Suddenly, something unexpected happened, Meijing stood in place with the box in her hand and looked at Du Xiaomeng with no strange eyes, and then said calmly: "The slave and maid understand, the slave and maid must transfer the box to His Royal Highness for Miss Du." After saying that, she turned around and walked out without asking half a word.

Aunt Yang glanced at Du Xiaomeng and then looked at the beautiful scenery walking out, although she didn't know what the two were doing, she still reacted quickly and followed the beautiful scenery to send the guests out.

Meijing's calm attitude of not being surprised made Du Xiaomeng a little surprised. Looking at the back of the beautiful scenery in the distance, she couldn't help but sigh: she is worthy of being a person who came out of a high-ranking family, and she knows that she is used to seeing wind and waves when she looks at this way of dealing with things.

Seeing the beautiful scenery and Aunt Yang walking away, Du Xiaomeng's eyes turned around by the way, and the snow on the corridor and aisle was cleared outside, and in other places, in addition to the heavy snow or snow, the surroundings were cold and deserted, and I didn't feel the slightest popularity.

After a while, Aunt Yang, who saw off the guests, came back. Du Xiaomeng thought that since she entered the house, she hadn't seen anyone else except Aunt Yang, and couldn't help asking: "I haven't seen anyone else for so long, Aunt Yang, general...... Is everyone in the General's Mansion okay? ”

"Alas......" Aunt Yang sighed very sadly when she heard her ask, and then said, "All the people in this house can go." After the general was suspended from his post and stayed at home pending trial, the general and all his family members were grounded and could not go out for examination. Many of the people in the palace were afraid of being implicated and did not want to come back, and those who were willing to stay were also paid by the general and sent back. Fortunately, with the care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the general and all his family members were not imprisoned and tortured to extract confessions like other people involved in the rebellion, and the officials who came to collect evidence and investigate did not make it difficult for everyone. However, affected by this incident, the master's health is not as good as before, and the general also stays in the wine cellar all day to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, and it is useless to persuade the young master and young lady, and we dare not alarm the master for this matter, so we have to watch the general give up on himself. Alas, now that the General's Mansion is in such a situation, I don't know what will happen in the future. ”

Du Xiaomeng listened, and was silent for a while before asking, "Aunt Yang, can I go to visit Old Man Zhan?" ”

"Yes, I'll take you there."

Aunt Yang led the way in front, and it didn't take long to walk outside the garden of Nianci Garden. Aunt Yang slowed down and walked gently into the garden, she lowered her voice and turned back to Du Xiaomeng as she walked: "My lord has caught a cold recently, and he coughed all night last night and couldn't sleep peacefully, and he didn't fall asleep until after dawn." ”

While talking, the two came to the door, and Aunt Yang gently pushed the door open and made a gesture of invitation to Du Xiaomeng. Du Xiaomeng walked into the house lightly, and as soon as she entered the house, there was a very strong smell of medicine. Although Old Man Zhan's room has always smelled of medicine, the smell of medicine is much heavier than usual now. Smelling such a heavy smell of medicine, Du Xiaomeng's heart couldn't help but twitch.

Aunt Yang followed Du Xiaomeng in and closed the door, and then walked forward to the inner room first, she gently lifted the curtain and whispered inside: "Second young master, Miss Du is here to visit the master." ”

Zhan Ren, who had a tired face, came out of it and saw that the visitor was Du Xiaomeng, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. But he didn't say anything, just nodded to Du Xiaomeng as a greeting, and then lifted the curtain and made a gesture of please.

Du Xiaomeng owed, returned the salute, and walked inside. As soon as she stepped into the room, she saw Old Man Zhan lying on the bed on his back, she walked to the side of the bed lightly, and saw Old Man Zhan sleeping with his eyes closed. On closer inspection, his complexion is much worse than before, he has lost a lot of weight, the wrinkles on his face are much deeper, and the whole person looks much older than before.

Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but feel sad when she looked at it in front of the bed, she wanted to do something for Master Zhan, but at this moment she couldn't do anything. Unable to do anything, she stood in front of the bed for a while, bent down and gently pulled the quilt for Old Man Zhan and turned to retreat.

Aunt Yang and Zhan Ren both stood on the steps in front of the door and waited. Seeing Du Xiaomeng come out, Zhan Ren stepped forward and said slightly apologetically: "I didn't know that Miss Du was visiting, and I hope to forgive me for not greeting me well." ”

Du Xiaomeng shook her head and said, "The second son is serious, it was I who took the liberty to visit and disturb you." ”

Zhan Ren paused for a moment and then asked, "Why did Miss Du suddenly visit the office today?" ”

Du Xiaomeng said: "There is nothing special, it's just that there were objects entrusted to Steward Yang for safekeeping before, and I came to retrieve the objects today." By the way, the second son, I still had some clothes left in the house before, I don't know if it's inconvenient for me to pack them up now? ”

Zhan Ren said: "It's convenient, Miss Du can take it whenever she wants." Aunt Yang, you accompany Miss Du to clean up. ”

Du Xiaomeng hurriedly said: "I don't have many things, so don't bother Aunt Yang to accompany me to clean up." ”

Zhan Ren said: "Before, the chaotic party broke in and made a mess of the General's Mansion, and then people came to search it from time to time. It's better to let Aunt Yang go over. ”

Hearing Zhan Ren say this, Du Xiaomeng was no longer postponing. After thanking Zhan Ren, she left Nianciyuan accompanied by Aunt Yang. As soon as he turned out of Nianciyuan, Zhan Ren caught up with her from behind and called out to her, frowned and hesitated again and again, and said: "Big brother, he hid in the wine cellar day and night to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, no matter how we persuade him, he just ignores it." Miss Du, if it is convenient, can you please help me go to the wine cellar to persuade the eldest brother? ”

Du Xiaomeng was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go and pack up my things first, and I'll go over later." ”

Zhan Ren's frowning eyebrows loosened, revealing a hint of a smile and said, "Then there is Miss Laodu." ”

On the other side, after Meijing walked out of the general's mansion, she said to the coachman waiting outside the back door: "You are guarding here, if you see Miss Du coming out, you must follow her closely, don't lose it." ”

After speaking, she hurriedly rushed back to the Rui Wangfu with the box.

In the General's Mansion, Aunt Yang and Du Xiaomeng were already almost at Si'en Garden.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Du Xiaomeng suddenly stopped, turned back to Aunt Yang and said, "Aunt Yang, I want to go to the wine cellar first, and then come back to pack up my things." ”

Aunt Yang nodded and asked, "Miss Du, you know the way, then I'll go inside first and pack up and not accompany you." It's okay for you to go to the cellar alone, right? ”

Du Xiaomeng said: "No problem, Aunt Yang, you can get busy." ”

"Okay."

Aunt Yang turned around and walked towards Si'en Garden, Du Xiaomeng picked up the fox fur on her body, and also turned around and walked in the direction of the wine cellar.

Du Xiaomeng had never been to the wine cellar when she lived in the General's Mansion before, but she still knew where the wine cellar was located. After walking in the direction of the wine cellar for a while, I smelled the wine, and continued to walk forward, stepping on a fairly clean and clean curved path, and I saw a one-story red brick hut not far in front of me, and the open space outside the house was lined with several wine jars of different sizes on top of each other near the wall, and the black wooden door was symmetrically pasted on the left and right with two pieces of red paper that had withdrawn color, on which were written "wine cellar" in two large black characters.

This place full of wine jars is filled with the lingering smell of alcohol.

Du Xiaomeng walked to the front of the hut and saw that the door of the hut was hidden, and when he pushed the door open, the smell of wine became stronger, only to see a wooden table and a few wooden chairs in the house, and a few empty wine bottles lying alone on a large wooden frame at least two meters high, and nothing else. Du Xiaomeng walked two steps inside to see a door on the wall inside the big wooden frame, and there was a staircase leading to the bottom behind the door.

Without thinking too much, Du Xiaomeng raised her feet and walked down the stairs, and the wooden ladder made a "creaking" sound with her steps.

Zhan Qi, who was hiding in the wine cellar and drinking stuffy wine, knew that someone was coming when Du Xiaomeng pushed the door into the house, and when he heard the footsteps from top to bottom, he thought that it was his younger siblings or Steward Yang and his wife who came to persuade him not to drink, so he ignored it and continued to work hard holding the wine jar.

Du Xiaomeng walked down and saw that the familiar figure was holding a wine jar with his back to him, drinking wine, and the floor of the wine cellar was covered with empty wine jars, and there was almost no place to walk around.

"Didn't you kill you by drinking like this?" Du Xiaomeng frowned, stared at Zhan Qi's back, and said sarcastically.

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhan Qi's body stiffened, he put down the wine jar in his hand, turned his head and looked at the position of the stairs. At first glance, a look of disbelief immediately appeared on his face.

There was a woman standing on the stairs, she was really Du Xiaomeng who shouldn't have appeared here at this time. The woman in front of her was undoubtedly Du Xiaomeng whom Zhan Qi knew, but on closer inspection, it was very different from the Du Xiaomeng in his memory. Today's Du Xiaomeng is wearing a red dress and a white fox fur, with a number of delicate plum blossom-shaped headdresses on her jet-black hairpins, a faint rouge on her face, and two bent eyebrows depicted with snails. Du Xiaomeng, who is dressed like this, is dignified and noble, which is completely different from the simple and casual her in the past.

Seeing such a Du Xiaomeng, Zhan Qi's mind involuntarily appeared with the figure of another woman, that is, Princess Rui, who had passed away for many years by Yu Tianzheng.

Zhan Qi looked at Du Xiaomeng with a surprised expression, Du Xiaomeng stood on the stairs with his hands clasped on his chest and looked at him without saying a word.

After a while, Zhan Qi came back to his senses and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Du Xiaomeng looked at him condescendingly and said, "I'm idle and have nothing to do, and I want to find a place to drink." ”

This answer made Zhan Qi stunned for a moment. He lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said sullenly: "The wine and wine in King Rui's Mansion are much better than here, why do you want to come here?" ”

Du Xiaomeng's face immediately sank. After not seeing for a while, how could this bastard Zhan Qi still be such an angry person? As far as Aijing picks on what she doesn't like, if she doesn't have a relationship with Yu Tianzheng, she will die?

Thinking of this, Du Xiaomeng suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and walked down, kicked open the empty wine jars on the ground one by one with his feet, ignoring Zhan Qi walking past him and walking directly to the shelves where the wine jars were placed. On that shelf, in addition to the large wine jar, there were rows and rows of small bottles of wine. Du Xiaomeng picked up those vials one by one, uncorked them and put them under her nose to smell, after smelling many bottles in a row, she grabbed a few bottles with both hands, turned around and sat on the stairs, picked up one of the bottles, uncorked and drank.