He did what he wanted to do to Mrs. Xiao yesterday.
Zhou Xu reached out and took off the peonies from Mrs. Xiao's temples. Xiao Luolan thought he would still block the flowers from her eyes. Just when he was about to retreat, Sect Leader Zhou suddenly dropped his hand.
Xiao Luolan was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red with shame and anger.
Zhou Xu leaned into the delicate fragrance of the colorful peonies blooming in the undulating snow-colored mountains.
Xiao Luolan looked at Clan Master Zhou who was sniffing the peonies deeply. She almost fainted and pushed Clan Master Zhou away fiercely. Her cheeks were so red that they could bleed.
Zhou Xu chewed the peony petals and said nonchalantly: "I know you are a married woman."
But what if there is a married woman? Can Zhou Xu not be able to snatch her?
Chapter 31 (revision)
Xiao Luolan slammed the window shut and pressed her body tightly against the back of the window. The peony flower was shaking violently. The soft petals had just been swept away messily, and two or three petals fell to the ground. Xiao Luolan looked at the bright red petals on the ground. I felt ashamed and angry. I was so angry that I turned around and opened the window.
Zhou Xu originally thought that Mrs. Xiao would not open the window. When he saw the window opened, Mrs. Xiao's beautiful face became more angry and angry. His heart moved and he came closer again: "Xiao..." Before he could finish his words, he was hit in the face.
After Xiao Luolan's impulse, she couldn't help but feel fear in her heart.
Zhou Xu touched the left side of his face and looked at Mrs. Xiao's face of shame and anger, which was clearly scared but still holding back, and her narrow eyes were slightly deep.
Once this man stopped laughing, he became frighteningly cruel. Xiao Luolan clenched her hands, inevitably becoming more frightened. Would he hit someone?
Zhou Xu saw Mrs. Xiao flinching, her eyelashes trembling, and the color on her face faded a lot, as if she was frightened. He had not seen Mrs. Xiao so frightened when he was chewing flower petals.
Zhou Xu held Mrs. Xiao's hand and found that the white jade fingertips were slightly cold.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Xu held Mrs. Xiao's hand, and although he was confused, he still asked in a warm and concerned voice.
Xiao Luolan opened her eyes and found that Sect Leader Zhou was holding her hand again, and her face turned red again. How could this person be so rogue, like a ruffian?
"If you don't tell me, I won't let go." Zhou Xu tightly held Mrs. Xiao's wrist to prevent her from struggling too much, and coaxed in a low voice: "Tell me what you were afraid of just now, and I will let go." your hands."
Xiao Luolan was angry and anxious. Seeing that she couldn't break away, she pursed her lips and said, "I thought Sect Leader Zhou wanted to hit me just now."
Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment this time. He looked at Mrs. Xiao carefully and found that she really thought so. A look of anger flashed across his face: "Someone hit you? Who hit you?" He then thought of Mrs. Xiao taking her beloved daughter with her. Living alone outside, his words became even more bloody: "Has your husband beaten you?"
Xiao Luolan was stunned by Zhou Zongzhu's repeated questions. She suddenly remembered her ex-husband. In fact, it was a long time ago. Not long after her daughter was born, her parents-in-law were extremely harsh when they saw that she had given birth to a daughter. Once because An argument broke out over trivial matters, and the man pushed her to the ground in anger... Xiao Luolan thought of this incident for no reason.
"I also hit him later." Xiao Luolan told the truth this time. Her ex-husband pushed her once, and she also hit him directly. Thinking about it now, Xiao Luolan still feels that it was right for her to divorce and take her daughter away. .
Zhou Xu sneered directly: "Who can you hurt with your strength?" A delicate purdah woman like Mrs. Xiao, in Zhou Xu's opinion, has no strength at all. She probably can't even draw a bow and arrow.
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao's fingertips, which were as white as snow, and her soft palms. Due to their plumpness, the soft and snowy flesh could flow out when pinched, like melted ointment.
"I just want to see if your hand hurts?" Zhou Xu said.
Xiao Luolan retracted her hand, feeling that Clan Leader Zhou was very strange. She hit him, and instead asked if her hand hurt. Although Xiao Luolan felt that Clan Master Zhou was the one who asked for the beating just now, she passed it. After a while he replied: "No."
"It's okay if I don't." Zhou Xu smiled and said, "I'm even afraid that my rough face will hurt Mrs. Xiao's hand."
Xiao Luolan felt that Clan Master Zhou was deliberately teasing her, so she couldn't help but glare at Clan Master Zhou.
Zhou Xu came forward and said, "I am telling the truth."
Xiao Luolan didn't want to get entangled with Sect Master Zhou. The window was half closed, and a black whip blocked the closing movement. Zhou Xu slowly opened the window and asked with a smile: "Mrs. Xiao, I don't know your husband's name." ?”
Xiao Luolan panicked instantly. It was true that she had an ex-husband, but how could she find him here? Their identities were all fake. When she thought of deceiving Clan Master Zhou, Xiao Luolan felt guilty. However, she couldn't find any other topic for a while, so she could only lower her head and hesitate: "Clan Master Zhou asked him to do it." What?"
Zhou Xu used the black whip to slowly lift Mrs. Xiao's face. The woman's snowy skin was made even whiter by the black whip, and her lips were more beautiful than peonies.
Zhou Xu laughed softly and said, "Of course I have skin cramps."
Xiao Luolan's eyes widened in horror,
Zhou Xu put down the black whip, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I lied to you, I believe this." After that, he strode away.
Xiao Luolan closed the window and frowned slightly before going to bed. She was not a smart person and could not tell whether Zongzhu Zhou's words were true or false. Xiao Luolan fell asleep with all her worries on her mind.
The study room of Dou Mansion was originally used by Dou Haitao. Later, when Master Jiedushi came, Dou Haitao naturally gave it to Master Jiedushi for temporary use. He also selected many servants to serve in the courtyard. However, those servants near the study were No one dares to enter, and the outer door of the study is also guarded by cavalry. Except for Mr. Qingshan and Mrs. Xiao, no one else is allowed to enter without authorization.
Mrs. Xiao has not been here for some time now. Zhao Qingshan is making tea in the study, holding in his hand the confession of Prefect Li's eldest son.
The Dalang of Li Mansion was a tough talker. After being tortured all night, he only insisted that he drank wine at Hongxiufang on April 14th and had no idea about the assassination of Lord Jiedushi.
Zhou Xu opened the door and came in, sitting in a chair. After a while, he took up his pen and wrote a letter.
Zhou Xu walked to the window, put his hand to his lips and whistled.
Zhao Qingshan put down the confession in his hand and looked at his lord.
In the dark night, a goshawk swooped down from the sky with a clear chirp and landed on its owner's arm. Its yellow bird's eyes kept turning. Zhou Xu stuffed the letter into the copper tube tied to the eagle's leg, and then I touched a goshawk's slippery feathers.
"Good boy, take the letter home."
The goshawk pecked its owner's hand, then fluttered its wings and flew into the sky, quickly disappearing into the night.
"Lord, what letter did you ask Wu Yilang to send?" Zhao Qingshan asked.
Zhou Xu picked up the confession of the elder man of the Li family and took a look at it, and then said: "Xie Deyong is from the Xie family in Chang'an. He is a guest in the mansion. I asked him to help me list in detail the wives of the big and small families with the surname Xiao in Chang'an."
Zhao Qingshan looked at his master up and down: "You want to investigate Mrs. Xiao?"
Zhou Xu touched his beard and said, "No, the main reason is to know who her husband is."
Zhao Qingshan always felt that something was wrong: "What happens after you know it?"
Zhou Xu raised his eyelids and said in a lazy and cool voice, "Of course it's skin cramps."
Zhao Qingshan's scalp tightened, why did the Lord's mood worsen even after going to Mrs. Xiao's place.
Zhou Xu shook the confession of Mr. Li Fu and sneered: "The mouth is quite tough."
"Tomorrow, you go ask Prefect Li and his family to take a good look at their elder brother. If you don't look at him again, Judge Xu will find out the truth in a few days and there will be no chance to look at him again."
Zhao Qingshan should be.
"Come here and do one more thing."
After hearing this, Zhao Qingshan twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling that he had been overused by his master.
The next day.
Xiao Luolan was wearing a cross-collar dress. After washing, she went to see her daughter. After mother and daughter had breakfast, Xiao Luolan thought of what happened yesterday and was worried about meeting Clan Master Zhou again, so she asked Fang Yun to see Clan Master Zhou. There is nothing in the house, and I don’t want to go out with Sect Leader Zhou.
Fang Yun curtsied and left.
Xiao Qingxue saw that her mother seemed to be deliberately avoiding Sect Leader Zhou. She held her mother's arm and asked in a serious tone: "Mom, did we really not have any conflicts with Sect Leader Zhou? If we did, don't be afraid, you can tell me. "
Xiao Luolan looked at her caring daughter, touched her head and said, "No, I just don't think we can trouble him too often. Sect Leader Zhou has helped us enough."
Xiao Qingxue looked at her mother suspiciously.
"It's true." Xiao Luolan fixed the longevity thread on her daughter's wrist, arranged the flowers in her hair, and said her plan: "After a few days, when we have the household registration, we will buy a house. Move out and no longer live here, and then we can say goodbye to Mrs. Dou, the head of the Zhou clan, and the others."
Xiao Qingxue saw that her mother was always fine, so she said, "It's okay to move out. Living in other people's homes always makes me uncomfortable, but I must choose a safer house."
"Right now, Clan Master Zhou and the others are investigating the assassination. They have already traced the case of Governor Li's son. I think it won't be long before Governor Li will be kicked out of Taiyang County. The new governor must be a member of Clan Master Zhou." Qingxue analyzed: "We get along well with Sect Master Zhou. For his sake, the new eunuch should take care of us."
Xiao Luolan felt more and more guilty in her heart, why did they need to borrow the favor of Sect Master Zhou when this time came.
Fang Yun came back after a while and said: "Master Jieduzhi is in the mansion and has not yet left."
Xiao Luolan and her daughter Fang Yun first borrowed Dou's carriage to go to Hufang.
Xiao Luolan wore a curtain hat and noticed that there were notices posted everywhere in the city, with portraits of assassinated thieves painted on them. There were already many people gathered around, looking at the notices and discussing them. The words they heard the most Just one tael of gold.
She took a cursory glance at the notice. Anyone who provided precise clues would be rewarded with one tael of gold.
It didn't take long after arriving at Hufang.
There were surprisingly few people queuing up today. Xiao Luolan came down with her daughter wearing a curtain hat, Xiao Qingxue also wore a curtain hat, followed by Fang Yun, and four healthy servants assigned to them by Mrs. Dou.
Xiao Luolan just wanted to know how to apply for household registration. If it was easy, she would take out the money to do it. But when they got to the front of the line, the household worker who had been working with his head down saw them and packed up the things on the desk. A household worker sitting on the left who was in charge of the group appearance said: "Madam, today our household has to compile a book of floating households for the past three years and hand it over to our superiors, so today's work can only end here. Can you please Go back."
The household workers quickly packed up and left.
Xiao Luolan took a look at the sky. It was about ten o'clock in the morning. Are you going to stop working so soon? .
When Xiao Luolan returned to Dou Mansion, the more she thought about it, the more she felt there was something fishy. Yesterday, there were obviously a lot of people queuing up in Hufang, but today there were only two or three people. And shouldn't there be a notice or something like that if Hufang is not working? In the afternoon, Xiao Luolan was worried and couldn't sit still anymore. While her daughter was making soap with Fang Yun, she came to Xiyuan's study.
"Lei Langjun, is Master Zhou in the study?" Xiao Luolan asked Lei Shan while wearing a curtain hat.
"Yes, Mrs. Xiao, please come in." Lei Shan turned sideways.
Xiao Luolan pushed open the study door.
When Zhou Xu saw Mrs. Xiao, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Mrs. Xiao."
When Xiao Luolan saw Clan Master Zhou, she felt angry, but she didn't want to speak ill of her benefactor. She sat on a chair in the study room, thinking about what she would say later to get Clan Master Zhou to let them register.
"Mrs. Xiao, I got something good, come and try it." Zhou Xu took out a white jade plate. The bottom of the plate was actually covered with finely crushed ice cubes. On a hot day, there was a cold white air, but it was cold even before he got close. It was extremely cool when it hit me, and there were five fruits with red shells on top of the crushed ice.
Xiao Luolan looked at it: "Litchi?"
There are actually lychees in this northern land.
Zhou Xu peeled off a lychee and handed it to Mrs. Xiao.
Xiao Luolan shook his head.
"I know why you are here. I will talk to you in detail after Mrs. Xiao eats it." Zhou Xu moved the lychees forward again: "Lychees are very delicate and are delicious when they are fresh. Once the shell is exposed, they will be eaten." Eat it as soon as possible, Mrs. Xiao, otherwise it will really be a waste."
Xiao Luolan looked at the lychees that had been delivered to the curtain cap and confirmed again and again: "If I eat it, can I apply for household registration?"
"I never lie to Mrs. Xiao. It's already done. If you don't believe me, you can check it later." Zhou Xu affirmed.
Xiao Luolan thought for a while, lifted up the corner of her hat, picked up a lychee and ate one.
The curtain cap only reveals the snow-white lower jaw and the red and full lips, and the lychee pulp is sucked into the lips bit by bit by the shell teeth.
Xiao Luolan quickly finished the lychees and pushed the remaining four in front of Sect Master Zhou.
Zhou Xu took out the household registration book and put it on the table.
Xiao Luolan's eyes immediately focused on it.
"Mrs. Xiao, after finishing eating, I will give you the household registration book."
Xiao Luolan looked at lychees. They were not a rare thing in modern times. She often bought them for her daughter in the summer, but now they were in ancient times and lychees were in the south. How did Sect Leader Zhou get them?
