Lou Yun was sleeping sweetly in the pool, and the voice of the maid came from outside.

"Young master, I wonder if the young master can finish bathing? The slave maid will serve you to change your clothes. ”

Lou Yun was still confused when he heard the words of the young master, and when he heard that he was serving him to change his clothes, he suddenly came to his senses.

He turned around and saw Qianying behind the screen and hurriedly shouted outside: "Don't bother my sister, I'll just come by myself." ”

"Okay young master, the young master's clothes are placed outside, and the slave and maid are retired. ”

Hearing the sound of the door closing and the footsteps in the distance, Lou Yun breathed a sigh of relief, although his father did not teach him anything since he was a child, he was courteous, righteous and shameful, loyal, filial piety, benevolence and faith. These nine words kept him in mind all the time. He was really undignified when he was seen by the girl in the bath.

Lou Yun came out of the bath and dried himself with a towel. He looked at the clothes on the table, it was a set of brocade clothes, he had heard Xiao Hui say that a brocade dress would cost dozens of taels of silver, to say the least.

He put on this outfit, the material was very soft, it felt good, and it was very comfortable to wear. He had never worn this kind of clothes before, and he had only seen the gentlemen in the streets, the rich sons and the county lords in the yamen wear them. So it looks particularly clumsy to wear.

After he put it on, he inadvertently glanced at the bronze mirror in front of him, and the bronze mirror was no longer the country boy who was dusty just now, but a young man with a gorgeous dress and extraordinary bearing. Although this dress was very good, Lou Yun still sorted out the old clothes he had changed out and carefully put them into his baggage. Especially the cotton cloak that Xiaohui gave him before leaving.

Lou Yun took his burden out of the bath room, and there was a family member waiting at the door.

Jia Ding stepped forward and said respectfully: "Young master, the old master instructed, after you finish bathing, please ask the young master to speak in the front hall." ”

Lou Yun followed Jiading to the front hall, and at this time, the wine and food had already been prepared in the front hall. And everyone in the Qiu family was already waiting there.

In addition to the owner of the autumn village and the autumn rain bell I saw just now, there were two men and one woman in the hall. Qiu Yuqing introduced Lou Yun one by one, the graceful, luxurious, bright and glamorous **** is Qiu Yuqing's wife Zhuo, and the handsome, chic and elegant young man is Qiu Yuqing's eldest son Qiu Yuzhong. And the arrogant young man is Qiu Yuqing's second son, Qiu Yuwen. Lou Yun met the family of the owner of Qiu Zhuang one by one, and the owner of Qiu Zhuang said that he also had an eldest daughter, named Qiu Yuzhen, who had been out of the cabinet and was not in the village, so he could not meet him.

At the banquet, Qiu Yuqing and Qiu Yuzhong could be said to be cold and warm to Lou Yun, while Mrs. Zhuo was polite and smiled without saying a word. Qiu Yuwen looked at Lou Yun coldly, with a look of disdain in his eyes. Qiu Yuling didn't have much appetite, so she simply ate a little side dish and went back to the room to rest.

Lou Yun didn't have the experience of eating with so many people, so he seemed very reserved, and what the other party said was just a vague response.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Qiu Yuqing thought of the letter, so he took Lou Yun's hand and said, "Virtuous nephew, you shouldn't have bothered you when you first arrived in Zhuangzhong. But this matter is left to you, and I, as an uncle, can have a solid heart. ”

Lou Yun saw that the owner of Qiu Zhuang had something to do, so he said: "Uncle Qiu, what is this saying, it is already a great favor for the younger generation to be taken in by the uncle, if you can do a little bit for the uncle, the younger generation will definitely be duty-bound." ”

Qiu Yuqing was very satisfied when she heard Lou Yun's words, so she said: "The virtuous nephew has also seen the situation of my Ling'er, who has been weak and sickly since she was a child, and is a medicine jar. She's always been in poor health these days, and I want to send her to my Hexiang Villa in the city to recuperate for a few days. But everything in this village is complicated, so the uncle wants to ask the virtuous nephew and Ling'er to go to the Lotus Fragrance Courtyard to take care of them. ”

Lou Yun considered his physical condition and said: "Uncle Qiu is not unwilling to be a junior, it's just that I was born with poison, and the young lady is delicate and frail. I'm afraid that the poison in my body will hurt Miss. ”

Hearing the conversation between the two of them, Qiu Yuzhong looked at Qiu Yuwen and snorted coldly, and then said to Lou Yun: "Brother Xian, it's okay, Ling'er's illness can't be completely cured because of her anti-poison and drug-resistant physique." My father and I have to deal with the trivial matters in the village and have no time to take care of Ling'er, so we have Brother Lao Xian. After speaking, he glared at Qiu Yuwen, who just turned his face away and didn't see it.

Lou Yun was courteous to the owner of Qiu Zhuang, and his first request was not easy to refuse, so he agreed.

That night, Qiu Yuqing sent someone to take them to the Hexiang Courtyard in a carriage. Before leaving, Qiu Yuqing gave them a few hundred taels of silver and an envelope, and told them to cultivate their lives and cultivate well, and if they had leisure to have fun in the city for a few days, it would not hurt.

On the night they were sent to the other courtyard, Lou Yun and Qiu Yuling were very restrained. I don't know what to say to each other and how to get along with each other, but after three days of getting along, the two gradually got used to each other. Lou Yun has been grabbing the medicine according to the prescription given by the doctor for the past few days, and when he came back, he personally decocted the medicine for Qiu Yuling, and each bowl of medicine was served to Qiu Yuling after he tasted a spoonful to confirm that it was not hot. And Qiu Yuling saw him working so hard, and every time he endured the bitterness and drank the medicine in one go.

In addition to grabbing and decocting medicines, Lou Yun also accompanied Qiu Yuling to play chess, bask in the sun, and go for a walk on the street. Or tell Qiu Yuling about the interesting things he used to have when he was in Anle Town. With Lou Yun's meticulous care, Qiu Yuling's body really improved greatly. After spending seven days in the Lotus Fragrance Courtyard, they returned to Peacock Villa at the request of Qiu Yuling.

When they returned to Peacock Villa, they were deeply shocked, the door of Peacock Villa was wide open, the servants in the village were all lying to the side, the jade steps at the entrance of the villa were splashed with blood, and the eyes of the pair of white marble peacocks were also splashed with blood, like crying out two blood tears. The current Peacock Villa has really become a mass grave full of bloody corpses like purgatory, as rumored.

Lou Yun and Qiu Yuling hurried to the village with the attendants, and the village was full of corpses, and none of the maids and servants in the village were killed, and the murderer's methods were very sharp, and they all died with a sword to seal their throats.

When they arrived in the inner courtyard, Qiu Yuling almost fainted, her brother and brother fell in a pool of blood, and her second mother's wife Zhuo Shi died the most miserable, she was naked, her appearance was completely ruined, she was nailed to the shadow wall by two long swords, and her body was cut by many knives, and her heart was cruelly dug out and thrown on the ground.

Lou Yun put down Mrs. Zhuo, took off her coat to cover Mrs. Zhuo's body, her eyes were full of resentment, and she thought to herself who was so vicious.

Then he heard a faint voice, faint but distinct. This is the voice of the owner of the autumn village!

When Lou Yun heard this, he hurriedly ran to the side of the owner of Qiu Zhuang with Qiu Yuling. When she saw her father's appearance, Qiu Yuling coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell down. Lou Yun caught Qiu Yuling and massaged her heart, and then she eased up, Qiu Yuqing opened her eyes and saw Lou Yun and Qiu Yuling and smiled with relief.

Qiu Yuqing said weakly: "If I can see you again before I die, I can be regarded as blind." ”

Hearing Qiu Yuqing's voice, Qiu Yuling and Lou Yun's noses were sour, and tears fell.

Qiu Yuqing took the hands of the two people and said, "Good boy, don't cry." ”

Lou Yun choked up and said, "Uncle Qiu, don't speak, I'll take you to see the doctor." ”

Qiu Yuqing grabbed him and said weakly: "It's useless, even the gods can't save me now, Uncle Qiu only has one breath left now, don't talk and let Uncle Qiu tell you this secret." ”