Renew

Qi An.

From Yongnandu to Diequanling, there are continuous high mountains around, and steep mountains rise and fall one after another.The city outline is in it, and the Lujiang River passes by around the city, like a blue dragon winding around.

The scene picture on the table was flickering, like a blown candle, flickering slowly under Rongli's fingertips.

In this picture, Rongli really saw Yongnan Ferry, Diequan Ridge, and the city surrounded by it. Even the tall buildings and stone bridges in the city were drawn in great detail. I can draw it.

Every pen in this is not superfluous, and it can still draw out the cobweb-like streets and markets in the city. There are dotted buildings and houses, and there is a stretch of courtyards in the north of the city, which is Rongfu.

Rong Li suddenly understood, no wonder Hua Su sat at the table every day, and he didn't know when he started drawing this map.It has to know Qi An so well that he can draw this map like this.

It's too detailed, even though she didn't go out of the mansion often, she didn't understand this place so thoroughly in Qi An's second life.

This is Qi'an, from top to bottom, from left to right, every inch of the painting is Qi'an, even the counties and towns under the jurisdiction, Wuxiang Town is naturally also drawn in, along the official road You can find it by looking south.

Rong Li was afraid that he would spoil the map, so he shrank his fingers suddenly, and asked in surprise, "Why did you draw this map?"

Hua Su decided to look at the map drawn with spiritual power on the table, and stretched his left palm up, "I have looked for the maps sold in the market, but there are some omissions, and the town and county are not included in it. How unsatisfactory."

"But... what is the use of this picture?" Rong Li still didn't understand.

"Look." Hua Su raised his hand on the table, stretched out a finger to point to the location of Wuxiang Town, and said softly: "The fog formation that tried to trap me last time is here. The formation relics were also destroyed by me. This time, Qi An's blood light suddenly appeared, and the evil spirit karma was even heavier. The people who set up the formation are still in Qi An. Looking at the blood mist in the sky last night, I guess..."

Her voice stopped suddenly, and the index finger hanging on Wuxiang Town slowly moved away, pointing in the direction of Qi'an Ximen, "When this place is here, the blood is the worst in the west, and the karma is even heavier."

Where the slender finger passed, the scarlet blood mist floated on the cityscape, stretching for nearly three miles.

Three miles is neither long nor short, but if it spreads further, it might burn to the sky above the Rong Mansion.

Rong Li stared blankly, only to see that there were a few places that were clean, Qi An City was more or less covered with some scattered blood, only the outside of the city gate was not stained at all.

By following this bloody light, wouldn't we be able to catch those who set up the formation?

Rong Xin thought about it, and suddenly said: "The government office I want to go to is just in the west of the city."

"You..." She hesitated for a while, wondering if Hua Su had other ideas.

"I'll talk to you." Hua Su withdrew his hand, glanced at the door, and said, "The people outside are still waiting for you."

Naturally, Rong Li knew, and hastily put on the coat hanging at the elbow, "But if you go to the west of the city like this, won't you just crash into this fierce formation?"

She pinned the sachet to her belt, raised her eyes and asked, "Do you still want Kong Qing to bring the pendant beads?"

"Bring it." Hua Su nodded, not being pretentious at this time.

Rongli walked out of the house, and saw the old housekeeper waiting outside.

The old housekeeper cupped his hands: "Miss, are you ready?"

"Wait a little longer." Rong Li beckoned to Kong Qing who was standing under the eaves pillar, "Go and bring Chui Zhu."

Kong Qing responded: "Yes."

The old butler didn't ask any further questions, and he waited if the eldest girl asked her to wait. It was a very good thing that the eldest girl was willing to draw a deposit.

Hua Su stood on the threshold, and before he could step out, he just looked sideways, and saw Yu Zhuo who was hiding behind the eaves pillar was frightened and hid in the pillar, as if merging with the red pillar.She withdrew her gaze and looked up at the sky.

The white clouds on the sky are as pure as the surface of a lake.

Although Rong Li was wearing a fox fur jacket, he would still shiver in the cold wind.Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Hua Su was raising her head, and raised her hand to tap her lower eyelid. Before she could wipe it to the tip of her eyes, she saw Xiao Fu walking over.

Xiaofu came to help her, and seeing her girl's face turned pale by the wind, she hurriedly asked, "Can you bring me the hat?"

"No need." Rong Li shook his head, the hand resting on the corner of his eye moved slightly, drawing slowly to the tip of the eye.

At this time, what the right eye saw suddenly changed. The originally clear sky was stained with blood, the clouds in the sky were all vermilion, and the rumbling black mist rose into the sky like smoke, and the densest place was indeed in the west of the city.

Rong Li felt dizzy, her stomach was churning, and a mouthful of sour water poured into her throat. She hurriedly closed her right eye, drew a line on her lower eyelid with trembling hands, and when she opened her eyes again, her vision returned to normal.

Xiao Fu didn't know what her daughter was doing, she asked nazily: "Young lady has sand in her eyes, servant girl, take a look?"

After she finished speaking, she really stood on tiptoe, looked into Rongli's eyes, and raised her hand to carefully lift the girl's chin.

Rong Li pretended to have sand in his eyes, his eyelids trembling tremblingly, his clear eyes were moist and moist.

Hua Su glanced over and saw that the little maid was getting closer and closer, as if she was about to kiss Rongli's eyelids, so she turned her eyes away and looked away.

Xiao Fu blew twice, "Is the girl feeling better?"

Rong Li blinked and said softly, "It's better."

Only then did Xiao Fu breathe a sigh of relief, and squeezed a handkerchief to wipe off the cold sweat from her forehead, "If the girl feels uncomfortable somewhere, let the fifth lady go."

The old housekeeper stood beside him, straightened his back when he heard this, and glanced at the girl calmly.

Seeing this, Xiaofu murmured, "The girl got sand in her eyes just as she went out."

Rong Li lowered his eyes and sighed softly, "Xiaofu."

Xiaofu immediately shut up.

Hua Su turned her head, and when Rong Li wiped her eyes just now, she had already seen it, but she didn't stop her, just wanting to see what this girl can do to her.

She looked at Meng Xian's room thoughtfully, thinking about the baby corpse that Rong Lichen mentioned earlier, she didn't want to pay attention to it, but she guessed that the girl was thinking about it, so she turned around, relentlessly willingly walked over.

Rong Li almost followed, he had already taken a step, and abruptly retracted his foot.

Xiaofu was full of worry, and she was holding a handkerchief to wipe Rongli's sweat, "If the master comes back, there is no need for the girl to go to the government to make a bond, it is a coincidence that the third lady is ill, she is sick, we will rush to everything up."

She didn't dare to speak too loudly, so as not to be heard by the old housekeeper, and then she would lose her tongue again.

Rong Li raised his hand to cover his forehead, not letting her touch it, and said softly: "You wiped off the powder."

Xiaofu quickly withdrew her hand, pursed her mouth angrily.

Rong Li turned sideways, looked at Meng Xian's room from the corner of her eye, but Hua Su had already penetrated through that wall, she couldn't see anything in the room.

The old butler stood up straight, with an appearance of neither humble nor overbearing, just waiting, without urging.

After a while, Kong Qing hugged Chuizhu, and the cat rolled over in her arms with quick eyes, obviously full and energetic.She handed the cat to Rongli, "Girl, Chuizhu is here."

Rong Li reached out to pick it up, maybe she had Hua Su's breath on her body, the cat entered into her arms, it was so obedient that it didn't move at once, the eyes that were always spinning were opened quietly, a feeling of fear appearance.

Kong Qing retreated, and the girl was accompanied by Xiao Fu, so she naturally didn't need her company.

After holding the cat, Hua Su, who entered the main room, also came out from inside. She looked calm, but what she said was so shocking that Rong Li almost couldn't hold the cat firmly.She said: "There is indeed a baby corpse in the wooden box under the Montessori bed. There is still some smell left on the baby corpse, and it smells a little familiar."

Rong Li moved his lips, but he didn't say a word, looking at the shape of his lips, he clearly said "what smell".

Hua Su actually understood. The black and silver braids were swaying behind her, and the untight strands of hair were flying in the wind. "The one trapped in the bamboo courtyard, the breath of your second mother."

Her tone was calm, but Rongli was struck by lightning, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost couldn't catch his breath.

Rong Li's eyes dimmed, and Xiao Fu asked nervously, "What's the matter, girl."

After finishing speaking, Xiaofu still wanted to check her girl's forehead temperature, for fear that the girl would get sick after only blowing such a gust of wind.

Rong Li raised his hand to press his chest, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He wondered how the baby's corpse could be contaminated with Zhu's breath, and also thought about the bulge of Zhu's belly when he had a miscarriage. The baby in it should be... also just taking shape.

She frowned, a ridiculous thought welled up from the bottom of her heart, could the baby's body in the wooden box be stolen from Erniang's coffin.

After Zhu's death, the mansion organized the funeral, and the coffin was kept in the mansion for several days. Later, they said that they were going to go to hell, so they burned the body too. In the end, only the ashes of the altar remained, and the ashes are still in the main house of Zhuyuan. buried under the door.

She couldn't remember exactly how many days the coffin had been in the mansion, but she was weak and couldn't keep watch at night, so she didn't know if the coffin was moved during the night.

Thinking about it this way, it's really a bit weird, saying that it's going to Sha, Zhuyuan did go to some Taoist practices, but whether those Taoist priests are going to Sha, she really doesn't know.

Hua Su looked at her quietly, her figure suddenly dissipated, turned into black smoke and poured into Chuizhu's body.

The cat in Rong Li's arms sank a little bit suddenly, she came back to her senses suddenly, and when she lowered her eyes, she happened to meet those cold green pupils, as if she had been splashed with water from a glacier, her whole body shivered, and she woke up.

If the baby's corpse really came out of Erniang's stomach, then Meng Xian must die, she is...

He killed someone, and wanted to take the heirs of others as his own.

Meng Xian hadn't conceived in Rong's house for more than ten years, and she thought she couldn't conceive, so she had such vicious thoughts, and she didn't know if the monk taught her this method.

"Miss, are you leaving?" Xiao Fu looked at the old housekeeper.

Rong Li nodded, the hands holding the cat were extraordinarily cautious, not like someone raising a raccoon slave and not rubbing it—refusing to give up for a while.Others raise cats, and she has an ancestor in her arms, so there is no comparison.

The old housekeeper bowed, "Miss, the carriage is ready."

"Where is the sedan chair?" Rong Li looked out of the courtyard gate.

"The soft sedan chair has also been brought up, Miss, please get on the sedan chair." The old butler said softly.

Rong Li lifted the footstool into the soft sedan chair, the sedan chair swayed towards the gate of the mansion, and when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he got into the carriage, the coachman holding the reins shouted "drive", and the yellow horse began to rattle Lift your legs and pull the car towards the government.

The black cat was lying in her arms - motionless, as if its soul had come out of its body, but Hua Su's soul was still in the shell, and Rong Li's hand was a little heavy.

Rong Li raised the curtain and looked towards the street, all the passers-by avoided the carriages.

The carriage of Rong's mansion was very luxurious, passers-by stopped to watch, whispering in low voices, even the sons sitting in restaurants and teahouses looked towards the street one after another.

Rong Li put down the curtain, sat back upright, remembering that the dandy who beat her to death in the previous life has not been seen in this life, she must not be able to swallow that tone, and when Meng Xian's matter-, she has to find a chance, Go meet that dude.

Just as she was thinking about revenge, the black cat in her arms whined suddenly, but the other voice that reached her ear was not so immature and weak, it was so cold that it didn't seem to have any emotions, but it was crisp but not soft.

Hua Su said: "It is indeed in the west of the city."

Rong Li understood, what he said was about the location of the formation.

After a while, the carriage stopped outside the gate of the official mansion, and the old housekeeper sat beside the groom. When he saw the official mansion arrived, he dismounted and raised the curtain, and put the footstool under the carriage so that Rong Li could step on the ground.

The curtain was lifted, and the bitter wind kept getting into the car.

Rong Li tightened his neckline, and after Xiao Fu got out of the car, he put her hand on the footstool and slowly landed on the ground.

It was very quiet outside the palace, not even a single pedestrian was seen, there were big stone lions standing on the left and right outside the gate, and the officers and soldiers guarding the gate were wearing gray armor, holding guns and standing on each side.

The old housekeeper stepped forward, showed the letter paper to the officers and soldiers guarding the gate, and turned around, "Young lady, come with me."

Rong Li hugged the cat and walked over, looked left and right, if she hadn't been busy right now, she would have used her right eye to see if the sky in the west of the city was redder.

Xiaofu looked left and right in fear, she had never been to such a place before, she even walked cautiously, and whispered: "Girl, can we leave with just a bet?"

How would Rong Li know, "—it will depend on what the adults say, what he says, we will do it."

Xiaofu nodded, and then glanced at the old housekeeper who was walking in front. He heard that the housekeeper had been in the Rong Mansion for decades, and he was in his sixtieth year. He was not thin but not strong. In the eyes, it is extremely reliable.

The black cat lying in Rongli's arms closed its eyes, and the ghost hiding in its body was clearly not interested in these mundane trivial matters. If it wasn't for her, Hua Su would not condescend to come to Meng Xian's house to bend over. Waist—exploring the bottom of the bed.

For Yu Huasu, such things can be regarded as stealing, and her arrogance does not seem to be able to bend.

Although Rong Li was still a little afraid of her, but thinking about it this way, he couldn't help but feel a little happy.

The official mansion was solemn and solemn, officers and soldiers with weapons stood everywhere, some of them saw the old housekeeper approaching, and glanced at Rongli's clothes, and knew that this was from the Rongrong mansion, so they immediately went up to greet him, and said sternly : "Dare to be the daughter of the Rong family?"

The old steward looked back at his daughter, nodded and said: "Exactly, this time the masters and wives are not in the mansion, and the affairs of the mansion will be taken care of by the young lady temporarily. Can our young lady decide this time?"

"Naturally." The officer and soldier bowed towards Rongli, "Miss, please."

Rong Li lowered his eyebrows and walked over.

Walking around the front yard and entering the hall, I saw Master Luo sitting in front of the case, with stacks of scrolls and books in front of him, the case was covered with ink stains, and the cup of tea in his hand seemed to have never been drunk, and there was no heat on it. , It should have cooled down.

The officers and soldiers who led the way stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, someone from Rong's residence is here."

Lord Luo raised his eyes, and his eyes fell on Rongli, "But the daughter of the Rong family?"

"Exactly." Rong Li responded, his voice was extremely soft, as if he was about to die.

Lord Luo nodded slightly, turned his head to the officer and said: "You go down first."

The officers and soldiers responded, bowed and retreated.

There was no one else in the hall, Master Luo stood up, raised his hand and said: "Miss sit here, it will take about half an hour to come from Rongfu, are you tired?" After finishing speaking, he personally warmed the pot The hot tea was poured into a clean gaiwan.

Rong Li approached the skirt, with half of his arms around the little black cat in his arms.

Seeing that she was tired from hugging her, Xiao Fu wanted to take it, but she didn't expect her own girl to gently push her hand away just as she stretched out her hand.

The old butler stood by the side, hurriedly reached out, and brought the tea from the state official to his daughter.

Rongli sat down, the black cat in his arms was surprisingly quiet, lying down without saying a word, even his eyes were extremely calm, as if he had no interest in this strange place, and he didn't look like an ordinary cat should look like .

"Thank you, sir." She picked up the tureen, took a sip, and put it down again.

Lord Luo sat back, picked up the scroll from the desk, and handed it to Rongli, while saying: "A few days ago, I invited Rong Changting to Beihu-Xu, but he seemed to be ill. For what reason, I can't get away."

The old butler stepped forward, took the scroll with both hands, and sent it to Rongli.

Rong Li opened it, only to see that there were densely packed confessions on it, and there were some discrepancies when looking back and forth, it seemed that he refused to admit it at first.She remembered clearly that before going to Huawu Mountain, Rong Changting sent someone to send a letter to Master Luo, saying that he was not feeling well.

She looked at it carefully, and said softly: "Father has been caught in the wind and cold for the past few days, and there are many affairs in the house, so I went to the Qiushou Temple. If it is heavy, father will stay in Wuxiang Town."

"Ill?" Master Luo's eyes dimmed, his voice was calm, his eyes showed some concern, "In this case, why not go back to Qi'an for treatment, Wuxiang Town is far away, maybe even a good doctor can't be found in the town."

Rong Li shook his head, "I don't know what kind of illness Sanniang has, father is afraid that I won't be able to survive, so he asked me to come back first."

"I don't see a letter coming. The doctor in my family is free, so it's okay to ask him to go to Wuxiang Town." Master Luo said in a deep voice.

"Father thinks he already has plans, sir, don't worry about it." Rong Li said in a soft voice.She read quickly, and read all the records on the scroll in one fell swoop. She rolled the scroll back and handed it to the old housekeeper, who then presented it back to Lord Luo.

"Young lady, have you finished reading?" Master Luo was a little surprised. Although the eldest daughter of the Rong family shouldn't be illiterate, but after all, she is a girl who stays at home in a deep boudoir. She might not be able to understand these things thoroughly. I can't make sense of these confessions.

Rong Li nodded, and said in a low voice: "After reading it, this Mr. Account Manager has no relatives in Qi'an, he came from Qingfei alone, and all the three thousand silver came through him. The silver was transported out of the house, so it seems that the three thousand silver has not been spent."

"That's right, but with the help of people in the mansion, it's not difficult to transport them out of the Rong mansion." Lord Luo said again.

Rong Li lowered his brows and eyes, as if he was thinking.

Master Luo was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Miss, do you know where the third lady of your residence comes from?"

How could Rongli not know, but she frowned, with an air of listening attentively.

Lord Luo seemed to be a little worried, and after looking at her for a while, he said, "It's also Qingfei."

Rong Li knew this earlier, but pretended to be surprised, widened his eyes slightly, and said in disbelief: "Could it be, it's San Niang..."

"The man surnamed Lin confessed to the crime, and he also confessed to the boy who transported the silver for him. However, after careful inspection of the account, there is still 700 taels of silver unknown." The state official said slowly.

The cat lying in Rongli's arms seemed to be fast asleep, neither opened its eyes nor moved its body.

Just as Rong Li was about to speak, he saw a wisp of ink smoke coming out of the cat's thin body, it didn't condense into a human shape, but floated out with the wind.She raised her head suddenly, her eyes followed the ink smoke away, not knowing where Hua Su was going.

She suddenly narrowed her eyes, looked at the people around her again, and thought to herself that it's fortunate that others couldn't see the ink smoke, otherwise they would have thought her cat was on fire.

Hua Su whispered a sentence in her ear: "Go and come back, wait for me."

Lord Luo said: "The boy who transported the silver for him, most of them spent on prostitutes, and those prostitutes were redeemed within a few days, and they can't be found anymore. It's really strange."

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