Warm fragrance cloud around

At the end, Lin Junnuan suddenly felt a little inexplicably lost, she shook her head, and murmured to the candlelight in front of the Buddha statue in the main hall: "I don't know what the deceased really liked about Shen Shuyan. Responsible, full of rhetoric, and can't say a word after being scolded by my mother."

Cheng Jiangyun coughed lightly, his voice extremely hoarse: "Just now he seemed to be crying very sadly."

"Stop talking if you have a sore throat." Lin Jun turned his head to look at him, with a sneer on his face, "It's disgusting to cry when you're sad. What should I do? Now that everyone is dead, why do you still do something?" Who are you showing me this affectionate look! Oh, men are really unreliable."

Cheng Jiangyun turned his back to the Buddha statue, with a slightly uncomfortable voice: "Miss Lin is so picky about Shen Shuyan, what kind of man can make you fall in love with?"

Lin Junnuan didn't look at him, but suddenly remembered a classic line from a movie, raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "The person I like is an unrivaled hero, one day he will wear golden armor and holy clothes, and step on seven-colored clouds to marry me."

Golden Armor Saint Cloth?Colorful clouds?what?Cheng Jiangyun was stunned, and said in a low voice: "Miss Lin...do you have someone in mind?"

"It's just a joke," Lin Junnuan chuckled dryly, "Marriage matters are all based on the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. Children can only be obedient and obedient. There is no room for being picky."

But why did he feel that the words "be obedient and obedient" had nothing to do with Miss Lin? Cheng Jiangyun pursed his lips and lowered his head.

The torrential rain in the morning had completely subsided at this time, and even scattered sunlight poured into the temple through the gaps in the trees outside the window. Lin Junnuan stared at the light spot on the ground for a while, and suddenly remembered that he had come to Minzhong Temple Looking at the purpose, he turned his head and looked at Cheng Jiangyun with a smile, "Can Cheng Shaoqing go home in a hurry?"

Cheng Jiangyun shook his head subconsciously, "No rush."

"The sun is just right after the rain, Shaoqing, would you like to walk the mountain road with me?"

Cheng Jiangyun was slightly stunned, turned his head to hide the joy on his face, and said in a flat tone: "Yes."

Most of the pilgrims at Minzhong Temple had already returned because they were worried that it would be rained again, and the entire temple was empty, presenting a quiet and distant Zen atmosphere.The narrow stone steps of the back mountain were washed clean by the rain. Lin Junnuan was bouncing up and down on it with big strides, while thinking about how to mention the matter of entering Dali Temple with Cheng Jiangyun.

Cheng Jiangyun was a few steps behind, and seemed to be looking down at the road carefully, but his peripheral vision was always focused on the brisk jumping figure in front of him.

"that……"

"that……"

The two opened their mouths in unison, and stopped at the same time. Cheng Jiangyun's voice was a little relaxed: "You go ahead."

Lin Junnuan has never been a polite person, she took two steps back and stood beside Cheng Jiangyun, and said with a dog-legged smile: "I mentioned to Shaoqing a few days ago about my entering Dali Temple as an errand... "

It seemed that what they wanted to say was the same thing, Cheng Jiangyun smiled slightly, and there seemed to be stars shining in his sunken eyes because of his tiredness for days; "No problem, I will arrange it when I go back."

Lin Junnuan cheered in his heart for a while, his eyes crooked with a smile, "In the name of Lin Jun?"

"Otherwise?" Cheng Jiangyun's eyes subconsciously became a little more tender, "In the name of Miss Lin?"

"Don't dare!" Lin Junnuan waved his hands again and again, and muttered in a low voice: "My mother will kill me."

Xu's mentality has changed. Now thinking of the Chengyi uncle who was laughed at by the people of the capital, Cheng Shaoqing even felt a little close to Mrs. Chengyi. That night, she pinched her ears and punished Lin Junnuan. The scene impressed Cheng Jiangyun even more, and the smile on his face deepened, "Uncle and wife must be open-minded people, so they can raise such a unique daughter like Miss Lin."

Is this a compliment to her?Lin Junnuan rubbed his nose and laughed dryly, "If you want to say that you are open-minded, you have to count Cheng Shaoqing. Does Shaoqing think that I, as a woman, show my face outside every day, which is clearly a waste of propriety, justice and shame?"

Cheng Jiangyun paused for a moment, as if thinking of something, suddenly lost his mind for a moment, and his voice lowered, "As long as you can live freely, there is nothing wrong with abandoning etiquette, righteousness and shame."

She loves to hear these words, but she didn't expect an ancient person to be so enlightened. Lin Junnuan couldn't help but look at Cheng Shaoqing a little bit higher, and was about to flatter him, but found that the people around him had stopped at some point, and their expressions were gloomy looking into the distance.

"Shaoqing...remember about Sister Ling?" Lin Junnuan asked in a low voice.

Cheng Jiangyun looked back at her, lowered his eyelids and took a deep breath before saying in a hoarse voice, "My sister was killed by me."

Lin Jun looked at him with a warm smile, "If Shaoqing doesn't want to say it, then don't say it."

"No, I want to say," Cheng Jiangyun's eyes were firm and serious, "I want to tell you."

Lin Junnuan swallowed, looked at him carefully for a moment, and then nodded slightly: "I understand, just say it, Shaoqing, I will definitely keep it a secret."

After walking another section of the mountain road, they came to a platform on the mountainside to rest their feet. Cheng Jiangyun took out a handkerchief to wipe off the rainwater on the stone bench, and the two sat down.

"My sister is five years older than me. After my mother passed away, she took care of me growing up."

When mentioning the past, Cheng Jiangyun's eyes drifted to the boundless sky in the distance, and he said a few interesting things about getting along with his sister when he was a child, with full of nostalgia in his tone.

"The stepmother has always disliked our siblings. After all, I am the eldest son of the Hou family. She dare not treat her harshly, but she will not show mercy to my sister." Cheng Jiangyun pursed his thin lips, "I was ignorant when I was young and often caused trouble everywhere. It turns out that my sister has been scolded and punished on my behalf."

Cheng Jiangyun turned his head slightly and covered his face with his hands. Just at this moment, a gust of wind blew by, and the remaining raindrops from the treetops above his head fell one after another, pouring all over his face, but Lin Junnuan had no effect.

Lin Junnuan opened his eyes wide and looked over, this burst of "rain" was not small, his hair and clothes were completely soaked, and his face was also wet.Being suddenly hit by the rain, Cheng Shaoqing was still a little dazed at this moment, his lips parted slightly, showing a bewildered...cute look.

A smile could not help but appear from the corner of his mouth, Lin Junnuan saw the dirty handkerchief Cheng Shaoqing threw aside after wiping the stone bench just now, and took out his own handkerchief from his arms, "Wipe it."

Cheng Jiangyun didn't refuse, took the handkerchief to wipe off the water on his face, and suddenly laughed twice.

"what happened?"

"It's okay." Just thinking of the hot-eyed face that Lin Junnuan made that day, he suddenly laughed.

He unfolded the handkerchief to cover his entire face, and continued with the previous words in a muffled voice.

"My sister got engaged when she was 16 years old. Although Brother Mo's family background is not obvious, his character and talent are very outstanding. We are very satisfied with this marriage. My sister started embroidering wedding dresses for marriage. I even teased her," said here, Cheng Shaoqing's voice began to choke, "Just one month before they got married, on the night of the full moon, my sister died tragically outside the Hou's mansion."

He covered his face with his hands, pressed the handkerchief tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "My sister died by cutting her throat. When she was found, the white dress she was wearing was completely dyed red. I, I..." He His breathing became short of breath, "I slept too soundly that night, and I didn't see my sister until the next day. I saw my sister... lying cold in a cold coffin."

"My condolences." Lin Junnuan sighed.

Cheng Jiangyun shook his head and continued: "My sister died tragically suddenly, but my father didn't want to find the murderer. No matter how much I cried and made trouble, he ignored me, and Brother Mo, who was supposed to be my brother-in-law, didn't want to talk about it after that night. In a word, he disappeared from the capital soon, and I heard from the servants of the Hou Mansion that my sister was going to see him that night."

After finishing the most difficult part, Cheng Jiangyun took off the veil on his face, folded it carefully and pinched it in his hands, with a self-deprecating smile on his face, "At that time, I was full of grief and anger, doubted my father, doubted The stepmother even suspected Brother Mo, but she suddenly found out a few days ago that I was the one who killed my sister. The reason why my father and Brother Mo buried the truth is to prevent me from blaming myself."

Lin Junnuan didn't know what to say, simple consolation seemed too cheap, but fortunately Cheng Shaoqing didn't mind, it seemed that she just wanted to find someone to talk to, after a moment of silence, she told the ins and outs of the matter.

Cheng Jiangyun, who is in his teens, has been living a pampered life and has a somewhat rebellious temperament. When he was wandering outside, he met two like-minded "good brothers". He even persuaded Hou Ye softly and stubbornly to let them be his personal attendants.Unexpectedly, these two people harbored ill intentions towards Miss Hou's Mansion.

They drank too much that night, and happened to see Cheng Wanqing, the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, returning to the mansion on the way, so they made a plan, falsely claiming that Cheng Jiangyun fell into the lake and disappeared, and dismissed the maids around Miss Cheng under the pretext of asking for help. .

It's about her brother's life, and those two people are his brother's trust, Cheng Wanqing even wished she could jump into the lake to find someone, she wouldn't be distracted by suspicion until the two showed their true colors, but she was completely powerless to fight back.

Cheng Wanqing looked gentle and graceful, but she was a bit fierce in her bones, unwilling to be humiliated by villains, so she took off her hairpin and cut her own neck.

After being splashed with Cheng Wanqing's blood, the two of them finally came to their senses. When even they left her and fled, Cheng Wanqing's maidservants learned that Cheng Jiangyun hadn't gone out and brought someone over, she had time to confess that "keep it a secret." With just a few words of "brother", he died in a pool of blood.

Jianyuan Hou understood the cause and effect of the incident that night. Of course, the two villains could not escape. They were caught before returning home, and the end would definitely not be easy. Afterwards, Lord Hou issued a sealing order to everyone and concealed the truth from Cheng Jiangyun. .After losing his dearest sister, Cheng Jiangyun was plunged into grief and anger, and he didn't care about those two followers. When he heard the servants of the Hou Mansion say that they all resigned and left, he believed it.

Hua Niang was passing by the crime scene that night, and just happened to see the scene where Cheng Wanqing committed suicide under the moonlight, and she would have psychological shadows every night of the full moon.When talking about this matter outside, the butler of the Hou Mansion happened to overhear, and only then did he get a hush money of 50 taels of silver.

These are all things Cheng Jiangyun heard from the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion a few days ago.

After talking about the past events that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time, Cheng Jiangyun let out a long sigh of relief, "In retrospect, I was really an asshole at that time."

Since then, he has always held resentment towards Jian Yuanhou, and the relationship between father and son has become more and more tense, and now it is even more like a stranger.

"In the past two days, I knelt in front of my sister's ever-burning lamp and made countless assumptions. If my sister didn't care about me so much, if I didn't trust others, if my sister endured humiliation for a while, if..."

He smiled bitterly, "If my sister hadn't passed away, there should be a group of children by now."