Chapter 111 Unexpected joy
"It's nothing, but I used to brew some peach blossom wine here. Since it has been burned and no other old things can be found, I thought I could brew some peach blossom wine, so that I would not waste my time." Seeing Liu Zhang so enthusiastic, Chen Yuan was inconvenient to refuse, so he could only say, "I should have sent someone to send a few jars to the marquis. Since the marquis has come together, let's go in and have a look?"
Liu Zhang agreed happily, then came forward to check for foreign objects, and then went into the yard with Chen Yuan, and happened to meet Shu Yao who came out of the cellar.
Perhaps she accidentally rubbed the burnt wood, and Shu Yao's clothes were rubbed with some wood chips. As soon as she saw Chen Yuan, she complained: "If it weren't for your baby, I wouldn't have made this look." After that, she looked at the handsome young man beside Chen Yuan curiously, "Who is this?"
"Yongyihou of Yujing Kingdom, the little marquis is curious about the wine I brew here. I wonder how much you have moved out?" Chen Yuan blinked at her, hinting that she should not say what to look for here.
Shu Yao immediately understood, patted the dust on her body, and smiled generously: "Fortunately the cellar was not attacked by the fire, and you have made all your precious wines for you, but it smells really fragrant."
"You're talking nonsense again. You know the wine smells before you even opened the lid?"
"That's not, my nose is so good!" Shu Yao stepped forward and held Chen Yuan's arm, and said with a pleasing voice: "I didn't know you were so good at brewing wine before. It seems that I will have a good taste in the future!"
Liu Zhang accompanied them to the Zhou Mansion with them. When Lord Zhou learned that Yongyi Hou had returned, he quickly sent someone to the palace to inform the Empress Dowager.
That night, Chen Yuan found an opportunity to ask Shuyao if he had found the jade seal. Shuyao sighed and shook her head, "Are you sure that thing will be in the cellar?"
Chen Yuan was also a little hesitant. Mrs. Mi's words shouldn't have been said casually, but the jade seal was not found. Could it be that someone stole it before they arrived? It's a problem now.
Where will the jade seal be? "When you were in the old house, did you meet any suspicious people?"
Shu Yao's eyes rolled and said frustrated: "I was digging beams and wood over there, and I didn't notice anyone else, so I just thought about going in and helping you find the jade seal."
"Forget it," Chen Yuan was also a little depressed. She also tried her best. After all, planning is in the world and doing things is in the world. "Go to sleep first, thank you for your hard work."
The next day, Chen Yuan fell ill. Perhaps because she was thinking too much recently, she had a headache again. She lay on the embroidery bed, tossing and turning, but couldn't sleep. Shu Yao continued to find the whereabouts of the jade seal for her. Chen Yuan felt that she shouldn't have been waiting here for nothing, so she also got up and changed into clothes. She told the people in the Zhou family that she was just walking around casually and went to the old house alone.
The cool breeze rustled, and the grass beside the bluestone slabs were tilted to find warm support. Chen Yuan gently put his clothes on his clothes and walked slowly into the alley. The old house in Ying Mansion was not like Dongfeng Alley, full of popularity. Since the young master's family moved out of this dilapidated alley, it has become more and more low-key. Now even the old house has been burned down, making Chen Yuan feel even more lonely here.
She lived here with Zhong Ling, Yan Yu and Mo Zhu for several months. Every brick, every tile, every grass and every tree here is so familiar, but now it is gone, and even the memories are blurred. I vaguely remember that the peach blossom trees in front of the window are charming, like a beautiful girl, once full of expectations for the future.
Chen Yuan held her skirt and stepped into the main hall with charcoal. The table was almost there. Chen Yuan remembered that it was from pear blossom trees, and the carvings on it were nowhere to be seen. Her white fingers touched it and it was dyed black in a moment.
It seems that she has been losing it all the time... Chen Yuan feels that God is really cruel to her. She has obviously allowed her to enjoy the beauty, but she has to take it back one by one. The Gu Mansion, which she once relied on, cannot be preserved, and she even doubts whether she is an unknown person...
Chen Yuan was sighing when she suddenly heard a sound in the corner. Although it was broad daylight, there was no one here. Suddenly, she heard such a serene sound, which made her heart beat faster and she was a little scared.
"Who?" she asked tentatively.
No sound anymore.
Chen Yuan looked around and found nothing. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a branch breaking crisply. "Is anyone?" She heard it clearly this time, as if there was someone under the beam on the west side.
Chen Yuan plucked up the courage to walk over, wanting to see if there was probably no place to live, so he found a place to stay here. However, it was not very good to burn here, and it would be a bit dangerous to live here. If a piece of wood hanging above the head fell down, it would be a life.
But when Chen Yuan slowly approached, the people there shrank in.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person..." Chen Yuan couldn't see who was hiding in the black and dirty place, so he could only coax it gently and slowly.
"Don't come over..." A voice came from there, and it sounded like I was afraid of outsiders approaching.
It was a little girl, Chen Yuan was a little relieved. What if she was a reckless man, what should she do? Now that she found out that she was a little girl, Chen Yuan was even more gentle. "Don't be afraid, I can't go there, but it's very dangerous here. If the beam falls down, it will hit you. Will you come out? I'll take you to a safe place?"
There was no sound there, and it seemed that he disagreed with Chen Yuan's proposal.
Seeing this, Chen Yuan simply did not force her to come out, but Chen Yuan was a little curious about where the little girl came from and how could she be alone here. "Can you tell me who you are?"
"Not to say it, bad guy..."
Chen Yuan was helpless. It seemed that she was still wary of herself. "I am not a bad person, I have no home like you... This was once my home, but now it has been burned down. We are all homeless."
"How could this be your home?"
Seeing that she was willing to talk to her, Chen Yuan gently approached a little bit, and then squatted down and looked inside. For some reason, Chen Yuan actually felt a little close to the little girl inside, probably because Chen Yuan subconsciously felt that they were sympathetic.
"Don't you believe it? I have lived here for several months, and have planted trees, watered flowers, and brewed wine here..."
"But...don't my wife live here?"
"Your wife? Are you Mrs. Mi's maid?" Chen Yuan was a little surprised. He said that yesterday, he forgot to ask Yunxiang where he went. Mrs. Mi burned the place, so where did the original servants go?
"I, I don't know, they don't ask me to work..." After a pause, she said again: "But they said I used to serve people here."
Chen Yuan had carefully recalled that when she was here, the young girls were Zhong Ling, Xianyu, or Yuheng Yutan. But it was impossible for them to not know the handwriting. If it weren't for them, who would it be? According to the truth, there wouldn't be such a little girl! Could it be that she was sent to serve Mrs. Mi after she left? But she said she didn't have to work, who was this little girl? Chen Yuan became even more curious, "When did you come here?"
"I don't know either. They said they came a few months ago because I slept here for a long time, and they all thought I was going to die of illness..." She said, and her voice became a little lighter, and it sounded very pitiful.
These days, wars are endless, and there are many people who flee in exile and flee like this. Maybe Mrs. Mi took in kindly.
As he was speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of the wooden beam breaking, Chen Yuan said anxiously: "Come out quickly, there is wood on it that is about to break. If it doesn't come out, it will hit you!"
Seeing that the little girl was not moving, Chen Yuan didn't care so much and quickly reached into her arm to pull her, "Ouch!" The two of them fell back, and Chen Yuan's hand rubbed against the broken wood beside her, rubbing a layer of skin. She looked up to see if the little girl was fine, and was stunned in an instant, "Zhong... Zhong Ling?"
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