Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 240 Darkness
Now only Wang Shi and her only daughter are left as the second room of the Xiao family. Xiao Yanfeng's only younger brother, Xiao Yanjiang, passed away in an accident five years ago.

The first room and the second room have never been separated, and they have lived together in the General's Mansion since Xiao Yanjiang's death. On weekdays, the old lady takes good care of the mother and daughter.

This Xiao Hui has turned sixteen this year, and she has reached the age suitable for talking about marriage, but this Xiao Hui has long wanted to belong.

In the past two years, there have been people coming to propose marriage one after another, but most of them were rejected by Wang, because she knew her daughter's thoughts and supported her in thinking about it.

"Master, will you stay in the imperial city when you come back this time?"

After the meal, Jiang Yanran and Xiao Yanfeng went back to the room, and undressed him.

Xiao Yanfeng didn't answer immediately, but Jiang Yanran's undressing hand couldn't help but pause.

When Jiang Yanran went to put the coat she took off on the hanger next to her, Xiao Yanfeng walked up behind her and hugged her tightly.

"In these years, you have worked hard for the whole family, taking care of the children, and serving the mother. Tomorrow, I will report to the emperor. If possible, I will stay in the city for the next few years."

Jiang Yanran shed two lines of tears, turned around, looked at her husband, her condensed face became softer because of the tenderness in her eyes.

"If master can really stay in the city, then mother must be very happy."

These years, although Jiang Yanran has worked very hard to take care of the whole family, she usually pays attention to maintenance, and since I haven't seen her for three years, Xiao Yanfeng doesn't feel that she is a bit old, but thinks that she is more and more radiant.

"What?" Xiao Yanfeng moved closer to Jiang Yanran's face, "Is mother the only one happy?"

Jiang Yanran blushed, showing a shy posture like a little girl, and lightly thumped Xiao Yanfeng's chest: "I'm already an old couple, and I'm still so unruly."

Xiao Yanfeng showed a smile, he did not deny his wife's accusation against him, instead he hugged her in his arms and walked towards the bed curtain.

It was snowing all over the sky outside, and there was only one stove in this room that was shining brightly. The fire was burning vigorously, and sparks sprayed out from time to time, making a crackling sound.

A man in a red wedding dress stood by the bed, looking at the unconscious bride lying on the bed, like a wooden figure, had stood there for a long time.

"Uh-huh…"

Zhao Min, who was lying on the bed, groaned twice, and seemed to be waking up.

Sure enough, Zhao Min opened her eyes not long after. Since the light in the room was rather dim, it took her a while to get used to it.

When she saw a tall figure standing in front of her bed, Zhao Min realized in her heart that this was the person who appeared in her wedding room pretending to be Gu Lingqing.

Zhao Min struggled to sit up, saw the face of the man in front of him clearly, but found that his hands and feet were bound and he couldn't move at all.

"Stop struggling, be careful of your hands and feet being hurt."

In the new house, Gu Qi deliberately lowered his voice, so Zhao Min didn't recognize who that person was.

Right now, Gu Qi didn't deliberately pretend, so Zhao Min immediately recognized his voice.

"Gu Qi?" Zhao Min's voice was a little higher, his tone full of disbelief, "Why are you?"

"Of course it's me, who else but me?" At this moment, Gu Qi made Zhao Min feel very strange. Before, he always felt that he was humble and polite, but now when listening to him speak, his tone is very indifferent.

"Gu Qi, let me go quickly, I don't need to tell Gu Lingqing that you did this." Zhao Min frowned, the impact of what she knew had too much impact on her.

"Let you go?" Gu Qi bent down, leaned in front of Zhang Min's face, stretched out his right hand and gently touched her face, "I have worked so hard to invite you here, how could it be possible? Let you go so easily?"

Hearing this, Zhao Min immediately looked away, not letting his hands touch her.

Feeling Zhao Min's resistance to him, Gu Qi couldn't help laughing three times, but the laughter was full of bitterness.

Zhao Min felt that Gu Qi in front of her was very strange, so she stopped talking, knowing that no matter what she said, Gu Qi would not listen.

"Min'er, just stay here honestly, don't worry, no one will be able to find you."

Hearing Gu Qi calling him so affectionately, Zhao Min felt a little conflicted.

After saying this, Gu Qi left the room.

At this time, Zhao Min discovered that Gu Qi had actually gone up the stairs from the side of the room, opened a door, and walked out. He had locked himself in a dark basement!

Zhao Min struggled to free his hands and feet, and only saw through the faint light of the fire that the iron chains on his hands were actually connected to the bed, and he was directly imprisoned on the bed, unable to move.

Unable to save herself, Zhao Min lay on the bed in despair, with her big eyes open, and secretly prayed in her heart that Gu Lingqing could find herself as soon as possible.

Gu Lingqing didn't sleep all night, her eyes were blue and bloodshot, and there was no news from Qingfeng, so Gu Lingqing was also worried all night.

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Nanny Gu came in with a basin of water: "My lord, it's time to wash up and go to court."

That's right, Gu Lingqing also has the qualifications to go to court, and he nodded wearily: "Okay, I see."

Nanny Gu put down the water basin, walked in front of him, and waited for him to put on his clothes. Gu Lingqing hurried to the palace without even eating breakfast.

As soon as he entered the gate of the palace, Gu Lingqing saw many people gathered in front of him from a distance. When he took a closer look, he looked at the man surrounded by the crowd, and his expression froze. Memories from many years ago flooded back heart.

I remember that when I was a child, my father had a very good personal relationship with the general, and thanks to the great general's help, I survived the disaster, but was dispatched to the countryside.

Previously, Gu Lingqing got the news that it would take two days to arrive at the imperial city, and it seemed that the journey was also speeding up.

"General."

Xiao Yanfeng was a little impatient to deal with these flatterers. After hearing this voice, he subconsciously looked in Gu Lingqing's direction.

Looking at the handsome young man in front of him, Xiao Yanfeng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't recognize him for a while.

"I haven't seen you for many years, but Uncle Xiao still looks the same, and his body is still strong."

After Gu Lingqing said these words with a smile on Yan Yan, Xiao Yanfeng recognized who the young man in front of him was. He was probably the only one in the world who called him Uncle Xiao.

(End of this chapter)