Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 147 The Damn Thief

Fortunately, the thieves were smart enough to know that stealing the house deeds and land deeds would be useless, so they kept them. But those damned ones! They actually took away the household registration and travel permits of the three members of the Xue family!

Aunt Xue never thought that Daiyu did all these things alone, just to make that person who liked to wander around stay in the Jia Mansion obediently.

"Where did you get these clothes?" Aunt Xue sat on the bed, feeling a chill down her spine when she thought of a thief breaking into the house last night.

The maid whispered, "I borrowed this from the sister in the opposite yard. Fortunately, we found it early and didn't meet any men when we went out."

Aunt Xue closed her eyes, thinking that her son had already moved to the front yard, and the men in the inner yard were only those masters. At this time, they were all still in their own yards, so naturally they would not run into each other.

She sighed and said to the maid, "Go and report this to my sister and ask her to send someone over. Ask her to borrow a few sets of clothes for me, and then go and find out if other courtyards have been robbed. Especially the Lixiang Courtyard, which is at the very edge of the Jia Mansion. Logically, it shouldn't have escaped."

But before she could get her clothes, she received the bad news that her shop had been robbed. She was really panicked and fainted.

Fortunately, Aunt Xue's maids Tongxi and Tonggui were capable of handling the situation on their own. One of them pinched Aunt Xue's nose, while the other hurried to find Mrs. Wang. The courtyard suddenly became lively.

After watching the excitement at Hengshudian, Daiyu and the other two went to several other shops. Perhaps because the excitement had passed, the doors of these shops were closed, and three or two idle people gathered in front of the doors, sitting and chatting.

They deliberately slowed down their pace, letting the horses move forward leisurely, and turned their ears towards the people, hoping to get some follow-up information from their chat.

"What a pity! If I had been here to watch over the place last night, maybe I could have had some soup with you."

"Haha, Li Ergou, what are you daydreaming about! There is a curfew at night, aren't you afraid of being thrown into jail?"

Li Ergou said embarrassedly: "This shop deserves it! Before, I wanted to bask in the sun at the door, but that snobbish clerk chased me away. Look at me now, I am still sitting at the door of his shop!"

The voices of several people were getting louder and louder, and they were certain that the store manager would not show up.

Indeed, those managers were now gathered in the back house of the Jia Mansion, and they were all shocked when they met each other.

Several people said in unison: "Why are you here too?"

Then he asked, "Did something happen to you too?"

They were all stunned, then gathered together to exchange information in a low voice.

Only then did they discover that their shop had been emptied last night, and even the private accounts they had hidden were not spared.

Finally they came to a shocking conclusion: Could it be that the master had offended some important person?

"That should be it." Manager Fan made the final decision. "Otherwise, who would have the ability to mobilize the manpower to empty out these shops on the same night? You know, there is a curfew in Shenjing City."

Several managers looked at each other and shut their mouths at the same time.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch at Hengshudian, Daiyu and the others rode their horses leisurely towards the escort agency.

"Brother Dai——"

"Brother Dai!"

At first, Daiyu didn't realize that someone was calling her. It wasn't until Zhai Yunxiao ran in front of her horse that she suddenly realized that the name "wombat" that she had mocked before was actually calling her.

Fortunately, the group was not moving very fast and Zhuiyun was always agile, otherwise he might have stepped on Zhai Yunxiao.

Daiyu jumped off her horse and bowed to Zhai Yunxiao, saying, "Master Zhai is even more elegant than before!"

"No, no!" Zhai Yunxiao returned the greetings repeatedly and bowed to Honglian and the other person. While speaking, his eyes would occasionally drift towards Honglian.

Lian Qingwen also noticed something was going on and gently touched Honglian's shoulder, which made Honglian stare at her.

"Why don't we find a snack shop and sit down and chat!" Daiyu looked around and found that this place was near Yingchun's snack shop.

"Okay!" Zhai Yunxiao agreed immediately, and Ah Meng behind him covered his face as usual.

Zhai Yunxiao didn't ride a horse, so Daiyu and the other two also led the horses and walked with them.

Daiyu noticed that Ah Meng winked at Zhai Yunxiao and looked anxious. She had some guesses in her mind and said, "Master Zhai, if you have something to do, it won't be too late for us to meet again another day."

Zhai Yunxiao secretly glared at Ah Meng, signaling him to calm down. He then explained to Daiyu: "It's okay, it's just a convoy trip to Chang'an. If Brother Dai wants any Chang'an specialties, I can bring them back with the escort car."

Daiyu smiled slightly, took out a silver ingot and handed it to Zhai Yunxiao: "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Zhai. You don't have to pick anything special, just buy some local specialties and I'll give them to my cousins ​​to broaden their horizons."

"This... Since we are partners, it's only natural for me to bring some souvenirs. How can I accept money from you?" Zhai Yunxiao waved his hands hurriedly.

Daiyu was very adamant and stuffed the silver into Zhai Yunxiao's pocket: "Master Zhai has come all the way here to bring it back for me. That's very thoughtful of you. How can I let you pay for it? If you don't accept it, I really won't bother you again in the future!"

Seeing this, Zhai Yunxiao had no choice but to hand the silver to Ah Meng beside him. In fact, this ingot of twenty taels of silver was too conspicuous in his arms.

Ah Meng secretly complained in his heart: This young master, it is inconvenient for him to take it himself, so he stuffs it on me! What a jerk!

When the five people arrived at Yingchun's snack shop, it was not yet time for dinner, but there were already several tables of customers sitting in the shop.

A waiter recognized Daiyu's outfit and was about to step forward to greet her, but unexpectedly Daiyu just shook her head slightly at him.

He immediately understood that there were outsiders present and it was inconvenient for Daiyu to reveal her identity.

With a big smile on his face, he asked enthusiastically, "Five guests, what would you like to eat? We have beef noodles, vegetarian noodles, plain noodles, and our own special meat sauce noodles and mixed sauce noodles. Paired with a big cup of hot milk tea, it's the most comfortable to eat in this weather!"

Listening to him recounting his details, Daiyu smelled the sweet smell of milk tea brewed in the kitchen and couldn't help feeling a little hungry.

"Give me a bowl of noodles with meat sauce and a cup of hot milk tea." Daiyu ordered and looked at the other four people, "What do you want to eat? I'm the host today, so don't be polite, just order!"

Zhai Yunxiao wanted to decline again, but Daiyu added, "Last time, Master Zhai invited me to a restaurant. Today, time is tight, so I can only treat you to a snack shop. This is already rude of me. Master Zhai, please don't be polite to me!"