His expression was originally a little bleak, but after hearing this, his eyebrows rose, and he asked her with interest: "How do you know that she is Jiang Lili?" ”

"I guessed too. The masked man had no Adam's apple, and he spoke like a woman, and listening to her voice, he didn't want me to have a deep friendship with adults again. She pondered and confessed some money to him, "I came out of the house without concealment, and there must be no good fruit to eat if I am caught, she seems to understand my situation, but she doesn't want me to go back to the capital with you, so she sent a letter to you and my family at the same time." ”

She was silent for a moment, wringing her fingers uneasily: "I don't want you to check, adult, I think that your identity is expensive, and there is no need to be distracted by the mess in my family." I've blocked you so much and don't want to trouble you again. ”

"It's so nice, I still don't want this official to interfere."

Under the candlelight, his eyebrows are slender and his contours are straight, and he always has an ascetic and cold temperament.

Her eyes were slightly red, and she couldn't restrain the grievances in her heart: "Yes, I don't want adults to interfere, I ran away from the family and went incognito, I just don't want to have anything to do with that family, but now, Jiang Lili is forcing me, and adults are also forcing me to ......"

Seeing her gloomy expression, he was not happy in his heart, and said: "Whether the official interferes or not, it is the official's business, you just have to be your 'Song Ran' with peace of mind, if you don't want to go home, you won't go back, under the eyes of the official, there will be no second 'Jiang Lili', who can force you to go back to that home." ”

Because of his words, her heart pounded.

Shen Hanxi looked at the dark green under her eyes and said, "If you're sleepy, go to sleep." He pretended to be disgusted and said, "The official was originally asleep, and he was disturbed by your good dreams for no reason." ”

Her expression softened, and she answered softly, "It's all mine, don't you, adults rest early." ”

She lay on the couch across the curtain from him, wrapped in a brocade quilt, but she couldn't sleep for a long time. The candles in the room were dim, and she listened to the sound of her heartbeat, feeling that some of the thoughts in her heart had become different from before.

She suddenly wanted to do something for the person inside.

Early the next morning, Zhou Huitong hurried to Yang's mansion, the day Song Ran was kidnapped, Wen sent someone to send her a letter, after she heard about this, she was also so anxious that she stayed awake all night, so that the family was all over Hangzhou City to find her whereabouts.

As soon as he arrived at the Zhou Mansion, he bumped into Yang Chengwan, who was about to go to the Yamen Yingmao. Yang Chengwan had a grudge against her because of Wen's incident, but because of her identity, he didn't dare to give her a face, so he greeted her in a fake way, and asked the family to take her to the backyard.

The maid said: "Miss Zhou, Miss Song came back late yesterday, and she was still resting, so the slave maid went to spread the word." ”

She hurriedly said: "There is no need to pass it on to you, when she gets up, it is not too late to inform her, I am not in a hurry." Although he was not in a hurry, he couldn't sit still for a moment, paced in the living room for a while, and finally stepped out of the hall door and said to his subordinates, "I'll go outside to breathe the air, and when Miss Song gets up, come and call me." ”

She wandered around the Yang Mansion, and because she was worried about Song Ran in her heart, her interest was not high. Turning around a lush flower tree, a young man's shadow suddenly came into view. This is an open space in front of the wing, and the man is wearing only a white underwear and is practicing martial arts. Although his moves were ordinary, they were very solid, and she couldn't help but be stupid, and at the same time deeply realized that the masters she worshipped before were all fancy fists and embroidered legs.

Her expression moved, and she suddenly became interested, and turned to break off a peach tree beside her, plucked the tiny branches, and attacked him. As if he had already been on guard, he easily dodged her sneak attack and grasped the peach branch.

Zhou Huitong saw his face clearly and raised his eyebrows: "It's you?" ”

Isn't this person the one who saved her and Liuniang that day?

Although the mute often went to the Zhou Mansion to deliver letters a few days ago, he always delivered them to the subordinates of the Zhou Mansion, so the two of them did not meet again after that incident.

He also recognized Zhou Huitong and let go of her homemade "Peach Wood Sword".

Unexpectedly, her eyes flashed and she continued to fight with him. He had to deal with her, but he just collected a few percent of his strength and deliberately let her.

After she had a good time, she finally accepted the recruitment and stopped attacking him. Her hairpin was messy, the shredded hair on her forehead was soaked with sweat, and her clear eyes glistened in the rising sun.

She threw away the "Peach Wood Sword", a little angry, and said, "You don't actually need to let me, with your ability, you can win me within ten moves." ”

He said: "Don't dare to offend Miss Zhou." ”

She raised her eyebrows again: "Do you remember me?" ”

Without speaking, he walked over to the stone table and put on the robe that had been placed there. Zhou Huitong walked to his side and asked him, "Are you really from Tingweisi?" ”

Since he lives in the Yang Mansion, he must be with Helan Jue, and she is slightly pityful: "You are so good at kung fu, what can't you do, why do you want to work for Ting Weisi?" ”

She asked him three times in a row, but he didn't answer, and the words were so few that people were anxious.

"You're like a piece of wood." She teased and then asked him, "What's your name?" ”

Then he turned around and said, "You can call me dumb." ”

She paused: "Dumb? Then he laughed out loud, "Who gave you a name, it's weird and unpleasant, I'll call you wood." ”

His eyebrows moved, and he said, "Whatever you want." ”

"Dumb" was originally called by Song Ran casually, and as for his real name and surname, it no longer mattered. Even Feng Thirteen was just his name when he walked the rivers and lakes - because his master's surname was Feng, and he was her thirteenth disciple.

She sat down at the stone table and gently fanned her face with her sleeve. He is not good at communicating with people, and he is not walking at this time, nor is he leaving, and he is not knowing whether to leave or not, when he suddenly hears her say: "Wood, I'm thirsty, help me pour a cup of tea." ”

He raised his eyes and met the woman's smiling eyes. She seemed to see through his crampedness, so she deliberately sent him like this. He nodded, went to the house, brought out a pot of tea, and poured her a cup. After she thanked him, she saw that he was still standing there like a log, and couldn't help but smile again: "Are you going to stand and drink tea with me?" ”

He sat down across from her, but remained silent.

She held the teacup and asked him, "What happened to the case you were investigating?" Is Liuniang okay? ”

The woman was dressed in silk and satin, and people like him were in the sky and on the ground, and he instinctively wanted to keep his distance from her, but he couldn't help but answer her, so he said: "The case is closed, and Liuniang is fine." ”

Zhou Huitong said hurriedly when she heard this: "It's over? How did it end? Isn't the real murderer really Liu Mingxian? ”

He just replied to her stylizedly: "It is said that the real murderer is Yan Shining." ”

"Yan Shining?" The woman's expression sank, she put down the teacup, and her voice was much colder than Shicai, "You mean, Lord Yan, who died of illness a few days ago?" I couldn't help but sneer, "Do you really know how to investigate the case, thinking that you can deceive the world by placing the charge on a dead person at will." ”

Her hand on the stone table was clenched into a fist, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "My cousin has always respected Lord Yan, and Lord Yan also has the grace to my cousin, you say that Lord Yan killed my cousin's family, what evidence is there?" ”

Her question, the dumb man naturally couldn't answer, he only heard about it, and he didn't know the ins and outs. When Zhou Huitong saw that he was silent, he thought that he was weak-hearted, and his expression was even more indifferent. She was already prejudiced against the Ting Wei Division, and now hearing the news has deepened this prejudice even more. The atmosphere was a little stagnant, but fortunately, a little girl came to her and told her, "Miss Zhou, Miss Song is awake." ”

Zhou Huitong hurriedly got up, ignored him anymore, and hurriedly went to the courtyard where Song Ran lived.

When the sisters met, they had a stomach full of things to say, Zhou Huitong asked what she should ask, Song Ran answered what she should answer, and then talked about Zhou Zicheng's case. Song Ran leaned on the head of the bed, and Zhou Huitong saw that she was thinly dressed, so she took her robe and put it on her shoulders. The robe was originally placed on the smoker cage, and it had already been smoked warm overnight, and as soon as it was wrapped around the body, it felt extremely comfortable and warm. Song Ran said: "Hui Niang, I was present when the Imperial Health Division interrogated Lord Yan, and Lord Yan personally admitted that he killed your cousin's family, and there is no possibility of coercing a confession." It's just that he is also instructed by others, and the person who instructs him is afraid that he is a powerful person that you and I can't even think of. ”

Listening to her tell the story, Zhou Huitong couldn't help but tremble.

"Is that the truth?" She felt a chill in her heart at the darkness of this officialdom, "Pity my cousin, who died at the hands of the person he trusted the most. It seems that my dad is also being used by others. The people behind this curtain are really hateful. ”

"Above the officialdom, there are more open guns and hidden arrows that you can't think of. If you are not careful, you will become a victim of factional conflict. Song Ran sighed and got down to business, "I have something I want to ask you." ”

Zhou Huitong said: "You say." ”

Before Yan Shining died, he said an inexplicable word. He said, let me listen to Guimengyuan Liu Erlang's "Splendid Story". ”

Zhou Huitong frowned: "He's old and confused, Liu Erlang who returned to Dream Garden is no longer alive." ”

"That's what I wondered."

"Liu Erlang is a generation of celebrities, my father has always admired his reputation, heard the news of his death, and sighed for a long time, until now, when I go to Guimengyuan to listen to the play, I will also chant his name. I heard my father mention that one of his most famous plays is "Splendid Story", which sings about the love story of a rich lady and a famous actress. But since the first year of Jingyou, he suddenly announced that he would never sing this play again, and strictly ordered his disciples not to sing this play, and even destroyed all the play books. ”

Song Ran was surprised when he heard this: "There is such a thing? ”

Zhou Huitong nodded and said: "He stopped singing for more than thirty years, until the day before he died, that is, in the middle of winter three years ago, he suddenly sang this play again on the stage of Guimengyuan. It is said that in that scene, thousands of people in Hangzhou City were empty, and the people rushed to listen, and almost collapsed the Zhuangyuan Bridge. On the second day, he rode away on the crane fairy. These things are familiar to the people of Hangzhou, and if Yan Shining is not old and confused, he is hinting at something. ”

Song Ran said: "I think so too, but, what will he hint at?" ”

However, before Song Ran could uncover the mystery, she got into the carriage back to Ling'an. Shen Hanxi received an urgent report from Ling'an on the same day, and there were only four words on the report - Shengshang was critically ill.

(End of Volume II)