It is true that Ou Qingjin arrived in Xin'an safely, but the latest news that Liu Lizi got is that Xin'an's guards are reversed, and the whereabouts of Ou Qingjin and his party are unknown.

Xia Ruixi felt that his neck was suddenly choked, and he couldn't breathe, so he grabbed his collar and leaned back on the chair and gasped. Liang'er screamed, grabbed Xia Ruixi, let Changshou out, let Xiaozhu fetch water, and then loosened Xia Ruixi's belt.

Xia Ruixi smiled bitterly: "The weather is too hot, I have heat stroke." ”

Liang'er held back the tears in her eyes: "Yes, it's really hot this day." ”

Xia Ruixi breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm going to see the old lady." ”

"Madam, why don't you take a break and wait for the heat to go down before you go out?"

"Not good." Xia Ruixi struggled to stand up: "You let Changshou go and invite Mu Gongzi immediately." "Mu Fei, at this moment, she just wants Mu Fei to help her find Ou Qingjin. What she was most afraid of was that Zhao Mingtao killed Ou Qingjin halfway.

Xia Ruixi met Mu Fei accompanied by Ou Er and Ou Qingyuan, she was very ashamed, as if she was always troublesome Mu Fei, and she was bothering him whenever something happened. Mu Fei listened to her words quietly, refused Ou Qingyuan's big gift, and immediately got up and went to Xin'an.

That night, Xia Ruixi didn't feel sleepy at all, so she simply sat under the lamp and wrote down a list of the current property in her hand.

Wu was quietly humming children's rhymes outside to lull Da'er to sleep. As soon as the news of Ou Qingjin's disappearance came out, the family became busy, some went to the yamen to inquire about the news, and some went to find out about the past business trips, and the Wu family came to accompany Xia Ruixi.

Xia Ruixi heard Wu's gentle humming, snorted sharply, put on his clothes, and shouted softly to Wu: "Sister-in-law." ”

Wu turned around and gently "shh ”

Xia Ruixi said: "Sister-in-law can come in and talk to me?" ”

Jin Xia automatically sat down next to Da'er and replaced Wu.

"Sister-in-law told me what did you think when my eldest brother went to the capital and never came back?"

"At that time?" Wu smiled slightly, took the fan and gently fanned Xia Ruixi: "What can you think?" I thought about the worst-case scenario first, and then I thought about the best-case scenario, and then I thought that this was the case anyway, and I could eat and drink. ”

Worst-case scenario? It's just that Ou Qingjin will never come back. But even so, she still had Dar by her side; She is not short of money, has a family to rely on, and her own hands to rely on...... Xia Ruixi fell asleep in the cool breeze of Xi Xi unconsciously.

Wu looked at her haggard appearance, sighed softly, and pinned the loose hair on her face behind her ears. This concubine is only a few years older than her son, plus the fourth brother she watched grow up, the two are about the same as her children.

Early in the morning of the second day, before dawn, Xia Ruixi was awakened, Wu was no longer around, Da'er was picked up and placed beside her at some point, holding her little fist and falling asleep.

She was about to call Liang'er when she heard someone whispering outside the window, "The fourth lady is still asleep?" "It's the voice of Mrs. Wang.

Then Liang'er said softly: "Mother Wang, why are you here?" ”

Mrs. Wang said: "The old lady is worried about the fourth lady and the little master, let me come and have a look." ”

The two whispered for a while, and after a while, Mrs. Wang said goodbye, and Liang'er walked in, her expression was a little panicked: "Madame, are you awake?" ”

Xia Ruixi sat up: "What's wrong?" ”

"The family sent someone to say that the old problem of the old man's chest pain had been committed again. It seems to hurt a little bit. Xia Ruixi's heart was pounding, and a thin layer of sweat was soaked all over his body. She tried not to make her voice sound trembling as much as she could: "Who's going to report the letter?" ”

"Cui Yuan. I'm still waiting outside. ”

"Oh." Xia Ruixi leaned silently on the head of the bed for a while, calming down: "Find out my blue and blue kudzu dress." Fetch water to freshen me up. ”

It didn't take much effort, Xia Ruixi had already finished dressing. The hair bun is neatly combed in jet black, with the pearl silver hairpin that Ou Qingjin gave her, and the same pearl earrings on her ears, with a blue and blue dress, people look a little cold, but very energetic and refreshing.

"Ma'am, will you leave at once?" Liang'er wants to pick up Da'er.

Xia Ruixi neatly dressed in the corner: "Liang'er, don't go with me." Don't go either. ”

Liang'er looked at her in surprise: "Why? If the slave and maid do not follow, who will serve you? ”

"Xiaozhu come with me. You stay to see Dar, the rest of the family doesn't know his habits, you know best. This will wake him up, and he will have to cry again, and it will not be convenient to bring him over. ”

Xia Ruixi opened the jewelry box: "There is a list here, all of which I have on hand." You keep this seal. ”

Liang'er changed her face and mouth: "Madam...... ”

Xia Ruixi smiled and closed the jewelry box: "Don't worry about it." I just think that the world is impermanent, and it is better to be prepared. Take advantage of this time to tell you, save yourself from forgetting temporarily, and keep it in your heart. What if, what if,...... Well, you just give this list to the eldest lady, and you hold this seal for Da'er. Give it to him when he's older. ”

Liang'er's tears were about to fall: "Madam, the slave doesn't know what happened, but don't be like this, the fourth master will come back, and you will be fine." The slave doesn't want to take care of any seals for you, don't you just go to your mother's house? I'll be back in a while. ”

Xia Ruixi smiled: "Silly girl, didn't I tell you what to do?" I don't have anyone else around, who will I talk to if I don't tell you? Okay, okay, you take it first, and you will return it to me when I come back later. Give me a good look. ”

Liang'er was about to speak, when she heard Xiaozhu whispering outside: "The slave maid asks the eldest lady to say goodbye." ”

The two of them closed their voices together, and then Wu came in and looked at Xia Ruixi sympathetically: "Give Da'er to me." I'll let the letter house send you back. If there's anything, just let people run back and say it. Liang'er won't go with you? Let Jin Xia go with you. ”

Xia Ruixi responded with a smile, ordered Xiaozhu and Jin Xia to take her towels, fans, and other things, turned around and kissed Da'er, and walked out with the shadow of the lamp.

Ou Xinshe waited at the gate of the courtyard neatly dressed, and when he saw Xia Ruixi coming out, he gave a proper salute: "Fourth aunt." ”

Xia Ruixi smiled lightly: "Early in the morning, I'm sorry for you, Xinshe." ”

Ou Xinshe walked out with her, and said a little embarrassedly: "Fourth aunt, don't say that, your own family." He cautiously glanced at Xia Ruixi's face and said softly, "Fourth aunt, I had a good dream last night. ”

"Oh?" Xia Ruixi was flustered and not interested in his dream.

Ou Xinshe didn't care about Xia Ruixi's perfunctory, and said his dream with a smile: "I dreamed of looking in the mirror, the image in the mirror is very clear. I asked my grandmother, and she said that there would be good news from afar. So don't worry about the fourth aunt. ”

The family changed their ways to consider her, Xia Ruixi's heart warmed, and he looked at Ou Xinshe gratefully and smiled: "I know." Thank you, Shinsha. ”

The Xia family's car was waiting outside the second gate, and when Cui Yuan saw Xia Ruixi from afar, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Second aunt and grandmother." ”

"Steward Cui, what is the situation with my father?" While getting into the car, Xia Ruixi asked Master Xia in detail.

"I suddenly felt pain in the middle of the night, I fainted at that time, and I woke up to see you and my third aunt. With the support of his own usual medicine, the situation is quite stable. It's just that Madame is a little flustered. ”

The stone in Xia Ruixi's heart was finally half lowered.

The sound of horses' hooves was crisp, the carriage rolled over the bluestone road dullly, Xia Ruixi leaned in the carriage, and only saw a little light spilling in from outside the carriage. The air was cold and unusually silent.

"Who?" With a loud shout, a horse's hoof sounded in front of him, and the carriage stopped, and the sound of the clash of armor gradually surrounded the carriage, and the light of the torches illuminated the carriage.

Is it still here after all? Xia Ruixi took a deep breath and pressed against the wall of the carriage. Xiaozhu and Jin Xia were so frightened that their eyes rolled, and they grabbed the corners of Xia Ruixi's robe tightly, and only leaned towards her.

"We belong to the Ou family. In the car was my fourth aunt, and the old man in the family was sick and rushed to visit the patient. Ou Xinshe explained to the people outside in a good voice. Cui Yuan also kept saying good things.

The man said: "It turned out to be the family of Lord Ou, and it was rude." But the brothers are running errands. The spy came running in from outside, and was searching for the spy. The order from above was not to allow the carriage and horses to pass, and the lady was asked to get out of the carriage and wait for the little ones to search the carriage. I was afraid that there would be spies mixed in and frightened my wife. ”

Ou Xinshe was very angry: "We just came out of the house, and the car is full of family members, how can there be spies hiding in the carriage?" ”

"Nobuya, don't say it." Xia Ruixi asked Xiaozhu to open the curtain, helped Jin Xia's men to get out of the car, didn't look at the soldier holding the torch high, and said lightly: "You can search it." ”

The captain at the head stared at Xia Ruixi with a pair of bull drum eyes, stared at Xia Ruixi for a while, and then said, "Madam, it's rude." With a wave of his hand, several people rummaged around the horsepower.

Xia Ruixi watched them perform coldly, and sure enough, the captain had a black face and said sharply: "There is something wrong with this car!" Why is there a mezzanine? Come on, bring them all over, drive the car over and disassemble it! ”

Cui Yuan said in a trembling voice in disbelief: "Master Jun, you are always mistaken, right? This is our own car, how can there be a mezzanine? You see, how thin is the bottom of this carriage, how can there be a mezzanine? As he spoke, he secretly stuffed them with silver, but he was slapped and fell to the ground, which became a crime of weakness.

Ou Xinshe gave his little guy a look, and shouted loudly with them, and the little guy slowly ran out, and just a few steps away, he was slashed in the calf, blood splashed, and he fell to the ground with a scream, rolling in pain.

The girls covered their faces and screamed in shock, and Ou Xinshe looked at the little guy in a daze, forgetting to speak. Xia Ruixi's face turned white and bit her lip tightly, but she didn't lose her temper.

The lieutenant roared in a rough voice: "Run? Do you want to send a message to your comrades? Who the fuck would dare to run? Grandpa chops off his legs! ”

Except for the screams of the little guys, everyone else was silent, and the thick smell of blood stained this early summer morning.

Xia Ruixi was the first to come back to his senses: "If we don't run, we can dismantle the car." Let's save people first, okay? This military master? She squatted down and picked up the broken silver that Cui Yuan had been knocked to the ground one by one, and handed it to the lieutenant with both hands.

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