"Although Lu Chengze and you are not brothers, they are compatriots, the two of you grew up together, and they originally got along very harmoniously, although later because of all kinds of things that made your two brothers turn against each other, but it will not become an enemy, right? Are you really sure that the person behind the scenes is Lu Chengze? ”

Cheng En said, "I didn't want to believe it, but who told me to follow the assassin once and see him report the assassination to Cheng Ze." I've just come to a conclusion. ”

"But why?" Miao Ling couldn't help asking, "You have already left the Lu family and the Hui army, and there is no threat to him, why do you want to kill you?" ”

Cheng En shook his head, his eyes were bottomless, "I don't know, for today's plan, only to save my life first, and then find a chance to figure out this matter, otherwise, I will really die!" ”

Miao Ling added a sympathy for him in vain, and the situation when he first met Lu Chengen was still in front of him, the cold and intimidating eyes, and the condescending spirit, which were incomparable to any young officer today. It's just that his coldness is easy to misunderstand, and he will habitually put labels like cold-blooded and killing on him, but sincerity and hot-blooded are the real him.

The slowly burning firelight suddenly reflected a face of Shen Huaixin, first the domineering man who boldly broke into her car at the beginning, put a gun against her head for no reason, she was really stunned at that time, and there was a strong fear in her panic, but that was only because this was the first time she was threatened with a gun in her life, her first reaction was that this man was so bold, and the second reaction was her own life.

Huaixin is undoubtedly changeable and wise, with the grace and grace of a talented man, handsome and chic, and also has the pride and domineering spirit of the son of a hegemon. He is sometimes elegant like the wind, sometimes he is like a cloud, he is full of charm to her, and he is also ruthless to her. They all take their emotions very seriously and can't tolerate the slightest betrayal, so their relationship is destined to be full of ups and downs and thorns.

When I woke up, the fire had long been extinguished, and there was no one in the ruined temple. Miao Ling rubbed her numb arm that had been pressed, and she didn't know when she had fallen asleep. She was wondering where Cheng'en was going, when she saw him running in from outside, carrying a bag of hot biscuits.

"Hungry, eat."

Cheng En said lightly, with a hint of a smile on his face, and the whole person seemed to be much more relieved than the night before.

Miao Ling took the baked cake, the fragrant smell came to her nose, she was really hungry, she took it out and ate it, and when she ate more than half of it, she suddenly realized that Cheng En was staring at her and pursing her lips and laughing, she was suddenly a little embarrassed, wiped her lips embarrassedly, and swallowed all the residues in her mouth in one go.

"Sorry to make you laugh."

Cheng En didn't feel anything wrong, but was very happy, "I'm honored that you don't treat me as an outsider and don't care about your image." ”

Miao Ling smiled, and the big mouth turned into a small mouthful, "Then what are you going to do next?" Do you still go to Dongzhou? ”

Cheng En said, "No, go to Jingling." ”

Miao Ling was slightly surprised, "That is equivalent to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth." ”

Cheng En sneered, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger." If I leave, one day I will still die in the hands of Lu Chengze for no apparent reason, so no matter what, I have to solve this matter first. What about you? When you find the nurse, will you stay in Jingling? ”

Miao Ling fell into deep thought, which she hadn't thought about, even if she left Liaodong, it was all done suddenly. Seeing that she was silent and her eyebrows were lowered, Cheng En knew that she had something unspeakable, and then said, "Although I don't know why you left Liaodong and ran to this Dong'an alone, it must be as simple as wanting to visit the nurse. Since you don't say it, I won't ask, so let's go to Jingling together, and there will be a response on the way. When you meet the nurse, it's not too late to make the next arrangement. ”

Miao Ling thought for a moment, and didn't think of anything better, so she agreed.

But said that over there in Liaodong, as soon as this Kong Miaoling left, although Shen Huaixin didn't say anything, and gave an order not to ask others to look for it, his heart was as anxious as an ant on the hot pot. He often wandered away and didn't speak, and he couldn't sleep and eat, he didn't allow himself to think about it, so he used heavy work to anesthetize himself, buried in military and political affairs all day long, and his temper grew a lot.

Shen Huaixin restrained himself from touching things related to Kong Miaoling, so evasive, but he would still hear her words more or less from other people's mouths invisibly. Once upon a time, he was used to drinking the soup that no matter how hard the chef tried, he couldn't make the taste he wanted. For example, the next day's clothes would be neatly arranged by the spirit at his bedside the night before, and now, he would only wake up at the desk in the study the next morning. When he is worried about affairs, when he encounters difficult things, there will always be a gentle voice in his ears, knocking on the side to give him advice. As much as he is not used to it now, he is as dependent on her as he is. He struggled and curled up in the web of love and hatred woven by each other, but it was a swamp, and the more he struggled, the deeper he sank.

He couldn't help but walk into the room where he had been away for many days, there were countless memories of him and her, and her fragrance seemed to be still in the air, faint and refreshing. He slowly walked to the dresser beside the bed, and in the mirror in front of the dresser, the picture of Miao Ling dressing up just appeared, the corners of his mouth rose, his heart moved, and without thinking, he stretched out his arms and hugged her from behind as usual. But the arms are empty, and the mirrors are empty, but it's illusory.

At this time, on the first day of the new year, I came in from outside, and I saw that he was sad, and it was difficult to report. Shen Huaixin still saw him, and asked sullenly, "What's the matter?" ”

At the beginning of the year, "the people from the Internal Affairs Division came to ask for instructions, I wonder if the old newspapers of previous years can be destroyed?" ”

Shen Huaixin sighed, "It's all burned." ”

On the way back to the office, Shen Huaixin saw the people of the internal service department burning the newspaper in the open space in front of him, he also instinctively glanced at it, but he caught a glimpse of a white envelope-like edge between the cracks of the paper.

"Slow!"

Shen Huaixin snorted hurriedly and took two steps forward, and sure enough, it was an envelope!

And the words on the envelope are so familiar!

Shen Huaixin's heart couldn't be calm, he couldn't wait to open the letter, "Red maple falls, rouge is thin, affectionate, who to tell me." Wrong, wrong, wrong. ”

After falling to the bottom of the cliff, Shen Huaixin hit the head with a blow, and his brain suddenly went blank.

"How could this letter be mixed in a discarded newspaper?"

Shen Huaixin was furious, and the orderly was so frightened that he stammered, "Little... I don't know. ”

Seeing this on the first day of the new year, he knew that this letter must have come from Kong Miaoling's hand, and he was also very anxious, "Young master, I'm afraid I don't know when I got involved." At first glance, the current army is in chaos, and Mrs. ran out alone, and she didn't have much money with her, so let's find Mrs. quickly. ”

"It's all a bunch of rubbish!"

Shen Huaixin turned his head and entered the office building, and everyone was angry when they saw him, not to say that it was too much, and they didn't even dare to look at it. Only the first day of the new year is not afraid, and follows closely.

"Prepare a train ticket to Jingling immediately, don't wait!"

Over there, Lu Chengen and Kong Miaoling walked together, talking and laughing along the way, and enjoying the scenery along the way, they were very happy. Kong Miaoling is far from being as delicate, generous, sincere, and optimistic as Cheng En thought, but he knows that how bright the smile on her face is, how deep the pain in her heart is.

Both of them are in disguise, and Seung Eun has a big beard on his face, and he looks like a haggard old man. Miao Ling is dressed as a maid, with two thick and long braids hanging on her chest, which is very pretty. The two were separated on Furong Road in Jingling City, and Miao Ling went straight to Mandarin Duck Jin, and the two agreed to meet in Shili Pavilion three days later.

Mandarin Duck Jin's business seems to be much colder, and I can't hear the shouts of the nurse. Miao Ling didn't see anyone when she entered, and shouted a few times, only to see a woman with white hair and a somewhat rickety back coming out of the back room with a curtain open. Miao Ling looked at it, who could that woman be if she wasn't a nurse?

Miao Ling choked up at the moment, and the thick sourness gathered in her heart, and she looked at the nurse for a long time, her lips closed together, and then she called, "Nurse." ”

The nurse squinted at her, her eyebrows furrowed, and she was about to twist a rope on her forehead, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted, "Miss! ”

After a while of hugging and crying, Miao Ling learned about the changes of this year from the mouth of the nurse. It is said that at that time, Lu Chengze used the nurse to kidnap Miao Ling, but the forced marriage failed but reaped the consequences. The nurse didn't suffer anything, but when she heard that Miao Ling escaped safely and returned to Liaodong with Shen Boyong's father and son, she put her mind at ease and continued to manage her mandarin duck brocade.

As a result, less than half a month after this An's birthday, a few thick men came over and asked her for protection money with a straight face. The nurse has been operating on this street for many years, and everyone knows that she was the nurse of the Kong family, and she is not a bad person, and the matter of collecting protection money will never happen to her. No, after many years, this kind of thing still happened. The nurse said all the good things in line with the principle of harmony and wealth, but those people just didn't listen, and they were about to make trouble, and she couldn't resist it as a woman, so she had to compromise, and she didn't want to, and the protection money was given less than two days ago, and someone came to make trouble. The nurse was so angry that she didn't give any good face at the moment, not only refused to give anything, but also put down cruel words, saying, "Except for her old life, I want to take everything away!" ”

If you are not even afraid of death in this world, there is nothing to threaten. When the group saw her being so tough, they didn't make a move, they just put down their words and told her to wait and see.

The nurse is not afraid of death, but she is afraid of such a threat. These words hung in her head for several days, but nothing troubled or unusual happened, and after a few days, it was all right. So, she chose to gradually forget those threats, and the whole person was alive again, and her business was clear.

As a result, what should come is still coming. One day, several noble ladies from Jingling City ran to the door of her store with the material, saying that the material was fake, and that they had been gnawed by rats and cockroaches, and they were allergic to it. The lady's loud voice immediately attracted the attention of not only the customers in the store, but also the people in the neighborhood. The lady said that she had a nose and a face, and even remembered the date and amount of the horse she bought, and asked the nurse to check it. The nurse had to do this because of public opinion, and she didn't want such a pair, but she was all right.

Although the nurse knew that the material must have been manipulated, and this noble lady must have been bewitched and instructed to come, but her status is lowly, if the Kong family was in power a few years ago, such a thing would be a piece of cake. Since then, the business of Mandarin Duck Brocade has taken a sharp turn and has collapsed. The nurse tried her best to make people believe that she was wronged, but no one believed her, but she was insulted, saying that she had a bad conscience and was a profiteer. The nurse had nowhere to redress her grievances, and it wasn't until Lu Chengze came to the door one day that she knew that the person behind the scenes was actually him.

Lu Chengze wants to make a deal with her, as long as she lets Kong Miaoling come to Beijing, he can restore his former demeanor. The nurse knew what kind of goods Lu Chengze was, how could he be willing. Lu Chengze knew how to do what he liked, and put a box of gold bars in front of her eyes, the golden light pierced the nurse's eyeballs, and she clearly felt her heart beating restlessly.

She finally held back, and immediately blackened her face and blasted Lu Chengze out. Lu Chengze was furious, since then, the nurse's situation has been declining day by day, the old man invaded her whole body overnight, the original black and bright hair suddenly turned white, she missed the past day and night, lived in her own memories all day long, and did not go out of the door. Gradually, her shoulders were whitened by time, and the melancholy and gloom turned into wrinkles crawling all over her face and body, and her shoulders could no longer stand straight