao Ren's reassurance that Zhan Huaichun didn't scare her away.

"Get up early to clean up the house, and go to the young master's study to read after finishing the errands." She looked back and answered.The setting sun shone from behind, stretching the shadows of the four of them very long.Dangui walked on her left, the longest one on the right was Xiao Ren's, and the one on Xiao Ren's side was his servant's.There are so many trees on the mountain that it is difficult to see such a long shadow.

"Reading..." Xiao Ren repeated it lightly, and suddenly remembered the few good books he gave Zhan Huaichun last time.At that time, he placed it directly on the most conspicuous position on the bookshelf, because the book cover was a serious Confucian classic, and he wanted to surprise Zhan Huaichun so he didn't tell him.

Glancing secretly at A Yu's quiet side face, Xiao Ren couldn't hold back, and asked in a low voice: "I remember there are three "Spring and Autumn" books in the middle of your young master's bookshelf, have you read them?" Girls don't even like to read them. She had never read this kind of book, so he could tell her not to read it right away.

age?

Ayu turned her head to look at him, her eyes were a little dazed, the moment her eyes met, she suddenly remembered, "Spring and Autumn", she had flipped through it, just looking at the title of the book, she thought it was about the scenery of Spring and Autumn. Open inside but...

A Yu's face turned red all of a sudden, and she quickly lowered her head: "No, I haven't read it, I just took the book from the side." When she opened it, she saw pictures inside. Discover what the men and women in the paintings are doing.Seeing it clearly, the shyness of the sisters and maids in the story when they broke up suddenly came to her heart, and she hurriedly put it back.

His face was so red, it's strange if he hadn't seen it!
Xiao Ren was also very uncomfortable. Don't open your eyes to look at the blooming roses on the wall of the courtyard next to her, and followed her words: "I haven't seen it before. It's your young master... He got it with great difficulty, so he won't give it to others easily." Look, I want to see that he won't let me touch it, and I don't know what it's talking about. Well, don't read it curiously, lest he come back and get angry." It's important to resolve the embarrassment. As for Zhan Huaichun, he won't know about it anyway. of.

"Well, I won't read it." A Yu replied in a low voice.No wonder Zhan Huaichun didn't show that kind of book to others.

Although they didn't talk about it, the two of them had their own embarrassment in their hearts, and they gradually stopped talking.

When he reached the street where the Zhan Mansion was located, Xiao Ren suddenly stopped in his tracks, and knocked his head with a fan angrily: "Look at my memory, I forgot to bring my things here. You guys go back to the mansion, I'll see you someday." Come visit your young master again." After speaking, he led the servant and turned to leave.

The two servant girls turned their heads and watched him off together, watching him drift away in the brilliant sunlight, idly turning the folding fan in their hands, flirting unrestrainedly.

"Master Xiao is so kind to you." Dangui looked at Ayu with a smile: "Both our young master and young master Xiao are afraid of the young master, and now that the young master is not at home, it is even more impossible for young master Xiao to take the initiative to approach the young master, so he did it on purpose just now. The one who escorted us back is all for you."

"For me? Didn't we both give it away?" A Yu didn't understand, and looked at Xiao Ren's back again, just as Xiao Ren was about to turn over there, and for some reason, he also looked back.The distance was too far, and Ah Yu couldn't see the expression on the man's face clearly, but felt that his footsteps suddenly became faster and disappeared behind the courtyard wall.

Everyone left, Dangui pushed Ayu's shoulders to the side door of Zhanfu, and whispered in her ear: "You don't understand, Young Master Xiao doesn't know me, look at just now, he only followed me along the way. You're talking. With his status, he can only be so considerate if he really cares, otherwise, even if I am a servant girl of the Zhan family, he will at most help me out of trouble, and he will never condescend to send me back home."

Is that right?

A Yu thought about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case.

for her……

Ayu's heartbeat suddenly became unstable.In the story, once my sister went home to visit relatives, and it was already dark when she was going back to the mansion. The tenant farmer sent her back. Such a considerate man.

Does Xiao Ren like her?
Probably not, she is just a little maid, he is the young master of the magistrate's family, in terms of status, he is higher than Zhan Huaichun.

Ayu shook his head, put away his wild thoughts, and hurried back to Zhanfu with Dangui.

But this night, Ah Yu had a dream. She dreamed that Xiao Ren was standing at the gate of the nunnery, intimately helping the girl in the red dress next to her, and calling her lady softly.And the girl in the red dress is, it's her...

In the dream, she knelt with him in front of the Buddha statue and made a sincere wish.Ayu couldn't remember what wish he made.

Waking up in the morning, thinking of the scene in the dream, Ah Yu's face became hot.Xiao Ren just sent her off once, why did she have such a dream?How strange.

Because of this absurd dream, Ah Yu spent the whole day in a state of disorientation. Before going to bed at night, she recited scriptures for a quarter of an hour longer than usual, so this time she had no dreams and slept very soundly.Ayu breathed a sigh of relief, she is still used to the ordinary life of a maid now, and she doesn't want to worry about such complicated things.

With peace of mind, Ah Yu continued to live as before, looking in the mirror in the morning, touching her hair, looking at the earrings, and then doing homework and reading, day after day.

One day, Ah Yu was reading a book in the study when Chang An's voice suddenly came from outside.Ayu doubted her ears a little, put down the book, and indeed heard Chang An calling her.

A Yu hurried out and saw Chang An standing in front of her door facing the upper room from a distance. She was about to call him when a figure suddenly walked out of the door next to him and shouted directly at Chang An: "Go to the servant's room." Look! After two months away, I think she has forgotten that I am the master!"

He was so angry that Ah Yu took a step back in fright.

When Zhan Huaichun heard the movement, he turned around suspiciously.The four eyes met, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously, but immediately he squeezed it tightly again, his long eyebrows became more and more frowned, and he strode towards A Yu: "Why are you dressed like this?" The elder brother ordered her to change it ?

He stopped in front of her, A Yu had to look up at him.The man became darker and thinner, and his sullen expression made people panic even more.

(End of this chapter)