Chapter 3: Showing Feet

Although Hongling has not been in this new world for a few days, she feels very warm in her heart because of the company of her favorite parents, even if she is now occupying other people's bodies and enjoying the peace that should not belong to her, every time she thinks about it, her heart is uneasy.

At night, Hongling, as usual, ate a good snack, chatted with Xiaoqing about recent interesting things, and went to sleep after a little freshening. In a hazy and hazy way, Hongling seemed to have returned to her own world, looking at her original body and Liu Min and Liu Min's grandfather were chatting about something, as if she was angry, she flicked her sleeves and dropped all the things on the table, shouting: "Let me go back", and what else, Hongling didn't hear clearly, and in a trance, Hongling saw that her father was sitting on the sofa at home, smoking a cigarette, not saying a word, her aunt was not there, the house was very messy, Hongling couldn't help but be sad, but she was angry, but she didn't know who she should be angry at, and she was thinking, A gust of wind blew, and Hongling drifted to a quiet bamboo forest with the wind, there was a pond in the middle, and there seemed to be a tablet next to it, but she couldn't see the words on it clearly.

"Changing the mandate of heaven in vain, heaven and earth will not tolerate it", "Changing the mandate of heaven in vain, its sin is unforgivable", "Changing the mandate of heaven in vain, causing chaos in the world"

......

The majestic and high-pitched voice came from all sides, and Hong Ling only felt that the sky was spinning, and every shout of that voice shook her chest, making herself more and more uneasy...... "Ah! Hong Ling sat up suddenly, she was sweating, opened the window, and there were a few stars flashing in the dark sky, and when she thought of that dream, she couldn't help but tremble.

The next day, Hongling was still passing the time as usual, or chatting with her mother, or chatting with Xiaoqing in her yard, or going out shopping, and it was difficult to suppress the deep anxiety and apprehension in her heart when she did anything.

Jiang Zhong, after returning from the court, often recalled the differences between his daughter and before, "If Ling'er really forgot the past, if the past comes back...", Jiang Zhong thought, his cold face couldn't help but flash bloodthirsty killing intent.

"Someone, call Ling'er to me", the little maid heard this, so he hurried to the yard of the young lady to invite, "Miss, the master asked you to go to the study, and the special slave came to invite", Hongling heard her father call herself, afraid that Jiang Zhong and others would be in a hurry, so she came to the study with the little girl. "Dad, what's the matter with you calling your daughter over?" As soon as Hongling entered the study, she asked Jiang Zhong coquettishly, Jiang Zhong smiled: "Can't you call my good daughter to chat with her father if it's okay?" Hongling blinked and said, "Naturally not, it's the happiest to be able to chat with my father and talk about my soul."

Jiang Zhong was suffocated in his heart, forgot to breathe for a while, and the tightness in his chest became more and more indescribably bitter. Hong Ling saw where Jiang Zhong was dun, her face gradually became solemn, and she didn't know what she said wrong for a while, just when she wanted to ask, she saw Jiang Zhong put away her extra expression, and said hesitantly: "I think it's been nearly four years since Die'er left us, you two sisters had the best relationship in the past, pack up and go to the ancestral temple to see your sister in a few days."

Hongling lowered her head and stood quietly to the side listening to Jiang Zhong finish speaking, and then was silent for a while and said, "Yes, Dad."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhong suddenly turned around, his eyes were fixed on Hong Ling, mixed with too much indignation and hatred, so that when Hong Ling raised her head to meet these eyes, she couldn't help but be frightened and took a few steps back, and Jiang Zhong said a few words of cordial advice as if he hadn't seen anything, and then taught Hong Ling to go back.

After going back, Hong Ling felt more and more uneasy, always feeling that something was going to happen, when she thought of Jiang Zhong's unclear eyes just now, Hong Ling couldn't help but shudder, thinking of the 'butterfly' in the conversation with Jiang Zhong, it seems that every time this sister is mentioned, the people around her react very much, is there anything wrong with my answer just now? But he felt that he was worried about nothing, so he hastily cleaned up and lay down on the couch.

After Jiang Zhong came out of the study, he has been sitting in the octagonal pavilion in the courtyard, thinking back to the conversation he had just had with Ling'er, since Fluttershy disappeared, she has been claiming that she is recuperating in the mansion, and she doesn't even have a well-dressed tomb, how can she have a tablet in the ancestral temple, I thought about giving her a try, but it turned out to be the same as my own conjecture, my daughter, Jiang Ling'er, also disappeared......

A few days later, Hongling packed up and was going to the ancestral temple, followed the little girl sent by her father, and took the carriage that her father asked someone to prepare, Xiaoqing also followed beside her, laughing and laughing along the way, all as a spring outing.

The carriage came out of the city with a clatter, passed through several villages, and walked into a forest, Hongling lifted the curtain from time to time to look out, and said, "Why hasn't the ancestral temple arrived yet?" ”

After hearing this, Xiaoqing said with a look of surprise: "Miss? Aren't we going to go on a trip? Hongling looked back and was about to explain.

Suddenly, a few black-clothed people appeared outside and fought with the small guy, the little guy was invincible and ran into the forest, several black-clothed people held big knives in their hands, and the brush cut off the reins, and the carriage fell to the ground in response, Hongling was thrown aside by inertia in the bumpy carriage, and Xiaoqing was not so lucky to hit her head and fainted, Hongling lifted the curtain, and a big knife came up, "Strongman, strong man is robbing money?" Hongling quickly calmed down and asked, only to see that the man was unmoved, so she said, "That's a robbery?" I ....... Prime Minister's Mansion", and before Hong Ling finished speaking, several people knocked Hong Ling unconscious.

When she woke up again, Hongling was already locked up in a small black room, and it was strange to say that the man in black caught Hongling back and did not ask for money or punishment, so she had to eat and drink well, but she did not show her true face, Hongling once thought that she was going to be the wife of the village, thinking about how to escape, but she was drugged, and she was weak and had no way to escape, and she didn't know how Xiaoqing was now.

"Big brother, do you want money? To tell you the truth, I've secretly hidden a lot, so why don't I get it for you? ”

“......”

"A few days ago I got a treasure map, which is said to hide a lot of former pilgrimage objects, are you interested?"

“......”

Hong Ling always accosted her when the man in black brought her food, trying to get some information, but no matter what she said, these people were unmoved, and Hong Ling felt very depressed, so these people neither love money nor lust, why did they want to arrest her.

A few days later, after eating the breakfast sent by the man in black, there was a burst of ping-pong, and his family was rescued in a daze, seeing that everyone was dressed in official uniforms, he guessed that it was the prime minister's person, but these people sent themselves into the palace and placed them in a chic small courtyard.

Every day in a trance, but it is quite comfortable, thinking that she is the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, maybe she is going to be drafted anyway, so she will take the opportunity to place herself in the palace first, thinking that Jiang Zhong's father has always been worried about this matter, maybe he will be taken back soon, or if it doesn't go well, he will live in this palace, no matter what, he has to take a step at a time.

After half a month, a holy decree was handed down: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Jiang Ling'er is gentle and virtuous, clear and exquisite, and now he is specially named the lord of Ruyi County to treat each other as a princess, give the country the surname Liu, change the name Liu Ling'er, and admire this."

Boom, Hongling's brain exploded all of a sudden, what's the situation? This emperor didn't even see me, why did he make me the county lord?

"Lord Ling'er? Take the decree" The eunuch who announced the decree invited to offer, and Hongling came back to her senses, knelt down and held her hands above and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen."

Then after a bunch of palace maids dressed up, they were taken to the imperial study in a daze, only then did they see the emperor as the main master, as soon as Hongling entered the door, she saw the emperor sitting at the table with a pen and a notebook, he was already a middle-aged man, with a horizontal beard under his nose, his eyebrows were straight, and his eyes were blazing with indescribable majesty. And on the same side was his father Jiang Zhong, whom he hadn't seen for nearly a month, he stood aside respectfully with his head down, Hongling bowed slightly, and said, "Meet Your Majesty."

A strange silence filled the imperial study, and after a while, the emperor put down his pen and raised his head, and said: "I sympathize with Jiang Aiqing's loyalty to the country, and make Ling'er the county lord, Aiqing is still satisfied?" ”

Jiang Zhong bowed his head slightly and said: "This is the blessing of the ministers and their daughters, and the ministers must be grateful to Dade."

The emperor turned his head slightly to look at Hongling again, "Ling'er has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she has won my love, and this time it can be regarded as fulfilling one of my wishes", but the eyes that looked at Hongling clearly did not contain any emotion.

Seeing this, Hong Ling said: "Ling'er is deeply favored, and now I am fortunate to be able to see Your Majesty, I am even more fortunate to have three lives, I am afraid that Your Majesty is in love by mistake", the emperor seemed to be particularly satisfied with Hong Ling's answer, "So very good, Aiqing took Ling'er home to live temporarily this time, and she must ensure Ling'er's safety, if Ling'er is in danger again, I am the only one who asks", Jiang Zhong lowered his head steadily, and said without a trace of panic: "Yes."

Hongling sighed in her heart, 'Temporary', do you have to live temporarily when you go home now? And what about after that? Can I still go home?

Hongling is full of questions now, but it is not easy to talk to her father, so she is just waiting to go back home early to ask for an understanding. Because he is already the county lord, in a short distance, he can't ride in the same car as Cheng, plus the guards and palace maids who are escorted by various escorts, they actually occupy the entire street, Hongling can't help but sigh at this excessive luxury.

"The county lord has arrived!" Hongling was shocked back to her senses by this sound, the curtain of the car had been lifted, a eunuch knelt on the ground, Hongling was at a loss, and another palace maid next to her stretched out her hand to pick it up, Hongling then carefully stepped on the back of the eunuch and got out of the car, and then looked into the house, it was actually a person who knelt all over the ground, only Wang Anxin stood and looked at Hongling with a loving face. Hong Ling pursed her lips and smiled, "Mother, I miss you so much" said and stretched out her arms to hug Wang Anxin.

"Silly daughter, let my mother take a good look" Wang Anxin patted Hongling's hand, and between chatting, Jiang Zhong also came in and said: "Ling'er, don't you want to call the family Ding Ping?" Hongling then remembered this, "Eh, let's get up, just talk to my mother, forget you, I'm sorry", and scratched her head.

Jiang Zhong smiled lovingly: "Hahaha, come in", so the three of them entered the hall with a few family members, Hongling looked left and saw how she couldn't see Xiaoqing, she couldn't help but worry that Xiaoqing was also arrested by the man in black, so she asked: "Dad, why isn't Xiaoqing here?" ”

"Oh, Xiaoqing, the last time you were arrested, Xiaoqing was spared because she fainted, and when she woke up, she found that you were gone, so she hurried back to the house to report, and she was very happy to learn that you were found out, but she couldn't regret her dereliction of responsibility, so she resigned to me, saying that she was ashamed of you, and left" After saying that, Jiang Zhong picked up the teacup and took a few sips, Hongling couldn't help frowning when she heard this, she only felt that Xiaoqing should not be blamed for this, but she felt that it was useless to say more, so she didn't ask any more.

"Then, Daddy, why was I suddenly sent to the palace, I haven't seen the emperor a few times, how could I be named the county lord?"

Jiang Zhong originally drank tea for a moment, and then said: "This is the holy favor of my Jiang family today, don't be presumptuous, it is your blessing for the saint to crown you as the county lord, don't ask such a question again."

Wang Anxin smiled and said, "So that we don't have to worry about the draft after March, sir, don't you?" After a while, Jiang Zhong said slowly: "Hmm."

Wang Anxin heard such a perfunctory tone, and his heart tightened, thinking that Jiang Zhong had been unsalty to himself since Ling'er made trouble last time, whether he had done something wrong or someone outside. Hongling didn't notice this, only heard what Wang Anxin said, and said happily: "It's the mother, it's really the road to the sky, hahaha."

After talking to her family, Hongling returned to her yard and thought carefully about the day's events, although the prime minister answered his own questions, he always felt unsteady in his heart, and according to his father's demeanor, he always felt as if he was hiding something, and he only hoped that he was too careful. This time I can only stay for three days when I go home, Hongling thought about it, thinking about the emperor's tone, and couldn't help but feel that she must have few chances to go home in the future, so she couldn't sleep, so she simply sat up and went to the side of the case to practice calligraphy and think about ways to give herself more opportunities to go home.