Brocade tears

Meng Kuang originally thought that Bai Yuyin threw himself into her arms subconsciously out of fear, but he never thought that Bai Yuyin pinched her waist as soon as her comforting words fell, and only heard Bai Yuyin whisper in her arms:

"Sister Qing, don't talk, just listen to me quietly. I just went downstairs and realized that something was wrong with the inn. There was only one cook in the back kitchen. She went out after telling me where the pot of decoction was. Not to mention, there are no handymen working in this backyard. The fat man you knocked out came out of nowhere. I really don’t understand why he broke into the back kitchen. Maybe someone is spying on us, you just spoke out Talking is already dangerous, so don't open it again. Sister Yan and Sister Sui'er can't call me "Second Sister-in-law" again, so be careful. This inn was led by Guo Qianhu, and Linqing is his old acquaintance. Maybe all of this is a temptation arranged by him. It is to test the real relationship between you and me, I pretend to be intimate with you, I hope you can cooperate with me."

Meng Kuang's heart sank, and he nodded indistinctly.Immediately she bowed her head, put her lips sealed under the mask against Bai Yuyin's ear, and spoke in an extremely thin voice:

"When you were in Tianjin Wei, you fried cakes with me, but you already intend to play with me?"

"Yes, I saw that you and Sister Sui'er were in love all the way. I was afraid that Guo Dayou would see that you were alienated from me, so I wanted to remind you to act with fried cakes. But you didn't understand it at the time. I observed Guo Dayou carefully these two days. He I'm already paying attention to the relationship between you and me." Bai Yuyin used Meng Kuang's arms to cover her face, making it impossible for people to see that she was talking.

Meng Kuang recalled the process of their stay in this inn. Guo Dayou did not separate from them for a moment when they checked in, but when he went downstairs to lead the horse away, he did not go downstairs to see him off. Maybe he took advantage of this gap Communicating with the people in the inn, set up a tentative bureau.

Meng Kuang pretended to comfort Bai Yuyin again, then let go of his embrace, and squatted down to check on the fat man who was knocked out by her.This obese man was dressed in a dark green satin shirt, with a silver inlaid belt, a well-trimmed mustache, and an agate ring on his hand. He looked like a rich man.Most likely a businessman, but it's really hard to say.Why did he appear in this back kitchen?It stands to reason that a person of his status would generally not go to a place where such servants would come.

Meng Kuang searched him, but apart from some money in his purse, there was nothing to prove his identity.

At this time, the innkeeper who heard the movement finally arrived late, and was shocked when he saw the scene in the kitchen.Meng Kuang stood up, half acting and half genuinely getting angry, stepped forward and grabbed the innkeeper by the skirt, pointed at the fat man who had fainted on the ground, and then pointed at Bai Yuyin, the meaning was obvious , questioning who the shopkeeper is, and why he violated Bai Yuyin.

"Guest officer, calm down, guest officer, calm down. This person is also a guest in this inn. I don't know why he broke into the back kitchen. I'm really sorry."

Meng Kuang pointed at the entire back kitchen and drew a circle, glaring at the innkeeper.The innkeeper did not understand her.Meng Kuang looked at Bai Yuyin, Bai Yuyin wept aloud, then leaned to Meng Kuang's side, leaned on her shoulder and wept aggrievedly:

"My husband wants to ask you why the kitchen and the backyard are empty, and a guest broke into the back kitchen, and you don't have anyone to take care of it?"

The shopkeeper explained with a bitter face: "Oh, the guest officer doesn't know. Our inn is open and only operates the morning and afternoon markets. It is already past noon at this time, and it's time to get off work. The chef in the back kitchen All the handymen have gone back. You borrowed the kitchen at this time, we... did we think of it..."

Meng Kuang seemed to be furious when he heard the words, and kicked the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper was kicked by her, and Meng Kuang carefully observed the shopkeeper's reaction. He really reacted very fast and wanted to hide for a moment, but then he just controlled himself and didn't move.With this kick, Meng Kuang specifically kicked him on the thigh, like kicking a rock. She judged that the shopkeeper's absolute martial arts practice was extremely strong.

The shopkeeper looks black and thin and short, but he never thought that he is so strong, he is really a real person.Meng Kuang can now be sure that there are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in this inn, which is absolutely unusual.I'm afraid it's really as Bai Yuyin guessed, it's a cooked shop deliberately arranged by Guo Dayou.

Meng Kuang pretended to be surprised that the shopkeeper's legs were like diamonds, and immediately showed his sword.The shopkeeper was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, calling out:

"Guest officer, spare your life, guest officer, spare your life! We kowtowed to you, and you held your hand high, and spared this small shop of mine. This small business can't stand the blood! I will help you get rid of this person immediately, and I guarantee that you will never see him again Him, I promise!"

Meng Kuang was surprised by his big reaction. She intended to draw a knife to intimidate her, but she never thought that the innkeeper really thought she was going to kill someone.Thinking of it this way, Meng Kuang became even more suspicious. Could it be that the innkeeper knew her title of "Sword Shura" and knew that she was a murderous star?

Meng Kuang glared at the innkeeper coldly, but did not take back the pistol in his hand.She put her arms around Bai Yuyin, pointed at the fat man who fell to the ground with the tip of the knife, then pointed at the medicine pot that Bai Yuyin had boiled half of the donkey-hide gelatin but smashed on the ground, and finally pointed to the upstairs, meaning that the shopkeeper They use the fat man's money to compensate them for donkey-hide gelatin, and serve it after cooking.Immediately, without further ado, he led Bai Yuyin out of the back kitchen and all the way back to the house.When he was leaving, Meng Kuang took one last look at the shopkeeper. He was still kneeling on the ground, as if he was stupefied.

When Meng Kuang and Bai Yuyin entered the room, the expressions on their faces surprised Meng Ai and Sui'er who were in the room.After talking quietly for a while, Meng Yan and Sui Er learned what had happened.Meng Yan's complexion was not good-looking, and Sui'er blamed herself:

"It's because I have relaxed my vigilance too much these days. Being with Guo Dayou will always be tense. Although he is not an enemy of us right now, he is a seasoned Jin Yiwei after all. He is very suspicious and has many ways of doing things. It is hard to guard against. He has always been suspicious of us."

Bai Yuyin said: "In the future, everyone must pay attention again and again. You must never use titles like 'Second Sister-in-law' or 'Sister-in-law' to me. It is fine to call you Sister Bai. Sister Qing, I will call you 'Sister-in-Law' from now on." Meng Lang, "Fu Lang", you have to get used to it. Be careful, Guo Dayou is very clear about Sui Er's affairs now, but he still doesn't know Meng Qing's identity. I don't know how he will react to the woman of Jin Yiwei, but I have a hunch that nothing good will happen."

Sui'er looked at Meng Kuang and Bai Yuyin, bit her lips, and said:

"Sister Bai, go sleep in Meng Kuang's room tonight."

Meng Kuang stared at Sui'er in astonishment, and the room suddenly fell into silence.Bai Yuyin glanced at Meng Kuang, then at Sui'er, not knowing what to say for a while.

Sui'er explained: "Think about it, sister Bai was frightened in the kitchen today and was molested by other men. She was afraid at night and wanted to ask her husband to protect her. Wouldn't it be reasonable to sleep together? Guo Dayou is not in the inn tonight. In the middle, you, Meng Kuang, are accompanied by Ehuang and Nvying, and you actually leave the beauty alone to guard the vacant room. This is a very strange thing. If you don’t need two lotus blossoms, it is natural for one person to enter the house to accompany you."

What he said made Meng Kuang's face turn red, and Bai Yuyin couldn't help but feel a little hot, and lowered his eyes unnaturally.Meng Yan also felt that Sui'er's words were indeed a little blunt, because her sister sounded like a hungry ghost.Meng Kuang thought, when this girl said this, wouldn't she feel jealous in her heart?She was really upset.

Meng Ai hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Sister Xiaosui, why don't you go with my sister and sister Bai too."

Meng Kuang nodded sharply at the side, since Huangying was with her, she simply did not do anything, and the three of them together forgot.

"No, there must be someone to stay with you. If I go, you will sleep alone in the room and there will be no one to take care of you. This inn is not safe, and I don't know what they are up to. How can I rest assured that you are alone Throw it in the house." Sui'er shook her head and said.

Then you can safely leave me and my second sister-in-law together?Meng Kuang was very disappointed, and really wanted to say that he should keep watch alone and not sleep.At this time, there was a knock on the door. It turned out that the shopkeeper paid them Ejiao according to Meng Kuang's instructions, boiled it and brought it up.As soon as he stepped forward, Lu Jingshi and Han Jiaer came back, bringing back everyone's dinner for tonight.They bought a lot of food in Linqing City and urged everyone to eat while it was hot.With this interruption, Meng Kuang finally failed to mention his own night watch.She also wanted to be angry with Sui Er from the bottom of her heart, and she really got angry with Sui Er today.Although she knew very well that Sui Er wanted them to act and deceive, and it was a move that took the overall situation into consideration.But she was emotionally troubled, how could she feel comfortable in her heart?Especially Sui'er seemed to be indifferent, how could this embarrass her?

Meng Kuang didn't "make trouble for no reason", and chose to follow Sui'er's arrangement.She knew that Sui'er's arrangement was the most suitable choice at the moment, what they had to do now was to deceive the eyeliner arranged by Guo Dayou in this inn.It is not impossible for her to watch the night alone, but it is unreasonable. It will only increase Guo Dayou's suspicion and increase the possibility of their exposure.Bai Yuyin didn't reject Sui'er's arrangement, because she also knew that it was the best choice. Although she didn't want to destroy the relationship between Meng Kuang and Sui'er, she didn't want to expose the existence of Second Brother Meng.So the two of them stayed in the same room awkwardly.

At night, after Meng Kuang washed up, he sat sullenly at the Eight Immortals table not far from the bed, and gently wiped and maintained her mask with a cloth.Bai Yuyin sat silently on the edge of the bed, holding a book in her hand, but she was not reading, her eyes fell on Meng Kuang's back.

After a while, she sighed and called out, "Meng Lang...you come here."

Hearing her calling him, Meng Kuang put down his mask, walked over and sat beside her.Bai Yuyin leaned in, leaned against her ear, and apologized softly:

"I'm really sorry for causing you trouble. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have fallen into this strange situation of E Huang Nv Ying."

Meng Kuang shook his head quickly, and replied in a very low voice: "Second sister-in-law, please don't say that. Sui'er and I have no intention of blaming you. The world is unpredictable, and we can only follow the trend."

Bai Yuyin got up and went to blow out the candles, the room was completely dark.She walked back to the bed, lowered the curtains on both sides of the bed, took off her shoes with Meng Kuang, sat next to each other, and talked secretly.Meng Kuang asked Bai Yuyin if he knew his second brother's intention to redeem her, and Bai Yuyin replied:

"Although your second brother never mentioned to me how he found me, I know that he had another purpose to redeem me, but this plan was shelved by him later. Maybe he was in love with me, and he couldn't bear it." gone."

"What do you mean?" Meng Kuang frowned.

Bai Yuyin's voice in the darkness sounded low and desolate: "He redeemed me in the first place, maybe he planned to give me as a gift to someone. Of course, he didn't send me out to be a concubine, but he wanted to know about me Send out the account books of all Lu Wang's property status. In order to achieve this goal, he can't force it, and that's not the way he does things. It's really love, he can't bear it."

"Where is the account book now? Ah, if you can't tell me, don't tell me." Meng Kuang said.

Bai Yuyin shook her head and said, "The account book is on me." As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves. In the darkness, Meng Kuang could vaguely distinguish the large tattoos on her arm from the middle of her forearm upwards, and she was instantly incomparable. be surprised.

"This tattoo was drawn by my father before he died. He only told me how to interpret it. Only I know how to interpret the content of this tattoo. I can tell you that the most fatal thing is to involve all There are all lists of Lu Wang's related personnel, officials, officials, squires, and bullies, and almost every money transaction is recorded. In addition, the places where Lu Wang hides his property, all his lands, and shops are detailed. Among them The injustices and tragedies involved are countless and horrific. Public resentment will boil over if it is announced, and the party will attack it. In addition, there have been many wars recently, and the lack of money and food. With such a big piece of fat in front of you, even if the emperor wants to protect his shortcomings in his heart To protect him, he had to shed a layer of skin and peel off part of his property. This was tantamount to a disaster for the money-loving King Lu. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the person who gets this account book can Take King Lu hostage."

"Could it be that... Sui Er's embroidered picture of beasts and flowers was inspired by this? No... your father's crime happened at the end of the tenth year of Wanli, when the picture of animals and flowers was completed. That is to say, The picture of ten thousand beasts and one hundred flowers and the tattoo pattern drawn by your father probably came out at the same time." Meng Kuang muttered to himself.

Bai Yuyin nodded: "So the first time I heard sister Sui'er mentioned the picture of thousands of beasts and flowers, I was really surprised. It's just that Guo Dayou doesn't know about my situation, and I don't want him to know, so I haven't dared to share with you guys. Mention. Today finally let me look for an opportunity. Zhang Juzheng and my father may have had private contact in the early years."

"They are co-conspirators..." Meng Kuang said softly after a moment of silence.

……

While Meng Kuang and Bai Yuyin were having a secret conversation in the tent, Sui'er and Meng Ai's room next door was silent.The two girls slept side by side on a bed that was not spacious, and each knew that the other hadn't fallen asleep yet.

After an unknown amount of time, in the darkness, Meng Yan heard an uncontrollable sob coming from beside him.Her heart tugged, she hurriedly turned sideways to face Sui'er, leaned out, reached out her hand and touched Sui'er's cheek, her hands were wet and cold.

"Sister Xiaosui...why are you doing this?" Meng Yan sighed.

"She must be angry with me...I can feel it..." Sui'er wept, choked up.

Seeing her being so aggrieved and sad, Meng Yan also felt sour at the tip of her nose.She hugged Sui'er's shoulders and said, "Don't be sad. I'll go to my sister to settle the score tomorrow. How can she get angry with you? It's too much."

"It's my fault. She should be angry."

"No, you are right to do this, but she doesn't understand." Meng said.

"If she doesn't understand, she won't agree. But Xiao Ai, everyone has emotions, and I can't take care of her emotions. This is the saddest thing for me..." Sui Er cried.

Meng Yan was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say.Sui'er blamed herself for not taking care of her sister's emotions, but who should take care of her own emotions?Bai Yuyin was forced to intervene between her sister and Xiaosui, none of the three were willing, and none of them could complain, it could only be said that it was forced by the situation.But it is precisely because of the situation that he is more helpless and distressed.Meng Yan could only comfort Sui'er's shoulders, until she calmed down, she sighed softly:

"Everything will pass."

It's just that none of them knew when it was.