Since Xu Yu's minor illness, Xiao Shi has complained about her husband, and Xu Qingtang, who is in trouble, no longer dares to urge his grandson to study. Xu Yu didn't go to school much, and messed with his sisters and sisters all day long, but Zhu Mingzhi persuaded him to work hard, and if he didn't go to school for a day, he ignored him for a day, so that Xu Yu didn't dare to neglect his pen and ink.

On the first day of the ninth month, when he came back from the school, a small servant stepped forward and said, "Master Xia asks to see him." ”

Xu Yu said in surprise: "Didn't he quit?" What do you want me to do? ”

Entering the study, the glamorous Xia Jue smiled and gave a salute, gossiped with each other, Xia Jue said: "I am under the care of the master, and I have guaranteed a small official who is free of supplements, so that I can use it to know the county, and I will go to Hunan after the New Year." I came to visit the second master today, but what do you have to explain? ”

"Nope." Xu Yu said without thinking.

Xia Jue smiled disapprerovingly: "Recently, I heard that Lord Yang Pu once proposed to the master to give you a marriage, but I don't know why the master didn't allow it, the young lady of Lord Yang's family is talented and knowledgeable, why don't you match for the second master in the next place?" ”

Xu Yu was unhappy and said, "The elders are in charge of the marriage. ”

"The second master is still childish." Xia Jue said with a smile: "I think the second master and the two girls in the park are childhood sweethearts, but there has been no movement, there must be something unsatisfactory." This is a lifelong event, you should have some ideas yourself, in case it is not satisfactory in the future, won't you regret it? ”

Xu Yu was stunned for a moment, he couldn't understand what a departing master cared about himself so much? So he held back his anger and said, "Then let's entrust it." "The heart said to see what moth you want to come out.

"I will do my best in the next place." Xia Jue's spirit was shocked, and he said: "I can't hide it, this time I still have less travel expenses to go to Hunan, and I want to discuss with the second master to borrow some." ”

It turned out to be an autumn wind. Xu Yu said speechlessly: "I owe my friend three thousand taels now, and I don't have a penny." I'm sorry, Master Xia should go find someone else. With that, he got up and left.

Disappointed, Xia Jue returned to the outside of the city, it turned out that he had lost seven or eight hundred taels in gambling in the past few days, and his money was gradually tight. thought of the famous and generous Xu Yu.

That night, he and a group of friends ate and drank at Hongji Temple, and sent the little guy back to get things.

Because of the need to serve the guests, the cook's family came over, and there was no one to guard the house. The night was as bright as day, and the weather was exceptional. The little maid walked to the courtyard gate with a lantern, took out the key and unlocked it, stretched out his hand to push the door, and found that he couldn't push it.

"It's strange, the Suri door shaft is loose. Why is this tight? "The little guy felt very strange, and he couldn't push the door open even if he tried hard.

Putting the lantern on the ground, the little servant pushed it with both hands, and then pushed it open a little, and saw a stone against the door through the crack in the door.

The little girl was amazed in her heart, thinking that there was no one at home, where did this stone come from? So he crouched down and leaned down on the door, and reached in and pushed away the stone. Picking up the lantern, I cautiously walked inside.

I took a picture in the courtyard, but there was no one. Walked to the study and unlocked it, this time the door opened, walked in and took a look, a lot of things, the little guy was slightly relieved.

An inexplicable stone appeared, and I couldn't rest assured. The little maid carried the lantern to the inner house, and when he entered the main house, there was still a lot of everything. The little guy was completely relieved.

I had the heart to go into the back room and steal a few jelly beans to eat, but I didn't know that there was one less big suitcase in the bedroom. A bag was gone, and the little guy hurriedly ran out and shouted, "Master, it's not good!" Our house has been stolen! ”

Xia Jue hurriedly ran over, and when he entered the house, he saw that there was one missing each of the boxes and bags, and he hurriedly opened the curtains, and the two boxes placed at the head of the bed were also lost, and he immediately shouted: "Hurry up and ask the elders to come over." ”

The old monk and others rushed together, and Xia Jue hurriedly said, "How is this good?" The gate is locked, the thief must have climbed the wall from the vegetable garden, go and ask the vegetable planter, every day on time, why haven't you heard the sound of the change on the third watch today? There must be ghosts. ”

Xi Shiyi said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, let's go over and take a look now." ”

"Go, go." The old monk hurriedly called Deyue to get the key and opened the secret door, the weather was good, the moon was as bright as day, and there was no need for any lanterns and torches.

A group of people rushed to the grass hut, and the old monk went in and woke up the vegetable grower.

When the vegetable grower heard that he had been robbed, he was so frightened that he hurriedly called the guy next door to come out, and he didn't answer after calling a few times.

The vegetable grower was a little panicked and cried with a sad face. Xi Shiyi said: "Spread out and take a closer look, there may be some clues. ”

The people scattered separately, and after checking that the gate of the garden was closed, suddenly the people who went to the northwest corner shouted, "Come, the box is here." ”

Xia Jue ran over to take a look, an empty box was thrown on the ground, a few padded jackets and other worthless things were scattered on the ground, and a pocket watch was trampled to pieces.

The old monk said, "This thief came in from outside the wall and then went out through the wall, let's go out and look for it." ”

Xia Jue sighed: "It's long gone, why bother?" ”

"No need to go out." Pan Laosan said: "You go back to check the lost things, open a list, and report to the official tomorrow morning." ”

The old monk was very unwilling, Xia Jue rented the property of Hongji Temple, and was robbed in the middle of the night. Besides, the thief came in from the vegetable garden, didn't go to the temple to steal, and went straight to Xia Jue's bedroom in a big circle, obviously there was a ghost.

Therefore, the old monk has been observing the vegetable grower, and found that his appearance was a little flustered, so he scared him with words: "No one knows this road when you are free, it must be a thief who you colluded with, tie him up, and send him to the workshop tomorrow." Go and a few people go into his house and search it. ”

Several monks rushed into the house, but found nothing suspicious, and the wife who grew vegetables sat on the clay kang and shivered.

The old monk asked the vegetable grower, "What about your fellow?" ”

The vegetable grower was stunned, and replied: "I don't know, he slept before me tonight, and said that he would sleep and come out to play, why did the person disappear?" ”

Xia Qi clapped his hands and said hatefully: "It's them, no doubt." ”

"What else is there to say? Who else could there be if it wasn't you stealing with you? The old monk was very angry and shouted, "Tie up the whole family for me and send it to the soldiers patrolling the streets to guard it, so that you don't have to escape or seek death." ”

Suddenly, the vegetable garden was in an uproar, shouting and scolding, and calling the soldiers over. Xia Qi asked the old monk and Xi Shiyi to help accompany the guests, and he went back to the house to count the lost belongings.

There seemed to be seven or eight pieces of clothing in the stolen box. Ten taels of gold and one hundred taels of silver, more than thirty taels of broken silver in the wooden box, and a few pieces of jade, and a few cloaks and coats in the bag, roughly calculated that more than a thousand taels were lost.

"The passing year is not good!" Xia Jue was distressed. hastily opened a list and took it out to the big guy.

Seeing that it was about to dawn, something happened to the Xia family, and Xi Shiyi and others left one after another.

Early in the morning, Xia Jue rushed to the Yamen to report to the official. The area in charge of public security in the border area of Jinling City is Fang, which originated from the Han and Tang dynasties and is similar to the police station in later generations. On the same day, the vegetable grower was interrogated in the workshop, but the honest man really didn't know, and even the old monk testified that the family had been growing vegetables for more than 20 years. It's always been the duty of duty.

The guy's surname is Cai, he was new at the end of last year, and he knows everyone on the street. Ben was doing chores in a butcher shop, and he was willing to come to help farm and watch, but now the person is gone, and the suspicion is the greatest, and the case will be sent to Shuntianfu. Soon Shuntianfu notified Jiucheng of the arrest and posted the portrait of Cai's guys.

In a theft like this, it's nice to catch someone. Even if someone is caught, there is probably not much money left, and in addition, the official will pluck the goose with his hands and goose, so Xia Jue does not report any expectations at all, but does his best to admit that he is unlucky.

It looks like it's coming to the Double Ninth Festival. Lan Chun came out to visit her aunt and arrived at the door. I saw a young man wearing a light blue brocade cloud robe standing in the gap in the wall, and he was wearing a gray velvet basin hat. It is equipped with a conspicuous ruby, and the hat is wrapped in three red, blue and green silks.

A pair of shiny leather shoes under your feet, how fashionable is it to wear both ancient and modern? Lan Chun, who inadvertently took a look at a strange man, was amused in his heart, turned his head and entered the courtyard. However, her aunt Mrs. Leng looked strange, no matter what dynasty, there was no shortage of such fashionable young people who liked to be unconventional, such as the greased and powdered scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the scribe who wore flower arrangements in the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Dan took the initiative to come over with a smile and arched his hand. Xiao Wu introduced: "This is the young master of the Yang family, and he plans to repair the house and use it as an outer study." ”

Young Master of the Yang Family? Seeing that it was the son of Prime Minister Yang Pu of the Cabinet, Mrs. Leng couldn't help but look her up and down and smiled at Yang Dan.

Yang Dan said: "In the future, we will be neighbors, and if there is a place where we can't go, please ask my wife Haihan." ”

Seeing that he was very polite, Mrs. Leng felt that he was amiable, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yang doesn't need to be polite, and I don't know anything about a woman."

Due to the rain, the wall collapsed a corner, and Mrs. Leng took the opportunity to say to the little servant: "Please go and talk to the housekeeper of your mansion, and clean up this wall as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry, it'll be repaired right away." The little guy naturally agreed.

"The slave family has taken their leave." Mrs. Leng turned around and went into the courtyard and closed the door.

Lan Chun asked, "Auntie, who is the person outside?" ”

"I don't recognize it." Mrs. Leng smiled and took her niece's hand and entered the house.

After entering the house, Lan Chun asked again, "I don't know, why did you talk?" ”

"You're polite, can I ignore it?" Mrs. Leng pulled her niece to sit down and said, "Actually, it's not that I don't know each other, it's the son of the Yang Mansion here." ”

"Lord Yang's son? I said, "I don't think I've seen this man somewhere?" Lan Chun tilted her head and thought about it, but unfortunately she knew almost nothing about Yang Pu.

Mrs. Leng said with a smile: "You may have seen it from afar in the mansion during the New Year's holidays, or you may have never met each other." Because you often see the sons and daughters of each family, who is not dressed like a peacock, so it seems to have seen. ”

"Hmm." Lan Chun felt that it was about the same, so he threw it away, and he didn't take it seriously.

Mrs. Leng didn't mean to continue, after all, her niece was deeply favored by Xu Sanye, and she didn't need to worry about marriage matters, and she didn't think about it at all.

There is another reason, Yang Pu's eldest son and second son died early, Yang Dan ranked third and the only son, and people naturally wanted to marry the right wife.

After lunch, Mrs. Leng went to the door for something. Lan Chun had nothing to do to chat with Mama Li at home, and Mama Li said, "Big girl, it looks like someone is going to live next door, haven't you been there yet?" It's a big garden. ”

Lan Chun said: "Then let's go over and take a look, we used to see those trees next door, and guess that the layout in the courtyard must be good." But people are moving, don't be embarrassed. ”

"It doesn't matter, what are the neighbors afraid of?" Mother Li has no scruples, and it is strange that the big girl guarding the Xu Mansion has concerns.

At that moment, the two of them were about to leave, and Lan Chun smiled as she walked: "If Aunt Hui asks me, I will say that you brought me here." ”

Mother Li also smiled: "It's not out of the city, who dares to be rude here?" (To be continued) R466