In the early morning of the second day, Jiang Li got up early to dress up.
She was going back to Xiangyang, and now the whole Jiang Mansion knew about it. Ji Shuran objected to Ye Mingxuan from the very beginning, but later changed his mind somehow. She looked like a mother and asked Jiang Li what she lacked.
But Jiang Jingrui learned that Jiang Li was going back to Xiangyang, and sat in Fangfeiyuan for a long time. It is nothing more than that Jiang Li is not kind, and I didn't know to take him with him when I went to Xiangyang to play. Actually want to go to Xiangyang with Jiang Li.
Jiang Li is both angry and funny. Jiang Jingrui doesn't even know where Xiangyang is. It really is a fun place. Besides, she didn't go to Xiangyang for fun, and the Ye family didn't know whether to wait to see her. It is not natural for her granddaughter to live, and Jiang Jingrui, a nominal relative, is embarrassed to go.
The most important thing is that even if all this is resolved, Jiang Jingrui's mother Lu will definitely not allow Jiang Jingrui to mess around.
It's good or bad that Jiang Jingrui dispelled this idea. Jiang Li sighed. It seemed that everyone in Jiang Mansion thought that she would have a good time going back to Ye's house, but she didn't know that the road ahead was so long, it might not be as easy as they thought.
Yesterday was still a sunny day, but today it rained lightly.
The autumn in Yanjing City seems to be short, as if the heat of summer is still in sight, and the wind is rustling in the blink of an eye. Looking at the withered branches and leaves on the ground, it is hard to imagine the prosperity of yesterday.
Tong'er stretched out his hand outside for an interview, then turned to Jiang Li and said, "Girl, it's raining a lot, or don't go out, go some other time."
"Nothing." Jiang Li was wearing a cloak, and said: "They are all in the carriage, and can't walk much."
Tonger had to give up.
Jiang Li said okay to them that he would be able to buy some gifts for the Ye family when he went out for shopping today. After Mrs. Jiang knew about this, she specially asked the pearls to have some silver, so that Jiang Li could choose herself.
Unexpectedly, it would rain today. Tonger thought that he was not in a hurry. Anyway, Ye Mingxuan would stay in Yanjing City for about ten days. It would be nice to find a good weather someday. Who knows that Jiang Li, who has always been talkative, is not so stubborn today.
Jiang Li fastened his cloak and stopped in front of the mirror.
The appearance of Miss Jiang Er is not as outstanding as Xue Fangfei. But the foundation is not bad. It's too beautiful. These days, ginger pears are raised by Jiang's parents, and the food is much better than in Qingcheng Mountain. The haggardness and weakness are completely gone, and at first glance, it looks so pretty and pretty.
"The girl is so beautiful." Bai Xue stood aside and exclaimed sincerely, "It's like walking out of a painting."
"That's it," Tong'er nodded, "When I was in Qingcheng Mountain, I could only wear robes, and could not show our girl's beauty. Now, when I look at Yanjing City, I can see that no one is as beautiful as our girl. This If you let those nuns in Qingcheng Mountain see it, they won’t be able to recognize it."
Jiang Li looked at herself in the mirror with a familiar look on her face, but her facial features were so strange. When he was in front of Xue Zhao, could Xue Zhao still recognize her
Father... I can't recognize it anymore, right.
There was a burst of sadness in her heart, she turned her head and stopped looking at the mirror, just said: "Let's go."
"Good." Tonger opened the door.
…
Due to the rain, not many people walked outside Yanjing City. Not even a few vendors selling candied haws on the street today. Jiang Li and Tonger Baixue can only stroll around in jewelry or cloth shops. The hawkers who carry the burden to buy small items on weekdays probably didn't go out today.
However, I heard that the three sons of the Ye family did not have many grandchildren. Except for Ye Shijie's accident, only Ye Mingxuan had one son and one daughter. The fourth member of the Ye family is still unmarried, let alone raise offspring. So buying things for juniors is not difficult to buy.
Not long after, Jiang Li also picked up the gifts they wanted to give.
Repaying a gift is not a simple matter. Many large families’ mothers raise up their prostitutes, and even teach them to return a gift. If the prostitute marries to an official family in the future, the husband and the husband will entertain each other, and there will always be no way to respond. The value of the return seems solemn, and the frivolity of the return appears to be negligent. It's really difficult.
But when Shen Yurong's Fang Zhongzhong started to socialize, Jiang Li had already learned how to respond. In Tongxiang, Xue Huaiyuan had a cool breeze and would not accept gifts. This is not the case in Yanjing City. Sometimes it can't be too simple to return a gift. After returning to the price, Mother Shen would say that she had to secretly take out a part of the subsidy from her dowry.
I think that Shen Yurong doesn't have this trouble now. Princess Yongning is not short of silver, and she won't be too stretched to return many expensive gifts, and naturally she doesn't have to put on her own dowry.
Jiang Li prepared different things for his three uncles and two aunts, Mrs. Ye and his cousin. For this reason, he asked Ye Mingxuan about their respective personalities, and was consciously satisfied with the things they bought.
In the afternoon, I casually ate something in a restaurant in Yanjing City. Seeing that the rain hadn't stopped, Tonger said: "This rain seems to be unstoppable for a while, girl, after eating, let's go back. There is nothing fun outside."
Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "If you don't go back, let's go to Yanyu Pavilion."
"Yanyu Pavilion?" Tong'er and Bai Xue asked in surprise, "Where is that place?"
"It's a pavilion near Bailu Bay. I heard that it is very beautiful to watch the rain scene there. I have been back to Yanjing for so long, I only heard the name, and I have never been to see it. A glimpse of the style. It's better to hit the sun if you choose a day, let's go later."
Bai Xue had always heard Jiang Li's words and had no objection at all. When Tong'er saw this, she had to agree, but looked at Jiang Li and said, "Where did the girl hear about the Misty Rain Pavilion? The slave and maid had never heard of it."
"I heard someone talk about it by chance." Jiang Li said lightly: "It's not a famous place, so few people know it. Isn't there a saying, the most magnificent scenery is often hidden in no one's corners."
Tonger nodded thoughtfully.
Jiang Li drank the tea in front of him, her thoughts flying far.
At that time, she had a miscarriage due to her birthday and was seriously injured in bed. When she learned of Xue Zhao's death, she got up with difficulty. But Tongxiang was too far away from Yanjing, she could not drag Xue Zhao's bones back to Tongxiang with her seriously ill body. Shen's mother would not allow her to do this, she was regarded as a shame to the Shen family, and she should not be ashamed of going out. It was Shen Yurong's tolerance to collect Xue Zhao's body.
Shen Yurong said to her that Yanyu Pavilion has a beautiful scenery and is off the beaten track. It is a nice place. If Xue Zhao buried his bones here, that would be great. There will be a chance in the future to let Xue Zhao return to her hometown when she gets better.
She was fragile and helpless at that time, and she was grateful to Shen Yurong. It is really good that Shen Yurong can still think of her in the past when he has made a scandal.
But then I learned that Shen Yurong was responsible for his own affairs. Princess Yongning colluded with a dog official to kill Xue Zhao, would Shen Yurong know? They are murderers, yet they have to pretend to empathize with the sadness, which is disgusting.
Thinking of this, Jiang Li frowned, and only felt that the beauty of the Yanyu Pavilion was also the idea of Shen Yurong, not necessarily without the thoughts of Princess Yongning. She didn't want Xue Zhao to be at the mercy of these two people after his death. Now there is no way, but one day, the sooner the better, she will take Xue Zhao out of Yanyu Pavilion and Yanjing City.
Jiang Li put down the tea cup and said, "I'm done, let's go."
Tong'er and Bai Xue faintly felt that Jiang Li seemed a little gloomy, and they looked at each other. They were all confused and had to follow Jiang Li to leave.
Bailu Bay is by a lake beside Yanjing City. There was a literati who lived there and raised a group of egrets. Later, the literati died and Bailu flew away, but the name Bailuwan was retained. Yanyu Pavilion is located not far from Bailu Bay.
Xue Zhao's tomb is under a peach tree behind Yanyu Pavilion.
Tong'er and Baixue came to Bailu Bay for the first time, but they saw the lake water was blue and blue, and the Yanyu Pavilion had six floors. Standing on the attic and looking down, the entire pavilion was in the misty mist and rain. The lake water has fine and dense ripples, and the water and the sky are connected, making it one of its own.
Tong'er was very excited and said, "It's so beautiful. Girl, this misty rain in Yanyu Pavilion is really beautiful!"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Sit down for a while, and I will go and see that peach tree."
Bai Xue hurriedly said, "The slave and maidservant also go."
"No need." Jiang Li stopped her. "There is no one here. I will check it out and come back soon. It's okay."
She couldn't help saying that she left the attic first.
Not far away, the peach tree stood quietly in place as it used to be. The flowers on the tree have long since faded away clean, without the embellishment of peach blossoms, the big tree has become desolate and desolate.
Under the tree, a small grave sits.
Jiang Li was holding an umbrella and standing in front of the grave.
Xue Zhao was killed by robbers on his way to the capital and abandoned his body in the river. People at the time said that, so when she saw Xue Zhao for the last time, Xue Zhao was already completely different. If it weren't for the birthmark on Xue Zhao, Jiang Li couldn't believe that the spirited boy was such a cold corpse.
Before he died, he suffered inhuman torture, and the knife marks on his body made Jiang Li feel lingering after thinking about it now. At that time she didn't doubt, until she died, she knew that everything was bestowed by Princess Yongning. So those knife marks were not done by the robbers, but by the people of Princess Yongning.
I thought that finding an official could help me, but I didn't expect to fall into another trap. Jiang Li could hardly imagine the despair and anger in Xue Zhao's heart at the last moment.
And after he died, there was only such a deserted place. When it rains, there is not even a place to block the rain.
Jiang Li gently put down her umbrella, covering it above the tomb. As if this way, Xue Zhao could be shielded from the wind and rain on his head. It seemed that the grave in front of him was a smiling happy boy.
She closed her eyes and said silently in her heart: "Azhao, sister is here."
"Azhao, I am a elder sister, you probably don’t recognize me anymore. I am now a daughter of Jiang’s family, Jiang Yuanbai’s daughter. You must also think it’s incredible. I was like that at the beginning, but now that I want to come, it may not be God’s gift to me. Another chance."
"In ten days or so, I will go to Xiangyang. I will try to figure out what happened to my father. It was I who hurt you at the beginning. I know who killed you and I know who to call. Revenge. Shen Yurong is now rising step by step, and Princess Yongning has become a king behind him. I can't do anything for the time being, but it's not helpless."
"In the name of Ms. Jiang Er, I will tell the Xue family's grievances, reveal the true colors of Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong, and let you redress the grievances."
"Azhao," she said silently in her heart, "forgive me for seeing you for such a long time. You must blame my sister. But there is no day in my heart that I forget the blood feud of the Xue family. Please wait patiently and watch me step by step. Keep it for you."
"Azhao... I'm sorry..."
She muttered silently in her heart, as if she could see the young man dancing with swords and guns again, looking sideways at her with a smirk. I don't know how long it took before Jiang Li opened his eyes.
The rain seemed to be lighter, and the tomb in front of him was still quiet. A cardinal flew from nowhere, squatting on the branch, tilting his head to look at her. There were a lot of drops of water on the feathers, and he slapped the wings suddenly, shaking off the drops of water on the wings. I saw Jiang Li's umbrella on the top of the tomb. It swooped down and stood at the head of the tomb. With the cover of the umbrella, he kept chirping.
Jiang Li smiled slightly and whispered: "You heard it too."
She turned and walked slowly towards Yanyu Pavilion.
When they returned to the Yanyu Pavilion, Tong'er and Baixue were shocked to see her getting wet. Tong'er said, "Girl, where's your umbrella? Why are your clothes wet?"
"Seeing a cardinal wet by the rain, it was pitiful for a while, took my umbrella to cover her, and placed it under the peach tree in the back."
Tonger heard the words and said, "Girl, I know you are kind, but you can tell the servants that there are other umbrellas here. The servants can just bring them over. Why do you get wet? What can you do if you catch a cold? manage?"
Jiang Li smiled apologetically: "I didn't think so much for a while."
"The girl is fine with everything," Bai Xue whispered, "I just feel softer."
Softhearted? Jiang Li laughed in her heart.
Perhaps, Xue Fangfei has a soft heart, but Jiang Li now has a heart as hard as iron.
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In the Wangxian Building of Yanjing City, Lu Ji was talking with Ji Heng.
Not long after, Wen Ji who was beside Ji Heng came over.
Wen Ji's face showed some hesitation: "My lord..."
Ji Heng glanced at his expression and said, "Say."
"Yes." Wen Ji immediately replied: "Ms. Jiang Er took two maids to go out today, first bought some things from shops in Yanjing City, and after dinner, went to Yanyu Pavilion in Bailu Bay."
"Yanyu Pavilion?" Ji Heng raised his eyelids and laughed: "She knows all the remote places."
"Why?" Wen Ji on one side saw some signs, stroked his beard, and said, "The adult still sends someone to monitor Miss Jiang Er?"
Ji Heng waved his hand: "It's not surveillance. She behaves strangely. It's hard for people to not pay attention." He casually asked Wen Ji: "What is she going to see in Yanyu Pavilion?"
"I heard that Yanyu Pavilion sees Misty Rain is the most beautiful," Lu Ji suddenly remembered something, and smiled: "Ms. Jiang Er didn't go to see Misty Rain, it's really elegant."
"No." Wen Ji said, "Ms. Jiang Er first sat with the two maids in Yanyu Pavilion, and then went under the peach tree behind Yanyu Pavilion. There was a grave, and Miss Jiang Er left her umbrella. To cover the tomb from rain."
The movements of Ji Heng and Lu Ji paused at the same time.
Ji Heng raised his eyebrows, a bit of interest in his beautiful eyes, he asked: "Oh? Is she going to worship?"
"There is no offering to worship, but Miss Jiang Er seems to know the deceased. She stood in front of the grave for a long time and looked very sad." Wen Ji's answer was very detailed.
"That's worship." Ji Heng said.
Lu Ji asked, "Why do you say that?"
"This second Miss Jiang always keeps dripping water in her work, and she is used to covering herself." Ji Heng said with a faint smile: "Today I go out to buy things and go to Yanyu Pavilion to see Misty Rain. It is all a pretense. Her purpose is to be here. Stand in front of the grave for a moment."
"The people in the grave must be the ones she values." He came to a conclusion straight away.
If Jiang Li is not leaking in his work, and the pretense is also very thorough, Ji Heng is easy to point to the center when he sees things. See the truth at a glance.
"Who is in the grave?" Ji Heng asked.
"It's a man named Xue Zhao." Wen Ji replied: "A year ago, he was abandoned in the river because of robbery and murder, but our people found that there may be some articles in it. Xue Zhao's death may be the same as that of Jing Zhaoyin. It's kind of related."
There are always places that the universe of Langlang cannot be photographed. At the feet of the emperor of Yanjing City, there are many people who die every day without knowing it. Fortunately, those who have no power and power are mostly like grass and mustards into the sea, not even a wave. It was shocked, and it sank and never saw it again.
"What is the origin of Xue Zhao?" Lu Ji wondered: "In the official households of Yanjing City, I have never heard of such a name."
Wen Ji paused, then said: "If you say that Xue Zhao is not a person from Yanjing City, he is the younger brother-in-law of Shen Yurong, Shen Yurong. Mrs. Shen Yurong, the younger brother of Xue Fangfei. After Xue Fangfei's accident, Xue Zhao probably came to Beijing after hearing about this, but he didn't expect to lose his life when he first entered Beijing."
"Xue Fangfei's younger brother?" Lu Ji was startled, then shook his head: "I didn't expect this."
Speaking of Xue Fangfei, Yanjing City can be regarded as no one knows. But few people really knew about the matter of Brother Xue Fangfei. It seems that the matter was handled quickly at that time, and it did not stir up storms.
"But what's the relationship between Xue Zhao and Jiang Li?" Lu Ji was even more puzzled. "The Xue family and Jiang's family are on the same side and they can’t fight together. Jiang Li has been in Qingcheng Mountain for eight years. During this period, she should not have anything to do with Xue Zhao. , And Xue Zhao died last year, Jiang Li only came back this year, and he will not be the person Jiang Li met after returning." He hesitated and asked: "Xue Zhao has been to Yanjing? Or Qingcheng Mountain?"
Wen Ji shook his head: "It should be no. Xue Zhao grew up in Tongxiang, Xiangyang, and never left Tongxiang. The first time he came to Yanjing city in his lifetime was last year, and he died before seeing Xue Fangfei."
Lu Ji looked at Ji Heng and said, "This is strange."
How can two people who can't get along with each other have friendship. According to Wenji, Jiang Li would be sad to mourn Xue Zhao. Wen Ji is not a person who can exaggerate. He said Jiang Li looks a little sad, but Jiang Li is really sad.
No matter how kind Miss Jiang Er was, she would not show a sad look for an irrelevant person. Not to mention what Ji Heng said, Jiang Li went around such a big circle today to see Xue Zhao's grave. If not familiar, as for
But even if Lu Ji wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of other reasons.
"Perhaps..." Wen Ji pondered for a while, and cautiously put forward a conjecture: "What did this Xue Zhao and Miss Jiang Er have had, Miss Jiang Er favors Xue Zhao?"
"You didn't mean that the two of them couldn't have seen it in the past?" Lu Ji said: "I have never seen it before, how can I get the favor?"
This is also true, Wen Ji stopped talking.
Ji Heng squinted his eyes, and suddenly said, "Xue Zhao is from Tongxiang, Xiangyang?"
Wen Ji: "Exactly."
"Jiang Li's biological mother, Ye Zhenzhen, is from Xiangyang, and Xue Zhao is also from Xiangyang..." Ji Heng said, "You don't need to check the relationship between Jiang Li and Xue Zhao, start from Xue's family."
"Xue's family?" Lu Ji was puzzled: "The number one scholar's wife Xue Fangfei, her father seems to be just a small official, the family is thin and there is nothing special."
The original Xue Fangfei was brilliant in the capital, but it was also a pity. Some people say that if Xue Fangfei had a better background, she could only learn from her appearance, and being a princess would be more than enough, and it would not be high to be a queen in the palace. It's a pity that her father is just a small official, so she can only marry a white talent. Although Shen Yurong later became an official in high school, but because of this, some people will say that Xue Fangfei is not good enough for Shen Yurong.
Just imagine, if Xue Fangfei is an official daughter, as long as the official position is not very low, how could she be unworthy of it.
Where is such an ordinary Xue family worthy of special attention? Lu Ji didn't understand that even if Miss Jiang Er's behavior was suspicious, it was understandable for Ji Heng to pay attention to Ji Heng's plan repeatedly, but the Xue family really couldn't think of the need to take it seriously.
"Don't forget, Jiang Li is about to return to Xiangyang with Ye Mingxuan, don't you think it is weird?" Ji Heng smiled at the corners of his lips, but his eyes were very clear. The city suddenly moved to another place, it is nothing more than Xiangyang has something more important."
"Didn't she go back and repair the old with the Ye family?" Lu Ji asked.
"Miss Jiang Er doesn't look like a sentimental and righteous person." Ji Heng said lazily: "I didn't understand why she wanted to go back to Xiangyang before, but now I understand."
"She has a relationship with the Xue family, or in other words, the Xue family has what she wants."
Wen Ji and Lu Ji listened to them, each in their hearts turned back and forth, and they didn't know what to say for a while. If others say that, they will only say that this person is nonsense. What is the relationship between Miss Jiang Er and the Xue family in a small county in Xiangyang? But Ji Heng never speaks falsehood, and he rarely admits to the facts he has confirmed.
"Wenji, you can also look up the cause of Xue Zhao's death." Ji Heng played with the folding fan and said, "Maybe the cause of Xue Zhao's death is strange. We, Miss Jiang, also know a lot."
Lu Ji was surprised: "She even knows this?"
"She has secrets, not one or two." Ji Heng brushed the folds of his robes indifferently, and said calmly: "It just so happens that I want to go back to Xiangyang. On the way, it seems that I am not lonely anymore."
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Grandpa Guo: This Miss Jiang Er has strong anti-reconnaissance ability [smile]
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