"Enough" Bai Minglang shouted, his eyes stared at Duan Rubian and the county lord of Nanyang, and after a long time, he lowered his head and sighed faintly, his voice calmed down, "Zhi'er, you take Miss Duan and the county lord to the vacant room in the backyard"

"Boss, shouldn't you throw them into the dungeon?" a fierce thief strode forward, glanced at Duan Rufang very unhappily, and snorted coldly.

Bai Minglang waved his hand, "Don't forget what our original intention is, don't mention this matter again, third brother, you go and bring a letter to the General's Mansion and Ning Wang's Mansion, just say that five thousand taels of gold will redeem the lives of these two young ladies, go and go back quickly"

The third child bowed his head and said yes, retreated, Bai Zhi held the grass in his mouth, looked at Duan Rufang indifferently, strode out of the door, and said in a flat voice, "Keep up"

Duan Rubian took the hand of the Nanyang County Lord and followed closely behind Bai Zhi, if according to the plan at the time, she should take the Nanyang County Lord out at this moment, but Duan Xuan's appearance made her forced to stay, since Duan Xuan dared to go up the mountain, it means that someone has already discovered the disappearance of her and the Nanyang County Lord, since this is the case, it is much easier to stay quietly than to escape in danger.

Bai Zhi took Duan Rubian to a room behind the mountain, the house was new, but it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time, the dust in the house was everywhere, and the face of the county lord of Nanyang was red, Duan Rubian immediately pushed her out, covered her nose and saluted Bai Zhi, "Thank you for sending it off"

Bai Zhi stared at Duan Rufang, smiled angrily, but his voice was very cold, "I have a question I want to ask Miss Duan."

Duan Rubian straightened up and looked at Bai Zhi, "Childe might as well say it directly"

Bai Zhi's smile deepened, but there was a hint of coolness, "Are the county lords and sons of King Ning's Mansion so pampered?

"King Ning's family has a big business, and food and clothing are naturally indispensable, but usually King Ning and Princess Ning often help the poor, and the county lord is also careful and kind......"

"It's okay" Bai Zhi interrupted, and his eyes fell on the Nanyang County Lord who was coughing outside the house, "Princess Ning...... Miss Duan, have you heard of it?"

Duan Rubian nodded, his heart was rippling, the father and son seemed to be very interested in Ning Wangfu.

"I heard that Princess Ning has a middle-aged daughter, and she is so pampered that she even gave the county lord a superb night pearl that she has not met for thousands of years on the county lord's birthday, does Miss Duan know about this?"

Duan Rubian pondered, his eyes flashed, "I heard my grandmother mention a sentence or two, I don't know the real situation......"

Bai Zhi was silent, a pair of eyes stared at the Nanyang County Lord, the ruffian smile on the corner of his mouth had a slight hint of mockery, and after standing still for a short time, he walked away, his back was resolute, with a hint of loneliness, Duan Rufang frowned, looked around at the furniture in the house, and couldn't help but admire.

The carved rosewood bed, the light reflected by the purple gold copper mirror is still dazzling, the red sandalwood has been burned out, and there is still some musty smell in the house, Duan Rubian opened the window and took a breath of fresh air, knowing that Bai Minglang would not find someone to help her clean up, Duan Rubian simply did it herself.

After a busy night, almost in the morning, the house was cleaned up, the county lord of Nanyang fell on the bed and refused to get up, Duan Rubian knew that she was tired, so he simply didn't force her, and sat alone in the courtyard in a daze.

The trees in the courtyard already showed signs of yellowing, a few were blown down by the wind and fell to the ground in a whirlwind, and a few fell on Duan Rufang's shoulders, and the dappled sunlight sprinkled on the ground, indescribably pleasant.

Duan Rubian was lying on the cool table, his eyes were a little dull and he looked at the trees not far away, but because he was tired, he fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up again, I was woken up by the lord of Nanyang, and before I knew it, a morning had passed, the lord of Nanyang was woken up by hunger, and got up to ask Duan Rufang to eat, no one came outside the hospital, and Duan Rubian went to the kitchen not far away to ask for something to eat.

The two of them were probably the freest hostages captured by this cottage, at first the people in the kitchen didn't want to give Duan Rubian food, but when they thought of the boss's threat, they had to obediently serve Duan Rubian food.

After the county lord of Nanyang finished eating a whole bowl of rice, he finally felt more comfortable, and seemed to realize that there was no danger, so the county lord of Nanyang stayed in the yard to play, Duan Rufang had some doubts that were not solved, and he just took advantage of this time to check in the house.

The house was cleaned up, and the furniture was all exposed to its original brand new, but Duan Rufin observed that all the furniture had scratches, and some of them were old, it seemed to be the marks that had been drawn before, these furniture were extremely valuable, who drew these marks, Duan Rufin did not know why.

The furniture has been used for a while, and you can see the traces of being used, there is a large stack of poetry books on the board in the house, some Duan Ruflaw has never seen it, and it is very remote, but the previous owner of this house seems to like to see this, there are many fragmentary marks on the paper, Duan Rufang picked it up and observed it carefully for a while, but he really couldn't see it, so he gave up, there was no ink on the grinding plate, Duan Rufang wanted to grind some grinding, but he couldn't turn the grinding plate, Duan Rufang got up his strength, twisted hard, and only listened to the "card erase" With a bang, the grinding disc turned at an angle, revealing a pair of scrolls underneath, Duan Rufang's eyes narrowed slightly, looked around and carefully took it out, and unfolded.

It was a painting, and the picture on it was of a woman, reading a book with her head down, her eyebrows crooked, her sleeves fluttering, and her expression indifferent, like a person from outside the sky.

Duan Rubian was stunned for a while, he always felt that the person in the painting was familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he put it back on the painting scroll and turned it around in other places in the house, but there was no gain, it seems that the identity of the owner of the house is the woman in the painting just now, so who painted that painting?

The woman in the painting did not look up, this painting should have been painted secretly, but why is it hidden in such a hidden place?

Duan Rufang had a headache when he thought about it, and when he saw that the moonlight was dark, he even coaxed and tricked the county lord of Nanyang to sleep, and after thinking about it again, he still considered going to Duan Xuan to make it clear, so he changed his clothes and walked out of the courtyard.

Duan Rubian probably remembered the location of the party hall, so he made a few detours to the hall not far away, recalled the direction in which Duan Xuan was sent away, and Duan Rubian walked quickly.

Maybe she was lost, Duan Rubian went around into a forest, and she didn't get out a few times, which made her a little irritable, and suddenly, there seemed to be movement not far away, Duan Rubian's eyes widened, and he slowly approached.

In the middle of the forest, a young man in white held a wine jug and poured a pot of wine, his eyes were wandering, his steps had already drifted a little, and his white long sleeves danced in the air in an arc, which was white.

Duan Rubian paused, covered his figure with a branch, and quietly observed Bai Zhi, but he was just drinking, and there was no other move, Duan Rubian was a little disappointed and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Isn't it a little bad to watch it for so long and just leave like this......" Bai Zhi's voice had a cold smile in his voice, Duan Rubian lowered his eyes, turned around and walked to his side

"I'm lost, I don't know if Childe might tell me how to get back to the yard"

Bai Zhi glanced at Duan Rufang, and Ying Ying smiled, "Are you looking for something, if you stay in the yard peacefully, you won't get lost"

Duan Rubian lowered his head and was silent, even if he was acquiescing, Bai Zhi didn't care, he still gulped the wine, and over time, Duan Rubian became a little impatient, turned around and wanted to go first.

"I don't understand, do the daughters of you officials think that we thieves are the kind of people who need to be eliminated......" Bai Zhi's voice was a little melancholy, as if the feelings that had been brewing for a long time and were finally about to break out.

Duan Rubian stopped, turned around, and said in a cold tone, "Kidnapping women from good families, extorting gold and silver, if you are disobedient, you will be ruined by the beggars under the mountain, there are good and bad bandits, I admit it, but with all due respect, you are just rough people, what is the difference between different bandits!"

Bai Zhi smiled and said, "She seems to have said the same thing at the time......"

Bai Zhi's eyes were empty, staring at the bright moon in the sky and falling into deep thought, Duan Rufang let him be in a daze, listening to his voice sound again and again

"She said, a thief is a thief, no matter how good she is, she will never become a good person, we are so good to her, but she did not hesitate to betray us......"

"That summer night, we were caught off guard by a large crowd of predators who circled the trail up the hill, and she stood alone in the crowd, watching our brothers fall one by one with a cold smile on her face, and she could only say a word...... Kill!"

Bai Zhi couldn't say any more, so he simply closed his eyes, and took a sip of wine tremblingly, "Most of our brothers died, but they were not destroyed after all, and soon after, we made a comeback, and we knew why she hated us so much......"

"Why" Duan Rubian asked softly, Bai Zhi smiled mockingly, "Her marriage day was disturbed because of us, she didn't marry her husband, and his husband married someone else because of this"

Duan Rubian was silent, it seemed that the woman in the painting in the room was the woman he was talking about, but she still didn't know who the portrait was, was it him?

Duan Rufang couldn't say it clearly, and he wanted to knock on the side, but he heard the sound of the blades meeting not far away, and he also vaguely heard the cry of the beard

"Quick, get those two women away!"

Bai Zhi's eyes suddenly sobered up, and he dropped the wine glass in his hand and ran towards the outside of the forest, Duan Rubian followed closely behind.

Duan Rubian didn't expect to see such a picture, corpses lying all over the ground, some people's arms were broken, some people's legs were diagonally in the middle of the road, blood flowed from the ground, Duan Xuan ran from not far away, and his face was also with a hint of panic

"Third sister, are you okay!" Duan Rubian motioned for her not to speak, Bai Zhi was standing aside, staring at the corpse on the ground intently, he seemed to be stunned, stepped forward and picked up the head that had fallen off his beard and spoke softly

"Brother Ergou, are you okay, you open your eyes and look at me, don't you urge me to practice?"

"Fifth lady, why don't you speak, isn't the marriage between you and Brother Ergou decided?

"Daddy, don't ignore me, I know that woman she ...... She's gone, but you're stumbling, what are we going to do? Don't lie down, get up! Get up and answer me!"

Bai Zhi shouted heartbreakingly, the poignancy of his voice shook Duan Rufang's heart, Duan Xuan lowered his head and said nothing.

Suddenly, a small cry came from behind him, King Ning walked towards this side with this Nanyang County Lord in his arms, Duan Rufang's eyelids jumped, and he glanced at Bai Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, with King Ning's personality, if he didn't find a proper reason for Bai Zhi, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to live......