Renew

Groom, what a groom.

Both the horse and the groom were drawn on the road, otherwise how could they travel thousands of miles in a day.

Rong Li stared, pretended not to know anything, and said in surprise: "Xu took the money and ran away on horseback."

Xiaofu stomped her feet, feeling aggrieved, "Why is this man so unkind, he can just go by himself, and he has to ride the horse too, which is good. How can we enter the city? It's probably not far from the city gate here." It's a long way."

Bai Liu has been in a state of anxiety for the past few days. Ever since he came out of Rong's mansion, he has not been able to calm down for a day. Everyone on the left and right felt it was weird, and said in a low voice: "You guys said, the horse and the groom were eaten by ghosts in broad daylight, right? Look at the groom. It looks lean and strong, and the meat must be...very chewy."

"What pig talk are you talking about!" Xiaofu gasped and stared.

Bai Liu didn't speak anymore, she made herself even more afraid.

Kong Qing, however, seemed to be content with the situation, secretly glanced at his girl, and said calmly: "Stop making noise, I don't know where I can buy a horse around here, if you find a horse, we can go in sooner." the city."

"Not bad." Rongli agreed.

If it was in Qi'an, the sky would have turned warmer by now, but on this road, the closer you get to the imperial city, the colder it will be. Now that you are almost at the gate of the city, it seems that you have returned to the cold winter in Qi'an. It makes people freeze their teeth even when they speak.

Rong Li rubbed his hands, he didn't bring charcoal when he came out from Rong's mansion, the hand stove was already cold, now the hand stove is sitting on the carriage, it is useless.Her complexion was pale, and her lips half-covered in fox fur were also white, without any color, and she looked very thin and pitiful.

Hua Su saw her rubbing her hands together, and asked, "Is it cold?"

Rong nodded his head indistinctly, at this moment he was not stubborn at all, his eyes slowly raised, his pupils were full of water, as if soaked in mist, as misty as the white mist exhaled between his lips and teeth.

Hua Su blew out a wisp of ghostly air, reluctantly saying: "I didn't know I would open my mouth earlier, but I insisted on enduring the cold, treating your body as an impregnable wall?" The ghostly air escaped from the cat's mouth, rolled up to Rongli's hand, and She wrapped the palms of her hands tightly.

To be honest, this ghostly air is also quite cold, just like the wind in this cold winter.

At that moment, Rong Li shivered her shoulders, she just wanted to retract her hands into her sleeves, but before she could retract, her wrist bones were tightly circled by ghostly aura, she raised her eyes, her lips were slightly pursed, she was very puzzled.

In the blink of an eye, the ghostly aura wrapped around her hand suddenly became hot, as if it had been scalded.

The ghost aura is as black as ink clouds, but warm and soft, like duck down.

"Still hiding?" Hua Su said coldly.

Rong Li lowered his eyes, loosened his pursed lips, slowly raised his hand, and spread his slender fingers.The cloud of mist surrounded her hand, no matter how much the wind blew, it didn't disperse even a bit, as if it had woven a cocoon on her hand.

The three maids looked in a hurry. Now that this person is unfamiliar with the place, he can only act in a hurry.

Just now what they said was overheard by the shopkeeper of the tea shop, the shopkeeper had an honest and honest appearance, looked back and forth a few times, and said: "May I ask, the four girls are from other places, and now they are going to enter the imperial court. city?"

Kong Qing nodded, "Come from Qi'an, just about to enter the imperial city to find relatives."

The shopkeeper thought for a while, then hissed lightly, "It's still three miles away from the city gate, I think your girl... doesn't seem like she can walk a long distance."

Rong Li did not refute, and even coughed lightly a few times, the cough was so weak that he seemed to be dying.

The shopkeeper saw that she was sickly, and she was a beautiful girl. If her complexion were better, there would be no girl in the imperial city who could look better than her, and all the maids who followed her were young maids...

After hesitating for a while, he said simply: "If the girls don't mind, you can take that yellow horse away. It's just that the horse doesn't run fast."

Xiaofu's eyes lit up, she hurriedly looked at her daughter, and whispered: "Girl, look..."

"It's not good to hold the shopkeeper's horse for nothing." Rong Li stopped coughing, and winked at Xiao Fu.

Xiaofu understood, and quickly took out the broken silver from her purse, and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper waved his hands again and again, "This horse is not worth so much, the girl will treat it as a gift from me."

Rong Li shook his head, insisting that Xiaofu put the broken silver in, and said softly: "If this horse is not worth so much, the shopkeeper will treat it as if I used it to buy a piece of news."

The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard it. He wondered why the news was worth so much. When he thought about it, he felt something was wrong. He looked at Rongli's sickly face in a hurry, and looked at Rongli's sickly face. Looking at it, he denied the suspicion in his heart.

Rong Li breathed faintly, "Does the shopkeeper know where the Shan family that runs the cloth shop is located in the imperial city?"

The shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief, thinking what kind of news this was, and asked, "Miss, are you asking where the Shan family's residence is?"

Rongli nodded, "Exactly."

The shopkeeper said: "Enter the main city gate, go north, go through Liezi Lane, cross the Chuixian Bridge, and then walk along Longdong Street, you will see the door plaque of the Shan family."

Rong Li coughed twice, his throat was itchy again when he was blown by the cold wind, "Thank you."

The black cat exhaled another breath of ghostly air, and the ghostly air circled around Rongli's back, like a hand, patting her back lightly, to give her a smooth ride.

The kitten's blue pupils are cold, as if nothing can come into her eyes, but her demeanor is gentle.

Bai Liu went to lead the horse, fastened the horse to the carriage, and then said: "Miss, it's done."

The shopkeeper looked at the pieces of silver that Xiao Fu stuffed into his hand, and felt a little hot. He wanted to stuff it back, but Xiao Fu took a few steps back, avoiding his hand, and walked quickly.

Rong Li got into the carriage, saw the curtain lifted, and Kong Qing handed in a water bag filled with hot tea from the outside.

Kong Qing: "Girl, first warm your hands with a water bag. There is hot tea in the water bag. I just asked the shopkeeper for it."

Rong Li took it, but now her hand was not cold at all, and there was still a cloud of black mist on the back and palm of the hand.

Hua Su snorted beside him, "What water bag do you want, isn't what I gave you enough?"

Bai Liu sat in the carriage, calm and peaceful, "Fortunately, the shopkeeper is kind and gave us the horse, otherwise we might have to drag this carriage into the imperial city."

Rong Li stuffed the hot water bag into Bai Liu's arms, "Warm your hands."

Bai Liu was overwhelmed by the flattery, and murmured: "Girl, I'm not cold."

Hua Su snorted disdainfully, really looked down on this mortal thing, it wouldn't last too long if it was warm.

"You're cold." Rongli said seriously.

Bai Liu had no choice but to hold up the water bag, holding it very cautiously, "Thank you, miss."

After entering the imperial city, there are many people in strange clothes, many of whom are blond and blue-eyed, who seem to be from outside Xinjiang.

The city is very lively, much more lively than Qi'an's temple fair, and street vendors sell some strange things, which seem to come from other countries, and even the words of passers-by on the road can be heard I don't quite understand.

Bai Liu raised the curtain, looked around with staring eyes, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is this the imperial city?"

"At first I thought that Qi'an was very prosperous. Compared with the imperial city, Qi'an is really ordinary." Xiaofu praised.

In these two lives, it was the first time that Rongli was so far away from Qi An, and he actually came to the imperial city in this walk.She bent her eyes, looked around for a long time, and said after a while: "There is such a lively place outside Qi'an."

Hua Su sat on the side, and said in a low voice, "It's just mediocre."

Rong Li couldn't help looking sideways at her, this ghost has lived for an unknown amount of time, and he has already seen a lot.

Hua Su raised his thin and distant eyes, looked out without changing his expression, and then narrowed his eyes in disdain, "Where Yin and Yang overlap, there is a ghost market, and the market there is much more interesting than this mortal world."

Rong Li thought, no matter how interesting it is, that's not something she can see.

Hua Su said slowly: "If you want to visit the ghost market, it's not too difficult. When the time comes, I will show you."

The streets were full of people and traffic, and it was a sunny day with the sun shining brightly, and there was not even a ray of ghosts everywhere.

Hua Su said suddenly: "This place is good. If the kid is clear-headed, he won't rush into the city, and Luo Xia Fengwei is no different."

Rong Li blinked, with doubts in his eyes, why?

Hua Su said: "It's not unreasonable for this mortal emperor to be called the Son of Heaven, just cover one eye."

Rong Li suddenly understood, raised his hand to cover his left eye, wiped a line on the lower eyelid of his right eye, raised his chin and looked outside, only to see the purple air billowing in the sky, and the golden light flashed past in the distant sky, as if It was the golden dragon that pierced the clouds.

What is this, she knew that the red light in Qi An's sky before was killing karma, so what about this purple one, it shouldn't be poison from the sky.

Bai Liu said suddenly: "Miss, are your eyes hurting? Let me take a look, is there any sand in it?"

Rong Li shook his head, wiped the lower eyelid of his right eye again, lowered his hand and said, "It seems like sand got in just now, it's better now."

Bai Liu had no choice but to say: "It's fine if you don't feel uncomfortable."

Rong Li quietly glanced at the cat in his arms, wanting to ask about the purple light, but he couldn't open his mouth.

How could Hua Su fail to understand her expression, and immediately said in a low voice: "This is the luck of the dynasty." She said it really plainly, as if the luck of the entire dynasty was not worth mentioning in her eyes.

"As long as luck remains undiminished, demons and ghosts will not be able to get close to the imperial city easily. Luo Xia probably never thought that I would come to this place." She said again.

Rong Li blinked, and wanted to speak again, if so, why can she enter the imperial city?

The black cat raised its blue eyes, "I have seen countless mortal emperors, and I may not be afraid of those ghosts."

The carriage passed the alley, got on the bridge again, and walked along the long street for a while.

Kong Qing turned her head and said: "Girl, Shan Mansion seems to be just ahead."

The carriage stopped, Xiaofu was still in high spirits, but now she was very embarrassed and hesitated, she got off the horse and raised the curtain and said: "Girl, we don't have a token or anything, will the people from the Shan family deny us?" .”

Rong Li hugged the cat and got off the horse slowly, raised his head and took a look into the distance, he really saw the door plaque of the Shan family, but the front yard was deserted, there was not even a guardian courtyard outside the door.

She looked at it for a while, then squeezed out half of the jade pendant from her belt, and said softly, "The token? Yes."

This was brought out from the Rong Mansion by her, and she never cared about it in her previous life, only knowing that it was left by her mother.

If the jade pendant was intact, she would have pawned it off a long time ago. It is only half a dollar, and it can't be exchanged for any money at the pawn shop, so she simply left it.

The cat in her arms lightened suddenly, and black mist emerged from the cat's body, forming a slender and tall woman beside her.

Hua Su removed the black silk wrapped around the top of her hair, and pulled the braids out of the black robe. The black and silver braids were wrapped with some exquisite silver ornaments, and there were silver bells hanging on them, but the silver bells It won't ring, and there doesn't seem to be a bell spring in it.

Ever since the Rong Mansion left, Rong Li hadn't seen Hua Su's transformation into a human for a while, and couldn't recover for a moment, staring straight at her pair of cold eyes and the red cinnabar between her brows. .

Hua Su snorted, "Are you stupid?"

Xiaofu hesitated, not knowing whether to knock on the door, but when she turned her head and saw her girl staring blankly at a certain place, she thought she was afraid, and hurriedly said: "I'll knock on the door, girl, don't panic."

Rongli came back to his senses, "Go."

Xiaofu stepped forward, grasped the iron ring on the door and knocked several times, feeling very anxious, seeing the deserted appearance, she wondered if there were still people in the Shan mansion, they must have all moved out.

Rong Li stepped forward, looked up at the door plaque, thinking in her heart, if the Shan family doesn't keep her, she will find a hotel to stay for two days, and then think of other ways.

Hua Su walked over, "Someone is coming inside."

Sure enough, a boy in the door opened the door, and saw a few girls standing outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Who is the girl looking for, do you have a name card?"

Rong Li stepped forward and handed out half of the jade pendant in his hand, "Dare to ask, this is Shan Mansion, just now I thought I found the wrong place."

The boy looked at the half of the jade pendant in her hand, with an unreadable word engraved on it, he didn't know whether to accept it for a while, so he said: "That's right, this is the Shanfu, is it Miss?"

"May I ask Mrs. Danxuan if she ever lived here?" Rong Li said softly.

The young man had never seen Danxuan before, but he had heard of the name, and immediately recognized the notch on the jade pendant that was missing a corner, wasn't it just the word "Xuan".

Danxuan married a long time ago, and now the girl and son of the Shan family should call her aunt.

The little servant asked in a low voice, "Who is the girl?"

"She is my mother." Rong Li stretched out his hand, although the jade pendant in his hand was broken, but he saw that the quality of the jade was so high that ordinary people couldn't buy it, "Please give it to Master Shan."

The servant took it carefully, "Girl, wait here for a while, the master is just in the front hall, and I will present the jade pendant right away."

Rong Li nodded, turned around and said, "Go and tidy up the things on the carriage."

The three girls responded quickly, turned around and went to the carriage.

Hua Su put her hands behind her back, and said in a low voice: "Shan's house has been smaller than Rong's house for a long time, and it's also deserted." Before entering the door, she felt disgusted.

But after a while, the young servant came out from the door again, the door was wider than before, and said respectfully: "The master has seen the jade pendant, please come in and tell me."

Xiao Fu's eyes lit up immediately, and she whispered, "We really let us in."

Kong Qing and Bai Liu packed their bags and hurriedly followed.

Rong Li entered the door, and asked the boy in a low voice, "Where's the jade pendant?"

The boy turned around, "It's still in the master's hand, girl...you might as well ask the master."

Rong Li rolled his eyes and felt that the jade pendant was correct, the master of the Shan family really recognized it.She shook her head, "It's okay, it's not mine either."

If it was in the Rong Mansion, it would take a lot of walking from the main entrance to the front hall, and you would have to sit in a sedan chair. This Dan Mansion is indeed much smaller. After walking for a while, you will see the door carved with lotus leaves in the front hall. The door is closed.

The old man sitting in the front hall has gray hair, but his body is still strong. He is looking at the door with burning eyes, and his breath is very urgent.Next to him is a girl who is much younger than Rongli, she looks smart.

Rongli entered the door, raised her eyes slowly, Fu said nothing, and the three maids stood behind her cautiously.

When the master saw her, he was stunned, stood up hastily, held her arm and said: "Yes, yes..."

"Grandpa." Rong Li pointed it out.

Shan Dong's muddy eyes turned red immediately, and he looked behind her, "You're the only one here, you, you... Where's your mother?"

The girl who just snuggled up to Shan Dong hurriedly said: "Master, let my sister rest for a while, my cousin's face is pale from exhaustion."

Only then did Shan Dong regain his senses, helped Rong Li to sit down beside him, looked her up and down several times, "Qi An is a long way from the imperial city, you are a girl, why did you come here by yourself?"

Hua Su stood in the middle of the front hall with his hands behind his hands, "Myself? Your grandfather, you don't treat your three maidservants as human beings."

Rong Li said in a weak voice, "The Rong mansion is gone."

As soon as these words came out, Shan Dong's expression changed, as if he felt that he had misheard, his brows frowned suddenly, "What's wrong with the Rong Mansion?"

"The Rong Mansion is gone." Rong Li's voice was extremely soft and ethereal.

Even that dainty girl changed her face, staring at her round eyes, unable to say a word.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Rong Li said again: "All the servants in the mansion have been dismissed, father is sick and crazy."

"That, that..." Shan Dong felt stuck in his throat, as if it was extremely difficult to squeeze Dan Xuan's name out of his throat.

Rong Li saw what he wanted to ask, coughed twice, "Mum, she passed away a long time ago, so I haven't seen her before."

Shan Dong felt like being struck by lightning, his whole body shook violently, "Passed away?"

Rong Li lowered his eyes and did not speak.

"How come you haven't seen her?" Shan Dong raised his hand to cover his head, "She, she..."

Rong Li said with a pale face: "When she gave birth to me, she failed to save her life because of me..." She pursed her lips, which were already as white as porcelain, and her frown made her look more fragile .

"I can't blame you for this." Shan Dong closed his eyes, looking miserable, and after a long time, he raised his eyelids and patted the back of her hand, "I just took a look at you, and I think you look like her, too much Oh, I still... thought it was Danxuan who came back."

"Grandpa." Rong Li bit his lower lip slightly.

"How could Rong Changting be like that?" Shan Dong was still dazed, "Even so, someone else should be in charge."

How could Rongli say that the people in that mansion were dead and crazy, how could there be anyone in charge.She said vaguely: "I don't know, many things happened in the mansion. I was frightened, so I took the maid and went away. The housekeeper asked me to come to the imperial city to find the Shan family, so I... have a look."

This "take a look" was said very lightly, as if afraid of being kicked out, he raised his eyes cautiously, timidly.

Shandong felt distressed when he saw it, he pinched the half of the jade pendant in his hand, and rubbed it: "I will stay here when I come here, how can I let you live and sleep like a girl, your grandma and I have been waiting for Danxuan to return to her mother's house to visit relatives all these years, thinking that she yes……"

He paused, then turned to say: "Her room is still vacant, you are here, and you happen to have a place to live."

After Shan Dong finished speaking, he turned his head and said to the girl next to him: "Liu Shuang, take your cousin to your aunt's house, and ask the servants to clean up quickly."

Dan Liushuang nodded, and took Rongli's arm familiarly, "Sister, follow me."

Hua Su looked down at the girl's hand on Rongli's arm, and snorted lightly, "The first time we met, she looked like she was on good terms with you, and she didn't know what she was thinking."

Rong Li didn't speak, and followed him out of the front hall.

In the hall, Shan Dong summoned a servant, and said with a gloomy expression, "Send a message to Qi An to ask what happened to the Rong Mansion."

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