Miss Difficult to Marry

When Master Qin returned to the Qin Mansion, before Shen Shi, he was silent all the way, until he got off the carriage, the old man still didn't say a word.

The sun was very strong in June, and the sun was shining all over the place, illuminating the entire Qin Mansion in a magnificent and extravagant manner.

Qin Zhongkun stood at the gate of the Qin Mansion with his hands behind his back, his face solemn and solemn, and he remained motionless for a long time.Every brick, every tile, every house and every pavilion in this mansion was built under his personal watch by Qin Zhongkun. He is familiar with everything here, every plant and tree here, and how many beams there are in each house. How many rafters.

"Old, master." A Sheng, who followed Qin Zhongkun, was a little apprehensive, "The sun will be too strong, otherwise, let's go to the mansion first."

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There is a Dawang Temple in the west of the city to the north, and there are several small streets and narrow alleys beside the Dawang Temple. Because there is a low mountain between this place and the southeast, the terrain is much more remote than other places.

After noon, an old man with gray hair walked into a medicine shop by the side of the road with a prescription in his hand.

"Hey, is Dr. Qu here?"

On the cabinet was a young man who was arranging medicinal materials with his sleeves rolled up.

"Doctor Qu just went out to see a doctor, and he won't come back until an hour later. May I ask whether you are seeing a doctor or getting medicine?"

Speaking of this, the young man was dressed in a straight-sewed cloth shirt. He looked handsome and spoke calmly. He didn't know if he was a newcomer.

"Oh, grab some medicines." The old man said, handing over the prescriptions in his hand, while gossiping: "This little brother looks unfamiliar, and his accent should be a foreigner, right?"

"I'm not from the local area." The young man looked at Fangzi and opened a drawer to look for medicine. "One or two of the ground brocade grass, five cents for Chen Huaihua, three cents for the pulsatilla..."

The young man was nimble, and while weighing and binding medicines, he fiddled with the abacus, "Dijincao is one penny and one tael, Chen Huaihua is four pennies and one tael, Pulsatilla, Pulsatilla one two and nine pennies, arborvitae charcoal... four to five. One, seven to seven, seven to three to one... a total of 120 six coins."

"Hey, it's quite neat." The old man said and took out a bunch of copper coins. "You count again."

The young man stretched out his hand to sweep it, and then smiled slightly: "It's just enough, old man, please go slowly."

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On the tenth day of July, it was the time when Butler He led people to check and collect accounts everywhere. When there were fewer people, the whole Qin Mansion became much quieter. The West Court and the South Court had never been very lively. Miss Qin has been quiet for the past few days after she came back.And in the front yard, there were only a few servants left in the mansion.

Because of the small number of people, Yang Shi who stayed in the mansion had to go to the backyard to help feed the horses these days.

That evening, when he came back from washing the manger, he saw Ah Sheng waiting for him.

"Brother, what did you do? I've been waiting for you for a long time." As he said that, Ah Sheng grabbed him, "Go, go to my room for a drink."

"What's a good thing? Ask me to drink?"

"There's nothing good about it, we brothers just sit and have a glass of wine together."

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In a small room across the courtyard on the left, several bowls of meat and vegetables were placed on a square table. After entering, the two sat down facing each other.

"Come on, let's chat while drinking." Ah Sheng poured two bowls of wine, "Brother, I happen to have no business tonight, let's get drunk and rest."

Yang Shi couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to take the cup.

"Come, eat vegetables, eat vegetables..."

After chatting for a while, it was already a few glasses of wine.

Feeling drunk, Ah Sheng said: "Brother, we have been in the Qin Mansion for several years."

Yang Shi nodded, "Short or long, it's been six or seven years."

"Hey!" Ah Sheng took a sip of his wine, "As the saying goes, every family has its own hard-to-read scriptures, let alone people like us, it's the eldest lady in the mansion, with golden branches and jade leaves, that's not the same embarrassing thing what?"

Yang Shi never liked to discuss this kind of gossip, so he had to eat wine and food in silence.

"Hey, you don't know?" Ah Sheng leaned over and said, "A few days ago, guess who came to our house?"

"Who? I can't guess that."

"Hey, let's just say that you can't guess... the one who came is the former uncle in our mansion, the one from Jingli."

Yang Shi was really taken aback, "This, is this really true? Then why didn't I see anyone?"

"You don't know that. If our master wants to recognize this young master, do we still need to beat the mandarin ducks? The young master rushed to meet the master before the lady came back, just to settle the matter first. But people count As good as God, our master never agreed, and in the end, my uncle was driven away. Internally and externally, anyway, those of us who know about it can’t talk about it with others.”

It seems that Ah Sheng drank too much and slipped his words.Yang Shi quickly poured him a glass of wine, "Come on, this wine is good, let's have another glass."

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"Then, where is that uncle now? Do you know?"

"Hmm... Now? She should still be in Yunzhou City, because when she left at the end, my uncle said that even if she couldn't stay together, she would never be too far away from Miss in her whole life."

Yang Shi was stunned. According to this situation, that uncle is really pitiful.

After drinking with Ah Sheng again, Yang Shi got up and went back.

It was night outside, save for the stars overhead.Yang Shi stood in the garden for a while, then turned around and strode towards the east courtyard.

The stars were shining brightly in the sky, and on the east courtyard of the Qin Mansion, lanterns were lit up from far and near.

In the courtyard, there was a maid sitting under a tree to enjoy the shade. The weather was hot, and the two windows of the main room were wide open. Qin Yuzhen was sitting under the light in a purple phoenix skirt, shaking her fan while looking out the window.

On a summer night, apart from the chirping of cicadas in the trees, the house is very quiet inside and out.

Qiu Yun lit the incense and came in, nagging: "Hui'er, girl, she doesn't know where to go, and she doesn't know where to go now."

Qin Yuzhen stopped her fan and asked her, "Has the young master fallen asleep?"

After setting off the incense, Qiu Yun replied, "I just put it to sleep."

"That's good..."

At the base of the wall outside the window, there were patches of begonias blooming. Qin Yuzhen fanned her fan and said, "I don't know if those begonias in the capital have fallen?"

After waiting for a while, he said to himself again: "Perhaps the flowers growing by the well may last longer."

Qiu Jun didn't know why Miss loves to look at crabapple flowers so much, and when she was about to speak, she saw a maid from outside hurried in, "Miss, Miss! There is a servant in the front yard who wants to see you."

Qiu Yun's pretty face suddenly darkened, "What are you doing in such a hurry, what time is it, who is so ignorant, and why don't you send someone out!"

The maid said aggrievedly: "Yes, but he said that there is something very important, and he must tell the young lady face to face."

"Really? What's his name?"

"Well, he said his name is Yang Shi, and he works in the front yard."

Qin Yuzhen stood up.

"Let him come in and talk."

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In the outer study room in the front yard, Qin Zhongkun, who was sitting on the grand master's chair, looked peaceful.Ah Sheng, who had just changed his clothes, was standing respectfully on the ground.

"My lord, I've done everything."

"..."

"According to what you said, I told Yang Shi exactly what he said. When he went out, I watched him go to the East Court with my own eyes. Maybe the lady will know now..."