Following Hua Zhi back were Yu Mu, Jia Yang and the eight people who followed her from the capital.
Gu Yanxi was wearing an extremely ordinary guard uniform and handed over a warm hot water bottle. "It's time to go."
It was windy today, and Gu Yanxi put on her hood when they went out, and helped people get on the carriage. Shaoyao, who got on first, pulled the carriage from above and winked at Brother Yan proudly. She could accompany Huahua but Brother Yan couldn't. Be envious and jealous, but it's useless hahaha!
Gu Yanxi pretended not to see her and got on the horse.
Lifting the curtains and taking one last look at this still somewhat unfamiliar house, Hua Zhi looked at the man riding a horse beside the carriage, "Is it okay?"
"Nothing." Gu Yanxi looked around and said softly. He usually wore a mask when he went out, and now the scar was covered, so he looked like a stranger.
Hua Zhi didn't say anything more, she also wanted to spend more time with Yan Xi.
Leaning against the window and looking at the man bathed in the soft light of the sun, Hua Zhi wanted to reach out and touch him, but the carriage had already driven onto the street, so she had to suppress the thought.
"Do you have anything to bring to Xiaoliu?"
"I feel relieved to have you around." Gu Yanxi looked down at her, the smile in his eyes only visible to her, "Don't protect him too much, there are some things he has to experience himself in order to grow up, as long as he doesn't risk his life, it doesn't matter if he bleeds a little and gets hurt a little. The ones who are obedient by your side are dogs, but he is a wolf, he needs to be a little fierce and capable to become the leader of the pack."
Hua Zhi muttered, "I always feel like you want to say that loving mothers often spoil their children."
Gu Yanxi held back his laughter. That was exactly what he meant. Ah Zhi was good in every way except that she spoiled the child a little. Although she could be cruel, she would never allow her own child to be bullied. Xiao Liu had a weak foundation, so it was inevitable that he would be bullied and suffer. It was his ability that allowed him to fight back. Parents should not easily intervene when children were fighting. Once they intervened, the nature of the situation would be different. Moreover, the children would become self-reliant and lazy, which would be bad for both Xiao Liu and Ah Zhi in the long run.
Xiaoliu is not Berlin, Azhi needs to make the distinction.
"No matter how extraordinary Xiaoliu is, he is only an eleven-year-old child. We can let him go out and explore, but we can't just leave him alone. A child needs a backer. Only with a backer can he have the confidence to challenge others. If we let him shoulder everything by himself, what will we adults do?"
You are just at the age of marriage. You are not an adult if you still wear your hair in a bun. Gu Yanxi thought so in her heart, but responded with a smile, "You are right, but you still have to be careful."
"I know." Seeing Wang Hai riding over, Hua Zhi stopped talking about this strange topic.
Wang Hai whispered something in Gu Yanxi's ear. Gu Yanxi said a few words, and Wang Hai hurriedly bowed to Hua Zhi and rode away.
Gu Yanxi lowered her head, "There was a big conflict at the silver mine, and seven people have died."
Hua Zhi was stunned. How could...
"Azhi, I need to go over there."
The two looked at each other and Hua Zhi nodded slightly.
"Huahua, are we still leaving?" Shaoyao asked Huahua, who seemed to be thinking about something.
Hua Zhi smiled and said, "If I can leave."
Shaoyao raised her eyebrows and took out bottles and jars from her bag and started tinkering with them.
Patting her head, Hua Zhi watched her movements quietly until the carriage stopped.
"Miss, someone brought this." Yu Mu knocked on the carriage and placed a pen holder at the door.
Hua Zhi's pupils constricted. She picked up the pen holder and unscrewed the bottom as Yu Weiwei said, revealing the note inside. When she unfolded it, it showed a huge word "Please".
"Where's the delivery person?"
"He was a beggar. I didn't keep him."
Hua Zhi slowly turned the bottom back and said, "Let's go to Yu's house."
"Big girl..."
"If I don't go, no one in the Yu family will survive." Yu Weiwei was saving herself, but she was also helping her. Without Yu Weiwei sending messages several times, they would not have found the whereabouts of the silver so quickly. If they left her alone, not to mention that Zeng Xianglin must have made second-hand arrangements in advance, she would have to live with guilt for the rest of her life, which would be terrible.
Yu Mu said no more, turned his horse around and headed towards Yu's house.
Shaoyao sprinkled some medicine powder on Huahua's body, then took out the dagger tied to her leg, smeared some unknown liquid on it, and waited until it dried before reinserting it.
After doing all this, she lifted the window to look outside, took out a bottle, poured out a round pill from it and fed it into Huahua's mouth, then handed the bottle to Jia Yang, "Take one pill each."
"yes."
The door of the Yu family was wide open. Hua Zhi stood at the bottom of the stairs, looked at the plaque, and walked up the stairs.
After entering the gate and walking around the screen wall, the room was empty and no one was there.
Hua Zhi walked straight to the backyard and went all the way to the third courtyard where Yu Weiwei lived, but she didn't see a single servant. She didn't know whether she had been killed or locked up.
Without stopping, the group arrived at the yard where Yu Weiwei lived, with the door tightly closed.
Shaoyao walked forward, opened the door, and smelled her hands, but there was no smell.
In the middle of the yard, Yu Weiwei and her family of three were tied up there. Master Yu and Madam Yu hung their heads and did not move. Yu Weiwei's mouth was covered with a cloth. Seeing her eyes were frighteningly bright, he nodded and shook his head at her.
Hua Zhi went over and pulled the cloth off her mouth. Yu Weiwei immediately screamed in a shrill voice, "Zeng Xianglin did this on purpose. He set this up to lure you out. Go away, go away!"
"If it's a set trap, how can you let me leave so easily?" Hua Zhi untied her again. Shaoyao and Yu Mu had already untied Master Yu and Madam Yu. Shaoyao also took their pulse and found that they had just been drugged and it was nothing serious.
"The young lady is indeed as smart and capable as the rumors say." An unfamiliar male voice came from inside the house. The sunlight was too bright, and the main room seemed dim.
Hua Zhi watched the gentle and handsome man walk out leisurely with a gait. He was smiling and looked very friendly. Even his eyes were sincere. He looked like a good person.
But he was not.
"It seems that Master Zeng is well-informed."
"The eldest girl is so famous that not only Jinyang, but even the far south and the far north probably know that the Hua family has a capable eldest girl."
If he really knew her identity, Hua Zhi suddenly understood. He had verified her identity from the beginning, and her relationship with the leader of the Qisu Division was no secret in the capital. In addition, he might have other channels to know that Yan Xi had come to Jinyang, so he had been planning a plan against her and Yan Xi.
But she still couldn't figure out Zeng Xianglin's purpose. He was willing to expose his relationship with the Chaoli tribe to set up this trap. What could he gain from it? Even if she and Yan Xi died here, what benefit could he get except the emperor's rage
PS: I have decided to write a silly and sweet story next time. This book is too brain-burning.