There were six or seven people in the group, about 20 years old. They all wore neat gray arrow-sleeved robes, and their hair was tied back in a bun, meticulous. The figure is tall, and at first glance it is a practitioner.

The two people at the head are different, one also seems to be a martial arts master, but he is black, and his very handsome appearance reveals perseverance, but he is cold, and no one should approach; The other, wide clothes and long sleeves, fairy wind bones, is very different from other people's painting style, although he is middle-aged, but his eyebrows and eyes are full of light and light. Everyone else seemed to be surrounding the two, but the handsome man in black obeyed the middle-aged man with wide clothes and long sleeves.

Du Ruo is extremely smart, just a simple glance, you can know the relationship status of these people.

Hey?

Du Ruo was a little puzzled, and he couldn't solve it for a while: looking at the dress of this pedestrian, he was by no means an ordinary tourist. And the one who is the leader is not dressed simply. But why did you come on such a crowded ship? If you want to avoid people's eyes, you should stay in the cabin and not come out, but why do you want to come to the deck, isn't it very eye-catching?

Before Du Ruo could figure it out, she saw the middle-aged man at the head looking at her through the crowd, with an inexplicable smile on his lips. Du Ruo was a little confused.

Not long after the boat sailed, many people came and went, and when Du Ruo went to look at the group again, he found that it had disappeared. It seemed like an illusion, but Du Ruo knew that it was definitely not.

Strangely, they were never seen again until they disembarked.

She couldn't think about it, she had other things to do. After getting off the ship, he didn't stop for a moment, and continued to Shengjing.

When she returned to Shengjing, she saw that the corpses on the city walls were still there. A few days have passed, and the corpses are decomposing, surrounded by mosquitoes and flies, which is terrifying.

She didn't dare to look more, and hurried to the Mercy Garden.

Knock knock. knocked on the back door of the Mercy Garden. It's Xiaoqian.

"Du Ruo! Why did you come back so soon? "Xiao Qian knows that Du Ruo and they will come back when it will be the day after tomorrow, and if they come back early, it will only be tomorrow. She didn't expect that Du Ruo would come back today.

Du Ruo made a silent gesture and signaled her not to be publicized. Xiao Qian found out that there was only Du Ruo alone.

"Why did you come back alone?"

Du Ruo pulled Xiaoqian and hid in the dark. whispered: "Shh, I'm going to go directly to Aunt Lin and not go back to the backyard." Don't tell anyone else. Then I talked about what happened.

After hearing this, Xiaoqian was filled with indignation: "This Aunt Zhang! It's so damnable! Let's go to Aunt Lin to complain now! ”

As he spoke, he had to get up. Du Ruo hurriedly grabbed her: "Don't worry, I have my own plan." I'm going to have to trouble you to do something for me later. Then he put it on Xiao Qian's ear and whispered something. Xiao Qian nodded.

"Well, don't worry."

After speaking, Du Ruo took advantage of no one and went further inside the Lianxiang Garden.

On the second day, Aunt Zhang's carriage stopped at the gate of Lianxiangyuan. She ordered Zhu Fang to get out of the car and knock on the door, and she sat in the car and watched.

"Ah, you're back, I think the day I came back should be tomorrow. Is the road smooth? The woman who opened the door greeted them with a smile.

Aunt Zhang got out of the car and asked the driver to park the car.

Entering the Mercy Garden, the maidservants, mothers-in-law and maids all greeted Aunt Zhang politely along the way, as usual, there was no change. Aunt Zhang was relieved, it seems that Du Ruo's girl has not come back yet. She was pleased with her plan to come back sooner, and then thought about what to say. She will definitely want Du Ruo to walk around if she can't eat!

After sending Du Ruo to Yin's mansion that day, he soon heard the news that Old Lady Yin had been assassinated. And her concubine Qin Laosi was also imprisoned. Although Qin Laosi did not admit his relationship with this case, the government had to give an explanation no matter what the power of the Yin Mansion was. can't get the real murderer, Qin Laosi can only be used as a substitute ghost first. Therefore, he was quickly sentenced to beheading.

Aunt Zhang was anxious to clear up her relationship with Qin Laosi, and immediately left Ruyang. But I was still a little reluctant to give up my previous friendship in my heart, and my hatred for Du Ruo was deeper.

Aunt Zhang didn't even go back to her house, so she went directly to Lin Jiangyue's Painting Heart Residence.

It's not big, but it's very clever in layout. The bedroom, the study, and the living room are three points of the three hearts, and a curved verandah strings together the three buildings. If you can look down from the air, it happens to be a cursive "heart" character. Walking through the corridor, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and the scenery of Tianxianglou is borrowed closely, and the shadow of Yunmen Mountain is carried far away. It is appropriate to look horizontally and vertically.

Lin Jiangyue has many rules, and she needs to be notified first when she enters the painting heart house, and as soon as Aunt Zhang and Zhu Fang arrived at the door, they saw one of Lin Jiangyue's maidservants, Cui Yan.

Cui Yan knocked on the curtain and came out with a smile: "Aunt Zhang is back, my aunt asked yesterday, saying that Aunt Zhang should arrive the day after tomorrow." I didn't expect to see it today. ”

"Mmmm, it's okay left and right, and the road is smooth, so it's faster."

Cui Yan's tone was quite polite. Aunt Zhang knew that this cuiyan was young, but she was old and steady, no less stable than some young women. Respectfully followed the green smoke in.

From the leftmost point of the word "heart", I walked a path, and the green bamboos on both sides were shaded, one step at a time. Suddenly, the front suddenly opened up, and I saw Aunt Lin's study. In front of the study, there are three lines of calligraphy "Listen to Yuxuan". At the back of the study, see a lotus pond. A few reeds in the pond, half a pond of lotus flowers, and a few koi fish are at ease. On the side of "Listening to the Rain" is an old tree, a few handfuls of plantains, all of which are green and verdant. There are no walls on all four sides of the Xuan, and they are all carved and hollowed out wooden doors with transparent jade embedded on them for sunlight to penetrate. The weather was as fine as today, and the doors were opened on all sides, and inside were delicate and light gauze curtains to keep mosquitoes out.

Cui Yan asked softly at the door: "Sister Red Sleeves?" ”。 Soon a girl in a purple dress and a green dress opened the curtain and came out. Red Sleeves is the most powerful servant girl by Lin Jiangyue's side, and she is personally served.

Red Sleeves asked Cui Yan a few words, and then nodded and smiled at Aunt Zhang: "Come in." ”

At this point, Aunt Zhang felt that there was nothing wrong.

The four of them entered the Tingyu Pavilion one by one. I saw that on the wall of the door was the famous Mobao. On the table in front of the wall, there is a bronze incense burner with animal heads, a white porcelain vase with newly picked flowers, and a lacquer plate with a base of fruits. Go inside, and it will be transparent.

On the left, there is a pear blossom long case piano table, on which is placed a lacquered black glaze inlaid with white jade orchid pattern of the lyre, and behind it is a pear blossom wooden chair. There is a bronze half-person standing lamp next to the piano table, and next to it is a dark mahogany antique shelf, on which various types of porcelain and jade antique ornaments are placed in turn. The piano table faces the side door, and the sunlight shines through the gauze curtain on the piano, and the jade pattern on the piano is more and more transparent by the black background.

On the right side of the door, there is a bead curtain partition, looking inside, there are three rows of two-meter-high bookshelves, on which all kinds of books and calligraphy are placed, and there are blue and white porcelain painting barrels standing on both sides. Looking inside, you can vaguely see a long case, there are three large inkstones, a number of large and small brushes, and a pen wash. Behind the case, a pear wood chair. There are also two calligraphy and paintings on the wall. Through the bookshelf, I can't really see it.

The center of the Xuan is more empty. Looking ahead, an embroidered screen about one zhang wide and half a zhang high. The screen is embroidered with a picture of the retreat of the sub-mountain dwelling. The hills and ravines are scattered with clouds and mist, and the mountain springs and waterfalls, small bridges and flowing water are all vivid. Then there is the flow of brilliance, adding to the dream-like feeling. Behind the screen, a fragrant concubine can be faintly seen, just opposite the lotus pond outside. And Aunt Lin rested on the Xiangfei collapse.