Traveling with a female companion

ten aunts

Afterwards, they rummaged through the boxes in the Tibetan Jade Building and found many jade objects. Yuan Qingzhu said that they all belonged to Chu State, but none of them were as valuable as Chu Heng.When I came to the last room, it was also a treasure chest, but the size was larger than what I saw before. Could it be the jade knives and jade swords with relatively long sizes?Song Xiaocheng was a little excited, she wanted to open it, and Yuan Qingzhu said to be careful beside her.

Opening the box effortlessly, there was indeed a large brocade box inside. She carefully brought it out and opened it with respect.

Hey, there is a row of small and round jade stones inside, each one is no longer than a thumb, and the small ones shine brightly in the long box. "This jade is so beautiful. There are ten pieces in total, and the top half of nine pieces is red, and only one piece is white. It's really strange." Song Xiaocheng wanted to reach out to get it, but Yuan Qingzhu whispered suddenly: "Wait a minute , you said half of it is red?"

Song Xiaocheng said yes, taking a look under the moonlight, each of the red markings is different, but it is different from the Bai Heng Cong Heng I saw just now, this red does not seem to be naturally generated from the inside out, it seems to be dyed. up?

She didn't do any research on it, so she showed the badger. After sniffing it with its sharp nose, it suddenly bounced back a few steps, and squeaked, "It smells like blood!" Overturned, Yuan Qingzhu told them to whisper, asked them again carefully, and finally sighed.

"Women, please don't be a fool. I really don't understand why there is blood on this jade." Hearing that the badger said that the red stripes were blood, Song Xiaocheng felt that this jade was from the evil sect, and that it was not from the Warring States period. Something, what the hell is going on in the eunuch's mansion.

Yuan Qingzhu pondered for a while, then whispered: "If I guessed correctly, this should be..."

"Who's in there!" Suddenly there was a shout from outside the window, it was the guards in the mansion, they probably heard the loud voice just now. "Hurry up, don't talk about it." Song Xiaocheng hurriedly put the brocade box back to its original place, before Baiheng Congheng from Chu Kingdom had time to get it, when the footsteps of guards came from the corridor outside.

"You guys go first and I'll come to the back of the palace." Badger barked, Song Xiaocheng still wanted to hug her, Yuan Qingzhu grabbed her hand and jumped out of the window. Come in, the lights are flickering, and the house is empty.

The badger had already leaped to the branch of the lush flowers and trees outside the window. The guards searched carefully, and they said strangely that they heard the sound.The badger pinched his nose amidst the luxuriant foliage: "Meow~meow~meow~" It yelled softly and lingeringly.Only then did they relax their vigilance: "The wild cat called / Chun, I thought there was a thief coming."

Here, Song Xiaocheng was full of doubts, and was taken away from the Tibetan Jade Building by Yuan Qingzhu, and returned to the wing with sweat on her face. As soon as she returned to a safe place, she hurriedly asked: "Women, how can we pull down the dog?" Badger!" Yuan Qingzhu comforted her: "It's naturally clever and will be fine, come here to rest first, and there are two places we can find opportunities to go to, I didn't expect that the jade in the hidden jade building is really jade, not Huiyu."

"You still only want to find Huiyu, I'll wait for the badger to come back." Song Xiaocheng suddenly became unhappy.Candles cannot be lit in the house, so as not to be suspected by the servants in the house. She stood waiting at the door with her neck stretched out.Yuan Qingzhu sighed softly behind her: "You have such a good relationship with it." Song Xiaocheng was very displeased, and complained impatiently: "Woman, the badger is so loyal to you, you can't leave it alone run."

"Don't stand at the door and show off, I said it will be fine." Yuan Qingzhu pulled her into the house and closed the door.Song Xiaocheng muttered dissatisfiedly: "You can see a person clearly when you are in danger. If Huiyu is there, I think you will definitely go to the rescue." Yuan Qingzhu frowned slightly: "Don't talk nonsense, it's important to do business .”

Song Xiaocheng still wanted to refute, "Hang Hang Keng" Badger's familiar knock on the door sounded, she happily opened the door and picked it up: "Little guy, I'm worried about you." Badger was so angry when she hugged him Unable to catch her breath: "Ahem, Miss Song, what's the matter with you, I'm not a good person." She closed the door as she said that, and the badger told him how it imitated the cat to call the guards.Even though Song Xiaocheng was relaxed, she was still a little angry.

Yuan Qingzhu shook his head: "Song Xiaocheng, don't take advantage of it. If I guess correctly, there will be a weak woman you want to save in this eunuch's mansion." Song Xiaocheng touched the table in the dark and sat down, angrily refusing to follow she talks.Badger seemed to understand at this time, and went to tug on her skirt: "Miss Song, you are worried about me, how could such a clever badger like me be caught by them, don't be arrogant." He leaned into her ear and said softly: "I've seen it for a long time, because Miss Yuan is very active in finding Huiyu, so you feel sour in your heart, it's okay to look for trouble, right, hehehe."

Song Xiaocheng blushed, but fortunately she couldn't see it in the dark, and said angrily, "The woman, you can get down to business, anyway, I'm not the one who was pulled down." Just as Yuan Qingzhu was about to say something, more information came from outside. The sound of the husband's beeping, it has been three watch days.

"It's a long story, and I'm just guessing that these jade and blood may have something to do with Mrs. Shifang. You should rest first, and prepare to deal with Eunuch Liu mentally during the day." Yuan Qingzhu said, and the badger jumped on a picture. After saying good night, Song Xiaocheng turned over and fell asleep, Song Xiaocheng sat on the stool without moving, meaning to lie here for the night.

"Go to bed and sleep. If I guess correctly, you will be busy in the next few days." Yuan Qingzhu said lightly, and fell asleep. She slept on the outside, and there was still room for one person inside.Song Xiaocheng didn't know what was going on in her heart, she crawled onto the bed in the dark, crawled to the side of Yuan Qingzhu, and leaned against the wall tightly so as not to touch her.

Early the next morning, Song Xiaocheng cheered up and got up, although she was full of doubts, such as what are those little round jades used for, how could there be blood stains on them, how could it have something to do with the ten-room aunt, and even more The strange thing is that Yuan Qingzhu said that these are the beautiful jade left by the state of Chu during the Warring States period. Has the bloody smell not dissipated yet? This is too scary.

The servant invited them to the side hall for breakfast, butler Dong greeted them personally with a smile. The breakfast consisted of scallion pancakes and flower rolls, four-color side dishes and hot porridge. Song Xiaocheng sat down and ate, but Xuanji was not with her anyway.

"Hey, this is a girl merchant who is in the jade business." At this moment, a shrill and charming voice came from outside the hall. The woman stepped into the door with a pair of eyes gliding directly towards their faces, obviously showing some contempt and hostility. "They all look good, no wonder they are kept here." Her voice dragged on so long that Song Xiaocheng felt goosebumps about to rise, such a contrived woman.

"Auntie, don't misunderstand, they really only do jade business, hehe," Dong Butler stepped forward to serve with a flattering face, "Auntie is too good for dinner?" This woman is the eunuch's wife, named Fengying, Eunuch Liu Not accepting the main house, all women are concubines, and she has the highest status.Feng Ying squinted at Song Xiaocheng with her phoenix eyes, raised her chin and snorted: "I heard that you have some precious jade, I would like to see it." Four women followed her, all wearing gold and silver , so extravagant, they all looked at Song Xiaocheng and the others.

"The beauty is nothing but mediocre." Another woman said with a sour air.

"It's already pretty good. Fair and youthful, it's much better than us." Another woman looked at Song Xiaocheng carefully, and she felt hairy all over her body.

It turned out that they were five of the eunuch's ten wives. You talked to each other, and a side hall immediately became a vegetable market, and the chatter made people headaches.Song Xiaocheng couldn't help rolling her eyes, she lost her appetite to eat after being disturbed by them.Steward Dong echoed them with a smile on his face: "Auntie, Aunt, Aunt, Aunt, Aunt Five, Aunt Seven, Aunt Nine, please go to the main hall and have some tea." He respectfully invited them out of the side hall and into the main hall sit.

Then he apologized to Song Xiaocheng: "I'm sorry to make you laugh, but eunuch Liu's concubines are like this, I'm afraid more people will rob them." Song Xiaocheng had half a scallion pancake in her mouth, oh my god Well, they married an old eunuch, should we compete with them for the favor of the eunuch?Yuan Qingzhu heard everything, but seemed to have heard nothing, and ate the flower rolls leisurely.

"They came here just now?" At this moment, another voice came from outside the hall, and another woman came in, with an oval face and light eyebrows, she looked kinder than Fengying.Song Xiaocheng looked behind her subconsciously, and sure enough, four women followed, but their momentum was not as strong as the group in front.

Butler Dong said with a smile: "Auntie and the others just went to the main hall to drink tea and fruits. How about the second aunt, fourth aunt, sixth aunt, eighth aunt, and tenth aunt, you also go and have a seat?" The leading one is Eunuch Liu She also glanced at Song Xiaocheng, "You're pretty cute. If you go to Fengying's place, you'll suffer. Come to me." Steward Dong tried desperately to explain that it was really a jade. Business is not here to rob husbands, it is hard to persuade them to leave.

He turned his head and greeted embarrassingly, misunderstood one by one, Song Xiaocheng stopped eating, and put the bowl away: "Think of us as monkeys, come and see one by one, how many people are there? Tell me Be accurate, after reading it, I will have breakfast in peace."

Butler Dong hurriedly shook his hand: "Not for the time being, just these ten, girl, you have dinner, or the father-in-law will blame us for neglecting the guests." Song Xiaocheng just bowed her head and drank some porridge, thinking that Yuan Qingzhu also said that she would save the guests. For a woman married to an eunuch, these ten concubines have already been divided into two factions. Thinking about it, I know that it is a house fight. Compared with them, I am a weak woman.

After breakfast was so-so, Butler Dong asked them to wait for a while, saying that eunuch Liu hadn't woken up yet.After tossing and tossing for more than an hour, they finally took them to the gorgeous main hall. As soon as they entered the room, they saw five women sitting on the right, headed by Aunt Tai Fengying, and five women headed by Second Aunt Tai Qiyun on the left. They were drinking tea and eating fruit and chatting, saying some harsh words to each other from time to time.There is a large screen in the middle of the innermost one, on which Xiao Shi Nongyu's picture of playing the flute and riding the wind is painted.

Fengying seemed to dislike Qiyun, and her words seemed to be contemptuous, but there were five people here at Qiyun, and the other party couldn't take advantage of it, and the words of those three aunts and six wives buzzed into Song Xiaocheng's ears. Son.

Song Xiaocheng was very upset when she saw their tone, and complained to Yuan Qingzhu in a low voice: "Woman, you didn't see it, I think they are living a good life in this eunuch's mansion, and the two factions are just playing house fights, there is no difference at all." What rescue is needed." Yuan Qingzhu signaled her to stop talking, Song Xiaocheng pouted, and Badger jumped into her arms: "Miss Song, don't be awkward, and take a long-term view."

The wives all have seats, but they can only stand empty. Could it be that this is the eunuch's mansion's shaming?Listening to the chattering voices of the aunts and wives, Song Xiaocheng felt irritable and really wanted to tell them all to shut up!Suddenly the innermost screen made the sound of moving, and they were immediately silent, putting down the melon seeds and tea bowls one by one, so quiet that it was strange.

The screen rumbled away, and several wolf-like guards pushed a couch out. The couch was decorated with gold beads and emerald flowers, and covered with white tiger fur. A thin old man with a white beard was lying on his side. That was Eunuch Liu. He was wearing a purple robe inlaid with gold silk and tied with a python belt, and he was full of luxury.This old eunuch actually lies down to entertain guests, he is really arrogant.

Eunuch Liu was old and thin, his eyes were drowsy with bags under his eyes, and he was wrapped in a luxurious robe without moving.The guards put the couch in a good position. There were a dozen people in the main hall, but it was unbelievably quiet.

Steward Dong told him that Xuanji's woman was coming, and he nodded his chin to signal Yuan Qingzhu to come over.But Yuan Qingzhu couldn't see it, and the aunts and sisters next to them had some laughter in their eyes. Song Xiaocheng was very angry, and she didn't care about the small conflict last night, so she took Yuan Qingzhu's hand and led her forward.

"Eunuch wants to see Xuanji." Yuan Qingzhu took it out as she said, and the warm jade glistened in her white palm. Eunuch Liu slowly lifted himself up from the couch. His eyes were blurred, but when he saw this jade, he stared suddenly. All of a sudden, Song Xiaocheng was taken aback: This is the living eyes of seeing jade.Eunuch Liu stared at Yu for a long time, with unconcealable love in his eyes, then he stretched out his dry hand like a branch, tremblingly reaching out to hold Xuanji for a closer look, Song Xiaocheng quickly reminded, Yuan Qingzhu squeezed her hand Butler Dong hurriedly asked her to show her father-in-law a clear look.

"You can only watch, not touch." Yuan Qingzhu said coldly, and the housekeeper was caught off guard.The concubines and wives of the tenth house nearby were all talking about it, some said it was just a piece of jade, and some said that there is no way to prevent the buyer from looking carefully, and the good main hall has become a vegetable market again.

Song Xiaocheng felt that she couldn't lose her momentum, so she raised her head to chime in: "This is our rule, you can only watch and not touch, if you don't like it, forget it." This attitude of retreating into advance caught them off guard, and Dong Guanjia also Seeing that Eunuch Liu liked this Xuanji, he began to smooth things over.

Eunuch Liu pressed his eyebrows, raised his hand slightly, and they were immediately speechless.He put on a smiling face again, motioning for him to take a closer look.Yuan Qingzhu spread out his palms as he said, and eunuch Liu's old eyes lit up again, and he muttered to himself: "At most, our family has only seen jade from the Warring States Period, and this is from the ancient Xia family."

Song Xiaocheng frowned, she didn't understand, but Yuan Qingzhu raised the corner of her mouth: "Eunuch has good eyesight." Eunuch Liu motioned for them to come over with his eyes, Fengying got up first, and the other concubines also rushed up, everyone Just as they gathered together to express their opinions, Eunuch Liu's face sank severely: "Shut up, you don't want to tarnish this treasure." They quickly fell silent, either looking at this Xuanji in fear, curiosity, or ignorance.

Finally Yuan Qingzhu said: "Have you finished reading it?" Eunuch Liu didn't say a word, but made a wink, and Butler Dong understood: "Girl, I don't know how you set the price for this Xuanji?"

Yuan Qingzhu spoke crisply and softly: "This jade is not for sale."