Zhong Jin is a few years older than Rongjin, and when they were young, the two often played together.

Zhong Jin was wearing a pale yellow silk dress, and when he pushed and shoved just now, he fell to the ground, and the hem of the skirt was a little dirty. She held the teacup in both hands, her hair naturally hanging down on the sides of her cheeks, still covered with tulle, and the two were so close that Rong Jin could faintly see the scars on her face.

"Did he hit you in the ——,face?" Rong Jin asked cautiously.

Zhong Jin didn't answer right away. She lowered her head, her long eyelashes were wet with tears, and her eyes flashed with regret and disappointment, but with reluctance.

"It's not him, I'm just allergic." Zhong Jin unconsciously stroked his cheek and whispered.

Rong Jin knew that she was lying, but she couldn't bear to poke it. When she broke into the door, she could see clearly that Zhong Jin's face was blue and purple, and it was caused by allergies, which was obviously added by someone to punch and kick.

Seeing that she was still helping when to speak at this moment, she was angry and sad in her heart, this man looked weak and weak on the surface, but he actually beat his wife, he was simply a scum.

Rong Jin wanted to say something comforting, but he didn't know where to start, and for a while, the two fell silent.

The night was silent, there was no wind or moon, and there were occasional roosters outside the courtyard, and a faint candlelight reflected the figures of the two on the mottled walls.

The room is small and boxy, with a hall in front and a bedroom in the back, separated by curtains, and the furnishings in the house are extremely simple.

After a while, Zhong Jin slowly spoke, telling her about the bad relationship she had with when.

That year, she was twenty-eight years old, and she was not allowed to marry anyone. One day, I took the maid to the market to buy some rouge gouache, and met when to enter Beijing to catch the exam.

At that time, when was it, warm as jade, talented, and superb. She often sneaked out of the house, pestering when to paint her, in the spring, when the sun was just right, the breeze was warm, she danced under the cherry blossom trees on the outskirts of the city, and when the corners of her mouth smiled, she painted her most beautiful appearance.

Thinking of the beauty of the first acquaintance, Zhong Jin smiled with his eyebrows, if life was only as good as the first meeting, how good would it be?

The good times didn't last long, the two came and went, how could they hide from the Zhong family's parents? Father Zhong was furious, scolded Zhong Jin for being shameless, and even asked for family law, Zhong's mother had never disobeyed Zhong's father in her life, even if she felt sorry for her daughter, she didn't dare to stop her under Zhong's father's anger.

Zhong Jin was beaten so hard that she couldn't get out of bed for several days, and Zhong's mother came to see her every day, wiping her tears by the bedside, feeling distressed. Zhong Jin asked his mother with tears in his eyes, "Why can't it be him?" ”

"Your marriage is naturally up to your father." Mother Zhong clasped her hand and stroked her forehead.

Zhong Jin was unwilling, and had already decided in his heart that he would not marry in this life, so he only heard her say: "I am not married now, when will I fall in love, why can't I be together?" ”

"Presumptuous! I see you are dead and unrepentant! Father Zhong didn't know when he came to Zhong Jin's boudoir, and at this time, he heard Zhong Jin say such a rebellious thing, pointing at Zhong Jin and shouting angrily.

As soon as the words fell, he turned around and left.

He beat hard that day, and listened to Zhong's mother say how pitiful her daughter was, so he thought that he would come down in the morning today to see how the father and daughter had an overnight feud, who knows, he heard this conversation as soon as he walked to the door.

Zhong Jin lay silently on the bed and shed tears, hating his parents for being so stubborn.

Seeing that the two of them were arguing again, Zhong's mother only felt a headache, and tried to persuade her daughter: "Jin'er, why are you going against your father?" Since ancient times, the words of the matchmaker of the parents, alas! ”

Zhong Jin has never suffered much since he was a child, and he is obedient to his parents, but this time he is extremely resolute. She yelled at her mother in disappointment: "Don't you just dislike when you don't have an official position and no background, you just greed for vanity!" ”

"Shut up!" Zhong Mu was also angry, her eyes full of disappointment. "How can you teach you to raise your parents like this for a man out there who doesn't know where to go? What about your upbringing?! You give me a good idea in the room, and I'm not allowed to leave the house in the future! ”

Mother Zhong was very angry, Zhong Jin has been well-behaved and obedient since he was a child, and he is polite, when did he speak so loudly? I only think that my daughter must have been bewitched by the gangsters outside, and she actually learned to yell at her elders! instructed the housekeeper to take care of the young lady and not allow her to leave half a step, and then went away angrily.

Zhong Jin was trapped in the house day by day, anxious. No matter where you go, there are maids to follow, and no news can be delivered, I don't know when and what is happening now.

Soon after, she got the news of when Sun Shan fell to the name. Desperate, she bought off the maid who followed her, and finally managed to escape.

Outside the inn, Zhong Jin happened to meet when he wanted to go back to his hometown. Zhong Jin was dressed in coarse linen clothes, he lost a lot of weight, but his eyes were surprisingly bright, with a smile on his face, and he walked firmly to him, "I'll go back with you!" ”

She followed him to Floating Cloud City. At first, when to treat her very well, everything went according to her, and the two were very affectionate, Qin Se and Ming. And then, he changed!

A self-deprecating smile appeared on her face, she didn't listen to her parents at first, she only recognized him, desperately turned her back on her family, abandoned her parents who raised her, and now she realizes how ridiculous she is.

But how can there be regret medicine in this world?

"Then why don't you go back?"

"You also saw it just now, I look like a ghost now, what face do I have to go back?"

Zhong Jin smiled, "This is the path I chose myself, and I have no right to complain." What she didn't say was that she couldn't forget the first encounter, and she still had a trace of longing in her heart, looking forward to when she would be able to return to the way she was before.

The smile in Rongjin's eyes only felt pantothenic acid in his heart.

It was late at night, and Rongjin returned to the inn and met Shen Yanzhi.

"Where have you been?" Shen Yanzhi saw that Rongjin was like a wandering spirit, and he didn't react when he walked in front of her, and stopped her.

Rongjin didn't want others to know about this, so he said, "Just go out for a walk." I went back to my room and rested. ”

Shen Yan's face was suspicious, but seeing that she didn't want to say, she didn't ask more.

After Rong Jin finished speaking, he entered the room and lay on the bed. I only feel physically and mentally exhausted, when I was young, the sister of the Zhong family was virtuous and gentle, and the ladies liked her very much, and they all said that they didn't know who would have this blessing in the future and could marry her as a daughter-in-law.

Who knows, now that he is in such a situation, after thinking about it, he decided to wait until he returned to the imperial capital, so he went to tell Father and Mother Zhong.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep.

On the second day, the group left the inn early in the morning and headed all the way to Yizhou.

In the afternoon, the sun was scorching, there was not a hint of breeze, the ground was hot and hot, and the branches and leaves on the side of the road were roasted yellow. Shen Yanzhi looked back and saw that Rong Jin's face was pale, and there happened to be a tea shop in front of him, so he proposed to go to the tea shop to rest first.

In the tea shop, a few dilapidated square tables, a few benches, and a simple grass hut were set up, and there were many passers-by sitting in twos and threes.