Walking into the wooden house where Cai Yan was, in the dimly lit candlelight and dimly lit room, Cai Yan sat in the corner, bent his knees and hugged his legs, buried in it, looking pitiful and helpless.

Guo Jia walked up to her and sat cross-legged, tilting his head to look at her.

Feeling that someone was in front of him, Cai Yan raised his face for a long time, and after seeing that it was Guo Jia in the dark, a faint sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although her face was weathered, she was still in good spirits, Guo Jia originally thought that a daughter like her would be completely lost in a strange and dangerous situation, and she was panicked, but she didn't expect to know that she was wrong when she looked at her pair of spiritual eyes.

"Is it a murder or a humiliation?" Cai Yan has an indifferent face, not afraid of death, nor afraid of humiliation, this courage alone is enough to make eighty percent of men in the world ashamed.

Guo Jia supported his crooked head with his hand and asked lightly, "Why did you stab me?" ”

"You shouldn't have killed?" Cai Yan looked at him, his eyes were blazing, but he had no hatred.

This made Guo Jia a little confused, it stands to reason that Cai Yan had only one reason to assassinate him, that is, Wei Zhongdao, but at this moment, it seems that there is no tension between the two, although Cai Yan's words are aggressive.

"Just because of Wei Zhongdao?" Guo Jia asked rhetorically.

Cai Yan was silent, just staring at Guo Jia solemnly.

With a long sigh, Guo Jia nodded, got up and said, "When I get better, I will give you an explanation." ”

In the next few days, Guo Jia recuperated with peace of mind, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, who went to the surrounding counties to inquire about the news, returned as scheduled.

"The family business of the little prince Yingchuan has been confiscated, and it is said that Xi Zhicai led the villagers to leave, and his whereabouts are unknown." Zhang Liao informed Guo Jia of the news he had inquired about, and as for Guo Jia's becoming a prisoner, everyone already knew about it.

Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "Zhicai and Yuan Zhi will definitely go to Jizhou to get in touch with the Zhen family, as long as the Zhen family does not announce the dissolution of my marriage contract with Zhen Jiang for a day, for the time being, the Zhen family is still friends." ”

Everyone gathered in front of Guo Jia, looking at him expectantly, Gan Ning asked in a deep voice, "Little Taigong, what are your plans for the next step?" ”

Next?

Guo Jia is now exhausted, and he doesn't know where the road ahead is, but these people in front of him have almost sold their lives to him, how can he live up to their good intentions, although he has plans to retreat to the mountains and forests, but the words are always difficult to speak.

In the end, Guo Jia just said: "Ming said that I am going to go far away, and I will make plans when I come back." ”

When everyone heard this, Xiao Yi immediately hurriedly said, "Where is the little prince going?" I'll go with you with my third brother. ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No need, although I am a criminal of the imperial court, no one deliberately pursues me, as long as I don't enter the city, I can go to a secluded distance to avoid people's eyes and ears." ”

Hearing Guo Jia say this, it means that he has made up his mind, and everyone no longer insisted.

Early the next morning, Guo Jia drove a carriage to the west.

As Guo Jia said, he walked on remote roads this time, and he didn't meet anyone along the way.

"Where the hell are you going to take me?"

Cai Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help it, and finally opened the curtain and forced Guo Jia to ask.

Looking at the scenery of the desolate mountains on both sides, Guo Jia drove the carriage while humming a song on the ground, ignoring Cai Yan at all.

Two days later, a county town in front of him came into view, Guo Jia hid the carriage in a dense forest, led the horse on foot, Cai Yan followed behind him without saying a word, until out of the dense forest, Guo Jia stretched out his hand and pointed to the county town in front of him, and said: "The front is Anyi County, the foundation of the Wei family in Hedong is in the city, you can go to understand the Wei family yourself, I will wait for you in this forest for ten days, ten days later, I will leave on my own, before, if you want to come back and kill me, you can do whatever you want." ”

Cai Yan, who was puzzled, hesitated for a moment, but still raised his lotus foot and walked towards Anyi County.

But the county looked very close from a distance, but Cai Yan walked for an hour and did not enter the city, her body was tired, her legs and feet were sore, and she almost fell on the side of the road, but fortunately, an elderly farmer saw her physical exhaustion, invited her into the hut on the edge of the field, and filled a bowl of water to quench her thirst.

After resting for a while, Cai Yan looked at the four-walled hut and asked the kind old man: "I wonder if my uncle heard about the murder that happened outside Anyi County last year?" ”

The old man's face changed, and he hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, I haven't heard of it, I haven't heard of it." ”

Cai Yan was suspicious in his heart, the Wei family's sister-in-law died tragically and was buried with 36 people, how could anyone not know? What's more, it is still a person who lives not far from Anyi County, and it should be very close to the place of the incident.

Cai Yan, who was thoughtful, said sincerely to the old man: "The little woman came to Anyi for refuge, but she heard that a tragedy had happened here, and she was afraid that the city would not be peaceful, so she wanted to find out a little bit. ”

There was a look of hesitation on the old man's face, and after a while, he said as if he had made up his mind: "Alas, last year there was indeed a bloody case that happened not far from here, that is, less than a mile from the gate of Anyi County, and thirty-eight people died. ”

"Isn't it thirty-seven?" Cai Yan looked puzzled, when Guo Jia committed a bloody crime, but he left a bloody word, and it was clearly written on it that a copper coin bought 37 lives of the Hedong Wei family, why was there one more person?

After the old man sighed, he said with a unbearable expression: "The Hedong Wei family said that a sister-in-law and thirty-six guards and servants in the family died, and before that, a doll less than six years old died. ”

Cai Yan couldn't believe it: Guo Jia didn't even let go of the child?

So he asked, "What happened?" Can the murderer even kill the child? ”

The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes before continuing: "Alas......"

When the old man finished saying everything that happened, Cai Yan's eyes were dull, and it took a long time before he showed a desolate smile, and laughed at himself in a low voice: "Actually, I should have guessed it a long time ago." ”

Cai Yan thought about it for a while, and asked again: "Then is this Hedong Wei family treating the people in Anyi?" The little woman is going to take refuge in the city of Anyi, and please tell me the truth. ”

The old man just shook his head after a long sigh, and said nothing.

Leaving the old man's hut, Cai Yan entered Anyi County before dark.

I was just about to find an inn to stay, but unexpectedly, a boy and brother greeted him.

"This young lady, under Wei Cheng, is clear and polite."

Brother Gongzi was still saluting, but Cai Yan smiled lightly: "Brother Mingdao can't even recognize the little sister?" ”

When Wei Cheng heard the voice, he was a little familiar, raised his head and took a closer look, and found that the woman in front of him who was full of dust but could not hide the fragrance of the country turned out to be Cai Yan, who was supposed to have married his brother and become his sister-in-law!

Wei Cheng didn't come back to his senses for a long time, he was wandering around the city just now, and he only felt that Cai Yan was quite good-looking, so he came up to talk, but he bumped into an acquaintance by mistake, and said in surprise; "Oops, it turned out to be Miss Cai, why did you come here? Uncle Cai has sent people everywhere to look for you, and even my Hedong Wei family has received an urgent report from Cai's house. ”

Cai Yan knew that he had been missing for a long time, and his father must have inquired from all sides, and it was not surprising that the Hedong Wei family received the news.

"Do you have someone to accompany you when you come to Hedong?" Wei Cheng rolled his eyes and asked tentatively.

Cai Yan looked at Wei Cheng, who was in a talent brocade robe, sighed slightly, shook his head softly, and said, "No one accompanies and no one knows." ”

Suddenly, Wei Cheng's eyes showed a look of surprise, but he quickly covered it up, and he proposed to Cai Yan: "I have a private house outside the city, I can receive Miss Cai for a few days, I don't know what Miss Cai wants?" ”

Cai Yan looked up at the dim sky, felt a little cold in his heart, and said lightly: "Brother Mingdao, the little girl should obey her orders." ”

"Okay, okay, why don't you go now, wait for me to tell my father, and then send Miss Cai back in a while."

After that, he hurriedly took Cai Yan out of the city, looking left and right from time to time along the way, looking sneaky, Cai Yan followed him with an indifferent face, but he had already taken his small movements into his eyes, and his slightly cold heart was covered with a layer of frost.

There is indeed a private house outside the city by the mountains and rivers, which is located in the middle of nowhere, and there is no road to connect with it, if there is no one to lead the way, I am afraid it will be difficult to reach.

Cai Yan saw that this house was built hidden, the appearance was simple and ordinary, but after walking in, there was a cave, a pond rockery, a mahogany pavilion, and a hundred flowers and a pleasant scenery.

The house is very large, Cai Yan followed Wei Cheng to a side room, the furnishings in the room are also elegant, the wall is inscribed with famous poetry quatrains, the rosewood on the windowsill is like musk like orchid, the exquisite wine utensils are placed on the table, and the green saro tent is neatly spread with joy.

A hand was on Cai Yan's shoulder, as if he had been prepared, Cai Yan said indifferently: "Brother Mingdao, shouldn't this house have been prepared for me a long time ago?" ”

Wei Cheng listened to her tone, knowing that the talented woman who was famous in Luoyang already knew her situation, and after being cautious all the way, he poured a glass of wine proudly at this moment, and said with a smug face: "You are the seventeenth person to enter this mansion. ”

There was an indescribable sense of disgust all over his body, the beautiful scenery that had been included in his eyes before had become completely dirty and ugly, Cai Yan raised his head and looked at the scenery outside the window, the night was dark, the mountains and forests were silent, and a sinking and silence seemed to be close at hand.

"Aren't you afraid that your brother will not let you go?"

Wei Cheng laughed loudly, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, then raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and said with a smile while walking towards Cai Yan: "This house is left to me by Wei Zhongdao!" By the way, there are also the thirteen concubines he imprisoned here, who do you think Wei Zhongdao is against your poetry? Now that he is dead, the Wei family is my inheritance, and everything about him is mine, including you. Cai Yan, maybe in Luoyang, I have to do everything I can to please you to take a look at me, but in Hedong, even if the Son of Heaven comes and wants to drink tea, it depends on whether my Wei family rewards him! ”

"Why are there so many arrogant people in the world? Guo Jia can buy 37 lives of the Wei family with a copper coin, haven't you thought that if others drop a hundred yuan, how many lives does your Wei family have for others to kill? ”

Cai Yan sighed lightly, although Wei Cheng was approaching behind her, she didn't show any panic, because she knew that no matter what she did, she couldn't change her fate.

Wei Cheng could defile her skin, but he could never make her look at him squarely.

In the past, Wei Cheng needed to please Cai Yan in every possible way to cast a sympathetic gaze, and in the future, the same will be true.