Chapter 106: Searching

Shen Nanzhu walked out of Shoufang Garden, but when he stopped, he found that he did not return to Zhuxi Garden, but unconsciously came to Jingxin Garden.

This small courtyard used to be a little crowded, but now it is so deserted, as if no one has ever stayed here.

But the man lived here for a year during his absence......

A year...... But it didn't leave any traces in this courtyard......

She didn't want to leave any traces here, did she? For her, maybe this Dingnanhou Mansion is the same everywhere......

He turned around and walked out, and on the way he met two young men who were also going to Zhuxi Garden.

One of the two little servants was holding a cute wooden cat in his hand, and the other was carrying a big burden on his shoulder, and he saluted him a little bulkyly.

"Lord Shizi, just now a young man came from outside the door, saying that the young lady ordered something for him, and the minions were about to send it over."

Shen Nanzhu looked at the wooden things they were holding or carrying in their hands, and he was a little distracted.

It was delivered so quickly, and it's only been two days.

He reached out and touched the wooden cat, which looked cute and seemed to be soft to the touch, but it was hard to the touch, just like her, who was obviously fragrant and soft, but always so stiff when facing herself.

It's not that I don't like to be intimate with others like him, but I don't like him at all, and I resist him because I don't like him.

"Lord Shizi, where will you put it when you move over later?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, the little guy asked cautiously.

"On the Bogu shelf."

He subconsciously replied. After speaking, he was stunned again.

She's gone, and she's still on the Bogu shelf to do something.

"No need, put it ......"

The woman's voice suddenly sounded in my ears again: "Are there any craftsmen in our house?" I want to make that kitten bigger one out and put it on the Bogu shelf. ”

"By the way, I'm good at crafting now, and I can make clothes, can I make you a dress?"

"So bamboo is your lucky thing, isn't it?"

"Then when I make your clothes, will I embroider a few bamboo leaves on the cuffs for you? Maybe you can get good luck by wearing it? ”

"Shen Nanzhu, say take your time......"

Take it easy......

Wrong......

Wrong......

If she really didn't want to leave traces in this mansion, why did she have a big wooden cat to put on the Bogu shelf......

If she really didn't intend to stay with her at all, why did she offer to make clothes for herself......

If she really didn't like herself at all. Why don't you stiffen and resist like before? Instead, he blushed and said let him take his time......

Also, she also promised Ah Zheng to help Ah Zheng order another set of table juju when he saw the boy who made wooden things again......

She had intended to stay......

She wanted to stay......

With a clang, the wooden cat in the little girl's hand was knocked to the ground, and he was surprised to see the man who disappeared from his side like the wind. Look at the wooden cat that has been knocked off the ground. Stomped his foot and patted his leg!

"This ...... What can I do? ”

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Shen Nanzhu rode his horse and galloped all the way to the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion. The sharp-eyed subordinate greeted him and asked with a smile on his face: "Lord Shizi, are you here to deliver the letter of retirement?" ”

"Leave the book?"

That girl didn't show the letter of resignation to the people in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion?

Really. She actually wanted to stay......

Now that these people know about this, it must be the maid called Baozhu who secretly ran back to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion in private, right?

It's disgusting!

"Yes, yes, our second aunt, oh no, wasn't our second miss divorced by you? You're here to deliver a letter of retirement, right? In fact, where is it so troublesome, send someone to ......"

"Who told you that I divorced her?"

He said condescendingly on his horse.

"Huh?"

The little guy looked inexplicable: "No...... Isn't it? Then you are ......"

"I'll pick up my wife and take me to her."

Shen Nanzhu dismounted and said.

"Ah???h

The little guy's jaw almost dropped.

"Husband...... Madam? You're not...... It's not ......"

"Take me to her."

He said it again.

"This ...... This...... I can't see it......"

Can't see it?

Shen Nanzhu's eyes sank: "What do you mean?" ”

"Second Miss...... No, the second aunt and grandmother are ...... She's not in the house......"

"Not in the house?"

His gaze became even more gloomy, and although he didn't move a single step, it made the little guy feel as if he had come closer.

"Second aunt and grandmother...... She...... Didn't get in...... It should be ...... now Should be...... The guesthouse went to ......"

Didn't make it in?

Although the little guy didn't say it directly, Shen Nanzhu also understood that she was kicked out.

Because the maid informed the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion in advance that she was abandoned, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion simply didn't even let her in, and drove her out directly?

She is a weak woman, she just left the door of the Dingnan Hou Mansion, and in a blink of an eye, she was kicked out by her mother's family, and she was reduced to the point where she could only stay in an inn?

"Which inn?"

He asked coldly.

The little girl shook her head with a slumped face: "I don't know, the second aunt didn't say ......"

With the sound of the brush, the little man was beaten to the ground by the horsewhip, and before he could cry out in pain, he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in his ears, and the man who was still talking to him just now had gone away in a blink of an eye.

The people who had been quietly watching the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion suddenly became clear, it turned out that Mrs. Dingnan Hou Shizi had quarreled with Shiziye, and she was in a bad mood and ran back to her parents' house in anger for a while.

As a result, the mother's family thought that Mrs. Shizi was abandoned, and in order to flatter Dingnanhou Mansion, they drove her out without even letting her in.

This plot twist is really fast enough and ups and downs! I can make up a new book! It's a pity that no one dares to joke about Dingnanhou Mansion......

But this time the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion is really miserable...... Finally, because of the marriage contract, he climbed to such an in-law family as the Dingnan Hou Mansion, and now he even drove this prince out with his own hands!

Look at the posture of the Hou Shizi of Dingnan. That is to put this lady of the prince on the tip of the heart, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion really lost his wife and soldiers this time, and he didn't eat the mutton and made a fuss!

I'm afraid that even if this prince lady is found, she will be cold to her mother's family, and she won't be very close to them in the future.

Speaking of which, this lady of the prince does not look like she has been abandoned, looking at her dress today, the clothes cut from the latest materials in Yunnifang, the heavy golden hairpin, and the embroidered shoes are all falling with a few pearls the size of lotus seeds and rice, which abandoned woman will be dressed up like this when she is kicked out of her husband's house?

But the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion will definitely not have nothing to do, and it must have known some news in advance to make them so convinced that Mrs. Dingnan Hou Shizi was abandoned.

And look at the way they were talking at the door before. Eighty percent is a letter from the maid who called the jewel.

This maid is obviously the dowry of Mrs. Hou Shizi of Dingnan. But sneaked back to the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion behind her back to deliver such a message, then there is only one possibility, that is, this maid was originally arranged by someone from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, in order to grasp or control the dynamics of Mrs. Dingnan Hou Shizi from time to time.

Who knew that this maid had made a mistake this time. Seeing that Mrs. Dingnan Hou Shizi had a quarrel with Shiziye. I thought she was going to be abandoned. ran back to the house to spread such a news, and finally led to this inexplicable misunderstanding.

Because of this "abandonment turmoil", the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion has once again made the gossip headlines in Bei'an City after many years. It has become the hottest topic of conversation after tea and dinner in the streets and alleys.

On the other side, in the Dingnanhou Mansion, the old lady Shen in Shoufang Garden knew that Shen Nanzhu had gone to find Mengbao, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

But when she heard that the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion had made everyone know about Mengbao's abandonment, she couldn't help but be angry.

"This crazy old woman! actually did such a thing while Ah Sheng was not in the house! Dare to say that the ancestral hall will remove Mengbao's name! What a thing is she! Whether the ancestral hall can be opened or not is up to her! ”

"Don't be angry, because the prince personally went to say that he wanted to take the young lady back, so everyone felt that it was a misunderstanding and didn't take it seriously."

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Fortunately, it's still in time...... Luckily, it's still in time...... My Azhu won't follow in his father's footsteps......"

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Shen Nanzhu stood in front of the Fulai Inn, looking at the smashed plaque and the messy hall in front of him, and suddenly a bad premonition rose in his heart.

Ah Man inquired in the store, turned around and walked out.

"The young lady did come, but is no longer there. Just now, someone brought a guard to say that the concubine in the family was lost, and she was hidden in this inn. The inn couldn't hand over people, so they smashed the inn. ”

Shen Nanzhu slowly clenched his fists, turned over and turned the horse's head.

"Mobilize all the centaurs I brought back this time, and look for them."

“…… Be. ”

On this day, Bei'an City was very lively, first there was a rumor that the wife of the prince of the Hou Mansion of Dingnan was abandoned, and then this rumor was broken by the fact that the Hou Shizi of Dingnan personally went to the Hou Mansion of Zhenyuan to pick up people.

The Fulai Inn was suddenly smashed, and the crime was to harbor someone else's lost concubine, and in the end the concubine was not found, and the person who smashed the temple lost the silver, and the matter was over.

The fifth aunt of the Zheng Mansion fell into the lotus pond and drowned when he attended the banquet in the Dingnan Hou Mansion, and the two little servants knew that they could not escape the blame and followed their masters.

There was also a stream in the city. The hooligan ruffian brawl incident accidentally injured several passers-by, and one of them, a young woman who was walking outside with her personal mother and maid, was particularly seriously injured, and died before she could be carried to the medical center.

There is a lot of talk about these things, but few people know the connection.

At that time, Mengbao was hiding in a ruined temple outside the city, wiping tears with red eyes and bandaging the wound on his leg.

"Miss, the slave is fine, don't cry......"

It's okay? How could it be okay!

Mengbao wiped away her tears again and continued the movements of her hands.

If it weren't for protecting her, how could she have been cut and sprained her ankle.

Just now, it was obviously a brawl between the two parties, but suddenly inexplicably slashed at them.

She originally wanted to find a family doctor to show the red note as soon as possible. The red note said that he felt that something was wrong, insisted on refusing to stay, and must leave the city immediately.

Of course, she also knew that something was wrong, otherwise how could it be so coincidental Not long after they lived in the inn, the inn was smashed by someone, and they encountered a brawl and were affected not long after they walked out of the inn.

When those people cut it, it didn't look like they were accidentally injured, they really wanted to kill people!

If you want to say that they are men, they may be mistaken for each other by those people, but they are clear women, and those people just don't have a good look at them and don't have a reason to misidentify them!

"Miss, you say...... Could it be...... Will it be ......?"

Hongjian's face was pale, and he had such a thought inexplicably in his heart. But I couldn't believe it anyway.

"Don't think about it."

Mengbao patted her on the shoulder: "Whatever it is." We're fine. You have a good rest first, and when Mother Zhao comes, we will leave together. ”

Red Note opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't open his mouth after all.

Now this time. She couldn't say anything sad and disappointing to worry Miss.

They had just left markers along the way out of town. It was the bamboo pattern that the young lady had drawn by herself when she was going to make clothes for the prince two days ago. No one had seen it except for a few people close to them, and no one would care.

When my mother saw it, she would have followed this mark to find them, but she was afraid...... I'm afraid she's already ......

Red Note tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes. Gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Meng Bao said that he wanted to take a look around and investigate the terrain, so as not to be found and there was no way to retreat, and then he got up and went out.

She walked under a tree next to the ruined temple, rested her forehead against the tree, and slammed her fist into the trunk.

Damn it! Damn it!

Damn it! Damn it!

It's too much of a deception! It's too much of a deception!

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In the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, Su Zhou looked at the trembling jewel kneeling in front of him: "Didn't you say that she was suspended?" ”

"I ...... I ......"

Syllable.

A slap slammed into her face.

"Dare to call myself when I talk back to my wife? What kind of thing are you! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, slave...... The slave is used to it, so ......"

Syllable.

Another slap in the face: "Is there still such a habit now?" ”

"No, no, no, no...... The slave knows the mistake, the slave knows the mistake! ”

She kept knocking and prostrating on the ground, again and again.

Su Zhou raised his hand, and the big girl kicked the jewel: "Don't hurry back to Madame's words!" ”

"Yes, yes, Mrs. Hui, the slave maid did see Mei Xiang take the second aunt and grandmother with her own eyes, no, no, no, no, she pushed the second lady into Chen Er's arms. At that time, the prince was watching from a distance, and he definitely saw it! ”

"What I asked you is, didn't you say, was she divorced?"

Baozhu shuddered, and her head lowered more and more: "She...... She must have been divorced, the prince has seen that scene, it doesn't make sense......"

"Don't tell me anything! I only ask you, have you heard the Hou Shizi of Dingnan say that she is going to divorce her? Or did you see the Hou Shizi of Dingnan write a letter of resignation to her? ”

"Slave maid...... The slave and maid will not guess wrong, the prince must be ......"

"I didn't let you guess! I ask if you have heard it with your own ears and seen it with your own eyes! ”

Su Zhou slammed the teacup on her forehead.

A line of blood and tea snaked down Baozhu's cheeks, she didn't even dare to wipe it, and kowtowed busily: "The slave didn't hear it, the slave didn't see it, but ......"

"Shut up!"

Su Zhou's chest rose and fell violently, and he couldn't wait to cut the person in front of him with a thousand knives.

This, with her wishful thinking, definitely told them that Su Mengbao was suspended, but when they drove Su Mengbao out of the house and sent a killer, the prince of Dingnan Hou came to pick up someone!

Their Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion has once again become the laughing stock of the entire Bei'an City! It's even more shameful than a woman who was abandoned in the house!

And most importantly...... The killing move has already been arranged, and now it's too late to stop, God knows if Su Mengbao is dead at this moment!

If it was really as Baozhu said, Shen Nanzhu had seen such a scene with his own eyes, and now he still came to their mansion to pick up people, then he was afraid that he already knew something. And Su Mengbao's position in his heart is probably much more important than they imagined!

So ...... If something really happened to her...... That man will definitely not let go of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion! So many years have passed since the friendship and favor of the Marquis of Zhenyuan Mansion to the Marquis of Dingnan, and it is definitely not enough to suppress his anger......

The town of Yuanhou Mansion...... That's it......

"Mom...... Mom! ”

She grabbed the hand of the old mother beside her violently: "Let them stop!" Let them stop! Su Mengbao can't have anything, he must not have anything! ”

The old mother has lived for so many years, so she naturally understands the meaning of this, and hurriedly said: "Yes, madam, don't worry, the old slave will go down and make arrangements." ”

She was about to go out after she finished speaking, but a subordinate hurried in at this moment and whispered a few words to her.

The old mother shook her body and almost fell. Staggered back again: "Madame...... It's too late...... The messenger said...... It's been done......"

"What?"

Su Zhoushi stood up from his chair suddenly. But I only felt that it was dark in front of me, and I fainted as soon as my body was crooked......

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"Mom! Mother Zhao! ”

Mengbao looked at the person who appeared in front of him and greeted him excitedly: "Are you okay?" That's great...... Great......"

Zhao's mother also held her tightly: "Miss, are you okay?" What about red notes? How about red notes? ”

She looked at Mengbao for a while, and then at the red note leaning against the wall. I already have a rough understanding of the situation in my heart.

Mengbao lowered his head and said, "It's all my fault." If it weren't for the protection of me. She'll be fine with the red note. ”

Mother Zhao had already squatted beside the red note, held her hand, and said what she said was to comfort Mengbao: "How can Miss say that." As a slave and maid, you should put the safety of your master first. The red note should protect you, and if it was me who was by your side at the time, I would have done the same. ”

"Does it hurt?" After she finished speaking, she asked Xiang Hongjian again.

Hongzhi shook his head: "It doesn't hurt, I'm just worried about my mother's safety, it's good to see you okay now." ”

Mother Zhao smiled and touched her head: "Good boy." ”

"Mother, did you erase those marks when you came to us? Although no one knows us except us, it's better to be careful. ”

Red note cautiously said.

Mother Zhao was a little dazed: "Mark? What mark? ”

"Bamboo leaves, Miss and I came along the way to draw bamboo leaves as markers, didn't you see them? So how did you find it? ”

Both the red note and Mengbao were puzzled for a while.

Zhao's mother shook her head: "I didn't see it, it was that child who brought me here." ”

She said, pointing outside.

I saw a corner of azure cloth exposed on the side of the door of the broken temple, and the white young man standing outside the door heard the people inside mention him, poked his head sideways, and smiled shyly.

"I went to the inn and didn't find you, and I was in a hurry when I met this kid. He came up to greet me and said that the things that the young lady had ordered had been delivered to the house, but because it was not someone he knew who took it personally, he was a little uneasy, so he told me again. I really couldn't find anyone else who knew you and could help, so I had to ask him to help me find it. ”

"This kid has a way, he took the purse that the young lady gave me before, whistled and called a dog out of nowhere, put the purse under the dog's nose and let the dog smell it, and the dog took us all the way to find it."

Red Note's eyes widened when he heard this, and Mengbao also felt a little incredible, and turned his head to look at the child again.

The boy did not look at them anymore, but stood by the door as he had done before, as if on guard to prevent others from approaching.

She retracted her gaze and looked at Hongjian and Zhao's mother: "Mom, Hongjian's ankle is sprained, and she has to find a doctor to show her quickly." I'm afraid it's dangerous for us to enter the city now, where is the nearest town from here? Let's hurry over and don't delay her treatment. ”

Mother Zhao nodded, and was about to speak, but the young man outside poked his head in again: "That...... I...... I may ...... Can you show her. ”

"You know how to heal?"

Mengbao was overjoyed and hurriedly beckoned to him: "Come on, come quickly, help see if you can cure it." ”

The boy blushed a little, looked at her and looked outside: "Then ...... here"

Zhao's mother hurriedly stood up: "I'll keep watch, child, come and help her take a look, if you are cured, we will thank you heavily." ”

The young man hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no." ”

Zhao's mother couldn't wait to walk out and replaced him.

The young man came to the red note and squatted down, said "rudeness" and groped on her ankle through his trouser legs, and said to Mengbao on the side while moving his hand: "Actually, what I understand is not medical skills, but ...... It's ......"

He wanted to speak and stopped, not knowing whether it was inconvenient to speak or difficult to speak.

"It doesn't matter what it is, you just need to heal her."

"Yes."

The boy nodded affirmatively.

"That's good, thank you."

The boy blushed again, lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled, turning and pressing his hand.

There was only a click, followed by a short scream from the red note.

"Alright."

The boy let go of his hand and said.

"How's it going?"

Mengbao looked at the sweaty red note with concern.

Red Note took a few deep breaths and tried to move his ankle, which had barely been able to move just now.

"Alright...... All right! Miss, I'm all right! ”

She was excited to jump up, but the young man hurriedly stopped: "You just can move now and don't hurt much, in fact, it's not completely better, don't make any big moves in the past few days, otherwise it will hurt." ”

The red note, which had been propped up, sat back cautiously as if he had received a holy decree.

"That'...... It should be okay to move slowly, right? ”

"It's okay, if you don't run or jump, there will be no big problem, and you will be able to fully recover in ten days and half a month at most."

"That's good, that's good, thank you so much."

She thanked her heartily.

Mengbao also said a few words of thanks, and even Mother Zhao, who was guarding the door, couldn't help but thank him from a distance.

The young man was very embarrassed, and at first he kept saying no thanks, no thanks, and then he simply lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Since there is nothing major, let's discuss the next thing."

Mengbao said in a deep voice.

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Shen Nanzhu looked at the dilapidated temple in front of him, the corners of the walls covered with cobwebs and beams, and the statue of the god with a solemn and soft expression.

It was unusually quiet, and no one seemed to have ever stopped here, but the mark he found was undoubtedly pointing in the direction it was in the end.

More than a dozen attendants had searched the area around the ruined temple more than once, and not even a single fly had been missed.

"It's a sign that someone has stayed, but it's clearly been carefully covered."

"There was a wiped blood stain on the ground, and someone should have been injured."

"There are many footprints of wild beasts around, and they are very messy, no less than a dozen."

The attendants passed the message back one by one, but did not receive any response from the man on horseback.

After a long time, he spit out two words with an expressionless face: "Let's go." ”

After saying that, he turned his horse's head around and walked back, as if the man who had just been crazy and wandering around the city was not him......

ps:This is the last chapter of the first volume~ Tomorrow will officially enter the second volume~ This chapter has been repeatedly revised for a long time, and I still feel that something is wrong with the writing, so let's make do with it...... I really don't know how to change the watermelon......== (To be continued......) R1292