The rainy night was slightly cool, and Li Zhilian heard Su Yun's voice calling for her

She rushed into the mist, and the fog suddenly turned a red color like blood or agate, enveloping the world in front of her, and she saw Shen Zhitang, who was standing next to Su Yun, smiling at her, and his smiling eyes were deep and dark

She stood barefoot in the jungle, waiting for them to come slowly, and they stared at her with a gentle look in their eyes.

As soon as the picture turned, Su Yun and Shen Zhitang both fell, and her hands were covered with blood

"Teacher~"

Li Zhilian sat up from the bed abruptly and found that it was another dream.

Listening to the sound of the rain dripping and ticking, she clung to the futon and lay down slowly, submerging herself in the brocade quilt, but she felt more uneasy lying in the warm and soft futon than when she was in the wilderness

This frozen heart, once warmed, that is the beginning of redemption, Li Zhilian lifted the quilt, got up and got dressed, opened the door and walked out, just in time to meet Shen Zhitang who came to call her

Li Zhilian looked up at him, Shen Zhitang stood in front of her and looked down at her, seeing that she looked at herself without speaking, he smiled and said, "After breakfast, I'll take you to buy a few sets of clothes"

She was already twenty-five years old when she came, and she controlled this five-year-old body and trekked thousands of mountains and rivers, killing countless people without revealing her true emotions, but at this moment, she unconsciously showed shyness and helplessness in front of Shen Zhitang

Shen Zhitang glanced at her, and saw that her lowered face showed a slight flush, and he seemed to suddenly notice something, the person in front of him was actually just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl: "The teacher just thinks that a girl of your age should dress more pink."

Li Zhilian looked at herself, the gray-black men's coarse cloth, and the lower corner of the clothes was torn off by her to bandage Su Yun's wounds, she raised her eyes in embarrassment and peeked at Shen Zhitang, and said in a low voice: "It's good not to delay the teacher's affairs"

Shen Zhitang looked at the clear eyebrows, and remembered the graceful and luxurious but extremely gentle woman who sat next to Emperor Li Hong when he first entered the palace, and the little girl in front of him had a distant coldness in her eyebrows.

Li Zhilian stared at him, touched his face, and said a little helplessly: "Teacher~"

Shen Zhitang came back to his senses and said, "Let's go~"

Li Zhilian went downstairs first, just saw a carriage parked outside the inn, caught a glimpse of the extremely familiar back, and ran out in a hurry but was stopped in front of the door

That's Aunt Lin~ But how could Aunt Lin appear here in white, Mr. Wang never paid attention to their food and clothing, most of the clothes she and Aunt Lin wore were changed by Aunt Lin herself after the rest were worn by the subordinates, and Mr. Wang never let them wear white clothes

Shen Zhitang saw that the two people standing at the door just stopped Li Zhilian with knives, and didn't make any other moves, so he pulled her forward and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Zhilian pointed to the carriage and said suspiciously: "It seems that Aunt Lin is in the sedan chair~"

Shen Zhitang raised his eyes to look at the carriage that was gradually moving away and asked, "Aunt Lin?" ”

Li Zhilian nodded: "Well~ it's the one who was exiled with me"

Shen Zhitang pondered for a moment and asked, "Her name is Lin Zhao?" ”

Li Zhilian raised his eyes and said, "Teacher, do you recognize her?" ”

Shen Zhitang nodded: "She was originally the maid of His Majesty today, and when she first entered the palace, she received the favor of Empress Xiao, that is, your mother, and on the day you were exiled, she took the initiative to ask Ying to follow and take care of you on the grounds of repaying her kindness" Shen Zhitang looked into the distance: "And look at the people who accompanied them all have extraordinary temperaments, they should all be the top leaders in the army."

Li Zhilian exclaimed, "Teacher, what do you mean?" ”

Shen Zhitang shook his head: "The teacher never makes useless guesses, maybe the innkeeper will know something"

Saying that, the boss just came back from outside the door and said, "Why do you two want to go out!" Do you still have to keep the room? The west gate has just opened, and there have been more people in the past two days, so this room is not easy to find! ”

Shen Zhitang took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the innkeeper and said that our two rooms will not be returned first, I will ask you something, as long as you answer truthfully, the rest will be yours

The innkeeper put the silver in his mouth and bit it, "You ask, I will say if you know."

"Which one did those people stay in last night when they just checked out? When did it come? ”

The innkeeper locked the money into the cabinet and said: "This thing is also very strange, just now the group retreated from the four rooms on the edge of the second floor, the four rooms came yesterday were six or seven strong men, I went to deliver dinner when they were still there, this morning when they checked out it became a woman and eight men, seeing that their faces were not good, I didn't dare to ask, anyway, the money is not collected"

Shen Zhitang and Li Zhilian exchanged glances and replied, "That's the case!" Then thank you to the owner."

"Brother Shen~Brother Shen~" Chen Jiebin ran down from upstairs and pulled Shen Zhitang's sleeve and said, "Brother Shen, where did you go yesterday, when I brought those ginseng pickers to the inn, I didn't see you, I thought ...... I thought you were gone. ”

Shen Zhitang smiled and said, "Yesterday, the little girl was tired, so I took her up to rest first!" Have you had breakfast? ”

Chen Jiebin shook his head: "I'm sorry~ I shouldn't have distrusted Brother Shen"

Shen Zhitang smiled: "It's nothing~ I was about to go to breakfast with the little girl, and it happened that you went to call the other ginseng pickers over, so I said that I, Shen, invited them to dinner."

Chen Jiebin ran away in response. Li Zhipian was puzzled: "Teacher~ What are you?" ”

"Those ginseng pickers have been dealing with Santang Valley all year round, and they should know some things about Santang Valley, that is, you can't buy clothes until later."

On the official road in the mountains, two horses were galloping one after the other, it was Su Yun and Li Jianqing

It wasn't until a fork in the road that Li Jianqing stopped the horse, and Su Yun followed closely behind him and lay on the horse's back and asked, "What's wrong with you?" We climbed the mountain all night, and we couldn't rest! Maybe they haven't arrived in Xilin City yet! ”

Li Jianqing walked back and forth between the two forks in the road and said, "I'm worried about the teacher~"