The fire that broke out in Feng's mansion a few days ago and what happened to the maid Yuxiu next to Mrs. Feng didn't make a big fuss about cleaning up the backyard because of this.

And this is normal in the eyes of the Feng Mansion, the lady only cultivates in the room, and has long ignored the Feng Mansion, and the old lady of the Feng Mansion has handed over the right to manage the backyard in the mansion to the concubine Sun Wanrong a few years ago because of her old age.

Sun Wanrong, as the mastermind of all this, naturally found an excuse to push herself away.

Although Mrs. Feng did not act on the surface, she had already taken action.

Since Yuxiu learned the news that Cao's mother may not be dead, it is like igniting the fire in her heart, awakening her unwillingness for more than ten years, so that she finally has a clue and reason to convince herself that her heart is still alive!

The night after Chu Huanniang returned home, she thought about the fire in Feng's mansion more than ten years ago, and never believed that the fire was an accident. If Mama Cao was still alive, she would definitely know the truth about the fire back then.

Chu Huanniang called Lin Xi late at night, and her face, which had not risen and fallen for many years, showed irrepressible excitement, "Lin Xi, I got the news that Mama Cao was not dead back then, she is still alive, and Xin'er must be alive too, you help me find someone to find out Mama Cao's whereabouts." Chu Huanniang put the heavy cloth bag in her hand into Lin Xi's hand, "This is my private money and some jewelry, you take it first, if it's not enough to find a way to find me, oh yes, remember not to make a noise, don't let anyone know about it." "Before things are clear, silence is the greatest protection for the heart.

On the other hand, there are two figures kneeling in Sun Wanrong's room, and the one who knelt on the ground and didn't dare to look up was the arrogant Mama Xu during the day.

"You can't solve a little girl, what use do you want!" Before the words fell, Sun Wanrong slapped Mama Xu heavily in the face.

Mama Xu's voice was as docile as a milk dog at this time, "Madame, don't be angry, this time it's Yuxiu's girl who has a big life, and if you give the slave maid another chance, she will definitely not let her escape." ”

"Madame has returned, she must have known some news, and now it is useless to get rid of her, so don't ask for trouble."

"Back then, the slave personally sent Mama Cao and her children out of the city in a carriage and pushed their mother and daughter off the cliff with their own hands, so it is impossible for them to be alive."

Sun Wanrong's gorgeous makeup was blue under her color, "Don't mention it to me back then, you'd better wipe this matter off for me as soon as possible!" Otherwise, neither of you nor I can think about it! ”

It was another morning, Cao Ran was lowering her head, covering her mouth and nose with one hand, and brushing the night bucket painfully with the other hand, and a huge black shadow came up, "Put down the night bucket in your hand, today Mrs. is going to the temple to chant scriptures, Aunt Lin Xi is infected with the wind cold and lacks an errand girl, you go on behalf of Aunt Lin Xi." After that, he walked up to Cao Ran's ear and said in a threatening tone, "Remember my wife's every move for me, and report it to me when you come back, otherwise you will feel better." ”

The eldest lady had a good impression of Cao Ran, and asked Cao Ran to sit in the carriage with her, and on the way, the lady told Cao Ran a lot about the second lady's childhood, and finally included the misfortune of the second lady in the fire. Mrs. Feng's already soaked eyes looked at Cao Ran, and said meaningfully: "If the heart is still there, it should be the size of you." Cao Ran was deeply sympathetic to the plight of Mrs. Feng and the second miss, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

The magnolia flowers in the temple are blooming gracefully, and Cao Ran is sitting on a stone bench under the magnolia tree waiting for his wife.

"You also said that you are not a maid, and let your master know that you will be punished, right?" The man behind him raised his eyebrows, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said proudly.

Cao Ran turned around when he heard the sound, and said in a slightly surprised voice: "It's you, why do you always appear in the temple, don't you want to be a young master and want to escape the world?" ”

The man sat down, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Your proposal is good, but this temple is too small to accommodate me." ”

Cao Ran rolled her eyes at him fiercely, and suddenly remembered the handkerchief she left last time, just took it out of her sleeve and thought about how often she used this handkerchief as a mask to cover her mouth and nose and brush the night bucket recently, and she hadn't had time to clean it, so she quietly stuffed it back and thought about returning it after cleaning.

"If you like it, keep it, I don't mind, there are not a few women who borrow my hand, I can understand!" The man unconsciously showed a smug smile on his face.

"Who longs for you, you ......"

"Ran'er, get ready to leave home."

Cao Ran was just about to fight back, when he heard his wife's call, he walked past the man and said fiercely: "Narcissist! ”。

The man said to himself in confusion: "Narcissist? ……”

After the carriage drove into the city gate, the lady told Cao Ran that she wanted to eat shortbread from the west of the city, and gave Cao Ran silver and told her to buy some back.

After Cao Ran got out of the carriage, she understood Madame's intentions, the silver taels that Madame gave her were enough to buy a carriage of shortbread, how could Cao Ran not understand such a careful arrangement.

But after some thought, Cao Ran decided that he couldn't escape like this. If she runs away like this, Mama Xu will still go to trouble Uncle Chu and Aunt Wei like last time, and he can't cause them to suffer anymore.

Cao Ran came to the shortbread shop in Xicheng according to what his wife said, and was about to return home with two packets of shortbread, when he passed by a teahouse and was stopped by a strange man in the middle of the road.

The man looked Cao Ran up and down and reached out to pick up Cao Ran's chin, and said with a lewd smile: "Yo, isn't this the Ran'er girl from Lanfeng Tower!" That night, uncle, I spent ten taels of silver and didn't buy your first night, and I told you to run away, go! Go with Lao Tzu to Lanfeng Tower and be happy. ”

Cao Ran desperately broke free of the man's hands, "I don't know you, you recognize the wrong person, let me go!" ”

The man saw that there were more and more onlookers, and shouted loudly: "You see, she is the Ran'er girl who ran away a few days ago in Lanfenglou, and Lao Tzu spent ten taels of silver for her." ”

"It's her!"

"Yes, yes, that's her!" The onlookers were heckling.

Cao Ran didn't understand what these people were talking about at all, and thought in his heart: "Are you saying that I am a ...... of Qinglou?" But I'm only fifteen or sixteen years old, so I won't be so miserable, so why don't you leave me a little memory, so that I can be prepared! "Oh, it's better to have no memories, I'm a Qinglou woman at a young age, and I don't have to think about it to know that these memories are also very painful." ”

Cao Ran was thinking about it and didn't know what to do, "stabbed", only to see half of the arm of his clothes torn by the man, the man was angry when he saw this, and slapped Cao Ran on the side of the road. Cao Ran was blinded by a sudden slap, sat on the ground for a long time without reacting, two packets of shortbread fell to the ground, and the onlookers all pointed at Cao Ran.

The man didn't hesitate, and went to pull Cao Ran's arm again, wanting to lift her up and send her to Lanfeng Tower. Suddenly, a pair of bony and powerful hands grasped Cao Ran's arm, and Cao Ran looked back to see a white dress and a silver mask as cold as frost.

The man in white looked at the man and said coldly, "Let her go." ”

The man timidly withdrew his hands, still unwillingly said, "She cost me ten taels of silver." ”

The man in white looked at Cao Ran's shoulder, took off the coat on his body and put it on Cao Ran, and threw a heavy silver ingot at the man's feet.

Cao Ran deeply felt that she was weak in this world, so weak that she could be bullied, she didn't know what kind of person this body was before, but now she was sure that no matter what she had experienced before, she had to accept this mess now, and solve it and try to survive.

Outside the back wall of Feng's mansion, Cao Ran took off his coat. She raised her head, her pensive eyes just met the clear and deep eyes under the man's mask, and asked in a low voice, "Do you think I am who they say I am?" ”

The man was silent.

"Then why are you helping me?"

The man took the coat from Cao Ran's hand and turned around and disappeared into the night, leaving a faint reply: "It's a matter of effort." ”

The next morning, Mrs. Feng looked at the half-packet of intact shortbread and silver taels on the stone table in the courtyard, shook her head and sighed lightly.