Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Being questioned by Zhou Hang that she couldn't stand the pain of practicing, Daiyu immediately became unhappy, and frowned and said:

"You look down on people too much!"

What is this question? Could it be that she, Lin Daiyu, is a person who is afraid of suffering? !

Zhou Hang smiled and said: "Okay, okay, it's good that you can endure hardships, don't I love you so much?"

Daiyu froze for a moment, she didn't expect him to say such a sentence suddenly, she felt a little embarrassed.But embarrassment is embarrassment, when thinking about martial arts training, compared with priorities, I don't care about those.She clasped her hands and intertwined her fingers. After struggling for a moment, she took a deep breath, raised her face, stared at Zhou Hang, and asked, "Then... when will it start?"

Her dark and shiny eyes were shining brightly, as if they were shining, with hope and urgency in them.Zhou Hang saw his own reflection reflected on the luster, as if he lived in it, couldn't help but smiled, and said softly, "When do you want to start?"

Daiyu said without thinking: "Of course, the sooner the better!"

"Then tomorrow." Zhou Hang rubbed a piece of beautiful jade on the jade belt around his waist, "I'll come over early tomorrow, you should be prepared, don't wear long robes or skirts, it's better to wear bunts, it's easy to move."

Daiyu said, "Good!"

The two agreed that they both secretly made up their minds to practice hard in order to deal with all kinds of wind and rain that may appear in the future.

Zhou Hang stayed until dawn before leaving. He is now living in the Lin Mansion, so it is very convenient to go back, and without anyone noticing, he didn't even notice Koizumi, who was serving him personally.Daiyu lay on the bed after he left, propped up her pillow, and sat there in a daze for a while.

Hui'er called softly outside the door: "Miss, are you awake?"

Daiyu's brows trembled.

She reached out and stroked a strand of hair scattered on her temples, and said, "Come in."

Although it was already dawn, because there were thick felt curtains hanging outside the door and windows, the warmth was naturally warm, but the light could not pass through, and the room was quite dark.Huier came in and saw that Daiyu was still sitting in her clothes, so she went over to uncover the night pearl covered by the black cloth on the head of the bed.

Daiyu stopped her and said, "No need, just open the window for ventilation."

Huier said "yes" and went to open the window.Xueyan also came in, picked out some big woolen clothes from the closet, and asked Daiyu which one to wear.Daiyu picked out a double-breasted jacket with a pattern of red bamboo leaves and plum blossoms on a white background, and underneath it was a long skirt of cloudy white soft silk rolled in gold.Xueyan took out the clothes Daiyu was going to wear, put the rest back in the closet, and asked, "Girl, which cloak should I wear?"

Daiyu frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Just the white fox fur."

Hui'er has helped Daiyu wash her face, and is sitting in front of the dowry combing her hair.Xueyan picked out jewelry for Daiyu again, and almost took most of the jewelry out of the dressing box. Daiyu thought it was too complicated, and finally picked out a simple and elegant pearl hairpin from the box.

Xueyan looked at it, and muttered: "The girl is dressed so plainly today, and wearing such a plain hairpin, there is no color on her body at all."

Daiyu glanced at her, and said with a smile: "What do you want so many colors, colorful and beautiful?"

Xue Yanzai carefully looked at Daiyu's clothes, and thought of the bright red and green looks of the ladies and maids she usually sees. If such clothes were worn on her own girls... Thinking about it, she couldn't help feeling cold, and quickly shook her head and said : "Not good-looking!"

Seeing her like this, Hui'er couldn't help laughing and said: "It's not good, you still want to dress up the girl like that?!"

"I, I, I..." Xueyan was speechless for a moment, looked at Daiyu, her face flushed, "Auntie, girl, this servant did not mean it!"

Daiyu had combed her hair at this time, got up to look at her, and took a sip of tea from the little maid, "Okay, who said you did it on purpose?!"

As the new year approached, there were many things to do, and the daughter-in-law in charge came back and forth between the conversations, saying that there were two village heads who came to deliver land rent and various things, and showed the list to Daiyu.Daiyu took it and looked at it, and found that it was almost the same as in previous years. It was nothing more than how much money, rice, grain, various meat and animals, etc., so she ordered to count them according to the old routine and put them into the warehouse.

After breakfast, Daiyu took the maids to the council hall, and after arranging the main affairs, she returned to her room, sent the servants away, and sat cross-legged by herself.

Not long after, I heard the noise outside, several girls muttering something, including the voices of Hui'er and Xueyan.Cultivation requires undivided attention, and such an environment is definitely not acceptable.Daiyu pursed her lips, took a long breath, and let it out lightly, then she got off the bed, her eyes flicked across the white fox fur cloak hanging on the screen, her eyebrows trembled, she didn't go to take it, but Walked over slowly.There was no girl in the room, so Daiyu walked through the smoked cage, walked to the door, opened the felt curtain by herself and came out.

There were seven or eight servant girls standing in the yard, Huier and Xueyan were also there, and they kept mentioning Xiaoxia in their words.Daiyu tilted her head and thought to herself, could it be that they are related to Xiaoxia?

Daiyu walked very lightly, and the maids gathered together and talked very attentively, so no one saw that she had come out.

Until he walked to the stone plum blossoms in front of the steps, he held the plum branches and asked, "What's wrong with Xiaoxia?"

Only then did everyone see Daiyu, and hurriedly came forward to say hello.

Daiyu waved her hand to excuse her.Hui'er raised her head and saw Daiyu came out wearing only a close-fitting jacket, she couldn't help but said anxiously: "Why didn't the girl come out wearing a cloak? It's very cold outside, and the girl is warming up. This cold-hot look How can Chong bear it?"

Daiyu waved her hands indifferently and said, "It's okay, I'm not that weak."

Hui'er was still talking about Daiyu's reckless behavior of not wearing gloves and not holding a hand stove: "Young lady doesn't know that if you warm up and blow cold wind, it will be the worst thing. A cold is a trivial matter. The most fearful thing is to hurt the root." Nian Nian went into the house to get Daiyu a cloak, gloves, and a hand stove.

Although Daiyu didn't really need these things, Hui'er was also kind, so she didn't say anything, and let her put on the cloak and gloves, and handed over the stove.

Daiyu laughed and said, "That's enough, there's no need for a hand stove. If the carbon fire inside splashes out and burns such a good glove, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Huier thought about it, so she didn't say anything else.

Daiyu stroked the soft fluff inside the solitary leather glove, looked at Huier, and asked about Xiaoxia.

Hui'er said: "Xiao Xia doesn't know what's going on, she disappeared early in the morning, and the slaves are looking for her. This little girl, I don't know where she went to play, and she still hasn't come back now! I don't have any errands. Do it well!"

Dai Yuyin asked, "What errand does she have on her body?"

Hui'er said: "Miss, there is a hole in the gorilla felt cloak of the girl. The servant girl sent Xiao Xia to the sewing room to mend it last night. It was said that she would bring it back early this morning. Who knows Xiao Xia There's no one there."

After hearing this, Daiyu said, "Perhaps she went to the sewing room, send someone to look for it quickly, maybe it will work."

"What the girl said is that the slaves think the same way, and they have already been searched for. The sewing room said that Xiao Xia has never been there, and she didn't go there last night, and now she can't find anyone in her room. Look, the orangutan felt without the girl!"

Daiyu's intuition was not very good, she frowned for a moment, then asked the maids when was the last time they saw Xiaoxia, they all said it was last night, only Zhu'er who lived in the same room with Xiaoxia said it was early this morning.

Although Xiao Xia is not a shrewd and capable girl, she has always been diligent, and never deliberately delays and shirks the assignments of her master and the big maid above.Huier explained what she did, and reasoned that she would send the orangutan felt that night, but why did the sewing room say she didn't go?

There is absolutely no reason for cheating in the sewing room, so Xiao Xia didn't go there at all.

What is the reason that she, who has always been diligent, suddenly becomes lazy...

Daiyu asked Zhu'er again when she met Xiao Xia in the morning, Zhu'er thought for a while and said, "Back to the girl, maybe it was just dawn, the servant girl was sleepy, and I heard Xiaoxia ask the servant girl When does it usually start? The servant girl was sleepy at the time, so she replied, "It's not the first day you've come here, don't you know about this?" After saying this, the servant girl turned over in a daze Then go to sleep."

"In other words, you thought that when you saw Xiao Xia, you were actually not conscious?"

Daiyu grasped the point.

Zhu'er was stunned for a moment, and seemed to have just realized Daiyu's meaning, she said: "Xiaoxia's voice, servants can't hear it wrong."

"Did you just sit there and see Xiao Xia in front of you?" Daiyu asked again.

Zhu'er shook her head in a daze, she was so sleepy at that time that she didn't even open her eyes.

"It may not be true even if you see it with your own eyes, let alone hear it with your ears?" Daiyu frowned, her intuition was very bad, and she let out her consciousness to spread along the small courtyard, and several bloody images suddenly flashed in her mind, "Hui Son, hurry up, call the housekeeper here, something may have happened to Xiaoxia!"

The girls were all shocked, all kinds of disharmonious images flashed through their minds frequently, and they were all apprehensive and apprehensive.Get together, you grab my arm and I grab your hand, eyes flashing.

Huier hurriedly called Li Feng and his wife, and Daiyu made them entangle the people in the house to find Xiaoxia's whereabouts.

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Besides, Zhou Hang went to court early in the morning, today is his last day in the Lin Mansion, and he will move out in the evening.Therefore, taking advantage of convenience, he wanted to spend more time with Daiyu.After the court was over, he only showed his face at the Liubu yamen and left in a hurry. He hadn't gone far when he heard someone calling him.

Zhou Hang turned around and recognized Li Xu's servant.

It turned out that Li Xu sent someone to call him, saying that Sang Sheng had something to do with him and told him to go quickly.

Zhou Hang thought there was something urgent, but only then did he find out that Sang Sheng had bought some muskets for him.There are short and long musketeers, the short one is only a little longer than the palm, which has the prototype of a pistol in the 21st century, and the long one is similar to a rifle.Sang Sheng told Zhou Hang that he got these things from a merchant in the Western Regions, and there were only a few of them in total.Then he demonstrated the usage to Zhou Hang. These guns have been improved a lot compared to the one Zhou Hang bought earlier, the reloading speed is faster, and there are things like magazines, and the range is longer. Compared with bows and arrows, they have obvious advantages. .

"Where are the Western Region merchants who sell these muskets?" Zhou Hang asked, his hands shaking excitedly.

Sang Sheng smiled, and exchanged glances with Li Xu who was beside him.

Zhou Hang: "..." What does this mean?

Li Xu clapped his hands, and a brown figure turned from the side room.He was a tall, thin man with a big beard, wearing a Hu suit with a round neck and narrow sleeves.Li Xu smiled and said, "I guessed that you would ask for someone, so I prepared it for you."