In the courtyard, Shen Muping was sitting in the sun under the eaves of the porch at the door, holding a book in his hand and a cup of tea on the low table next to the chair.

Shen Muzhi stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching this scene, and for some reason, he suddenly didn't have the courage to step forward.

Uncle Lian, who came in with him, saw him suddenly stop, and was puzzled, raised his eyes to look at his face, and immediately understood. After hesitating for a moment, he quietly turned around and retreated.

As soon as he withdrew, he saw the green-clothed girl beside the eldest lady walking this way.

It seems that he also came to find Shen Muping.

Uncle Lian took a few steps forward, stopped the girl in green, and asked with a smile, "Is the girl in green going to find the eldest young master?"

The girl in green was a little strange when she saw Uncle Lian suddenly come forward to stop her, but she still replied truthfully: "Madame asked me to come over and ask the young master what he wants to eat at noon, so that the kitchen can be prepared in advance." ”

When Uncle Lian heard this, he said: "The eldest young master is seeing guests at this time, so don't disturb, so let's go back first, and when the guests leave, I'll go back to you after I ask the eldest young master." ”

When the girl in green heard this, her thin eyebrows frowned slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied because she couldn't see the eldest young master, and after glancing past Uncle Lian to the courtyard guarded by guards not far away, she muttered: "Then I'll wait here, anyway, Madame, there's nothing to do now, and it saves you the trouble of running Uncle Lian later." ”

"That's fine. Uncle Lian smiled.

After speaking, the two walked to the gate of the courtyard together and waited.

In the courtyard, Shen Muzhi was still standing in place, and Shen Muping in the sun under the eaves leaned back on the recliner, staring intently at the book in his hand, not noticing that anyone was looking at him at the moment.

He looked much thinner than before, and his face was not very good.

Finally, Shen Muzhi still moved.

He's coming......

didn't take two steps, Shen Muping under the eaves finally heard the movement, looked up, and saw Shen Muzhi with a mask, and after being stunned, he was immediately overjoyed.

The catastrophe does not die, and when brothers see each other, it is difficult to suppress their emotions.

Both of them had red eyes, looked at each other, had too many things to say, but they didn't know how to speak, and in the end there were only four words left: It's good to live.

It took a long time for the emotions of the two to calm down.

Shen Muping's gaze gently swept over the mask on Shen Muzhi's face, and a lot of bitterness surged up in his eyes, and he was instantly suppressed. He knew why Shen Muzhi came to see him with a mask, and what he wanted to avoid was nothing more than his mother, the eldest lady.

It's just that although he wants to make up for and fix this matter, he also understands that he can't do anything and can't do it. There are some things that cannot be revealed with an apology. Some wounds, even if the wound heals, there will still be a scar left there. If you don't touch it, you may not remember it. When you do, all the painful memories will come flooding back.

So, all he can do is 'pretend not to know' and wait for time for this to fade away. Maybe one day, Shen Muzhi will see it for himself, and he is willing to take off this mask and re-enter this home with his true appearance.

I just don't know if this day can wait for him in his lifetime.

When his thoughts came here, Shen Muping's heart suddenly surged with sadness, almost swallowing him whole, he quickly took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the sudden emotion.

"What's wrong?" Shen Muzhi saw that his expression was suddenly a little wrong, and asked.

Shen Muping shook his head, smiled and said that it was okay, and then changed the conversation and asked, "Where is Qingguo?"

When Shen Muyi heard the word Qingguo, although he couldn't see the change in his expression with a mask on his face, his body did stiffen obviously.

When Shen Muping saw it, he also chuckled in his heart.

She ...... OK. Shen Muzhi lowered his head to avoid Shen Muping's gaze and replied softly. It's just that the bitterness and grief in that voice are so clear, who can they deceive.

Shen Muping looked at him like this, where could he not understand the situation, and his heart was full of distress. I wanted to say something, but I opened my mouth a few times, but I didn't say a word. What should he say, and what can he say?

The two were silent again.

After a long time, the girl in green waiting outside the door was probably a little anxious, leaning out to look at the gate of the courtyard, wanting to see what was going on, and accidentally made a little movement. There was not much movement, but in the courtyard where only the sound of the two brothers breathing was left, it was like thunder, and it instantly pulled the minds of the two back to reality.

Shen Muzhi glanced towards the door, and happened to see the green-clothed girl who was probing her brain. I haven't seen her for months, and she still seems to be like that.

After a faint glance, Shen Muzhi withdrew his gaze, looked at Shen Muping, hesitated slightly, and said, "I still have something to do, go first, and then come back to see the eldest brother." ”

Shen Muping was reluctant to see him leave so soon, but he also knew that he felt uncomfortable staying in this house. After watching him get up in silence, he asked, "Where do you live now?"

Shen Muzhi didn't hide it: "I should still be in Jinming Pavilion these two days, if I change places, I will have someone to inform Uncle Lian." ”

"Good. Shen Muping looked at him and replied briefly.

Shen Muzhi glanced at him deeply, and in his dark eyes, there were obviously a thousand words hidden in them, but he didn't say a word. Then, turn around and walk out.

Shen Muping looked at his back, his heart was surging with emotion, and he was almost out of breath.

At the door, the girl in green was a little displeased because she was said by Uncle Lian just now, and she stood aside with her back with a calm face. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming, and quickly turned his head towards the gate of the courtyard. Soon, I saw Shen Muzhi wearing a mask walking out. After seeing the figure and sweeping her gaze to that face, some doubts flashed in the eyes of the girl in green, but these doubts were quickly left behind. She looked at Uncle Lian to the side and snorted, "Now I can go in, right?"

Uncle Lian nodded.

The girl in green hurriedly ran to the yard. Uncle Lian greeted Shen Muzhi who came out, suppressed his joy, and asked tentatively, "Stay and eat." ”

Shen Muzhi shook his head: "There's still something to do, don't eat, come back to see you and your eldest brother." ”

When Uncle Lian heard this, he glanced at him, full of regret, but he didn't persuade him, bowed down, and said, "That old slave will send you out." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded silently.

The two walked side by side to the front yard.

Uncle Lian actually had a lot of questions in his heart that he wanted to ask, but every time, when the words came to his lips, when he turned his head and saw Shen Muzhi's masked face, he couldn't say those words.

Uncle Lian sent him all the way out, until Shen Muzhi repeatedly stopped him and told him not to send it anymore, then he reluctantly stopped, watching Shen Muzhi go away and disappear into the flow of people.

Eventually, he raised his hand to wipe his eyes and turned to walk back.

When she returned to Shen Muping's yard, the girl in green had already left. Uncle Lian walked in and found Shen Muping sitting in a recliner under the eaves of the porch, staring blankly at a certain place in the air, not knowing what he was thinking.

Uncle Lian's footsteps pulled back his mind that he didn't know where he had drifted, and his eyes moved, falling on Uncle Lian, and asked, "He's gone?"

Uncle Lian nodded.

"He has lived in Jinming Pavilion for the past two days, you go to his house to pack a few clothes for him and send them over, he shouldn't have much money on him, you prepare some and bring them together." In addition, Mu Zhi likes to eat Linglong Xuan's things, you say hello to Linglong Xuan, and let them prepare food every day and send it over on time. Also, didn't someone send a few sticks of ginseng before? Shen Muping said this, and after thinking about it, he added: "There are also Qi tonifying pills sent by Imperial Doctor Lin yesterday, and I have also taken them. ”

Even Uncle Yi nodded and wrote it down.

"You go and deliver it yourself. Don't let anyone know. Shen Muping said again.

"Good. "Uncle Lian should go down again.

Shen Muping fell silent, and his eyes looked at the place he was staring at just now.

Uncle Lian was very distressed when he looked at him like this. I want to persuade, but I don't know what to say. In just a few months, it was a good fake, but now he is dead, crippled, scattered, and the most important thing is that he was betrayed by his family, such a big blow, he is really worried that Shen Muping will not be able to hold on, especially when he looks like this. You don't know what he's thinking, it's calm, but it's empty, as if he's lost interest in everything, it's really panicking.

Today's Shen family can't stand any toss. Although Shen Muzhi is fine, looking at the way he looks today, it is destined that he will not come back to the Shen family. Therefore, if something happens to Shen Muping again, then the Shen family is estimated to be really gone.

Uncle Lian thought about this, and his heart was full of sorrow. How did this happen? What did the Shen family do wrong......

At this moment, Shen Muping's voice suddenly sounded faintly: "Where is my father?" He still looked at the place with a somewhat vacant gaze.

Uncle Lian hurriedly collected his thoughts and replied, "I have already crossed the Su River." If it goes well, you can arrive the morning after tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Prepare everything you need to prepare. Shen Muping said, his fixed eyes moved slightly, and the original emptiness was suddenly filled with many emotions.

He looked down at the book on his body and asked, "Did they admit it?"

When Uncle Lian heard this, he quietly glanced at Shen Muping, and after seeing that his expression was quite calm, he replied thoughtfully: "The mouth is loose, but the confessions of the two people are slightly different." According to some clues that the old slave found before, if you compare them, the person who contacted the second prince at the beginning was probably not the second young master, but the second lady. ”

Shen Muping frowned, and glanced at Uncle Lian in surprise, a little incredulous. The second lady has never had much sense of presence in the house. She has always spoken very little, has always stood behind the eldest lady, kept her duty, did not fight or grab, and never had any transgressions. Such a person actually joined forces with the second prince to plan such a big conspiracy?

He originally thought that it should be Shen Muye who led the conspiracy, and the second lady was just helping his son. Unexpectedly, the truth turned out to be the other way around.

After a moment, Shen Muping suppressed the shock in his heart, and after muttering for a while, he asked Uncle Lian: "Then how much did Shen Muye participate in the whole thing?"

"The second young master should have really participated from the night when the third young master was locked up by the eldest lady. However, when he knew about the second lady and the second prince joining forces, he has not yet figured it out. Uncle Lian replied.

The night Makiyuki was locked up by his mother?

As soon as Shen Muping heard this, his heart ached. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and suppressed the emotions surging in his heart before asking Uncle Lian again, "That means that he did the blame for the third brother?"

Uncle Lian hesitated this time.

Shen Muping turned his head and saw the hesitation on his face, and suddenly there was more dissatisfaction between his eyebrows, his voice sank, and he asked, "Is there any problem?"

"The second young master's skills are indeed not as simple as he usually shows. The few people in the house that night should have been his hands. But ......" Uncle Lian said this, suddenly hesitating.

"But what?" Shen Muping became more and more dissatisfied, and his voice couldn't help but rise a little.

Uncle Lian glanced at him, and his voice couldn't help but be a little lower: "That night, the carriage that the second young master arranged to take the third young master out of the city was the carriage that helped the Li family inn deliver goods, and the coachman should have been a long-term worker hired by their Li family inn. But that person was temporarily replaced by the second lady. The second young master didn't seem to know about this. Speaking of this, he glanced at Shen Muping again, and after seeing that his expression was quite calm, he continued: "Therefore, although the second young master may want to create the illusion that the third young master is afraid of crime and abscond, he should not intend to take the third young master's life. But the second lady secretly changed people, and wanted to kill the third young master to make sure that nothing went wrong. ”

After listening to this, Shen Muping was silent for a while before he asked again: "Why didn't Shen Muye interfere before, but suddenly intervened that night?"

After thinking about it, Uncle Lian replied, "Probably there is no way out." What the second lady did, even if he didn't do anything, in the end, if it happened, he would always be unavoidable. As he spoke, he paused again, and after a cautious glance at Shen Muping, he continued: "It's also possible, he was worried that if he let the second lady do it, the third young master might not survive, so he intervened that night." ”

Shen Muping pursed his lips, expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

Uncle Lian looked at him and asked hesitantly, "Does the third young master know about this matter?"

Shen Muping shook his head: "Don't be in a hurry to tell him first." After speaking, he looked at Uncle Lian again and ordered: "Those two people are in prison, don't let them die." ”

"The old slave will tell the people over there to watch a little closer. Uncle Lian nodded in response.

"Hmm. After Shen Muping hummed a note from his throat, he stopped talking, closed his eyes, leaned back in the recliner, didn't know what to think, but his expression began to become a little gloomy.

Uncle Lian looked at him and knew that everything he had to say was finished, so he quietly retreated.