"Young lady, the light in this alley is dim, but you have to be careful under your feet." Guo Wei reminded.

This alley is where she first met Gu Ruyu, when Lin Mengyao went to Taohuawu to see Wang Qiaolan, and happened to see Gu Ruyu coming out of this alley. With a veil, there is no servant with him. Afterwards, Lin Mengyao asked Guo Wei to visit this alley, but what he saw was shocking.

After receiving Guo Wei's return, Lin Mengyao thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to check it out with Gu Beichen in person. And today, it is the best time - Gu Ruyu has gone to the White Horse Temple, no matter what, he can't touch it.

Looking at this alley from the downtown area, the alley is really narrow, but when she walked in, Lin Mengyao knew that this place was not only narrow, but also dark and damp. After passing through the long alley, the view was much wider, and what I saw was a barren place.

Although she had already made preparations because of Guo Jin's words, when she saw the thatched grass and the ruins of the walls, Lin Mengyao was still shocked: Come to think of it, few people in the rich and noble families living in Tonglu City know that behind this bustling street and alley, there are still a bunch of poor people living in unclothed clothes!

Followed Guo Wei to a courtyard, the courtyard wall here is just made of some reed bamboo, sparse, many places of reed bamboo has disappeared, from the missing place can see everything in the courtyard. In the courtyard, a gray-haired, skinny old man leaned against the wall and basked in the sun, his eyes cloudy and devoid of energy.

When she saw this old man, Lin Mengyao couldn't help but think of her mother in her previous life. As Mrs. Xiangguo, she was desolate and imprisoned, and when Lin Mengyao went to see her, she was also leaning on the wall with empty eyes, looking out of the narrow prison window.

"Old man, it's cold on the ground, I can't sit still."

Lin Mengyao stepped forward to help the old man up, but she didn't know where to sit. The courtyard was so dilapidated that there wasn't even a single well-established plank for seating. Quite embarrassed, Guo Wei had already taken off his coat and put it on the ground, helping Lin Mengyao to sit on the old woman's clothes.

When the old woman saw the living person, she didn't react much, she only glanced at Lin Mengyao, and then sat down peacefully, and said after a while: "Did you come to my house Ju'er?" My chrysanthemum is developed, and I went to a rich man's house to be a maid, and I'm gone-woo-woo-"

As she spoke, the old woman whimpered and began to weep.

Obviously, this old woman has something to do with Qiu Ju who died in the Gu Mansion. It's just that Liu Shenxiang didn't say that this Qiu Ju had no relatives and no reason, and fled to Gufu to be a maid? How can there be another relative here?!

Lin Mengyao wanted to ask, but the old woman muttered and repeated what she had just said, and her mind was not very clear. As Guo Wei said, this old woman is only these words.

"My Ju'er is gone, you can't find it-"

Lin Mengyao's nose was sour, and when she thought of Qiu Ju's tragic death, she couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly, she glanced at the old woman deeply: Does this old woman really not know that Qiu Ju is dead? Why, do you always think that this old woman knows something?

Lin Mengyao squatted down, picked off a thatch from the old man's unkempt hair, and asked, "Old woman, who are you from Ju'er?" ”

"Ju'er? Ju'er, my good granddaughter, Ju'er-" The old woman smelled the word "Ju'er", looked at Lin Mengyao for a long time, but laughed: "My Ju'er is the most filial, you come, you come-"

In this way, this old woman should be Qiu Ju's grandmother.

The old woman stood up tremblingly, and then led Lin Mengyao to the dilapidated house. Gu Beichen was worried and wanted to stop it, but Lin Mengyao signaled with her eyes and followed the old woman into the house.

It's not so much a house as a shed built with a few thatched patches. The thatch on the roof of the shed had long since flown away, and only the southwest corner was slightly covered. Sunlight shines through the empty rooftops, illuminating everything inside. Except for a worn-out wooden plank, and a few broken bowls with missing mouths, only a large cauldron hung over.

Lin Mengyao followed a few steps and followed the old woman.

But the old woman no longer paid attention to her, but rummaged through the house, and for a long time turned out a small jar from a pile of broken rubble: "Our family Ju'er is the most filial, you see, you see-"

The old woman took the jar and handed it to Lin Mengyao and the others, and when everyone looked at it, the corners of their eyebrows were raised: the small jar was filled with gold ingots, which looked like a hundred taels.

Such a dilapidated place is incompatible with a hundred taels of gold ingots, Lin Mengyao will not think that it is owned by the old woman, and she will not believe what the old woman said - it is Qiu Ju who is filial to her.

"Our Ju'er has been greatly cultivated, and this was sent by Ju'er to a fairy-like girl-" The old woman smiled, but her face was cloudy, and finally she sat down again with the jar in her arms, and repeated: "Did you come to my Ju'er?" My chrysanthemum is developed, and I went to a rich and noble family to be a maid, and I am no longer ......there."

Since then, there has been nothing else in the old woman's mouth, only repeating this sentence over and over again, Lin Mengyao and the others felt that they would not find it again, so they didn't stay longer, and only told Guo Zhen to find an opportunity to contact the old woman more, protect the old woman, and then went to the Gu Mansion. Although the Liu family was going to have a fast meal in the White Horse Temple and then come back, if they were out for too long, and the Liu family came back to investigate, it might arouse Gu Ruyu's suspicions.

Gu Ruyu went to the dilapidated courtyard alone, she must not want to be known.

In the carriage, the husband and wife snuggled up to each other.

"Husband, what do you think of the old woman?" Lin Mengyao looked at Gu Beichen, who had been talking, and asked.

Gu Beichen looked into the depths of the alley and whispered: "When people live for a long time, their hearts will be bright and transparent. I think the old woman didn't know anything, she just didn't know what to say. ”

Sure enough, Gu Beichen was also suspicious of this old woman.

"I feel the same way, this old woman looks stupid, but her eyes always shine. Come to think of it, I can't believe us, and some words are hidden in my heart. ”

"Alas-she's worried about being known by Ruyu--heh-" Gu Beichen frowned and sighed.

Although Qiu Ju's death was something that happened to Gu Beichen in a coma, since the fake belly, Lin Mengyao told Gu Beichen everything about the golden drunkenness, including Qiu Ju's death.

In this way, how could Gu Beichen not be able to guess the scruples in the old woman's heart?!

Although I don't know what Gu Ruyu did to the old woman, Gu Beichen can still imagine her coercion and temptation: Ruyu, the younger sister who grew up together, how could she be like this now!

The carriage "babbled", bumped and bumped, and the husband and wife leaned on each other, but they didn't want to walk out for a long time, but they heard Guo Wei let out a long cry, and the carriage stopped suddenly. If it weren't for Gu Beichen's quick reaction, Lin Mengyao would have almost rolled off...... (To be continued.) )