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On that day, Ji Yao and Zhong Jialang met by chance in the snow, and the two did not meet alone for a few days, and three or five days later, Zhong Jialang said goodbye to his mother, sister and wife and took Mrs. Zhong's handwritten letter to Chang'an.

Counting nine cold days, deep snow and dangerous mountains, Mrs. Zhong sent away her eldest son with tears in her eyes and said that it was not easy for her two sons, and her own brother-in-law and sister-in-law comforted her on the side, saying that Zhong Jialangjun has a bright future, and what is wrong with sweating immediately in exchange for the second half of his life.

Mrs. Zhong nodded reluctantly, sat in front of the smoker and breathed a sigh of relief, her flower-like face was a little haggard, and there was a faint depression between her eyebrows.

Ji Yao looked coldly, I don't know if she was suspicious, she always felt that Mrs. Zhong's smile was reluctant, not just to hurt her eldest son and leave. After the Zhong family left, the maidservants went into Mrs. Zhong's main hall to dust and clean, picked out two broken jade cups and smashed the six-foot-high official kiln plum bottle in front of the window.

Que'er guessed that it must be that Da Langjun had just returned home and was busy and didn't know the severity, but Ji Yao felt that it was not, there was a private matter in the Zhong family that could not be known to outsiders, including Mrs. Liang and Xiao Liang.

The Zhong family is now in full swing, and Ji Yao laughed at herself for worrying about others and that heart. As soon as she was distracted, the topic in the house had changed from Zhong Jialang to Zhong Ying, and the praise of the house made Zhong Ying even more proud, shaking Mrs. Zhong's arm and saying that she wanted to go hunting outside the city.

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Zhong scolded lightly, but her eyes were full of smiles, and after a pause, she persuaded her daughter in a soft tone: "In previous years, Da Lang took your brothers and sisters, but this year, when others are not there, there is chaos outside, I don't worry about letting you go out on an adventure alone." ”

"A-Niang", Zhong Ying was tired of her mother, and a beaded flower on her head trembled slightly.

Mrs. Zhong shook her head and said no, Zhong Ying pursed her lips with tears in her eyes, and was about to say a lot of grievances to impress her mother to change her mind, and someone else in the house helped her speak.

"If Mrs. can rest assured, let the little nephew take Ah Ying to hunt, and when he comes back, the little nephew will have a few hunting experts around him, as well as dozens of strong and strong house slaves, and he will definitely protect Ah Ying unharmed. Xiao Shu smiled and spoke, he was wearing a dark purple cloud brocade round-necked shirt, and there was not a single miscellaneous hair on the collar, which was as handsome as the moon, more and more luxurious and arrogant, and there was an indescribable dignity that people had to pay attention to when sitting on the chair at will.

Zhong Yingxi smiled, waited for Mrs. Zhong to speak, and clasped her little fingers on her mother's palm in the hope that her wish would be granted.

Mrs. Zhong looked Xiao Shu up and down with scrutiny, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she turned her head to Ji Yao and asked, "Since Xiao Gongzi is willing to help protect each other, you sisters will also go with you, stuffy at home for a month, and go out to breathe." ”

"I'm not going. The second lady preemptively refused, she and Zhong Ying were very incompatible, and they didn't quarrel enough at home, so did they have to chase them into the field to quarrel? Besides, she couldn't fight, it was boring.

Ji Yao didn't have to think that Zhong Ying would definitely not like her to follow, so she also refused politely: "I feel a little stuffy, but I am afraid that I can't ride a horse because of my foot injury." ”

Zhong Ying rolled her eyes at Ji Yao, and snorted at her heart.

There are a total of four girls, and two of them are already looking for excuses and not going out, and Liang Hengli has to go if she doesn't want to go, although most of the time she has to go out with Zhong Ying, but who is inferior to others, the Liang family and the Ji family can't resist the Zhong family stretching out a little finger and having a face.

After the three of them said that they would go back to the house to change their riding clothes, Xiao Shu patted his chest again and patted his chest to ensure how the person took it out and brought it back as it was, and after getting Mrs. Zhong's nod and approval, he Shi Ran left.

"It's a rare good boy. Mrs. Liang glanced at Mrs. Zhong with words in her words.

Xiao Liang's speech was more straightforward, "I can be worthy of Ah Ying." ”

Mrs. Zhong smiled and said without saying a word, waving her hand and saying: "It's too early for Ah Ying to talk about marriage, I want to keep her for a few more years, what's the good of marrying early? ”

At this point, others knew how to change the direction of the wind and talk about something else, Ji Yao didn't see that she had anything to do, and wanted to say goodbye but was left by Mrs. Zhong to ask alone.

The rest of the room left only the two of them, Mrs. Zhong pointed to the seat next to her and asked Ji Yao to sit down, put away her smile and looked straight with her eyes: "You are a smart child, I don't beat around the bush, I just want to ask if you know that Song Shiyi Lang is still in the world before we leave the capital." I heard that he had been to the suburbs of Beijing before, imagine that the Song family is a huge family, and there is only one single seedling left in a population of several hundred, doesn't this single seedling want to see his only surviving cousin?"

Mrs. Zhong was not suspicious of Song Shiyilang, but suspected that when Han Qi stole the pearl and killed someone, Ji Yao might be in the mansion. I held it until I didn't ask in my heart, it was not time.

"I only have one cousin left, whether he is alive or dead, as long as he does not see the bones, I believe in my heart that he is living freely in the world. If you want to say that you have seen it, you have seen it countless times in your dreams, and it is all empty when you wake up. Ji Yao had a look of grief on her face, she really didn't need to hide the misery of hurting the Song family, not to mention that now that the Song family has overturned the case, she doesn't have to hide it, but she is also resolute, blood between relatives is thicker than water, and Mrs. Zhong also has a disciple and nephew, so she should be able to empathize.

Mrs. Zhong's expression did not ease, carefully observing the slightest change on Ji Yao's face, and I don't know how long it was, she smiled slightly, the corners of her eyes showed a charming demeanor, patted the back of Ji Yao's hand and said warmly: "You also know that the death of the green clothes scared Ah Ying, she had a pimple in her heart, and now she still has nightmares every night, and when she gets up in the morning, her clothes are all soaked, and seeking medical advice is not effective." It's about her heart, how can I not ask clearly?"

"Don't blame me for being too careful, it's okay to say that we're all better. Okay, no one should take care of this in the future, aunt believes you. Mrs. Zhong looked like a loving mother on the grounds of caring for her daughter.

She is a loving mother, but only the mother of three children born to her.

Ji Yao didn't dare to relax for a moment, and sighed: "Although I heard that the cousin of the Song family is fine, and he also sent letters, but I haven't seen his person, let alone know if he is fat or thin, I originally wanted to find an opportunity to ask the eldest cousin of the Zhong family, but I was afraid that the eldest cousin had a lot of affairs and was abrupt." Cousin he ......" She hesitated for a moment, and looked at Madame Zhong with a sincere face.

"He's fine", Mrs. Zhong only said three words and didn't want to say more, seeing that she closed her eyes and had the meaning of sending off guests, Ji Yao said goodbye, and as soon as she walked to the door, she heard the person behind her speak: "You and Ah Ying have been together for a long time, you might as well find a chance to get closer to her, it will be good for everyone." ”

Ji Yao looked back, Mrs. Zhong still closed her eyes and recuperated, she responded, and after she came out, she was puzzled, and she couldn't figure out what medicine was being sold in the family's gourd.

There was nowhere to inquire, Ji Yao didn't want to be used as a gunman in a daze, so she was bored in the room in the middle of the afternoon and extrapolated from the major events in the court to the relationship between the Zhong, Ji, and Liang families, as well as the Song family and the Wei family. The man who went out to hunt came back to report on the battle: two hares, half a fox's tail.

Ji Yao listened ridiculously and asked, "Why is it half a tail?"

Liang Hengli rubbed her frozen red face and sighed: "Originally, I shot the tail of the little fox, which happened to be nailed to the dead tree, and the beast had nowhere to run." But Ah Ying led someone to take the lead, and she ordered someone to cut off the half of the tail with the arrow, saying that she would take it back and raise it. ”

Ji Yao put ointment on Liang Hengli's face, and wondered: "Why does she bother, pull out the arrow, take it out and take it back after the medicine, the fox is still intact, missing half of the tail like what, and after three or five years of raising, there is one less piece of skin." ”

Liang Hengli looked at her and said, "In that case, she will accept a favor from me." It was freezing cold, and he only met a little fox when he went out for most of the day, and the son of the Xiao family only hunted a few hares and pheasants, and Ah Ying would never admit defeat. ”

Ji Yao stopped, a chill arose in her heart, she looked at Liang Hengli, presumably what Liang Hengli thought in her heart was almost the same as her.