In fact, before I went to Yangzhou, I already felt that Aunt Liu's body had reached its limit, but I still explained to Aunt Zhao and them, relying on the daily ginseng soup to take a breath, and finally let her stay up until Liu San'er came back. In any case, I don't want them to have regrets in the end, as a mother and son who are closer than their biological mother and son.

On this day, in fact, I also expected it, after too much life and death, I have also seen it very lightly.

It's just that......

When I felt her breathing faintly and her body temperature disappear little by little, my tears still dripped down like beads with broken threads, and my daughter seemed to feel something, lying in her arms and crying quietly, her soft and weak little hands grasping in the air, as if trying to grasp something.

But in the end, it can't be kept.

Aunt Liu, a loving old man, gave me a long-lost and unimaginable maternal love, and at the end of her life, she would give up herself for others, and in the end, she turned into a handful of loess.

I fell to my knees and bowed deeply to her tombstone, tears dripping down my cheeks and falling on the face of the infant child, who looked at me with dark eyes in confusion.

I slowly wanted to stand up, but after giving birth, the whole person was already prostration, and I was about to be hollowed out, and Qian Wu next to me hurriedly came over to help me up.

"Didn't I say that you should rest for a few days and come back and see?"

A familiar, deep voice sounded behind me, I slowly turned my head, and met the pair of tired, amorous eyes, I haven't seen him for a while, he seems to have lost a lot of weight, although he is wearing a thick winter coat, he can still see the thin waistline, as if it will be blown away by the wind at any time.

As soon as I saw him, I didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly said, "Master Huang, he-"

"No news yet."

“……”

The words that I would hear in the past few days were suddenly poured cold water on my head, and I slowly lowered my head, and my face became even paler.

Already, it's been days.

Since that day I arrived at Huang Tianba's house, I held on to the last bit of strength and begged him to help me find Liu San'er, until today, there is still no news, and my mood is getting more and more anxious day by day, as if burning on a fire.

Huang Tianba looked at my pale face and said, "However, he was not caught by those people, and the people from the official mansion went back empty-handed. ”

When I heard this, I immediately became a little more energetic, and hurriedly said, "Really? ”

"Well, the people I sent out have already inquired, and those people have come to your house, searched back and forth, and summoned the people in the village to ask, originally they were going to chase along the waterway and the mountain road in two ways, but they didn't do so, and they went back a day later."

My heart sank.

As long as Liu San'er is not caught by Yang Ji's people, it's good!

But—where did he go, if he hadn't been caught? It's been a few days, he should also know that those people have gone back, if so, he should come to me and my mother, why is there no news at all, even Huang Tianba's people can't find him.

Huang Tianba walked up to me, looked down at me, frowned slightly, as if he wanted to blame me, but he couldn't bear to speak, and he stopped talking for a long time, and finally said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" ”

“……”

"Are you afraid of causing me trouble?"

“……”

"Even if I can't show up in Yangzhou City now, Yang Ji, I'm not afraid to see him."

"......," I said softly, "I'm not worried about that. ”

He frowned slightly: "Then what are you worried about?" ”

“……”

He suddenly remembered something and said, "Are you worried about that night, that student?" ”

As soon as I heard those students of Xishan Academy, my mood became more and more complicated, and his mind seemed a little heavy, he looked at me for a long time, and finally didn't say anything, and asked Qian Wu to go back with me, and when he was walking on the road, he suddenly said: "Yang Ji is dead." ”

"What?!"

I was taken aback and looked up at him in amazement - "Yang Ji, dead?!" ”

"Although the state has been hiding it, some news has come out. He was assassinated. ”

He didn't reply, and he couldn't see what expression he had on his face at this time, his voice was still faint, and he said with a hint of lowness: "It should be, their hands." ”

Yao Lao ......

They assassinated the officials in Yangzhou, and never spared no effort, the previous Liu Shizhou and Liu Yi both died tragically, and this Yang Ji did so many hurtful things in Yangzhou, it was only a little sooner or later, but it was a little late.

Huang Tianba said slowly: "For so long before, they had been very calm in Yangzhou, but now they suddenly assassinated Yang Ji, do you know what it means?" ”

Of course, I also have some understanding in my heart.

Pei Yuanhao went south last year, which can be described as a earth-shaking change for Yangzhou, although the imperial court did not completely recover this group of people, but the temporary peace still gave him the opportunity to show his skills in Yangzhou, so there was the next tax reduction, opening Enke, etc., but what he didn't expect was that this qiē changed in the end, and his previous efforts were all in vain.

Yao Lao's assassination of Yang Ji at this time was undoubtedly a warning and confrontation to the imperial court and the emperor again.

"Is it your sect that has issued a new order?"

"Maybe it's the order of the sect to come to Yangzhou, maybe it's-" Huang Tianba paused, and the light in his eyes flashed: "The people of the sect have come to Yangzhou." ”

My breath suffocated.

"Some of Yao Lao's things in Yangzhou before were all against the orders of the sect, including letting me leave, and also including making peace with the imperial court temporarily, but now that things have come to this point, they have discovered me again, and the sect is afraid that the sect will send people to Yangzhou, if this is the case-"

He paused, and a hint of uneasiness flashed in his eyes: "I'm just afraid of things, and I'm going to be in trouble again." ”

If the people of the sect go to Yangzhou, if those people go to Yangzhou......

My heart was a mess, and I only felt chaotic, but then a thin, tender voice came from my ears: "Babble-"

When I looked down, it was my daughter, who looked at me with dark eyes, her little face was full of ignorant expressions, as if she didn't understand why people had so many troubles, she drilled into my arms like a coquette, buried her little red face in my arms, pouting her little mouth and making a whirring sound.

Looking at her appearance, my heart softened.

I already have my own children and my husband, and the past should be in the past.

No matter who the sect or who comes to Yangzhou, it is impossible to change this qiē, what I have to do now is just find Liu San'er as soon as possible and leave here.

When I raised my head, Huang Tianba walked up to me and looked down.

My daughter also seemed to feel something, turned her head in a daze, looked at Huang Tianba with black eyes, the two of them looked at each other like this, and after a while, her little mouth suddenly grinned, as if she was smiling, and her little red hand reached out to him, grabbing one by one.

"She smiled!" Huang Tianba was slightly surprised, and a smile appeared on his face: "She is smiling at me." ”

I said, "She likes you." ”

"Can I give her a hug?"

"Hmm."

I nodded, carefully handed the child over, Huang Tianba cautiously reached out to take it, and gently hugged it in his arms, even holding his breath, as if he was worried that if he used a little force, he would hurt the weak life in his arms.

His daughter was held by him, and those black eyes never left him, looking up at him with her head up and a small mouth at this time.

Suddenly, there was a loud "gurgling" sound.

"She's really laughing!" Huang Tianba laughed happily, gently hugged her and coaxed her, and made a "tsk" sound in his mouth to tease her, and his daughter seemed to be even happier, and her little hands grabbed at him, as if she wanted to catch him.

As I watched this scene, my originally troubled mood relaxed a little.

Huang Tianba was originally born handsome, but he rarely smiled gently, at this time, his eyes narrowed, revealing a trace of sparkling water, and his whole face was as soft as a dream, such a gentle smile made people's hearts move.

He has been married for several years.

But I haven't had a child, I haven't asked why, but now I don't need to ask anymore, just look at him holding the child happily, and sigh a little.

We just returned to his home, and as soon as we walked into the gate, we saw Mu Hua standing in the middle of the garden, looking at the two of us with an indifferent face.

Huang Tianba was originally teasing the child with his head down, but when he looked up and saw her, the smile on his face faded slightly.

As soon as Mu Hua saw the two of us, his face suddenly condensed, but when he saw Qian Wu coming over behind him, he eased up a little, and walked over and said, "Where did you go?" ”

Qian Wu said: "I will accompany her to see Aunt Liu's tomb." ”

Mu Hua glanced at me, and then looked at Huang Tianba, for some reason, when she saw Huang Tianba holding my child, her eyes flashed with a trace of displeasure, Huang Tianba didn't say anything, lowered her head and carefully returned the child to me.

Mu Hua snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and turned back to the house.

The three of us stood in the garden, but Qian Wu, didn't say anything, turned around and left first, Huang Tianba turned his head and said to me: "You go back to the house to rest, my news has been released, as long as there is news from Liu San'er, it will be transmitted back immediately, don't worry too much." ”

I nodded, and he turned and walked over to the house.

I was about to turn around and go to the room where I was temporarily staying, but before I could walk over, Huang Tianba had already entered the house, and before the door was closed, I heard Mu Hua's voice say coldly: "I haven't been home for two days, and when I go home, I went to see her first, you really care about her." ”

Huang Tianba seemed to be silent for a moment before saying: "She has been waiting for Liu San'er's news, she can't eat and sleep, I have news, of course I have to tell her first, let her rest assured." ”

"She's waiting for news from her husband, am I not waiting for my husband to come back?!"

“…… Mu Hua, I just went out to do something, but Liu San'er was chased by the government this time, the matter is very complicated, you should understand which is more important. ”

"I don't understand!"

Mu Hua said loudly, his voice was already with a hint of crying, and said, "I only see you revolving around her every day, doing everything for her, but what about me, what have you done for me?" ”

“……”

"Huang Tianba, how much have I paid for you over the years? When the sect embarrasses you, who protects you? You said that you are tired of those things and want to live in seclusion, who will give up a qiē to accompany you? You treat me like this now, are you worthy of me? ”