When Shuyao returned to Xia's house, Hongjin said that Mr. Jin and the eldest young master had returned. Before she finished speaking, Huohuo rushed out and lay in Shuyao's arms "squeaking" to claim credit.

Shuyao knew that the half piece of ivory chrysanthemum that Jin Xida was looking for must have been found, so she patted it funnyly: "So impatient? Lan Jin, go pick an ink chrysanthemum, be gentle, don't damage the branches and leaves and the other two.

flower."

Lan Jin agreed with a smile, turned around and walked towards Shuyao's small study. Huohuo licked Shuyao's cheek and ran away excitedly, faster than Lan Jin. He was probably waiting in front of the flowerpot.

Shuyao and the others were stunned for a moment and laughed, what a greedy fox!

"Where are Uncle Jin and my eldest brother?" Shuyao asked while cleaning her hands.

Hongjin handed a clean cotton handkerchief to Shuyao: "Master Jin went out and said he would be back very late, so there was no need to wait for him for dinner. The second young master and Master Zhong were squatting in the garden. The eldest young master was locked up alone as soon as he came back.

In the study, I asked you to come over when you come back."

"Huh?..." Shuyao was stunned. Normally, his eldest brother would be instructing Wen'er and Zhong Jiayi at this time. Even if they were squatting, his eldest brother would be practicing and watching. What happened?

After changing into a set of fine cotton simple clothes that she wore in the house, Shuyao went to the big study room. When she entered the room, Shujie was leaning on the chair in a daze.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Shuyao asked with concern, reaching out her little hand to explore Shujie's forehead.

Shujie pulled down his sister's little hand: "Brother, it's okay. Yao'er, look, does this belong to daddy?"

In Shujie's hand was a small sandalwood gourd. It was decorated with a handful of red silk ribbon, but it was almost black now. Shujie deliberately turned the engraved side of the small gourd to Shuyao, and there were two

number "66".

Shuyao was surprised: "Brother, did you find it on Jiuling Mountain?" After saying that, he immediately took out the bracelet that was found not far from Xia Linxuan's "body" from the mahogany box. A small gourd that was originally hanging on it was missing.

I couldn't find it, it was exactly what Shujie was holding at this moment.

This sandalwood bracelet was brought back by Zhen Zirou to Xia Linxuan when she took Shujie and the others to offer incense at Yuquan Temple on the outskirts of Damingfu City. The master in the temple had to carve a word on the gourd, usually the name of the person wearing the bracelet.

One of the characters in the name, or "福", "发", "财", etc. There are also a few people who would ask to have their family's special mark engraved on it.

The master asked Zhen Zirou, and Zhen Zirou wrote the two numbers 66. Although the master thought it looked strange, he still followed it.

At that time, Shujie also asked what "66" meant, and Donnie Yen said it was "Sixty-Six Dashun."

Losing things can easily lead to trouble. Although small families like theirs may not be so sensitive, they can always avoid it if they can. "66" has a good meaning, but others cannot understand it, so it would be best to engrave it on these things.

.

Shujie's voice was choked with sobs: "I found it in Mushi Valley, only a few steps away from the place where Uncle Jin found the ivory fluorene." Seeing the little gourd, Shujie thought of his father who had always loved him.

, I haven’t been able to lift my mood since I came back.

Shuyao asked strangely: "What a coincidence? Dad is not looking for that thing too, is he?"

Shujie shook his head: "Uncle Jin is someone close to the emperor. Finding ivory fluorene is a secret matter of the imperial court. Neither the prefect of Fucheng nor the magistrate of Yulin can know about it. How can a little catcher know about it? Maybe he is chasing prey passing by there, no?

Be careful to drop it." Having said that, Shujie was not without doubts in his heart. The small concave valley was really hard to find. He had been to Jiuling Mountain so many times but never found it.

Because the place where the ivory fluorene was buried happened to be under the fallen stone tablet. Only then did they see the name engraved on the stone tablet and knew that the area was called "Mushi Valley". Jin Xida couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for the fire, they would have

Even if I searched all the places with the word "stone" and "十", I still couldn't find the half piece of ivory fluorene!

After completing this most important task, Jin Xida was ready to rush back to the capital to resume his duties. He specially called Shujie and Shuyao into the study room and explained: "You all know the principle of 'having a jade is a crime'. Except for you three brothers and sisters,

You can't tell the fifth person about Huo Huo's miraculous ability, so as not to be jealous and cause trouble. I will report this matter and say that Shujie often goes into the mountains for hunting and has seen the stone tablet of 'Mushi Valley', so

I thought of that valley when I asked about the place containing 'stone' and '十', and that's why I found things so quickly."

Shujie and Shuyao quickly agreed: "We know about Uncle Jin, but we won't tell anyone else, not even Wen'er, for fear that he will leak."

Jin Xida nodded: "You don't have enough ability to protect yourself now, and I can't be in Yulin all the time, so I have to be cautious in everything! I will leave for Beijing tomorrow, haha, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly this time! I thought at least it would be

I've been staying here for half a month." I knew that the Shujie brothers and sisters didn't know the principle of "pregnant with a treasure, it's a crime", and they also knew how to prevent Xiao Shuwen from spilling the beans, but they took the initiative to let Huo Huo off when he needed it.

Helping him made Jin Xida's heart feel warm. She was like the woman in his heart! They were all good and affectionate children, and it was not unreasonable for him to treat the three of them as his own children.

When Shuyao heard "Let's leave tomorrow", she blurted out anxiously: "Can't it be two days late? We also need to prepare a special birthday gift for Uncle Jin." After saying that, she covered her mouth. Uncle Jin didn't like birthdays, so he would

Aren't you unhappy?

"Birthday gift?" Jin Xida asked curiously: "Do you know my birthday?" If Yao'er hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have thought that tomorrow would be his birthday.

Shuyao looked at Jin Xida's eyes carefully and whispered when she saw that there was no anger in them; "Sister Nian'er told me that my eldest brother, Wen'er and I wanted to spend his birthday with Uncle Jin, and we had to prepare a special gift."

It’s a gift that the three of us like very much.”

Jin Xida's heart almost softened when she saw Shuyao's sparkling eyes, full of admiration for her, and Shujie's expression next to her that was equally eager for her to nod in agreement. She knelt down and gently hugged Shuyao's face.

With his small shoulders, his eyes were hot: "Okay, Uncle Jin will stay one more day and leave after his birthday. The three of you all like the good things that you like very much? Then Uncle Jin has to guess carefully, ah, I will leave tonight

I won’t be able to sleep anymore.”

…

The next day, Shuyao got up early and went into the kitchen, replaced the materials that had been placed in the mahogany box, and got busy with the help of Mama Liu and Aunt Mei.

Jin Xida was strictly prohibited from going near the kitchen, and she felt very happy: Is this little girl going to make food with her own hands to celebrate his birthday? She won't get burned, right? Well, Mother Liu, Aunt Mei and the others are here and will protect her.

. He smiled and brushed away his worries, personally delivered Shuwen to the school, and then stopped by Daxin Yaxing Wang Xina to have a look. Last night Shujie said that his brother and sister wanted to buy some real estate and live there.

Both houses and shops are fine.

Jin Xida thought about it and thought it was feasible. Although Shujie and the others would probably go to Beijing in the future, shops, fields and houses are all value-added properties. Yulin Town is in a good location and is close to the capital, so land prices will only rise.

There is no harm in buying more if you go low. Shujie also has 50,000 taels of silver notes given by Zhang Caishu next to him. Although they said they were well hidden, it still makes people worry. There are many women and children in the summer residence.

The house deed is different. It has been registered with the government and requires signatures and fingerprints. It is useless to steal it. The county magistrate Yang Yishan knows how much he values ​​Shujie and the others, and he also knows the "grace" the emperor and the queen mother have for Xia Zhai.

, he should not dare to let Xia Zhai's property be under his nose easily, and there should be any "accidents" in his official office. Of course, when purchasing property, he will still ask Wang Xi to keep it confidential and not let too many people know that it is the Xia family.

Bought by three siblings.

After looking at the calligraphy and waving goodbye to herself, Jin Xida suddenly turned to the left after entering the gate of "Xianglin Preschool". At the entrance of the alley over there, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old was looking towards him with his head shrinking.

Jin Xida's sharp eyes pierced through.

Not long after leaving Xia's house, he noticed someone following him, but he felt that the person did not look like a person with martial arts skills, and there was no skill in following him, so he thought of sending Shuwen to school first, not wanting to scare Shuwen.

"Come here, you have been following me for so long. Do you have something to say?" Jin Xida saw that the man was found but did not run away. Did he come to him specifically and didn't want Shuwen to know?

"Yes... yes... it was a maid sister who asked me to give you this piece of paper, saying that she is your friend." The boy said with fear on his face, and the hand holding the paper scroll was still shaking slightly.

The look in his eyes was so terrifying. If it hadn't been for the twenty copper coins and a bunch of candied haws that he wanted to give to his sister, he would have turned around and ran away after being glared at just now.

"Friend?" Jin Xida looked around with a pair of sharp eyes, carefully took the paper roll, stretched out her hand and shook it open, and then took a closer look. It was a line of small regular script with beautiful face and body, obviously written by a woman: By the Xiushui River

I saw Manlian in the peach forest.

Man Lian? Who is it? Jin Xida searched her mind, but she didn’t recognize him! He was busy and quickly went to find Wang Xi to get down to business. How could he have time to meet Man Lian? After so many years, these women are still playing this kind of trick.

, originally only in the capital, why now there are so-called women who admire him even in Yulin?

Just as he was about to crumble the note and throw it away, he suddenly thought, Manlian? A long time ago, he seemed to have received another note with this name! Manlian... Manlian..., by the way, Yao'er's

Mr. Qinqi and Lay Master Lian! Manlian is exactly the word she used before.

Jin Xida frowned, recalling Nichiren Nichiren's strange reaction that day, right? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your support is my biggest motivation

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