Ye Youqing was caught off guard by her voice, shook his hand, spilled a few drops of tea, then put down and stood up, looked down for a while before recognizing the person.

The woman had already changed into an ordinary dress, her hair was loosely condensed into one strand, hanging down from her shoulders, with some scattered on her forehead, swaying with her movements.

Her eyes were full of tears, she couldn't see clearly when she closed her eyes, but now that she opened her eyes, she could see a mole of tears in the corner of her eyes, which was even weaker and more lovable.

Ye Youqing coughed lightly, used some strength, pulled back the sleeves calmly, and said softly: "It's just a little effort, it's not worth mentioning, the girl's injuries are not a hindrance?"

The woman withdrew her onion finger, curled it up on her heart, and stood up on her knees, saying, "It's a skin injury. My family was chased and beaten by the master and fled the village. I didn't know where to go. I was hungry and hot all the way, and I got heatstroke."

"My family thought that this life was over, but I was rescued by the young master. The young master is so kind and virtuous, and the slave family has nothing to repay." As she said, two tears rolled down like dew between flowers.

"Master chasing him?" Ye Youqing seemed surprised.

The woman bowed her head and said with a condescending voice: "The slave's family was originally a peasant girl. The family was poor and had many children. Because of her good looks, she was sold to a rich family in the town to be a slave."

"But after a long time, the master became interested in the slave's family, and wanted to accept it as a common room. If he refused, he would be beaten. The slave's family couldn't bear it, so he ran away while going out to buy." The woman said, with tears in her eyes. The eyes were raised, and they were charming.

"That's how it is." Ye Youqing sighed and said, "You get up and talk first."

She reached out to help, but a corner of the white clothes caught her eyes. Her outstretched hand turned and waved to Xiao Er who was guarding the door.

"Serve," she said.

The white clothes walked around the kneeling woman on the ground, pulled out the bench, and sat opposite Ye Youqing.

Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, Ye Youqing felt uncomfortable for a while, and knew that this "dumb girl" was staring at her.

"Get up and eat something." Ye Youqing said to the woman on the ground, and pushed the bowl in front of her.

The woman sobbed, stood up softly, her slender waist swayed weakly, and sat down by herself.

"Thank you son." She said gratefully.

The three of them sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was at a stalemate for a moment. Ye Youqing suddenly felt that the sky just after dark was hotter than the day, so he couldn't help wiping his sweat.

Fortunately, at this time, Shili came from outside energetically, carrying a bag of sour apricots in his hand, and threw it in front of Ye Youqing.

"You can't find green tangerines anywhere this season, so you can use apricots instead." Shi Li said, opened his clothes and sat down, staring at the woman beside him for a moment.

"My family has seen the girl." The woman said she wanted to stand up and salute, but was held down by Shili.

"I changed my clothes, I almost didn't recognize him." Shili smiled, glanced at Ye Youqing, changed the topic tacitly, and chatted about tomorrow's route.

They pretended to be from Luoyang, and escorted Ye Youqing to Weizhou to find relatives, and they only called him son in person.

"Looking at the sunset today, tomorrow should be a cloudy and rainy day. There are many mountains near Shanzhou. If we follow the original route, we will have to walk for a long time to get out of the city. If it rains, it will inevitably be dangerous." Shili dissuaded softly.

Ye Youqing squeezed an apricot and rubbed it together: "Let's see what the weather will look like tomorrow. If there is anything wrong, then go around and go far away."

"Young lady's house is nearby, do you know which road will lead away from the mountains?" Ye Youqing suddenly changed the subject, looking at the silent woman beside her.

There was nothing unusual on the woman's face, she thought about it for a while, and said softly: "My family is in a village near Xiezhou, and Xiezhou City is only a dozen miles away from here. If you go around Xiezhou, you will only need to walk a few more steps. .”

Ye Youqing nodded and said with a smile: "I wait for outsiders who don't know the terrain here, so let's listen to the girl. It's repaying the grace of saving my life. Since the girl's home is near Xiezhou, it's better to send you back along the way..."

After hearing this, the woman's tone became sobbing again, she stood up and wanted to kneel while shaking her slap-sized face.

"Please don't send the slave family back, my master. If the master can't find the slave family, he will definitely return to the village to ask for someone. The slave family's parents are afraid of power and will never protect the slave family. I beg you..." The woman's eyes were full of tears in the blink of an eye. Holding the corner of Ye Youqing's clothes, he sobbed and begged.

"You get up first." Ye Youqing couldn't stand others kneeling like this, so he stretched out his hand to take her arm, and helped her back to the bench, "I'm not your boss, why bother to kneel at every turn."

Her tone was flat and gentle, but very strong. The woman was taken aback for a moment, but she dared not speak, and sobbed.

Ye Youqing winked at Shili a few times, and Shili, who was watching the play with a smile on the side, coughed and opened his mouth.

"Since this is the case, the folk customs in Shanzhou are good, and the girl can stay here to find a job. We will be on our way tomorrow morning, and I will give you some silver to treat your injuries."

"Miss, I don't know how conservative this neighborhood is. I'm a weak woman. How can I find a job? I can only work as a maidservant for a rich family. Then I will be in the mouth of a tiger again." , she almost bowed her head.

Shili has always been neat and tidy, and doesn't like to see people flirt, and now he's a little annoyed: "Girl, our young master is just a scholar, and this time we're going to the north to find relatives, and we really don't have the spare time and gold and silver to bring the girl, What's more, we just met by chance and helped, so it's not easy to care too much."

The woman looked at Shili's light-colored pupils and the long sword on her back, and was afraid for a moment, she didn't dare to speak again, she just covered her mouth and didn't dare to cry out loud.

"Master is right." Ye Youqing smiled, stretched out his hand to push away the tea bowl on the table, and watched Xiao Er put the steaming hot dishes on the table.

"The girl must have been hungry for a long time, let's eat something first." Ye Youqing said, took out the chopsticks from the bamboo tube on the side, and handed them to the mute girl opposite who had been motionless.

The dumb girl still didn't move, her hands were hanging under the table, not knowing what she was doing.

Ye Youqing hit a wall, blinked her phoenix eyes, put the chopsticks lightly in front of her, served her another bowl of rice, and put it down calmly.

The meal was tasteless, and Ye Youqing felt dizzy and weak again, so he went back to his room after eating hastily.

Shili also left quickly, and only Ci Ke and the woman were left downstairs. Ci Ke took chopsticks and put rice into his mouth one grain at a time, and the sobbing around him died down.

"I don't know that the girl is also with the young master?" The woman said softly with a nasal voice.

Ci Ke ignored.

The woman smiled softly, and the little mole under her eyes became brighter because she had just cried, and wiped off the tears on her face with a handkerchief: "Miss, take it easy, the servant will go back to the room first."

She stood up, but someone grabbed her wrist, unable to move, she turned around and sat down slowly.

"What do you mean, girl?" She said aggrievedly.

Ci Ke Ying pursed her lips tightly, and suddenly pulled her hand out forcefully, and forcibly separated her snow-white palm with both hands, the woman let out a few pained cries, with tears in her eyes again: "Girl..."

Ci Ke didn't care about her words, he looked down at her palm with his eyes down, and a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes under the white gauze.

The woman suddenly withdrew her hand, as if she had been bullied, her egg-like cheeks flushed red, she bit her pale lips and said, "Girl, I never provoked you, but I just wanted to ask him for help, why are you doing this to me? Am I so hostile?"

Ci Ke clutched the edge of the table, squeezing the redness of his fingertips into white.

Seeing that she was silent, the woman wiped her tears with her sleeves, nodded at Ci Ke, and went upstairs with her skirt.

Ci Ke looked at her beautiful back, his heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly took three steps in parallel to keep up, went up two steps, and stopped suddenly at the corner.

I saw the woman was kneeling at the door of Ye Youqing's room, her skirt spread out like flowers, making her even more petite, her faint sobbing echoed in the empty porch.

Ci Ke Dai frowned, seeing the door open, she hurried forward and blocked between the woman and the door frame, so that when Ye Youqing opened the door, a piece of white gauze lay in front of her eyes, which frightened her delicate body, and suddenly step back,

The wound suddenly ached, Ye Youqing's face turned pale, and after seeing the figure in front of him clearly, he leaned against the door frame and breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is..." Ye Youqing opened his mouth, looked down, and saw the woman who was pulled and fell limply on the ground.

The woman in white in front of her was also taken aback when she saw this, and then shook her head unobtrusively at Ye Youqing.

Ye Youqing glanced at her, and then looked at the weak woman with tears all over her face, and saw that the woman was lying sideways, her left hand was protecting her right arm, her complexion was pale, and tears were streaming down like money.

Ye Youqing's hand in the sleeve moved lightly, paused for a while, and then squatted down, stretched out his hand to the woman, supported her elbow, and pulled her up with a little force.

"Are you okay?" Ye Youqing asked softly.

"It's all right, slave, it's just..." The woman looked at Ci Ke at the side, her face full of grievances, as if she couldn't speak.

Ci Ke had already clenched his hands into fists.

"What?" Ye Youqing looked confused, but suddenly saw the frail woman in front of her with her forehead pointing, her body swayed for a while, and then fell towards her.

Ye Youqing subconsciously glanced at the dumb girl beside her, but instead of hiding, he stretched out his hand to stop the fallen person, pinched her arm inadvertently, then moved it away quickly, turning into a normal support.

However, in Ci Ke's eyes, this scene seemed like the two were hugging each other.

She turned pale, felt a dull pain in her heart, and froze.

Ye Youqing naturally pushed the woman away, frowned and said: "It's getting late, the girl is injured, it's better to rest quickly, why come to my door?"

"I'm begging my son, take me with you, I can do whatever the maid does, I can do laundry, cooking, and needlework, I can do it, I beg you, help me!" The woman almost begged.

A hint of impatience flashed in Ye Youqing's eyes, but the impatience was short-lived, so she retracted her eyes and turned into a helpless chuckle.

"Girl really wants to follow, but we know that the road is high and the water is long, and it's scorching heat, so it's hard to avoid."

When the woman heard the words, her eyes lit up immediately, she sucked her nose and curled her lips: "Really, the young master promised to bring the servant?"

Ye Youqing moved back slightly, but smiled on his face: "For now."

The woman wiped her tears happily, and pulled Ye Youqing's sleeve with her hand: "Thank you, my son, for your kindness and virtue, I will never forget my family. The name of my family is only Lianzi, so it is good for you to call my son Lian'er."

Ye Youqing was about to speak, but saw the dumb girl beside him move. Ye Youqing stretched out his hand, but was pushed away by the dumb girl.

She felt pain and retracted her hand.

The dumb girl couldn't see her face, but her body trembled slightly, which showed that she was depressed. She touched her whole body with her hands, took out the medicine bottle wrapped in a handkerchief, stuffed it into Ye Youqing's hand, and then turned and ran away.

The snow-white clothes billowed and curled behind him like clouds.

Ye Youqing raised his leg to chase, but was held back by Lian'er, and he stopped slowly, his eyes turned cold, but when he looked back at Lian'er, he was already calm and warm.

"I haven't asked yet, what is the name of the young master?" Lian'er pinched the corner of her shirt and asked softly.

Ye Youqing opened his mouth, smiled brightly with a manly face, and blurted out a random name.

"Mr.Zhou."

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