As soon as the Liu family arrived in Jiangzhou, Mrs. Ji passed away, and the trip to Chang'an was delayed.

There are people in the third room and Steward Wu, but Ji Yanning doesn't have to worry about it.

Ji Yanning and Liu Changqing explained the situation at home, if they want to go back to Chang'an together, they are afraid that he will have to stay in Jiangzhou for another half a month.

Liu Changqing knew a little bit about the situation of the Ji family, and after arriving in Jiangzhou, he casually inquired about the affairs of the Ji family these days, and he was more distressed about his cousin and cousin, but he didn't mind waiting for a while.

Ji Yuansheng hurried back to Jiangzhou, he was the only son of Mrs. Ji, and he was probably the one with the most complicated feelings.

Before leaving, the home was still peaceful, but when I came back, the world had changed.

The mother died, his wife murdered his brother and sister-in-law, and died because of this, and the daughter was imprisoned for trying to murder the eldest sister, and even the son seemed to be a different person, and the home became less like a home.

Although he knew that the person who turned the situation into what it is today was Ji Yanning, but Wei killed her parents, and his mother had not treated the big house favorably over the years, so he was not qualified to question and accuse Ji Yanning.

I am unwilling, but I am helpless.

Originally, the third room that also rejected the big house, where is the original momentum now, seeing Ji Yanning one by one, he was scared as if he had seen a ghost.

By the time the old lady's funeral was over, it was already late autumn.

"Cousin. Liu Changqing walked into Ji Yanning's yard and saw that she was reading a book in the yard, so he stepped forward and said, "I'll leave for Chang'an tomorrow, but it's all arranged?"

Ji Yanning raised his head and put down the book in his hand: "I don't have anything to arrange, it's all Steward Wu who takes care of these things." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao, who was still sitting on a stool reading with Ji Yanning, stood up immediately when she saw Liu Changqing enter the courtyard, listened to their conversation, silently took a few steps back, and was about to leave.

Ji Yanning said: "Jiaojiao, I haven't let you leave yet." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao lowered her head: "Miss, I remembered that Ying'er just said that she was looking for me for help, I'll go over and take a look." It's okay to have Ziyu here to accompany you. ”

She said that she was about to leave, but was stopped by Liu Changqing: "Miss Murong, why are you here?"

Yuan Jiaojiao hurriedly waved her hand: "I'm not, you recognized the wrong person!"

"Miss Murong......" Liu Changqing was about to say something, but Yuan Jiaojiao had already trotted out of the courtyard.

Ji Yanning's eyes flashed slightly, and he raised his head and said to Liu Changqing with a smile: "It seems that my maid looks very similar to the Miss Murong you said, and she can even get to the point of admitting her mistake." ”

Liu Changqing frowned: "She's your maid?"

Ji Yanning asked, "I don't know who my cousin is talking about Miss Murong?"

"Murong Yixue, the eldest daughter of Zuo Xiang, is a talented and peerless young lady, and she is not small in Chang'an. Liu Changqing still felt a little incredible, and said, "Not only is it similar, but your maid looks exactly like Miss Murong." ”

Ji Yanning picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly, and said: "There are no surprises in this world, and it is not impossible for two people to look alike. ”

"Perhaps. Liu Changqing sighed lightly.

Ji Yanning said: "Please keep your cousin silent about this matter, don't mention this matter to others, after all, it is not a good thing to have a maid who looks so similar to the young lady of the family." ”

Liu Changqing nodded, he naturally understood.

If the maid really has something to do with Zuo Xiang, she will naturally find out, but if it has nothing to do with Zuo Xiang, I am afraid that the maid's life will be difficult to protect, and she will cause unnecessary trouble to her cousin.

Ji Yanning said: "I'm not very familiar with Chang'an, can my cousin tell me about the family and situation in Chang'an, so as to save me from accidentally provoking nobles and causing some difficult trouble to my uncle in the future." ”

Liu Changqing chuckled and said, "You don't have to worry, a person like my cousin who is not easy to make trouble is naturally not afraid of provoking those arrogant magnates, not to mention that no one wants to embarrass our Liu family for no reason." ”

Ji Yanning nodded, but inadvertently raised his eyebrows slightly.

However, Liu Changqing still talked about the situation in Chang'an and the distribution of the family, and told her that those families were friendly with the Liu family and could make friends.

Because they set off for Chang'an the next day, the people in the house became more and more busy.

Yuan Jiaojiao walked into the study and saw what Ji Yanning was writing, so she stepped forward and saluted.

"You're looking for me?" she asked.

Ji Yanning's pen that was writing stopped, put the pen on the pen table, and raised his eyes to look at Yuan Jiaojiao: "Can you say it now?" ”

Yuan Jiaojiao pretended to be stupid and said, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

Ji Yanning's eyes were calm: "Could it be that I will personally ask the people of Murong Mansion after I arrive in Chang'an?"

Yuan Jiaojiao's eyes sank, and she said coldly: "I just promised you to stay by your side for your use, but my origin has nothing to do with it, and you don't have to know, I won't cause trouble for you." ”

Ji Yanning said: "I know a person, he is very good at light skills, his surname is Yuan, and his personality is uninhibited, even if he is a palace forbidden army with strong martial arts, he may not be able to capture him with good light skills." I thought you would be his descendant, but now it seems that I guessed wrong. ”

Yuan Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is it?"

"His name is Yuan Jing, but unfortunately he is only good at light skills, but his martial arts are very poor. Ji Yanning recalled Yuan Jing's smiling face, he was really a gentleman, the most capable of making trouble, and always the fastest one in every fight.

Yuan Jiaojiao was completely stunned: "How do you know him?"

"Looks like you really know him. Seeing her like this, Ji Yanning guessed a little, "He taught you light skills?" He has never been patient, and it is rare to be able to teach an apprentice like you. ”

The boy who always calls Sister Caiwei when he sees her, and he doesn't know how he's doing now.

"How is he doing?" she asked.

Yuan Jiaojiao's eyes were moist: "He's dead." ”

It was she who buried him with her own hands, buried in the mountains and forests, and became a lonely grave.

Three years ago, he had drunk too much and fell off a cliff and died like this, and she searched for several days to find his body, which was summer, and when she found him, even the body was already stinking.

Ji Yanning looked down, his eyes were sad, and he didn't say anything after all.

Yuan Jiaojiao said: "You know who he is, so do you know his past?"

Ji Yanning was a little surprised and said, "You are his apprentice, how can you not know." ”

"He never talks about his past. Yuan Jiaojiao's eyes were red, "When I was six years old, I followed him to the north and south, walking through the north and south of the river, there is no destination, there is no fixed place to live, he will steal some wine and food every day to fill his stomach, and then soon go to another place, I even think that my life may be like this, but then he died." ”

So she wanted to know about his past, to know what kind of person he used to be.

Ji Yanning asked, "Then what is the relationship between you and Murong Mansion?"

"I told you, can you tell Yuan Jing about it?" asked Yuan Jiaojiao.

Ji Yanning nodded.

Yuan Jiaojiao took a deep breath and said, "If I say that I am Murong Yixue, do you believe it?"

Ji Yanning said: "Letter." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao smiled bitterly: "But in Chang'an today, there is a person who looks exactly like me, using my identity, so I don't want to go back." ”

"Is she impersonating?" Ji Yanning frowned slightly.

Yuan Jiaojiao said: "No, she should be my twin sister, but for some reason she was raised in the countryside and lived a hard life." When I was six years old, I went with my mother to incense in the temple and met her, and she pushed me down the mountain and took my place, and it was the Master who saved me. ”

So in the next few years, Master Yuan Jing became her most important and the only person she could rely on.

It wasn't until after the death of the master that she used her light skills to become the so-called plum blossom thief.

She couldn't forget the person who looked exactly like her, and looked at her with resentful eyes, crying that she just wanted to live a better life, so she pushed her off the cliff with her own hands.

She can't forget every day she followed the master, although the master was always very unreliable, always loved to laugh at her, never let her go hungry, and never let others bully her.

Ji Yanning listened to her story, nodded slightly, and understood, she asked: "That is your identity, you willingly gave her everything you have, why are you afraid of her?"

Yuan Jiaojiao said: "It's not that I'm afraid, I just don't want to be involved anymore." ”

Ji Yanning said: "Since it is a decision, I can't say anything about your family affairs, you go to Chang'an with me, I will not expose your identity, this is a promise." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao's eyes flashed slightly, and she pursed her lips: "You can even do such a conscientious thing as feeding poison, so that the ghost believes your words." ”

Ji Yanning chuckled in a low voice: "From now on, I will personally teach you the rules, I don't care about you in private, but when you go out or in front of me, you must have rules for your words and deeds." ”

"Ziyu has already taught me. Yuan Jiaojiao said, "When you see the eldest lady, you have to salute, don't talk too much when the master speaks, and you can't do anything out of line......"

Ji Yanning interrupted her words and said, "That's the rules of being a maid, and teach you the rules of being a lady." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao frowned: "I said I didn't want to have anything to do with Murong Mansion. ”

Ji Yanning said: "It's not because you're a young lady from Murong Mansion that you learn, it's because you're Yuan Jing's apprentice." After arriving in Chang'an, you don't have to live in Liufu with me, Baochangji will arrange other courtyards for you. ”

Yuan Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows: "So I'm free?"

"I'll let Shiso follow you. Ji Yanning said.

Yuan Jiaojiao said: "You should tell me about my master." ”

"Yuan Jing, the only son of General Weiyuan, is behind the general, General Weiyuan died on the battlefield and sacrificed his life for the country, but Yuan Jing was a well-known gentleman in Chang'an when he was young. As for why he left Chang'an...... Ji Yan Ningdao picked up the chronicle on the table, "It should be related to the big case twenty years ago." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao didn't expect the master to be like this, the master in her memory was a cold man who didn't smile, and it was really too inconsistent to put such a description on him.

It's just that she is suddenly not so reluctant to return to Chang'an.