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Chapter 79

Chapter 70

Jiang and Mrs. Xie talked about Hu Banxian for a few words, and then switched to other topics.But Ming Yu didn't care to listen to the two of them anymore. The news she just learned just now really made her feel a little overwhelmed.

Others don't know about Hu Banxian's background, but she knows it all too well.Judging from the experience of dealing with him a few times in the past, although Hu Banxian loves fame, he doesn't seem to be willing to risk his life.After he was forced to speak out about the flood in August last year, he even fled to other places to avoid the disaster, but now why is he uncharacteristically blatantly declaring such a "guaxiang"?How could he make such a conclusion?Xie Ruchun, as a local governor, if he had encountered someone who blatantly confused people in the past, he would have been arrested and thrown into prison, but this Hu Banxian is a bit troublesome.Xie Ruchun must be seeing him as a living god now.Since the living god spoke, how dare he act rashly?This is what Mrs. Xie said just now, I can't sleep well for several nights, right?

Mrs. Xie bid farewell and left. Ming Yu went back to her room by herself and asked Chun Yuan to ask some people in the kitchen who went out to do the shopping every day. Sure enough, it was exactly as Mrs. Xie said. The most discussed topic is Hu Banxian.Two days later, because the government did not come forward to refute the rumors, the rumors became more widespread, and it was even said that some people had packed their bags and planned to go to other places to escape for a while before returning, those who had nowhere to go.

Ming Yu was puzzled.Could it be that Hu Banxian was dazzled by his fame, and really thought he was a half-immortal, and he pretended to be mysterious because he was unwilling to be lonely?Knowing that Ruan Hongtian had gone to look for Hu Banxian that day, when he went home and entered the study, he went to find out what happened.

Ruan Hongtian has also been disturbed by this news for the past few days. Seeing his daughter coming to ask about it, he sighed helplessly: "Father went to find Hu Banxian today, but he didn't see him behind closed doors. I heard that even Mr. Xie was shut out yesterday. He only handed out a sentence, saying that he was concentrating on studying the hexagrams and looking for a way to solve them. Although Mr. Xie was annoyed, he didn't dare to do anything to him. Father had no other choice. With only Hu Banxian's ability, I think it should not be empty talk If there is any natural disaster in Jiangzhou, father will have to send your mother and siblings away first."

Seeing that she couldn't find anything to ask, Ming Yu had to return disconcerted, but her heart became more and more disturbed.It is not an exaggeration to say that Hu Banxian is famous today because of her.If he just opened his mouth to "seek good luck and avoid bad luck" to make money for others as usual, she naturally wouldn't ask more questions.But now it is obvious that it is out of line, causing the people of the state to be in a state of panic all day long.After thinking for a long time, she finally made up her mind and asked Chunyuan to call Liu Xiangyang to the entrance of the garden under Yilu Building.

"Now he is the master's most important person. I'm afraid I won't be able to call him, so I'll just call Ruhua."

Chun Yuan smiled and said, she has already gone out to call the little girl into the painting.After a while, Liu Xiangyang followed Ru Hua to the entrance of the garden.Ming Yu gave him careful instructions, and then handed him another letter.Liu Xiangyang put the letter into his arms, nodded in response, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, girl, I'll go tonight."

Liu Xiangyang will be eighteen after the Chinese New Year. Although he is still reticent, he has become more and more prudent in his actions.Ming Yu felt relieved to leave the matter to him.After finishing speaking, he should have gone down, but he was looking at Chunyuan standing beside him, hesitant to speak.Suddenly remembered that Chunyuan's words and actions were a little abnormal just now, she took another look at this time, and she saw her eyes were only fixed on the ground, her face was a little tense, her heart moved, she said with a smile: "Chunyuan, send him out. "

Chun Yuan glanced at Liu Xiangyang, as if she was a bit reluctant, but she finally said yes and left first.Liu Xiangyang glanced at Mingyu gratefully, then hurriedly turned and followed, with a distance of five or six steps between them.From time to time on the road, I met some little girls who trimmed flowers and cut grass. Seeing Chun Yuan calling her sister, Chun Yuan vaguely responded a few times, but her footsteps did not slow down. Seeing that they were almost at the end of the second gate, there was no one around. She rushed up and opened her mouth and said, "Chun... Chunyuan, you've been annoying me for half a month, so... what is it for? I don't even understand."

Chunyuan didn't seem to hear it, she stood still at the second gate, and said: "Young lady, just do what you have ordered carefully. Go, I won't send you off."

When Liu Xiangyang saw her talking, the wind from the corners of his eyes didn't look at him. The little girls he met were better than him, so he felt sad, so he let out a dumbfounded oh, and slowly walked towards the second door with his head down.

Chun Yuan was a little annoyed at him at first, but she couldn't bear to see his dejected back, and finally snorted and said, "Didn't your cousin come to your house? She made the shoes on your feet, Yes or no?"

As if being stabbed by a needle, Liu Xiangyang suddenly turned his head, shook his hand and said, "No...it's not what you think. She...she..."

When he was in a hurry, he stuttered even more.

"My workmanship is worse than hers, just bring me my shoes and return them!"

Chun Yuan snapped to Bai.

"She... her husband died last year. My mother saw that she was pitiful, so she asked her to come here to find a job. She saw that I was paying for shoes, so she made a pair of shoes for me. The new shoes you made... I am reluctant to wear them , hid..."

After Liu Xiangyang finished speaking, he looked at Chunyuan, his forehead was already sweating.

Chun Yuan suddenly felt much better, but she didn't relax her mouth, she stared at him and said, "Really?"

"Really! If you don't believe me, you can ask my mother! My mother was afraid that she would be underestimated, so she only told Madam, and no one else knew that she was a widow..."

"Okay, I got it! I won't say it." Chunyuan interrupted him, with a faint smile in her eyes, but she still complained, "The shoes are made for you to wear, you hide them." What to do! I know how much you spend on wearing shoes, and I'm almost done with a new pair..."

Liu Xiangyang touched his head, and heaved a long sigh of relief. Seeing her pretty face that seemed to be angry and smiling, his heart felt hot, and he didn't know where the courage came from, so he blurted out; Do you take my words seriously?" After speaking, even the roots of her ears turned red.

Chunyuan saw that even his neck was red, but his eyes were still staring at her tightly. It was the first time she encountered such a bold gaze from him, her heart was beating so fast that she couldn't cope, so she paused. , turned around and went, walked a few steps quickly, stopped suddenly, turned around and smiled at him, and then left in a hurry.

"She didn't respond to me, but she smiled at me again... is it serious, or is she telling me to wait..."

Chun Yuan's figure had long since disappeared by the magnolia bushes growing early on one side of the corridor, but Liu Xiangyang stood there alone for a long time, thinking over and over again of the smile she left when she looked back just now.

In the middle of the night at Hu Banxian's home on Temple Street.Liu Xiangyang was familiar with driving, and climbed in from the top of the wall.

Hu Banxian now has more money and has two servants at home.When Liu Xiangyang went in, he was very careful not to disturb others.The whole courtyard was as quiet as an empty cage, and they all went to sleep around late at night, but they went all the way to the upper room where he was resting.

Because I have seen it several times before, this time I am not afraid of him yelling loudly.Liu Xiangyang stretched out his hand and tried to push the door, but unexpectedly the door opened in response to the sound.Borrowing the moonlight by the window, I saw a person lying on the bed, and pushed his shoulder when I got close.The man seemed to be awakened, turned over and said, "Who?" It was Hu Banxian's voice.

"It's me! The Patriarch ordered me to bring you another letter!"

Liu Xiangyang lowered his voice, seeing Hu Banxian sitting there motionless, his body seemed to be trembling, he felt strange.Suddenly, he felt that there seemed to be someone behind him, and he turned his head abruptly, and saw that there were more figures at some point.In the dimness, there was only the sound of the fire breaking, and the candlestick on the table was lit, and I saw a young man standing there. In the dim light of the fire, there was a familiar face, as if I had seen it somewhere before.

Liu Xiangyang suddenly opened his eyes wide and almost jumped up.

He remembered!A few years ago, when he was driving his daughter to Yuyuan in a carriage, he met a group of people and started fighting.This man is the man in the fancy dress who yelled out later!Although many years have passed, he still recognizes it.

"It could be you—" Pei Taizhi also recognized the person in front of him, he let out a sigh, and frowned, "The kid from the Liu family in Rongyin Hall?"

Ming Yu got up early the next morning.

Last night, I asked Liu Xiangyang to find Hu Banxian to find out what happened.Liu Xiangyang had left, and she herself hadn't slept almost the whole night. If the garden door hadn't been locked and it was inconvenient to get in and out, she would have stayed up all night to wait for news from him, so she got up early at this time and sent Chun Yuan to inquire about the news.She didn't want Chunyuan to come back, but she didn't come back until she went to Suixi Garden with the Jiang family to have breakfast with the old lady, and she came looking for her, looking a little flustered, standing there and throwing a wink at herself.Then she got up and went out of the upper room, and the two of them stood in the veranda, Chun Yuan lowered her voice and said: "Girl, Sister-in-law Liu said that he didn't come back last night, and now he is in a hurry, but he dare not disturb Master and Madam, Only the two of them sent people out to look for it." As he spoke, his voice trembled slightly.

Ming Yu was startled, ahh, bowed his head in thought for a moment, stretched out his hand to shake her hand, and said, "I'll ask my father to send someone to look for it together, first go to Hu Banxian's." surprise.Hearing Mingyu's suggestion to go to Hu Banxian to have a look, no doubt he was there, nodded and said: "That's right! Please ask Hu Banxian to take him wherever he goes!"

This day until sunset, Liu Xiangyang still didn't come back, and there was no good news, when it got dark, the sent people came back one after another, and the news they brought was even more surprising.The door of Hu Banxian's house was closed tightly, and there was no answer for half a day when he knocked on the door. Finally, he broke in and found that he didn't know where he was.After hearing the news, the nearby residents gathered around his door and discussed it. It must be that Hu Banxian couldn't figure out a way to solve it, so he avoided the disaster by himself.More and more people gathered, even Xie Ruchun was alarmed, and decent people were sent to disperse the people.

"As soon as he leaves, people will be even more panicked. Could it be that a catastrophe is about to fall from the sky in Jiangzhou?"

Ruan Hongtian was a little overwhelmed, frowned and said to himself.On the side, Jiang's face turned slightly pale, and he hurriedly asked the girl to take An Mo back to the room to rest.

Ming Yu suppressed the anxiety in her heart, and stayed with Jiang until late at night, when all the people who went out to look for Liu Xiangyang came back, but they didn't hear from any of them, so they had no choice but to leave first.On the second day, Ruan Hongtian not only sent his family members to continue searching, but also went to meet Xie Ruchun in person.Xie Ruchun was grateful for his help in August last year, and when he heard that the son of the housekeeper was missing, he naturally agreed and issued an official document to ask the counties to help pay attention.Only the next day was still fruitless.

It was late at night, and Ming Yu went back to Yilu Mansion, but she didn't feel sleepy at all?When Danlan Yuqing and Chunyuan helped her to sleep together, those two maids knew that Chunyuan and Liu Xiangyang were close, so naturally they didn't dare to say anything at this time, for fear of making her sad.Ming Yu sent the two of them away, leaving only Chun Yuan and herself in the room, and asked her to sit beside her, comforting her in a low voice: "It's all my fault, if you don't ask him to go, everything will be fine."

Chun Yuan felt sad, but still forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, girl, he is such a big man, his fists and feet are not weak, and he is on the ground in Jiangzhou. He is just looking for Hu Banxian, what will happen? Maybe it's the two of them. It’s just something happened temporarily, wait a little longer, maybe I’ll be back tomorrow.”

Ming Yu stared at her for a moment, sighed, and said: "Chunyuan, I have asked Liu Xiangyang to send letters to Hu Banxian several times in the past few years, do you know why?"

A hint of bewilderment flashed across Chun Yuan's face, and she finally said: "Since the girl asked me, I told the truth. I really don't understand very well, I only vaguely know that it is probably related to the hexagrams predicted by Hu Banxian. Every time the girl asks Liu Xiangyang to send a letter to Hu Banxian, he can say something. I guess the girl taught him to say it, but I feel..."

She paused, thinking that even she thought it was unlikely.

Ming Yu said: "Chunyuan, I know that you have always regarded me as the closest person, and so have I. You guessed right just now, I taught him the things that happened to Hu Banxian. But what about me?" Knowing those... I don't know how to tell you..."

Chunyuan stared at her for a moment, then suddenly said: "Young lady, you don't need to tell me. No matter how the young lady knows that, I don't want to know. I know you treat me well, Chunyuan is willing to serve you for the rest of her life."

Ming Yu smiled slightly, nodded and said: "I mentioned this just now, just to let you know what I think. Yesterday I was a little panicked, and I didn't think about it deeply. Today I thought about it all day, and I think it's not just Liu Xiangyang. It's so easy to disappear with Hu Banxian. I guess..."

She paused, took Chun Yuan's hand, and said: "Hu Banxian is a person who cherishes his life. I guess he must have been discovered by someone. The so-called Jiangzhou catastrophe was probably caused by that person. A few days ago, when I heard the news about Hu Banxian for the first time, I saw the rumors spreading all over the city, and people's hearts were uncertain. I didn't think about it for a while, but I fell into the trap. Liu Xiangyang went to look for Hu Banxian and didn't come back. Hu Banxian disappeared again. Everyone must be restrained by that person. He was thinking so much to lure me out, so he won't do anything to Liu Xiangyang. Don't worry."

Chun Yuan was stunned, her hands turned cold, and said in a panic: "Girl, who is that person, will he harm you? Want to harm you? Don't worry, girl, Liu Xiangyang will definitely not tell about girl!"

Ming Yu was in a daze for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This person must have some background, and sooner or later he will be found out that he is from my family. He is trying so hard to lure me out, and he thinks it's not as simple as trying to kill me. Just watch , There will be new news in the next few days, just wait. Since I provoked the matter, I have to solve it."

Ming Yu's words seemed to be said to Chunyuan, but also seemed to be said to herself.After finishing these words, Xie Zuiqiao's figure suddenly appeared in her mind.

Not sure what he's doing.It would be great if he was by his side now.

That night when she was lying on the bed, she was tossing and turning, and sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)