Chapter 262: There Is a Black Hand
When Ji Lin learned that Zheng Ruoyun had already set off for the Shilipo Courtyard, he was overjoyed, so he asked the academy for sick leave and followed without thinking about it.
At that time, Shilipo did not have a home, only Zheng Guogong's courtyard, which is said to be the dowry of the Duchess of Guogong, who was born in Jiangnan. As Zheng Guogong's only concubine, she is naturally the owner here.
Zheng Ruoyun is very low-key every time he comes here to recuperate, and not many people know about it. Ji Lin bought off the florist in the courtyard and took care of the flowers and plants, so that he could see Zheng Ruoyun's appearance every day.
Ji Lin, who was in a crush, didn't know that he was not the only one with the news that the rough maid was sold, and there were other people who were fighting Zheng Ruoyun's idea.
One day, he saw Zheng Ruoyun, who could only watch from afar, and was speechless with excitement.
And Zheng Ruoyun was only a sixteen-year-old girl at this time, and when she saw that he was born with red teeth and white lips, she didn't look like a gardener, so she asked him who he was.
Ji Lin couldn't help but chant the poem he made at the poetry meeting that day, the poem was originally written for her, and this poem made Zheng Ruoyun excited.
It turned out that this person chased here from the capital, but I didn't expect how he would know that he was here. Otherwise, both men and women in love have low IQs!
The two of them are getting more and more familiar with each other, and this kind of secret feeling is exciting, but it is also terrifying.
One day, Ji Lin told Zheng Ruoyun that he was going back to Beijing to tell his parents and then come to propose marriage.
Zheng Ruoyun couldn't do it shyly, and the two agreed that as soon as Ji Lin left, she would also go back to the capital and wait for him to propose.
Ji Lin planned to leave the next day, but on the night of the same day, he was so excited in the courtyard that he couldn't sleep for a long time, and because he couldn't sleep, he heard about a terrible deal.
A certain subordinate got a sum of silver, as long as the door of the boudoir courtyard where Zheng Ruoyun was located was opened at night, and the next person was drunk and muttered that he had made a fortune, so he leaked his mouth.
Ji Lin went up and beat the person hard, only to learn that the door of the small courtyard had been opened tonight.
Then Ji Lin ran to Zheng Ruoyun's courtyard like crazy, but unfortunately he was still a step too late, and all the people in the courtyard were drugged. Fascinated.
Hearing Zheng Ruoyun's shouts from a distance, Ji Lin kicked her boudoir away without caring for anything, and saw a man in black intending to violate Zheng Ruoyun. Ji Lin picked up the lampstand and hit it, and the man was beaten with blood on his face, so he had to leave unwillingly.
Zheng Ruoyun was very frightened, and when he saw that he had beaten away the thief, he lay on him and cried. But the two of them forgot about Zheng Ruoyun, who was disheveled at this time.
Just as the two were comforting each other, the sound of catching the thief sounded outside, and Zheng Guogong took people directly to Zheng Ruoyun's boudoir, and saw such a scene.
He was very angry, the daughter in the palm of his hand was bullied, how not to be angry!
regarded Ji Lin as a thief, and no matter how the two of them defended, they didn't believe it, because he had already received a report from his subordinates, so he rushed over and arrested him. didn't expect her daughter to intercede for outsiders, so she slapped Zheng Ruoyun in anger, and at the same time took Ji Lin to the front hall to deal with it.
Ji Lin naturally shouted that he was wronged, but he didn't want Zheng Ruoyun's reputation to be damaged, so he squeaked and didn't say anything about the man in black.
But Zheng Guogong, who was angry, didn't believe it, so he said, "If you are innocent, do you dare to poke a blind eye?" At the same time threw a dagger at him. ”
When Ji Lin heard this, his mind was hot, and he really picked up a dagger and poked it in his eyes for Zheng Ruoyun. He didn't clear his mind until he felt the pain, but it was too late, and his life was ruined.
But this scene was seen by Zheng Ruoyun, who struggled to come in, and his heart disease recurred under the heartache, and he only said one sentence when he died, "We are innocent!" ”
But he still didn't say who the man in black was.
Zheng Guogong realized that he was wrong to blame, but his daughter died because of this, and he was even more resentful of Ji Lin. He ordered Ji Lin not to enter the capital for half a step in his life.
It wasn't until Ji Lin said the drunken subordinate that Zheng Guogong knew that the daughter who violated him was someone else.
But Zheng Ruoyun is dead, and the people in the other courtyard and the people around Zheng Ruoyun will be killed directly as long as there is anything suspicious. Even so, there are still more than a dozen people who can't find the fault.
Zheng Guogong hated the courtyard here, so he ordered the courtyard to be destroyed, leaving only a few rooms. A grave was built for her in Zheng Ruoyun's boudoir, and the grave keeper naturally fell on Ji Lin.
Ji Lin also willingly guarded the tomb here, because the dozen or so subordinates were imprisoned here by Zheng Guogong, and without news of the Zheng family, they would never want to walk out of Shilipo for the rest of their lives.
When Ji Lin calmed down, he felt that someone was dealing with the Zheng family, but that person was really good at it, so that the Zheng family broke a daughter for nothing, not to mention, and he hadn't caught the slightest handle of that person.
Ji Lin also knew that Zheng Guogong left these people to let him take revenge, thinking that he was a talented man with a promising future, but now he is blind, his future is ruined, and his beloved is also dying in front of him, how can he not hate.
So I spent fifteen years torturing those people one by one. It was only when they begged for mercy before they died that they learned that the man in black wanted to use Zheng Ruoyun's innocence to achieve his future, and the man thought that in this way he would be able to marry Zheng Guogong's concubine and get Zheng Guogong's support. It's a pity that I don't know anything except that he is the eldest son of a small family in the capital. Ji Lin finally sighed.
This is the whole story, Nie Shuyao also felt terrible for the methods of the man in black, this person is afraid that he will buy all the people around the courtyard and Zheng Ruoyun.
The rich and noble families are not so good, at least the maids who serve their privacy are aware of a thing or two. If these maids had two hearts, they wouldn't have to think about how terrible they would be.
Nie Tianxi was deeply affected, and his faint memory was that three servants took him on a hurry, but while he was asleep, they took all the valuable things on his body and threw him by the river, almost stripping him of his clothes.
For this reason, Nie Tianxi gritted his teeth after hearing this story and said: "Mr. Ji, don't worry, if I have the opportunity to find this person, I will definitely avenge Miss Zheng." ”
"Xi'er." Nie Shuyao took his hand, she knew that her family Xi'er thought of what happened to her.
Only then did Ji Lin turn around and laugh: "Okay, time waits for no one." It took me fifteen years as a useless scholar to accomplish what I wanted, which was really ....... ”
Everyone had a bad feeling at this time, but fortunately, a carriage came quickly, breaking Ji Lin's laughter.
The carriage ran very fast, and only stopped before it came to the rose garden, and out of it came an old man and a young man. What was unexpected was that Nie Shuyao and his party knew these two.
The old man looked at this place and said, "This is this place, I remember that the old lady brought the old slave here before." ”
The other person was the young man Jin Li who was holding an embroidered spring knife he met in the Ruyi Inn, and he smiled: "Old Mo, it seems that the eldest lady is right. ”
"Well, it's just how this place has become so desolate. Still, the thorny flowers are as beautiful as ever. Lao Mo said.
Then they saw a group of people among the roses, and the two looked at each other, didn't the eldest lady say that there was usually only one blind gardener here?
The two instinctively sensed that something might be happening, and strode over there.
When they got closer, they realized that there were people they had seen before, and Nie Shuyao and the others also looked at them and were silent.
Jin Li and the others greeted them politely, and said, "We are here to find the gardener who manages the garden here, and we don't know ....... ”
He didn't say this, but looked at the people around him, and only the old man in black standing in front of the grave was dressed as a gardener, and he was blind in one eye.
Lao Mo bowed to Ji Lin and said, "You are the gardener who takes care of this place, right?" Our eldest lady has something to ask Mr. to explain. ”
"...... you?" Ji Lin asked with a blank face.
This was exactly what Nie Shuyao and the others wanted to ask, and she suddenly knew who the young lady who had always worn a hat in the Ruyi Inn was.
Lao Mo replied: "We are Zheng Guogong's domestic servants, and our eldest lady is Zheng Guogong's eldest daughter. ”
As soon as he heard this, Ji Lin became angry, pointed to the grave and said, "Zheng Guogong's eldest daughter can only be her!" ”
Lao Mo immediately bowed down and explained: "Lao Guogong went ten years ago, and the current Zheng Guogong is the former prince of Zheng Guogong, and our eldest lady is only over fifteen years old this year. ”
Ji Lin immediately relaxed when he heard the explanation, his expression seemed to be a little unwilling, and he muttered: "Zheng Guogong died ten years ago? How could he die? ”
His eyes, his future, and his clouds were all ruined by Zheng Guogong's words back then! yes, how could he die like that!
"It's ......." Lao Mo wiped his sweat and didn't know what to say, but the eldest lady's explanation had to be completed, and they secretly left Beijing this time.
I don't know who told the eldest lady about the Shilipo Courtyard, and the eldest lady who was at a prime age wanted to know what kind of miserable and beautiful relationship the aunt she hadn't met had and that talented man. Therefore, the two of them, as the only people who could use the eldest lady, were ordered to ask for stories.
Jin Li was young, and he didn't know the age of worry, let alone those bends, so he said bluntly: "Our eldest lady wants to know the story of you and that eldest lady back then." ”
Ji Lin didn't have the anger he imagined, there was a blank in his heart, there was still someone who wanted to hear about what happened back then? Isn't this a shame for the Zheng Guogong Mansion and the Ji family? He laughed self-deprecatingly, "The old man is tired, I want to listen to the story and ask them about these people." ”
Then he looked to the other end of the garden, where stood a tall man, dressed in a common fashion, and shouted at him, "The old man is leaving." You can go back to your life, and Yun'er should also go back to her ancestral land. ”
The man nodded, and disappeared into the woods.
"What is this?" Nie Shuyao whispered to herself.
Zhu Hong on the side explained her confusion, "If I guess correctly, this is the person who old Zheng Guogong stayed here to watch Ji Lin." It is also the boss of Shilipo! ”
Without waiting for Nie Shuyao to frown, Ji Lin walked into the small thatched hut and closed the door and saw no one.
Jin Li and the others hadn't heard the story yet, so naturally they couldn't just leave, and looked at Nie Shuyao reluctantly, hoping that she could tell the story on their behalf.
But at this moment, a puff of smoke appeared in the thatched house, and then a fire soared into the sky. R1152