For three consecutive days, Su Qing came to visit early in the morning and left at night. Since Long Er put on a gesture of indifference, he naturally couldn't get any closer. He couldn't be with Su Qing, so he was so annoyed with Su Qing that he wished Li Ke could take her away.
He visited Ju Muer's boudoir every night, but was driven away by Ju Muer every night with the reason that Su Qing would come tomorrow morning. This made Long Er's annoyance accumulate.
On the night of the third day, Long Er saw that he had finished drinking all the medicine prescribed by the doctor, Ju Muer’s fever had subsided, and her body seemed to be back to health, so he gave an ultimatum: “Tomorrow you and Su Qing will understand that there is no need for it.” She takes care of her from morning to night, and she is so clingy every day, how will Master live his life?"
Ju Muer was stunned for a moment, then she pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, thinking that if she didn't understand, she would still say that Su Qing was attached to Second Master Long and made him gasp.
Looking at her expression, Long Er said bitterly: "Are you still snickering? You can save yourself from laughing, I have other tricks to keep Su Qing from getting out of my way, just wait."
Long Er really did what he said.
On the second day, before Ju Muer had time to tell Su Qing that she didn't have to work so hard to take care of her every day, Su Qing told her first: "Sister, I can't stay here tomorrow like I am now. "
"I'm fine, I can take care of myself, Qing'er, you don't have to worry."
"No, my master is sick, I don't worry, I have to take care of him." Hearing the voice, the little girl was quite anxious.
Ju Muer was taken aback, Li Ke was actually sick
"What's up with him?"
"I don't know too well. I only know that he is bedridden and seriously ill. The doctor hired by the Dragon Mansion has no choice but to drink medicine and try it." Su Qing almost shed tears as she spoke. , "Sister, my master is strong in martial arts, strong in body, and not easy to get sick. This sudden inability to get out of bed, could it be some fatal emergency?"
Ju Muer opened her mouth wide, not knowing how to answer. Second Master Long's move is too poisonous.
Ju Muer didn't dare to expose Long Er's tricks. Although she sympathized with the poor Li Ke who pretended to be sick and the anxious Su Qing, she was afraid that if they were exposed, Long Er would have to resort to more ruthless tricks, so she could only comfort her a few words. Su Qing complied, and went back to the Dragon Mansion with a worried expression on her face.
That night, Long Er came triumphantly. As soon as he entered the room, he said something that had to be reported every day: "No one found out that I came, and no one found out that we are still related."
Ju Mu'er didn't speak, she was sitting in a chair combing her hair, her clean and smooth black hair swaying in front of her with the combing action. Long Er saw it by the moonlight, remembering the touch of that beautiful hair under his finger, swallowed unconsciously.
He coughed heavily, picked up the candle and lit it up: "Show your hair as soon as the disease goes away, do you agree with the doctor? If you get sick again, I won't talk to you."
Ju Muer ignored him, she got up and put the comb back on the table, and packed the suitcases.
With a salivating face, Long Er went over, and handed her the small bundle in his hand.
"doing what?"
"You also put my change of clothes in the box, or put it outside and let others see it. You shouldn't like it."
Ju Muer didn't answer, turned her head to pretend she didn't hear, but said: "I'm recovering now, you see I'm fine, go back with peace of mind."
Long Er pretended he didn't hear it, he threw the baggage directly into the box, and didn't pack it up, and covered the box to take over the territory, then kicked off his shoes, and threw himself on Ju Mu'er's bed as an uncle.
"As soon as you recover from your illness, come here and beat your back for Grandpa."
Ju Muer was stunned, and walked over slowly: "Before it's too late, go back after beating your back."
"Hurry up."
He didn't promise her. Ju Muer sighed in her heart, beat her first, and then continued to persuade: "The second master will make Li Huwei recover from his illness tomorrow. It's hard work to pretend to be sick. Qing'er is worried, and it doesn't feel good."
"It's fine as long as I feel better." The old god Long Er was there, and he didn't feel that he had done anything immoral.
"I've already told Qing'er that she won't be here all the time. If the second master wants to come, just avoid outsiders. Don't bother with the little girl. Qing'er is good to me."
"It's a matter of the future if she doesn't come in the future, and you can't take it for nothing. She treats you well, so why don't I treat you badly?" Long Er really remembers the vengeance firmly.
Ju Mu'er was pushed back with several sentences in a row, and she felt unhappy. In addition, during this period of time, Long Er shouted, poked and scolded him, she also remembered it. As soon as her mind became hot, she did something that she had thought about many times but never dared to do.
She slapped Second Master Long's ass hard.
Long Er was lying on his stomach, his posture was just right, she sat on the edge of the bed and beat him on the back, very smoothly.
Two pops, loud and crisp.
Long Er jumped up suddenly, surprised and hurt.
Ju Muer didn't realize what she had done until after she moved her hand. Although she had thought of beating back every time she was beaten by Long Er, that was really just a thought. When she really moved her hands, she herself was a little dumbfounded.
Long Er's revenge came quickly, and he grabbed Ju Muer as soon as he reached out, and dragged her to the bed: "As expected, you are so used to it."
"I didn't, I didn't, the sky is fine."
"The sky is fine, but you are not." Long Er pressed her on the bed, thinking that beating her would not hurt too much and save face. Thinking about it, smelling the fragrance of her hair, and her face being so close to him, he could see it clearly. Her long eyelashes are like two rows of small fans, and her lip powder is glossy. Does she get more beautiful the longer she grows? When we met at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, she was not so pleasing to the eye.
Long Er lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Ju Muer was a little surprised, but not too surprised. She wanted to kiss him back, but felt that she should push him away. While hesitating, Long Er kissed so passionately that she couldn't breathe.
If it goes on, things will get out of control.
Ju Muer was a little at a loss.
But Long Er didn't care about her messy thoughts, he had no scruples and was impatient. He reached out and peeled off Ju Muer's clothes, half of them, and then got up to take off his own.
Half squatting and half kneeling, but I didn't know where I stepped on the bed board, the fragile board cracked and cracked. Long Er was taken aback, and subconsciously jumped to the side, but he was jumping on the gap, and the two connected boards clicked...
The bed collapsed.
Long Er has lived for so many years and has seen all kinds of battles, but he has never experienced such a thing as a bed collapse.
How could something like a bed collapse? How could it collapse
"Scorched black" could no longer describe Long Er's expression.
He stayed there, annoyed and ashamed. Sitting under the buttocks was a broken bed board that fell obliquely on the ground, and the bedding and pillows on the bed were crowded into a mess. He himself was wrapped in drape and hangings by the bed curtains that had fallen down from the bed.
At this moment, Long Er heard Ju Muer's laughter.
It was a hearty laugh hiding under the quilt.
It's just adding fuel to the fire.
Long Er clenched his back molars, and regardless of the tent wrapped around his body, he leaned forward and dug out Ju Muer from under the pile of bedding and the tent. She was blushing and laughing.
Laugh, she still laughs! It's all her fault!
"What kind of bed are you?" What broken boards! His father-in-law was so stingy and made a bed of rotten wood for his Mu'er to sleep in
"The bed that will collapse..." Ju Mu'er laughed even harder, making Long Er unable to help but lower his head and bite her.
The candlelight was dim, and bedding and tents were piled up on the broken wooden boards slanting on the ground, and two people were wrapped in a mess inside. Long Er was aggressive and attacked the city. The board leaning on the ground trembled precariously with the movements of the two, and finally fell down with a bang. The wooden curtain of the bed frame fell to the ground with a crackling sound. Ju Muer's scream rang out following the movement of the boss. When he got up, he was blocked by Long Er again in an instant.
A wreckage, a mess. The candles on the table were knocked down and extinguished.
Long and lingering, messy and confused.
After everything calmed down, Long Er discovered a big problem——
They have no bed to sleep tonight.
The next day, the new bed was delivered.
Ju Muer's face was stern and unhappy. She had already realized the serious consequences of getting along with him like this, so she kept him in touch for a while, so as not to be noticed by interested people.
Long Er was also not happy, he couldn't be a good husband-in-law, he had to sneak around when doing anything, and this woman always showed him face.
The two of them were talking and finally parted ways. Long Er repeatedly said that he was very busy and didn't have time to come back. Ju Muer said that she was not idle, so she told him not to worry.
But the bickering between the two was a bickering, and the matter of solving the mystery case was discussed clearly. After dividing the work, each does his own work.
In order not to startle the snake, Ju Muer tried to maintain the usual way of living alone: doing simple housework, playing the piano, going to the woods and river to relax, or receiving neighbors who came to take care of her and Su Qing who came to visit from time to time.
Occasionally, Long Er sneaks over to quarrel with her, secretly sharing his fighting spirit. The chance of recreating an affair is very low, he only succeeded once again in half a month. But early the next morning, the neighbor's aunt came to deliver food to Ju Muer, but Erye Long had no choice but to be driven out of the window and sneak out, which made him very angry.
The angry Erye Long didn't come to the home wine shop for several days. Ju Muer was angry and funny at the same time.
This day was August 15th, and Long Er asked Li Ke to come quietly early in the morning to ask Ju Muer what plans he had. Ju Muer said that the neighbor's aunt kindly invited her to her home for the festival, and said that this big festival was so eye-catching, it was a good opportunity for Second Master Long to leave his ex-wife and go out to socialize and make an appearance, so he should not miss it.
Li Ke went back in disgrace, when Su Qing came to deliver food to Ju Muer at noon, she said, "I don't know why, Second Master Long has a very bad temper today, and he scolded her master several times for no reason, and all the servants were scolded." .
Ju Muer sighed—her second master's bad temper.
Su Qing left, and Ju Muer went to play the piano by the small river, where she met Lin Yueyao again.
Lin Yueyao lives in a hut in the woods, and she and Ju Muer often meet by the river. Since she knew the cause of Hua Yibai's death, she seldom proposed matters, but usually talked with Ju Mu'er a lot. She was also curious about how Ju Muer was taken off by Long Erxiu, but Ju Muer didn't want to talk about it, so she stopped asking.
The two also talked about their future plans. Ju Muer said that she would wait for her father to come back. Lin Yueyao said that she changed her name and appearance, and she just wanted to find a job so that she could live on. She said that she found an embroidery job recently and could bring it back to do it. The small shop is not eye-catching, and she chooses to go in and out when no one is around, so it is safe.
Both of them encountered unsatisfactory experiences, and they cherished each other for a while.
Time flies, and August is almost over in a blink of an eye. Long Er came to find Ju Muer.
He relied on Ju Muer to pour tea for him and beat his back, and waited for him for a while before announcing that he had brought news.
The news about Long Er is actually not good news. That is, he investigated several officials who did not deal well with Shi Zechun and who had some relationship with the Ministry of Punishment. Liu Meng from the Ministry of War, Chang Zheng from the Ministry of Households, and Ji Qingzhong from the Ministry of Industry all had experiences that did not conform to Ju Muer's speculated story of the qin music, and there was nothing shady in Shi Zechun's hands. That is to say, it is completely impossible to see that they have a relationship with the score, and there is no other vendetta that leads to the motive of killing. On the other hand, there was nothing too suspicious about the luthier. They are not that close to the official people, and no one will protect such a major case.
Long Er also said: "Ding Sheng is the same as what you said. In terms of identity and personality, he is indeed very suspicious. But his relationship with Shi Zechun has always been good, at least he has always been in the same faction. Yun Qingxian It was Shi Zechun who recommended it to Ding Sheng, he praised Yun Qingxian very much, and Yun Qingxian soon became Ding Sheng's right-hand man."
"Second Master must have also checked Master Yun."
"Of course. Yun Qingxian came to Beijing on the 14th, passed the exams, and worked in many positions. Later, he worshiped under Shi Zechun's family, and then entered the Ministry of Punishment and married Ding Sheng's daughter. He is a foreigner, and his ancestral home is Guishan County. Calculated in this way, his origins are somewhat close to Yuanzheng’s Not Returning, but he was too young to leave home. If he owed such a deep debt of love at such a young age, it would make people look forward to King’s return, and it would be considered a big deal. If there is a scandal, then he really impresses me."
Ju Muer couldn't help laughing when she heard his sour tone.
Long Er pinched her nose: "Why, you will be happy when I talk about that guy? I can warn you, if you dare to step out of the wall, I will break your leg."
Ju Muer slapped his hand away: "Think too much, can you turn your head around?"
And make fun of him for what he said. Long Er pulled her over and took a bite. Ju Muer cried out in pain, but didn't dare to move, she just rubbed her face with aggrieved expression.
Long Er hugged her and didn't let her go, but he got back to business: "I sent people to Guishan County to investigate again. Although the age is wrong, this Yunqingxian city is deep, maybe Xiaozhen has done some scandalous things. uncertain."
His tone made Ju Muer laugh again. Long Er said again: "Leaving aside the music score, maybe Shi Zechun provoked some kind of enmity and caused trouble. I will also ask the spies to investigate in this direction."
Ju Muer frowned: "I still think this matter must have something to do with the piano score."
"Now that one path doesn't work, naturally we have to try another way. Also, the third child said that he found out that Ding Sheng sent people to track down the whereabouts of the piano score in the martial arts. The fact that the piano score is a martial arts secret book is getting more and more troublesome. The old guy got involved too."
"Does he want the sheet music?"
"It's not sure if he wants to investigate this matter, or if he wants the sheet music."
"Will he know martial arts?"
"Excellent martial arts."
Ju Muer stopped talking, and after a while said: "So the murderer didn't kill me, did he want the piano score?"
"Do you have that piano score?" Long Er frowned.
"Yes, I hid in a very secret place."
Long Er's brows furrowed even deeper.
Ju Muer thought for a while, and said, "Second Master, use the clue I kept. Although it is a bit risky, since someone sent her to monitor me, it must have nothing to do with the case. As long as I put some bait, She will definitely take action. The second master will send someone to follow up, and if the investigation continues, there will be results. "
"At the beginning, I said that I would not scare the snake, but I didn't find any evidence. Even if she went to meet someone, it still can't prove that person is the murderer. Although we will have a target to track down, the other party can easily detect it. If you don't find the right time , Putting the bait is exposing yourself, and she will know that you have seen through it. Once the other party is prepared, we will accomplish nothing."
"I was also worried about this before, but now I am still worried about nights and dreams. Before I speculated and suspected, I didn't take any action to promote the case, so she was naturally relieved. But now things seem to have calmed down, but she is actually investigating everywhere. She is very thoughtful. Otherwise, the spies wouldn’t have seen her contact with the person behind the scenes for such a long time, and I’m worried that she will find out that I’m deceiving her after a long time. Why don’t you take a risk when she still trusts me.”
When it comes to being cheated, Long Er gets angry: "You have even deceived the master, and you still have no confidence in your own tricks?"
"The deception is effective because it is temporarily confused. The longer the time, the harder it is to win the trust."
"Hmph." Although what she said was reasonable, Long Er still wanted to spank her on his lap. This new and old grudge, he kept in mind every stroke.
In the end, the matter was carried out according to Ju Muer's plan, because the guards guarding the wine shop found out.
Long Er weighed it over and over again, and felt that the risk of procrastination was really great. That being the case, it would be good to end this matter earlier.
So everyone arranged the layout and waited for the opportunity.
In the middle of September, the cool wind begins to rise.
Ju Muer gave Lin Yueyao some thick clothes. The two chatted for a long time, and then talked about Hua Yibai's past, and naturally also talked about Hua Yibai asking Ju Muer to memorize the piano score.
Lin Yueyao casually asked what was the secret of the piano score that Ju Muer asked her to keep. Ju Muer hesitated a bit, but finally said it. In fact, she relied on her memory to write down the second half of the piano music played by Shi Boyin before his execution. But Hua Yibai died, and she was a little scared. At that time, her eyes could still see a little bit, so she took the piano score It was broken up and put together in other scores. It's those two sheet music.
"Fortunately, I wrote it down at the time. It's been too long now, and I don't really remember the song. Those two books are probably the only scores of that song in the world."
"When the girl asked me to take the piano score back, did she want to find a chance to redress her grievances to the saint?"
Ju Muer nodded: "I wanted to play it by ear, but fortunately Mr. Qian came out first that day. I found that the situation was not good, so I dismissed the idea."
Lin Yueyao said: "The girl should keep those two piano scores carefully, maybe there will be a chance in the future."
"I don't know if there will be a chance. I can't do much by myself." Ju Muer seemed to have no interest in this, and changed the subject to talk about other things.
On the fourth day after this conversation, Lin Yueyao went to a restaurant. The two spies from the Dragon Mansion followed quietly.
Lin Yueyao was alone, asked for a private room, ordered tea and food, and closed the door after the waiter delivered it, and never came out again.
The Dragon Mansion spies were waiting outside, but they didn't see anyone going in. After a while, Ding Sheng and several other officials came up and sat in another elegant room. No one came in or out of the private room except for Xiao Er delivering food and pouring tea.
The spies waited for a long time, they could only look anxiously at the two closed doors. So one of them decided to pretend to be a sophomore to find out. He changed into Xiaoer's clothes, carried a pot of tea, and let another person watch over him, without anyone noticing, he pushed open the door of Lin Yueyao's private room without saying hello.
Only Lin Yueyao was eating in the private room, there was nothing wrong. The spy pretended to pour tea for her and asked if there was anything else she needed, but was sent away by Lin Yueyao.
After the spies came out, they entered Ding Sheng's private room again. Ding Sheng and those few officials were having a good time drinking, when he saw a mistress coming in to say hello and serve some jugs of wine. The spies came out, finding nothing.
The spies stayed in the restaurant all afternoon. They watched Lin Yueyao didn't contact anyone until she checked out and left, and the waiter who ordered and served her didn't have any problems. They also went into the private room where she was sitting, and there was nothing wrong except for the leftovers and dishes.
One spy followed Lin Yueyao, and the other stayed in the restaurant to watch Ding Sheng. After a long time, Ding Sheng left after drinking and eating, and the spies did not see any other suspicious persons approaching him.
The whole day's stalking found nothing, Long Er frowned upon hearing this. He ordered the guards at the wine shop to hide their whereabouts and keep an eye on Ju Muer's small courtyard to ensure her safety.
Ju Muer also felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't think of a better way for the time being.