On her birthday, Cai Wenji came to school early. Cai Yong has no children under his knees, and the other daughters are also in the boudoir, and the half-son should preside over this birthday ceremony, but Qiuming is often absent from home, so Wen Ji can only show up.

When the music started, Cai Wenji was dressed in a dark robe and led several younger sisters to march on her knees to congratulate her father on his birthday. Cai Yong'e sat upright, solemnly listened to Wen Ji's congratulations, grabbed a handful of copper coins from the copper basin beside him and threw them on the ground, and several of the youngest girls rose to their feet, giggling You fight for me.

Cai Wenji naturally didn't want to compete with her sisters, but the scene in front of her reminded her of some pictures from her childhood, and a knowing smile hung on the corner of her mouth. She took the wine bud from Gu Yong's hand who was standing aside, held it with both hands and offered it to her father, Cai Yong took the wine bud and took a sip, then dipped her fingers in the wine, and flicked it three times to the sky and three times to the ground, and the whole ceremony came to an end.

Next is the part of the guests to congratulate, Gu Yong was afraid that Cai Wenji would be tired, so he let her go to the small room to rest first. The Hou Mansion of Hefei was attacked, and Gu Yong, as the mayor of Hefei, naturally had an unshirkable responsibility and was dismissed from office as soon as possible. However, he was originally a quiet person, and he was not shocked, so he only handed over the government affairs lightly and returned to his teacher Cai Yong, just to help prepare for this birthday banquet.

Cai Wenji is very grateful for Gu Yong's timely arrival, otherwise she would definitely be a little more laborious than now. She felt a little tired, so she took off her robe and leaned back on the soft couch, and fell asleep groggyly.

In her dreams, she seemed to have returned to the situation when Chen Liu was newly married, when Qiuming did not have so many important matters to deal with, and she could talk to her all day long about articles and study poetry; At that time, Xiaoli was still a simple and happy little girl, and she followed herself every day and laughed and laughed, "The sky was so blue at that time, and the flowers were so fragrant......

A low knock on the door disrupted her dream, Cai Wenji sat up straight, and first brushed her hair with her hand before asking, "What's the matter?" ”

"Madam, there was a man outside who was anxious to see you, and asked him nothing but didn't say anything, and finally he gave us something when he left, saying that you will understand when you see it."

Cai Wenji nodded: "If there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow, and there is no hurry at this time." ”

"Okay, besides, he said he was from Wancheng."

"What?" Cai Wenji stood up suddenly: "Quickly show me what he brought." ”

This is a very ordinary wooden hairpin, without any gorgeous decorations, but Cai Wenji recognized at a glance that this was Xiaoli's birthday gift on her tenth birthday, and Xiaoli was happy for more than half a month at that time. Later, although as she grew older, Xiaoli was embarrassed to wear a wooden hairpin anymore, but this friendship between sisters has not been let go at all.

Cai Wenji opened the note wrapped around the hairpin, only to see that it read: "Sister, Wenpin's attitude towards me has become worse and worse recently, and I often beat and scold, I am afraid that I will be beaten to death by him one day." Sister, come and save me. ”

"Xiaoli", Cai Wenji's tears are like springs, and her heart is like a knife. Xiao Liben writes in a delicate font, but the words on this note are crooked and ambiguous, which shows that she must be in a mood and difficult to write, and may even have an injury to her hand.

Xiaoli is in danger, Cai Wenji definitely can't sit idly by, but her father's birthday is not over yet, and it seems that she can't just leave, and Guo Jia Liaohua has been telling her to pay attention to safety these days, if she knows that she wants to leave alone, she will never allow it.

Cai Wenji had an idea, and found the eldest sister and said: "Zhao Ji, my sister has something to go to Wancheng, why don't you hide in this room for me, if there is anything the maid will help you block, if you can't stop it, you can put on my robe and go out for a walk." The two of us look so alike that ordinary people can't see it. ”

Zhao Ji usually obeys this eldest sister, not to mention such a fun thing, so she immediately smiled and nodded in agreement. Under the cover of several maids, Cai Wenji changed into civilian clothes and sneaked out of the room, beating her horse and galloping towards Wancheng.

The abnormal situation in Cai Wenji's room immediately attracted Guo Jia's attention, and he said to Liao Hua: "Go and see, why are there always maids coming in and out of Wenji's side, is it because she is not feeling well?" ”

Liao Hua agreed and was just about to leave, but Ermayina broke into their observation room in a panic, and cried when she saw Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, it's not good, Yi'er was snatched away." ”

Guo Jia snorted as if he had been hit hard, his cheeks were bloody and red, and Liao Hua hurriedly said: "This is a problem, I will immediately mobilize the whole city to help you find it." ”

Guo Jia took a deep breath and raised his hand with difficulty: "No, this must be a thief's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and its intention is to deal with Qiuming's family and force him to comply." Now that they've shown their form, we're just in time to catch them all. You send more people to guard the autumn mansion first, and I'll go see if Wen Ji is okay. ”

Ermayina grabbed Guo Jia and said with tears in her eyes: "What about Yi'er?" He's still so young, if there are three long and two short, I don't want to live. ”

Guo Jia was also in turmoil at the moment, hugged his wife into his arms and said, "Don't panic, everything will be fine." All they want is Tyumen's family, what's the use of robbing my son? It's going to be fine. His voice suddenly became resolute: "Even if something really happens, it will only harm our family, if there is something in Qiuming, the entire Dengzhou will be finished." Ermayina raised her teary eyes and nodded softly.

Guo Jia comforted his wife, endured his grief and walked to Cai Wenji's room, and said loudly: "Is Wenji inside?" I'm Guo Jia, and I have something to say to you. ”

After a while, the voice of the maid came from the room: "The old man has sent someone to pass the word and asked the lady to come over to greet the guests, and the lady has already passed." ”

Guo Jia was shocked: "I just came over there, Old Master Cai has been talking about the article, and he has never sent anyone to pass the word." Which way did Wen Ji go? ”

Cai Zhaoji didn't know which way to go, she didn't expect her father to come over so soon, so she had to put on a robe to cover her face, looking forward to her father's old eyes being dizzy, and she couldn't tell her and her sister for a while.

Followed by the people passing through the house, Zhao Ji was a little puzzled, as if there should not be such a long way, but she is everyone's best girl, and it is not easy to ask strangers, so she has to cough lightly. It's also strange to say that as soon as she coughed, the person who led the way immediately ran away, and in a blink of an eye, the figure was gone.

Cai Zhaoji knew that something was wrong even if she didn't understand the world anymore, she looked around and found herself standing in a deep courtyard, surrounded by dripping wells and cornices. She cried out in fear: "Is there anyone? ”