On this day, Su Cheng only said that she was tired and went back to the yard to rest early. At the third watch of the day, two cats meowed outside, and Su Cheng jumped out of bed. She never let the maids keep vigil at night, so she quietly changed to night walking.
He put on his ground tiger boots, pulled up his hair and tied it with a handkerchief. Then he gently opened the door and walked out. The small courtyard was quiet, Liu Xiaoqi stood smiling and waving in the moonlight.
He waved and said: "Go out from the back garden, everything has been arranged."
The two then walked out of the yard and turned into the back garden. There was a small door at the back corner door, and the woman who had gone to bed had already fallen asleep. Outside the small door was the alley, and after walking dozens of steps, they could see the west corner door. Two men on guard were having a drink.
While chatting, Liu Xiaoqi stepped forward and fainted when he looked at the two of them again. He crossed the west corner gate and walked to the street. There were two horses tied under the tree. The two of them jumped on the horses and went straight to Liu Xiaoqi.
The inn where they stayed.
Su Cheng and Jia Gui met each other for the first time after years of correspondence. They were a bit reluctant to meet each other. After saying hello, they started chattering non-stop. Liu Xiaoqi and Dong Yu looked at each other for a long time, pushing each other to interrupt.
They finally let Su Cheng see it and said, "Let's talk about serious matters first." The two young men breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Xiaoqi said first: "I just want you to come out today to discuss what to do next. Besides," he looked at Jia Gui, "Fu'er is a little discouraged."
Dong Yu smiled and said: "Not only that, she is still sulking."
Jia Gui argued: "No way! There is no way to be sulky!"
Dong Yu rushed to say: "We made a plan the day Sister Su returned to Jingzhou. Fu'er sat in the room writing and drawing, racking his brains to make dry ice - there is no laboratory, where can we get dry ice? Who can get dry ice?
Brother Zhiqi went out and walked around the streets a few times, and found a group of performers who were selling white smoke."
Jia Gui wrinkled her nose: "Dry ice leaves no traces! What if the Deng family discovered the traces left by those stunts?"
Liu Xiaoqi and Su Cheng looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. Dong Yu said with a smile: "The Deng family is so shocked by these one after another things, how can they bother to investigate? Even if you want to, you can't find an expert. You think everyone
They all recognize my father. Besides, they are not like you who have studied physics, chemistry and biology, and they always want to find a scientific basis for any idea. They don't have this string in their minds at all." Jia Gui pursed his lips and said nothing.
Liu Xiaoqi added: "I said that I would get some sulfuric acid to water the grass on the grave of Mr. Deng and his father. She calculated the chemical equation for half a day. I bought a big one at the Taoist temple in the city for only five taels of silver.
Jar of green vitriol oil." He and Dong Yu laughed together.
Su Cheng said with a sullen face, "What's so funny about this? Fu'er is not a Taoist priest and has never learned alchemy." But she couldn't hold back her laughter.
Jia Gui puffed up his cheeks and said, "If you laugh again, I'll get angry!" The three of them laughed harder and harder. Jia Gui simply leaned on the case and said, "That's it, you guys can't talk until you've laughed enough."
Su Cheng endured it for a long time before he suppressed his laughter and said, "Are you uncomfortable because of this? You haven't been out of the island much in the past, so I can't blame you. I would like to take a look at the laboratory of your Starfleet Academy."
Jia Gui sighed: "It's not because of this."
Dong Yu said: "She is just suppressing her panic. The theory has frightened the Deng family so much, and they didn't see the flaw, so why are they still unwilling to break off the engagement?"
Jia Gui leaned back on the case again and said feebly: "Aren't they superstitious? Aren't they already frightened to that point? That old man Deng seems to understand very well. If he is confused, why is his family so powerful?"
Su Cheng shrugged and said: "Jingzhou is not a capital city, and there are not so many tigers and wolves around it. A family that has become powerful will not be easily defeated unless they make some big mistakes. Those who are strong enough to bring down the Deng family, as long as they have no hatred against them, will be defeated easily."
I went to Beijing. As for being superstitious..." She said calmly, "Didn't it say so in the book? As long as there is enough profit, taking risks is nothing. I don't expect to die of some weeds just because of the white smoke.
This can scare their family into renouncing the marriage. These are all planned and applied. The King of Chu and the wealthy businessmen who are eyeing the chocolate business, and the princes behind the wealthy businessmen are the frontline army."
Jia Gui raised his head: "Is their family the big landlord class mentioned in the book?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "Don't worry about what is written in the book."
Jia Gui said: "I'm thinking, if you encourage some tenant farmers to go to Nanyang, it will destroy the roots of their families."
Su Cheng said: "How much effort is that? I don't have any grudge against their family, I just need to get away. By the way, spread the word 'chocolate', don't sell it yet, it will kill them."
Jia Gui clapped his hands and said: "Hungry for marketing!"
Dong Yu pulled her aside: "It doesn't matter what marketing, as long as you can make money. It's useless to learn so many words in vain."
Jia Gui spread his hands: "Aren't I trying to connect theory with practice? In fact, we were taught in school that green vitriol oil is dilute sulfuric acid, but I didn't expect this to apply."
Su Cheng smiled and said, "What's the point of nagging? She can do whatever she likes." He raised his forehead and said, "Isn't this a discussion?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "The King of Chu has been alarmed now. I sent people to blow wind in his ears, just waiting for others to join in one by one. Also, after scaring the Deng family, they may not retreat directly.
relative."
Su Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid that everyone in your family will be executed?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I can't bear to let it go. After all, marrying the Su family will bring you two great benefits: money and power."
Su Cheng thought for a while: "Do you think they still want to marry my two concubines?"
"Or your brother."
"Don't even think about it!" Su Cheng frowned, "How old is my brother?"
Liu Xiaoqi glanced at her: "Think about how old your brother is. Is he young?"
Su Cheng thought that her brother was already fourteen, so it was not too late to discuss marriage, and her brows became even tighter, "I've met several girls from their family, but none of them stand out. Anyway, I don't like them."
"If you don't look down on the girls from the Deng family..." Liu Xiaoqi thought, "then I'll have to let your lord take any of your concubine girls under his name."
"No way!" Su Cheng blurted out, "My mother doesn't recognize it."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "Then think about how to deal with it."
Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "What to deal with? 'Unhappy' is enough."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "It's not up to you and me to decide whether you will be happy or unhappy about this matter. Your Majesty and Mr. Su will probably decide this way for the sake of their face and their future dealings with the Deng family."
"That's okay." Su Cheng snorted, "Don't drag anyone here who is not my mother's child."
Jia Gui was a little curious and poked her head: "What does your family look like?"
Su Cheng pursed her lips: "It's just that there are always people at home who make you unhappy. You just think about how happy you are when you go home from outside, and how peaceful you are when you think about the adults who love you at home. If your family is happy,
There are also a lot of outsiders who are always thinking about how to take your things from you and put them into their own hands. Isn't it annoying?"
Jia Gui touched his chin and said, "Why are my father and third uncle so harmonious?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "That's because your third uncle is very capable. Not only does he not want the benefits from your father's hands, but he can also get benefits from outside. Moreover, your biological grandmother is gone, and Jia Cong's biological mother died very early. The elder
My wife has no sons. Otherwise, she would be no different from other families. Your family cannot be considered a special case."
Jia Gui sighed: "Before I came out this time, my mother told me a lot of things. It sounded like I was just listening to comments, which was not very real."
Su Cheng hummed, "How about you come and stay at our house for a few days? Let me see it with your own eyes."
"Okay!" Jia Gui's eyes lit up, "I haven't stayed at anyone else's house yet."
Su Cheng said lazily: "Let me declare in advance that you won't care about me if you hold it back."
Jia Gui chuckled and said, "No way! How can you hold it in when you follow Sister Su?" Liu Xiaoqi and Dong Yu looked at each other without saying anything.
The next day, Jia Gui pretended to be a "Miss Wang from the capital" and sent a message to the Su family, saying that she recognized Su Cheng. Her father had been a transfer official in the capital in the early years, and was later transferred out of the capital. Now.
She followed her cousin to visit Jingzhou. She heard that Mr. Su Zheng had arrived in Jingzhou and had brought Miss Su back, so she came to ask for a visit. Because they did not bring their maids and wives with them on this trip, they were accompanied by soldiers from the special battalion.
, she then hired a carriage and brought a soldier to pretend to be a servant. When the disciples heard that she was a young lady from the capital, she didn’t even have a maid, and she was wearing the clothes of a common woman, they looked at her with a bit of contempt. Jia Gui
This was the first time in my life that I was looked down upon by someone. Although I knew it was a misunderstanding, I felt a little uncomfortable.
Not long after, a maid came to the door to greet her. The person who came to the door was Li Xia, who was close to Su Cheng, and she hurriedly greeted her: "Oh, sister Li Xia, you came in person?" He looked back at Jia Gui's eyes.
Everything has changed.
Lixia said: "This Miss Wang is our girl's old acquaintance in Beijing." Nai sighed, "The girl said that now that we arrive in Jingzhou, it will be difficult to see old friends again."
"Oh, that's how it is, hahaha..." Menzi said with a smile on his face, "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Lixia, sister, please~~" Jia Gui saw his change of expression and sighed inwardly: Oh, the world is so hot and cold——
Lixia led Jia Gui to Su Cheng's courtyard, and heard someone making noise in the distance. Lixia frowned: "Why haven't they dispersed yet?"
Jia Gui came here to have fun, but her eyes lit up when she heard the excitement, and she quickly asked: "What happened?"
Li Xia twisted her lower lip: "There are always old storks in the world who think they are pheasants and dare to go to the gate of Phoenix and scream."
The two walked to the door of the courtyard and saw a pretty maid quarreling with someone with her hands on her hips. Opposite her stood a woman in her thirties, who looked like she was the aunt of the Su family. There was also a little maid and a aunt beside her.
Daughter-in-law, the aunt saw that Li Xia had brought over a little girl she didn't recognize. The girl was simple and unscrupulous and looked at Jia Gui's body and face, making Jia Gui feel uncomfortable all over.
Lixia frowned and said, "Why are you still arguing? Don't disturb the girls. Send them away quickly."
The maid at the door was wearing a moon-white silk shirt, a blue satin vest, a white crepe silk scarf, and a beaded flower in her hair. She was obviously from the capital. She said to the aunt opposite: "I'm sorry.
Dead people just refuse to leave."
The aunt shouted loudly: "I'm just worried about the safety of the house, why don't we let people go in and take a look?" She also glanced at Jia Gui. Jia Gui was as curious as if she had twenty-five little mice, but she still
Even knowing that he couldn't say anything at this moment, he just stood by with his bright eyes, and the two characters "watching a show" were written clearly on his face.
Li Xia frowned and said, "I hope this aunt knows who I am. If you don't know, how about I remind you?"
The aunt glanced at Jia Gui again and then at the daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law shouted at the top of her voice: "Miss, I swear, I really saw two men in black clothes, one tall and one short, entering your yard! If
If I didn't search it out earlier, I'm afraid I might get into trouble!" Nai stepped forward and took Jia Gui's hand, "Girl, what do you think? I can see it clearly, and it hasn't come out since I entered it.
"
The expressions of Li Xia and the maid at the door were both dark. Before they could speak, Jia Gui said first: "Auntie, you stayed up in the middle of the night and came to Miss Su's door to keep an eye on her. Did you want to come to her yard to steal something or did you know someone would come in?
This yard, you are so sure to wait here?" The daughter-in-law choked immediately. She stared at Jia Gui for a long time, and couldn't help but exert force on her hand. Jia Gui quickly shook off her hand, "
Ouch, it hurts so much!" Jia Gui urinated and learned how to ride, shoot and fight. Her hands were much stronger than those of ordinary girls, and she staggered away from her daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "I got up in the middle of the night to relieve myself, and saw the shadows of two men in black, so I followed them quietly all the way, and finally entered the eldest girl's yard and never came out again."
Jia Gui said "Wow": "You're so awesome~~ I saw the shadow of two men in black in the middle of the night, and you weren't scared? You dared to follow them all the way? Aren't you afraid that they were thieves?"
The daughter-in-law said: "I'm just afraid they are thieves!"
Jia Gui said: "Then why didn't you call the nursing home?"
The daughter-in-law glanced at her aunt, who sneered and said, "Isn't there some misunderstanding?"
The aunt flicked the veil and said, "How do I know what the misunderstanding is?"
Jia Gui became even more surprised: "I wonder what you called?"
Just when the aunt was about to speak, she saw the courtyard door creaking open, and Su Cheng stood behind her, saying angrily: "Girl Fu, what are you talking about with them? You have to drink my tea when you are thirsty.
"
Jia Gui smiled and said, "It's quite fun. I've never seen anyone so stupid."
Su Cheng asked: "What misunderstanding do you have about ordinary aunts and daughters-in-law? Where do all these people come from?" He led her in. Jia Gui then stepped forward and took her hand, neither of them looked at the three people.
One glance.
Seeing them about to go in, the aunt shouted: "Girl, are you afraid to let me in?"
Su Cheng didn't turn around and said, "If I don't like letting you in, you won't be able to get in." Nai Ming said, "Keep her away."
The aunt became louder and louder: "I alarmed the master, and the girl lost her face even more."
Li Xia shouted: "Why do we girls have no face?"
The aunt sneered and said, "You don't know if a big girl can obey the rules?"
Su Cheng then turned around: "Rules? You have always followed the rules. I don't have to. As long as I am happy, I can change the rules."
Jia Gui read excitedly from the side: "Laws are made by the ruling class!" Su Cheng glanced at her and dragged her in.
The aunt shouted from behind unwillingly: "Every woman in this world must abide by the rules! How can a big girl be different?"
Su Cheng didn't hear anything and waved his hand to order someone to close the door. But Jia Gui, who didn't know where the joy came from, took Su Cheng's hand and turned around with a smile and said: "Who told you? Go scold him. He lied to you~