Song Yi

Chapter 354 Fire in the Backyard
Pang Yuqin didn't speak anymore. Ke Yao, who was walking at the end, found a piece of bamboo from nowhere, and kept pulling her head down in the grass. This girl is most afraid of thunder and snakes in rainy days. In her words, that is the worst. Scary people are duplicitous people, and the scariest animals are those with no legs or with many legs. A few days ago, Li Pu dug an earthworm for her. The snake is gone.

Hearing what Du Wenhao said, Ke Yao said, "That's right, I'm most afraid of restraint. Isn't it great that everyone is free?"

Lin Qingdai glared at her.Xue Fei'er said coldly: "You like to be free and unrestrained, and you have already seen that you are like this, or... hmph, don't mention it."

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Pang Yuqin quickly changed the subject: "Sir, I heard that the fish in Hengshan is delicious, shall we go fishing tomorrow?"

But Ke Yao refused to let go, and asked in a cold voice: "Why don't you make it clear."

"Otherwise your family can't be like this! - Broom Star!"

"You!" Ke Yao trembled with anger, pointed at Xue Fei'er but couldn't say a word.

Du Wenhao frowned slightly, stopped and looked back at Xue Fei'er and Ke Yao, and said, "Wouldn't it be better for you to spend more time arguing with such a beautiful scenery?"

The two saw that although Du Wenhao said it with a smile, there was already some displeasure in his words, and they dared not say anything more.

Walking to a pavilion, just overlooking the scenery at the bottom of the mountain, Du Wenhao went to the pavilion, and everyone followed, no one spoke, only listening to the whistling of the mountain wind, and the surroundings were completely silent.

After a long time, someone said, "Where did Ke Yao go?"

Du Wenhao turned his head to look in the crowd, he really didn't find Ke Yao's shadow, he couldn't help but feel a sinking heart, this girl is very thoughtful, it's going to be dark soon, if she runs around, the mountain here is steep, in case... , Du Wenhao hurriedly asked Li Pu to take a few people to look for it, and he didn't care about watching any scenery, so he took the people back.

Xue Fei'er walked to Du Wenhao's side, and said dissatisfiedly: "You really have a temper, I didn't say anything."

Du Wenhao didn't speak, and kept walking forward with his hands behind his back. Seeing that Du Wenhao had no intention of speaking, Pang Yuqin stopped talking.

Back at the inn, Ke Yao did not come back, so Lin Qingdai became anxious and went out to look for it herself. When she reached the door, she saw Leng Mu, the shopkeeper, coming out of the backyard, and asked, "Shopkeeper Leng, where is the road on this mountain?" It should be very familiar, there are no cliffs around, right?"

Leng Mu smiled, and said: "Since it is a mountain, there are naturally cliffs and cliffs. Why do you ask this?"

Lin Qingdai said anxiously: "That's good, my little sister got separated from us."

When Leng Mu heard this, his expression suddenly became serious, and he said: "How could this happen, then I have to find it quickly, if one is not careful, the consequences will be disastrous, how about this, I will take a few assistants and my wife to look for it together , Fortunately, the moonlight is very good tonight, let’s go.”

Lin Qingdai nodded gratefully to Leng Mu, the two of them walked out the door, and a figure upstairs flashed past the window.

Du Wenhao was pacing back and forth in the room uneasily. Pang Yuqin walked in, holding a tray in her hand, and said softly: "I saw Qing Dai and Master Leng took someone to look for them. Mr. Gong, don't worry too much, Ke Yao She can do some boxing skills herself, so she should be fine." As she spoke, she put the tray on the table, and there was a bowl of lotus seed soup and two dishes of side dishes in the tray.

Du Wenhao walked to the table and sat down. Pang Yuqin handed over a pair of chopsticks, carefully looked at Du Wenhao's expression, the corners of his mouth moved, but finally he didn't speak.

"I can't eat it, you can eat it yourself." Du Wenhao looked at the things on the tray and said.

"Fei'er didn't mean it either, she just has that temper, she just finished talking, but what she said today was a bit heavy." Pang Yuqin murmured.

"Well, don't hit people in the face. The tree is afraid of peeling, and the person is afraid of being sad. Let her be more careful when she speaks in the future." Du Wenhao frowned.

"Yeah. It's just that you know Fei'er's temper, and she can't change it. She doesn't realize that she has done something wrong. In fact, she keeps bickering with Ke Yao, not because she really doesn't like her, but because she is worried..."

"I know, she's worried that Ke Yao will become my concubine again. I've said it all. I just pity her. Since Qing Dai recognizes her as her sister, she is also my sister. That's all. She is narrow-minded."

Pang Yuqin sat next to Du Wenhao, and after a while, said in a low voice, "How about... let Ke Yao leave."

Du Wenhao looked up at Pang Yuqin and said nothing, Pang Yuqin continued: "I mean, she is not related to us, and you don't have that kind of thought, and to be honest, she is the one who has the most things along the way, not a meal for a while. It's not good, it's just that the bed is soft and hard, and she's picky and picky. No wonder Fei'er can't understand her. Look at this time, she ran away without saying a word, making adults anxious. Since it's so noisy, You might as well let her go."

Du Wenhao didn't speak, got up and sat in front of the window, the moon moved slowly to the edge of a cloud, and then completely hid in it. People collected the clothes to dry in the courtyard, it might rain in the second half of the night, upon hearing this, Du Wenhao turned and walked out the door.

"Sir, where are you going?" Pang Yuqin got up and asked.

"I'll go for a walk." Du Wenhao said as he walked.

Pang Yuqin stood at the door and watched Du Wenhao go downstairs.

Searching all night to no avail.Du Wenhao and the others also stayed up all night.

When the sky was about to dawn, it really began to rain. Li Pu and the others came back, looking depressed.

"My lord, what should I do?" Li Pu asked anxiously.

Pang Yuqin peeked at Du Wenhao, and Du Wenhao walked up to Li Pu and patted him on the shoulder lightly, saying, "Let's wait a little longer, maybe Qingdai and Shopkeeper Leng can be found."

While talking, he heard someone go upstairs, Du Wenhao turned his head and saw Leng Mu hurried up the stairs, scratching the inner thigh with one hand indecently, walked in front of Du Wenhao, Du Wenhao saw Leng Mu There was water at one end, whether it was rain or sweat, and there was no one behind him.

"Master Leng, how is it?" Du Wenhao asked eagerly.

Leng Mu wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head, and said: "We have found halfway up the mountain, we have searched for all the places we should look for, the rain is too heavy and the lanterns have been blown out, this is the first time for Miss Ke Yao to go up the mountain Come on, you shouldn’t be walking so fast, and you don’t know the way well, so there’s no reason why you can’t find it.”

Pang Yuqin: "Could it be that he ran to another inn in a fit of anger?"

Leng Mu: "What the eldest lady said is true. I also thought of this. I sent people to search every inn, but they all said they didn't see her. My lord, the fourth lady said to go down the mountain to have a look. I can't hold her back. See her." She is very skilled, let her take someone to have a look, and I will tell you when I come back."

Du Wenhao's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley, Xue Fei'er mumbled: "It's all right now, she thinks that we value her only if everyone comes out, and she doesn't know where she fell..."

"Enough!" Du Wenhao scolded, "Even if you don't treat her as a relative, at least it's your life, right? Why are you so ruthless?"

Everyone was taken aback, and Xue Fei'er was also quite surprised. From the time they got married to now, Du Wenhao had spoken loudly, not even a word of reproach. Xue Fei'er blushed and ran back to her room.

Don't accept the money: "Master, calm down first, I see Miss Ke Yao is the smartest, she should know that you are worried about her, and won't run away, young people are like this, they will come back when they are angry."

Leng Mu also echoed, while scratching the inner thigh with his hand, seeing Du Wenhao looking at him, he retracted his hand a little embarrassed, but couldn't help stretching out his hand to scratch again, Hanhan smiled: "Hey, it's a little itchy..."

Du Wenhao: "Is it eczema?"

"I think it was because I ran too fast today and sweated a lot, that's why... it's very itchy, I can't help scratching, haha."

"Some skin diseases can't be scratched. The more you scratch, the worse it gets. I'll show you some time."

"Thank you, sir. I'll take a few more people to find Miss Ke Yao. The rain won't stop for a while, and the road is very slippery. If anything happens, alas!" Shopkeeper Leng went out while speaking.

Qian Bushou stroked his beard, and said in a low voice: "Master, in fact, Third Mistress is also doing it for the good of Master."

Pang Yuqin is the first wife, and she is the only concubine who can be called the wife. The three concubines are in order of entry, Lian'er is the second wife, Xue Fei'er is the third wife, and Lin Qingdai is the fourth wife.

Du Wenhao looked puzzled at the money not being accepted, and said, "What do you mean?"

Qian Bu accepted and said: "Miss Ke Yao is really nice, she is smart, and she gets along well with everyone, but after all, she grew up in a wealthy family, she is a bit lofty and proud, and always feels that everyone is inferior to her, of course this is not the case. The most important thing, the most important thing, is that Da Furen is worried that Miss Ke Yao will have any thoughts about you along the way, after all, she used to be in..."

"Okay, I know about this matter. You haven't slept all night, go and rest."

Qian Bu accepted: "At our age, drowsiness is rare. Besides, Miss Ke Yao has not been found. Where can we sleep? Let's wait downstairs with you."

An hour later, Lin Qingdai and Leng Mu came back. Du Wenhao felt a little desperate when he saw that Ke Yao was not behind them.

Lin Qingdai sat down beside Du Wenhao wearily: "Wen Hao, what should we do? She has no reason to leave without telling us, is there?" Before Lin Qingdai finished speaking, she couldn't help crying.

Du Wenhao put his arms around Lin Qingdai's shoulders and found that her body was trembling: "Your clothes are all wet, go and change first, and then ask the buddy to make you some ginger soup to drink, so as not to catch a cold."

Lin Qingdai: "It's okay, I've been thinking about where she went along the way."

Pang Yuqin said: "Miss Qingdai, don't worry too much. Ke Yao is timid, so he probably won't go very far. Maybe it's raining, so he hides in a cave or other places where he can shelter from the rain. If she knows that everyone is looking for her, she will definitely come back."

Du Wenhao felt that what Pang Yuqin said was reasonable. Although Ke Yao sometimes had a temper, he would not leave without saying goodbye. Besides, it was not because everyone offended her. She would not leave so recklessly, nothing would happen, right? ?
At this moment, a man rushed in from the door and said excitedly: "My lord, I found it, I found Miss Ke!"

Du Wenhao hurriedly stood up: "Where is it?"

"It's at the door!"

Du Wenhao ran out quickly, and the rest of the people also ran out to take a look. In the yard at the entrance of the inn, two men who looked like hunters were standing outside the door holding a drenched woman. It was indeed Ke Yao. She bowed her head, the rain dripped from her head, her face was pale and crumbling.

Pang Yuqin and Lin Qingdai rushed to support Ke Yao.The two hunters had already heard from the store clerk that this was the grand master of the yamen, so they hurriedly bowed and saluted: "The villain pays homage to the grand master."

Du Wenhao clasped his fists to the two hunters: "Thank you both so much! I wonder where you two found your sister?"

A thin hunter said: "In our shed for guarding wild boars, when we came up the mountain at dawn, we found her huddled in a corner of our shed. When she saw us coming in, she might have thought we were bad people. She wanted to hit us, so we hurriedly said that we were hunters, not bad people, and retreated outside the shed before she put down the branches." She smiled honestly as she spoke.

Another said: "Yeah, she was probably sick. We asked her where she lived, and she didn't look like a local in her attire. She just said that she was lost and wanted to find her brother. We asked him where he was, and she said it was in We sent her to Foyin Inn. Halfway there, she couldn't walk anymore, and my brother and I couldn't carry her, so we helped her all the way here, as if she was injured."

Du Wenhao asked Pang Yuqin and the others to help Ke Yao upstairs first, took out a bank note and handed it to the two hunters: "A little heart, please accept it."

The two hunters waved their hands indiscriminately: "No, no, this is what I should do, I can't take your money. I'm leaving!" After finishing speaking, the two hunters turned to leave.Du Wenhao was very sorry, he chased after and stuffed the silver ticket into the belt of one of the hunters.

Then the Orion bowed to thank him, and the two of them walked away before taking out the bank note, which turned out to be 20 taels.They were all stunned, they had never seen so much silver in their entire lives, and now they had hope of marrying a wife and having children, the two of them were so happy that they couldn't stop grinning.

Du Wenhao went upstairs, Lian'er stepped forward and said softly: "Sister Qingdai is bathing and changing Ke Yao, master, please go in later."

Du Wenhao frowned tightly and said, "How is Ke Yao?"

Lian'er said: "It looks very tired. I must be very tired after tossing around all night. I have ordered the store to prepare ginger soup."

After a while, the door opened, Lin Qingdai came out, and said to Du Wenhao, "Ke Yao wants to see you."

Du Wenhao entered the door and saw Ke Yao lying on the bed, Du Wenhao walked over and sat down beside the bed: "How is it?"

Ke Yao smiled wearily at Du Wenhao, and said, "Brother, I'm sorry to make you worry."

Du Wenhao reached out and touched Ke Yao's forehead, and found that it was a little hot, he forced a smile: "Silly girl, you are my sister, so why be embarrassed, but fortunately you are back, if something happens, everyone will not be embarrassed." It's hard to think about it."

Ke Yao forced a smile: "I was too impulsive, it was just a joke, I couldn't think about it, I ran around, but I couldn't find my way back, it was dark, and then it rained heavily, I was so scared, I found out It’s a shack, so I hid there. I’m really sorry that I kept everyone up all night looking for me.” The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and tears flowed down his face.

Du Wenhao gently wiped away the tears from her face, and said: "Okay, most of the tears in your life have been shed this year, God is pitiful, as long as nothing happened."

At this moment, the door opened, and Pang Yuqin came in with two bowls of ginger soup, put the tray on the table, and walked to Ke Yao with the bowl: "Come, drink ginger soup!"

When Ke Yao wanted to get up, Pang Yuqin handed the bowl to Du Wenhao, then pressed Ke Yao on the bed, and said, "Don't get up if you haven't had a good rest all night. I'm here to apologize for Feier. She said that I regret it too, and I hope you can forgive her."

Ke Yao shook his head quickly: "No, no, it's my fault, I'm too self-willed." He took the ginger soup and finished it slowly.

Pang Yuqin took the bowl and put it down, "Let me see if you are injured."

Ke Yao said: "It's okay, just a little skin trauma, the road is too slippery and I fell down."

Lin Qingdai said angrily: "It's a traumatic injury, a big piece of skin was wiped off, and the blood soaked the underwear."

Du Wenhao stared at Ke Yao, and said solemnly: "Trauma is not a joke. You should know that if you study medicine with me, once you get infected, it will be serious! Let Yuqin take a look at it for you."

Pang Yuqin agreed, and Du Wenhao left the room.

As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Xue Fei'er looking upstairs with her mouth curled up.Du Wenhao said: "What? Do you have something to say to Ke Yao? Then go up."

"I'm too lazy to see her, huh! She thinks we don't know? Using this method to make you worry, not only gives me a good reputation, but also takes the opportunity to please her in front of you, and makes you feel sorry for her. Don't you know?"

Du Wenhao couldn't laugh or cry: "I thought you were sincere in asking Yuqin to apologize..."

"Apologize? Who asked Sister Yuqin to apologize? I didn't! Why should I apologize? If I speak more seriously, I want to apologize, so what if she ran out all night and made everyone worry in vain?"

"She's already apologized!... Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about it. I came up the mountain just to have fun. You guys are fine, bickering and wrangling all over the house. My head is getting big! I'm going to sleep for a while."

After all, Du Wenhao returned to his room with his back on his back.Close the door, don't take off your clothes, and lie on the bed.

He didn't sleep all night, he thought he would sleep soundly when he lay down, but it was so weird, after lying down, he didn't feel sleepy at all.His mind was full of Ke Yao's pitiful look.

I have always regarded this girl as a child, because she is still young after all. In modern times, she is just a student who just went to junior high school. I already have a lovely Qingdai, and she is my confidante. Fei'er is also very caring, and Lian'er is also very sensible, she never thought about what would happen to Ke Yao, nor did she do anything to her, so why did she cling to herself?It seems that this matter really cannot be ignored, it must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise something serious will happen.

With something to think about in his mind, Du Wenhao's chaotic heart finally calmed down slowly, and he fell into a drowsy sleep.

(End of this chapter)