The fire lying in the lamp was about to be extinguished, and with a few light coughs, Zhang Ziyan slowly opened his eyes.

In the simply furnished guest room, Zhang Ziyan, who was pale and in a trance, was tightly grasping the corner of the quilt with her weak and boneless little hands, as if holding a life-saving straw. Her slender eyelashes resembled two small fans soaked in water, cast a soft shadow like butterfly wings on her face by the dim light of the fire. This beautiful appearance is not a man, even Lin Qing, a woman, couldn't help but feel pity when she saw it.

Probed Zhang Ziyan's forehead with his hand, and checked her pulse again, and the stone that Lin Qing had been hanging on his heart fell to the ground. "Ziyan, it's good if you're awake."

"Where am I?" Zhang Ziyan's eyes were confused, and he lifted the quilt and sat up by himself. "Xiaoqing, I seem to have had a nightmare."

Lin Qingli didn't dare to speak, wanting to comfort her but didn't know where to start.

"This dream is so terrible, I dreamed that there was water in the house! Actually, it was Qiuli who saved me, and she called my sister. And ......"

"Ziyan, don't think about those things anymore, taking care of your body is the most important thing." Lin Qing comforted her softly. She tried to cover Zhang Ziyan's hands and pass some heat to her, but Zhang Ziyan broke away with force.

After being silent for a while, Zhang Ziyan suddenly jumped up from the bed with a scream, and tore his hair regardless of it. She was disheveled at the moment, her expression was shriveled, and she still looked like a half-centred young lady. "I dreamed that my father was dead! I have lost my mother since I was a child, and now my father has left me, did I do something wrong? Why did you all leave me? Why! ”

"Ziyan, don't be like this, it will pass, it will pass!" Lin Qing was so distressed that she burst into tears, but she didn't know what to do to resolve her sadness. How unfair fate is, to let such a weak and kind girl endure such a cruel parting.

In the face of Zhang Ziyan's heart-rending scream, it is difficult for Rao not to be moved by it, no matter how hard-hearted he is.

"Why ......" Zhang Ziyan muttered to herself, two lines of tears slipped silently from the bottom of her eyes.

Lin Qing knew in his heart that only one person could help Ziyan so far. However, will that person have already been buried in the fire with the Zhang Mansion?

Recalling the first days when she entered the Zhang family, although she and Ziyan were always bullied, they snuggled up to each other and supported each other until today. Ziyan treats her sincerely, how can she treat Ziyan like a sister? Ziyan suffered such a catastrophe today, how could she stand idly by!

"Take good care of her." Lin Qing whispered to the maid in the room. Then he pushed open the door and ran out. She couldn't help but chant silently in her heart: "Zhang Miaosheng, you must not have anything to do!" ”

Lin Qing didn't know that as soon as she turned around and left, two uninvited guests came outside the guest room.

"Lin Qing is in this room?" The person who interrogated was Lu Chengxuan, and he had already received a message from the flying pigeon from the capital, saying that there was a big incident in the capital and that he had to rush back within three days. On that day, he left aside his affairs and came to Muhe Town to look for Zhao Muxi, but now he had to return disappointed. But for some reason, before leaving, he especially wanted to see Lin Qing again.

Jiang Shao nodded, "I have inquired with a number of slaves, and they said that Lin Qing was invited to the guest room early in the morning to treat a woman. I've explored other guest rooms but there is no result, so Lin Qing should be in this room. ”

After getting Lu Chengxuan's consent, Jiang Shao knocked lightly on the door.

The one who opened the door was a girl dressed as a servant, and after she looked Lu Chengxuan and Jiang Shao up and down, she was stunned in place with her mouth open.

"This sister, dare to ask Lin Qinglin if Miss Lin is in the room?" Jiang Shao stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her, and the girl came back to her senses.

"Two, who are the two sons?" The girl's face was already quietly red, her heart was pounding in her chest like a fawn, and she was stammering a little when she asked. Although she couldn't guess the identities of the two, she was absolutely sure that the faces of the two men in front of her were definitely the most handsome of all the men she had ever seen!

"It's really unfortunate that the two sons came, Miss Lin just went out."

"Well, there is no reason to see it, so what's the matter if you don't see it. In the end, she is just similar to Ah Yan's face. Lu Chengxuan chuckled softly, as if he didn't care about this matter.

Jiang Shao did not ignore the fleeting loss in Lu Chengxuan's eyes, although he wanted to explain him, but he didn't know what to say. originally thought that this Lin Qing could fill the vacancy in Chengxuan's heart a little, but now it seems that with Lu Chengxuan's obsession with Zhao Muxi, I am afraid that he will no longer be able to pretend to be others in his heart.

"Ah Shao, I have to return to Beijing immediately on the orders of my father, and the matter of finding the edict of the first king will be handed over to you!"

"When you make up your mind, you will not fail in your mission!" Jiang Shao answered categorically.

The two walked all the way out, and although they walked side by side, their thoughts were very different.

The girl who opened the door was still looking at the door stupidly, her eyes were very confused. But she actually knew very well in her heart that as a lowly maid like her, she would never be able to cling to such a man who was as high as a fairy. But wasn't that Lin Qing just a little maid before? Why did she not only get the blue eyes of Zhao Mingsong and Zhao Zhutou, but also make the two handsome sons of Shicai care so much?

The girl closed the door and re-entered the room, and glanced at Zhang Ziyan, who was leaning on the side of the bed and crying silently with a sad face, and the resentment in her heart was slightly reduced. What if she's a daughter? What if she is as beautiful as a flower and talented? Now that she has no father or mother, and even her own house has been burned to ashes by the fire, her life will definitely not be easy in the future.

Besides, Lin Qing, who rushed out to look for Zhang Miaosheng, arrived at Zhang's mansion after a while, which was already only a ruin.

"Zhang Miaosheng, where are you? Zhang Miaosheng! Lin Qing shouted loudly, and his eyes did not stop searching for Zhang Miaosheng's figure for a moment. She must bring Zhang Miaosheng back to see Ziyan, with him, Ziyan may be able to gradually forget the pain and live a stable and ordinary life again.

Finding someone in the ruins who has only been there is one side to do can be imagined. Lin Qing kept rummaging through the ruins, and he didn't see Zhang Miaosheng until the moon.

Lin Qing, who was so tired that he was panting and collapsed to the ground, couldn't help but wonder a little, could it be that Zhang Miaosheng had been burned into a handful of ashes in that fire? Or was he not in the mansion when Zhang's mansion walked out of the water last night?

Just as Lin Qing was holding his head and wondering, a male voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"What are you doing here?"

Lin Qing thought that the person who came was Zhang Miaosheng, who she couldn't find, but she didn't expect that this person was actually Ning Canglan, who had always been uncertain.

"Meet the Master." After saluting properly, Lin Qing jumped up from the ground and hugged Ning Canglan. She didn't care about her dirty appearance at the moment, and kept rubbing on Ning Canglan's delicate and gorgeous clothes, "Engong, I haven't seen you for half a year, Xiaoqing misses you so much!" ”

Ning Canglan smiled, that smile was extremely doting. "Look at the ash on your body, it's all so big and you're still a dirty girl."

"What about the dirty girl? As long as Engong doesn't dislike it. Lin Qing didn't know what was wrong with him, and the moment he saw Ning Canglan, it seemed that all his troubles had disappeared. The five words 'men and women are not kissed' suddenly came to mind in her mind, so she reluctantly let go of the hand that was holding Ning Canglan and retreated to his side.

Seeing Lin Qing coquettish in front of him again, Ning Canglan couldn't help but joke with her: "Why are you still so willful, I'm afraid that no man will be willing to marry you in the future." If the dirty girl can't get married, I'm going to be in a hurry to give birth early. ”

Knowing that what Ning Canglan said was just a joke, Lin Qing was inexplicably a little uncomfortable. Engong treated her very well, but after all, he only regarded her as a sister. But she didn't want to be his sister......

"Engong, why did you come to Muhe Town?" An indescribable bitterness suddenly came to his heart, and Lin Qing forced nothing to do and quietly changed the topic.

"Naturally, I came to see you." Ning Canglan smiled harmlessly.

After seven years of getting along, Lin Qing had already learned to speculate on Ning Canglan's thoughts, and naturally knew that he didn't come to Muhe Town this time to see himself. I'm afraid it's because of the edict of the first king! Otherwise, how could he have gone out in person.

Even though he knew that he was teasing himself, Lin Qing still blushed unconsciously. Ning Canglan's appearance made her almost forget about looking for Zhang Miaosheng, seeing that it was getting late, she couldn't delay any longer.

"Xiaoqing is looking for a man named Zhang Miaosheng, is Engong willing to help Xiaoqing?"

"This is easy to do, you just have to tell me about his appearance and body shape. In a day's time, I will bring him to you. ”

Lin Qing didn't expect Ning Canglan to agree so happily, "Engong treats Xiaoqing so well, Xiaoqing doesn't know what to do to repay this kindness." ”

As if hearing the funniest joke in the world, Ning Canglan suddenly burst out laughing. "Repay? I really can't think of a better way to repay than by making a promise! ”

"Huh?" Lin Qing, who heard this, couldn't help but be stunned. But in the next second, a huge glint of joy suddenly bloomed in her eyes, "Engong, what you said is true?" ”

"Why is my dirty girl still so stupid, this sentence is just a joke." Ning Canglan's tone was flat, and his eyes were full of love when he looked at Lin Qing.

He always looked smiling and calm, but he said the most cruel words to her with the most gentle expression: "Xiaoqing, you have to understand that since I saved your life, your life no longer belongs to you." I can love you and spoil you, but I can never give you what you want most. ”

In an instant, it seemed as if a basin of cold water fell from the sky, completely extinguishing all the expectations in Lin Qing's heart. It turned out that he had already understood what he was thinking about him, but he had just pretended not to know.

"I, understood." Without the coquettish **, Lin Qing's self-proclaimed self-proclaimed to Ning Canglan when he spoke to Ning Canglan also changed from 'Xiaoqing' to 'I'.

It was clear that her heart was extremely painful, but there was no sign of tears in her eyes. That's right, Engong has always played the role of a father and a brother in front of him, how can he have feelings for himself as a man and a woman. Besides, it is the greatest luck in my life to meet Engong, so why bother to force those feelings that do not belong to you?

Lin Qing thought so, and he was also a little relieved.

"It's not too early, Ziyan is still waiting for me to go back, so I'll retire first."

Ning Canglan bowed his head lightly in agreement. Looking at Lin Qing's weak back when he left, he couldn't help but sigh.

Xiaoqing is a good girl, but it's a pity that she met him Ning Canglan......