Nangong Xin's black eyes were quickly clouded with water mist, and his stubbornness also surfaced. He hugged the big black dog and insisted: "No, I just want big black! My sister raised Xiaobai, I want to raise Dahei!" The little white he was talking about was the little white milk cat that Xiao Yi gave to Nangong Yue.
"Brother Xin..."
Lin still wanted to persuade her again, but was interrupted by Nangong Yue: "Mother, let my brother keep this dog. This dog looks unremarkable. I don't think this dog is like an ordinary dog. It looks like a thin dog. The dog, the fine dog is a very good hunting dog. This dog is spiritual, if you raise it well, maybe we can protect my brother!"
Lin was taken aback, looked at the big black dog as if touched, sighed for a while and said: "Okay. Listen to you and keep it."
As soon as Nangong Xin heard that he could keep his big black, he immediately jumped into the carriage happily, and wanted to greet his big black to come up too, but was stopped by Lin's voice: "Dahei is not allowed to get in the carriage! You are not allowed to hug him either. , it's so dirty, wait until it's cleaned, then hold it... "
Nangong Xin had no choice but to compromise in the end, and accompanied by the driver's hoarse "drive--" the carriage rattled forward.
The rest of the journey was very uneventful, Lin and Nangong Yue were a little tired from the rhythmic shaking, only Nangong Xin was still in high spirits, always sticking his head out of the car window to talk to his big black...
I don't know how long the carriage had been driving, when a burst of strong fragrance suddenly came from outside the window, making people's appetite whettable, and Nangong Xin's stomach growled directly.
"It smells so good!" Nangong Xin shrunk his nose intoxicated, and smelled the fragrance with his head away, "It's the smell of barbecue!" As he said, he looked at Mrs. Lin with bright eyes, "Mother, I'm hungry! I I want to eat meat!" He swallowed twice as he spoke.
Of course, Mrs. Lin also smelled the strong smell of barbecue. Looking at Nangong Xin's greedy face, she couldn't help but feel amused. She was about to let Ruyi go and have a look, when she heard the voice of a guard outside: "Second Madam, Second Young Master , Third girl, there is a small inn in front, and the subordinates look pretty good, do you want to rest for a while and have some lunch before going on the road?"
"Mother, let's take a break before we go on the road!" Nangong Yue said softly, while Nangong Xin stretched her neck impatiently, looking at the inn with a salivating face.
Mrs. Lin has always seldom refused to her children's requests. Moreover, they were a little tired after sitting in the carriage for so long, so they nodded: "Alright!"
Hearing this, Nangong Xin cheered like a bird out of the cage, and rushed down excitedly. Lin Shi and Nangong Yue followed behind him, and got out of the carriage with the help of the maid.
When he arrived at the inn, a young man with a mustache and a linen dress immediately greeted him with a long scarf.
"The guest officer is here for lunch, right? Please come with me!" Seeing that the three of Mrs. Lin were well-dressed, the second waiter welcomed them and the accompanying maids to the second-floor private room. This is also in line with Lin's and Nangong Yue's wishes. As for Nangong Xin, as long as there is delicious food, it doesn't matter where he sits.
When we got to the private seat, Xiao Er asked with a smile on his face, "I don't know Madam, Young Master, Miss, what would you like to eat?"
Naturally, this Xiaoer is not qualified to let Lin Shi and Nangong Yue talk to him directly. Ruyi stepped forward and asked with a smile: "What delicious food do you have here?"
"As for the guest officer, we have a lot of delicious food here, but the most famous one is the barbecue in our store! There are many choices of barbecue in our store. If the guest officer is interested, you can go to the first floor to choose the ingredients yourself! No matter what flavor you like, we can make it here! Even if you want to bake it yourself, you can do it..." Xiaoer said eloquently.
The more Nangong Xin listened to it, the more interesting it became, and she couldn't wait to say: "I want to eat barbecue! I want to choose by myself!" As he spoke, he got up and left his seat, and went downstairs with Xiao Er.
"Brother Xin, slow down!" Mrs. Lin hurriedly chased after her, and the maids also hurriedly followed. After a while, only Nangong Yue and Yimei were left in the private seat.
"Third Miss, let's drink some hot tea." Yimei took out Nangong Yue's own tea set, poured half a cup of hot tea into the teacup, and served it.
Nangong Yue had just held the cup when she heard a "da da" knock on the door outside the private seat.
"Who is it...?" Before Yimei could finish her sentence, the door of the private seat was gently pushed open, and a young man in blue clothes with a sallow complexion in his twenties walked in, followed by a young man in gray clothes .
The young man was thin and thin, and his appearance was very ordinary and very strange. Nangong Yue could be sure that this was the first time she had seen this face, but... her brows moved slightly, and before she could speak, Yimei had already whispered: "You... You...it's you!" She was referring to the young man, but the servant behind him.
"Third Miss, he...he..." Panicked, Yimei stammered a bit.
Nangong Yue nodded and said: "I know. Yimei, you go outside and guard."
Yimei hesitated for a moment, but still bowed her head and retreated outside the private seat.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are Mr. Bai, right?" Nangong Yue said calmly. That's right, this young man is Guan Yubai, whom Yunan Gongyue once met. Although he has changed his appearance with the technique of disguise, he is poisonous, and his eyes are like torches that are about to go out. Looking at the bright eyes now, they are actually exhausted, so Nangong Yue recognized his eyes at a glance. Furthermore, his breathing is also different from ordinary people, sometimes rapid, sometimes relieved, rather irregular, as if suffering from a serious heart disease...
And his little servant is of course the master who robbed the prisoner that day! Yimei met this little servant named Xiao Si once when she came back from Jiang Guogong's mansion that night, so she just behaved like that.
"Miss Nangong is really smart..." the young man, that is, Guan Yubai, said indifferently, his feeble voice showed that his physical condition was still extremely weak at the moment, "The letter I sent to the girl has never been answered, so I just You can use this method to disturb the girl."
A few days ago, on Nangong Yue's way back from Duke Enguo's mansion, Guan Yubai asked his servant to insert a note for Yimei to hand over to him. On the note, Guan Yubai proposed to make a deal with him...
Nangong Yue's face darkened slightly. With Guan Yubai's ingenuity, he should understand that if she didn't reply to the letter, it would be a kind of silent refusal, but he didn't expect him to find her in person in this way. All of today's events seemed too coincidental, and it must have been carefully arranged by him. That is to say, after he knew that he would go to the manor on the outskirts of the city, he quickly took control of the inn, and even specially investigated his brother, deliberately using the tempting food aroma to prompt them to stop the carriage naturally... Deep, it is the kind of person she finds most annoying! Dealing with this kind of person requires every step of the way and painstaking efforts, so after receiving the note from him, she thought about the pros and cons, and decided to respect him and stay away. Of!
"Jin Yiwei is arresting you everywhere now, how dare you show your face..." Nangong Yue said in a low voice.
Guan Yubai smiled slightly, a dazzling elegance leaked from his ordinary appearance... I don't know what method he used to change his appearance, but his smile looked very natural, without any stiffness.
"Who would recognize me now?" He smiled wryly, then, with a straight face, he coughed softly, "I know the worries in the girl's heart, and this face is indeed real... My surname is Rong now. The single name is a word Xuan, can you rest assured, girl?"
Nangong Yue still didn't answer directly, so how could she rest assured? No matter how powerful and powerful Guan Yubai will be in ten years' time, but now he is a prisoner arrested by the court. If she gets involved, not only herself, but even her family will...
Nangong Yue pondered for a moment, then answered the question slowly and said: "When I was young, my grandfather once told me a story about a frog and a scorpion: the scorpion wanted to cross the river, and it asked the kind frog for help. The frog said, you It is poisonous, what if you sting me? The scorpion said, I will sink to the bottom of the river if I sting you. The kind frog thinks it makes sense, so he carries the scorpion on his back and crosses the river. When he swims to the middle of the river, the scorpion is still Stung the frog. At the moment when it sank to the bottom of the river, the frog asked the scorpion, why did you sting me even though you knew you would sink to the bottom of the river? The scorpion said slowly, because this is my nature."
Although she didn't say it clearly, it is obvious that the frog in her mouth refers to herself, and the scorpion certainly refers to Guan Yubai, or the man who now calls himself Rong Xuan.
Before Guan Yubai could speak, the little servant Xiao Si couldn't hold back anymore, a cold air was released from his eyes, "How dare you say that son..." Guan Yubai raised his hand, motioning for Xiao Si to keep quiet.
Guan Yubai's expression remained unchanged, not even his breath was affected. He smiled, and said lightly: "The girl is really smart, this little story is really thought-provoking. So, Rong once heard a little story about a scorpion. A traveler saw a scorpion falling into the water and spinning around. He tried to catch it, but when his hand touched the scorpion, the scorpion stung him. But the man still wanted to catch it, and he reached out again to try to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again A person next to him said to him: "It keeps stinging you so much, why do you save it?" The traveler said: "It is the nature of scorpions to sting, but I need scorpion poison as medicine to save my life. How can I save my life because of scorpions? Will I give up my life if I sting someone?'”
Nangong Yue stared at him fixedly, Guan Yubai was indeed smart, based on the only meeting he had, and the little information he could investigate about her, he could see through her, knowing that she was not an ordinary boudoir girl, knowing that She has a plan, knowing that she is trapped in the inner house and urgently needs external help... So he made a condition that she could hardly refuse: she will help him cure the poison, and he will serve her for five years!
She still remembered that Han Lingfu once said in her previous life that if she wanted to obtain huge benefits, she would have to bear corresponding huge risks. Although she hated him terribly, she had to admit that he was right.