After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

"Your brother? Who is your brother?"

Aunt Lu realized that she had misidentified the person when she heard the voice.She took a few steps forward and saw the other person's face clearly, only to realize that she had really misidentified the person just now.

This person looks somewhat similar to Zhou Xun, but he is not as tall as Zhou Xun, his chin is not as sharp as Zhou Xun's, his skin is not as white as Zhou Xun's, and he doesn't look as comfortable as Zhou Xun.Zhou Xun doesn't like to laugh, sometimes it will inevitably give people a deserted feeling.But this man was obviously smiling, and logically speaking he was amiable, and Mrs. Lu saw it, but she felt a little nervous in her heart for no reason.

"You said, you are Mr. Xun's elder brother?" Aunt Lu hesitated. She glanced behind Zhou Cai and muttered, "Why didn't Mr. Xun come today?"

A trace of doubt rose from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't have time to wait for this suspicion to ferment and form.Zhou Cai had already said: "He has been a little busy these days, so let me come over and take a look today."

"oh oh."

Aunt Lu also knew that Zhou Xun was busy, so she didn't suspect him.Zhou Cai looked at the yard and said, "Shall we go in and talk?"

"Hey, I almost forgot! Come on, you are Mr. Xun's family and a distinguished guest, come in and sit, come in and sit!"

Aunt Lu quickly led Zhou Cai to sit down.Because he is Mr. Xun's elder brother, he can also be regarded as a round-the-clock benefactor, Aunt Lu generously made tea for him, and even sent Xiao Wu out to buy some snacks.

The young man named A Cai drank tea, looked around the room, and asked about the current situation of the Lu family.He spoke in a soft voice, and his expression was elegant and sincere.Aunt Lu quickly put aside the doubts she had before, and thanked her in a rambling manner.

"This is all thanks to your family. If it weren't for your brother's help, let alone this leg, I might not even be able to save this life..."

"Actually, I came here today not only for brother Xun, but also for...another brother."

The young man suddenly whispered.He looked at Aunt Lu with an expression of embarrassment.Aunt Lu was startled: "What brother?"

"actually……"

Xiao Wu came back with snacks, and the moment he stepped into the small courtyard, he heard the next sentence of the strange visitor.

"My surname is Zhou."

——and the sound of cups being smashed.

"You! You!" Aunt Lu panted violently, "You actually! You unexpectedly!"

"I know that my brother's mistakes are unforgivable." Zhou Cai stood up and said, "He deserves any punishment. Mr. Lu almost lost his life because of him. This kind of wrong thing, although it is young and vigorous, is also the responsibility of the whole Zhou family, since it is the case, we will judge according to the law, even if he is asked to be executed by Qiuhou, we will not complain at all!"

Aunt Lu opened her mouth. In the past, she was harassed by the servants sent by Zhou's mother, so after learning the identity of the other party today, she thought that Zhou Cai, the young master of the Zhou family who had never seen before, came here today to Plead for my brother.But he just made a generous statement, and even said...

Even if my younger brother was beheaded by Qiu Hou, he wouldn't complain at all?

So what is he doing here today?If he didn't come to intercede, what would he do here?

"Don't think too much. Today, I just want to come and see you. Is it okay? Now, because of Zhou Hong's involvement... I don't have anything to do on weekdays." Zhou Cai seemed to see clearly The other party seemed to be thinking, "But I think of you, even though I know that the imperial doctor has gone, I still feel uneasy... Today, let's take a look."

"you……"

"My mother, she doted on Zhou Hong since she was a child... As the eldest brother, I have always been able to follow behind to clean up..." Zhou Cai smiled. There was a bit of embarrassment in his smile, which made people think about it. "But in the past, he just harmed his family and let it go, but this time he caused innocent people to suffer. I know that if you knew that the imperial doctor was invited by the Zhou family for you, you would definitely not accept it. But Lu Bin's legs can't be delayed! Therefore..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious, so Zhou Xun chose to hide his surname.

Aunt Lu was silent.Zhou Cai then smiled again, and said, "Now that you are all well, I am leaving too, so I won't bother you anymore. If there is anything you need to help, just ask."

In this way, he walked into the twilight step by step. He was very thin and long, but his steps were very slow.Aunt Lu looked at his back and didn't leave the courtyard for a long time, and said to him: "You... What will you do if we sue the Zhou family? You have been unsatisfactory in being an official recently, is it also because of your younger brother..."

Zhou Cai didn't look back, he just shook his head briefly and continued walking.

His back can even be said to be a little shambling and old, a big brother, supporting the whole family... It's unbearable.

He even only wore a green cotton robe and a black mandarin jacket. The dignified number one scholar in the past, the minister of the court, is now so plain...

Zhou Cai also felt the same way.

He walked many steps, and when he was about to walk out of the alley, he finally heard the voice of another person behind him.

It was that little five's voice.

"and many more!"

It was an unprofessional Chinese.

Zhou Cai pressed the corners of his mouth that gradually raised.He turned his head and looked at him as if surprised: "What's wrong?"

"You, you said, if there is anything wrong, I can come to you." The young man covered his knees and said out of breath, "Just now I looked at your back and thought of something..."

Zhou Cai was overjoyed, and he said softly, "Say it."

It was not in vain that he acted all afternoon.

Boy: "Can you buy me some oranges?"

Zhou Cai:? ? ?

The smile on Zhou Cai's face almost froze: "What?"

"Just now when I saw your back, I thought of buying oranges. Lu Bin wanted to eat oranges, but they were only available in the east of the city." The boy said in a strange tone, "The east of the city is too far away, and I can't speak Chinese well, so I'm not allowed to take the car. "

Zhou Cai: ...

Young man: "By the way, you came in a carriage. The carriage is at the gate of Lu's house. Why do you have to walk so far in the alley by yourself?"

Zhou Cai: ...

The indigenous boy's words were obviously unintentional, but Zhou Cai was ashamed by him abruptly.Hearing this, he could only bite the bullet and walk back slowly, but a woman's chuckle came from behind him.

woman?

Zhou Cai turned his head, and behind him was a sedan chair.Sitting in the sedan chair was a veiled woman, looking at him with interest in her beautiful eyes.Seeing Zhou Caikan came back, she lowered the curtain and left in a sedan chair.

There seemed to be a warm sweet fragrance on her body, which lingered in the wind for a long time.It smells like the aroma of warm pear wood.

Zhou Cai could only follow the boy from the west of the city to the east of the city all afternoon.In the east of the city, fish and dragons are mixed, and even the terrain is first-class and difficult to walk. In recent days, the emperor seems to have ordered people to build a road here. There is a long, long pit from the orange stand.The boy in front of the deep pit seemed to have lost the ability to speak Chinese again, so he just stared at him blankly.

What's even more exasperating is that today, in order to show his sincerity and simplicity, Zhou Cai didn't bring a single servant with him except a coachman.Even the driver is looking at the car now.Zhou Cai gritted his teeth and had no choice but to climb down the deep pit by himself, then staggered up from the other side, and bought oranges back.

As soon as he came back carrying the orange covered in dust, he saw the boy over there clashing with someone.Xiao Wu seemed to have accidentally knocked over something on a stall outside a painting shop. The stall was full of calligraphy, painting, ink, etc. The shopkeeper grabbed Xiao Wu and yelled at him to pay for each painting. Worth a thousand dollars.

Zhou Cai: ...

He was carrying the orange and wanted to turn around and leave, but behind him came the voices of several discordant colleagues: "Isn't this Zhou Cai? Why are you here?"

These few people have always been suppressed under Zhou Cai's light for many years, and they have been jealous of him for a long time.In the past, Zhou Cai disdained to argue or interact with these people.He didn't go to the Hanlin Academy these days, other than to act as a gesture of self-cleaning, it was probably because he wanted to avoid these people.

It's really a blessing but a misfortune never comes singly. What Zhou Cai hated most in his life was losing face in front of his colleagues.What's more, now that he is in a predicament, he is even less willing to lose face in front of others.Seeing the shopkeeper's voice getting louder, he dragged Xiao Wu to ask him to lose money.Xiao Wu dodged, saw Zhou Cai coming here, and hurriedly said inarticulately: "Zhou, Mr. Zhou!"

"Is this person a servant of the Zhou family? Tsk tsk, the Zhou family is really in decline now, and even such a vulgar servant is willing to hire him."

"Nowadays is different from the past. The Zhou family's family is divided into pieces. Where can there be servants who can stand on the stage?"

"Hey, did this servant dirty the paintings on the booth?"

"Let me tell you..." a person deliberately lowered his voice, "If I were him, I would just run away with my things. A servant is only a few taels of silver, and the shopkeeper is hundreds of taels of silver. I heard His mother's ancestors were merchants, and merchants are the most fussy, and Zhou Cai must be able to figure it out."

Several people laughed quietly.Zhou Cai frowned.

He smiled, walked towards the shopkeeper over there and said, "This boy is my friend, I'm really sorry, he just came to the capital and doesn't know the rules, I apologize to you on his behalf..."

"What's an apology? Losing money!" The shopkeeper was also anxious and angry, pointing at the bag of paintings, "My entire bag of paintings was destroyed by him!"

"I do not……"

Xiao Wu still wanted to argue, he wanted to say that the bag of paintings hadn't been stained with water at all.The shop owner immediately said: "You don't want to renege on your debt, do you? By the way, you are a poor man, not your friend. Aren't you his friend? You..."

"I bought it for him."

Seeing more and more people, Zhou Cai frowned, impatiently took out the money, and planned to spend money to eliminate the disaster.He threw the silver on the stall, asked Xiao Wubao to put the bag of paintings on and left, and just two steps away, he heard the shopkeeper say: "Hey!

!Your money is not enough! ! "

"You come to Tongfuli Zhou Mansion to find me, and if you want more, just say, find the young master of Zhou Mansion."

Zhou Cai turned around and was about to leave, but the man was relentless and shouted: "What is a word? Where did you come from, a cat or a dog, dare to say which family you belong to! Don't try to take other people's name. Fool people, if you don’t leave the money here today, don’t even think about leaving!”

As he said that, the man came up with several strong men, trying to block Zhou Cai's way.

Zhou Cai's little patience was completely ignited.

Before he could speak, he heard one of the people in the market laugh: "With your face, how dare you call yourself the young master of the Zhou family? What kind of family is the Zhou family? Their young master doesn't bring his attendants when he goes out. Are you wearing this dress? In a dream, I also want to talk about... talk about something..."

"Talk about the basic law!"

"Yes, let's talk about the basic law!"

It was another weird term that he didn't understand, Zhou Cai sneered and said, "I really blinded you, how could I..."

Where is he...

Zhou Cai came to Lu's house today to win sympathy. Not to mention his extremely plain clothes, his body is still covered with dust and mud.He didn't know his current appearance, so he said that he was the young master of the Zhou family, which naturally caused a burst of laughter.

"The jade plaque on his body seems to be worth some money." One person said.

"Then, you put this jade token here, my store is here anyway, so I can't escape. You come tomorrow to redeem this jade token!"

"you!"

Zhou Cai never expected that these people would dare to do something to him.But the matter had come to this, and more and more people came around, he refused to lose face, so he had to swallow his anger and remove the jade plaque, throwing it directly at the shopkeeper's face.

——Tomorrow he will ask someone to redeem the jade token, just hoping that this person will not be scared out of his wits!

Zhou Cai gave him a hard look, turned and left.Xiao Wu who got into trouble hurriedly followed behind him.Zhou Cai hurried away, but he didn't know that a person came out of the painting shop.

That person looks frivolous, and he is the young master surnamed Liu who hooked up with Zhou Xun before.His family is quite powerful in the capital, and this painting shop is also an industry under his name.Before, he deliberately pursued Zhou Xun and went to Youhuang Lane many times, but Zhou Xun didn't accept anything, and his expression was always cold, which made him very unwilling.

He heard the noise, just in time to see Zhou Cai throwing the jade token and leaving with a red face.Seeing his young master coming out, the shop owner panicked and said, "Master, just now..."

But Young Master Liu didn't seem to listen to him at all.He looked at Zhou Cai's leaving back, fanning his hand: "It turns out that the Zhou family has reached such a situation now..."

He said to himself again: "I didn't think so before, but today I saw...he looks a lot like that ice beauty. Now that he has fallen out of favor, it's time for help...you can take it." He came to relieve boredom..."

"Master, Master?"

Only then did Mr. Liu come back to his senses.Looking at the shopkeeper's flattering face, he shook his fan impatiently and said, "Did you find the painting that I asked you to find before?"

"Young master, you asked us to find the original work of Xie Shoufu from the previous dynasty. I really can't find it here." The shop owner wiped the sweat from his brow, "But we found another one a few days ago..."

"Another one?"

"The authentic work of Lin Mingxi, a master painter of Danqing in the former dynasty. This painting is also a long story, and it was found in the warehouse of a pawnshop. This pawnshop specializes in collecting paintings and calligraphy as collateral, but in fact it is secretly copying and forging. Received the genuine product, and sold the counterfeit product under the name of the real product. This pawn shop conflicted with our shop a few days ago, so we took it over with a little trick..."

Mr. Liu is not interested in the twists and turns behind him.He only asked: "What about the painting? What about the painting?"

"Give this painting to that ice beauty, it will definitely please him. Hehe." Young Master Liu said in a low voice.

The owner hurriedly ordered someone to find the painting.But no matter he, Mr. Liu, or even Zhou Cai, they never expected——

That painting, because it was too old, was actually put together by a careless guy with several other cheap paintings, and now, it was carried away by Xiao Wu.

This journey made Zhou Cai physically and mentally exhausted.In the end, after sending the boy back home, Zhou Cai didn't even bother to move his fingers.

But today's goal can be regarded as achieved, it is really God's help.Thinking of this, Zhou Cai couldn't help but smiled faintly.

The young man returned to the yard with a big bag of oranges.Seeing him running out suddenly and returning home with a big bag of oranges, Aunt Lu beat him with a broom anxiously: "Where did you get the money to buy the oranges? Did you steal them? These oranges are so precious!"

"Mother, mother!"

Hearing that Xiao Wu was being beaten outside, Lu Bin hurried out to stop him.Xiao Wu carried the oranges and sneaked into the room. Lu Bin comforted Mrs. Lu, and went in to ask him again.

"Where did your oranges come from?"

"Zhou... Zhou gave it."

"You, how can you take people's things casually?" Lu Bin said helplessly, "A gentleman does not eat what is cheap."

"He wants to give it to me," Xiao Wuhan said in a bad manner, but still stumbled, "and, he, he didn't take the car himself, walking too slowly..."

Walking too slowly?

Xiao Wu then told the whole story about seeing that the car hadn't left when he went out, and chased after him to buy oranges.Hearing this, Lu Bin fell into deep thought.

He pondered for a long time, and then heard Xiao Wu say: "Oranges, oranges are not eaten, they can be used to entertain guests."

"Who are you entertaining?" Lu Bin asked casually.

"Enter Mr. Xun and Ms. Zhang." Xiao Wu said bluntly, "Mr. Xun is a good person, Mrs. Zhang... likes to eat oranges."

Lu Bin:? ?

He knocked on Xiao Wu's head: "You started liking girls at such a young age? Put away your thoughts! But oranges..."

"You can give it to Mr. Xun, anyway, they are also a family." Lu Bin murmured, "By the way, there is nowhere to hang these paintings at home. You can send them along with the sea chart I drew recently. Give it to Mr. Xun."