Force a good concubine

Xu Xi was laughing and joking, but his inner temperament was soft. He was not a master who could compete with others. Gu Yan casually pulled up a bunch of silk, put on his clothes in a hurry and pushed the door out. When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, sure enough, Xu Xi had already lost the battle, so he insisted in a hoarse voice: "Right now, I'm waiting for the documents to be written clearly in black and white. At worst, let's go to the court and let the world judge justice!"

"So what if you walk around once? Traveling all over the world, there is no reason why you can't live if you don't have a place of your own!" The other party had already seen her sternness, and his tone became more rascal, "I didn't want to rent with you guys back then, It was you guys who said it all. I looked so pitiful that I let you live in. What happened? Raised a snake and was bitten by a snake! Go to court? Okay, let’s meet at the gate of the yamen. I don’t have much fame around Thursday, I'll fight with you to the end, if you missed the imperial court exam in August, don't blame me!"

As the old saying goes, Hob knife meat is the most difficult thing to deal with, and sure enough, a bluff threat can make people speechless.Gu Yan took two steps forward, guarding Xu Xi behind her, and bowed to Zhou Zhou: "Master Zhou, it's not that we don't want to move, it's just that the deadline is too tight for people to embarrass." She bit her lip and pretended After thinking for a while, "I think you are also a man who keeps his word. Can you explain to us why you are in a hurry to vacate the house when you encounter an urgent matter? After discussing the matter, maybe you can get the best of both worlds." What's the way?"

This tactic of retreating into advance is not very clever. It is rare that the speaker's tone of voice is peaceful and sincere, which makes people feel comfortable. Thursday glanced at the several burly men behind him, his face was arrogant, and his heart was also in a dilemma.In all fairness, he is unwilling to offend these tenants. First, the young ladies are honest and do not cause trouble, and the rent is paid readily. Second, they are people who came to Beijing to take the exam. The truth of being a human being is to leave room for oneself, so there is no need to get yourself into trouble.

"To tell you the truth, ma'am," he took a step back calmly, letting the burly man behind him take the lead, "This second master Qin is my brother, he wants to use the house, and he has taken a fancy to my place, decades of friendship , I can’t open my mouth. Otherwise, you two can discuss it?”

Qin Er is one of the hundreds of households in the Jingwei assigned to work in Prince Sui's mansion. In terms of martial arts, ten Thursdays are not his opponents, but in terms of being a rascal, he is no match for Thursdays. He is even more embarrassed when facing a beautiful young lady. He was almost speechless, so he could only bite the bullet and stare wildly: "Who dares to hold on to the site that I fancy?"

"Hehe, what this old man said is interesting." A male duck who was watching the excitement outside agreed, his tone was neither salty nor weak, "The best place in Beijing is the Forbidden City, if the old man is interested, don't you have to move now? "

Hearing this voice, Qin Er finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he even refused to give in verbally: "Who in Manjing doesn't know me, Qin Er? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, there is a noble person who wants to use this place, If you move today, you have to move, or if you don’t move, you have to move, or you will offend the nobleman if you miss the time—there is no place to buy regret medicine in the world!"

He puffed out his chest and folded his belly, making a vicious look of pretending to be a tiger and a dog fighting against others.Sun Dexiu smacked her lips, feeling that the time was right, she didn't answer Qin Er's words, straightened her head with a big hat, walked up to Gu Yuan, bowed in a steady manner, and presented the name card with both hands without looking sideways: "Both Is it the little lady, but the little lady of the Gu family, the little lady of the Xu family? The little Sun Dexiu, under the order of the head of the family, Jiu Niangzi, came to invite the little ladies to write papers." He raised his head and smiled at Gu Yan, "Women are gentle people, and these It's also against the status of Poppi to speak, you two should go back to the room and sit high, and I will discuss it with this second master Qin."

Xu Xi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and tugged at Gu Yan's sleeve. After a moment of hesitation, Gu Yan saluted Sun Dexiu, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry for your trouble, Butler Sun."

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." While avoiding it, Sun Dexiu looked at Gu Yuan a few more times.He is the housekeeper in Prince Sui's mansion, and he does not leave the mansion without the king's order. This is the first time he has seen Gu Yuan.After looking at Gu Yan from head to toe, he felt that he knew it well: the old saying goes that messy hair and rough clothes can't hide the national beauty, and it turns out that a real beauty is a beauty no matter how she dresses up. He has seen many beauties, and such a dress can still win The eyes of the human eye are no more than the number of palms, and this one is one today, so I can't complain that His Royal Highness King Sui never forgets it.

He thought he understood King Sui's meaning, and perfunctorily argued with Qin Er for a while, then turned around and entered the courtyard to the door of the side room, and saluted Xu Xi and Li Qing who were waiting eagerly: "Little ladies are frightened."

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that Qin Er and the others were still gathered at the gate of the courtyard, Xu Xi couldn't wait to ask, "Sun Butler, did Qin Er agree?"

Sun Dexiu feigned hesitation: "To tell you the truth, young lady, with the prestige of the patriarch, a rascal is really insignificant, but this Qin Er has hooked up with the people in Shangyu's palace, and it is not easy to tear him apart; let alone such villains are treacherous. If you retaliate with hatred in the future, ladies can't be on guard, and it's even more worthless if you suffer a loss. From a young point of view," he glanced around the room with a measured look, "I have really wronged the little ladies here, The head of the family returned to the mansion last night, and he still sighed that he wished he could be with the young ladies sooner or later, so why not take this opportunity to move around and get quiet, wouldn't it be good?"

Xu Xi and Li Qing looked at each other, both discouraged.Sun Dexiu put it mildly, but in fact he had already surrendered and surrendered.It was obvious that Qin Er had Prince Yu's Mansion as his backstage, so he couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only accept his own bad luck.The three of them thanked Sun Dexiu, but they didn't take the second part of Sun Dexiu's words seriously. They just regarded it as a favor, and after a few words of humility, they sent Sun Dexiu out.

But Sun Dexiu didn't leave, and grinned: "I'm not talented, but I have to run errands for the ladies and hire a car to lead the way. How can I just let it go? The owner of the house now lives in Baoguo Temple, and there are still vacant rooms." Then the two rooms, what do you ladies think?"

Although they were young and didn't know much about the world, at least they came to Beijing to gain some insight. Those who were away from home were more serious than usual, and they all vaguely felt that something was wrong, so they declined in unison: "It's too much." I really don't dare to bother you. Nine Niangzi is very kind, and I will go to Baoguo Temple to thank you in person someday."

Eunuchs are the best at flattering and pretending to be pitiful, Sun Dexiu's thin face almost turned into a flower with a smile: "How about this, I went to Cishou Temple a few days ago, and I heard that there was a guest returning home for a funeral, and came out with an empty courtyard. It's clean and spacious, and it's also close to Baoguo Temple, but it's a bad omen. If you don't mind, Hong Fu, my little lady, I'll live there temporarily until I find a house and then move out. How about that? The ladies also know, our Patriarch The most important thing is righteousness, if the little one just leaves the ladies behind and goes back, the Patriarch can break the little one's dog legs, the ladies are kind, please be sympathetic."

Xu Xi and Li Qing were still hesitant, thinking that the pie that fell from the sky was too coincidental, but Gu Yan had already agreed.Seeing Sun Dexiu go out to hire a car with a smile on his face, Xu Xi and Li Qing grabbed Gu Yuan's sleeves: "A Yuan, what happened today is a bit strange. Since Qin Er came here for no reason, the Lin family has a place for us to live in, isn't it? It’s just a coincidence that we’re overthinking.”

"I don't think so." Gu Yan felt more uneasy than the two of them, and he only comforted them on the surface, "Children from rich families are different from people like us. It is not uncommon to have a few vacant rooms in our residence, and we are not like Jiu Niangzi's people." Live in one place, but it’s closer, the nunnery is no more than a temple, and most of the guests who are waiting to walk around are female guests. Besides, we only stay for a few days, and we can find a place to move away, so there is nothing to worry about. The young man in Beijing said, Maybe we think it’s a big deal here, but others haven’t noticed it yet!”

"It's true," Xu Xi turned his worries into joy, "Not to mention anything else, even the banquet in Fuqing Building is worth our rent for a few months. Prepare a yard for some poor relatives who are in the autumn wind to come and go, and now we can also borrow the east wind."

Li Qing's thoughts were heavier than Xu Xi's, and he glanced at Gu Yan, but didn't respond, only urging Xu Xi to pack his luggage.The luggage of the three of them was very thin, and it took a while to pack it up. Sun Dexiu led the boy in and moved the luggage to the mule cart. The three of them settled the bill with Thursday. Because Thursday broke the contract, they returned the month's room according to the document. Qian, got into the mule cart, and walked all the way into Cishou Temple in a daze.

The small courtyard in Cishou Nunnery is really spacious and clean. There are three main rooms facing north and south, one is bright and the other is dark.Seeing that the main room was open, Li Qing asked the servant to move a beauty couch from the west room, put the three people's luggage in the east room, and said to Gu Yuan: "A Yuan, the three of us are used to sleeping together, now It’s still a good location, and it’s convenient when you move out in the future.”

Sun Dexiu said "Hey" without saying much, pretending to smile and saluting his farewell, he said bitterly when he came out of the nunnery: "The ignorant poor! Shallow eyelids! The people in the capital, let Your Highness Sui Wang look at them." Which one should I get? I am so blessed, but I am afraid of being calculated, if I change to a clever one, it will be too late to catch up!"

"Master, I think that Miss Gu is very polite," said Sun Li, his apprentice who was pretending to be a servant. Exalted."

"She's fine." Sun Dexiu calmed down, "It's just that those two looked useless, but they didn't do much good." He thought for a while, then sneered, "Want to move out? Tell me Qin Er, find someone to keep an eye on me and block him to death, if there are people out there who don't have eyes and dare to make room for them and ruin the master's errand, I'll smash his dog's head!"

Thanks to Sun Dexiu, Gu Yuan and the others traveled around the capital for several days, but they found nothing.

"Now that the big exam is coming up, there is no reason why there is no room for others to live in." Gu Yan felt more and more uneasy day by day, but he still comforted the two of them on the surface, "We have lived here for a few days, and Jiu Niangzi only sent us home. Someone asked me once, probably because they were afraid that we would not look good, so they decided not to come. Now that the exam is approaching, it is better to calm down and prepare, and if you win, you will have the energy to repay."

Xu and Li searched for a few more days, but still found nothing. Seeing that the Lin family was still alone and did not come to the door, they turned their anxiety into gratitude, and each of them settled down to study hard without mentioning it.Gu Yan is even more diligent. Apart from reading every day, he copies books and sends them to bookstores to sell. He only said to the two of them that the market is going well and they can save some travel expenses, but he has another plan in his heart: the courtyard of Cishou Temple is not I can live in it for nothing, regardless of others. The incense money for a courtyard is ten taels for one month, and 20 taels for two months. She still has 13 taels of silver left in her package. It's more than two silver, and when the big exam comes, can the house money be settled with the Lin family?