the other side, flower festival

Chapter 32
For several days, Jiang Jichen never saw Si Yangting again. For some reason, his heart seemed a little flustered. The good brother who had been together for more than ten years suddenly disappeared, and anyone would feel empty in his heart.

The Tibetan Flower Pavilion has not opened for a long time, but the West Market is still bustling as usual.

Early in the morning, Jiang Jichen changed into clean clothes and his hair was neatly combed. When he came down from the stairs, the servant even felt that Jiang Jichen had returned to his previous appearance, as if nothing had happened Same thing.

The little servant hurriedly got up and bowed to Jiang Jichen: "Young Master is awake, what do you want to eat? I'll go and make it for you."

Jiang Jichen stood in front of the boy, looked at him shallowly and smiled: "You have been with me all these years, and I have really wronged you."

The servant heard that the words were wrong: "Young master, if you feel that the villain has done something wrong, you can correct it. Don't chase me away again, sir. I really want to follow you, no matter when and where."

"I believe it." The expression on Jiang Jichen's face did not change, "It's just that the storm is coming, so go out and take shelter. If I need you to come back, I will definitely find you."

The boy's eyes were red, and he wiped his tears with his arm sleeve: "If the young master is really determined, the villain will follow the young master secretly, so that the young master will not find out."

Jiang Jichen suddenly laughed, smiled, but became sad, took out a large bag of silver from his sleeve, and handed it to the boy: "My house in the outskirts of the city is my thanks for giving you, if you ask for it later Daughter-in-law, you will live there. In addition, you study hard and are very smart. The Empress is an enlightened person. If you want, you can try to take the imperial examination."

The boy was about to speak, but was stopped by Jiang Jichen: "Listen to me, thank you for taking care of me these years, you are a good boy and deserve a better life."

The boy has followed Jiang Jichen for these years, and he knows that once Jiang Jichen decides, it will hardly be changed by anyone. Even if the second son begged, Jiang Jichen would act as if he didn't hear it. The boy shed tears and made a plop Kneeling down on the ground, he kowtowed heavily: "Master, I will take care of the mansion for you. If you need it, come to me at any time. When you arrive at the mansion, you will definitely find me. I will always wait for you, Sir. .”

Jiang Jichen nodded with a satisfied smile.

The servant continued: "The villain knows why the young master dares to go away at this time. The villain will not worry the young master. I will leave first. Don't worry, the young master. I will study hard. If I can help the young master in the future, the villain will "As he spoke, he couldn't make a sound even more.

Jiang Jichen raised his hand to help the young servant: "Go, it's getting late." He looked up to the door, and saw that there was another Dali Temple minister waiting for someone outside the door, he smiled, "After all, it's still Here you go, let's go."

Jiang Jichen helped the boy open the door, and after watching the boy leave, Fang looked away, and the sad look on his face turned cold again.

Dali Temple has one Dali Temple Qing and two Shaoqings. Thinking about it, another Dali Temple Shaoqing, Mr. Zhang, brought people here today, which can be regarded as giving Jiang Jichen face. Mr. Fu and Jiang Jichen are familiar with each other. Watching Priest Jiang grow up, Si Yang Ting didn't need to say that it was inconvenient for him to come forward.

Jiang Jichen stood at the door, waiting for Mr. Zhang to arrive. In fact, this Mr. Zhang had always had some disagreements with Jiang Jichen. After all, in Dali Temple, Si Yang Ting was always supported by Jiang Jichen, and Jiang Jichen Both Fu Lingtian and Si Yangting grew up under the watchful eye of Fu Lingtian, but this Mr. Zhang has no relationship with everyone, so Mr. Zhang has always been critical of Jiang Jichen's investigation of the case, but Fu Lingtian Because Si Yangting and Jiang Jichen have always solved strange cases repeatedly in cooperation, they suppressed it.

Now Jiang Jichen couldn't help but smile. Seeing Master Zhang approaching seriously, Jiang Jichen raised his hand to Master Zhang: "Master Zhang, I don't know why you came here today?"

Master Zhang snorted coldly at Jiang Jichen, and said humanely behind him: "Search for me! Don't let go of any corner!"

When the crowd rushed in, Jiang Jichen, with a gentle look, lowered his head with a smile, turned sideways, and made way for the crowd.

When Mr. Zhang entered the door, he gave Jiang Jichen a glance, but Jiang Jichen didn't care, and still lowered his head.

At this time, the Zanghua Pavilion, which had been closed for a long time, reopened the door, and many onlookers gathered at the door, pointing at Jiang Jichen.

A sarcastic person taunted in a low voice that could be heard by Jiang Jichen: "I just said that this little boy is not a good person. He is obviously a man, but he looks seductive."

Others echoed: "That's right, I heard it's a nine-tailed fox demon who eats people's hearts."

Another person stepped forward and answered quietly: "Is it the case of eating the heart of Mr. Zhang's family in Dongshi a while ago?"

"It's more than that. I heard that even the servants of Mr. Fu's family in Dali Temple lost their hearts."

"Yes, yes, yes, I heard that the heart of the painter of Dali Temple was also eaten by Jiang Jichen!"

Jiang Jichen listened, and couldn't help but laugh, and finally even laughed out loud, turned around and entered the door, the door was open, and the whiteness disappeared inside the door.

It can be seen that Jiang Jichen's Tibetan Flower Pavilion has been turned into a mess by the people led by Mr. Zhang, the painting utensils are thrown around, and the paintings are thrown all over the floor. Those were once Jiang Jichen's favorite things.

In the crowd, Jiang Jichen's servant was heartbroken. Looking at Jiang Jichen's back with a smile and leaving just now, he felt sad. Looking at the crowd in front of him who were talking nonsense, he felt even more sad. These neighbors , but they are all people who have been favored by Jiang Jichen.

In the whole street, everyone knows that if there is no rice at home, they can come to Zanghua Pavilion to get it at any time, and they will not charge a penny. The wall is falling and everyone is pushing, but some people's hearts are not well-raised and cold. Perhaps, they don't have hearts at all.

The servant took another look at Jiang Jichen, who had already gone up to the attic, and saw that he was standing with his back facing him, with a tall and straight figure, long black hair draped over his white clothes, black and white were distinct and beautiful, but in front of him, he was surrounded by The picture scrolls and brushes that were thrown flying around, and even the clothes that the boy helped Jiang Jichen tidy up, were thrown everywhere by those people.

The boy couldn't bear to look any longer, lowered his head, clenched the silver in his hand, turned around, and disappeared into the crowd.

The servant thought to himself: "My lord, I will be back."

"Ah Ruo. Ah Ruo?"

Linglong was in a haze, and heard someone calling her baby name again, but she couldn't open her eyes no matter what.

She thought of her childhood, when he was only a three-year-old child, holding a candied haws in his hand, and the nurse was hugging her and making her laugh.

The nurse stroked Linglong's hair lovingly: "Miss Wan Ruo is such a little beauty, I don't know how many men she will be fascinated by when she grows up."

Just as they were talking, another nurse came beside her, holding a little boy in her arms. The little boy was holding a mahogany sword in his hand and was waving it wildly: "You are relieved. It’s really no wonder.”

The two nurses looked at each other and smiled. It could be seen that the two nurses loved the child in their arms very much.

Face to face, a woman with a kind and elegant face came over. The two wet nurses hurriedly saluted when they saw it: "Ma'am."

After the woman nodded slightly, she looked at the child in the arms of the two wet nurses, her eyes were full of love, she raised her hand to hold Si Wanruo in her arms, and kissed her hair lightly: "Ah Ruo, my little Ah Ruo, hurry up!" Grow up, grow up with brother, grow up quickly."

"No, I don't want to play with girls, I like boys!" A childish voice called out from the side.

Xiao Si Wanruo and Mrs. Si turned their heads, and saw Si Yangting holding his mouth, looking at his sister in disgust.

Lying on the bed, Linglong was struggling, her head was covered with sweat, as if she was trapped in a nightmare, unable to move.

Someone called her baby name again: "Ah Ruo, I'm safe now, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Linglong opened her eyes suddenly, and shouted: "Mother!"

What came into view was a large circle of people around the bed, the closest to her was the only person she knew - Wang Ziyu.

Behind Wang Ziyu, there stood a couple with kind faces.And around, there are still a circle of maids, who are changing the water for Linglong to wash her face.

"Where is this, Prince?" Linglong felt a little stiff, and tried to sit up, but couldn't do it because of abdominal pain. After speaking, she still nodded to the kind couple in front of her.

Wang Ziyu quickly helped Linglong to lie down again: "Lie down quickly, don't hurt the wound again." He carefully covered Linglong with the quilt, "This is my home."

"Your home?" Linglong finally realized that the so-called Wang Ziyu's home was the home of Lord Wang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials?So the kind-hearted couple standing opposite could be
Linglong hurriedly propped herself up, knelt beside the bed, and kowtowed to Mrs. Wang and his wife.

Wang Ziyu was anxious and wanted to stop Linglong, but Linglong pushed him away.

After Linglong kowtowed her head three times, she said shyly and cautiously: "Thinking about it, I'm afraid I've disturbed Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang. My daughter is really ashamed. Please forgive me." I was rescued by the prince, and I will never repay the grace of saving my life, little girl, little girl"

In the entire room, no one spoke. Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang looked at each other and nodded in satisfaction.

Wang Ziyu hurriedly supported Linglong: "Stop talking, be careful of the wound."

Mrs. Wang stepped forward with a smile and said, "Ah Ruo, you go first." Mrs. Wang on the side coughed dryly, indicating that Mrs. Wang understood, smiled, and looked at Linglong dotingly in front of her, "Miss Linglong, please rest first. After Yu'er brought you back, he has already told us all the ins and outs of the incident, so you can rest assured to recuperate in the Shangshu Mansion, and when you recover, we will send you home and give you an honest reason to go home."

Mrs. Wang coughed again, turned around and left first, Mrs. Wang nodded to Linglong, and then glanced at Wang Ziyu.

Wang Ziyu nodded knowingly, and watched the two elders leave.

"You all go down first." Wang Ziyu asked the maids to step back first, then turned to look at Linglong who was still in place.

"Ah Ruo, what's wrong with you?" Wang Ziyu's voice was so gentle and amiable, like a lover who has been guarding Linglong's side.

Linglong couldn't accept it for a while, and moved a little further away from Wang Ziyu: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for saving your life, but it's just that I might not be suitable to stay here."

Linglong wanted to get out of bed, but was pulled back by Wang Ziyu, and the two looked at each other: "Don't worry, my parents already know everything, I haven't hidden anything from them, they know your identity even more, so you Heal your wounds at ease, and leave the rest to me."

Looking at Wang Ziyu at such a close distance, Linglong's gentle and elegant appearance made people's hearts move. She hurriedly looked away: "Then they know that I come from a brothel, so why not?"

Wang Ziyu interrupted Linglong's words: "They are not unreasonable parents, don't worry, I will give you an honorable name, let me think about it."

The ambiguous posture of the two of them realized that it was inappropriate. The two quickly separated, and Wang Ziyu got up from the bed: "Then, you should take a good rest first, I"

Linglong looked at Wang Ziyu's back as he left in a panic: "Prince Wang."

Wang Ziyu turned his head and looked at Linglong's petite and pitiful appearance: "Ah Ruo, tell me."

Linglong smiled at Wang Ziyu: "How did you appear there that night?"

The corner of Wang Ziyu's eyes twitched: "I just happened to pass by, maybe this is fate."

Linglong showed a sweet smile to Wang Ziyu: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, for saving your life. Linglong will live up to what Mr. Wang wants."

"You..." Wang Ziyu thought of something, but didn't ask.

Linglong smiled, and lay down again: "The previous agreement, about Jiang Jichen's agreement, I remember, if this is the repayment you most want."

Wang Ziyu didn't speak, just looked at Linglong.

Linglong continued: "I have met Jiang Jichen and heard some rumors about him from Zhuijin Tower. If the information I know is what you want, I will help you."

"What did you hear?" Wang Ziyu's expression became tense.

Linglong turned her head away: "I want to rest first, Mr. Wang."

Wang Ziyu looked at Linglong, he forbade what Linglong said, let alone how much secret Linglong knew.

In fact, that night, before Linglong sneaked out of the Zhuijin Building, Wang Ziyu saw Linglong. He followed Linglong all the way, but kept calm. The reason why he came forward to rescue her was because he was not sure whether Linglong really wanted to leave the Jinlou and wanted to escape.

He didn't go up to help until he saw that Linglong was about to be bullied by those big men and made a fatal move in desperation.

In fact, Wang Ziyu has always been a very suspicious person, and this point, even his parents have never understood, even including what he wants in his heart.

In the hearts of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang, Wang Ziyu has always been a child with perfect academics, gentle and obedient, but they don't know that there is actually a big secret in Wang Ziyu's heart, a secret that can even subvert life. , and this secret is related to Jiang Jichen and Zhuijin Tower.

(End of this chapter)