"Understandable? Is it really understandable? Mrs. Ji thought in pieces, walked to Ji Yu's bones, bowed her head, picked up his hair, and covered her face: "Xianggong, can you understand the girl?" Still resentful of the girl in my heart! ”

"Of course he understands you!" Feeling the restlessness of the thing in the cuffs, Xing Ruyi walked to Mrs. Ji's side: "Actually, over the years, Shopkeeper Ji has been by your side and Li Gongzi. He knows who harmed him, and he knows who the person you married is. Although he hated the murderer who killed him and destroyed his family, he could also see that the murderer was very good to you and your children. As a husband, the most reassuring thing after death is his wife and children, you can be fine, he can be regarded as a peace of mind. ”

"He is at ease, but he cannot rest in peace! Ruyi girl, I know that you are not an ordinary person, please help my husband avenge! Mrs. Ji's eyes burst with hatred.

Xing Ruyi looked at her with a slightly complicated mood.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Ji! The murder case needs to be handled by the government office, and as for what crime Master Shen will be sentenced to, it also needs to be pronounced by the court officials. Xing Ruyi is just an open rouge shop, and your request is not what Ruyi should do. ”

"But I can see that the catcher surnamed Chang likes you!"

"Mrs. Ji misunderstood, Ruyi already has a father-in-law, and Brother Chang is just an ordinary brother and sister!"

"Brother and sister love? Brother and sister love! Haha, there is no pure brother-sister love in this world! Mrs. Ji shook her head and smiled maniacally: "Do you know what is the relationship between me and that Shen Yubai?" ”

"This happens to be wishful thinking, and I want to ask Madame about you."

"That was almost thirty years ago, when I was eleven or twelve, and I went out with my father. As I said, before the flood, my family was quite wealthy, although it was not a big family, but it was also a small wealth. My father was originally a scholar and also gained fame, but at that time, the world was chaotic, so he broke off his mind of being an official and started a small business. There was rice, silk, and even iron ore. My father didn't want to be a rich businessman in the world, and my mother didn't want my father to ignore us because he made money. Besides, the richer the man, the more he cares. Daddy, he understands my mother's mind, so the business has been neither good nor bad, not big or small, and the life is smooth, rich and happy.

It was the eve of Qingming Festival, and my father and mother took me back to my hometown to sweep the tomb, and by the way, I went to play. When I was resting in Shili Pavilion, I met Shen Yubai. At that time, he was very embarrassed, his clothes were torn, and his face was full of scars. My father and mother couldn't bear it, so they asked him why, and he said that he was an orphan, because he was begging in the market, he was beaten by other beggars, and he was afraid of his life, so he fled here. My father and mother were under their knees, and I was the only daughter, and when I saw that he was good-looking and spoke in an orderly manner, I planned to take him as my son. I remember he looked at me at the time and then shook his head and refused. said that he was only willing to be a young man and let my father and mother give him a bite to eat. My father saw that he was very backbone, so he agreed.

For the next two years, he studied business with my father. Because I am mostly in the inner house, I don't see him much, but I know that he is very competitive and has learned a good business. When I was fifteen years old, it dawned on me that I hadn't seen him in a long time. After asking the housekeeper, I found out that he left a letter for my father and left quietly. Although my father was angry, he didn't say anything, but just ordered the people in the house not to mention this person again. I didn't have any impression of him in the first place, so his departure didn't have any impact on my life.

Later, there was a big flood in my hometown, and my father and mother and I were in another courtyard in the suburbs at that time, and we didn't have time to escape, so we all fell into trouble. My family's business has failed, and the rest has been robbed by those with evil intentions. I also met Xianggong and lived an ordinary fisherman's life.

I met him again when I was selling fish with my husband on the street. He looks very noble, and his appearance and bearing are different from the past. Of course, at that time, I didn't recognize him, but he recognized me at a sight. When I learned that my family was in trouble, he also offered to help me, but I refused. First, it was because he said goodbye back then, which made me feel that this person was a little ungrateful, and secondly, I had a very good life with Xianggong, and suddenly a rich man appeared to help me, and it was inevitable that Xianggong would not think much about it. I asked him to hide the fact that he knew me, and everyone lived their own lives. But who knows, he actually took advantage of the difficulty of doing business and sold the fish village to Xianggong at a low price.

Even then, I didn't think much of it. I just thought that he was probably thinking about the kindness of my father and mother back then, and then he reappeared when the fish village caught fire, and then told me that he left my house and just wanted to go back to his hometown to marry me after he left my house and created a world by himself. At that time, I just smiled and told him that I had a father-in-law, and I was reluctant to settle with him, and it was just a brother and sister relationship. ”

"I can't imagine that there are so many twists and turns here."

"Yes! I don't know about these things, and even Xiuxian doesn't know. I didn't say it, and I didn't let him say it, but after so many years, he didn't even say a word. ”

Xing Ruyi opened his mouth and swallowed what he wanted to say into his stomach. Because she was worried, worried that Mrs. Ji would bring the topic to her and Chang Tai again. Indeed, it is difficult to have a pure brother-sister relationship in this world, and Chang Tai knows her heart. It's just that Chang Tai is different from Shen Yubai, Chang Tai is an upright person, what he says and does will be put on the bright side, and he will never make ghosts behind his back, and the fox is not an ordinary person, and he will never be harmed by others.

was thinking in his heart, but Chang Tai and Xiao Shengzi had already returned. Behind them, there was a man who followed. Looking at his age, he is only in his early forties, well-maintained, and he is dressed in ordinary clothes, but he is faintly domineering. As soon as the man entered the door, his eyes were firmly fixed on Mrs. Ji, and even there was warmth in his eyes.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to call Mrs. Ji, but received a hateful look from Mrs. Ji, and then said, "I was wrong!" ”

Mrs. Ji snorted coldly, "Xiuxian, take off your outer robe and collect the bones for your father." ”

Li Xiuxian glanced at his adoptive father and asked him, "My father, was he really killed by you?" ”

Shen Yubai opened his mouth unspeakably, his throat rose and fell for half a year, and finally spit out a word: "Yes!" ”

The case was revealed, the murderer confessed on the spot, and the victim's family members collected their bones at the scene, so the rest was only to take the murderer to the government.

"I didn't really want to kill him! You believe me, you believe me, I really don't have a heart. I came to him that day just to help make the fish farm's business better. You're pregnant, you're having a baby, and I can't bear to watch you suffer. Although you are not a golden branch and jade leaf, but you are also a young lady, how can you follow a fisherman to live such a hard life. But he rejected me. I looked at the knife in his hand that was killing fish, and my mind was clouded. I thought I could take care of you as long as he died. I don't mind the child in your womb, because the child is yours and mine, and I will treat him as if it were my own. Over the years, you have seen what I have done, I am sincere! I know that I am a murderer, and you refuse to forgive me, so all these years, you have been avoiding me, avoiding me, and speaking coldly to me. But I also know that you also have feelings for me, otherwise, you would have reported to the official a long time ago, didn't you? ”

"You think too much, the reason why I didn't report to the official is because of Xiuxian, he still has to study, and he still has to go to the academy."

"And what about later? Xiuxian was admitted to the top prize and became the parent official of one party, why didn't you report to the official, why didn't they arrest me, the murderer? ”

"That's because of Xiuxian's reputation, I don't want others to know that the person who raised him was the murderer of his biological father. I don't want others to look at him with strange eyes, which will affect his career and his future! ”

"Nope! This is not true! I know you still have feelings for me. I killed someone, I killed Xian'er's father, I am guilty, I deserve to die, but I don't regret it! At least, we have been together for twenty years, at least you have been my wife Shen Yubai. ”

"Say no more! Lord Chang, please take this murderer out! ”

"Will you still come to see me on the day of the execution?" Shen Yubai asked without giving up.

"No!" Mrs. Ji said resolutely: "However, I will ask Xiuxian to help you collect the body, but you have also taken care of him for twenty years!" ”

"Enough! That's enough! Shen Yubai had a smile on his face, and his expression was also satisfied.

Twenty years ago, the truth of the case of the Yuzhuang fire and the disappearance of Ji Yu was finally revealed, but there was one more thing that needed the help of Xing Ruyi.

In the Ruyi Rouge Shop, Mrs. Ji sat with no extra expression on her face as she did when she first came, and Li Xiuxian stood beside her mother with filial piety, looking at her mother's expression from time to time, with a slight worry in her eyes.

"Miss Ruyi said, can I meet my father with my mother?" Li Xiuxian still didn't hold back after all, and asked the question that had been hanging in his heart.

"It's not me, it's the shopkeeper Ji himself, who wants to see you. His time is running out, and after today, there are less than five days left. Five days later, he would be gone. Xing Ruyi said, took out a small snow-white porcelain**, and handed it to Li Xiuxian: "What is contained here are cow tears, you only need to apply them to your eyes, and you can see the person you want to see." It's just that people have three souls and seven spirits, and only one soul is left in the shopkeeper now, so I have burned another rhino horn to let you spend more time together. Remember, the horn burns out, and there's no time for you to see each other. ”

"Thank you, Miss Ruyi!"

"You're welcome, I just did what I could. The rest of the time is left for your family of three! Remember, there is not much time, just say what you should say, and as for what you shouldn't say, let it rot in your stomach and fade over time. ”

Xing Ruyi said, exited the room, and closed the door by the way.

The fox stood in the yard, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, like the warm autumn sun. The white clothes are fluttering, moving with the wind, dazzling people can't take their eyes off. Xing Ruyi lowered his head, deliberately pretending not to look at the fox, but his footsteps moved towards him little by little. Then the fox stretched out his hand, smiled triumphantly, and thrust himself into his arms.

"Don't look at it?"

"Don't look at it, it's someone else's family affair left and right, so why should I snoop."

"I thought you liked it!"

"I prefer this handsome, slightly sullen fox in front of me!"

The fox was slightly stunned, and smiled brighter and brighter.

"Actually, the shopkeeper Ji is quite miserable. He thought that if he was attached to Mrs. Ji's jade bracelet, he could be inseparable from her for twenty years, but who knew that he was murdered, and the jade bracelet also fell into Shen Yubai's hands and was hidden for seven years. Seven years later, although the jade bracelet returned to Mrs. Ji's hands, it was hidden again because of Mrs. Ji's tangled thoughts. So in the past twenty years, his soul has almost been enclosed in darkness, not even as good as Hades. ”

"Yes, not only that, but in the end, you have to end up with nothing in your soul!" The fox let out a soft sigh as well.

Xing Ruyi raised his head, looked at the closed doors and windows, and said: "But such an ending was also chosen by himself!" ”

"He chose it himself, so even if he regrets it, he can't complain about others!" The fox tapped the tip of Ruyi's nose with his hand: "Just like you, I chose it, so even if you regret it, it's too late!" ”

"Humph!" Xing Ruyi snorted, "It's late, I don't regret it, my fox Xianggong!" ”

As soon as Xing Ruyi's words fell, the closed door opened, and Li Xiuxian helped his mother out. The mother and son bowed lightly to Xing Ruyi and left without saying anything.

A few months later, Xing Ruyi met Mrs. Ji again, on the bank of the Luo River in the bleak winter. A simple little house with a newly renovated tomb next to the house. On the tombstone, the names of Mrs. Ji and the shopkeeper Ji stand side by side, and the inscription is Ji Xiuxian.

(Education 123 Literature Network)