In the darkness, the passage of time seems to slow down considerably.

The carriage walked for a long time, and Yu Mingzhi thought that the sky was already dark, but when she was untied and taken off the carriage, she seemed to see a figure shaking on the ground in the fiery afterglow through the gap under the cloth.

It shows that they are still in the capital.

"Please stay in the house honestly, and we will not treat you badly. But if you dare to play tricks, don't blame me for being polite. The woman warned in her ear.

Yu Mingzhi said: "Your martial arts are so strong, why should I hit a stone with an egg." ”

The woman chuckled softly, "I hope Miss can always be so measured." She took Yu Mingzhi into a side room before untying the strip of cloth in front of them, "I will personally deliver the food utensils, Miss don't bother." ”

Yu Mingzhi closed his eyes and nodded.

Seeing that she was calm and indifferent, the woman glared at Zhu'er with threatening eyes.

Although this girl's martial arts are not as good as her own, she is shocking with a ruthless energy, and she is estimated to be in a desperate situation, and it takes some effort to subdue her madness.

Helplessly, the maid in front of this young lady was only awake, and the above instructed not to neglect the young lady, so she had to bring it.

The woman suddenly sneered at herself, this courtyard guards Sensen, even the strongest master around Qin Ji doesn't want to break through to this, why should she worry about a little girl not going crazy.

She slammed the door shut, told the two people at the door to watch it, and hurried away with the black-faced man.

Yu Mingzhi opened his eyes when he heard a "bang". Before he fully adapted to the light, he cared about the condition of the pearl.

On Zhu'er's snow-white neck, there were faint purple handprints, and she saw that Yu Mingzhi's eyes were full of worry, so she hurriedly covered her hand and didn't show her, "Miss, I'm fine." It's just that...... Failing to protect the young lady according to Childe's instructions, Zhu'er should die. ”

Yu Mingzhi said gently: "In the face of a strong enemy, you have done your best, so there is no need to blame yourself." Pearls. Let's not act rashly for a moment. Play it by ear. I think...... These people will not take our lives. ”

Zhu'er shook her head, "I'm afraid that they will use you to blackmail Gongzi." ”

Yu Mingzhi sighed: "It depends on how Qin Ji solves it." But you and I must not be reckless and lose our lives, you know?"

Pearls told her to look at her with a firm gaze and a submissive nod. "Pearls understood. ”

Yu Mingzhi took her hand and sat on the chaise longue. On the small tea table is a celadon tea set. The color is pure and bright, and the emerald green dragon well in the pot is still steaming. She looked at the layout of the room again, and half of the wall facing her was made into floor windows. It shows that you can see the most beautiful scenery of this house when you open the window, and there is no furniture in front of the window, but it is concentrated on the other half of the floor window.

The room is divided into two parts by the Bogu shelf, on which are placed the porcelain of plain color and beautiful and elegant shape, in the middle of the shelf is the garden gate for people to come and go, and the light blue curtains are hung at both ends, gently swaying in the wind through the gap in the window, and the golden horns at the bottom of the curtain make a light sound.

In the center of the room was a round table and stools, covered with brocade flowers, and the chaise longue where they were sitting was placed against the wall on the side of the door, and on the opposite side was a large bed and two cabinets. The bed tent is also a plain light green color, which blends in with the style of the whole room.

Yu Mingzhi poured two cups of tea and said to Zhu'er: "Take a sip of tea first and rest, and then you can see what is in the bottle in the cabinet." ”

Zhu'er hurriedly took a sip of tea, then got up and rummaged through.

She was afraid of making a disturbance and attracting the attention of outsiders, so she acted lightly.

Yu Mingzhi tried to push the window behind him, which should have been nailed from the outside, and several windows did not move at all. She went to the floor window again and pushed a little harder.

The window sash squeaked and opened.

At the same time, the wind with residual heat blows in the face, mixed with the fragrance of lotus flowers.

It was almost dark, and the bright moon was missing a corner, but the cold moonlight was of no use, and there was not a single light outside, so it was almost impossible to see anything.

She picked up a lamp in the room and took a cautious step out, discerning from the sound of her feet on the ground that there was a wooden platform suspended from the water. Two steps further, I almost hit the table and chair, which was full of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and a book.

Glancing at the pearl behind him, Yu Mingzhi carefully placed the lamp on the table to illuminate the cover of the book.

It turned out to be a collection of poems written by predecessors.

This great poet of the former dynasty, named Yu Hengxiao, although the officialdom was frustrated, but left countless well-known poems, from lyrical poetry to landscape and humanities, all involved, known as the ghost talent of the world, but unfortunately in his forties by the officialdom excluded, degraded the south when he died of illness halfway, which is extremely regrettable. However, his poems were properly organized and collected by later generations into a book, which has been handed down to this day, and later generations are vying to study and imitate them.

Therefore, his poetry collections can be found everywhere, which is not unusual.

Yu Mingzhi sighed, there were no other books on the table, and there was no ink on the rice paper, so she only took the poetry book back to the house.

Before she could sit down, there was a knock on the door, and Zhu'er immediately ran back to Yu Mingzhi's side and stood there, and then the woman pushed open the door, easily carried a large food box and walked to the round table, and put a few dishes of vegetable meat and two bowls of white rice on the table, "Miss, please use it slowly." ”

After saying that, she left with the food box and closed the door heavily.

Her strength was so great that everything on Bogu's shelf seemed to tremble.

Zhu'er was upset, and Yu Mingzhi said: "Don't think about those who don't have it, fill your stomach first." ”

Zhu'er hurriedly grabbed her hand and pulled out the hairpin on her hair, "Miss, let Zhu'er test the poison first." ”

Yu Mingzhi smiled and nodded.

Zhu'er tried every dish with a hairpin, then took a pair of chopsticks, and tasted a little bit of each side dish, and after confirming that there was no problem, she invited Yu Mingzhi to come over for dinner.

"Zhu'er, you're tired for a long time, let's eat together. Yu Mingzhi said.

Zhu'er said: "Zhu'er will serve the young lady first and finish eating, and it will not be too late to eat." ”

Yu Mingzhi said: "I estimated that the woman had calculated the time it would take to eat, and when the time came, she would come in and clean up the dishes and chopsticks." If you don't eat now, you won't be able to eat in a while. ”

Zhu'er said: "That's what Zhu'er should ......."

Yu Mingzhi put down his chopsticks and took her hand, "If you don't eat and sleep well, who will protect me?"

Zhu'er sat down at the table, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and ate them one by one.

Yu Mingzhi saw that she was eating so delicately, and smiled and picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her bowl, "Only by eating meat can you have strength." ”

Zhu'er coldly remembered some of the conversations she had with her son on weekdays, and it suddenly dawned on her at this moment. She couldn't help but laugh. Skim your head slightly and go to eat.

Yu Mingzhi said, "What are you laughing at?"

Pearls hurriedly swallowed the food. quickly held back a smile and replied, "Miss is so good to Zhu'er, Zhu'er is very happy." ”

Yu Mingzhi noticed that her expression flickered a little, and she knew that the real answer was not this. But this girl won't tell the truth. So he followed her meaning and said, "Yes." ”

The atmosphere has become a little lighter and more cheerful. As if they hadn't been kidnapped at all, they were still sitting peacefully in Yang's house, eating dinner.

When Yu Mingzhi put down the dishes and chopsticks. Sure enough, the woman pushed the door open again and came in and took away the dishes and chopsticks.

Zhu'er continued to rummage through the room for something that could prove the identity of the room's owner or help them escape, while Yu Mingzhi flipped through Yu Hengxiao's poetry collection under the lamp.

The title page is clean, leaving no traces of annotations, not even the corners of the pages folded.

Either the owner of the book is too loving, or he has never read it.

She flipped to the last page of the book of poems, her eyes lit up.

On the snow-white paper, there was finally a word.

The dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and it is difficult to hide the sharpness of the pen and ink.

Quiet.

"Quiet what?" Yu Mingzhi touched his chin, was that a word in the person's name, or did the owner of the story want to calm his mind?

Yu Mingzhi walked up to Zhu'er and showed her the words in the book, "Is there someone in the court with a static character in his name, and his status is not low? I think that the person who can have such an elegantly furnished house will not be an ordinary official." ”

At first glance, the house is plain and plain, but it is extraordinary everywhere.

Even if it is a brush on the table, it is also the best Huzhou pen, and a single pen can be compared to the two months of a seven- or eight-grade official, not to mention how many days it can be eaten and drunk for ordinary people's families.

Zhu'er thought for a while, "In addition to Gu Shilang in Zhongshu Province, there is also a Shan Shilang named Shan Jingwei. She glared at the handwriting, and cried in a low voice, "Didn't he take us here captive?" ”

Could it be Shan Jing as a single servant? Yu Mingzhi looked at the poetry collection again, "How is he?"

"He's a kind guy who wears a smile all day long, but when he's serious, he can be intimidating with a straight face. This person has a hobby on weekdays, which is ...... Beauty. There are three or five beautiful concubines in the family, and they often go to the villa by the river outside the city to play and have fun. Gu Shilang and Gongzi have a lot of complaints about this, because they have been looking for him in an emergency, but they can't find an example of people, but Zhongshu Ling said that in life, if you have a hobby, you will enjoy it in time, so as not to die in the court dispute one day, and suffer in the underworld, and there will be no good life. Pearl's brow furrowed, "Anything else...... There is no grudge, and it is unlikely that he kidnapped Miss......"

Yu Mingzhi's palm stroked the page two or three times, and then asked, "Did you find anything?"

Zhu'er shook her head, "Except that I think this family is rich, I have nothing to gain." ”

Yu Mingzhi looked left and right, and then lifted the blanket on the ground, each brick gently knocked, and listened to the subtle sound differences that would have occurred if there was a hole below.

But after turning around, I found nothing.

She sat cross-legged on the ground and watched Zhu'er continue to check the things in the room, until there was another knock on the door, and then she jumped down and sat back on the chaise longue, pretending to read Yu Hengxiao's poetry collection seriously.

The woman came in with hot water for washing and a clean dress, and after putting her things down, she glanced at Yu Mingzhi.

Yu Mingzhi asked, "Your master likes to read Yu Hengxiao's poems?"

"How many literati in this world don't like to read?" the woman asked rhetorically.

Yu Mingzhi smiled, the alertness of these people was not ordinarily high.

The woman said, "Hurry up, young lady, and go to bed early." You live here in peace, and as long as you don't cause trouble, nothing will happen that endangers your life. Oh, and don't do anything in vain, save some effort. ”

Yu Mingzhi said: "Thank you for your concern, I don't know your name?"

The woman said: "We are waiting for the name, not enough for the young lady to know." ”

Yu Mingzhi said: "That's a pity. ”

The woman smiled coldly and turned to go out.

Zhu'er said: "These people are really funny, what are they doing?"

Yu Mingzhi looked at the poetry collection in his hand, "I don't know how Qin Ji is ...... now"

Zhu'er said: "Childe must be trying to find a way to rescue Miss, maybe you will be able to see Childe push open the door early tomorrow morning?"

Yu Mingzhi said with a smile: "Qin Ji is quite brave in your heart. ”

"The martial arts of my body are partly taught by Childe. Zhu'er's eyes flashed with envy, recalling the past a few years ago, "At that time, I couldn't grow in learning swordsmanship, and when I was extremely troubled by stagnation, it was Gongzi who instructed me to learn whips, so that I have today's ability......" Speaking of this, her eyes dimmed, "But it didn't come in handy." ”

Yu Mingzhi hurriedly took her hand, "It's already in such a situation, what's the point of saying that? It's better to find something interesting." ”

Zhu'er said: "Miss can be so calm and calm in danger, which makes Zhu'er admire." ”

Yu Ming asked her to sit down beside her, and didn't bother with the steaming water, "Anyway, they have good food and drink, otherwise what else can they do? ”

Zhu'er thought about her words and nodded, "Miss is absolutely right. Zhu'er will serve the young lady to freshen up first, you lie down on the bed first, and Zhu'er will keep vigil for you in case they plot against each other in the middle of the night, and by the way, carefully check what clues there are in the house. ”

"Actually, I probably can't sleep tonight, so let's lie down and rest together. Yu Mingzhi pulled her and refused to let go, "Anyway, it's dark, and it's not very convenient to find things, so it's better to look at it tomorrow." ”

She walked over to the table, washed her face, and opened the floor window to take a look before lying on the bed.

It was pitch black outside, and there were two or three points of light shaking in the distance, probably the nursing home of the night patrol.

She closed the door and returned to the bed, sat cross-legged, and Zhu'er removed the beads from her head, took off her coat, and then lay comfortably on the soft big bed, pulling the thin quilt over her stomach.

After such an action, an object fell out of the quilt.

At first, because the lights were dim, Yu Mingzhi didn't notice it, until Zhu'er came to sleep with her, she moved a little bit inside, and her body was just pressed against the thing, and she immediately felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly took it out to take a look.

It's a mutton fat jade ring.

Zhu'er took it and whispered in her ear, "This is Shan Shilang's thing!" (To be continued.) )