Chapter 18 third quarter

Somewhere on Panlou Street. Shi Rui took Shushou's little hand, pointed at the dazzling array of products in the store, and introduced them incessantly: "This is the little puppet for the Qixi Festival I mentioned last time. Awang bought one for me a few days ago. ..." Following her introduction, the four pairs of eyes were amazed, envious and excited, looking at a pair of little dolls in unison—the two little figures, a man and a woman, placed in carved wooden colorful clothes. The stalls are decorated with gold, silver and jewelry, which is really attractive to this group of children.

"Give it to me quickly!" Maid Zhao behind Shushou pointed at the pair of villains and shouted in an orderly tone.But Shushou slapped him hard on the hand, "Didn't you hear what Lulu said, you need money to buy things outside." Maid Zhao was suddenly beaten by his sister, and looked at Shushou with aggrieved expression. "Don't make trouble when I bring you out, I'll listen to Lulu." Shushou said solemnly, "Or I won't bring you out next time." "Brother Six, I'll bring you a pair next time." Shi Rui said comfortingly. "I also want!"

"I also want!" "I also want!" As soon as she finished speaking, Shushou, who was still very dignified just now, shouted scramblingly with Zhao Wei and Di Huan.Shi Rui glanced at the three of them with a bit of embarrassment—the little male and female dolls were popular on Qixi Festival in the Song Dynasty. I don't have any idea, I don't know how much "huge money" this is. Although Shi Rui is only six or seven years old, he was educated by Shi Yue since he was a child, and he has a little sense of money. It will cost Ngawang's monthly money for one month.She was also a little worried that she would not be able to afford it—but the hesitation was only for a moment, and she immediately thought that the big deal would be to ask grandma and grandma for it.Her parents are very strict, but the elders of the Sang family love this granddaughter like a baby, even the stars in the sky, if there is a price, they will take them off for her, let alone a few dolls.

"Okay, then there will be a pair for each person." Shi Rui promised generously. The four were overjoyed.Shi Rui pointed to a little turtle carved out of yellow wax, and proudly introduced: "This is called floating on water. Put it on the water, like a boat, unsinkable." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Maid Zhao and saw his lips Wei moved, and quickly added: "Awang brought me here last time and wanted to buy it for me, but my mother refused." But Maid Zhao ignored the hint in her words, and shouted again: "I want one too." Immediately, all the children followed suit: "I want it too!"

"Okay." Shi Rui replied somewhat reluctantly, but he was already muttering in his heart - so much money was wasted in vain, although grandma would give it to her, but if her parents knew about it, she would inevitably be punished.She originally wanted to show them "General Fruit", "Seeds", "Flower Melon" and other novelties, but now seeing that His Royal Highness wants to see the same thing, she can't help but retreat, and she doesn't want to do more. said. She changed her mind and asked Di Huan, "Brother Huan, how much money did you bring?"

Di Huan took out the purse from his waist, opened it and counted, several children gathered around and counted for a long time, the total amount was only a little more than 50 Wen.Shi Rui couldn't help feeling contemptuous, and said: "Brother Huan, are these the only months you have?" There was a sense of pity in the words. Di Huan is also an honorable son who rarely spends money, and Qinghe is very strict in discipline, and rarely goes out, and has no sense of money.Even these dozens of pennies have been saved with great difficulty, and are going to be used to secretly ask his companion to buy him snacks-although he is the only one of these children with some copper coins at this time, but when he heard Shi Rui had generously promised so many things just now, and she laughed at this moment, remembering that she boasted that she had "a lot of money" just now, she suddenly felt blush.He whispered: "My money is in the care of the housekeeper."

Maid Zhao said contemptuously: "A gentleman doesn't talk about profit, what do you do with money?" Shi Rui shot him a sideways look, and said, "Then let's take a carriage and you walk, and we eat meatloaf and you watch." Maid Zhao was at a loss for words, and then she heard Zhao Cheng ask, "Lulu, do we want to take a carriage?" "Sit, of course." Shi Rui said as if he was the tour guide for everyone, "Grandma Cao's meatloaf is at the Zhuque Gate, we can't go that far. However, Brother Huan has too little money to rent a carriage, so we have to Take a postcoach, with Siwenqian alone, and there will be a postcoach at the front of the street.” The postcoach she was talking about was a popular public transport system in Bianjing, a carriage that was longer and wider than ordinary carriages.Shushou and the others have been famous for a long time, but they have never had the opportunity to sit, so they couldn't help cheering happily at this moment.

"Lulu, why do you know everything?" Di Huan asked almost reverently. "My mother's family is here. Both Awang and Shi Jian took me on a post car." Shi Rui replied proudly. Everyone let out an envious "ah".But Shushou turned his face away and said to Maid Zhao, "Do you want to take the car or walk?" Maid Zhao hesitated for a while, after all, he is a gentleman who knows current affairs, and said in a low voice, "Take the car." Seeing five children go out happily, the clerk in the store watched them leave the store, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "I don't know which family's children it is? Why does that little girl look so much like the eldest sister of Shi Xueshi's mansion? "He never dared to think that there was a crown prince, a prince, a princess, a captain, and a daughter of a bachelor who just came to the store!"

When Shi Rui took a bunch of golden branches and jade leaves to take the post car to eat Granny Cao's meat pie, Roujia was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and her whole body was almost on the verge of collapse.Only then did she know what it means to "see the big witch". Only now did she truly understand how her parents worried about her back then. It never occurred to her that Shushou would be so courageous—a group of court officials ordered women to enter the palace to pay their respects, and because the queen mother wanted to see Shi Rui, Zi'er brought her daughter into the palace as well.Then, the Empress Dowager left Princess Gaoli to talk, Zi'er was invited by Qinghe to Jingyuanzhuang to have a small talk, and asked the Queen because Concubine Zhu and Concubine Wang specially asked Roujia to lead the crown prince with Xin Guogong and Princess Shushou Going to Jingyuan Manor to play - these two princes, because they are about the same age as Di Huan, have been playmates since they were young, which is not unusual.Since Shushou met Roujia, her aunt, she became so close to her that she almost became Roujia's follower, and Jingyuan Village often came and went.After arriving at Jingyuan Manor, Qinghe let the five children play together in the garden, only asked a few little Huangmen of the same age to follow and accompany, and brought Roujia over to play stone chess together.

Unexpectedly, in such a short time, something big happened. Shushou lured a few little yellow gates to play hide-and-seek in the garden, and led four seven or eight-year-old children through a dog hole in the backyard of Jingyuan Manor. clear.That part of the garden was originally guarded by a few eunuchs, but because most of the servants in Jingyuanzhuang were servants specially assigned by the empress dowager, it was the empress dowager's birthday on this day, and there was a shortage of manpower for internal servants and introspection. People were transferred back to help again, so in the huge Jingyuan Manor, many places were left unattended, and Shushou was taught to run out—of course, no one thought that such a thing would happen.

When they found out, everyone was shocked.Jingyuan Manor was in chaos, all the people rummaged through the manor like crazy, several small yellow gates were immediately closed and interrogated severely——Zi’er and Qinghe are both single seedlings, It is difficult for a mother to keep calm when her child disappears suddenly, not to mention bringing three nobles with her, especially a prince! If there is any accident, is there any way for the Shi and Di families to survive? Responsibility can never be the prince and princess's.This point, both Zi'er and Qinghe are clear in their hearts.And Qinghe especially has to bear a responsibility - they disappeared in Jingyuanzhuang. However, this is actually irrelevant. For Zi'er and Qinghe, if any accident happened to their daughter and son, it would be tantamount to the sky falling. Qinghe resisted the worry, anxiety, and despair in his heart—although the people of Bianjing are honest and the public security is excellent, it is unavoidable for children to get lost in a metropolis with a population of one million. A few years ago, Thirteenth Lang of Wang Shao's family got lost during the Lantern Festival. Fortunately, the boy was clever and quick-witted, so he was not abducted. In the end, he was found by the servants and rescued by the Emperor and Empress.But such good luck doesn't come often.Among the prisoners executed every autumn in Kaifeng Mansion, there are always a few human traffickers.Among these five children, the eldest Princess Shushou is only in her teens, while the other four are all only seven or eight or nine years old. It's not unusual at all to be kidnapped.But Qinghe knew that she couldn't leave Jingyuan Manor right now—she stopped Zi'er, who was in a daze and was about to ask someone to report to Kaifeng Mansion, and the two went to the palace together to plead guilty. Zi'er was originally a very smart person, but when Qing He reminded her, she immediately understood.No matter how anxious she was, she could only enter the palace with Qinghe to plead guilty.Although Xiaohuangmen said it was Princess Shushou's idea, Di Huan and Shi Rui could only be wrong.Moreover, this matter cannot be made public.One is not to disturb the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet; the other is that if it is spread, the Song Dynasty royal family will lose all face—not only will it make the subjects and people all over the world laugh at it, but it will also make foreign envoys watch the excitement, laughing at the royal family's inability to teach their children; It is also impossible to explain to Queen Xiang and Concubine Zhu, Qinghe's heart is like a mirror, this matter is really spread, even if the sixth brother Zhao Gong is only a child less than ten years old, this is also a major event of the prince's "lost morality"!But the most important thing is that even if there is an earth-shattering disturbance and the city is full of wind and rain to search, it will not help. In such a big city of Bianjing, to find five children is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If it is publicized, it will give those with ulterior motives a chance Can ride. Therefore, Qinghe had no choice but to instruct Roujia to try to find it first, but he and Zi'er rushed to the palace to plead guilty. When people are flustered and overwhelmed, if there is someone around them who can make up their minds, they can often settle down quickly.With Qinghe's Dinghaishen needle, let her arrange and deal with it.Knowing daughter Mo Ruomu, Zi'er immediately thought of - among the five children, the other four rarely go out, only her daughter is often taken to run around outside, Shi Yue seems to have never wanted to The idea of ​​​​cultivating "every lady" often leads her to run around all over Bianjing.The couple had a little quarrel over the way the child was educated, but in the end Zi'er compromised.Therefore, if the five children slipped out and could really lead the way, perhaps only her family, Shi Rui, would be the only ones who could lead the way.She hurriedly told Rou Jia about the places Shi Rui usually liked to go to, and then followed Qinghe into the palace with great anxiety. The heavy burden fell on Rou Jia like this. Roujia is not sure if this is a kind of "retribution".Back then, she made many people tremble and frightened, but now, with a few children trying to make a fool of herself, the "great achievements" of her life can't be compared to such a fright. God knows, there is a His Royal Highness the Crown Prince among them! Moreover, how did the stone teach the daughter?Roujia’s mind was in a mess. The places that Zi’er mentioned Shi Rui used to go, from Fengqiumen and Beizhou Bridge in the north of the city, to Yulou Baozi, Granny Cao’s Meatloaf, and Zhang Bajiayuan’s main store in the south of the city. , Baishuitan College; from Dongxiyulin Lane and Zaozhongzi Lane in the east of the city, to Wanjia Mantou, Jianlong Temple, and Zhouxi Wazi in the west of the city—God knows why Shi Yue took his daughter to such a place? !Forty or fifty names of places in a mess were stuffed into her mind by Zi'er, the southeast and northwest of Bianjing City, Panlou Street, Tushizi, Daxiangguo Temple... Whether it is famous or unknown in Bianjing, it seems that they are actually There is no place that the eldest sister of the Shi family doesn't like to go! If Rou Jia really wants to find these places one by one, she won't have to think about it in two or three days. Roujia started to think of ideas when she left Jingyuanzhuang. Fortunately, she was once a troublemaker, and her courage was frightening——she abducted back to the prison, grabbed a small yellow door, and asked him to lead her. Go find Shi Deyi.Didn't Qinghe say that he couldn't speak out?Just go to the Imperial City Secretary.She hadn't thought about Shi Deyi's authority so much that ordinary clans would be afraid of him, not to mention that she was just a county lord.But Roujia is used to acting according to her own ideas, even though she has become sensible and mature over the years, she will not be as thoughtful as Qinghe, who caught Shi Deyi in front of Xihua Gate and grabbed his ears Then he pulled it aside, and ordered with a crackling sound—it seemed that she was the imperial envoy of the Song Dynasty, and it was only natural that he was asked to dispatch all the soldiers of the imperial city to search quietly, and quickly sent people to the gates of the city to conduct a strict inspection. . When she said this, Shi De was shocked out of his body.Shi Deyi knew that Roujia was different from the ordinary clan and could not be offended easily.What's more, there is such an earth-shattering event on the table, how can I dare to say anything more, and I don't dare to hesitate, take note of the clothes of the five people, and hastily send someone to pass the order - all the spies of the Imperial City Division immediately changed their missions and went all out. Three men, two women and five children were interviewed.Even Shi Deyi himself didn't dare to stay in the forbidden area anymore, he hastily arranged the safety of the forbidden area, and went out of the palace to supervise the handling. But Rou Jia didn't really know how powerful the Imperial City Secretary was, so after looking for Shi Deyi, she rode her horse to Shifu.Her thoughts were very simple, Zi'er told her so many place names, it was impossible for her to remember all of them, she asked people from Shifu to help, they should know the places Shi Rui always loved to go.When I arrived at Shifu, I happened to meet Shi Jian.Hearing what she said, Shi Jian was completely frightened - he randomly arrested a few servants from the mansion, and followed Rou Jia to search everywhere. Shi Jian also often leads Shi Rui to play, knowing that Shi Rui's family is in Panlou Street, and she loves the excitement there the most, and the area is not too far from Jingyuan Manor, so she immediately takes Rou Jia there. Running to Panlou Street——several people were so anxious that they were sweating profusely. They inquired everywhere in Panlou Street, but they didn't know that Shi Rui had already led Shushou and four people, and they were sitting on the road driving from the old Fengqiu Gate. On the post car at Suzaku Gate, they clapped their hands happily and shouted. The shopkeeper of Granny Cao’s Meatloaf is not called Granny Cao, but an honest and honest middle-aged man—he is called “Cao Yuanwai”—the citizens of Bianjing are used to calling the rich “Yuanwai”.Yelumeng obviously couldn't accept that "Grandma Cao's Meatloaf" was actually a male shopkeeper. He was a little surprised. He was far less familiar with the Song Dynasty than Xiao Youdan. He didn't know that in the Song Dynasty, merchants already had a brand concept, like Cao A well-known old shop like Po Po Meat Pie will naturally not change its signboard easily.But this member Cao obviously has no idea of ​​business expansion. Although there is an endless stream of people who come to buy meatloaf, Grandma Cao’s meatloaf is still just a small shop, but most people buy it and take it away. , only a very small number of people will eat cakes with clear soup in the store. This day was an unusual day for Yuanwai Cao.Although it was Empress Dowager Gao's birthday, Cao Yuanwai, who had always believed in thrifty housekeeping, did not go to Daxiangguo Temple to watch the excitement like ordinary Bianjing citizens.The citizens of Bianjing like to be lively, but Cao Yuanwai upholds one purpose—three hundred and sixty-five days a year, rain or shine, the shops are always open to welcome customers.Citizens go to Daxiangguo Temple to watch the excitement. People who live in the south of the city will pass by here when they go home. Ordinary citizens dare not enter such a large restaurant as Li Qijiazhengdian. When they are tired and hungry, they will go to Granny Cao's meat cakes come to buy a piece of cake, or go to Zhangjia Youbing, Yulou Baozi to buy a piece of oil cake, or buy a steamed stuffed bun to satisfy your hunger.Therefore, shops like Granny Cao's meatloaf usually come from very ordinary people in the market, and there are very few dignitaries who condescend to dignify them. But this day, it seemed extremely abnormal. First, two guests came. They were well-dressed and behaved like ordinary people, and their accents were even less like Bianjing people.The two bought a few cakes, ordered two big bowls of soup, sat down in a corner, and ate with relish.One of the guests praised while eating: "The taste of this meatloaf has not changed for more than ten years. Ordinary people don't know that when you eat Granny Cao meatloaf, you must come to the store and eat it with soup. It's authentic. How could Li Qingchen know such a wonderful thing?" Listening to his tone, Yuan Cao was actually a regular customer in the store more than ten years ago. Because he suspected that he was rushing for the exam, he was thinking about smiling and going up to have a few words and make contact with each other—if he wins in the future, He can also write a few words or something, hang it, decorate it... He was thinking about it, but four customers came into the shop, asked for a few meatloaf, did not eat soup, only found a table , gnawing absently.These four guests said that being poor is not like being poor, saying that being rich is not like being rich, saying that people are not like ordinary people, and saying that being officials is not like being officials.They didn't look like they came to eat, but they looked at the two guests at that table from time to time.Yuanwai Cao couldn't figure out where they came from, but he heard his youngest son pulling his clothes and whispering in his ear: "Father, this is from the Imperial City Division." "How do you know? Don't talk nonsense." Cao Yuanwai was taken aback. "The one sitting over there is Lin Wu from Xiaotianshui Lane. Three years ago, he bribed Eunuch Lan from the palace to find a job in the Imperial City Division. Don't you remember?" Cao Yuanwai unconsciously took a closer look, and it was indeed Lin Wu. "Father, will nothing happen?" "What can our well-behaved people do?" Cao Yuanwai whispered a few words, then pointed his mouth at Xiao Youdan and Yelumeng, "It's for those two." But after such a disturbance, Cao Yuanwai didn't dare to talk to him anymore.Fortunately, the detectives from the Imperial City Division didn't stay for too long. Not long after, the four of them seemed to have something urgent to do, so they paid the money and left in a hurry. This abnormal behavior not only puzzled Cao Yuanwai, but also secretly surprised Xiao Youdan and Yelumeng. Xiao Youdan is definitely not a person who follows the rules, Li Qingchen refused to accompany him to eat Granny Cao's meat pie, and the guards inside and outside the Duting Station were heavily guarded, but he still found a chance to slip out -- but no matter how capable he is, It can't match the large number of people in the Zhifang Division and the Huangcheng Division, and there are a few tails behind their buttocks.It's just that the official department and the imperial city department have very different ways of doing things. The official department is secretly watching, but the imperial city department is blatantly following, not afraid of being discovered at all-this is related to the personnel of the two organizations, It is also related to their respective responsibilities, the official secretary can't wait for Xiao Youdan to meet the spies in Bianjing, but the imperial city secretary is satisfied as long as there is nothing wrong. But no matter what they did, Xiao Youdan just gnawed on the meatloaf with relish. In his opinion, the meatloaf for Granny Cao for a few pennies was much more delicious than the delicacies in Jiying Hall.Therefore, he didn't care if the people from the Imperial City Division came in to follow up provocatively. Instead, they left suddenly, which made him wonder secretly.But this nosy matter is beyond his control. Satisfied with the last sip of soup, Xiao Youdan wiped his mouth with satisfaction, looking at Yelumeng who had already finished eating, the two unconsciously looked at each other and smiled.Just as I was about to ask the shopkeeper to come over to check out, I heard a childish voice saying: "Shopkeeper, I want five meatloaf and five bowls of soup." "Okay!" Xiao Youdan heard Cao Yuanwai's promise, but saw two women, three men and five children walk to an adjacent table and sit down, he glanced casually, but was immediately stunned. Dragon pattern! An eight or nine-year-old boy sitting next to him was sitting on a bench, his feet dangling, revealing half of his boots, which were actually embroidered with dragon patterns! Xiao Youdan almost suspected that he was wrong, so he looked at the clothes of the five children carefully. The clothes and hats on the five children were all extremely exquisite and luxurious - but there was nothing unusual in the clothes. At that time, the wealthy family in Bianjing wore It has long been a common thing to overstep and exceed the etiquette.The royal family of the Song Dynasty, even the emperor, often wore the same clothes as ordinary officials. Xu is a child of a certain prince or county prince who sneaked out.Xiao Youdan thought secretly.But Cao Yuanwai's youngest son came over with a dish, wiped the table, and said with a very familiar smile: "A few members, young lady, why did you come out to play by yourself?" "Little Yuanwai?" Maid Zhao looked at Di Huan and asked strangely, "Brother Huan, are you Yuanwailang?" He had only heard of Yuanwailang, but he didn't know the folk customs. Yixing talked, but he and Zhao Qi couldn't belong to Yuanwailang anyway, so in his mind, Di Huan was the only one. Di Huan shook his head, proudly said: "I am Captain Qi, not Yuanwailang." Zhao Mai and Zhao Wei felt even more strange, they opened their eyes wide and looked at Shi Rui in surprise, but they refused to believe that she could be Yuanwailang!But the sound of "riding the captain" really shocked people.Ever since Wang Anshi worshiped the Prime Minister, the Song Dynasty has become more and more strict with Enyin.At such a young age, Di Huan favored Captain Qiqi, which not only surprised Xiao Youdan and Yelumeng, but even the youngest son of the Cao family was also shocked. "Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother, don't talk too much." After all, Shushou is a bit older and needs to know more, put on the airs of her sister, and glared at Zhao Gong and Zhao Cheng.The two were in awe of Shushou, shrank their heads, and dared not speak. The youngest son of the Cao family looked at the five people suspiciously, knowing that it was a son of a noble family who had sneaked out to play, so he didn't dare to say anything. He served the soup and cakes, and ran back to discuss with his father whether he should report to the Kaifeng mansion.The people in Bianjing are very enthusiastic, and they don't have the habit of sweeping the snow in front of their own doors. What's more, if these children get lost, they will not be able to get rid of their responsibilities if the government finds them here. But these few words have already made Xiao Youdan curious.He felt almost intuitively that these children were unusual.So he left without being too busy, and paid more attention to these children. The five children were obviously hungry. Although they took a post car from Panlou Street, there was still a long distance from Jingyuanzhuang to Panlou Street. Although the children were walking and playing, it was not easy to feel Tired, but most of the people are in a state of extreme excitement for most of the day, but it also consumes a lot of energy.Maid Zhao used to be extremely picky eaters when eating in the palace, and she couldn't eat much, so her body was extremely weak. At this time, she drank a mouthful of clear soup with a mouthful of meat pie, and she couldn't eat a single bit of food.Not to mention Zhao Wei and Di Huan, they finished eating early, they didn't dare to provoke Shushou, they just looked at the half cake in Shi Rui's hand, but after all, they were embarrassed to openly ask for what Shi Rui had in his mouth. "I want one more!" Maid Zhao didn't think too much, and immediately yelled loudly after eating. "There's not enough money." Shi Rui said in embarrassment. Di Huan took out the copper coins from his purse and dumped them on the table. It was only thirty or so cash, which was just enough for each of them to have a meatloaf. The few children looked at each other, Maid Zhao wanted it very much, but was afraid of being scolded by Shushou, so he looked eagerly at Shushou. At this time, Xiao Youdan was curious enough to find it interesting. He was sure that these children were the noble children of the Song Dynasty, but he didn't know how noble their identities were.He watched the children with interest to see how they would handle the matter. But Shushou glanced at Maid Zhao, then turned to Shi Rui, and asked, "Lulu, didn't you say last time that there is a place for things?" "En." Shi Rui nodded, and immediately understood, "Ah", said: "If you pawn something, you will be scolded if you are found out. And my father said that pawning things in pawnshops is very difficult. Lost." "I just said I lost it by accident." Shushou said disapprovingly, taking off an earring, imitating Shi Rui's tone and shouting: "Shop." Cao Yuanwai had already heard from his youngest son that there was a "Captain Rider" in this group of children, and he was in a dilemma: he didn't know the details, and he didn't dare to report to the officials casually, but the officials in Kaifeng Mansion were not so easy to get along with. .But if I don't care, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the responsibility.Hearing Shushou calling him at this moment, he hurriedly ran over himself, bowed and asked, "Little lady, do you have any orders?" "I'll exchange this for three more meatloaf for you, okay?" It was the first time for Shushou to do this business, and she was both excited and apprehensive. Yuan Cao looked at the earrings in Shushou's hand, and was speechless for a while.Just for the pearl on the earring, I'm afraid that such a good pearl can't be easily found in the Liang family's bead shop.With such a precious thing, for three meatloaf... "Yes!" Cao Yuanwai couldn't help but spit out these two words. Shushou thought that he refused to agree, and felt disappointed. This pair of earrings was something she liked very much. If it wasn't for her two younger brothers, how could she give it to them?At this moment, he pursed his lips, took off the other earring, and said, "Isn't this enough?" "One is enough." Shi Rui quit, and stopped her, "Last time I went to Liang's bead shop to buy an ordinary bead and it cost a few hundred cash, and three meatloaf was worth more than ten cash. One is enough." Xiao Youdan couldn't bear it any longer when he heard it, he couldn't help laughing.After beckoning to Yuanwai Cao, he said with a smile, "The store will give them three meatloaf, and it will be charged to my account." "Yes." Cao Yuanwai replied with a compensating smile, and looked at the bead reluctantly, and quickly ordered his son to serve the meatloaf. But Shi Rui refused to take advantage of others for no reason, imitating the manner of an adult, bowed to Xiao Youdan, and said: "I don't know what to call this gentleman? Where is the Zunfu? Tomorrow I will ask someone to return the cake money." After all, she can be regarded as a daughter of a famous family. Although she is young, when facing strangers, she hasn't thrown all the etiquette she has learned in the past, and she still speaks in a decent way. At this time, the meat pies had already been delivered, and Maid Zhao picked up a meat pie and took a bite. Hearing that Shi Rui wanted to pay back the money, he said with his mouth in his mouth, "If you want to pay back the money, you can order two more!" This time even Yelumeng couldn't help laughing out loud. But he only laughed halfway, and then stopped suddenly - even Xiao Youdan never thought that Shi Yue would suddenly appear at the door of Granny Cao's meatloaf shop at this time. "Bachelor Shi!" Xiao Youdan only said three words, and then heard a timid voice calling: "Daddy!" He turned his head in surprise, but saw Shi Rui lowered his head, looking like he had done something wrong.He looked up at Shi Yue again, and saw that he was sweating profusely, with an anxious expression on his face, not as calm and calm as usual, and almost laughed out loud again. "King Xiao?" Shi Yue also did not expect Xiao Youdan to appear here, he looked at Xiao Youdan, but his eyes stopped on Shi Rui's face, seeing that his daughter was fine, he was half relieved, and then passed her Beside him, seeing Shushou, Zhao Li, and Di Huan all lowered their heads guiltyly, Maid Zhao happened to take a bite out of the meatloaf, and suddenly saw himself, who seemed to be neither swallowing nor spitting, and stared in a daze with a blank face. Come, Shi Yue was angry and funny, but his heart that had been hanging around finally fell down. The child didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and almost scared him half to death—Bianjing City is not a paradise after all, but a huge vanity fair, where there are all kinds of people, if you encounter bad people, the consequences will be unimaginable.At this time, the emperor already knew about the disappearance of several children, so he was startled and anxious, almost restless.Now it looked happy outside, but the forbidden area was already in chaos——Li Xiangan sent someone to report to him.When Shi Yue received the news, he immediately guessed that his precious daughter "had a lot to do" - if she hadn't teased him, how would the other four children have thought of sneaking out of the palace?Therefore, he also followed the places his daughter loved to look for, but he had a different identity after all, so he mobilized the manpower in the mansion, and only said that Shi Rui was missing, and he lied to the two princes and princesses about it, causing them to search everywhere; On the one hand, he used his own relationship - there were two inspectors in the Kaifeng mansion, and they were from his own soldiers when he was in charge of Shaanxi. Normally, all the family members of the Shifu's family members, as long as they leave the gate of the Shifu, except Sima Meng Besides, Shi Yue is not allowed to have any contact - this is also to avoid suspicion, but at this time, he can't care much... That's it, he searched for an hour in the south of the city before a captor from Kaifeng Mansion came to report that he saw the little lady from Shi Mansion in Granny Cao's meat pie shop, and he came in a hurry, but unexpectedly she was here. Seeing Xiao Youdan - but it's not surprising, the people in Kaifeng Mansion naturally don't recognize Xiao Youdan. Seeing that the children were safe and sound, Shi Yue calmed down, but secretly complained.He didn't know whether Xiao Youdan already knew the identities of the children, and he didn't dare to say more at this moment, and immediately turned his back on the guest, asking: "Why is King Xiao here?" After all, Dutingyi is not in accordance with etiquette.Therefore, Shi Yue's tone was faintly questioning. Xiao Youdan said with a smile: "I have been away from Bianjing for more than ten years. I have nothing to do. I just came out for a walk to see how Bianjing has changed. Is this person Ling Ai?" "The little girl is naughty, and Shi has no way to teach her daughter, so the king laughed at me." Shi Yue replied lightly, and immediately said: "I would like to ask the king to go back to Duting post early. If you want to enjoy the style of Bianjing, you can ask the Ministry of Rites to arrange officials to accompany you." ——Your Majesty is inherently leisurely, but if there is any accident, Your Majesty is an important minister of the Northern Dynasty, and when the Emperor of Daliao asks, it will make our country embarrassing." "The bachelor was joking." Seeing that Shi Yue seemed to be in a hurry to send him away, Xiao Youdan became suspicious. He glanced at Shi Rui and the others out of the corner of his eye, and said with a smile, "Don't say that the Great Song Dynasty is a party secretary and an envoy of the imperial city." They are all elite soldiers and strong generals, and the guards are thoughtful, even Xiao Wang and General Yelu are both born immediately, they are not worth mentioning, so what could be unexpected?" "Really?" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone outside the store coldly answering, "Does King Xiao think that there is no one in Song Dynasty?" "How dare!" Xiao Youdan smiled lightly, watching a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance slowly walk into the shop.Seeing this person coming in, Shi Yue cried out bitterly in his heart, and sure enough, Zhao Maid finally came to his senses, hurriedly swallowed the meat pie that had been in his mouth for a long time, jumped up with a smile on his face, and shouted: "General Yang!" You are here!" Although he is a prince, he still feels guilty, and the education of the princes of the Song Dynasty is strict, and Shi Yue is an important court official. When he suddenly saw Shi Yue appearing just now, he was shocked and frightened. I'm afraid it's three points worse than Shi Rui.So holding the meat pie for a long time, I didn't know what to do, I just felt that it was a disgrace, when I saw Yang Shifang appearing, I hurriedly threw the meat pie and ran towards Yang Shifang as if seeing a savior . Seeing that Maid Zhao was safe, Yang Shifang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, subconsciously wanted to salute, but finally held back. "General Yang?!" Xiao Youdan and Yelumeng exchanged glances and said suspiciously.The two felt more and more that this matter was unusual. Yang Shifang only glanced at Shi Yue, but ignored Xiao Youdan.He turned his head, as if to make a code word to the door, and saw a carriage approaching in a hurry, stopped outside the store door, and two guards dressed in regular uniforms walked into the store and went straight to the store. Shushou and Zhao Wei are beside them, protecting them and going out.Yang Shifang took Maid Zhao's hand and walked slowly to the door of the store, suddenly turned her head, gave Xiao Youdan a cold look, then turned her head, and walked away with Maid Zhao. Shi Yue smiled wryly in his heart - as the matter developed, he knew that with Xiao Youdan's shrewdness, he couldn't hide this matter, but at this time, he could only keep it a secret for a while, after all, he couldn't control Yang Shifang anyway.He turned to Shi Rui and said, "Rui'er, Brother Huan, come here." Shi Rui and Di Huan walked up to Shi Yue timidly.Shi Yue glanced at his daughter, and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, Fang raised his head and wanted to say goodbye to Xiao Youdan - he had to lead the two children to the palace to plead guilty for such a big incident - but he saw Xiao Youdan and Yelumeng They all changed their faces and stared blankly at the door. He followed the eyes of the two of them, but saw that a piece of blue brick paving the floor at the entrance of the store had been torn apart! "Shi Mou still has secular affairs, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will leave first. For the sake of the king's safety and the diplomatic relations between the two countries, I hope that the king will return to the post house as soon as possible." Shi Yue was bidding farewell to Xiao Youdan with his fists in his hands, but he felt that someone was pulling own placket.He looked down, but saw Shi Rui was tugging on his robe lightly, seeing his gaze, he hurriedly lowered his head, and said softly, "Father, I still owe King Xiao three cakes..." "General Yang, who was that guy just now?" Maid Zhao asked Yang Shifang curiously in the carriage.With Yang Shifang who gets along every day, he feels much more at ease.But in the end, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful. "Is the Khitan man the Sixth Brother is asking?" Yang Shifang said in a cold tone habitually, "He is the Northern Privy Envoy of the Liao Kingdom, King Wei. He is here to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday." "How big is the Northern Privy Envoy? Is it as old as Taifu Wen?" "It's about the same size." Yang Shifang replied briefly. "He is more gentle than Mrs. Wen." Zhao Maid said suddenly. "Sixth brother, don't talk nonsense." Pang Tianshou, the servant sitting at the door of the carriage, hurriedly turned around. He was the servant in charge of taking care of Maid Zhao and Zhao Wei—this is an enviable job, everyone knows that Maid Zhao He was the crown prince of the Song Dynasty.But this time with such a big mess, his future immediately became bleak.Fortunately, today's emperor, empress dowager, and empress are not violent people, otherwise his life would not have survived. "Taifu Wen is a famous official today..." He was afraid that servant Zhao's nonsense would cause trouble again, so he wanted to defend Wen Yanbo, but after all, he was just a servant, he hesitated for a long time, but couldn't explain why. But Yang Shifang said: "Does Sixth Brother know that he is from Khitan?" "I know. Your Majesty said that Khitan is a big country in the north." "That is the feud of our Great Song Dynasty." Yang Shifang said in a deep voice, "Sixth brother will be an official in the future, and he must rely on the assistance of a minister like Wen Taifu to defeat Khitan and regain his homeland." Zhao servant and Zhao Wei seem to understand Listening non-comprehensively, Yang Shifang said again: "People like Xiao Youdan whom I met just now are our enemies. Taifu Wen is a loyal minister of the imperial court and a good person." After all, he is just a warrior, and he doesn't understand what Maid Zhao is thinking—every time Maid Zhao sees Wen Yanbo, no matter whether it is the Queen Xiang, Concubine Zhu, or the servant who serves him, he must tell him to behave and behave. Etiquette, so that the prince can be praised by all officials, if there is anything wrong with his behavior, he will definitely be criticized when he comes back.So Maid Zhao was quite afraid of court ministers like Wen Yanbo and Shi Yue.At this time, seeing Xiao Youdan laughing at Yan Yan, who had never met him before and was willing to borrow money to buy cakes for him, and also heard that he was a senior official of Khitan, comparing the two, I felt that Xiao Youdan was much more cordial. "Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother return to the palace, and they must plead guilty to the officials and saints. The son of a daughter, you can't sit down..." Pang Tianshou took Yang Shifang's words and said at this time, it was only then that Maid Zhao realized that he had returned to the palace again. In ordinary life, a lot of rules and etiquette are waiting for me.He kept looking out of the car curtain, with a look of reluctance on his face.This magnificently decorated carriage is far less interesting than the simple postcoach.With the bumping of the carriage, Maid Zhao's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he actually fell asleep.