The bright moon was covered by dark clouds, the night wind was blowing, and the girl's soft lips fell on the young man's somewhat cold cheeks.

Luo Qilang trembled violently, stunned by the girl's sudden move, and looked down at the delicate little face of Shen Min in front of her.

He chuckled suddenly, smoothed out the hair that was blown down by the night breeze for her, tapped the tip of her nose, and his eyes were very gentle: "If you really grow up, you know how to thank me." ”

Shen Min looked at the handsome young man, and felt a slight warmth on his forehead, and was taken into his arms in a blink of an eye.

She obediently leaned on his arms, her head against his chin, and said sullenly: "Ah Lang, thank you today, I won't be so reckless in the future, I will worry you." ”

Luo Qilang let go of her, touched her head, and motioned for her to hurry in.

Not far away, around the corner, a guard was quietly waiting for Luo Qilang.

Luo Qilang raised his hand to ask the guards to wait, and saw Shen Min enter, before turning around and walking over, his voice was cold: "Have you caught a job?" ”

The guard shook his head: "It's a hard-mouthed ......"

Seeing that the guard wanted to speak and stopped, Luo Qilang threw the long knife in his hand to him, and said impatiently: "If you have something to say, say it." ”

Guard: "Lord Shizi, Miss Lu is also here." ”

Luo Qilang's eyes flashed, and she frowned: "What is she here for?" What about He Shenxuan? He saw that the guards didn't know how to speak, put his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "Lead the way, by the way, did the pair of people and horses that Xie Meiyu took come back?" ”

The guard shook his head: "Fourth Master Xie hasn't sent back any news yet, and the people who went with him are all our people, so don't worry." ”

"Did Lu Yijia come by herself, or did she bring her people?"

"I came on horseback alone, and when I came, I argued with Young Master He, who interrogated him."

***

Mrs. Zhang took the ladies of the British Mansion to wait in the courtyard temporarily, and Liangrui accompanied the crying and tired Derui to sleep in the room.

Grandma Nuan is coaxing Xianrui, who is still crying, to eat.

"My good girl, there is no heat when you touch this hand, Shen Min will be fine, the government is also here, Luo Shizi personally led people to chase the mountain bandits, it will be fine, you are a sister, you have to set an example for the three younger sisters." Grandma Nuan handed over the porridge.

Xianrui pinched a sweat towel to wipe her tears, and shook her head at the warm grandmother who handed her food.

"Sister Shen Min is back!" Luo Danyan's voice exploded outside.

Mrs. Zhang, who was sitting on the Luohan bed and reciting the Sutra of Peace, immediately stood up, didn't want Mother Hua to hold her, and walked outside by herself.

Seeing Shen Min, who was escorted in by two girls, Mrs. Zhang burst into tears, ouch and fed several times, walked down the steps, and recited Amitabha: "My Min Niang, let me see!" ”

Shen Min's eyes were red when she was called by Mrs. Zhang's affectionate Min Niang, and she was about to kneel down after following her: "The slave maid worries the old lady, the slave maid is fine, there is nothing to ...... at all."

Mrs. Zhang raised her hand and took the person who was going to kneel for her into her arms, patted her twice angrily and distressedly, and said angrily: "You bold dead girl, you have really grown up, and you are becoming more and more disobedient, and you dare to be a hero, if you have one or two, you will want your eldest girl to blame herself for a lifetime!" I'm really raising you for nothing, this damn girl! ”

Shen Min wanted to wipe Mrs. Zhang's tears, but found that her fingers were dirty, but Grandma Nuan intimately handed over her sweat towel and said: "It's good to come back safely, if there is anything, let's talk about it first, let the mother-in-law show you if you are injured." ”

It's windy outside, and if you blow Mrs. Zhang out, it's a big deal.

Xianrui also ran out, dragging a sweat towel and constantly wiping her tears, and walked over to sob: "Shen Min, Shen Min me, I ......"

"The slave is fine." Shen Min was also relieved to see that Xianrui was unscathed, and showed a smile to comfort her: "Let the eldest girl worry." ”

After entering the house, Shen Min probably told her what had happened, and Mrs. Zhang was so frightened that she had to get up from the chair several times, and directly interrupted her: "Okay, don't say it, I know you are all scared, hurry up and go to sleep inside." ”

Although it was crowded, it was actually just a few girls who fell asleep together.

Shen Min changed into clean clothes and came out, made the bed for Xianrui and Luo Danyan, and beckoned the two washers: "It's raining hard, I'm afraid it's a little cold, the eldest girl and Luo Si girl are squeezing to cover two futons." ”

Over there, Liangrui, Shurui, and Derui had already fallen asleep, and Shen Min walked over to straighten the bedding of the three girls with tear-stained faces, and blew out the lamps and candles next to them.

Luo Danyan pulled the person who was going out with the lamp, and said busily: "The old lady wants my sister to sleep with us." ”

Xianrui also took the lamp in Shen Min's hand, and insisted in a rare tone: "If you want to go out to keep vigil, I will accompany you, you still have an injury to your foot." ”

She looked at Shen Min, who was looking at her, and whispered, "No matter what you are, in the eyes of other subordinates, you are just different from them, and grandmother and we have never regarded you as a descendant. ”

Shen Min was caught by two people, and she had no choice but to sleep with them, but the two of them looked like they were afraid of her running away, so they let her sleep in the middle.

Xianrui fell asleep quickly, but Luo Danyan turned sideways and whispered to Shen Min, who was lying flat: "Sister, have you slept?" ”

"What's wrong?" Shen Min looked sideways at her and smiled lightly: "Scared today?" ”

Luo Danyan hummed softly, and then said, "Fortunately, Fourth Brother Xie, sister, why do you say that this world is unfair to women?" ”

Shen Min hummed puzzled.

Luo Danyan thought for a long time before slowly saying, "Why is a woman's reputation and innocence more important than life?" ”

"It's all about what you think." Shen Min raised his hand sideways and patted her on the back, coaxing her to sleep: "The world has never been fair to women, many things that men can do, even if women say that they will be spurned, but you have to remember that as long as people live, everything can be started again." ”

Luo Danyan hummed obediently, and only whispered into Shen Min's ear for a long time: "Fourth Brother Xie said today that if I don't have innocence, he will marry me." ”

Shen Min paused, touched her head, and did not answer.

Luo Danyan was patted on the back by her and soon fell asleep, and Shen Minfu lay flat again, thinking about what Luo Qilang said behind her back.

She asked him what he would do if he had just been bullied and humiliated by the mountain bandits.

She felt that Luo Qilang's words could be remembered for a long time.

- "What I like is you as a person, not your innocence, what is wrong is the person who forced you, what does it have to do with you?" It's all about being alive. ”

***

At the same time, the other side.

In the courtyard that was cleaned up, Luo Qilang touched his face, looked at He Shenxuan and Lu Yijia in men's clothes left and right, exhaled, and said, "If you two have any personal grievances, can you talk about it later." ”

When he came, he caught five live mouths, and as a result, he cut four of them, and the remaining one, He Shenxuan meant to dispose of the people who did not have to be handed over to the government alone, and Lu Yijia felt that this matter was strange, and wanted to send people to Beizhen Fusi to be tortured, and let the court take over directly to avoid unnecessary trouble.

When Luo Qilang followed the guards, the atmosphere between the two of them had reached freezing point.

"I'm afraid this matter is not a simple mountain bandit robbery, it has already involved the British government, and it is not something we can interfere with." Lu Yijia spoke directly.

He Shenxuan's deep voice sounded: "If you hand it over, maybe it will help the real murderer destroy the corpse, and it is better to put the chips in your own hands." ”

Lu Yijia's eyes were faint, and he said in a deep voice: "Even if it is found out, it is not something you can shake, even so, it is better not to make enemies." ”

Luo Qilang listened to the two people fighting each other one by one, took a deep breath, and interrupted the words of the two people: "Two, have you forgotten that today, you are just out of yourself, and the rest of the people are from me, and it is up to me to decide what to do." ”

He looked at Lu Yijia: "Miss Lu ran out by herself......"

"I don't care about my affairs." Lu Yijia said coldly.

Luo Qilang was also dry, "Cheng, those two slowly reminisced about the old days, and lost their company for a while." He saw the guards gesturing to him, and it seemed that Xie Mei had returned with news.

In the room next to him, Xie Meiyu looked at Luo Qilang who came in and said directly: "I'm afraid it's a big deal, this group of people shouldn't all be mountain bandits, I took people to follow them in two ways, and the group left with the looted property and female dependents, and a group of people carried two big boxes on the boat." ”

"Is there something or a person in the box?" Luo Qilang grasped the key point, saw Xie Meiyu's wrong eyes, and said bluntly: "Who is it?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the inspector Yushi sent to Huguang before." Xie Mei's eyes were deep: "It's a member of the Five Princes' faction." ”

Luo Qilang walked to the chair and sat down, her eyes down in contemplation.

Xie Meiyu said directly: "Don't think about it, push it to the British government, at the moment, you have not inherited the throne, the township test is imminent, there must be no accident so that there are traces to follow the Yushitai, today this matter of the British government suffers, the British government will definitely not be good, you throw two sentences at will, the British government will definitely have the courage to find someone to trouble, the five princes' party will clean up this matter." ”

Luo Qilang glanced at Xie Meiyu.

Xie Meiyu took care of himself and moistened his throat with a cup of tea, Luo Qilang smiled lightly, and asked him: "Xie Meiyu, in your opinion, which faction will He Shenxuan be?" ”

Xie Meiyu didn't think about it, and said frankly: "Brother Luo, this is a little too difficult for me. ”

"Go out, by the way, make the live mouth, pack up the body, and hand it over to the people who will come to the British Mansion in a moment."

Luo Qilang leaned on the chair and pressed the bridge of his nose, and sighed silently, he wanted to be alone, and one by one he really wanted to force him to move seriously.

Now the situation is too delicate.

The crown prince is the eldest son, and in the end he occupies the title of the eldest son.

The fifth prince is the second son, although he is the second son, he is really the middle palace heir.

The mother's family on both sides is strong, and now His Majesty is afraid that he will continue the battle between the two sons for the heir, and take advantage of the situation to pull out some nails that are not conducive to the stability of the royal family.

When the Haiyan River is clear and the sea is peaceful today, these people with heavy troops are probably thorns in their eyes.

Thinking of this, Luo Qilang's slender fingers tapped lightly against his chin.