After Ruan Yu entered the house, Xiao Yuanji stood alone in the courtyard for a long time, and then went to Furui Hall with a sneer. As soon as Mingzhu saw him leaving, he quickly closed the door and put the bolt down by the way.

Ruan Yu drank medicine in the house.

She was born with a weak foundation and couldn't be too excited. After arguing with Xiao Yuanji, he was very uncomfortable, and he was out of breath for a while.

Mingzhu walked over to give her a stroke on her back.

"It's not a way to go on like this...... Mingzhu gritted her teeth, "the princess should go back to the palace for a few days." ”

Ruan Yu smiled, "That's also annoying." ”

Whether it is the palace or the Marquis Mansion of Runan, it is not a place for Ansheng. Although there is a princess mansion, it is just an ornament, just a false decoration of her name. If she really moves to the princess's mansion, within half a day, the people in the palace and the people in the Marquis Mansion of Runan will scream outside.

*

Ruan Yu is a forgetful person, whether he is in a good mood or a bad mood, he fades after a while. The next day, he calmly went out to form a condolence group with Lu Ye.

Lu Ye leaned against the big stone lion in front of the gate of the Marquis of Runan, and his fingers unconsciously rubbed on the jade pendant. It is still a dark color dress, with gold thread embroidery on the cuffs and collar. The jade pendant hung down from the waist, and the milky white fat jade was held on the man's fingertips.

As soon as he saw her, Lu Ye put down the jade pendant.

There are not many pedestrians on the street, but everyone passing by can't help but glance at Lu Ye twice, and there is even a little girl who turns around with a blushing face three times in one step.

Lu Yeguang's height is eye-catching enough, not to mention that he has a face.

Ruan Yu suddenly realized that this Lord Xilianghou was quite good-looking. She was more aware of what she hadn't bothered to pay attention to, to be precise.

Someone or something.

"Why don't you go to the carriage and wait?" Ruan Yu was a little embarrassed, mainly because Lu Ye was too attractive to people's eyes.

Lu Ye looked at her, smiled, and reached out to make a gesture of please, "Come out and breathe." ”

"Oh." Ruan Yu nodded, stopped talking, hesitated and still didn't say anything. Lu Ye was so frank, she couldn't afford to remind him of anything without three hundred taels of silver here.

Ruan Yu boarded the carriage, and Lu Ye followed in behind.

*

There is a crowded residential area in the southwest of the capital, where many people who work in the capital but cannot afford to live in a serious house. It was damp and crowded, and the ground was full of rotten vegetable leaves and dirty water, and rats passed through it in broad daylight.

There was a smell of rot in the air.

When they arrived at the mouth of the alley, it was too narrow for the carriage to enter, so Lu Ye and Ruan Yu could only get out of the carriage and walk in on two legs. There were people coming and going in the alley, and many people stopped to look at them, their faces full of curiosity and scrutiny.

Ruan Yu was very uncomfortable.

She didn't mind being stared at, after all, she had grown up like that—stared at by countless pairs of eyes in the palace, but that gaze never carried a naked desire to explore. Now, she felt like every inch of her skin exposed to the air was suffering from the scorching heat.

It's about to smoke.

Ruan Yu quietly slowed down and moved behind Lu Ye, keeping a distance that was neither too close nor too far from him.

Follow closely.

Lu Ye's footsteps suddenly stopped, Ruan Yu noticed that it was too late, and his head hit Lu Ye's back firmly.

"Boom."

The man's back was as strong as a wall, and Ruan Yu was dizzy and took two steps back.

Stand firm on your own. Lu Ye stretched out his hand to help her and took it back by himself.

Ruan Yu rubbed her forehead helplessly, "Why didn't you leave all of a sudden?" ”

Lu Ye paused for a moment: "See if you lose it." ”

"......" Ruan Yu thought amused. I'm not a child. ”

Lu Ye looked around, his eyes were a little warning, and then he lowered his head and patiently said to her: "It doesn't matter if it's a child or not, this kind of place ...... There's a good chance that something will happen, don't leave my sight, do you know? ”

His expression was very serious, which made Ruan Yu have to seriously consider what "something happened" meant.

She pursed her lips and asked weakly, "Human teeth?" ”

Lu Ye was stunned for a moment, and his gaze suddenly became complicated, "How do you know?" ”

"I guess."

"I say, how do you know about human teeth?"

"I ......" Ruan Yu said that it was broken here, and he was a little confused. Renyazi, no one ever told her that she hadn't seen it either, so how did she know?

"I don't remember." She could only confess.

Lu Ye stared at her for a while, his eyes were gloomy, and he smiled for a while, "You go next to me, I'll block you." ”

Ruan Yu walked to Lu Ye's left in disbelief, "How to block it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Ye's left hand was raised, his arm went around the back of her head, and his five fingers spread out in front of her face.

"......" Ruan Yu had an instant freeze.

Although Lu Ye's action didn't touch her, it felt weird no matter what, which made her want to take this hand off.

After hesitating for a while, she still didn't lift it, after all, people had good intentions, and there were more and more people watching the excitement around, so she couldn't turn a blind eye.

"Thank you." Ruan Yu stared at Lu Ye's hand for a while, and then lowered his head to look at the road, "Let's go." ”

*

There were twists and turns in the alley, and Lu Ye took Ruan Yu to turn a few corners, and finally stopped in front of a small room and told her, "It's here." ”

Very simple tiled house, with a water tank and a few smaller jars at the door, wooden benches and basins stacked together in a messy manner. The door frame was pasted with a couplet, very old, dull and yellow.

Lu Ye stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The people inside were not wary at all, so they opened the door directly, and then stood there in a daze: "You, you ......"

"May I ask if this is Gong Liang's home?" Ruan Yu spoke.

"Yes, yes, yes." The woman knew that these two were big men just by looking at their clothes, so she hurriedly smiled and invited in: "That...... Two of you come in and sit down? Big girl pours water! ”

When Ruan Yu entered the house, she found three children and an old lady lying on the bed.

There were a few small benches next to the dining table, and I sat there.

Ruan Yu felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. When the big girl poured water and put it in front of her, she smiled and touched the big girl's head, took out a paper bag from her sleeve, opened it and handed it to the big girl: "Take it and share it with your younger brothers and sisters." ”

The eldest girl stared at the candy in her hand and glanced at her mother quietly, and after getting her mother's approval, she snatched it from Ruan Yu's hand, slipped into the corner and began to eat.

Ruan Yu smiled helplessly, lowered her head and tidied up the hem of her skirt, and then asked the woman sitting opposite: "Are you Gong Liang's wife?" ”

"Yes." The woman rubbed her hands together and pointed to the old lady on the bed: "This is the old mother." ”

The old lady kept coughing, and I don't know if I heard them talking, and the cough became louder.

"Is the old lady sick?" Ruan Yu asked.

"I've been sick for a long time. We don't have the money to hire a doctor, so we will make up some home remedies to eat. Useless! The woman looked at her without saying anything: "No money!" This family depends on me alone, and I have to take care of my mother-in-law and pull three children! It's hard to eat and clothe yourself, so how can you have money to see a doctor! ”

As she spoke, the woman began to cry, crying that she was miserable, that men were useless, that she was widowed at a young age, and that she could not live her life anymore. Ruan Yu comforted her a few words, but unfortunately the woman didn't listen to her at all, she just cried bitterly, and her voice was very loud.

"Actually, this is Xilianghou, Gong Liang once worked under him." Ruan Yu was out of options, "We came here this time, mainly to give you the imperial court's pension money." The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, life and death, blessings and misfortunes are all left to fate, and you mourn. The most important thing is to live a good life. ”

"Madame's Day condolences." Lu Ye put the silver ticket on the table.

The woman stopped crying, wiped her hands and picked up the silver ticket, stared at it for a long time, her eyes lit up, her hands trembled, and the corners of her mouth rose uncontrollably. Then, for fear that they would regret it, he folded the silver tickets and stuffed them into his clothes, and asked them regretfully: "That's all?" ”

Lu Ye lowered his eyes and was silent.

"The imperial court's pension silver is only fifty taels, and the remaining one hundred and fifty taels are subsidized by the Marquis of Xiliang." Ruan Yu frowned: "This is pension money, not life money." ”

Lu Ye was a little surprised, and turned to look at her.

"My man's life is worth two hundred taels?" The woman's face collapsed suddenly: "The Hou Ye has received a lot of rewards from the emperor, why can't he give us a little more?" If there were no us, could there be Hou Ye today? It's strange that officials are greedy! Hou Ye's money is all earned by us with our lives! Don't say two hundred taels, even five hundred taels is not too much! Give two hundred taels and you want to send us away......"

Ruan Yu was stunned for a moment, and the woman's reaction was completely beyond her expectations - it was not her husband's death that was sad, but that she did not have enough money.

Ruan Yu tried to explain a few words, but the woman ignored her, just screaming, and the scolding became more and more ugly. Ruan Yu glanced at Lu Ye, who didn't have any expression.

Not happy, but not angry either.

But Ruan Yu was quite angry. If Lu Ye was really greedy, he would not have brought back the remains of the soldiers all the way and subsidized so much silver per person. He has today, and he also earned it desperately on the battlefield.

Ruan Yu stood up, tugged at Lu Ye's sleeve and walked out.

There's no need to listen to this kind of heart-wrenching words, really.

When the woman saw them leaving, she was anxious and chased them out and shouted, "Hey! Is this a void of heart? I'm right! It's bullying us ordinary people! There can be a few good ones in office! Black hearts and black lungs are greedy for our money......"

The neighbors all came out to see the excitement, and the woman became more and more energetic, adding fuel and vinegar and saying that Xiliang Houke deducted their money. Ruan Yu didn't want to talk to this woman, but seeing her slandering the court, she couldn't help it.

Ruan Yu stopped and looked at Lu Ye, meaning to discuss with him how to solve this matter.

Lu Ye understood what she meant, "Wait for me here." ”

Ruan Yu didn't think he really had a way to solve it, maybe he would go back and make up another hundred taels or something, Ruan Yu was just about to stop him, but Lu Ye had already walked away.

She frowned and stayed where she was.

Lu Ye said a few words to the woman, and the woman's face suddenly changed greatly, and she hurriedly went back to the house and closed the door.

Lu Ye turned around, raised an eyebrow at Ruan Yu from a distance, and smiled.

Ruan Yu was a little stunned.