Jing Rong sat in the hall of the sect, staring at the tea vapor rising on the table in a daze, and looking at the eyes as if there was a burst of mist in his eyes.

"The minister has lost his welcome, and he still hopes that the prince will atone for his sins."

A voice full of breath and a little hurried came, Jing Rong turned his head, and Zong Ying strode in, his cheeks were red, and a little sweat was oozing from his forehead.

Jing Rong let go of the cup of tea and stood up, "Get up, I have something to ask you." ”

"Yes, thank you, Lord Wang." Zong Ying straightened up and said, "Please also ask the prince to move to the inner room." ”

Entering the inner room, Jing Rong stopped Zong Ying's hand pouring tea and said, "No need." ”

Zong Ying glanced at Jing Rong's face, and felt that the matter should be urgent, so he put down the teapot and asked Jing Rong to take a seat.

"I don't know why the prince deigned to come to the sect's mansion?"

"What did you find out about the wedding banquet a few days ago?"

Zong Ying was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly responded: "Back to the prince, this matter can be big or small, first of all, it is the matter of the dog's inner courtyard, and the dog has followed the clues to search for people." Later, the people who raised dogs in the courtyard of Heng died mysteriously, and those dogs were drugged and lost their wisdom, and the minister had found the person who prescribed the medicine along the residue and was verifying. ”

Zong Ying said and saw Jing Rong's slightly frowning brows, and turned the conversation and said: "Also, when the minister ordered someone to examine the subordinates, he found that a suspicious woman had entered the inner courtyard of the Zongfu, and in addition, the record of the Shen Mansion case in the minister's room was also moved, and a few pages were missing. The minister thought that these two people might have something to do with the incident a few days ago. ”

After hearing this, Jing Rong's side was crumpled tightly, he slowly let go of his hand, stabilized his mind and said, "Do you know who and where the missing pages of the case are referring to." ”

"The minister has checked the case record, and the few pages that are missing are the cases of dealing with the successors of the Shen family, and its organizer is the minister's subordinate - Xue Zhou'an. It's just that after the Shen family's case, he said goodbye to his ministers and returned to his hometown. ”

Jing Rong said: "Give me Xue Zhou'an's bottom." ”

"Yes, the minister is going to get it."

After rummaging through the boxes and cabinets, Zong Ying finally pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from a pile of ink paper.

"Look, look, the king, or the minister will transcribe it for you again."

Jing Rong took it and glanced at it hurriedly, "No, it's all the same, why waste time, there is no need to say much about today's affairs." ”

"Yes, keep in mind."

The carriage swerved away and moved away to the left.

At the end of the day, the afterglow was everywhere, Xu Juan was sitting in the house teaching Qing Hao to recite poems, there was a sudden noise in the courtyard, she looked sideways, and saw Kong Qing holding a box that blocked her head, walking crookedly.

Xu Juan turned her head, "Ah Hao, you" She was talking, and as soon as she stopped, Ah Hao's shadow was already gone.

"Give it to me, I'll help you."

"Thank you, Brother Qinghao."

Ah Hao showed two small tiger teeth and said with a smile, "You're welcome, why are you holding such a heavy thing, your brother?" ”

Kong Qing shook his hand: "He walks slower than an ant, so I don't want to wait for him." ”

Xu Juan waited at the door, saw Kong Qing approaching, and smiled gently: "Our Qing'er is here." ”

"Auntie." Kong Qing opened her hand and threw herself into Xu Juan's arms, became extremely obedient, and said in a soft voice: "Qing'er misses her aunt." ”

Xu Wanshun Shunkong Qing's upturned pigtails and said, "Auntie also misses Qing'er." ”

"Qing'er knows, so Qing'er plans to spend a few more days with her aunt."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Your father agrees that you will stay here." Do you want to be mischievous again? ”

Kong Qing pouted and said, "It's a puppy who deceives people, and this time it's my father who said it himself." Kong Qing said as he slowly took out a piece of paper from his arms and gently unfolded it, and read word by word with his hand: "Meet here, and the rest of the month will return." ”

Although Xu Juan felt a little strange in her heart, she only felt that it was just empty Qing reading indiscriminately, and nodded the tip of her nose and said, "We Qing'er can read so many words now." ”

"No, that's all I recognize."

In his ears was Kong Qing's soft and soft voice, Xu Wan smiled and stopped, looking sideways, the sentence that Kong Qing had just read was written on the paper.

There were a few footsteps in the courtyard, Kong Qing put away the paper, rubbed his eyes, raised a smile, and turned to Jing Rong in the courtyard and said, "Daddy, why did you come." ”

June bowed down and said to Xu Wan: "Chi Huan has seen my aunt. ”

A trace of distress flashed in Xu Juan's eyes, and he took a few steps and squatted down to pat June's shoulder, "It's cold in the morning, why are you wearing such thin." ”

"Chi Huan is not cold, so my aunt is worried."

Xu Juan stood up and saluted Jing Rong, "Fourth prince." ”

Jing Rong held the empty green who was dangling in his hand, and said apologetically: "I hope you take care of it more." ”

"Don't worry, the princess will take care of Qing'er and Chi Huan wholeheartedly."

"Thank you."

When Kong Qing heard those two words, he slowly let go of the hand holding Jing Rong, leaned against June's side, and lowered his head and kicked the stones at his feet.

Jing Rong glanced at Kong Qing and June, who were silent, and said in a low voice, "I'm leaving." No one answered, Jing Rong sighed, and beckoned to Sanqi, "Prepare the horse." ”

As soon as Jing Rong walked to the gate of the courtyard, his legs were hugged, and he looked down at Kongqing like a little scoundrel, with red eyes hanging on his legs.

"Daddy, will you not come back like your mother?"

Jingrong squatted down and said in a dumb voice: "Qing'er, my mother is just lost, she will come back, Daddy promised Qing'er that he will definitely come back to pick you up, okay." ”

Kong Qing sniffed, "Daddy loves me and my brother like a mother, right?" ”

"It always has been."

"Daddy didn't give up on his mother, so he won't leave us behind, right?"

When Kong Qing spoke, the tears on his eyelashes trembled, and Jing Rong felt apologetic in his heart, in the first two years, he didn't dare to face Kong Qing and June, whether it was apology or remorse. At a time when they needed love the most, he was missing and did not take up his responsibilities as a father. Thinking of this, Jing Rong's heart tingled, and he said in a gentle voice: "I promise you, just like the agreement between adults, I will never let go of your hands." ”

Kong Qing rubbed his eyes, and his voice was soft and glutinous: "I know, my father in the past was just lost like my mother, and now that my father is back, will I bring my mother back too?" ”

Jing Rong touched Kongqing's head and said in a gentle voice, "Okay." ”

A few steps away, Xu Juan waved in the air.

Jing Rong looked at June who was still silently bowing his head beside Xu Juan, and the steps that wanted to step forward hesitated for two moments before retracting, turning around and slowly walking out of the courtyard.

Qingxiao took a few steps forward and took out a handkerchief to wipe away empty Qingqing's tears, "Sister Qing'er, don't be sad, the fourth uncle will be back soon, by the way, there is a new pony in our house, I'll take you to see it." ”

Kong Qing nodded lightly, Qing Hao breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to take Kong Qing's hand, and said to Xu Wan: "Mother, my son will take Sister Qing'er to see the pony first, and he will come back in a while." ”

"Go ahead, protect your sister"

"Yes, Qinghe remembered."

After the two left, Xu Juan accompanied June, who had been watching the courtyard gate silently, to stand in the courtyard until the afterglow disappeared.

"Let's go, auntie."

Xu Juan asked, "Why don't you go and say goodbye?" Even if you ask a couple of questions. ”

"The promise of the adults is just to comfort themselves, what's the use of asking more?"

Xu Juan said softly: "But you can't bear your father, right." ”

"He also has things that he can't give up, so it's good to figure it out."

Xu Wan was speechless for a while, and paused for a long time before saying, "You know what he is going to do." ”

June looked at the faded sky, "Yes, for the man who left us." ”

Xu Juan said helplessly: "Chi Huan." ”

"Auntie, it's not too early, you should rest early."

"Chi Huan, she has no choice."

"Auntie, there are so many helpless things in the adult world, should our children bear and forgive as a matter of course?"

Xu Xuan's heart was stunned, and he was speechless.

June sighed: "Chi Huan is grateful for her aunt's kindness, so she is willing to tell the truth, as for whether to forgive or not, it is futile to say more, and only when I say it." ”

"Auntie knows, you have your own ideas, Auntie just hopes that you can give her a little more time before that explanation comes."

June's hand slid over the show bag hanging on his waist, and his voice was like a dandelion blown away by the wind, "A person's life is very long, but the time to grow up is very short, aunt, you say, did she rush back?" ”

In the evening, Xu Juan remembered the conversation with June in the evening, and her heart couldn't stop throbbing, even if they gave the child more care and love, they couldn't eliminate the child's persistence and desire for the love of his parents. What's more, June has been frail and sickly since she was a child, and she has suffered a lot, and her heart is deeper and more delicate than that of ordinary children.

Jingsheng stepped into the door and saw Xu Wan wearing a single dress, sitting alone in front of the window, frowning, and sighing frequently. He pulled a piece of clothing to wrap Xu Juan, poured a cup of hot water, and said, "Why don't you go to rest?" ”

"Can the children sleep soundly?"

"Don't worry, I just went to see it again, the children are tired from playing, and they are sleeping very well at this time."

Xu Wanmo rubbed his cup and said, "I see that the fourth prince is in a hurry to leave in the next morning, is there any news of her again?" ”

Jing Sheng nodded: "I told the fourth brother about this next day, compared to the previous unfounded words, this news is more thoughtful." ”

Xu Wan tightened his voice and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Those things in the sect before seemed to be manipulated by someone in secret, and this time the news is also, I always think that someone deliberately released it to attract our attention, but this person only showed the mountain, and stopped talking halfway. We can't even get started if we want to investigate. ”

"Did the fourth prince listen to these words?"

Jing Sheng pursed the corners of his mouth helplessly: "He, he knows better than anyone else in his heart, and it is because he knows that he wants to go to this fire pit without hesitation." ”

Xu Wan lowered his head, and his voice was very low, "What if it's really her?" ”

Jing Sheng was slightly stunned, sighed and said: "That's it, over the years, he hasn't suffered losses, let him go, the fourth brother, I haven't figured things out, and I can't even sleep." ”

Xu Juan stretched out his hand and gently slapped Jingsheng, and scolded: "You don't talk about cool things." ”

Jing Sheng rubbed his arm and stood up: "It's not for me to say, just because the fourth brother can't live in peace this day, I can be tortured enough." The emperor's side has not yet been investigated, and in the blink of an eye, the fourth brother threw me a hot potato, which is really a headache. ”

Xu Juan also stood up, and finally soothed his expression: "You, every time you say that you won't help, don't you do it one by one." I'm tired today, I'll press it for you. ”

Jing Sheng softened his eyes and hugged Xu Juan like a child.

"Juan'er, thank you for not giving up on me."

"What a stupid thing to say?"

Jing Sheng tightened his hand and said in a low voice, "Thank you for being willing to accompany me." ”

Outside the window, the flowers on the branches are tightly clustered, and the wind does not fall.