Chapter 2: The Maiden

The corners of Lin Qing's mouth hooked up a shallow smile of self-deprecation, and he turned around and disappeared into the flow of people.

Not far away, two figures, one black and one white, frowned when they saw her leave.

"Chengxuan, is she really the person you are looking for?" The black-clothed man's mechanical voice was unemotional, like a puppet with no body but no soul.

"I don't know. But she, much like her. The man in white said indifferently. The dark green under his eyes revealed his tiredness, but his gaze was locked on the direction Lin Qing left for a long time and never moved away, and a strange light flashed in his deep eyes.

Ah, is that you? He asked himself over and over again in his mind, but he never got an answer.

"What are we going to do next?" The man in green asked, his tone was still cold, and he didn't seem to see the affection in the eyes of the man in white.

"Check." A short word, but an irresistible command.

"I'll bring her to you." Jiang Shao saluted him and quickly left, and he immediately went to check on the woman who was behaving abnormally.

Lu Chengxuan, who was dressed in white and had black hair in a blue crown, stood in place, his eyes still locked in the same direction.

Ahma, are you okay?

He muttered to himself, as if asking others, and as if asking himself, a figure in his mind that he had missed for countless days and nights.

I still remember that day, under the gorgeous peach blossoms of that tree, the smiling little girl in a pink dress......

It seemed that she was still standing next to him, tugging at his sleeve and asking him if he wanted to hide and seek. She always hides in the most conspicuous place, for fear that he will not find her.

Later, she said goodbye, and he and her never saw her again.

She left so dashing and resolute, never even saying goodbye to him, leaving only a beautiful figure in his memory, like a thorn inserted into his heart, always bringing him pain deep into the bone marrow.

He wanted to see her again, even if it was just for one face.

Is it she, the cold woman in plain clothes? Lu Chengxuan fell into deep thought......

In my memory, Ah Fan always has a quiet smile on her face, beautiful and playful. After so many years, he was no longer sure if Ah Fan still remembered him, and if she had always missed him?

At this moment, Lu Chengxuan would not know that the little Ah Fan he cherished so much was no longer what he was back then.

It's just that the love in this earthly world is probably determined by heaven, and no matter how hard you struggle, you can't escape the shackles of fate.

Jiang Shao is nominally his servant, but in fact he is like a brother and sister to him.

And Jiang Shao not only has the ability to ride horses and drive, as Lu Chengxuan's personal guard, his smart mind and agile skills are by no means comparable to ordinary men. asked him to find out the identity of the woman, Lu Chengxuan was very relieved.

I believe that in less than three days, we will be able to find out all the details of that woman!

The twilight is getting thicker.

There are fewer pedestrians coming and going on the streets, and many shops are ready to close their doors and leave their business for tomorrow. However, the inn and the liquor store were lit with extremely bright lanterns, and through the door of the store, you could faintly hear all kinds of sounds coming from inside: the shouting of the shopkeeper, the shouting of the guests when they drank and punched, and the clash of tables, chairs and dishes one after another......

On such a lively twilight hour, Lin Qing walked slowly alone on the road sprinkled with the setting sun. Every now and then a breeze gently brushed her cheeks, and she glanced back, as if unintentionally, and caught a glimpse of a fleeting black shadow out of the corner of her eye.

From the moment she met Zhao Mingsong, she found that someone in the dark was watching her every move. It's just that she doesn't know who that person is.

Shicai, she always felt that someone was following behind her, and secretly wondered if the enemy she had provoked in the past was following her? Or maybe she was too worried, she had lived in Muhe Town for more than half a year, and her life had always been uneventful, and there was nothing unusual about it.

If it is an enemy, how can it be chased to such a remote and small place as Muhe Town? If it weren't for the enemy, who would suddenly care about such an ordinary woman as her?

Although he was a little curious, Lin Qing didn't want to delve any further. However, she was a little uneasy in her heart after all, so she sped up, just wanting to return to Zhang's mansion as soon as possible. It's been a long time since I left the house today, and if I don't go back to the house, I'm afraid I'll make people gossip.

Zhang's Mansion was not too far away, and it wasn't until he saw the stone lion in front of Zhang's Mansion that Lin Qing's hanging heart could be regarded as letting go.

She's just a little girl now, and if she spoils her plan because she's too eye-catching, it's a deal that doesn't worth the cost......

After entering the mansion gate, I went around the exquisite and beautiful courtyards, and the most desolate house in the corner was where Lin Qing lived.

Who would have thought that although she was the personal maid of Miss Zhang Fuer, she lived in a place that was not even as good as a rough mother-in-law? Even the situation of the personal maid is like this, and Zhang Ziyan's situation is even more unexpected. The people in the town say how beautiful and talented Miss Zhang Jiaer is, but they don't know what kind of bleak life she lives!

Zhang Jingde, the lord of Zhang's mansion, originally only married two women to enter the door. His wife is Xu Huilan, the eldest daughter of Xu Huan, the prefect of Taizhou City, who is a serious and famous family, and it is Master Zhang who is marrying eight sedan chairs to welcome into Zhang's mansion. However, the background of the concubine is not glorious, and it is rumored that she is a woman in a green building. However, she is better than her beautiful appearance and graceful posture, so she is also quite loved by Master Zhang.

The two of them each gave birth to a daughter for Master Zhang, one Zhang Qiuli and one Zhang Ziyan.

Although Zhang Qiuli's mother's background is good, and she married Zhang Jingde as a wife, her fate is really bad. After giving birth to her daughter, she contracted a strange disease and passed away before she was born, only three years after she married out of her mother's family.

It stands to reason that when the main daughter of the family dies, the favored concubine will not have the opportunity to take over the power of the main mother. Who knew that the concubine was an unblessed person, and she accidentally fell off a cliff on the way out to worship the Buddha, and since then there has been no news of her body, and her body has not been found.

Zhang Jingde died his wife first, and then lost his beloved concubine, and he seemed to have aged ten years overnight. However, there was no shortage of hostesses in the family, and his father-in-law pressured him to marry his wife's mother's sister-in-law, Xu Huiping, to take care of the backyard.

Xu's and Zhang Qiuli's mother are half-sisters, and the two have always had a deep relationship, so she treats Zhang Qiuli as her own and loves her in every way, but she doesn't want to see Zhang Ziyan.

Due to the power of the official family, although Zhang Jingde has a complaint, as long as the Xu family does not treat Ziyan too harshly, he does not dare to say much. Because he was not proficient in the trivial things in the backyard, he simply devoted himself to business and handed over the Zhang Mansion to the Xu family.

Xu Huiping has been married to him for many years and has not come out, so she loves Zhang Qiuli more and more, and she is almost crazy. She invited a well-known calligrapher and piano and dance technician for Zhang Qiuli, and she was determined to train her into a famous lady.

As a woman, it is necessary to have a good hand in embroidery, so Xu also took great pains to invite the royal embroidery girl who had been in the palace for several years to teach Zhang Qiuli. Although the Zhang family is not a powerful family, there has always been no shortage of money. After all, because Zhang Jingde only has two daughters under his knees, although Xu doesn't like Zhang Ziyan and Zhang Qiuli to study skills together, they can't find a reason to hinder her.

Zhang Qiuli has been pampered since she was a child, and she has an arrogant and obedient temperament, and she does not bother to learn from her master, but only values the wealth and dexterity of clothes and hair accessories. However, Zhang Ziyan has a special fondness for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, coupled with his talent, and gradually accumulated a reputation for talent and virtue. However, this made Xu more and more disgusted with her, and made a lot of stumbling blocks for her openly and secretly.

When it comes to the fate of Lin Qing and Zhang Ziyan, it has to start from the day half a year ago. That day, Zhang Ziyan had a rare time to leave the house, and he was very happy in his heart, but he didn't know that it was the sinister intentions of the Xu family.

In seventeen years, seeing that Zhang Ziyan's reputation was more and more than Zhang Qiuli's, Xu's heart gradually developed evil intentions. She thinks that as long as Zhang Ziyan is gone, Zhang Jingde will only love Zhang Qiuli more, and her benefits will naturally be indispensable at that time. However, in Zhang's mansion, because of the large number of people and the fear of making Zhang Jingde suspicious, she couldn't get rid of Zhang Ziyan, so she thought of a way to lure her out of the mansion, wanting to know her life outside the mansion, so as not to tell the truth.

But who knew that Lin Qing would be killed halfway......

The Xu family hired a murderer to take Zhang Ziyan's life, but she saved Zhang Ziyan's life by mistake, and the two have been married ever since. Lin Qing had to do what he had to do, and he had nowhere to go in Muhe Town, so he became her personal maid on the grounds of protecting Zhang Ziyan. Xu didn't know that Lin Qing knew martial arts, so he didn't obstruct it.

Since then, Lin Qing has lived in Zhang's Mansion and taken care of Zhang Ziyan's close affairs. Zhang Ziyan was afraid of being attacked outside the mansion, and he didn't leave the mansion lightly, which made the Xu family a little clueless. The two lived peacefully for more than half a year, and their friendship became deeper and deeper.

Although Zhang Qiuli and Zhang Ziyan are sisters, they are not close to her on weekdays, but often give her some bits and pieces of torture. Zhang Ziyan has a soft temperament and never cares about her, even if she is wronged, she doesn't see how angry she is.

Lin Qing couldn't bear Zhang Qiuli's unreasonableness, and tried to teach Zhang Qiuli a lesson several times, but was persuaded by Zhang Ziyan. After Zhang Ziyan's persuasion many times, Lin Qing also figured it out, after all, she is still under the fence, and she has to think twice about what she does, if she offends Zhang Qiuli, she will not let go of herself and Ziyan, and then she will not be able to continue to stay in Zhang's mansion!

For the sake of Ziyan, and for herself, she can only endure it again and again! But this mansion is not a place for her to stay for a long time after all, and it is only a thought for her to leave or continue to stay.