Ji Yong is the gentleman of Yudong Academy, a protégé of Meng Ruitu, and a proud protégé.

In the past, when Meng Ruitu served as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Ji Yong once submitted a scroll to him. Although Ji Yong did not enter the official career later, he still respected Meng Ruitu as a teacher.

As far as Zheng Heng knows, Ji Yong has great respect for Meng Ruitu, and the Four Seasons Ritual has never been left behind. And Meng Ruitu has a very high opinion of Ji Yong and takes care of him. At that time, Zheng Heng was still in Cining Palace, and he once heard Meng Ruitu comment on Ji Yong: "The chest is straight, round and thoughtful, and it can be of great use." ”

Meng Ruitu has never liked to praise or disparage characters, and in Zheng Heng's memory, this is the second and last person he evaluated.

Therefore, in the eighth year of Zhiyou, Zheng Heng wanted to summon Ji Yong to the palace to give a lecture to the emperor. It was only because she was too young and famous, and out of various considerations, her ideas were not put into action.

After that, she gradually became ill and weakened, and when she arrived at Bintian, she had never seen Ji Yong, who was already famous in Hedong at that time.

Now, what happened to such a "straightforward, round, and thoughtful" Ji Yong?

Zheng Shi continued: "One night, Mr. Ji suddenly came to me and said that he could no longer protect me, and asked me to find a way to protect myself. After that, Mr. Ji never appeared again, I ...... That's how I am. ”

Zheng Heng's gaze fell on the bruise on Zheng Shi's face, and he knew in his heart: So this kid's injury came from like this?

In the huge Yudong School Palace, among nearly a thousand students, how can a helpless eight-year-old child protect himself?

Indeed, as he said, this is fine. - Although his face was bruised and his ankle was injured, he was still alive and he saved himself.

Zhang put down Zheng Shi's trouser leg and asked the next moment, "When did this happen? Why didn't you write to your grandmother early in the morning?"

When Zheng Heng heard this, he couldn't help but look at Zhang. I saw that his face was stable and his eyes were calm, and he no longer saw the anxiety and panic just now. -- Zhang, a stable person.

Zheng Shiqing's eyes darkened, and he said, "This was three months ago, and I wrote to my grandmother at that time. The steward of the school palace has already sent the letter to the Hou Mansion, but I have not received a reply from my grandmother, so I know that something is wrong. ”

Zhang's face changed: "In the past three months, my grandmother has never received a letter from Yudong Academy! Sister Heng is in the same Buddhist hall, and she has never received a letter. ”

Zheng Heng nodded. When Zheng Shi said the letter, she was thinking that she had received a letter from Yudong Academy, but the result was no, sure no.

Zheng Shi's letter was either not sent out by the school palace steward, or was intercepted in the Yongning Marquis Mansion.

Either way, it's not good.

Zhang gritted his teeth and said without hesitation: "It must be him! Even if the Xie family is in charge of the Hou Mansion, he will not dare to intercept my letters, it must be ...... It must have been what he commanded!"

Zhang's performance was like this, and Zheng Shi's reaction became even more intense. He stood up suddenly, but the injury to his ankle was so painful that his face was distorted, and his eyes were even more terrifying.

Yes, ignoring the bruises on his face, this is a well-behaved and gentle jade-like young man, whose eyes are full of viciousness at the moment.

The viciousness that does not match the age, but it is so real and deep, like a real form, it spreads out outside the west gate of the school palace.

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Heng stretched out his hand, patted Zheng Shi's shoulder, and called in a low voice: "Brother Shi'er, it's okay, it's okay......"

Zheng Shi's appearance coincides with Zheng Heng's long-term memory of the Empress Dowager Zheng. is also a young boy, and there is also deep hatred, which also comes from the family and relatives, and is equally unspeakable.

It's just that the boy in that memory is dead, and the boy in front of him is still alive.

The child is innocent, but he has no choice in the world, so he can only accept it. Yes, Zheng Heng still reached out to touch the young boy and gave comfort wordlessly.

When Zhang saw the movements of the two sisters and brothers, his heart couldn't help but feel sour, and his eyes were sad and guilty. The two siblings have today's hardship, in the final analysis, because she was too energetic when she was young, and she did not bow her head until she died in middle age. Otherwise...... Otherwise......

Zheng Heng felt the guilt on Zhang's body that was so heavy that he couldn't ignore it. At the moment, guilt was meaningless, so she changed the topic and asked, "Brother Shi, the letter you sent to the Hou Mansion directly said that Mr. Ji had an accident? Why are you so sure that Mr. Ji has an accident?"

From the words of Zhang and Zheng Shi, it can be known that Ji Yong was entrusted by Zhang to take care of Zheng Shi, and Zhang's blurted out the sentence "How can he be worthy of me" shows that the two have a great friendship. But after three months, the Zhang family didn't know that Ji Yong had left the academy, and there were only two possibilities.

The first is that Ji Yong is fine and nothing happened, and the second is that Ji Yong really had an accident, and the accident was too urgent and sudden, and he didn't have time to notify Zhang.

Zheng Heng could already think that it was the latter, and specially asked Zheng Shi, just to know more details.

Zheng Shi still had resentment in his eyes, and his voice lowered unconsciously: "I kept an eye on it at the time, and I didn't say anything about Mr. Ji in the letter, but asked my grandmother to send a few peanuts and silver naked children to the school palace, but I never received a reply." Mr. Ji must have had an accident, my feeling can't be wrong!"

He tried to recall the situation at the time, and said slowly: "The school palace said to the outside world that Mr. Ji went out to travel, but that night Mr. Ji's expression was hurried and his tone was disordered, as if he had encountered something urgent. The more I thought about it, the more worried I became, and secretly went to Mr. Ji's residence early the next morning, but it was empty. I only found this ...... in the grass in the bamboo forest at the back."

As he spoke, he took out an object from his arms and handed it to Zhang: "This is the ......"

This is half a bamboo flute, about half an inch long, it looks like it was broken in a hurry, the notch is uneven, and there are some dull red marks on the flute.

Zheng Heng could see at a glance that these red marks were blood stains that had dried up.

Zhang Shi took the half of the bamboo flute, frowned, and tried to identify: "This is ...... Ji Yong's bamboo flute?"

Hearing this, Zheng Heng felt quite strange. Ji Yong has a close friendship with Zhang, how could Zhang not recognize Ji Yong's bamboo flute?

Wait, something seems wrong......

She remembered!

Ji Yong, who has been unique in history, is an out-and-out sound illiterate, and once made a joke about "Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu lacks five tones", a person who doesn't know anything about music, how can he have a bamboo flute?

But Zheng Shi's determination and Zhang's hesitation, what is the explanation?

Before Zheng Heng could think more, he heard someone erupt in a sad whimper, and then saw a figure rushing out of the ginkgo forest.

rushed straight towards Zheng Heng and his party.

The Zhang clan immediately blocked in front of Zheng Heng's sister and brother, and his loving expression suddenly became cold, and he shouted, "Who is it?!"

With Zhang's shouting, the figure paused, but the next moment it was faster, and it was accompanied by a panicked cry: "Bamboo flute...... Show me! Show me! This is Ji Yong's bamboo flute......"

Hearing these words, Zhang and Zheng Heng were stunned. This person came for the bamboo flute in Zhang's hand. Obviously, the person who came recognized this bamboo flute and knew the relationship between this bamboo flute and Ji Yong.

It can be seen that this person not only knows Ji Yong, but is also very familiar with Ji Yong!

Just when Zhang was stunned, the person had already stopped his figure, and said nervously and pleadingly: "Old lady, bamboo flute...... Please let me see ......"

A ragged woman...... No, more precisely, a girl, an older girl. -- That slender figure and narrow waist and hips could not have belonged to a woman.

Although the girl's clothes were tattered, her face was very clean, and it was obvious that she had carefully wiped it.

At this moment, the girl had tears in her eyes, and she was looking at Zhang's hand for a moment. - The bamboo flute!

At this time, Zheng Heng turned sideways slightly, wanting to see who was coming. When she saw the girl's face clearly, she was shocked, but her face did not change in the slightest.

This girl, she's seen it!

(Extra: Attached to the small theater of the ticket, thanks to the brain hole of the little fat meow, hehe.) ）

In the spring of three years ago, the Queen Mother placed many recommendation votes from the little masters.

Right now...... Harvest season has arrived.

Heng: Hey, hey, hey! (Eyes sparkle at the recommendation votes in everyone's hands)