After more than half a month of recuperation, Cao Ziyun, who finally stepped out of the room, was wearing a white satin embroidered skirt and a red velvet rolled cloak. He came out and was well nourished.
He took a deep breath of the cold air, and let out a faint white mist, a faint smile appeared on his elegant face.
After a few days of snowfall, it finally stopped. Looking at the withered trees in the courtyard, she couldn't help but sigh, the smile on her pretty face narrowed.
She never thought that she would spend the winter in Luoyang City, and she never thought that she would fall in love with Dongfang Ao, but she doubted whether she had the ability to accept his feelings? A stab of pain suddenly passed through her heart.
"Miss, ma'am, what are you thinking?"
Amity looked at worriedly. The young lady, who was still smiling, suddenly stopped smiling, and there was still a look of sadness on her face.
"It's nothing." Jiang forced a smile, not wanting to worry her.
"Miss, your body is just right, don't just stand here and blow the cold wind, what if you catch a cold! Let's go back to the room to warm up."
Knowing that she has always been afraid of cold, she is even more afraid that she will catch a cold again after taking care of her after taking care of her. How can she explain to the second young master then.
"No, I've been lying in bed for more than half a month. If I don't come out for a walk, I'm afraid my bones will crumble."
He smiled soothingly at Qiu Yu, suddenly thinking of another person, his soft voice became a little shy.
"By the way, what about others? Do you know what he is busy with now?"
"Which is he?"
Qiu Yu pretended to be stupid on purpose, and after seeing her staring eyes, she stuck out her tongue mischievously, not daring to tease her again.
"Today is the first day of the new year, and the second young master is at the gate to visit the distribution of rice grains."
On the first day of the new year, Dongfang House will distribute rice grains to help some poorer people, so this day is also the busiest time of Dongfang House.
"Qiu Yu, why don't we go over and take a look."
Without waiting for her response, she went straight to the front yard; Qiu Yu could only sigh and hurriedly followed.
When the two came to the two vermilion gates of Dongfang Mansion, they saw several servants busy distributing rice and grain to the poor people waiting in line, many of whom were begging in tattered clothes. Cao Ziyun's nose was sour when everyone received the rice they had been assigned. Until this moment, she didn't understand why Dongfang Mansion was so loved in Luoyang City.
She didn't need to look for it, she could see Dongfang Ao's tall and straight figure at a glance, which was particularly eye-catching in the crowd; but she also found that there was a beautiful figure next to him.
"Why is she here too? She's so close to the second young master! Miss, let's go over quickly, don't let her take advantage of it."
Qiu Yu's original good mood suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley after seeing Li Caifeng, and she was even more nervous than the person involved, and was eager to pull her over.
"Not urgent."
Cao Ziyun smiled and said lowly, not wanting to move at all. Standing on the spot, separated by a distance, looked at the two of them. She noticed that as Li Caifeng got closer, his handsome face became more gloomy, and upon seeing this, her pink lips raised a smile.
This man didn't want to hide his disgust at all, so he didn't know that Li Caifeng beside him was deliberately ignoring it, or that he didn't realize that his patience was about to run out.
As if aware of her gaze, Dongfang Ao raised his black eyes, and when he noticed her coming, his brows frowned, and then he stepped towards her.
As he walked towards her, she noticed that Li Caifeng's beautiful face changed slightly, her beautiful eyes stared at her jealously, causing her heart to suddenly burst for no reason, and an inexplicable unease grabbed her.
"Why did you come out? It's cold outside. You should go back to your room and stay."
"It's okay, I'll just come out for a while, and I'll go back to my room after a while."
With a smile on her soft face, her clear and clear eyes met his worried black eyes, and her soft voice whispered softly.
The black eyes stared at her for a long time, and then the wrinkles between the brows loosened, grasping her icy soft weed, and gently hugging the slender her into his arms.
"Okay, just stay a while."
His helpless compromise deepened the smile on her lips, and she, who was gradually accustomed to his intimate and possessive behavior, no longer blushed at every turn.
Everyone who saw this scene, except for the servants of Dongfang Mansion, couldn't help but whispered curiously, and naturally thought of the gossip about Zhang Mansion, and everyone couldn't help looking at Cao Ziyun more curiously.
Dongfang Ao, whose ears were sharp, heard the whispers of everyone, and didn't want her to become a topic of discussion. He was about to bring her into the mansion, but she left his embrace at this moment and hurried down the steps.
Her sudden action made him frown slightly, and then followed her footsteps.
Under the corner of the wall, there was a little girl about seven or eight years old who was wearing coarse clothes. She accidentally fell and spilled all the rice in her hand. The white rice was mixed with the newly melted ice and snow, and she was bent over. Small body, a pair of trembling hands picking up white rice in the snow.
"Don't pick it up, those rice are gone."
Cao Ziyun held her icy little hands with both hands and looked at her red-hot hands with distress. What about her parents? How could she let such a young girl go out alone in such cold weather
"But... it's no longer making rice."
The little girl looked back at the servants of Xiao's house who had finished distributing the rice grains and was about to clean up, and then glanced back at the rice on the snow, her eyes were red with anxiety, and she was about to cry.
"Don't worry, my sister will bring you the rice."
Cao Ziyun smiled to reassure her, picked up the bag of rice on the ground, and was about to get up, when a pair of big palms behind her gently lifted her up.
"when did you come?"
She looked back in astonishment. When she met Dongfang Ao's handsome face, she forgot to respond for a while, so she could only let him take the rice bag in his hand and hand it over to the servant behind him so that he could fetch the rice again.
"Next time, don't do what you think of, you must have someone by your side to accompany you, you know?"
The killer didn't know where to hide, watching her actions, waiting for an opportunity to strike, but she was not alert at all, so why not let him worry.
"Sorry, I won't do it next time."
Knowing that he was worried about him, and that he was too reckless, he raised a smile at him and said apologetically.
Looking at her appearance, she was clearly trying to perfunctory him. Dongfang Ao felt angry and funny. These days, just as she understood his temperament to some extent, he also found out about her at the same time; she looks soft and slender on the outside, but she is actually very A smart, elf-like woman who combines tranquility and a touch of stubbornness, it is no wonder that he will sink deeper and deeper unconsciously.
At this moment, the servant respectfully brought over the rice bag filled with rice, Cao Ziyun took the initiative to take it, bent down, and said softly to the little girl:
"Little sister, the rice has been repacked, it's cold outside, go home quickly."
"Thank you sister."
The little girl happily took her hand and smiled sweetly at her. Just as Cao Ziyun helped her up, she could see her face clearly, and she froze in shock.
"Zi Yun, what's wrong with you?"
Dongfang Ao noticed her strangeness, stretched out his long arms and hugged her lightly, his black eyes staring at her worried little face.
Cao Ziyun suddenly returned to her senses in his arms, her panic-stricken clear eyes searched for the little girl's figure, but only had time to see the little girl's distant figure.
Just when she was helping the little girl up, she saw her face clearly, and at the same time she saw that she would drown in the river within three days at the latest.
She couldn't do it without help, she must know that she would be careful with her family.
"Isn't that little girl Doudou adopted by the goddess?"
Jiang Uncle rubbed his chin and looked at the small figure who was far away. His fat body was wrapped in a heavy padded jacket, which made him look even more round. After knowing that the second young master and Miss Cao were both outside the house, they came out to take a look, and just saw Miss Cao hand the rice to the little girl, and at the same time recognized the identity of the little girl.
"Manager Jiang, do you know that little girl?"
Cao Ziyun asked anxiously with joy, that anxious expression made Dongfang Ao's black eyes ponder.
"Yes! Miss Cao, that little girl lives at the bottom of West Street Hutong. She used to be a beggar and was adopted by a goddess."
"Goddess?" she asked, puzzled.
"Ms. Cao is from other places, so I don't know. The goddess is very famous in our Luoyang city. She helps people with divination and fortune. She has magical powers, so everyone calls her goddess."
Although she didn't understand why she cared so much about that little girl, Jiang Bo still told it honestly.
"Then she lives with the goddess?"
"Yeah. The goddess is old and in poor health. I often see Doudou out for food. It's really hard for such a small child."
Jiang Bo sighed authentically. So every time I saw her, the servants of Dongfang Mansion tacitly gave her double the amount of rice.
"That Doudou she..."
Halfway through Cao Ziyun's words, her slender waist was tightly clasped from behind by a force, causing her eyebrows to frown slightly, turning her head to look back into a pair of deep black eyes.
"Enough, stop asking, that's none of your business."
From her reaction, Dongfang Ao had already guessed that she had foreseen that the little girl would have an accident, and she planned to do things beyond her own power, regardless of her own safety, and the people who were worried about her.
The clear clear eyes looked into the bottom of his black eyes, and there was a struggle in his eyes; after a long time, the clear eyes narrowed slightly, the pink lips pursed slightly, no more? tooth.
"Come on, I'll take you back to your room."
Without any explanation, he walked back to the mansion with his arms around her slender shoulders.
Uncle Jiang didn't know why Miss Cao was so curious about that little girl, until he heard what the second young master said, and then he suddenly realized, this Miss Cao should have foreseen something
Oops! With Miss Cao's overly kind personality, it is impossible for the little girl to just sit back and watch when she knew that something was going to happen to the little girl; and the second young master must have guessed this, so his face suddenly turned ugly.
It seemed that he had to pay attention to Miss Cao's actions these days.
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"Damn! I really didn't expect Cao Ziyun to be so deadly. Not only did he not let the killer kill her, but instead, he was admitted to the Qinghong Court because of misfortune. It's just that the killer invited by the Zhang residence was so bad that he couldn't kill her with a single sword! "
In the east wing of the guest house, there were angry and vicious curses, accompanied by the sound of broken porcelain.
Cuiyu cowered in the corner, looking at her young lady who was almost insane, she was too scared to catch a breath.
"However, the Zhang family will definitely send killers to take her life after learning that she is not dead. I don't believe that she will always be so lucky!"
On that day, she overheard the conversation between Dongfang Ao, Jiang Bo and Qiu Yu. She was overjoyed and deliberately spread the truth in the market, just to let the people in Zhang's house know the truth, and she also expected that Mrs. Zhang would never Will let Cao Ziyun go, everything is in her calculations, but she missed Cao Ziyun's fate.
"...Miss, is it okay to do this? After all, this is a matter of human life."
Cuiyu murmured lowly. Since the last time she saw Cao Ziyun and Qiu Yu in the Longfeng Building, she was deeply moved by the master-servant relationship, and she couldn't help but feel envious, and she also had some good feelings for her.
"Shut up! Are you trying to help her by saying this?! Don't forget that I am your master. What I say is nothing. If you dare to talk more, you will be careful with me!"
Li Caifeng warned viciously that she could not tolerate a maid who had two hearts towards her.
"I know I was wrong, miss."
Cuiyu was so frightened that she hurriedly admitted her mistake and didn't dare to talk more, because she suddenly remembered that there was a maid who made the young lady unhappy before, but she suddenly disappeared for no reason, and no one has been found until now.
"If I guess correctly, she will definitely go out again these few days to warn the little girl named Doudou, I want you to find a chance to sneak out of the house, go to Zhang's house, and tell Mrs. Zhang about this. ”
She couldn't believe that she could survive this time!
"Yes."
Cuiyu responded with a pale face and was afraid, and hurriedly left the room, not daring to stay in the room any longer. She didn't dare to disobey Miss's words, so she could only wish Miss Cao good luck from the bottom of her heart.
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Seeing that tomorrow would be the third day she predicted, Cao Ziyun was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. After learning that Dongfang Ao would not be in the mansion all day, she decided to go out of the mansion desperately.
While Qiu Yu was packing up her breakfast, she quickly left the dormitory and walked quickly. She was only one step away from the Qinghong Courtyard. She didn't expect that someone was already waiting for her outside the Courtyard.
"Miss, I knew you wouldn't give up."
Qiu Yu sighed. Waiting for the rabbit here, as expected, I still waited for her.
"Qiu Yu, you and I grew up together since childhood. You should know me the best. I have to go this time."
Cao Ziyun did not expect Qiu Yu to wait here, but even so, she still did not change her decision.
"If Miss insists on going, then Amity will no longer stop her. But I must go with Miss so that I can rest assured."
Although Dongfang Ao has repeatedly warned her to take good care of the young lady and not let her have a chance to leave the house, but if the young lady will be quiet and obedient, then she is not her young lady; so for the young lady's safety, she had to sacrifice her life to accompany her. .
"Really? That's great! There's no delay, we have to hurry up and get back."
Cao Ziyun was happy with her change, and she knew that Amity would never have the heart to reject her.
"But Miss, whether it's the front or rear door, we can't get out at all."
Dongfang Ao and Jiang Bo had already explained that they would go out together, unless Dongfang Ao accompanies them in person.
"I have a way, but I have to wrong them."
"What is this?" Qiu Yu asked in puzzlement as she took a paper bag from her hand.
"Laxatives." Cao Ziyun said with some unease, hoping that they wouldn't pull too hard.
So Qiu Yu sneaked into the kitchen with laxatives, added it to the meals for the two guards who were guarding the back door, and sneaked out.
The master and servant carefully hid behind the rockery. As expected by Cao Ziyun, the two guards rushed to the latrine with their stomachs in their arms in less than a moment after eating without any precautions. came out. He opened the back door and left in a hurry, without disturbing anyone.
Along the way, in order to be afraid of being followed by the killer like the last time, the two chose the streets with more crowds to walk. After asking where the goddess lived, the two came to a dilapidated house.
"Miss, is this here?"
Qiu Yu looked at the old house in front of him, there were mottled marks on the two gates, and it could be seen that the house lacked renovations, and it was at the bottom of the alley, which looked a bit desolate.
Just when the two were unsure, the two wooden doors opened from the inside, and a small figure jumped out.
"Hey! Aren't you that kind sister?"
With her big round eyes, Doudou recognized one of the two, who kindly gave her an extra bag of rice a few days ago.
"Great, Amity, we didn't find the wrong place."
Cao Ziyun happily said to the people beside her, she was even happier that Danya was safe and sound, and they finally had time.
"Doudou, are you going out?"
Bending down and holding her little hand, Cao Ziyun asked gently with a smile.
"Yeah! I made an appointment with Anu and the others to go to the grass by the river outside the city to play."
Doudou said happily in a sweet childish voice. In her small mind, she had already determined that the kind-hearted big sister in front of her was a good person, so she did not have any precautions.
"No! You can't go to the river to play!"
Qiu Yu, who was on the side, heard her say that, and at first she couldn't hold back her breath and roared anxiously.
Her low roar frightened Doudou, and she saw her shrinking in fear, leaning into Cao Ziyun's arms.
"Autumn Rain." Cao Ziyun gave her a reproachful look, then turned back to comfort the visibly frightened little girl.
"Don't be afraid of Doudou, this Sister Amity is not malicious, she is just worried about your safety."
"Yeah, yeah! I'm sorry, Doudou, Sister Amity is worried about your safety, so she speaks out to you. Don't be afraid of Sister Amity."
At the signal of her young lady, Qiu Yu hurriedly bent down to please the authentic.
"I'll be careful. We go there often, and it'll be fine. I have to go there quickly, otherwise they won't be able to wait for me, and they won't play with me in the future."
Doudou glanced at Qiu Yu timidly, and after confirming that she was not malicious, she said sweetly to Cao Ziyun, eager to go out to play.
It hasn't snowed anymore in the past two days, and the weather is not so cold. If I don't take advantage of this time to play, I'm afraid that when the weather changes, I'll have to be locked in the house again.
"Doudou, in fact, elder sister came to you today, can you invite elder sister to sit in there?"
Cao Ziyun spoke softly, and her elegant and pretty face showed her usual gentle smile, which was hard to refuse.
"But… "
Doudou seemed to feel very embarrassed, wrinkled a small face, and fell into a struggle.
"Yeah! Doudou, we made a special trip to find you. Can you stop going out to play today? We'll accompany you to explain to Aniu that you didn't do it on purpose, okay?"
Qiu Yu also patiently helped to persuade. God knows that she has never been impatient with children. She really likes the young lady, and she can speak softly like this, but this is also the reason why the young lady is so fond of children.
Doudou looked at the two back and forth with his big eyes, and finally seemed to make up his mind and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, but what do you have to do with me, sister?"
"Doudou, shall we go in and talk?"
Cao Ziyun got up and held her little hand. Although it was a solicitous tone, she took the initiative to pull her towards the two mottled wooden doors, so that she had no chance to go back.
As soon as I walked into the house, all I could see were some simple and shabby furniture, but it could be seen that it was very clean.
"Is it Doudou? You didn't want to go out to play, why did you come back?"
An old and hoarse voice came from the inner room, accompanied by a few coughs, and then an old body with white hair and a scorpion walked out slowly.
"Mother-in-law, these two sisters said they were looking for me for something, so I invited them in."
Doudou quickly supported the old man, let her sit on the rattan chair, and obediently poured a glass of water to moisten her throat.
"You two girls, what's the matter with our Doudou?"
Although the old man is old, those old eyes reveal a wise look, and it can be seen that he is not an ordinary old man.
Cao Ziyun and Qiu Yu looked at each other, thinking about what to do? Tooth, it will not frighten people, and can win people's trust.
"The old man is what everyone said about the goddess. I know what I'm going to say next may be hard for you to believe, but what I said is not false."
"Doudou, mother-in-law and two older sisters have something to talk about. Can you go to the room first?"
The goddess was keenly aware of the seriousness of the matter from her words, and it must be related to Doudou herself, so she asked Doudou to avoid it.
"Oh." Doudou glanced at the three of them. Although she really wanted to stay, she obediently walked into the inner room.
After Doudou left, the goddess coughed a few times and said, "Whatever it is, please talk about it, girl."
"God, please don't let Doudou go out these two days, I'm afraid something will happen to her."
Cao Ziyun had some reservations in her words at first, for fear of scaring the old man, and even more afraid of being blasted out.
"Why did the girl say that?"
The old lady's eyes showed a gleam of light, looking directly at the soft and delicate person in front of her.
"Because, I see Doudou will drown in the river within two days."
Cao Ziyun hesitated for a while, pursed her pink lips, and finished speaking in one breath.
The goddess opened her old eyes in shock and stared at Cao Ziyun. After a while, she said, "Miss, can you please come forward?"