I'm afraid you'll be widowed

Pei Gong choked up, and slowly turned his eyes away.

He silently regarded himself as a puppet clay sculpture, listened for a while under the corner, and finally understood the whole story.

It turned out that the woman in front of him was surnamed Liu and she was a widow.

Widow Liu's husband had military membership, and was in the northwest frontier army. He died in a battle with the Tatars a few years ago.

Huanhuan is the couple's posthumous daughter, and Widow Liu's only hope.

For many years, orphans and widows depended on each other for their lives. It is not difficult to imagine the hardships of life.

Fang Cenxi straightened his expression, and then solemnly said to Widow Liu in front of her, "Sister-in-law Liu, don't kneel down in the street again, lest you will be criticized in the future."

"Huanhuan was rescued by the third master from the river today. If sister-in-law thanks you, she should also thank the third master."

The woman was stunned, her gaze also shifted from Fang Cenxi to Pei Gong, and she couldn't help but froze.

She murmured: "Third Master..."

"You are... the nobleman in the Duke's Mansion?"

Without losing her voice, she kowtowed in front of Pei Gong again: "Thank you, Sanye, thank you, Sanye."

Pei Gong was taken aback immediately.

He is very good at being a dandy, and he is a lifesaver for others, but this is really the first time, and he has no experience at all.

Although it is true to be surrounded by people, saluting and bowing down, but in the past, those were all flattering and flattering people with schemes, and now Pei Gong has never seen such a sincere person.

He somehow felt ashamed of himself.

Seeing Widow Liu worshiping him as if she were a god or a bodhisattva, he couldn't help but gasp, not knowing what to do for a while.

He waved his hands quickly, his tongue seemed to be tied: "Save someone's life... Shengzao seven-level pagoda, don't kowtow anymore."

"In the future, we must remember that Huanhuan can no longer be allowed to do such adventurous things."

"It's just a piece of clothing, how can there be..."

Before the words finished, Pei Gong was startled suddenly.

Widow Liu lost her husband and took her daughter Huanhuan alone. It was extremely difficult to live in this alley.

Just by looking at their clothes, one can tell that they are living in poverty.

In this world, who would not cherish their own lives?

Pei Gong knew that he was born in a noble family, for him a piece of clothing is thick silk, losing it is not painless.

But for the mother and daughter in front of them, any one thing may be a half month's livelihood.

To him, that is a righteous and stern lecture, but to the mother and daughter in front of him, it is a condescending but unrealistic cold talk.

Pei Gong was dumbfounded, he quickly lowered his head, swiftly untied the agate beaded net from the dental plaque, and handed it up.

He said coldly: "Take it, you should be able to exchange some money for the lost clothes."

Widow Liu was at a loss: "This..."

Pei Gong said again: "Yesterday Huanhuan came to the house to deliver a cloak, but he hasn't received the reward yet."

"Sister-in-law, take it." Fang Cenxi said softly, "As long as Huanhuan is doing well, is there anything that can't be solved in this world?"

Widow Liu hugged Huanhuan and wept uncontrollably.

Fang Cenxi gave another few words of advice in a gentle voice, and persuaded them to go home.

In the alley under the setting sun, only the bewildered Pei Gong was left in front of the door.

"I..." Pei Gong neither stood nor walked, "That..."

Fang Cenxi smiled lightly: "It's not the first time Fang has met the third master, how can he not know the third master's temperament?"

He opened the door casually: "The third master has something to say, just come in and talk about it."

Pei Gong felt inexplicably that he was being treated like a dog's leg, but even though he was complaining in his heart, he followed Fang Cenxi into the small courtyard obediently.

Tianshui Lane is close to the city gate, so it is actually a somewhat remote location.There is a mixed bag of fish and dragons in this place, and there are people of all schools and classes living there, so the rent is very cheap.

There is a jujube tree in Fang Cenxi's courtyard, towering over the top, presumably it is an old tree of some years.

Now that autumn is over, a rain will knock all the jujubes on the treetops to the ground, like red agate beads one after another.

Pretending to walk slowly, Pei Gong followed Fang Cenxi and followed him into his small courtyard.

But just a few steps in, Pei Gong saw a big white cat squatting in the corner, staring at him vigilantly.

He recognized that it was a Linqing lion cat, with one blue and one yellow mandarin duck eyes, standing on the wall quite imposingly, and the white fur was long and smooth, making the cat look like a big snow dumpling.

Pei Gong was stunned for a moment, and felt fond of seeing it, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand to tease the cat.

Unexpectedly, the white cat barked "Aww", and took advantage of the opportunity to bark its teeth at Pei Gongliang.

"Bailanghua, don't eat it." Fang Cenxi warned familiarly.

When Bai Langhua heard the words, she tilted her head with a "meow", looked carefully at Pei Gong, and finally quickly realized that the "thing" in front of her was not easy to talk about, and Fang Cenxi's "six-character maxim" did not deceive it. .

It simply licked its paws obediently, and finally hugged its big furry tail, turning around to entertain itself.

Pei Gong was dumbfounded: "White waves?"

Is this a name that a scholar can come up with?

This cat is white and clean, with shiny fur, and it looks like it has been carefully cared for.

But when he heard the perfunctory name again, he felt that the cat was very wronged.

Pei Gong couldn't help criticizing: "People say that a lion cat with different pupils is very rare, but you are very down-to-earth."

Fang Cenxi didn't refute, but led Pei Gong into the house.

"I heard that there was something wrong in Liang Guogong's mansion earlier. I think the third master must be very busy these days. I just sent Huanhuan to return the clothes, so as not to bother the third master."

His interested eyes slowly moved to Pei Gong's face: "It seems that the third master has misunderstood something instead?"

"Give me an extra five-year-old daughter?"

Pei Gong choked, looking at Fang Cenxi who was carrying the pot instead of opening it, so he could only hesitate to avoid his sight.

Looking around, no matter how you look at it, Fang Cenxi lives alone in this room.

Only then did Pei Gong's heart feel a little more stable.

Inexplicably, he regained a bit of confidence, began to look for something to say, and forcibly changed the subject: "Your... are you all right?"

"Thank you for your concern." Fang Cenxi looked at Pei Gong with raised eyes, and said softly, "It's not a disease at all, nothing serious."

Pei Gong curled his lips, and asked again: "Why are you so afraid of blood?"

Fang Cenxi bent his lips, but only smiled without saying a word.

Fortunately, Pei Gong's attention was quickly diverted, and he was attracted by a book of Southern Objects on the bookshelf.

He looked carefully at the endorsement on the book, and couldn't help wondering: "Isn't Master Xiao Fang a native of Shuntian?"

Fang Cenxi's thin lips parted lightly: "That's right, I'm a native of Jianzhou Prefecture."

"Jianzhou Mansion?" Pei Gong raised his brows, but couldn't find more cognition from his mind for a while.

Except that Jianzhou is located in the south and surrounded by the coast, he doesn't seem to know anything about it.

Pei Gong tutted lightly, and quickly resorted to a useful formula: "Jianzhou is a good place with outstanding people."

"Third Master, you don't need to make detours." Fang Cenxi's eyes lightened, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Pei Gong hesitated.

Is this already urging him to apologize?

With a light snort, he took out a brocade box from his body with a face full of reluctance, and threw it casually into Fang Cenxi's arms.

"This is..." Fang Cenxi couldn't help but look at it seriously.

"Spike tooth." Pei Gong explained, "I broke it in Xianghai's wolf's mouth."

"It's the most suitable for someone like you who is afraid of blood."

Fang Cenxi held the mace and stared at it for a long time as if fascinated.

Suddenly, he laughed out loud for no reason.

"It's disrespectful." He took the wolf tooth back, "Is this the third master here to give you?"

"Otherwise?" Pei Gong raised his brows as if he was complaining first.

Everything has been delivered, isn't the meaning of bowing your head not obvious?At most, he just said a few words fiercely. Could it be that he really wants to apologize by pressing his head?

……

Fang Cenxi stopped talking, and said in a deep voice: "I know something happened to Xuanfu Wei, and I also know that the second master of the Pei family was seriously injured."

"Nowadays there is a lot of rumors in Beijing, all saying that the army was wiped out and Pei Er lived alone. It was the second master of the Pei family who handed over the outer road to the Tatars."

"The third master came to see me, didn't he want to investigate the affairs of Xuanfu?"

Pei Gong, who was still full of arrogance, couldn't help being startled when he heard the words.

Yes, he forgot.

Fang Cenxi has a delicate mind and a penetrating eye, so he must be a good hand at detecting clues.

Fang Cenxi said softly: "Since I owe my life to the third master, it is only natural to repay the favor."

"As long as the third master wants to know, I will do my best."

Pei Gong was silent.

He never gave up in his heart, and wanted to return his second brother's innocence.

Eldest brother won't let him intervene, so he can't let elder brother know.

The eldest brother was afraid that he would be reckless, but Fang Cenxi in front of him was not a reckless person.

Even if you are in the middle of Beijing and don't go to Xuanfu, there is still a lot to investigate.

At least he was still at a loss as to why the army bandit who was going to be arrested came to Beijing.

And the letter that Lu Changming said before he left...

Maybe the second brother knew that something would happen to Xuanfuwei early in the morning?That's why they sent someone to catch the traitor?

Pei Gong's brows sank deeper and deeper.

He knew that the person who was muddling along like this was not the real Pei Gong at all.

He will investigate sooner or later, and now he still has a half-job, which is better than the future... If the family is ruined one day in the future, then he will investigate.

Pei Gong stared into Fang Cenxi's eyes for a moment, then asked him in a deep voice: "This matter involves a lot, it's unusual, if you are not careful, you will get into trouble."

"Are you still willing to help me? Is it really just because I carried you down the mountain? Nothing else?"

Fang Cenxi raised his eyebrows for no reason.

"Of course, it's not just because the third master saved my life."

There was a slight curve on his lips: "It's also because the third master has a kind heart, and his integrity is unyielding."

In the future, he will definitely save others.

Pei Gong sneered: "Lord Xiao Fang, coaxing people is not like this."

"As long as you speak so realistically, you won't sound so fake."

Fang Cenxi's smile continued: "Let the third master see it, and naturally there are other things to entrust to the third master."

"I'm afraid I'll be busy in the yamen for the past two or three days, and I won't be able to come back at night. Bai Langhua is at home alone, so I don't worry."

Pei Gong glanced at the white cat gnawing its tail outside the house: "Hey, you're really welcome."

"Yes, I will take it to the Duke's Mansion today, and you will come to the Duke's Mansion to pick it up in two days."

"Then I would like to thank the third master first." Fang Cenxi cut to the point in a soft voice, "So, why did the third master suddenly join Jinyiwei and go to Xianghai to investigate the case of the theft of official silver?"

Pei Gong sighed lightly: "That's a long story."

He told the traitors in the Xuanfu Guards who brought a letter to Beijing, and what he had done to fight the leader of the Internal Guards Association. He said goodbye until the curfew was approaching, and then he hugged the white waves like a little lion to say goodbye.

Fang Cenxi watched Pei Gong walking away from the door, and slowly played with the small ivory carving in his hand.

The night was getting dark, and the crescent moon was calm.

Fang Cenxi changed into the scarlet red unicorn robe, put down the ivory carving in his hand, and picked up a letter from an inconspicuous corner.

He slowly stuffed it back into the envelope, turned around, and only planned to put the letter in the deepest part of the bookshelf, the least noticeable corner.

The letter is packed with a hard-set envelope, which is not used by ordinary people when writing letters, and this kind of envelope is only used for military deliveries.

The envelope paper has been oiled, so even if it gets wet, the contents inside will not get wet.

Fang Cenxi paused subconsciously.

He looked at the red oil stamp of "Xuanfuwei" on the envelope, and there was a slight smile on his lips that seemed to have a deep meaning.

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