"What? You say it again, Hongxiang she ......"

Xiao Xing, who came to report the news, cried pear blossoms with rain, and explained intermittently: "I went back from Erniang yesterday, my aunt is fine, who knew that in the second half of the night, I heard a sound in my aunt's house, so I went to check, I didn't want my aunt to ...... He hanged himself on the beams of the house. ”

"Hanging...... Hang? Liuli spit out these two words in a daze, her face full of disbelief.

It turns out that Hongxiang came to say goodbye to her yesterday? It turns out that Hongxiang has long thought of dying? But what happened in Ding Mansion during these days? It made Red so desperate?!

"Go to Ding's house!" Liuli ran out like a wind, and Xiao Xing followed.

"Hey, owner!" Xiao Wuzi shouted behind him, I don't know if I should catch up, the owner rushed to Ding's mansion like this, but don't do anything.

Today, the shopkeeper Zhou and the second owner Coral are not there, and there is no one who is in charge, he circled around the place and said to Ah Quan beside him: "I'll go to the tofu shop." With that, he hurried out.

Xiao Xing ran on the street with Liuli in plain clothes, frequently attracting the searching eyes of pedestrians, but at this moment, the two of them had no time to take care of it, and rushed into Ding's Mansion as quickly as possible.

At this time, there was a lot of noise in front of the Ding Mansion, and an old lady in cloth clothes was crying and grabbing the ground, shouting that the Ding Mansion would compensate her daughter.

Another young woman was holding her, and a young man was pushing each other with Ding's family, shouting to see Master Ding.

"The master is busy, how can I have time to see you, hurry up!" The keeper of the door was unceremonious.

"My sister was fine two days ago, how can I say that it is gone, you must give an explanation." The man refused to leave, shouting at the top of his voice.

was making a fuss, and a person dressed as a maid came out of the yard, shouting at the crowd: "What's the trouble!" ”

When the guards saw her, they forced them to retreat, and saluted her respectfully: "Hello girl, these people claim to be Aunt Xiang's family, and they insist on breaking in, saying that they will give an explanation to our Ding Mansion." ”

This maid is Ding Liu's personal girl, and when she heard this, she frowned and raised her eyebrows: "Aunt Xiang hanged herself, what do you want our Ding Mansion to confess?" ”

"You are talking nonsense, how could my sister commit suicide when she is so good?!" The young man called.

"She didn't keep the master's child, and now that the master is back, I think Aunt Xiang feels ashamed of the master, and she has no shame to face the lord and Mrs. again." The maid had obviously thought of her words, "Now that Madame is sad, how can she have the heart to see you?" ”

"Kid? When did Chunhong have a baby? The person dressed as the old woman was Hongxiang's mother-in-law, and she was so surprised when she heard that she forgot to cry.

The maid didn't pay attention to her question, and directly took out a purse from her arms and threw it to the ground: "This is the lady's reward for you, take the silver taels and go home quickly, if we continue to make trouble, we will be polite in Dingfu." ”

After the maid finished speaking, she was about to turn around, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Xiao Xing and Liuli who were running towards this side.

"Apricot Kohap?" The maid pursed her lips, "Where did you go?" The master went, and he didn't know how to send it? ”

Xiao Xing didn't say anything, and wanted to enter the Ding Mansion with Liuli, but heard the maid continue: "Little lady Song? Isn't this our Aunt Xiang's good sister in the past, but now that Aunt Xiang is gone, Madame doesn't want to see you, so please go back. ”

"Where's Hongxiang?" Ruri asked with red eyes.

"It has been pulled out of the city and buried." The maid said a place name.

"What?" Xiao Xing was shocked, "Why did you get buried so quickly?" "Obviously, when she came out, Aunt Xiang's body was still there.

The maid sneered, sarcastically: "What? It's just an aunt, and you still expect our Ding Mansion to give her a beautiful funeral? ”

After saying that, he ignored the few people at the door, and only told the housekeeper who guarded the door, not to let a few people in, and went back inside.

Liuli turned around directly and ran to the place where Hongxiang was buried outside the city, and Xiao Xing also followed when she saw this.

Behind her, the old woman got the silver, checked it, pursed her lips, and was about to howl again, but was unceremoniously dragged up by a group of family members.

"What do you do? It's unreasonable, it's beating people in broad daylight! The old woman cried out as she protected the silver in her bosom.

"Shut up! If you continue to make trouble, you will be reported to the government and arrested! The family Ding was full of emotion, "Take the money and hurry away, our master Ding takes care of you is Aunt Xiang's family, and doesn't care about you, if you continue to make trouble, don't blame us for being polite!" ”

Obviously, the three of them didn't dare to make a lot of trouble, and they all shut up when they heard the word "official". In the end, under the drive and threat of the family, he left unwillingly.

Ruri stumbled all the way out of the city, a small deserted slope, and a new tomb stood alone, without even a tombstone.

"Red Fragrance!" Liuli screamed in pain, climbed up the slope with his hands and feet, and was cut by the branches and bushes that grew out of the slanting sideways, and he didn't know that his clothes were torn apart.

However, I don't know if the glass is too sad or the slope is too steep, but it slipped down several times, and it couldn't get close anyway.

"Sister Hongxiang......" Liuli looked at the new grave, and once again stepped up to climb up, but stepped on the air, and was about to slide down.

"Liuli", a familiar call, and then she was surrounded by a familiar and powerful arm.

Zhao Mingxu stepped a little down, hugged Liuli Fei to the top of the slope, and then gently put the person down.

Liuli didn't care about how the man could appear here at this moment, and rushed directly to Hongxiang's grave, her eyes full of grief: "Sister Hongxiang, why are you so stupid?" ”

There was silence in front of the grave, and Hongxiang could not answer her.

"I know you're not happy, but would you rather die than leave Ding's mansion? Why? Why ......" Ruri said, finally unable to control her tears and sliding down like rain.

The "glass ......" man hugged her from behind.

"Zhao Qinghe ......" Liuli buried her head in the crook of the man's arm, and finally cried, "Hongxiang is dead, woo, Hongxiang is dead." ”

Zhao Mingxu gently patted Liuli's back: "Don't be sad, be good, don't cry......"

Liuli didn't remember how long she cried in front of Hongxiang's tomb, she just lay in the man's arms, unconsciously, and when she woke up again, she was already in Zhao's house.

"Are you awake?" The man had apparently been by her side, and when he saw that the person had woken up, he hurriedly fed her with water.

Liuli cried for too long, and was indeed thirsty, so she drank the water in the cup with the man's hand. After that, she took care of the surrounding environment, obviously she was very familiar with it, it was the guest room of the Zhao Mansion.

"Why did you end up there today?"

"Today in the town, I met the guy in your shop in a hurry, and after asking, I learned that you went to Dingfu, and then I came to Dingfu to inquire, and said that you went outside the city." The man put down the cup and said, "I was worried that something would happen to you, so I rushed over." ”

Thinking of the past, Liuli couldn't help but feel sad: "Hongxiang is the first friend I met after I came here. ”

"Hmm." The man nodded, not entangled in what "come here" meant in Liuli's words.

"She's a kind person, she's a good girl." Liuli said again.

"I know." Zhao Mingxu knew that Liuli just wanted to talk, so he became a qualified listener.

"Actually, Hongxiang came to me yesterday and said a lot of things." Liuli said, her nose was sore, and she burst into tears again: "But I don't know, she is here to say goodbye to me......"

"Don't cry." Zhao Mingxu gently wiped away her tears.

"It's that I didn't see it, it's all my fault, it's all my fault" Thinking of yesterday's everything, Liuli hated her own sluggishness, "If I see it and stop her, maybe she won't die." ”

"I don't blame you, Liuli" Zhao Mingxu comforted softly, "She already has a will to die, no matter how much others dissuade her, it's useless, you can stop her once, but you can't stop her a second time, a third time." ”

"But why? She obviously has a good body, what is there that she can't think about and solve, why does she have to die? Liuli was puzzled, grabbed Zhao Mingxu's arm, and tried in vain to get an answer.

The man held her hand: "Liuli, not all people in this world are as optimistic and strong as you, in their eyes, sometimes death is the best relief." ”

Liuli looked into the man's eyes, his eyes full of sadness.

Zhao Mingxu couldn't bear it, and reached out to cover Liuli's eyes: "Don't be sad, maybe this is the best choice for Hongxiang, Liuli, don't be sad, if she knows about it, she will definitely not want to see you like this." ”

Liuli's face was buried in the man's big hand, and he was silent, not speaking or moving.

After a long time, Liuli raised her face, she already had a sad look, and replaced it with a firm face: "Hongxiang can't die in vain, Ding Wentao, Mrs. Ding, it's they who hurt Hongxiang who has no way to live, and I want them to pay the price." ”

"Don't worry," Zhao Mingxu said, "It won't be too long, the Ding Mansion will be over soon." ”

There was news from Shangjing that the people on the prince's side had already mastered the evidence and would reveal it when the time was right.

didn't dare to stay here for too long, Liuli went back to her own home, and sure enough, the pearl who got the letter came to see her, and she enlightened and persuaded her.

Zhao Zhai, in the dead of night, Yi Cui quietly came to an inconspicuous corner, where there were already people waiting.

"Have you thought about it?" The man asked in a deep voice.

"Yes." Yi Cui saluted and said firmly, "The slave has thought about it." ”

I thought that with the last incident, Childe would slowly get tired of the country girl, but she didn't expect the two to be affected at all, and today she even saw Childe holding the slut in his arms from the outside, with a nervous look on his face.

Yi Cui hated, hated Song Liuli for getting what she dreamed of, and hated Gongzi, why was she so ruthless, she just refused to look at her more.

Thinking that this person found himself a few days ago and wanted to let himself secretly do things for them, Yi Cui finally made up her mind: "I used to work for adults. ”

"It's not for me, we're all doing things for the emperor." The man looked at him from a distance, his face respectful.

"The slave understands." Yi Cui said, "In the future, every move, word and deed of the son, the slave and maid will truthfully report to the adult." ”

"Good." The man nodded, "You are a girl, unlike the guards, ask more and pay more attention on weekdays." ”

"Yes."

……

The figures of the two people disappeared from the wall, and soon after, another figure quietly passed not far away, like a ghost, and jumped into Zhao Mingxu's room.

"But what did you find?" Zhao Mingxu didn't raise his head, and asked directly.

"Childe's expectation is good, Yi Cui did contact the emperor's secret guard, and wanted to find out Childe's every move." Ace said in a deep voice, "Childe, are you going to dispose of her?" ”

"No need", Zhao Mingxu said lightly, "For so many years, the imperial brother has always wanted to install people around me, and now that I have finally got what I wanted, I have to cooperate with the imperial brother well." ”

"Childe wants to do whatever he wants?" Ace said.

Zhao Mingxu didn't answer directly, thought for a while, and ordered: "Find a suitable time to transfer Yicui to serve by my side, so that it will be more convenient for her to report to the imperial brother." ”

"My subordinates understand."

Pearl didn't worry about Liuli, and stayed with her for several days before leaving.

"Otherwise, you will go with me to live in the town." Pearl advised, "Sango, they're not at home either. ”

"Sister go first, I still have some things to do at home, I'll go tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Liuli said, in fact, she wanted to say hello to Zhao Mingxu before going.

"Okay," Pearl compromised, "then you should be careful." ”

"Big sister, don't worry."

Liuli sent people out of the gate, watched the carriage go away, turned around and walked back to the courtyard, and was just about to close the gate, but saw two figures walking quickly not far away: "But Song Liuli Song Xiaoniang's house?" ”

Liuli closed the door for a moment, stared at the figure and got closer a little, and finally saw clearly that it was one of the two women who were noisy in front of the Ding Mansion that day.

When she once went to Ding Mansion to visit Hongxiang, she saw this old woman, who was Hongxiang's mother-in-law, Shen, but for her, Liuli didn't have a good impression of her.

In a few breaths, the two of them were already close, and the old woman was in a hurry, panting slightly: "This little lady is Song Liuli?" ”

Although she didn't like it, Liuli still replied: "I am." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old woman became excited as if she had seen a savior: "Oh, little lady Song, I can find you!" ”

"What are you looking for me to do?" Liuli frowned unconsciously, and just stood by the door, obviously not planning to let the two of them in.

The two women, one old and one young, didn't mind, so they said at the door: "The old body is Chunhong...... Oh is Hongxiang's mother-in-law, this is her brother and sister, our family Chunhong died unjustly, you are her good sister, but you have to be the master for her! ”

Liuli said coldly: "Naturally, I won't let her die in vain." ”

"Hey, hey", Shen smiled, "Then please ask the little lady to join us and go to Ding's Mansion to make trouble." ”

"Am I with you?" Ruri wondered.

"Yes, the Ding Mansion is bullying, how dare we ordinary people make too much trouble, the old man has inquired, Erniang, you are a distinguished guest of the Ding Mansion, if you go with us, you will definitely be able to do it."

"I'm no longer a guest of the Ding Mansion." Liuli snorted coldly, and was a little curious, "What do you want to do?" ”