Chapter 16: The Human Heart

A ray of early morning sunlight slowly shone in through the window, and the room slowly lit up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Ning Zhong was covered in injuries and the pain of losing her husband, her spirit was exhausted and grief, and she didn't fall asleep until late at night, waiting for her to wake up again. Outside the window, the sky was already bright, and the sun was rising high.

After Ning Zhong woke up, she looked out the window with her eyes stupid, she had a dream last night, and the dream was full of her and Yue Buqun's past of wind and snow. She is nearly middle-aged, and she has not had this kind of dream of spring for a long time.

But how joyful it is in dreams, how painful it is when you wake up.

Ning Zhong looked back on the past affairs, and after a long pause, he sighed heavily, strengthened his spirit, and slowly got up from the bed.

Someone seemed to hear the movement outside the door, and immediately came the voice of a young girl: "Madam, are you going to get up?"

"Who are you?"

Ning Zhong didn't answer, and asked outside the door.

The young female voice came again: "Madame, the slaves and maids have been sent by the adults to serve the lady to change her clothes and dressings. ”

Two days ago, Ning Zhong jumped down from a cliff of dozens of zhang and slashed at Du Bai's glider. The two of them fell in the air, and their bodies rolled down the cliff I don't know how many times, almost everywhere there were injuries, and now Ning Zhong was wrapped in bandages, and it was indeed inconvenient to change the dressing by himself.

"Then come in. ”

After hearing Ning Zhongze's words, two pretty maids immediately came in outside the door, each holding medicine and clothes in their hands, and bowed to Ning Zhongze respectfully, and after saluting, they began to come forward to serve Ning Zhongze.

Ning Zhong is a woman in the rivers and lakes, her personality is strong, and the Huashan faction is not rich, so she has never had the experience of being served, but fortunately, these two maids were selected by thousands of people in the prefect's yamen, and they are very well-behaved and can serve people. They changed their dressing for Ning Zhongze, and laughed with her to relieve her boredom, and in just one morning, Ning Zhong left a deep impression on these two maids.

The service of these people is really meticulous and thoughtful.

After Ning Zhong finished freshening up, he came to the mourning hall in the backyard.

Yue Buqun's coffin had already closed the lid, and all the salutes had been prepared around him, and he could go on the road at any time to send the coffin to Huashan.

Ning Zhong had only been worshipping in front of Yue Buqun's spiritual seat for a short while, and two guards in flying fish suits entered the door to pay respects. Several of them wrapped and boxed, and the person at the front solemnly placed a wooden box on Yue Buqun's spiritual seat.

The two guards told Ning Zhongze: Last night, the national teacher personally ordered that all the arresters and Jinyi guards in Chang'an should be dispatched to hunt down and frame the national teacher, and ambush Yue Buqun's key criminals, after a night of bloody battles, the murderer had one first offender and three accomplices, all of whom had been arrested.

Ning Zhong was shocked by Du Bailei's resolute and resolute style.

I only said last night that I ordered a hunt, why did I catch someone early this morning.

Good speed.

Ning Zhong was surprised in his heart, and according to the guard's prompts, he opened the wooden box in front of Yue Buqun's aura, and there was a head in the wooden box, Ning Zhong didn't know this person, the mysterious enemy who had fought with him under the cliff. Much younger than the head of this big man.

The guards told Ning Zhongze that the enemy he was fighting was one of the three accomplices, and that the three had been pierced by ten thousand arrows when they were chasing, and the corpse was no longer visible. The head in this wooden box is the head of the main offender.

The guards brought a wanted portrait to Ning Zhongze, and Ning Zhong compared it, and it turned out that the identity of this head turned out to be Tian Boguang, a notorious thief in the martial arts.

The reason why Ning Zhong and Yue Buqun went down the mountain this time was also because Tian Boguang made trouble in Chang'an City. Only then did the couple decide to go out of the mountain to eliminate harm to the people.

After the guards waited for Ning Zhong to read the wanted portrait, they opened several packages one after another and showed her a series of evidence.

The contents of the package were very miscellaneous, there was a quick knife, several bottles of drugs, many precious antiques, and even a few women's belly pockets.

The guards told Ning Zhong that there had been a stolen family who had come to authenticate that these antique treasures were stolen goods from Chang'an City. Now that there is human and material evidence, it can be proved that Tian Boguang is not only the murderer of the national teacher, but also the real murderer who made trouble in Chang'an City.

Ning Zhong listened to the guards count Tian Boguang's evil deeds and was silent. When she saw a severed glider in the baggage, she no longer had any doubts in her heart and affirmed the identity of Tian Boguang's murderer.

This strange-looking wings that can fly in the sky were cut off by Ning Zhong himself.

It seems that the murderer who killed Yue Buqun was really Tian Boguang.

After the guards told Ning Zhong about the case, they took the evidence away and sent it to the official to be brought to justice. Ning Zhong kept the guards when they said goodbye, and wanted them to take her to see Du Bai to express their gratitude. Who knew that this request was politely rejected by the guards, and they told Ning Zhongze. The national teacher is handling official business, and it is inconvenient to see people. Please be patient.

Ning Zhong casually asked a few official questions, but the guard's tone was very strict and he didn't say anything.

Ning Zhong saw that the guards were strictly disciplined, and he couldn't help but have a little more respect for Du Bai in his heart.

The guards left after saying goodbye, and the mourning hall was quiet again.

Ning Zhong was left alone.

The revenge of killing her husband is finally avenged.

Ning Zhongze's haze of being suppressed by hatred in the past two days gradually dissipated, but she didn't smile much, but she was lost, without the attachment of hatred, and her heart was full of sadness.

Time passed, and the sun rose higher and higher.

Ning Zhong stayed in front of Yue Buqun's spiritual seat, not moving, just sitting in a daze.

Her mood was so gloomy, and the gentle sound of the wind outside the window could make her feel very disturbed.

"Hee-hee-hee......"

A few coquettish laughter came from behind the wall, which suddenly disturbed Ning Zhongze's sad mood, and when she felt very noisy, she suddenly realized that it was the voice of the maid who was waiting for her to change her clothes and dressing in the early morning.

Under the strengthening of True Qi, people who practice martial arts will become deaf and clear-sighted, and they will often be able to perceive some sounds that are inaudible to ordinary people. The maid was talking behind the wall of the mourning hall, and ordinary people couldn't hear anything at all, but for Ning Zhongze, who had cultivated the superior internal strength of the Huashan faction, she could not only hear the maid's voice, but also hear it very clearly.

The two maids laughed a few times behind the wall, and after Ning Zhong listened, her brows furrowed more and more.

Just when Ning Zhong wanted to say something. The two maids suddenly began to whisper.

The tone of one of the maids was full of jealousy and disobedience:

"I thought the national teacher was going to marry such a beautiful woman, but it turned out to be a yellow-faced woman. ”

The other maid smiled and said, "That lady is not the wife of the national teacher, but the mother of the wife of the national teacher." ”

A maid was very surprised: "Didn't the news from last night say...... Hey, did you recognize the wrong person?"

Another maid slowly explained the secret: "Yes, the national teacher rescued Madame near his savior, who was disheveled and naked. He was covered in bruises, swollen like an old sow. Who can recognize how old she is? The national teacher drugged his wife, thinking that he was saving the benefactor's daughter, but who knew that in the end, after the lady's bruises dissipated, he knew that he had recognized the wrong person. ”

A maid was even more surprised after hearing the secret: "It's also strange that the savior of the national teacher didn't explain the matter clearly, otherwise how could it be so troublesome." I heard that the national teacher also gave medicine to his wife, but he didn't see everything, it was his mother-in-law. ”

The other maid lowered her sister's voice and continued to explain: "At the critical moment, the life of the lady who does not change the medicine is gone. At that time, the national teacher thought that his wife was his unfinished woman, and if he didn't do it himself, did he want to let those rough soldiers under him change the medicine?"

One of the maids' eyes widened, a little dazed: "I said that the lady was swollen like an old sow, and that man would be interested in her." How dare the national teacher save her, he doesn't know if he will marry her if he saves her. ”

The other maid sighed deeply: "This is the so-called big husband who has made a promise." But fortunately, the national teacher did not marry this yellow-faced lady, otherwise he would have been wronged. ”

The maid's voice was full of mockery: "Hmph, it's all the same, it's a yellow-faced woman who is a mother, and that daughter must not be beautiful." ”

The voice of another maid was full of jealousy: "It doesn't matter if she's beautiful or not, people have a good life." In the future, she will be the wife of the national teacher. ”

A maid reddened with jealousy: "What kind of life, it's obviously **** luck." ”

Another maid saw that her sister was a little out of shape, and hurriedly reminded: "Little hoof, lower your voice." If someone catches you chewing your tongue, nothing good will happen. ”

When a maid heard her sister talk about herself, she was not convinced: "Bah, you are not a good thing. If it weren't for your gossip, how would I know that Madame had been ruined by a thief. ”

The other lady-in-waiting's color changed greatly, and she hurriedly stretched out her hand, covered her sister's mouth, and admonished loudly: "Alas, my little ancestor, how dare you mention this matter again, don't die." ”

The previous maid seemed to come back to her senses, and after a few gasps with palpitations, she didn't dare to speak anymore, and hurriedly pulled her sister and ran away.

Behind the walls of the mourning hall, there was no sound.

But Ning Zhongze's heart set off a monstrous wave, and an unprecedented humiliation was madly tormenting in her heart.

In ancient times.

A woman unswervingly guards her husband alone, does not lose her body, and does not remarry. This is what chastity means.

In ancient times, people regarded chastity as extremely important, and losing chastity was to lose the most basic reputation of a woman, and she would be looked down upon by everyone.

Don't...... Am I being ruined?

Suddenly, Ning Zhong suddenly remembered that among Tian Boguang's evidence, there was something that seemed to be very familiar.

Isn't the torn white silk scarf her belly pocket?

And last night's spring dream came extremely strangely, and there were some indescribable traces of his body.

Don't...... I really...... It's been ruined.

Ning Zhong's eyes were instantly blank, dazed and at a loss, and in a short period of time, thousands of thoughts turned in her heart, each of which was filled with great fear and shame.

Cold sweat slowly oozed from her forehead, until she finally couldn't bear it anymore from the pain, and then she let out a low roar and shouted:

"No, I'm going to ask. ”

The prefect's yamen in Chang'an is now guarded by brocade guards, with three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry. There are also guards patrolling all the time. The guards are extremely tight, especially the place where Du Bai works, and it is a checkpoint, guarding layer by layer, and he is impregnable.

Although Ning Zhong is a woman with extremely high martial arts, she can break into this level of guard. She was stopped by the guards outside the gate of the first courtyard, and after a stalemate for a while, a guard went to report the news, and soon returned with Du Bai's order.

Du Bai allowed Ning Zhong to go to him, and everywhere he went, there was no obstruction and no obstruction.

Because of the doubts of chastity, Ning Zhongze's heart was both terrified and very humiliated. But when she walked all the way in the prefect's yamen, she saw hundreds of brocade guards standing guard like stone carvings and wood sculptures, and this kind of invisibly exuding a strong military might made Ning Zhong feel extremely depressed. Her excitement slowly calmed down.

Although Ning Zhong had only met Du Bai a few times, they had only known each other for two days. But her impression of Du Bai has changed again and again.

At the beginning, when he saw Du Bai dressed in a gorgeous outfit, Ning Zhong thought he was a rich son.

Later, after perceiving Du Bai's profound and subtle internal skills, Ning Zhong thought that he was a martial arts wizard.

But until now, after seeing the military appearance of Du Bai's men.

Ning Zhong finally realized that this young Taoist priest was a real and real person.

Just like the rumored image of the national teacher, his power is unimaginable.