Marriage of the Di Daughter

In the early morning of the second day, Jiang Li got up early to dress up.

She is going back to Xiangyang, and now the entire Jiang family knows about it. Ji Shuran objected in front of Ye Mingxuan from the very beginning, but then somehow changed her mind. Acting like a loving mother, she asked what Jiang Li was missing.

On the contrary, Jiang Jingrui sat in Fangfei Garden for a long time when he learned that Jiang Li was going back to Xiangyang. It's just that Jiang Li is not kind, and he didn't know to take him with him when he went to Xiangyang to play. He actually wanted to go to Xiangyang with Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was angry and funny, Jiang Jingrui didn't even know where Xiangyang was, and he really thought it was a fun place. Besides, she didn't go to Xiangyang for fun, and the Ye family didn't know whether to wait to see her or not. It's not natural for her granddaughter to live there, and Jiang Jingrui, a nominal relative, is also embarrassed to go.

The most important thing is that even if all this is resolved, Jiang Jingrui's mother Lu Shi will definitely not allow Jiang Jingrui to mess around.

It was easy to talk about it, which made Jiang Jingrui give up this idea. Jiang Li sighed in her heart, it seemed that everyone in Jiang's house thought that she would have a good life when she returned to Ye's house, but they didn't know that the road ahead was long, and it might not be as happy as they thought.

It was still sunny yesterday, but today it is raining lightly.

Autumn in Yanjing City seems to be very short, as if the heat of summer is still in front of you, and the cold wind is blowing in the blink of an eye. Looking at the withered branches and leaves on the ground, it is hard to imagine the prosperity and excitement of yesterday.

Tong'er stretched out her hand to try outside, then turned to Jiang Li and said, "Girl, it's raining a lot, why don't you go out and go another day."

"Nothing." Jiang Li was fastening her cloak, and said, "They're all in the carriage, they won't be able to walk much."

Tong'er had no choice but to give up.

Jiang Li made an agreement with them that if she went out for a stroll today, she could also buy some gifts for Ye's family. After Mrs. Jiang found out about this, she specially asked Pearl to bring some money so that Jiang Li could choose by herself.

Unexpectedly, it will rain today, Tong'er is not in a hurry when thinking about it, anyway, Ye Mingxuan will stay in Yanjing City for about ten days, so it would be nice to find another day with good weather. Who knew that Jiang Li, who was always easy to talk to, would be so stubborn today.

Jiang Li fastened her cloak and stood in front of the mirror.

Second Miss Jiang's appearance was not as outstanding as Xue Fangfei's. But the foundation is not bad, it is too beautiful, Jiang Li is raised by Jiang's parents these days, and the food is much better than in Qingcheng Mountain. The haggardness and weakness are completely gone. At first glance, it looks fresh and pretty.

"The girl is so pretty." Bai Xue stood aside, admiring sincerely, "It's like walking out of a painting."

"That's right," Tong'er nodded, "When I was in Qingcheng Mountain, I could only wear black clothes, which couldn't show the beauty of our girl. Looking at it now, in Yanjing City, I can see that no one is as beautiful as our girl. This If those nuns in Mount Qingcheng saw it, the custody would not recognize it."

Jiang Li looked at herself in the mirror. There was a familiar expression on this face, but the facial features were so strange. When he was in front of Xue Zhao, Xue Zhaoke still recognized her?

Father... also can't recognize it.

There was a burst of sadness in her heart, she turned her head and stopped looking at the mirror, and said, "Let's go."

"Okay." Tong'er pushed open the door.

...

Due to the rain, there were not many people walking outside Yanjing City. I didn't even see many hawkers selling candied haws on the street today. Jiangli and Tonger Baixue could only shop around in jewelry or cloth shops, and the hawkers who usually carry burdens to buy small things probably didn't go out today.

However, I heard that there are not many grandchildren among the three sons of the Ye family. Except for Ye Shijie, only Ye Mingxuan has a son and a daughter. The fourth child of the Ye family is not yet married, let alone raise an heir. So buying things for the juniors is not difficult to buy.

Not long after, Jiangli also picked out their own gifts.

Returning gifts is not a simple matter. The mothers of many wealthy families raise their prostitutes, and even teach them how to return gifts. If the concubine's daughter marries into an official family in the future, the husband will always have to return gifts when socializing. If the reply is precious, it will appear solemn, but if the reply is frivolous, it will appear neglectful. It's really hard.

However, Jiang Li had already learned how to reciprocate when Shen Yurong, the number one scholar in Fangzhong, started socializing. In Tongxiang, Xue Huaiyuan has two sleeves and won't accept gifts. It's not the case in Yanjing City, sometimes the return of gifts can't be too simple, if the return is expensive, Shen's mother has to say again, so she has to secretly take part of the subsidy from her dowry.

Thinking about it now, Shen Yurong doesn't have this problem anymore, Princess Yongning is not short of money, no matter how expensive the gift is, she won't be stretched to the point of stretching, so naturally she doesn't have to take her own dowry.

Jiang Li prepared different things for the three uncles and two aunts, Mrs. Ye and her cousin. For this reason, Ye Mingxuan asked Ye Mingxuan about their respective personalities, and felt satisfied with the things they bought.

In the afternoon, I casually ate something at a restaurant in Yanjing City. Seeing that the rain hadn't stopped, Tong'er said: "It seems that the rain won't stop for a while, girl, let's go back after dinner. There is nothing interesting outside."

Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "If we don't go back, let's go to Yanyu Pavilion."

"Yanyu Pavilion?" Tong'er and Bai Xue were both surprised, and asked, "Where is that place?"

"It's a pavilion near Bailuwan. I heard that it is very beautiful to watch the rain scene there. I have only heard of its name and never visited it after returning to Yanjing City for so long. Today's rain is good, and it happens to make people Take a look at the style. It is better to hit the sun than choose the day, let's go later."

Bai Xue has always listened to Jiang Li's words and has no objections at all. Seeing this, Tong'er had no choice but to agree, but looked at Jiang Li and said, "Where did the girl hear about the Yanyu Pavilion? I have never heard of it once."

"I just overheard others talking about it by chance." Jiang Li said lightly: "It's not a famous place, so few people know about it. Isn't there a saying that the most magnificent scenery is often hidden in a corner where no one is around."

Tong'er nodded thoughtfully.

Jiang Li drank the tea in front of her, her thoughts flew far away.

At that time, she had a miscarriage due to her birthday, and she was bedridden with a serious injury. When she heard the news of Xue Zhao's death, she struggled to get up. But Tongxiang was too far away from Yanjing, and she couldn't transport Xue Zhao's body back to Tongxiang while dragging her seriously ill body. Shen's mother would not allow her to do this, she was regarded as a disgrace to the Shen family, and she was not allowed to go out to embarrass others. It was Shen Yurong's tolerance to collect Xue Zhao's body.

Shen Yurong told her that the Yanyu Pavilion has beautiful scenery and few people, so it is a good place. It would be good if Xue Zhao was buried here. If there is a chance in the future, let Xue Zhao return to her hometown when she recovers.

At that time, she was devastated, vulnerable and helpless, and she was very grateful to Shen Yurong. It's really good that Shen Yurong can still think about her in the past when she has a scandal.

But later I realized that what happened to me was caused by Shen Yurong. Princess Yongning colluded with the dog official to kill Xue Zhao, would Shen Yurong not know? They are murderers, but they still have to pretend to be sympathetic and sad, which is disgusting.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li frowned, only thinking that no matter how beautiful the Misty Rain Pavilion was, it was Shen Yurong's idea, not necessarily Princess Yongning's thoughts. She didn't want Xue Zhao to be at the mercy of these two people after his death. There was nothing she could do now, but one day, the sooner the better, she would take Xue Zhao to leave Yanyu Pavilion and Yanjing City.

Jiang Li put down her teacup and said, "I've finished eating, let's go."

Tong'er and Bai Xue faintly felt that Jiang Li seemed a little gloomy, and they looked at each other, they were both confused, so they had to follow Jiang Li to leave.

Bailu Bay is by a lake beside Yanjing City. In the previous dynasty, a literati lived there and raised a group of egrets. Later, the literati died, and the egret flew away, but the name of Bailuwan was retained. Yanyu Pavilion is located not far from Bailuwan.

Xue Zhao's grave is under a peach tree behind Yanyu Pavilion.

Tong'er and Baixue came to Bailu Bay for the first time, but they saw the blue water of the lake. The Misty Rain Pavilion has six floors. Standing on the attic and looking down, the whole pavilion is covered in misty misty rain. There are fine and dense ripples in the lake water, and the water and the sky meet, forming a color of its own.

Tong'er was very excited, and said: "It's so beautiful. Girl, the misty rain in Yanyu Pavilion is really beautiful!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Sit down for a while, I'll go and have a look at that peach tree."

Bai Xue said hastily: "The slaves are going too."

"No need." Jiang Li stopped her, "There's no one here, I'll go and have a look, and I'll be back soon. It's all right."

She couldn't help but leave the attic first.

Not far away, the peach tree stood quietly in the same place as before. The flowers on the tree had all withered long ago, without the embellishment of peach blossoms, the big tree became desolate and depressed.

Under the tree, a small mound sat.

Jiang Li held an umbrella and stood in front of the grave.

Xue Zhao was killed by robbers on the way to the capital, and his body was dumped in the river. Everyone said that at the time, so when she saw Xue Zhao for the last time, Xue Zhao had already changed beyond recognition. If it weren't for the birthmark on Xue Zhao's body, Jiang Li couldn't believe that the high-spirited boy was such a cold corpse.

He suffered inhuman torture before his death, and the knife marks on his body made Jiang Li feel terrified even thinking about it now. At that time, she had no doubts, until before she died, she knew that everything was thanks to Princess Yongning. So those knife marks were not done by robbers, but by Princess Yongning's people.

I thought that finding the official would help me, but I didn't expect to fall into another trap. Jiang Li couldn't imagine Xue Zhao's inner despair and grief at the last moment.

And after he died, there was only such a deserted place. When it rains, there is not even a place to shelter from the rain.

Jiang Li gently lowered her umbrella and covered it over the grave. It seemed like this could shield Xue Zhao from the wind and rain on his head. It seemed that the tomb in front of him was just a smiling and happy boy.

She closed her eyes and said silently in her heart: "Azhao, sister is here."

"Azhao, I'm my elder sister. You probably don't recognize me anymore. I'm now the daughter of the Jiang family, the daughter of Jiang Yuanbai. You must also think it's incredible. I was the same way back then, but now that I think about it, it may not be God who gave me the gift another chance."

"In ten days or so, I will go to Xiangyang. I will try to find out what happened to my father. It was I who caused you to be implicated. I know who killed you, and I know who to look for Revenge. Shen Yurong is now promoted step by step, and Princess Yongning has a king behind her, so I have nothing to do for the time being, but it is not helpless."

"In the name of Miss Jiang Er, I will try my best to express the grievances for the Xue family, reveal the true colors of Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong, and let you all redress your grievances."

"Azhao," she said silently in her heart: "Forgive me for taking so long to see you, you must blame my sister very much. But I have never forgotten the Xue family's blood feud in my heart, please wait patiently and watch me step by step Keep it for you."

"Azhao... I'm sorry..."

She murmured silently in her heart, as if she could see the young man wielding knives and guns again, looking at her with a smirk. I don't know how long it took before Jiang Li opened his eyes.

The rain seemed to be a little lighter, but the tomb in front of her was still quiet. A linnet flew out from nowhere, squatting on a branch, looking at her sideways. There were a lot of water droplets on the feathers, so he flapped his wings violently to shake off the water droplets on the wings. Seeing Jiangli's umbrella on the top of the tomb, she swooped down and stood on the top of the tomb. Covered by the umbrella, she chirped non-stop.

Jiang Li smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "You heard that, too."

She turned around and walked slowly towards the Misty Rain Pavilion.

When they returned to Yanyu Pavilion, Tong'er and Baixue were startled when they saw her getting wet. Tong'er said: "Girl, where is your umbrella? How come your clothes are all wet?"

"I saw a linnet getting wet from the rain. I felt sorry for her. I took my umbrella to cover her and put it under the peach tree in the back."

Tong'er heard the words and said: "Girl, I know you are kind, but you can tell the servants that there are other umbrellas here, and the servants just take them. Why do you want to get wet? What if you catch a cold?" manage?"

Jiang Li smiled apologetically and said, "I didn't think so much at the moment."

"Girl is fine with everything," Bai Xue whispered, "I just feel soft-hearted."

Relentless? Jiang Li laughed heartily.

Maybe, Xue Fangfei's heart is soft, but now Jiang Li's heart is as hard as iron.

...

In Wangxian Tower in Yanjing City, Lu Ji was talking to Ji Heng.

Not long after, Wen Ji who was beside Ji Heng came over.

Wen Ji showed some hesitation on his face: "My lord..."

Ji Heng glanced at his expression and said, "Say."

"Yes." Wen Ji immediately replied: "Second Miss Jiang took two maids out today. First, she bought some things in various shops in Yanjing City. After dinner, she went to Yanyu Pavilion in Bailu Bay."

"Yanyu Pavilion?" Ji Heng raised his eyelids and smiled: "She knows all the remote places."

"What?" Wen Ji on the side saw some signs, stroked his beard, and said, "My lord still sent someone to monitor Miss Jiang Er?"

Ji Heng waved his hand: "It's not surveillance. She behaves so strangely that it's hard for people not to notice." He casually asked Wen Ji, "What did she go to Yanyu Pavilion to see?"

"I heard that Yanyu Pavilion is the most beautiful place to see Yanyu." Lu Ji suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile, "Could it be that Miss Jiang went to see Yanyu, she is really elegant."

"No." Wen Ji said: "Miss Jiang and two maids first sat in Yanyu Pavilion, and then went to the peach tree behind Yanyu Pavilion. There is a grave there, and Miss Jiang left her umbrella behind on the tomb to shelter the tomb from the rain."

Ji Heng and Lu Ji paused at the same time.

Ji Heng raised his eyebrows, and there was a bit of interest in his beautiful eyes. He asked, "Oh? Is she going to worship?"

"I didn't bring anything for worship, but Second Miss Jiang seemed to know the deceased. She stood in front of the grave for a long time, looking very sad." Wen Ji's answer can be described as very detailed.

"That's worship." Ji Heng said.

Lu Ji asked: "Why do you say that?"

"This Second Miss Jiang has always been impeccable in her work, and she is used to covering herself up." Ji Heng said with a half-smile, "Going out to buy things today and going to Yanyu Pavilion to watch Yanyu are all pretexts. Her purpose is to be here Stand for a moment before a grave."

"The people in the grave must be the ones she values ​​most." He came to a conclusion on his own.

If it is said that Jiang Li is impeccable in her work, and her cover is very careful, but Ji Heng tends to point directly to the center when looking at things. See the truth at a glance.

"Who is in the grave?" Ji Heng asked.

"It's a man named Xue Zhao." Wen Ji replied: "A year ago, he was dumped in the river due to robbery and murder, but our people found out that there may be some articles in it. It's kind of related."

There are always places that cannot be illuminated by the bright universe. At the foot of the emperor in Yanjing City, there are many people who die for no reason every day. It’s okay to have a family. Startled once, it sank, never to be seen again.

"What is the origin of this Xue Zhao?" Lu Ji was puzzled: "I have never heard of such a name among the official households in Yanjing City."

Wen Ji paused, and then said: "If you say that Xue Zhao is not from Yanjing City, he is the current Zhongshu Shelang, Shen Yurong's brother-in-law. Mrs. Shen Yurong, Xue Fangfei's younger brother. After Xue Fangfei's accident, Xue Zhao probably came to Beijing because he heard about it, but he didn't expect to lose his life as soon as he entered Beijing."

"Xue Fangfei's younger brother?" Lu Ji was startled, then shook her head: "I didn't expect that."

Speaking of Xue Fangfei, everyone in Yanjing City is well-known. However, few people knew about Xue Fangfei's younger brother. It seems that the matter was handled quickly at that time and did not stir up trouble.

"But what's the relationship between Xue Zhao and Jiang Li?" Lu Ji was even more puzzled, "The Xue family and the Jiang family are at odds with each other, and Jiang Li stayed in Qingcheng Mountain for eight years. During this period, she shouldn't have anything to do with Xue Zhao. , and Xue Zhao died last year, and Jiang Li just came back this year, so he won’t be someone Jiang Li met after he came back.” He hesitated for a moment, and asked, “Xue Zhao has been to Yanjing? Or Qingcheng Mountain?”

Wen Ji shook his head: "Probably not. Xue Zhao grew up in Tongxiang, Xiangyang, and never left Tongxiang. The first time he came to Yanjing City was last year, and he died before seeing Xue Fangfei."

Lu Ji looked at Ji Heng and said, "That's strange."

How can there be friendship between two people who can't get along with each other? According to Wenji, Jiang Li will be sad to mourn Xue Zhao. Wen Ji is not one to exaggerate. He said that Jiang Li looks a little sad, but Jiang Li is really sad.

No matter how kind Miss Jiang Er was, she would never show sadness for an irrelevant person. Not to mention what Ji Heng said, Jiang Li made such a big circle today just to see Xue Zhao's grave. If not familiar, as for?

But even though Lu Ji wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of other reasons.

"Perhaps..." Wen Ji pondered for a while, and carefully proposed a conjecture: "What did this Xue Zhao and Miss Jiang have before, and Miss Jiang favored Xue Zhao?"

"Didn't you say that the two of them might have met in the past?" Lu Ji said, "Have you met or not, how did you come to be favored?"

That's true, Wen Ji stopped talking.

Ji Heng squinted his eyes, and suddenly said: "Is Xue Zhao from Tongxiang, Xiangyang?"

Wen Ji: "Exactly."

"Jiang Li's biological mother, Ye Zhenzhen, is from Xiangyang, and Xue Zhao is also from Xiangyang..." Ji Heng said, "There's no need to check the relationship between Jiang Li and Xue Zhao, start from Xue's family."

"The Xue family?" Lu Ji was puzzled: "Xue Fangfei, the wife of the number one scholar, her father seems to be just a small official, and the family is small, nothing special."

At the beginning, Xue Fangfei was so beautiful in the capital, but it was also regrettable. Some people said that if Xue Fangfei had a better background, she would be more than enough to be a princess based on her appearance, and she would not be too high to be a concubine in the palace. It's a pity that her father was just a petty official, so she could only marry a white scholar. Although Shen Yurong later became an official in high school, but because of this, some people would say that Xue Fangfei was not good enough for Shen Yurong.

Just imagine, if Xue Fangfei was the daughter of an official, as long as the official position was not very low, how could she be unworthy.

How can such an ordinary Xue family deserve special attention? Lu Ji didn't understand, even if Second Miss Jiang acted suspiciously, and it was understandable for Ji Heng to pay attention because she had repeatedly ruined Ji Heng's plan, but the Xue family really couldn't think of the need to pay attention.

"Don't forget, Jiang Li is about to go back to Xiangyang with Ye Mingxuan, don't you think it's strange?" Ji Heng smiled, but his eyes were very clear, and he said: "With Second Miss Jiang's temper, how could she abandon the Jiang family for victory?" The city suddenly moved to another place, it is nothing more than Xiangyang has something more important."

"Didn't she go back and reconcile with the Ye family?" Lu Ji asked.

"Miss Jiang Er doesn't seem like a kind and righteous person." Ji Heng said lazily: "I didn't understand why she wanted to go back to Xiangyang before, but now I understand."

"She has something to do with the Xue family, or the Xue family has something she wants."

After Wen Ji and Lu Ji listened to it, their hearts turned a thousand times, and they didn't know what to say for a while. If others say that, they will only say that this person is talking nonsense. What is the relationship between Miss Jiang and Xue's family in a small county in Xiangyang? But Ji Heng never speaks nonsense, and he seldom admits mistakes in the facts he has identified.

"Wen Ji, you should also look into the cause of Xue Zhao's death." Ji Heng played with the folding fan and said, "Perhaps the cause of Xue Zhao's death is strange, and our Second Miss Jiang knows quite a lot."

Lu Ji was startled: "She even knows this?"

"She has a lot of secrets, not less than one or two." Ji Heng brushed off the folds of his robe nonchalantly, and said calmly: "It just so happens that I'm going back to Xiangyang too. It seems that I'm not lonely on this journey."

Grandpa: This Second Miss Jiang has strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities [smiles]

It’s Monday again, I’m happy/(ㄒoㄒ)/~