At this moment, the Xiaowan in Ling Chaofeng's eyes was extremely similar to the Xiaowan on the night of his death. The evil aura that shrouded his entire body seemed to have come from nowhere and he did not know how to resolve it.
"Late at night, I'm more worried about you than those things." Ling Chaofeng spoke straightforwardly as he gently held his wife's face and said gently, "There must be a way to solve this problem.
Xiaowan's body relaxed slightly. She felt very tired and fell into her husband's embrace as she feebly said, "Husband, why is it that bad people can always live a peaceful life?"
Ling Chaofeng comforted her: "They have no heart."
On this day, knowing that it was sunset, they ate dinner at Auntie Chen's place, and only then did they bid farewell to Susu. Susu's spirit was naturally much stronger than yesterday, but she had no appetite for eating.
When they were about to leave, Da Qing had returned from the dock. He left early and returned late, and every day, he would return with a body of dust and the bottom of his pants wet by the river.
Ling Chaofeng said: "The mule and cart have all been sent to your house. Other than sending Susu away, you can also use it to do other things.
Xiaowan smiled and asked: "Are you here to see Susu?"
Da Qing laughed honestly and passed over a bag of things that was carefully wrapped in reed leaves, then said: "Today, there's a boat that came from the Southern Ocean, the owner of the boat paid a lot of wages and also gave us a pack of dried fruits. I heard others say that it's something very exquisite, so the ladies of large families brought it here to appetize it."
The Xiaowan did not wait for him to finish speaking and received it. "It's just right, Susu has not been able to eat for the past two days, she probably wants something sour and sweet."
Da Qing was a little happy, he didn't need to say anything further. Perhaps he felt that his body was dirty and that he was always standing far away, thanking Ling Chaofeng and giving him a mule. He said that his mother was waiting for him to eat, and was about to go back.
Xiaowan couldn't wait any longer and ran over to the house. She handed the bag of dried fruits to Susu and said happily: "Da Qing gave it to you."
Susu looked at her blankly: He sent it? For me? "
Xiaowan smiled: "Could it be, it's for me?"
Because of this, Xiaowan's mood improved. On the way home with Ling Chaofeng, he leaned on his husband's body and foolishly smiled, looking forward to the good news.
Ling Chaofeng had seen it all, he knew that Xiaowan was easy to satisfy and easy to enjoy, he loved and hated things alike, although the martial arts world would one day grind these clean things off her, as long as it was still a day, it was worth cherishing them.
Xiaowan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Hubby, are we done with magistrate?"
Ling Chaofeng said: "Lord Liang stepped forward. Come to think of it, was he possessed last night? How strange. He came to the cell in the middle of the night to let me out and even locked himself in. It really seems like he has lost his mind. "
Xiaowan smirked, she raised the Jade Ring that looked like the moonlight, and touched it: "Who cares, she deserved it."
At this moment, Trusted Ancestral County's servants were trembling in fear when they saw that the servants were losing their temper. They threw their cups and bowls to the ground.
The Madam came over to persuade him, and asked him how he was unsatisfied, only then did she say that she was severely scolded by the Prefect Liang when she was at the Li Prefecture. She said that he had painstakingly operated his Baisha Town for more than ten years, so she didn't let him waste it.
The lady said: "Why not write a letter and ask uncle about Ling Chaofeng's origins. As a government official, Uncle must know a lot of things. "
Thus, the next morning in Zhixian, he sent a letter to his uncle's residence in the neighboring region as soon as possible. At night, his uncle sent a letter back, but he didn't know anything. However, this caused the county magistrate to be extremely worried. He could only hatefully say, "If you have the guts, don't fall into my hands."
On this same night, after Xiaowan returned from the Baisha Village, he was washing clothes at the back door well. When she thought about what happened in the past two days, she could not help but sigh lightly.
The Aunt Zhang walked over and said angrily: "What are you sighing for at such a young age? You really look like an adult."
Xiaowan muttered softly: "I'm already an adult."
Aunt Zhang brought over a stool, rolled up her sleeves and washed with her, laughing: "When I was your age, I was also very self-righteous, gradually getting older, becoming an old granny. When I looked back at myself when I was young, I really could not be more foolish."
Xiaowan laughed: "Aunt is not old, we don't look like sisters."
"This little mouth is so sweet." Aunt Zhang said happily, "It's good to have a daughter, but there's someone who doesn't care about girls."
They were chatting casually about Susu, talking about him giving Susu fruits to eat. Xiaowan did not hold back, and quietly told her that Susu had actually taken a fancy to Da Qing, and came to the inn so that she could meet him on the way.
"How nice." The Aunt Zhang laughed, "She once said that she no longer trusts men and was afraid that she would meet a good fate if she lost her life. However, Da Qing had to be willing, and he could not force it. And if Susu wants to marry Da Qing one day, she must put aside the past and also put down this matter. Otherwise, even if she marries a good man, she won't be able to live a good life. "
Xiaowan listened attentively, trying to think of a way to pass this information to Susu. What she did not know was that her aunt had put aside everything from her past. Her origin, her feelings, and even her hatred, had only been able to live a peaceful and blissful life for more than twenty years by following Uncle Biao.
Of course, this was all from the past, but there was one person right in front of their eyes, that Yue Huaiyin, that was really hateful, and also very pitiful.
She was born in the capital's most famous brothel, the Qing Lou, and visited the Immortal Pavilion. Her birth mother had been a prostitute in the past, but the pregnancy of a girl in the brothel was a taboo, so after giving birth to her, her birth mother was punished by the brothel and sold to the dirtiest brothels.
As for Yue Huaiyin, she was raised by the National Duke at their expense. Although it was said that they were raising him, they were in fact only raising him.
However, when Yue Huaiyin was five years old, the Old Duke had passed away. As she was one of the meritorious officials of Emperor Dingtian who had made great contributions to the kingdom, her third generation of family had not succeeded to the position of Duke of the Kingdom. The Old Duke's son had inherited his family business, so naturally, he had inherited this young prostitute.
However, the young National Duke had trained her to be a killer without blinking an eye, using her unparalleled beauty to kill corrupt officials who could not be executed in public.
When Yue Huaiyin was thirteen, her hands were already stained with human blood.
And all of these, she had fallen in love with the man who taught her. The National Duke seemed to have promised her that when she reached twenty years of age, he would take her out to visit the Immortal pavilion and marry her as a concubine.
But when she waited until this day, the man she loved ditched her and chased her out of the capital.
"Evening, what are you thinking about?" Seeing the Xiaowan lost in thought, Aunt Zhang asked, "Are you worried about Susu?"
Xiaowan shook her head. She knew that the National Duke was going to come here, but Ling Chaofeng did not know if he was going to stay at the Ling Xiao Inn.
She said: "Tomorrow or the day after, there might be guests coming. Aunt, tomorrow morning, Uncle Biao will go buy some good dishes for you."
As the night deepened, the Siyun Pavilion had long since closed and the servants had all gone to rest. Only Yue Huaiyin's servant girl, who had been bringing hot water to the house continuously, had been tormenting herself for a long time as Miss was burning incense to bathe in. It was unknown what she was going to do to wash herself clean.
When she finally went to take a bath, she sat in front of the mirror to take care of her black hair. Seeing her servant standing timidly in front of the door to look at her, Yue Huaiyin smiled lightly: "Tomorrow morning, I will be going out.
The servant girl asked, "When will Miss return?"
Yue Huaiyin thought about it blankly. "I don't know either, if only I could never come back …"
The servant girl could not hear the rest of the sentence clearly, but by the time they arrived early the next morning to bring hot water, the young lady was already gone.
Yue Huaiyin headed north, welcoming the entrance of the Li Prefecture. Because Ling Chaofeng had said before that if one's pace was a little faster, that person should be arriving today.
On the same day, Xiaowan swept the floor in front of the tavern early in the morning and met Da Qing who was driving the mule to the dock. Both sides waved at the same time and the Xiaowan smiled as she watched.
After breakfast, the sun rose high in the sky. Xiaowan helped Aunt Zhang to take out the bed and blankets for them to dry in the guest room, while they worked, the Baisha River Pier s seemed to have a large ship docking it. Many people descended and rushed there, even Da Qing had received guests to help bring the goods out.
Aunt Zhang laughed: "This is more profitable than being a gigolo, this child is willing to suffer."
After this group of people passed by, another ten people walked by. They rented the best carriage on the pier and slowly walked along. Although they didn't know how many people were on the carriage, a dozen people followed them from front to back.
Xiaowan hid behind the blanket and peeked out, seeing that the curtain on the carriage was raised, revealing the face of a man, he looked at the calm and collected, his expression indifferent. He looked at the Ling Xiao Inn signboard for a bit, and then put down the curtain.
She put down what she was doing and entered the door to tell Ling Chaofeng. Ling Chaofeng followed her out and took a look, then said indifferently: Yes or no, it has nothing to do with us, let them be. "
Xiaowan muttered: "If only this person could take Yue Huaiyin away."
However, at this moment, Yue Huaiyin, who was bitterly waiting outside the Li Prefecture, did not know that the man she deeply loved had already reached Baisha Town through the water route. Time passed minute by minute, she had two thoughts running through her mind. One was to wait a little longer, even if she didn't come today, she would have come tomorrow. The other one was that Ling Chaofeng had lied to her and humiliated her.
It was almost noon when Xiaowan and the others finished Susu's favorite big bun with leek and eggs.
Just as she entered the restaurant from the back, four or five people barged in, led by a woman in her thirties. With a noble temperament and sharp eyebrows, she swept a glance through the store before asking in a clear voice, "Where is the owner? Do you have a room?"