Chapter 27: Riverside Distress
In a dimly lit room, an old woman dressed in maroon was talking in a whisper with a maid dressed in blue.
The old woman said: "You said that she woke up, but she lost her memory, and she didn't remember what happened in the firewood room and Miss Nanzhu's poisoning?" ”
The maid said, "Yes, she doesn't even remember me."
Old Woman: "Humph! "You keep an eye on me, this girl is the most cheating, maybe she is pretending, you can take her words and see where the antidote is." ”
The maid said: "Ziling will do what Aunt Graphite said, but I don't know if the medicine will continue now?" ”
It turned out that the old woman's name was graphite, and she was the person next to Mrs. Wang, and the maid was Ziling in Situ Nanyun's room.
Graphite said: "Just remember, work hard, Madame will not treat you badly." Then I won't need to disperse for the time being, and I'll talk about it when I find the antidote. ”
Du Ruo drank a bowl of porridge and lay down with his eyes closed.
Ziying sat alone on the small stool next to the bed and propped her head up, muttering to herself, "Did Miss become stupid this time, or did she become smarter, let's say it, what I said made the master very happy, let's say it, Brother Lan doesn't want it anymore." I really don't understand, I don't understand. ”
She thought it was very funny, and silently echoed her in her heart: "Of course I've become smarter." ”
The quilt was very soft, and the room was lit with hypnotic incense, and the whole body was sore, so Du Ruo fell asleep unconsciously.
I don't know how long she slept, but she opened her eyes and woke up, stretching her hands behind her back, feeling that her strength had recovered a lot.
Du Ruo looked around, the two girls were not there, and she was left alone in the house, thinking that she had crossed into Situ Nanyun's body, she couldn't help but want to see her new appearance, so she got up and hurriedly looked in the mirror, only to see in the bronze mirror:
The black and silky hair poured down from the head and hung down to the waist, and the original cyan resentment between the eyebrows was gone, replaced by a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere, the blue eyebrows hung above the sky like a crescent moon, the moist and clear eyes were like a clear spring under the moon, the nose was as delicate as jade, and the angular lips were slightly open, as fresh and ruddy as flower buds.
"Turns out, that's what I am, well, I remember! In the future, you won't be called Du Ruo, you will change your name to another name, called Situ Nanyun! Du Ruo muttered to himself to the people in the mirror.
Before, she had only seen Situ Nanyun twice, once in a dream and once in the night, but she didn't really remember what she looked like, only a vague impression, so she was still a little surprised when she saw this new look at first glance.
(Since Du Ruo has changed his name, let's call it "Situ Nanyun".) )
Situ Nanyun saw that the sun had not yet set outside, and the light at this time was soft and comfortable, so he wanted to go out for a walk. After a few days of wandering, she basically figured out the structure of Situ's mansion: there were eight or nine courtyards, four gates in the south, east, and west, the south gate was the main gate in front, and there was a bustling street out of the door; The north gate is the back door, which connects to a forest; The east and west gates are side gates, the east gate connects to another adjacent mansion, and the west gate is a river that flows from north to south through the street. She had never really seen an ancient street market and was eager to visit it.
Out of the Ming Yun Pavilion, all the way south to the main entrance, and then to the market. Because she still had a head injury, she walked slowly and walked slowly. I saw that there were many shops on the street, with a lot of traffic and people coming and going, so it was not lively. Canvas signs hang outside the shop, and all kinds of daily goods, silk and satin, and curiosities are displayed inside the store, and there are also vendors selling them along the street.
"Tofu, white and tender water tofu", "Pearl balls, ten cents a bowl", "Bead flowers, beautiful bead flowers", "Rouge, good rouge"......
Situ Nanyun watched it on a whim, and unconsciously walked around for nearly two hours.
When Situ Nanyun went back, the main entrance was already closed, and she didn't want to alarm others, so she prepared to go through the west side door.
There is a crescent moon in the sky, and on the river path, by the moonlight, you can vaguely distinguish the way. The willows along the river are luxuriant, and they pile up heavy shadows on the road. Cicadas chirp in the willow trees, and frogs on the riverside are endless.
Situ Nanyun's feet were a little sore when he walked, so he sat under the willow tree to rest.
Suddenly, a black figure passed in front of her eyes, and then stopped outside the west door not far away, and after knocking on the door three times, the door "creaked" open, and a dark figure poked its head out. The man in black muttered a few words, and the man left, bringing another man with him not long after.
The man in black and the other person walked towards Situ Nanyun, and the distance between him and her was about thirty meters. Situ Nanyun saw that the person was a woman in her thirties and forties, with a plump body, high temples, and the man in black had his back to her, judging from his figure, he was a man.
"Why did you come, I've been waiting for you for a few days, and Zhu'er's antidote has been settled?" The woman said anxiously.
"What are you anxious about, I'm not thinking of a way? For a while, some people were staring at us very closely, and now it is difficult to get rid of them. Judging from the information collected in the past few days, these people are very likely to be in your mansion, so they don't dare to show their faces easily. The man in black said.
"Then what should I do, Zhu'er, she is still waiting for the antidote to live." The woman could not hide the eagerness in her heart.
The man in black seemed to be a little impatient, didn't answer her words, and was silent for a while, "I heard that Situ Nanyun woke up, she escaped a catastrophe, and now your daughter is poisoned and unconscious, maybe Situ Han will change his mind and let her marry Lin Yuelan instead of your daughter, if that, what we did before will be in vain." That girl can't stay, you have to find a way to get rid of her. ”
Situ Nanyun didn't expect that the content of their conversation would involve herself, her whole body was tense, and she didn't dare to come out. Fortunately, the sound of insects around her covered up a lot, otherwise with the smell of the man in black, he would definitely detect it.
"I don't think there's any need to hurt her life, I heard from my lord that she rejected her proposal to marry Lin Yuelan, and she has amnesia, so she can't threaten anything." The woman shook her head and muttered.
"That girl is the most cunning, she may be pretending, in order to be foolproof, this pack of 'Soul Eater' is colorless and tasteless, you quietly take it for her, and within a month she will die of insanity without knowing it." Evil flashed across the face of the man in black.
"This ...... This, she is still a child now, and she is the blood of the master, I can't do it. The woman was a little alarmed.
The man in black glared at the woman unhappily, "You don't want the kindness of a woman, your daughter is like this now, she is all harmed, besides, her mother broke through our meeting back then, and knew our secret, make sure she won't tell her daughter, it's better not to leave hidden dangers." If you can't do it, I'll also call graphite to do it. ”
The woman sighed, took the medicine bag from the man in black, and nodded.
Situ Nanyun in the dark heard their conversation clearly, and had already guessed who the woman was, and intuitively felt that they not only harmed her, but there must be some big conspiracy hidden behind it, and it is very likely that the death of "her" mother is also inseparable from them.
Thinking of this, she became more and more frightened in her heart, cold sweat broke out on her palms and back, and her breathing became more and more uncontrollable.
"Who is it?" The man in black let out a loud shout and threw three darts at random.
When Situ Nanyun saw that there was a foreign object flying in, it was too late to dodge, one of the darts flew into her left leg with a "whoosh", and the blood suddenly "spilled" the corners of her skirt, and the pain was intense, she gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound, her intuition told her that if she made a sound, she would die here.
A black cat makes two "meows" and shuttles out from under the willow tree.
"It's a wild cat, you're overthinking." The woman touched her heart.
"It's better to be careful." The man in black glared at the woman, and before he was about to leave, he didn't forget to look back at the place where he shot the dart just now, which made Situ Nanyun's heart jump in fright.
After the two left, Situ Nanyun breathed a sigh of relief, it was so dangerous just now that he almost died. She bandaged the wound simply, and ran to the east door regardless of the pain, she had only one thought in her heart: to find Lin Yuelan, the Ming Pavilion where Lin Yuelan lived was near the east side door.