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The entrance is a winding corridor, and the gravel under the steps forms a winding path.There is a small pond next to it, where the handus send incense, and the water waves are slightly turbulent.The three or two servants who hurriedly walked by in small steps stopped and bowed when they saw the man in front of them, and said "Second Young Master" respectfully and authentically, Shen Anhuai couldn't help feeling secretly, it's nice to be rich.

"Second Young Master, the old lady is already waiting for you in the garden, I will send you there right away. This is..."

"Yun Shen, take me there."

A man named Yun Shen, who was dressed in the same uniform as a servant, had been waiting respectfully since the Second Young Master stepped into the gate of the Rong Mansion, and helped him get off the sedan chair.The only difference from other domestic servants is that they are very close to this Second Young Master, as if they only have Second Young Master in their eyes, and even the uninvited guest like Shen Anhuai who is following behind him just glances at him hastily.The second young master deliberately avoided, so he stopped asking.

Maybe it's the servants who serve him personally, they seem to know the rules and etiquette very well.While thinking this way, Shen Anhuai followed the crowd into the hall, and couldn't help feeling the luxury of the Rong Mansion again.But before he had time to look around, he was pushed down by the accompanying attendants and knelt on the ground.

"Oh, it hurts, it hurts..."

"Be honest, I will kneel down when I see the old lady."

Shen Anhuai rubbed his knees in pain, heard a soft warning from behind, frowned and knelt a little more straightly.All right, whoever made himself wrong, made a mistake first, and it was in other people's territory, so he had to be more honest.

"Xun'er, you're back? Come, come, grandma has freshly cooked mung bean soup, which has been left to dry for you. Drink a bowl to relieve the heat."

"Thank you grandma."

The second young master's name is Rong Xun?I always feel that this name seems familiar, but I can't say where I heard it for a while.After thinking about it for a while, Shen Anhuai was suddenly startled and shivered by the old lady's angry shout.

"It's just unlucky! The tourmaline jade comb in that box was prepared for the little girl of the Li family. It belonged to the second young lady who hadn't passed the door yet! You, you...but you broke it?"

Shen Anhuai looked up, and found that the dignified and majestic old lady was pointing at herself with trembling fingers.

"Ah? Didn't pass the door?"

"How dare you pretend to be stupid here!"

"Grandma, calm down. As I said just now, this person bumped into the horse unintentionally and startled the horse, which made me not hold the box firmly."

Rong Xun at the side hurriedly held the old lady's hand, stroking her back to let her breathe.Shen Anhuai looked blank.no?This kind of dude from a rich family would actually show kindness and make excuses in an understanding way?

"Sigh, it's bad luck that the jade is broken, maybe it's a blessing. Maybe... this kid blocked a disaster for my Xun'er in the dark."

"Ah, if that's the case, old lady, don't I need to pay the money?"

"Nonsense! It's only natural to pay off debts. You...you don't look like someone who can afford this tourmaline and jade comb."

"Yeah, as you can see, I'm not from a rich family like yours. Then send me to the Yamen. I'll be beaten and given a meal in prison. I'm worth it."

Shen Anhuai saw that the old lady of the Rong Mansion didn't seem like a wealthy and unreasonable person, so he simply relaxed and joked.Shen Anhuai didn't know how much the jade comb was, but he knew that he couldn't repay it all at once.The few silver dollars earned by dumping medicinal materials may be enough for a few comb teeth.

"Grandma, Xun'er has a solution, I don't know if it suits your wishes."

"tell me the story."

"Why don't we let him work in our Rong's mansion until he pays off his debts."

What the hell is going on here?Shen Anhuai was taken aback, and looked at Rong Xun, only to see a smiling face, which seemed harmless to humans and animals.

When Shen Anhuai woke up the next day, he was woken up by being hit right between the eyebrows by a wet rag.With a curse, he shook off the towel, looking at Yun Shen standing in front of him with his hips akimbo, Shen Anhuai suddenly felt angry.After thinking about it, no, I have already signed the deed of sale and sold it to the Rong family, and I am not here to be a guest.

"Hey, when do you plan to get up? The old lady asked you to serve the second young master with me, so you should get up earlier and learn more!"

"Damn me... well, let's do it now."

"The clothes are newly brought from the warehouse. If they don't fit you, you can wear them first. When you're done, quickly take the rag and find me in the study in the side hall. We need to clean up the place before the second young master comes back. "

"Tsk, I said you talk a lot."

"Huh? What did you say?"

"No, no, nothing, haha, haha..."

After finishing speaking, Yun Shen rolled his eyes, snorted, twisted his body and stepped out of the door.Only then did Shen Anhuai heave a sigh of relief, he really had to bow his head under the eaves.

After signing the deed of sale yesterday, Shen Anhuai went to Boss Li's herbal medicine shop, explained the reason, and completely resigned.Boss Li just regretted it politely. Although he is usually called a brother, but when encountering difficulties, Boss Li really would not sacrifice his money to redeem himself.Even though he knew this earlier, Shen Anhuai was still a little inexplicably disappointed.

He was just a nobody, nothing to mention.

Although working in Rong's mansion is much more tiring than before, but three meals are full, the house is not leaking, and I am happy to meet the old lady, and I can get two silver rewards. Life is much better than before in Xifang poor street .The most important thing is that Shen Anhuai can take one or two days off every month, and Shen Anhuai can go back to visit Grandma Yang and his group of "brothers" in Xifang.Shen Anhuai also recognized it, and comforted himself "if you come, you will be safe".

Rong Xun's life is very regular.Get up in the morning regularly every day, read books, and practice calligraphy.In the afternoon, I went for a walk in the garden, fed the fish in the pond, wrote a few letters to the little girl of the Li family as the old lady asked, and then sent someone to deliver them.It's just that at night, occasionally Rong Xun would stay out all night, Shen Anhuai curiously asked Yun Shen a few times, and the answer he got was always blank stares.

What is there to hide?With Rong Xun's small body, could it be that he still went to the fireworks and willow fields to have fun?Shen Anhuai pouted, and continued to do the work at hand.

Dust off the dust and came to Rong Xun's desk, on which there were neatly placed pens, inks, papers and inkstones, as well as some thick scrolls whose titles were unknown.Behind the scroll on the table, there is a small celadon teacup with exquisite patterns.Although it is tightly covered by the scroll, it is difficult to stop the spread of the strong fragrance.

Curiosity made Shen Anhuai flip through a pile of books. Although he couldn't see what was brewed under the dark brown tea, he heard Yun Shen complained this morning that a woman who admired the second young master gave him a pack of southern special incense tea leaves.There is a strange fragrance in it, which is really greedy.But this time, for some reason, after the tea was brewed, the second young master took a sip, then frowned, and never moved again, and asked Yun Shen to throw away all the leftover tea leaves when he went to clean the study.

The southern country's characteristic fragrant tea is probably this pot.This dude is arrogant, extravagant and licentious, so why should he let down the girl's wishes for such a good tea.Shen Anhuai couldn't help but click his tongue.Although the fragrance of the tea may have dissipated a bit and the temperature has cooled down a bit, if you Rong Xun doesn't want to enjoy it, then I'll just taste it.

He took a sip tentatively, at first there was no strange smell, and even had a faint floral fragrance, but after the tea passed through his throat, an unbearable fishy smell spread from his chest, causing Shen Anhuai to hold on to the table and retch.

What kind of broken tea, no wonder Rong Xun doesn't like to drink it!Shen Anhuai stuck out his tongue, and left resentfully.

One day, after finishing the work in hand, Shen Anhuai strolled leisurely around the other courtyard with a freshly broken willow leaf in his mouth.As soon as I walked to the door of the kitchen, I heard the clinking of bowls and bowls inside.

Curiosity drove Shen Anhuai to put down the willow leaf he was holding, and rubbed it to the door frame of the kitchen little by little.Hiding at the door and taking a closer look, it was a man in silk and silk clothes, clumsily packing up a pile of dishes on the stove.The man was tall and tall, and his face was somewhat similar to Rong Xun.It's the young master of the Rong Mansion, Rong Hong.

"Hey, you, come here. Clean this up for me."

"what?"

"It's you, why are you dawdling, hurry up."

Shen Anhuai stared blankly at the irritable face, nodded, then buried himself in the kitchen and began to tidy up the pile of bowls filled with soup and water.

"Young master, do you want to make some soup for the old lady's rheumatism?"

"how do you know?"

"A few days ago, the little one heard that the old lady was suffering from rheumatism. The young master was filial, and personally bought and decocted medicinal materials for the old lady."

After all, Rong Hong stared at the person in front of him full of doubts, and immediately changed his face to be full of pride, with a look of "of course".Although Shen Anhuai mainly took care of Rong Xun's daily life with Yun Shen in the Rong Mansion, he didn't know much about Rong Xun.Now, it seems that some clues have been seen.

"but……"

"But what?"

"The medicinal material is wrong. This flavor is Lei Kola, which is used to make herbal tea. It looks very similar to Tougufeng, but the medicinal effect is completely different. It can only clear away heat and fire."

A trace of displeasure appeared on Rong Hong's face, and he punched fiercely on the window sill beside him, looking out the window thoughtfully.Seeing this, Shen Anhuai stopped talking and continued to arrange the messy dishes neatly.

"Tell your master to let him take care of himself."

After finishing speaking, Rong Hong kicked the empty bucket by the door, and left angrily.

Is this person sick?Shen Anhuai frowned, wiped his hands on the corner of his clothes, then casually grabbed the little cucumber beside him and gnawed viciously.What master?Rong Xun?If the two brothers have any conflicts, just say no, so what's the point of getting angry with a handyman?

"Oh, by the way, you just said that the medicinal materials are wrong, you seem to be familiar with these?"

"Cough! Cough..."

Unexpectedly, Rong Hong, who had already left, would suddenly turn around and come back to ask such a question, Shen Anhuai was so frightened that he sprayed the broken cucumber in his mouth all over the floor.

"What are you scared of? Am I eating people? Hey, I said, do you understand these things? Which one really works? Tell me quickly."

Rong Hong was speechless, looking at the person in front of him wiping his mouth in embarrassment with a look of disgust.

"Excuse my little ignorance, I don't know."

After Shen Anhuai said it with a smile, his face sank with a smirk, and he was ready to walk away.This appearance is indeed a spoiled young master, it is really unpleasant to order people.

"Sure enough, you are quite loyal to your master?"

Rong Hong grabbed Shen Anhuai's sleeve, and almost staggered and said provocative words, which made Shen Anhuai immediately want to rush up to greet him with fists, but controlled himself to suppress the anger in his heart.Such a clumsy aggressive method might not work.

"50 taels of silver, and the cost of medicinal materials will be calculated separately. Tell me the correct way."

"100 taels."

"70 taels, one day of family leave."

"120 vehicles."

"You! 90 taels, one day off."

"make a deal."

In the next few days, Shen Anhuai bought the best bone-decoction for Rong Hong at the cheapest price, and taught him the method of decocting soup to maximize the medicinal effect.Soon, the old lady's condition improved slightly, she was very happy, and paid the reward as promised.

Shen Anhuai bought some gifts with these silver coins, and took a day off to visit everyone in Xifang Poor Street.But there is one thing that he still cares about.According to what Rong Xun said at the beginning, it was Rong Xun who dropped the medicine, which made Rong Xun's filial piety "ineffective".But after things backfired, Rong Xun didn't respond, as if he didn't know what happened, and he still had a harmless smile on his face all day long.

Is it true that as Rong Hong said, this second young master has a different face under his smiling and kindness?Or does it really have nothing to do with it?

Moon stars are rare.

The cold moonlight, mottled through the branches, sifted in through the window paper, and sprinkled on the person at the desk in front of the window.Holding the scroll, the candle was flickering, and Rong Xun's eyes wandered between the lines in front of him.

"Brother Xun, it's hard to come here once. Tonight, come and see me, okay?"

A graceful woman in a light gauze dress moves lightly with lotus steps, her exotic eyes are full of soft waves, she looks affectionately at the handsome man sitting by the window, holding a scroll tightly .His spine was straight, and his expression could not be seen, but he just sat quietly, as if he had merged with the moonlight.

Rong Xun coughed twice and put down the scroll.The beauty leaned lightly behind herself, carefully lying on her shoulders, a burst of elegant and strange fragrance wafted into her nostrils.But what Rong Xun was thinking at this moment was that Yun Shen came to report this afternoon, and Shen Anhuai seemed to have noticed some clues.Although there is no serious problem, perhaps it's time for this young man who has just joined the Rong's mansion to meet up.

However, before Rong Xun could make a move, something unexpected happened.

Three days later, the rough sound of slamming on the door by the yamen officials startled the birds leisurely looking for food in the courtyard.Everyone in the Rong mansion looked puzzled.Master Rong was so angry that he yelled at Rong Xun, thinking that his unworthy eldest son had caused some trouble again, until the official servant arrogantly squeezed out the sentence "Catch the suspects Rong Xun and Shen Anhuai", and the people behind him quickly rushed to the police station. After violently twisting Rong Xun and Shen Anhuai together, Master Rong really got angry, but fortunately, Mrs. Rong, who was beside her with tears in her eyes, helped him in time.

Rong Xun was shocked, and the warm smile on Su Ri's face also faded.Shen Anhuai struggled cursingly, but it was in vain.

"Dare to ask the official, what did the dog do?"

Master Rong stabilized his feet, his face was already pale, he clenched his fists and asked in a low voice.

"Amousha from Zuiyuan Tower was poisoned last night and died tragically in her boudoir."

The person in charge stood with his hands behind his back, dressed in a yamen official uniform, and looked at Master Rong sharply.

"Drunk kite building... so what?"

Hearing that it was the Zuiyuan Tower again, Master Rong couldn't help frowning, furious.A while ago, because the girl from the Zuiyuan Tower came to make a joke, the Rong Mansion became the topic of conversation in the streets and alleys at that time.

"How? Hmph. What Amusha was poisoned by was the poison of love Gu. As for why the poison occurred, it is still under investigation. But Amusha's Gu had contact with these two people, so the suspicion is serious."

The author has something to say: three chapters have passed.If you think it suits your taste, welcome to continue.The next chapter will start to tell the whole story of the matter, and the matchmaker and cannon fodder female supporting role (?) Amusha will appear~ Don't worry, her role is only in this chapter (Hey!