Chapter 54: The Enemy in the Shadows
"Look, how cute this kite is, a mermaid with long hair and soft hair is sitting on a colorful stone with a little boy in her arms, smiling so happily! The one who paints this kite must be a super caring person!" Luo Ying's slender fingers couldn't put it down, touching the wet kite that had just been picked up, and her blistered white feet kept naughtily swaying the light green waves on the river shoreline.
Xiaopang held the reins, and when he saw Luo Ying, who was holding a kite and smiling like a child, he scratched his ears and said embarrassedly: "It turns out that you are picking up kites, I just thought you were going to jump into the river?"
"Your brain is too big, right! I live so chicly, why do I want to look for a short meeting?" Luo Ying heard Xiaopang say such a thing, and she was simply not laughed to death.
"It's that I'm thinking too much, hehe! That, Luoying, there's something I haven't told you yet!" Chubby's expression suddenly became serious.
"What's the matter?"
"That day, when you were about to walk out of the cell, I knocked you unconscious, you know?"
"Of course I do!"
Chubby looked at Luo Ying with a surprised face, his eyes full of question marks. He lowered his head and thought about it, yes, Ah Bao must have already told her! However, even so, he still minded very much in his heart, what he did that day was too reckless! Because he overheard the conversation between his brother and the county official, Xiao Pang learned that the county magistrate had already told Li Zongming, if Luoying's whereabouts were really mastered by Lord Li, there would definitely be a problem for her to continue to live outside! Xiaopang, who was in a hurry and had low emotional intelligence and limited ability, decided to simply knock Luo Ying unconscious and lock her up as a key prisoner, anyway, he would not be executed for a while, as long as Ah Bao came back, he would definitely be able to find a way to rescue her!
In the past few months, he has been looking for a chance to explain to Luo Ying, but when he thinks of Luo Ying's helpless and depressed appearance, Xiao Fat feels guilty and uneasy, and almost dares to show up. Today, he found that Luo Ying's attitude towards him was quite good, so he pondered that it was an opportunity to explain to her, so he asked, "Then, do you blame me?"
"No wonder, Po said, the enemy has been watching me in secret, I'm safer in my cell than outside, and you've been taking care of me in the dark all the time when I'm in the cell, right?"
Chubby looked at Luo Ying with a puzzled and acquiescing gaze, as if asking how do you know?
Luo Ying curled the corners of her mouth confidently and said, "If it weren't for your care, how could I have lived in it for three months with such a weak physique?"
Chubby smiled back approvingly, Luo Ying is really Luo Ying, and he is still so smart, but what touches him even more is his friend's trust in him!
"By the way, didn't you say that Po asked you to come to me, what's the matter?"
"Of course there is something, and it is a very important matter, he asked me to ask, did you receive the ring?"
"Is this an important thing?" Luo Ying continued to wade through the water nonchalantly, looking very boring. "Didn't he say he accepted it, why did he give it back to me?"
Chubby noticed that although Luo Ying looked indifferent, he still couldn't hide his upright little ears that were ready to listen.
He earnestly explained: "The reason why the ring was returned to you was because he felt that he still owed you a full wedding. You know, Po is a traditional person, he won't be perfunctory about a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, and he doesn't want to owe you a happy life!"
The wind by the river is still very strong, and the eyes of the people who blow the ground are dry. Xiao Pang paused, raised his voice and continued: "He also said that in the myths and stories of Western countries, only the rings between lovers are exchanged with each other, which means that they have entrusted each other with sincerity!"
Luo Ying raised her head and looked at the flock of white birds flying in front of her, and in her mind, she didn't speak, for a long, long time, before she nodded her head like a dragonfly.
Xiaopang also followed her gaze closely, and there, the bird had already crossed the sky, and he said in a daze: "So, you have to wait for him, no matter what, you have to wait for him, Ah Bao will definitely not break his word!"
"Is this really what he said? Why didn't he say it himself when he wrote to me?" Luo Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly, she really didn't know which of this man's words was true and which was false.
"How is it possible to write to you?"
"Why is it impossible, black and white, the words are conclusive, do you still doubt my ability to read handwriting?"
As if he had sniffed some unspeakable information, Chubby asked again with confirmation, "Did he really write to you?"
"Well," Luo Ying nodded, and then explained in disappointment, "However, the letter paper was torn by me, otherwise you will definitely be angry if you see it!"
“......... Did he say anything excessive?"
"It's not just excessive, that's not what people say!" Luo Ying was angry when she thought of the letter.
Chubby frowned, and after a long time, he looked at the beach and said to himself, "I understand!
"What are you talking about?" Luo Ying stretched out his hand to shake his gaze, thinking that the kid's brain was in water.
Xiaopang seemed to be interested, and he didn't answer and asked: "Luoying, did you find anything wrong with that letter?
"Something is wrong? Luo Ying muttered softly, and began to search for a series of details related to the letter in her mind: first, Huang Tong paper is what I have always liked to use, and few people know about it; second, the handwriting is definitely Ah Bao's handwriting, even if it is not, it is not easy to imitate it so much! However, thinking of the content of the letter, Luo Ying hesitated, and she turned to scrutinize and said: " It's just that I have always had an intuition, that kind of thing is not like Po will say, he won't say things like that that make me forget him, Po has always done his best, especially what he likes, even if he loses in the end, he never admits defeat!"
Hearing this, Xiaopang's eyes were very attentive, as if he had understood the book of heaven. He said mysteriously: "Luoying, I have always had an inference that someone wants to secretly plot to draw a galaxy between you and Bao!"
After some discussion and guidance, Luo Ying found that the more she thought about it, the more clues she had, and when she returned to her master's house that day, she deeply suspected that someone around her was following them, but she couldn't think of a reasonable motive, and she never dared to conclude. Now, after sorting out these clues clearly, she can finally figure it out, even if Po doesn't leave that morning, that person will still find an opportunity to attack when they are separated. After all, Ah Bao has already explained the reason to the emperor, since the emperor is willing to agree, he naturally has confidence in his heart, there are so many generals in the court, and only one King Pan rebelled, do you still need to recruit him back?
To sum up, Luo Ying concluded that this person who was secretly manipulating not only hated himself, but was also a little afraid of himself, and it was because he was afraid of revealing his identity that he never dared to speak out.
She pulled up the wind-blown hair in her ears and said with a woman's intuition, "I think there is only one person who can do this!"
"Who did you guess?"
"Po's father. ”
When the sun rose in mid-air, the intense rays of light had already evaporated the gray-white cumulonimbus clouds. The two had already crossed the river beach and walked to the intersection of going home, Ah Bao looked at the road covered with stones, and asked Luoying: "You are still barefoot, you can't walk on this kind of road, let's get on the horse!"
Luoying placed her shoes in a brown cloth bag at the bottom of the saddle and expertly stepped on the horse's back.
Along the way, Chubby kept telling Luo Ying to pay attention to safety, if the enemy's goal is not achieved, he will definitely take action next, in other words, it will be better to achieve the goal, because then Luo Ying will not be in danger of life at least.
"Little fatty, you say, where will my father and my third brother be? I sometimes really wonder, are they no longer in this world?"
"No, don't think about it, didn't you see your brother in the cell last time?"
"But what about my father? I haven't seen him in almost half a year. ”
"Don't worry, although Li Zongming has some rights in his hands, but your father and third brother are guilty of murdering the emperor, since this is the case, then the emperor Lao Zhu must hate it so much that he must deal with it himself, so he doesn't dare to meddle in this case easily!"
"Hey, which side are you on! My father didn't murder the emperor, okay!" Luo Ying was indignant, her cheeks bulged angrily, and her legs on the horse's back were straight.
"This, I'm just talking about things, for example, of course I'm on your side, and I won't get any benefit from standing on the emperor's side!"
"Even if you're on my side, I won't do you any good!" Luo Ying raised her chin, looking really angry.
Xiaopang didn't take it to heart, he laughed and said: "It's up to you, you are my iron buddy, anyway, they are all family, he is willing to give me benefits!"
Xiao Fat said, and the amplitude of the whip under his arm increased again, and the outline of the capital gradually became clear in front of him.