search for flowers

The news of the old master's death was not publicized. After being put into the coffin, it was temporarily placed in Fan's backyard.

Obviously, outsiders should not be allowed to know about the feigned death. Although Fan Xingzhi and them are old friends, they still have to keep it from him.Because although Fan Xingzhi is on good terms with them, he is the son of the Fan family after all. It is because of his upright character that he will not be indifferent to the family at all. From the perspective of the Fan family, Rong Sanye will replace Rong Tan as the master. Obviously, it was not what Fan wanted to see.If Fan Xingzhi knew, he would definitely not agree.

"It looks like we're going to be separated from Fan Laoer." Rong Tan said to Li Mu: "Then I have something to say to him, should I say it all at the same time, after tomorrow's banquet, this There is no room for this man in the world anymore."

Li Mu said hoarsely, "Actually, you don't necessarily have to listen to everything the master says. This is not the only way we can go. Mr. Rong is very cruel. If such a person becomes the head of the Rong family, he may not be The blessings of the people of Donghe, if you want, I can kill him at the banquet, and the seat of the Rong family is still yours."

Rong Tan gave a wry smile, shook his head, looked at the flickering candles beside the coffin, and said, "What am I? How can I occupy the position of the head of the Rong family? I thought I was ignorant, but there was a smile on my body." The blood of the Rong family should serve as the lintel of the Rong family. Now that I know that I have neither talent nor blood of the Rong family, how can I be worthy of sitting in that seat... Besides, I don't want to be the lord of a city."

Li Mu listened and didn't say anything for a long time.

Rong Tan raised his head to look at him, and felt that Li Mu's features were even more picturesque in his plain suit.When he saw Third Master Rong for the first time, he felt that he was somewhat similar to Li Mu in eyebrows and eyes, but now he finally understood that they both had Rong's blood on their bodies.

"Actually, you should be the head of the family. You are so powerful." Rong Tan said, "There is no one more suitable than you... It's really good luck."

"I..." Li Mu hesitated to speak, before finally saying, "I want to follow you."

Rong Tan laughed when he heard the words, but it was a wry smile, and said: "You..."

He suddenly closed his mouth, turned his head and looked out, leaving only half of his face to Li Mu, the red mark at the corner of his eye was even more red under the candlelight, probably because he cried a lot today and rubbed his eyes red.

When Fan Xingzhi came in from the outside, Rong Tan stood up and asked, "How are you getting ready?"

"It's almost ready, but the third master Rong is so eager to ask you to join the Rong family. Is there any fraud in it? No matter how urgent you are, you have to wait until the master is buried. What's more, you killed Su Ling and the master. In all likelihood, Third Master Rong was the mastermind behind the scenes, and before everything was investigated clearly, he was in a hurry to feast the guests and let you officially take over the power of the Rong family, I always feel a little strange."

"Under the crowd, the dignitaries gather, what else can he do to me?" Rong Tan said: "When I officially become the head of the Rong family, it will be easier to start a business. You are ordered by the chief assistant to send me all the way to the East." He, isn't it also to support me in this position. When I become the head of the Rong family, you can go back and do business."

Fan Xingzhi said: "When the time comes, Xianchen and I will sit on both sides of you, so as to protect you."

Rong Tan patted him on the shoulder, and walked into the courtyard with him.Fan Xingzhi said: "Don't be too sad. I think you are more sad than Xianchen."

Rong Tan sighed, and said: "Our group, when we came back, there was a huge group, now there are only four of us left, and there is Zhu Jian, I don't know if we are dead or alive now."

"I want to move Su Ling back to their Su family's ancestral grave in Donghe after you settle down."

Rong Tan nodded, and Fan Xingzhi said again: "Let's not lose one more."

Rong Tan felt sad, thinking that he would bid farewell to Fan Xingzhi tomorrow.

"Shen Yan, thank you so much along the way, I will never forget you as a friend in my life."

Fan Xingzhi was not used to hearing him call himself that, and said, "You still call me Fan Lao Er, I feel comfortable."

Rong Tan grinned, but couldn't smile, and said, "I just want you to know that although I speak freely, I have always respected you in my heart. You also know that our two families have always been at odds with each other. I am a friend with you because I admire your character. In the future, you will definitely do a lot in the court. If one day Li Mu doesn't want to stay in Donghe, you let him be your right-hand man. And full of talent, it will definitely be of great benefit to you, for the sake of our brother for many years, you should treat him well."

Fan Xingzhi said: "I really want him as a talent, but unfortunately he must stay by your side."

"There is no permanent banquet in the world. Some people think that it will never end, but in the end, they all end up."

Fan Xingzhi thought that he said this because of the death of Su Ling and the old master, and felt that life was impermanent, so he comforted him: "Everything will be fine, Rong Er, no matter how happy you are in the position of the head of the family in the future, I hope you don't lose that self who seems to know no suffering. I know that you were not really happy in the capital city before, but now that you have finally returned to your own place, you can just live freely and happily for the rest of your life. Most important."

"Yes, the most important thing is to be free and unrestrained."

For so many days, Donghe City is the busiest today.The disaster of a walking corpse has been eliminated, and the half-corpse has never appeared again.Second, the Rong family has a very high prestige in Donghe, and the people in the city respect their young master who returned from the capital.Many people even thought that Donghe suffered so many disasters, and when Rong Tan came back, these disasters disappeared without a trace. Therefore, they believed that Rong Tan was Dong He's lucky star, so they all looked forward to Rong Tan's succession.

All of a sudden, Donghe City was left to be rebuilt.

The guests of the Rong family kept coming and going, and Third Master Rong personally greeted all the guests at the door, and the standard was quite high.Probe into the new clothes, stand in front of the bronze mirror and look at yourself.

"People on Moshang are like jade, and your son is unparalleled in the world." Fan Xingzhi said.

"My lord, there is a woman outside the door begging to see her, she says she is the lord's personal girl."

Rong Tan hurried to the door: "Did she say what her name is?"

"Zhu Yan."

"Rong Er, be careful," Fan Xingzhi said, "You stay here and I'll go and see. If it's really her, I'll bring her here."

"Then go quickly."

Fan Xingzhi hurriedly followed the boy.Li Mu said: "Zhu Yan is coming back at this time?"

"This is an agreement between me and Mr. Rong," Rong Tan said, "Mr. Rong is very thoughtful. If I agree to his request, after I fake my death, he suddenly backs out and kills us all. Used by him? If I don't guarantee the safety of all of you, I will never die."

After a while, Fan Xingzhi came in with a woman in his arms, and Rong Tan hurried over and shouted, "Zhu Yan!"

"She's passed out, don't worry, she's still breathing." Fan Xingzhi said, "Hurry up and call the doctor."

Rong Tan immediately ordered someone to find a doctor.The doctor came soon, took Zhu Ji's pulse, and said: "Her pulse is very chaotic, and the old man can't diagnose what's wrong with her. But depending on the situation, she will probably wake up soon, her heartbeat is fast, maybe It's because of the fright."

Zhu Yan's expression was indeed extremely pale, his lips were bloodless, and he didn't know how much he had suffered these days.There were bloodstains on his face, and his fingernails were cracked.

Rong Tan stood guard for a while, and suddenly noticed that Zhu Yan moved.He immediately leaned over and shouted, "Zhu Yan?"

Zhu Yan didn't open her eyes, but looked pained, and she was holding on to the quilt and refused to let go, as if she was in a nightmare.Rong Tan hurriedly yelled again, seeing that Zhu Yan's lips were chapped, he turned around to serve the tea on the table, at this moment, he suddenly heard Li Mu yelling, "Be careful!"

Rong Tan immediately turned his head, but saw that Zhu Yan had opened his eyes at some point, but those eyes were blood red and frighteningly red.The teacup in his hand fell to the ground in shock, Zhu Yan rushed up and bit his shoulder.

Rong Tan was in pain, but he didn't shake off Zhu Yan, only shouted loudly: "Zhu Yan, it's me."

But Zhu Yan seemed to have gone crazy, biting him and refusing to let go.Li Mu went up to pull her away, Zhu Yan turned to bite Li Mu, Fan Xingzhi was already shocked, and said, "What's wrong with her?"

Li Mu firmly held Zhu Yan down, Zhu Yan struggled desperately, but couldn't shake Li Mu at all.Rong Tan covered his shoulders and leaned over, shouting: "Zhu Yan, Zhu Yan, it's us, I'm Rong Tan."

Zhu Yan gradually stopped struggling, but her red eyes seemed to be unable to see anyone, and Rong Tan straightened up in shock: "She...she is a half-corpse."

Li Mu didn't let go of Zhu Yan, and called out several times in succession.Zhu Yan opened his mouth and shouted: "Xian Chen..."

"it's me."

Rong Tan hastily stepped forward: "Zhu Yan, I'm Rong Tan."

"Young master...I..." Zhu Yan suddenly pushed him away: "Don't come close to me, don't come close to me, I..."

"What's wrong with you?" Rong Tan asked with red eyes.

"I don't know... I'm so confused, I..."

As she spoke, she raised her head suddenly: "I'm not alone anymore!"

Her eyes were red, and she grabbed Rong Tan's hand: "Young master, I killed someone, I killed someone alive, I am no longer human, they put a venom on me..."

"Gu? What Gu?"

"Those half-corpses are not walking corpses, but Gu people, people who have been poisoned with Gu insects. They also fed me Gu. I... I have a very headache, young master..." Zhu Yan said, his eyes closed. Suddenly she opened her eyes wide, as if blood was about to come out of her eyes.

"Zhu Yan!"

Rong Tan was about to hug Zhu Yan, but Zhu Yan suddenly turned his head and looked at him.Li Mu held her down again the moment she rushed towards her, but Zhu Yan had already lost consciousness.

Rong Tan stood up tremblingly, turned to look at Fan Xingzhi: "Gu people..."

"Go to Mr. Rong, he must be the mastermind of this matter, and he must have a solution."

Rong Tan picked up the sword next to him and ran out.Li Mu hurriedly said: "Speak carefully, follow up quickly."

Fan Xingzhi quickly chased him out and said, "I'll go with you."

Third Master Rong just came back from outside, Rong Tan walked over and put the sword on his neck.

Third Master Rong didn't panic at all, looked at him and said with a smile: "It's not good for you to be seen by outsiders like this. Don't you give me a reason to kill you?"

"What's going on with Zhu Yan, and what's going on with Gu Ren?"

Third Master Rong said with a smile: "She woke up so soon?"

Rong Tan raised the sword in his hand, but Third Master Rong was not afraid: "Do you know why I am not worried at all that you will kill me? I am not worried about the guests at today's banquet. You will be fooled at the banquet." Bite me back in front of everyone and kill me?"

He said as he pushed aside the sword in Rongtan's hand: "You have to believe me, if I die, none of you will be able to get out. From the top of the house to the servants to the cook, I am the only one to follow. So, Dear nephew, save yourself some effort."

"The last request, give me the antidote, and I will give you what you want."

Third Master Rong took a look at Fan Xingyi, then looked at Rong Tan and said, "Is there something we can say better?"

Rong Tan said, "Just say it here."

Third Master Rong smiled: "You can't trust me, I know, and I can't trust you either. I'm just holding back, don't worry, as long as you obediently do what I say, I will give you the antidote. It's just a maid, To me, it's just an insignificant role, and it won't do me any good if I kill her. The carriage you want is ready. The guests are all here. I'll go back and change clothes, and you should hurry up and get ready too. let's go."

After finishing speaking, Third Master Rong patted him on the shoulder and left.

"What agreement do you have with him? Zhu Yan is sure he was the one who tied the knot, so isn't he the mastermind behind the scenes?" Fan Xingzhi asked.

Rong Tan said: "I want you to pick a few capable guards from your Fan family and send Li Mu and the others out of the city."

"You want to send them away? What about you?"

"Of course I want to stay and be the head of the Rong family," Rong Tan said expressionlessly, "I haven't secured my position as the head of the family yet, they are not safe here, if they are caught one day, It will become my weakness. I want to send them out, and when Donghe is stable, I will pick them up again."

"I don't know about others, and the minister will definitely not agree."

"I have my own way of doing this, you don't have to worry about it. Go pick a few capable guards, you must be trustworthy. It doesn't matter if they are all gone, don't you still accompany me?"

Fan Xingzhi was silent for a while, and said: "That's fine, it's just that you have to work hard to persuade the minister. If he disagrees, you don't have to force it. Just send Li Wei and the others out. The minister stays. It won't drag you down."

Rong Tan remained silent and went back to the room alone.

Zhu Yan had fallen asleep again, Li Mu covered her with the quilt, turned around and saw Rong poking in, and said, "I gave her some medicine."

Rong Tan came over, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at it for a while, and said: "Master Rong said that the antidote will be given to me later."

"After this matter is over, let's leave Donghe. I want to come back and find an opportunity to kill him," Li Mu said, "This person shouldn't be alive."

Rong Tan nodded, stood up, and said, "My clothes are dirty and I want to change them. Can you help me find one?"

Li Mu said: "You wait."

After a while Li Mu came out with a piece of clothing. Rong Tan lay down on the table and poured a cup of tea. Seeing him coming out with a piece of clothing, he stood up, untied his robe, and threw it on the ground.

"Do you still remember, when I was in Zhaoting, every time I changed my clothes, I would throw them around, and you would always pick them up for me." He stretched out his hand as he spoke, "Come on, dress the young master. "

Li Mu didn't say anything, he touched the place where Zhu Yan bit him with his hand, and asked, "Is it important?"

Rong Tan shook his head: "It doesn't matter if the skin is broken a little bit. You forgot that you were bitten so deeply last time and it's okay. These Gu people are not walking corpses."

Li Mu stood behind him, put on the robe for him, then walked in front of him, buttoned it button by button, and tied his belt.He was taller than Rong Tan, so Rong Tan raised his head and looked into Li Mu's eyes.

Li Mu's eyelashes are very long, and his face is a little thinner, but still very handsome.

He stretched out his hand to take the cup of tea, sighed intentionally, and said, "Brother Xianchen, please help me get dressed, I will take this cup of tea as a thank you."

Li Mu took it in his hand, drank the cup of tea, and said, "I..."

Rong Tan suddenly stepped forward and hugged his waist.

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then hugged him back, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you?"

"I feel uncomfortable." Rong Tan said.

"When we leave here, find a place where no one knows us, okay? You are not the son of the Rong family, and neither am I. I am still Li Mu, and you are still my detective Rong."

That is of course very good.

Rong Tan felt Li Mu's weight, and Li Mu lay on his shoulders, trying to stand up, but couldn't.

"I……"

"Don't be afraid, I just gave you some perspiration medicine," Rong Tan hugged him and said, "I'm going to send you out of here."

"Detective Rong!"

Li Mu wanted to speak, but his head was getting heavier and heavier, Rong Tan could hardly support him, hugged him and said, "Do you remember what you said, whether I am dead or alive, you must live well. "

Li Mu knew it was irreversible, so he said, "I shouldn't have believed you."

"You have lied to me for decades, and I should have lied to you once. Mr. Rong is vicious, and I can't trust him. I have to send you out safely, so I can rest assured. You must understand my painstaking efforts. Back, I will find you."

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Probe into the new clothes, stand in front of the bronze mirror and look at yourself.

"People on Moshang are like jade, and your son is unparalleled in the world." Fan Xingzhi said.

"Has everyone been sent away?"

"Probably out of town by now."

Rong Tan nodded, sighed, and didn't speak.

Outside Donghe City, a carriage was speeding along the official road. Li Wei lifted the curtain, his brows were sad, he put down the curtain, and the curtain swayed, as if the mist outside the city had wet the tassels on the curtain .

When Rong Tan came out, the officials of Donghe City knelt down one after another, their loose robes fluttered in the wind, and the peonies woven with golden threads were dazzling.