Chapter 35:

After the three of them got out of the Li's pawnshop, they heard a smiling male voice coming from behind: "Zening, you have no money. Come and be something, you have no money to find me."
Qin Jiao looked at the sound, and saw three or four feet away, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old son wearing a stone-cyan four-claw python robe, riding a black horse, walked over here, turned out and got off the horse after four or five steps. .
The son-in-law was handsome and tall, and while walking, he shook the whip in his hand, with a bohemian temperament.
The people on the street knew at a glance that this was the elder brother of the Five City Soldiers and Horses, and they immediately hid away.
Qin Zening raised his right eyebrow and said unceremoniously: "Pei Qi, you don't have enough monthly money to spend! Is it useful to find you?"
Pei Qi touched his nose: "..."
The dark horse next to him rang his nose appropriately, seeming to echo something.
Qin Zening: "You came right in time. Go to several places with me."
Pei Qi: "Where?"
Qin Zening: "Pawnshop."
Pei Qi: "How short of money are you..." As he said, he went to touch the money bag on his waist.
"Let's go." Qin Zening draped the opponent's shoulder boldly and dragged the person away.
Qin Jiu and Qin Zeyu couldn't catch up at all, and kept up silently.
The light from the corner of Pei Qi's eyes passed Qin Jiu, then stopped, and said with a great smile, "Zening, is this your sister?"
"Sister, I am a good brother who grew up wearing a pair of pants with your elder brother. You can call me seventh brother in the future..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was dragged away by Qin Zening rudely.
Qin Zening took Qin Jiu and the others to several pawnshops, and found three things, a fine-quality ginseng with a century-old age, a plum blossom picture followed by a former painting of Saint Li, and a piece of gold 300 years ago. Cover Jintuo Jade Bowl.
Pei Qihao made it really hard. With him standing on the sidelines, without Qin Zening's words, the shopkeepers of these pawnshops just told the truth, just want to send these ancestors away quickly.
"...I remember that the couple also said that they also wanted to sell a shop on Dade Street."
When the fat shopkeeper at the last pawnshop sent them out, he said one more thing, and then went back.
Qin Zening sneered: "It really is Qin Xin."
"I don't believe it." Qin Zeyu said without hesitation, his eyes were bright and dark.
Qin Zening said: "My grandmother gave Qin Xin a shop in private, right on Dade Street."
Qin Zeyu firmly gritted his teeth and said, "The evil slave deceives the Lord! It must be the evil slave deceives the Lord."
Qin Zening ignored him, and there were some things he said a hundred times, which was not as good as Qin Zeyu had witnessed.
"I don't care how she wants to harm her own things, but Lian Niang's dowry dare to sell it..." Qin Zening's voice became colder again, and his eyes looked at Qin Jiao.
In Qin Zening's view, the dowry Wei left behind is for younger siblings.
Qin Zening pulled Pei Qi aside, "Brother, do me a favor, you will come forward to buy that shop for me."
Pei Qi kept laughing, and didn't ask much. After all, living in a big family, I have never heard of any messy secrets.
He patted his chest freely and said: "This matter is on my body. After the matter is done, you have to buy me a drink!"
Qin Zening responded with a smile.
Pei Qi waved with them casually and left. Qin Zening took his younger brothers and sisters to find a restaurant for lunch.
Qin Zening skillfully ordered the dishes, sent Xiao Er off, and poured tea for Qin Jiao, then glanced at Qin Zeyu who pushed the teacup in front of him, and said disgustingly: "Pour yourself."
Qin Zeyu: "..."
"Xiao Jiu, my mother's dowry is now with my grandmother." A few days after Qin Jiu returned to the Hou Mansion, Qin Zening hadn't had a chance to tell her this until now.
When the Qin family was ransacked and exiled, all the property including the dowry of Mrs. Tai and several daughter-in-laws were confiscated. When the Qin family was in exile, they had nothing.
Later, after the Qin family rehabilitated and returned to the capital, the emperor returned them all.
At that time, Wei from the long room had already passed away. Qin Zening had just turned eight and Qin Zeyu was only two years old. Because the children were too young, Wei's dowry was sealed by Mrs. Qin.
According to the rules, this dowry will be divided into three and equally divided among Wei's children.
However, Qin Zening said at the time that half of the mother's dowry would be given to his younger sister and the other half to his younger brother. He was the eldest brother, so he didn't need it.
At the end of each year, Mrs. Qin Tai would ask the steward to show them the account books of those properties.
Later, Qin Xin said that he wanted Mrs. Qin to teach her to look after the accounts, so Qin Zening never took care of this matter again.
Mrs. Qin had a rich private house and could not commit the idea of ​​beating her daughter-in-law's dowry. Therefore, when Qin Zening saw the gold-inlaid jade bracelet at the Fulai pawnshop, she concluded that Qin Xin had done all this.
He didn't conceal this from Qin Jiao, and said, "I didn't think so much at the time... Unexpectedly, I was in trouble by raising a tiger!"
Qin Zening's voice was a little bit of annoyance. He had never doubted Qin Xin's life experience before. He believed in her completely, and safely handed Wei's dowry to Qin Xin.
Qin Zening was never a person who would be immersed in the past. He drank the cup of tea in one sip, calmed down, and said: "Since grandmother can't control mother's dowry, then take it back and let us take care of it. ."
"After a few days, we will find another suitable opportunity. We will separate from the Hou Mansion, and we will have separate doors."
Qin Zening believed that he could afford the lintel of the long house, but his grandmother was still alive. If he insisted on the separation of the family, let alone the second uncle, even the clan would not agree.
Therefore, he must find a suitable opportunity!
Qin Zening said, Qin Jiu listened, and added tea to Qin Zening.
Qin Zeyu was listening to melon seeds while listening. When he heard Qin Zening mention "separation", he subconsciously wanted to interrupt his mouth and opened his thin lips, but in the end he swallowed the words.
"Crack!"
He vented another melon seed.
Qin Jiao glanced at Qin Zeyu, and said in his heart: Well, the bear child is really more obedient!
Qin Jiu’s scrutinizing eyes made Qin Zeyu aroused. He quickly sat down, with his back straight, completely missing the look that was just sitting still and people hating dogs. Qin Zening couldn’t help laughing out loud. Came out.
Qin Zeyu's earlobes were red, and he felt that his Qin Wuye's face might not come back for a while.
Soon, Xiao Er was served hot meals.
The lunch meal was calm and quiet.
After lunch was over, Qin Zening settled the bill and said: "Xiao Jiu, I will take you back in a while. I want to take this kid to Jianning Bo's Mansion."
They are going to apologize, but they can't let the younger sister bow her head to others for Qin Zeyu's bastard.
"Big brother, don't send me off. I want to stroll around in the capital." Qin Jiu has been in the capital for so many days, and he hasn't had a chance to walk around. "Don't worry, I will go back after a while."
Qin Zening hesitated for a moment, thinking that the security in the capital was good, and there should be no trouble, after all, there was no objection.
"Then you go back earlier, or two hours later, wait for us in this teahouse, and we will go back together." Qin Zening said, turning over all the broken silver on his body and stuffing it to Qin Jiu, "You Although it is spent, if it is not enough, it will be charged to my account."
Qin Jiao took the silver with a smile, and watched Qin Zening drag the reluctant Qin Zeyu away.
Qin Jiu walked aimlessly along this street in another direction.
There is a prosperous scene in the capital. On both sides of Huachang Street where she is located are shops and restaurants, and there are vendors selling stalls, cries, shouts, conversations, walking, and various sounds are mixed together, lively and noisy. She was dazzled.
At the end of October, the weather was cold, but the sun was shining today. Walking in the golden sun, the whole body was warm and comfortable.
Qin Jiao was surprised at everything. He carried a small basket, bought straw grasshoppers, purses, sachets, etc., and bought a windmill in a stall. Qin Jiao blew the windmill happily, and the leaves of the windmill were just Turned...
Qin Jiao pouted slightly, and was about to blow again, when he saw two familiar young men walking out from a restaurant on the street side by side.
"Miss Qin San."
One of them, an alien youth with blue eyes, smiled and called Qin Jiu, with a little foreign accent in the standard Beijing dialect.
It was Yeluluan, the second prince of Beiyan, and Gu Jing, the second prince, with him.
Although he has only one side in the palace with Yeluluan, his profound features are too eye-catching among a group of Central Plains people. In addition, he plans to let himself go to make a relationship, and Qin Jiu certainly can't forget him.
"Second Young Master Gu, Young Master Yelu." Qin Jiao greeted lightly, "If it's okay, I'll leave first."
"Miss Qin San, wait a minute." Yeluluan left Gu Jing and walked to her to stop her.
His facial features are deep and handsome, and a pair of blue eyes like the sea in his deep eye sockets are quite ecstatic, staring fixedly at Qin Jiu, as if only her in his eyes, "Miss Qin, I am happy with you. ."
Qin Jiao: "?"
Two lives, this is the first time someone rushed to her in front of the crowd and said "heart happy" her, but she didn't have the slightest joy of a girl's cherishing spring in her heart. Instead, she quickly passed four words
Steal from rape!
Ye Luluan continued: "In our Beiyan, whenever you meet a girl you like, you must confess as soon as possible, otherwise there may be other warriors who will her away."
His body was filled with a sense of freedom, wildness and willfulness that was different from that of the Central Plains, but because of his hearty smile, it made people feel uncomfortable.
At this time, Gu Jing also came over, and heard Yeluluan's words, there was a clear disdain in his eyes.
A barbarian is a barbarian!
The corners of Gu Jing's lips made a curved arc. The barbarian and the hillbilly are a perfect match!
He remained calm, and deliberately stopped three steps away and didn't go any further.
Yeluluan looked at Qin Jiu and said, "Miss Qin San, what do you think?"
Qin Jiao: "..."
On the street, some passers-by also noticed this scene. Some women and girls all looked towards Yeluluan and Qin Jiu, pointed and whispered.
Yeluluan stared at Qin Jiu's small face with scorching eyes, his expression was so focused and affectionate.
Zhongyuan's strict ethics is really unaccustomed to him. But now, he feels that once the ethics is used well, he can get twice the result with half the effort!
He couldn't help but took another step towards Qin Jiu. At this moment, an opened folding fan fell vertically from the window on the second floor of the restaurant...
Several people on the street saw this scene and exclaimed.
All this happened so fast that Yeluluan had no time to react. The folding fan had fallen on his head and then slipped off his head...
Qin Jiao subconsciously raised his hand to catch the folding fan, then lifted his head up, and saw a familiar face protruding from the second floor window.
"Big Brother!" Qin Jiu waved the folding fan with a few green bamboos at Gu Zezhi on the second floor as if he had seen his relatives.
Yeluluan and Gu Jing naturally also saw Gu Zezhi, with different expressions, one surprised and the other disgusted.
It's Gu Zezhi again! Gu Jing made a fist, her eyes flickered.
After a while, Gu Zezhi also came out of the restaurant's door, with a gentle smile on his face. The warm winter sun sprinkled on his purple robe, setting off his grace.
Qin Jiu quickly walked towards Jin Thigh and handed him the folding fan in his hand.
"Big brother, your fan, luckily it was not broken by anyone!" She meant that fortunately, she caught the fan with her hand, acting like a betrayal.
"Let's go." Gu Zezhi took the fan and naturally said to Qin Jiao.
Qin Jiu immediately followed him obediently, leaving Yeluluan and Gu Jing behind.
But Qin Jiu was not very happy, as if he was holding a breath in his chest.
She is not a fool, and of course she knows that Yeluluan deliberately "confessed" herself to herself in public with great fanfare.
This is the Great Qi Dynasty, with its customs and rules, and a girl's family can't help but say "like or dislike" in the public. No matter how she answers, she is wrong.
With Yeluluan's identity, once there was a lot of trouble, even if the emperor disagreed, the courtiers would force her to make a marriage.
It is undoubtedly the best choice for them to entangle more in the public.
But even so, Qin Jiu was still panicked.
"Unhappy?" Gu Zezhi asked.
Qin Jiao nodded and said angrily: "I really want to hit him with a sack!"
Gu Zezhi licked his lips and laughed, with a gentle smile.
Qin Jiao: "Unfortunately, I can't fight..." She couldn't beat others even if she wanted to!
Gu Zezhi turned around and said, "Little girl, come with me for a cup of tea." He gestured casually, and a guard behind him quietly retreated.
tea? ! Qin Jiu felt his scalp numb when he thought of making tea. Isn't it just a cup of tea? Pay attention to so much what to do!
Her eyes were erratic, she saw the theater in front of him, and immediately cut off his words: "Brother, stop drinking tea, let's go... to the theater! Yes, to the theater!"
For fear that he would disagree, Qin Jiu left first, saying, emphatically: "I invite you!"
Therefore, Gu Zezhi followed Qin Jiu to the theater, with a good temper.
This theater called "Daya Class" is very lively, almost full of seats, full of laughter and noise.
In fact, Qin Jiu couldn't understand ancient dramas at all. Those actors who started to sing slowly and leisurely were the only ones who played with spears and somersaults when they appeared on stage. Most of the other actors were applauded. At the time, she was eating, eating melon seeds, eating snacks, drinking tea, and peeling walnuts.
The walnuts on the nut plate were made with a small opening in advance to facilitate the guests to peel, but the walnuts were a bit hard, and Qin Jiu's face wrinkled slightly after breaking it hard for a while.
She did not give up on the walnut bar in her hand, but saw a big slender hand stretched out in front of her, palm facing up, "Give it to me."
Qin Jiu gave him the walnuts without thinking.
Gu Zezhi casually took another walnut from the nut plate, held the two walnuts in the palm of his right hand, and gently pinched...
When the white hands are tightly grasped, the lines from the fingers to the back of the hand to the arms are tight, like a snow leopard ready to go, sharp and compelling, calm and powerful.
"Crack."
Gu Zezhi spread out his right hand, and several cobweb-like cracks appeared on the two walnuts in his palm. Qin Jiu felt a bit cold behind his neck inexplicably.
Gu Zezhi: "Yes."
Qin Jiu almost wanted to clap his hands. Golden thighs are so versatile, they are even better than walnut clips!
Just halfway through the time, a tall, ordinary-looking, cyan-colored guard arrived, and said to Gu Zezhi in a vague way: "San Gongzi, people are coming soon."
Gu Zezhi smiled gently at her: "Let's go."
Qin Jiao was biting on a piece of sweet chestnut cake and asked casually: "Where to go?"
Gu Zezhi did not answer, with a deeper smile on his face, and hooked his finger at Qin Jiu.
"..." Qin Jiao swallowed the chestnut cake in twos and got up obediently.
Jin Thigh says to go wherever she goes, so she can't sell her!
The three of them left the Daya class, and then turned into a small alley next to them. The guards walked in the front to lead the way, and Gu Zezhi and Qin Jiu followed.
The small alleys in the capital turned around. At first Qin Jiu tried to remember the way, but she gave up in silence.
The three of them came to an alley that was only enough for two of them to run side by side. Qin Jiu followed Gu Zezhi's gaze and looked forward. On the opposite side of the alley in front, the plaque of "Siyi Pavilion" was in sight.
Qin Jiao blinked his eyes, and a pair of black and white apricot eyes looked at Gu Zezhi.
Gu Zezhi made a silent gesture to her, smiling in her narrow phoenix eyes, like a pool of spring water.
There was another guard with long eyebrows waiting there at the entrance of the alley. After he looked outside, he turned his head and said, "Here is someone."
Gu Zezhi just put away the folding fan with a smile, and the two guards immediately understood.
After a while, Yeluluan's slender figure appeared at the entrance of the alley.
Apart from him, there is no one else. The Beiyan people don't like to be restrained, they admire freedom, and they don't like to take followers.
The two guards acted extremely swiftly. At the moment Yelvluan walked through the alley, they suddenly shot and attacked from behind him. One set a sack and the other held his legs. Luan dragged into the alley.
Yeluluan, who was trapped in the sack, was angry and startled, and shouted, "Who?" His voice was vague through the sack.
One of the guards responded with a foot and kicked him in the abdomen. Yeluluan snorted and wanted to yell. The other guard kicked him from his back again and kicked him in the sack on the ground. Rolled twice.
On the side, the corners of Gu Zezhi's lips curled slightly, and his smile was as warm as the warm spring sun.
Qin Jiao's eyes brightened.
She just said casually, Jin Thigh actually made people go and put Yeluluan's sack?
She was just talking about it, she didn't really want to hit someone... blame! She is very excited now.
She blinked at Jin's thigh in admiration, then shoved the small basket on his hand into his hand, and walked towards Yeluluan in three steps and two steps. She lifted her foot and kicked roughly on the sack.
Yeluluan snorted again, twisting and struggling in the sack, and even the sack also wriggled, embarrassed.
He gritted his teeth and asked angrily: "Who? You know this..."
Qin Jiu kicked again and interrupted him. Of course she knows who he is, just because she knows, she wants to kick!
Qin Jiu strenuously kicked Yeluluan's abdomen several times.
When Qin Jiao beat Qin Zeyu, he still kept some hands, but he didn't need to beat others.
She kicked and kicked, kicking harder than ever.
Yeluluan hummed in the sack again and again, and could only hug his head to protect the vitals.
If this is normal, a little girl like Qin Jiu who can’t even call her legs embroidered, will naturally not be Yelvluan’s opponent, but now he is trapped in a sack, can’t escape, can’t dodge, and has no power to fight back. Able to curl up in a sack embarrassedly.
Qin Jiu didn't get enough of kicking, and then he made up two punches with his fists. It was kicking and beating again, like punching sandbags. She felt that the breath that had been squeezed in her chest suddenly came out.
Gu Zezhi looked at her not too far away, with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, like a bright spring in March.
This little girl is really interesting.
He waved his hand, and the two guards went to the entrance of the alley to guard, until Qin Zhuo kicked his addiction, and walked over, looking at himself with an obedient expression, as if the one who beat him was not her.
Gu Zezhi smiled and gestured to her, meaning, let's go.
Qin Jiu immediately followed obediently, walking briskly, brows flying, his complexion slightly tinged with red clouds.
After beating people, she was satisfied, no longer suffocated, refreshed, and windy in her footsteps.
After turning the corner, Qin Jiu asked in a low voice, "Brother, are these two guards okay?"
Qin Jiu had heard that these two guards were given by the emperor after Gu Zezhi came to the capital.
They beat Yeluluan with such a big fanfare, Yeluluan would definitely not suffer this boring loss, he would definitely sue! If the emperor knew that it was Gu Zezhi who put the sacks on him, would it cause him trouble?
Gu Zezhi didn't say a word but smiled unpredictably.
"..." He made Qin Jiu feel as if a feather was scratching in his heart, itching.
Gu Zezhi took out a moon-white veil from his sleeve and handed it to Qin Jiao. He pointed a finger at her right cheek, "wipe it."
Just now, Qin Jiu casually brushed a few strands of broken hair from his cheeks to his ears, but accidentally stained his cheeks with the dust on his hands.
Qin Jiu took the veil and wiped his cheek casually.
The texture of Songjiang muslin is soft and delicate, it feels very good, and it is warm...
This Songjiang muslin is good, and she asked the maid to make some veils with Songjiang muslin. Qin Jiao thought absently as he wiped it.
Seeing that she didn't wipe the right place for a while, Gu Zezhi took the veil from her hand and said casually: "Don't move."
Qin Jiu didn't move immediately, only put his right hand down and looked at him without blinking.
Gu Zezhi's movements gently wiped away the dust from the corners of her mouth, and her white cheeks became as smooth as jade again, like a dusted pearl wiped away the dust.