Looking at Apple holding a dagger in his hand and his slightly pale face, Song Xingchen was moved and distressed in his heart.

What touched me was that Apple could really give up everything for her, and she would treat her sincerely in vain.

What distressed is that a good girl like a flower has borne the shadow of murder for the sake of her fame for a lifetime, even if Apple tries its best to cover it up, Song Xingchen can still feel Apple's inner mood fluctuations, and in the future, others will wear colored labels, and it is inevitable to live in the adverse consequences of this incident.

"I know what you mean, in the future, I will remember my identity as the county lord, and I will not let people bully me again." Stroking his bulging belly, Song Xingchen whispered, "You go wash up, and call me again at dinner." ”

"Yes." Apple didn't say anything, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute." Song Xingchen called the apple and said softly: "Thank you for defending me so much, no matter what others say, in my heart you are still my most trusted apple, although you are nominally a master and servant, but an apple with sisterhood, it will never change." ”

Apple's eyes were sour, but she didn't turn around, and asked in a slightly nasal voice, "Isn't Miss afraid of the bloody breath on the slave's body?" The slave is no longer a clean person, and following the young lady will only affect the reputation of the young lady. ”

"I didn't care about that, but now I figured it out, this world is a world of dignity and inferiority, since someone can't get used to me, then find a way to climb on my head, otherwise just shut the dog's mouth, or don't blame me for being unkind." After Song Xingchen finished speaking, he said in a slightly joking tone: "I have a super powerful maid, I don't accept the battle!" ”

Apple chuckled, feeling much more relaxed.

"Don't blame yourself too much, even if there is no today's incident, that maid will sooner or later become her master's substitute ghost, but because today's incident can make her completely liberated and fulfill her wish, it may be another happy destination for her." Song Xingchen straightened up and said, "You have to remember that although the maid died in your hands today, you didn't kill her, and what really killed her was her involuntary identity." ”

"The slave is very glad to be by the side of the young lady." Apple turned around, knelt on the spot, kowtowed to Song Xingchen and said: "The slave has written it down, and she will no longer blame herself for this incident, what she can do for Hongyu is to give her a place to live, and the slave will put away the sympathy that she shouldn't have." ”

"Hmm." Song Xingchen nodded and said, "Go and tell Lin Jiahui, if she really feels that something is wrong, she will go back to her own room and kneel, does kneeling here want to continue to ruin the reputation of the county lord?" If you can't teach people well, you will become an official girl in vain, and you will lose the face of the nobles in the capital. The members of the rescue team are all good people, she can even get along with the life and death of the girl for more than ten years can be so ruthless, the rescue team can no longer tolerate her Buddha, please return to Beijing. ”

Apple raised her head suddenly, she thought that Song Xingchen would say it, or take the opportunity to blackmail, but she didn't expect Song Xingchen to punish Lin Jiahui in this way.

However, Apple was only stunned for a moment, and then responded with a smile: "Miss don't worry, the slave will definitely relay Miss's words loudly, keep not a word, and let Miss Lin hear clearly." ”

"By the way, ask me about the people in the inn, they came all the way to the dry city, whether they wanted to learn the gossip of the mother-in-law who guarded the door, or they wanted to support the people of the dry city. If it is the former, they should be asked to return to Beijing as soon as possible, lest the headquarters have to bear the money they eat, and they are not allowed to say that they are members of the rescue team in the future. If it is the latter, ask them to control the mouths of their subordinates and do what they have to do. Of course, if they are pregnant like me and are unwell, even if they have to rest for a long time, the county lord will definitely not say a word, even if the county lord bears all the expenses personally! Song Xingchen pulled the blanket and said softly.

Apple carefully wrote down Song Xingchen's words, and when he saw Song Xingchen close his eyes and had no other instructions, he turned around and went out to do something.

Lin Jiahui knelt at the door of Song Xingchen's room, and the other nobles were all peeking in the room, all of them didn't want to see the latest developments.

After all, when Song Xingchen was in the capital, she never embarrassed others because of her identity, which made many people forget her identity.

In these days when they met in the dry city, Song Xingchen has always been kind, which will make them unscrupulous.

But today, Apple's bloody actions make everyone realize that the county lord is the county lord, and no matter how approachable they are, their identity is not something they can surpass.

And Lin Jiahui's actions made many noble ladies despise in their hearts, even if they encountered such a thing, they would make similar choices, but at least they couldn't be ruthless to this point.

After Apple went out, he conveyed Song Xingchen's words, seeing that Lin Jiahui could no longer calm herself, with a resentful expression, Apple was relieved in her heart, and the depression of the past few days was finally relieved.

"Miss Lin, please, my county lord is now a double body and needs to rest." Apple made a gesture of please, a barely visible smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Song Xingchen!" Lin Jiahui shouted indignantly, but she didn't dare to speak ill of her words in front of everyone, as a noble girl in Kyoto, she must always pay attention to her image, otherwise she will be excluded, and the family will not provide her with good resources, "There are many offends in today's affairs, and I hope that the county lord can ignore the past suspicions, and after the county lord returns to Beijing, Jiahui will ask the county lord for guilt." ”

After Lin Jiahui got up, she bowed to the door, and her well-behaved posture was completely in line with the standards of a noble girl, but the premise was not to look at her expression, otherwise she would be shocked by the distorted face because of hatred.

Lin Jiahui hurried back to the room, without anyone to see her off, and returned to the capital with the guards sent by her family.

It wasn't until Lin Jiahui left that Apple relayed Song Xingchen's words to several other noblewomen, and although they didn't get an answer from anyone, no one left on their behalf.

On the days when there was no gossip, Apple's mood gradually calmed down, and the other maids were afraid of Apple, and even went to the kitchen to avoid Apple's frequent time, so that Apple was completely clean.

On the second day, the other nobles chose the place where they wanted to go to the rescue, whether they were traveling in pairs or only with their own guards on the road, no one wanted to stay in the inn anymore, so as not to offend Song Xingchen, and they were also afraid of Hongyu's fooling around and wandering in the inn, and there were not many people who grew up in the mansion with a clear conscience.

After the other nobles left, Hang Hang also left, taking the emperor's holy decree to Song Xingchen and going to the mansion first.

"County Lord, when are you going to your lordship? It's been more than half a month since the adult's accident, I'm afraid I'll ...... later" Zhang Qiang came to Song Xingchen's room a little weakly and asked excitedly.

Because Zhang Qiang refused to recuperate from his injuries, and Song Xingchen was afraid that he would leak the news again regardless of the overall situation, so he made people move his hands and feet in the meal, so Zhang Qiang was so quiet these days.

"The county lord has his own arrangements for this matter, if Zhang Zhukuai still has a trace of respect for my county lord in his heart, please abide by the most basic etiquette." Seeing that Zhang Qiang broke into the inner room without asking for instructions, Apple shouted coldly.

"It's Zhang Qiang who is reckless, it's just that the adult's situation is too dangerous, I'm afraid that something will happen to the adult, and I asked the county lord to arrange for the rescue of the adult earlier." Zhang Qiang didn't leave in a hurry because he wanted to lead the way, otherwise even if he knew that it was a dead end, he would have to rush back quickly.

"You can recuperate in peace of mind, and you can leave in three days at most." Song Xingchen has a poor appetite these days, and his face is tired.

"Three more days?" Zhang Qiang rubbed his hands anxiously, not knowing whether to leave first.

"The county lord is mobilizing manpower, does Zhang Zhukuai think that with your strength alone, plus the pregnant county lord, and the dozen or so guards outside, you can rescue our uncle, right?" Apple had some respect for Zhang Qiang before, but she lost her favor when she violated Song Xingchen's authority.

If it weren't for the fact that those noble ladies had already left, and the inn was taken over by Song Xingchen, there would be no bad rumors going out, and Apple really wanted to blast Zhang Qiang out, so as not to provoke Song Xingchen.

Song Xingchen waved his hand and motioned to Apple to extinguish the anger, Zhang Qiang fought with his life to deliver the news for Song Yang, which shows his loyalty to Song Yang and Song Yang's trust in Zhang Qiang.

"This matter is related to the safety of the border, even if my eldest brother is in danger, I can't act rashly." Song Xingchen's tone was very light, but the anxiety in her heart was only understood by Apple except herself, "Zhang Qiang, although you are my eldest brother's subordinate, you are also a servant of the Great Zhou Kingdom. When you have been with my eldest brother for a long time, you should also have an understanding of my eldest brother's character, and he will never let the country be damaged and the people fall into danger because of his own safety. ”

Zhang Qiang opened his mouth and didn't speak, but obviously he was more concerned about Song Yang's safety.

"It's really a piece of wood, the uncle is willing to take risks for the people of a village, can't you still understand the pattern of the uncle? Uncle asked you to find our county lord, obviously you can only trust the county lord, with the wisdom of the uncle, how can you pin your safety on a useless person? Apple suppressed his anger and simply put it bluntly, lest Song Xingchen continue to deal with this elm lump.

Zhang Qiang suddenly understood, maybe he had already understood this truth, but he was too anxious to think about it.

Towards Song Xingchen, Zhang Qiang respectfully apologized: "It's the subordinates who are reckless, and ask the county lord to punish him." ”

"Go down and rest, it's up to you to lead the way, if you fall ill halfway, that's the time to delay saving your eldest brother." Song Xingchen waved his hand.

"Yes." Zhang forcibly saluted and then turned to leave.

Apple glared at Zhang Qiang's back and refilled Song Xingchen's cup of hot water, but didn't say anything more.

"You girl has something hidden in her heart, and her temper is also hot, don't you want to tell me after so long?" Song Xingchen smiled lightly and looked at the apple with a water glass.

"Slave ......" Apple lowered her head, her face was tangled, and she obviously didn't know how to speak.

Song Xingchen laughed and said: "I thought you were more mature and stable than the girl with strawberry, but I didn't expect that you couldn't escape a love word, but you are not as good as strawberry in this regard, she at least knows how to bravely pursue her own happiness." ”

"Slaves and maids can't see their hearts clearly." Apple frowned and said, "Perhaps, it's just a little bit of heartbeat, but it's not enough for Sister Slave to accept such a feeling." ”

Song Xingchen nodded, "You, you're just too sensible, be careful to miss ......"

Song Xingchen was halfway through his words, and suddenly sat up straight, the surprise in his eyes was difficult to hide, and he actually covered his mouth and cried.

"Miss, are you alright?" Apple asked nervously.

"I didn't ...... It's okay, it's just the kid who kicked me. Song Xingchen's voice trembled a little, he didn't pay attention to Apple's puzzled expression, turned his face away from his abnormal emotion, tried to stabilize his voice and said: "You go back and think about your own affairs first, I want to rest for a while, don't let anyone disturb me." ”