Mrs. Yuan stared at Lin Hu, with a hint of coldness in her eyes, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she said in a shallow tone: "Infertility." ”

"Ahem!" Lin Hu coughed unprepared.

"Since the adults came from my Yuan Ji Buzhuang, they should have heard from the young man about some of my past with my master."

"This, the young man didn't mention it."

"It's okay to tell the adults now." Mrs. Yuan rose up one by one: "My father and I are both from poor backgrounds, and we can have today's food and clothing without worry, relying on our own two hands." Don't look at me now as a lady, for in the early years I was no different from the unkempt women I saw on the streets. One year, there was a fire in the warehouse, and I was reluctant to enter the warehouse with the fabrics that my lord had worked so hard to save. I was lucky enough to save my life, but I had multiple burns on my body. The burns were just enough, but they also hurt the woman's roots, and since then they have been unable to give birth to a son and a half daughter for the Yuan family. ”

Mrs. Yuan said and sighed lightly.

"Over the years, the lord has treated me very well, and I have mentioned many times that I want to take a few concubines for the lord, so that the Yuan family can spread out. Come to think of it, I can even tolerate those women outside, how can I not tolerate the maid next to me? ”

"What Madame said is that this person from outside does not necessarily know the roots, if it is a girl with a deed in the house, it is easier for Madame to control."

"What your lord said is very true." Mrs. Yuan nodded: "Such a simple truth, adults understand, how can the master and Yan Hong not know." Therefore, what the adult just said, the concubine body does not agree. ”

"Madame mean that the woman who died outside the door was not Yanhong?"

"No!" Mrs. Yuan shook her head: "The deceased in the adult's mouth, the concubine body has not seen it, and based on what the adult just said, the concubine body cannot confirm whether the deceased in your mouth is the maid Yanhong who was waiting by the concubine's side that day." ”

"Dare to ask Madame, can Master Yuan be in the mansion?"

"Not here!"

"Ask Madame again, do you know where Master Yuan is now?"

"Of course you know." Mrs. Yuan still smiled lightly: "The master has been gone out to buy goods for more than a day. ”

"Madame, do you know where Master Yuan has gone and when he will return home?"

"I Yuan Ji bought a few farms in the countryside and planted some mulberry hemp, and every year at this time, the master would go to inspect it. It's not about looking around the things, it's about looking at the farmers. When the heart of the master arrives, the mulberry hemp planted in the coming year can be better. According to the practice of previous years, I will be back in the next two days. If you have any questions and want to ask my master, you can come back another day. ”

Mrs. Yuan made it clear that she wanted to send off the guest, but Lin Hu couldn't find any flaws in her words, so she could only leave.

Leaving Yuan's mansion, he followed the clues provided by Yuan Ji's young man and quickly found the small courtyard that the Yuan family master had set up outside. The one who opened the door was a little girl, thirteen or fourteen years old, who looked a little naïve.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Find your master."

"My lord is not here."

The little girl was about to close the door as she spoke, but Lin Hu stretched out her hand to block it.

"Then I'll look for your wife."

"My wife is not here!" The little girl glared at him: "Even if you are here, Madame will not see you." The old man explained that he did not let the lady follow the others. ”

"Okay, then I don't see your master, and I don't see your wife, can I just ask you a few words?" Lin Hu took out the piece of clothing and handed it to the little girl: "You can see this fabric, but your wife is wearing it?" ”

"I don't recognize it."

"If you take a closer look, if this is what your wife is wearing, then it is very likely that your wife is dead." Lin Hu said, and took out his waist card: "I am an official in the government." ”

"You say you're an official, are you really an official?" The little girl first pushed Lin Hu, and then "Bang!" He closed the door with a bang, and shouted to Lin Hu through the wooden door: "I don't think you're a good person when I see you, and you curse my wife in broad daylight." ”

"I'm really an official!"

"If you are an official, I will be the mother of the palace." The little girl shouted again, and immediately after, Lin Hu heard the sound of a broom hitting the door.

"It's really a simple girl, this temper is really bad." Lin Hu was bored, so he could only find another way to investigate.

After Lin Hu left, Mrs. Yuan went back to the bedroom, and she looked at the face in the bronze mirror, gloomy and gloomy.

That person was doing things, she was relieved, but she didn't understand, she didn't understand how Yan Hong's corpse could appear outside Luoyang City, and she was sent by the government officials to look at it.

Fortunately, the officials have no evidence, and even if the master comes back, he will never associate the matter with her.

The matter has been exposed, so does she still want to change faces with Yan Hong?

"Do you still want to be me?" A cold woman's voice came out from behind Mrs. Yuan, revealing a hint of coolness: "You have to think clearly, if you use my face, there will be only Yan Hong without you in this world." ”

"Wouldn't it be better without me?" Mrs. Yuan stared at herself in the bronze mirror: "If Yan Hong is still alive, then the corpse outside the city will not be Yan Hong, and the official has only seen Mrs. Yuan today......

Mrs. Yuan smiled, laughing creepy.

"Don't be complacent, even if you become me, even if you use my face, my lord won't like you." The cold voice reappeared.

"Do you think the lord likes you? All he likes is your face, the one that looks flawless. Madame Yuan turned around and roared into the air: "If he really likes you, how can he be willing to place you outside the mansion, and how can he be willing to refuse to even give you the title of a concubine." Yan Hong, you are so pitiful, you are even more pitiful than me! ”

"What about you? With my face, it was just a change from poor Mrs. Yuan to poor Yanhong. "A woman appeared inside the bronze mirror.

The woman was draped in hair that covered her entire face. She slowly approached Mrs. Yuan from the bronze mirror, stretched out her hands from the bronze mirror, and clasped them on Mrs. Yuan's shoulders: "The most important thing you should do is not to peel off my face, but to take out the master's heart." You should take a closer look at that heart to see if there is still you in that heart. ”

Mrs. Yuan only felt a chill in her shoulders, and she bit her lip tightly.

"At least, the old man has me in his heart. Are you jealous? Are you resentful? Next life. ”

"Next life? Wow, I'll be waiting for you in the underworld. The woman crouched in Mrs. Yuan's ear, and the gloomy aura continued to pour into her ears: "You say, if the master knew that you were using my face, would he hate you more than before, and fear you more." ”

"Get out!" Mrs. Yuan turned her head abruptly and knocked over the bronze mirror on the dresser: "You get out of here!" ”

The bronze mirror fell to the ground, the woman in the mirror disappeared, and the cold voice disappeared.

Mrs. Yuan got up, straightened her clothes, and walked out with the madness buried deep in her eyes.

Night, it's coming!

Xing Ruyi opened the wooden box sent by Mrs. Yuan, took out the cold red skin inside, and put it in front of Mrs. Yuan.

"Madame, have you figured it out?"

"Figured it out."

"This cheek is different from what I used for my wife before. I used the skin of a living person for my wife, which the other party willingly gave me. Madame used it, even if it was harmful to the body, it would not be too serious. What Madame gave me was the face of a dead man. This dead face, once used, what will happen, even Ruyi himself can't predict. The consequences, but Madame is willing to bear them. ”

"Since I have come, I am willing to bear whatever the consequences." Mrs. Yuan raised her head and looked into Xing Ruyi's eyes: "The shopkeeper is a husband who loves him deeply?" ”

"Nature." Thinking of the fox, the corners of Xing Ruyi's mouth couldn't help but overflow with a smile.

"Does the shopkeeper's husband love you as much as the shopkeeper loves him?"

"I guess so."

"Should?" The corners of Mrs. Yuan's eyes went up, and then fell again: "That's it." Have you ever thought that one day, the shopkeeper still loves his husband, but the shopkeeper's husband has fallen in love with someone else. At that time, what will happen to the shopkeeper? ”

"Probably, I'll kill him." Xing Ruyi made a move to cut off someone's head, and when his hand fell, his eyes also fell on Mrs. Yuan's face: "I will want to kill him in my heart, but my legs should do the opposite." Left, quietly, with a belly full of grievances and sadness, and then quietly waited for time to erase those grievances, sadness, and him from my memory, little by little in my life. That's pretentious, isn't it? Actually, I have been thinking about this question for a long time. Feelings are not caused by others, some things, encountered, it is really difficult to get rid of it, but no matter how difficult it is, you have to face it. ”

"Just leaving? I thought a woman like the shopkeeper would have a different answer. ”

"Xing Ruyi is just an ordinary little woman." Xing Ruyi looked at his stomach: "A person, if there is no you in his eyes and heart, what is the use of forcing him to keep it?" Staying, but only to increase the sadness. killed, and couldn't make fertilizer, even if he barely made fertilizer, he was wronged by those flowers and plants. Madame's persistence only stems from her own unwillingness, but this is not wrong, it is the master of the Yuan family who is wrong. ”

"I know what the shopkeeper means, but the demons in my heart are born, and I don't want to be liberated." Mrs. Yuan closed her eyes: "Please ask the shopkeeper to change my face for me." ”

A shadow fell through her slightly closed eyes, and Madame Yuan only felt a chill all over her body, and when she opened her eyes again, her face in the bronze mirror had changed to red.

"Please also ask Madame to carry this sachet with her, and don't leave it." Xing Ruyi handed a sachet embroidered with bellflower flowers to Mrs. Yuan: "This Ruyi rouge shop, Mrs. doesn't have to come again." Those who can help Mrs. Ruyi have already helped. ”

Mrs. Yuan didn't speak, and after silently taking the sachet, she got up and said goodbye.

Outside the shop, Liu Sheng stood at the corner of the street with a long sword, his eyes followed Mrs. Yuan's back and left, and after a while, he landed on the door plaque.