Sweet as candy

In a certain tea house in Xuzhou City, there was a lot of voices, and spectators from all walks of life sat together, kneading melon seeds and drinking small wine, listening to the storytelling in the hall with great interest.

With a cloth towel on his shoulders, Xiao Er walked around the bustling crowd with a pot of tea, and filled the tea for those sitting in the middle, with his eyes bent into a slit.

Several regular customers saw him, smiled casually, and said casually: "Xiao Er, is there anything new in Xuzhou recently?"

Xiaoer smiled and said, "Gentlemen, you should ask the right person. I have no other skills, but my ears are the sharpest. Yesterday, some unfamiliar customers happened to be chatting in the store. I Seeing that they were discussing in full swing, I took advantage of the time when I was serving them tea and water, and listened to everything, but I didn't know if the master was interested in this matter."

"Don't be too tight-lipped, what are you talking about?" The man said with a smile: "If there is really any big news, it will have spread throughout Xuzhou, and it's your turn to tell it?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Xiao Er nodded and said, "In the end, it's not a big deal, it's just a few rich men discussing a new girl in Xuzhou City."

"A new girl?" The man was stunned: "I don't know how many girls move here in Xuzhou every day. What's so special about it?"

"Master, you don't know about that," Xiao Er leaned slightly, and said mysteriously, "Those young masters yesterday all looked like they were drinking heavily. I heard from them that the new girl who moved in looks like It’s so beautiful, they were moved.”

The obedient person's heart moved: "How good-looking can it be? There is a lady from Chengxi Fu Taigong's family who is beautiful?"

Xiao Er shook his head: "No comparison."

After finishing speaking, he made a gesture with his hands, and said with wide eyes: "I heard that it's like sinking fish and wild geese, the beauty of closed moon and shameful flowers!"

"Hey..." The people listening around gasped: "Xiao Er, have you seen what that girl looks like, and you dare to exaggerate like that?"

"I'm a handyman, so I don't have a chance to meet you." Xiaoer wiped his hands cautiously: "However, I heard from the young masters yesterday that they had met, and it was the girl's appearance that I caught a glimpse of at the beginning. It would appear in their dreams from time to time, captivating those young masters and chasing him for many days."

What he said aroused everyone's curiosity, and they didn't even bother to listen to the storytelling in the hall, and several people gathered together and muttered something.Xiao Er rolled her eyes, picked up a cloth towel and wiped it on the table, sighed softly: "It's a pity, the business of this teahouse is too busy, I don't have time to join in the fun. I heard that she lives in the south of the city near Huiyang In a courtyard by the river, when the teahouse is free, I have to find a chance to visit it.”

Holding the teapot, he went back to the backyard lightly. The backyard was empty. A young man sat on a tree with his legs crossed. When he saw him coming back, he jumped down and landed firmly on the ground: "Everything is done? "

"I did everything as you ordered." Xiaoer smiled all over her face and bowed her body slightly: "Now everyone knows that there is a newly moved girl in the city who looks like a fairy, and they are discussing it enthusiastically."

"Well done." The young man said: "In the future, if anyone asks you about this matter, they will let go of their courage and spread the word."

After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his bosom, and said with a smile: "If there is any nonsense around you who can't keep a secret, you will also take it out. It must be known to the whole city, understand?"

Xiaoer took the money, and smiled brightly: "I understand, I have always done things neatly, so please don't worry."

"And..." The young man straightened his tightly tied cuffs, his knuckles creaking: "Besides the two of us, if anyone else knows about this..."

Xiao Er's face remained unchanged, and he flattered him: "The little one has never met anyone, and the little one doesn't know anything."

"You're smart." The man snorted softly, and didn't go out from the main entrance. With a little force on his feet, he climbed over the fence and turned out.

How can I offend someone sent by the government... Xiaoer looked at his nimble movements, two drops of sweat dripped from his forehead, then he put the silver in his mouth and bit it hard, wiped it off, Baby into the arms.

Whether it is true or not, money is real anyway.

When Xue Shiji returned to the other courtyard, Xiao Lang was playing chess with Xue Shiji in the courtyard. He strode over and said, "Brother Xiao, everything has been settled. I believe it won't be long before the word spreads in the city."

Xiao Lang nodded, his handsome face twisted into a tangled ball behind the tulle, after repeated comparisons for a long time, he lost his mind.

Mu Yunyi: "...you have blocked your own way again."

"What time is it, and you still have the mind to play chess here." Xue Shiji said, "Brother Xiao, you can't just sit inside, so that no one can see you."

"Do I still have to go out to show my face?" Xiao Lang said helplessly: "The easier things to see, the easier it is for people to lose interest. Maybe if I sit inside and maintain some sense of mystery, their curiosity will be stronger."

Xue Shiji frowned and thought for a while, then said, "That's fine, then I'll go outside and act as your suitor, and lure them all over."

Xiao Lang: "..."

Xue Shiji asked, "Amu, are you going together?"

Mu Yunyi resisted the desire to look at him with idiot eyes, and shook her head.

The two watched Xue Shiji slip out of the back door without a word. After a while, his voice came from outside the wall asking passers-by deliberately: "Excuse me, does the rumored new beauty live here?"

Xiao Lang sighed silently, Mu Yunyi put the black and white chess pieces back into the chess box, and asked, "How about it, do you want to cooperate with him?"

"Be casual, it's not good to be too contrived." Xiao Lang frowned and said, "Should I imitate those girls' actions at this time?"

Mu Yunyi looked up at him, and Xiao Lang's eyes were rarely confused: "But I don't know what ordinary girls do in their spare time."

Mu Yunyi said: "You can recall what your mother used to do at home."

Xiao Lang said: "Teach me martial arts or scold my father, is it not suitable for me to play a set of swords here?"

Mu Yunyi was startled, and then suddenly remembered that Xiao Lang was famous for his elegant swordsmanship of cleaning dust not long after he came out of the Jianghu.There are countless people who have been defeated by his sword. When I first heard his name, I have been looking forward to fighting with him to find out the depth of the opponent, but by chance, I have never been able to make a move against Xiao Lang, let alone have a chance. Witness the appearance of the other party using a sword.

The fighting spirit is still there, but now he has to worry about revealing his identity, Mu Yunyi thought for a moment, and said: "If you don't mind, it's natural."

Xiao Lang was about to speak, but a strange sound came from his side. The two turned their heads, and saw a man poking his head out from the edge of the high fence with his teeth bared.

The moment the eyes of the people on the wall and those in the courtyard met, the man's cheeks turned red strangely, Xiao Lang's eyelashes trembled, and he turned his head slightly.

Although the face was covered with a tulle, the sparkling eyes flashed instantly, and the exposed slender white neck all verified the truth of the rumors outside.

It really is... Sinking fish and wild geese, closing the moon and shameful flowers.

The man's admiration was still in his heart, when the cold eyes of the person next to the beauty stabbed him, forcibly digging out a hole filled with cold wind in his heart that had just been warmed by admiration.

It's a pity that the beauty turned her head away shyly, so she couldn't see more.Under Mu Yunyi's persecuting eyes, the man went silently, but his heart was still happy, and when he planned to go back, he told the people around him that this Chengnan beauty really lived up to his reputation.

"How is it?" As soon as the man left, there was another person on the wall.Mu Yunyi looked at Xue Shiji with an unclear expression: "That man just now, why didn't you stop him?"

"Why stop it?" Xue Shiji asked suspiciously: "Isn't our purpose just to let them know that there is a beauty living here? Seeing is believing."

"The man just now was too stupid, he couldn't come up for a long time." He said: "If it wasn't for fear of revealing my flaws, I would have almost passed the stool to him."

Xiao Lang said: "If you stay here for a while longer, I'm afraid it will be difficult for people outside to know."

Xue Shiji jumped off the wall and put away the chessboard in front of the two of them: "A lot of people sneaked past the door just now, poking their heads. I guess they were all looking for excuses to watch you. Let's take the initiative to attack. I'll wait for you later." So I pretended to be a peddler and passed by your door, and you came out and walked around to let them all have a look."

He was very active, and Xiao Lang was exhausted: "Aren't you tired of changing so many identities by yourself?"

Xue Shiji said: "At this time, I have to borrow your human skin mask."

Xiao Lang gave him a funny look, went back to his room and put on a mask for him, watched him go out with a basket pretending to be a merchant, and stood behind the door with Mu Yunyi waiting for him to knock on the door.

Xue Shiji swaggered around the yard with a basket on his shoulders. Not far away were a few people who had heard the wind and watched the excitement. Seeing that someone was finally going to knock on the door, he couldn't help standing forward curiously, wanting to borrow The machine saw the truth.

Xiao Lang took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and exchanged money with Xue Shiji for a few things.The eyes of the surroundings swept over here intentionally or unintentionally, Xiao Lang secretly counted the time, and was about to close the door, but saw a short woman approaching with her waist twisted, looked behind him, and said with a smile: "Aiyo No wonder the young master said he was blown away by the young master last time. It turns out that the young master has long wanted to belong to him. The two are really a natural match, the girl is so good-looking, is there any unmarried younger sister in the family? If so Yes, remember to come to me, most of my subordinates are sons from superior families..."

The person who came was one of the matchmakers who were blasted away by Mu Yunyi last time. The three people in front of the door paused after hearing the words, and Xiao Lang turned his head to look at Mu Yunyi—no good, if it is considered that there is already a marriage contract, it is probably just a coincidence It was beyond the range of the flower picker.

Mu Yunyi received his gaze, the two of them didn't need to say much, they had a tacit understanding, Xiao Lang turned his head away to show shyness, while Mu Yunyi explained: "You misunderstood, I'm just a bodyguard next to Miss."