Chapter 113
But there were a lot of filthy things on that mountain, ragged clothes, blue shoes, and bamboo hats were all turned out, and it was not known who the owner of the women's shoes was for a while.

It's just that the shoe fell on the side of the damaged carriage, which made the adult write it down.

"Cousin" Xiao Wanying murmured in a low voice, closing her eyes, "It's a waste of her being so smart, her business is booming, and she has won the favor of the emperor and the princess."

She smiled slightly, very sinister: "Who knows that all the painstaking efforts were wasted."

If it wasn't for her father, she would have laughed out loud.

"It may not be in vain." Xiao Guang changed to a thick wolf brush, put the pen in the inkstone, and it was soaked with dark and rich ink.

Shocked, Xiao Wanying raised her head and opened her eyes again.

"Live to see people, die to see corpses. If a body is not found for a day, she will have a day to live. People who have been missing for hundreds of days will come back." No wonder.

The cautious tone made Xiao Wanying's heart rise to her throat again.

She looked at the notebook in her hand. It described the severity of the landslide. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was absolutely impossible for those who suffered the disaster to survive.

"Father is right. I'd better go out and relax. I've been worried these days, and I'm always not at ease." Xiao Wanying raised her eyes and looked at her father, asking for instructions.

Now that daddy is back, she can't just wander around like before.

"Come back before dark, and you are not allowed to be alone with outsiders." Xiao Guang's voice suddenly became heavy, and he stared at her coldly, "Don't forget your identity!"

A daughter who has not left the court, has frequent contacts with foreign men, and her reputation will be damaged sooner or later.

Xiao Wanying's eyes flickered, and she secretly tucked the letter in her sleeve.

She was afraid that she would not be able to listen to this exhortation.

In Zhenghong Academy, scholars and talented scholars gather here, and the courtyard is full of the sound of reading.

"Hey! Isn't this a talented girl from the Xiao family! What brought you here?"

Young Master Yinqin's cheers were extremely loud among the crowd.

When everyone looked back, they saw a young girl wearing a rose-red white butterfly skirt with flower tassels, a golden step shaker with nine phoenixes holding pearls on her head, red lips painted with red dandelion, and willow-leaf slender eyebrows.

Walking from the door, she looked like a noble fairy.

"Zhenghong Academy is a place of scholarly beauty, and everyone yearns for it. I lost my cousin at the poetry meeting before, and since I came here, I learned something new by reviewing the past, and I will make persistent efforts."

In order to prevent some sons from making fun of Xiao Ning, Xiao Wanying told her slightly embarrassing things in advance.

"Miss Xiao is sensitive and eager to learn. Miss Xiao's talent is already one of the best in the capital. Just because of this thought, Miss Xiao has already surpassed many people." Young Master Yinqin said with a smile.

Xiao Wanying smiled and didn't pay much attention to him.

"For disturbing everyone, Wanying apologizes here." Blessed, she went straight to the backyard regardless of the admiration from others.

This academy was originally a private house, and the backyard is even more spacious.Many talented scholars drink tea and compose poems here, carefully pondering between the lines in the ancient books, with incomparable concentration.

No one here looked up at Xiao Wanying, nor even frowned.

It's just an academy, and the front and back are like two different worlds.

Xiao Wanying didn't say hello to those people either, and went to a corner of the backyard instead.

"Miss Xiao!"

A low cry came from the side.

Xiao Wanying took a closer look and saw a head poking out from the rockery over there.The man was waving at her, winking anxiously.

"Why did you come here! If you come later, I will be beaten to death by my father when I go back!"

The young man had a bitter face, with a slight bruise on his forehead.

"You are the only son of three generations, how could your father be willing to beat you to death?" Xiao Wanying smiled softly, turning a blind eye to the injury on his forehead.

"What did you say, last time if it wasn't for helping you spread rumors about the Song Family Restaurant, I wouldn't have been beaten so hard by my father!" The young master clutched his chest, obviously his forehead wasn't the only place where he was injured.

"Since you're in a hurry, stop talking nonsense." Xiao Wanying took out a letter from her sleeve, "You said in the letter that Xiao Ning was dead, but it's true!"

Her tone was no longer puzzled but surprised.

"Of course it's true." The young master lowered his voice, "I heard from my father that most of the guests who went up the mountain to pray for blessings that day were on foot, and those who took horse-drawn carriages were all in the temple, and there were quite a few horse-drawn carriages."

Xiao Wanying's eyes became brighter.

"Second Miss Xiao and the prince went there in a carriage, and now their whereabouts are unknown. There is only a broken carriage on the mountain road. Tell me, who else is there besides them?" The young master's voice became lower and lower, almost Two people can hear it.

"What about the corpse?" Xiao Wanying asked cautiously.

Dad said that if you live, you need to see people, and if you die, you need to see corpses.

"Of course it was thrown down the mountain, and there are no bones left!" The young master opened his mouth wide, "The mountain collapsed, even a tiger couldn't escape, and the carriage was washed away in all likelihood. Those two people had to be swept out directly. I think the corpse has already turned into a puddle of mud!"

Mountain torrent disasters have caused countless casualties since ancient times, and Xiao Wanying is not unheard of about those disasters.

"This is what my father in the Ministry of Punishment said personally, don't you believe it!" The young master straightened his chest, and suddenly became proud after speaking.

Xiao Wanying glanced at him, with a trace of disdain in her eyes: "Your father is a small official of the Ministry of Punishment, so it must be hearsay."

The young master immediately changed his face when he heard this: "Miss Xiao, I worked so hard to find out the news for you, you just don't appreciate it, why are you still insulting my father!"

Xiao Wanying remained silent, she had already believed it seven or eight percent, and seeing this young man's real appearance, even if it was just hearsay, it was very true.

The carriages for going up the mountain are complete, but Xiao Ning's carriage is the only one who is afraid of damage, this is enough to explain everything.

"It's fine if you don't believe it, but the news has been found out, you have to keep your promise!" The corner of the young master's mouth curled slightly, revealing a hint of wretchedness.

Xiao Wanying's face changed, as if she had eaten something dirty, she took a slight step back.

"It's getting late, I have to go back quickly. If Miss Xiao wants to renege, I'll tell you all about you!" Seeing the disgust between her brows, the young master suddenly had a gloomy expression.

"Joke, I'm frank, what's worth saying." Seeing him sullen, Xiao Wanying also felt provoked in her heart.

"I didn't ask you to inquire about Cousin Ning'er's news. You were the one who got the news in the letter. You didn't want me to worry about it every day, so we made an appointment to meet and told you the truth."

The young master snorted coldly, his eyes suddenly turned cold: "But I also said in the letter that as long as Miss Xiao wants to know the truth, I will pay you with a touch of your hand. You have agreed when you come, and I will accept everything I have heard." Let me tell you, does Miss Xiao want to be that treacherous person?"

It is already a bit ugly for the former number one talented woman in Kyoto to inquire about the life and death of her sisters in private.If the outsider delivered a letter, and she went to listen to it, and offered to caress her hands as a reward, that would be even more embarrassing.

"You are not benevolent, so don't blame me for being unrighteous!" The young master whispered disdainfully, "Since Miss Xiao thinks it's okay, I'll go out and talk to everyone, and see what you young masters think!"

He got up to leave, but he was stopped just after he took a few steps.

"Wait!" Xiao Wanying shouted immediately, "I, Xiao Wanying, never count my words. Since I promised, I will naturally keep my promise!"

She secretly took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and stretched out her hand.

The young master smiled coldly, stepped forward and glanced at the white jade hand, and instead of rushing to touch it, he raised his eyebrows: "It's common for Miss Xiao to care about her sisters, and she doesn't hesitate to ask me to inquire about Xiao's second hand at the price of handrails. Miss's life and death. This kind of love and righteousness are so important, and what you say will be beneficial and not harmful to you."

(End of this chapter)

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