At this moment, Yang Ruoning stood on the dock, watching the workers carry a narrow coffin into the boat. The girl lying in the coffin, Yang Ruoning didn't even know her name. They only met once.

Yang Ruoning remembered the day they met.

On that day, Yang Ruoning delivered goods to Jiangxian Pavilion as usual. The address of the order is a mansion outside the gate of Dailou in the south of the city. Su Su said that the guest was the sixth aunt of the family of Lord Li of the household department. When Su Su was leaving, she specially instructed Yang Ruoning, and the sixth aunt repeatedly emphasized that the goods must be delivered to her by hand, and they cannot be handed over to the family casually.

Although it is strange to feel this request, the guests must have their own reasons. Yang Ruoning didn't ask any more, took the goods and wrapped them in oiled paper, and went straight to the door of Dailou.

When she arrived at the Li Mansion and told herself what she meant, a little maid showed Yang Ruoning the way and asked her to find her way to the courtyard of the sixth aunt in the backyard. This Li Mansion is not much smaller than Luo Yuan's mansion, but the structure seems to be similar, Yang Ruoning asked for directions a few times, and found the courtyard of the sixth aunt after a while.

Unexpectedly, the courtyard was particularly lively. Yang Ruoning saw the maids going in and out with water basins and white cloths, and the atmosphere seemed to have something terrible. Yang Ruoning intercepted a little maid who had just come out of the courtyard and asked what was going on.

The little maid replied that the sixth aunt was about to give birth. Yang Ruoning asked, she came to send something to the sixth aunt. Now that Aunt Sixth can't collect it herself, can she give it to the little maid who is close to Aunt Six?

The little maid glanced at her and said, "You can give it to Miss Xiaoqing." With that, he hurried away. So Yang Ruoning began to look for this little maid named Xiaoqing. But at this time, everyone was busy and dizzy, and no one took care of Yang Ruoning's delivery. Yang Ruoning could only give up. She sat in the corridor to the side, watching the people coming in and out, silently waiting.

About an hour later, a loud cry of a baby came from the yard. Yang Ruoning saw an old mother holding a small cloth bag and walked towards the front hall with excitement on her face. The old woman shouted as she walked, master, master, it's the one with the handle!!

After the old mother and the maidservants left, the courtyard fell silent. Yang Ruoning walked into the courtyard lightly, and she cautiously called, "Little Qing girl? ”

There was a barely audible sound from inside the room. Yang Ruoning hesitated, but still walked into the house. The smell of blood filled the inner room, and the white cloth dyed red was thrown haphazardly on the floor. The room was a little gloomy, and when her eyes finally got used to the darkness, Yang Ruoning saw a thin woman lying in a pool of blood on the bed at the end of the room. The faint voice was made by the woman.

Yang Ruoning hurriedly ran to the bed. She saw blood gushing down her lower body, dripping down the edge of the bed and falling to the ground, forming a small pool.

"Miss! Miss! Yang Ruoning shouted anxiously, "Don't fall asleep, stay awake." She turned back and yelled out the door, "Someone! There is no one! Hurry up and call a doctor!! Hi! ”

Yang Ruoning took the thing next to her in a panic, wanting to block her steady stream of blood, but how could she block it? The sixth aunt's face was as white as paper, and Yang Ruoning could even feel that life was speeding up from her body. Yang Ruoning panicked, she didn't know what to do, she didn't know how to stop the blood that flowed out, she didn't know how to block the life that flowed from the body of the sixth aunt.

Not a single one came. Except for Yang Ruoning's crying shout, there was silence in the courtyard.

Suddenly, a pale and cold hand lifted weakly and lifted it on her hand. Yang Ruoning saw that Aunt Sixth opened her eyes slightly, her lips closed, trying to say something. Yang Ruoning leaned to her lips to listen.

"Kid......

Yang Ruoning held her hand, "The child is very good, it's a boy." Yang Ruoning saw a slight smile on her lips.

"Wait for me...... Die...... Take me ...... Return...... Home...... My mother ......" but the words have exhausted all her strength. Yang Ruoning saw that a beam of light suddenly shone on her face, and at that moment a smile suddenly bloomed on the corner of her mouth, and there seemed to be a kind of satisfaction in her dilated pupils, and then the light disappeared, and life just drifted away silently.

In a panic, Yang Ruoning tried to resuscitate her, but she tried her best, but it was still in vain. I don't know how long it took, Yang Ruoning had no strength anymore, she sat on the ground, looked at the hollow eyes of the dead woman on the bed, and finally admitted the fact that she was dead.

Yang Ruoning didn't know how she left the silent courtyard. She remembers walking through the antechamber, which was full of people and in a jubilant atmosphere. In the hall, Master Li, who was holding a newborn baby, was surrounded by a group of people who came to congratulate him. A smile bloomed on everyone's face, celebrating the birth of a new life. No one cared about the mother of the child who died in a pool of blood.

At this moment, Yang Ruoning put a bunch of white chrysanthemums picked in the early morning on her humble coffin. She thought of Su Su's frightened eyes when she returned to Jiangxian Pavilion covered in blood that day.

After listening to the ins and outs of the whole thing, Su Su sighed.

Su Su told Yang Ruoning that the sixth aunt was originally also a fireworks woman, but she was married back by Master Li because of her beauty. There are many concubines in Lord Li, and it is inevitable that each courtyard will be jealous and intrigued. Fortunately, the sixth aunt is still quite smart and has not been snubbed by Master Li. Now that the first male has been added to the Li family, it can be regarded as a complete merit.

Merit? Yang Ruoning let out a long sigh in her heart. It was a living life, a girl in the best years of her life.

Over there, the ship's boss had already propped up the boat's penny. Yang Ruoning handed a note and a silver ingot to the boat boss. "Uncle, please send her to this address and tell her family to bury her and her mother together." The captain of the boat answered and took it. "Miss, don't worry, the deceased will definitely be delivered safely."

Yang Ruoning nodded, held on to the pillar, and stepped onto the dock from the boat. She stood on the dock and watched the boat slowly sail out of the ferry and disappear into the morning light.

Behind him, Luo Yuan walked up to her, "Ruoning, let's go home." ”

Yang Ruoning turned her head to look at Luo Yuan, she remembered the full moon wine in the Li Mansion two days ago. That night, the Li Mansion was full of lights and people. For the sake of this hard-won son, Lord Li spent a lot of money and put on a show. Of course, Luo Yuan and Yang Ruoning also went.

The nurse put the little man in swaddling clothes into Luo Yuan's arms. When Lord Li said that he wanted to let Xiao'er get a touch of Lord Luo's heroism and talent, Yang Ruoning saw Luo Yuan's caution when he was holding the villain, saw the tenderness in his eyes, and saw the expectation in his eyes that he couldn't hide when he looked at himself.

Yang Ruoning stretched out a finger and gently poked the tender little face of the little human flesh. The child looked at her and grinned.

"Baby, you have to grow up safely, don't forget your mother when you grow up, your mother loves you very, very much," Yang Ruoning said to the villain. The villain seemed to understand, and stretched out his little hand to grab Yang Ruoning's fingers.

She thought that the sixth aunt had been sent back to her hometown for burial according to her deathbed will, but after meeting the little maid named Xiaoqing by chance during the banquet that day, she learned that the coffin of the sixth aunt was hastily thrown in the mass grave outside the city.

This was the first time she had really asked Luo Yuan. She begged Luo Yuan to send the sixth aunt home. Luo Yuan didn't ask much, but just helped her find the coffin of the sixth aunt as soon as possible, and inquired about the relatives in the hometown of the sixth aunt. So, there was this send-off early this morning. Yang Ruoning thanked him very much.

Yang Ruoning gently rested her head on Luo Yuan's shoulder, "Thank you," she said softly to Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan took her hand, "Let's go home." ”

When I turned around, there were already a lot of people gathered on the dock, and everyone was busy starting the day's work. Yang Ruoning noticed that she and Luo Yuan seemed to have attracted a lot of attention.

Those casual workers still gathered on the side of the dock, their eyes following Yang Ruoning and Luo Yuan. Or those little rascals last time.

When she and Luo Yuan walked past those people, their eyes staring at Yang Ruoning were as sharp as swords. Yang Ruoning frowned, but with Luo Yuan by her side, she didn't have any worries. She glared back at them a little defiantly.

A man with a hat sat in the crowd, his face half covered, and his oil-stained coarse linen clothes could not hide his somewhat cold and fierce temperament.

Yang Ruoning knew at a glance that he was the one who stopped the hooligans that day. His face emerges from memory and finally coincides with the face of another person.

It's him! It is the messenger of Feng Le Lou. Yang Ruoning was shocked and turned her head to look at Luo Yuan. Luo Yuan's expression was as usual, he didn't squint, and he turned a blind eye to these people.

Yang Ruoning was secretly excited by this unexpected discovery, and she looked back at the people behind her. They still stood like that.

When the angle is changed, the strange gaze of those people seems to start to become reasonable.

They are well-trained soldiers, loyal warriors of Luo Yuan!