Xianyun Pavilion.

The weather is cool and the wind is blowing, and the curtains are gently shaken.

There was a candle in the room, two small pastries were placed on the small table, the freshly brewed tea was steaming, and the three people in the room sat opposite each other, the pastries did not move, and no one drank the tea.

Yan Mu sat opposite Shi Yong, he was originally a fair-skinned man, but now his hair is all white, he is dressed in white, he looks like the whole person is white and transparent, and his tone of voice is slow and low, adding a touch of fairy energy.

"Shi Luomei has a sister-in-law who remarried to Chang County after his brother's death, and her husband is a blacksmith who is five big and three thick. Seven months after getting married, he gave birth to a white and chubby boy with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he was the widow of Shi Luomei's brother. ”

Shi Yong picked up a horseshoe cake and took a bite, "Shi Luomei knows?" ”

Yan Mu looked at her carefully for a moment, "For many years, Shi Luomei has been in the rivers and lakes, her whereabouts are uncertain, and there is no way to find out more specifically. But according to your words, since Shi Luomei is afraid, she naturally knows about the existence of her little nephew, and she does not contact her sister-in-law, probably to save the lives of her mother and son. ”

Shi Yong nodded, "Very likely." This woman is fierce. If there is no accident, he will never recruit that person. ”

Wu Chan approached, "Is Jinyiwei really going to kill her?" ”

Who can figure out Zhao Yin's thoughts? Shi Yong pondered for a moment, "Tomorrow at noon, the execution will be carried out." The command that is spoken, I think, is not so easy to retract. Alas. It's a pity. This is the only remaining clue to Shi Yong's death. ”

Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, and turned her head to ask Yan Mu again.

"The poisonous snake in Zhang Yuner's room, and the snake venom, is there any news?"

Yan Mu shook his head and said, "It's a stupid girl's business, it's a bit eyebrow-raising." ”

"Really?" Shi Yong's expression was slightly restrained, "What do you say?" ”

Although this is Song Ashi's business, but now Song Ashi is her, she is also Song Ashi, and after a long time, she has integrated into that role, and things related to Ashi have become her own business.

Yan Mu looked at her and said, "I started the investigation from the case of Song Changgui, that is, your father picked up your mother, it was a robbery case. The robbers robbed a group of merchants from the desert, stole the goods, and robbed a woman, who is your mother. But the strange thing is that this gang of bandits died violently halfway before they returned to the bandits' den with the stolen goods and the woman. ”

"When your father went to the autopsy, the woman was too stupid to tell how the thieves died, who she was, or where she lived. Probably seeing that your father is a good-looking person, she is afraid of officials, but she is not afraid of your father, and honestly followed your father home......"

"Back then, the government also looked for the merchants who were robbed by the bandits, but no one reported such a large batch of goods, and no one claimed it afterwards. The case was closed, and then the woman became your mother, and after a long time, no one mentioned it again. ”

Shi Yong lowered his eyelids and listened, his expression was not happy or angry, "What did you find?" ”

Yan Mu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, quite hesitant: "The batch of goods was sealed by the government for two years, and then it was sold to a business owner. When I was investigating this, I heard from a fur business owner who used to travel to the desert to do the fur business, and he almost bought it at that time, so he made a special trip to see the goods, as if they were from Uliang Khan. However, he listened to me as a gossip, and after 18 years, the memories are impossible to test, and the clues are difficult to find. ”

Hearing the three words of Wuliang Khan, Shi Yong's face tensed slightly.

"So, my mother may be a desert woman?"

Yan Mu thought for a moment and shook his head, "Not really." The appearance, temperament and habits of the desert women are very different from those of the Dayan women. If your mother is a desert woman, someone will talk about it. But have you ever heard someone say? ”

No.

In the memory that Ah Shi left to Shi Yong, her mother was a gentle and noble woman, although she was a little stupid and rarely spoke, but none of the messages were related to Modi.

"Nothing else can be found?"

Yan Mu shook his head again, "This case is also because more than a dozen people died at one time, and the impact is very wide, so there are traces to follow." Where did your mother go later, then it should be true...... There was no clue at all. ”

"Don't worry." Wu Chan glanced at her and hugged her waist, "As long as fate is not over, we will always see each other again." ”

Shi Yong looked at her and felt that her words were meaningful.

It doesn't seem to be her and the stupid girl, it's them.

Shi Yong hummed, "What time is it?" I have to go back. ”

Wu Chan snorted coldly and looked up at the ceiling: "It's almost dawn." Why don't you just squint at Sister Xian's house for two hours? ”

Shi Yong shook his head, and Wu Chan said, "Xian Niang is going to the execution ground tomorrow." Are you going? ”

"I-"

Before Shi Yong finished speaking, a very soft voice came from the roof tiles.

All three heard. Shi Yong exchanged glances with Wu Chan and Yan Mu, and with a wave of Yan Mu's hand, the candle flame in the room was extinguished. Shi Yong stretched lazily, "Which brother is visiting?" Get out of here. ”

There was another faint noise.

When Yan Mu chased out, he only saw a figure galloping away.

"I can't catch up."

Shi Yong glanced at it, "How long has he been here?" ”

"Just arrived."

"That's good."

Shi Yong looked up at Yan Mu, "It's an eventful season, you guys should be careful." ”

"Understood." Yan Mu's eyes deepened slightly, and he took out a delicate gold box from his arms and handed it to her, "This is the key." ”

"Keys?" Shi Yong looked at him deliberately puzzled, "What to do for me?" ”

Yan Mu was tall and straight-shouldered, but he lowered his head when he spoke to her, and his attitude was extremely deferential.

The master said that this is a key to wealth and a token of the master. Yongrenyuan name industry, hall, shop, money village, land deed...... It's all up to it. My master gave it to me for safekeeping before the accident, and now that she has entrusted us all to you, you should keep the key as well. ”

"Not necessarily."

Shi Yong didn't pick up the golden box, and looked at Yan Mu with trust.

"If she is entrusted to you for safekeeping, then you are the most suitable person to keep it. My current identity is inconvenient, not to mention Yongrenyuan, even with you, I should have less contact to avoid trouble. ”

Yan Mu slowly withdrew the box and said in a low voice, "Okay." ”

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Shi Yong walked out of Xianyun Pavilion and saw Song Changgui coming in a hurry.

Before coming out, she only said that she came to Xianyun Pavilion, and Song Changgui didn't think about it, she didn't expect that she had done so many things this night, and only said that she was here to comfort Xian Niang.

On the way home, Shi Yong told Song Changgui about the thousand-faced red luo.

In order to avoid goofs, one lie, she had to use another lie to round it up.

"The matter of the thousand-faced red Luo was told to her by a friend of Sister Xian, but this friend used to run the rivers and lakes and had a criminal record, although he has washed his hands now, but he is not willing to get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes again, let alone deal with the court, Xian Niang refuses to say his name."

Song Changgui looked at her in amazement.

After a long time, he said: "But your father and I, if we don't mix the rivers and lakes, how do you know who the thousand-faced red Luo is?" ”

"My dad can do anything." Shi Yong looked at him with a smile, "The Metropolitan Governor also said that my father was a condescending talent." You are now in the heart of the Grand Duke, but you are very good, maybe one day you will be given a big errand......"

Song Changgui touched his turban, and then touched the short beard on his chin, looking puzzled.

Is that really what he can do?

Unexpectedly, as soon as the day dawned, he really took on a big errand.

- Went with Ah Shi to perform the autopsy of the prisoners who were executed today.

He is no stranger to this errand, the corpse has been buried all his life, and he has long been numb, and he has to go immediately after an order from above. But he never ...... Went to the autopsy in such a noble carriage?

Jin Yiwei sent a coachman to pick him up.

The gorgeous carriage drove into the Song family's Hukou and stopped at the gate of the Song family's compound, attracting neighbors to watch and discuss, and the coachman respectfully "Mr. Song" one by one, listening to Song Changgui's head rushing blood, walking a little floating. Seeing this, Wang sent it to the door, and in the envious eyes of the neighbors, his chin was about to rise to the sky.

Song Changgui has been a servant for most of his life, saying that if it sounds good, it is an official errand, and if it is bad, it is a corpse collector. Not to mention the daily life of being disliked by outsiders, even his own relatives never want to see him. Otherwise, their family of five would not have been separated by their mother and father.

"Ahh

Sitting in the carriage, Song Changgui looked at his daughter, sweating on his head.

"Daddy has something to tell you."

Shi Yongke was much more comfortable than her father, and smiled when she heard this, "Why are you spitting?" ”

Song Changgui frowned, looked around at the carriage, beckoned to Shi Yong, carefully moved his position, sat down beside his daughter, and said in a voice that only she could hear.

"Daddy...... Not a descendant of Song Ci. ”

Why do you say this all of a sudden?

Shi Yong squinted at him and didn't speak.

Song Changgui felt even more ashamed, and lowered his head, "Dad said it to those who look down on us, thinking that if he said this, people would be able to take a look at it." …… But this lie is not to be told in front of the Grand Duke. The Metropolitan Governor really mistakenly thought that his father was so capable, and he also pointed out the thousand-faced red Luo, so he sent a carriage, right? ”

After a pause, he asked with sincere trepidation.

"The Metropolitan Governor values it so much, this is not ...... in my heart"

Shi Yong: ......

Didn't they send a carriage to pick them up? Look at this old man scared, and he looks unbearable.

"Dad, don't think too much." Shi Yong patted Song Changgui's arm gently.

"Where is this? Not to mention such a carriage, a better carriage in the future, you can sit, a better house, you can live, a better woman...... Forget it, you can't do it. In short, our family will get better and better. ”

After speaking, she squeezed her eyes at Song Changgui.

"Huh? Do you understand? ”

Song Changgui clutched his heart and leaned there.

"Here, jumping in a panic. Dad can't stand it, he deserves it. If the Governor of Ming'er knew that I was a mediocre person who didn't learn or knew anything, he wouldn't know that much at all......... What can I do? It doesn't matter if your father dies, if it affects the family. ”

“……”

Shi Yong was speechless.

It seems that Zhao Yin's ruthlessness is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It's obviously a good thing, but it scared her old father to death.

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It had rained before dawn, and the ground was wet.

Before the execution, male and female prisoners will be checked by the servants to verify their bodies and check their bodies, and when Shi Yong saw Shi Luomei again, she had already been transferred to a more closely guarded women's prison. Some women's punishments for women are more brutal than those for men, and many women commit suicide before execution, and women's prisons are designed to prevent such behavior.

Shi Luomei was tied to the torture rack with her hands tight, her face was swollen, her eyes were sunken, she didn't need makeup at this time, she looked like a ghost, but her calmness surprised Shi Yong.

Even if the "wooden donkey" that made countless women want to die early was carried into the women's prison, she only changed her face and lowered her eyelids.

"You're not afraid?" Shi Yong asked her.

"I'm afraid." Shi Luomei's eyes were empty.

"He's Jinyiwei, right?" Shi Yong walked up to her and whispered, "He knows what they are going to do to you." When you are found to be right, you will be stripped naked and ride a wooden donkey through the streets, and the last trace of dignity will be torn apart, and you will not be able to survive, you will not be able to die, and you will be extremely humiliated......... Is it worth it? ”

The candle flame swayed in the wind, and Shi Luomei's eyes shone with a touch of light, as gorgeous as fireworks, and it only dimmed for a moment.

"Can you do me a favor?"

Shi Yong thought that she would beg her not to be punished by such a humiliating and painful woman.

She said, "I want to ...... Comb your hair. ”

Powerful and secret love gives her extreme strength. Shi Yong sighed, gently helped her to sit upright, found a comb, and slowly combed her knotted hair.

Her hair was long and messy, and the comb had long been impenetrable, so Shi Yong took a small pair of scissors and wanted to cut off the knots, "Do you mind?" ”

The ancients were very mindful of cutting their hair, but Shi Luomei smiled and shook her head.

"Nope. It's a good day, I'm going to be with my family. ”

Shi Yong combed her hair for half an hour, it was still early for the street and execution, she sat next to Shi Luomei, in this women's prison immersed in the shadow of death, her mind was full of the scene of the day before her death. The loneliness, coldness and dead silence engraved in the bones have long seeped into the soul.

"Why don't you go?" Shi Luomei asked her.

"I'll be with you." Shi Yong said.

It was she who accompanied her, and it was also Shi Yong herself, who had fallen into prison and couldn't survive.

Shi Luomei looked at her vigilantly, "I won't say it." ”

Shi Yong was stunned for a moment, and looked at her with a smile, "I know." There is no force in this world that can shake a woman's love. Once obsessed, there is no place to die. ”

"You're very different." Shi Luomei said softly, "It's different from them. ”

"Really?" Shi Yong replied lightly, without emotion.

Shi Luomei relaxed her vigilance, and in this last moment, enjoying the last warmth and companionship given by a female servant, her heart gradually calmed down.

I don't know how long later, when Shi Yong was in a trance, two words suddenly escaped from her lips.

"It's worth it."

Shi Yong looked over.

The lights were dim, her pale face was as white as paper, her voice was faint, but her smile was very real.

"This life is worth it. He deserves it. You, too, are worth it. ”

Is it really worth it for a man who doesn't care about her?

Shi Yong looked at the brightness that flashed on Shi Luomei's face, and didn't speak for a long time.

……

Before the execution, Shi Yong looked at the smooth wooden donkey, bit out of the women's prison with his teeth, and quickly ran to find Zhao Yin. Zhao Yin was still in Beizhen Fusi, and Xie Fang at the door was startled when he saw her pale but cold expression.

"Ah?"

"I'm looking for an adult."

Shi Yong finished speaking coldly, not giving Xie Fang time to react, nor giving himself a chance to regret meddling, turned around and rushed up and kicked the door open.

"Big—"

A word stuck in the throat.

Oh my god, what did she see?

With just one glance, Shi Yong went crazy.

Zhao Yin didn't go back to Wuqi Hall last night, but he was going to the execution ground today, and he had to change into a serious official uniform, and when Shi Yong broke in, he just took off yesterday's clothes and didn't have time to put them on......

What muscles? What muscles? And the mermaid line?

Is that............ Oh my.

Why did he turn around, Shi Yong hated him, and he hated his own eyes.

What is that?

Die! Her head exploded, what was she here for?

His mind was blank, his reason was all out of control, and Shi Yong could only feel his heart beating like a wild horse, and there was a faint warmth in his nasal cavity.

it!

Nosebleed?

She touched it and looked at her palm incredulously.

Zhao Yin had already put on his robe, "What are you doing?" ”

His tone was low, unfriendly, and vaguely annoyed.

But at this moment, Shi Yong doesn't blame him, whoever is looked at like this probably doesn't have a good temper, not to mention that he is Zhao Yin? It's a blessing not to screw her head.

"Your Excellency forgives your sins." Shi Yong wanted to give it up, but as soon as he took it away, he quickly covered his nose, rubbed it, and kneaded himself into a big face, and then looked at him embarrassedly, "I actually don't have good eyes, I can't see very clearly...... Why don't I go out first and wait for you to get dressed? ”

Zhao Yinjun's face changed color.

Obviously, he said this with hidden anger.

"If you have something, just say it."

"It's the donkey—the wooden donkey—"

When it came to this wooden donkey, Shi Yong's mind frantically made some not-so-good comparisons.

Donkeys are nothing more than that, right? No wonder the ancients said that "Pan Donkey Deng Xiaoxian" is the five major elements of men......

"Song Ashi!" Zhao Yin's patience was obviously extreme, and he slapped his palm on the table, "Go out without saying anything." ”

"I say!"

Shi Yong said: "That wooden donkey, can you not let her ride?" Killing people is no more than the ground above their heads, and it is too cruel for a woman to ride a wooden donkey. Inhumane, not ......"

"Who's going to ride?" Zhao Yin slowly approached and squinted at her.

Shi Yong looked at him stunned, suddenly woke up, and looked at him with a look of surprise.

"You're just scaring her, forcing that man by the way?"

Few women can endure such torture, and no man is willing to endure such punishment for his own women, and they are paraded through the streets for thousands of onlookers.

"Humph!"

Zhao Yin's face was cold, and he had regained his composure.

"You know why don't you get out of here? Want to wait for the change of clothes in this seat? ”

"No, no, no, no!"

Shi Yong snorted and spread out his hands, "You take care of yourself, please take care of yourself." ”

She turned around and walked quickly, and when she went out to see Xie Fang's back straight, she looked motionless in front of her, comforting herself that this messy matter was not known to others, and she calmed down a little.

can

As soon as she relaxed, Zhao Yin's voice came from behind her.

"Go wash your face."

------Off topic------

Today's more.

The world is worth it, right?

What's the matter, then, there is a girl who says that the two titles of Shi Yong and A Shi are awkward, it can be understood in this way, A Shi = A Shi? Isn't that weird, hahaha,

Then, I had something I wanted to say, but after I finished writing it, I forgot it, this stinky memory————