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At night, Li Zhen had a dream.

She dreamed of her mother standing alone by the gazebo of the artificial lake.

The moonlight is like water, falling on the plank road by the lake.

A slender figure appeared on the plank road. He was dressed in white and walked silently, like a ghost.

The man approached his mother, and the two entered the gazebo.

I don't know what the man said to the mother, but the mother immediately became very angry and tried to leave.

But the mother couldn't leave, because the man dragged the mother back.

The man's back was facing her, she couldn't see the man's appearance, and she was too far away to hear what they were talking about.

She only saw her mother standing there, motionless.

The man gave a slight push.

"Boom" sounded.

Mother has fallen into the lake.

Her heart beat violently, and at this moment, the man seemed to have noticed something, and turned to look at where she was.

She still couldn't see the man's face clearly, but she could see the man's sinister eyes, like a poisonous snake, just waiting for an opportunity to bite her.

Li Zhen woke up in panic.

The maid came in, flicked the wick, and asked cautiously, "Miss, did you have a nightmare?"

Li Zhen sat hugging the thin quilt for a while, until a gust of wind came in through the slightly open window, causing her to shiver, and then she came back to her senses.

The next morning, Du Xiaoning arrived at Kaifeng Mansion early.

The bear men in Kaifeng Mansion waited impassively for breakfast, when they saw Du Xiaoning, they greeted her with a smile.

Although Gongsun Ce has been walked by Mr. Bao these days without touching the ground, he likes to worry, so he asked Du Xiaoning to sit down beside him, and asked, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Du Xiaoning took out the snacks hidden in her bosom, "Not yet, I plan to use them with you."

Gongsun Ce couldn't help laughing, and asked, "I heard that you have been to the Li Manor to chat with someone these two days."

Wang Chao sat on the side of the Eight Immortals table, wiping his big knife with a clean cloth, "Master Zhan said that you haven't finished chatting yet, so you probably have to go on. Xiao Ning, does Li's residence have any gold that can make you so happy every day?" Run there."

Du Xiaoning put the snacks on the table of the Eight Immortals, "Li's house has no gold, but it has secrets."

Have a secret?

The gazes of the bear men all fell on Du Xiaoning.

Du Xiaoning winked at them, "Don't look at me, I don't know what the secret is."

"What's the point?" Gongsun Ce smiled, he took the cup on the table and poured Du Xiaoning a cup of hot tea.

"Zhan Zhao said that you thought there was something hidden about Mrs. Li's death, and for this reason, you asked me to tell you about the young master of the Li family."

A question mark slowly appeared above Du Xiaoning's head.

Gongsun Ce said that it happened two years ago. After Mrs. Li passed away, Li Ping's illness has been going up and down all the time, and he was talking nonsense. He sent him to the Great Buddha Temple to listen to Buddhist voices more.

The Dharma is boundless, if the young master listens to it a lot, his illness will probably be cured.

Gongsun Ce met Li Ping when he was accompanying his mother to the Great Buddha Temple.

At that time, Li Ping was only four years old, and he had another serious illness. He looked small, and his big black eyes always looked at people without blinking.

The monk accompanying Gongsun Ce saw this and told him about Li Ping.All in all, this little son's life is not good. When he was seriously ill, his mother committed suicide by jumping into the lake. She must have been frightened by some bad things, and she always talked nonsense, saying that Mrs. Li was pushed into the lake by others. He was crying all the time.

Li Dao invited many doctors, but they were helpless.Li Dao had no choice but to be a living horse doctor, and sent the son of the "evil" to the Dafo Temple, hoping that his son would return to normal in the Dafo Temple blessed by the Buddha.

Gongsun Ce still remembered that the little boy was sitting alone under a ginkgo tree, his dark eyes were beautiful but empty.

Gongsun Ce walked over.

The little boy looked up at him motionless.

Gongsun Ce smiled and squatted beside him.

After a while, the little boy suddenly said: "My mother was pushed into the lake."

Gongsun Ce didn't speak.

Seeing that he was silent, the little boy repeated stubbornly: "My mother was pushed into the lake."

"Brother, my mother was pushed into the lake."

When Mrs. Li committed suicide by jumping into the lake, news had already been heard in Bianjing.After her death, Gongsun Ce also heard about the young master's serious illness.

Such a young life should grow up carefree under the protection of parents.

Gongsun Ce reached out and touched the little boy's head, and asked him, "Why do you keep saying that your mother was pushed into the lake?"

The little boy looked at Gongsun Ce: "Because I saw it."

Gongsun Ce: ""

"The man was dressed in white, and he pushed my mother into the lake. Later, he saw me again."

"He was looking at me every day and I was scared. I wanted to find him and tell him not to look at me, but no one helped me."

"My sister was also seen by him."

Gongsun Ce looked at him.

The little boy continued to say: "My sister is with me."

Gongsun Ce recalled that when Mrs. Li had just passed away, the whole city was talking about so many women in Li's house intrigues, Mrs. Li might have been killed by some aunt, until when Li Zhen was packing up her belongings, she found her suicide note , those rumors died down.

The dead have already been buried in the ground, and none of the living went to beat the drums to complain for Mrs. Li. Even if Gongsun Ce felt that there was something hidden about Mrs. Li's death, he couldn't intervene.

What's more, Mrs. Li's suicide note was discovered by Li Zhen. On the night Mrs. Li jumped into the lake, Li Zhen guarded the sick Li Ping for a whole night.

The little boy did stay with his sister all the time.

If he saw Mrs. Li being pushed into the lake, of course Li Zhen would see it too.

But no one in Li's house, including Li Zhen, said that Mrs. Li died unexpectedly.

——except for the little boy in front of him.

Suddenly it began to rain outside, and the raindrops made a sound on the roof.

Bao Xing brought the aunt in the kitchen to bring breakfast.

Gongsun Ce pulled his thoughts back from the past, and said to Du Xiaoning: "Although he was only a four-year-old child at the time, he didn't understand anything, and he might even be unable to distinguish dreams from reality, but I would always think of him inadvertently. It is said that he is much better after returning from the Great Buddha Temple, although sometimes it is said that Mrs. Li was pushed into the lake by someone, but she has been enlightened and looks cute and well-behaved."

Du Xiaoning thinks that complimenting people is an art, and you can use different words to praise a person.

For example, smart and clever, and cute and well-behaved.

Li Zhen said that the little boy at the age of four was smart, and Gongsun Ce said that the little boy after the age of four was cute and well-behaved.

In other words, today's little boy is too far away from his past temperament.

"No one can say what the truth is about Mrs. Li's death." Gongsun Ce took a steamed bun and tore open the skin.

He looked at Du Xiaoning, smiled and said, "But I think there may be a reason why Li Ping has been talking nonsense for two years in a row."

"I think so too. However, Mr. Zhan asked you to tell me about Li Ping, didn't he ask you to ask me to find out why he was talking nonsense?"

"Not really."

Du Xiaoning frowned, "You're obedient, beware that he catches you practicing kung fu one day."

Mr. Gongsun, as a civil servant in the Kaifeng mansion, is gentle and elegant, but very thin. Compared with Zhan Zhao and those who possess martial arts, he is too weak and weak.

Bao Xing said that Zhan Zhao's biggest hobby is to practice martial arts with Gongsun Ce on horseback, saying that it can strengthen his body.

Gongsun Ce smiled and said softly, "He won't."

"Won't?"

Du Xiaoning remembered that Zhan Zhao helped her, and said that Du Ruoyu didn't give her meat to eat, and arranged for her a young follower of Shoufeng to bury her.

She looked at Gongsun Ce with a "you're talking nonsense" expression on her face, and her tone was very sure: "I think he will."

The Wang Dynasty next to him heard this, "tsk", and said teasingly, "Xiao Ning, I never imagined that Mr. Zhan would become such a small-bellied person when he came to you."

Du Xiaoning lowered his head and broke the snacks, with a smile in his voice, "I didn't say that, you said it."

"Really?" A familiar and pleasant voice came from the door.

Du Xiaoning was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look, and found Zhan Zhao with his arms folded, his tall and straight body leaning against the door frame, his dark eyes looking at her, with a smile on his face.

Du Xiaoning was startled and almost jumped up on the spot.

How does this man walk?There was no sound at all.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, walked over with long legs, and sat down beside her.

"It's not that I walk silently, it's that your hearing is not very good."

Du Xiaoning no longer has a filter for Zhan Zhao at the moment, and it doesn't matter if he hears him in the corner, and looks like he doesn't want to talk to anyone.

Seeing that the third young master was ignoring him, Zhan Zhao thought for a while, took the snack from her hand, and stuffed a meat bun for her.

Du Xiaoning looked at the meat bun in his hand:? ? ?

Master Zhan coughed lightly, and said solemnly, "Eat more meat."

Du Xiaoning: ""

She didn't want to eat the meat buns, she just wanted to stuff the meat buns into Master Zhan's mouth, but Master Zhan had a quick eye and grasped her wrist.

——The meat bun barely stopped in front of Mr. Zhan's lips.

Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What?"

Du Xiaoning remained expressionless: "I don't eat meat buns."

"Don't eat meat buns?"

Zhan Zhao glanced at her in surprise, and said with a smile, "No wonder it's so awkward."

Gongsun Ce looked bewildered: "What a handicap."

But no one paid him any attention.

The third young master, who was looking at Master Zhan, suddenly smiled.

Not a fake smile or an angry smile, but a real smile.

She winked at Zhan Zhao, her tone was frank and confident, "Master Zhan, please don't worry, everyone who touched it said that if it increases by one point, it is too strong, and if it is reduced by one point, it is too weak, you will not appreciate it."

Zhan Zhao: ""

It sounds like something is wrong.

But the third son's appearance is frank and natural, if he feels that something is wrong, he will appear to be dirty.

Master Zhan let go of Du Xiaoning's wrist.

Du Xiaoning was free, put the meat buns in his hand into Mr. Zhan's bowl, stood up and patted the non-existing ashes on the hem of his clothes, as if to leave.

Zhan Zhao: "Hey, where are you going?"

The third young master paused, turned around, and smiled at him, "Look for someone to chat with."

The third son left without looking back.

Zhan Zhao looked at the back of the third young master, then looked back at Gongsun Ce, and said with a smile, "Du San seems to have a pretty good temper."

Mr. Gongsun doesn't think the third son has a good temper.

He felt that the third son had a very laid-back personality and had no desires, and was naturally gentle and affectionate, so he seemed to have no temper.

Appearing to have no temper, and having a good temper are two different things.

Gongsun Ce didn't want to talk about the third son's temper, but just reminded Mr. Zhan kindly, "These things in the Li family look weird no matter how you look at it. Xiao Ning runs to Li's house all day long, so it may not be safe."

Master Zhan was very calm, and said with a smile: "I let Shoufeng watch him, nothing will happen."

When Gongsun Ce heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

It is really difficult for the martial arts geniuses in Kaifeng Mansion to watch.