Being forced like this, Chong'er had to muster up the courage to step forward and face him, "Nao Nuo. Please tell me, is Mr. Ashheng in your mansion?"
Within a few days after arriving, he wanted to find Yu Qing, but when he went to the Liezhou Guild Hall to ask, he found out that Yu Qing was like his son-in-law and had already moved out. He asked the people at the Liezhou Guild Hall for his address, but they were too lazy to answer.
He was such a servant, so he was sent away on the grounds that it was not appropriate to reveal the candidate's residence.
Of course he knew that this was not a secret, but that the guild hall officials disdained it because of his low status.
As a servant, you have seen this kind of scene a lot, and you understand it.
He had no choice but to return to Cao Mansion.
Waiting until two days ago, the Cao Mansion paid the salary to the servant, including him, and gave him preferential treatment compared to other servants, with the intention of rewarding him.
After he had some money on hand, he found an opportunity to go out yesterday and went to the Liezhou Guild Hall again. He took the money and gave it to the guild hall official, and then he got Yu Qing's address in Zhongfu.
In fact, in addition to providing him with food and accommodation, the Xu family also gave him some money every month. Although it was not much, he saved some money by saving it, which was about half a tael of silver. He hid it in his luggage when he went to Beijing.
If he lost it, the little money he had saved would be gone.
After getting Yu Qing's address, he inquired about it and found that it was a long way away. He still had daily work to do at Xu Fei's place, and he didn't have enough time, so he had to go back first.
Until today, he hurriedly finished his work in the morning. After having lunch, he asked Xu Fei for a leave. Only after Xu Fei allowed him a whole afternoon did he have enough time to walk all the way to the gate of Zhongfu.
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When the concierge heard that he was looking for Ashheng, the caretaker immediately relaxed his attitude. He stood on the steps and asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking for Mr. Grandpa?"
As soon as Chong'er heard this, he knew that the officials at the Lizhou Guild Hall had not deceived him. Master Shi Heng indeed lived here, so he immediately made an excuse and said: "I am the scholar of Master Xu Fei's friend, and I accompanied him all the way to Beijing to take the exam.
My Mr. Xu asked me to bring something to Mr. Grandpa, can you let me know?"
Hearing that this was the case, the concierge didn't dare to be negligent. He slightly cupped his hands and said, "Wait a moment." He turned around and walked away quickly.
Yu Qing, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating in the house, was awakened by the call of "Grandpa" outside the yard.
After finishing his work, he stood up and took the scroll in his hand before opening the door and going out.
This afternoon happened to be the next day for Mr. Ming. Even though he was the only one in the small courtyard, he still used the excuse of An Xin Wen Shu to not be easily disturbed.
The servant who was afraid to come in outside the door saw him showing up, so he trotted over and said respectfully: "Master, there is a book boy outside who claims to be your friend Mr. Xu, and he said that Mr. Xu asked him to bring something to you.
Do you want to see me?"
Xu Fei? Yu Qing's eyes suddenly lit up. What else could Xu Fei ask someone to bring? His first thought was to pay back the money, and he immediately said with joy: "Please come quickly."
"Okay." The servant nodded and hurried away.
Yu Qing, who held a scroll behind his hands and was full of anticipation, walked back and forth under the eaves, looking a bit like a scholar.
Not long after, the servant led Chong'er and appeared outside the courtyard gate.
Yu Qing, who was under the eaves, laughed and waved, "Chong'er, here."
Chong'er's eyes lit up, and he lost all restraint in an instant. He left the servant who was leading the way and ran away happily. He ran to the eaves of the corridor and bowed, "Master Shiheng."
Yu Qing waved the book in his hand and said, "Let's go, make tea and drink."
"Yeah." Chong'er, who was smiling brightly, nodded vigorously.
Yu Qing entered the study with his hands behind his back, and Chong'er ran up the steps to follow him. He entered the room and looked at the environment of the study, becoming more and more surprised.
When they first met, Xu Fei concluded with him that Yu Qing was from a poor family. Now that he looked at it this way, he knew that the man from this wealthy family was no less generous than the Cao Mansion!
Earlier, I didn't notice that Mr. Shi Heng had good martial arts skills, but now I realized that I had misjudged him again. Chong'er felt that Mr. Shi Heng was really low-key!
Yu Qing sat behind the desk, threw the book in his hand on the desk, and pointed at the metal can.
As soon as Chong'er saw the jar, he immediately knew the way. He walked quickly to rinse the teapot with water, filled up the water, unscrewed the metal jar, and pulled out the hanging fire cricket.
Big head, we meet again."
Yu Qing took the folding fan, pulled it open, put his feet on the desk, leaned on the back of the chair and shook the paper fan gently.
Chong'er looked up and said, "Sir, are you still obedient these days?"
Yu Qing chuckled and said, "It's not bad. As long as it's fed on time, it's quite honest."
So the insect skillfully sank the fire cricket into the water of the teapot.
The teapot soon began to steam.
Chong'er picked up the fire cricket and rinsed it in boiling water, then poured out the water, collected clean water, and then sank the fire cricket into the teapot water. After the water boiled, he took out the fire cricket and threw it into the metal jar, twisting it
Lid the jar, then grab a handful of tea leaves from the tea jar and soak them in boiling water.
The movements from beginning to end are smooth and smooth, and the method of boiling water with fire crickets to make tea is not inconsistent at all.
There is no way, in fact, on the way to Beijing, most of the time it was Chong'er who did this, and his techniques must be more skillful than Yu Qing's.
Chong'er gave the first cup of fragrant tea to Yu Qing with both hands. At Yu Qing's signal, he placed it on the desk. He turned around and sat next to the tea set, holding a cup and taking a small sip. He looked up and found Yu Qing staring at him with a smile, so he returned the favor.
Liwu smiled slightly.
Yu Qing thought that he knew Chong'er well after this journey. Chong'er never procrastinated when something happened, so he was not in a hurry to 'collect debts'. However, there seemed to be something unusual about Chong'er this time. He took a small sip of tea.
He sucked for nearly half of it, but he still didn't open his mouth to get to the point. Yu Qing couldn't hold himself any longer, and he laughed and said: "Chong'er, I heard from the servants in the mansion that you said that Xu Fei asked you to bring something to me.
Take it out for me first, and it won’t be too late to drink the tea later.”
Chong'er was obedient and slowly put down the tea cup, but his expression became obviously uneasy, and his fingers were tangled under the table uneasily.
What's going on? Yu Qing put down his feet on the desk, sat down and asked, "What's wrong, Chong'er? Where's the thing? Don't tell me that I dropped it."
Chong'er immediately shook his head, obviously troubled, but finally took a deep breath, stood up bravely, walked to the desk, took out a folded note from his sleeve and handed it to Yu Qing.
Yu Qing stared at the note with suspicion on his face. It was not a bank note. Even with his eyes closed, he could tell that it was not a monthly pass. He didn't know what this kid Chong'er was up to, so he slowly took it into his hand and took a look.
I opened the note and took a look, and found that there were a few lines written on it, and I muttered a few times, "The national scholar is blessed by the divine grace and is destined to be destined..." He quickly glanced at the content below, and he was confused and didn't know what it was about.
, raised his head again and asked: "Chong'er, what is this?"
Chong'er's silver teeth almost bit his lip before he struggled to reveal the truth, "It's a question from this exam."
"Test questions? What are the test questions? Uh..." Yu Qing's eyes widened and he asked again: "What did you say?"
So Chong'er repeated it again with difficulty, the fear in his heart was hard to express.
Yu Qing couldn't sit still. No matter how he understood, he knew the nature of the exam questions being leaked in advance. Moreover, he had been in contact with Mr. Ming, a very knowledgeable person, for less than half a month, and he understood some things that even the examiner who set the questions didn't.
Once it's settled, where did the test questions come from?
He put away the fan in his hand and stood up. The fan lifted up Chong'er's drooped chin and looked at her, "Chong'er, do you know what you are talking about?"
Chong'er looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
In fact, he himself couldn't fully understand why he would do such a thing. This time, he really acted based on his feelings.
Yu Qing tapped Chong'er's shoulder again with the fan in his hand, and asked suspiciously: "Xu Fei asked you to give me this thing?"
Chong'er shook his head and told the truth, "I am a servant, and the concierge of the Zhong Mansion would not let me in easily, so I had to use my young master as an excuse. The test questions... I stole the test questions from my young master's study."
Stolen? Yu Qing's mind was full of doubts, and he asked: "How do you know these are exam questions for the national exam? How come there are exam questions for the national exam in Xu Fei's study?"
Zhong'er lowered his head again, not knowing how to answer. He felt that he had done something wrong, but he couldn't help but act on his own feelings.
Yu Qing saw something was wrong from his reaction, sat back on the chair, waited patiently, and said calmly, "Chong'er, this matter is not trivial. If you don't tell me clearly, then I can only take you away."
Sent to official."
He tried to test him with words first, but he didn't say any more serious threatening words.
Chong'er stared at him blankly, her eyes red, and big tears rolled down her cheeks one by one.
"Uh..." Yu Qing was at a loss because of his sudden commotion. He opened his fan and fanned his face, "Stop, stop, why are you crying like a grown man?"
Zhong'er didn't follow his lead and told the truth directly.
"That day I was mopping the floor behind the bookshelf in the study, and my uncle and my young master suddenly entered the study. The young master should have seen me bringing water into the study to clean. I didn't expect that the young master would discuss confidential matters with my uncle in the study...
"
After going through that incomprehensible babble, Chong'er's face was filled with tears at the end, choked with sobs, and she kept wiping her tears with her sleeves raised.
Yu Qing probably understood that Xu Fei's uncle had hooked up with a big shot in the capital, and in order to facilitate his nephew's future, he used his connections to get exam questions.
He was quite shocked when he heard this. He didn't even know who the person who asked the questions was, but he could actually know the test questions. He didn't expect that some people could play like this. He really overestimated the integrity of some people.
But he didn't understand again, so he fanned Chong'er's face, which kept wiping tears, "Stop crying. Chong'er, let me ask you, why did you tell me this and why did you give me the test questions?" He was a little confused.
Got it!
Chong'er looked at him with tears in her eyes, "Young master saved Chong'er's life several times along the way. Chong'er is just a servant. He can't do anything and has no ability. I don't know how to repay the young master for saving his life..." said
He slowly squatted on the ground, hugging his knees and sobbing, crying sadly, as if he knew that he had done a huge wrong, and finally cried heartbreakingly, choking up and sobbing intermittently, "Chong'er, I'm sorry Xu,
Family, Chong'er will repay you by working as a cow and a horse for the Xu family in this life."
Feeling terrible about crying? Yu Qing had a toothache. It turned out to be the so-called repayment of life-saving kindness. He scratched his head. Didn't this kid know that it was Xu Fei who agreed to pay and he protected the two of them and brought them out?
Into the demon world?
Xu Fei didn't tell Chong'er? Yu Qing was a little worried now. He was worried that Xu Fei didn't tell this because he didn't want too many people to know about the money he owed and wanted to blame him?