"Fourth sister, it's my fourth sister."

Yu Shu was dumbfounded, looking at Xia Mingming's crying pale face, remembering that she occasionally mentioned the "fourth sister", as if the relationship was not very good.

"Don't panic, tell me, what have you dreamed of?"

Xia Mingming grabbed the quilt and cried: "Blood, I dreamed that my fourth sister was killed, it was a rainy night, someone sneaked into her room through the window and killed her." What to do, what to do, my fourth sister, my fourth sister, she will die, she will die"

Yu Shu's eyelids jumped, and he comforted: "Don't cry yet, can you be sure that this dream is accurate, Wanxu is just a dream?" ”

Xia Mingming hugged his head, shook his head and said incoherently: "I don't know the way, I don't know the way, I just dreamed that something happened to her." ”

Yu Shu thought that he was not afraid of 10,000, and hesitated: "Then do you want to write home as soon as possible, can you catch up?" ”

"Write, write home?" Xia Mingming looked at Yu Shu crying.

"Yes," Yu Shu only thought she was stunned, pressed her shoulder and said: "You just dreamed, aren't people not dead yet, notify the family earlier, maybe you can escape." ”

Having said that, she felt hung in her heart, Xia Ming didn't know where her home was, but if she sent a letter back from the capital, it would take half a month to hurry up, and people would die early, so how could she wait for her warning.

How could Xia Mingming hear Yu Shu's words, he suddenly stopped crying, grabbed Yu Shu's hand and said, "Yes, yes, I have to inform her, I have to let her dodge." ”

Yu Shu saw that she was emotional, and didn't dare to remind her that she might not be able to catch up with the time, so he comforted: "Okay, then I'll accompany you to the post house to write a letter early tomorrow morning, and let's pick a fast horse to send it." ”

"Nope. There's no need to write a letter," Xia Mingming shook his head. Sniffling anxiously, he said, "I'll go look for her as soon as dawn, she's in the capital." ”

"Huh?" Yu Shu was surprised: "Are you, the fourth sister, in the capital?" ”

She also thought that Xia Mingming had no relatives in the capital, and her sister was here after a long time.

Xia Ming wiped his tears, and at this time, he couldn't care about hiding Yu Shu or not: "Yes, she learned from Taishi Academy." ”

Yu Shu was taken aback again, how easy is it to learn in the Taishi Academy? That Xia Mingming's four sisters are not simple, three years have passed, and this year's is not counted, so to speak. Did her fourth sister pass the Dayan exam three years ago?

Tsk, she thought that Ji Xingxuan of the Ji family was strange enough, but she didn't expect that there was more than one such a powerful little girl.

Xia Mingming's mood was much more stable at this time, and he saw Yu Shu's expression. I vaguely guessed what she was thinking. smiled bitterly: "My fourth sister is only two years older than me, but she is much smarter than me, and she passed the Dayan exam three years ago." The elders in the family like her very much, and when she was sent to Beijing to study, her mother was very reluctant, and she really wanted her to have a good time, my mother."

Yu Shu asked tentatively, "You are the same mother, right?" ”

Xia Mingming nodded, and Yu Shu looked at her face was still ugly. suppressed many doubts in his heart and reassured: "That is the case. Then you will go to the Taishi Book Garden to find her early tomorrow morning, and your sisters will discuss how to take precautions. ”

Xia Mingming said in a panic: "Aren't you going with me?" ”

At this time, Yu Shu was like a life-saving straw to Xia Mingming, and when something happened, the first thing she thought of was her.

Yu Shu said: "I don't know your fourth sister, what can you do, your family business is not small, she is away from Beijing alone, will there be no guard by her side?" I can't help much, it's not convenient, you can just go yourself. ”

said without heart and lungs, the fourth young lady of the Xia Jiang family is dead or alive, what is she doing. She and Xia obviously have a relationship, but this doesn't mean that she has to care about the life and death of someone she doesn't know.

At the beginning, she forcibly saved Zhao Hui's life, and Qingzheng Daoist once warned her that life and death are safe and destiny, don't force everything, repay and report, and vainly change people's longevity will be punished by God. It's just for your own people, and it's really not worth caring for a stranger.

The fourth young lady of the Xia Jiang family is really going to die, and no one can stop her.

Of course, she can't say this to Xia Mingming, no matter how much people say it, they are all sisters, and when she says this, she can't turn her face with her.

"But I'm alone, I'm alone" Xia Mingming's eyes were red, she was smuggled out of the house, she really wanted to find the fourth sister, and the fourth sister didn't know how to sneer at her.

"Ah Shu, can you accompany me, you don't need to see my fourth sister, you just wait for me on the side," Xia Mingming dragged Yu Shu's hand, and pleaded with his eyes: "Okay?" ”

Yu Shu thought for a while and said, "Then I'll send you to the Taishi Academy tomorrow." ”

"Good, good." Xia Mingming nodded hurriedly, for fear that Yu Shu would regret it.

"Hurry up and go to sleep, don't worry too much, maybe you're in a daze." Yu Shu pushed Xia Mingming back to the bed and touched the cold sweat on her forehead, "I'll wake you up early tomorrow morning and go to sleep." ”

Xia Mingming grabbed Yu Shu's hand and didn't let go, "I, I'm a little scared, Ah Shu, can you sleep with me?" ”

Jingchen was outside, if he really wanted her to sleep with Xia Mingming, maybe he would have something amazing, Yu Shu took this into account, so he didn't agree, patted her and said:

"What's there to be afraid of, I came over without seeing you shout, rest assured to sleep, I'll be here, wait for you to fall asleep before leaving."

Yu Shuchong, who was standing at the door, waved his hand and motioned for him to go back to the room to sleep first, Yu Xiaoxiu saw that there was nothing wrong, so he scratched his head and left.

Finally put Xia Mingming to sleep, Yu Shu was so sleepy that his two eyelids fought, he lightly withdrew from Xia Mingming's room, took the door, turned his head and saw that Jing Chen was still standing at the door of the West House, as if he had never moved, he was stunned, and stepped forward and whispered:

"Why haven't you slept yet?"

Jingchen pointed to Xia Mingming's room and raised his hand to geas: "Is there anything wrong?" ’

"It's just a nightmare, it doesn't matter, you go in and sleep," Yu Shu pushed Jing Chen's shoulders and asked him to go into the house, the autumn night was already very cold, Jing Chen's body was better, if he caught a cold again, he would have to lie in bed for two more days.

Jingchen wanted to speak and stopped, seeing that Yu Shu looked sleepy, he swallowed his words back, obediently retreated to the house, closed the door, stood behind the door, and listened to Yu Shu's footsteps as he turned back to the big house. When the door of the room at the end of her house rang, she walked back to the bed and lay down in her clothes.

Close your eyes. His mind was full of dreams, he was in a vast mist, holding a silver light long sword, practicing the set of swordsmanship he remembered a few days ago, not far away there were several vague figures who seemed to be pointing at him, they were wearing white robes, embroidered with black lines on the hem of the clothes, some had white beards, and some held dust. Some sit on the ground, others stand with their hands in their hands.

Before he could see his face, he was awakened by the screams in the courtyard, which he could feel. Those few people in white robes were very important to him. But they can't remember who they are.

***

Yu Shu has long admired the name of the Taishi Academy, and this time he sent Xia Mingming to the north of the city, and he had the opportunity to pay respects. I guessed what kind of Lingjie treasure land it was, it can gather talents all over the world, even if it is not magnificent, it should have the beauty of carved beams and paintings, but when I really arrived at the door, I felt like I had been deceived-

"This is the Taishi Academy?"

Tong Xia Mingming got out of the carriage before and after. Standing on the street for a while, Yu Shu pointed to the other side of the street with a strange expression. There is a row of white walls less than a foot high, hanging old green tiles, open two small yellow wooden doors, three steps in front of the door, tiled to the road, a horizontal plaque at the head of the door, the shape is not square or round, it is not clear whether it is red or purple, there are only two flat characters on it - Taishi.

Such a shabby façade is Taishi Library? Isn't it because the coachman was lazy and pulled them to the back door?

"This is it," Xia Mingming can understand Yu Shu's mood now, as soon as she returned to the capital for the first time two years ago, she saw the Taishi Library, which did not have the grand façade of their back door, and also suspected that she had gone to the wrong place, but when she really turned around in it, she realized that Lu Dao was worthy of its name.

However, she is now worried that something will happen to the fourth sister, and she is not in the mood to explain these things to Yu Shu.

"There are people guarding that door, no one is allowed to enter casually, I have to ask the guards to help me find the fourth sister out," Xia Mingming asked Yu Shu, "Are you waiting for me here?" ”

Yu Shu turned his head to look around, and pointed to a teahouse that had just opened on the side of the street, "I'll wait for you inside, and I'll go find me when you're ready." ”

"Okay." It's hot today, and Xia Ming is embarrassed to ask Yu Shu to stand at the door with her and wait.

Yu Shu entered the teahouse, saw that there were no guests on the first floor, so he went directly to the second floor, and found a shady position on the railing, just enough to see the movement in front of the Taishi Library, but if he wanted to look into the Taishi Library, he could only see a piece of green flowers and plants, which covered the line of sight and could not see any building scene.

As soon as Xia Mingming stood in front of the two small yellow doors, there were guards standing up inside, and Yu Shu could only see half of his body and couldn't hear the words.

Yu Shu asked for a pot of the cheapest cloud tablets, and took out a stack of paper manuscripts that she had brought with her, which was the passage copied yesterday in the Xianghe Yi Pavilion, which was a general record of natural disasters in various years and places since the founding of Da'an more than 300 years ago, and some easy-to-learn analyses were annotated on it, such as astrological and lunar eclipses, Qimen calculus, etc., she found the fifth volume, and I don't know how many other volumes.

Yu Shu studied the manuscript in his hand while drinking tea, and unconsciously forgot about Xia Mingming, and when he remembered it, he looked back, but found that Xia Mingming's figure was missing in front of the Taishi Library.

"Huh?" Yu Shu put down the teacup, stood up, leaned on the railing and searched the street below, but still didn't see her, and was worried about packing up his things and going downstairs to find it, when he heard Xiao Er's welcoming voice on the second floor:

"Two guest officers, please, watch out for the stairs."

Yu Shu turned his head and saw two people coming up from the staircase, the young woman walking in front was wearing a goose yellow gauze dress, and the fan in her hand was on her chest, this dress was the same as the two young ladies she saw in front of the Xianghe Yi Pavilion yesterday.

This must be the fourth lady of the Xia Jiang family, no wonder it is familiar, it can be seen from a comparison, Xia Mingming and her are five points similar, the difference is that the former is more delicate, the latter is more proud, and the same is full of beauty.

Xia Mingming also saw Yu Shu and shook his head at her gently, Yu Shu sat back willingly, raised a glass in one hand and pretended to drink tea, and looked at the two of them with his residual eyes and walked to a private room separated by a screen and sat down.

Seeing that Xiao Er retreated downstairs, he picked up the teapot and teacup on the table, changed to a place near the screen and sat down again, and just put his ears up, he heard the voice of the other end:

"You mean, you dreamed that I was dead?"

When Yu Shu heard the voice of Xia Mingming's four sisters, he didn't feel the slightest worry and fear, but had a domineering taste.

"Hmm."

It's not that it's Xia Mingming who is sitting behind the screen, and Yu Shuzhen is another person who is cowardly in this mosquito voice.

The end of the screen was quiet, Yu Shu couldn't see their expressions, waiting to hear the reaction of Miss Xia Jiangsi, but who knew that Lu Dao waited for a sneer:

"Heh, do you think I'll still believe your nonsense?"

"Fourth sister, this time it's true, I didn't lie to you, I really dreamed of it."

"You didn't lie to me? Then who lied to tell my father in the first place, saying that I dreamed that I was kidnapped and killed on the road, and almost caused me to miss the big Yan test three years ago, and went to Longhu Mountain to seek Taoism instead of my second sister, and stayed in the deep mountains and old forests for the rest of my life, isn't it? Yes? ”

Yu Shu raised her eyebrows, how could she listen to this Miss Xia Jiangsi, it seems that she has done something sorry for her lack of morality.

"I—I really didn't mean to, I didn't know what to do at the time, I just thought-"

"No need to explain, I don't want to hear it, I will write home and ask someone to pick you up as soon as possible, the capital is not where you should be. I don't care how you came to the capital, where you live these days, stay honest with me now, wait for someone to pick you up at home, don't think about running around. ”

"Fourth sister! You believe me or not, I swear I didn't lie to you this time, I dreamed that someone jumped into your room through the window at night and took you-"

"Xia Jiangmin!"

Yu Shu heard a slam from the end of the screen, was startled, rubbed his left ear, and changed his right ear to listen:

"I'm in the Taishi Academy, although I am proficient in the stars, but there are many classmates and girlfriends who know how to face the auspicious, if there is any trouble, if you are alarmist, beware of me being unkind to you!"

Yu Shu heard the sound of the table and chairs, so he took advantage of the teapot and teacup before someone came out, and just sat back down, he saw Miss Xia Jiangsi walking out with a calm face, and saw her go downstairs, Yu Shu got up and walked into the screen facing the compartment.

Xia Mingming was sitting there in a daze, his expression was in a trance, and he looked like he had been hit hard, Yu Shu felt pitiful when he saw it, so he coughed twice and said:

"That was your fourth sister just now, how about it, have you discussed it?"

Xia Mingming slowly raised his head, and said in a bitter voice: "She, she doesn't believe me." ”

Yu Shu sighed secretly, scooped up the chair next to her and sat down, "Actually, I heard it outside just now, what the hell is going on with you, have you lied to her before?" ”

Xia Mingming lowered his head and remained silent.

When Yu Shu saw her like this, he knew that there was such a thing as Lu Dao, and he didn't know what Lu Dao should say for a while, so he sat and sat down, but Xia Mingming suddenly opened his mouth:

"Ah Shu, you are a person who learns easily, you won't have heard of 'Wenchen North, Xia Jiangnan'."