At Yin Shi, Su Zhou lay on the bed and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Xiao Man touched her forehead and whispered: "Sir, her forehead is a bit hot. Is there any good way?"

Chen Ji responded: "There is no good way. I can only use a handkerchief dipped in water to cool her down."

Xiaoman took a white handkerchief and wet it with water again, and put it on Su Zhou's forehead. She quietly put her hand between Su Zhou's hair and touched it, but she couldn't touch the remaining lamp copper coins.

She sat back on the small bench next to the charcoal basin angrily, watching blankly as the fire in the charcoal basin flickered on and off.

Xiaoman originally wanted to take advantage of Su Zhou's sleep to take revenge on the other party for holding her hostage, but when she thought that the other party was unconscious, she felt it was boring.

To take revenge, you have to let your enemy know about it to relieve your anger.

Chen Ji sat on the small bench next to her, with the dark clouds huddled in his lap, and went to sleep early.

Tonight, after first assassinating General Wang, and then facing the manhunt by the Secret Service, it was already a rare and peaceful time.

Xiao Man picked up the iron pliers and picked out the charcoal basin, and asked: "Sir, I will make a bed on the floor for you. Can you rest for a while?"

Chen Ji hugged Wu Yun and said calmly: "No, I'm worried that someone will come to search Chen's house again tonight and I won't be able to sleep."

Xiaoman let out an ooh and rolled her eyes: "Sir, I heard from the eldest brother of the Army and Horses Division earlier that the person who assassinated General Wang tonight was an executive officer?"

Chen Ji hummed.

Xiaoman looked at him secretly: "Do you want to become an executive officer?"

Chen Ji's eyes swayed slightly and he said casually: "I heard that executive officers are very mysterious and powerful, but I don't have a chance to become an executive officer."

Xiaoman lowered his voice: "There is a chance."

Chen Ji turned to look at her: "Oh?"

Xiao Manzui gestured towards Su Zhou on the bed: "Sir, isn't the assassin right here? She must be an official. Let's tie her up and force her to hand over her training methods..."

The traces are mute.

This Xiaoman is not very old, but he is really thick-faced and has a dark heart and has no martial ethics!

Thinking about it, the other party was sold to Ren Yazi since he was a child, and he had to fight for food from Ren Yazi.

When she arrived at the Chen Mansion, although she stayed with her aunt for a while, her aunt soon left, and she became a rootless duckweed again. The life of being a third-class maid must have been difficult, as no one taught her right and wrong.

, she could only figure out her own philosophy of survival.

The weeds that grow wildly on the cliffs can only survive by digging their roots into the cracks of the rocks and robbing them of limited nutrients.

But I heard Xiao Man continue to confuse me: "I heard that if you practice the official method, as long as you are not injured, you will be immune to all diseases and prolong your life. There are many benefits. Not only that, when you become an official and your waist is straight, this Chen

People in the mansion will never dare to bully you again."

Chen Ji shook his head: "She is a friend of Prince Jing, and I am also a friend of Prince Jing. Although her behavior is a bit extreme, I cannot take advantage of others at this time."

Xiaoman lowered his head: "Okay...then I will think of other ways to give you an official career path."

Chen Ji asked calmly: "You seem to know Xingguan very well?"

Xiaoman panicked for a moment: "Ah? No, no, I just happened to go to the teahouse and heard Mr. Shu telling stories. They mentioned it..."

Chen Ji had two guesses in his mind. The first guess was that after his biological mother, Mrs. Lu, bought Xiaoman back, she felt pity for her when she saw her poor life. In addition, Xiaoman was also clever, so Mrs. Lu decided to take advantage of her.

I taught her the secret mandala seal of that branch and wanted to cultivate it as a confidant.

However, Lu died or fled for some reasons not long after he taught Xiao Man how to become an official. He did not teach him much else. So, except for how to become an official, Xiao Man was like a layman.

The second guess is: Xiaoman was originally a member of the Military Intelligence Department of the Jing Dynasty, and his official career skills were taught by the Military Intelligence Department. He was the person placed by his uncle. The jerkiness shown by the other party now is also an act.

of.

After Chen Ji thought about it over and over again, he thought that the probability of the first guess was high and the probability of the second guess was low.

However, he does not need to be an official. Counting the tiger king, the sword type, and the "Zhaoyun" given by the inner minister, Chen Ji already has three cultivation methods.

While thinking about it, Chen Ji was brought back to his senses by a burst of noise outside the courtyard. He picked up the dark clouds on his knees and opened the door to check. He saw the first-class maid next to Liang, Dong Zhi, waking up all the maids in Qunfang Garden.

Chen Ji looked at the sky and saw that it was not yet dawn and the roosters were not crowing.

Holding the dark clouds in his arms, he stood in front of the gate of Mingquan Garden and asked curiously: "Miss Winter Solstice, what are you doing?"

At the winter solstice, he made a blessing ceremony: "Reporting to the Third Young Master, the master and his wife have temporarily given instructions to quickly pack up their belongings at home, and we will leave Luo City at dawn."

Chen Ji asked: "Are we going to Beijing with the Zhang family?"

Dongzhi smiled and explained: "Reporting to Third Young Master, our Chen family will go alone and not with anyone else. By the way, you should also pack your things. The carriage has been parked outside the house. The master and his wife are in the first one, and the eldest young master is in

The second car is in the second car, the second young master is in the third car, and you and Xiaoman are in the fourth car."

After saying that, she ignored the traces and turned around and shouted loudly: "Everyone is up. At the beginning of autumn, you lead people to boil water for cooking. The rest of the people follow me to Wenyun Hall to pack things. Please work carefully for me today."

If even one of the items in Wenyuntang is damaged, you won’t be able to afford the compensation even if I sell them all!”

…

…

At Mao hour, the cock crows.

The maids of Yingying Yanyan in the Chen Mansion shuttled back and forth, registering the items to be taken away from the mansion one by one, and loading them onto the horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts outside Cuiyun Lane.

The door of Zhang's mansion was tightly closed, and it was quiet as if he was in no hurry to leave Luo City.

In the early morning mist, Chen Ji and Xiao Man carried a large wooden box through Chen's house and stuffed it into the carriage. When a boy came to help, he politely declined.

When Dongzhi saw this scene, he quickly stopped him: "Third Young Master, just put this box on the ox cart at the back. There is no need to put it in the cart to take up space. The ox carts are equipped with oilcloth sheds, so you don't have to worry about snow or rain."

"

Chen Ji got out of the carriage, patted the dust on his palms, and explained with a smile: "It's better to keep the belongings that I saved with great difficulty."

Dongzhi turned around and went back home, put away his smile and murmured in a low voice: "Oh, I have never seen the world, and I don't know how many treasures are stored in it."

After breakfast, the Chen family got into the carriage one after another and set off in a hurry as if they were fleeing. They no longer missed Chen Liqin and Liang, or even took another look at the Chen residence, but the maids burst into tears.

Some of Chen's maids are returning to the capital together, while others are staying to take care of the family business in Luocheng, so they part ways. For people of this era, the distance between Luocheng and the capital is a lifetime.

In front of the old carriage, Li Qiu wiped his tears with a handkerchief and told Xiaoman: "Don't be stupid and stubborn with others when you return to the Chen family mansion. Control your bad temper. Sometimes you can tolerate it."

Xiaoman also had red eyes: "Well, I know Sister Liqiu, but I can't help it."

Li Qiu laughed angrily at her and tapped her forehead with his finger: "Little Hoof always can't listen to what I say. There will always be a time when you suffer. When the time comes, I will demote you to a third-class maid. Without me,

Let’s see what you do.”

Xiaoman squatted where the groom was sitting, tears falling down: "Sister Liqiu, you are doing well in Luo City. When you reach your age next year, you should find a good family to marry as soon as possible. After you get married, you must write to me.

A letter…”

Liqiu cried and asked: "Why, you still want to add some dowry to me?"

Xiao Man shook his head and said while wiping his tears: "That's not the case. I just want to congratulate you."

Li Qiu couldn't laugh or cry: "I love you for nothing!"

From the first carriage, Chen Liqin's calm voice came: "How long will I continue to cry? Let's set off."

The boy next to him waved his arms quickly: "Let's go, let's go."

The coachman sat sideways on the side of the carriage, whipped his whip, and the carriage started slowly.

Li Qiu took two steps forward and stuffed the cloth bundle on his shoulders into Xiao Man's arms: "When you go to the capital, stop worrying about the people and things in Luo City and live a good life!"

"I know!"

As the car swayed, Xiaoman held the car and looked back. She looked at the lintel of the Chen Mansion getting further and further away, and the maids standing there, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.

After a long time, she got back into the car and sat down in a daze: "Sir, are we leaving like this?"

Chen Ji and Mu Xiang huddled together, holding Wu Yun in his arms: "Is Liqiu treating you well?"

The light from the window passed through the gap in the curtain and gently fell on Xiaoman's face: "What is good in this deep house and compound? Master, if you want to say that it is a life-saving grace, it is not 'good'. It's just me.

Sometimes Wang Gui makes things difficult for him

, it was obviously time to eat, but he suddenly asked me to fetch water and sweep the floor. When I came back after finishing the work, there was only the rice cake left in the pot that I couldn't bite. At this time, Sister Liqiu would secretly leave a bowl for me.

Rice, this is considered very, very good.”

Chen Ji hummed: "Look what she gave you."

Xiaoman opened the baggage, only to find that it contained bath beans made by Dongshi Liuji, rouge cream from Nanshengji, and Shidai pens from the time-honored Dongban brand...

Chen Ji subconsciously covered Wu Yun's ears, and the next moment, Xiao Man sat in the car and cried like a child who hadn't grown up.

At this time, a burst of noise interrupted the crying.

A maid rushed out of the Chen Mansion, crying and catching up with the carriage, following Chen Wenxiao's carriage: "Second Young Master, won't you take me with you? You said you would take me to Beijing with you. I'm pregnant."

Your flesh and blood!"

Chen Wenxiao hurriedly ordered the boy: "What are you still doing? Take her away!"

The servant pulled the maid away and gradually disappeared into the cold mist behind her.

The Chen family had eight carriages in total, pulling twenty-two ox-carts with soft goods, and took away eighteen maids and more than forty servants. Wang Gui sat on the last ox-cart without saying a word.

, now that he no longer has the status of butler, he can't even get into the carriage.

After walking for about half an hour, the convoy arrived in front of the North City Gate.

But I heard someone suddenly shouting outside the car: "Master Chen! Hahaha, Master Chen is leaving, why don't you talk to me and let me wait here!"

When Chen Liqin heard the familiar voice, he suddenly screamed in his heart.

He opened the curtains and looked around, only to see Zhang Zhuo, Zhang Zhuo's wife Xu, Zhang Xia, and Zhang Zheng sitting in a teahouse in front of the city gate, eating tofu puffs and golden fried dough sticks.

Under the city gate, the Zhang family's hundreds of cars lined up in a long queue, which was extremely spectacular. Not only were there groups of maids and servants, they even invited people from the Liang's Escort Agency in Luocheng to escort them.

Zhang Zhuo wiped his mouth and walked out of the teahouse, and said with a cheerful smile: "Master Chen, Zhang has been waiting here for a long time. Let's go back to Beijing together!"
Chapter completed!