Angelica returns

That night, Zhou Tingyu had a bizarre dream, so that when he woke up the next day, he was groggy and had a sore back.

Squinting his eyes, he checked the quilt next to him, and found that He Yihuan had already left, and he did not forget to fold the quilt neatly when he left.

Yawning and stretching, Zhou Tingyu hastily put on his shoes and got out of bed, and searched to the table with a chicken coop on his head. As expected, there was indeed a note left by He Call on the table, which was the same as last night. His agile and powerful thin gold body—at three o'clock in the afternoon, the cool breeze blows, and he will be there or not.

This guy still keeps his word.Zhou Tingyu was inexplicably happy.Then he called the maid who came to serve, and wanted to dress up carefully.In this way, it would not be considered as shameful for He Jixuan in front of his sweetheart.

"Lian'er, what time is it?" Zhou Tingyu asked casually.

"Young master, it's just past noon. The master ordered me not to eat lunch at the house, and told the young master not to wait for him." This maid named Lian'er was about fifteen or sixteen years old, she was articulate, and she was also born smart.

"What?? It's so late?!" Zhou Tingyu stared blankly, "Hurry up, get a set of nice clothes, I'm in a hurry today!"

Zhou Tingyu admired himself for being able to sleep so late, and after quickly washing up, he began to fiddle with his hair bun.

But it's true that I can't eat hot tofu in such a hurry, the hairstyle is getting more and more like a messy chicken coop.

"Young master, this Su Bai gilt wide-sleeved shirt was sent by Princess Xiangyao some time ago, and it is a gift to celebrate your weak crown, do you think it is okay?

Lian'er held her clothes and saw her young master's chicken coop, it was very cute, she couldn't help laughing, and said: "Young master, let the slaves come. "

Zhou Tingyu sighed, gave up struggling, and watched Lian'er in the bronze mirror skillfully fiddle with her black hair. With only a few moments of effort, a delicate and decent bun appeared in front of her eyes.

Then she sighed: "This kind of work of combing hair and tying it into a bun still has to be done by every girl. If it were me, I might not be able to handle it in an hour."

Lian'er smiled, and her lively tone was mixed with a little bit of loneliness, "The young master will always get married, when the young mistress comes in, the young master will no longer have to worry about it."

Zhou Tingyu was at a loss for words, the word "marriage" was very far away to him, and at his young age, he really had never thought about the lifelong event of marrying a wife and having children.

Said that he is not loose enough to not want to delay other people's time, and he has not met that destined person for many years.In short, he is not in a hurry to get married, and his father Zhou Chengxu is not in a hurry, so it is not on the agenda for the time being.

In embarrassment, remembering that time is not waiting for me, Zhou Tingyu hurriedly said: "Give me the clothes, you can go down and do your work."

Qingfeng Zilai is the largest restaurant in Qiongzhi, and it is also the favorite gathering place for literati and gentry.

It was past three quarters when Zhou Tingyu arrived in a hurry.He is not a frequent visitor to Qingfeng Zilai, not only because it is too far away from the uncle's mansion, but also because he can't stand the hypocrisy of some literati here——

Either arty, or moaning without disease, a sour smell.So, after stepping into Qingfeng Zilai, while looking around for the figure of He Zhihua, while secretly despising——

Why are you calling, why are you calling, you really don't understand anything, and the meeting place is chosen for superficiality, I don't like it at all.

But he forgot, why call someone who came to see his sweetheart, who was brought along at the request, how could he have the right to pick and choose.

Are they familiar?No!

Qingfeng Zilai is a classic Sihe style, three floors high, each floor has elegant seats, carved beams and rafters, hollow doors and windows, and tall and lush locust trees are planted in the center. Its white and tender flowers are clustered and blooming. Sheng.

"Master Zhou, here!" When Zhou Tingyu turned up to the second floor, a voice stopped him.

In an instant, there was a sudden thud in his heart, and he couldn't figure out why the deer bumped wildly at this time. This feeling was so strange, that's it, domineering, without warning, and his heartbeat accelerated.

At this moment, he really wanted to turn his head to search for the owner of the voice, but the embarrassment that he made a mistake and was afraid of being caught on the spot grew in his heart again.Zhou Tingyu panicked again, as if he was sick and stupid.

"Young Master Zhou?" It was a coldness in the palm of his hand, spreading on Zhou Tingyu's shoulder.

"..."

"Young Master Zhou?" The hand on the shoulder shook, and so did the whole body.Zhou Ting gave a shock and told himself forcefully, keep calm, keep calm.

"Yes...what is it...why did you call me..." Zhou Tingyu pulled out a smiling face.

"Young Master Zhou, come here, sit here." He Huan's body injury is obviously not serious, and he is also very happy, his voice is beating, like a note of joy.

Yes, after all, you are here to see your sweetheart, can you not be happy?His sweetheart must be a gentle and pleasant girl.

The two sat down on the square table, and the hardworking Xiao Er immediately served the food and wine one by one.After a while, all kinds of delicacies exuded steam, occupying a large area of ​​the table. It is not difficult to find that there is a ribbon-bound ultramarine paper box next to the elbow, which is exquisite and decent. It looks like it is for the sweetheart Things.

"What's that?" Zhou Tingyu asked mischievously, knowingly.

"A present. Do you want to see it?" He Zhihua was very generous, without leaving any sense of mystery, and handed it over.

Zhou Tingyu was not impolite at all, and removed the bow on the box. After opening it, what came into view was a nanmu bronze mirror. The back was finely carved with continuous landscape pictures, and the front was embedded with an oval mirror. Looking at Zhou Tingyu's face.

Inadvertently, he remembered that the folding fan hanging around He Yihua's waist was also made of nanmu—it turned out that he was asking for a pair. For this gift, this idiot must have put a lot of thought into it.Thinking of this, Zhou Tingyu felt a sense of envy in his heart.

After wrapping up the things properly, the two chatted about some trivial and interesting things. While laughing at each other, time was merciless—the time had passed, but the beautiful woman was nowhere to be seen.

The food on the table was still a little warm, but Zhou Tingyu didn't care to move his chopsticks, "Your sweetheart hasn't arrived yet?"

"I don't know either, something has delayed it." He Zhihua lowered his eyelids, the look of loss was beyond words.

"Is that so..." Zhou Tingyu never comforted others.

"Young master Zhou, I have no fame, no fortune, and a shabby family. If I do something wrong again, will he just give up on me?" Small poor.

"No, don't think about it that way. Fame and wealth can be won. If you don't have it now, it doesn't mean you won't have it in the future. If you make a small mistake, just correct it. How can Qiongzhi's girl be so short-sighted?"

"In that case, does she like me, or does she like my fame and wealth?"

Only then did Zhou Tingyu realize that he had said the wrong thing, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah bah

Quickly explained: "No, no, I didn't mean that, I mean, she has no reason to give up on you, oh no, no, I mean, she likes you..."

I held my head in my heart and sighed, what are you talking about!

"Come, have a drink."

The small and exquisite dark green wine glass approached, Zhou Tingyu didn't have time to react, he picked up his own glass and touched one subconsciously, and then drank it all in one gulp - hiss... strong and spicy... it's a good wine...

Zhou Tingyu hadn't gotten over the strength of the drink yet, so why did he drink another glass by himself: "Actually, I didn't want to...I don't know if I was right or wrong to come to him..."

"I made a big mistake, I don't know if he will forgive me..." The glass was full again in the murmur.

He has been cautious all these years, and he hasn't drunk so recklessly for a long time.Why are you drunk?Is it too sad to be alone or too happy to reunite after a long absence?Taking advantage of this opportunity, why Huan Rare didn't want to wake up.

Zhou Tingyu didn't understand what He Zhao said, just watched him drink to drink to relieve his sorrow, so sad that he felt inexplicably tense in his heart.

He didn't know how to comfort him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and snatch his wine glass, if he could block a glass, it was a glass.

After all, drinking for pleasure, getting drunk and hurting the body, a man who looks like a scholar, speaks elegantly and weakly, how can he drink so much throat-burning spirits.

After snatching five or six cups intermittently, Zhou Tingyu's fair cheeks were stained with blush, and when he was slightly drunk, he saw He Zhihua, who was lying on the table with his elbows on his head, wondering if he was asleep.

"Why call?"

"..."

"Why call?"

"..."

"Are you drunk?" Zhou Tingyu also drank a little too much, and began to lose his strength. His mind was swollen, and his thoughts were a little wandering. Well, isn't it just a girl, so decadent, what's the matter?

You come, let me introduce you, Joan's good girls are everywhere, just tell me who you like, wrap it on me, and never mess around! "As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Tingyu patted his chest solemnly.

"... Shanyinfang..." After drinking, He Zhihua blurted out three words.

"Where? Shanyinfang? My house? You, your sweetheart and I are neighbors?"

"..."

"It's still a neighbor, why do you really know how to pick..." Zhou Tingyu waved his hands exaggeratedly, but because of his unsteady focus after drinking, he almost threw himself out, and surprised the neighbors. "That's all, the fat water doesn't flow into other people's fields, another day, another day, I will help you ask..."

……

When Shunzi, a servant in the uncle's house, found Zhou Tingyu, Zhou Tingyu had already slept on the table for a long time.

"Master, wake up, master!" Shunzi shook his master's shoulder lightly, "The princess is in Shiluhou's mansion, and it is said that Master Lu has news."

"Ah, Lu Jin?!" Zhou Tingyu woke up instantly, focused his eyes and scanned the surroundings, and found that He Yihua had already left, and did not say a word to him, only the ultramarine blue paper box was still quietly placed in the original place as if it had been forgotten. land.

Seeing things and thinking about people, maybe he doesn't want it...

"Master, let's go quickly, the princess is waiting!" Shunzi was anxious, the princess ordered him to find the young master as soon as possible, he dared not make the slightest mistake.

Zhou Tingyu was mostly sober, and really didn't want to delay, so without thinking about it, he picked up the cardboard box with one hand, and hurriedly rushed to Shiluhou's mansion with Shunzi.

Lu Yang, Xiangyao, and Zhou Tingyu who just arrived stood beside him in the middle hall of Shi Luhou's mansion, the servant Shunzi, and the stranger who covered his face with the fence.

"Hou Ye's playbook is really comprehensive, covering the whole world from south to north." The first sentence Zhou Tingyu heard after arriving came from the mouth of the masked man. His voice was still low, but this compliment was obviously ridiculed means.

Although Lu Yang was born as a military general, he also dabbled in the civil service. Yesterday he rushed into the palace, and there were no flaws in the memorabilia hastily assembled by the chief supervisor.But at this moment, he didn't intend to refute the mystery of the words, he only asked: "Have you discovered anything, sir?"

"Yes. There is a Laihu County on the edge of the northern border of Dacheng Kingdom. The local officials recently reported that the son of Xu Shousheng, a wealthy businessman in the county, has also disappeared. Xu Shousheng's search was fruitless. A justice."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Tingyu found that the masked man's attitude improved a lot.But Lu Yang frowned and said, "Mistakes happen every day. Is Xu Shousheng's family any different?"

"Laihu county magistrate, Wang Zhi, I have met this man several times when he went to Beijing to appeal, he is a good official who is honest and fair.

"Xiangyao recalled, "What impressed me deeply was that he seized the opportunity of face-to-face two years ago to explain the sufferings of the people's livelihood in Laihu County after a long drought, and did everything by himself. "

Lu Yang agreed with Xiangyao's judgment, "Yes, so Laihu County has always been peaceful."

"That is to say, the case of Xu Shousheng's son's disappearance is very difficult, so difficult that Wang Zhi has to send soldiers to the court?

"Zhou Tingyu also speculated, "Only matters that Wang Zhi can't solve will be listed, which means that this disappearance case is also an exception. If it is an exception, it is different from the disappearance of the girl in Liushui Village..."

"Tao is born one, life is two, everything has a beginning." The masked man explained to him, "It is recorded in the memorial book that Xu Shousheng's son, Xu Zongyin, is twenty years old, good at reading, and has no bad habits."

So people seemed to have heard the clues, and began to feel chills down their backs——Lu Jin, twenty years old, good at reading, and has no bad habits.

exactly the same...

"Liushui Village is like a paradise, and Laihu County is also simple and honest. One is in the extreme south, the other is in the extreme north, a young girl has disappeared, and a young man with a weak crown has just disappeared. Everything corresponds perfectly, but there is a gap of nearly a month.

"The masked man seems to have narrowed his eyes, and the atmosphere has become a little weird." Even though Laihu County is very safe and it is not easy to collect targets, why is there such a long gap of one month? Would you want to spare a month to give others a chance? "

"You're saying that the disappearance cases in Liushui Village and Laihu County were committed by one person." Apart from being flustered by Lu Jin, Xiangyao was already annoyed, "Who is so rampant, committing crimes in a row, and treats me as nothing to the law?"

"Princess, the north and the south cannot be swept away by one person." The masked man took two steps forward with his hands behind his back, and looked up at the sky in the four corners of the Hou Mansion. "It's an organization. It's not an ordinary organization."

Lu Yang said: "That's reasonable. Ordinary people act as monsters to make money. They tied the tassels inherited from our house to wooden stakes, kidnapped the sons of rich merchants, but didn't extort huge sums of money. All kinds of signs showed that the comers had other motives. ".

Zhou Tingyu was a little puzzled: "But what kind of organization is it? Those famous gangs are just a group of tricky gangsters. Could it be that there are really monsters?"

The masked man said: "Although there are very few people who have successfully cultivated the righteous way, they do exist. How can there be no people who practice crooked ways and go crazy?"

Only very little.These people don't wander around the world with their true colors, and they don't promote themselves with much fanfare. You don't know that it's normal. "

"Then, do you know what organization it is?" Xiangyao asked urgently.

The masked man thought for a while and said: "In my early years of practice, when I was reading a book, I came across an article about 'Unbounded Nether Hall'. .To solve the case and save people, Wujietang may be a breakthrough.”

Homeopathic reasoning tends to get closer and closer to the truth.

In April of Qiongzhi, the sky has gradually warmed up. Sometimes a spring rain pours down, and the dirty, rotten, and shady dirty things are scrubbed one by one without any explanation, and the rest is spotless, clean, and clear. Make people mistakenly think that the world is like this.

Look, the geese flying south are flying back again in rows. When passing by the sky above Luhou Mansion on the way home, will you notice that there is one person missing here?

"It's either going south or north. Didn't Lu Jin tell you where he's going?" Xiangyao suddenly asked Zhou Tingyu.

Zhou Tingyu went back to the various details carefully, and finally had a flash of inspiration—"I said it! I didn't say it explicitly, but it is almost the same.

He got a volume of ink paintings at the beginning of the year. I thought the drawings were pretty, so I asked him where he drew them. He told me that it was Angelica from Fairy Mountain, and that it was where his heart was.

So I wonder if he went to Dang Gui Shan?But where in the world can you find Angelica Mountain?I have heard the story of Danggui Xianshou. Didn’t their sect become extinct hundreds of years ago? "

"That's it." The masked man said decisively, "Although we don't know the exact location, historical records record that the angelica is in the north.

Lu Jin went to Danggui Mountain, but he failed to find this mountain as he wished, so he stumbled into Laihu by mistake.

Actually," he paused, as if he couldn't bear it before telling the truth," Lu Jin was the first weak-crowned boy missing in Laihu County in the extreme north. "

In the middle hall, the rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, tacit understanding.

Naturally, the outsider did not contain sorrow or joy, and broke the silence and said: "If you hurry up, there should be new movements in Laihu County."