"Rong Aya's name is almost a household name in the Jiangnan area." Gu Yanhuo spoke eloquently, but his expression was still very calm, so calm that he was just telling other people's stories, and this story was a little numb, but Bai Zhi saw a trace of ridicule in those eyes, and he said, "Because this is the only imperial concubine from that small place." ”

Gu Yanhuo fell into memory.

At the beginning, he didn't set his goal on Rong Aya, but on Xu Lang. But after asking many places, people said that they were not impressed, or the person they knew was not the person Gu Yanhuo wanted to know.

Xu, this surname, is also a big surname in Jiangnan, and there are many people named Xu Lang, Gu Yanhuo almost doubts that Xu Lang's name and identity will be fake.

Realizing that there would be no results if he continued to investigate like this, Gu Yanhuo thought of Rong Aya.

When Gu Yanhuo arrived in Jiangnan, he just casually inquired about Rong Aya, and found that the name Rong Aya had more signs than Xu Lang, and sometimes, there was no need to describe it too much, and people told him what they knew.

"She's a character in our Jiangnan area." An old woman sat on a low stool on crutches, as if caught in a memory.

Seeing that the old man seemed to have a bunch of words pouring out, the woman on the side hurriedly covered the ears of the child in her arms, and said angrily: "What do you want her to do, and teach An'er badly." It's really unlucky. ”

Gu Yanhuo watched the woman take the child back to the house, and couldn't help frowning.

The old man coughed twice, looked at the woman's back, and glanced at Gu Yanhuo's clothes again. After sighing, he changed his tone and said that Rong Aya flew up the branch and became a phoenix, and they were not good at talking behind their backs, so they showed Gu Yanhuo the way and asked him to ask others.

Gu Yanhuo followed the path pointed by the old man and found a somewhat dilapidated house. A fence was erected outside the house, and a small courtyard was enclosed, and a woman in coarse linen clothes was feeding the chickens in the yard. The woman looked up and saw Gu Yanhuo, was stunned for a moment, then sprinkled the rest of the feed in one go, wiped her hands with her clothes, and walked towards Gu Yanhuo.

"Childe is here to ask for directions?"

"I'd like to inquire about individuals." Gu Yanhuo didn't wait for her to reply, and continued, "Do you know Rong Aya? ”

The woman was stunned for more than ten seconds before asking, "What are you asking Miss Rong for?" ”

This person's title to Rong Aya can be said to be respectful, and he didn't directly blast him away, so Gu Yanhuo said with rare sincerity: "I'll investigate the cause of her death." ”

The woman didn't reply, Gu Yanhuo stood outside the fence and waited, and waited for a long time before the woman opened the fence and turned sideways to let Gu Yanhuo in: "Son, come in and say." ”

The woman led Gu Yanhuo into the door, and the man looked around quietly when he entered the room.

The room was not small, it seemed to be able to accommodate a lot of people, and there were many tables and chairs made of wood, but they were all a little small, which could be regarded as condescension for adults, so the man leaned down on the small wooden bench and waited for the woman to speak.

"We are a small place, and there is no good tea to entertain the son, so presumably the son has no heart to drink tea." As soon as the woman spoke, she said bluntly, "After so many years, few people will mention Miss Rong anymore." Not to mention finding out the cause of her death. ”

Gu Yanhuo didn't speak, waiting for the woman to continue.

"Miss Rong is a free and easy character, she is not as gentle as a woman in the water town, but she has an indescribable pride. She punishes evil and promotes good like a chivalrous woman, but there will always be people who say that she is not good. The woman said with some resentment, "It's because she's different that people often talk about it." I think that women should embroider and sew handkerchiefs in the boudoir. Anyone like her who shows up like her is nondescript, and it will be bad luck when she mentions it. The atmosphere in this world is like this, I don't dare to come out, and when others come out, I put on an exclusive face. Because you're not like us, you deserve to be excluded. ”

"But what's the difference, Miss Rong is also a human being, she can laugh and cry and feel that life is hard. In fact, she is more miserable than others, but she is also happier than others. The woman didn't take care of Yanhuo, she just lowered her head and said, "Miss Rong used to have her own dart game, and she took some commissions in her spare time, and some of the clients were still rich people, and they were also very generous. But Miss Rong still couldn't save the money, and the silver money obtained by the guards was all exchanged for steamed buns for the beggars in the corner of the alley. There is also this dilapidated house, don't look at it, this is what Miss Rong spent a lot of effort to put down, these tables and stools are all made by Miss Rong herself little by little. Almost all the orphans in Jiangnan are being raised by Miss Rong. ”

"All the children love her, but there will always be people who can't eat the grapes and say that the grapes are sour, and those long-tongued women actually say behind their backs that there are people in the beggar's pile who are the concubines of Miss Rong. said that a girl's family is not at home to be married, and what kind of body does it become to show up all day long! ”

Gu Yanhuo said coldly: "Because of jealousy, good people have been doing it for a long time, but if you make a wrong step, it will make others feel unsatisfactory." ”

"Then one day a man came to the town, and he said that he was penniless, and hoped that Miss Rong would give him three copper plates to feed his stomach, and he would definitely pay back twice as much in the future." The woman sighed, "Miss Rong not only gave him a copper plate, but also allowed him to live in the academy temporarily. So the man fell in love with her. ”

"Is it an official?" Gu Yanhuo asked.

"Yes." The woman nodded, "When the official family returned to the imperial city, they issued a holy decree to enshrine the girl as a concubine and enter the palace immediately." Miss Rong is unwilling, but the holy decree cannot be violated. We thought it would be better for her to enter the palace, but we didn't expect..."

The woman began to choke, and it took a long time to return to normal: "If Gongzi can know how Miss Rong died, I am willing to be a cow and a horse for Gongzi, if there is no Miss Rong, I will not be able to live now, maybe I will be on the streets in winter." ”

Gu Yanhuo took a portrait from his arms and handed it to the woman, and asked, "Do you know this person?" ”

The woman nodded: "Your expressive painting, it should be Xu Gongzi." ”

"You're impressed with this man?"

The woman nodded: "We are a small place here, it is rare to meet such a symbolic character, naturally I am more impressed, this Xu Gongzi is called Xu Lang, he is handsome, he speaks in a crepe manner, and he has a good relationship with Miss Rong, and the two often dart together." ”

"He's from Jiangnan?"

"It doesn't sound like an accent." The woman shook her head, "This Xu Gongzi was rescued by Miss Rong once with a dart, when he was covered with blood, and his breath could only not enter or exit, Miss Rong almost smashed all the money from that dart on Xu Gongzi, and bought medicine and invited Langzhong, which brought people back from the Hades Palace." It's been a long time. ”

Gu Yanhuo pondered for a while, this Xu Lang can be said to have appeared suddenly, what kind of person is he, why was he covered in blood when he was rescued by Rong Aya, and was chased and killed.

"Do you know where he's gone now?"

The woman continued to shake her head: "This school is run by Miss Rong and Xu Gongzi, after Miss Rong entered the palace as a concubine, Xu Gongzi couldn't accept it and followed him to the imperial city. It didn't take long for the person to come back, and although he wasn't hurt, it felt like he had lost half his life. Later, Xu Gongzi became the gentleman of the school. ”

"And then?"

"Later, the news of Miss Rong's death came, and Xu Gongzi also said that he wanted to find out the truth, so he took a few orphans who were big and good at Miss Rong and left, and they have never come back."

"Auntie, auntie, we're back!" Three or four children threw themselves into the woman's arms in droves.

The woman touched their little heads one by one, and then got up and said to Gu Yanhuo: "I have told Gongzi everything I know, if Gongzi can really find out the cause of Miss Rong's death, I am willing to be a cow and a horse." ”

"Don't worry, girl, do your best."

Gu Yanhuo said goodbye to humanity and left, after all, he learned too little information, and many things could only be guessed.

After listening to Gu Yanhuo's narration, Bai Zhi asked, "You mean, Xu Lang came to the imperial city to avenge Rong Aya?" ”

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Gu Yanhuo said, "Rong Zhao is Rong Aya's child, so Xu Lang will love Wu and Wu." ”

"But how did Rong Aya die? Even if he is trying to avenge Rong Aya, who is the object of revenge, Feng Wuin? ”

Gu Yanhuo was silent for a while and said, "Master, do you remember the secret room in the eldest princess's mansion?" ”