My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chapter 191 Before the Dragon Boat Festival

On the last day of class in April, as soon as he heard the bell ringing in the Imperial College, Chang An went straight forward to hand in his test paper, and then left the Imperial College with Huaiqin.

When they got back to the middle of the road, the coachman stopped the carriage again and said to Chang An in the carriage, "My Lord, there is a carriage on the opposite side."

"let."

So, just like the previous two days, the driver found an empty space and made way for the oncoming carriage to pass.

Chang An raised the curtain of the carriage as usual, and the carriage on the opposite side approached and stopped next to his carriage. The other side also lifted the curtain at this time, revealing his face - Qi Wang Li Fan.

"Marquis Dingkang, how are you?" Li Fan said.

"Greetings, King Qi." Chang An nodded in response, "King Qi, do you have something to ask me today?"

Li Fan glanced at the scene outside the window at this time, and then whispered: "Zhang Jiazhen's hands and feet are not clean, so I will deal with it for you."

Chang An was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and asked, "Did he arrange for someone to come?"

Li Fan nodded and said, "He came to Beijing two days ago. On the day he arrived, he arranged for someone to wait near your home."

Chang An was no longer calm at this time, and asked back: "Doesn't that mean...King Qi, you are also in my house..."

"Zhou Qi and Zhou Qi, but now it seems that they have the same surname as Marquis Dingkang?" Li Fan said with a smile.

Chang An's eyebrows began to twitch, and he immediately regretted it. Chang Qi and Chang Qi, the two sisters, are now accompanying him every day. He didn't think much about it at the time. How could there be no one who would buy these two girls who are beautiful, young and skilled? Besides, the price is so cheap.

You know, how could such a young maid who also has a craft be sold for only thirty or forty taels!

"Don't worry, Marquis Dingkang, these two are specially used to protect Madam Gu and take care of her anytime and anywhere. If there is nothing to do on weekdays, they will only do some work such as embroidering clothes." King Qi explained with a smile, "They will not obey anyone's orders, they are only responsible for protecting Madam Gu, they will not do anything else."

Chang An heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then asked: "Could it be that the person sent by Zhang Jiazhen is..."

King Qi nodded and said, "It's these two."

Well, although there are only two more people who are not from my family, but it can protect Gu Li, so it can be considered a good thing. So, Chang An nodded and asked, "But how did King Qi know that we want to buy a servant? How did he know that he wanted to buy an embroiderer?"

"There is only one servant-selling business in the entire East Market, and I have placed many people there, all of whom are fake slaves who will only sell to you," Li Fan explained.

"I have also told the people in the pawnbroker that as long as you come to buy a servant, the one who appears in your eyes will only be my man."

At this point, Chang An felt a little amused and asked, "But how did King Qi know that I wanted to buy a servant?"

"I don't know." King Qi shook his head and smiled, "But I know that you must have bought servants for some reason, so there are all kinds of servants among them."

Okay, okay, this is a detailed calculation. In fact, buying Chang Qi and Chang Qi is actually a good thing. At least no one will monitor me in the future - whether out of good intentions or bad intentions.

"What about Zhang Jiazhen?" Chang An simply changed the subject and asked.

"Although Zhang Jiazhen is talented, he is arrogant, stubborn, and jealous," Li Fan said. "I heard that Zhang Jiazhen went to the palace to see the emperor that day, and he probably heard about your story."

Chang An raised his eyebrows, and then Li Fan said, "You are so young and have been conferred a title of nobility. For Zhang Jiazhen, who wasted most of his life to get the position of prime minister, you are the object of his greatest envy."

"So, Marquis Dingkang, you must be very careful. You never know what this person might do to you."

At this point, Chang An finally understood and said, "Thank you, King Qi, for reminding me."

After that, Li Fan's carriage left directly. At this time, Chang Yonghe asked the driver to continue to go home.

When Chang An returned to the front door of his house, he saw Gu Li's joy that was about to overflow into the ocean.

"Chang Lang!"

Gu Li threw herself into Chang An's arms and rubbed him with joy. Chang An touched her head lovingly and asked, "What's wrong, Gu Niang? Why are you so happy?"

"I can knit clothes now, and Chang Qi and Chang Qi also said that I knit well." Gu Li said excitedly.

"Really? Then how about taking Chang Lang to have a look?" Chang An said with a smile.

"Yeah!" Gu Li then pulled Chang An and returned to the pavilion in the yard.

At this time, Chang An watched Gu Li pick up the clothes on the table, and then watched him hold the clothes in front of him as if he were presenting a treasure, just like a child showing off his new toy.

"Chang Lang, take a look. Doesn't it look good?" Gu Li said excitedly.

Chang An took the children's clothing. The seams on it were very neat and strong. Except for the fact that there was no pattern sewn on it, it was a pretty good piece of clothing.

Chang An returned the clothes to Gu Li and praised: "Mrs. Gu has a skillful hand."

Gu Li put away his clothes with a smile, and then heard Chang An ask: "By the way, where are Chang Qi and Chang Qi?"

"They went back to rest. What's the matter, Chang Lang? Do you have anything to tell them?" Gu Li answered, still sounding a little confused.

Chang An said, "It's okay. I won't look for them. Gu Niang, you can tell them to raise their monthly salary to 30-40 taels."

Gu Li tilted his head. Although he didn't know why, he was still willing to do it. He nodded and said, "I'll tell them."

"Chang Lang, go put away the bookcase. I'll clean up and we can have lunch."

"Okay." Chang An kissed Gu Li on the lips and went to put the bookcase away. He stretched in the study and then returned to the yard.

When she came out, Gu Li had already packed the basket and was about to put the things in the house. Chang An naturally followed her back to the house. After Gu Li felt that Chang An was following her, she asked:

"Chang Lang, should we go to the West Market this afternoon?"

"Going to the West Market? Are you going to buy anything?"

After Gu Li put his things away, he felt a pair of hands holding his waist, and then he sat in the arms of the owner of those hands.

"Buy some ingredients for making zongzi." Gu Li replied, "The fifth day of next month is the Dragon Boat Festival, so we naturally have to make some preparations."

Dragon Boat Festival? Chang An thought about it. Perhaps because he was a modern person and had not experienced the ancient Dragon Boat Festival, his memory of the Dragon Boat Festival only stayed on the holiday and eating rice dumplings. Even watching dragon boats was something he saw on TV, not to mention ancient activities such as carrying sachets.

"Sure." Chang An nodded, "Mrs. Gu, please bring more money with you and buy everything you need. Then tomorrow, we will make preparations at home."

"Ah."

After finishing lunch quickly, Gu Li and Chang An waited in the room for the medicine to be delivered while preparing to go out shopping. Gu Li, in particular, held his purse in his hand and pointed at the silver inside with his fingers from time to time, as if he was afraid that it was not enough.

Chang An had to come over and remind her, "Mrs. Gu, you don't have to do this. I also bring money with me when I go out."

Gu Li then stopped taking the silver and waited for Zhen'er to bring the medicine. She drank the medicine quickly and followed Chang An out the door.

Huaiqin and Zhen'er were also ready to go out at this time, and then they got on the carriage in order.

After Chang An told the destination, the driver rode off. After leaving Anrenfang, Chang An even opened the curtain of the car window and looked at the eaves outside. But after seeing this, he began to laugh at his own naivety in his heart——

This isn't a martial arts drama, where would someone be able to climb walls and follow you to protect you...

But just as he was about to lower the curtain, his sensitive hearing immediately caught some very subtle sounds of tiles breaking. Looking in the direction of the sound, a white figure suddenly disappeared to the other side of the roof. Without thinking, he knew it must be one of Chang Qi or Chang Qi.

He immediately felt a headache. As expected, art comes from life...

Noticing that something was wrong with Chang An, Gu Li pulled at the corner of his clothes and called out softly twice:

"Chang Lang? Chang Lang?"

"uh-huh?"

Chang An lowered the curtain and responded.

"What is Chang Lang looking at?" asked Gu Li.

Chang An naturally couldn't say that it was the two new embroiderers from his family, so he changed his story and said, "There was a big white bird that just landed on someone's roof."

But Gu Li frowned and asked in confusion: "Bird? What's so good about it?"

"I watched the bird flip to the other side of the house. I was just curious, so I took a few more glances at it," said Chang An.

While talking in the carriage, Chang Qi's head popped out from behind the eaves that Chang An had just looked at, holding a person whose life or death was unknown. After seeing the carriage go away, he looked at the person in his hand, let out a long sigh, and muttered:

"Zhang Jiazhen's people are really troublesome..."

She retreated back behind the eaves, and pinched the back of the man's neck with one hand, and with a clever move, she killed him. Then she threw the body into a small alley, and after making sure that the person who was supposed to pick it up had taken it away, she followed in the direction of the West Market.

"Don't lose me, or my sister will scold me..."