Rebirth of the Golden Bastard

Under the moonlight, the man's back fled.

Until the next day, Cang Qiao was still laughing non-stop at Xia Yunqing's "rhetoric words".

On the wooden dining table, Mr. Xia's hand holding the vegetables stopped in mid-air, and finally couldn't help turning his head to look at the eldest son who had been making a strange "Puff" sound.

"Cang Qiao..." There was worry in his eyes, wondering what was wrong with this son who had never been normal all this time, "What happened?"

It's okay if you don't ask, but when you ask, Xia Cangqiao's shoulders tremble again.

Xia Yunqing on the opposite side put down the bowl and chopsticks expressionlessly, "I'm done eating."

Cang Qiao glanced at him from above the rim of the bowl, and hurriedly finished the porridge, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve: "I'm done too!"

Master Xia looked at his sleeve, resisted the urge to touch his forehead, and waved his hand gently: "If you have something to do, you should leave the table first."

"Yes." The two said in unison, Xia Yunqing got up and walked out, Cang Qiao followed with a smile.

After leaving the Xia family mansion, the early morning air was mixed with the smell of breakfast from street stalls.People who got up early to work brought fresh vitality to the city, but after everyone saw people walking on the official road, this vitality became the motivation to escape.

……

Looking at the steamer thrown on the side of the street, the lid was still steaming.

Cang Qiao threw a few copper coins on the wooden table next to it, then lifted the lid and took out two buns.

"It's so hot!" He threw his hands back and forth like acrobatics, Xia Yunqing stood in front of him and looked back at him.

"...I have something to do..."

The implication is that I hope this big brother will not follow him all the time.

Cang Qiao bit one bun and threw the other bun to him, "Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I'll be with you."

Xia Yunqing reached out to catch the steamed stuffed bun, and looked at the boss who was hiding not far from the steamer.The expression on the boss's face was not to mention how aggrieved, as if he had just been robbed by bandits.

He sighed: "Brother, you didn't pay enough."

"Ah?" Cang Qiao had never had any idea about the money here. When he was told this, his mouth frowned and he simply took out a piece of silver and threw it beside the steamer.

The boss in the distance stared wide-eyed, as if he saw some miracle.

Xia Yunqing sighed again: "Brother, I gave you too much..."

This money is enough to buy a whole street of steamer shops.

"Tsk." Cang Qiao wrinkled his nose and said impatiently, "Sometimes it's too much, sometimes it's not enough, you should ask him to come over and tell me how much this bun is."

Can the seller be blamed for hiding so far away?

Xia Yunqing also had no choice but to turn around and continue walking forward. Cang Qiao chased after him a few steps behind him, staggering and following beside him.

"where are you going?"

"Shop Patrol..."

"Oh……"

"..."

The two quickly ran out of words, and Cang Qiao was slightly displeased: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Why do you feel that the distance between the two is farther than before?

Xia Yunqing stopped in her tracks: "Brother, if you're okay, you can go to the theater troupe to watch a play, or go to the teahouse to drink tea."

Cang Qiao squinted at him, "You just made up your mind to drive me away!"

As he said that, he acted like a rascal, wrapping his hands around the man's arm, almost sticking to the man's arm.

"I'm not leaving!"

Xia Yunqing inadvertently struggled across her eyebrows, and then put the man down by the collar: "It's not fun to patrol the shop."

"Play with your sister!"

Cang Qiao got angry and shouted: "In your eyes, I only know how to play!"

Xia Yunqing was taken aback, before she had time to say anything else, Cang Qiao turned her head and turned in another direction, yelling, "Little Gu! Where did you die!... Don't look at those calligraphy and paintings! Every painting is the same! It looks so fart and good-looking!"

Cang Qiao's voice was loud, and many people secretly looked at him.The painting scholar quit, stood up and scolded angrily: "Calligraphy and painting are entrusted by a person's spirit, and there are so many deep meanings and connotations contained in them. If you don't like it, just let it go, why bother to hurt others!"

……

Cang Qiao was taken aback by the man's words, and squinted at random, "You're not from the local area, are you?"

The man raised his jaw: "People from Jiangnan just arrived in the capital yesterday."

Cang Qiao nodded clearly, "Sure enough."

In the entire capital, only those who don't know him dare to talk to him like that.It's quite boring to think about it, and I can't even find a wine and meat friend.

He glanced at the scholar again, and waved away Gu Xiao: "Let's go, let's play with the young master."

Xia Yunqing: "..."

The troupe was full of voices, and early in the morning, people lined up to buy tickets to enter the theater.

This made Cang Qiao deeply realize once again how boring this era of nothing is.

"Why don't I open a store myself?" He said to himself, frightening these ignorant guys with some strange gadgets.

"What did the young master say?" Gu Xiao followed curiously and asked.This is the first time for him to come to the troupe to watch a play. The young master didn't like these things before.

He took the money and bought two tickets with great interest. When the two entered the arena, the surrounding voices suddenly fell silent.

Cang Qiao was used to this kind of situation, he walked in with his head held high, but before he could take a few steps, someone bumped his shoulder.

"Get out of the way!"

The man yelled: "Didn't you see our young master coming!"

Cang Qiao blinked, turned around, and saw the boy staring at her fiercely, behind him stood a tall man...a woman?

The other party was wearing a purple tulle shirt with mandarin ducks embroidered on the wide sleeves.Her black hair was coiled into clouds, her face was whiter than her own, with slender eyebrows and long eyes, her face was indifferent but full of charming beauty.

Only then did Cang Qiao realize that the reason why the surrounding voices stopped abruptly was because of the appearance of this person.

"Hmm..." Cang Qiao rubbed her heart, lowered her voice and said to Gu Xiao: "This is the first time for me to be robbed of the limelight, I'm really not used to it."

Gu Xiao was helpless, and said in her heart: My young master... it would be better if this kind of limelight is snatched away by others...

"Yo! It's Young Master Xia!"

The boy was pushed away, and a bald man appeared behind him: "What a rare visitor! You also heard that Mr. Que'er is coming today?"

Cang Qiao blinked, and before she could speak, she was respectfully invited upstairs by the bald man: "I have to reserve the best seat for Young Master Xia today! Que'er is really appreciated by you!" Our pleasure!"

Cang Qiao blinked again, and the words that came to her lips were swallowed by herself again.Well, I have nothing to do anyway, since I can exchange VIP seats with cheap money, I naturally don't look at it for nothing.

Before he turned around, he took another look at the person named Que'er, who had already walked backstage.The tall and elegant back could not be matched by the word "elegant", it was like a fairy in a painting.

"Is that bird a man or a woman?" Cang Qiao went to the private room upstairs and turned to ask the bald man.

The man was taken aback, with an embarrassed expression on his face, "Master, don't you know?"

"I don't know." Cang Qiao said it as a matter of course, "I just came in to take a look when I had nothing to do, but I came across something like this."

As soon as he opened the ivory bone fan in his hand, he covered half of his face with a wretched smile: "Thank you so much for inviting me to the theater."

The bald man resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and just flattered him: "This Que'er is a well-known actor in the Jiangnan area. He broke up with the big Jiangnan troupe 'Huagu' a year ago. Many troupes are vying for important people. We are also It took a lot of money to get him."

"Oh! Awesome!" Cang Qiao put away her fan, "Then...is he a man or a woman?"

Gu Xiao couldn't bear it any longer, and said sadly: "Master, didn't that boy just say 'Young Master'?"

"Ah." Cang Qiao also remembered, innocently said: "Young Master Que'er looks so good-looking, I didn't pay attention for a moment."

Hearing what he said, the bald man suddenly became happy: "Young Master Xia is as long as you are satisfied! After the play is over, I will let Que'er serve you!"

Cang Qiao blinked again, but said nothing, and the bald man went downstairs with a smile.

After a while, Cang Qiao turned to look at Gu Xiao: "Why... the embroidery workshop also said that there is a girl, and the theater also said so ambiguously. Could it be..."

Gu Xiao looked down at him, saw Cang Qiao pondering for a while, and said meaningfully: "Could it be that the capital is actually surrounded by secret brothels!"

"Huh?" Gu Xiao was at a loss.

"These can't be some kind of underground organization!" Cang Qiao raised an eyebrow and said softly: "Use the brothel as cover!"

Gu Xiao: "..."

……

One morning and one afternoon, Cang Qiao ate, drank and slopped in the troupe.

Although he is not serious and likes to listen to opera, if he is asked to say, he doesn't understand a word of those people's singing.But he likes it.

Downstairs are crowds cheering from time to time, and there are boys selling melon seeds and peanuts walking back and forth between the long wooden benches with small baskets.The opera drum singing on the stage is the best lullaby.

Que'er sang twice, probably the first time he came to the capital, and the theater troupe arranged for him.

Even a person like Cang Qiao who can't understand at all can understand the reason why he was snapped up by the theater troupe.Que'er's voice is as mellow as a yellow warbler, and the emotions of sadness or joy can be easily conveyed to the listener by raising the tone.

Cang Qiao lay on the railing and watched for a while.Eyebrows flowed, affectionate, but it was too far from the expressionless and indifferent person I saw before.

"Okay!" At the end of the song, Cang Qiao stood up first and clapped his hands.

Many people downstairs looked up at him, Que'er gave a blessing on the stage, then looked up at him again.

"Tsk tsk." Cang Qiao clutched her chest and said, "Gu Xiao, have you seen his little eyes... Oh my god, it's really unbearable."

Gu Xiao also nodded in admiration, but the two of them were obviously not talking at the same level.

"Yes, young master! Master Que'er is really amazing, he fully presented the sadness of Princess Qinhuai, he hesitated to speak, and packed his lover's luggage with the pain of heart... woo woo woo..."

Cang Qiao's mouth twitched, coughed dryly, and sat down.

……

Evening is the peak of the theater, and even adults bring children to listen to the theater.

Cang Qiao kowtowed melon seeds and rode on Erlang's legs to watch. Some plays were repeated many times a day, and Cang Qiao would hum when he listened to them in a day.

"Master." The bald man came up from the stairs at the back and looked at him with a smile, "Que'er will rest after one more game tonight, how about I help you book a private seat in the restaurant?"

Cang Qiao was not interested at first, but now she is a little curious about the bird, so she doesn't delay at this time: "Okay, you can arrange it."

The bald man promised and went down immediately.

Gu Xiao was a little dissatisfied: "Master, he is using you."

"what?"

"If Que'er arrives in the capital on the first day and gets the young master's protection, they will just have to wait for a lot of money in the future."

Cang Qiao was puzzled, "Que'er sings well, naturally many people come, what does it have to do with me?"

Gu Xiao sighed, "It's normal for the theater troupe to be hit by people, but the young master has never been to the theater because he is not interested. Many young masters from rich families will take people home when they fancy a famous actor. Then the theater troupe can't eat and walk around."

Cang Qiao was taken aback, "What are the police for?"

"police?"

"Uh... officers and soldiers!"

"Some people can't be offended." Gu Xiao curled her lips, "Naturally, the government can't do anything about it."

"Ah..." Cang Qiao sneered, "This is the same everywhere."

"what?"

"It's okay." Cang Qiao waved his hand, but it didn't matter, "Let me first see how Que'er's character is. If we can be friends, I've always protected my weaknesses. It doesn't matter if I protect it."

Gu Xiao opened his mouth wide, as if a duck egg had been stuffed into it.The young master wants to see... other people's character... Is he hallucinating?