As soon as the morning dawned, Jiang Xixi took Xun'er to leave Duanfu and go to the grave of his biological mother.
Cheng Muyou didn't go with him because he wanted to go to Kaifeng Mansion to check the file of the case six years ago, Zhen'er originally wanted to go together, but after Master Duan learned that the murderer who killed Yu'er started to commit the crime again, he was even more nervous, and he didn't agree with her to go out anyway, Cheng Muyou also persuaded her that when the murderer was caught, it would not be too late to go out again, Duan Zhen'er saw that no one was on his side, so he could only give up.
The sky was drizzling, the trees were verdant, Jiang Xi lifted the sedan curtain and looked ahead, the cemetery of the Cheng family was in front, and the scene was about to arrive after half an hour, just wanted to put down the curtain, but found that a person came over in the rain and fog, that person was riding on a white horse, wearing armor, vigorous and heroic, but he didn't bring any rain gear, and his wet hair was sticking to his face, as if he had been painted a few strokes.
No, it doesn't seem to be all hair, there is a long scar on the man's face, starting from the left eyebrow and crossing the eyelid and over the bridge of the nose before stopping, but fortunately, the scar did not hurt his eyes, and under the thick eyebrows, a pair of slender and stretched eyes burned and shined.
"It seems that he is a soldier, and his rank should not be low, but what is he doing around here early in the morning?"
Jiang Xixi muttered in her heart.
The man got closer and closer, and as he passed by, he seemed to notice that someone was looking at him, and he also looked into the sedan chair.
His gaze crossed Jiang Xixi and fell on Xun'er, and it froze in an instant, until he found Jiang Xixi's puzzled eyes, so he hurriedly turned his head and continued to walk in the opposite direction.
It wasn't until his figure was out of sight that Jiang Xixi sat back in the sedan chair, but the question in his heart did not dissipate for a long time: Who is this man?
Does he know Xun'er?
Why did he see Xun'er just now with an expression of being struck by lightning?
When I didn't understand a single question, the sedan chair shook twice and stopped.
Li Shen's voice came from outside, "Girl, it's here." ” Jiang Xixi then pulled Xun'er out, the two shared an oil-paper umbrella, walked into the cemetery hand in hand, and Li Shen followed behind and walked with them to Mrs.
Cheng's tombstone.
There were four plates and eight bowls in front of Mrs.
Cheng's tomb, as well as a pot of wine, and the weeds in front of the tomb were pulled clean, the ground was smooth and flat, and there was not a trace of dust, obviously it had just been cleaned up.
Jiang Xixi looked around and found that several other tombs did not have this kind of treatment, so he asked Li Shen next to him: "Has anyone come to pay tribute to Mrs. these days?"
” Li Shen shook his head, "The last time I paid tribute was during Qingming, and it has been two months since now. ” "Then it's strange, who brought these sacrifices and cleaned the tomb so cleanly."
Li Shen smiled, "I don't know if it's my wife's friends before her death, girl, let's start too, don't miss the time." ” After the sacrifice was completed, they stood in front of the monument in turn, kowtowed three times, and left.
When she returned to Duan's house, Cheng Muyou hadn't come back yet, Jiang Xixi sat in the courtyard, watching Zhen'er teach Xun'er to read, and those obscure words came into her ears one by one, making her whole person drowsy, so she simply got up and walked outside the courtyard and wandered around Duan's house.
The Duan family is in the incense powder business, so the whole house is filled with a sweet smell, Jiang Xixi never applies grease and powder, so she is very sensitive to those smells, she itches in her nose, but the sneeze she wants to sneeze can't come out, just took out a handkerchief and wanted to blow his nose, but saw Li Shen walking out of the inner courtyard, he looked a little panicked, walked to the courtyard door, looked left and right, and then pushed the door and walked out.
This was nothing, but the moment the gate was closed, Jiang Xixi saw a flash of silver light outside, revealing a familiar figure.
Two words flashed through her mind: armor.
That's right, the man standing outside was wearing armor, could it be the man he met near the cemetery in the morning?
Li Shen went out secretly, just to find him?
Originally, it was not her turn to worry about this matter, but when she thought of Mrs.
Cheng's clean tombstone, she had an extremely bad association in her heart, so she involuntarily walked towards the courtyard outside, arrived at the courtyard gate, and looked out cautiously through the gap between the two doors.
There was no one outside the door, and the two men had obviously gone somewhere else, and it seemed that they must have something to say, and that they should not be heard.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xixi decisively pushed the door out, stood at the door and looked left and right, and after finding that there was no one on either side, she hesitated, first ran two steps to the west, and then turned her head and ran to the east.
She ran all the way to search, but she searched every alley, searched every tavern and tea shop, and found no trace of Li Shen.
I had no choice but to come back again, wanting to find it again in the west, but as soon as I ran to the gate of the courtyard, I saw Li Shen hurriedly coming over, and when I saw her, I was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to talk, "Miss Jiang, why are you here?"
” Jiang Xi pretended to be calm, "It's hot, I'm idle and bored, come out for a walk, by the way, what is Brother Li doing when you come out?"
” Li Shen wiped the sweat on his head, "When the people in the shop came to pull the goods just now, some things were dropped, and I sent them over."
Miss Jiang, if you feel hot, I will ask the maids to boil some water, and you can take a shower and keep it to cool off. ” "No need, Brother Li, you go back first, I'll just take a walk."
Jiang Xixi smiled at him, watching his back disappear behind the door, her smile gradually faded, Li Shen didn't have anything in his hand when he went out, he was clearly lying just now, he and the man knew each other, but why didn't he greet him when he met the man this morning, but secretly ran to meet him in the afternoon?
What's the secret between the two of them?
Does it have anything to do with Madame?
She stood in the steaming heat after the rain, thinking hard about these questions, for a moment, she almost wanted to tell Cheng Muyou about it, he was much smarter than herself, and he would definitely be able to peel off the cocoon and find out the truth of the matter, but another kind of thought shackled her, if the truth of the matter was really as bad as she imagined, then the adult, the adult, would he be sad because of this.
Jiang Xixi bit his lip and watched his shadow be stretched by the sunlight little by little, and finally, slowly disappeared into a tree shadow.
She finally made up her mind, and stomped on the ground with one foot, she wanted to find out the truth by herself, if she was worried about herself, she would think that she had done one more ridiculous thing, and if she had confirmed her suspicions, then She spun around like a trapped fighting beast, so what the hell was she supposed to do?
Tell the adults?
Or keep this secret in your heart and bury it completely.
She didn't know that she hadn't been so entangled since she was a child.