[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

"Hey, hello," I yelled several times, but the rogue brother Guan Feixiang, who held me under his arm and escaped, didn't respond, so I had to take a deep breath and use the energy of my dantian to yell, "Hey!"

Guan Feixiang was taken aback, "What are you doing!"

I weakly pointed to a rice shop by the side of the road, "My shop." There is no way to go on like this, the nobleman's servants are very tough, and I can hear their roars across the street Sound, it's better to hide first.

Guan Feixiang understood what I meant, and he didn't show any kind of arrogance that would rather die than surrender at the inappropriate time. He turned around and jumped into the rice shop vigorously, which shocked the people in the shop.

In addition to simplicity and straightforwardness, the folk customs of Heizhou also have another very important characteristic—quite tough.The clerk watching the store saw a stranger rushing in, and grabbed the ax that was put under the table with one hand.Guan Feixiang screamed strangely, but the little scholar who was carried on his shoulders was still struggling with his hands and feet.I covered my forehead, stretched out my hand to pat Guan Feixiang, stood up again, and revealed my identity before the guy was about to strike me with an axe.A lot of time was wasted here, and the pursuers approached again.In a moment of desperation, they dragged me and hid under the table.

... Are you playing the spell game of silently saying "you can't see me, you can't see me"?

"Hide your mother! Come out to me!" the pursuer shouted aggressively.

"Hey! How do you bastard talk!" The rice shop guy shouted, "You can scold my lady's mother too? Pooh! You son of a bitch!"

Me: "..." Anyone with a discerning eye will know my identity as soon as they hear it, okay?Man, it's not good to be blunt.

We can't deceive people with such clumsy hiding, and we were discovered in a short while.The chasing soldiers were fighting with Zhang's guys, and for a while, the rice shop was messed up.

I squatted under the table and looked up at the white rice flying in the sky.

"You..." The scholar became so angry that his face turned red, "You need to know that every grain of rice is painstaking, you people..."

"Hey!" Guan Feixiang scratched his head in annoyance, and joined the battle group.

In the end, the yamen came to arrest people, and everyone was thrown into the prison of the state capital──

I patted the haystack on the ground and sat in a corner of the prison. The scolding between the two groups became the background music for my thinking.After thinking for a long time, I still don't understand how things developed to this point.I have never eaten in prison in two lifetimes, but today is my first experience.When I turned my head, I saw the scholar crouching in another corner, and he was nagging about his indecency when he was soaked in juice by the dishes, so I burst out laughing.The scholar looked at me angrily, I quickly apologized, and walked over to hand him a clean handkerchief.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to make fun of you."

He took the handkerchief, and then turned to think that only women and villains are difficult to raise.

I narrowed my eyes and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, if you hadn't brought me to run together, I probably wouldn't have been involved?"

"Hey, hey!" Guan Feixiang, who was sitting next to him, yelled, "This guy pissed you off, so there's no need to get me involved, right?"

The scholar obviously didn't understand the situation at all, "provoking, provoking? Dare I ask where did Xiaosheng offend the lady? Oh, the scene was chaotic just now. That brother saw something hit the lady, so he took the lady with him in a moment of urgency. Yes. Although a man and a woman cannot kiss each other, but this is a critical situation, Miss, please forgive this brother, right?"

...Did I say that I am unhappy because of this?

But scholars and villains are difficult to raise.

I was angry and funny, and Guan Feixiang was already laughing out loud.

The scholar was still full of confusion.

After laughing enough, Guan Feixiang took the initiative to introduce himself, and asked, "Are you Miss Zhang's family?" He explained, "The signboard of that rice store just now has the emblem of Zhang's family on it."

"I didn't expect the butler to know about the little Zhang's family." I restrained my emotions and said a few polite words.

Guan Feixiang still smiled heartily and said, "The Zhang family is considered small." He pointed to the servants of the nobles outside, "Then they can save a little bit."

"If my Zhang family is the "that Zhang family" that Mr. Guan refers to, in terms of seniority, my father is the third son in the direct line of the sixth house. However, as early as 20 years ago, all the houses of the Zhang family and the families under the house had been established one by one. Separation, plus other people with the surname Zhang, "Zhang family" can refer to many families." I smiled, "I am the only daughter of the Zhang family in Longqing County, Heizhou, Zhang Zelan, Mr. Guan, nice to meet you."

Guan Feixiang waved his hand, "Don't, my son comes and goes, it's so sore. You can just call me by my name." He sat down, tilted his head against the wall, propped up his left leg, rested his left elbow on it "You don't like that too, do you?"

I also sat down, but smiled silently.

It was the student's turn to introduce himself.He stood up first, raised his hands to straighten the scholar's hat on his head, straightened his clothes, and then bowed to us, "Hello, Zhong Jietong, who lives in Yongdafang, South of Yuanyou City."

Zhong Jietong has all the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, haha.

I have no impression of Zhong's surname.Looking at his plain attire and the fact that he lives in Yongda Square in the south of the city where civilians live, I have a general understanding of his family background, so I said something more, "Mr. Zhong, you acted a little recklessly just now." Not only did he get into trouble himself, but the singing girl who was "saved" by his righteous words might even remember how to hate him.

"Miss Zhang, what you said is wrong!" Zhong Jietong flicked his sleeves, and raised his chin at a 45-degree angle to the bright blue sky he imagined.

Seeing him act like this, I wanted to laugh, but I still didn't.

His thinking was actually not wrong.

Guan Feixiang bit a straw, and interjected, "There are two sisters who sang, and the older sister just now. The older sister wants to go, but the younger sister doesn't." He snorted, "With that brat's character, once he is right How could he let my sister go if my sister got it? They are all in the same family, and it is impossible for a younger sister to be too estranged from her before she gets married."

So in order to prevent the younger sister who doesn't want to cling to the rich and powerful to get involved with the nobleman, Guan Feixiang will make a move?I looked up at him slightly.So he is different from Zhong Shusheng, Guan Feixiang already knew that it was a farce.

"Hey? What?" Zhong Jietong looked up at the cell ceiling and turned his head back, "Brother Guan is talking about what happened just now..."

Guan Feixiang and I looked at each other and smiled.Will Zhong Jietong's reaction be a little slower?

We stayed in the cell for one night, and the next day people from Zhang's family cleared up and released Zhang and me.

Guan Feixiang clicked his tongue twice, "Azhang, you let him out so soon? I haven't touched a wine bottle all night, so I really want to get out soon."

I pointed to the subordinates of the noble son who were released at the same time, Guan Feixiang understood, knowing that we are someone in the court who is easy to handle.

"Feixiang, don't you have anyone here?"

He scratched the back of his head, "I ran away from home, how can I bring all my younger brothers?"

aha?runaway?

I looked at him, then at Zhong Shusheng, who had an innocent face, and sighed, "If you don't mind, why don't you come to my house to rest?" I raised my hand to Zhang's family and asked them to help clear it, Bring them out together.It's just fighting and making trouble. If both parties don't pursue it, it will be easy to settle it.

"No, no, no," Zhong Shusheng said in a panic, "Miss Zelan is also tired, how can I bother you anymore? Besides, Xiaosheng's appearance is not very elegant now, so why don't we visit your house some other day?"

Guan Feixiang and I covered our faces together.I mean I help them come with me, I don't really literally ask them to come over to my house.

When we got out of the prison, the three of us said goodbye to each other.

"In that case, brother Jietong, Feixiang, I'll go first, see you tomorrow."

"I really thank Miss Zelan this time." Zhong Jietong bowed to me.

Guan Feixiang didn't say much, just smiled at me until he showed his white teeth, and waved to me.

"Miss Zhang, please stay." A familiar deep male voice came from behind.

I turned around and smiled, "Isn't this the attendant of Lord Hu Dongnian?"

Kui Huangyi, who was still dressed as a servant, handed me a post with both hands, and bent slightly, "Master Hu will hold a banquet in the future, please Miss Zhang."

I asked the maid Yan Tian who was following me to take over the post for me.I don't dare to push back the state governor's banquet. It's just that I have never had any contact with him, but we went on the same road once. What does his banquet have to do with me?I looked at Kui Huangyi.

Naturally, he couldn't say anything in full view, and his lowered head prevented me from seeing his expression.He just said vaguely: "Master Hu asked me to tell you that although Ms. Zhang is still not familiar with you in Yuanyou City, please don't worry about Ms. Zhang, because there will be a lady from Xiao Zhifu in Longqing County as her companion during the banquet. I think the two of you are We can be together."

It was the Xiao family again.I thought about it, so I didn't ask any more questions, and quickly sent him away, so as not to make others suspicious.I turned around and saw Guan Feixiang who was still there looking at me with strange eyes, and Zhong Shusheng was surprised.It is indeed strange that Miss Minjia became the guest of the head of the state government.When Kui Huangyi comes to the Zhangfu tonight, I have to ask more clearly.

Ever since he came to Zhoudu, Kui Huangyi has become more and more careless, using my room as his secret machine, and passing through the house every now and then, which made me dare not put the important things of the Zhang family in the room , can only be placed elsewhere.Fortunately, he understood my earlier warning, and since then he has been very measured and never asked me to touch anything other than the case of the prefect Xiao, keeping the bottom line with me.

That night, Kui Huangyi came to visit again.I was already waiting, reaching out to hand him back the financial information he had given me to sort out earlier, and then sat and stared at him.Kui Huangyi is also very good, he said it himself before I asked.

"The Xiao family still wants you to be their daughter-in-law," Kui Huangyi sat at the round table in the center of the room and read the documents, "You'd better get engaged quickly."

I frowned.Did the Xiao family invite Hu Dongnian, the governor of the state, as a matchmaker?If this is the case, unless even the State Shepherd's Mansion is torn apart, it will be difficult for me to evade it.As the old saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials.Although my father is looking for a candidate for me, how can it be so easy to find someone who is not greedy for my family's wealth and has good character and ability?If I find it, the other party may not be able to take a fancy to me.I rubbed the space between my brows, "It's also impossible to make a marriage agreement within three days, the only excuse is that my father is not around and no elders are in charge."

Kui Huangyi glanced at me, "It's not just Xiao Wu and Xiao Gui's father and daughter, Xiao Jin is also here."

My movements froze.I haven't forgotten that Xiao Jin wanted to be tough back then, and wanted to snatch me away as a concubine.

"It doesn't matter," I smiled wryly, "I will bring Xiao Xiao and Ah Wen with me when the time comes."

He looked at me.

I explained: "It's my two rather strong servants." I smiled, "Once something really happens, even if the girl tears her face, she will definitely ask someone to beat Xiao Jin into a pig's head first, and then pickle it into dried salted radish of."

"...Cough," Kui Huangyi coughed lightly, and then reprimanded, "Nonsense."

I smiled, "I'm joking. Don't worry, I have my own countermeasures." I will definitely not confront you prematurely and ruin your layout.

"Yeah." He hummed, signaling his understanding.

I thought for a while and asked, "Why on earth is the Xiao family asking for money in such a hurry?" They chased after me time and time again.I sent someone to investigate, but I didn't find anything wrong with the finances of the Xiao family and the state capital.

He put down the materials he had read and put another stack of papers in front of me, without saying a word.

I set my sights on the stack of papers in front of me.Presumably, it explains why the state capital is desperate for money.

When it came time to reveal, I hesitated again.Do I want to watch it, or don't I want to watch it?I raised my head, and Kui Huangyi was also looking at me, his gaze so calm that it was almost cold.After a short period of calm, he was pushing back my bottom line again.The Zhang family has no backer, only the old father and the only daughter in the family, so it is no wonder that it will attract others' covetousness.What the State Shepherd's Mansion wants is money, so what is Kui Huangyi planning?I found that he always wanted to involve the Zhang family in his plans.

I turned my head to look at the case documents that he had piled up to half the room, and suddenly figured it out.

Kui Huangyi can recommend me to the Quanshang Federation, which means that he has someone in the Heizhou Quanshang Federation, but he still finds me to work for him, and even puts his office here. A partner of the All-Commerce Federation that has not yet been found is even more untrustworthy than me.If I get more involved in his affairs, my interests and his will gradually converge, and I will have no choice but to work for him, a collaborator, and become his pawn in the Black State.

Recommending me into the All-Commerce Federation is not only a condition of my transaction, but it can also be regarded as his fattening pawn.

"Hahahaha..." I laughed out loud.

What a Kui Huangyi.

Kui Huangyi raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong with you?"

I, a country bumpkin, have been calculated completely.I laughed enough to straighten up, and reached out to accept the state capital information he gave me.I smiled and raised the stack of papers, "Do you want some supper? There are a lot of things to deal with tonight."

For the time being, I still have to take advantage of his position and treat it as reciprocity.

"Whatever," Kui Huangyi said blankly, "Anyway, it's not what you did."

...Dislike the bad supper I made?One night, I didn't want to disturb the cook who was already sleeping, so I cooked for him for a supper.I shook my head and laughed, and got down to work.If you don't eat, you don't eat.

So in the middle of the night, after working for half a day, both of us were so hungry that our stomachs screamed.

"Where is the kitchen?" Kui Huangyi pushed the things and stood up.

I also stood up, "You want to cook? Actually, I guess there should be some desserts left..." Can he do it?

He sneered, "Do you think I'm as stupid as you?"

……Hello. "Master Aoi, no one ever told you that a gentleman can't speak evil words?" I'm begging you, can you be more polite?My brain is going to ache.

"How much is a gentleman worth?"

"Based on my judgment as a businessman, I can say responsibly that a gentleman is priceless."

We were chatting and joking casually, and when we opened the door, we suddenly found that it was raining lightly outside.I stood on the porch, watching the hazy drizzle.The rainy season in Heizhou is not long, and the time has entered autumn again. I haven't seen a rain scene for many days.

Kui Huangyi and I stopped and watched side by side for a long time.

I looked at him from the side and frowned slightly, and asked with a smile, "Master Aoi hates rain?"

"Trouble." Under the background of the little rain, his deep voice and slightly fast speaking speed, as well as the orthodox accent from the capital, all reveal a kind of elegance that belongs to him, "Dampness will ruin the books." Bad, it will be troublesome if it rains on the road." He also turned his head, looked at me and said, "You seem to like rain very much."

"Yeah." I looked up at the dark night sky again, "It will be clean after it rains."

"What do you mean?" He folded his arms.

"The main industries in Heizhou are mining and coal. In addition to the dry climate, the sky is full of dust all year round. After it rains, the air will be cleaner." I smiled, "Besides, when I have a roof tile to cover my head At that time, seeing passers-by on the road in a mess, didn't you feel very happy?"

"I knew you had something like this in your mind."

I stretched out my hand out of the porch to catch some rainwater, "Master Kui, do you have to recite a few words after the new rain in the empty mountain to be worthy of the poetic and picturesque charm of the rain scene?"

"No," he quickly denied, "the word "clean" is the most poetic and picturesque."

Why?I chewed Kui Huangyi's words back and forth carefully.

"Well, yes." Finally, I said softly.Delusion that the world becomes clean, what am I not poetic?I was suddenly a little curious about Caiyun Kingdom in Kui Huangyi's eyes, and wanted to know how he viewed this country, but after I glanced at him, I didn't ask anything and continued to look at the rain.

"Let's go, let's go to the kitchen first." Kui Huangyi turned and left, "If I finish things earlier today, I can play the flute for you."

Ha, this also has to say conditions?I followed him to lead the way, and said, "If it was later, maybe the rain would have stopped. It would be best to use the delicacies cooked by Aoi-sama later, with the sound of the flute and the rain scene."

With his hands behind his back, he looked at me sideways, "Do you want to listen to me play the flute while eating?"

"It's just a joke, Mr. Aoi's flute is proud to sit and listen to it." Very good, I'm just a layman who likes to listen to music and eat with me, you are the most elegant.

Hearing my teasing, Kui Huangyi glared at me.When he came to the kitchen, of course he didn't intend to make any delicacies, all he made was a plate of extremely simple fried noodles.But when I looked at this dish of fried noodles, which was well-cooked, fragrant and delicious, I felt a sense of powerlessness.

He was obviously laughing at the fried noodles I made for him last time until it was so mushy that it looked like a piece of pancake.

Kui Huangyi pretended to be fine, sat down at the table by the stove and started eating without any change in expression.

After dinner, he still played the flute for me.I sat quietly on the railing of the corridor and listened carefully.Kui Huangyi's flute is really good. Apart from the excellent timbre technique, what's even rarer is the grandeur hidden in the simple melody.

Then, we get back to work.

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