wake up from dream

"Rong Ruo, what's wrong?" Zi Qing saw Rong Ruo frowning.

"It's okay." Rong Ruo said to Zi Qing with a smile as a sign of comfort, then turned to Luo and said, "Luo, can you let us meet your grandfather?"

"Wait for me to ask..." Luo said.

"Thank you."

Not long after Luo left, someone came to invite Zi Qing and Rong Ruo to the strange old man's study.After Ziqing helped Rong Ruo get dressed, she walked with Rong Ruo to blame the old man's study under the guidance of her servants.

"I didn't expect Luo's movements to be quite fast." Zi Qing said to Rong Ruo.

Rong Ruo held Ziqing's hand, smiled and said to Ziqing: "Luo is not an ordinary person. Qing'er will leave the matter to me later, and I will solve it."

"Okay, I believe you can handle this matter well." Zi Qing held Rong Ruo's hand tightly, and it was a happy thing to have a man by her side to rely on.

"It's so strange, the word 'study' is only written on the door plaque? This strange old man has obviously given many strange names to other yards, how come here is such a simple 'study'?" Zi Qing Pointing to the word 'study' on the door plaque, he said to Rong Ruo.

"Qing'er, go in!" Rong Ruo tightened Zi Qing's hand and entered the room together.

After entering the room, I saw that the old man was sitting behind the desk, quietly watching Zi Qing and Rong Ruo come into the room.

"I've seen this senior before, Nalan Rongruo, this is my wife, Qing'er." Rong Ruo bowed and introduced himself and Ziqing briefly.

"Sit down." The strange old man signaled his servants to bring stools for Zi Qing and Rong Ruo.

"Thank you." Rong Ruo has always been courteous, and Zi Qing has a natural dislike for this strange old man. Of course, besides the dislike, she also has a little fear, so she also thanked Rongruo casually.

"Master Nalan, why are you here at our villa at this time?" The strange old man looked at Rong Ruo and said, there was no expression on his face, even his eyes were very deep.

"To be honest, Rong Ruo came here to find my wife Qing'er. It was a last resort to trespass on the villa. Rong Ruo sincerely apologizes for disturbing senior." Rong Ruo bowed again.

"She is your wife? I heard that she is the emperor's maid..." The strange old man pointed at Zi Qing, but looked at Rong Ruo.

"She is indeed my wife. I think seniors will be able to see that Qing'er is wearing a mask..." Rong Ruo looked at Zi Qing and motioned Zi Qing to take off the mask.

Ziqing also felt very uncomfortable with the mask on, since she didn't have to pretend, she was also willing to take off the mask.

"This kind of tricky old man can tell from the moment she enters the house... But, since she is Kangxi's female official, how can she be your wife at the same time? Isn't this an absurd statement?" Although the strange old man said He was questioning, but his face was still calm, as if he was in control of the overall situation.

"These things are a long story, and if there is a chance, Rong Ruo will definitely tell seniors one by one."

"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't say anything, Luo said you want to see the old man, what's the matter?"

"Rong Ruo has been taken care of by Senior these few days, and I want to say goodbye to Senior today, and I hope Senior can let Qing'er and me leave here."

"Leave?" The strange old man suddenly stopped talking, and he sat there in a heavy state, not knowing what he was thinking.

"If senior is afraid that we will reveal the location of the villa, Rong Ruo can guarantee that he will never mention the matter of the villa to anyone after we leave." Rong Ruo saw the old man's hesitation, so he took the initiative to dispel the old man's doubts.

"This is second, but you can't leave Jimao Villa yet." The strange old man looked up at Ziqing and Rongruo.

"Why?" Zi Qing couldn't help asking.

"Come here, take the two of you back to your room." The strange old man didn't answer Zi Qing's question, and directly called his servants to take Zi Qing and Rong Ruo away.

"Wait a minute, why on earth did you lock us up here? What use are we to you? If you want to do something, just speak up, don't lock us up like this in silence!" Zi Qing couldn't understand the strange old man. However, he and Rong Ruo have no autonomy here, so they can only let others manipulate them like this.

"If you continue to make such noise, the old man will have to separate the two of you." That strange old man can always easily know Zi Qing's thoughts.

"Qing'er, it's fine, let's go back first!" Rong Ruo grabbed Zi Qing and left the study.

"Rong Ruo, can you see what this strange old man wants to do?" Zi Qing asked Rong Ruo while walking.

"We can't know yet, let's go back to the room and talk about it!"

"We met, but we couldn't get any news. This strange old man is too mysterious! Even more mysterious than that Luo!" Zi Qing was a little frustrated.

"Qing'er, take your time, there is always a turning point. There is no unparalleled road." Rong Ruo encouraged.

"Well, we can definitely go out."

Yunyun courtyard.

"Chen Xue, why are you here?" As soon as Zi Qing entered the room, she saw Chen Xue sitting in the room.

"Sister, are you back? I have something to tell you." Chen Xue looked a little nervous, she pulled Zi Qing and Rong Ruo into the room, and then went to the door to drive away the servants guarding the door, and then entered After closing the doors and windows of the house, they came before Ziqing and Rongruo.

"Sister, guard Nalan, look." Chen Xue pulled out a blueprint from her sleeve, waved it and placed it in front of Zi Qing and Rong Ruo.

"Is this the design blueprint of Jumao Villa?" Rong Ruo asked Chen Xue excitedly when he saw the blueprint.

"Yes, with this drawing, you can leave here safely."

"Where did you get this drawing from?" Ziqing asked, logically, it is impossible to get such a drawing casually, let alone Chen Xue, who is not liked by the strange old man?

"Actually, I stole this blueprint..." Chen Xue lowered her head, feeling a little guilty.

"Stolen?" Ziqing felt inconceivable, where would Chen Xue go to steal such an important blueprint?

"Chen Xue, who owns this blueprint?" Rong Ruo asked.

"It's Luo's. I stole it from Luo."

"Luo? But he... With his martial arts, how could you steal his things?" Zi Qing said.

"It's true, but it can't be considered stolen. In fact, Luo dropped it on the ground and I picked it up. After I picked it up, I didn't return it to him." Chen Xue finally told the whole story slowly.

"I see." Rong Ruo said thoughtfully.

"Chen Xue, thank you." Zi Qing happened to be angry with the strange old man, and Chen Xue sent this blueprint when she turned around, Zi Qing felt better, and her impression of Chen Xue was even better up.

"Sister, why are you here, most of the reason is because of me, how can I ignore you?" Chen Xue said, shaking Zi Qing's hand.

"Then let's study this blueprint!" Zi Qing said with a smile.

"Qing'er, look, there is a secret passage here." Rong Ruo said, pointing to the location of the garden.

"Secret way? It's not surprising, Chen Xue's grandfather is such a weird person, it would be really strange if this large villa doesn't have a secret way!" Zi Qing looked at the secret way in the garden, Imagine passing through the garden these days.

"I've known that there is a secret passage in the villa since I was a child, but I've never seen it before. This time, with the help of my sister and Nalan's guards, I was able to learn the location of the secret passage." Now I'm a little excited.

"Chen Xue, we are the ones who made you take the risk, but you have to go and see the location of the secret passage in person, there will inevitably be errors in the drawings." Rong Ruo said.

"Well, then Rong Ruo, how about we act tonight?" Zi Qing couldn't wait to find out the true face of this secret way.

"Well, if the situation permits tonight, I'd like to go." Rong Ruo took a closer look at the blueprint.

"You? I want to follow, don't leave me behind." Ziqing couldn't sit still when she heard that Rong Ruo wanted to watch alone.

"Qing'er, the guards here are highly skilled in martial arts. I'll go alone. Go and come back quickly. Only in this way can we solve it quickly." Rong Ruo analyzed to Ziyan.

"But, just in case..." Zi Qing is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, before Rong Ruo brought so many people, they were all caught, and now he wants to go alone, Zi Qing is really worried, Although it may not be useful to follow along, at least it is better than sitting and waiting.

"It's okay, trust me!" Rong Ruo looked at Zi Qing firmly.

Ziqing was still hesitating, Chen Xue saw this, and persuaded: "Sister, I think it's better to let Nalan's guard go and see, sister, you don't know martial arts, maybe Nalan's guard will take care of you when the time comes." Looking at you, I'm afraid this will delay the time..."

"Okay..." In the end Ziqing had to compromise.

In the evening, Rong Ruo put on the night clothes Chen Xue sent, and prepared to go to the garden to check the situation.

"Rong Ruo, be careful." Zi Qing felt uneasy, but because she promised Chen Xue and Rong Ruo not to follow, now she could only watch Rong Ruo leave.

"Qing'er, it's okay. There is one more thing I haven't told you today. I think Luota probably wanted to let us go on purpose, so I thought, if I can find the secret path in this garden, then let's leave here." The day is not far away." Seeing that Ziqing was nervous about her own safety, Rong Ruo expressed her conjecture, although it was just a conjecture, but at least it could make Ziqing feel a little more at ease.

"Really?"

"Well, Luo is not the kind of person who loses everything. Besides, if he really loses something accidentally, he will notice it immediately. It is impossible for Chen Xue to pick up such an important blueprint without knowing it."

"What you said is also reasonable, but what if it's a trap? He wants to lead you to the garden..." Zi Qing's conjecture cannot be denied.

"Well, then we have to take one step at a time, but it doesn't matter if it's a trap, it's better than we don't know anything and do nothing."

"Be careful." Zi Qing hugged Rong Ruo, and refused to let go for a long time, as if she would never see her again after this farewell.

Rong Ruo kissed Ziqing's forehead, let go of Ziqing, and then jumped to the roof with one stride...