Chapter Seventy-One: Duplicity

Du Xiaomeng walked out of the cellar and walked directly to Si'en Garden. After she entered the house, she didn't see Aunt Yang, who said she came in first, but only saw the mess in the room.

At first glance, she thought that the house should have been looted with valuable things, and there were only furniture and things that were not so valuable that could not be removed. In addition to the bed frame, other things that can be knocked down, such as tables and chairs, boxes, cabinets, bed boards, etc., are all spread horizontally and vertically on the ground; Clothes and other items were scattered on the floor, on bed frames, or crushed under fallen cabinets and chests.

In this mess, Du Xiaomeng had to remove all kinds of debris underground, and it took a while to find the clothes that belonged to her. The garment was more or less stained with dirty footprints and other stains, but it was still intact and could still be worn after washing.

Looking around at the mess of the house with a few dirty clothes, Du Xiaomeng picked up a piece of cloth from the ground, wrapped the clothes and put them aside, then rolled up his sleeves and began to clean up the house.

The cabinet was too heavy to hold up, so Du Xiaomeng could only lift up the box and put it right, and then pick up all the things that could be stuffed into the box on the ground and put them in, and almost did it by picking up the bed board on the ground and arranging it back to the bed. After getting busy, although it wasn't cleaned up as before, it looked much more tidy than before. Raising his eyes and seeing that the sky outside the door was almost noon, seeing that it was not early, Du Xiaomeng patted the dust on his body and hands, took the cloth bag wrapped in clothes on the side and walked out.

She closed the door and stood in front of it.

Du Xiaomeng's original plan was to come to the General's Mansion and get something, then find a lively place to wait for Yu Tianzheng to come over, and then have a showdown with him. If she succeeded in getting rid of Yu Tianzheng, she would go to Lin Xinru and Xiao Gongzi's house to pack up her other belongings, stay with them for a few days and then think about her future path.

Now that all the things in the General's Mansion are in hand, it's time to find someone to wait for someone in a lively place. Du Xiaomeng glanced down at the fluttering cloth bag she was carrying, and then raised her head to look around at the dead silence of Si'en Garden, she sighed very depressedly, and then raised her steps dejectedly and slowly continued to walk forward.

As soon as she walked out of the courtyard gate of Si'en Garden, Du Xiaomeng, who was looking down at the ground, suddenly saw a pair of black men's shoes next to her, she quickly raised her head and saw that the person who didn't know when she was standing there turned out to be Zhan Qi. Before, the lights in the cellar were dim, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but now he saw him standing in the sun, Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but sigh. The domineering and clean and handsome bastard who used to be a scumbag has become the decadent man with a stubble face, messy hair and two black circles hanging from his eyes, such a huge gap between the front and back is really unacceptable at once.

Du Xiaomeng paused for a while before she came to her senses and asked, "Are you coming to me?" ”

Zhan Qi stretched out his hand in front of her, spread his palm and said, "Give this thing back to you." ”

In the palm of his hand was the silver phone, glittering in the winter sun.

Without waiting for Du Xiaomeng to speak, he continued: "This is what you dropped in the barracks last time, and I picked it up but I never had a chance to return it to you." ”

Du Xiaomeng took the silver phone that was still a little warm and recovered, and before she could say anything, Zhan Qi took out a small cloth bag and put it in her hand, saying, "There are some silver taels here, you can use it." ”

Du Xiaomeng looked at the heavy thing in her hand, she wanted to say some polite words, but in the end she only said the word "thank you".

Zhan Qi glanced at the cloth bag she was carrying, then turned around, and said without looking back, "Since you have packed your things, leave quickly." ”

Du Xiaomeng looked at his back, hesitated for a moment and called out to him: "Wait a minute!" ”

Zhan Qi froze but didn't look back, Du Xiaomeng caught up and stood in front of him, looked him in the eyes and asked, "Do you have anything else to say to me?" ”

The expression on Zhan Qi's face changed slightly, but it quickly returned to normal, he pinned his face to the side and replied coldly: "No." ”

Du Xiaomeng changed his position and stood within the reach of his gaze, and asked again in an accentuated tone: "Really?" ”

Zhan Qi avoided her gaze again a little uncomfortably, but after a while, he lowered his head to look at Du Xiaomeng, his eyes were so calm that he couldn't see any change in feelings, and asked coldly, "Do you and I have anything else to say?" ”

This rhetorical question made Du Xiaomeng not know how to respond for a moment.

Zhan Qi glanced at her and said in a cold tone, "You go, don't send it." ”

After speaking, he passed by Du Xiaomeng's side, his eyes did not stop at her at all, and his indifferent expression seemed to treat her as an unrelated stranger he met by chance on the road.

Du Xiaomeng stood in place and watched Zhan Qi quickly walk out of her line of sight, feeling that the temperature of the silver mobile phone in her hand gradually dissipated, and her heart slowly cooled down, forming a ball with the ice and snow in this cold winter.

She slowly walked out of the back door of the General's Mansion with slow steps, and when she went out, she saw that the coachman and carriage of the Rui Wang's Mansion were still parked outside the door. Not surprised, she unceremoniously climbed into the carriage, ignored the somewhat surprised gaze cast by the coachman, and said, "This big brother, please send me to the Longfeng Teahouse." ”

A place where there are many people and a lively showdown is also suitable for waiting for a showdown, and a place such as a teahouse must be the first choice. Since I came to this time and space, I haven't seen what the teahouse here is like, and now I have time and leisure, so of course I have to go to the largest and most famous Longfeng teahouse in the capital to see what a meat bun for 30 yuan a piece is like.

The carriage carried Du Xiaomeng to the Longfeng Teahouse, behind the closed door of the General's Mansion, Zhan Qi stood there for a moment, turned around and hurriedly walked to the mansion, and after a while, he saw him change his clothes and hurriedly ran out, and said to Steward Yang who met halfway, "Uncle Yang, I want to go out" and then went out.

Steward Yang hurriedly grabbed him and said, "General, you are now a guilty person who is staying at home pending trial, and it is really not appropriate to leave the General's Mansion at this time." ”

Zhan Qi said: "If he is convicted of a crime one day, it will be a capital crime, and it has nothing to do with whether I stay in the mansion or not." Uncle Yang, rest assured, I will be back soon. With that, he got rid of Steward Yang's persuasion and went out quickly.

Although Zhan Qi pretended to be indifferent to Du Xiaomeng, he still quietly followed her to see her off when she was about to leave the General's Mansion. thought that she would find a place to stay immediately after leaving the General's Mansion, but she didn't expect that she would go to the Longfeng Teahouse. Longfeng Teahouse is not a place where she should stay, and she doesn't seem to be so leisurely and comfortable to run there for tea and snacks.

Zhan Qi guessed that she should have another purpose for going to the Longfeng Teahouse, he didn't worry about letting her run around outside, and before sending her out of the capital, he must make sure that she was safe and sound in order to settle down. Therefore, even though he knew that he was a prisoner who should honestly stay at home and wait for trial, he still did not hesitate to walk out of the General's Mansion and rush to the Longfeng Teahouse.