It is said that the Liu family sent someone to Lixiangyuan early in the morning to ask Jia Cong to hand over Liu Si. Jia Cong nodded his nose and asked: "Do you think I can kidnap him with my ideas and skills?"
The man from the Liu family said coldly: "Don't tell lies in front of real people. The fourth child ran away at night the day before yesterday. If Mr. Jia didn't hide him, please tell me where he is."
Jia Cong frowned: "Brother Liu, can you make it clearer? I'm clueless and I can't understand. What do you mean by sneaking away? Is he in jail?"
While he was talking, Chen Ruijin came over and said, "I've already guessed something about this. Jia Cong doesn't know anything." He looked at Jia Cong and said, "Why don't you go to the Hanlin Academy?"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Do I dare to walk in this posture?"
Chen Ruijin sighed softly and said to the Liu family: "Fourth Master Liu really came to see me."
Jia Cong blinked: "Huh?"
Chen Ruijin turned his head and looked at Jia Cong: "The morning before yesterday, you said that you seemed to hear a strange whistle in your dream. That was Fourth Master Liu giving me the code."
"Why is he looking for you?"
"He asked me to take care of his daughter." Chen Ruijin said, "He didn't tell me, but I didn't even think that the girl was his. Looking back, I see that the facial features are somewhat similar. Besides, I was the one who caused that incident."
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Chen Ruijin said: "When it comes to this matter, it is first of all the fault of Mr. Liu. He has a sweetheart who raised a daughter for him. Now he just pretends that she was left by her ex-husband and married another coolie with her daughter.
Life was difficult; the Liu family was not short of money, but I didn't see him doing anything to help me. His sweetheart was good at arranging flowers, so I met her by chance and ordered something from her. Maybe I didn't pay attention to what I was wearing that day, and I showed off my wealth.
The sharp-eyed idlers nearby saw it and spread the word, and some ruffians came to her door every day looking for trouble and asking for money."
Jia Cong frowned and said, "Zhao Cheng won't care about these trivial matters of civilians. Brother Liu didn't try to shock him?"
Chen Ruijin looked at the member of the Liu family and said: "Fourth Master Liu said that the family is not allowed to interfere, so he bothered me to take action."
"What do you mean?" Jia Cong asked, "It's okay for an illegitimate daughter not to enter the family. How can she stand idly by when she is bullied and treated like a father? How can Fourth Brother Liu endure it?"
Chen Ruijin said: "It happened that Brother Huan and his wife came back, so I asked Princess Jian'an to set up the car and drive away. I heard that the ruffians made such a fuss at that time that they even broke the door. The princess finally sent someone to see Zhao Cheng
, and even took Brother Huan’s film, so we can forget about it.”
Jia Cong nodded: "We can suppress Hei. The only way to tell is the official way." He added, "What's the matter with the disappearance of Fourth Brother Liu? He eloped with his sweetheart? What about his wife at home?"
Chen Ruijin said: "He doesn't have a wife."
"Well, he's so old and still doesn't have a wife?" Jia Cong looked at the Liu family member: "In that case, why not take that girl home. You can find any reason for it, she will always be your family's flesh and blood."
The man looked a little strange: "Our family's rules are different from those of ordinary people." He looked sideways at Chen Ruijin, and his eyes no longer had the confidence he had just now.
Chen Ruijin raised his chin: "Since you said he was 'escaping', he also asked me to take care of his daughter. He thought he went to another country to start a career. It would be a pity to let his talents go."
The man from the Liu family said flatly: "Impossible!"
Chen Ruijin said: "You have Liu Hu and Liu Mingqiu in your family. It's not surprising to have another one." Nai smiled and said, "His daughter's name is Liu Mingyi, which is the same as Liu Mingqiu. I didn't expect it to be them at that time.
This girl is so courageous! She is lively and smart, and has a charming and charming personality that makes me want to take her in as my disciple."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Since that's the case, why don't you take her in?"
Chen Ruijin said: "We can't stay in Beijing for long before we have to go back to the south? Their home is in Beijing."
Jia Cong said: "Isn't their family poor? Why don't they just take her and my mother and go with her? We can take care of her when we get to Chengtian Mansion. After all, Fourth Brother Liu is not in the capital either."
Chen Ruijin thought to himself, "I can give it a try."
The two of them discussed by themselves for a long time, and the Liu family member coughed twice. Jia Congnai said: "Ah, Brother Liu, if your family doesn't support that little girl, why not become a disciple of Sister Chen? At least you won't let her.
Bullied by ruffians."
Without waiting for his answer, he heard a "whoosh" sound, and a figure jumped down from the wall, approached him and the three of them saluted: "Second brother, Third brother Cong, Miss Chen." It was Liu Xiaoqi.
"So you are the second child." Jia Cong said with a smile, "Xiao Qi, why are you here?"
Liu Er looked at Liu Xiaoqi: "You came out?"
Liu Xiaoqi said calmly: "My grandfather asked me to do something, so he let me out." He clasped his fists towards Jia Cong again, "I'd like to ask Third Brother Cong to go somewhere with my younger brother."
"where?"
"Your Yihongyuan."
Jia Cong looked at him and then at Liu Er: "That Gao Hanlin's son hasn't been found yet?" Liu Xiaoqi shook his head. Jia Cong pursed his lips, "That's all, it has nothing to do with me anyway." Then he turned to Chen Ruijin and said, "
Then I'll go with Xiao Qi first?"
Chen Ruijin looked him over and over: "Since I'm going to Yihongyuan, do I need to change my clothes?"
"That's right." Jia Cong lowered his head and looked at his half-worn Confucian scholar's robe, "Xiao Qi, just wait for me." Liu Xiaoqi said "hmm". After a while, he changed into crow-green arrow sleeves.
, he called the person below to pull another horse, and he and Liu Xiaoqi got on the horse and left.
Liu Er kept watching the two of them go out. Chen Ruijin said to him: "Jia Cong has left. I have something to tell you." Liu Er nodded.
The two people turned out of Ningrong Street, and Liu Xiaoqi asked: "What is my second brother doing here?"
"Ask me if I know where your fourth brother is. How would I know?"
"You don't even know." Liu Xiaoqi sighed, "I still want to find out. By the way, I ran away from home."
"Ah?" Jia Cong glanced at him, "I support you!"
Liu Xiaoqi raised her eyebrows and smiled brightly: "Let's go to Yihongyuan first, so as not to make my second brother suspicious of you. Fortunately, it's not far away."
Jia Cong hummed: "Following Shi Li, have you stepped on all the flower buildings in Beijing?"
"yes."
The two of them then went to Yihongyuan together and asked the old madam Luo Tainiang to choose a single room. Liu Xiaoqi then talked about what happened. It turned out that Liu Si often went out these days. Mr. Liu became suspicious and asked him.
The fourth editor couldn't come up with a good excuse, so he kept silent. He let the old man interrogate him sternly and dismissed him. The old man was furious, rewarded him with a family trick, and locked him up. Liu Xiaoqi bullied the people who bullied the gambling house in those days.
Wanting to be happy and comfortable, I couldn't help but flirt with Liu Si that night, but who knew Liu Si actually ran away!
Jia Cong asked curiously: "How do you keep people in your house? I've seen your house and there is no cellar or anything like that."
Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "There is no suitable place to lock people up, it's just an ordinary house, and no one is guarding it."
"Ah? Then why can you imprison a master like Brother Liu?"
Liu Xiaoqi took a sip of tea: "Because no one thought that he would dare to run away."
"……All right……"
Liu Xiaoqi continued. Liu Si escaped. Mr. Liu was furious and ordered people to find out what Liu Si had done. Liu Xiaoqi's demolition of the roof was also exposed. But Liu Xiaoqi had been hanging out with Shi Li for so long,
It was no longer a matter of making up a lie. He insisted that he had got the news. Mr. Gao asked an unknown gambling den in the west of the city to arrest him. Mr. Liu asked him why he wanted to demolish the roof of the house. He said: "I don't know where.
He just went around scaring them and never hurt anyone, just to arouse the curiosity of the people behind the scenes." He also made a lot of nonsense. The old man was doubtful and didn't dare to let him out again, so he didn't
After beating him, he was locked up; this time, he was watched.
Liu Xiaoqi's heart has long been wild. After being locked in the room for a day and two nights, she couldn't hold it any longer this morning. Just now someone came to take back the dishes for breakfast, and Liu Xiaoqi lazily chatted with them.
Unprepared, he ran away like a rabbit. He originally wanted to come to Rongguo Mansion to inquire about Liu Si's whereabouts, so that the two brothers could join forces to start a career outside, but they didn't want to bump into Liu Er head-on.
Jia Cong laughed: "Don't worry, your second brother didn't know that you were running away so quickly. Sister Chen will try to trip him up."
Liu Xiaoqi stretched out: "I will stay at Ali's place first. If you have any news from my fourth brother, please let me know."
Jia Cong snorted: "No. You obviously wanted me to push you under your grandfather's nose."
"That can only count you as unlucky."
Jia Cong pinched his cheek and said, "How thick-skinned is he? Let me measure it!" Liu Xiaoqi laughed.
I thought the Liu family would be able to find them soon, but they didn't expect to see the pursuers after they finished their tea, so Jia Cong went to the Hanlin Academy first. Liu Xiaoqi had an extra thought, and asked Luo Tainiang to buy a woman's clothes.
He painted his eyebrows and eyes for a long time, and the painting was uglier than a ghost. Several fans laughed and fell down. In the end, Mother Luo Tai did the makeup for him and praised: "It looks good!" Liu Xiaoqi covered it with a handkerchief.
Liu Xiaoqi smiled at each other, and all the fans laughed again. Luo Tainiang ordered a carriage to come again. She made another high bun herself, and specially stepped on a pair of magpie-head high boots to personally send Liu Xiaoqi to the carriage and sent her away.
A little maid followed. Liu Xiaoqi lowered her head and shrank her shoulders, and walked carefully into the car. Luo Tainiang waved her handkerchief and shouted, "It's so good to serve Miss Qiao'er~~" The little maid simply agreed.
The coachman asked: "May I ask, girl, where are you going?"
Liu Xiaoqi held her throat and recited the address shyly, and then said: "Go to their back door." The carriage driver raised his whip.
Not long after, when they arrived at the place, Liu Xiaoqi did not get out of the car, but ordered the little maid to go and talk to the gatekeeper. She just said that Miss Qiaoer from Yihongyuan wanted to see their second master. The gatekeeper at the back door looked at the little maid with a strange expression.
After a few glances, someone was sent inside. This little maid was specially chosen by Luo Tainiang to accompany Liu Xiaoqi. She was smart and good-looking. While waiting, she started teasing with the two men guarding the door.
After waiting for half a day, five or six women rushed out of the house aggressively, and rushed forward to chase the little maid away. The little maid turned pale with fright, hugged the waist of a disciple and hid behind, shouting for help; the disciple couldn't help but stretched out her hand to stop her.
A group of women shouted angrily at the door: "What are you doing? We are the eldest wife's people!"
Although he didn't dare to offend the eldest lady, he was still a man after all. How could he let the pretty girl behind him face these "dead fish eyes"? He smiled and said: "Aunts, if you have something to say, how can you not say a word?
The one who beats people."
The mother-in-law became even more angry: "Why did you beat her? You despicable little whore, you don't even look at this place! There is no place for you to act wild..."
Before she finished speaking, the little maid started sobbing and cried: "Who is born to want to be a fan... It's just that my family was poor and I sold it... You sold it to a rich family, and I sold it there...
"
Menzi said with even more pity: "Aunts, she is also a miserable person."
The old lady had just flashed a hint of compassion, but she immediately became angry after hearing this. She rushed forward and yelled: "Quick, quick, quick! Your bad fate is a sin you made in your previous life. Do you still have the nerve to cry? Mo
Standing here will dirty the clean space of our house."
The little maid cried and ran out, shouting: "It was clearly ordered by your second master himself, and he also told us girls to go through the back door. Why come here? You can't even make the decision by yourself to invite a fan, and you have to trouble our girls."
What are you doing here?" He wiped his tears with a handkerchief and got into the car. Several women rushed to the car and continued shouting, and the carriage hurried away.
After turning out of the intersection, the driver asked: "Girl, do you want to go back to Yihongyuan?"
"I'm not going." Liu Xiaoqi pinched her throat and said, "Let's go to another house." He gave another address, "Let's go to the back door."
The carriage driver had seen many such things, so he agreed and whipped up his whip before leaving, wandering to the next house. This time the little maid got off the carriage and told the doorman at the back door in a low voice: "Our girl's surname is Ren.
My ancestral home is Heimu Cliff, my nickname is Qiao'er. I met your lady a few days ago, and your lady also blessed our girl's niece, Miss Yingying. I have a little trouble today and I want to ask your lady to help me. I'd like to bother you, brother.
Let us know. If your lady is not willing, we will leave immediately."
Seeing how pitiful this little maid looked, the disciple felt pity in his heart and said, "I can't go back, so I can only pass on a message for you girls."
The little maid's eyes were red, and Wanfu said, "Thank you, brother." Nai wiped away her tears and whispered, "If there was no other choice, who would have the shamelessness to ask for a favor from an official lady whom he had only met once." Menzi nodded, feeling relieved.
She said a few words and went inside to report the news.
After waiting for a while, a pretty and clever maid came out and said: "Our young lady said that we would like to invite Miss Ren."
The little girl at the door stretched her neck. Hearing this, he saluted her with joy: "Thank you, sister!" He turned back to the car and helped Liu Xiaoqi, who was shy and hanging her head, down, and the three of them entered the carriage together.
The husband got a few rewards and waited outside the back door of the mansion.
After a while, a man wearing a straw hat passed by, took a look at the house, and asked a beggar nearby: "Brother, may I ask, whose house is this?"
The beggar said: "This is the back door of the residence of Mr. Su Zheng, the great scholar of the Hanlin Academy." Hearing this, the man in the straw hat turned around and looked at the Su family's house for half a day.
The other maid led Liu Xiaoqi directly to the young lady's study. Su Cheng looked at him with a smile and said, "Hello, Sister Ren."
Liu Xiaoqi replied with a blessing and said sharply: "Thank you, Miss Su, for your help. Such a great kindness will be rewarded." Su Cheng couldn't hold it in any longer, holding the back of the chair and laughing loudly, and even made a "doo" sound along with the chair.