He grabbed the edge of the barrel, his face tangled in pain, and emphatically said, "No one really asked me to come, I came to you in desperation." The water in it scalded him so that his face began to turn pale again, and the sweat of the bean dripping from his white face, I felt that something was wrong, and I looked at his wound in the water again, and in almost a moment, the bucket of water turned from transparent to bloody at the speed of the naked eye.

I felt like I had gone too far, and hurriedly helped him out of the bucket, and then Zirou was so painful that she almost leaned on it and lost her strength, and I didn't have any medicine on me for the time being, and after he leaned on it to ease up, I draped my clothes on him, and then asked carefully, "How is it?" Does it still hurt? ”

Zirou replied to me with a pale face, "It's better." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief and said to him, "Wait, wait until you calm down before moving." I thought about it, and when I saw that he had not yet reached the dock, he could not do anything, and said, "You wait for me, and I will buy you some medicine." ”

I ran out quickly, and when I found a pharmacy, I bought a bunch of medicines for external injuries, but when I returned to the hut again, Zirou was nowhere to be found, and I found no one outside from the back room, except for the bucket of water that was still swaying, showing that he had just left, and there was no trace of his presence in the house.

I stood holding the medicine for a while, and then walked towards the back room, there was a small table next to the barrel in the back room, and next to the small table was a letter, which was crumbling by the wind, and after I put down the bottles and jars of medicine in my arms, I picked up the letter, and quickly opened it and looked at it, there were only two words in it, goodbye.

The two words are neat and neat, dignified and beautiful, like a reader written out, I read for a long time, then squeezed the paper in my hand hard, and couldn't help but curse in my heart, dog thing, I was deceived again.

After leaving the house in that alley, I kept thinking back to some of the things Zi Rou had said to me, he said that he lost his mother at the age of six and his father at the age of seven, and was sold into Chunlan Courtyard by his relatives since he was a child.

But obviously, all his nonsense is used to deceive me, if you haven't read a book, can you write those two dignified words?

This Zi Rou is as I expected, it is definitely not as simple as it seems, but now that he has run away like this, it must be impossible to find him back and ask him about it.

I became more and more annoyed, wandering around the side of the road for most of the circle, then I remembered that I should go back, just stopped a van, only to sit on, I wanted to report the address and let the driver pull me back to Yuan's house, but after thinking about it carefully, presumably Biyu and Qing'er would call Mu's house and ask me if I had gone over to ask for peace.

I thought about it for a long time, and although I was very reluctant to step into that door again, I finally let the coachman pull me out of the city and go to Mu's house, driven by reason.

After the car dragged me up the mountain, the coachman wasted a lot of effort to park the car in front of the iron gate of the Mu family, I gave him money and some tips, and then walked in with my bag.

The Mu family is also very quiet at this time, Mu Jingchi has always liked to be quiet, so a lot of trees are planted in the garden, those trees grow extremely luxuriantly, covering most of the house, summer is coming, but it is extremely cool, under the bluestone slab, is a mottled shadow.

When I stepped on the shadow of the tree and walked to the gate, there was only a maid guarding the door, the maid was a little drowsy, I raised my hand and shook it in front of her eyes, she seemed to feel something, and woke up instantly, and when I opened my eyes and saw that it was me, I was shocked and called: "Miss?!" ”

It was noon, and her voice was a little high, and there was even a little echo in such an empty and quiet time.

I made a shushing gesture at her and asked her, "How is your wife?" ”

The maid lowered her voice and said, "Mrs. has just taken medicine and is recuperating in bed. ”

I nodded after listening, and asked again after a while, "What about Mu Jingchi?" ”

The maid said, "Mr. is taking a lunch break in the study." When the maid finished speaking, she asked, "Are you going up to find the gentleman?" ”

I immediately said, "No, no, I'll just come and sit down, and I'll leave after a while." ”

Without waiting for the maid to speak again, I had already walked towards the end of the sofa, there was an unfinished newspaper on the table, I thought it was Mu Jingchi who had just turned it over, there were some fruits on the table, I took a bunch of crystal clear grapes in my hand, and then took it and turned it over and over again lying on the sofa, turning it over and over again, eating grapes and spitting grape seeds, I thought I would wait for ten minutes, and then I left immediately, I don't know if it was too comfortable here, or the person itself was a little sleepy, and after eating the grapes, I fell asleep unconsciously with the sofa.

When I woke up in a daze again, I seemed to hear Mu Jingchi's voice, I slowly opened my eyes, and dimly saw him sitting in front of the tea table by the window not far away, talking to Steward Zhou.

The two seemed to be still talking about the Yuan family, and Steward Zhou said to him: "This morning, Mrs. Yuan was sent to Nanshan Temple, and Zirou of Chunlan Courtyard died suddenly, and not long after Mrs. Yuan left, the body was also dragged to the mass grave for burial. ”

Mu Jingchi was cooking tea, and he didn't react to Steward Zhou's words at all, Steward Zhou was silent and frowned and said: "Sir, Lao Zhou said something that shouldn't be said, what is going on this time, you, I, and Yuan Chengjun all know it, and they haven't broken those things, but they have all saved three points of face for both sides, Miss has made so many things, but there has never been such a big trouble, if you go on like this, no matter how Yuan Chengjun retreats, it is impossible to back down to such a point, he doesn't say, It doesn't mean that this matter will really stop, if she continues to make trouble like this, the contradictions between the Yuan family and the Mu family will definitely accumulate over time to reach a height, and no one knows what will happen when they reach that height. ”

I don't know if Mu Jingchi didn't want to listen to Steward Zhou's nagging, but after Steward Zhou's words fell, the next second he poured a cup of tea for Steward Zhou, stretched out his hand and handed it to him, "Aren't you thirsty?" ”

Steward Zhou didn't answer, still lowered his eyebrows and said: "I know you have never liked me to say this, but the more this is the case, the more I have to say, since ancient times, business does not fight with officials, you should understand this truth better than me, although our Mu family is not afraid of Yuan Chengjun, but some contradictions and frictions are really unnecessary, why bother to damage the relationship between the two sides, this will not do us any good, and do you plan to cover up like this for a lifetime?" What if she breaks into a big disaster next time, can she clean up behind her back for the rest of her life? ”

Regarding Steward Zhou's words, although Mu Jingchi's face was always pale, there was still a trace of impatience in his eyes, and he said: "Old Zhou, you are also seventy this year, why do you have to worry about her all day long, how old are you, how old is she, aren't you tired?" ”

Steward Zhou said with a loyal face: "I am here for your good, for the good of the Mu family." ”

Steward Zhou has always been like this, he always likes to use these banners to do things and say things that Mu Jingchi doesn't like very much, and often Mu Jingchi is not angry at such loyal ministers and good generals, but he himself can always be suffocated.

Today, he didn't seem to bother with Steward Zhou, so he responded lightly: "I will have a ruler in my heart." ”

He frowned and said, "Go down, let me be quiet." ”

He put the cup of tea that was originally handed to Steward Zhou in his hand and put it on the tea table, the strength in his hand was not great, but the water in the teacup still swayed out of the cup, showing Mu Jingchi's displeasure.

Steward Zhou was not as uninteresting as usual, and he replied to Mu Jingchi's words to let him retreat: "Yes." Then he bent down and slowly retreated.

As soon as he left, the room was completely quiet, Mu Jingchi probably lost interest in tasting tea, he stood in front of the tea table, turned his back to me and looked out the window behind him, there was a plane tree outside the window, the color of the leaves was emerald green in the sunlight.

It's been many years, I've seen such a summer full of summer flavor, it seems that even the air has the smell of grass, Mu Jingchi stood there and looked at the scenery outside the window for a while, then turned around again, I immediately buried my face and hurriedly pretended to be asleep.

Then he really approached me, I didn't open my eyes, but I felt a pair of hands pull on the blanket covered with me, and not long after, his hand fell on my face again, which made people feel itchy, I am the most afraid of itching, I can't help it, the hand holding the blanket is tight.

Mu Jingchi seemed to see that I was pretending to be asleep, and he laughed in a low voice and said, "Still unwilling to wake up?" ”

The voice was indescribably gentle, even with a hint of coaxing.

I tried to ignore the nasty hand on my face, and I resisted it to the death. Mu Jingchi teased me for a while, he chuckled, moved closer to me and asked, "You really don't want to wake up?" ”

I ignored him, his breath swept my face for a long time. At this moment, the maid's voice came from the kitchen, asking him if he was eating the medicinal food now.

Mu Jing replied to the maid lately: "Take it out." That's when he let go of me.

Then there was the footsteps of the maids, back and forth, Mu Jingchi seemed to be eating the medicinal food, I smelled the aroma of the medicinal food, I finally couldn't help it, and immediately sat up from the sofa, but it scared the maids who were around there for a long time, they saw that I suddenly woke up, and there was no sign at all, they all stared at me with wide eyes.

I didn't look at them, but said to one of the maids, "Youwei, go, bring the bowl to the young lady." ”

The maid who called the young lady immediately replied to me: "Miss, this is the gentleman's medicinal food." ”

I said, "No matter, go and bring it over." ”

Youwei was entangled for a while, and just wanted to go to the kitchen, but before he could take a few steps, Mu Jingchi put down the porcelain spoon in his hand and said to Youwei: "Come out with a small bowl of white fungus lotus seeds." ”

As soon as I heard him say this, I stared at him angrily, and Mu Jingchi glanced at me and said, "Medicinal food is not something that can be eaten casually. ”

I said, "Stingy." ”

So he was a little sulky and lay back with the blanket, Mu Jingchi looked at me on the sofa and said with a smile: "It's okay to say that I'm stingy, what can be eaten and what can't be eaten, this is the rule." ”

The maid brought the white fungus lotus seeds out of the kitchen, Mu Jingchi took them, and then handed them to me and said, "Chilled, the temperature is just right." ”

I didn't answer, I just folded my hands and said, "I'm going to eat you." ”

I still stared at his medicinal food, Mu Jingchi was not annoyed by my rudeness and willfulness, smiled good-naturedly, and then handed the medicinal food to the maid, and took the bowl of silver soup and tasted it, and then he scooped a spoonful to my lips and said, "Okay, I have eaten it, it tastes good, taste it." ”

He resolutely refused to let me eat it, I glared at him for a while, and could only reluctantly hold the spoonful of lotus seed soup, but it was cold and cold, and the taste was not as bad as I imagined.

Mu Jingchi saw me take a bite and then he laughed and scolded: "Little thing." ”

It wasn't until he finished feeding the bowl of white fungus lotus seeds that he went to get the bowl of medicinal food again, and the temperature of the medicinal food was about to be cold, and the maid asked in a low voice, "Does Mr. want to warm it again?" ”

Mu Jing replied lately: "No." The maid didn't ask again.

Mu Jingchi didn't seem to like the taste, frowned slightly, and used up the small bowl of medicinal food at a speed that was not fast or slow, and after that, he took the towel handed by the maid and wiped his lips.

I stared at him for a long time, at this time there was a sound of footsteps upstairs, I raised my eyes to look over, it was Wang Zhizhi who came down from the upstairs by the maid, she looked very haggard, obviously the impact yesterday, so far I haven't come back to my senses, I hurriedly got up and wanted to leave.

But before he could go far, Wang Zhizhi stood there and said, "Are you so afraid to face me?" ”

The voice was choked, questioning, and a little unfriendly.

Mu Jingchi naturally heard it, he frowned and looked at the maid who was holding her and asked, "Why did you help her down?" ”

The maid just wanted to say something, but Wang Zhizhi directly pushed the maid away, held her upright belly, and walked to Mu Jingchi with pale lips: "I'm fine, I can still go." ”

After she finished saying this, she looked at me again and said, "We all know whether you were in the Mu family that night, Lu Qingye, my sister usually can't help you, but you shouldn't treat her in such a way, don't you think you're too much?" ”

I didn't want to quarrel with Wang Zhizhi, so I chose to go first, but she didn't seem to think like this, this look was quite like asking me to ask for a sin, I turned my head to look at her and said, "What method did I use to treat her?" Is it her own inaction outside, do you blame me? I smiled and said, "Did I ask her to go to Chunlan Courtyard to find Xiao Qi?" Or do I let her climb into bed and go to the little girl-"

Before I finished saying this, Wang Zhizhi was so stimulated by me that she stretched out her hand and wanted to hit me, but before her hand touched me, I reached out to intercept it, and just wanted to shake her hand away from my hand, but who knew that today's Wang Zhizhi actually changed her usual gentle and harmless, and wanted to slap me with her other hand, and I clamped her other hand in time.

She was pregnant, and she couldn't move, and after I clamped her, she couldn't move, and she stared at me with a frown, "You let me go!" ”

I didn't let it go, but continued to say to her: "You said that sentence yourself, I didn't let you say it, and I didn't point a gun at you to force you to say it, it was you who were hypocritical and didn't even help your own sister, and now you blame me?" ”

I shook her hand hard, Wang Zhizhi shook unsteadily, and almost fell on the sofa, but the maid on the side held it in time, and she stabilized herself.

It was about my words, which hit the point that she was most reluctant to admit in her heart, her bulky body was trembling with anger from me, and her face was abnormally white, and after a long while, she looked at Mu Jingchi with red eyes, as if she wanted to seek justice from him, but Mu Jingchi said to me lightly: "Let the driver send Miss back." ”

After the maid heard Mu Jingchi's instructions, she hurriedly made a gesture to me to please, and I didn't bother to worry about the pregnant woman, after all, there were three long and two short, and I couldn't get rid of it, so I turned around and left.

Wang Zhizhi saw that Mu Jingchi let me go easily like this, she cried and asked Mu Jingchi: "Jingchi, at this time, do you still want to cover up?" Are you so eccentric? ”

Wang Zhizhi asked two questions in a row, and before Mu Jingchi could react, I had already walked outside the hall door, the car was already waiting, after the driver opened the door, I bent over and sat in directly, from my position, I could just see Wang Zhizhi crying and talking to Mu Jingchi, and Mu Jingchi couldn't see his face, only half of his sleeves were there.

It is estimated that Wang Zhizhi finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke out, she usually looked docile in front of Mu Jingchi, and she had never been so excited as she was today, regardless of her demeanor.

On the way back, I thought more and more, I can't stay in this place, only if I leave early, can it be considered a serious matter, but when it comes to leaving, how should I go, the ghost knows if that Xie Dong is staring at me in the dark, maybe, I just prepared the burden on the front foot, and he grabbed me back with the back foot, how easy it is to go.

Everything needs to be considered in the long run.

I leaned on the back seat of the car and pondered, and when I arrived at Yuan's house, I just returned to the yard, and I saw Qing'er and Biyu all standing at the door, and their faces seemed to be a little unpleasant, I just wanted to ask them what was wrong, Qing'er glanced at me, I looked towards the inner room, and then I saw Yuan Chengjun standing in my house.

I inevitably chuckled in my heart at this time, but soon, I reined in my expression and continued to walk inside, and after reaching behind Yuan Chengjun, I called: "Dad." ”

When Yuan Chengjun heard my father, he looked back at me and said, "I'm back to Mu's house." ”

I bowed my head and said, "Yes." ”

Yuan Chengjun said: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Not long after, he sat down, and on the table was the tea served by Qing'er, Yuan Chengjun took one casually, put it in his hand and said, "I'll come over and ask you something." ”

I said, "Please tell me again." ”

"You have a share in the affairs of Pingzhou Prison." I vaguely guessed that he would ask like this, in fact, at this time, if I deny it again, it seems a little boring, but I can admit it directly, it seems to be a little inappropriate, just as I was thinking about how to answer this question in my heart, Yuan Chengjun said again: "Don't think about it anymore, you also asked Gu Huisen's sister to find someone to inquire about the situation, right?" ”

At this point, if I deny it again, it is a little out of place, I knelt in front of Yuan Chengjun, took the initiative to confess my guilt and said: "Dad, please punish me, I know that I have caused a big disaster this time." ”

Yuan Chengjun showed no sign of anger at all, but said with a smile: "I just came to ask you about the situation, don't be so anxious." ”

As soon as Yuan Chengjun's words came out, I looked at him with a little doubt.

He still looked at me with a teacup and said: "I remember that the Mu family and the Lu family used to be a family, when the old dynasty was still there, your father and Jing Chi's father were officials in the same dynasty, and your sister later married Jing Chi, but I heard that your sister died early, so you were taken over by Jing Chi." ”

He looked at me, took a sip of tea and said: I didn't expect that after so many years, Jing Chi's affection for your Mu family and your sister has continued to this day. ”

I don't know what Yuan Chengjun is going to say, but I think he shouldn't be the kind of person who likes to talk nonsense.

Sure enough, the next second, he asked again: "I heard that you only have one cousin left in the world, is that so?" ”

I replied respectfully, "Yes, my cousin and I are the only ones left in the house, and my cousin has just gotten married and has a cousin-in-law." ”

"Your cousin, is Song Alcohol from Pingzhou Prison?"

I said, "Yes, it's Song Alcohol." Dad, please understand, I only have one relative, my cousin, so ......"

He interrupted me and said: "I'm not here to ask about the guilt, so don't think about it, and don't rush to explain anything to me, since the matter has happened, it is already irreparable, your mother has made such a big mistake, and now she has been sent to Nanshan Temple, the family is already cold, if you do anything to you, this Yuan Mansion will not be able to live." ”

He paused for a few seconds, then said, "But Kiyono, Dad has something he wants to ask you." ”

Finally, Yuan Chengjun went around for so long that he turned the topic to the topic: "That night, I think that you should not have been in the Mu family anymore, and you should know what happened in Pingzhou Prison." He asked, looking at me with a very serious gaze; At that time, there were two factions of people, one faction was your people, who went to save Song Alcohol, and the other faction, do you know whose it was? ”

I don't know why Yuan Chengjun asked like this, and subconsciously I said: "Didn't they say that they were Huo Changfan's people?" ”

Yuan Chengjun heard my words but did not speak.

I said, "Dad, isn't it Huo Changfan's person?" Since they are not Huo Changfan's people, why did they save Huo Changfan's two military advisors? ”

Yuan Chengjun said with a smile: "I'm just asking casually, since you don't know, it's okay, but come to think of it, what you said is also true, if it weren't for Huo Changfan, who else would save Huo Changfan's military advisor." ”

I don't understand the meaning of Yuan Chengjun's words, he said that there was someone else who rescued Huo Changfan's military division? What would it be? Why did he come to ask me this question? Who is he suspicious?

Just as I was deep in thought, Yuan Chengjun put down the cup in his hand and stood up and said, "Okay, since you don't know, then forget it, I still have something to do, so I won't stay here for long." ”

By the time I reacted, Yuan Chengjun had already walked towards the door with his hands behind his back, and I was still kneeling on the ground and not moving.

It wasn't until he walked far away that Qing'er and Biyu came in from outside the door and hurriedly helped me up from the ground.

I felt strange, at this moment, a thought suddenly popped up in my mind, could it be that Yuan Chengjun was suspecting that the person who saved Huo Changfan's two military advisors could be Mu Jingchi?

No, no, no, as soon as this idea came out, I subconsciously denied it, it can't be like this, Mu Jingchi has no reason to help Huo Changfan save people, Huo Changfan has no relatives and no reason with him, why should he help Huo Changfan, and he killed his military advisor in front of Huo Changfan at the beginning.

Yuan Chengjun must have just asked casually today, not as complicated as I thought, and I reassured myself that I shouldn't think about it.

At this time, it was fortunate that Qing'er called Miss by my side, which woke me up.