in spring

Chapter 52
Chunying screamed and took a few steps back, only to realize that the face looked familiar, and under the light of the lantern, a long shadow fell on the ground behind him.She gathered herself together, raised the lantern and took a few glances, and recognized that it was the strange man in black who she had seen a few months ago by the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain. Why do you run out and pretend to be a ghost?! Don’t you know that people can scare people to death if they scare people?! If you scare me out of illness, you will compensate me?!”

The strange man in black moved his body slightly, and took two steps forward. Chunying was still angry, and she put her hands on her hips: "What are you doing?! Are you threatening me?!"

The strange man in black didn't move. After a moment of silence, he said in a muffled voice, "You can't go in."

"Who wants to go in?!" Chunying said angrily, "Master Hou's order is that you are not allowed to go to the house at the bottom of the mountain, and it is still far away! I just picked a few bamboo leaves, why? This bamboo is yours. Home? No one is allowed to pick it?!" Even though this place is still nearly a hundred meters away from the foot of the mountain, does this weird person even dare to run out to scare people?

The strange man in black was silent again, Chunying gasped for a few times, her anger gradually subsided, and then she began to feel a little scared.This strange person doesn't look like a good person, just now I got angry at him impulsively, if he got angry, would he...

The words "Dark moon and high wind and high murderous night" suddenly appeared in Chunying's mind. This place is still far away from the entrance of the garden, and there are forests and several buildings in the middle. Ye's house is also far away, if this weird person is really bad for her, even if she shouts for help, no one else will arrive in time to save her, right?If the weirdo gets angry, just dig a hole and bury her or simply throw her into the frozen pool...

She shuddered suddenly, but seeing that strange man didn't move, and she didn't know what he was thinking with his expressionless face, she rolled her eyes a few times, then slowed down and said: "This... big brother... I think You must be guarding nearby, right? This... I have absolutely no intention of disobeying Lord Hou’s order! I also have no intention of inquiring into any secrets! I am the third young master’s girl, and I am here to pick a few bamboo leaves to go back under his order. Just a few pieces, just...those few pieces..." She timidly pointed at the bamboo branch next to the strange man: "Pick it and leave, okay?"

The strange man turned his head to look at the bamboo branch, stretched out his hand and stroked it off, and handed it to Chunying.Chunying took it carefully, and smiled at him a few times: "Thank you...thank you..." Then she backed away slowly, and suddenly found that the burden she was holding was gone, and she didn't know when it fell on the ground. She laughed carefully again, quickly stepped forward to pick up two cloth bags, then backed away with a smile, bumped into a bamboo on the way, bent down in pain, and when she straightened up, she found that there was nothing in the bamboo forest except her. Alone, the strange man in black had long gone.

Is he a human or a ghost?Just for a while...

A gust of cold wind blew, Chunying sneezed, and didn't dare to think any more, and hurriedly ran towards the gate of the garden.

When I arrived at the gate of the garden, I saw the gatekeeper woman waiting for her with a lantern in the distance. As soon as she saw her, she asked, "Girl, were you calling just now? Did you bump into someone?"

Chunying didn't know how to answer for a while, so she waved her hands and said "it's all right", and then ran away quickly.The old woman looked back at the mountain shadow in the distance, and saw a faint light flickering between the branches and leaves. The fear in her heart gradually filled her heart, and she hurried back to the house, closed the doors and windows, and rushed to the shrine to say .

Chunying ran all the way back to Huanhuaxuan, the lantern hanging outside the courtyard door was still on, Mei Xiang stood under the lamp, looking in the direction of the garden worriedly, when she saw her appear, she greeted her happily: "I came back so late , I'm still worried about what happened to you."

Chunying calmed down a bit, smiled and handed over the bamboo leaves and the skirt that Begonia gave her together: "What's wrong? I couldn't find any bamboo leaves that weren't dry, so I spent a little more time. Sister, look at this Is that the dress you wanted?"

Mei Xiang didn't check, so she held her in her arms, and put her arms around her: "Is there anything else I should worry about when you're doing something? I'll look after it later. Tell me, did the journey go smoothly? The garden was dark and dark. Cold, didn't it scare you?"

She was really scared, Chunying wanted to vomit her bitterness, but suddenly remembered that it would be easy to get involved in the last time she ran into the forbidden area unintentionally, she quickly shook her head and said, "It's just that it's dark and I can't see clearly." Lu, it’s actually nothing. Is sister Mei Xiang going to do anything else? I’m sleepy.”

Mei Xiang hurriedly let go of her hand: "Then go and rest quickly, they have already fallen asleep."

Chunying responded, and returned to her room with light steps. Seeing that Shi'er and Xia He were already asleep, she put the small bundle for Aunt Li on the counter, intending to give it to her tomorrow morning, and then changed out to go out. He took off his clothes, loosened his hair, added some new coals to the brazier, and went to bed.

Two days later, Chunying delivered something to the maid next to his wife again, but this time in the afternoon.Recently, she always delivers things for Mei Xiang, and occasionally for Lan Xiang and Lu Er once or twice.Originally, the errand of delivering things was a fat job for the girls in Huanhuaxuan. Not only could they take the opportunity to play and relax, but they also had the chance to get rewards. Seeing that Chunying was always sent out, some people talked about it.Fortunately, all the orders she received were sent by the big girls, not given to the masters of the courtyards. Except for the occasional piece of cake, there was no reward to receive, so everyone didn't care.

After delivering the things, Chunying chatted with Wisteria for a while before returning to Huanhuaxuan.As soon as she entered the gate, she saw all the girls, big and small, gathered in the front yard, chattering non-stop. She curiously asked the Xianger who was present, and found out that it was the Erfang faction who went south to become an official. After sending two carts of oranges back, the butler just brought over the third young master's share, a full basket, the third young master thought it was cold and didn't want to eat fruit, so he only left two for early adopters, and gave the rest to the girls, so everyone Only then will they surround the courtyard, chaired by Lan Xiang, standing in a row and sharing the fruits.

Chunying found it interesting, and hurriedly ran to the backyard to deal with errands, thinking to come out as soon as possible to share the oranges, but Mei Xiang changed her old habit, after listening to her words, instead of letting her go, she motioned her to go to the main room with her.Chunying was puzzled, and followed her into the door, seeing the third young master sitting behind the big case again, she knew that he must have an order, so she hurriedly stood up, waiting for him to speak.

Unexpectedly, Mei Xiang went out as soon as she turned around, leaving only the two of them in the room. Chunying suddenly became alert, took a sneak look at the third young master, and asked cautiously: "What are your orders?"

Li You was a little surprised to see the guard in the little girl's eyes, and felt amused, so he waved to her: "Come closer, I have something to tell you."

Chunying became more vigilant in her heart, and quickly apologized with a smile: "It's what you ordered." But she refused to move her feet.

Li You laughed dumbfounded, but felt relieved: "I won't eat you, so what if you get closer? I don't want people outside to hear what I said, come here!"

Chunying hesitantly walked a few steps towards him, and stopped three meters away from him: "Please tell me."

Li You rubbed his forehead with a headache, and sighed: "Okay. You listen to me. I have been paying attention to you for the past month. You are an honest girl, you are not stupid, and you are tight-lipped, so I plan to hand it over to you. One of your important tasks, you have to complete it for me, but don’t let others know, can you do it?” After a pause, he added: “As long as you do well, the rewards will not be less. You can't make the decision, but the benefits are absolutely indispensable to you."

Chunying was overjoyed at first, and then realized that something was wrong, alarm bells rang in her heart.If such a good thing really happened, how could it be her turn?Apart from occasionally thinking of a few new dishes, she has never shown any face in front of the third young master?So she calmly said, "Third young master, I don't dare to take your words seriously. If you have an order, just mention it. If I can't handle it, wouldn't there be Sister Mei Xiang and Sister Lan Xiang? Sisters are a hundred times more capable than me." , and loyal to you, I will definitely satisfy you." But he refused to agree.

Li You frowned slightly. He noticed that this little girl seemed a little cunning, which was a little different from his impression.But he didn't care about that much anymore. Recently, someone's actions have become more and more excessive, and he doesn't want to wait any longer.He said: "What I want you to do is to send something to a person. You have met that person, and you have been to the place. I think you still have some courage. You should not be afraid of walking at night at night, right? I don't want to send people around Go to your big girl, that's too conspicuous, your identity is just right, and it won't attract people's suspicion."

Chunying carefully asked: "Who do you want to send something to? Is it in the mansion? I can't go out easily..." During the time she was in the mansion, except for Huanhuaxuan, that is, when she was giving things, she went to I've been to the yards of old ladies, ladies and ladies, and I haven't visited many places. When have I seen someone special?

"Have you been to Zhumengshan Residence at the foot of Huayuan Mountain?" Seeing the clear look in Chunying's eyes, Li You knew she had guessed, and smiled, "It's the person you met last time."

"But isn't that the Eldest Young Master?" Chunying asked in surprise, she always thought it was the Eldest Young Master, and she was very sympathetic, but how did the Third Young Master know that she had met him?
Li You showed a look of astonishment on his face: "How is it possible?! That person...he is completely different from the eldest brother!" He seemed a little unhappy: "Why did you confuse them? It's too much! Brother Nian, he... ...He is a different person from Big Brother!" Chunying didn't dare to say anything more, she hurriedly lowered her head, pretending to admit her mistake and reflect on herself.

Li You was bored for a while, and then coughed twice: "Actually, it's nothing serious. It's too cold this winter. I wanted to send him some food and clothing, but I didn't want to disturb others, so I came to you. How? This job is very simple Bar?"

Sounds simple, but...

Chunying asked: "Why did the third young master keep such a simple matter from others? Just give me an order, and someone will naturally do it."

"You don't understand, he...he has a special status and cannot be known to outsiders." Li You said sullenly, and after thinking about it, he revealed some truths to Chunying so that she would not ask outsiders: "Then He used to be a family friend of our family. His father and my father were inseparable. He was killed more than ten years ago, and he was the only one left in the family. Because he was worried that the murderer who killed his family would hurt him again, my father I hid him at home and kept him from outsiders. But no matter how secret his whereabouts are, he still has to wear clothes and eat. Now... my second brother is becoming more and more domineering in the house. He signaled the kitchen to be deliberately negligent. What do the people in the kitchen know? Of course they did. Seeing that Brother Nian is getting more and more miserable, I can't stand it! But..." He gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Nian Brother always said that it was his father who saved his life, and our whole family is his benefactor. We don’t want to cause discord between father and son in our family because of him alone, so we always keep quiet and force me not to tell anyone! I am There is no other way, so I just want to send things there by myself, anyway, I have a small kitchen here, so I can make an extra meal, and outsiders will not be suspicious."

Only then did Chunying understand, but the words of the third young master seemed a bit vague, for example, who was the murderer who killed the family of "Brother Nian"?The energy is so great that even Lord Hou doesn't pay attention to it?And why didn't Lord Hou avenge his good friend and punish the murderer, instead he just hid "Brother Nian" at home, even the servants at home didn't know about it?
She was thinking about it, when Li You saw that she had not agreed for a long time, she thought she was hesitating, so she simply gave another guarantee: "Don't worry, even though my father ordered everyone not to approach Zhumengshanju, if someone asks you, you just need to lift your hand." Just use my name, but you are not allowed to tell others! If you do well, not only will you be rewarded, but also... I promise you, I will promise you one thing in the future, as long as I can do it, how about it?"

Chunying paused, and surprise burst out of her eyes: "Really?!"

(Seeking pink tickets...)
(End of this chapter)