Zhou Chang stared at Xiao Bing's back as he disappeared, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Qi also stood up slowly: "Master Xiao, keep this letter. I'm not afraid that rascal will come looking for me again, but don't let others see it."

Zhou Chang nodded heavily, speechless with gratitude: "How can I, how can I repay Miss Yuan?"

"No need to say more," Yuan Qi waved his hand nonchalantly, "Everyone is tired today, Master Xiao will rest here for a night, and we will talk about it when we return tomorrow."

When Zhou Chang saw Yuan Qi for the first time today, he could feel that her face was haggard and tired, and even her voice was weak, intentionally or unintentionally.

Maybe his body has not recovered yet after being in a coma, or maybe things in the Yuan family have changed?

Zhou Chang hadn’t taken care of it before, but now Yuan Qi looked tired and about to leave, so she didn’t dare to ask.

Yuan Qi walked out of the front hall first.

Just as Zhou Chang was about to catch up, he suddenly saw a small yellow paper sign dropped on the ground out of the corner of his eye.

I picked it up and opened it to take a look. It was a long, bright yellow paper with some strange, unfamiliar characters drawn on it and four ordinary traditional Chinese characters written below it - "Meet a noble person".

At this moment, He Xi also turned around.

"Manager He, did you drop this?" Zhou Chang subconsciously felt that this kind of divination must have been done by this weird old man.

"Where is the young master? How come he left this behind?" He Xi said as he took the paper sign.

Zhou Chang was still using Xiao Lan's identity, so it was difficult for him to ask directly. He could only beat around the bush: "Miss Yuan, have you encountered any difficulties that require fortune-telling?"

“Alas, although I believe it, I don’t know whether the young master believes it or not.” He Xi put away the bright yellow paper and said, “Today we went to Chaotian Temple to look for someone, but we didn’t find him. Instead, we donated the money we used to change the Feng Shui two days ago to the temple. The young master can be regarded as asking for a fortune by the way, but this fortune…”

"What? Is this signature not good?" Zhou Chang's heart tightened.

However, she didn't expect that the idea of ​​giving away money to avoid disasters and change feng shui was originally hers.

After she left He Xi's identity, He Xi continued with his business as if it was his own business. He really exchanged the study furnishings for silver and donated it to the Taoist temple.

It seems that after she leaves Xiao Lan's identity, Xiao Lan should be able to accept it smoothly and start a new life.

He Xi shook his head: "It's not that it's bad, but with the kind of thing the boss is dealing with, it takes a certain kind of noble person to help. I'm afraid I'll have to use up all the blessings I've cultivated over several lifetimes, and I still don't know if it will work."

Zhou Chang became even more worried. Could the Yuan family’s case be even worse?

After all, half of her trouble was for Yuan Qi, so she had to ask, "Could you tell me, Chief Steward He, what happened?"

He Xi obviously didn't want to mention it again, and changed his words: "After counting with my fingers, Master Xiao Qin is very blessed to meet our young master today. Our young master's family had such a big thing, and he couldn't take care of it himself, but he was able to help you. It must be a matter of accumulating blessings and doing good deeds. I hope God blesses the young master and turns the disaster into good fortune."

"It will definitely happen. Good people will be rewarded. Miss Yuan is my benefactor, and I believe Miss Yuan's benefactor will appear soon." Zhou Chang said this, and he was determined in his heart.

She changed her identity just to help Yuan Qi, and now Yuan Qi saved her again without expecting anything in return, so she also wanted to become Yuan Qi's benefactor and help the Yuan family out of its predicament.

Afterwards, Zhou Chang was led by Mrs. Song to the room that had just been cleaned for her.

As soon as I sat down in the room, I suddenly remembered that the ancient zither was still in Yuan Qi's room.

Should I disturb her at this time?

As I was hesitating, someone knocked on the door again.

Zhou Kai opened the door and Mrs. Song came back, followed by Yuan Qi, who was holding her guqin in her hands.

"Oh, I was just about to get it. How dare I trouble Miss Yuan to bring it personally." Zhou Chang moved aside and wanted to let Yuan Qi into the house.

Yuan Qi stood still, his eyes on the guqin: "Sorry, I was curious just now and opened it to take a look, but I didn't expect that the guqin was broken."

"What?" Zhou Chang's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't reacted yet, but her arms seemed out of control. She grabbed the piano and uncovered the silk cloth.

The dark body of the guitar was mostly intact, but two of its strings were broken. There was an obvious dent in the upper right corner at the word "Yi Fang", and a thin crack extended half the length of the guitar along the dent.

It must have been caused by the fall he made when he was arguing with Xiao Bing on the mountain road.

Zhou Chang's heart ached involuntarily.

He hugged the guqin tightly, tears streaming down his face, but no sound came out.

When Yuan Qi saw this scene, his expression darkened. He said nothing more and left with Song Sao.

Zhou Chang unconsciously turned into a bystander, letting Xiao Lan hold on to the guqin tightly.

"Ding, reminder, the price of the guqin is halved due to damage." The viewpoint system never cares about the life or death of others.

Logically speaking, Xiao Lan's matter should have come to an end, and Zhou Chang should have changed his identity.

But she had thought about it over and over again before, and she only had so much commission. The ideal situation would be to exchange it with Mrs. Pei, the Minister of Justice, but that would require a commission of 60,000 taels, which was still a shortfall.

Originally, she could have made up the amount by selling a guqin, but not only did Xiao Lan's consciousness not allow it, she couldn't do that either.

Now that the guqin is damaged and the price has been halved, there is nothing much to say: "Let your customer give up. I won't sell it to you."

That night, Zhou Chang didn't eat or drink, and he didn't close his eyes while holding the guqin.

If the strings break, they can be connected again, and a broken corner does not seem to affect the playing, but this is a guqin that has been passed down for generations, and it is both the soul and the life of the guqin player.

******

At dawn the next day, Zhou Chang's consciousness became hazy for a while.

When I opened my eyes again, Mrs. Song had already brought me breakfast.

Zhou Chang reluctantly ate a bowl of porridge.

After finishing breakfast, I was about to go out to say goodbye to Yuan Qi and ask her what was going on.

Yuan Qi was stunned when he arrived.

Zhou Chang looked down at himself and saw Yuan Qi holding a set of coarse women's clothing. He immediately understood: "Originally, I was wearing a set of women's clothing yesterday. Thank you Miss Yuan for taking care of it."

Yuan Qi didn't care: "I was originally planning to let Master Xiao down and ask her to dress up as Mrs. Song and go back to the city with me today, and then make plans. But looking at Master Xiao's outfit, it's also good to be a companion."

"I still don't know how to repay Miss Yuan for what happened yesterday. How can I cause trouble for her again?" Zhou Chang politely asked Yuan Qi to sit down in the room.

Yuan Qi had already been thinking about this: "Master Xiao Qin should not be able to stay in Jindu anymore. In less than two days, the news of Master Xiao Qin's disappearance will spread throughout the imperial city. And after what happened yesterday, does he still plan to continue working as a music master in the government office under the name of a 'national master'?" "Just stay alive first, and then find other ways;

Collect it first, and continue to look at the rest;"

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