"Xiu Niang, where have you been? We have been looking for you for a long time, and the eldest lady is so anxious."

As soon as Zhao Qingxiu returned to the Huaiye Lane mansion, Ye Weilai came up to her and grabbed her hand tightly, her eyes a little red.

The silver-haired girl looked over Zhao Qingxiu's shoulder and looked at Wang Caozhi, who had followed Zhao Qingxiu back.

His eyebrows were raised and his eyes were sharp, as if he was asking questions.

Wang Caozhi avoided looking and pretended not to know anything. He walked aside and called his servants to pack their luggage.

The trick of calling her sister does not work for all the women around her brother-in-law. Wang Cao's heart is like a mirror and he knows this very well.

This trick was most annoying to Rong Zhennv Shi, but it didn't work on Miss Ye, who was delicate and thoughtful.

Zhao Qingxiu gently pulled Zhao Qingxiu’s sleeves:

[I ran out on my own, he was sent by Tanlang to take me home and has nothing to do with this matter]

Ye Weilai then looked away and grabbed Zhao Qingxiu's two small hands, with an expression on her face that was hesitant to speak.

Zhao Qingxiu wrote softly:

[I went to see Tanlang and settled a matter on my mind. I’m fine now, Wei Lai, don’t worry.]

Ye Weilai sighed.

In fact, she also guessed what the embroiderer sister was doing.

Sister Xiu Niang is usually very quiet, but who else in the world can make her work without worrying about her own safety, except Tan Lang?

"Madam is really worried about you, so she went out to find Mrs. Pei. Mrs. Pei has a lot of people there, and they are familiar with Xunyang City - they haven't come back yet, and they should still be in the city looking for you anxiously."

Zhao Qingxiu's face looked a little guilty.

Ye Weilai shook his head:

"It doesn't matter, just come back. I'll inform the maid and call the eldest lady and Mrs. Pei back."

Zhao Qingxiu nodded and prepared to write down the "evacuate" instructions left by Tan Lang, but when he raised his hand,

His fingertips touched a small sword on Ye Weilai's waist, and he paused.

Ye Weilai also noticed this and said with relief:

"It's okay, just in case. Yan Canjun has just arrived. He said there has been a change at Xunyang Ferry and there may be danger at Xiushuifang. Let us take the opportunity to pack up and evacuate quickly, and implement Tan Lang's previous backup plan.

Go find Mrs. Pei and leave the city as planned.

"Yan Canjun left some manpower to protect the house, and then left in a hurry, saying that it was his duty to mobilize the remaining manpower in the government office to maintain order in the city as much as possible. I heard that Xunyangdu was captured by a group of unknown water thieves.

There's a fire over there at the water mill, and people in the city are in panic now, so just now I found out that you ran out without permission, so I was very anxious."

Zhao Qingxiu wrote apologetically:

[I'm sorry, I caused the confusion]

Ye Weilai immediately shook his head:

"Don't say sorry, just come back. Let's go, let's pack our luggage and go to Yin Bing Zhai first."

Zhao Qingxiu nodded heavily.

The two girls went to Yinbingzhai together. As they approached, Zhao Qingxiu suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong with the embroiderer?"

Ye Weilai asked strangely.

He looked back at the blind and mute girl who was standing motionless.

The girl tilted her head slightly, and her eyes covered with ribbons seemed to be looking at a certain wall of Yinbingzhai.

"The wind at noon blew the ice-white jade hairpin on Longling's head as she stood still, making a crisp sound.

"jingle·-."

At the same time, whether it was an illusion or not, Ye Weilai vaguely heard the faint sound of a bell coming from nowhere.

Ye Weilai turned her head in confusion and looked in the direction Zhao Qingxiu was facing:

"What is the embroiderer thinking-"

Before she could finish speaking, Zhao Qingxiu had already grabbed her palm and wrote on it:

[I'm a little hungry, can Wei Lai go make something to eat? I'll go in and pack my things]

"That's okay, you go and rest, I'll come find you later."

Ye Weilai nodded, sent Zhao Qingxiu to the door, turned and left.

Zhao Qingxiu stood outside the courtyard door without moving, waiting for Ye Weilai to go away and no other maids passed by around, then she faced the courtyard door, straightened her clothes, and pushed the door open.

In the yard, everything was as before.

Only at the swing there was an extra white dress.

The woman in white is barefoot and sitting on the swing. The small bell tied with a red rope around her ankle is sometimes silent.

Sometimes "ding-dong"

Zhao Qingxiu walked to the swing.

Yu Nianyuan touched the ground with his toes and stopped instantly.

Zhao Qingxiu, who was dressed in white, turned still and turned her head, as if to raise her eyebrows, towards the study room.

"Don't worry, it's just me."

Yu Nianyuan was a little helpless:

"I just came here and you haven't replied for a long time. I'm a little worried about you. Don't think too much about it. I didn't enter the house.

I am mysophobic, and I have no interest in entering the love nest between you and your child husband."

Zhao Qingxiu turned around, and Yu Nianyuan reached out tacitly, flattened his palm and handed it to her to write.

[Where are the Fang sisters]

Yu Nianyuan said calmly:

"They didn't come. I sent them to do something over at Xingzifang."

She sighed again and said:

"Let's talk about business, don't mention these things."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Qingxiu nodded in approval and wrote:

[Yes, we have to talk about business]

Yu Nianyuan frowned slightly and couldn't help but look at the little face of the seventh junior sister in front of him.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the second female queen of Yunmeng vaguely noticed that her seventh junior sister's demeanor and speech seemed to be a little different when they came back to meet each other this time.

I don't know how to describe it.

He seems to be somewhat calm and composed, without any evasion.

Yu Nianyuan didn't think much and asked directly:

"Xiao Qi, I want you to ask Ouyang Lianghan and confess to him, have you brought the words to him, are you still hiding them?"

Zhao Qingxiu suddenly lowered her head to write, interrupting Yu Nianyuan's words.

Yu Nianyuan felt strange and looked down at his palm.

The words written on the palm of her hand made her eyelids jump again and again, as she had always been calm:

[Well, I brought it here. Tanlang also asked me to bring a message to senior sisters, so that you can also choose.]

"Father, mother, sister, and Director Lu, why are you here? Where are you? Well, why are you looking at me?"

Li Dalang opened his eyes, touched his body, and found that he was sitting on the stone pier intact, except for the pain in his chin, as if a few beards had been plucked out by someone.

He saw ruins around him, which were familiar yet unfamiliar inner houses, now reduced to scorched earth.

Li Dalang's eyes were strange, but what made him even more strange was the staring eyes of the people around him.

Suddenly I felt a little stressed.

"Director Lu, why are you crying?"

After Li Dalang looked around, he noticed something unusual and asked with a guilty conscience.

Usually this young Taoist priest with a paralyzed face has always been "cold and ruthless", and his expression of emotion can make him cry, which is unprecedented.

Lu Ya didn't say a word, his eyes seemed lost.

Li Dalang lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly asked quietly:

"Did the Heavenly Master just leave? Father and mother, what's going on now?'

Everyone was silent.

He seemed to be still immersed in a certain atmosphere.
To be continued...