Chapter 85: Asking for a Truth (Part 1)
Xiao Rongyue woke up again It was late at night, and it was quiet all around, only Camellia leaned on her couch, and Zheng's mother was sitting by the window doing needlework, her eyes were still red.
"Mom......" Xiao Rongyue said with difficulty.
Mother Zheng was surprised and delighted to drop the work in her hand and walked forward quickly: "The lady is awake, she is finally awake!" ”
Camellia was awakened and was busy going to the kitchen to serve soup and medicine.
Xiao Rongyue looked at them busy, her eyes flashed with joy and worry, and at this moment she really felt that she was still alive, and she called the camellia: "Don't be busy, go down and rest, and then close your eyes and it will be dawn." ”
Mother Zheng sent the camellia down: "You go and rest, come in again at dawn, I am old and sleepy less, I am here to talk to the lady." ”
said that she was talking, and she also listened to Zheng's mother talk about what happened after she fell into a coma, and when she heard that Lang Zhong couldn't say anything, she also asked people to invite the goddess to come, burned the mounted paper and picked a dance to exorcise evil spirits, she couldn't help laughing, and said weakly: "It's hard for you." ”
She is the backbone of them, and she falls down silently, but I am afraid that they are worried and scared in their hearts.
Zheng's mother looked at her pale little face and couldn't help but feel sad, her mother was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she suffered so much, was married into the Du family with a bad conscience, and was almost killed by her mother-in-law and stepmother, and Du Sanlang was not a good thing, forcing her to set up a female household, leaving her hometown and coming to Chang'an, and she had no one to rely on when she was sick.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and tucked the corners of the quilt for Xiao Rongyue: "The lady is recuperating in peace, and tomorrow the slave will let someone invite Lang Zhong to come, and she will get better soon." ”
Xiao Rongyue smiled faintly, her eyes were deep: "No need to invite Lang Zhong, let Akeli come over to see me tomorrow, I have something to tell him." ”
A small courtyard in the corner of the alley of Changle Fang, the people in the courtyard have just gotten up at dawn, changed the coarse cloth and beat it, and they all packed up and took the stick to go out to work, and there were more than a dozen people crowded in the small courtyard, and the people who lived here were doing short-term work in the city to make a living, and they made real hard money.
Han Jiu sat numbly under the eaves, holding a blackened corn cake in his hand, chewing mechanically in his mouth, and looking at the small piece of sky above his head in a daze, he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Ah Jiu, it's time to go, you can wait over there, I'm afraid I'll have to deduct my wages if I go late." Behind him was Wu Gan's urging, and he had already picked out the pick stick and was waiting to go.
Han Jiu was silent, took the corn cake into his arms, patted the dust on his body, and turned around to go into the house to get a picker.
It's just that before he walked out of the door, a mother-in-law outside asked, "Did the Han family Xiaojiu settle here?" ”
Wu Gan looked at Han Jiu: "Someone is looking for you, go and take a look." ”
Han Jiu seemed to be frightened, and shrunk his neck to hide in the house, but was still called by the mother-in-law: "Is it Mother Xue's Xiao Jiu?" My lady and Mrs. Mi are old acquaintances, let me look for you. ”
Hearing Mrs. Mi's three words, Han Jiu stopped his steps and looked back at his mother-in-law suspiciously.
The mother-in-law saw that he was black and thin, and his hands and feet were injured when he was short, and he obviously suffered a lot, but he was in his early twenties, but his eyes were full of vigilance and uneasiness, and he sighed: "You come with me, I won't embarrass you." ”
Han Jiu hesitated, but his mother-in-law saw the stick in his hand, and touched a handful of big money from his sleeve and stuffed it into him: "Come with me, you don't have to go out to work today." ”
Only then did he take Han Jiu out, but he still refused to approach, followed behind his mother-in-law from a distance, looked left and right uneasily, and never said a word.
Xiao Rongyue leaned on the table, several soft pillows were stuffed by Sanqi behind her waist, and hot soup was stuffed into her hands, Camellia and Mother Zheng guarded her like left and right protectors, so she was relieved to let her see Han Jiu.
It's just that when the dark, thin and silent Han Jiu bowed down through the screen, Xiao Rongyue still couldn't help but cry in her eyes, she couldn't help choking, and told Camellia and Zheng's mother: "Give him a couch, you go out and wait." ”
Camellia was stunned for a moment, and wanted to open her mouth to persuade, but was stopped by Mother Zheng, who looked at Xiao Rongyue and Han Jiu outside the screen with a solemn expression, and pulled Camellia out.
"Where's Mother Xue?" Xiao Rongyue looked at Han Jiu, but in a few months, Han Jiu, who was the most beloved and proud of Mother Xue, had become like this, if he hadn't been brought to him, Xiao Rongyue would almost not have recognized him.
Han Jiu still looked at the screen vigilantly, and his voice was hoarse: "Do you know Mrs. Mi?" ”
Xiao Rongyue closed her eyes: "Yes, Mrs. Mi once saved me." ”
Without Dou Mi, there would be no current Xiao Rongyue.
Han Jiu didn't believe it: "But Mrs. Mi is dead." ”
"So I'm coming to you." Opening her eyes again, Xiao Rongyue slowly regained her composure, "What about Mother Xue?" Why don't you live in the house in Qingjing Lane anymore, why don't you go to the academy anymore? ”
Hearing her mention Qingjing Lane and the academy, Han Jiu's face was full of pain, and he slowly sat down on the couch and lowered his head: "A-Niang is dead, the mansion in Qingjing Lane was forcibly taken back by the Ruyang Hou Mansion, and the Marquis of Ruyang said that I was a slave and was not worthy of going to school, so let the master drive me out." ”
Xiao Rongyue's hands were trembling, and her voice was a little unsteady: "How did my mother die?" ”
Han Jiu's voice was angry: "When Mrs. Mi passed away, A-Niang went to guard, and after two days, the prince said that he wanted to count Mrs. Mi's people and things, and called A-Niang to go over to ask, and the next morning they said that A-Niang had been martyred." ”
Xiao Rongyue's fingers slowly clenched together, and her slender nails dug into the flesh: "Do you know Uncle Lan who drove the car for Mrs. Mi, as well as Mei Qing and Doucai?" ”
"It's all gone." Han Jiu's voice was also trembling, with a hint of unbearable crying, "It's only been a few days since Mrs. Mi died, and they are all gone, I want to ask them how A-Niang died, only to find that they are all gone, and the subordinates of the Marquis Mansion of Ruyang whispered that there are not a few people left in Mrs. Mi's courtyard, and the others are gone." ”
Xiao Rongyue can hear that her heart is dripping blood, Mother Xue, who has been with her since the palace, Uncle Lan, who is honest and doesn't like to talk but always protects her, Doucai, who loves to talk spicy, and Mei Qing, who is gentle and considerate...... They're all gone, because of her! But why did Meng Yu want to be so eager to clear her people, was he so ruthless?
She took a deep breath, pressed her tears into her eyes, and whispered, "You tell me about what happened after Mrs. Mi's death, and tell me everything you know, the more detailed the better." ”
Han Jiu looked at the screen: "What are you going to do?" ”
Xiao Rongyue lowered her eyes and looked at her tightly clenched hands: "I want a truth." ”