"The two apricot trees in the backyard haven't been fruiting for a few days. They look so young that they make your teeth fall, but the second wife seems to be eating delicious food in the world. The sourness can be smelled from far away. She But he didn't even blink his brows, could it be... have it?"

"If it's true, the life of the eldest wife will be even more difficult in the future."

"No, the eldest wife has been with the master for so many years, and her stomach has never moved. Life is already difficult. If the second wife has another one and a half daughter..."

"Don't talk about it, let's hurry up and hunt apricots. If people hear us talking about the master behind our backs, there will be no good fruit to eat."

……

Ji Ran was worrying about not knowing the specific location of the back house, hesitating in which direction to go, the sound of conversations and footsteps from far and near came from the direction blocked by the plants at the corner.Ji Ran and Lu Zhen looked at each other, and immediately pulled Lu Zhen back to the plant and squatted down.

Those flowers and plants were as tall as an adult man's thigh. Ji Ran had a thin body, curled up a little, and it was just right to hide behind.As for Lu Zhen, there is no need for him to squat with Ji Ran. As long as he doesn't show up on purpose, no one will see him standing in the middle of the road. Even so, he still follows Ji Ran. Then squat together.

The two of them just squatted down for a while, when they saw two young maidservants walking past quickly, talking and laughing with bamboo baskets in their hands.

Although the people passed by, Ji Ran didn't get up and leave, but squatted on the spot without moving.

After confirming that the person had gone far away, Ji Ran changed his hand to embrace the urn, and the free hand pulled Lu Zhen, and said in a low voice, "Those two maids should be serving by Tao Shi's side. Follow the two of them to touch it." After a pause, he continued, "They want to beat apricots, you go and help them, I can finish squatting earlier, or I will suffer from numbness in my legs."

"Okay." Lu Zhen raised his hand and rubbed Ji Ran's head, then got up and floated towards the direction where the two maids left.

The location of the apricot tree is not far from Ji Ran's side, only tens of meters away, so even if the person left, he didn't dare to stand up, because there is nothing in the backyard except for the plants that crossed his legs. The large cover, he is not conspicuous when squatting now, but once he stands up, it will be completely exposed, so even if it is uncomfortable, he can only squat.

Fortunately, with Lu Zhen's secret help, the two maids hit the apricots very smoothly. After two shots, they fell to the ground with a crash. After a while, the baskets of the two were almost full.

The two servant girls walked back with their baskets on their shoulders. Ji Ran waited for the two of them to walk past, then got up and came out. Together with Lu Zhen, they followed quickly and lightly, and stopped behind the two of them not too far or too close.

At this distance, I could just hear the moderate conversation between the two people in front of me.

"But having said that, two years ago, the second wife also vomited when she smelled the smell. At that time, she also said that she was pregnant, but her period came within a few days. She thought it was a slippery tire, and the trouble was called nonsense. She clamored that it was the eldest wife who wanted to kill her child, and the master locked the eldest wife in the firewood room for several days, but the doctor's pulse was indigestion, nausea, and nausea caused by the deficiency of the spleen and stomach. Xiaoying, this matter Do you remember?"

"Why don't you remember? Hey, the eldest lady is also poor."

"No, the eldest lady is actually quite a nice person, virtuous and virtuous, and generous to others, but unfortunately she is too duty-bound, without the skills of the second wife, she will always be overwhelmed in everything, especially those who are stalking and arguing. A slave is not a good thing either."

"It's just for survival, it's not easy, so don't be angry, don't we both serve in the second wife's room as well?"

"Can it be the same? If the second wife hadn't relied on the master's favor and forced us to go over from the eldest wife, how could we..."

"Okay, okay, you keep talking more and more, your mouth, you don't know how to restrain yourself, and sooner or later you will cause trouble for yourself."

"Let's not talk about that, there is something, I wonder if you know Xiaoying."

"what?"

"Last winter solstice, didn't the county magistrate go to Yizhou on business? At night, I saw Mr. Tao coming out of the second wife's room in disheveled clothes."

"Ah? Isn't it? They, are they siblings?"

"So, I also feel puzzled. I haven't dared to talk about this matter, but this is a normal sibling, will this happen? Whose brother would come into the sister's room in the middle of the night, not to mention the disheveled clothes. Like what?"

"Oh, stop talking nonsense, I didn't hear anything, let's go, we can't bear the second wife's blame if you're dawdling."

……

The word-for-word conversation between the two fell into Ji Ran's ears, and his eyes lit up as he heard gossip.

Sister and brother tryst in the middle of the night...

Lonely man and widow...

disheveled...

wipe!That's a lot of information!

If it's what I think, the siblings are really immoral.Cheating is already a taboo, but it's still... I can't even imagine it.

They should have been beaten to be honest, and then they followed the two maids all the way, and they didn't hear any gossip like their master.The two of them still talked about things, but what they talked about was trivial and gossip, nothing to write home about.

Although it is a pity not to hear more gossip, the two of them really went to the back house, and they went to the wing where Dow was. Following the two would save a lot of detours and avoid the risk of being discovered , this is quite good for Ji Ran.

The Tao family lived in the west wing, and two maids entered the courtyard, followed by Ji Ran and Lu Zhen, but they just hid behind the rockery in the courtyard.

"Tell me, should I hide this under Tao's bed?" Ji Ran asked Lu Zhen in a low voice when he saw that it was still hidden behind the rockery.

Before Lu Zhen could make a statement, Bai Yiyi floated out of the urn.

"Eun Gong doesn't need to go through so much trouble. I think this rockery is pretty good. Just put it in a pit on the mountain wall and hide it. The ashes are here. Within this range, I can move around freely." Bai Yiyi said.

"That way, it will save a lot of trouble." Ji Ran suddenly asked again, "Did you hear what those two said just now?"

Bai Yiyi nodded, "Don't worry, benefactor, Yiyi will play by ear."

Afterwards, Ji Ran followed what Bai Yiyi said, and hid the urn under the deep groove at the root of a landscape tree halfway up the rockery, covered it with a few handfuls of grass, and covered it with tree roots. The concealment was really perfect. good.

Bai Yiyi said again, "But Engong, because of Yiyi's special situation, when the time comes to leave, I have to trouble Engong to go to this pot in person. Although this ghost brother is powerful, he is of the same kind after all. Even if he takes the jar Take it out, and I can't follow anyone who leaves here."

"Okay, don't worry, when the time comes, I will personally take you out, fulfill my promise, and send you to the temple." Ji Ran promised.

Bai Yiyi didn't speak any more, just smiled and bowed to Ji Ran Yingying, and then turned around and floated into Tao's room.

As soon as Bai Yiyi left, only Ji Ran and Lu Zhen were left eye-to-eye.

"I'll take you back to the inn first, and I'll deal with the account book later." Lu Zhen said, looking at each other for a while.

Ji Ran thinks about it, too. It's not good for him to follow, but it may become a burden. In order not to spoil the plan, it's better to leave it to Lu Zhen.

Thinking of this, Ji Ran nodded.

Seeing that Ji Ran agreed to his proposal, Lu Zhen smiled, stepped forward and put his arms around Ji Ran's waist, jumped onto the roof, and floated out of the county office in the blink of an eye.It wasn't until returning to the inn room that Ji Ran's heart slowly fell down.

That's right, the moment Ji Ran was hugged by Lu Zhen and flew up to the roof, Ji Ran suddenly raised his heart, for fear that he would become a conspicuous target and be discovered by the county government officials. The two returned to the inn room like lightning.This speed is so fast, even if others sway, it is estimated that it is only enough to chase a shattered afterglow, but Ji Ran was too slow to react due to this instantaneous transfer, so that his reaction was slow. Waking up with a trough, he covered his heart and stared at Lu Zhen speechlessly.

"Why are you staring at me all of a sudden?" Lu Zhen was stared inexplicably.

"Get older, I'm going to get a myocardial infarction by you." The reaction couldn't keep up, and I felt stuck, and it was because the reaction lacked a buffer, and the sudden surprise didn't have time to feel the fear and worry, and I was overwhelmed. At the mouth of the throat, really, it's hard to describe the fucking feeling!

Lu Zhen didn't know what a myocardial infarction was, so she just looked at him puzzled and blinked, "I'll arrange the account books, you'll wait for me at the inn, huh?"

"Wait!" Ji Ran hurriedly pulled him back, "Since you can do this, why did you let me mess around before?" How much time was wasted?

"I think, since the idea is yours, you will feel more fulfilled if you participate in it yourself. Anyway, it's just a matter of wasting time. As long as you're happy, I'll do whatever I want." Lu Zhen raised his hand and rubbed Ji Ran's head, his eyes were full Gentle and pampering, like melting ice and snow, obsessed and intoxicated.

Ji Ran's scalp was numb from Lu Zhen's gaze, and he let out a groan of discomfort.

Lu Zhen looked deeply at Ji Ran who was blushing, "Then I'm going?"

"Yeah." Ji Ran nodded, his eyes drifted from side to side, just because he was embarrassed to meet Lu Zhen's eyes.Aww!It's so embarrassing to look at each other affectionately!

Lu Zhen saw Ji Ran's shyness and embarrassment in his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth in a happy mood, and deliberately hooked his fingers on Ji Ran's chin, "What a shy guy." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ji Ran's reaction, People swished out of the window.

Ji Ran stared out the window, and after a while he said in a calm voice, "Damn!"

It didn't take even half a stick of incense for Lu Zhen to turn back.

Knowing that Lu Zhen had successfully transferred the county magistrate's bribery accounts to Tao Yuan, Ji Ran's mind was mostly relieved.Then they spent money to hire someone to cleverly disclose the "Tao Yuanyou county magistrate's bribery account book". Fire it up in time.

For two consecutive days after that, Ji Ran and Lu Zhen were content to eat, drink and have fun in the county. They seemed to be doing nothing, but in fact they were always paying attention to the situation at the county government.

Sure enough, Bai Yiyi did not disappoint Ji Ran. On the third day, a big incident broke out in the back house of the county government office.The reason was not that the Tao family fell out of favor as expected, but that the Tao family was caught and raped by the county magistrate.

And this incident, although it was unexpected, was reasonable. When Ji Ran got the news, his only reaction was: Sure enough!

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