After he left, she sat down in the study again.

As she was leaving, she closed the door to her study and heard the sudden sound of something falling on the floor, which was very soft and crisp, like the sound of a cup falling on the ground and breaking.

Then the same voice sounded, and she was a little puzzled, and saw that his door was open, so she crept to the door, and looked in, and saw that he was lying on the table in the middle of his room, as if drunk.

On the table was a flask, and under the table were broken fragments of glasses.

He was muttering to himself: "Mother, don't go, don't leave me alone, Mother ......"

She had heard some of Zheng Jin's stories and knew that Zheng Hangsu had no mother when he was about two years old, and five years later he had a stepmother.

Seeing that someone as cold and arrogant as him had such a weak moment, she couldn't help but be a little stunned.

The pity for him suddenly rose, and when he saw him lying on the table, he quietly walked into the room, picked up the fragments of the porcelain cup on the ground one by one, put them in the paper basket at the foot of the table, and then whispered: "Zheng Gongzi? Are you drunk? ”

Suddenly, he grabbed her wrist and heard him mutter, "Mother, is that your mother?" You really didn't go? ”

She wanted to pull her hand out, but she couldn't. After all, right now, he thought he was his mother in a daze.

I heard him say again: "Mother, do you know how much I miss you all these years? After you left, after she came, no one in the house treated me well, my father never had time to care about me, and everyone else was cold, and when they looked at me with disgust, she instructed her subordinates to hurt me, framed me, and made my father hate me slowly. Mother, why are you...... I must go ......so early, do you know that after you left, I have been very lonely and lonely, Mother, you really can't come back......

He grabbed her wrist and said, "Is this really your hand, are you really back and never going away?" ”

Listening to these drunken words, her eyes were moist unconsciously.

She could understand his situation all these years.

He had a father and turned a blind eye to him, as if he had no father.

There is a stepmother, a younger brother, but they are estranged from him, and maybe they hate each other.

And the subordinates who are the best at seeing the wind and steering the rudder will be cold to him in a thousand ways.

What kind of miserable life has he lived all these years?

It's no wonder that he looks so alienated from everyone, so cold that it seems to be unkind, because of his experience.

And she hoped that she was the one who could soothe his soul.

Sensing that he seemed to be asleep while talking, she looked at his face, and saw that his eyes were closed, so she looked at him boldly.

When she looked closely, his face was like a sculpture, the bridge of his nose was high, his eyebrows were like knives, and the trace of grief on his face suddenly moved her.

She quietly withdrew her hand from him.

After all, men and women don't kiss.

As soon as I pulled it back, I heard him say, "No, you don't want to go...... Don't go ......."

As he spoke, he grabbed her wrist again.

His hands were beautiful, elongated, and bony, slightly larger than hers. And, there was a hint of chill.

She couldn't bear to leave again, so she let him hold her.

Looking out of the window wordlessly, I saw fallen leaves passing by the window and falling down.

I don't know how long it took for him to wake up suddenly.

She felt his hand for a moment, so she quickly looked down at him, and saw that he was looking up, and when his head was raised, she saw his face, a shocked face.

I didn't seem to expect to be here.

Then, he looked down at his own hand, which was holding hers. The look on his face was even more shocked.

She realized that he didn't seem to expect that she would appear here at all, so she hurriedly said: "Zheng Gongzi, don't get me wrong, you were drunk just now, you grabbed my hand and didn't let go, you must have mistaken my hand for your mother's hand......"

When he said this, his head could not be lowered, and his face could not be blush.

"Oh?"

"If you don't believe it...... I ......" She didn't know how to convince him, so she stopped.

I heard him say, "I...... Letter. ”

Realizing that her hand was still being grasped by him, she abruptly withdrew her hand from his hand and ran out of his room at a rapid pace.

Alas, he had planned to take his hand out of his hand after a while when he fell asleep, and who thought that he would let him hold on to it if he was careless for a while.

It's embarrassing enough for this to happen.

She ran out of the building with a red face and returned to the building behind.

I ran to the railing outside my room on the second floor, and I didn't enter the house, but stood at the railing.

She knew that her face was too red, and if she went in like this, she would be guessed by Haruka and the two of them again.

I don't know why, but looking at the building in front of me, I felt a strange feeling in my heart, as if the building had become different from before because of his existence.

Previously, it was an ordinary attic in her eyes.

Previously, the building seemed to her to be an attic consisting of a few rooms. It is a study room, my father's reception room, some small house's house, a temporary guest room when the occasional guest arrives, or other miscellaneous rooms with miscellaneous items.

His arrival gave it a certain temperature.

For the first time, she felt how boring and boring her previous days were.

The days before were nothing more than monotonous repetition.

Chunxiang was embroidering a plum blossom scarf in the house, but when she saw her standing by the railing and didn't move, she put down the embroidered plum blossom scarf, quietly walked up to her, and asked, "Girl, is there anything beautiful ahead?" You've been staring there. ”

"Well, don't you think the trees in this yard have been getting better and better lately?" She said.

"Are you looking at the trees?" Haruka also glanced out as she spoke, and saw that the courtyard was full of golden trees, and some fallen leaves on the ground that had not had time to be cleaned, making the whole house look very bleak. "It's been a lot better lately. The leaves are getting yellower and yellower. But is it worth watching all the time? ”

"Naturally, it's worth it, you hurry up and go."

Haruka shook her head in confusion and turned back to the house.

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Another three days later.

The six people sent by Zhou Peng to find the truth about the fire in Zheng's house have returned to Chen Zhou.

The soldier named Wang Shui was the leader of the six, and when he returned, he told Zhou Peng what the villagers in the neighborhood he had asked. Some villagers said that a few days before the burning of Zheng's house, I heard that there were a few people in brocade clothes in the house, and I heard that the people in the house who were there before had said to the outside world that it was Prince Xiao, and the Zheng house was on fire a few days after those people left.

Some villagers said that they saw a man in black wandering around the house shortly after dark that day.

There are more villagers, I heard that the prince Xiao once gave some valuable tribute to Zheng Jin and the people in his house to taste, it is said that the gift is a unique tribute to the north of Huaguo, a kind of snow fungus that is not produced, it is said that drinking that kind of snow fungus, can make the skin white and beautiful, and the face is permanent. That kind of snow fungus is now only used by the queens and concubines in the palace and the princesses.

The villagers also said one thing, that is, what is strange is that the cook who cooked the snow fungus at that time secretly drank it after cooking, and died of anger. This incident aroused the suspicion of Zheng Jinhe and his wife, thinking that the crown prince Xiao was ordered by the emperor to poison their family, because it was the Son of Heaven who did it, they did not dare to speak out, nor did they dare to complain about themselves, so this snow fungus was placed in the utility room and became an item to learn from in the future.

After Zhou Peng listened to the report, he immediately came to the attic where Zheng Hangsu was, called him to the study, and asked, "I heard that when Prince Xiao went to your house, he brought snow fungus?" ”

Zheng Hangsu replied, "Yes, uncle." ”