Chapter 5: The night is as cool as water
After a long time, Pomegranate heard the girl call her in. When she entered the door, she was a little afraid to approach, but when she saw that the girl's eyes were red, she knew that she had just cried.
"They're gone. ”
Pomegranate nodded: "The slave knows." ”
"Come here. ”
Watching Pomegranate approach, Gu Xiangyi looked at her carefully, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to tell her the truth.
After all, I have already leaked my mouth, and if I don't tell it all, I will get into trouble. If Pomegranate is an unfaithful person, or does not want to serve Ning Chu's soul Gu Xiangyi's body, then she will definitely tell others what Jiang Yan and Gu Xiangyi said tonight, and if she is a loyal person, it is nothing for Gu Xiangyi to tell it all.
"Girl, you are really the Ning family.. "After trembling for a long time, Pomegranate still asked.
Gu Xiangyi smiled bitterly and said: "Indeed, I am from the Ning'an General's Mansion, my father is Ning Yuanjiang, the general of Ning'an, and my brother is Ning Shu. ”
"Then you are Ning Chu?"
"Not bad. ”
Pomegranate's eyes widened, looking left and right, this skin is obviously exactly the same as Gu Xiangyi, how can it be Ning Chu?
But when I think about it again, since the girl woke up, this heart has changed a lot. first lost her memory inexplicably, and then asked about the general's mansion, and dared to do it with the eldest lady's people in Huanxiangyuan, and change to the previous girl, where did she dare?
Guessing that Pomegranate must have a stomach of questions to ask now, Gu Xiangyi said directly: "Actually, I don't know why I woke up and became Gu Xiangyi, maybe God thinks that my death is wronged, the Ning family is not a rebellion, but a companion like a tiger, the father and brother who have made great achievements in war have provoked the competition between the courtiers and the prince, and the emperor is also very jealous of our Ning family, so he made up a trumped-up reason, and I washed our Ning family in blood on the night of my wedding, and I naturally can't live if I marry into the Yewang Mansion, do you understand?"
Pomegranate didn't know anything about the affairs of the court, but listening to her tearing open the wound that had not yet scabbed with a flat face, Pomegranate actually felt as if she understood, understood the difficulties of the Ning family, and even felt sorry and angry for the Ning family.
"The slave understands. ”
Gu Xiangyi said again: "I told you about this matter, of course, I want you to keep it secret, but I am not your real master, I will continue to use this identity, if you are not willing to serve me Ning Chu, then I can help you find a way to send you out of this tiger and wolf's den, but you have to promise not to mention this matter again in this life." ”
As if knowing what the girl was going to say next, Pomegranate pounced on her knees on the ground, kowtowed her head and said: "The slave and the maid don't leave the girl! The slave maid this life was picked up by Song Niangzi, no matter who you are at the moment, the slave and the maid will not leave you, in this deep house compound, many people say that they are staring at He Yinju, girl, you must have a place where you need slaves and maids when you first come here, please don't send slaves and maids away!"
It seems that this girl has misunderstood, thinking that Gu Xiangyi is afraid that she will leak secrets, so she wants to get rid of her.
"You misunderstood, if you want to stay, I will definitely protect you in the future, our master and servant are single-minded, not afraid of those jackals, tigers and leopards. ”
Pomegranate raised her head with sparkling eyes: "Yes, girl!"
On the night when the moon was dark and the wind was high, Gu Xiangyi changed into a set of lighter clothes, blew out candles and sat on a chair, waiting for the night to be thicker, only in this way could she return to the general's mansion safely.
By the way, she also learned about Xiao Jingyao and Gu Xiangyi.
Gu Xiangyi's mother Song Rongyan is not only the life-saving benefactor of pomegranate, but also saved Xiao Jingyao when he was a child, so Xiao Jingyao is very good to Gu Xiangyi, and he is grateful to his life-saving benefactor.
After a long time, Xiao Jingyao often came to Bofu, Gu Hengjun and Fu Zhirong and others were very angry, so they explicitly forbade him not to come again, even if it was to do his best for his life-saving benefactor, and then he could only climb over the wall at night, just to see how Gu Xiangyi lived.
"I'll go out first, don't light the lights, I'll be back soon." ”
Pomegranate nodded again and again: "Then girl, you have to be careful." ”
The whole capital is quiet and quiet, and there is no light in sight. Gu Xiangyi deftly climbed over the wall, walked quickly under the moon and stars, crossed a street, and went around to the side gate of the General's Mansion.
The side door had been broken, and the single iron door was unlocked, opening with a slight push.
Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar courtyard by the moonlight, her thin shoulders trembled slightly from her sobbing, and before she could reach the courtyard, she felt that her legs were weak, and she sat on the ground with a muffled voice, and her tears could not stop flowing.
The wreckage after the oil fire was very terrifying, Gu Xiangyi stood up against the wall, staggered forward, and saw his father's usual training ground, and to the east was the courtyard where his father lived.
If there is really not a living person, the Ning family has a hundred mouths, as if they have never been here, and there is no trace left.
Sitting in the spacious training ground, surrounded by abandoned courtyards that were burned to ruins, it was clear that the family was fine before getting married yesterday, and the word "happiness" was posted everywhere. Gu Xiangyi hugged his trembling shoulders and looked straight ahead, the swords, guns, swords and halberds around him were all removed, and only a few red platforms where weapons were placed remained.
The man dressed in black was at the place where Gu Xiangyi couldn't see him at the moment, secretly looking at the girl in front of him, watching her wipe away her tears again and again. Then he turned around, put down the unburned paper money in his hand, turned and climbed over the wall and left, in the moonlight he moved very fast, his feet fell lightly, and there was no sound at all.
I don't know how long I waited, Pomegranate was drowsy in the room, and suddenly heard a creak in the door.
"Girl, you are..."
At this time, Gu Xiangyi seemed to be seriously ill, and sat down in despair, without saying a word.
Pomegranate has had no family since she was a child, but Song Rongyan gave her a bite to eat, which can be regarded as picking up a life. She also felt the pain of losing her loved ones, but she was too young at the time, and in retrospect, she couldn't remember how old she was, and she was very sympathetic to what her girl had suffered, but she couldn't empathize.
"Girl, drink some water, everything will be fine." ”
"It's not going to be good. Gu Xiangyi held the cup handed by the pomegranate, and said in a daze: "In addition to revenge, kill those people, you must take revenge." ”
The tone was flat and there was no trace of waves, but Pomegranate was shocked when he heard it.
In the second half of the night, Gu Xiangyi, who was drowsy, had a dream. In the dream, there was a father, an elder brother, and Jiang Shi, and she dreamed of Jiang Shi's childhood, chasing after her and saying that she was older than her, and finally was punched in the head by Ning Chu, crying and turning back to find his mother.
The beautiful scene passed in the blink of an eye, a fire engulfed Gu Xiangyi's entire dream, she clearly saw that the beam of the house collapsed and smashed people underneath, countless arrows fell from a high place, and many arrows in her father's body fell into the fire, letting the flames gnaw at him and not move.
She wanted to run to her family and save them, but she felt like she was standing on the edge of the distant sky, unable to step forward.
opened his eyes suddenly, the sky was already bright, Gu Xiangyi sat up, his forehead was full of sweat.
"Girl, is this a nightmare?" asked Pomegranate.
Gu Xiangyi nodded, turned over and got out of bed and walked barefoot to the table, poured a glass of water and drank it in two or three sips, feeling a little more settled.
Today, it is rare that there are stalls on the street next to the corner gate, because of the Ning family, there are only a few stalls, but just listening to the sound still feels lively.
The shouting on the street can be heard in the courtyard.
"The cow that was newly slaughtered in the morning is the first knife of the month! Pick up a good place to keep, look at how fresh this tendon meat is!"
The clear voice came into Gu Xiangyi's ears, and she suddenly remembered that although her father was a military general, he was also a very good cook, and he was very good at making beef tendon meat, and when she thought of this Gu Xiangyi's stomach, she screamed uncontrollably.
The voice was heard by Pomegranate, and she remembered that there was no food from the kitchen all day yesterday.
The slave went to the big kitchen to take a look, and perhaps the kitchen man was so busy that he forgot about it. ”
When he said this, Pomegranate himself didn't believe it.
The servants and miscellaneous servants of the Gu family are the most good at looking at people's faces, they are used to putting them high and low, and they have never paid attention to He Yinju, and the meals sent on weekdays cannot be like Fu Zhirong and others, they are basically simply made of leftovers on some vegetables and vegetables, or the leftovers from the last meal are returned to the pot casually, and many times they don't even bother to go back to the pot, and the cold dishes go directly to He Yinju.