Chapter 39

  The young master Anle ultimately failed to stay in the small shop because his third sister refused to take him in.

  Lu Xiaofeng and Xiaohe finished dinner, Xiaohe served the young lady to take a bath, changed into loose and comfortable home clothes, lit candles, then took out needlework and sat on one side accompanying the young lady to practice calligraphy.

  As long as conditions permit, practicing calligraphy is Miss's daily must-do homework, and Xiao He has gotten used to it. Following Miss, Xiao He himself has even recognized many characters.

  Calligraphy was a habit that Lu Xiaofeng's great-grandfather had cultivated in her, and she hadn't changed it since coming here.

  What is being practiced in calligraphy is not just the characters, but also one's state of mind, wrist strength, brushwork and eyesight.

  "Xiaohe, come out and prepare some wine dishes for Wu Ye and Zhan Daxia."

  The sudden sound in the courtyard made Xiaohuo look up in surprise, first looking at Miss and then looking out.

  Lu Xiaofeng's pen paused slightly in his hand, and then he continued writing. Without lifting his head, he said, "Go take a look, if it's reasonable, do as he says."

  Xiaohe understood, it's too much, and can be treated as if Bai Wu Ye doesn't exist.

  In the courtyard, two figures, one red and one white, sat beside a round stone table, on which two jars of wine had already been placed. It seemed they were determined to drink until they couldn't leave.

  It's just that this place was chosen ——

  Xiao He couldn't help but ask Bai Yutang: "Bai Daxia, why did you invite Lord Zhang to come here and drink?"

  Bai Yutang said straightforwardly, "Your family's young lady is the sworn sister of Eldest Young Master, how can Eldest Young Master come to Bianjing and not stay at your Kaifeng Mansion?"

  A voice came from inside the house, "Bai Xiaowu, your family is wealthy and influential, can't even afford to pay for a guesthouse? Don't be ridiculous."

  Bai Yutang hastily waved his hand and said, "Don't just stand there, quickly go prepare some wine and dishes."

  Xiaohe shook his head and smiled, then went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare some small dishes.

  Zhan Zhao glanced at the house with the lights on.

  Bai Yutang leaned in close and lowered his voice, saying: "What about calling her over together?"

  "She doesn't drink." You're simply asking for her to slap you.

  Lu Xiaofeng finished practicing three chapters of big characters and tied up his long hair with a silk handkerchief before walking out of the house.

  At this time, Xiao He had also brought up several small dishes for the cat and mouse, they were chatting and drinking wine, with a lot of heroic spirit.

  When they saw Lu Xiaofeng emerge from the house with a smile, both of them stopped their drinking movements.

  "Sixth sister, can you bear to come out?" This was Bai Yutang's teasing question.

  "Sorry to disturb you, Miss Lu." These were Zhan Zhao's slightly apologetic words.

  Lu Xiaofeng sat down beside the stone table with a big and generous smile.

  Xiaohe cleverly poured tea for the young lady.

  "Guests are coming, I'll use tea instead of wine, roughly fulfill the host's courtesy, please come in."

  "Please."

  After drinking tea, Lu Xiaofeng was about to return to his room.

  Bai Yutang called out to stop her, "Tomorrow I will set off ahead of time for Zhongmu County."

  Lu Xiaofeng slightly tilted his head and said, "Soon it will be my foster mother's birthday, I'll rush over after I'm done."

  The cat and mouse exchanged a glance, and finally Zhan Zhao spoke up: "Zhan and Bao will also go later, if the time is right, Miss can come with us."

  "Good."

  "Xiaohe, come inside with me, they'll disperse in a little while, you don't have to stand here accompanying them either."

  "Alright, you go back, we'll take care of ourselves." Bai Yutang didn't consider himself an outsider at all.

  Zhan Zhao asked: "Will it disturb the young lady?"

  Lu Xiaofeng turned his head and smiled at him, "It doesn't matter, with the two of you here, the bad guys won't dare to come, sacrificing some quietness, safety is not a concern."

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but laugh too.

  Bai Yutang always felt that the relationship between these two people was a bit strange, at first glance it seemed like the husband had feelings and the concubine had intentions, but upon closer inspection it was clear that they were just pretending to be ambiguous.

  An inexplicable mass of fog!

  There was a famous cat and mouse duo sitting outside, Little Phoenix slept very soundly.

  Early in the morning, Xiao He only saw the remaining wine and leftovers in the courtyard, shook his head and cleaned up. Only then did he fetch water to serve the young lady in getting up.

  Lu Xiaofeng had already dressed herself and was having Xiaohe help her with her hair, inserting flowers and pins, and fastening her clothing ornaments.

  "The young lady is really beautiful." Xiao He looked at the newly dressed young lady and said sincerely.

  Lu Xiaofeng knocked on her forehead with a loud crash and smiled: "You're like this, I'll really be proud of you."

  Xiao He rubbed his temples and smiled, "Proud then proud, the young lady originally had the capital to be proud."

  "Alright, go get some breakfast, let's eat our fill before we start work."

  "What's going on?" Xiao He didn't understand.

  Lu Xiaofeng's hands, very unladylike, were thrust into his waist, and he said: "Your mother is going to have a birthday, I couldn't possibly not offer any gift, could I?"

  "That day, as long as the young lady was dressed up and accompanied her mistress, the mistress would be happier than if she had received any gift."

  "After all, one cannot return empty-handed."

  "What gift does the young lady plan to give?"

  "A gift made by one's own hands is the most sincere."

  "That lady must be even happier."

  "Alright, let's go get some food."

  "Good."

  After finishing breakfast, Lu Xiaofeng took Xiaohe out.

  It was a coincidence that I ran into Zhan Zhao on the street.

  "Good morning."

  "Good morning."

  "Where is the girl going?"

  "Buy paper."

  Zhan Zhao looked at the people on the street and said: "I'll accompany the young lady."

  "Isn't Kaifeng Prefecture busy?" Little Phoenix Maiden asked curiously.

  Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "Not busy."

  There was a red-clothed little cat accompanying Xiang Xiang, which was quite stylish, so Lu Xiao Feng didn't refuse.

  She went to the Wen Fang Si Bao store to buy the golden paper for writing longevity characters, and as soon as she entered the Shu Bao Zhai, she was greeted by a strong ink fragrance.

  "Zhan Zhao, smell this, is the ink fragrance good?" Lu Xiao Feng picked up an ink stick and held it in front of Zhan Zhao.

  Zhan Zhao lowered his head and sniffed, smiling and nodding, "Good ink stick."

  "You two are true connoisseurs, this is indeed our store's best ink stick."

  In fact, the red-robed imperial cat of Kaifeng Prefecture was known to all the people of Bianliang City, and many of the people around the Kaifeng Prefectural government were familiar with him.

  The owner of the store also knew Mikoto Shou, and would normally exchange greetings, but this time he was hesitant to ask more questions due to the woman accompanying him, although his curiosity had already been ignited.

  Is this the person who has been on his mind all along?

  She is a gentle and elegant young lady.

  While Lu Xiaofeng continued to look at other stationery, a sudden **erupted on the street.

  "Take a look outside." Before the words were even out, the little red cat had already disappeared from the store.

  Little millet tongue.

  Lu Xiaofeng studied the inkstone in his hand and said disapprovingly, "There's nothing to be surprised about. The imperial cat is agile and has excellent lightness skills."

  Xiaohe ignored the young lady and ran to the door by herself to take a look.

  "Miss, the horse is startled."

  "What a traffic accident!" Unfortunately, there were no traffic police, so they could only send the fourth-rank sword-bearing guards from the Kaifeng Prefecture to take on part-time work.

  "Oh, it's a girl." Xiao He said as he turned his head to take another look at the young lady from his own household.

  The next moment, Lu Xiaofeng took the inkstone in his hand and ran to the door, displaying Xiao Mao's Bagua.

  Must-see!

  Must see!

  Xiaohe: "......" I thought you weren't gossiping, but that's really impossible.

  Zhan Zhao saved the girl in the startled horse carriage, and with a beautiful spin in mid-air, they landed together.

  Little Phoenix Maiden strokes her chin, this scene is so familiar, how come it's so déjà vu?

  Snap your fingers and say "Bingo!"

  There are too many ancient costume TV dramas with similar heroic scenes of saving the beauty, the picture is so beautiful that it's all messed up, the male and female leads fall in love at first sight, second sight, third sight... ahem, she's a pure and good girl, let's just block this out.

  "Thank you, young master, for saving my life."

  Next sentence should be "I have nothing to repay you with, I can only offer my body"?

  Unfortunately, the plot didn't go as Xiaofeng's little theater in her mind had proceeded.

  Zhan Zhao bowed with his fists together and returned a courtesy, "It was just a small effort, Miss. As long as you're safe, that's all that matters. I'll take my leave now."

  Lu Xiaofeng saw Zhan Xiaomao walking towards him and couldn't help but pout, "You're making people imagine too much with just a few words, how disappointing!"

  Zhan Zhao saw her glance at him with a resentful expression, then turned and went back into the store, unintentionally smiling to himself, truly not knowing what she was thinking about all day.

  Lu Xiaofeng felt that he had walked behind her and said: "Zhan Zhao, when something like this happens, the girl who is rescued doesn't usually offer herself to him or what?"

  Zhan Zhao chuckled and said, "I, Zhan, have also saved you before. Do you want to repay me with your body?"

  The little millet covers her lips and smiles.

  Lu Xiaofeng suddenly turned his head and glared at him.

  "Zhan Zhao is telling the truth." Zhan Zhao's expression was calm and composed.

  Lu Xiaofeng hummed and turned back, continuing to polish the inkstone, but in fact his mind was no longer on the inkstone.

  "Sister!" This surprised voice was undoubtedly from Pang Xiao Hou Ye.

  Lu Xiaofeng turned around and saw his sworn brother walking into the store with several young masters in brocade clothes, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face. "Pang Yu."

  "Does Third Sister want to buy an inkstone?"

  "Just take a look."

  "Little Master Hou, is this your sister?" one of the young masters asked with a smile.

  Pang Yu smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is Little Hou's third sister."

  "It's been a pleasure meeting all of you gentlemen." Lu Xiao Feng slightly bowed.

  Miss Pong is indeed born with beauty.

  Pang Yu's face showed a hint of color, "Of course."

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled slightly, neither speaking nor showing any sign of shyness, standing elegantly like a rare orchid in a secluded valley.

  "Third sister, just pick something out and let them wrap it up and send it back to the mansion."

  "Alright, I'll take care of it myself, you go have fun with your friends."

  "Nothing to play with."

  "Alright, let's get down to business then?" Lu Xiao Feng was very accommodating.

  Pang Yu smiled contentedly like a child who had gotten candy, "Then we'll take our leave first," he said, looking up at the red-clothed guard beside him, "I'll trouble Guard Xuan to see my third sister."

  "It's reasonable."

  "Let's go, let's drink."

  "Pang Yu," Lu Xiaofeng called out to stop him, slightly furrowing his brow in disapproval, "don't overdo it."

  "Alright, Third Sister loves to worry for nothing." Pang Yu called out to his friends and they left.

  Some people looked back halfway.

  Lu Xiaofeng turned his head directly to look at the goods in the store.

  Zhan Zhao took a step forward, intentionally or unintentionally blocking the prying eyes of unrelated people.

  This young lady, who has never had love hanging in her heart, doesn't even know how many romantic threads she has entangled others with, it's really making people sigh and not knowing where to start.

  Finally, Lu Xiaofeng only chose two things: paper and ink. He asked the shopkeeper to wrap them up, and Xiaohe took them out of the store.

  After walking a few dozen steps on the street, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly spoke up and said: "Zhan Zhao, if I invite certain people to see me perform an autopsy at the Justice Manor, will they still drool in front of this face of mine?"

  Xiaohe: *silence*

  "Miss, you'd better be more careful."

  "It's best if you don't mess with me." Messing with a girl to the extreme isn't something to be taken lightly, or else she'll have to give him some color to see, and scare out whatever post-traumatic symptoms, she won't be responsible for treating.

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but let out a chuckle from his throat.

  "What's so funny?" She turned her head and glared at him.

  "It doesn't matter."

  "Hmm."