Brass lady 'female' has a candlestick with a tangled handle, a yellow candlelight, Xi Zixiao is lying on the outside of the 'bed' next to 'Hua' Jiu, and her deep eyes fall on the red and swollen right ankle of 'Hua' Jiuwei.

Thinking of the dagger that had not entered the bluestone slab today, his heart felt clenched, he couldn't imagine what would happen if he moved one step slower, just thinking about it had already made the killing intent in his body no longer suppress.

Xu is cold breath was too strong, waking up the sleeping 'Hua' Jiu, she turned over, blinked her eyes, and rubbed her shoulder socket against Xi Zixiao, "Can't you sleep?" ”

Xi Zixiao hugged 'Hua' Jiu, stroked her hair, and hummed.

'Hua' Jiushen 'groaned' for a moment before saying, "What are you doing guarding the mansion recently?" The man I saw during the day was also guarding the government. ”

Xizi Xiaofeng's eyes narrowed, and there was a dark 'jade' streamer flashing in his narrow eyeliner, "Then this person must have something to do with the capital." ”

"I think so too," Hua Jiu said, and he stood up, carefully not moving the bent right foot, "You go and get the pen and ink, and I'll draw it for you." ”

Xi Zixiao didn't listen to 'Hua' Jiu, he just got up and hugged her to the table and sat down, then took the pen and ink, pulled up his sleeves, and grinded the ink with his own hands.

'Hua' Jiu picked up the pen, tried to recall it, then dipped it in the full ink, and brushed it a few times, and the image of a middle-aged man in his early forties jumped on the paper, full of life, and even the direction of his gaze when he looked at the government was drawn.

'Hua' Jiuyi put down his pen, Xi Zixiao had already stopped grinding ink, he quickly grabbed the paper, looked at it for a long time, and even the 'color' in his eyes changed a few times.

"You know?" 'Hua' Jiu was surprised, if Xi Zixiao knew each other, it would be impossible for him not to notice the imagination of the two when he saw Yaya before.

"Very kind." Xi Zixiao's thin 'lips' were pursed into a line, and it took a long time to spit out these three words, "Jiu'er, I have never seen it before Yaya entered the mansion." ”

"How is this possible? Yaya is three or four years old, and Liu Qingqing said that she has been with you for three years, how could she never see you? "'Hua' Jiu felt more and more that all of this was a huge mystery, like a big thick fog with a strange whereabouts, covering up all the truths so densely that she couldn't even see her five fingers clearly.

Carried 'Hua' Jiu back to the 'bed', covered the quilt, stretched out his hand, and pulled her into his arms, Xi Zixiao said, "Liu Qingqing used to be a 'girl' in the dust, one day, she took money to me, and asked me to come forward and help her redeem herself, she said that she had a child, and she didn't want the child to be gone, at that time, there were many 'women' pestering me outside, I was annoyed, and let her declare to the outside that it was my outer room, so I agreed to help her, and after that, I went occasionally, she drank, but never saw it, child, only knew that it was' Daughter's son, later, Liu Qingqing took the maid into the house, and I saw it for the first time. ”

Xi Zixiao spoke slowly, word by word, trying to explain this matter to 'Hua' Jiu clearly, "The person you painted, I always feel that I have seen it somewhere, and he is very familiar. ”

"Liu Qingqing looked for me before she died, she should have noticed something, and only said that she couldn't get to Xifu, and then she died." 'Hua' Jiu recalled, thinking as she spoke, and faintly felt that there should be some kind of silk thread that strung all these things together, but where the head of the silk thread was, she hadn't 'touched' it yet.

After thinking about it for a long time to no avail, Xi Zixiao patted 'Hua' Jiu's face, "Sleep, it's late, the truth will always be revealed." ”

"Hmm." 'Hua' Jiu responded obediently, moved his body, and was tighter, the hand in the quilt paused, and then quietly stretched out and put it on his waist, and the two slept opposite each other, even each other's breath was entwined.

On the second day, the sky was sunny, and now it was the middle of March, the breath of winter gradually passed, and began to have warmth.

'Hua' Jiu's right ankle is still a little swollen and can't go to the ground.

It's rare that Xi Zixiao is free today, the two moved chairs, basking in the sun in the courtyard, the warm sunlight, basking makes people want to sleep, just when the 'flower' Jiu is half squinting and half sleepy, she heard Xi Zixiao saying, "Jiu'er, yesterday's mansion, that person is a messenger, sent to the capital, the prince is in a hurry, the sky in Zhaozhou is also changing, the time you have been waiting for is coming, get ready." ”

Almond's eyes opened suddenly, and 'Hua' Jiu looked at Xi Zixiao, and then a big smile appeared on her face, "I've been looking forward to it for a long time." ”

Xi Zixiao nodded and continued, "Yesterday, I didn't get the letterhead, but, in a few days, Lord Jing will come, I estimate, 'flower' Mingxuan is also soon, when the time comes, you will be able to know how this day will change." ”

Shizuna? 'Flower' Mingxuan?

'Flower' Jiu's eyelids drooped, and her gaze fell on her pink and transparent fingernails, and she didn't have any thoughts.

"Jiu'er," Xi Zixiao called, pulling her little face, and facing it squarely, "Remember, I've been there." ”

"Well," there was a pure clear water ice 'flower' looming at the end of her almond eyes, and her heart was settled, in this life, this person has always been by her side, and she is no longer afraid, "Zixiao, thank you." ”

Xi Zixiao accompanied 'Hua' Jiu to finish lunch, and was about to carry her into the house to lie on the couch to rest for a while, Shang Li arrived in a hurry, his steps were fast, and even the edge of his robe was windy.

"The owner, someone bought all the incense products in the building at a high price." Shang Li's hands trembled a little, he took out a dozen or so silver tickets from his arms, and respectfully placed them on the table, and the worry in his eyes deepened.

Hearing this, the nine gods of 'flower' 'color' were in a daze, "Tell me more about what's going on." ”

Qiu Shu handed a cup of tea to Shang Li, he drank it all in one gulp, "This morning, there was a guest in the shop, the guest walked up and down the building, and then inquired about the situation of the owner, the small one didn't dare to say too much, and then the man said that he wanted to buy all the incense products at a high price of 2 percent, and the small one didn't want to sell, but he refused to go out, and finally had to let the guy clear all the incense and sell it to him." ”

'Hua' Jiu thought for a moment, "What else did that person say?" ”

Shang Li shook his head, "Didn't say anything." ”

"What does it look like?" Xi Zixiao 'interjected' on the side.

"Sapphire blue robe, in his early forties, looks like a 'very' Sven person." As soon as Shang Li said this, 'Hua' Jiu stood up suddenly, and his ankle immediately felt a heart-piercing pain.

"The portrait." She didn't care about the pain, and said something to Xi Zixiao.

Seeing that Qiu Harvest came forward to support 'Hua' Jiu, and after sitting down again, Xi Zixiao took out the painting of the person that 'Hua' Jiu painted last night from the back room and came to Shang Li, "But this person? ”

"Yes, it's him, the little one must be right." Shang Li recognized the person in the portrait at a glance.

"Did he leave his name?" 'Hua' Jiu bent his fingers and tapped the armrest of the chair, and his slender brow tightened.

"No, the little one asked, but he was confused by that person, and the little one felt that the man must be a very powerful businessman, and he had the kind of 'shrewdness' that only businessmen have, although it was not obvious, he also tried his best to hide it, but the small one still saw it." Shang Li also seemed to know that this matter was strange, so he didn't let go of every detail.

"And ......" Shang Li hesitated, there were some things he really didn't know whether to say or not.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Xi Zixiao put the portrait away, and the familiar feeling in his heart became more and more obvious, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen that person.

"The little one thinks that the person's bearing is very similar to that of the fifth master." Shang Li said such a sentence, even though he was so shocked that Xi Zixiao almost knocked over the tea cup on the desk.

He slowly turned his head to look at 'Hua' Jiu, and then lightly opened his thin 'lips', "Xi Laosan, he must be Xi Laosan." ”

'Hua' Jiu's heart was also shocked, Xi Laosan, who had always been extremely mysterious, could it be that this would appear in Zhaozhou, or at this time, "Are you sure?" ”

Xi Zixiao closed his eyes, and then when he opened them, there was no 'exposed' look in the phoenix eyes, "Sure, he still dares, come back, and the changes are big, no wonder even if I saw Yaya, I didn't expect him to go up." ”

Since he recognized this person, he naturally didn't have anything to do with Shang Li, 'Hua' Jiu waved his hand at him, "Shang Li, you go back to the Dark Fragrance Building first, if he comes to buy it next time, sell it to him, and shout the price a little higher to see what he wants to do." ”

"Yes, the little one has been noted." Shang Li gave up.

The autumn harvest was also very clever, knowing that his aunt and wife should have something to say, so he spontaneously retreated and gave up the entire courtyard.

"If it's really the third child, it shouldn't be, no matter how big a person changes, but it's always the eyes, mouth and nose, can't be wrong." 'Hua' Jiu was suspicious and 'confused', she just glanced at Xi Laosan yesterday, and felt that Yaya was very similar to him, which was unreasonable, but the people of the Xi family couldn't recognize it.

"You haven't seen it, the former Xi Laosan, he would, not look like this, very fat, fat so fat that he couldn't see clearly, his eyes and mouth, now he is thin, people can't recognize him," Xi Zixiao unfolded the portrait again and looked at it carefully, "The current him, and the previous one, are two people." ”

'Hua' Jiu turned to ask, "I've always been curious, why was Xi Laosan expelled from the house by his grandfather back then?" And for so many years, the people in the house have been obscure about him. ”

Xi Zixiao looked at the 'flower' for nine and a half days, and then spit out two words lightly, "**, defile your sister, sell it freely." ”

Suddenly, 'Hua' Jiu's surprised mouth opened slightly, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes, "Your aunt ......"

"Yes, it's the master, the only little 'girl', who is married to the one in other continents," Xi Zixiao's affirmative answer couldn't be clearer, "The most important thing is that he sells it freely, and the master is very angry." ”

Loose and scattered, 'flower' nine knows, it is a kind of thing that can make people hallucinate, once infected, it will become addictive, it is extremely difficult to quit, life and death are not as good.

"You third uncle, you are really daring." After a while, 'Hua' Jiu exhaled a breath, and could only say so dryly, this thing was originally scattered, and it was banned in Dayin, if it was found, it would be a big crime to rob the family and exterminate the clan.

"Jiu'er," Xi Zixiao pulled the person who 'flowered' Jiu, and there was unspeakable worry in the deepest part of his heart, "stay away from him, I will be uneasy." ”

'Hua' Jiu patted the back of his hand, and was about to 'want' to appease two sentences, when a touch of royal blue 'color' embedded in the courtyard 'door' -

"Excuse me, can the rest of the family live here?" A middle-aged man in his early forties, with sven eyebrows and a royal blue shirt, stood there in the daylight and looked at the two of them and asked.