After Zheng Zhi took a bath, the whole person was much more relaxed, and the nerves that had been tense for a day were temporarily eased. This day was so thrilling that after relaxing down, Zheng Zhi felt exhausted and yawned. She lay down early, and after a few moments she was next to the bed she began to get confused.

In her sleep she seemed to have a dream, she dreamed that in a smoky white place, she saw a man in the distance slowly walking towards her. That person's face was so familiar, but she couldn't call that person's name all of a sudden, she racked her brains and thought for a long time, and finally remembered that that person's name was Bai Ziyi. That Bai Ziyi looked at her, his expression was serious, his face did not have the usual warm smile, he seemed to be worried about her, and there was a trace of emotion in his eyes that she couldn't understand. She tried to reach out and touch his face, but her hand was too heavy to lift. After Bai Ziyi looked at her quietly for a while, she turned around to leave, Zheng Zhi was anxious when she saw this, and she shouted "Don't go". Bai Ziyi seemed to hear her shout, he turned to look at her, and Zheng Zhi was shocked by Bai Ziyi's gaze when she turned her head, she had never seen Bai Ziyi's affectionate eyes. He looked at Zheng Zhi and smiled, but the smile looked so bitter, he said a word softly, Zheng Zhi didn't hear everything, she only heard the three words "I'm sorry". In the end, Bai Ziyi never looked back, no matter what Zheng Zhi called him, his back gradually disappeared into the vast white mist.

When Zheng Zhi woke up, she found that she was in a sticky cold sweat again, it was still dark at this time, and the room was quiet as usual. She rubbed her head, no longer sleepy. Zheng Zhi walked out of the inner room and saw that the thrush was sleeping very deeply outside. She didn't wake her up, and was alone and leaned against the window. I don't know how long I stayed, until the sky was white, the thrush woke up, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Zheng Zhi leaning alone on the window lattice in a daze, and the thrush hurriedly made hot tea and helped her add a shirt.

On Zheng Zhi's way to ask for peace today, she always felt that the atmosphere of the girls in the house was very abnormal. When I went to Mr. Bai's yard, I only saw Aunt Qian alone. After Zheng Zhi saluted, she briefly said a few polite words to Aunt Qian, and she found that Aunt Qian's eyes were no longer the same as before.

Zheng Zhi felt that the whole Baifu was very weird today, and she said in her usual gentle voice: "Aunt Qian, the silk you took yesterday, when you are ready, you must show it to me, and I also want to make some bright clothes for reference." ”

Aunt Qian just smiled awkwardly when she heard this, and didn't say anything more. The Qian family usually likes to discuss clothes and jewelry with their female dependents, but it is really abnormal that they did not answer today.

Zheng Zhi was a little apprehensive in her heart, she asked tentatively, "Aunt Qian, are you uncomfortable?" Looks like something is on your mind?"

Hearing this, Qian Shi glanced at Zheng Zhi with a complicated look, and said a little hesitantly: "Yesterday you were abducted outside the city, but you suffered a lot, those robbers are said to be extremely vicious, and what they have been doing before is adultery, humiliation and plunder. You...... They didn't treat you well, did they? ”

Zheng Zhi's mind roared when she heard this, no wonder everyone in the Bai Mansion looked so strange when they saw her. Zheng Zhi patiently explained again that she was unscathed except for skin injuries.

Aunt Qian still looked at Zheng Zhi with suspicion and asked, "But they are all strong men with martial arts, how did you escape by yourself as a weak woman with no power to restrain the chicken?" ”

Zheng Zhi was dumbfounded, she couldn't say that Ling Xiao saved her, she couldn't involve Ling Xiao again. A lie has been laid, and once a lie is told, it must be whitewashed with more lies.

Zheng Zhi didn't answer, she asked rhetorically, "How does Aunt Qian know the details of these robbers?" ”

Aunt Qian's face was a little unnatural, she raised her voice slightly and said, "Ah, isn't Rui'er always worried about your sister?" She knew that after you had an accident, she asked the magistrate overnight to help check the details of those robbers. They are all blind streams from the southwest, specializing in the things of robbing and plundering the rich, and if they see the wives and daughters of rich families looking better, they will not escape their clutches...... Zhao Yuanwai's youngest daughter committed suicide because she was humiliated......"

Zheng Zhi's heart tightened, did Zheng Rui help her check the details of the robbers? Those masked people looked well-trained, and they were obviously here for Ling Xiao and her this time, how could they be the blind bandits in Aunt Qian's mouth.

Qian Shi saw that Zheng Zhi lowered her head and did not speak, thinking that she had exposed her thoughts, so he said: "Zheng Zhi, I can understand your feelings. It seems that it is not long before he finally marries the rich Bai Mansion, but there is such a thing. But a woman's chastity has always been the most precious, whether it is a wife or a concubine, or even the mother in the palace. If you act with an unchaste body, you are really sorry for your in-laws. ”

The more Zheng Zhi heard this, the more angry she became, and she said loudly: "Aunt Qian, I said, they didn't treat me badly!" Besides, is Zheng Rui chaste? ”

As soon as Qian heard this, her exquisitely painted slender willow eyebrows immediately stood up, and she said in a shrill voice, "What did you say? Zheng Rui is the daughter of the dignified magistrate, she is naturally beautiful, and before marrying into Baifu, she was a beautiful lady of Bingqing Yujie, how dare you slander her so openly!? ”

Zheng Zhi sneered in her heart, then you can slander me like this? She took a deep breath and said to the Qian family, who was still angry: "Aunt Qian, Zheng Zhi is not afraid of shadows, as for Zheng Rui found clues about robbers, I have never heard of it, now I will ask her." With that, she didn't stay any longer and walked straight towards Qiutang Courtyard.

When they arrived at Qiutang Courtyard, Yuhuan and Xiuyan saw Zheng Zhi, and took her directly to Zheng Rui's house without waiting for her to speak, and then both retreated and closed the door neatly. Zheng Rui saw Zheng Zhi and smiled charmingly: "Sister, you're late." It seems that Zheng Rui has been prepared and waited for her to come.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhi got straight to the point: "What do you want to do? ”“

Zheng Rui covered her mouth in surprise when she heard this: "What is my sister talking about?" Why did you come today as if you wanted to ask the teacher for sin? ”

I didn't find that Zheng Rui's acting skills were so good under Zheng Rui's arrogant appearance. Since she wanted to pretend to be stupid, Zheng Zhi decided to start with the stakes: "Your father, Lord Zhixian, tried his best to let me marry together, just to ensure that your position in Baifu is stable. Even if I'm not favored now, people can't help you much, but it won't hurt you. We are from the same lineage, so why do you bother against me? ””

While Zheng Zhi was speaking, Zheng Rui kept looking at her hands with freshly dyed impatiens, and her red nails were full and bright. "What you said sounds right, and that's what I used to think. However, if you want to blame it, you can blame it for seeing what you shouldn't see. ”

Zheng Zhi's heart shook, was it really because of that incident?