Although this room is indeed the cleanest, neatest, and most comfortable room in the entire prison, even the shopkeeper Ye does not sleep on the messy straw, but on a bed with straw.

But this night, Shopkeeper Ye completely lost sleep and almost didn't sleep all night.

Through this incident, he is now completely sober, and nothing is worth a family reunion. In the past ten years, the reason why he has been staying in Zhenbaozhai is that he has always thought that he was in order to have an old relationship with Gu Xixi, and also for a better life.

Now it seems that all this is nothing more than a joke.

At the end of the day, he's doing it for himself.

Because he was afraid to face the eyes of the world and live a life of exile, he did not dare to look for his children. Gu Xixi can also say that he compromised for the sake of his family and reputation, so what about him?

He's purely for himself.

"If I can get out alive, the first thing I will do is to find my son who is desperate." Shopkeeper Ye muttered.

What Shopkeeper Ye didn't know was that he had no sleep in prison all night. Outside the prison, there were several others like him. Whether it is Gu Xixi or Yao Wushuang, whether it is Mrs. Qin or Fu Wuniang, whether it is Gu Bo or Tang Xiangyou, this is destined to be a sleepless night.

It was on this night that Gu Xixi and Yao Wushuang still pinned their hopes on Mrs. Qin, naively thinking that as long as it was tomorrow, as soon as the silver was enough, Shopkeeper Ye would be released. But what they didn't know was that Mrs. Qin didn't even make up a tael of silver at all.

On this night, after Mrs. Qin and Zhou's mother discussed, Zhou's mother went to the prison overnight and said what Mrs. Qin had held in her heart for many years. These words succeeded in burying the past and making it never see the light of day again.

It was also on this night that Fu Wuniang, who was dressed up, also came to the prison and told Shopkeeper Ye the secret she had buried in her heart for many years, and bravely made herself.

After tonight, everyone will start their own new destiny.

At midnight, a terrible cry suddenly came from the prison, which was particularly terrifying in the middle of the night. Shopkeeper Ye didn't sleep in the first place, he just closed his eyes and thought about the problem, so he naturally heard this cry.

It's just that the cry sounded so desperate that he nervous for no reason, and he had a premonition in his heart that something was going to happen. So, like the prisoners in the other rooms of the cell, he stood up and looked out through the crack in the door.

However, there was simply no one to explain to them. After a commotion, the prison was quiet again, and nothing happened as Shopkeeper Ye had planned.

Somewhat in vain, he walked back to the bedside and sat down.

It's just that there is a prominent voice in the room next to him: "Hey, it's okay like this, it's okay like this, it's okay like this, I finally saw it before I died." ”

The voice was full of desolation, helplessness, but also contained a trace of satisfaction.

The ghost made a mistake, and the shopkeeper Ye took over the conversation and asked, "You know what just happened, right?" "Anyway, I can't sleep, and I have nothing to do, so it's okay to talk to someone, at least to prove that he's still alive.

Although the two could not see each other, it did not hinder communication. After living here for a long time, some people are too lazy to talk or reluctant to communicate with anyone. But the one next door to Shopkeeper Ye obviously does not belong to this category of people.

"I know, of course I do, but it's over. Do you want to know? No matter how you hear it, it looks like an old man.

Shopkeeper Ye said, "If you want, please give me advice." "I can't sleep anyway, and listening to other people's stories is also an experience.

Hearing this, the old man said, "This is a long story, do you really want to hear it?" For the old man, this was of great significance, as it was the first time he had spoken to his fellow inmates since he was imprisoned.

"I don't know when I'll be able to get out, or, I can't get out in this life, do you think I have time?" Shopkeeper Ye laughed at himself. In his heart, he felt that he couldn't get out this time.

Or rather, rather than letting the Gu family scatter 10 million two family fortunes, he would rather not be able to go out by himself. He really can't afford to pay back this love.

Anyway, his father and mother already knew about the existence of the child, so they mistakenly thought that they were looking for the child all over the world.

Hearing this, the old man said, "The desperate cry just now was made by Xiao He. You just came, and you don't know who Xiao He is, but most of the people in this prison know. This kid is really miserable, and he was abducted by Hanako when he urinated. ”

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ye sighed.

"To say that the flower is really a lost conscience, it is not an ordinary flower child. After kidnapping the babies, they are not in a hurry to sell them, but to maim them and blind them, and then take them out to beg. Therefore, the children who were abducted by him were either cut off or blind, and even given dumb medicine, in order to deceive the sympathy of passers-by and beg for more silver for him to squander. ”

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ye trembled with anger.

In his opinion, Hanako like Kang Bran is already unforgivable, but what should be done with Hanako like this one? Abducting babies is hateful enough, and for their own selfish interests, they even cruelly cut off the baby's hands and feet, making them disabled.

If he is allowed to meet, whether he can fight or not, he will definitely try his best to catch him.

All the reactions of Shopkeeper Ye seemed to be expected by that person, because when the old man heard this story, he was also angry and couldn't help himself.

So, the shopkeeper Ye listened to the man ask, "It's very uncomfortable, isn't it?" But that's not all. Xiao He was one of the babies who was abducted by him, and because he was afraid, Xiao He always looked at him with wide eyes. However, he thought that Xiao He wanted to remember his appearance so that he could grow up and take revenge. So, he poked Xiao He blind in one eye. ”

"This man is really...... Just ......"

"You are asking, why do you have one eye alone? He wanted to be blind, but he found that Xiao He's hands were very slender and slender, especially suitable for being a thief. So, in the end, he endured it and taught Xiao He how to steal. That's not all, in order to maximize profits, he also set a task for Xiao He, that is, he must steal a certain amount of silver or equivalent items every day. ”

"What if you can't steal it?" Shopkeeper Ye asked nervously.

The man was silent for a moment, as if he couldn't bear to tell Shopkeeper Ye the truth, but after a pause, he continued: "If you can't complete the task, that person will break the hands or feet of Xiao He's companions, or beat Xiao He severely." So, in order not to let his companions be beaten, and in order to survive, Xiao He began to steal desperately. Until he was caught by a rich family, beaten badly, and then thrown to the yacha. When the yacha caught Xiao He in, his legs were already broken, and the hand that stole the jade was also broken......"

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ye didn't know what to say. Perhaps, since he was abducted by flowers, Xiao He's fate has been doomed to no good end.

"Don't be sentimental, if you want to say that who came in here didn't commit a crime. Xiao He is like this, everyone didn't think much about it, originally thought that he was just injured like this because of a crime. Who knows, when everyone heard his story, they began to sympathize with him. Even the officials no longer embarrassed him, and agreed to help him find his relatives."

"So, did you find that?"

"Some time ago, didn't the Salesian Bureau in the city organize a small family search activity? It is said that Mrs. Kang, who came from Beijing, made great financial support to write down the characteristics of more than 200 abducted babies in the Salesian Bureau and sent them to various nearby towns and villages. At that time, the officials also helped Xiao He report the information. Who knows, I really found Xiao He's father and mother. ”

Shopkeeper Ye said: "Then his father and mother just found it?" ”

"yes, I found it."

"Then why are you crying so badly?" Shopkeeper Ye asked curiously. In any case, that cry didn't sound like a cry of joy.

Although the reunion is in prison, it is better than not seeing him for the rest of his life, or like him, he is in prison and does not know where the child is.

Hearing this, the man didn't refute, but just said from ancient times: "Due to the serious injury, gradually, Xiao He's injury became more and more serious. By the time everyone found out, he had only his last breath left. Just now, his father and mother finally rushed to the prison from out of town. However, I didn't see the cute and lively son in my memory, I only saw a Xiao He who had taken off his human form and only had one breath left. Seeing his father and mother who were thinking about it day and night, Xiao He said to them, Dad, mother, take me home, I don't want to stay here. After speaking, Xiao He passed away. ”

The day of reunion, the time of farewell.

This kind of pain, no matter who you are, may be unbearable. Only then did Shopkeeper Ye understand that it was no wonder that the cry was so poignant and so desperate.

"Why do you know this story so well, and why are you willing to tell me it?"

"Then let me ask you, why are you willing to listen to this story, and why do you hate Hanako so much?"

The two asked each other.

In the middle of the ring, the shopkeeper Ye said: "My son was abducted by Hanako just after he was born, and his whereabouts are still unknown." ”

Who knew that the man also said: "I am forty years old this year, and I have been abducted by Hanako since I was a child." All I know is that my hometown is a place where small yellow flowers bloom in the spring, and they bloom all over the mountains, which is very beautiful. ”

Maybe it was to comfort the other party, maybe it was for himself, the shopkeeper Ye suddenly said: "That's it, no matter who goes out first, we will help each other find relatives." ”

The man sighed lightly, and then said, "Very good."

The two exchanged their names again and said some of the characteristics of the person they were looking for, and then they began to fall silent.

But what Shopkeeper Ye didn't know was that the room he lived in was really special, almost all of them were empty. Occasionally, a person comes, and he is also served with good wine and meat. After a few days, the people went out.

The man observed for a long time before he came to this rule. That is, seeing that the shopkeeper Ye was dressed as a scholar and full of righteousness, he patiently told him a true story that happened in prison.

However, this is just to foreshadow.

He also misses his father and mother, and he doesn't want the day of reunion to be when he dies. Strictly speaking, what he said was true, and he did not deceive the shopkeeper Ye.

Except, except for the phrase who goes out first. Obviously, Shopkeeper Ye will go out before him.

And what happened next strengthened his idea.

In Youmeizhai, the butterfly looked at Fu Wuniang who was dressing up on the dresser with some apprehension, and the fear in her heart was indescribable.

Without him, just because it was already the middle of the night, Fu Wuniang had no intention of sleeping, but sat in front of the mirror and dressed up. If it was an ordinary dress, this time, it could be seen that she had put twelve points of thought into it.

Not only is it smeared with phoenix incense, but it is also full of pearls. Those precious stones and golden hairpins shine faintly in this night. It is indeed beautiful, but the more it is, the more strange and bizarre it seems in the middle of the night.

After inserting the last jade golden hairpin, Fu Wuniang got up and said to the butterfly: "Let's go, go to the county office." ”

Hearing this, Bow stammered, "Miss, let's go in the middle of the night...... What are you going to do at the county office, will you go tomorrow morning? ”

As he spoke, he tried to pull out a smile.

Hearing this, Fu Wuniang smiled slightly and said, "I will also go tomorrow morning, but now I have to go to the county jail first." By the way, don't worry, after tomorrow, I will take you back to the capital. ”

When Butterfly heard this, she suddenly forgot the fear of going out in the middle of the night, and asked incredulously: "Miss, you didn't lie to me, are you, are we really going back to the capital?" ”

She had long wanted to go back, where her father and brother were, and where she was home. Helplessly, she was sold to the Fu family by her family to urinate and followed Fu Wuniang to become a personal maid.

In fact, Jingli has been urging many times by letters, but Miss He has been reluctant to go back.

Now, she can go home from time to time.

Seeing that Fu Wuniang was already preparing to go downstairs, the butterfly hurriedly followed. What if you go out in the middle of the night, anyway, the driver is waiting at the door, and you just don't get out of the car all the way.

When I arrived at the county office, no one dared to make a mistake.

So, the butterfly served Fu Wuniang, who was wearing a veil, got into the carriage and ran towards the county office.

When they got out of the car, the butterflies were surprised to find that the place they came from did belong to the county government, but it was not the county government, but the county government prison.

She just thought that Fu Wuniang was coaxing her.

Looking at the butterfly's surprised expression, Fu Wuniang said: "Don't ask anything, don't say anything, you and Uncle He are waiting for me here, and I will come out soon." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the prison. The butterfly thought about it, looked at the dark night again, and quickly got into the carriage. Her good sister Liuli once said that this prison is full of unjust souls, and she can't go at all.

As they approached the prison, the two gatekeepers saw someone approaching, so they quickly took their lamps and shone them on them. Seeing that it was Fu Wu Niang, his vigilance suddenly relaxed, and one of the boys who looked quite elf said: "Girl, you go and come back quickly, but it won't work if you stay too long, and we won't be able to do it." ”

Fu Wuniang only said "I know", and slowly disappeared on the tunnel-like road that Shopkeeper Ye walked.

Seeing that she was completely gone, another short man said, "Brother, what did you say this girl was doing in the middle of the night?" ”

The clever boy said: "What else can you do, after so many years, such a situation is not uncommon." After all, it's not a good thing to say goodbye to your sweetheart, or to talk to your enemy. Besides, why do you care about what you do when she goes in, this girl is generous, and she gave a hundred taels of silver at once, but we just guard and don't let people in, it will be fifty taels of silver for a while, where to find such a good thing. ”

The short man said, "You said the same, you can take the silver, and you can't manage that much." But this girl is so pretty. It's like I've seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it. ”

The clever boy laughed at him for wanting to eat swan meat, and thought that with silver, maybe he could go to Tianxianglou to live happily once.

Fortunately, in the middle of the night, the prison was dead, and the prisoners were basically asleep. In addition, there was only a dim oil lamp at a distance, and the prison was so bright and dark that it was impossible to see clearly.

Therefore, when Fu Wuniang walked in the inner room with the veil, no one noticed it. It's more comfortable than when she travels during the day.

This section of the way, Fu Wuniang only felt that her heart was about to jump out. Along the way, the stench was stinking, and the snoring came and went, accompanied by various grinding sounds and whispering, which once made Fu Wuniang feel afraid to continue walking.

Fortunately, there is only one way in this prison, so Fu Wuniang is not afraid that she will get lost. According to the instructions of the two gatekeepers, after a lot of twists and turns, and about a stick of incense, Fu Wuniang finally came to the end of the prison they said, the last room of this prison.

At this moment, Shopkeeper Ye is not sleeping, he can't sleep at all, and he doesn't have the heart to sleep, he is thinking about tomorrow. Therefore, as soon as Fu Wuniang appeared, he found out.

Looking at the veiled Fu Wuniang who suddenly appeared in front of his prison, Shopkeeper Ye was a little confused, and once thought that this was an assassin sent by someone to take his life.

Thinking of this, he stood up nervously and looked at Fu Wuniang in a daze.

Not before, and it will not be possible in the future, this is the only time that Shopkeeper Ye looked at Fu Wuniang so "affectionately".

Seeing her sweetheart looking at her "stupidly", Fu Wuniang's heart beat faster. Even being in prison did not diminish his handsomeness. Slowly, she removed her veil again, revealing a face that would amaze even men, and she was dressed up.

The pearl hairpin on her head glowed brightly under the reflection of the oil lamp, and her face became more and more moving.

"You ......" Shopkeeper Ye didn't know what to say.

"Don't be surprised, I'm here for three things, and I'm leaving. As soon as tomorrow's matter is over, I will leave Qingshan County, and I will never see you again in this life, so you listen to me. ”

Fu Wuniang said faintly.

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ye had no choice but to nod. Not to mention that Fu Wuniang looks very mysterious like this, just appearing in front of his prison in the middle of the night is already unbelievable enough. Since she has something to say, let's listen to what she has to say.

Looking at the shopkeeper Ye, Fu Wuniang sighed softly. At this moment, the shopkeeper Ye has not changed much from when she first met more than ten years ago, at least, he does not have the annoying sense of calculation and shrewdness of ordinary businessmen.

The man in front of him is still as warm as jade, even if he is in prison at the moment, the clothes on his body are still clean, like a touch of white moonlight, which is incompatible with the surrounding environment.

If Tang Xiang knew that Fu Wuniang commented on the shopkeeper Ye who had been imprisoned, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood and die.

As if she had made up her mind, Fu Wuniang held her chest and said, "The first thing I want to say is that I did participate in the framing of Zhenbao Zhai this time. Although this was organized by Tang Xiangyou, Qi Yuanwai and Tang Chongde, my participation is participation, therefore, I apologize to you here. ”

Seeing that there was no surprise on the face of the shopkeeper Ye, it seemed that it was indeed as he had guessed, as smart as he was, so he naturally had already guessed it.

"I don't expect you to forgive me, however, I hope you don't hate me, and that's enough. By the way, after you go out, you have to be careful of Tang Xiangyou. I received a secret report that this Tang Xiang and Tang Chongde are actually half-brothers, and the two are the behind-the-scenes bosses of the Colorful Wind Jade Shop. Tang Xiang often stole Jubaozhai's trade secrets, and then told Tang Chongde. Therefore, for so many years, the business of the Colorful Wind Jade Store has made steady profits, which is the biggest mystery. ”

Without waiting for Shopkeeper Ye to react, Fu Wuniang said the second thing.

"The second thing is that when the court opens tomorrow, I have already applied for a trial not to be held in public, but in the backcourt of the county government. Tang Xiang and Tang Chongde have already agreed, so there will be no problems. As soon as the morning starts, I will present evidence to prove your innocence. ”

Seeing that Shopkeeper Ye didn't seem to believe it, Fu Wuniang smiled.

"Not long ago, an unknown person took the order signed by the shopkeeper Tang and the Wushuang girl and threw it into my house and left quickly. Therefore, if tomorrow Tang wants to take out another order to accuse you, you will propose that the order is fake, and you will understand it at a glance. So, after I'm gone, you can sleep peacefully. ”

If these two things are easy to say, then the third thing is a bit embarrassing.

"The third thing, I've been buried in my heart for a long time, more than ten years, and I didn't want to say it. However, what happened recently makes me feel that it is better to say it. After tomorrow, I will return to Beijing to get married, and I don't think I will see you again in my life. ”

As if she had made a lot of determination, Fu Wuniang stroked her chest and said.

"That's right, I, Fu Wuniang, have been in love with you Ye Yuntian since eleven years ago. For you, I learned Li Yishan's poems, for you, I learned tea art, and for you, I began to learn to compose music...... However, you have never seen me in your eyes, and I know all this. In the past, I only thought that you and Gu Xixi were a pair of beautiful people, but now it seems that they can't escape the mercy of fate. At the end of the day, everyone is pitiful, and they can't help themselves. From today onwards, I have never liked anyone, and I don't know you. ”

When she finished what she wanted to say in one breath, looking at Ye Yuntian, who was stunned and wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, Fu Wuniang smiled, but left tears.

For more than ten years, she has always fantasized about being able to confess to Shopkeeper Ye like she is now, saying that she likes him.

She thought she would use beautiful words like Li Yishan's flowery but obscure, she thought she would be shy and blush, and she even thought that she couldn't help but cheer.

However, when she really confessed, the surrounding environment was neither spring and snow, nor willow shore, wind and waning moon, but a prison.

And when she confessed, her heart was so calm, and she didn't feel like a deer bumping into each other.

The years have changed everything.

It turns out that to truly love someone is to be fulfilled, if you can't have it.

"Being able to get your favor is a blessing that I have cultivated in several lifetimes of Ye Yuntian. It's just that why do you do this! If you're doing this for the sake of guilt, you don't have to. If my reputation is ruined because of this, I can't sleep at night. I don't blame you, really. You just leave it at that. Shopkeeper Ye said.

Listening to the shopkeeper Ye's concern for himself, Fu Wuniang had a moment of joy. It's just that it's just joy, and it's hard for her heart to have any ripples.

Looking at the shopkeeper Ye, Fu Wuniang suddenly smiled.

This smile is so bright, like a flower of spring dawn, touching people's hearts.

At the end, Fu Wuniang said: "You don't have to worry about me, you just need to know that you will be free tomorrow." I'll be fine and you take care too. ”

Speaking of this, Fu Wuniang raised her head again, looked straight into the eyes of the shopkeeper Ye and said, "Goodbye!" Treasure! With that, he turned and left, as if it were just a dream.

However, the residual aroma in the air all shows that all this is true.

Looking at the figure that disappeared all of a sudden, the shopkeeper Ye said mechanically: "Goodbye, never again."