Rebirth of the ghost concubine of the confused country

Chapter 227 Where did Zhu Ziyi go?

Seeing this, Xiaocui was about to call out for the young master, but Zhu Zixin stopped her, saying:
"Let's follow quietly and see where the eldest brother is going?"

The reason for this is naturally because Zhu Ziyi's recent whereabouts are somewhat mysterious. Although Zhu Zixin guessed that it might have something to do with his mother, she still wanted to find out.

Thinking of this, she secretly followed Zhu Ziyi out of the gate of the Hou Mansion. It had just snowed, the snow on the road was thick and the wind was strong, so it was much easier to follow someone.The wind and snow helped her a lot.

Following behind Zhu Ziyi, Zhu Zixin chased for a few blocks and found that he was having a hard time following him. The elder brother's lightness kung fu seemed to be much better than before!Now, she was struggling to keep up with him.

After a while, I finally saw him leave the city, walking towards the Town God's Temple in the south of the city.

Zhu Zixin followed all the way, but Zhu Ziyi never noticed.

Seeing him enter the Temple of the City God, Zhu Zixin walked in without a sound.

This Town God's Temple is very dilapidated. It is a ruined temple that has been abandoned for a long time.I don't know why Zhu Ziyi came here.

Zhu Zixin sneaked in secretly.

Inside the Chenghuang Temple is a hall.The city god is enshrined in the middle, and the side is empty, except for a few pillars, there is nothing else.It seems that the eldest brother is not here.

Zhu Zixin quietly walked inside again.

It turns out that there is a small square courtyard behind the Town God's Temple.In the corner of the yard, there is a house built of stones.There are piles of firewood next to the house, and those firewood are piled up neatly.At this time, Zhu Ziyi was swinging his ax vigorously, chopping firewood on the ground.

Zhu Zixin was dumbfounded for a moment. He didn't expect that his eldest brother, the eldest son of the Hou family, even though he had no status in the Hou family, was considered pampered. How could he ever do such rough work?
From this point of view, the person who lives here must be Ying'er, and it must be Ying'er, that's right, apart from her, there will be no other person that Big Brother can chop wood for her.

Just thinking about it.The door of the stone house creaked.A person came out from the inside. This person was dressed in black, and his whole body was tightly wrapped.He also wore a cloak on his head, covering his face completely.

With a bowl in her hand, she walked up to Zhu Ziyi, her hoarse voice was full of deep love: "Yi'er, come, drink some water and rest. Actually, you don't need to chop any more, the firewood is enough Mother has spent a whole winter."

Zhu Ziyi took the water and drank it in one gulp, then said: "Mother, it doesn't matter, that's all my boy can do for you. After a while, when my boy finds a better house in the capital, I will send you Take it. Don't worry, the boy will definitely get it properly, and no one will find out where you are, so you can go back with the boy!"

Zhu Zixin's eyes got wet seeing this, brother, he is really filial!
At this time, Ying'er raised his wrist, wiped the sweat off Zhu Ziyi's face with his sleeve, and pressed his shoulder to make him sit on the stool next to him, then said: "Yi'er , mother is used to living a free life now, if you let mother live an ordinary life again, mother may not be able to bear it. You should stop forcing mother. It is already very good for mother to live here now, if you have the heart , come to see mother when there is nothing to do, mother is very relieved!"

Ying'er's tone was very gratifying, and Zhu Zixin's ears were also very moved.She couldn't even dream of such a scene of loving mother and son being filial. At this moment, she felt that she was very envious of her elder brother.

Zhu Ziyi nodded and said: "Well, mother, I said I won't force you. Since you don't want to go, then you can do whatever you want, but you have to promise me that you will not leave secretly again, so that I can't find you. Then, you know, Yi'er will be very sad, very sad."

Zhu Ziyi handed the bowl to Ying'er, and said.

"Okay! Mom promises you!"

When Ying'er heard this, she felt happy from the bottom of her heart, and there was a bit of joy in her voice.

"Mother, you can teach me martial arts again, it's still early today anyway!"

Zhu Ziyi begged.

Ying'er nodded and said: "Okay. As long as you want to learn, mother's martial arts will be handed over to you! However, today is New Year's Eve, you need to go back earlier, so as to save your father from worrying!"

"...Mom, I...I promise you!"

Zhu Ziyi's voice was in front of him, but he still nodded.He said, don't disobey his mother.

Ying'er's eyebrows and eyes exposed outside the veil were bent, how could she not understand her son's thoughts?

Patting him on the shoulder, Ying'er turned around and put the bowl in his hand into the house, and when he came out again, he was holding two swords in his hand.Handing one to Zhu Ziyi, and holding one for himself, the two practiced on the open space in front of the house.

Zhu Zixin finally understood why Zhu Ziyi's martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds recently.She backed out quietly.Leave the time to get along with their mother and son.It's just that there is inevitably a sigh in my heart.

At dusk, originally he wanted to order Xiao Cui to see if his eldest brother was back, and if he came back, he would call Zhu Ziyi over and have hot pot together, but Zhu Jing ordered someone to spread the word early on, saying that he would have a round with everyone Yuanyuan's New Year's Eve dinner, so Zhu Zixin had no choice but to give up this idea, and went to the dining hall with everyone to eat.

Although she didn't like Zhu Jing, she didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, not to mention it wasn't every New Year's Eve.

The New Year's Eve dinner in the Hou's Mansion was quite sumptuous, which made Zhu Zixin salivate after seeing it.

However, when all the people had arrived, Zhu Ziyi's whereabouts had not been seen for a long time. Of course Zhu Zixin understood the reason, but the others did not.Moreover, she didn't want to betray her eldest brother, so she didn't want to speak out.

Zhu Jing sent people to look for it several times, but he didn't come back. Everyone looked at the dishes on the table eagerly, but couldn't move. Zhu Jing waited patiently until the dishes had been heated several times. , the sky has already dimmed, and the sound of firecrackers is heard from everywhere...

Zhu Zixin swallowed the words a few times, deliberately pretending that he didn't know anything and continued to wait.

"Ugh!"

Finally, Zhu Jing sighed, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and said to everyone:

"Let's eat!"

After finishing speaking, he silently picked up a chopstick of food and put it in the bowl in front of him, but he didn't eat it. Instead, he poured himself another glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all, and then poured another glass.

Seeing this, Zhu Zixin couldn't help looking at Chu Hong who was sitting next to Zhu Jing. Coincidentally, Chu Hong also happened to look over. The two looked at each other, but neither spoke.

In this situation, in the past, someone would have advised Zhu Jing not to drink so much alcohol. If it wasn't Second Aunt, it would be Zhu Zichan or Zhu Ziqi, but these people...

Glancing at the few vacant seats at the table, Zhu Zixin understood what Zhu Jing was thinking, but who could be blamed for all this?

She is not his daughter, never was, even if his attitude towards her changes now, it is useless, in those memories instilled by the original owner, her young heart has never received love from her father.Now, even if it's acting, she refuses to waste even a little bit of emotion.

She thought that Chu Hong might have been heartbroken by that man, and she refused to say a word of comfort to him.

And Zhu Ziyi, her eldest brother, must be by his biological mother's side now!

Look, the Hou Mansion, which was supposed to be bustling and bustling, was deserted at the time of New Year's Eve, which made one feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

Grabbing the chopsticks, Zhu Zixin ate boldly. What does all this have to do with her?What are you thinking so much about?
However, before taking a few bites, I only heard a crisp sound of "pop" from the table.

Zhu Zixin raised his head in astonishment, but saw that Zhu Jing had stood up and said:
"The old man feels a little uncomfortable, so I won't eat it. You can eat slowly."

After speaking, he turned and left.

It turned out that the sound just now was the sound of him slapping his chopsticks on the table.

Zhu Zixin glanced at Chu Hong, and Chu Hong happened to look over. The two of them smiled in a very tacit understanding, and then continued to eat in silence.

However, in the empty dining room, the sound of only the two of them eating came from time to time. Putting down the chopsticks, she said to Chu Hong:

"This food is too tasteless, why don't you go to my Dongliyuan and I'll make hot pot for you?"

Chu Hong looked at her suspiciously, and asked:
"What is hot pot?"

"You will know when you go."

While talking, Zhu Zixin couldn't help but dragged Chu Hong to the door.

Outside the door, Ke Lin and Xiao Cui kept guard. Seeing that Zhu Zixin came out so quickly, they couldn't help asking:

"Miss, why did you finish eating so quickly?"

"Don't eat! Let's go back to Dongliyuan with me. I still like the feeling of having dinner with you."

Zhu Zixin said, and pulled Chu Hong to go to Dongli Garden together.

There is no modern equipment here, not even a briquette stove.Zhu Zixin realized this problem only after she returned to Dongli Garden. After thinking for a while, she finally came up with a solution.

Called Colin and Xiaocui to the front, commanded, and after a while, a simple fire boiler was completed.

Then, he led the two of them to bring meat and vegetables from the kitchen, and began to prepare.

Just after finishing it, a voice came from the door:
"Zixin, what are you doing? I saw smoke rising from the Dongli Garden from afar, which made me think there was a fire, so I ran here in a hurry, only to realize that you guys are so leisurely. What kind of strange thing is this? ?”

It turned out that the person who came was Zhu Ziyi.

While talking, Zhu Ziyi leaned over and saw a big table with a hole dug in it, and the holes were uneven.There is also a pot on top.

There is a cylinder under the table.It seems to be made of some kind of pottery, and flames are roaring out from inside.

"What is this strange thing?"

The more Zhu Ziyi looked at it, the more curious he became, so he asked again.

"This one is called a stove. It is used to eat hot pot. However, we don't have it here, so I had to use clay pots instead. However, the principle is similar to that of a stove. The burning inside is charcoal. You can eat hot pot while eating it." Boil it, it’s very hot. It’s perfect for winter, how about it, how about being creative?”

(End of this chapter)