Lu Zhengnian was speechless after only two sentences, he was standing dry, suddenly turned his head to look behind her, and said in a panic: "Small, be careful." ”

Shunyin's left shoulder was suddenly hit, his body shook, and he fell to the right, but fortunately he reached out in time to hold the porch pillar in front of the door, so he didn't fall.

Lu Zhengnian was startled, and hurriedly came over to help: "Madame, are you okay?" ”

There was a crisp sound behind him, and Shun Yin stood firm and looked back.

Two maids came, one of whom had a wide-mouthed copper basin in his hand, which contained hot water, which had been brought to them for freshening, and at this moment it had been spilled on the ground, and one of the basins fell to the ground, and the maid fell to her knees and confessed one after another.

"If you are not careful, the wife of the military secretary will forgive ......"

Shun Yin put her hand into her sleeve, and the two of them happened to come from her left, so she didn't notice the movement: "It's okay, let's go change the water." ”

The two maids hurried to change the water.

Shun Yin looked at the shawl on his body, stained with the spilled water, stained a little, and said to Lu Zhengnian: "Thank you just now, it's just a trivial matter, I'll go change my clothes." ”

Lu Zhengnian obediently let go of his hand and let her go back to her room.

Soon a maid came over, brought hot water again, and confessed to Shunyin in the room.

Shun Yin didn't say anything, he needed to be cautious all over his body in this governor's mansion, so he didn't have to pursue it, and after freshening up, he picked out a thin blue shawl and put it on.

Only this time of effort, the other ladies have already been dispatched, and there is the laughter of the women outside, and they can't hear what they are saying, and they have gone all the way.

When Shunyin went out, he knew that everyone had gone to help, and while walking out along the wooden corridor, he observed all along the way.

In the past, I only felt that this governor's mansion was big, but now I am in it to really feel the complexity and detour, there is more than one garden alone, countless courtyards and houses, not to mention pavilions and pavilions, and it is really no less than a palace garden.

After a while, I heard a faint laugh again, and I had reached the door of a hall.

Two attendants stood by the door and saluted her: "Mrs. Junshi, please come in, your ladies have already helped prepare the ceremony inside." ”

Shunyin walked in, the hall was open, with high vertical cabinet shelves, display desks, and placed silk satin, calligraphy and painting antiquities.

It's like a place to collect.

There was a long large table horizontally in the middle, and the ladies were already sitting in one place, with the women's red things in their hands, as if they were going to embroider something, and several people flipped through the patterns sent in by several maids, and chatted in their mouths—

"I just came here yesterday, and the wife of the chief steward was supposed to invite me to a banquet, but I heard that I had to take care of the chief steward, so I had to be exempted."

"Mrs. Steward is too polite, why should she be like this."

"After this big birthday celebration, the head manager's head disease may be able to heal itself without medicine......

Everyone laughed and was happy.

When he saw Shunyin approaching, Sihu's wife who joined the army immediately took the lead in giving up her seat: "Mrs. Junji is here, please, this is the birthday gift that the wife of the chief manager ordered to be dedicated to the chief manager, and the first shot should be given by you." ”

Shunyin doesn't know how to embroider at all, he hasn't touched these since he was a child, and he has been in contact with military affairs. ”

Anyway, he didn't wait for them to stay, and walked away on his own.

Standing in the corner of the hall, Lu Zhengnian obviously had just arrived, probably because he was not familiar with other people, and he didn't go to help with the embroidery work.

Shunyin walked over and saw a table in front of her, with stacks of scrolls on it, and several wooden boxes next to it, and I don't know if it was intended to be used as a return gift after the birthday banquet.

Lu Zhengnian asked, "Isn't Madam going over there to prepare for the birthday gift?" ”

Shunyin stayed here, his mind didn't stop turning, and he picked up a scroll casually: "Hmm." ”

Pulling out the tie and unfolding it, I found that in this scroll is a portrait, painted by the chief manager, very detailed, like a real person, sitting upright, solemn and majestic.

Shunyin looked at it, rolled it up and put it away, picked up another one and unfolded it, which painted the portrait of the chief manager and his wife Liu sitting side by side, both of them were seated, and the eyes were even more majestic.

Lu Zhengnian came closer and looked: "It turned out to be a portrait?" ”

Shunyin's mind moved, felt weird, but didn't say anything, stretched out his hand to unfold other scrolls one after another, they were still portraits of the chief manager and Liu's family, some were alone, some were together, and each painting had a slight difference in appearance, probably made by the painters in the house over the years, and accumulated it.

It took almost two moments to unfold and look at them all, and indeed each one was a portrait.

Shunyin's heart became more and more weird, her face was silent, she rolled up the one by one she had seen, put it back, and suddenly got a portrait of the chief manager sitting side by side with Liu, picked it up and looked at it carefully.

The painting is fine, and if you look closely, you can even see that the lines on the forehead of the chief manager are less than now, probably made a few years ago, and when you go to see the payment, it was really three years ago.

But Shun Yin is not looking at the manager, but the Liu family in this painting - she is wearing a royal blue beard dress, with a white embroidered neckline, a necklace around her neck, and a few small white jade beads on the chain rope, which is insignificant, but she is also wrapped in gold ornaments, and a round jade is falling in the center.

The color in the painting is not even the same as the real jade, the round jade is clear and transparent, and it can be seen on the paper that it is a good jade, which makes the person in the painting not only majestic, but also radiant.

An attendant by the door probably saw her looking at the painting and reminded: "Mrs. Military Division, Mrs. Governor has explained, if you choose a good portrait, put it aside so that you can keep it." ”

Shun Yin came back to his senses, withdrew his gaze from the necklace, and deliberately handed it aside to Lu Zhengnian to see: "How about this one?" ”

Lu Zhengnian saw her asking, looked at it carefully, and just saw that her fingers were holding the painting, and her fingertips were on the jasper pendant, and her eyes were also drawn to the necklace, and finally found the words and replied: "It's good, even the jade is so realistic." ”

Shun Yin said lightly: "Then keep this one." As she rolled up the painting, she carefully looked at the jade and the gold ornaments on the chain, and followed her words, "It's realistic, as if I saw it in a box just now." ”

Lu Zhengnian shook his head and whispered: "The lady of the chief manager doesn't love jade on weekdays, but loves clothes and gold jewelry, this should be the jade of the chief manager." The governor's jade will not be taken out casually, and the lady does not know, the jade of the governor's mansion is unique, usually only one piece of Khotanese jade is selected, and the rest of the trimmings are all crushed and washed into the river, and there will be no more of the same. ”

Shunyin's fingers paused lightly, and he immediately tied the scroll again: "That's because I read it wrong, but fortunately I didn't make a joke." ”

The painting was put back as it was, but her heart had tightened slightly, and her fingers were withdrawn into her sleeves and slowly pinched.

"Mrs. Commander?" Suddenly, an attendant walked in and said in front of her, "I just brought some things from the military secretary's mansion and put them in the small hall in the front yard, please have time to pick them up." ”

Shun Yin glanced at him, and his heart suddenly moved: "Got it." After speaking, he turned his head to Lu Zhengnian and said, "I'll go get something first, you choose first, and if someone asks, I'll be back immediately." ”

Lu Zhengnian looked at her and nodded.

Shunyin turned his head and went out, his steps were steady and slow, and when he went all the way forward, he turned the corner, and when he arrived at the porch in the front yard, he was slightly anxious, and his steps were getting faster.

Outside the small hall, there was no one left or right, and the door was closed, so she stopped, not sure if she was thinking too much, and turned her back to the door, looking around carefully.

As soon as the door behind her opened, a pair of arms stretched out and hugged her in.

As soon as the door closed, Shunyin's heart jumped, and she turned around and hit her familiar chest.

Mu Changzhou hugged her, retreated to the inner wall in a few steps, and glanced at her up and down, from top to bottom, and from bottom to top, and the corners of his tense mouth relaxed.

Shun Yin grabbed his shoulder, and unconsciously gasped: "Why are you ......?"

I wanted to ask him why he came suddenly, but his voice was too low to finish.

Mu Changzhou didn't want her to know how much effort it took to get this little effort, almost completely stuck in the gap, not one minute earlier or one minute late, and asked in a low voice: "How are you?" ”

Shun Yin looked up at him, the hand on his shoulder suddenly tightened, and his voice was low to his throat, only to breathe: "I'm fine, I just knew the reason......"

The necklace she saw in the portrait, the jade hanging on it, she had seen it on the neck of Heshesi when she went to the peace talks.

At that time, it was because he was a foreigner who loved gold and silver but wore jade to attract her attention, and with her almost unforgettable memory, it was impossible to admit that it was the one worn by Liu in the portrait.

It's just that the tiny white jade beads were specially erased, and only the gold ornaments and round jade pendants remained, but the only part left was exactly the same as the one He Shesi was wearing.

What's more, it is still the only piece of jade, from the governor's mansion.

She whispered, "Heshess is with them." ”

Mu Changzhou was silent, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were dark.

Shun Yin stared at him: "You know? ”

He moved his lips: "I'm not sure, since you were ambushed, I confirmed it." ”

It's just that I didn't expect He Shesi to have a feud with her.

Shun Yin breathed steadily, and the thoughts in her heart were surging like a tide, one by one, and now she finally connected them all-

Thinking about it carefully, it can almost be traced back to the time when Mu Changzhou uprooted the surrounding hostilities one after another and his power was strong.

The governor's office wants to suppress him, but it still needs to use him, and he can't tear his face, only suppress it in secret, and if he really wants to take away his military power, there must be a bright and righteous opportunity.

So He Shesi led the Mukun Department to attack, and taking advantage of this war, the governor's office was able to seize Mu Changzhou's military power and hand it over to Liu Qiantai.

It's a pity that although Liu Qiantai is related by blood, he can't help him.

And He Shesi probably saw Liu Qiantai's incompetence, and had the intention of really invading, and did not show mercy when fighting, and had the opportunity to attack Liangzhou.

Then she joined them and found the camp of the Mukunbu. The governor's office could not let the enemy soldiers really enter Liangzhou, and after repeated defeats, they had to use Mu Changzhou again.

As a result, Mu Changzhou killed the enemy in a battle, his prestige increased greatly, and his power became stronger.

The repression is no longer useful, and there are peace talks.

When they embarked on the road to peace talks in the northern plains, it was already a different game, and it was a killing game.

He Shesi was defeated and could only continue to cooperate with the Governor's Office.

Shunyin was asked to go with him, not because Kedun of the Western Turks was coming, but because he wanted to give Mu Changzhou another drag.

Before entering the account, He Shesi did not bother to arrange for someone to search her body and let her go with her, in order to make her a burden to Mu Changzhou at the time of the assassination, and even gritted her teeth and agreed to go to Xiantian, all in order to put Mu Changzhou to death.

For this reason, the governor's office also arranged for Linghu Tuo, who was not in agreement with him, to respond.

No wonder that after being killed from He Shesi's tent that night, Mu Changzhou said: "When people are in a hurry, they will do whatever it takes, and they will use this method, and it seems that I have left them with no choice." ”

He felt it then.

Shunyin has always had a faint feeling, but it was only today that everything was completely clarified.

Before the assassination was successful, He Shesi saw her and Mu Changzhou kill out of the tent with her own eyes, and she must have ventilated the governor's mansion.

Therefore, after they took back Xiantian and returned, in the governor's mansion, the governor's head suddenly became more ill, because in addition to adding power to Mu Changzhou, he also failed to assassinate.

The Liu family would also look at her more, because they already knew the whole situation in the account at that time.

And He Shesi also confirmed from the governor's mansion that she was a member of the Feng family, and with the matter of idle fields, plus the old things back then, there was one more reason to kill her.

After that, the governor's office arranged for her to be sent back to visit relatives.

Shun Yin thought about it carefully, only to feel cold all over his body.

The governor's office arranged for her to leave Liangzhou in order to send her to the ambush of He Shesi, because during that peace talks, they knew about her help to Mu Changzhou.

He Shesi was wearing the necklace on his body at the time, probably out of cunning to stay behind.

It must have been a token given to him by the governor's office, and if he missed, he would immediately retreat, and he could also find a way out with the piece of jade he was wearing.

Later, he went all the way west, precisely to enter Liangzhou from the Gobi.

When he was being pursued, he said "Kill you, I can be stable again", he should have wanted to kill her, and then rely on this merit to get shelter in Liangzhou.

She made up her mind, thinking about the key to it, He Shesi had only seen her walking with her eldest brother back then, and she didn't know what she would do, and she had only seen her bring a dagger in the tent.

Therefore, the Governor's Mansion thought that her help to Mu Changzhou was not because she knew that she could do scouting, but because he couldn't allow any help from his side.

Before sending her back to visit relatives, Liu asked her how she had seen and heard, and he also suspected that her mind was not on literary matters.