The reborn beauty Ru Lan

Xi Ting couldn't ask anything, but Xiao Xingyu was determined to save Duanmuci, and he didn't want to become an enemy with Yannan. He really racked his brains and couldn't think of a way, and Duanmu's house has been closed since the day Get up, no one comes out, no one else goes in, at least there should be no loss of life.

This made Xiao Xingyu even more suspicious of Yan Nangui's intentions, and they decided to sneak into Duanmu's house after nightfall to investigate.

It was more than enough for Xie Rulan to take Xiao Xingyu with him, but Xiting insisted on coming along, so he had no choice but to let Zhong Yue take him with him.

At this moment, Duanmu's house is still as usual, the servant who should guard the gate is still guarding the gate, and there are sporadic maids who are keeping watch at night, occasionally passing by the backyard.A few people climbed over the back wall, Xiting was familiar with the road conditions of Duanmu's house, so he led a few people to find another way, abandoning the long corridor that many people would pass by, and entered behind the huge rockery with layers of barriers.

Xiting is leading the way in front, the rockery is dark, only a little light from the lanterns hanging in the long corridor in the distance, and even the road can not be seen clearly, but Xiting is very familiar with it and has not been tripped by the protruding stones on the ground , gently reminded a few people: "There are many uneven stones here, everyone be careful."

He led a few people into a narrow opening of the rockery, and groped for a while on the flat wall. Suddenly, a hole opened up in the rockery. It turned out to be a mechanism. Xi Ting whispered: "This mechanism leads directly to the study. follow me."

In this way, there is no need to worry about being discovered.

After several people went down, the brook pavilion lit a fire and closed the mechanism quickly. Inside was a long passage with smooth repaired walls. Holding an oil lamp, Xi Ting took off the oil lamp and lit it, leading a few people to the depths of the corridor.

While explaining: "This secret road is only known to the Patriarch, and I also walked with Ah Ci a few times before I knew the way. Walking straight will lead to Ah Ci's study. The mansion is closed, but since the second aunt and young aunt I haven't left yet, I think Ah Ci should be safe for the time being."

Xiao Xingyu nodded: "If they want to compete for the family property, they must also get the patriarch's seal from Duanmuci. Presumably Duanmuci will not let them get it easily. But speaking of it, why did Duanmuci take you this secret road? What are you doing sneakily?"

Hearing that Xiting coughed twice, he hurriedly said: "Fourth Master is worrying too much, it's just to discuss some matters..." He lowered his head slightly and said: "This passage is not long, we'd better be careful. "

In fact, Xiao Xingyu asked this question on purpose. You don’t need to think about why Duanmuci and Xiting took this secret road. Words can be regarded as a pleasing relationship between the two, but the situation of getting along seems to be deliberately keeping a distance. On the surface, it is really like a pair of brother and sister.

Xiao Xingyu couldn't help asking: "Housekeeper Xiting, can I ask a question."

Xi Ting was walking ahead, turned his head with some doubts and said, "Fourth Master, please, now Xi Ting has something to ask for, and if Fourth Master has any questions, Xi Ting will definitely know everything."

Xiao Xingyu nodded and asked: "Why doesn't your adoptive mother allow you to be with Duanmu Ci? What's the origin of this?"

Xi Ting's face darkened, and he was a little surprised, Xiao Xingyu added: "The two aunts of yours left and returned that day, and we also overheard this incident in the room."

Seeing this, Xi Ting could only sigh: "I don't know, my foster mother didn't like me since I was a child, but she still wanted to take me back to Duanmu's house and adopt me as an adopted son. Actually speaking, I was in Duanmu The position in the family is even more embarrassing than those servants. My mother-in-law never cared about my affairs, and even hated me very much. She only let me stay in the house, and beat and scolded me every now and then. Even things like reading, reading and settling accounts were all serious problems. Ah Ci taught me personally, so my relationship with Ah Ci has been very good since childhood."

When he talked about Duanmu Liruo, he didn't have a good attitude, but he still had a gentle tone, and said: "The stepmother is moody, has a violent temper, and her methods of dealing with others are even more ruthless, but she is my stepmother, and I can't treat her like that. How is she? It wasn't until Ah Ci and I grew up that she restrained herself a lot after she took over the position of Patriarch, but she was seriously ill half a year ago, and knew that she didn't have much time, relying on herself in Duanmu The family still has some foundations, so I left a last word, forbidding Ah Ci to be with me."

Xi Ting's eyes were a little cold and said: "I don't know what her intention is. If she doesn't like me as an adopted son, she doesn't have to bring me back, but she doesn't have to force Ah Ci like this?"

A thought suddenly popped up in Xiao Xingyu's mind, he said: "That Xiting, you have no blood relationship with the Duanmu family, right? Could you be... your adoptive mother's biological..."

Xi Ting didn't need to hear him finish before laughing and said: "Fourth Master, I have nothing to do with Duanmu's family. To be honest, when I was young, I overheard my former adoptive parents talking about my life experience in private. They don't know whose family I am, but what is certain is that my adoptive mother may know my biological parents, and I was sent to my adoptive parents by my adoptive mother for nine years, but when she arrived Nine years later it reappeared and decided to take me away."

He did conceal something yesterday, and Xiao Xingyu confirmed a fact after listening to it. He even concluded that Xiting was the son of Yan Nangui and Duanmu Liruo's former fiancé. No wonder Duanmu Liruo treated him like this , the son born to the woman who took away her fiancé, presumably Duanmu Liruo's last words were also calculated to make Xiting feel better, and deliberately separated him and Duanmu Ci.

But Xiao Xingyu didn't tell Xiting about this matter. He thought that this matter could be put to good use. The secret path came to an end. This is a not-so-big study room, and there is still this unfinished volume of bamboo slips on the desk. , and the shelf next to it is also filled with many scrolls. Opposite the desk is a blank wall. A few steps have been built on the ground in the corner for nothing. Above is a planned stone door, which is tightly closed at the moment. , Presumably the other end of Shimen is the study of Duanmu Ci.

Xie Rulan and Zhong Yue suddenly stopped and stopped them, Xie Rulan reminded in a low voice: "There are people outside!"

The two of Xiao Xingyu immediately got up cautiously, glanced over, Zhong Yue lightly pulled out a dagger from his boots, and became vigilant when he approached the stone gate.Xie Rulan also pulled Xiao Xingyu to the bookshelf and took precautions.

The stone room was very empty, except for a few bookshelves and desks, there was nothing else, and at this moment, the voice from the study outside came in clearly.

"Don't you want me to sign this suicide note!"

It was the voice of a woman scolding angrily. Xiting's face changed when he heard the words, and he blurted out hastily: "It's Ah Ci! They are in the study!"

Xiao Xingyu reached out his hand to his lips and said hastily, "Keep your voice down!"

The sound from outside was still heard clearly, but Xi Ting shook his head and said: "You don't need to worry, the sound insulation in the stone room is very good. The reason why we can hear the sound from outside is because there is a clever mechanism in the stone room. People inside can hear people outside, but outside they can't hear anything."

Xiao Xingyu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Xiting's explanation, and said with his hand on his forehead, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

The voice was no longer suppressed, and Zhong Yue and Xie Rulan were no longer so nervous when they heard the words. Xi Ting said calmly, without any apology on his face: "I have not had time to explain in the future, Fourth Master is already so prepared."

Xiao Xingyu thought he was doing it on purpose, but Xie Rulan reminded him seriously: "Stop talking, listen to what they are saying."

Xiao Xingyu nodded, and Xiting said again: "Come here, there is a hole here, through which we can see the situation in the study."

As he spoke, he went to the wall and took off a pair of landscape paintings that had been hanging there. There was actually a hole hidden behind him, but the hole was about two fingers wide, and he could clearly see what was going on outside. A transparent and thick spar was blocked, so their voices could not be transmitted to the outside.

Outside the spar are some bamboo slips and books, which must be facing the bookshelf in the study, hiding the hole even more.Through the hole, Xiao Xingyu saw Duanmuci in a red dress tied to a stool in the middle of the room, with her two aunts beside her, holding a pen and paper, as if to force her to sign some suicide note.

And there was also a person sitting in front of the desk in the study room, it was a woman, wearing a red dress and a large black cloak, and she was wearing a large hood at this time, so that people could not see her face clearly. From the shadow, she could see her thin and delicate face, her pale complexion reflected her gorgeous red lips, and when she tilted her head slightly, a big silver earring was revealed, shining brightly under the candlelight in front of the desk.

Didn't hear her two aunts muttering something in a low voice for a while, only heard Duanmuci sneer and said: "You guys rob your own property with outsiders, and you won't be afraid of others' jokes if you tell it!"

Hearing that her second aunt also sarcastically said: "If it wasn't for the elder sister who didn't miss the old relationship between sisters and drove us out of the family and didn't give us anything, but your mother's most unfavorable third child Having given birth to a daughter who is the most pleasing to the old lady, all the benefits are taken for nothing by you, a stinky girl, why don't you make calculations for our aunts?"

The little aunt also gritted her teeth when she heard it: "Isn't it? The third sister is married to the eldest son. Do you want anything at home, but you still want to come back and change your surname to Duanmu to grab things from us? Duanmu Ci, if it weren't for the elder sister Protect you, you died together with your father and mother at the hands of bandits a few years ago!"

Duanmuci suddenly became anxious, and asked: "What are you talking about? The death of my parents is also related to you?!"

The more anxious she was, the happier her two aunts were. The little aunt smiled and said: "I don't want to hide it from you anymore, Second Sister, let's let her die to understand."

The older second aunt also nodded, with a smug smile on her lips.

The little aunt smiled slowly and said: "The Duanmu family is getting worse and worse than before. When your father and mother returned to the Duanmu family to visit relatives, we guessed that the old lady must want to cling to your father, so as to get on the line of the court. How can we and the sisters still be the head of the family? We calculated together with the eldest sister, and when they left, we bought some bandits so that your father and mother could go all the way and never come back again."

As she spoke, she laughed triumphantly, the laugh was so cruel that even Xiao Xingyu couldn't stand it anymore, and Xi Ting's low voice came from beside her ear, "These people are so vicious!"

"You bastards! Even my own sisters are willing to fight for these ethereal things!"

Duanmuci was so angry that his eyes were red, and he roared at the two people.

But her second aunt slapped her hard on the face, and the sound was heard clearly in the stone room. Seeing Xiting, Xiao Xingyu clenched his fists tightly, and Duanmuci's white face was even more red and swollen. , and then the woman said: "Don't forget, the eldest sister is the mastermind of that incident! But she crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and then took the opportunity to kick us two sisters out of Duanmu's house!"

The woman's lotus-like charm still remained a bit hideous and terrifying, she gritted her teeth and said, "We were all tricked by the elder sister, she lied to us, if the old lady finds out about this, she won't be able to tolerate us, so She first sealed our mouths with evidence and kicked us out of Duanmu's house, thinking that the head of Duanmu's house was hers! But no one thought that the old lady sent someone to bring you back from the capital, and she couldn't do it Patriarch! Hahahaha..."

The second aunt laughed a little maniacally, and said happily: "My little sister and I have worked hard for many years but we can't get anything. Fortunately, we have been waiting at my husband's house for many years, and finally made the eldest sister die. She is dead. You How can a little girl support the Duanmu family? Isn't this our chance to make a comeback?"

The little aunt also smiled and nodded: "Exactly, Ah Ci, Ah Ci, Aunt didn't want to do anything to you at first, but you pushed me too fast, so what if I was with that kid Xiting? Why did you want to be with that kid? Anyone else get married? You can't keep the Duanmu family, why don't you sign the suicide note and hand over all the property to your aunts?"

Duanmuci lowered his head slightly and listened to them for a long time, then slowly raised his head at this time, his blood red eyes were waiting for the two of them, gritted his teeth, and sneered again and again: "Beast! I used to think that the most vicious Humans are nothing but murderers, I never thought that you women are more terrifying than evil spirits!"

Hearing that the two aunts were about to get angry again, suddenly there was a burst of clapping behind them, one after another, and they stopped slowly. The person in front of the desk slowly sat up straight, laughing in a cold voice.

"Sorry, it's really interesting! Your Duanmu family let me watch a good show."

When the two aunts heard this person's words, their arrogance disappeared immediately, and they smiled and said: "Let Miss Yan see the joke."

"Goose going back to the south?"

Xiao Xingyu looked at Xiting, Xiting shook his head, "I have never seen this person before, she is not from the Duanmu family."

Xie Rulan, who had listened for a long time, suddenly lowered her face at this moment, approached the hole and looked out, and frowned even more. He saw the woman in front of the desk slowly stand up and walk to Duanmu Ci, and just now The two aunts who were still very arrogant lowered their heads and apologized to the man at this time, suddenly a small green snake emerged from the woman's cloak, quickly climbed onto the woman's shoulders, straightened up her upper body and hissed. Come up with Snake Xinzi.

Immediately, the two aunts were scared back a few steps, but the woman bent down and approached Duanmuci, and asked in a low voice: "You were raised by Duanmu Liruo?"

The little aunt immediately replied: "Yes, yes! She was raised by the eldest sister, and she knows everything about the eldest sister!"

"Duanmu Lihui is too deceitful!"

Xiting gritted his teeth and said, it should be the name of the little aunt, Xiao Xingyu glanced at him, Xie Rulan frowned and pushed away a few steps, Xiao Xingyu asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Xie Rulan said: "That woman is Yan Nangui, have you seen the green snake on her shoulder?"

Xiao Xingyu nodded, "The green snake is very small, but only a few inches long, not as thick as a pen."

Xie Rulan said: "Do you know that among the snakes, the most poisonous snake is the King Snake, and the more poisonous the King Snake, the smaller the body. Don't look at that green snake as small. If you bite it down, it may kill you." It's all gone."

"So poisonous!"

Xiao Xingyu was startled, and Xiting was even more anxious, saying: "No, that Yannangui seems to be about to let a snake bite someone!"

At this time in the study room, the green snake had crept onto Duanmuci's body at some point, and the cold snake body slowly circled around Duanmuci's neck, spitting snake letters in her ears, as if it was about to aim at her neck at any time Like biting down.Duanmu Ci's chin was pinched by Yan Nangui, and he had to raise his eyes to look at her.

On the face, he was still very calm, but the hatred was still in his eyes, Yan Nangui admired sincerely: "Patriarch Duanmu is so courageous, aren't you afraid that if I miss you, your life will be killed?"

On the contrary, Duanmu Ci smiled and said: "Yannan Guiyan senior, right? You came to my Duanmu family to seek revenge. As the head of the family, I should come forward to resolve this matter. If you insist on killing me, now I I have nothing to say. It's just that I think senior should have something to ask, if you really want to kill me, Duanmu Ci's life is long gone."

Yan Nangui nodded, and smiled slowly: "Yes, you are very smart. Don't worry, I'm not here to kill you, you just need to answer my questions honestly."

Seeing this, Duanmu Lihui couldn't help but reminded: "Miss Yan! You made an agreement and received the money, how can you not..."

Before she finished speaking, when Yan Nangui's cold eyes fell on her, she consciously fell silent, and then the second sister Duanmu Lijin behind her hurriedly pulled her behind with a smile, and said dryly: " Girl Yan, just ask, we two will not disturb."

Yan Nangui stared at the two of them for a long time before turning his head. His cold eyes swept across Duanmu Ci's face, and he said slowly, "I'll ask you a question, and you answer me. Don't play tricks, otherwise... my green snake Don't show affection."

At the same time, the green snake stuck out its tongue on the unknown pulse on Duanmuci's neck, and licked it coldly, causing small bumps to appear on the skin on the neck, Duanmuci held his breath slightly, and relaxed Tone, replied with a stiff smile: "Just ask, Duanmu Ci will know everything."

"That's the best place."

Yan Nangui smiled, stood up straight and walked slowly in front of her, and said, "Let me ask you, did Duanmu Liruo tell you about Xu Cong before he died?"

Duanmu said: "Are you talking about Xu Cong, the eldest son of Xu in Bozhou who was convicted 23 years ago for bribing court officials and selling private salt?"

Yan Nangui said: "Yes, it seems that you have indeed heard of this person."

Duanmuci chuckled, and said calmly: "Then let Duanmuci guess what you want to ask, senior."

"Xu Cong had a marriage contract with my great aunt since he was a child, but he resolutely broke off the engagement when the marriage was approaching. The reason was that he fell in love with another woman and had a child with that woman."

Yan Nangui nodded: "That's right, it's true."

Duanmu Ci continued: "But later, my aunt was jealous and bought an adult from Bozhou, framed Xu Cong and put him in prison, but after a while, Xu Cong died in prison, his family was scattered, and his wife disappeared. The above is all I know, Duanmu is not talented, so I can't guess what senior will ask."

Yan Nangui stood still in front of her, looked down at her and said, "Let me ask you, did Duanmu Liruo leave anything behind before he died?"

"Senior refers to?"

Yan Nangui said bluntly: "Did she leave anything about Xu Cong, the evidence that she framed Xu Cong back then, and Xu Cong's son, did she mention where did she take that child?"

"Child?" Duanmuci said with a slight frown: "About the child, I only know that the child is missing, but I don't know where he went. And the evidence of Xu Cong's being framed is in my aunt's death. I packed up some relics for her, and found some things about Xu Cong in those things."

"Where is that thing?"

Yan Nangui looked very anxious, Duanmuci said honestly: "It's in the brocade box on the bookshelf, I put all my aunt's belongings in it."

When Yan Nangui heard the words, he immediately went to the bookshelf to search for the box, Duanmu Lijin and Duanmu Lihui looked at each other in a panic, as if there was something to hide from Yannangui.As soon as Yan Nangui moved, several people in the secret room immediately pressed their sides against the wall, lest Yan Nangui find out that they were being watched.

The brocade box was not hidden, and Yan Nangui quickly found it, brought the thing back to the desk, and gently pinched the golden lock with his fingertips, and it snapped off, shocking the two aunts of Duanmu's family who dared not move any more. .

The brocade box was about three feet wide and two feet long, not high, and very light. There were only some old letters in it, and there was a letter of divorce apparently written by Xu Cong.Yan Nangui dug out those letters and examined them carefully, but after a long time, he found the secret correspondence between Duanmu Liruo and the adult who framed Xu Cong.

Yan Nangui put the letters back, and suddenly saw a little silver at the bottom, with a bit of doubt on his brows, he pushed the letters aside, and found a small bird at the bottom of the box. Longevity lock worn by children.

Yan Nangui took out the silver longevity lock, and when it moved, it made a clanking sound. Yan Nangui handed it to Duanmu Ci, and asked: "This thing is also in Duanmu Liruo's relics. found?"

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