Marriage of the Di Daughter

There is a lot of snow in winter, and at night, the light snow turns into heavy snow, so all the encounters and reunions have a kind of windy and snowy night.

But amidst the dust and dust, there are some wonderful and beautiful scenes.

The young girl leaned out half of her body, her face froze for a moment, and she looked cute because of her surprise. And the young man in red put his fan handle against the window with a smile on his face, and raised his eyes unhurriedly, his eyes were full of passion.

It is pure and fragrant, unexpected, and like the arrangement in a drama.

In the silence, the young man broke the silence. He raised the corner of his lips and asked, "Stupid?"

Jiang Li came back to her senses and said, "Why is the Duke here?"

"Aren't you going to the Duke's Mansion tonight?" Ji Heng smiled and said, "I'll pick you up."

Jiangli: "..."

The words "I'll pick you up" should have been very gentle and tender, but when said by the person in front of me, there was a creepy unnaturalness. Jiang Li said: "You don't need to be so troublesome, in fact, just let Zhao Ke come, or I will go by myself."

"Oh." He said, "I'm already here."

Everyone has already come, and he cannot be allowed to leave. Jiang Li sighed, stood up, Ji Heng stretched out his hand, put it on her arm, and said, "Jump down."

Jiang Li stepped on the stool, then on the table, supported Ji Heng's arm, and jumped down from the window. The window was not high, but it was still a little shaky when she jumped down, she subconsciously grasped the corner of Ji Heng's robe.

I didn't react until Jiangli stood firm, huh? Why jump out of the window, she can open the door and go out, can't she?

Glancing at Ji Heng again, he sighed silently in his heart, and was led away again.

Ji Heng looked at Jiang Li with great interest, and said, "Your body suits you very well."

Because she had to go out at night, Jiang Li couldn't dress too complicatedly. The woman's skirt was too long, and she didn't even bring a cloak. She only wore a plain white cotton jacket prepared by Bai Xue. He wears black boots, and his long hair is tied high behind his head, which is a man's attire.

But even though he was dressed as a man, in the snow, under the light of the lantern, his facial features became more gentle and beautiful, with an indescribable cheerfulness.

"Thank you, Grandpa, for your compliment." Jiang Li responded, and she asked, "How do we get out?"

"Go through the back door." Ji Heng replied.

"Back door?" Jiang Li was startled: "What back door?"

Facts have proved that Ji Heng is much more familiar with the interior of the Jiang Mansion than she, the Second Miss Jiang. Bypassing several gardens that are not commonly seen in ordinary times, there is actually a back door. I didn't meet anyone along the way, although I knew that Ji Heng must have asked people to dismiss all possible servants in advance, but it was too simple, which would give Jiang Li an illusion, as if the entire Jiang family was just paper Usually, anyone can come in. If the Jiang Mansion was ransacked at night, Jiang Li might not be too surprised.

After all, there are no guards guarding the gate at night!

Ji Heng took Jiang Li and went out through the back door almost openly.

In the snow outside the back door, there was actually a black soft sedan parked. In front of the soft sedan, Zhao Ke was standing, and there were four drivers. When they saw Jiang Li and the two coming out, they came over and opened the curtain of the sedan chair.

Jiang Li hesitated, the sedan chair is different from the carriage, two men and women ride in the same sedan chair, after all it is a bit ambiguous.

She was still hesitating, but Ji Heng got into the sedan chair unhurriedly. After waiting for a long time, seeing Jiang Li not moving, she asked, "Aren't you coming up?"

What the man said was calm and relaxed, as if everything was on her mind. Jiang Li couldn't help wondering if she was making a fuss, but the journey was still far away. If people recognize it, they are afraid that it will cause trouble, so they can only grit their teeth and go up.

Zhao Ke ordered the bearer to get up the sedan chair.

The sedan chair is as gorgeous and exquisite as its owner, and there are even hot tea and snacks inside, which is difficult to enjoy in winter. But in any case, this is a sedan chair made by one person, so no matter how wide it is, the distance between Jiang Li and Ji Heng cannot be widened.

It's almost close.

Ji Heng handed Jiang Li a cup of tea, the tea was still gentle, Jiang Li took a sip, and the chill dispelled a lot. She looked at the dim sum on the small table, and suddenly asked, "Did the Duke himself make this?"

At that moment, Jiang Li was sure that Ji Heng's movements paused, and the tea in his hand spilled out.

The people who carried the sedan chair outside walked very steadily. The bearers of the Duke's Mansion were probably carefully selected, and they didn't feel any bumps. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible that the tea was spilled because of the bumping of the sedan chair, but because of her words.

Ji Heng put down the teacup, took out the snow-white silk, and wiped the tea on his hands slowly. Finally, he looked at Jiang Li: "No."

Jiangli: "..."

No, no, Ji Heng is the only one who can show such a murderous look. Jiang Li suddenly understood why outsiders were rumoring that Ji Heng was moody, and he was always moody.

"Who is Haitang to you?" Ji Heng asked suddenly.

The topic was diverted too quickly, Jiang Li didn't react for a while, and only heard Ji Heng say: "You are so nervous to search for her trace, you don't hesitate to ask me for help, you are not afraid that I will spy on your secret, it seems to be very important to you gone."

"It's really important." Jiang Li smiled: "Also, I never thought of hiding it from the Duke."

"Don't talk nicely, you are the most cunning." Ji Heng smiled indifferently, and said, "You know this woman named Haitang, just like you have known Qiongzhi from Xihualou and Xue from Tongxiang for a long time. Huaiyuan."

"I know it." Jiang Li said: "She is the one who can help me bring down Princess Yongning."

"What I have never understood is," Ji Heng said softly, "Why do you want to put Yongning to death?"

"The Duke only saw that I was going to put Princess Yongning to death, but he didn't see that Princess Yongning had killed me many times." Jiang Li smiled lightly, "It's not fair that only state officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps."

When she said the word "unfair", although she could suppress her emotions, she could still hear a trace of resentment. She really felt it was unfair.

Ji Heng raised his head, looked at her, and said, "You are the daughter of the chief minister, not a commoner."

"Is the first minister's daughter entitled to privileges?" Jiang Li asked back, "But in my opinion, it may be worthless to Shang Yongning or someone higher."

Yongning saw that she was the daughter of a small official, so he could bully Xue's family at will. But back then she was a rich lady with a bigger official, as long as she blocked Yongning's way, but her status was not as high as Yongning's, Yongning could still do whatever she wanted. This is the truth of the world today. The common people are oppressed by small officials, small officials are oppressed by high officials, high officials are afraid of kings and nobles, and kings and nobles bow their heads and bow to the emperor.

There are layers of exploitation, and the bottom layer is blood and tears. The first minister's daughter does not eat the sufferings of the world, so she can't understand it, but Xue Fangfei, who is a commoner, has personally experienced what it is like to be bullied by the powerful.

"You seem to be very angry." There was a smiling voice in her ear, and Jiang Li realized that Ji Heng had sat up straight before she knew it, so the distance between Ji Heng and her in the not-so-large sedan chair was already extremely high. do. She could feel Ji Heng's warm breath in her ears.

Itching, with inexplicable enthusiasm, the momentary hostility in her heart also dissipated a lot.

Jiang Li stepped back a little on purpose, never thought that she had already reached the edge, and almost knocked her head on the sedan beam. Thanks to Ji Heng's quick eyesight and quick hands, she stretched out her hand to rest on the back of her head, so what Jiang Li's head touched was Ji Heng's palm.

His hands were cold all year round, and the red clothes he wore looked like fire, but were as cold as ice.

Jiang Li was startled, and thanked softly.

Ji Heng withdrew his hand and said lazily: "You don't have to hate the official family so much. Jiang Yuanbai is the chief assistant. What you said has already put you on the opposite side of the official family. Little guy," he reminded him in good faith or maliciously. , "It will be exposed."

will be exposed.

What will be exposed? Jiang Li became a little nervous for a moment, will it reveal that she is not Miss Jiang Er? Although there are many mysteries about her, and it seems incredible to others, as long as she doesn't tell her, no one will think that there is another soul hidden in Jiangli's exorcism shell.

But that's for ordinary people, if it's for Ji Heng... Jiang Li looked up at him.

The young man's eyes are deep and smiling. His phoenix eyes are long and narrow, and the color is slightly heavier, so they can outline a beautiful shape. The bridge of the nose is high, and the lips are bright red, like a glass of poisoned wine with a mystery. You can't peek into his heart, but you feel that you are caught by his eyes, and the secrets in your heart can't be hidden.

He is too dangerous, too sober, too rational, and too easy to sink.

He is not an ordinary person, if it is him, maybe he will discover her secret. Jiang Li thought for no reason.

Jiang Li was silent, she didn't know what to say, every word she said could become a clue for Ji Heng, if she said as much as she made mistakes, she had no choice but to keep silent.

But Ji Heng didn't continue to ask her any more, as if he was a little tired, he put his head on his hands, leaned against the side of the sedan chair, and closed his eyes.

In the narrow sedan chair, the two of them were very close to each other, silent at the same time, could hear the whistling wind outside the sedan chair, and the rustling sound of the bearer's boots stepping on the snow, making Leng Jing In the night, there is a little more freshness.

Everyone had their own thoughts, and after an unknown amount of time, the sedan chair stopped, and Zhao Ke's voice sounded outside: "Master Guo, we're here."

Ji Heng, who had been feigning sleep with her eyes closed, opened her eyes, opened the car curtain, went down first, and waited for Jiang Li to come down.

The Duke's Mansion at night is not as gorgeous as it looks during the day, and under the dim lights, it looks somewhat unreal. It's like a person who has trekked in the mountains for a long time saw a fairy palace and temple, and then looked at the handsome young man who was not like a mortal, and suddenly thought that he had walked into the lair of spirits.

Jiang Li walked down, the door of the Duke's Mansion opened, and she walked in with Ji Heng.

Old General Ji has probably fallen asleep, because he didn’t see his shadow, if Old General Ji was around, he would definitely not be so quiet, and he must drag Jiang Li to ask her why she came here at night, and what happened to Ji? What is the relationship between Heng.

Walking all the way to the innermost courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, there was a room. Outside the room, Wen Ji was waiting. When he saw them, he said, "My lord."

"People are inside." Ji Heng looked at her: "Are you going in now?"

Jiang Li nodded and was about to walk in. Wen Ji said: "Miss Jiang Er, this girl named Haitang doesn't trust her very much. If you go in alone, I'm afraid she will hurt you. Let the guards..."

"No need." Jiang Li smiled and rejected his kindness, and said, "I'll go in and negotiate with her, she won't hurt me."

Wen Ji looked at Ji Heng, and saw that Ji Heng didn't show disapproval, so he stepped aside so that Jiang Li could push the door in.

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, turned to Ji Heng, and was about to speak, Ji Heng smiled and said, "I know, I'll wait at the gate of the yard, and I won't eavesdrop on your 'secret'." "The word bite slightly heavier.

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Guo, for your understanding."

Ji Heng and his guards all retreated to the yard, Jiang Li took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to push open the door.

After closing the door, Jiang Li looked into the room, a lamp was lit on the table in the room, and there was a person sitting in front of the table. She leaned her back against the wall, as if that would make her feel a little more at ease. The back is slender and tall, and when she saw this back, Jiang Li's tears almost came down. This back was familiar to her, and she had mixed feelings. It was impossible for her not to recognize it. This was Haitang.

When Haitang heard that someone was coming, she immediately turned around quickly, staring at Jiang Li vigilantly. There was a veil on her face, and only her eyes were exposed, but the look in her eyes was strange. In the past, Haitang was gentle and calm, and she was the most caring and safe to advise in everything. However, the current Haitang can no longer see the gentleness of the past. She is like a hurt animal, staring at it warily people.

This look broke Jiang Li's heart.

But Jiangli just raised a gentle smile and sat down opposite Haitang. When she was doing these movements, Haitang avoided her body and pressed against the wall tightly without saying a word.

"You are Haitang, right?" Jiang Li smiled and said, "It was I who asked for information about you and brought you back from Zaohua Village."

Haitang still looked at her with the eyes of a stranger. In fact, to Haitang, Jiang Li is just a stranger who has never masked her face. I don't know why. Haitang spoke, and she said, "What is your purpose?"

Hearing this, Jiang Li was taken aback for a moment, and a look of astonishment floated on his face.

Haitang's voice, soft and soft, is very pleasant to hear. Back then, people joked that Haitang had been with his master for a long time, and his tone and voice sounded like Jiang Li's. But now her voice seemed to be scorched by fire, it was extremely hoarse.

"What's wrong with your throat?" Jiang Li asked.

Haitang stared at her without saying a word.

For Haitang, it is not normal for a strange woman to ask about her voice, or to have such a concerned attitude.

"Your purpose." Haitang asked again.

"I am Jiang Li, the second miss of the Jiang family, the daughter of Jiang Yuanbai, the chief assistant." Jiang Li tried her best to lower her voice and make her look softer and kinder. She said, "I was entrusted by someone to investigate The case of Xue Fangfei, Miss Xue's family."

"Miss..." Haitang was taken aback for a moment, then became excited, and she asked, "What's wrong, miss?!"

Jiang Li frowned: "You don't know?"

"I don't know!" Haitang asked eagerly, "What happened to her?"

When Haitang and Du Juan left the Shen residence, Xue Fangfei was still alive, but was placed under house arrest because of the scandal of having an affair with someone. And Xue Fangfei drove her and Du Juan away because one day Xue Fangfei suspected the two maids of stealing property, expelled them from the mansion, and prevented them from returning to Beijing forever.

At that time, Haitang and Du Juan felt aggrieved, but Xue Fangfei had never been so harsh. The friendship between master and servant for many years was ruined, and Haitang felt sad. But after they left Yanjing City, after a long time, Haitang gradually calmed down and realized that Xue Fangfei was there to protect them. If she and Du Juan stayed in the Shen residence, sooner or later she would be attacked by Shen's mother.

Since my young lady wants them to live well, Haitang and Du Juan can only hold back their grief and linger on. Now when Jiang Li suddenly mentioned Xue Fangfei, Haitang suddenly felt ominous.

Jiang Li looked at her and said, "She's dead."

Haitang was startled, almost unable to sit still, and fell to the ground. Jiang Li stretched out her hand to help her, and Haitang looked at her, but her expression was still dazed, and she asked, "Why...how could it be? She was fine when I left..."

"Xue Fangfei lost all face when she found out that she was having an affair with someone. Soon after, she became seriously ill, and finally died of serious illness. She went away." After a pause, Jiang Li said: "On the surface, it looks like this."

"What do you mean?" Haitang immediately grasped the meaning of Jiang Li's words.

"It means that Xue Fangfei's death was not an accident, nor did she die from a serious illness. She died because she was killed by someone. It's just like when she had an affair with someone back then, she was also framed by someone."

Haitang looked at Jiang Li, her expression gradually changed, she seemed to be wary, but also excited, she asked: "How do you know that she was framed for having an affair with someone?"

"It doesn't matter how I know, but you should know that you are Xue Fangfei's personal servant girl. You know best whether Xue Fangfei had an affair with someone back then." Jiang Li said.

Haitang tightly gripped the teacup on the table: "She didn't have an affair with anyone."

Jiang Li looked at her: "I know."

"Why did you come to me," Haitang asked, "and why did you say these things to me? What good does it do you? If you want my life, just take it. I don't care. If you want to use your I have come to achieve an ulterior purpose, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible, I will not do anything."

Jiang Li didn't answer, just looked at Haitang and smiled.

After a while, Haitang asked nervously, "What are you doing?"

Jiang Li shook her head: "I'm just sighing, it's great that Xue Fangfei has you as a maid, no wonder she put in so much effort to send you and Du Juan out."

Haitang was taken aback: "You know?" Her voice suddenly trembled: "Back then...she deliberately expelled us from the mansion, right? She never wronged us, right?"

Although Haitang later guessed that this was a possibility, she still couldn't let it go. Now that Xue Fangfei is dead, this question will never be answered, but from Jiang Li's mouth, she suddenly has a glimmer of hope, as if only in this way can she be consummated.

"Yes." Jiang Li looked at her calmly, "She knows that she will face danger everywhere in Shen's house, and it is even more likely that she will not even be able to save the lives of the two of you. Only by driving you out of the mansion can we get rid of it." If you tell the truth to you, you will not leave, and you will live and die with her. It is better to speak harshly, so that you can give up, leave Yanjing City completely, and save your life."

Haitang listened in a daze, and not long after, a group of tears suddenly fell. She murmured, "I know...I always knew."

"But," Jiang Li asked the question she wanted to ask, "As far as I know, it wasn't you as a maid at the time, but also a girl named Du Juan. Why are you the only one left now? Did you part ways halfway? Or do you have other plans? ?”

Haitang lowered her head and said, "Dead."

Jiang Li's heart shrank tightly, as if being grabbed by someone's hand, she just felt out of breath. Although he had thought of this possibility a long time ago, when he actually heard Haitang say it, he still couldn't accept it.

The lively people who were by her side just left one by one, as if nothing was left behind.

"How...how did she die?" Jiang Li's voice was choked with sobs that could not be concealed.

But because Haitang was so sad at the moment, she didn't notice anything unusual about her. She was just very tired, as if she had exhausted all her strength, and said: "Not long after we escaped from Yanjing City, we suddenly found that the government was posting our announcements everywhere, saying that we stole the master's money and wanted to arrest us. Du Juan was arrested. I caught it, and I wanted to help, to ask the official to tell them that Du Juan is innocent, but that night... when I found Du Juan, she had already been strangled to death and thrown on a mass grave."

Jiang Li's heart ached unstoppably.

"I don't know if it's someone from the government. Since it was arrested by the government, why did the case be executed without trial? Even if it was a punishment, why didn't it be announced to the world? If it wasn't from the government, why were the government's posters posted everywhere? A wanted warrant. I don’t understand, but I also know that there is no way to avoid it. I saw them even ambushing near the mass grave, waiting for me to throw myself into the trap and catch me when they went to collect Dujuan’s body , so I didn't collect the body for Du Juan." When she said this, Haitang's hands trembled, probably because she still couldn't forgive what she did then.

"I ruined my face, escaped the government's search, and fled back to my hometown." Haitang said.

"your face……"

Haitang asked: "Do you want to see it?"

Jiang Li nodded.

Haitang let out a miserable laugh, and stretched out her hand to lift the veil.

Jiang Li's breathing almost stopped for a moment, but seeing that there were two deep knife marks on the original white and pretty face, from the eyes to the chin, hideous and terrifying, the wounds were scarred, but not only did not make people Feeling a little better, but even more shocking.

What could make a beautiful woman willing to destroy her appearance to such an extent? From then on, he could only cover his face with a veil and walk in the world.

Haitang has been staring into Jiang Li's eyes. With her face, wherever she goes, all she sees is nothing but disgust and fear. She has long been used to it. Even the men in black who came to pick her up were quite unnatural when they saw her appearance. She thought Jiang Li was the same as those people.

But ginger pears don't.

Jiang Li just looked at Haitang deeply, her eyes were full of sadness and guilt, distress and remorse, but the only thing she didn't have was fear and avoidance. She even reached out her hand, wanting to touch the scar.

Haitang suddenly took a step back, put the veil back on, and after a moment of silence, she said, "You saw it."

Jiang Li was also silent. Seeing her old friends for the first time was not a joyous reunion. Both had bumpy experiences, which made people lament the absurdity of fate.

"I would like to ask, why do you do this in order to survive without hesitating to destroy your appearance?" Jiang Li asked.

"I don't know." There was a moment of blankness in Haitang's eyes, "At first I thought that the arrest warrant from the government was issued by the young lady. But in my heart I didn't think so. I hope I can live, and one day I can see the young lady and ask about it. What is going on, why do you say that we stole property, maybe the lady is trying to save our lives, then we should not give up our lives casually, but try to live on."

She said: "We have known since childhood that we live for Miss."

Jiang Li closed her eyes.

In fact, Xue Huaiyuan has never hoped that the servants of the Xue family should dedicate everything to the master and should have their own lives. Jiang Li and Begonia Dujuan are also called sisters, but there is probably such a kind of loyal servant in the world, her whole life is tied to another person.

Very heavy, very heavy.

"I didn't know Miss died..." Haitang murmured, "I was thinking, maybe I could see Miss again..."

"It's impossible for Xue Fangfei to come back to life." Jiang Li gathered her thoughts and looked at her again. "Not only that, Xue Zhao is also dead, and Xue Huaiyuan is crazy. The entire Xue family has nothing now."

Haitang stared blankly at her, then shook her head: "No..."

"Haitang, listen, this is not an accident, nor is it karma. This is a conspiracy, a living conspiracy. Someone killed the Xue family. I am Miss Jiang Er, and I was entrusted to help the Xue family rehabilitate. Clean up Xue Fangfei's unnecessary stigma and find evidence that she was killed." Jiang Li stared into Haitang's eyes, "This is not only because of Xue Fangfei, but also for you, why Du Juan, and for all the innocent people in this conspiracy People who died tragically. Do you want to watch the murderer get away with it?"

"Why should I trust you?" Haitang asked. She is a smart girl, determined and decisive, and she can still hold on to her reason when she is hit by the truth at this moment.

"If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't do everything possible to bring you to Yanjing City. You can also go and see Xue Huaiyuan who is crazy, and you will know if what I said is true." Jiang Li said: "You belong to Xue Fangfei Personal servant girl, with her every day, at least you know who to suspect, when Xue Fangfei was framed for having an affair with someone, who was the most suspicious, and what suspicious things did you do?"

Haitang stared at Jiang Li, and after a while, her eyes sank, and she spit out a few words.

"Xiao Deyin."

"Also, everyone in the Shen family."