The moon hangs high in the eaves of the city tower, the city gate is close at hand, and the three characters of Huizhou City are faintly visible in the moonlight. After a few days of contemplation, now Ling Xiao can finally see the appearance of Qin Shi in Huizhou, at this moment it is quietly immersed in the moonlight, and the city tower is more majestic than Ling Xiao imagined.

"Isn't this place closed at night?" It was all at this hour, but the city gate was still open, and in Ling Xiao's cognition, the city gate was to be closed at night.

"It's usually closed at night, but tonight is special. It will take a few hours, and if you are tired, rest first, and I will call you when it comes. ”

Originally, they should have entered the city before dark, but they were delayed on the way, and Ling Xiao witnessed a tragedy of destroying the door with his own eyes, blood stained the green bricks, more than a hundred corpses were not disposed of for several days, festering, mosquitoes accumulated, terrifying, even now Ling Xiao's hands were stained with blood, but this was the first time she had seen such a scene, although she did not scream on the spot, but she was also shocked. At that time, she regretted getting out of the carriage and entering the Liu Mansion with Lu Jingxing, Lu Jingxing knew that such a scene would shock her, and she did not rush to catch the carriage after returning to the carriage, and only after her emotions calmed down did she start again, so she delayed until now.

Ling Xiao originally just wanted to recuperate in the carriage, but in the end, with the shaking of the carriage, she fell asleep unconsciously, and she didn't know how to get there after that.

With the creak of the door, Ling Xiao woke up and saw a woman about forty years old walking in, looking at the dress, it should be a subordinate here.

When the woman saw Ling Xiao get out of bed, she said, "The girl is awake, she should be hungry, let's eat something." ”

"What about Lu Jingxing?" Ling Xiao asked, Ling Xiao thought that this should be Lu Jingxing's home.

"The lord of the house is in the study, the girl should eat something, and I'll take you there later." She put the things in her hand on the desk and watched from the sidelines.

"What shall I call you?" Ling Xiao asked.

"Everyone in the house calls me Yu Niang, so let's call the girl." Yu Niang's face smiled.

The early morning breeze was very refreshing, and Yu Niang took Ling Xiao to Lu Jingxing's study. Pushing the door in, her eyes lit up, which was different from the ordinary study, and every item was placed in a very elegant manner. Several windows were ajar, and the occasional breeze blew through the corners of the skirt. There was not only Lu Jingxing in the room, but there was also a man, and what they were talking about sounded like it was about a murder case.

"How's the rest?" Lu Jingxing saw Ling Xiao enter the house and asked.

"It's good." Ling Xiao sat down on the desk next to him.

"You go on." Lu Jingxing said to the man.

"Mansion master, in the past few months of your absence, the owner of Yuliu Villa was killed, and the owner of Liu Shaozhuang came to you and asked you to help him find the real culprit." The man said.

"I heard about it." Lu Jingxing nodded.

"And there's that pile of ledgers that you need to look through."

"You'll send someone to deliver these later."

"I've told you everything, and nothing else matters." The man said again.

Ling Xiao watched from the side and didn't say a word, she could see that Lu Jingxing had a lot of things to deal with.

"Satisfactory place to stay?" Lu Jingxing suddenly asked Ling Xiao.

"Very well, thank you." There is a pear blossom tree in front of the court, there is a brand-new swing hanging under the tree, Ling Xiao thinks that the pear blossoms in spring must be beautiful, the clusters of gardenias are blooming, the fragrance is fragrant, the house is comfortable, there is no shortage of piano, chess, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, such a residence is not different from her in the Hou Mansion.

"I personally spent half a month preparing this, don't you want to say thank you to me?" The man said triumphantly.

"Thank you." Ling Xiao realized that Lu Jingxing had notified his subordinates half a month ago, but she still had to say thank you to that person.

"You're welcome, my name is Lu Ci, what about you?" Ling Xiao introduced himself very enthusiastically.

"You can just call me Ling Xiao." Ling Xiao said lightly.

"Mansion Master, how do I feel that you brought back a piece of ice, the personalities of the two of you are really similar." Lu Cixi said, Ling Xiao thought that Lu Jingxing must be very good to his subordinates, otherwise how could he speak in front of his master like this.

"Don't mind, Lu Ci grew up with me since he was a child, and he speaks a little openly." Lu Jingxing explained to Ling Xiao.

"It's okay, it's nice to have a straightforward personality." On the surface, it is a master-servant relationship, but in fact, it is deeper than the master-servant relationship.

"I'm okay, I won't bother you." After Lu Ci finished speaking, he went out.

"You have a good relationship with your master and servant." Ling Xiao said with emotion.

"In fact, there is no master and servant in the Lu Mansion." Lu Jingxing said.

"No wonder." Ling Xiao has lived in a top-to-bottom life for too long to appreciate this relationship, and it seems that it is time to change himself.

"I have to look at the accounts today, you can read the book here if you have nothing to do." Lu Jingxing said.

"You're busy. I don't care. Ling Xiao knew that Lu Jingxing hadn't returned home for a long time, so he must have a lot of things to deal with, and it didn't matter how many days later he was learning martial arts.

The bamboo slips between the bookshelves were displayed in an orderly manner, Ling Xiao swept them away, dazzling, the variety of books far exceeded Zhong Liyi's collection, Ling Xiao looked at them one by one, but there were no books about governing the country, and she found that some people in the rivers and lakes really didn't care about court affairs. She still chose the papers that she had read in modern times and used them for literacy.

It didn't take long for someone to bring in a pile of bamboo slips, piled up like a hill. Ling Xiao felt that the ancients used bamboo slips, which really took up too much space, and there was no paper to use, which was excessive.

Ling Xiao crouched on the desk while reading and writing, while Lu Jingxing on the side was quietly looking at the volumes of account books, without affecting each other, the study was surprisingly quiet, and only the breeze lifted the corner of the paper in front of him could he feel the movement here.

It seems that the breeze blows away the time, and it seems that time follows the breeze. Lunch had been delivered, but Ling Xiao didn't know that it was noon.

"I've watched you at the door with a cup of tea." Lu Ci walked in and said.

"See what?" Ling Xiao asked casually.

"Of course, it's up to you and the mansion master." Lu Ci sat down and handed the chopsticks to Ling Xiao.

"What do we have to see?" Ling Xiao still asked plainly.

"There are obviously two people in the room, but it seems to be quiet, and it is very interesting."

"I can't even stop eating." As soon as Lu Ci finished speaking, Lu Jingxing said coldly. Lu Ci shut up, and the whole room was a lot quieter again.

Ling Xiao stayed in Lu Jingxing's study all morning, and he was almost done. She didn't want to continue to bother him here, so she went out with Lu Ci.

"You are the first woman brought back by the lord of the mansion, when he came back from flying pigeons and passing the book, but the people in our house were stunned, we were all curious about what kind of woman you were, but we only knew at first sight, and I had a fight with the young master." Ling Xiao felt that this song Lu Ci was really similar to Yan Ling, and he nagged all the way.

"Does he go out a lot?" Ling Xiao asked.

"The young master likes to send affection to the mountains and rivers, and spends most of the year traveling, and sometimes punishes adultery and eliminates evil. I rarely ask about the affairs of the house, and my father is in charge of the business of the musical instrument shop. Ling Xiao said.

"Musical instrument shop?" Ling Xiao asked rhetorically.

"Well, our family's musical instrument business is all over Dongzhou." Ling Xiao thought, no wonder there were so many account books to read.

Ling Xiao smelled the fragrance of gardenias, and at this moment she had already arrived outside the courtyard, "Tell me if you need anything, and there are no maids in the house, tell Yu Niang if you have something." Lu Ci stopped at the door, and after listening to his words, Ling Xiao entered the courtyard.

With the blazing sun overhead, Ling Xiao walked into the house with the fastest steps, and suddenly cooled down a lot. She found a fan and sat down on it, half of the summer without air conditioning had passed. In this kind of weather, it's good not to go out, but when you go out, you're sweating. Ling Xiao rode in a carriage a few days ago, but fortunately, the carriage was moving fast, and the wind penetrated through the window, so he didn't feel too hot.

There is a qin in the house Ling Xiao thinks it is the best, the sweat has dried, she sat down in front of the piano, and began to stroke casually, she knows too few ancient things now, except for playing the piano and practicing calligraphy, she feels that there is nothing to do. She just hopes that these days don't last too long, and it's time to learn more.

I don't know if it was the fireflies that night, or the stars and the bright moon in the sky, or more than a month of wandering, but it made her originally calm heart like a lake ripple and become restless, and there was the word boring in the dictionary.

After Ling Xiao escaped from the brothel, he never touched the piano again, and now when he played it, he felt as if he was in a different world.

After playing a few songs, Ling Xiao felt some pain in his fingers, so he stopped. Sitting with her head propped up, she felt her eyes getting hazy and her head getting heavier and heavier, and finally she simply lay on the desk.

"Mother, why can't you always be with me? Is my career more important than mine? ”

"You won't die, I will definitely ask the best oncologist in the world to treat you."

"Mother, I don't want to live alone in Norway."

"With so many servants with you, how can you be lonely?"

……

"Mother, don't go, Mother, Mother."

"Ling Xiao, wake up." Ling Xiao opened her eyes and saw that Lu Jingxing was calling her, only to find out that it was a dream, and she suddenly wanted to know how her mother was doing now.

"Missed your mother? Wipe your tears. Lu Jingxing's voice softened a lot, and he handed over a handkerchief.

"I just dreamed of her." Ling Xiao said plainly.

"Since you miss her, then go back and meet her, I can send you." Lu Jingxing said to her.

"She's not in this world." Ling Xiao knew that she couldn't go back, it was estimated that her body had already turned into ashes, and she would not be able to see her mother in this world.

"I'm sorry, I don't know." Ling Xiao understood what Lu Jingxing meant, so he said, "Those who don't know are not to blame. Ling Xiao didn't want to tell Lu Jingxing where she came from, so that Lu Jingxing thought that her mother had died.

"You'll make this your home from now on. The whole house is your family. Lu Jingxing comforted.

"Hmm," Ling Xiao nodded.

"Wash your face, then go to dinner, you said you want to learn piccolo, I'll teach you later."

The sky was extremely blue, and the heat had weakened a little, and after dinner, Ling Xiao followed Lu Jingxing around the mansion, and her depressed mood had eased.

This land house is followed by hills, and all kinds of plants and flowers are planted on the slopes, and now the flowers are in full bloom, or a piece of greenery, walking in them is like being in the middle of the mountains and forests. Further up was the top, and Ling Xiao could clearly see someone practicing swords on it.

"Here's for you." Lu Jingxing handed a bamboo flute to Ling Xiao.

This is a very delicate flute, with a smooth body, rounded holes, and a cyan tassel hanging from the tail.

"Playing the flute first needs to be a steady breath and flexible control of the fingers." Lu Jingxing introduced.

Then he showed Ling Xiao how to properly control the flute hole with his fingers. Ling Xiao followed his example, but he couldn't make a sound no matter what. Lu Jingxing smiled, and then gave Ling Xiao a bunch of technical knowledge. As for how to play the Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu, he didn't tell Ling Xiao, and he had to wait until his breath was stable and he could not find out until he got used to it. No matter how much he said now, Ling Xiao couldn't understand it for a while.

The people practicing swords on the mountain still did not stop, but the sky had become hazy and blurry, after more than an hour of practice, Ling Xiao had already understood the basic essentials, and it was only a matter of time before he practiced it well.

The day passed like this again, and it was already dark when Ling Xiao returned to the courtyard.