Chapter 785 Speculation
Manbao and his friends ran to Qianji Restaurant to meet up with Xiao Qianshi and his friends. Most of the people in the village gathered here.
They said they would play until midnight, but it wasn't even time yet and most people had left, so they naturally followed suit.
When everyone gathered, they set off together.
Manbao saw three children who were already asleep in the crowd. In fact, they should call her aunt.
So he waved to them to put the children in the carriage. Bai Shan and Bai Erlang had long been envious of them walking together in a lively atmosphere. Man Bao waved to call for help, and they immediately jumped out of the carriage, saying with good reason: "Let them take the carriage, we will walk."
Daji glanced at the three children crammed into the car and said, "Master, they're not that heavy, they can sit."
"No, if you don't feel sorry for the horses, I do. You drive the carriage in front, and we follow behind with the lanterns."
Bai Erlang had already brought his favorite lantern and distributed the other lanterns on the cart to the villagers. He said excitedly, "Yes, yes, we can walk back by ourselves. The horses are tired."
Daji: ...
Daji could only drive the cart in front, and the three of them walked with Datou and the others holding lanterns, excitedly talking about the exciting things they saw tonight and the things they bought and played with.
Daji didn't drive the carriage fast, but stayed not far ahead of them. He listened to the lively conversation coming from behind, lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.
After walking halfway, the three of them were finally too tired to walk anymore, so they ran to catch up with the car and climbed in and sat down obediently.
The younger ones, Situo and Sanya, were also carried into the car.
Sitting in the shaking car, several people couldn't help yawning and their eyelids became heavy.
Daji didn't dare let them all fall asleep, so he said, "Master, now is the time when the cold is at its worst. How about you sing to dispel the cold?"
Bai Shan asked with misty eyes: "Singing can also dispel cold?"
He looked at Manbao, who yawned and nodded, "In theory, it's possible."
Bai Shan asked lazily, "What song should we sing? 'No Clothes'?"
Sanya asked, "What song is Wu Yi?"
"Haven't you learned the poems in the Book of Songs yet?" Manbao asked.
San Ya shook her head, "I'm still learning the Thousand Character Classic."
Bai Erlang was disgusted, "How slow."
Manbao looked at him and said, "You've been studying for two years, and you're still criticizing others. Aren't you ashamed?"
Bai Erlang was unhappy because she had exposed his secrets, so he pulled Si Tou and said, "Let's go and sing Wu Yi."
Then their howling could be heard on the road, mainly Bai Erlang's, "I will share my robe with you even if I have no clothes..."
Little Qian, who was walking and talking behind them, was startled. After listening for a while, she realized that they seemed to be singing. She said, "What are they singing? It's really scary at this time of night."
Manbao and Baishan also sang along. After singing Wuyi, they sang Jianjia, then Zhongnan and Chenfeng. In short, they sang Qinfeng all over again, and then they returned to the village.
The parents of the three children caught up from behind, took their sleeping sons out of the car, and left after thanking Bai Shan and others repeatedly.
Manbao also jumped off the carriage, waved goodbye to Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, and then went home happily.
Daji sent his young master and his cousin's young master home.
The people in the village had gone to bed early, so the people in the Bai family were naturally asleep as well. Bai Shan did not go to see his grandmother and mother. He went straight back to his room, asked the servants to get some hot water for him to wash up, and then went to bed.
Daji waited until his lamp went out before going to the main courtyard.
The old lady was old and would wake up at the slightest noise. At this time, the lights in her yard were on. Daji stood outside the yard for a while before Liu Momo led him in.
The old lady put on her clothes and sat on the couch drinking water. When she saw him come in, she asked, "What happened?"
Otherwise he wouldn't come here.
Daji knelt down and told County Magistrate Yang about how he was staring at Manbao's longevity lock in a daze.
The old lady was slightly startled and asked, "Is there something wrong with her longevity lock?"
"I don't know. I heard it was left to her by her parents."
The old lady frowned and thought for a moment, "It's a pity that the Zhou family never mentioned Zhou Yin's wife. We only know her last name and can't find out her background. Otherwise, we would know more."
"Where is County Magistrate Yang..."
The old lady smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry. County Magistrate Yang is young and arrived late. No one will mention Manbao's background. He won't be able to find out anything."
"Besides, even if they find out, there's no need to be too afraid," the old lady said. "Yang, no matter what, will never stand on the side of the King of Yizhou."
Daji breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, saluted, and retreated respectfully.
At this time, the people who were enjoying the lanterns in the city were finally sent away, a child trafficking criminal was arrested, and a large-scale fight caused by drunken talk was dealt with. County Magistrate Yang put down all the official documents and was finally able to take a break.
County Magistrate Yang leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. The servant who served him personally came in quietly, loosened his hair and pressed his head.
County Magistrate Yang felt his mind was no longer so stiff, and he remembered something. He waved his hand to let him step back and spread out a piece of rice paper.
The servant knew he was going to paint as soon as he saw him, and hurried to help him grind the ink.
Half an hour later, a longevity lock appeared on the paper. The servant looked at it and praised, "Master, your painting is really beautiful."
County Magistrate Yang smiled, put down his pen, and asked, "Does it look good?"
"What's so good about it?"
"This auspicious cloud pattern is ingeniously designed. It looks more like calligraphy to me, but not quite. Anyway, this cloud pattern is beautiful, but I'm afraid an ordinary silversmith wouldn't be able to make it. Young Master, do you want a longevity lock?"
"It's indeed a character. This auspicious cloud pattern is both auspicious clouds and a character, a character for longevity. Furthermore, the auspicious cloud patterns on both sides are in different fonts," County Magistrate Yang said. "I recognize this longevity lock. I remember when the fifth prince was born, his father looked through the family birthday invitations and drew this longevity cloud pattern on them."
Yang Heshu had always had a good memory. He remembered it clearly, mainly because he was right next to his father when he was painting it. So he wrote it down. "Silversmiths in the capital couldn't carve this longevity character and auspicious cloud pattern. I heard that they hired a famous silversmith outside the capital for a large sum of money to make it."
County Magistrate Yang pondered, "Even though the longevity and auspicious cloud patterns became popular later on, there weren't many silversmiths who could forge such a fine piece. I took a closer look, and the longevity locket she wears is almost identical to the Fifth Prince's. The Zhou family has been poor peasants for generations, and only in recent years have they found a better life. How did they manage to forge such a longevity locket twelve years ago?"
This requires not only money but also connections.
The servant said "Ah?" with a confused look on his face.
County Magistrate Yang glanced at him, and when the longevity lock on the paper dried up, he put it away and asked, "Do you think Zhou Man is not a child of the Zhou family?"
"Miss Man?" The servant frowned and thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, "No way. Miss Man and Zhou Silang look quite similar. Their eyes are like they were cast from the same mold. Besides the eyes, their noses are also somewhat similar, both are very tall and straight. If they are not biological children, could Zhou Silang also be adopted?"
This chapter adds some content to make it more reasonable. Readers who read it again please don't quarrel.
(End of this chapter)
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