Cheng Muyou's eyes froze, and his shoulders instantly became stiff, "Mother-in-law, what do you mean by this?"
” The old woman stood slowly on the flagpole, and she glanced to the west, where the setting sun now left only a slender golden edge on the horizon, which was about to be completely suppressed by the night.
She smiled faintly, "My lord, it's getting late, and the old man has to rush home to cook for his granddaughter, if you want to know more about it, come back tomorrow." ” After speaking, she spread out her palms, stretched out her hand to Cheng Muyou, and grinned at him.
Cheng Muyou took out a hanging copper plate and put it in the palm of her hand, clasped her hands into fists and bowed, "Then I will come back tomorrow to ask my mother-in-law for advice." ” After saying that, he wanted to turn around and leave, but as soon as he turned half of his body, he twisted back again, "Mother-in-law, the last time you said that someone was looking for a dead person, and they have been looking for three whole years, who is that person?"
” The old woman hissed and replied without replying, "My lord, you have too many questions, and the old man's head is confused by you, so let's leave it for the future." ” The door was pushed open from the outside, and Xiuxiu stepped into the threshold with a steaming wooden basin and gently placed it beside the bed.
She looked into the bed and saw Jin Chen curled up in the quilt, with his back to her, motionless, as if he was asleep.
"Official," she called, but only halfway through her words, her voice stopped abruptly, as if she had been sucked into the air.
She clenched her fists a little bit, staring intently at the broad back, seeing that it still did not move, her heart finally lowered a little, and sat down against the edge of the bed, but her eyes drifted to the dark and chaotic night outside the window.
I don't know how long later, the back was suddenly stabbed, Xiuxiu straightened her back, but her neck was as stiff as a stone, and she couldn't twist it.
"I'm asleep, why didn't the lady wake me up?"
Jin Chen's voice came from behind him, revealing a little tiredness, and a little vagueness that had just woken up.
Xiuxiu hurriedly stood up, "The officials are tired these days, I see that you have a good night's sleep so easily, and I can't bear to wake you up." ” Jin Chen stretched out his hand, grabbed her weak and boneless little hand, rubbed the warm palm on the back of her hand a few times, and then said, "The lady is also tired, come, you also come to bed, it's cold now, don't freeze." ” Xiuxiu desperately withdrew her hand, and when she saw Jin Chen looking at herself with a puzzled face, she hurriedly leaned over to carry the wooden basin next to the bed, and said with a sneer, "The water for washing your feet is cold, I'll go change it." ” "It's not busy, you're here, it's warmer than anything else."
Jin Chen grabbed her hand again, dragged her to the bed, helped her cover the quilt, and thoughtfully tucked the corners one by one.
After doing this, he stretched out his index finger and gently scraped Xiuxiu's face, raised her chin again, forced her to look at him, and said softly, "What's wrong with the lady?"
Why does my body keep shaking, is it because I am wearing less clothes?
” Xiuxiu lowered her eyes, "Maybe, I'll just wear one more tomorrow, it doesn't matter."
When she said this, her back was straight, and her body was slightly tilted towards the side of the bed, and she always maintained a certain distance from Jin Chen.
Jin Chen didn't notice Xiuxiu's abnormality, reached out and put his hand around her thin shoulder, sighed and said, "Daddy and mother are asleep?"
” "After sleeping, they cried all day, and now they are tired, and I serve them to rest early."
Xiuxiu said softly.
"What about the two officials?"
"I asked them to stay in the house, but they refused, so they had to stay in the courtyard, just now, I took a few hot steamed buns for them, and the two of them had to give me a few copper plates, as if they were afraid of taking advantage of us."
Jin Chen nodded, "It is said that Lord Cheng is an honest official, and his subordinates will definitely not be bad, but," he shook his head and took a breath, "Lady, you say, what are they suspicious, why do they have to stay in the courtyard?"
” As soon as the words fell, he felt that the body in his arms was tight, as if frozen, he was puzzled, and once again looked at Shang Xiuxiu's gaze, frowned and asked, "Lady, what's wrong with you?"
The face is pale and pale, is there something uncomfortable?
” Hearing this, Xiuxiu lowered her head, and after a while, she raised her head fiercely, but her eyes showed a little perseverance, she lowered her voice, but said every word clearly and abnormally, "Official, listen to Lord Cheng today, the cause of your death is not as simple as a sudden illness, I have thought about it carefully, a few days before you left, the diet was the same as ours, there was no difference, the only thing is the old wine."
Dad was not in good health, so he never drank alcohol, Xiao Yu was still young at that time, and you didn't let him eat alcohol, so you were the only one who drank that jar of wine. ” Jin Chen scratched his head, and the lines between his eyebrows became deeper and deeper, "What does the lady mean, someone has done something in that old wine?"
It's just that the winemaker is put in the stove room, and the stove room is locked every night, and outsiders can't get in, so how can someone touch it?
” Xiuxiu stared at his tightly knit brows, her heart suddenly moved, and she reached out to hug Jin Chen, "If you don't understand, don't think about it, I just said that, maybe I will be wrong Lord Cheng, the officials are also tired today, I'll go and change the basin water for you, you soak your feet and rest early." ” As she spoke, she lifted the quilt to get out of bed, but she didn't expect to be hugged by Jin Chen, he hugged her very tightly, strangling her sternum and hurting.
"Xiuxiu," his voice seemed to float from far away, fluttering and flickering, revealing endless exhaustion, "If Xiao Yu and I are destined to only live one, I really hope that he will live." ” "But I hope it's you."
Xiuxiu turned around and reached out to hug Jin Chen tightly, as if she wanted to melt him into her own blood, "I can't lose you anymore, no matter who you are, don't go, stay by my side, don't go." ” The second sentence she said to herself in her heart, Jin Chen couldn't hear it, but closed her eyes peacefully.
"Sleep."
Jiang Xixi watched the candle fire in the room go out, then exhaled a few breaths into the frozen palm, and whispered to Xu Ziming, who was squatting at the base of the wall.
Xu Ziming took a bite of the steamed bun that was already cold, chewed it twice, and swallowed it hurriedly, and then said to Jiang Xixi, "Miss Jiang, have you noticed during the day that this Jin family has not shed a single tear from beginning to end, I have inquired, after Jin Chen's death, she took care of the Jin family, and the relationship with Jin Yu is not deep, they all say that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, but Jin Yu died so miserably, why is she not sad at all?"
” "The adults must have discovered her abnormality, so they let us stay here, let's just wait and see what the ghost fetus in the womb of these two people is."
Jiang Xixi rubbed his nose and once again looked at the dark window not far away.