Yuan Xudong and Zhao Pan'er looked at each other, both filled with emotion. Under the bright candlelight, the shadows of the two people gradually got closer and closer. Just when they were about to kiss, a black shadow floated over, and Zhao Pan'er moved toward her with excitement.
After it bounced off, she exclaimed in a low voice:
"Hat-Goblin!"
"Hats?"
Yuan Xudong was startled. He followed Zhao Pan'er's line of sight and saw that it was just a moth flying towards the candle. Under the light of the candle, its shadow looked particularly large, so it frightened Zhao Pan'er.
Yuan Xudong said funnyly:
"You scared me. It was a moth. Where did the hat demon come from?"
Zhao Pan'er was also a little embarrassed. After listening to Ge Zhaodi's startled narration, coupled with the rumors of ghosts and gods in the market, she couldn't help but have some conjectures in her heart. Now she was even more chasing after wind and shadow. She was actually frightened by the shadow of a moth.
Seeing that Yuan Xudong was laughing at her, she couldn't help but change the subject with a blushing face and asked:
"Did you see the Hat Monster just now? Is it a real monster, or is there something fishy?"
Seeing Zhao Paner's cautious look, Yuan Xudong said with a smile:
"There are no demons in the world. People's hearts hide their misfortunes. The hat demon is clearly a man in disguise. He can also use gunpowder. He has excellent qinggong and can fly over walls and walls. The common people don't know the truth and think he can really fly. This has spread to ten people.
It is rumored from ten to one, and with the people hiding behind it adding fuel to the flames, there are rumors that the hat demon is murderous and causing trouble, which is not surprising!"
"Is it possible that such cruelty has something to do with political affairs?"
Zhao Pan'er guessed that due to her special experience as a child, she had a special affection for the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. In her eyes, those officials were either good or bad people, and there were mostly bad people, and all officials were ruthless and cruel.
Yes, he is three points worse than the average gangster.
"Well, do you remember what I told you?"
Yuan Xudong nodded and said:
"Now the ministers in the court are divided into several factions. The officials are weak and sick. The only prince who has been promoted to the king is only twelve years old and cannot supervise the country for the time being. The queen often reviews memorials on behalf of the officials. This has aroused the dissatisfaction of many veterans in the court.
, Taibai appeared a few days ago, and there was another prophecy from the heroine Chang, you should understand now, right?"
Zhao Paner suddenly realized:
"I understand. It is said in the ancient books that the frequent occurrence of monsters means that the monarch has lost his virtue. God is warning him, and the official is a person who believes in Taoism. So this series of prophecies and hat monsters are actually intended to scare the queen.
She repeats what happened to Empress Zetian!"
Yuan Xudong nodded and affirmed:
"That's right, now that the queen has a lot of power, this hat demon is going to the queen. From this, we can infer that it is the work of those sanctimonious Qingliu!"
Zhao Paner asked in a low voice:
"Is it related to the night banquet picture?"
Yuan Xudong looked at Zhao Paner and said:
"Let me tell you a little story. A long time ago, I don't know which dynasty or generation, there was a little lady in a small town. She was naturally beautiful and could sing and dance well. However, because the family was too
He was poor, so he came out early to make a living by playing drums and performing performances everywhere. Maybe it was due to fate. One day, a king came to this small town for hunting. He fell in love with this little lady at a glance and took her into his family.
In the palace, a very respectable and good family background was fabricated for her. Twenty years later, the queen of this king passed away. Because the young lady was deeply loved by the king, she was made the queen.
The young lady became the queen and she should have been very happy. However, things were not perfect back then. Many ministers went to check her details. Finally, they discovered that a painting by a famous artist actually showed the plot of the small town back then.
The governor was holding a spring banquet, and during the spring banquet, the governor invited many of his beloved female musicians to perform, and one of them was the young lady from back then!"
This story sounded familiar. Zhao Pan'er naturally thought of the current Queen Liu E. She looked at Yuan Xudong and said doubtfully:
"There are so many people who look alike in the world today. How can you confirm that she is the young lady based on this painting alone?"
"When this famous artist was painting, he had a habit of playing riddles. He wrote the names of every guest at the spring banquet that day on the clothes pattern and embedded them in the painting!"
"No wonder, when I re-framed this painting, I saw that the lines were very strange!"
Speaking of this, Zhao Paner looked at Yuan Xudong and asked:
"By the way, what did you do to Ouyang Xu? And that night banquet picture, are you coming back?"
"You just remembered to ask me this now?"
Yuan Xudong said with a smile:
"The night banquet picture is with me. As for Ouyang Xu, I sold him to a woman. That woman is far away from the Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xu will never come back in this life!"
"Sold? That's fine. I thought you killed him, but I never dared to ask you!"
After giving Yuan Xudong a blank look, Zhao Pan'er held her chin with both hands, looked at the bright moon outside the window and murmured:
"Fan Lang, do you think there are really monsters and gods in this world?"
"Maybe, it depends on what you think. For example, does being able to fly to the moon count you as a god?"
"Of course, forget it. Apart from gods, can mortals fly to the moon?"
"It's not possible now, but it will definitely be possible in the future. Mortals can also go to heaven and sea, comparable to gods!"
"Are you talking nonsense again?"
Looking at Zhao Pan'er who didn't believe it, Yuan Xudong smiled. He held Zhao Pan'er's hand and said with a smile:
"Forget it if you don't believe me. How about we do something happy now?"
"What's going on?"
Looking at Zhao Pan'er with slightly wide-eyed eyes and an innocent face, Yuan Xudong took her into his arms and walked towards her bed. Thanks to the pills he refined, otherwise, Yuan Xudong would really have more than enough to do.
insufficient.
It was a romantic night.
The next morning, Yuan Xudong and Zhao Pan'er woke up early. He kissed Zhao Pan'er's lips, and Zhao Pan'er kissed him back warmly and actively, lingering for a long time.
After more than an hour of lingering sadness, Zhao Pan'er finally left the room with a happy face, and went to the tea house to open the business with Sun Sanniang and others.
At this time, Yuan Xudong was still lying on the bed and resting. He began to feel that his state was not right. Rouwen Township was indeed the Tomb of Heroes. Even a man of steel could not compete with Zhao Pan'er and others' finger-twisting. It seemed that he wanted to collect some precious
Now that I have the medicinal materials, I can refine the elixir and reach the state where I can control three thousand people in one night and soar in the day as soon as possible.
By the time Zhao Pan'er and others arrived at the Half-faced Teahouse, there was already a long queue outside the teahouse, and Du Changfeng was among them. This time he tied the crystal cinnamon to his wrist with a rope, the purpose of which was to
You need to see clearly how stunning the tea shop owners are.
When Yuan Tuntian and others saw Du Changfeng holding a crystal, they all teased him that he was not here to drink tea, but to see the beauties. Du Changfeng was quite embarrassed. After entering the tea house, Du Changfeng couldn't wait to find the beauty.
He walked into an elegant seat and knocked the silver bell on the table with the folding fan in his hand.
With a crisp and pleasant ringtone, Sun Sanniang walked over. She was about to ask the guest what he wanted, when she saw that it was Ouyang Xu's good friend Du Changfeng, and she suddenly said angrily:
"It's you!"
At this time, Du Changfeng had not yet put on the crystal necklace. He could only look at Sun Sanniang vaguely and said with a smile:
“Have a pot of Jian tea!”
Seeing Du Changfeng, Sun Sanniang couldn't help but think of the past. This bastard in front of her could make people angry to death with her words.
Seeing Sun Sanniang standing there, Du Changfeng thought she didn't hear clearly, so he smiled again and said:
"Jiancha!"
Hearing Du Changfeng's voice, Sun Sanniang came back to her senses. The Du Changfeng in front of her overlapped with the previous bastard thing. When she heard him talking about building tea, Sun Sanniang blurted out:
"Who are you calling cheap?"
At this time, Du Changfeng also felt that something was wrong. The tone of Sun Sanniang's words gave him a very bad feeling.
He picked up the crystal from his chest and put it on, and immediately saw Sun Sanniang's face clearly.
"It's you, why is it you?"
Du Changfeng stood up in shock and said:
"Are you Sanniang?"
"Huh, I'm Sanniang, what's wrong?"
"You, why are you here?"
"You're talking nonsense, I'm not here, what are you doing here? You opened this store?"
Hearing Sun Sanniang say this, Du Changfeng pointed at her in disbelief and said:
"You opened this store?"
"Come out!"
Seeing Du Changfeng, Sun Sanniang felt angry, so she dragged him out and said angrily:
"Let me tell you, we don't welcome you here, and we don't want to see your stinky face!"
"Who do you think wants to come?"
Sun Sanniang couldn't stand Du Changfeng's pedantry, and Du Changfeng couldn't stand Sun Sanniang's vigor either. He retorted:
"Who wants to come to a shop run by a heartless woman like you? Ouyang Xu is such a good person. He is obviously a prostitute, but he was humiliated for no reason by you. His clothes were stripped and thrown at the door of Yihongyuan. Now it's even worse.
His whereabouts are unknown, and it’s all the fault of you guys!”
"This means evil will be punished, and he deserves it!"
Sun Sanniang said with a happy face.
"you"
Seeing that Sun Sanniang not only did not repent, but also gloated in front of Ouyang Xu's closest relatives and friends, Du Changfeng couldn't help but said angrily:
"Just wait for me. I'll go in and tell them about you throwing me into the water. Let's see who dares to come to this shabby shop of yours!"
Seeing that Du Changfeng dared to threaten the business of his own store, Sun Sanniang snorted coldly and threatened him too:
"You dare to say it. Do you think I don't dare to say it? If the gentlemen inside knew all the bad things you and Ouyang Xu did to us, what do you think they would think of you? It's a shame.
Stop one's wife and remarry, change one's wife after getting rich, commit adultery, what else is there?"
"There are also collaborating, being friends with each other, and sharing the same odor with each other!"
At this time, Ge Zhaodi walked out of the tea house and added, Sun Sanniang turned around and looked at her and smiled:
"well said!"
Seeing Sun Sanniang and Ge Zhaodi singing harmoniously, Du Changfeng was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he couldn't do anything to them. He could only point at them and cursed:
"Shrew, shrew!"
"Are you still staying here and not leaving?"
Sun Sanniang stared at Du Changfeng and threatened:
"If you don't leave now, believe it or not, I will throw you into the river again?"
"What do you want to do?"
Seeing that Sun Sanniang was still trying to throw herself into the river, Du Changfeng was so frightened that he hugged the pillar of the half-hidden tea house and refused to let go. If Sun Sanniang was only threatening him verbally, Ge Zhaodi was holding a sharp knife.
The knife slowly approached Du Changfeng, and finally cut a strip of cloth on Du Changfeng's sleeve. Du Changfeng was so frightened that he ran away screaming.
Seeing Ge Zhaodi cutting off Du Changfeng's clothes with a knife, Sun Sanniang frowned slightly and asked:
"Ge Zhaodi, what are you doing?"
"Sister Sanniang, didn't Sister Pan'er say that?"
Ge Zhaodi said with a wide-eyed smile:
"Recently, when there is a Hat Monster incident, a few watchdogs will be brought to the house. Then I will take this piece of clothing and give it to the dogs to have a good smell, so that they will remember the smell. If he dares to make trouble again later,
If so, he is good-looking!"
"You are a girl, why are you so awesome?"
After rolling her eyes at Ge Zhaodi, who was even more powerful than herself, Sun Sanniang turned around and went back to the shop to continue making her fruit.
At noon, there were far fewer customers in the shop. Ge Zhaodi took a break from her busy schedule and ran outside the teahouse to buy a candy bar. After returning to the teahouse, she showed off to Sun Sanniang, who was kneading dough to make tea fruit:
"Sister Sanniang, this is the candy I bought. It's so sweet. Do you want to eat it?"
Seeing the candy man, Sun Sanniang couldn't help but her eyes turned red. She continued kneading the dough and forced a smile:
"I won't eat it. You can eat what this kid eats!"
"All right!"
Seeing that Sun Sanniang refused to eat, Ge Zhaodi licked the candy man and skipped out of the kitchen. Seeing her looking so happy, Sun Sanniang couldn't help but think of her son Fu Zifang. He also liked to eat candy men. Every time he ate a candy man,
, will be as happy as Ge Zhaodi, jumping up and down.
After thinking about it, Sun Sanniang started to cry, and the tears rolled down her face into the flour. Zhao Pan'er saw her, walked over, patted her gently, and asked softly:
"Are you thinking about Zifang again?"
"Um!"
In front of Zhao Pan'er, Sun Sanniang didn't need to cover up, she cried and said:
"Zifang has been unable to walk since he was a child since he saw the candy man. We have been in Tokyo for so long, and we don't know if this little enemy is living well with his father. He is growing up so fast, and we don't know how well he is doing.
Did my aunt, who is closer than my own mother, make him new clothes?"
Seeing Sun Sanniang crying sadly, Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but comfort her and said:
"He is still young and ignorant. When he grows up, he will know that he is wrong. Otherwise, I will send someone to pick him up and let him study hard. Your phoenix crown and harem will definitely be indispensable!
"
"I'll lend you some good words!"
Sun Sanniang forced a smile and said:
"But every time I think about his face when he disowns me as his mother in public, I feel panicked in my heart!"
Knowing that Sun Sanniang was heartbroken by her son Fu Zifang, but unable to let go of the love between mother and son, Zhao Pan'er didn't know what to say, and it was difficult for her to speak to Yuan Xudong, so she couldn't let him admit it.
Is this a filial son?
As the sun set in the west, Zhao Pan'er and others returned home. They sat under the pavilion in the garden, drinking tea and chatting. From time to time they let out a ring of laughter as clear as silver bells. At this time, Ge Zhaodi came skipping over and said:
"Sister Pan'er, there is an elder sister outside looking for you and saying that she is here to give a thank-you gift to her girl!"
Zhao Pan'er knew that it must be the young lady who borrowed her skirt that day, so she asked Ge Zhaodi to invite them in, and it turned out to be true.
The servants of the Gao Mansion placed the thank-you gifts that Gao Hui wanted to give to Zhao Pan'er one by one on the table under the pavilion. The leading maid offered the dress that Zhao Pan'er lent to Gao Hui a few days ago with both hands and said:
"My girl wanted to come over in person to say thank you, but it's been inconvenient recently, so I had to send my slave over. These are the clothes I borrowed from you last time. They have been washed and ironed. In addition, there are some small gifts!"
"Oh, this, how can this be so embarrassing?"
Zhao Pan'er took the gift list and looked at it. With so many expensive gifts, she just borrowed an ordinary piece of clothing, so she refused:
"This is too precious. It's just a small effort for me. How can I afford such a heavy gift?"
"Just keep it!"
The maid in the Gao Mansion said a little proudly:
"Others may think this gift is valuable, but to our Gao family, it really is nothing!"
"Gao family?"
Zhao Paner was slightly stunned and said:
"Isn't it the Gao Observer's house?"
Hearing this, the maid was surprised and said:
"How did the little lady guess it?"
Zhao Paner smiled slightly and said:
"In the entire city of Tokyo, there is no other Gao family with such grandeur!"
"Thank you, Mrs. Zhao!"
Seeing Zhao Paner complimenting the Gao family so much, the maid was also very happy and said:
"The gift has been delivered, please take your leave!"
"Okay, walk slowly!"
Ge Zhaodi sent the servants of Gaofu out of the courtyard. After they left, Sun Sanniang looked at Zhao Pan'er and said in surprise:
"So, the lady who borrowed the dress last time was Gao Hui?"
Song Yinzhang didn't know that Gao Hui had come to his house to borrow a dress, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Has Gao Hui been at home?"
"Well, the Gao family only has one daughter. She should be Gao Hui!"
Zhao Pan'er murmured, she was still thinking about the scene when she met Gao Hui that day. No matter how she looked at it, Gao Hui seemed like a virtuous and virtuous little lady. She called her "sister" so affectionately that she felt so affectionate.
The eldest lady from the official family was completely different from what I had originally guessed. She was such a gentle and virtuous young lady. No wonder Yuan Xudong liked her so much.
As for her future sister-to-be, Zhao Paner still likes her quite a lot. Ouyang Xu is Ouyang Xu and Gao Hui is Gao Hui. She will not vent her anger on Gao Hui because of others. Her first impression of Gao Hui is quite good.
They divided the gifts from Gao Hui and left one of them with Zhang Haohao in the garden next door. They chatted for a while and then left.
Zhao Pan'er went to find Yuan Xudong. At this moment, he must be studying his elixirs in the alchemy room. Sun Sanniang went to the kitchen to study her cooking skills. Song Yinzhang went to Zhang Haohao's place next door to study music with her. Ge Zhaodi went to the kitchen to study her cooking skills.
Mingle with the maids in the house, walk the dogs and feed the cats, fight with crickets, etc. These are all her specialties, and she is very happy.