The night is quiet.
Under the corridor outside the house, the melted snow water slowly dripped down along the crystal icicles under the eaves, hitting the ancient bluestone slabs, making a crisp ticking sound.
Inside the house, the candlelight was dim.
The incense in the incense burner was roasted into wisps of thin smoke, which slowly rose from the delicate holes and drifted to every corner of the room.
The two people beside the bed were silent in a strange posture.
The two could clearly hear and feel each other's breathing, as if they could even hear each other's heartbeats.
Miss Qin Er sat on the bed, barefoot and with her head lowered.
Luo Qingzhou squatted on the ground, holding her snow-white and delicate feet in his hands, with his head tilted back.
Their lips touched.
They just touched each other, without moving or going any further.
Very gentle.
Like a dragonfly skimming the water.
But the dragonfly didn't fly away.
The two seemed frozen in time.
Time seemed to stop.
It was unknown how long it had been before Luo Qingzhou woke up with a start. He staggered backwards and fell to the ground, finally breaking free from the girl's soft, cold mouth.
But in his palm, he still held the girl's slender and lovely little feet.
Qin Weimo's face was flushed like the sunset, her eyes were full of autumn water and she looked at him with a smile on her lips, as if she was a little proud. Her tone was gentle, but with a hint of girlish playfulness: "Brother-in-law, you were bullied by Weimo..."
Luo Qingzhou sat on the ground for a while, then stood up and helped her take off the other stocking, then held her feet and placed them on the bed, then picked her up horizontally and placed her inside, covered her with a quilt, and said, "Second Miss, go to sleep."
His face returned to calm.
But the waves in my heart took a long time to calm down.
Qin Weimo lay there looking at him, with a smile in his eyes: "Brother-in-law... won't you come back? Weimo won't resist..."
"Go to sleep."
Luo Qingzhou did not dare to linger. He turned and left the inner room, pulled down the bead curtain between the two rooms, and then walked to the eucalyptus table in front of the window and sat down. While grinding ink, he said, "I will help you write a few more rounds. Two rounds at a time will be enough. Don't be too tired. A good story takes time to carefully conceive. The princess will understand."
Qin Weimo lay there on her side, looking at him through the slightly swaying bead curtain, her eyes full of tenderness.
The night passes quietly.
There was only the sound of dripping snow outside and the sound of ink being ground and dropped inside the house.
Not long.
Luo Qingzhou has finished two rounds.
He put down his pen, stood up, turned around, and looked through the bead curtain toward the bed in the inner room.
The girl on the bed was not asleep. She was still lying there with her eyes open, looking at him quietly.
Seeing his gaze, the girl smiled gently and said softly: "Brother-in-law, do you want to go to bed?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at her quietly for a while, then said, "Second Miss, if you feel better, then go to sleep. I still need to go back."
The girl gently lifted the quilt. She had taken off her outer clothes long ago, leaving only a small moon-white undergarment, which hung thinly on her delicate and snow-white body. She whispered, "Brother-in-law... Wei Mo, I don't want you to be responsible..."
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment and walked over.
The falling bead curtains collided gently, making a clear and pleasant sound.
"Brother-in-law..."
The girl's eyes were full of tears, her pearly teeth were gently biting her pink lips, and her face was as red as the clouds.
Because of nervousness, the delicate body trembled slightly.
And that little white hand was still lifting the quilt.
Luo Qingzhou walked to the bed, held her little hand, put it in the quilt, then pulled her quilt tightly around her body, looked into her eyes and said, "It's cold, cover yourself up."
The girl was startled for a moment, then pouted her lips, her eyes dim, but she lay there quietly, without acting coquettishly, speaking or moving.
Luo Qingzhou wrapped her in the quilt, stood in front of the bed, stared into her eyes for a while, then turned and left.
The bead curtain was opened, making a crisp sound.
The girl bit her pink lips, her eyes were dazed, but she didn't say anything.
Luo Qingzhou stopped at the bead curtain, lifting it with one hand and slowly clenching his other hand in his wide sleeves.
Time seemed to stop.
The room was silent.
"Hua La La..."
He suddenly lowered the beaded curtain, turned around, walked back to the bed, and then looked at the girl on the bed and said, "Second Miss, men can't stand teasing, especially girls like you. You are asking for trouble, do you know that?"
The girl suddenly chuckled, and looked at him bravely with her beautiful eyes, even with a hint of provocation: "I don't know. Brother-in-law, what is fire? You?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at her watery eyes and charming pink face, sniffed the incense in the room and her unique girlish fragrance. His Adam's apple moved and he slowly placed his hands on his belt.
The girl still looked at him boldly, with a smile in her eyes and her face becoming even redder.
At this moment, Zhu'er and Qiu'er's trembling voices suddenly came from outside: "Madam, you... why are you here?"
In the room, the expressions on the faces of both people were frozen.
Song Ruyue brought Mei'er into the house and asked worriedly, "Is Weimo asleep? I was afraid that girl would be sad, so I decided to stay with her tonight."
Qiu'er and Zhu'er, who were standing at the door, were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they didn't know how to answer.
Song Ruyue glanced at the two of them, frowned, and was about to speak when her eyes suddenly caught sight of the familiar pair of shoes at the door and her expression suddenly changed.
The two maids' bodies went limp, and they knelt down, lowering their heads and trembling.
Song Ruyue froze at the door, silent for a while, then suddenly went over and picked up one of the shoes, quickly walked out of the house, walked to the flower bed in the courtyard, and threw it out fiercely, cursing: "You said no, but now you sneak over here! You really want what's in the pot, and you don't want to give up what's in the bowl, right?"
She stood in the yard and cursed in a low voice for a while. After venting her anger, she slowly came to her senses.
"Mei'er, go pick up his stinky shoes and put them away!"
After saying that, she suppressed her anger and went into the house.
Mei'er immediately went into the flower bed, picked up the shoe, and went back to the house to put it back in its original place.
Song Ruyue stood at the door and said with a gloomy face: "Wei Mo, you are weak, take a good rest. There are some things you can do, and some things you can't do now. You have to take good care of yourself and don't let your mother worry, understand?"
After a while.
Miss Qin Er's voice came from the room: "Mother, Wei Mo knows, you should go back quickly."
"… "
Song Ruyue rolled her eyes in anger, turned around and was about to leave.
But he was still feeling a little angry, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly walked to the door, stepped on the shoes, stomped hard a few times, and walked towards the door.
At this moment, a maid ran into the yard from the main gate in a hurry, and said in panic, "Madam, it's bad! There's news from outside that something happened in the Third Master's mansion... in the mansion!"
Song Ruyue stopped in the yard and said gloomily, "What happened? You are so flustered. Explain it clearly!"
The maid's legs suddenly went limp, and she knelt down, trembling with fear and saying, "Madam, the Third Master and his family were all killed, and the Master has already taken his men there..."
As soon as these words were spoken, Song Ruyue felt as if struck by lightning. Her body went limp, and she staggered and was about to fall to the ground.
Fortunately, Mei'er was right beside her and hurriedly supported her.
Song Ruyue's face turned pale, and she said in a trembling voice, "All... all... tell me clearly! How many people are there?"
The maid trembled all over and said, "I... I don't know either. I only heard... I heard that the Third Master and the Third Madam, as well as several young men and young ladies, are all... all dead..."
Song Ruyue's lips trembled a few times, and she stood up hurriedly and asked, "Did the master tell you anything before he left?"
The maid cried and said, "The master asked the mistress to look after the house, lock the door, and tell the family members not to go anywhere..."
Song Ruyue gritted her teeth, hurriedly calmed down, and hurried out, saying, "Follow! Go and notify all the guards and men in the house, and go and notify Chuan'er, don't sleep anymore, get up and keep watch! Wait for the master to come back!"
"Yes! Ma'am!"
Several maids followed her and hurried away.
In the room, Zhu'er and Qiu'er both turned pale when they heard the news.
"Squeak..."
The door of the study suddenly opened.
The two maids trembled with fear.
Luo Qingzhou supported Miss Qin Er and walked out.
Qin Weimo looked solemn and said softly, "Qiu'er, Zhu'er, let's go and accompany mother."
Then he turned to the young man beside him and said: "Brother-in-law, you..."
Luo Qingzhou hesitated for a moment and said, "Second Miss, I want to go to Third Uncle's house to take a look."
Qiu Er hurriedly said, "Uncle, don't go there. There must be many dead people there, and there is blood everywhere..."
The little maid trembled as she spoke.
Qin Weimo frowned and said worriedly, "Brother-in-law, it's not safe... How about, tomorrow, when Dad comes back, you can go with him?"
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "Then the Second Miss will go to the hall first. I will go and call Xiaodie and the eldest lady. It is better for everyone to gather together at this time."
Qin Weimo nodded and said, "Well, brother-in-law, go quickly."
Luo Qingzhou immediately went out and ran quickly towards Lingchan Moon Palace.
At the dinner tonight, the third master of the Qin family looked sturdy and strong, and should be a warrior. Unexpectedly, he was killed by someone not long after he returned.
Is the enemy targeting only their family, or... the entire Qin family
If it was aimed at the entire Qin family, then tonight's tragedy would definitely continue to happen.
Maybe next time, it will be here's turn.
So, he had to go and see it tonight.
After returning to the house later, he immediately left his body and went there to take a look at the situation, hoping that he could find some clues.
He must not sit there and wait for tragedy to happen again!
When I arrived at Lingchan Moon Palace.
The door was locked and the people inside were no longer inside.
Bailing and the others should have received the news and were rushing to the hall in front.
Luo Qingzhou immediately ran back to his residence.
Xiaodie was anxiously waiting for him in the courtyard. Seeing him come back, she hurriedly said, "Sir, Sister Bailing came to see you just now. She said something big happened in the mansion and asked you to go to the hall quickly."
Luo Qingzhou locked the courtyard gate, pulled her into the house, locked the inner door, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Die, stay in the room and don't go anywhere. I have something to do in the room, which will take about half an hour. If someone comes, you should try to delay her. Anyway, don't let her into the house, understand?"
Xiaodie didn't dare to ask more questions, and nodded quickly, "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely hold her back!"
Luo Qingzhou didn't say anything more. He immediately went into the room, locked the door, and got on the bed.
Then, he closed his eyes and concentrated, and his soul left his body.
At this time, perhaps you can still see the souls of Uncle San's family.
Thinking of this, his heart suddenly felt heavy.
At the table where he was sitting tonight, according to the introduction of the Second Miss Qin, the girl named Qin Cai and a boy of seven or eight years old seemed to be the children of the Third Master of the Qin family.
Not knowing about the tragedy tonight, they...
Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to think any more. His soul passed through the house and floated into the air.
He first searched the entire Qin Mansion from a high position, and after seeing nothing unusual, he quickly followed several servants of the Qin Mansion on the street and floated towards the residence of the third master of the Qin family.
Before I got close, I could smell an extremely strong smell of blood in the air.