Chapter 26

  Xiao Fenggu felt that Xiao Bai's words were unreliable. That day, he clearly told her that they would arrive at Zhao Xiaomao's house in two days. As a result, they walked for five whole days before arriving.

  This water bill is too high!

  "Lu, we've arrived."

  As soon as Bai Yutang's voice fell, the horse carriage also slowed down and came to a stop.

  Xiaohe jumped down from the horse cart first, then helped the young lady get down.

  Lu Xiaofeng stood firmly on the ground before taking in his surroundings.

  A small bridge over flowing water, white walls and black tiles of a house, chickens and dogs in between, what a beautiful countryside scenery.

  This is a place like a utopia for urban people in later generations.

  Never thought that Xiao Mao's hometown would be so beautiful!

  The mountains are clear and the water is beautiful, with talented people and a spiritual land!

  At the time when Lu Xiaofeng was indulging in the beautiful scenery before his eyes, Bai Yutang had already gone forward to knock on the door.

  After an old man came out, the two of them talked for a few sentences, and then pointed to the nearby scenic spot where Little Phoenix was admiring the view, saying a few words to the old man.

  The old man's eyes changed instantly and became visibly agitated.

  Bai Yutang hastily comforted him a few more times.

  The old man barely restrained his excited emotions and hastily walked towards where Lu Xiaofeng was standing.

  "The old slave greets the young lady."

  Lu Xiaofeng was startled by the sudden arrival of the old man, "No need for formalities, sir. Who are you?"

  "Lao Nu is the old servant of the Zhan family, Zhan Zhong."

  "Mr. Zhan, I've heard your guard mention you before. Hello, I'm a young woman who's taken the liberty of visiting and disturbing you, please forgive me."

  "It's nothing, it's nothing, young lady is a friend of our master, I'm delighted to welcome you, how could I not be happy?"

  Little Phoenix Maiden was shocked by Zhan Zhong's sentence "My husband, the official" - Official? Ximen Official? I'm going to... This immediately jumped into 《XXXX》, is there?

  Little Phoenix accidentally choked on her own saliva, turned around and coughed several times, pounded her chest twice, finally managed to clear the air, her eyes were red.

  "Miss, don't be anxious?" Zhan Zhong asked with some concern.

  Lu Xiaofeng hastily waved his hand, "Nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong, just choked by the wind for a moment."

  Zhan Zhong finally put his mind at ease, "That's good," he paused for a moment, then said, "Miss, follow me to the mansion."

  "Oh, okay, thank you, sir."

  "Please follow me, young lady."

  A group of people followed Zhan Zhong into the Zhan family home.

  Lu Xiaofeng felt that judging from the house of Zhao Zilong's family, it was basically at the level of a wealthy landlord, and indeed had a rich family background!

  I didn't expect that Little Cat is also a member of the wealthy and handsome group.

  "Miss, have some tea." An old woman placed a cup of tea on the table beside Lu Xiaofeng and smiled at her.

  "Thank you." Little Phoenix was a polite and well-behaved child, quickly expressing her gratitude.

  "Don't be polite with me, young lady. You're a friend of the master and our honored guest. Just consider this place your own home."

  The old woman wanted to say more, but Zhan Zhong coughed and interrupted, "This is an old slave's house, the words are a bit tedious, miss, don't mind."

  "No, no." Lu Xiaofeng said with his mouth, but in his heart, he began to have some doubts.

  Is it her illusion?

  Don't they seem a bit over-enthusiastic and trying too hard?

  Bai Yutang was on one side, using drinking tea as an excuse to cover up the smile on his face.

  When they finally entered the guest room arranged by the Zhang family, and only Xiaohe was left with her, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly grabbed Xiaohe's hand and asked in a low voice, "Xiaohe, don't you think it's strange?"

  Xiaohe looked puzzled, "What's strange?"

  "Don't you think that the old steward and his wife look at me differently from others in the Xing manor?" Was she really being overly sensitive?

  Xiao He's heart was delighted, thinking to himself: "It's rare for Miss to have such a thick skin and yet still be able to feel anything." But his mouth replied calmly: "I didn't notice, probably because the Zhang family is just too enthusiastic. After all, Master Zhang is rarely at home, and it's not often that he has friends visiting, so when several came suddenly, they naturally got a bit excited."

  Lu Xiaofeng nodded in agreement, "Now I understand what you mean."

  Xiaohe let out a sigh of relief, really afraid that the young lady would ask more questions. With the young lady's intelligence, nothing could withstand her careful examination, and Bai Daxia was indeed careless, talking nonsense.

  Miss didn't notice that she had seen Bai Daxia and the old housekeeper pointing at her and saying a few more words, at which time the old housekeeper's expression was not quite right.

  Luckily, her family's young lady had never thought of it that way, otherwise she would definitely not have agreed to stay.

  "Miss, why don't you take a rest first? You must be tired from traveling by train these days."

  "Alright, I'll take a nap. Remember to wake me up for dinner, or it would be impolite of us."

  "Don't worry, miss, I've got it under control, you can rest now."

  Lu Xiaofeng went to sleep with peace of mind.

  Waking up from a nap, the sunset shines through the window and fills the room with orange-red hues.

  Xiaohe helped her wash and dress up, then they went out together with Beixia and Bai Yutang to have dinner.

  Dinner was delayed a bit as Zhan Zhong considered that they had been traveling by boat and carriage all day and needed rest.

  The dinner was sumptuous, obviously a lot of effort had been put into it.

  Little Phoenix felt a bit embarrassed, and with some apologetic tone, she said to Zhan Zhong: "We really caused you trouble, we didn't give you any notice beforehand and just came over...". Zhan Xiao Mao also couldn't have sent a message home first?

  Damn it!

  Zhan Zhong hastily said, "It's nothing, miss, don't apologize. Our master is not at home, and it's rare to have friends visiting in recent years. The house has been quiet for a long time, and I'm delighted."

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled slightly with a hint of shyness.

  Bai Yutang watched from the side and couldn't help but think it was unbelievable, this girl is actually shy too!

  Xiaohe sighed in her heart, actually if the young lady was willing, she would be a qualified daughter of a wealthy family. Unfortunately, the young lady from her household did not want to become a model of a mediocre rich girl.

  "I and Bai brothers will bid farewell tomorrow, miss can stay a few more days." So said Beixia Ouyang Chun at the banquet.

  Bai Yutang followed up by saying: "Right, since today's weather is scorching hot, Miss Lu might as well stay here to cool off and avoid the heat, and then head elsewhere when the weather cools down."

  Zhan Zhong also followed up by saying, "The two great heroes are right, miss. You might as well stay for a few more days and let me, an old slave, fulfill the host's duties on behalf of my master. Besides, the scenery here is not bad either. It's perfect for taking leisurely strolls and appreciating the views."

  Lu Xiaofeng looked at Bai Xiaowu with some curiosity and said to Zhan Zhong, "Then I'll bother you for a while, sorry to trouble you, sir."

  "No trouble, no trouble." Zhong's smile made his facial wrinkles decrease a lot.

  Lu Xiaofeng still felt that something was off, and couldn't help but ask himself: Is it because I'm used to the indifference of modern people's relationships in my past life, and can no longer adapt to the pure and natural enthusiasm of ancient times?

  Isn't this also too tragic?

  With a hint of doubt in her mind, Lu Xiaofeng finished dinner and didn't feel like chatting with Beixia and the others, so she went back to her room to rest.

  The living room was left with only Bei Xiaoyang Chun, Jinmao Shu Bai Yutang and the old steward of the Zhan Mansion, Zhan Zhong.

  At this time, Lao Biao Zhong couldn't help but confirm with Bai Yutang again, "Bai Daxia, is this girl really the fiancée of our young master?" Why hasn't the young master sent any news back?

  Bai Yutang said: "Of course it's true, if you don't believe me, can't you trust the words of Beixia? Besides, she still has your family's official seal on her body."

  Ouyang Chun smiled and said, "It's also right for the old steward to be cautious, but this girl is indeed the one that Zhang brothers has in mind. The reason why Zhang brothers entrusted us two to escort her here is because he had official business in Kaifeng Prefecture."

  Zhan Zhong hastily said: "It's just this old slave speaking out of turn." But in his heart, he felt relieved because of this.

  Bai Yutang carelessly waved his hand and smiled, "The young lady from the other family was too embarrassed to hang your official's jade pendant on her waist. Why don't you have your wife discreetly ask about it?" He always had an extraordinary enthusiasm for making Lu Xiaofeng lose face, even if he couldn't see it with his own eyes.

  Ouyang Chun almost choked on a mouthful of tea. Was she shy? He really didn't think that girl would be shy.

  Zhan Zhong couldn't help but smile at this, and indeed, that young lady looked like a noble-born miss, gentle and elegant, knowledgeable and reasonable, the official's taste was not bad.

  As for Little Phoenix, who had returned to her room and settled in, she was completely unaware that she had just become the protagonist of a gossip story.

  Ignorance is bliss!

  The next day.

  Xiaohe helped her dress and adorn herself, specially tying Xianzhao's jade pendant to the waist of his own young lady.

  Lu Xiaofeng was perplexed and asked: "What's the point of hanging this? It's not even mine." She still wanted to find an opportunity to show it to Zhan Zhong and hand it over to him for safekeeping.

  "This is the ID card given by Master Zhan. Now that we are living in the Zhan's house, it would be more convincing if you wear this."

  Lu Xiaofeng said frankly, "Actually, without this, I would be quite confident." If it weren't for that little cat, she wouldn't be in her current situation and would have gone on a self-guided tour to travel around.

  Xiaohe couldn't help but secretly wipe away a sweat drop. If she didn't know her own young lady's personality so well, even she would have misunderstood this remark.

  "Besides, I'll hand it over to the old steward later, what's the point?"

  "Miss, my miss," Xiao He was almost furious, "The jade pendant was given to you by Master Zhan, so of course you can only return it to Master Zhan in person."

  Lu Xiaofeng was puzzled, "Isn't it the same to hand it over to the old steward?" She didn't think that Zhan Zhong would embezzle this jade pendant.

  "Of course it's different."

  Lu Xiaofeng didn't argue with Yiniang, nodded to show he understood, "Then I'll return it to Zhan Zhao when we get back to the capital." It's not a big deal, look at this girl getting anxious to the point of almost climbing the wall, does she need to be so worked up?

  Little Phoenix Maiden said: I really don't understand!

  Maybe this is the generation gap!

  She couldn't agree more.

  Miss, I'm afraid you won't be able to return this one after taking it.

  Little Phoenix, without a hint of crisis awareness, dressed up neatly and went out to see off North Blade and Little White Mouse with a carefree attitude.

  "The green hills remain unchanged, the clear waters flow forever, we will meet again, Lu girl." Ouyang Chun bid farewell very officially.

  "Take care, Ouyang the Great Hero."

  "Take care, young lady." Bai Yutang's words were even more concise.

  "Take care, Old White Five."

  Bai Yutang suddenly pulled out a few ink jade black cicada stones from his sleeve and handed them over, "Take these, they can also be considered as the symbol of the fifth master, and may be able to help in times of need."

  Lu Xiaofeng accepted it straightforwardly, and bowed to him with a smile, "Thank you, Bai Wuyi." When one is outside, refusing such things would be foolish.

  Xiao He also followed with a bow and said: "Thank you, Bai Xiaosheng."

  "Goodbye." Bai Yutang looked at her again, then pulled the reins of his horse and said to Ouyang Chun: "Brother Ouyang, let's go."

  "White brothers, please."

  "Please."

  Bei Xia and Jin Mao Shu whipped their horses and left, leaving behind a trail of dust.