Liu Aniu, Jiao Xing's younger brother, saw that his sister was obsessed with Lord Jun, and kept praising Ling Yun for being open-minded and upright. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "Sister, it seems that you are really attracted by him." I’m confused by the appearance! If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, hum…”
Jiao Xing saw that Liu Aniu kept silent about the key point and deliberately kept it secret. She couldn't help but feel a throb in her heart and asked anxiously: "What's going on? You should tell me!"
Liu Aniu glanced at her sideways and said in a somewhat contemptuous tone: "The evening before yesterday, I came back from Mr. Yang's house in the city. When I walked to the mountain road outside the city not far from Shiliting, I saw Ling Yun and A charming woman is sitting in a small pavilion, making love to each other, rubbing their ears and temples together, not to mention being intimate."
Jiao Xing's clear eyes blinked, "You're talking nonsense, I don't believe your nonsense."
Liu Aniu said slowly: "You don't believe it, at that time I also doubted whether I saw it wrong.
"Later, I saw the two of them walking away, and even walked around the small pavilion! When walking back, I picked up a jade pendant in the grass next to it. It was crystal clear and very delicate. I was thinking about this. The thing must be valuable, so just keep it in your pocket.
"At this time, the man and the woman came back again. I took a closer look and saw that the man was not your master Ling Yun, and who was it? I also recognized the woman. She was the one who once dominated the country and the city with unparalleled splendor. Yu Qingcheng, the proprietress of the silk and satin shop!"
Jiao Xing's mouth was half open and speechless; it took a while before she came back to her senses and murmured: "How... is this possible?"
Liu Aniu curled his lips and said: "How is it impossible? Your commander-in-chief even talked to me! He asked me if I had ever seen a jade pendant so wide and so big? I refused directly and said: 'No!' ' Ling Yun looked frustrated.
"At this time, the jade boss comforted him and said: 'Forget it, stop looking for it. In fact, this thing is not worth anything. If you lose it, just throw it away!'
"Your master said: 'How can this be done? When you gave me the jade pendant, I once said, 'If you wear it, you will die if you wear it.' And I have always cherished it and always worn it close to my body." , why have you lost it now? Chun'er, I'm sorry for you.'
"Yu Qingcheng said: 'What are you talking about? As long as you and I can treat each other sincerely, it will be fine. It doesn't matter whether you have a jade pendant or not.'
"Ling Yun said, 'Having said that, I still want to get this jade pendant back. A thousand pieces of gold are easy to get, but a piece of jade pendant is hard to find!'... "
Jiao Xing said anxiously: "After talking for a long time, have you returned this jade pendant to me?"
Liu Aniu said: "I'm not that stupid! Look, isn't the jade pendant here?"
As he spoke, he put his hand into his arms, carefully took out something, and shook it at them proudly.
Jiao Xing's twinkling eyes turned, and she hurriedly took it with trembling hands and looked at it carefully; Liu Ahu also came over to take a look very curiously.
This is a crystal clear jade pendant, about half the size of a palm. It is moist and green in color. Under the slanting sunlight, it is ethereal and clear, like a still shadow sinking into the jade, shining brightly. Exudes magnificent brilliance.
Engraved on the front of the jade pendant are four seal script characters: "Know yourself and know your heart"; on the back, there is a line of small regular script: "If the love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night".
Liu Ahu's eyes flashed with incomparable admiration, and he said repeatedly: "Wow, so beautiful!"
Jiao Xing stared at the emerald jade pendant intently, thinking hard for a long time, and couldn't help but frown and said: "It's strange, I serve the county horse every day, why have I never seen this jade pendant?"
Liu Aniu curled his lips frivolously and said: "The stolen gong cannot be struck. Your master is stealing other women behind the princess's back. Does he dare to show off these tokens?"
Jiao Xing's eyebrows were slightly lowered, with a confused and unexpected look on her face; she sighed softly and said nothing.
Liu Aniu stared straight at the crystal clear jade pendant, with a glint of bloodthirsty greed in his wretched eyes, and said excitedly: "Our father has no money to treat his illness now, and I don't want to beg in such a lowly manner." People——Hey, by the way..."
Liu Aniu turned his dark eyes to Liu Ahu next to him, with uncontrollable excitement in his tone, "Why don't we use this as an inducement to borrow some money from the county horse to spend! Ahu, do you think it's okay?"
Liu Ahu frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Liu Aniu with an inquiring gaze and said: "Brother, what does 'a thousand pieces of gold is easy to get, but a piece of jewelry is hard to find' mean?"
Liu Aniu glanced at him with some contempt and said: "Tch, you don't even understand this? This sentence means that this jade pendant is more valuable than those thousands of taels of silver!"
Liu Ahu's gloomy eyes suddenly flashed with stunning light, and he said with a trembling voice: "Brother, this is really a blessing from God! We were worried about not having money to pay for dad's medical treatment, but by chance, the God of Wealth came to our door! "
Liu Aniu nodded, "If we take this jade pendant to the county horse master and exchange it with him for a thousand taels of silver, I guess he won't refuse, right?"
Liu Ahu laughed and said: "Of course, brother, that's what we'll do!"
Liu Aniu said: "Okay, it's settled!"
Seeing the two brothers jumping and laughing, almost crazy with excitement, Jiao Xing blinked her clean and pure eyes and said disapprovingly: "Aniu and Ahu, how can you do this? Isn't this blackmail?"
Liu Ahu said: "Sister, don't say it so harshly! Ling Yun said that this jade pendant is more valuable than thousands of taels of silver, so it's not an exaggeration for us to ask him for a thousand taels of silver! Besides, how can we do anything without this money? Our father is delaying medical treatment!"
Jiao Xing said calmly: "But..."
Liu Aniu said impatiently: "But what? Do you have a better way to raise money besides this?"
Jiao Xing was confused and speechless for a moment.
Seeing Jiao Xing's hesitant look, Liu Aniu glanced at her with cold, abyss-like eyes. The evil aura in his eyes was turbulent, and he said sullenly: "Sister, I tell you, you can't betray us! No matter how kind your master is to you, he is still an outsider after all; remember, we are a family!
"In order to treat our father, your brother was forced to take this step; if you are temporarily soft-hearted and betray your brother in front of your master, what will be the consequences? Who should you compare in your mind? We all know it. So you already know what to do, right?"
"I..." Jiao Xing's face was pale, and her hands were rubbing together nervously.
Her extremely fragile heart was undergoing unimaginable torture; unspeakable words rolled in her throat, her voice as light and thin as flies, as if squeezed out from between her teeth, and became extremely difficult, "I ……knew……"
Jiao Xing returned to Jun Ma Mansion in despair.
In the past few days, she had been distracted and lost everything. She even accidentally broke a jade horse on Princess Huanyu's dressing table.
Princess Huanyu was very dissatisfied with her and scolded her: "Jiao Xing, what's wrong with you? You feel like you've lost your soul all day long. If you don't want to do anything else, just go home as soon as possible."
Jiao Xing was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and begged: "Princess, please spare me this time! I will never dare to do it again... My father is sick, and my family has no money to pay for medical treatment. I'm worried about this matter - this broken housekeeper will definitely pay for it!"
Huan Yu glanced over with disdain with her narrow eyes, "Compensation? This jade horse is worth hundreds of taels of silver. Can you afford it?"
"What, hundreds of taels..." Jiao Xing felt a buzzing in her ears and was stunned for a moment.
Huanyu glanced at her with a stern look, turned around and left.
Jiao Xing knelt down and took two steps, and said in a tone that was almost pleading: "Princess, for the sake of my loyal service to the princess for many years, please let me go this time! Something like this happened in my family. , if you don’t want me anymore, what will happen to our family?”
Huan Yu frowned impatiently and said: "You don't have to cry and look pitiful. Do you think you can scare me like this? - Jiao Xing, you are not a young person. It’s time to find someone to match you with!” He rolled his eyes at her and walked out.
Jiao Xing ran out crying and shouted: "Princess! Princess!... I beg you, slave..."
At this time, Ling Yun happened to walk in from outside. Seeing the messy scene in front of him, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Jiao Xing choked and said: "The princess wants... to drive this slave away..."
"Oh why?"
Jiao Xing's eyes were scarlet and she cried: "Because I accidentally broke the princess's glazed jade horse..."
At this time, Huan Yu also turned around and complained to Ling Yun: "Jun Ma, you said this kind of slave, who is lost and absent-minded all day long, how can he serve his master well? Let's get rid of him as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, Jiao Xing's heart was so frightened that she knelt down in front of Ling Yun with a "normal" voice, crying and begging: "Jun Ma, my father is seriously ill and I don't have money to pay for medical treatment. I just couldn't think of this for a moment." Pay attention to the fact that you broke this household item. You really didn’t mean to do it! As long as the princess can spare this time, I will work as a cow or a horse in the next life, and I will repay your kindness..."
Ling Yun's gentle, jade-like eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Jiao Xing, what are you talking about? I thought it was a big deal, just destroying a family or something - okay, get up, never mind!"
Jiao Xing burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Junma! Thank you, Junma!..."
Huan Yu said displeasedly: "Jun Ma, you are quite generous. This glazed jade horse was my dowry. I loved it so dearly. Now that it has been broken into pieces, I am extremely distressed, but you are making light of it." , don’t care!”
Ling Yun approached her, a faint smile overflowed from her thin lips, and said softly: "Princess, please stop worrying about everything, okay? Jiao Xing's father is sick, and she already feels very uncomfortable. Why do you just Don’t you know how to understand or care about others?”
Huanyu was annoyed and said in a strange tone: "Yes, I don't know how to be considerate and caring about others, only you do! She cares about you, you are considerate of her, she usually flirts with her and flirts with her, but you still think I don't know! "
Ling Yun's decent smile finally faded, and he said in a cold voice: "Princess Princess, what do you mean by this?"
