The night wind "hulala" whined against the windows, and the ghostly shadows of the trees reflected the shadows of teeth and claws. Shang Nanjue's room was lit and waiting, and suddenly, a distorted figure flashed under the window.

Shang Nanjue's eyebrows jumped, and he was relieved when the man outside tiptoed open the window, revealing an ordinary and simple face. Turning his head to let the waiting maid retreat, he reprimanded: "How many times have you said that when you come, when you walk through the main gate, the maids in the courtyard recognize you, what are you afraid of?" ”

Lu Zhi turned over and entered, closed the window lightly, and saw that the movements were extremely familiar. He is honest-looking, relatively thin, and has no eyes that look like an ordinary person.

But Shang Nanjue knows everything about this person - he is a snitch and has some skills. Back then, he didn't steal to Shangfu for a long time, but he was stopped by a group of guards, and he originally wanted to kill him directly, but who knew that his father didn't know what he liked about him, and he actually left people behind. Although it turned out later that my father's decision was right, this man was used to stealing chickens and dogs, and acted cautiously, but he helped a lot in secret.

This time, he wanted to investigate the people around Qiu He, for fear of startling the snake and causing people to notice, so he asked Lu Zhi to investigate secretly. After a few days, Shang Nanjue almost ran out of patience.

"The eldest young master is angry, isn't this used to it, and he can't change it for a while?" Lu Zhihan laughed twice, and when he saw a teapot on the table, he poured himself a cup of tea without saying a word, and smacked his lips after drinking, as if he was reminiscing.

Shang Nanjue endured his boredom and said, "Did you find anything?" ”

Lu Zhi: "Nature, nature. That girl is too boring, and there are only three or five people who are good friends, but no one has any doubts. ”

Shang Nanjue was almost furious: "What do you mean, haven't you found out?" ”

Lu Zhi sat down and said proudly: "Don't worry, young master, although there is a girl who hides a little deeper, haven't I been staring at it for the past few days?" If the eldest young master doesn't believe me, he will directly tie people up, and torture them to extract confessions? How little does the young master do about this kind of thing? ”

He spoke in a weird way today, but Shang Nanjue was anxious to ask the result, and he didn't care much about his attitude. "If you know who it is, say it!"

Lu Zhi saw that he was gritting his teeth, thinking that he was really not teasing, and he didn't delay any longer, and said: "It's the little girl who sends you medicine every day, what's called Cui, oh my memory, that's right, Cuiling!" ”

"It's her!" Shang Nanjue was shocked in his heart, he never thought that the person who caused him to linger on the sickbed for half a month was just a maid, and he actually drank the medicine she sent! "Damn! Go and tie her up, I'm going to chop off her hand!" ”

"Yes, yes, let's go!" Lu Zhi was overwhelmed, and calculated the time in his heart, at this time, people may have arrived at the Yamen, and it is strange that they can be tied up.

"Why don't you go soon?" Shang Nanjue's eyes were red, and he was furious.

Lu Zhi didn't want to brush the tiger's whiskers at this time, so he shook his body three times, or left through the window, and then went into the night. He first walked around Shangfu and confirmed that Cui Ling was not there before going to the yamen.

After he left, Shang Nanjue also calmed down, but when he thought that his medicine had passed through Cui Ling's hands, he had a stomachache, if she had the intention of harming her life, then she ......

Thinking of this, Shang Nanjue shuddered - I don't know if Lu Zhi can catch Cui Ling alone. After thinking for a moment, Shang Nanjue called the guards of the house.

On this night, Shangfu was brightly lit. There are unknown subordinates muttering and quietly inquiring, and after asking many people, they finally got the news - it turned out that the eldest young master was looking for Cui Ling!

The night breeze in spring was not too cold, Lu Zhi passed by a restaurant that was about to close, and without saying a word, he forced the shopkeeper to sell him two jars of wine. When old friends meet, of course, they can't go empty-handed.

"Who are you?" Cui Ling asked with a white face. Her own self was about to go back to the back kitchen, but she passed around a corner and was blindfolded and gagged. She looked around and saw that it was a simply furnished room that looked like a guest room. She was pressed to sit down at this moment, and there were several people sitting or standing in front of her.

She looked at the person in front of her, it was a woman with a beautiful face, but she was sure that she had never seen this person, and the two people standing next to her were not impressed, they were all strangers.

Cui Ling shrank for a moment, trying to fight for her own survival, "I'm just an insignificant subordinate of Shangfu, even if I go missing, there may not be someone to save me." If you want to deal with Master Shang with this, you are really robbing the wrong person. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a chuckle, and it was a standing woman, dressed as a maid. I only heard her say: "Okay, if you frighten people, how will you explain when Qiuhe comes back?" ”

"Sister Qiuhe? Do you know Sister Qiuhe? Cui Ling looked at them again with wide eyes, but no matter how she looked at them, she came to the conclusion that she didn't know these people. Who the hell are you? How did you know Sister Qiuhe? What are you holding me for? ”

She asked a series of questions that made Dongxue dizzy, but fortunately Dongxue reacted quickly and replied: "Of course we know, but she was in a hurry and didn't mention you to us, probably because she was afraid that you would be affected." But I didn't expect you to be so bold and dare to go against Young Master Shang. If it weren't for the fact that our adults heard about some evil in Shang's Mansion and asked Brother Xie to investigate, I'm afraid the one you saw here would be Young Master Shang. ”

It turned out that it was Wen Zhesang and a few people in this room, so he didn't say anything, but he didn't think about how to speak. Of course, as soon as Cui Ling asked, she also opened the conversation.

It's just that Cuiling still looked at them with suspicion: "Then you ...... Are you friends with Sister Qiuhe? No, no, how can I trust you? ”

Qiuhe did not leave a token. Fortunately, she will be back soon, and she will know when the time comes. This was Wen Zhesang's answer.

Cui Ling's expression moved slightly, obviously still a little confused, "Then you bring me over......"

"Brother Xie! Yo, it's all there—this girl is too? Lu Zhi entered the yamen in the dark, thinking that Xie Yikou was waiting for him in this room with the lights on, but he pushed the door in without thinking about it, but he didn't expect to be scrutinized by four or five pairs of eyes.

Lu Zhi is also a thick-skinned person, he raised a jar of wine in one hand, and said with a smile: "Meeting is fate, drink one?" ”

Wen Zhesang looked at Xie Yikou with a joke in his eyes.

Xie Yikou was silent, but fortunately, he had a conversation with Wen Zhisang in advance, so that he didn't cause chaos.

After a while, Lu Zhile sold Shang Nanjue cleanly. After explaining Shang Nanjue's affairs, he said bitterly to Cui Ling: "You girl is really bold, but it's still your brother and I can bear it, and I still found you out." Fortunately, I met Brother Xie, otherwise Brother would have handed you over a long time ago. ”

Cui Ling unconsciously touched her neck, she always thought that she was doing it very secretly, but she didn't expect it...... Glancing at Lu Zhi, who was grinning and showing a mouthful of teeth, Cui Ling wondered in her heart, how could this person not be at all like the kind of chivalrous master mentioned in the book?

"Brother Xie, you are not real, if our brother had met earlier, wouldn't he have rescued my brother from the fire pit earlier? And this yamen...... Hey, it's good anywhere! Lu Zhi didn't forget to glance at Wen Zhesang, and squeezed his eyebrows at Xie Yikou.

"When you suddenly disappeared, I couldn't find it, and it was purely accidental that you could meet again in the Shang family." Xie Yikou looked at Wen Zhisang reflexively, she didn't talk much all night, I don't know if she was sick or in a bad mood. He was standing at this time, and when he looked down slightly, he saw Wen Zhesang's neck being warmed by the candlelight, as if as long as he pinched it gently, the pulse under the flesh would no longer beat.

He was taken aback by his own thoughts, and when he looked at it again, he saw Wen Zhesang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought, it turned out that the adults were too tired.

Just as his thoughts flew out of the sky, Leng Buding Wen Zhisang also glanced at him, Xie Yikou hurriedly looked away, and at this time, he heard the sound of cloth rustling. Wen Zhesang got up and said, "It's late at night, it's better to rest first." How about the explanation that should be explained tomorrow, the old reminiscence? ”

As soon as she spoke, Dong Xue and Xie Yikou nodded of course, Cui Ling and Lu Zhi looked at each other, and the old saying that people have to bow their heads under the eaves also responded. Later, Dongxue arranged a place for the two to live, and Cui Ling simply lived in Qiuhe's house because of Qiuhe. Lu Zhi was arranged to go to a farther place.

This night, everyone in the yamen fell asleep, and even Cui Ling, who was restless, gradually fell asleep in the lullaby of the breeze. Since pretending to be a ghost in Shangfu, she has hardly been able to sleep well every night. On the one hand, he was afraid that he would be exposed and end miserably, and on the other hand, he was worried that the news that Qiu He was still alive would be known. But she didn't expect that when she let go of all her worries, she could sleep so peacefully.

On the other side, Shangfu is getting more and more noisy. Shang Nanjue couldn't wait for news from Lu Zhihe's guards for a long time, and sent many people to search for Cui Ling's whereabouts. On this day, Shang Nancheng stayed outside, but Master Shang was so noisy that he couldn't sleep. sent Shang Jinquan overnight to ask about the situation.

"Just a maid, it's worth it for him to make trouble in the middle of the night?" Master Shang was dissatisfied, even if the delicate concubine was pillow in the crook of his arm, he couldn't calm the anger in his heart.

Shang Jinquan said: "The master doesn't know, that maid is bold, and in the past half a month, she has been pretending to be a ghost in the eldest young master's courtyard, disturbing the eldest young master's restlessness." As soon as the eldest young master learned her identity today, he immediately sent someone to arrest her, but it was just ...... But the man was nowhere to be found. ”

Master Shang frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Lu Zhi has not seen anyone all day long because of this recently?" ”

Shang Jinquan nodded.

The beauty in his arms let out a sigh, and Master Shang lay back again, he waved his hand at Shang Jinquan and said, "That's it, he's angry, if you want to find someone, look for it." You go and tell the people outside to be quieter. ”

"Yes, sir, rest in peace." Shang Jinquan said and retreated gently, followed by his whispered reprimand. After a while, the courtyard was as silent as a solemn winter night. Only then did Master Shang fall asleep with the beauty in his arms.