The dream in winter does not continue, but is a fragmented and chaotic scene beside it.

It was a gloomy day.

Zhuiyun suddenly pushed open the room and said hurriedly: "Master, Chang Ji and Hengping haven't received a letter for three days!"

Gu Changjin was a little confused, why did Hengping and Changji send a letter just three days ago?

If they didn't write, why would he be so panicked?

Before he could think about it, the scene changed and he returned to Qiu Shan Courtyard again, and the pattering rain splashed all over him.

He knew he was looking for someone.

The yard was quiet, no one was there, Changji was not there, and neither was Hengping.

So, who is he looking for?

"Master Gu."

The red lantern was blown by the wind in the corridor. Gu Changjin stared at the wooden door of the main room, his heart pounding.

The person he's looking for is inside.

"Master Gu, wake up quickly."

If you can't wake up, Gu Changjin, push the door open quickly!

"Master Gu, you are trapped in a nightmare, wake up quickly!"

Gu Changjin gritted his teeth and moved forward, stretched out his hand, pressed on the wet door, and pushed hard.

"Ho--"

After a rapid inhalation, the man on the couch finally woke up, holding a white wrist tightly in his hand.

Rong Shu was holding him so hard that it hurt. Seeing that he finally woke up, he hurriedly said: "Sir, let go quickly, you are hurting me."

Gu Changjin was covered in cold sweat, his face was green and white, and he looked as if he was still in a nightmare. .

The word "pain" fell to the ground, and his face even showed pain.

Subconsciously he let go.

Rong Shu had never seen him like this.

I heard from Zhang's mother that he was obviously fine when he was eating, but for some reason, not long after he rested, he suddenly felt hot again. Maybe he had a nightmare, and he waved the small table beside the couch with his hand.

It was after hearing this noise that she hurriedly entered the cabin.

As soon as he came in, he was sweating and his teeth were clenched, as if he was trapped in a nightmare.

She hurriedly stepped forward to wake him up, but he held her hand tightly.

It was only then that Rong Shu realized how strong this man's hand was, and he almost broke her wrist.

"I'm sorry." Gu Changjin gradually came back to his senses, staring at her red wrist, and said hoarsely: "I didn't know that I could hurt people when I was dreaming. If I dream next time, Miss Rong, please don't come near me. Rong

Shu stroked his wrist and said with a smile: "It only hurts a little. It's okay now. I'll ask Mother Zhang to cook you some soothing medicine. After taking the medicine, you won't have nightmares. "

As long as the word "pain" comes out of her mouth, his heart will be filled with pain.

He raised his eyes slightly and looked at her, recalling the last scene in his dream.

The door opened just a small crack and he woke up.

Nothing can be seen clearly, only a piece of skirt, a piece of skirt embroidered with gold and red plum blossoms.

At that moment, huge fear gripped him.

It wasn't until he held her wrist in his daze that the chilling fear throughout his body gradually dissipated.

"Does Miss Rong have a dress with gold embroidery and red plum blossoms all over it?" he asked hoarsely.

Rong Shu was startled.

Because of his irrelevant question, and also because of the pleated skirt he mentioned.

She did have such a skirt once, which was made for her by Yingyue and Yingque when she was in Sishiyuan.

When she was first imprisoned in Sishiyuan, she probably fell ill on the day she entered Sishiyuan because she had been running for the Rong family for two months and was hit one after another.

It was obviously not a serious illness, but she lay there for more than half a month, feeling groggy and her brain felt like it was rusty. She could not think about anything, until she gradually got better.

After she recovered from the illness, Yingyue Yingque showed her the skirt, saying that it was a popular style in Beijing this year and would look good on a girl.

She doesn't have that skirt now, and she won't have it in the future.

Rong Shu shook his head and said, "No. Why would Mr. Gu ask like that?"

She raised her eyes and looked at Gu Changjin. It was really strange that he would ask about such a skirt.

He had never seen her wearing this skirt in his previous life, and there was no trace of it in this life.

Probably...the girl next to me wore a similar skirt?

After all, it is not uncommon to see gold embroidered red plum blossoms all over the place.

"What's so special about these clothes?"

Gu Changjin looked into her eyes, with doubts and curiosity in his amber eyes.

"No." He said, "It was just a casual question."

In his dream, he was looking for someone like crazy. That person was wearing a skirt embroidered with gold and red plums all over, and that person was not her.

For some reason, Gu Changjin breathed a long sigh of relief.

Subconsciously, he glanced at her wrist again.

"Does it still hurt?" He said, "I'm fine here. You go down and put some medicine on it. If there is ice on the boatman's area, you can use ice cubes to apply a cold compress first."

Rong Shu chuckled after hearing this. .

Gu Changjin paused and looked at her quietly.

"What kind of injury is this little red mark on my wrist?" Rong Shu said with a smile: "This is an injury on your body. You don't have to feel guilty. I'm fine. Please wait a moment and I'll ask Mother Zhang to cook you a bowl of tranquilizing medicine. Come in."

After saying that, he picked up the people who were lying aside and went out to find Zhang's mother.

As soon as she left, it seemed that all the excitement and life in the cabin had been taken away, leaving it empty and deserted.

Gu Changjin lowered his eyes and murmured softly for a long time: "But you are afraid of pain."

...

On June 17, the Shen family's passenger ship finally arrived in Yangzhou.

The sky is beautiful and the waterway from Shangjing to Yangzhou goes smoothly. Except for a storm the past two days, the sky was clear almost every day.

Gu Changjin recovered very quickly.

As he gets better day by day, Rong Shu enters the cabin less and less often. Luo Yan or Zhang's mother does it for him to deliver medicine and food.

Rong Shu went to see him that day. Apart from losing weight and looking a little paler, he was the same as before.

"The Shen family will arrive at the ferry soon. Sir, would you like me to ask the driver to take you to a resting place?"

Gu Changjin was wearing the clothes of an errand boy on a passenger ship. One look at him and he knew that he was coming to Yangzhou this time. Can't make any noise.

"My people will be here soon. Just let the girl get off the boat and go on her own." Gu Changjin looked at her and said, "Thank you very much for the rescue."

He had not seen her for seven or eight days.

She was the only one who didn't enter the cabin, but he could always capture everything about her.

The few words she spoke to the captain outside, the sound of her footsteps as she passed by the cabin, and the white wrist she stretched out in the next cabin when the drizzle fell.

Gu Changjin thought to himself that he was unwilling after all.

She doesn't want her to take other people's surnames, call them husband, or give birth to children for them.

Rong Shu didn't notice the momentary determination in his dark eyes, so he only bowed his knees and bowed.

"I wish you a smooth trip, sir, and I hope you will take care of yourself."

After saying that, she left the cabin and led Zhang's mother and Luo Yan ashore.

The carriage that Shen Zhi sent to pick him up had already been waiting aside, and the person who came to pick him up was Uncle Jiang, the chief steward of the Shen family.

Gu Changjin mingled among the servants at the ferry, watching her quietly as she smiled and talked to the butler, then lifted up her skirt and got into the carriage.

The sun is scorching bright, and even the wind is blazing in June.

Countless water vapor evaporated from the heart, lingering infatuatedly.

Someone behind him suddenly patted Gu Changjin's shoulder hard and said, "Hey, what are you so scared about? Come here to move the goods!"

Gu Changjin looked sideways, looked at Shang Zhuiyun's interested fox eyes, and lowered his head. Mu Mu said "Hmm": "Come here."

The two of them shuttled through the densely packed goods at the ferry. Zhui Yun had stayed in Yangzhou for three years and was very familiar with the streets and alleys here.

Half an hour later, they arrived at an old house with gray tiles and white walls next to Wu's brick bridge.

Zhuiyun took out the key and opened the door, entered the yard and said: "Changji and Hengping are still on the way. After sending the master to the Shen family passenger ship, they handed the letter to their subordinates, who have been watching at the ferry for the past few days. "

Gu Changjin said "hmm" and glanced at the poplar tree by the door, and saw empty wine jars piled under the tree.

Zhui Yun followed his gaze and said casually: "This wine was given by others. The girls by the Qinhuai River are too enthusiastic. I will be sad if I don't accept them."

After entering the house, Zhui Yun poured it for Gu Changjin. Taking a cup of cold tea, he said: "What are the master's plans now? When you come to Yangzhou this time, Xu Fu will definitely not let you come in vain?"

A cold look flashed in Gu Changjin's dark eyes: "She wants to kill Liang Xiao, and took the opportunity to blame Liao Rao.

"General Liang?" Zhui Yun sneered, "Isn't the old Qian woman a madman? That Liao Rao is only a face-saving guy." The pirates invaded every year and became more and more aggressive every year. If it weren't for General Liang, how could the coastal defense in Jiangsu and Zhejiang be defended? "

Gu Changjin knew very well that Liang Xiao could not die.

He looked at Zhuiyun, "Do you have someone arranged for General Liang?"

Zhuiyun nodded: "Of course there is, there is someone of mine in the Yangzhou Garrison Department. That person is only a small soldier, and he can't easily contact General Liang." "

It doesn't matter. I will give him a share of the credit when the time comes. General Liang cannot die. Xu Fu has someone in Yangzhou. We can't save him directly. We can only save him through the hands of others.

" Liang Xiao is gone.

Zhuiyun said with a "tsk-tsk" smile: "This credit may allow him to make a fortune from a thousand households. If I were not a dead person, I would want this credit. The girls of Wujiaqiao are not as good as the generals of the Yangzhou garrison division." "You have a green eye."

Even the girls in Firework Alley admire a son who protects his family and country.

Gu Changjin asked again: "Has there ever been a person named 'Feng Niangzi' here in Yangzhou?"

"Feng Niangzi?" Zhuiyun smacked the name carefully, "I have never heard of it in Wujiaqiao these years, Master. Do you want me to go and inquire about it today?"

Qinhuai's famous prostitutes are famous in Dayin, and Yangzhou's thin horse has become a "ritual" for many people to manage relationships.

Wujiaqiao is the busiest fireworks alley along the Qinhuai River.

There are people from him in the brothels here, and he also knows many secrets in Yangzhou Prefecture. If there is such a famous person, he can probably find out.

"You don't know, there is a know-it-all in Yangzhou Mansion. I spent more than two years and solved several troubles for him before I became acquainted with him. He is responsible for all matters big and small in Yangzhou Mansion. Most clearly." When Zhui Yun said this, he smiled and said meaningfully: "The things you asked me to investigate about the Rong family girl and Yang Xu's adopted son were all tricked out of his mouth."

Gu Changjin raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is this know-it-all?"

"Lu Shiyi."

While the two were talking, the Shen family's carriage had stopped in Shen Yuan.

After drifting on the canal for more than a month, Rong Shu's bones were aching. Shen Zhi went out to discuss business, so he didn't have time to pick her up.

Since Shen Zhi was not there, Rong Shu also saved the time of going to Sanshengtang and went straight to Yilanzhu.

She was not in a hurry to rest, so she changed her clothes and said to Luo Yan: "Sister, I have never been to Yangzhou. I will take you to Ciying Lane for a walk. There are the most martial arts schools there."

Rong Shu went to Ciying Lane for no reason . I went to the martial arts gym to meet Uncle Shiyi.

In the previous life, it was his uncle who sent evidence of the Shen and Rong families' collusion with the enemy to Dali Temple. No matter how much Rong Shu trusted Shen Zhi, he had to keep a close eye on it.

If the Shen family really collaborates with the enemy, even if her uncle does not surrender in two years, she will kill her relatives out of justice.

If the Shen family had not collaborated with the enemy, then she would have to find out why her uncle lied.

Is it because of the persecution of others, or is it to take the blame for others?

A Niang always missed her uncle and the Shen family, and lived a life she didn't like in the Hou Mansion for twenty years.

If my uncle was guilty, why did he commit such a treasonous crime? This is not what the Shen family should do.

If he was not guilty, when he handed over the evidence of collaborating with the enemy, did he ever think about his mother-in-law?

Rong Shu knew clearly that Shen Zhi couldn't let Shen Zhi know about the things she was investigating about the Shen family. In order to hide it from the Shen family, she didn't even tell A Niang and Zhang's mother.

The horse's hooves clattered for half an hour.

Ciying Lane is an old street in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the people who live here are all old Yangzhou people.

The Lu family are old Yangzhou people who have lived in Ciying Lane for generations.

Seven of the ten households in Ciying Lane work in the yamen. There are scribes and book offices, as well as jailers, jailers, and grain cadres. Most of the subordinate officials in Yangzhou Prefecture are in this street.

As the saying goes, a county magistrate with flowing water is a subordinate official with iron strength.

These subordinate officials have lived in Yangzhou for generations, are familiar with the local customs, and can get along well with people of all religions and professions.

The Lu family is the most respected "family of subordinate officials" in Ciying Lane.

Lu Shiyi is the same age as his uncle, four years older than A Niang.

The friendship between Rong Shu and Lu Shiyi began when she was six years old. She got lost during the Lantern Festival and was almost kidnapped. It was Lu Shiyi who rescued her at that time.

She had just been missing for an hour when Lu Shiyi led a group of traitors to steal the guy and destroy the kidnapper's den.

There were twenty children in the den, and Lu Shiyi didn't know why, but he recognized her at a glance, slipped her out from the group of crying children, and said with a smile: "You are Shen Yizhen's Daughter?"

Rong Shu had a good impression of Lu Shiyi, probably because he had saved her, and probably because of his familiarity with her when he talked about her mother.

When my uncle is not paying attention, he always likes to run to Ciying Lane and listen to his nonsense, which is fresh and interesting.

Today, Rong Shu brought two jars of wine and knocked on the door of Lu Shiyi, smiling and saying: "Uncle Shiyi, Zhao Zhao is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the heads of several households around him opened the door and came to visit. Come out to say hello to Rong Shu.

"Oh, I asked which immortal came back, and it turned out to be Miss Rong!"

"You are really getting more and more outstanding as you grow older. If you don't go back to Beijing, how can anyone else be the most beautiful woman in Yangzhou?"

"It's been almost six years since you left Yangzhou. I heard that you are married. The champion!"

the chirping voices swarmed up.

Rong Shu smiled and bowed, and before he could speak, the door behind him opened.

Lu Shiyi smiled heartily and said, "Ren Zhaozhao is here to see me. Sisters-in-law, hurry up and go."

Then he looked at Rong Shu and said, "Come in quickly. Did you bring me some good wine this time?"

"A jar of wine ." Autumn dew is white, and a jar of cold pond fragrance is present." Rong Shu replied with a smile, and went in together with Luo Yan.

After the two entered, they slowly walked out from behind the willow tree at the end of the alley.

Zhui Yun glanced at Gu Changjin and said, "Master and this man are destined to be together. Not long after they were separated at the ferry, they met again. They both came to see the same person. Could it be that they have a similar understanding?"

Gu Changjin didn't. She ignored his teasing and just said: "She is very familiar with Lu Shiyi?"

"Of course she is familiar with her. The girl of the Rong family was kidnapped when she was young. It was Lu Shiyi who found her back. She is from Yangzhou. The ruffians all know the right thing." Hearing this, Gu Changjin turned to look at him, "She was kidnapped when she was a child?" "What's the matter with these useless things

that you never mentioned in the letter you sent?"

It's easy to talk about." Zhuiyun joked: "If I really write it down, the master may say that I am verbose. Of course, if you want to hear it now, I will tell you everything about Miss Rong's childhood. How about you tell me?"

Gu Changjin looked at Zhuiyun with dark eyes, and Zhuiyun was not afraid of this look that made Chang Ji's scalp numb. He

shrugged and said, "Master, since he likes her, why do you want to make peace with her? With your temperament, you may never meet someone who can tempt you in your life."

Gu Changjin has three followers around him, and he is probably the most attractive. Someone who understands the master.

When he went to pick up someone at the ferry earlier, the master looked at the girl without blinking. Has Zhui Yun ever seen him like this?

It was immediately clear why Changji sent a letter crying like ghosts and wolves when the two of them were getting along.

Gu Changjin didn't answer.

Thinking of her relieved look when she handed He Li Shu to him, and the way she and Mu Rongyan laughed in Baixi Tower, a hint of astringency gradually emerged from her throat.

Gu Changjin moved his eyes away from the closed wooden door and said, "You don't have to ask Lu Shiyi about Lady Feng."

Zhui Yun raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

"Someone will ask for me." Man After saying that, he turned around and left Ciying Lane, "Take me to Chunyue Tower, I'll check on Liao Rao."

Zhui Yun was stunned for a moment, and then his mind changed, remembering the familiar appearance of the Rong girl and Lu Shiyi just now , and immediately wanted to understand who the "person" Gu Changjin was talking about.

The fool smiled and said, "Sure, I won't do the work for you."