Chapter 13
Sure enough, Feng Linran came. He was dressed in crescent moon white clothes, his black hair was tied up, his folding fan was put away, and he raised his eyebrows and eyes, and stood in front of the hall to express his condolences.

Tang Xiaozuo took a sneak peek at him, wanting to get up and throw himself into his arms, caress willfully, and tell him the grievances and longings in his heart.

However, she couldn't, as people came and went, she could only look away reluctantly, lowered her head, and continued to guard beside Zuo Haotian's coffin.

The master, senior brother, and third senior brother also came, Tang Xiaozuo secretly broke into a cold sweat for himself.The master and senior brother naturally knew why she was here, but the third senior brother didn't. He was probably wondering why there were two Zuo Yunzhi, one in Tang Sect and one in Mingyue Villa.

Later, the senior brother told her that they lied to the third senior brother that Zuo Yunshu had found a girl similar to Zuo Yunzhi, in order to prevent the people who came to pay tribute to the funeral from having evil intentions.

The third senior brother actually believed it.

Tang Xiaozuo stayed here for three days. Three days later, Zuo Hao was buried in the sky, and she was supported all the way.It's not that she is weak, it's that she has hardly slept in the past three days, and her knees hurt from kneeling, and she is a little staggering when she walks.

Speaking of it, fate is also subtle, she has been unwilling to admit that she is Zuo Yunzhi, but after going around and around, God still let her do what she should do.

After Zuo Haotian's spiritual seat was placed in Zuo's ancestral hall, Zuo Yunshu sat there for a day, not allowing anyone to disturb him.Even though he hates Zuo Haotian, he still needs time to accept the fact that his only relative in this world has passed away.

Because of this, the matter of going to Kongling Island was put on hold for a few days. After all, as a son, he had to wait until the first seven days before he could leave the villa.

After Zuo Haotian's affairs were done, Tang Xiaozuo slept for a whole day and night without caring, and the strange lights and monsters in her dream didn't wake her up.However, when the style of painting changed, she dimly saw a little girl with horns pierced, squatting beside a man with her chin in her hands, and her childish voice revealed innocence and curiosity: "Uncle, what are you growing?"

"This is a gardenia tree." The man patted the soil firmly with a small shovel, turned his face and looked at the little girl dotingly, "Your mother likes gardenias the most, when she wakes up, she will see it when she sees it." Very happy."

"But mother has been asleep for a long time, why don't you wake up?" the little girl asked with her mouth pouted.

Her answer was a sigh.

Tang Xiaozuo only watched from a distance, but his heart was filled with sadness.She didn't know where this sadness came from, but it made her so sad that she could hardly breathe.

When I opened my eyes, it was already the next morning.

The window was opened, and the morning light shone slightly, covering the whole room softly. Someone sat by the bed, took a dog's tail grass, brushed it between her nose, and smiled dotingly with the corners of her mouth raised.

"Ah..."

Tang Xiaozuo became fully awake almost at once. She held down the hand holding the dog's tail grass, and asked the man, "Who am I?"

The man chuckled: "Fu Ling, my little Fu Ling."

Tang Xiaozuo's nose was sour, and he threw his head into his arms without being shy, and said something in his mind, "Master, I miss you so much."

"Hmm." A big hand stroked her head, "How much do you want?"

"The kind I really want to think about." Tang Xiaozuo sniffed, and asked boldly, "Master, do you miss me?"

"Well, I want to." Feng Linran supported her shoulders and lifted her up from his arms, his smile gradually became dangerous, "Fu Ling, I miss you so much, and find you so hard. "

"Master..." Tang Xiaozuo sensed that something was wrong, quickly shrank back, grabbed the pillow and laid it in front of him, "Master, I am playing Zuo Yunshu's sister now, you can't hit me."

Feng Linran easily slapped her pillow away, stretched her arms to press her body over, and said through gritted teeth, "It's as if I've hit you before." He pinched her arm to prevent her from going further into the bed Hiding everywhere, "Tell me, who was the person who took you away from the Tianzhu Gate that day? How did you appear here?"

As soon as Tang Xiao's left eyeball rolled half a circle, Feng Linran saw what was in his mind, and he told her, "Why are the eyeballs turning around, don't make up nonsense!"

"..."

Tang Xiaozuo blinked innocently and aggrievedly, held up his face, and said sincerely: "Master, I'm not making up nonsense, but can you stop asking, when the time comes, I will explain everything to you." I told you."

She is not Fuling, she is Tang Xiaozuo, and also the real Zuo Yunzhi.She has a lot of secrets, even though these secrets make her almost breathless, she still dare not tell him now.

Feng Linran covered her hand, nestled in his palm, raised his eyes to look at her, blue waves rippled slightly: "Are you... playing tricks on me?"

"I also know that I'm not beautiful..." Tang Xiaozuo lowered his head in frustration, but his chin was pinched by Feng Linran.

He pinched her chin with one hand, wrapped her little hand with the other, and bullied her with a handsome face, with fire in his eyes, and a little temptation in his exhaled breath: "Not only is it not beautiful, but this plan is also not good enough... "

"Well?"

Tang Xiaozuo let him lift his chin, and watched Feng Linran's face slowly enlarge and approach, when it was originally ambiguous, but she suddenly thought of a question: "By the way, sect master, how did you recognize me? "

Feng Linran paused, then lowered his head and kissed her hair. The morning wind slowly blew away the smile at the corner of his mouth: "Just look at me, and I'll know who you are to me."

"But when I dream, I don't even recognize myself. It's my story, but I'm like a bystander." In the dream, I don't know what I looked like when I was a child, and I can only feel the sadness and sadness when I was a child.

Feng Linran's body tightened slightly, and he asked her, "Did you have nightmares again at night?"

Tang Xiao left her body trembling, and he noticed it, and then he hugged her body tighter, and let out a barely audible sigh on top of her head.

"You girl, you have all kinds of problems, why on earth did I fall in love with you?"

Tang Xiaozuo raised his head and said seriously: "Probably because of my shocking appearance."

"You really have the face to say it." Feng Linran pushed her head and was amused by her.

"Cough cough..."

Suddenly there were two light coughs from the door, she and Feng Linran looked over together, it was Zuo Yunshu standing there, who came over at some unknown time.

I don't know why, the way Zuo Yunshu looked at her felt like he was being caught in bed.

The three of them stared at each other for a long while before Zuo Yunshu stepped in and said quietly, "Brother Feng is hugging Zuo's sister like this, is it unreasonable?" Then he gave Tang Xiaozuo another look, With a bad tone, "The clothes are disheveled, what do you look like!"

Tang Xiaozuo was quite obedient, and silently pulled up the quilt to cover his body.

In fact, she fell asleep with her clothes on. She was so tired last night that she only took off her shoes and went to sleep. The clothes on her body were still untucked, and now they are a little wrinkled.Zuo Yunshu asked her not to recognize Feng Linran, but to play the role of his sister honestly.But the conscience of heaven and earth was Feng Linran who recognized her first, and she did not violate the agreement with Zuo Yunshu.

Feng Linran let her go, stood up, and said with a calm smile, "Brother Zuo, this is not your sister."

Zuo Yunshufang changed his expression and smiled gently: "Brother Feng is telling the truth. I asked Miss Fuling to pretend to be Yunzhi. I didn't tell you beforehand. It was my fault. Let Miss Fuling wash up first, let's go out and talk .”

Zuo Yunshu made a gesture of invitation, waiting for Feng Linran to go out, and then he did not forget to glance at her, and told her: "I will let the servant girl come in to help you wash up, you should change your clothes first, and wear some plain clothes. "

He spoke smoothly and naturally, with the majesty and care of an elder brother, as if she was really his sister.

Tang Xiaozuo silently suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, went to change clothes honestly, washed up, and took an apple to find Feng Linran.

Feng Linran and Zuo Yunshu were sitting in the front hall, they were discussing Tang Xiaozuo's whereabouts.

Feng Linran wanted to take Tang Xiaozuo back to Tianjian Gate, but Zuo Yunshu refused. He said that Tang Xiaozuo had an agreement with him and he couldn't break his promise. Besides, Tang Xiaozuo was playing Zuo Yunzhi now. The sky gate is safe.

Feng Linran was unhappy: "Are you saying that I can't protect her well?"

"I heard that Miss Fu Ling was seriously injured a few days ago..." Zuo Yunshu smiled lightly, pointing.

Immediately, there was a smell of tit-for-tat gunpowder between the two men.

After all, their topics were all about themselves, and Tang Xiaozuo couldn't bear the two men bickering, so he went for a walk in the villa on his own.

There was a faint fragrance in his nose, Tang Xiaozuo looked for the fragrance, it was a small and elegant courtyard, it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time, a row of gardenia trees had already bloomed, but the fragrance still lingered faintly.

A Ke brought her to this yard before, it was the yard that made her feel depressed, and it was also the yard where Thirteen Niang once lived.

Thirteen Niang is her mother, and she must have spent her childhood in this courtyard.

The door was locked, perhaps it was God's will, she pressed it a little, and the lock opened by itself.

Tang Xiaozuo leaned forward to look inside, hesitated for a moment, then walked in.

The room is elegant and clean, but the furnishings are old and covered with a thin layer of dust.Tang Xiaozuo wandered around the room twice, but didn't find anything special. Just about to go out, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a side room covered by a curtain, which should be the bedroom.

She lifted the curtain and stepped in.

Tables, chairs, mattresses, and vanity mirrors are just an ordinary bedroom. The only thing that is not ordinary is the messy scratches on the inner wall.

It's a pity that such a delicate house is ruined by these scratches.They are different shades, as if they were scratched by angular stones.

Tang Xiaozuo stretched out his hand to touch it, and a feeling of anger and helplessness snaked up from his fingertips, touching the bottom of his heart.Her mood trembled, she was a little dazed, and she always felt that these scratches were very familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere.

Where is it?

She was immersed in her own world searching for the limited information in her mind, so she might as well pat her shoulder suddenly with one hand.

Tang Xiaozuo screamed and almost jumped up.

Her big reaction startled the two people behind her.

"Fu Ling, you..." Feng Linran and Zuo Yunshu both looked at her in astonishment.

Seeing that there were two people, Tang Xiaozuo patted his chest in shock: "Master Zuo, Master Zuo, why are you here?"

"I'm looking for you." Feng Linran said angrily, "What are you doing here secretly?"

"It's nothing, I'm just curious." Tang Xiaozuo glanced at Zuo Yunshu with some guilt, "I came in without saying hello, please forgive me, Young Master Zuo."

Fortunately, Zuo Yunshu didn't blame her, but said lightly: "It's okay, this yard has been vacant for a long time, no one lives in it, you can come in and play anytime you want."

I don't know if it was Tang Xiaozuo's illusion, but she always felt that Zuo Yunshu also glanced at the scratches on the wall intentionally or unintentionally.

After they left the yard, no one spoke for a while.

Tang Xiaozuo was afraid that Zuo Yunshu would think too much, so he took the initiative to say: "Master Zuo, Master Zuo, have you discussed where I will go? Should I stay here, or return to Tianzhumen?"

Feng Linran didn't answer her, but Zuo Yunshu smiled slightly: "Just now, I have persuaded Brother Feng to let you stay in this villa for a few more days. When Dad's first seven days are over, I will go to Ethereal Island .When I come back, you can follow Brother Feng back to Tianjianmen."

"That's right." Tang Xiaozuo looked at Feng Linran.Feng Linran pulled her to his side, looking worried.

"I'm still worried about letting this girl here with you, or..."

Zuo Yunshu reminded coolly: "Brother Feng, you are not joking."

Feng Linran punched him in the heart: "Take good care of her."

"Brother Feng, don't worry, I will take care of her like my own sister."

"Don't think too much about her!"

The corners of Zuo Yunshu's mouth twitched: "To be honest, I've always doubted Brother Feng's aesthetics." He glanced at Tang Xiaozuo, and said with a smile, "With Brother Feng's beauty, why do you like Fuling? Girl? Why do you think I'll fall in love with Miss Fuling?"

Tang Xiaozuo was a little confused: What do you mean, you!Are you calling me ugly?I'm angry!

After Feng Linran stayed in Mingyue Villa for another day, he returned to Tianjianmen.It's about half a day's journey between Tianzhaomen and Mingyue Villa, and it's not very far away.

After all, Feng Linran is the master of the sect, so it's not that kind of thing to always be around her.He said to go back to Tianzhumen to deal with some things first, and then come back to see her in two days.

Tang Xiaozuo felt sorry for him running back and forth so hard, even though he wanted to see him from time to time, he still refrained from saying it, only saying that it was to let him worry about his business, but it was okay to come and see her.

Feng Linran pinched the tip of her nose: "You are so cute when you say things against your will."

After Zuo Haotian's first seven days, Zuo Yunshu and Tang Xiaozuo had a hearty meal, and they were going to pick up "Zuo Yunzhi" from Tangmen, and then go to Ethereal Island together.

Because that "Zuo Yunzhi" was not the real Zuo Yunzhi, Zuo Yunshu's trip to Kongling Island this time was just a mess.But Tang Xiaozuo didn't intend to tell him the truth, after all, if he wasn't tormenting him, it was time to torment her.

Zuo Yunshu told her before leaving: "When I go out this time, someone may take this opportunity to break into the villa and make things difficult for you. You have to be careful."

Tang Xiaozuo was puzzled: "Who will make things difficult for me?"

"The people outside regard you as Yunzhi now. They will definitely try to get some information from you while I'm not around."

Tang Xiaozuo sensed the danger, so he couldn't help but put on a furious face, and pointed his eyes at him: "You liar!"

Zuo Yunshu was taken aback: "What did I lie to you?"

"When you were in Tangmen, you clearly said that those people would not do anything to me because they were afraid of the reputation of Mingyue Villa." This was what he personally promised her before he brought her here, and she remembered it very clearly.

But Zuo Yunshu seemed to have forgotten, or simply pretended not to remember: "Oh, really? Did I say such a thing?"

He didn't even admit it!

Seeing that Tang Xiaozuo was a little angry, Zuo Yunshu comforted him and said, "I made a deal with Ake, if someone really breaks in, he will take you to hide in the cave in the rockery. There are already prepared Alright, candles and torches, you don’t have to be afraid of the dark.”

"Is it safe there?" Tang Xiaozuo frowned at him.

"Before I come back, I will make sure you are okay." Zuo Yunshu looked at her, seemed to be thinking about something, and smiled casually.

Tang Xiaozuo felt that if he didn't believe him at this time, no one else could believe it.

After Zuo Yunshu finished explaining, he led the horse and turned around to go, but stopped after taking two steps, and turned to look at her: "I'm going on a long journey now, as a younger sister, shouldn't you see me off?"

Tang Xiaozuo scratched his head: "According to common sense, it should be given away, but..."

Zuo Yunshu interrupted her: "Then send me out of the villa."

Tang Xiaozuo rolled his eyes reluctantly: "But do we have to act out this kind of thing? Then shall I break a wicker to say goodbye to you, and then watch you leave with teary eyes?"

Zuo Yunshu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "That's not necessary, it's a farewell to the lover, don't act too much."

So in front of Mingyue Villa, beside the black steed, Zuo Yunshu patted her head, and said goodbye to her in a brotherly tone: "I'm leaving, you take good care of yourself."

Tang Xiao flicked his handkerchief: "Let's go..."

Zuo Yunshu: "..."

But after Zuo Yunshu left, Tang Xiaozuo was obviously much more free, and even the air in the villa smelled much more pleasant.She didn't let others follow, she ran to the back garden by herself, stood in front of the rockery and tilted her head to watch.

Just now when Zuo Yunshu was talking about the rockery, something suddenly flashed through her mind.The scratches she saw on the wall of her mother's bedroom that day, she always thought she had seen them somewhere, but now she finally remembered that she had never seen any scratches before, but she had touched them, right here In the cave of the rockery.

It was the first time A Ke pushed her into the cave, she groped in the dark, she didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but it was quietly buried in her mind.

She was scared to death when she was imprisoned, and now she is still a little scared, but in order to find out the truth, she didn't care about being afraid.Besides, it's daytime, as long as the mechanism stone door doesn't fall down, the inside is still quite bright.

Tang Xiaozuo walked in, looked around, and quickly found those scratches.When I touched it with my hands, it seemed that it was not as deep as the scratches in the dormitory.But those who can draw marks on this stone wall must either have great strength or have drawn for a long time.

Tang Xiaozuo had a very strong feeling that whether it was in the dormitory or here, it was all drawn by her.

According to what Zuo Yunshu said before, Zuo Yunzhi often stayed in this cave when she was a child, so her guess is easy to establish.

"Miss, what are you doing in there?" A Ke came over at some point and called her from outside the cave.

"I'll familiarize myself with the environment." Tang Xiaozuo lied without changing his expression, "Didn't the eldest brother let me hide here if there was any danger? I'll come here first to familiarize myself."

A Ke looked at her a little strangely, but said nothing.

Tang Xiaozuo had enough wandering around inside, so he ran out and asked A Ke: "Who is the oldest person in our villa? How many years have you been in the villa?"

"Miss, why are you asking this?" A Ke was puzzled.

"Just answer me."

"The oldest lady in the villa is a dumb woman. She used to serve the wife. After the death of the lady, all the maidservants who served the lady were dismissed. But the owner of the villa thought that she might not be able to find a living when she went out with a disability, so he kindly kept her. Now, I'm helping in the back kitchen." A Ke said honestly.

"Mute? She can't speak?"

A Ke nodded: "Actually, she wasn't born dumb. I heard that she used to gossip and was very irresponsible. Once she annoyed Madam, she was drugged and dumbed by Madam. Later, she became honest."

"Really..." Tang Xiaozuo was thoughtful.

The next day, Tang Xiaozuo came to the kitchen on the pretext of being hungry.It was past meal time, and there were only two people busy in the kitchen, so she found the dumb woman easily.

Seeing that she was baking pancakes, Tang Xiaozuo reached out for one.

The dumb woman looked up and saw her, and immediately shrank her shoulders in shock.

Tang Xiaozuo hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I'm just hungry, I'm looking for something to eat."

Instead of taking pancakes, the dumb woman brought her a plate of dim sum.

She patted the mute woman's hand to express her gratitude.

The dumb woman raised her head abruptly, and for a moment, Tang Xiaozuo saw her eyes shake violently, but then she became calm again, and lowered her head again.

Tang Xiaozuo calmly threw away the needle he had previously hidden in his hand, and his eyes became meaningful - when a person feels pain, the instinctive reaction is to scream, even though a dumb woman can't speak, it doesn't mean she Will not open mouth.But from the beginning to the end, the mute woman's mouth was tightly closed. Even though she was suffering from sharp pain, her instinctive reaction was to close her mouth even tighter, as if she was afraid of making any noise.

It was this kind of reaction that made Tang Xiaozuo feel very strongly that this dumb woman is not dumb, it's not that she can't speak, but she forced herself not to speak.

But why?

(End of this chapter)

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