into the bosom

Chapter 338 Ajiao is very smart

As for He Lianshu's eyes sinking, with a strange light sinking into his eyes, he still has a guess, but he doesn't want to say it at this time, adding to Xu Jiao's worries.

After hearing what he said, Xu Jiao thought about it for a while, and found that this was indeed the case. "Whether you and the second elder brother are clear about this matter, they will definitely not tell this little girl to me. So, what I did today should make him feel at ease for the time being?" Xu Jiao raised his head, his eyes fixed on Helen Shu.

He Lianshu raised his hand and gently pressed the top of her head, "Of course, Ajiao is very smart. That person has long been used to living alone, and he doesn't trust anyone except himself, and he doesn't regard anyone more than himself. What's more, whether it's his relatives, the people next to him, or his courtiers. He judges others by himself, and he doesn't think that people like me or Jing Qin will tell you such a terrible thing without any evidence. A teenage girl. So, from now on, you only need to act as if you don’t know anything and just do what you want.”

Xu Jiao listened to his words, thoughtful, with her intelligence, she would definitely understand how to act in the future, Helian was not too worried about this.

However, He Lianshu frowned and glanced at the red and swollen spot on her forehead, and went into the inner room. After a while, he took out the "first aid kit" prepared by Xu Jiao, and filled Xu Jiao with medicine.

Xu Jiao hissed, and He Lianshu paused the medicine-applied hand before saying in a deep voice, "It's just an act, so why use such force, you know it hurts now, don't you?"

"Even if it's an act, if you don't act in the real way, how can you hide it from that person's eyes and make him feel at ease? Compared with the stabbing of the second elder brother today, I am nothing at all." Xu Jiao's expression was taken for granted. .

He Lianshu frowned when he heard that, and looked at her suspiciously, "You said you stabbed Jing Qin today?" But it was clear that everyone believed that it was Jing Duo, including himself, who said "he is the eldest son" confirmed his identity.

"It's impossible for me to admit it wrong. I suspected it at first, but then I saw it, and the scar on his palm was still there." That day in the ancestral hall, Jing Qin grabbed Xu Jiao's dagger with his bare hands. May be cured so quickly.

"Except for that knife mark? How can you recognize that it's not Jing Duo, but Jing Qin?" He Lianshu still looked at her with frowning eyes.

Xu Jiao was a little apprehensive under his gaze, and after a moment of silence, he hesitated and said, "I don't know, but my intuition, when the eldest brother and the second brother called me Ajiao, there was a slight difference, but I can't say what is different. It’s too clear, but it’s not the same after all.”

Of course not.He Lianshu thought, one is a pure brother-sister relationship, and the other is afraid that even a single name can be involved in thousands of loves.He Lianshu said expressionlessly, "Ajiao is really powerful. Just by calling you, he can see through the deliberate disguise of others. It's really admirable."

Xu Jiao glanced at him with squinted eyes, did he really admire him?Why do you think his words are inexplicably sour?

In the Jing Mansion, although Madam Zhao had already been buried, there was still a heavy cloud over the whole mansion, and the silence of the funeral still lingered.

Inside the Ximo residence, Jing Qin's nose itched, but he was caught off guard and let out a "sneeze".

This sound alarmed the other people in the house, and Jing Duo's face changed, "They all said to let them come over with a charcoal basin, it's already autumn, it's raining outside, it's already cool, and you're hurting again , There is a cold when there is an injury, and it will be bad if you get a cold."

Jing Qin sat cross-legged on the couch, his snow-white pajamas were half uncovered, and layers of white cloth could still be seen on his left shoulder. He pulled up the pajamas and slowly tied the belt, saying expressionlessly, "I'm not so Delicate!"

That's what he said, but Jing Duo clearly saw a trace of hesitation in his movements. Jing Duo narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes slipped over the unhealed knife mark on his palm, and landed on his left shoulder. The skirt of the clothes was quickly covered, but Jing Duo's eyes were sharp, and with just such a movement, the dazzling bright red was faintly leached from the wrapped white cloth.

Jing Duo's expression darkened, and he sighed, "You say you, why bother? One injury is not healed, and another injury is added. You don't take your own body seriously at all! Is it worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it! Today's injury, at least two points of peace can be exchanged. It's only my fault that I didn't make a decision sooner. If it had been earlier... maybe my aunt would not have suffered such a disaster, and my mother..." Jing Qin didn't say the rest. After finishing speaking, there were two rolls in the throat, and finally he was speechless.

Jing Duo understood very well, although the question "Is it worth it?" was not what he asked, but after seeing Jing Qin's expression, he couldn't bear to ask those words anymore. "Ruishen, it's not your fault, you can't take everything on yourself."

The corners of Jing Qin's mouth slightly tugged, but he said nothing, his eyes were like clouds and mist, filled with sorrow and joy, making it hard to see clearly.

"Even if you really have to suffer this, I should do it. You said earlier, 'I am the eldest son, so I should take care of it'..." Jing Duo had a wry smile on his lips, "In contrast It made me even less responsible. Speaking of it, I am useless after all..."

Jing Qin glanced at him, pursed the line of his lips, and said in a deep voice, "You and I, brother, say these are the birthright. Can this knife fall on you, is it the same as it falls on me? Besides, others don't know me. You still don’t know what’s going on in your mind? Ajiao stabbed me, although it hurt, but my heart... felt a little more relaxed.”

Jing Duo looked at him, his throat moved, his eyes suddenly burst into laughter, and he said loudly as usual, "Yes! I know, who else knows your thoughts better than me?"

In the Helian mansion, Helianshu had already prepared the medicine for Xu Jiao. While packing up the first aid kit, he said, "Leave these things alone and get a good sleep first! The black shadow under your eyes It’s almost down to the chin, and there’s no blood on the face, it’s as pale as a ghost. If you don’t take a good rest, I’m afraid you’re going to get sick.”

"I can't sleep." Xu Jiao looked at him and said quietly.

He Lianshu sighed, "I'll sleep with you!"

Xu Jiao nodded, obediently moved to the inner side of the soft couch, and patted the empty seat beside her.He Lianshu sighed, followed her onto the soft couch, and lay beside her, Xu Jiao immediately moved close to her.

He Lianshu took her into his arms, patted her on the back, "Go to sleep!"

Xu Jiao let out a "huh", curled up on his chest, and slowly closed her eyes, as obediently as a cat.

I don't know how long it took, He Lianshu thought she had fallen asleep and was about to move, but he heard the person in his arms suddenly yell, "Ashu."

He Lianshu froze, and hurriedly looked down, only to see that she was still obediently leaning against his arms, she didn't even open her eyes, but a pair of plain white hands were already tightly clutching his lapel, her eyelashes trembling. trembling.

"You said, if I fall asleep, will my mother fall into my dream?" The voice was low, as if talking to herself, full of panic.

He Lianshu's heart suddenly pinched, and seeing her small face, she had lost weight in just a few days, her chin was pointed, and her face had no blood at all, it was as pale as a snowdrift. She lowered her head and kissed her on the top of her head, tightened the arms around her waist, and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes, mother loves you so much, so I don't worry about you. She has to come and see if I treat you really well."

"Then you must treat me well, otherwise, mother will come into your dream and scold you." Xu Jiao said quietly.

"Well, if I treat you badly, let my mother scold me." He Lianshu said with a serious look.

The corners of Xu Jiao's mouth seemed to be twitched, and he said in a soft voice, "Mother is busy exchanging feelings with father at the moment, so she doesn't have time to talk to me."

He Lianshu stopped talking, and gently ran his hands down her hair, listening to her say a few words from time to time, until the sound of pattering rain came from outside, and he realized that it was raining heavily. Falling asleep with the sound of rain.

He Lianshu also fell asleep with her.In the past few days, like her, he has never closed his eyes properly. Apart from Mrs. Zhao's funeral, he has other things to do, so he really doesn't have time to rest.Even if He Lianshu could last longer than Xu Jiao, but at this point, it was the limit.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but He Lianshu suddenly woke up from his dream when he heard two birdsongs outside.

Opening his eyes, he saw Xu Jiao nestled in his arms, sleeping deeply.But the light in the room was extremely dim, and the sound of pattering rain could be faintly heard in the ear, and the rain was still falling.

He Lianshu moved away carefully, covered Xu Jiao with the quilt again, and then went outside.

Su Le was already waiting there, standing under the eaves, looking at the rain, the same as that night more than half a month ago.

He Lianshu groaned for a moment before walking over, "Is everything in Jingfu settled?"

Su Le turned around and bowed to him, and replied, "Everything has been done according to your order. Now things and people are temporarily placed in Xikuanyuan."

He Lianshu's order was to cut ties with Jing Mansion, so those people from the second room before were not suitable to stay in Jing Mansion, so in the past few days, He Lianshu had discussed with Qin Niang early on to clean up the house. After the funeral today, they followed Su Le to Helian Mansion together with people and things, and stayed with Xu Jiao from now on.

"That's good. Ajiao will definitely be happy when she sees Qin Niang and the others." He Lianshu nodded, still with a cold face, but in Su Le's eyes, the expression was already relaxed.

Su Le's brows couldn't be relieved, "The news came from the other end. As you wished, Mo Chuohan had experienced several assassinations on the road, but he finally returned to the northern capital safely. In addition, this" Su Le read from the lapel of his shirt. He took out an iron cylinder that was exactly the same as that day, and brought it to He Lianshu.

He Lianshu opened the message with a blank expression, handed it back to Su Le, and then turned around and took a step, as if he had never even seen the ink sip. Confidential letters sent urgently are average.

"Ashu!" Su Le stopped him, with disapproval on his face.

But He Lianshu didn't stop walking, "Go and tidy up, if you guess right, I'm afraid someone will come and tell us to enter the palace in a while."

Su Le raised his eyebrows behind him. Although he was puzzled by his judgment, he never doubted it.

Sure enough, as if the time had been counted, He Lianshu had just changed into clothes on the other side, and someone came from the palace, and He Lianshu, the commander of the police guards, was ordered by the saint to enter the palace immediately.

Xu Jiao couldn't sleep well, and when she suddenly woke up from her dream with a short scream, it was already dark.She was alone on the soft couch, she stretched out her hand to explore the side of the pillow, it was icy cold, Helian Shu would not be here anytime soon.

Negative Xue, who had been guarding the outside all the time, heard the movement, and quickly walked in with a lamp, "Ma'am, are you awake?"

Looking up, she saw Xu Jiao's head covered in cold sweat, she was startled, and while hastily put down the lamp, she asked, "Madam, what's wrong?"

Xu Jiao shook her head lightly, "It's okay, I just had a nightmare." As she spoke, she looked behind Lingxue, and could vaguely hear the sound of wind and rain outside, but there was no one there, "Where's Mr. Lang?"

"Lang Jun was ordered by His Majesty to go to the palace at noon, and he has not come back yet." Replying Xue, she shook off a coat and put it on Xu Jiao's shoulders, "It's been raining all the time, it's getting cold , Madam is sweating again, be careful not to catch a cold. Madam, are you hungry? Mr. Lang ordered when he left, the stove has been simmering chicken soup over low heat, why don't you ask someone to serve you a bowl of noodles?"

In the past few days, Xu Jiao had no requirements for eating and drinking, so she answered "Yes", and then turned around and left.

The things were all ready-made, and Negative Xue quickly brought the noodles back, but when he reached the door, he whispered something to someone under the eaves.

Mixed with the sound of rain, Xu Jiao didn't listen carefully, and when Neg Xue brought in the noodles, she buried her head in eating the noodles without asking.After finishing eating, she put down the chopsticks, and then she asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?" Even though she didn't hear what Negative Xue was saying to others outside, she was not blind, and naturally saw Negative Xue Xue looked at her with hesitant eyes several times, and there must be something wrong.

Lingxue bowed and said, "It's Niang Qin. When the servant came back, I happened to see her under the eaves, and asked the servant to report to her, saying that she had something to see Madam. But the servant remembered that Madam hadn't eaten yet, so she made up her own mind. Ask her to wait in the side hall, since the madam has finished eating, the servant girl will invite Qin Niang to come in." After saying that, Lingxue quickly packed the bowls, then bent her knees and retreated.

After a while, Qin Niang's voice was heard from outside the screen, "The maid is begging to see the lady."

"Come in!" Xu Jiao responded, and Qin Niang walked in slowly.After changing into filial piety clothes, she also dressed very neatly. She has been busy with Mrs. Zhao's funeral these days, and she has lost a lot of energy, and her energy level is obviously not as good as before. All the servants of Hengwuyuan thanked the lady and the gentleman for taking care of her, otherwise, if the lady goes, we really don't know what to do."

Xu Jiao has been living in a muddle these days, how can he think about these things, it can be seen that Qin Niang appeared here at this time, and listened to her voice, what is there that he doesn't understand?Thinking that He Lianshu even thought of these things for her, he couldn't help feeling warm and shy, he raised his hand and said to Qinniang, "Stop kneeling, get up first!"

(End of this chapter)