Everyone present trembled in fright, and then saw a tall man walking over with a long sword in his hand.

The robe is in the wind, and it is like the sound of Jinge; A gray iron mask covered his entire face, revealing only a pair of eyes, the gaze as sharp as a knife.

"Let her go." He stared at Ruan Van Chung and said coldly.

The little guys were already frightened, and they involuntarily let go of their hands. Banyue rushed over to support Ruan Qingzhi, raised her hand to stroke her injured and swollen forehead, and was so distressed that she burst into tears.

The expression on Kim's face changed from stunned to excited to frightened, and changed several times in the blink of an eye. The man's gaze under the mask swept over her face, and she instinctively shuddered and staggered behind Nguyen Van Trung.

In this strange atmosphere, Ruan Van Trung also had the urge to retreat for a moment. But he quickly adjusted, and his fear dissipated, replaced by a doubling of his anger.

He stepped forward, took out the momentum of the prime minister, and asked sharply, "Who are you?" Why are you in my prime minister's house?! ”

When Jin heard this, he suddenly woke up, immediately forgot his fear, and blurted out: "Adulterer! You're the adulterer of this mourning star, aren't you? It's just getting dark, and you certainly didn't come in from the outside—you already live here! ”

In the morning light, a gasp sounded in the small courtyard.

Ruan Wenzhong's face turned blue with anger, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Ruan Qingzhi, and shouted to the little servant: "Fu'er, kill this evil obstacle for me!" Kill! ”

"I see who dares!" The man took two steps back and stood beside Ruan Qingzhi, holding his sword.

A few little guys were in a dilemma, and after hesitating for a while, they had to look at Ruan Wenzhong for help.

Ruan Wenzhong snorted and gasped for a long time, and finally stood firm holding a handmaiden's hand, and looked at Ruan Qingzhi angrily: "The Prime Minister can't tolerate such a thing that insults the lintel like this!" If you still have half a sense of shame, you should be hit headfirst against the wall right now! ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook his head slowly, his expression indifferent: "Father, you once said that if I don't have anything to lose, I don't have to kill myself." ”

"Yes! The Honsho did say it! But you ......" Ruan Wenzhong forced himself to calm down in anger, and hesitated: "...... You say you have not done anything immoral? ”

Ruan Qingzhi stood proudly and looked at him calmly: "No." ”

"Then this person ......" Ruan Wenzhong frowned, his eyes looking back and forth between the two.

Ruan Qingzhi said calmly: "Innocent, clear conscience!" ”

"Huh!" Kim sneered, "What a brazen! Wild men have come to live in your Xifang Garden, and they have stood up for you in front of so many people, and you still have the face to say 'innocent'? Okay, since you are innocent - Mother Xue, you should go out immediately and invite a stable woman to come and check our eldest lady! I think she just doesn't shed tears when she doesn't see the coffin! ”

Xue Pozi lowered her head and promised to turn around to leave, Ruan Wenzhong hurriedly shouted: "Come back!" Don't go! ”

"Master," Kim walked forward with a sigh, "I know your heart hurts, but ...... This kind of thing can't contain the fire in the paper, let's find it out ourselves and think of a way in advance, it's better than spreading it out in the future and becoming a joke all over the world! ”

Ruan Wenzhong pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head: "The family is ugly, don't publicize it." ”

Jin thought for a moment and sighed: "The master is right. Can...... This matter has come out in the end, how will it end now? ”

Ruan Wenzhong raised his head and looked at Ruan Qingzhi, his face gloomy.

Banyue hurriedly said: "My young lady is innocent!" Ye Han is just a slave taken in by Miss, Miss sits upright, and she is not afraid of physical examination! ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook Banyue's hand, and then looked up at Ruan Wenzhong: "Didn't my father want to say that people's words are terrifying, and the truth is not important?" ”

Ruan Wenzhong was a little surprised, the anger on his face eased slightly, and he sighed and nodded: "Not bad." Your reputation has already spread, and it's only going to get worse in the future. If the house really invites Wen Po to come to your door to check your body, no matter what the result is, your mother and sisters will not be able to see anyone again in the future. ”

"That's why my father wants to kill me." Ruan Qingzhi summed it up for him.

Ruan Wenzhong was silent for a long time, and sighed: "You poisoned your grandmother, which was originally a capital crime, and the combined punishment of the two crimes is not a wronged crime. ”

Ruan Qingzhi smiled hesitantly: "I don't admit the charge of poisoning my grandmother." As for the issue of hiding a man's insult - father, in fact, you have another choice. ”

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the maids and maids present: "Hasn't this matter been spread out yet?" Father just kills these people and the matter is settled! ”

"Ridiculous!" Ruan Wenzhong shouted angrily, "What has become of the lives of so many innocent people in your eyes? ”

Ruan Qingzhi immediately sneered: "I am also an innocent person, what is my life in your eyes?" ”

Ruan Wenzhong became more and more angry when he heard this: "Clever tongue! Where are you innocent if you are disobedient and guilty, poison your relatives, and misconduct your personal morality? Fu Erlu'er, tie up this obstacle for me immediately! If she resists, she will be killed! ”

When the little guys heard this, they had to step forward again, trembling, and the six people trembled with twelve legs.

Ye Han drew his sword out of the sheath and frightened the little guys, but he didn't come forward to fight, just looked at Ruan Qingzhi and asked, "Come with me?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi frowned and shook his head: "No." ”

At this time, a few little guys had already come to the front with the courage to get closer, Ye Han raised his hand and waved his sword to force them back two steps, and grabbed Ruan Qingzhi's wrist with some annoyance: "Those two beasts obviously want your life!" If you don't leave, stay here and die? ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook his hand vigorously and said in a low voice, "I'm sure I won't die." You don't need to worry about my business, let me go! ”

Ye Han let go of her according to his words, and slashed at the two little guys who rushed forward with his backhand: "Death is dying, and I am still obsessed!" ”

I don't know if I'm scolding Xiaowu or Ruan Qingzhi.

Ruan Qingzhi ignored him, and just stared at Ruan Wenzhong coldly: "Dare to ask father, how are you going to execute me?" ”

Ruan Wenzhong frowned and groaned slightly, and said coldly: "Three days later, the ancestral hall will be opened to worship the ancestors, and then you will receive the family law in front of the ancestors' spirits!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi counted the days and smiled: "Three days later? It was my grandfather's third anniversary, so there must have been a lot of people in attendance, right? ”

Banyue sat on the ground with weak legs, and cried out with a wow: "Miss, are you stupid? This is a matter of not many people! ”

Jin was worried, and asked Ruan Van Trung in a low voice, "Why wait until three days later?" When worshipping ancestors, there are so many things inside and out, who can take care of this mourning star? ”

Ruan Wenzhong glanced at her, and his face was very ugly.

Seeing this, the Jin family didn't dare to ask more, so he had to take two steps forward boldly, looked at Ye Han and said, "I don't care who you are, it's not your turn to ask about the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion." If you mess around like this again, I have no choice but to ask someone to tie you up and send you to Jingzhao Yamen!" ”

Ye Han glanced at her and sneered: "Tie me up? Just these rice buckets in your house? ”

Kim was speechless.

Ye Han laughed mockingly, and put his sword back into its sheath: "That's it." Since neither the young lady nor the lady are allowed to take care of me, then I will not care. Please rest assured, after your death, the slave will not forget to go to your grave every Chinese New Year's Eve and Qingming to burn some paper money and lay a bowl of soup. ”

Ruan Qingzhi was angry with him and laughed: "I thank you so much!" ”

Ye Han hugged his chest and stepped aside, and calmly replied "No thanks".

Nguyen Van Trung and Kim were even more annoyed.

They were very sure that there was something wrong with this wild man in a mask: if he was really a slave who did his duty, he should have retreated back when Ruan Qingzhi said "I won't leave" for the first time, how could he lose his temper and swing his sword to hurt people?

At this time, the six little guys were lying on the ground and wailing, and he only said "no matter" at this time, is it intentionally blocking people, right?

If the six little guys died, it would be fine, and if the injury was like this, they would not die, not to mention the delay, and they would have to spend money to ask for a doctor...... I'm afraid it won't cost a few hundred taels of silver?

The more Jin thought about it, the more angry he became, and he didn't dare to provoke Ye Han, so he had to point at Ruan Qingzhi's nose and scold: "Mourning Star, how long are you going to harm the Prime Minister's Mansion!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi smiled at her, stretched out three fingers and shook it: "Father said, there are still three days!" ”

Kim remembered that there were only three days left, and he couldn't help but feel good. But seeing the smile on Ruan Qingzhi's face, she felt doubly uncomfortable.

This mourning star! In three days, she will die, how can she still laugh!

Kim's good mood was fleeting, and his anger rushed upward. Seeing Ruan Qingzhi honestly follow Xue Pozi to the firewood room, she couldn't be happy.

"Xiaohuan, tell the kitchen not to give her anything to eat these days! Sorghum rice is not allowed, and rancid soup is not allowed! She gritted her teeth and ordered in a hateful voice.

The maidservants around her agreed one by one, and persuaded with a smile: "Don't be angry, madam, endure it for another three days, and there will be no more such bad things!" ”

Jin's anger decreased slightly, looked at Ruan Wenzhong, who turned around and walked away, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "How good it is to be killed directly, why wait for three days!" I'm just afraid of long nights and dreams......"

At the same time, Ban Yue was also whispering in Ruan Qingzhi's ear: "The master just now obviously wanted to kill us on the spot, why did he suddenly change his words and say that he would wait for three days?" Miss, do you think he is actually reluctant to kill you, and will spend these three days secretly finding out the truth and giving us a clean slate? ”

Ruan Qingzhi glanced at her: "Wake up!" Do you think he doesn't know who the real culprit is at the moment? ”

Banyue was stunned.

Ruan Qingzhi squeezed her hand and said in a low voice, "He wishes he could kill me now." The sudden postponement to three days later is either a plan or a concern. In any case, as long as he is willing to let me live for these three days, I will not die. ”

Banyue was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that Miss has already had a way!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi didn't have a way to do it, so he could only see the trick when the time came. It's really not good, and it's okay to attack and defend.

The master and servant entered the firewood room, and Xue Pozi quickly locked the door from the outside, and called someone to nail a wooden strip to the window and seal it, completely cutting off Ruan Qingzhi's idea of climbing out of the window.

Banyue took out a few fairly smooth planks from the pyre, wiped them clean and helped Ruan Qingzhi sit down, thought about it sullenly for a while, and suddenly slapped her thigh and smiled: "I'm really confused, of course Miss has a way!" The poison I hid well in my arms was secretly replaced by brown sugar by you, so it can be seen that you expected today's incident, and I am still here to worry about something! ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked at her and smiled: "It's not easy to replace the things in your arms?" Xieyun said, you sleep like a dead pig every night, and you don't know if you are carried out and sold! ”

Banyue's face turned red and she shook her shoulders to show disagreement.

Ruan Qingzhi smiled and leaned back against the pyre, closing his eyes.

I don't want to tell Banyue, things are actually not very optimistic. She didn't have the ability to predict the future, and she ordered Xianyun to exchange the poison last night just to prevent Mrs. Qian from causing another incident, and she didn't expect Ruan Biyun to be so bold as to dare to attack the old lady.

With the phoenix life in the body, shouldn't it be benevolent and generous to protect the common people? How can innocent people be killed indiscriminately?

Thinking of this, Ruan Qingzhi laughed self-deprecatingly again.

She herself was kind and generous enough in her previous eight lives, but she did not cultivate the peace and smoothness of this life, which shows that the rules of heaven and earth where good and evil are rewarded are also farts!

Banyue was startled when she heard the laughter, and asked nervously, "Miss, aren't you stupid?" That money woman, she ......."

Ruan Qingzhi shook his head and smiled unchanged: "It's not strange what Mrs. Qian does. The person who has been by Ruan Biyun's side for so many years and is highly valued cannot be subdued just by scaring him. ”

Banyue had already figured this out, and suddenly felt that there was nothing to say.

But the two of them were locked up in such a small and dilapidated ghost place, and they felt that it was difficult to pass the time without saying anything. Banyue thought for a long time, and then said angrily: "It's unreliable to come up halfway!" Don't talk about Mrs. Qian's two-faced and three-faced, I really didn't expect that Yehan would be a conscienceless person! Miss didn't want to bother him so she asked him to leave it alone, and he really let it go! He has the ability to swagger away in front of so many people, why can't he take someone out? We saved him in vain, white-eyed wolf! ”

Before her words fell, a gloomy sneer was immediately heard in her ears: "Who is the white-eyed wolf?" ”

Banyue was so frightened that she jumped up: "Ghost, ghost! ”

Ruan Qingzhi opened her eyes and sat up, looking at her like a fool.

Banyue jumped around and finally woke up, patted her chest and said angrily: "I'm scared to death!" Night cold, isn't it you? ”

The voice didn't respond. Ruan Qingzhi replied for him: "It's not the night cold, it's the white-eyed wolf." ”

"Okay!" The voice said coldly, "Since I'm a white-eyed wolf, I really don't care about your business!" ”

This time both the master and servant heard clearly, and the sound came from the roof.

Ruan Qingzhi lay down again, looked at Fang Liang and smiled: "Ye Han, I really didn't plan to let you take care of it, I have already arranged the next thing!" ”

Ye Han sneered: "You have an arrangement, and others have an arrangement!" Are you so sure you can win? ”

Ruan Qingzhi bent his arm behind his head and sighed: "Whether you can win or not has to gamble, I have no other choice." ”

"You have!" Ye Han's voice was obviously a little annoyed, "You can choose to come with me, why do you have to gamble with people here?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi was also angry, and sat up again with a pat on the pyre: "What does 'go with you' mean?" Elopement? Where can you take me? Outlaw? This strong man, are you sober, okay? I'm Miss Xiangfu! If others refuse to let me live a good life, I have to redouble my efforts to make myself live a good life, instead of giving up on myself and wandering the world with an unknown person to become a beggar woman! ”

She shouted out, and there was silence on the roof outside.

Banyue was frightened, and cautiously came over and pulled her sleeve: "Miss, why are you ...... Sudden tantrums? ”

Ruan Qingzhi flicked his sleeves and walked to the door, looking at the clear blue sky through the crack in the door that was more than two fingers wide, gritting his teeth and hating.

The fate of this life doomed her to be a stepping stone under someone else's feet. When she leaves the Prime Minister's Mansion today, it is equivalent to accepting her fate, what will she use to fight with Ruan Biyun in the future?

Ruan Biyun's life was taken from her, why should she admit it!

The more Ruan Qingzhi thought about it, the more annoyed she became, but the thought in her heart became clearer and clearer: Even if she Ruan Biyun is a phoenix in this life, who said that a person with a phoenix life will definitely be able to honor the world, and who said that a person who is damned will definitely not be able to get that phoenix seal?

She's not convinced!

Ruan Qingzhi suddenly turned around with his sleeves flicked, and was so frightened that Banyue staggered back several steps one after another.

There was a cold voice overhead, cold and a little scary: "You care so much about status? Would you rather gamble your life than give up the false name of 'Miss Xiangfu'? ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked up at the direction where the voice came from, and his expression was very solemn: "Yes!" ”

Then there was a long silence.

Banyue was anxious, and shouted seven or eight times "night cold" to Fang Liang.

Ruan Qingzhi closed his eyes and sighed, rolled his sleeves back to his place and sat down: "Don't shout, he's gone." ”

"Miss!" Banyue turned back and glared at her, stamping her feet angrily: "Why did you him off?" Although I also think that he is not worthy of you, but at this time and that time, saving his life is the most important thing at the moment! Now he is angry, he really doesn't care, if we lose the bet, no one will come to save us! In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with following him to the end of the world, what is the meaning of being an eldest lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion? I didn't have anything to eat......

Ruan Qingzhi listened to her complaints nonchalantly, narrowed her eyes and smiled.

What is eating and dressing? The identity of "Miss Xiangfu" is held in your hand, and there are many more valuable benefits!

Gambling with one's life is not necessarily worth it.

Ruan Qingzhi knew this truth, and of course her sister Ruan Biyun also understood it.

Therefore, when Ruan Biyun appeared at the door of the firewood room at the second watch, Ruan Qingzhi was not surprised at all.

Xue Pozi opened the door, and Ruan Biyun walked in with a carved food box, with a smile in her eyebrows: "Sister, are you hungry?" ”

My sister was indeed hungry.

The water and rice did not enter all day, and the master and servant in the firewood room were a little dizzy. Especially Ruan Qingzhi was injured and sick, his body was extremely weak, and when he smelled the aroma of food, he felt that his empty stomach couldn't wait to stir.

The two mothers-in-law took out a few wooden planks from the firewood pile and set up a dining table, Ruan Biyun opened the food box with her own hands and laid out the meals one by one, and the small firewood room was suddenly full of aroma.

Ruan Biyun took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Ruan Qingzhi with both hands: "Sister, try it, this is made for you in the small kitchen of Jinghua Courtyard, it won't taste good if it's cold!" ”

Ban Yue couldn't help swallowing her saliva next to her, but Ruan Qingzhi didn't stretch out her hand, allowing Ruan Biyun to squat in front of the "table" and hold chopsticks and stiffen awkwardly.

"Sister!" Ruan Biyun's smile froze, and tears of grievance swirled in her eyes.

Ruan Qingzhi waved her hand and motioned her to put down her chopsticks, sat down on the spot and looked at her indifferently: "I want to know, what ingredients are added to this meal?" Acacia? Arsenic? Broken intestine grass? ”

Ruan Biyun lowered her head and lowered her eyes, gloomy for a long time.

When he looked up again, his expression had returned to calm, and his apricot eyes smiled and were as gentle as water: "It's the same as what my grandmother put in the medicine, it's acacia." Only a little bit is used and it does not affect the taste and texture of the meal. ”

Banyue's face turned pale with fright, and she fell to the ground with a soft puff under her feet.

Ruan Qingzhi slowly hooked the corners of her lips and smiled: "Is it really lovesick?" So my prescription is exactly right! I just said that my medical skills are very good! ”

Ruan Biyun glanced at her with some surprise, and then smiled as well: "Yes." My sister is really amazing. ”

Ruan Qingzhi quickly smiled, and looked at the food in front of him quietly without speaking.

Ruan Biyun lowered her head again, and sighed silently for a long time: "Sister, I know you hate me in your heart, but I can't help it!" The master said, you and I have two lives together, destined to prosper and wither, and cannot coexist. I am the destiny of the phoenix, and the hundred years of glory of the Prime Minister's Mansion are all on me, so I can't die! Sister, for the sake of the Prime Minister's house, for the sake of our parents and younger siblings, I beg you...... Fulfill me! ”

"Second Miss!" Banyue wiped her tears and jumped, "It's not destined to be symbiotic, hasn't it been symbiosis for so many years?" Whoever deserves to die and who deserves to live is arranged by God, how can you listen to the nonsense of demons and do everything possible to kill your own sister! What is the fate of the phoenix, how could God let you be such a vicious ......"

"With the moon!" Ruan Qingzhi scolded sharply, "Palm mouth!" ”

Banyue was not convinced, and curled up in a ball with her arms and knees in the corner, whining and crying.

Ruan Biyun turned her head to look at her, and sighed with a smile: "It's a good and loyal girl, it's a pity." ”

Ruan Qingzhi didn't answer this question, his face was unkind and frowned: "I only have three days to live, why do you have to do more?" Can't wait even three days? ”

"It's not that I can't wait," Ruan Biyun's smile faded away, and her expression became a little solemn, "Sister, I'm here to help you!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi smiled again.

Ruan Biyun didn't smile, and looked at her seriously: "Sister, in three days, my father will announce your guilt in public in the ancestral hall, and when the time comes, your two charges of poisoning your grandmother and fornicating with foreign men will be known to the whole clan, and you will be punished to death in public as a teaching material for the younger generations in the clan!" Do you know how painful that death is? DID YOU KNOW...... The bones of a woman who was executed like that could only be abandoned in the wilderness and eaten by wild dogs, and it was impossible to bury them in the ancestral graves......"

At this point, her eyes were filled with tears again, and she couldn't cry with compassion.

Ruan Qingzhi was almost moved by her.

Ruan Biyun wiped the handkerchief in the corner of her eyes again and again, and only after a while did she raise her head again and said solemnly: "So sister, I brought you such a meal tonight, not because I can't tolerate you, but so that you can walk decently." This is my idea alone, and it has nothing to do with my father and mother. ”

At this point, she slowly stood up and condescended: "I will take good care of the Prime Minister's Mansion and honor my parents, and my sister can go with confidence." ”

As soon as her voice fell, the two mothers-in-law next to her stepped forward at the same time, one grabbed Ruan Qingzhi's arms and twisted them fiercely, the other pinched her chin, grabbed a large handful of rice from the bowl and stuffed it into her mouth fiercely.