auspicious time has come

Chapter 185 This is Lieutenant Wang
Hengyu didn't show any strange color, and lowered her eyes to salute: "I have seen Jiang Linggong."

"You are Mrs. Ji Er—" Jiang Zhengfu's voice could not hear any emotion, and his body seemed to be surrounded by the silent coercion inherent in the family and the long-standing officialdom.

"Exactly."

Seeing the calm little girl standing there, Jiang Zhengfu said after a while, "Sit down."

After he gave up his seat, Hengyu said "Thank you, Mr. Ling", and sat down as he said, without any signs of fear or anxiety.

Jiang Zhengfu saw it in his eyes, and said with a half-smile, "It was really brought up by the teacher himself, and it is indeed somewhat different from ordinary daughters' homes."

Hearing him take the initiative to talk about his own Aunt, Heng Yu lowered her eyes and did not rush to answer.

Jiang Zhengfu continued: "Although you are young, you should know that the official called you A Weng as a teacher, and you have learned old things from him, right?"

"Yes, the junior has heard about it."

"Actually, you should call me an uncle."

The girl raised her eyes, with just the right amount of stunned expression on her face, and after a while, Fang said: "Ah Weng has passed away for a long time, the younger generation dare not pretend to be."

Jiang Zhengfu looked at her, smiled, and said in a tone that could not hear praise or criticism: "You are young, but you have a bit of character."

Afterwards, he didn't mention this matter any more, and said with distant eyes: "Speaking of which, the person I respect the most in my life is the teacher... I never expected the sudden change of the teacher back then."

Heng Yu looked at him—a hypocrite?

"I remember..." Jiang Zhengfu looked at her: "In that accident, you were the only one who survived, right?"

Heng Yu's eyes flickered, as if unwilling to recall that old event: "Yes."

"Do you still remember what happened at that time?" Jiang Zhengfu seemed to examine silently in his eyes.

"Naturally I remember." Heng Yu's eyes turned red 'uncontrollably': "... When I returned home six years ago, the first thing I did was go to the Beijing Yamen to explain what happened to A Weng. Fortunately, in the past There will be a sage to uphold justice, so that those who did evil have been brought to justice, and A Weng can rest in peace under the nine springs."

Go to the testimony left by the Beijing Yamen?

Of course he has already seen those.

Jiang Zhengfu remained calm, looked at the girl with red eyes, and asked slowly: "In your opinion, are those people really just ordinary bandits?"

Hengyu grasped his sleeves tightly, looked at him with teary eyes, was stunned, and then asked in surprise: "...What does Jiang Linggong mean by these words? Could it be that he suspected that there was something hidden about my Aunt's death? ?!"

She showed exactly what to do—a little cleverness, but not much.

Jiang Zhengfu probably didn't expect that she would suddenly throw the question at him, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I just want you to recall those bandits back then, whether there is anything suspicious about it."

However, Hengyu suddenly stood up, looked at Jiang Zhengfu with tears in his eyes, and said eagerly: "If Jiang Linggong really finds out something, please tell me frankly, the younger generation and the grandmother and elder brother at home will definitely be grateful!"

Jiang Zhengfu: "..."

This is not the direction he expected.

"Ling Gong..." The girl saluted him solemnly.

Jiang Zhengfu had a headache, and said: "I haven't found anything, I'm just a little suspicious. If you haven't noticed anything suspicious, then maybe I'm suspicious."

Tears welled up in the girl's eyes, and she looked at him dubiously.

Jiang Zhengfu added weakly: "I just asked casually, you don't have to take it too seriously."

Heng Yu wiped away her tears and nodded reluctantly: "Yes... this junior understands."

Jiang Zhengfu couldn't ask any more questions.

I could only change the subject and said: "I would like to thank you for coming to Xi'er's birthday banquet today."

Heng Yu seemed to be still stuck in the emotion just now and couldn't come back to his senses. Hearing the words, he replied absent-mindedly: "The younger generation is invited to come here, so I am very polite..."

"In the past, she seldom interacted with people." When mentioning her daughter, Jiang Zhengfu's tone softened unconsciously: "It's rare for her to have such a sympathetic person... If you get along well, you can communicate more in the future."

Hengyu should go down.

"It's getting late." Jiang Zhengfu didn't say anything else, and called the steward to come in, and ordered: "Someone send Miss Ji Er."

Heng Yu then saluted: "The younger generation bids farewell."

Jiang Zhengfu nodded and watched her disappear outside the study door.

Heng Yu followed the servants of Jiang's family all the way out of the gate of Jiang's mansion, his eyes showed a thoughtful look just now.

"Girl, why do you seem to be crying?" Cuihuai dared to ask nervously after getting into her carriage.

"It's just pretending." Heng Yu, still lost in thought, replied expressionlessly.

Cuihuai breathed a sigh of relief.

The carriage slowly drove out of Jiang's residence.

After walking like this for less than half an hour, the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Who is blocking the way?" Cheng Ping's alert voice came into Heng Yu's ears through the curtain of the car.

Heng Yu came back to her senses in an instant, and as soon as she opened the car curtain, she heard an emotionless voice: "It's me."

Wang Jingyong dismounted and approached the carriage.

Only then did Cheng Ping put down his guard, facing the carriage and said, "The one surnamed Wang next to Xiaohou."

Vice General Wang, who was not worthy of his full name, twitched slightly when he heard this.

Cuihuai had already lifted the curtain of the car, Hengyu said to Wang Jingyong: "You have worked hard to watch tonight, please tell me that I am safe with Lord Hou."

Earlier, Xiao Mu said that he would arrange people to guard the Jiang residence to ensure her safety.

Wang Jingyong paused, subconsciously responded, and with the idea of ​​doing it, he clasped his fists as a salute, and then led his horse away.

Cui Huai lowered the curtain.

After a while, before Cheng Ping drove the carriage again, Cui Huai couldn't help asking: "Uncle Ping, why don't you leave?"

Cheng Ping frowned and wondered, "Why did the man surnamed Wang keep leading the horse?"

Cui Huai asked "Ah?" in confusion.

Wang Jingyong led his horse to the river not far away, saluted and said: "General, Painter Ji asked his subordinates to tell the general that she and the general are safe."

Xiao Mu, who was standing under a willow tree by the river, nodded and asked, "Where is she?"

Wang Jingyong subconsciously glanced at the direction Hengyu passed by just now: "You should go."

Xiao Mu:?
"Didn't you tell her that I'm waiting here?"

Today, if another person stood in front of him, he would never ask such unbelievable words.

Wang Jingyong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No..."

The general told him to wait for Master Ji to pass by, and he did so.

Painter Ji asked him to report safety to the general, and he did as well.

Xiao Mu: "."

Seeing his general turning his head to look at the river in silence, Vice General Wang began to try to do some self-reflection: "General, did this subordinate do something wrong?"

"No." Xiao Mu was powerless to say: "Go back."

Wang Jingyong complied.

At this time, the two suddenly heard footsteps approaching here.

The night was quiet, and the sound of footsteps was obviously not intentionally hidden——

The visitor held a lamp, and as he approached, he could see that the girl's clean and fresh light green skirt and a pair of pale lotus color embroidered shoes were reflected under the lamp.

"It's really Lord Hou." The girl's voice was soft, and even her steps were brisk and joyful when she walked over.

Under the signal of his own general's eyes, Vice General Wang stepped back.

"...It makes you look ugly." Looking at the direction in which his subordinates left, Xiao Mu said.

"It's quite worthy of Vice-General Wang." Heng Yu commented objectively.

Xiao Mu laughed: "With you, he has become a special word."

"People always have shortcomings. Vice General Wang is still very reliable because he is above business."

While the two were talking, they tacitly raised their feet and walked forward slowly.

The gentle night wind blew across the river, and the two of them, Yideng.

"Why did you come here in person?" Heng Yu asked curiously: "You are also here, have you stayed all night?"

Xiao Mu coughed lightly: "It's just arrived."

"Oh, that's quite a coincidence."

"How is tonight?" Someone broke the topic with a guilty conscience.

"There are not many unusual things, and there are no changes worth mentioning. It really seems that we are suspicious." Heng Yu gave a general explanation of what he saw: "...the birthday party is no different, it's just before leaving. Jiang Zhengfu met with me alone and said something."

"Alone?" Xiao Mu turned to look at her.

"He intentionally asked me if I thought there was something else going on about what happened to Aunt nine years ago, and I was basically fooled—"

Xiao Mu frowned and thought: "Is this a test?"

The real murderer behind the scenes tried to see if the surviving little girl noticed something strange?

"Obviously it's a test." Heng Yu said objectively: "But for what purpose, it's hard to draw a conclusion."

Xiao Mu nodded: "But no matter what, since he has set his sights on you this time, he should be more careful in the future."

He thought for a while, and then said: "Speaking of which, if today's birthday banquet was not arranged by him, but he has never thought of trying it after you have been back in Beijing for so long, why did he come up with an idea today?"

"I just thought about this question in the car... Either he secretly noticed that I was looking for tattoos, or it was because of another incident that happened at Jiang's house today."

Xiao Mu looked at her: "What's the matter?"

"Princess Jiayi also came to Jiang's residence today and recognized me as a teacher."

"Princess Jiayi?" Xiao Mu was quite surprised.

"Your Majesty is so well-informed about the news, it's not likely that you haven't heard of it until now." Heng Yu looked forward and guessed reasonably: "Isn't it that you have been guarding here for as long as I have been in Jiang's Mansion, so You haven’t had a chance to listen to the news from outside, have you?”

Xiao Mu's eyes dodged for a moment, and he also looked forward, and asked as if he was selectively deaf: "...Why did Princess Jiayi suddenly recognize you as a teacher?"

"What's so strange about this, I think I'm also from a scholarly family, so I'm famous." Heng Yu speculated: "Maybe Jiang Zhengfu heard about this, and after careful consideration—hey, this little girl can actually coax me It is not easy for Princess Jiayi to become a teacher, I think it is a bit scheming, I am afraid it is not easy, why don't you give her a try?"

Faced with this overly casual guess, Xiao Mu nodded—although he came casually, it was extremely reasonable.

"This Jiang Linggong is really hard to see through..." Heng Yu said slowly: "I was thinking in the car, maybe our intuition is right."

——For what happened back then, the real culprit behind the scenes was someone else.

Xiao Mu was noncommittal: "But as you said just now, it is not yet possible to make a conclusion."

Heng Yu nodded, and the two walked slowly for a while in silent thinking.

"Have you thought about explaining to Jiang Zhengfu about the fact that Young Master Jiang was poisoned back then?" Heng Yu suddenly thought of this, and said, "If you can resolve this misunderstanding, at least it will be beneficial to your current situation."

Although this old incident has nothing to do with Shi Jingzhi's old enmity, it is decisively related to Jiang Zhengfu's hostility towards Xiao Mu.

"I've thought about it too." Xiao Mu said, "The key is that this matter is just what Lan Qing said, and there is no evidence to prove it is true or false, let alone who did it. Such empty words, even if he said it, Jiang Zhengfu would never say it." Believe it, or doubt it on the contrary is my excuse."

"That's right." Heng Yu thought about it: "Maybe we have to see Yan Ming before we can have a relatively clear answer."

"No trace of him has been found for the time being." Xiao Mu stopped temporarily, looking at the especially deep river under the darkness of night: "I'm afraid he won't show up easily until the time is favorable for him to negotiate—and I'm After getting rid of the treasure map problem, the relationship with the imperial court has a little room for recovery, which is not what he likes to see."

Hengyu nodded.

The word "chaotic" that Yan Ming was waiting for.

Such a situation will naturally not happen.

"I will send more people to continue secretly investigating his hiding place." Xiao Mu said.

"That's all for the time being, and I will pay more attention."

After finishing talking about this matter, Heng Yu untied his waist purse: "By the way, I have something to confirm with you—"

Xiao Mu looked puzzled at the purse she had untied.

"Mr. Yan's real name is Yue Yan?"

"Yes." Xiao Mu nodded before asking, "Where did you know that?"

"It's from the girl of the Jiang family. She and Doctor Yan are old acquaintances?"

Xiao Mu thought for a while before saying, "Maybe."

Hengyu was puzzled: "Maybe?"

"I didn't know about this matter before, and I never heard Yan Ming talk about it." Xiao Mu explained: "But Yan Ming lived in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing since he was a child. Neighbors—the Shijiang family had a very close relationship at that time, and the stewards of their respective villages also moved around a lot, and they might have had contacts at that time."

Hengyu suddenly said, "It's no wonder... the Jiang family girl said that they grew up together when they were young."

"She recognized at a glance that the knot on this purse was exactly the same as that tied by Military Doctor Yan." Heng Yu deduced: "It seems that the two should have a close relationship, and she is very concerned about whether Doctor Yan is safe now."

While speaking, Heng Yu handed over the purse: "I haven't revealed anything to her for the time being, I just said that I will try to find out something for her."

Xiao Mu took it, nodded and said, "I will tell Yan Ming."

"To say something that is not very pleasant..." Heng Yu hesitated for a moment, before finally saying: "The girl of the Jiang family seems to be not very optimistic about her health."

Whether you want to hold a birthday party or want to try new things that you have never tried before, under these seemingly new vitality, it seems...

Xiao Mu was silent for a moment, then held the purse: "Okay, I will tell him the truth."

……

After returning to Dingbeihou's Mansion, Xiao Mu confessed to Wang Jingyong: "Let Yan Ming come to see me in the study."

Wang Jingyong complied and went immediately.

When Xiao Mu came to the study, he saw that there was already another person waiting for him.

　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)