As soon as Nangong asked about the origin of the beauty, all the men present couldn't help but prick up their ears to listen. Liu Bolun shook his head regretfully and said, "No, they should not be from the Jianghu. I heard Mr. Bai said that they are The family is in business, how could I have heard of it?"
The Liu family in Kangzhou is one of the top ten families in the martial arts. Liu Bolun is usually only interested in Jianghu affairs, so why would he pay attention to ordinary people such as merchants and rich households? Moreover, the transmission of information and transportation in ancient times were very inconvenient, and many people would not necessarily leave their homes for more than fifty miles in their entire lives.
The style of the Bai family can be low-key when they leave Beiguan City. Most people in Pingzhou have never heard of the name of the Bai family. Liu Bolun doesn't come here once or twice a year, so it's more reasonable not to know.
Nan Gongzheng was very disappointed when he heard his answer, and another young man surnamed Wu also became interested, and came up to him and said, "I think they are probably not a family, how can their parents look so... peculiar, but their daughter is as beautiful as a fairy?" What?" Although he doubted the relationship between Bai Chou and Bai Fuling's father and daughter, he also thought that they must have some other close relationship to travel together, so he was a little more polite to Bai Chou's adjective, which was obviously ugly and terrifying. His mouth became just strange.
The three started the conversation, and the rest couldn't help but join in the conversation, talking more and more excitedly.
"Maybe they are not real merchants. I see that many of their servants and guards are good at martial arts. The one named Bai Ah Wu just now seems to be not weak in martial arts. Waiting for a merchant to hire so many powerful housekeepers?"
"Exactly! Maybe even the name and surname are made up casually..."
"But if they are people in the world, how can they not know the name of Big Brother Hai? I don't think they even raised their eyebrows when Big Brother Hai reported his name. Obviously, they don't know who Big Brother Hai is."
"Hey! Do you still have time to see if the eyebrows are raised? I think your eyes are almost glued to the young lady!"
"You still talk about me? Where are you going?"
"They said they were going to the capital to visit relatives. Tell me, could that young lady be the daughter of a noble family in Beijing? That strange couple and the servants and guards were escorts invited by her family to escort her. ?”
"It's possible, it's possible..."
Haifushi didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and sat silently by the side as if closing his eyes and resting his mind. He didn't know whether he was not interested in this topic or was listening carefully.
The three female heroes who were used to the flattery of these young heroes all the way were completely left out in the cold, feeling very uncomfortable. Although they looked down on these stunned youths, they were unwilling to see them so enthusiastically paying attention to discussing other people women, especially in front of their wishful husband! Liu Pinting, who is also from the Liu family in Kangzhou like Liu Bolun, finally couldn't help but snorted coldly and said: "If it's really the daughter of an official family, how can you show your face in front of you? Even the family members of the adults in Beijing are probably no more than An illegitimate daughter, a concubine's concubine, a diva's private pet!" She was sincerely belittling Bai Fuling in front of Haifushi.
The perfect goddess in my heart was said to be like this, and a young man jumped up angrily and retorted loudly: "The lady is young and innocent, how could she be, the lowly women you mentioned? Don't talk nonsense!"
Liu Pingting was even angrier, this guy flattered and flattered her all the way, and let her be her slave, but he just met that little vixen, so he turned his face and refused to recognize anyone!
"Why am I talking nonsense? She looks so cute at such a young age, I'm being polite, God knows which brothel she hangs in!" Liu Pingting's words got worse and worse.
Liu Bolun finally shouted: "Sixth Sister! Uncle asked you to come out to gain insights, and this is what you gained?! You are a girl, you can say such things, and you are not afraid of polluting the Liu family in Kangzhou. reputation!"
When Liu Pingting was drunk by him, her face immediately turned pale, and she retorted in a low voice: "Liu of Kangzhou, are you the only one?" Her tone was stubborn but her attitude softened obviously. She was not afraid of Liu Bolun, but suddenly When he woke up, the sea pumice stone was on the side, how could he lose his head and be rude in front of him when he got angry
Chi Shaoyao, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, came forward, took her arm affectionately and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, don't scare sister Pingting, she is just being straightforward. It's never appropriate to discuss other people's family affairs behind their backs. It's rare for us to be idle, so why don't we ask Brother Hai for some advice? We can also teach them how powerful our Zhengdao family is if we meet the Yanxia Three Pirates!"
She is the only daughter of Chi Diyu, the former leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, and each side of her speech had 50 slaps in the face, but her sentences made sense, Liu Bolun and others couldn't continue talking about Bai Fuling's family.
Liu Pinting was arrogant and self-willed since she was a child, she didn't have any scheming, she only thought that Chi Shaoyao was helping her wholeheartedly, and happily walked down the ladder to change to entangle Haifushi, leaving the only female heroine who has never said a word, the Shaogong of Feiqiong Palace The main Huaying watched the performance of the two "competitors" coldly, with a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.
The four servant girls in the group were all brought by the third daughter, and they all had martial arts skills. These young men and women were chatting in the hall, and they were all assigned to tidy up the rooms in the courtyard of Erjin, so that they could rest at night.
Bai Fuling has long thought of a way to remind Haifushi that the house is weird, so she will come to the hero to save the beauty at night.
Of course, this task must be handed over to the clever Bai Guo.
According to the plan, Bai Guo pretended to be terrified and brought fruits and vegetables as a tribute, went to the third courtyard to worship the owner of the house for safety, and then went to the second courtyard to retrieve the handkerchief left by the young lady. Then he sent a few high hats wildly, coaxing them to walk together, and told a story full of flaws. There are ghosts in this house, and passers-by are often caught by ghosts here as companions, and people and luggage disappear. .
The few maids who were sent by the family to accompany the young lady on the rivers and lakes were all skilled in martial arts and accustomed to the world. After hearing Bai Guo's nonsense, they turned around and told their masters as a joke.
Hua Yinghan pretends to be lofty, and secretly ridiculed the ignorance of the master and servant of the Bai family. It's fine. Liu Pingting rarely grasps Bai Fuling's "handle", so naturally she wants to add jealousy to those young heroes who are fascinated by beauty. listen.
So before it got dark, everyone at Haifushi knew about the rumors of ghosts in this house.
That night, the sky was completely dark, and two black shadows, one in front of the other, sneaked silently to the small gate connecting the third and fourth courtyards and hid in the dark.
Of these two shadows, one is Nan Gongzheng and the other is Liu Bolun. After listening to Liu Pingting's narration, the two of them did not despise Bai Fuling's "cowardly mind". Instead, they felt that the frightened little beauty was indescribably weak and pitiful.
They also have a bit of experience in the world, and those exaggerated rumors become more and more wrong. This house is probably not a haunted house, but a trap for bandits to rob the passing merchants!
Both of them thought that if they could catch the bandits, they would be able to show their faces in front of the beauties. Wouldn't the result of the hero saving the beauties be that the beauties would agree with each other
So the two of them remained calm and waited until dark before groping out alone—one of them was enough to deal with a few small thieves, so why let others show their faces in front of the beauty for nothing
They lay down by the gate of the courtyard, waiting expectantly for the bandits to show up. After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement. He leaned against the wall and fell asleep.
They were squatting next to a big midnight flower, it would be strange if they didn't sleep to death!
Not long after they fell asleep, a thin figure approached from the courtyard. The man held a white lantern and swung it up and down a few times in the direction of the side hall full of memorial tablets. A picture was reflected in the pale light. The girl's face was that girl named Ruzhu.
After a while, twenty or thirty thick black figures filed out from the side hall. In the continuous autumn rain, the courtyard was full of ghosts.
"Is everyone asleep?" The leading man in black walked up to Ruzhu and asked cautiously.
Ruzhu nodded timidly and said: "My mother and I have seen it, but later a group of people came, I don't know the number, and they lived in the courtyard of Erjin."
Bai Fuling was afraid of bewildering others, so since Haifushi and the others came, she used the excuse of the difference between men and women to keep all the maids and servants in the courtyard on the fourth or fifth day. Haifushi and the others met face to face, and they didn't know their identities. They only vaguely knew that another group of people came to the house later.
The man in black cursed in a low voice, and slapped the beaded fan to the ground: "I don't know! Useless thing!"
He was still waiting to fight again, when a man in black behind him grabbed him with one hand and said, "It's important, since those people are in the second yard, let's leave them alone and take the things from the Bai family first, it's serious!"
Another man in black came up and said, "Boss, let's take back the maids and maids of the Bai family! I saw them from a distance in the town, and they all looked like angels."
The leader of the man in black was obviously very moved by this proposal, swallowed his saliva and said, "Move the gold, silver and jewels back first... If you have money, why don't you have a woman?! Damn girl, why don't you get up and lead the way!" Ruzhu on the ground kicked again.
Ruzhu dared not cry out the pain, gritted her teeth and stood up tremblingly, raised the lantern and walked into the fourth courtyard first.
She is a worthless thing on the ground, and she was never really like a pearl or a treasure
Ru Zhu smiled coldly, her face throbbed with pain. She looked at the wing room in the southeast direction of the courtyard, and suddenly felt a strong jealousy. She heard her voice faintly in the cold rain: "That The room was occupied by a young lady from the Bai family, and she brought a lot of gold and silver jewelry with her... all of which were valuable... "
Her name is like a pearl, but she is as humble as a piece of grass. Why can some people be as rich as pearls and treasures? It doesn't matter, after tonight, there will be no difference between them! Thinking of this, Ruzhu felt a burst of joy in her heart.