Cui Shoufu here asked Tong Chun worriedly: "Little Master, is there really something evil in my daughter's house?"
Tongchun replied seriously: "Although there are evil spirits, it's not serious. The young monk thinks that Miss Cui's good complexion is a blessed person. It should be a sign of good fortune."
"Young master, if you have anything to do, just ask your servants to do it. There are enough people in the family."
Tongchun said with some embarrassment: "Thank you Master Cui. It's just that the monk is not used to women. If possible, could you please give me a younger brother? Oh, it's not the girl's problem. Please don't punish her." "
Tongchun was really troubled when he thought that the little girl would blush when she saw him.
Master Cui suddenly said: "I was negligent, so I will replace my little master with a servant."
"Thank you, Mr. Cui. The young monk will prepare something to ward off evil spirits. In a few days, he will do a ritual for Ms. Cui to get rid of the old and welcome the new."
Hearing what he said, Cui Shoufu felt a lot more relieved. Seeing that the time for his departure was getting closer and closer, many matters in the house had not yet been arranged, and he no longer treated Tongchun with too many superficial nonsense, and gave a serious explanation. One should not neglect a guest and then leave.
After a while, a boy knocked on the door and said, "Master Tongchun, your fast food has been brought to you."
"come in."
The boy opened the door, and Tongchun sat at the table and looked at him with a smile. The boy was still young and might have been in a daze when he saw a monk so close to him for the first time.
"Not coming in?"
"Ah, I'm sorry!" The boy realized his gaffe and apologized quickly. The nobleman thought it was inconvenient for the woman to take care of him personally, so Uncle Wang assigned him the job of taking care of the nobleman. How could he make such a stupid mistake? If the nobleman doesn't like to replace him, he will definitely be punished.
Well, he needs to admit his mistake first!
The waiter's expression changed and he put down the plate and kowtowed to Tongchun. Tongchun had no idea that this guy had so many mental activities. He just felt that it was a bit cold when the wind outside opened the door.
The boy knelt down with a plop and kowtowed to Tongchun three times. Only then did Tongchun react and help him up.
Tongchun: What are you doing during the Chinese New Year! He doesn’t have any lucky money!
The boy only heard the soft voice above him, and asked him with some doubts: "Why do you kowtow?"
"I..." The voice seemed to have magic power. His face turned red and he said what was in his heart: "I neglected my little master and was afraid of being punished. The opportunity to serve the nobles is hard-won, and I don't want to be punished." Replace it."
Tongchun sighed. He found that he had sighed more and more since he came down the mountain. He shouldn't have come to this world. He picked up the dinner plate and put it on the table, then closed the door, while Da Tou was still kneeling on the ground looking stupid.
Mr. Cui seems to be a very smart person, so why are the servants in the house just in a daze when they see him? Tongchun touched his face. Could it be that he was too pretty?
"May I have your name?"
The boy looked up, looking at those compassionate and clear eyes, and suddenly felt the urge to cry: "My name is Datou."
"Okay, Big Head, I hope you will be smarter, don't look at me in a daze all the time, don't be nervous, I am very easy to get along with, okay?"
Who would have thought that after hearing this, the child banged his head three times again: "Thank you, little master, thank you, little master! I will do a good job! Little master, please eat slowly and I will wait outside. If you need anything, call me!"
Tong Chun said: "If you are celebrating the New Year, don't kowtow all the time. The monk has no money and can only give you the Heart Sutra to strengthen your body."
"No, no! I'm in good health! Thank you, little master!" Da Tou quickly got up and stood guard outside the door.
Tongchun looked at Datou's excited look and wanted him to calm down but hesitated to speak. Fortunately, he saw that his head was only slightly red and not injured. Datou was big and his head was really strong.
A few days later, Miss Cui's cheap cousin finally arrived.
Ruan Xianbei also brought Fat Pigeon with him on this trip. Since Fat Pigeon had nothing to do, he took it out to play with.
When the weather was nice along the way, Ruan Xianbei would let the pigeons out for a ride to lose weight.
Or when the weather is bad, just go back to the cage to rest.
At first, Fatty Pig hoped to eat a feast of corn, wheat, mung beans, peanuts and wood when traveling with Ruan Xianbei. He danced happily in the cage. However, two days later, he discovered that he had entered the Spartan Devil Weight Loss Camp and had to eat as much food as possible. I went to find it by myself, and even if the weather was nice, I had to fly everywhere. I cursed and cried miserably all night before I stopped.
It once wanted to stop on Ruan Xianbei's arm and act like a baby, but Ruan Xianbei ruthlessly complained: "Get off quickly, you are too heavy now, your belly is almost like a chicken, and you are still here acting like a fierce girl."
Fat Pigeon turned his head and pulled a piece of love on her arm.
I want you to be a widow! That’s not because you have good food! Well fed ladies!
Rushing on the road at dawn and going to bed at dusk, the hard-working migrant worker Ruan Xianbei missed the moneymaker's father who offered him a reward of ten thousand taels of gold, so much so that he went straight to his destination in Beijing without looking carefully at the scenery along the way.
In the afternoon of this day, the carriage finally drove into Shangjing.
Ruan Xianbei opened the curtain and looked at the majestic city gate and sighed: "Brother Mi You, it's different here in Beijing. It looks grand. Let's go back and build the door of our house and install two stone lions."
"The leader said that those in the mountains and forests are pretending to scare people and wasting money."
Ruan Xianbei laughed out loud: "The last sentence is like what my brother said, the first sentence should be your own idea."
Miyou ignored her and drove for a while after passing the city gate. The road became quieter and wider. Miyou looked at the people in front of him and said, "Holy girl, we are here."
Cui Shoufu, who had received the letter a long time ago, was already waiting at the door with his people. When he saw them getting out of the car, he asked his servants to greet them.
Everyone loves gossip. Outside the gate of Cui Mansion, there are passers-by in twos and threes watching the fun. If one person stops, ten people will stop. The common people all speculate that one person in the court can be worth less than ten thousand people. What kind of person will Cui Shoufu come out to greet?
Cui Lin didn't want to come at first, not to mention that the weather was cold and she was timid and timid. She thought that the eldest daughter of the family of the chief minister would actually welcome someone who came to protect her? Cousin, cousin, she wanted to see what was so special about this cousin.
Ruan Xianbei was wearing a crescent-colored cloak and a light cyan long skirt. She looked slim on her face. In fact, she secretly wore a pair of long johns underneath. People in this era are so stubborn, and cotton pants are not good-looking. Young People should also be careful about Lao Han’s legs!
When she was about to arrive, she secretly peeked through the curtain. Among the crowd was a girl with an impatient expression on her delicate face. The maid next to her was fawning and comforting her. She must be Cui. The eldest lady.
So she jumped out of the carriage, took off her hat, showed a harmless smile, warmly and affectionately gave Cui Shoufu a fist-cup salute and shouted, "Happy New Year, uncle~" and then said to Cui Shoufu, "This is Mi You, My brother didn't trust me and asked us to come together."
"Thank you for your hard work." Cui Shoufu nodded and smiled at them. He didn't expect that the young sister Mr. Yuan talked about all day long was such a big young sister.
"My brother said he was going to get me engaged. This time he sent me here to learn from my cousin what a lady is like, so that I won't be laughed at." Ruan Xianbei's voice was not loud but he used his inner strength to spread it far, deliberately making it difficult for him to leave. Passersby who were too close heard the words.
Then he walked up to Cui Lin who was reluctant to stand in front of her, took her hand and said with a smile: "This is my cousin, I can tell at a glance. My cousin is really as beautiful as a fairy!"
It is said that you should not hit someone with a smiling face. Ruan Xianbei's behavior was something that Cui Lin could not stop. She had always been as arrogant as a white swan. People around her always looked at her father's relationship to please her, ever since she was a child. I have heard of flattery ranging from tens to thousands, but there is no deliberate pretense on Ruan Xianbei's face.
But she didn't have many female friends, and few women had been so close to her. Cui Lin stiffened her hands and her brain stopped for a moment. She didn't know whether to withdraw her hands or not. Fortunately, her ladylike qualities allowed her to put her hands on her face. He forced out a standardized smile to make the scene less awkward. Junqu Pavilion
Ruan Xianbei took a look, oh, she seemed a little embarrassed! It turns out to be a paper tiger! This Miss Cui is now in her eyes
But for half of the gold, she secretly named her, and she was the best at coaxing girls. Thinking of this, the smile on her face became more and more sincere.
Cui Shoufu received the call and waved his hand and said: "It's cold outside, please go in and talk."
As the door of the Cui Mansion closed with a creak, a distant cousin who was valued by Chief Cui came to the Cui Mansion. The fact that she was beautiful and charming but wanted to choose a husband spread out like this.
Cui Lin finally retracted her hand, but after entering the gate, Ruan Xianbei directly squeezed the maid next to Cui Lin, took her arm, and praised her from head to toe as he walked.
Cousin, your skin is so good. Only when I saw you did I know what it means to have hands like catkins and skin like cream. Do you take a bath with milk every day? What? Actually not, born? God must be very partial to you. You are really beautiful everywhere.
Cui Lin laughed at her praise, and she said, Oh my God, cousin! When I saw you smiling, I realized how superficial my description just now was. You should smile more, use a clever smile to be pretty, and your beautiful eyes are so beautiful that I am afraid that you are not worthy of you. Even I, a woman, feel happy when I see you.
Finally, she said, cousin, do you think I am too natural? When I see a beautiful girl, I can't help but approach her. Does it make you feel uncomfortable?
This short journey gave Cui Lin the illusion that this cousin was warm and sincere. In the trance, she seemed to be Ruan Xianbei's distant cousin. She thought she was unhappy with this cousin before she burned the incense, but now she seemed to be unknowingly During the conversion...
Miyou handed the luggage to his servants and followed them, taking in all the rainbow farts of Ruan Xianbei in front of him. He shook his head and sighed that Miss Cui was too shallow. It didn't take long for Ruan Xianbei to conquer her.
The Cui Mansion is very large. The front yard and the inner yard are separated by a hanging flower door and a courtyard wall. Once you enter the gate, you have to walk for a while before you can enter the second gate and see the house in the main yard where they live. However, after entering the second gate, men from outside the inner yard are not allowed to enter, so He led a few people to the reception room to the south. Ruan Xianbei looked left and right. In Cui Mansion's courtyard, there was a forest garden, a long pavilion, and a small bridge and flowing water, just like a small garden from later generations.
She could even feel the presence of secret guards all around. Gee, it was such a luxurious mansion.
Seeing her admiring expression, Cui Lin thought that this cousin might have been living in the mountains and had never seen such a big yard, so she said, "If my cousin likes this yard, I can take you around when you have free time."
Ruan Xianbei looked at her and rolled his eyes and smiled: "Okay, okay, how did my cousin know that I like her? She is so considerate!"
Entering the reception room, Ruan Xianbei saw a bald monk already sitting on a chair.
Cui Shoufu introduced: "This is young master Tongchun from Mahayana Temple, and this young master is Miss Yuan."
When Tongchun saw her, he thought of the Martial Arts Club. Oh my acquaintance, the performance of this Miss He Ruan in the Martial Arts Club was deeply memorable to him.
After listening to Cui Shoufu's introduction, Tong Chun smiled. After the martial arts meeting, he knew that this girl was not named He. Others called her Miss Ruan, and now she is called Miss Yuan?
He raised his eyes and met Ruan Xianbei's eyes. The other person seemed surprised to meet her here. The two looked at each other and Tongchun said: "Amitabha, hello Miss Yuan, little monk Tongchun."
Ruan Xianbei from Yuanshan put his hands together and politely replied: "Hello, Master Tongchun."
After a few people sat down, Cui Shoufu went straight to the point without saying anything: "You must all know the situation of my family. My wife died young and left only a beloved daughter. I also hope that you can protect my daughter's safety this time. As long as my daughter is safe and sound, Everything is easy to talk about."
Ruan Xianbei said: "I heard that the opponent's methods this time are unusual. Mr. Cui, I want to ask you, do you mean that Miss Cui's life is the first priority in any situation? What I mean is that special methods may be used at critical moments. Cause some damage to your mansion."
Cui Shoufu said solemnly: "Yes, any method will do."
Ruan Xianbei smiled at Cui Lin, who was sitting next to Cui Chief Fu: "Cousin, I will protect you at all costs."
Cui Lin got goosebumps from what she said.
Qiao Da looked at Cui Shoufu: "Dad, can't I really go with you?"
Cui Shoufu patted the back of her hand: "Lin'er, this trip is dangerous. It will be safer for you and my daughter to be separated. I believe I will be safe and sound."
"Yes, cousin, if you follow Mr. Cui, he will have to focus on protecting you. If you stay, I will protect you wholeheartedly. Mr. Cui can rest assured." Ruan Xianbei agreed.
Cui Lin glared at Ruan Xianbei angrily, feeling a little hurt and unwilling to listen to their detailed conversation: "Dad, I'm going back first."
As soon as Cui Lin left, Cui Shoufu also sighed: "Although my little girl is a little squeamish, she is kind-hearted. Please forgive me."
Ruan Xianbei patted his chest and said grandly: "What are you talking about, Mr. Cui? You can rest assured and leave it to us."
Under the leadership of the socially awkward Ruan Xianbei, this meeting was a happy and satisfying meeting between the host and the guest. Seeing that it was getting late, Mr. Cui asked someone to take them back to the guest room to rest.
This time only Ruan Xianbei Miyou and Tongchun were left.
Ruan Xianbei first opened his mouth and cupped his hands and said, "It's very inconvenient to walk outside. Ruan Xianbei would like to thank young master Tongchun for not exposing him."
Seeing her honesty, Tongchun asked, "I wonder whether I should call her Miss Yuan or Miss Ruan?"
Ruan Xianbei smiled mischievously: "My current identity is Miss Cui's distant cousin, why not call me cousin?"
Tongchun nodded to show that he understood.
At the fork in the road, Tong Chun and Mi You stayed in the guest room in the outer courtyard, while Ruan Xianbei wanted to protect Cui Lin personally, so he arranged to stay in the room next to Cui Lin in the inner courtyard.
Ruan Xianbei said cheerfully: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
"It's a pleasure to work with you, cousin."
Ruan Xianbei entered the inner courtyard under the leadership of his servants. He heard Cui Lin's voice losing his temper in the distance. When he walked in, he saw that Mr. Cui had some things that the squeamish but kind-hearted Miss Cui had thrown on the floor. The maidservant was kneeling on the floor in the room.
Ruan Xianbei wants to laugh, she is so sincere (arrogant), kind (b) good (hu), Miss Cui.
Twenty taels of silver was a bit too small, but in modern times it was still around eight thousand to ten thousand yuan.
At present, an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty can only earn one tael of silver per month at most, and a centurion can earn three taels of silver per month.
Maybe he will accept it.
In addition, Qin Hu is also planning to draw a big pie for Li Xiaokun. After all, Qin Hu used to have money.
Now it depends on whether he and Qin An can survive the night.
"Little Marquis, I may not be able to survive. I'm so hungry, my hands and feet are frozen with cold." Qin An said in a daze.
"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi, hold on, hold on, you can't stay still, get up and run, that's the only way you can survive."
In fact, Qin Hu himself is in trouble. Although he was a special soldier in his previous life, this body is not what he used to be. All he has now is a perseverance.
"Wait!"
Qin Hu's eyes were like cold stars, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice. A reflection and a rustling sound that appeared just ten meters away from the camp aroused his alertness.
With the professional sense of smell of a special scout, he felt that it was the enemy.
But should we notify Li Xiaokun?
Qin Hu hesitated a little. What if he saw it wrong? You know, his current physical condition is completely different from before.
If a false alarm causes night terrors or camp roars, and someone gets a handle on it, they will be killed without mercy.
"Xiao Anzi, hand me the bow and arrow."
Qin Hu crawled under the carriage and whispered.
But Qin An's next words scared him so much that he almost jumped up.
"Bow and arrow, what are bow and arrow?"
What, there are no bows and arrows in this era?
Qin Hu looked around and found a wooden stick with a sharpened top placed under the wheel. It was two meters long. It was thick at the handle and became thinner as it went up.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a weapon.
Wooden gun, this is the iconic building of the cannon fodder.
"Come closer, come closer..." After a few breaths, Qin Hu was determined
I read that right.
The other party may be the enemy's scouts, called scouts in this era. They are trying to enter the camp and conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also poison, set fire to, or perform a beheading operation.
"one two three……"
He and Qin An lay motionless on the ground until then, he suddenly jumped up and threw the wooden spear as a javelin.
"puff!"
It was impossible for the scout to wear armor because he had difficulty moving, so the shot pierced his chest directly.
Following Qin Hu, he picked up the wooden gun belonging to Qin An, jumped out of the carriage, and chased in the opposite direction desperately.
For the reliability of intelligence, the scouts are required to monitor each other and are not allowed to act alone, so there are at least two.
After a few moments, Qin Hu threw another black shadow to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck with a wooden gun. There was a crisp sound and the man's head hung down.
"Hoo, hoo!" Qin Hu was sweating profusely and almost collapsed. He lay on the ground gasping for air. His body was really too weak.
Just to break the enemy's neck, before he could just use his hands, but just now he had to rely on the power of a wooden gun.
"Qin An, come here and help me search you."
Qin Hu is familiar with the rules of the battlefield. He must collect all the trophies from these two guys as quickly as possible.
"Two daggers, two horizontal knives, a level, seven or eight taels of broken silver, two grain bags, flags, kettles, two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pot helmets, bacon..."
"Qin An, brother, hurry up, hurry up, eat something quickly, you are saved..."
Qin Hu tremblingly grabbed a handful of fried beans from the grain bag and stuffed it into Qin An's mouth, then filled him with water and put on the captured cotton-padded clothes.
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Before dawn, Qin Hu cut off the scout's head before the sentry on duty arrived, carried it into Shi Chang's camp, and reported what happened yesterday.
This was done to prevent others from taking credit, and he knew what kind of environment he was in now.
"Thirty taels of silver for one head, you are rich."
The chief's name was Gundam. He was a tall, muscular man with a beard.
At first, he didn't believe it until he saw the trophies captured by Qin Hu and the two corpses.
At this moment, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"It's not me who gets rich, it's everyone who gets rich. This is the result of the ten of us."
