Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Zhuang Xuejiu was sitting behind the table. He smiled and waved at Xu Zaijing, motioning him to sit down.

Just when I was about to say something, Qingyun lifted the door curtain and walked in.

Qingyun bowed to Zhuang Xuejiu and said, "Xuejiu, the Marquis' Mansion sent a message saying that there are guests at home, and the Madam wants the Fifth Master to go back."

Zhuang Xuejiu put away his smile, waved his hand to Xu Zaijing, and said, "Zaijing, go ahead."

Xu Zaijing stood up and responded. Yun Xiang, who was sitting on the wooden platform at the back, quickly stood up and walked to Xu Zaijing's desk to pack up his things.

Zai Zhang, who was sitting in the first row, stood up and said, "Qingyun, do I want to go back with you?"

Qingyun bowed to Zai Zhang and said, "Third Master, the Second Madam said that you don't have to go back."

When Zai Zhang heard this, he knew it was no big deal, so he nodded and sat back in his seat.

After packing up, Xu Zaijing brought Yun Xiang to the door, bowed to Zhuang Xuejiu, and said, "Xuejiu, I will go back first."

"Yes!" Zhuang Xuejiu nodded.

Xu Zaijing bowed slightly to his classmates again, then turned around and left the school with Yun Xiang.

On the way out of the schoolyard,

As Xu Zaijing walked, he asked, "Did the family say who was coming?"

"Young Master, Madam Chai will go to the Marquis' Mansion this afternoon." Qingyun said in a low voice.

"Oh! How come so fast?"

Qingyun glanced at the sky and said, "Maybe it's because the weather is good today?"

Xu Zaijing nodded. With the weather being so windy and dusty yesterday, no one would have thought that it would be sunny today.

Xu Zaijing and Qingyun rode their horses and led their carriage out of Jiying Lane.

The weather warms up in spring.

The wide streets are much busier than in winter, and you can often see flower vendors carrying baskets and selling flowers on the road.

The spring breeze blew by, bringing the fragrance of flowers to Xu Zaijing's nose.

After hearing this, Xu Zaijing immediately felt relieved.

Suddenly,

“Ha~”

"Yoho~"

"Swoosh~"

The sounds of horse riders cheering and whistling came from behind. Xu Zaijing and Qingyun looked back and saw a group of rich young men wearing light spring clothes and riding fast horses.

These young men from wealthy families not only wore bright clothes themselves, but the saddles, bridles and bridles of their horses were also decorated with silk flowers.

The ones that the rich young men were chasing were the three women on horseback who had gold and silver jewelry and flowers in their hair buns, veils on their faces, and thin clothes through which colorful satin bodices could be vaguely seen.

A girl who can dress like this is definitely not a good girl.

"Sigh~"

The horses neighed.

It turned out to be a young man from a wealthy family. In order to attract the attention of the woman on horseback, he reined in the horse and stood up with its hooves raised.

This action naturally caused exclamations from the people around.

soon,

When the rich young man on horseback drove his horse close to Xu Zaijing, he looked at the little black horse that Xu Zaijing was sitting on with surprise.

The rich young men who wanted to talk to Xu Zaijing were speechless after seeing Qingyun frowning beside Xu Zaijing, and hurriedly rode their horses forward.

However, the three women on horseback who were being chased by the rich young men slowed down their horses.

Among them, the one with the most graceful figure looked at Xu Zaijing with tenderness in her eyes.

When the woman saw Xu Zaijing's face clearly, she and her companions rode past Xu Zaijing on horseback.

The woman on horseback was so naturally attracted to Yun Xiang that she even forgot to lift her veil.

After exchanging a glance with Yunxiang, the woman on horseback felt a little ashamed of herself and quickly straightened her face. She no longer looked at Xu Zaijing, but glanced at the carriage behind Xu Zaijing, then turned around and rode her horse forward.

Seeing the changes in the horse-riding woman,

Xu Zaijing followed the line of sight of the woman on horseback and glanced back curiously. Yun Xiang in the carriage smiled at Xu Zaijing vacuously.

After walking for another quarter of an hour,

Xu Zaijing and his group were not far from the inner city.

On the street, there were more and more women riding horses. The materials of their clothes seemed to be much better than those Xu Zaijing had met before. Most of them wore veils and flowers in their hair, and some even had flowers on their eyebrows.

Judging from the direction they were heading, they were heading west, most likely heading to Jinming Lake.

Xu Zaijing rarely goes out shopping at this time these days.

roadside,

From time to time, girls who didn't know him and were shopping would look at him involuntarily after seeing Xu Zaijing riding a horse.

There are two reasons. One is that the little black horse is handsome and majestic, and the other is that Xu Zaijing is handsome.

But these girls just looked at him and none of them came up to say hello.

After walking for a while, we arrived at a street intersection and the traffic became a little congested.

“Tick-tick-tick~”

A burst of joyful sound of music and drums was heard.

Xu Zaijing stopped his horse at the street corner and looked over, and saw a team delivering gifts to urge the bride to get married.

There were several people in this team whom Xu Zaijing knew, including several people from the Lu family of Duke Lingguo, the Sha family of Marquis Zhongshan, and the Ma family of Marquis Jinxiang.

Xu Zaijing on horseback was very eye-catching in the crowd. When Lu Sanlang and others saw Xu Zaijing, they also looked him up and down curiously.

After all, Xu Zaijing should be studying at the Sheng family at this time.

"Whose wedding is this? They actually let these people deliver wedding gifts!" Xu Zaijing said with some confusion.

In the crowd, there was a woman wearing a purple jacket and decent jewelry, standing with a little maid. After hearing this, she smiled and said, "Young Master, this is the wedding of the young man from the Qin family of the Dongchang Marquis's Mansion."

The one wearing the purple jacket is a "high-level matchmaker" in the capital, mostly helping wealthy families to arrange marriages.

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Oh! It turned out to be this guy."

Hearing the contempt in Xu Zaijing's tone, the senior matchmaker glanced up and down, looked at the tall Xu Zaijing, and said with a smile: "My dear, the old ladies of the wealthy families near Xiuxiang often go there to matchmake, but they have rarely seen you!"

Qingyun turned his head to glance at the senior matchmaker, and said with a bow, "Madam, my young master is just passing by."

"Oh oh oh! Then can you tell me, old lady, which family does Yanei come from? Is he married?" The senior matchmaker said with a smile on her face and glanced at the little Liju.

While this senior matchmaker was looking, she was already going through the girls of the right age who could be a good match for her in her mind!

Even the girl's plan to increase the dowry by 30% came to the mind of this senior matchmaker.

"Don't worry about it, Ma'am." Qingyun said with a smile and bowed.

"Ah? This!" The senior matchmaker had a look of regret on her face.

After looking back at the sign on the carriage, the matchmaker's eyes lit up and she asked uncertainly, "But is Wulang from the Yongyi Marquis's mansion in person?"

As she spoke, the senior matchmaker took another close look at Xu Zaijing's face.

While they were talking, the team delivering the make-up gifts had passed by and the street became clear.

Xu Zaijing smiled and bowed to the senior matchmaker, then rode his horse forward.

Following Xu Zaijing's walk, the matchmaker shook the handkerchief in her hand and sighed to the maid beside her:

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! He is so polite and elegant. No wonder the wives of officials in the capital are always asking about this young man from the Xu family! Seeing is believing!"

The little maid following her nodded repeatedly to show her agreement.

It is close to Dequyuan Street.

"Sir, this flower is beautiful."

In the carriage, Yun Xiang lifted the curtain and pointed to the roadside, where a flower vendor was carrying a few baskets of gorgeous flowers on his shoulder pole.

"Oh~"

Xu Zaijing stopped again and waved his hand. Yun Xiang smiled and got off the carriage and went to the flower vendor to pick out flowers.

"Goro! Why are you here?"

A familiar voice sounded behind me.

Xu Zaijing turned around and saw that it was the Li brothers who had lived in his house for some time.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "There are guests at home today, and my mother asked me to come back. What are you doing?"

Li Taotie smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Wu Lang, my wedding date has been set, and I'm here to send you the invitation today."

Xu Zaijing and Qingyun were both stunned.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Is it the time when Qingcao and the others went to the restaurant for a party and ran into you guys outside the building?"

Li Taotie smiled and nodded: "Yes! I listened to Sister Qingcao's advice and bought the right things. That's it."

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Haha! This shows that Qingcao is doing very well!"

At this time, Yun Xiang had also picked the flowers, paid the money, and came back carrying the flower basket.

When Yunxiang got on the carriage, Xu Zaijing and others entered Quyuan Street together.

"It's actually the Jiangyin Marquis Zhou family?"

Xie was sitting next to Sun and looked at Li Taotie in the hall and said with surprise.

"right!"

Li Taotie replied.

Mrs. Xie nodded and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, it is a good match! When the Zhou family founded the country, they also trained a good navy! They also have a good relationship with the main branch of my mother's family."

Xu Zaijing, who was sitting at the bottom, asked in confusion, "Sister-in-law, since the Zhou family also knows about naval forces, why haven't I seen any children from the Jiangyin Marquis family in the capital?"

Xie glanced at Sun and said with a smile, "Xiaowu, the Zhou family's family members, women and children are all in the capital! The children are in good use, helping the court to defend Jiangyin, and they don't come back to the capital very often!"

Xu Zaijing nodded.

When he went to Yangzhou before, Xu Zaijing did not continue east or south, so he did not set foot in Jiangyin.

After waiting for her daughter-in-law to finish, Sun looked at Li Taotie and said, "Taotie, your family doesn't have many elders in the capital. I guess they don't know much about the wedding in Da Zhou, right?"

Li Taotie was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously.

Sun nodded and said, "It's not right for the Jiangyin Marquis family to interfere! I'm pregnant and I won't help with the reception and the sending off! Dalang's family."

"Mother." Xie looked at Sun and said.

"Go to the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion later and talk to Madam Wu to ask if she is free at that time! If possible, you can go with Madam Wu to help."

"Yes, mother."

"Jing'er."

"Mother."

"Taotie and his men helped a lot when we went to Baigao to rescue people. Brother Ye should also go and help for the sake of his brother."

"My son understands, mother. I will tell Erlang today."

"Yeah. Good!"

Sun smiled, looked at Li Taotie and said, "Child, if you need anything else, don't be shy to ask!"

Li Taotie took a deep breath, stood up solemnly, bowed and said, "Madam, I know."

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, the wedding of Taotie and Chimei will be a lively one."

"Um."

Thinking about the conversation with Xu Zaijing on the street, Li Taotie glanced at his brother, then stood up and said, "Madam, I still have to go and inform other families, so I won't stay any longer."

Sun smiled and said, "Okay! Jing'er, see me off."

Out of the hall,

Xu Zaijing and the Li brothers did not go directly to the second gate, but took a walk around the racecourse.

I looked at the room I had lived in before.

Looking at the horses in the wooden fence of the racecourse, Li Taotie said with some disappointment: "Brother Jing, when do you think I can go to the north?"

Xu Zaijing and Alan, who was bowing to him at the stable, waved their hands and said, "Once you get married and have children and settle down, you will probably be able to go."

"Brother Jing, you are quite outspoken."

Xu Zaijing looked at Li Taotie with a smile and said, "Do we still need to hide this from each other?"

Qingyun and his younger brother Li Chimei, who were following behind him, looked at each other with a smile.

Before, the four of them went into danger together, sharing life and death in the deep enemy territory of Baigao. They were truly friends for life.

After taking another look at the tall white wall behind the wooden house, Li Taotie said, "Okay, we'll take our leave now."

"good!"

Xu Zaijing nodded.

Then,

The Li brothers whistled, and their mounts, which were being taken for a walk, came over nimbly.

After the two men got on their horses, Li Taotie hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Jing, when you go back, please help me thank Madam Xu Hou. My brother and I haven't thought too much about the wedding."

"After Madam Jing mentioned this, I realized how much trouble it would be to welcome and see off guests that day. If there were no one knowledgeable, it would probably be impolite and we would be laughed at."

Xu Zaijing smiled and patted Li Taotie's horse's neck, saying, "Well, I got it!"

The Li brothers waved their hands and said, "Brother Jing, don't send me off!"

After saying this, the two men rode away on their horses.

Looking at the backs of the two, Qingyun beside Xu Zaijing said, "Sir, if Madam hadn't said anything, would there really be no one to help with the Li family's wedding?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "When the time comes, the Queen will probably ask the ladies of the Cao family to help with some of the arrangements."

Qingyun nodded and said, "Sir, shall I go to Xingguofang now?"

"Um!"

After Xu Zaijing finished speaking, he brought Qingyun to the wooden house next to the racecourse.

"Alan, bring out a horse."

"good!"

After Qingyun finished shouting, he looked at Xunshu who walked out of the wooden house with a smile on his face and asked, "Where is Yin Bo?"

Xun Shu smiled and said, "I went to talk to Uncle Deng."

Qingyun nodded, looked at Xunshu who was walking towards the stable, and said, "Sir, come to think of it, there have been quite a few happy events in our mansion in the past few months!"

Xu Zaijing thought about it and nodded, "Yes! It's a bit too much!"

After lunch,

Xu Zaijing returned to his own courtyard.

Standing in the corridor,

Looking at the sunlight not far away,

On the clothesline near the grape trellis, in addition to a few of Xu Zaijing's clothes, there was also a handkerchief swaying in the spring breeze.

"grass!"

"Ah?" A guilty voice came from the room.

After a moment, Qingcao walked out with a vague look in his eyes.

"Sir? What's wrong?"

"Put the handkerchief away and take it with you when the guests come this afternoon."

"oh"

Qingcao lowered his head and responded.