Renew

"Could it be that prostitution is just a trick..." Rong Li hesitated.

Master Luo nodded, "Now there is no trace of the prostitute he redeemed, and his life and death are all uncertain, and that young man just happened to leave Qi'an half a month ago."

Rongli didn't know about this matter, and looked at the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper clasped his hands and said: "The boy took personal leave half a month ago, but he hasn't come back. He is the servant of Wufang."

Five rooms, Dong Anan...

Rong Li frowned, "Is this boy following Wu Niang directly?"

"No." The old housekeeper lowered his brows and narrowed his eyes, and said again: "At first, it was from the third lady."

Rong Li sighed, and immediately understood that this Meng Xian really has the ability, speaking of the ladies and ladies in the mansion, who doesn't have someone beside her.

Master Luo sat upright with his knees on his back, and said sternly: "Young servant can't track down his whereabouts even if you follow him. The reason is that this person has never returned home."

"Pretend." Rong Li's lips moved, his expression was sleepy, "Maybe someone doesn't want him to leave easily."

This statement is true, after all, in this world, only the dead can't speak.

"It's about the Rong Mansion, and the third wife of your mansion is still in Wuxiang Town. I wanted to ask Chang Ting what he thinks about this matter." Master Luo sighed, "Miss, you should go see the accountant. gentlemen?"

Rong Li hugged the motionless cat in his arms, thought for a while before nodding his head slightly.

Xiaofu stood by the side, seeing her girl nodding, she couldn't help but raised her hand and tugged on the girl's sleeve, her expression was full of worry.

Rong Li patted the back of her hand and said softly: "No problem."

Master Luo raised his hand and called an officer over, gave orders in a low voice, then turned around and said, "Young lady, just follow."

Rong Li lowered his body and saluted, followed the officers and soldiers in black armor, and the old butler walked behind meekly.

After leaving the backyard, Xiao Fu said in a low voice: "Girl, what is the prison, why did you agree, Wan, Wan..."

She talked for a long time, hesitated, and couldn't finish her sentence.

Rong Li turned his head and smiled lightly, "What if I stumbled into something evil inside?"

Xiao Fu lowered her head abruptly, and muttered: "That's not a clean place, if something dirty is on it, what should I do?"

"It doesn't matter." Rong Li shook his head slightly: "It's broad daylight, and it's in the government office, what kind of ghosts will they recruit?"

In fact, she was thinking that the one next to her was the real big ghost, how dare the little ghost approach her, he was afraid that if he only saw Hua Su's eyes, he would be scared out of his wits.

It's a pity that Hua Su doesn't know where he has gone now.

Mr. Accountant surnamed Lin was imprisoned, and the cell was dark. As soon as he stepped into the door, he smelled a damp stench.

The cell smelled bad, and there was still a torture place inside. The instruments of torture were so red and black, it should be traces left after the blood dried up.

Xiaofu was trembling, but she had to straighten her back to shield her daughter, as if she wanted to shield her from the wind and rain.

Rong Li paused for a moment, then walked in with the officer, pinching his cuffs to cover his mouth and nose, his slender eyebrows slightly frowned.

Passing by several prison cells, most of the detainees inside were pale-faced, with dark eyes, as if they were waiting for death, and they already looked ashamed of all thoughts, only some of them were vicious, and seemed quite unconvinced, and when they saw someone coming, they were very angry. Yelling, his voice is half hoarse.

The officers and soldiers leading the way raised their hands and said, "Girl, this way."

Rong Li nodded, and after going around for quite a while, he finally saw the accountant Lin.

The cell where he was held was fairly clean. He was sitting on the ground, holding hay in his hands, as if he was folding something. He should have heard footsteps, but he didn't even lift his head.He is also considered clean, compared to other prisoners, he is not in a mess, and perhaps he has not suffered any punishment.

Standing outside the cell, Rong Li was wearing a clean fox fur, and the dress under the fox fur revealed some light yellow material, which was out of place in this dark cell.

The officer and soldier said coldly: "Lin Xiu."

The account manager raised his head, his eyes paused on Rongli's embroidered shoes, and then he raised his head and said, "Miss."

Rong Li looked down at her, sickly, and coughed lightly: "You still remember me."

"How dare you forget." Lin Xiu said.

Rong Li smiled lightly, put Xiao Fu's hand on his back and slowly bent down, just looking at the accountant Mr. sitting on the ground, the two were separated by an iron fence, only a hollowed-out brick on the high wall was slightly exposed Erguang, that's why Rongli's expression on his face was gloomy.

"Then do you remember why you entered this prison." She said slowly.

Lin Xiu's eyes were calm, she nodded and said, "Three thousand silver was stolen from the Rong Mansion."

The officers and soldiers who had just led the way walked a little farther, but they didn't dare to go too far, and the persistent soldiers stared quietly ten feet away.

Rong Li leaned over, slowly put her hands on her knees, her clear almond eyes gradually bent, she shook her head and said: "No."

Lin Xiu froze, her gaze shifted, and she looked at the old housekeeper standing behind her in astonishment.

The old butler didn't change his face. He has been here for sixty years, and he hasn't seen anything. He is still standing still like a mountain.

Lin Xiu fell silent, as if he had thought of something, a crack suddenly appeared on his calm face, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

Rong Li was still smiling, "Do you remember when you started withholding my monthly payment?"

Xiaofu squeezed her skirt tightly, her heart tightened.

Rong Li said again: "On the second day when Rong Changting went to Pengzhou, the third wife, Meng Xian, went to see you. That month, I only got half a month's money, and after that it became less and less."

Although she spoke slowly, she seemed to have exhausted her strength, and after panting for a while, she continued: "I dare not ask the reason, even if I did, it would only be procrastinating, I just leave it to you, Third Madam After all, I won’t be allowed to starve to death in the Rong Mansion, what do you think?”

Lin Xiu's pupils trembled when he heard this neither salty nor bland words, and the eldest girl called the master's name directly as it flashed through his mind.He was stunned for a long time, and a hoarse voice came out of his throat, "I shouldn't..."

Rong Li suddenly raised an index finger, pressed it against his lips, and stopped his words.

Xiaofu turned her head to look at the old butler, her heart was beating wildly, she always felt that her daughter had really changed, but unexpectedly the old butler still stood motionless, as if she had expected this.

Rong Li said softly: "I've done everything, don't say what should be done, I don't like to hear it."

Lin Xiu paused for a long time with his hand holding the hay, and trembled slightly when he heard this.

Rong Li curled up his lips, smiling softly, and looked like the fragile Rong family girl in the deep house, "I knew earlier that the embezzlement of monthly money was the idea of ​​the third wife, but Rong Changting has not returned yet." , I can’t say anything, I’m isolated and helpless in the mansion, if I tell this matter, who can help me.”

Lin Xiu's hands trembled, and the unformed hay fell to the ground.

Rong Li's hands supporting his knees were a little tired, so he straightened up and lowered his eyes to look down at the people in the prison, "Lord Luo has already suspected the third lady, but it's a pity that the third lady is still in Wuxiang Town, she is seriously ill and can't go back. It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework, do you think Lord Luo will let Rong Changting make the decision."

Lin Xiu narrowed his eyes, and his downcast eyes cast a cloud of gloom, "Why...are you sick."

"Kidney yin deficiency, bedridden." Rong Li's voice was clear.

Lin Xiu was stunned, "...why?"

"I don't know." Rong Li said briskly this time, and said: "Rong Changting came back this time, he grounded her, although she was pregnant with a child, but the mansion took care of it with good food and drink, But after going to Huawu Mountain, she couldn't move that night in Wuxiang Town."

"Yes, it's Rong Changting..." Lin Xiu trembled, his eyes were red.

Rong Li smiled, "Rong Changting was in the fourth lady's room that night."

Lin Xiu raised her hand to cover her head, shook her body twice as if dizzy, and closed her eyes suddenly, before she regained her composure, "Impossible, she's just weak."

"You both came from Qingfei, fellow countrymen, you always have something to say, she is familiar with you, don't you understand what kind of person she is." Rong Li spoke in a soft voice, struggling, as if to Breathless.

Lin Xiu panted heavily, as if anger had welled up in her heart, she suddenly picked up the unfolded hay that fell on the ground, crumpled it up and threw it out.

It's a pity that such a ball of hay is so light that it can't be thrown anywhere, and it slowly lands on the edge of Rongli's shoe.

Rong Li kicked her back into the prison, and said softly: "She is very good at deceiving people, you see that Rong Changting has been deceived by her, and I don't know who else was deceived."

Lin Xiu went crazy, turned sideways suddenly, and slammed his head against the brick wall, making a loud bang.

The officers and soldiers who had watched from a distance for a long time ran over suddenly, opened the long lock, stepped into the prison, and restrained him.

There was no pity in Rongli's eyes, the corners of his raised mouth were slowly pressed down.She said again: "There are still 700 taels of silver that don't know where to go. I think you should know, but you don't want to say."

Lin Xiu's hands were cut behind her back, her head rested on the ground and gasped heavily, before saying after a while, "I want to see her."

"Are you going to confess her?" Rong Li smiled.

Lin Xiu didn't speak for a long time.

"You live so peacefully here, you think you want to wait for her to redeem you, but it's a pity that you haven't waited for a long time, you're going to be disheartened after waiting, right?" Rong Li breathed faintly.

Lin Xiu bit her lip.

"You are tired of waiting, so you want to make a false confession to make her flustered, and set up this trick to force her to come to see you." Rong Li panted lightly, and whispered: "Unexpectedly, it was me who came."

Xu was hit, Lin Xiu struggled violently, but was held down firmly, unable to move.

Rong Li looked down at him, his eyes were as soft as a deer, and the small mole on the tip of his eyes was even more pitiful, "You thought she would redeem you, but you have stayed here for so long, and you will never be able to wait for her."

Xiaofu moved the hand that was pinching Rongli's sleeve, and let go of it completely.

The robe hangs down, and there is still a pinched fold on it.

Rong Li squatted down holding his skirt, tilted his head slightly, but still couldn't see the expression of the accountant, he simply said: "Look at this prison, it's dark and dirty, it's not something ordinary people can stay in, if she knows You are uncomfortable, you should have come here long ago, why do you need to force her, don't you think so?"

As soon as she squatted down, she felt tired. When she raised her hand, she saw Xiao Fu's arm supporting her.

Rong Li stood up and sighed softly, "You just wait here, even if you don't tell, Master Luo can still find out about this matter."

Just as she was about to turn around, she thought that the defense of accounting should be broken.

Fang walked a few steps, and as expected, he heard Lin Guan Zhang in the prison say in a hoarse voice: "Miss."

Lin Xiu closed his eyes, "The 700 taels of silver are with the third lady, and the silver taels spent by the servant under the guise of prostitutes are also in the hands of the third lady. She originally said that these silver taels are for our future home use..."

Rong Li paused, looked at the officers and soldiers guarding Lin Xiu, and said softly, "Do you hear me clearly?"

The officers and soldiers nodded, "I heard clearly, I will definitely report the truth to Master Luo."

Rong Li lowered his eyebrows, pinched his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, and walked out slowly.

After leaving the dungeon, she looked around for a while, and then lifted the cat in her arms.I saw that the cat was still sleeping, all four paws were limp, it didn't intend to wake up, and it didn't look like Hua Su anymore.

Rong Li had no choice but to hug the cat into his arms again, not knowing where Hua Su had gone.

After seeing Mr. Luo, the officers and soldiers told all about what happened just now. Mr. Luo pondered for a moment, then asked Rong Li to draw a bet and let her go.

The old housekeeper asked in a deep voice: "Miss, do you want to go back to the house?" He was calm and relaxed, as if he had forgotten everything he had just seen in the prison.

Rong Li shook his head and said weakly: "Go back first, it will be a long time before you go to the west of the city, it's still early, I'll walk around."

Xiao Fu quickly said: "I will accompany the girl."

The old butler nodded, but did not stop him, and said slowly: "Young lady, remember to go home for dinner later."

Rong Li: "Naturally, the housekeeper doesn't need to worry."

The old housekeeper glanced at her, went to talk to the coachman, and asked the coachman to wait here, so that the girl would not have to look for another carriage when she returned home.

Xiaofu often follows Rongli, and the number of times she leaves the mansion is really not many, besides, she was bought into Rong's mansion when she was still young, and she rarely sees some rare things outside the mansion, so she was overjoyed immediately , whispered: "Where does the girl want to go?"

Rong Li didn't know that she just wanted to wait here for Hua Su's return, so that the ghost would not even be able to find his body when he returned.

Before she could speak, Xiaofu said again: "I know that there is a water street in the west of the city that is very beautiful. Even if it is not a street fair, it is very lively. There are often people from outside selling some weird things."

Rong Li hesitated for a moment, looked left and right, in broad daylight, even a ghost was hard to see, so he said: "Go and see."

Xiaofu helped her into the carriage, "It's a few steps away from here, the girl's legs will definitely hurt when she walks there, so it's just right to take a carriage."

Rongli opened the curtain, holding the cat with one hand, feeling a little uninterested.

In her previous life, she could not get out of the mansion, she always yearned for the outside world, hoping that one day she would be able to live outside the high wall and not have to see the people in the mansion again, but now that she was reborn, she seemed to be less hopeful.

There is only one thought left, to let those who have harmed her not die well.

It seemed that even if she emptied her heart, she could only find these bloody thoughts.

Rong Li withdrew his hands, and the curtain was drawn down, covering everything outside the car.

Xiaofu whispered: "I came here with the cook from the mansion before, and I wanted to buy some tender bean sprouts, but the ones sold were not very fresh. I smelled a strange smell, and the cook was so greedy when she saw me. Salivate quickly, go and buy me a biscuit, it’s really delicious.”

"It's delicious and you're still thinking about it?" Rong Li rolled his eyes.

Xiao Fu nodded again and again: "It's so delicious that I want the girl to try it too, but it's too far west of the city, and I can't come so far on weekdays."

"Go and have a look, do you still remember where it is?" Rong Li was not interested in eating, but now that he has nothing to do, it's okay to go and have a look.

Little Fu was overjoyed, "Of course I remember!"

It was not easy for the carriage to enter the downtown area, so the groom stopped on the street, thinking of the old housekeeper's instructions in his heart, and he continued to advise: "Young lady, don't go too far, remember that the carriage is here, and you must not lose it. "

Rong Li responded, and carried the sleepy cat into the downtown area, thinking in his heart that there are so many people in this place and the yang energy is very strong, there should be no ghosts mingling in it, so it's probably safe.

Xiaofu held her arm, looking around and walking forward, she was in a rush, looking for the shop that sells sesame seed cakes, she didn't pay attention to the person walking in front of her, and bumped into it inadvertently.

Rong Li originally wanted to hold her back, but she didn't have much strength, how could she pull such a reckless girl, and she stopped after the girl bumped into someone.

Coincidentally, she raised her eyes and saw a familiar face.

Didn't it just mention her dandies in the teahouse last time? She didn't know that these dandies were talking about her, but it was Hua Su who told her.

Behind this dandy there are a few sons and brothers, all dressed in gold and silver, they seem to belong to noble families, all of them are arrogant and domineering, they look like bandits on the mountain.

Among them, even if someone peeled off their face, she would still remember it.

Rong Li's eyes moved, and he suddenly smiled, before she went to look for it, the person who beat her to death with a club in the previous life came to her door by herself.

She looks good, but due to being ill all day long, her complexion is very pale, if not for some lip balm on her lips, only black and white are left on her face, her face is white, her pupils are black, so black Can take souls.

The dandy who was bumped into was very annoyed, it can be seen that when she smiled, her eyes were dumbfounded, her anger seemed to be blown out, her ears burned red, and there was almost smoke from her head.

Rong Li pinched Xiao Fu's arm, and said softly: "Why are you so reckless, you become dumb when you hit someone?"

Xiaofu knew about these people, and two of them had a bad reputation. I heard that they often went to brothels to meet prostitutes, and those who were drunk would not go home. They molested good girls on the street while drunk.

Her complexion changed immediately, and she blocked her own girl behind. She was anxious and angry at the bottom of her heart, angry at herself for being so careless. A few sons."

These few people looked at her with great interest, and the evil person standing behind came forward, put his hands together pretendingly, and said to Rong Li: "It was I who offended the girl, but the girl is Rong..."

Rong Li smiled, before he could finish speaking, he said calmly, "Rong Li."

This person's name is Xiao Mingchen, and he is the prospective husband carefully selected by her third mother.

"Good name, the word Li..." Xiao Mingchen suddenly got stuck. He was used to being ignorant and inexperienced. He racked his brains to extract a poem from his brain, but he couldn't think of it for a long time, so he could only say: " This word is very good!"

Rong Li looked at him sideways, with a calm expression, obviously he was smiling, but his smile was a bit cold, "Young Master of the Xiao Family? I heard Sanniang mention you, and I saw the portrait, so I can vaguely recognize it as the Young Master of the Xiao Family."

"Miss, have you seen me?" Xiao Mingchen looked straight at her, his eyes were sticky.

"The jade pendant on your waist is just engraved with the word Xiao." Rong Li narrowed his eyes, not wanting to give this man a good look.

The surname Xiao saw that Rongli closed her eyes, and thought she was ashamed, thinking about how to proceed step by step, she immediately said: "Young lady is smart, today is a coincidence, I met a young lady here, I wonder where the young lady is going now?"

Rong Li is not ashamed, she sensed that this man's eyes were wandering, and she was thinking about whether to take out the eyes of this dude herself, or let the flaying ghost do it for her.She said softly: "Just walk around."

Xiao Mingchen asked: "Is the third lady okay?"

"Okay." Rong Li said meaningfully, "It's very good."

Xiao Mingchen felt a little strange in his heart, but he couldn't put it into words, "Do you want to swim in the water street together, girl?"

Xiao Fu frowned nervously, and shook her head secretly without saying a word.

Rong Li sneered with a pale face, didn't this girl just want to take her to Water Street at first, but unfortunately, she shook her head and said: "I'm tired, it's time to go back home, and I'm not in good health, if I go out with the young masters , I'm afraid it will make the young masters unable to walk all the way through Water Street for a long time."

Xiao Mingchen saw that she didn't want to come in, so he simply said: "In that case, then I will visit the house again next time, and I hope that the girl will not block me from the door."

Saying this to a girl who has never left her boudoir, no matter how you listen to it, it is quite rude and offensive.

"Then when will you come to the door?" Rong Li asked.

When the young masters beside Xiao Mingchen heard this, they were all shocked. They were all invited to the door, so they were about to talk about marriage.

"I'll go tomorrow." Xiao Mingchen said immediately.

Rong Li thought for a while, "It's past fifteen."

In the previous life, she died on the fifteenth day, which should be a full moon, but she didn't live until the sunset.

Xiao Fu took her arm, shocked in her heart, her eyes filled with astonishment, but she couldn't speak, and when Xiao Mingchen responded and walked away with his group of friends, she said: "Girl, why are you... ..."

She didn't know how to speak, the girl told her to spread the news of being haunted by a ghost, didn't she just didn't want others to get close to her, and she didn't want outsiders to come up with any foolish ideas.

Rong Li turned his head and said softly: "I don't want to do what Sanniang wants, it's just that there are some things that I have to stop myself."

She spoke very slowly, and every word was read lightly, Xiaofu felt apprehensive when she heard it, and always felt that this matter was not very simple.

"Where's the biscuits you mentioned?" Rong Li asked.

Little Fu Nan said: "Go a little further."

A chill came rushing from behind, pushing Rongli's half-up hair to the front of her body, the chill condensed like a hand, and landed on the back of her neck not lightly or heavily.

Rongli's footsteps stopped, and when she was about to turn around, she felt the chill on the back of her neck suddenly disappear, and then wisps of ink smoke came from behind her and merged into Chuizhu's body.

The cat nestled in her arms suddenly opened its eyes, Bi Yingying's eyes were cold and indifferent.

Hua Su's voice was close to his ears, "Why do you have such a sad face, who did you meet just now?"

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