A wise person knows when to advance and when to retreat.

After Shen Rong yawned, Chu Yunqiao immediately stood up, held a cherry blossom ball in his hands and fanned it at his waist, bowed his head slightly, said "goodbye", turned around and walked towards the side door of the City Lord's Mansion.

Her footsteps were even more brisk than when she came. She didn't want to stay here for a moment longer, even though the pond here was picturesque and the halls were resplendent.

Because no matter whether it is picturesque or magnificent, there is a strong smell of blood underneath.

Naturally, Shen Rong did not persuade them to stay, nor did he send them off respectfully. The person who accompanied them to the side door was the lame old housekeeper.

Chu Yunqiao knew that the other party was not sending her off, but guarding her to prevent her from taking the wrong path and not being able to get out of this gloomy and terrifying city lord's mansion.

When they arrived at the side door, both parties breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that nothing had happened and there would be no trouble.

The old housekeeper glanced at Chu Yunqiao meaningfully, and suddenly stopped Chu Yunqiao who was about to lift his legs and walk out of the side door, squeezed out an ugly smile, and whispered, "Everyone Chu, can you show me to me?" That guqin of yours?”

Chu Yunqiao was startled for a moment, then turned to look at the old housekeeper, then at the guqin in Tao Niang's arms, and smiled softly, "Does the housekeeper also know how to play the piano?"

"Everyone has a time when they are young, and they also have a time when they are crazy about the piano, and I am no exception..." The old housekeeper looked back on the past and sighed, "The name of the girl's piano is Qinglian, which comes out of the mud. Qinglian, who is not stained and is clean but not evil, I wonder if I am wrong?"

Tao Niang's expressionless face suddenly changed slightly. She stared straight at the old housekeeper and said, "It seems that you are really obsessed with piano. Could it be that if you think about it so much that it will reverberate?"

The old butler said sadly, "I don't expect any repercussions... It's just that when people get old, they will inevitably miss the past and regret the present. When they see old things, their heartstrings will move, and they can't help but want to touch them..."

Chu Yunqiao suddenly remembered the story of the piano, and immediately understood the implication of Tao Niang and the old housekeeper. He hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Tao Niang, give him a look. Things are dead, but people are alive. A living person cannot be tied down by a dead thing. If he can pick it up, he should be able to let it go."

Tao Niang frowned slightly, stroked the guqin with her right hand, closed her eyes, sighed deeply, opened her eyes again, looked at the old housekeeper coldly, and said in a cold voice, "This piano is different from before. Yes, the owner has changed, and the character has also changed. It is not only a musical instrument, but also a killing weapon. If you are not careful, it will kill you. Do you really want to see it?"

The old housekeeper coughed violently and said, "All I have left is this broken body. Fulfilling my wish is more important than surviving."

Tao Niang held up the guqin with both hands and handed it forward. Her face was neither happy nor sad and she said, "Then you have to take it!"

"Don't worry, I can catch it..." The old housekeeper stretched out his hands and held the other end of the guqin. Suddenly he felt a strange feminine force coming through the guqin. He turned his right wrist half a circle and pressed down on the guqin. Once he sank, he took half a step forward with his left foot, crushing the bluestone beneath his feet. He released his strange strength and firmly caught the guqin. He gently stroked the strings and fiddled with them a few times, listening to the clear sound. , his eyes couldn't help but become gentle, "The tone is a little wrong, let me help you adjust it..."

Chu Yunqiao watched the old housekeeper adjust the strings meticulously, sighed again, and couldn't help but recite, "A pot of wine, a piano, a stream of clouds, in the end the music ends and everyone parted ways."

"It's adjusted..." The old housekeeper touched the dragon pool at the bottom of the piano with his left hand, handed the guqin back to Tao Niang, glanced at the Qinglian guqin reluctantly, turned to look at Chu Yunqiao, and said lightly, "If things are not equal, they will sing.

"If people are not fair, they will get sick. Miss Yunqiao cannot only think about progress and not stop, otherwise it will be difficult to end well."

Chu Yunqiao's face froze, and he looked thoughtfully at the Qinglian Guqin in Tao Niang's hand. He bowed to the old housekeeper and thanked him, "Thank you, senior, for reminding me. I'm very grateful, little lady..."

At this moment, a fierce voice suddenly sounded in the corridor leading to the side door, "Catch her!"

The three of them were all startled. Tao Niang quietly took a step diagonally and stood in front of Chu Yunqiao. She placed her right hand on a mechanism of the guqin and looked towards the corridor with a wary face.

I saw a girl with bloodstained face and ragged clothes running over from the corridor. Her eyes looked back in horror at the obese young man and the servants of the city lord's palace who were getting closer and closer behind her. She rushed towards Chuyun Bridge in panic, as if running towards the darkness.

There was a ray of light in the sky, and he opened his mouth sadly and said "Ahhhhh" several times.

Chu Yunqiao and Tao Niang instantly understood what was going on, but they did not go forward immediately. They looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.

The old housekeeper on the side shook his head and sighed, then ducked in front of the girl, turned his right hand into a knife, and struck the mute girl's neck firmly and resolutely at a key point on her neck.

The mute girl immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, opened her eyes angrily, and stared at the old housekeeper bitterly. She fell heavily, and her body gradually became cold and lifeless.

Seeing this scene, the obese young man who was chasing after him gasped and walked up to the old housekeeper, raised his right hand, slapped the old housekeeper hard, and cursed angrily, "Who told you, old dog, to meddle in other people's business?"

Yes! You beat her to death, why should I play with you!"

A trace of blood dripped from the corner of the old housekeeper's mouth, but he didn't bother to wipe it. He knelt on the ground in a hurry, kowtowed like garlic, and said tremblingly, "Master, please calm down, I just don't want this bitch to stain Miss Yunqiao's eyes..."

…”

As soon as the fat boy heard the word "Yunqiao", he immediately put away the angry look on his face, pretended to be modest and polite, and said to Chu Yunqiao, "So Miss Yunqiao is here, why isn't she here?"

Want to play in the house a little longer?"

Chu Yunqiao suppressed the disgust in his heart, bowed with a smile like a flower, and replied, "Just now, the Lord of the City told the little girl something. She needs to make more preparations, so I don't dare to delay for a moment, and I have no intention of playing."

The obese young man suddenly came to Chu Yunqiao, held Chu Yunqiao's hand tightly and said, "No hurry, no hurry, let's have dinner together before leaving. It won't be long now. I've already ordered the kitchen

Fish out that carp, and soon we will have braised fish to eat..."

"Bastard!" Just when Chu Yunqiao was a little embarrassed, a loud shout sounded behind the obese boy. Shen Rong walked over with a cold face and slapped the obese boy in the face, "You really took my words seriously.

Have you turned your back on me? Don’t you want your ears turned off? Now that we are in such a big situation, how can we allow you to fool around!”

Chu Yunqiao took the opportunity to take out his hand and said softly, "Sir, there is no need to be angry. Don't hurt the harmony between you and the young master because of the little girl. The little girl will not be redeemed even if she dies a hundred times. The young master also wants to

I want to do something for you, sir, and now I want to keep the little girl to eat, so that the little girl can work harder for you... Am I right, Master?"

The obese boy covered his face with one hand, quietly cast a grateful look at Chu Yunqiao, nodded aggrievedly, pouted and said, "Yes, that's what I meant!"

Shen Rong glanced at the fat boy suspiciously, "So, I wrongly blamed you?"

"That's not true..." The obese boy squeezed out a few tears, "Not only did you not praise me for being sensible, you actually hit me. It's so sad!"

"Okay, okay," Shen Rong wiped the tears on the face of the obese young man with his sleeve, "Who told you that you are usually full of misdeeds, it's just a natural association of being a father... I didn't expect that my Qi'er would grow up and become sensible one day. My father is very pleased! Let’s do this. If my father slaps you, I will give you a gift as compensation!”

The obese boy sniffed, raised his head and asked, "Is that gift fun?"

"Very interesting!" Shen Rong touched the back of the fat boy's head and said lovingly, "I guarantee you will like it!"

Chu Yunqiao looked at the blooming smiles on the faces of the Shen family and his son, and felt a little sick. He immediately bowed and left, taking Tao Niang away quickly.

The fat boy stared at Chu Yunqiao's back greedily, licked his lips and said, "Father, I don't want any gifts, I just want Miss Yunqiao..." He pointed to the old housekeeper who was kneeling beside him, "Just now This old dog broke the child's toy. You have to pay me a new one. I think Miss Yunqiao is very suitable. I will definitely cherish it this time and play with it longer..."

"Shut up!" Shen Rong's face suddenly turned cold, "I'm warning you, don't take advantage of Chu Yunqiao, otherwise I will really skin you!"

"Why!" the fat boy pouted, "She's not the princess of Chu, why won't she let me play with her?"

"Just because she is not the princess of Chu, we can't touch her now... The children of the royal family are pawns. It doesn't matter even if you want to get a few more in the house, but she is a tool of the royal family and is used in this overall situation. No one can touch the tools of the game, at least not now..."

"I don't care, I don't care! The other sons of the city lord can do whatever they want and play whatever they want. Why, when it comes to me, it doesn't work here or that..."

Shen Rong patted the fat boy on the shoulder, "Qier, be obedient... When things are over in a while, my father will help you get whatever you want. Just be patient for now!"

Shen Qi sat down on the ground, kicked his feet and said, "I won't listen, I won't listen! The teachers all talk about today's affairs. After today, I don't want to wait for some unreliable tomorrow!"

"What should be said, I have already said it," Shen Rong said solemnly, "You'd better keep to yourself. If you ruin my good deeds, don't blame me for not thinking about the love between father and son..."

Shen Qi rolled his eyes, tilted his head and asked, "What if she is willing? For example, she is fascinated by my handsome face, impressed by my talents, and voluntarily stays in the city lord's mansion as my toy, and It won't delay what you asked her to do, so you'll have nothing to say, right?"

"Then... it's up to you!" Shen Rong glanced at Shen Qi with a strange look on his face, shook his head and turned away, muttering, "It doesn't make sense, they should be his biological children if they live in the right time, why are you so stupid? ..." He waved to the old housekeeper, pointed to the girl's body on the ground, and then pointed to the servants who had failed to catch the girl before, "Let's sink them all into the pond and use the waste!"

The old housekeeper nodded solemnly in agreement and walked slowly towards the servants, only to hear screams one after another.

After the screams stopped, the old housekeeper ordered several servants in black to clean up. He glanced at Shen Qi, who was still sitting on the ground, shook his head and turned to leave.
Chapter completed!