Sun Jiarou lives in the wing of the courtyard to the west of Sun Mansion. The courtyard is filled with jasmine flowers, white flowers, and green leaves, like clusters of white snowflakes dotted on the emerald. The breeze blows, and the courtyard is filled with fragrance and elegance.
Pleasant. At this moment, Sun Jiarou was sitting in front of the window, looking at her injured right leg in a daze, with a pair of crutches beside her.
Xia Houshu suddenly felt pity in her heart. She waved to Guizhi and Yunxi not to follow them, and she picked up her skirt and walked into the house.
Hearing footsteps approaching, Sun Jiarou slowly turned her head. After seeing the person clearly, her eyes turned red and her voice trembled a little, saying: "Sister, you are finally here!"
The Sun Jiarou in front of him seemed even more haggard than the day he saw her at Huguo Temple. Her body was so thin that it seemed as if a breath of air could blow her away. Xia Houshu didn't have time to observe carefully, so he hurried over to support her and said distressedly.
: "I haven't seen you for more than a month, how come you look like this?"
Sun Jiarou grabbed Xia Houshu's hand. Seeing that no one was following her, Fang said with tears in her eyes: "Sister, please help me!"
"Let's talk slowly if we have anything to say." Xia Houshu comforted Sun Jiarou and helped her sit up, looking at her legs and said, "First, tell me what's going on with your legs."
Sun Jiarou took out the silk and wiped her tears before saying, "After you came down the mountain, my mother and I lived in Huguo Temple for more than half a month. I don't know where Yu Lang learned that I was trapped in Huguo Temple, so he went to look for me.
I. My mother was there at the time, and there were so many people watching, and I had no way to escape. Later, he left a note in my fasting meal and made an appointment with me to meet in the back mountain. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to go mountain climbing.
If we met him once, maybe this would be the last time we meet in this life. But after meeting, he said he wanted to take me away, and I..."
"So, you eloped with him again and broke your leg, right?" Xia Houshu had basically guessed what happened next. She just didn't quite understand why Sun Jiarou was so stupid and failed to elope once.
, and have to go through it again without any plan.
As the saying goes, if you hire someone, you will be a wife, and if you run, you will become a concubine. After all, Sun Jiarou came from a scholarly family and an official family. For a man whom she had only known for a short time and had no power to resist, she ignored her own reputation and the family family.
Is the reputation really worth it?
"Sister, I really want to go with him..." Sun Jiarou finally cried, with tears in her eyes. I felt pity for her, as if the man in her mouth had taken away half of her life, and the remaining half of her life was gone.
He insists on following me like a man possessed and can't even stay.
Suddenly, Xia Houshu couldn't find any reason to blame her. After all, in the fifteen years of her life, there had never been such a man who made her dream about her, and she didn't have the kind of man who could go to someone she didn't know well.
A person who has the determination and courage to leave everything behind.
Sun Jiarou held Xia Houshu's hand tightly with both hands and almost begged: "Sister, you once told me that as long as I don't give up, there will be a turn for the better. Now, the only person I can think of is
You, please help me!"
Xia Houshu looked at Sun Jiarou with mixed feelings in his heart.
This matter had nothing to do with her in the first place. She and Sun Jiarou just met by chance, so she could ignore it completely. She was willing to come to see Sun Jiarou, not so much out of righteousness, but because she didn't want to betray Sun Jiarou's trust in her. But
Thinking about it now, Sun Jiarou's trust in her didn't seem worthy of her doing anything for them. She didn't even want to interfere in the important matter of her cousin's marriage, let alone Sun Jiarou, who she didn't have a close relationship with. But she was crying when she saw it.
Sun Jiarou couldn't bear to reject her.
Xia Houshu asked: "How do you want me to help you?"
With Xia Houshu's acquiescence, Sun Jiarou burst into tears of gratitude. She thought about it and then said: "That day I accidentally fell down the mountain, and Yu Lang accidentally fell down in order to save me. I have never seen him again since then.
But according to my father's wishes, it seems that no one found him at the foot of the mountain. Yu Lang's life or death is uncertain now, and my leg is broken and I can't get out of this cage, so I want to ask you to help me find him."
"You want me to help you find someone?" Xia Houshu was very surprised. Not to mention that she and Yu Xiuyuan had never met before, and she didn't even know what the other person looked like. Even if they met, they wouldn't recognize them. Even if she agreed, she would
I'm afraid it's not easy to find her identity as the daughter of the Duke of Yue.
"The only person I can trust is you." Sun Jiarou said cowardly. She looked at Xia Houshu pitifully, like a drowning person who grabbed the last piece of driftwood and placed all her hopes on it, but failed
I forgot that the driftwood itself was still in the water and could not get to the shore.
Xia Houshu sighed and finally compromised: "That's all, I'll take the blame for you for the time being. It's just that there are so many people in the capital, finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and according to your wishes, this matter will be over."
It’s been a while, you have to give me a direction, right?”
Sun Jiarou took out a jade plaque from her arms. It was a white jade plaque in the shape of a five-petal peach blossom. It was smooth, translucent and of good color. If Xia Houshu remembered correctly, she had been in Shuyu Pavilion before.
Yingyue has seen this jade plaque...
Xia Houshu took the peach blossom jade plaque and carefully identified it. The shape and quality of this peach blossom jade plaque were indeed exactly the same as the jade plaque that Yu Wenke gave to Yingyue that day. It might even be the same piece. For a moment, she couldn't tell the difference.
Is this a new trend in the capital, or does it have a deeper meaning? She looked at Sun Jiarou and asked warily: "Where did you get this jade plaque?"
Sun Jiarou didn't know that Xia Houshu had a relationship with this peach blossom jade tablet. She was full of thoughts about her beloved. Suddenly she was asked by Xia Houshu, she paused for a moment, and then answered truthfully: "This is what happened that day in the back mountain."
Yu Lang gave it to me. He said that if we get separated, I can find him as long as I take this jade plaque to Shuyu Pavilion."
"Shuyu Pavilion?" Xia Houshu was stunned again.
She couldn't help but analyze it and was basically certain that this peach blossom jade tablet belonged to Yingyue. In other words, in addition to the two sisters Bai Shao and Yi Wu, Yingyue from Shuyu Pavilion might also be from Prince Ling's Mansion. However,
Why is this peach blossom jade tablet belonging to Yingyue in Yu Xiuyuan's hands, and why is it used by him as a token of his private appointment with Sun Jiarou? There must be an ulterior secret in it.
Xia Houshu looked at Sun Jiarou and suddenly felt sorry for her. She tried her best to lower her voice and asked, "Do you know where Shuyu Pavilion is?"
Sun Jiarou blinked her big innocent eyes and shook her head gently.
That's right, how could a girl from an official family who never stepped out of the gate know about such a place? Xia Houshu couldn't bear to hit her anymore, but he didn't want her to continue to be kept in the dark, so he said: "Shuyu Pavilion is a firework."
The land is a place for men to have fun. As for this jade tablet, I once saw someone give it to the oiran of Shuyu Pavilion. Now you say that it is a token given to you by Yu Xiuyuan. Sister Jiarou, I hope
, no matter what the results of my investigation are, you must prepare for the worst."
"No!" Sun Jiarou immediately denied Xia Houshu's guess, and hurriedly defended, "Yu Lang is affectionate and righteous to me, and will never do anything to feel sorry for me. Maybe, this is just a coincidence. Maybe it's that person
The oiran was short of money and sold the jade tokens, and Yu Lang happened to buy them...Sister, you said that because you didn't want to help me, right?"
Xia Houshu looked at Sun Jiarou in disbelief. He didn't know whether he should feel sorry for her or feel sorry for her. Not to mention that as the oiran, Yingyue was not short of money and did not need to sell this jade plaque. Even if it was really sold, in order to
Yu Xiuyuan's family cannot afford to buy such expensive things.
Sure enough, women who are deeply involved in emotional whirlpools cannot think rationally about problems. Sun Jiarou is completely deceiving herself and others in her current state.
Seeing Sun Jiarou constantly defending Yu Xiuyuan, Xia Houshu still couldn't bear to expose her, but she didn't want Sun Jiarou to continue to fall into the wrong relationship. She thought for a while and said sincerely: "I just don't want to lie to you. After all,
You just told me that the only person you can trust is me."
Sun Jiarou was absent-minded for a moment, but still unwilling to accept this fact. She shook her head and said firmly: "Yu Lang will not lie to me. Maybe Yu Lang just thought the style of this jade plaque was beautiful, so he made an exact replica of it."
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Xia Houshu knew that he could never wake up a person who was pretending to sleep, so he sighed and said, "I hope this is the case. Since you are willing to believe me, I will do my best."
After coming out of Sun's house, Xia Houshu took Yunxi to take a detour to the vicinity of Shuyu Pavilion. Then he found a tea shop opposite the gate of Shuyu Pavilion and sat down for a while. By the way, he ordered a pot of Biluochun.
While the master and servant were drinking tea, they paid attention to the movements in Shuyu Pavilion and sorted out the clues Sun Jiarou revealed to them.
Since her last visit to Shuyu Pavilion and the subsequent discovery of the mysterious organization Qunfang Hui, Xia Houyi had warned her not to go there again, because Shuyu Pavilion was not just an ordinary brothel, but the boss behind it
Maybe he is the King of Ling. The Qunfang controlled by the King of Ling will appear mysteriously, use vicious methods, and kill people invisibly. The Qunfang will be mainly women, which is not only convenient for hiding among ordinary people with various identities, but also because of gender advantages
To reduce other people's suspicion of them, even the imperial court has no choice but to secretly track them down and destroy them.
Xia Houshu remembered the lesson and did not dare to make mistakes. In addition, he did not have much interest in Shuyu Pavilion, so he did not pursue it in depth. Now it seems that it is reasonable for Xia Houyi to make such an inference. Looking at the size of the capital,
, only a place like Shuyu Pavilion, with its mixture of fish and dragons, can hide the crowd and accommodate the gathering of ladies carefully cultivated by King Xialing.
According to Sun Jiarou, the Peach Blossom Jade Tablet was a token given to her by Yu Xiuyuan, and she agreed that Sun Jiarou would come to Shuyu Pavilion to find him in the future, so the Peach Blossom Jade Tablet must also be of great significance to Yu Xiuyuan. And Xia Houshu saw General Yuwen Ke in person.
The peach blossom jade plaque was given to Yingyue... In other words, this peach blossom jade plaque has changed hands several times. Some of them know the meaning of the peach blossom jade plaque, and some do not.
However, what is certain at present is that as the prince of Prince Ling, Yu Wenke will never know the meaning of the Baihua Order, let alone give it away just because he appreciates a woman with fireworks - Yingyue must be the palace of Prince Ling or Yu Wenke
Then why did Yingyue give this peach blossom jade tablet with special meaning to Yu Xiuyuan?
But if Yu Xiuyuan gave the Baihua Ling to Sun Jiarou out of love, then why did Yingyue give such an important thing to Yu Xiuyuan? The key figure in this process is Yingyue, the oiran woman with excellent piano skills. As long as she finds out Yingyue
Everything is revealed about the relationship between Yue and Yu Xiuyuan.