The bright full moon hangs high in the night sky, and the snow-white earth is clearly visible under the moonlight. The bonfire in the temple is no longer as strong as before, and the people beside the bonfire are lying in various postures wrapped in thick clothes.
On the wall illuminated by fire, a swaying shadow moved, and then there were several dull sounds, and the crumbling night watchmen fell down.
Finally, the shadow on the wall disappeared and everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened. Only the occasional crackle of the bonfire was heard, as if it was sending someone off.
On the snow-white ground under the moonlight, a black shadow jumped on the trees. Occasionally, it stopped to identify the direction, and then continued to move forward.
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The next day, people who rested in the old temple woke up one after another, stretched their muscles and began to pack their things. Today is a happy day. Today, they can return to their warm and comfortable home. ωωw.
Shen Qianqian was woken up by someone, and the person who woke her up was his uncle Shen Jiacai. She rubbed her eyes and listened to her uncle saying in a daze: "Qianqian, pack up, it's time for us to set off."
Shen Qianqian sat on the ground dejectedly, looking weak and yawned deeply. Then she recovered from her distraction and felt something in her hand. When she lowered her head, she saw it was a familiar brand.
Oh, it's my own brand. No, wasn't this brand given to Chen Mo? Why did it appear in my hand again?
Shen Qianqian came back to her senses and looked around for Chen Mo, but did not find Chen Mo.
"Where are the others?" Shen Qianqian asked.
"Who?" Shen Jiacai was also confused as to who he was referring to. After a while, he finally realized: "Yes, where are the others?"
Then he suddenly stood up and shouted to the busy people here: "Where is the young man who was with the lady yesterday? Has anyone seen it?"
Everyone stopped what they were doing, and you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one knew the answer from the other's eyes.
"I don't know, I didn't see it."
"I didn't see it either."
"The people who were keeping watch last night, did you see that person?" Shen Jiacai asked again.
"No, I'm not there. There was no movement last night." The people watching the night were all excited and rubbed their necks. They felt a little pain in their necks when they woke up this morning. They thought it was a stiff neck. It seemed like they had a stiff neck last night. It's not an illusion, it's that I was knocked unconscious.
But how could they dare to admit it at this time? Anyway, the young master and the young lady are still here, so nothing happened. As long as they don't admit that they dozed off last night, nothing will happen. At most, they will be scolded a few times.
really.
Shen Jiacai scolded angrily: "You trash, I told you yesterday to keep an eye on me, but you actually dozed off!"
"No, let's quickly see if the person Zheng Fu captured is still there!"
Shen Jiacai ordered, and several people immediately went to the carriage to inspect it. After a while, the inspecting person came out of the carriage and stuttered: "People, people are dead!"
"What!?" The one who had the biggest reaction was Zheng Fu. He dropped what he was doing and went to confirm it himself. Then he walked over to the young master with a gloomy face, as if he was protecting them.
"I just said there was something wrong with that man, Qianqian. Look, he saw that we were outnumbered, and I saw through his plan. He fled out of fear of crime, and even killed his companions." Shen Jiacai prided himself on being wise. said.
"Staring? Staring? at the prisoner?" Shen Qianqian muttered, suddenly realizing that she now understood what Chen said yesterday.
"Uncle, it's all you. It was you who forced Chen Mo away. I finally kept him, and it was because of you that I forced him away." Shen Qianqian looked at Shen Jiacai with reproachful eyes and held her hands tightly. My own wooden sign.
"Qianqian, please wake up, please. It's almost obvious that you were deceived by that person's hypocrisy. What happened at Yingzui Cliff was set up by him." Shen Jiacai looked like he hated iron.
"You are talking nonsense. It was obviously him who saved us. You were not there. You don't know what he did. He saved me from falling off the cliff. He also killed several of those people. If they were accomplices, he Why do you want to kill those people?" Shen Qianqian's thoughts became clear.
"Yes, uncle, the three of us are alive because of Chen Shaoxia's doing, and he also captured the original living person in the car." Zheng Fu also explained.
"The young lady is naive and can understand. Zheng Fu, you are also a person who has been in the world. Why don't you understand that all of this is to deceive your trust and seek greater interests? I can conclude that their The target was the head of the family from the beginning, and he tried every possible means to get close to the head of the house, and there must be an ulterior secret." Shen Jiacai's reproach turned to Zheng Fu, and at the same time, he also secretly reminded Shen Qianqian.
"Then how do you explain Li Shi?" Zheng Fu blurted out.
"Brother Zheng, what does this have to do with Li Shi?" The people on the side couldn't understand why Li Shi was involved.
"Li Shi is a traitor. He cooperated with the group of people who ambushed us to let us have trouble in Yingzui Cliff. Otherwise, how would our route be known to others."
"What, Brother Li is a traitor!!?"
"You don't have to believe my words, but the young lady and the young master saw it clearly at the time. Now I can basically confirm that there are traitors among us. Otherwise, the people captured by Chen Shaoxia would not have been like this, and they would have been poisoned to death. Yes, we have known all the ways he could commit suicide before. If someone hadn't given it to him, then..." After saying this, Zheng Fu sneered.
"That guy named Chen Mo did all that. He is just..."
"Uncle, please don't say that. According to the situation at that time, Li Shi was not with the people who ambushed us in Yingzui Cliff. He was at best a messenger, and he had no intention of participating in their attacks later. I just wanted to go back and receive the reward, but I was killed by those people."
"Now it seems that among us, there are still some pawns of the mastermind behind this."
"Yes, yes, Chen Mo shouldn't have gone far yet. Let's go find him. We can't let him leave with our suspicions." Shen Qianqian pulled Zheng Fu's clothes and said.
Zheng Fu shook his head and said: "Miss, Chen Shaoxia had no intention of following you to Lingmiao. He just found an excuse to leave. If he really wants to leave, none of us can catch up. With his skills, miss, you are the most qualified." Experienced.”
"Then we can't leave like this. Wouldn't it make us ungrateful people." Shen Qianqian said: "Dad often told us that the most important thing in our Shen family is a word of letter. I..."
"Miss, stop talking. Let's go back to Lingmiao first. This matter is too complicated. Didn't we hear that something happened at home when we were at the wine shop? I think now, the head of the family must be looking forward to your hurry up. Go home, otherwise he will worry about everything and be very distracted."
Shen Qianqian let go of Zheng Fu's clothes, was silent for a while, walked to Shen Baibai who was standing aside, took his hand and said, "Brother, let's go home, my sister is very unhappy, she misses her parents. "
"Oh, be good." Shen Baibai touched Qianqian's head, and the two of them walked towards their carriage. On the way, Shen Baibai whispered in Shen Qianqian's ear: "Sister, Chen Mo said to wait for him I'll come to Lingmiao to find you after I finish my work, and you still owe him a meal of shark's fins and bear's paws."
"Ah?!" Shen Qianqian exclaimed, then pulled Shen Baibai quickly towards the carriage and said, "When did he tell you?"
"Just in the middle of the night yesterday, I saw him get up secretly and push the wooden sign to you, but you didn't even notice." Shen Baibai recounted what happened yesterday.
"Then why didn't you tell me?"
"He didn't let me speak. He said that if I dared to speak out, he would knock me out like he knocked out those other people. I was afraid, so I closed my eyes."
"Then why didn't you tell me just now? It made me contradict my elders." Shen Qianqian gave him a roll of eyes.
"You were too fierce just now, I'm afraid."
"Oh, okay, okay, let's go back." The two came to the carriage and climbed into it.
"What else did he say?" Shen Qianqian asked in the carriage.
"No, that's all he said. I closed my eyes at that time and didn't see him leave."
the other side.
"Uncle, let's leave this matter as it is. When we go back, the head of the family can make his own plans. As for Chen Mo's matter, I can infer from the conversation between the young lady and him that the head of the family may know this person. Something has happened in the family now. I don't know. Have you received the news?"
"What happened?" Shen Jiacai asked with a frown.
Zheng Fu shook his head and said: "I don't know. I heard that something happened in the business. It sounds quite serious. I don't know what it is specifically."
"Then let's talk about it when we go back." Shen Jiacai turned and left.
A subordinate came over and said to Zheng Fu: "Brother Zheng, what happened? Why do I feel a little confused!"
"Don't talk about you, I'm confused. It's better to go back quickly." With that, Zheng Fu walked towards the carriage of the young lady and the others.
"Then, traitor..."
"Keep your eyes open for me to see who behaves suspiciously, and I will keep an eye on you."
"Brother Zheng, you brought me up by yourself, I'm not..."
"What nonsense, just do whatever I want you to do."
"oh."
The Shen family group, which had no dark clouds before, was once again covered in fog. The disturbance in the morning made many people suspicious. In short, the journey was not so peaceful.
The young lady finally no longer served as the coachman, which immediately made Zheng Fu feel better. Although Chen Mo saved their lives, he still couldn't accept the young lady driving the carriage in Zheng Fu's eyes. There were only four words to describe it: This is unreasonable.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the convoy arrived at Lingmiao City under the setting sun. At the same time, it was not far from Lingmiao. It was a glorious place in the past. Of course, it is also glorious in the Tang Dynasty now—— Changjing City.
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