Chapter 112:
As soon as he returned to the room, Gao Qiao immediately apologized to Xiao Yongjia.
Xiao Yongjia wasn't annoyed at all, just asked him if he had dinner. Knowing that he was still empty stomach, after complaining a few times, he asked someone to bring the dinner specially reserved for him earlier.
Gao Qiao had a stomach full of worries, how could he have an appetite. Eat something random. Aju led the servants to serve the head of the family and went to bed. It was too late for the two to pack up.
Xiao Yongjia has always been very fond of his long hair, and has to comb through it repeatedly before going to bed every night before going to bed.
The same goes for tonight.
Gao Qiao sat on the edge of the bed, looking at his wife combing her long drooping hair in front of the mirror, her back was concentrated, and she didn't seem to intend to ask about her late return tonight. The originally uneasy mood finally calmed down a bit. After thinking about it for a while, thinking of her birthday today, she told her to wait like this all night, but she didn't even blame her, and she couldn't help feeling guilty. Suppressed his thoughts, got up and walked over, came behind her, took the comb out of her hand, picked her up, put her on the bed, and lay down.
Xiao Yongjia is now seven or eight months pregnant, with a long belly.
Gao Qiao flattened her, gently stroked her lower abdomen with his palm, and said softly, "Your hair is already very good, you don't need to comb it like this anymore. You should be tired today, rest..."
Xiao Yongjia nodded and asked again, "Jingshen, what's the trouble today?"
Gao Qiao's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't dare to look at her for a while. By helping her cover the quilt, he avoided his eyes and said, "What troubles will there be? It's just a daily routine in the ya office, and some things are urgent. , don't leave it until tomorrow. I was so busy that I forgot the time..."
Xiao Yongjia looked at her husband's face and shook her head: "You coax me. It's not like you've never been home late. I can see that when you come back tonight, it's different from usual. You have something on your mind."
Gao Qiao panicked in his heart, but he still smiled reluctantly: "A-Ling, you don't care too much, why do I care? It's just that today is your birthday, I said to come back early, but it's too late..."
His voice gradually softened, and he finally fell silent when he looked at the two scrutinizing eyes that Xiao Yongjia cast towards him.
"If you don't want to talk about the troubles in the court, I can't help you. Go to sleep."
Xiao Yongjia didn't ask any more questions, he lay down and closed his eyes.
Gao Qiao looked at her for a moment, then slowly followed her and lay down, but how could she fall asleep? As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with the scene of meeting that Shaw Brothers tonight, and his heart was full of thoughts. Suddenly, the wife beside her turned over. Opening her eyes, she saw her back turned inward, with one hand pressing her waist. He hurriedly dispelled the distracting thoughts in his heart, stretched out his hand, put his palm on her back waist, and rubbed her back and forth.
After a while, Xiao Yongjia turned his face and said, "This child of ours is much skinier than when Ami was in my belly, and sometimes tossed me..."
She sighed, but her eyes were full of smiles.
"I'm much better. You're tired too. You don't have to rub it for me. Go to sleep." Then, she took care of her husband's temples, with gentle fingertips and a bit of intimacy.
Gao Qiao looked at her, thinking that she was carrying a child for her. She had grown older in recent months, her back was sore and her legs were swollen, and she couldn't sleep well at night, but she didn't complain, and she was so gentle and considerate to herself. If the Shaw Brothers matter was still hidden from her, it would appear that he had a guilty conscience.
As long as you make it clear to her, she will probably understand.
Gao Qiao's chest was slowly heating up, and he felt that he couldn't take it any longer, and said, "A Ling, I did encounter something today. If I tell you, don't be angry."
Xiao Yongjia hummed: "I knew you had something to do. Speak."
Gao Qiao calmed down, summoned up his courage, and finally told his story of going to death row and meeting Shao Yuniang. Seeing his wife's expression changed from surprise when he heard Shao Yuniang's name to astonishment, he finally fell silent, didn't say anything for a long time, and hurriedly explained: "A-Ling, don't get me wrong! I'm really happy that she's still alive, but I don't think so. It's half a difference! I just think that she was kind to me back then, and even though she did something wrong later, she was not guilty of death. I just told you about her experience over the years. Death row is a misunderstanding..."
Xiao Yongjia suddenly raised his eyes and interrupted his explanation.
"Forget it, you don't have to be so nervous. Do you think I'm still young? It's better if she doesn't die. It saves me from feeling that I owe someone something."
Gao Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "A-ling, you are so kind. I was afraid that you would be over-hearted, so I told you before I came back. Just believe me, I'm relieved."
Xiao Yongjia asked a few words about Shao Yuniang's situation, and learned that she was tortured after being imprisoned. Now she is very ill, Gao Qiao has asked the prison officer to arrange another cell for her to see a doctor, and nodded. After thinking for a while, he said again: "She must hate me so much? In front of you, did you say that I am not good?"
Gao Qiao immediately remembered that Shao Yuniang had pointed out that his wife had sent someone to kill her.
He subconsciously didn't believe it. But looking at that Shaw Brothers, he also swore an oath, it didn't seem like he was lying.
As a matter of fact, it has been so many years, it is good for people to live, Gao Qiao really doesn't want to have another dispute with his wife over this. Secondly, it is also possible that on that day, those of the Zhu family saw the Shaw brothers and sisters jumping into the water and escaped, and they deliberately said this to frame the blame, which led to Shaw's misunderstanding.
"How could she hate you? How could she say you are not good in front of me? Don't think about it." Gao Qiao coaxed.
"Just now you said that she was the incense master of the Heavenly Teachers. Did she go to Jingkou before?" Xiao Yongjia asked.
Gao Qiao was stunned for a moment, and said vaguely, "I should have been there..."
Xiao Yongjia was fascinated for a moment and said slowly: "Jingshen, she didn't tell me bad in front of you, but I have to be a villain first. Since she has been to Jingkou, I remembered that I met in Jingkou before. The masked female incense owner who arrived must be her. I remember that day I walked towards her and met her in the middle of the road. It was not wrong to ask her to give way, right? She clearly knew that I was here, and she deliberately rushed over. You say, does she hate me?"
Gao Qiao hurriedly said: "This is what she explained to me. She said that she was sitting on the chariot and was pushed forward by the believers, and she couldn't help herself, and this offended you. She was also very frightened. There are a lot of adults, so don't bother with her."
Xiao Yongjia smiled lightly: "In the past, she had a life-saving grace for you, but because of me, she almost lost her life. After narrowly escaping, these years have been so rough as you said. Now that I have met, You should help her, and I will not object. I mentioned this little thing to you just now, not to care about her, but to remind you, don't forget what Tianshijiao did in Jingkou before. After Jingchen stopped him, in retaliation, he sent someone to assassinate him, and Jingchen and Ami almost suffered."
She smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's probably because I'm used to being a villain, and I have a small mind. When I look at others, I can't help but be the same as myself. I don't mean anything else, I just remind you."
Gao Qiao was stunned and hesitated.
"You're right. But she was a woman who escaped from death and fell into the sect of the Heavenly Teachers. Some things must have been involuntarily. She said it herself, she wanted to get away and become an ordinary person, but what I have been deeply involved in teaching, and it has been difficult to get rid of it before, so I was forced to do something against my will. The reason why I disobeyed the order of the imperial court this time and stayed in Jiankang privately and was arrested is also to take this opportunity to hide and escape from the teaching..."
He paused and looked at his wife.
"Who is right? I was thinking, let her recover from her illness first and find out what happened. If she really reforms her heart and makes a big change, then she will be fulfilled and she will be arranged a safe place to go, and it will be considered a settlement. We had a grudge with us in the past."
"A Ling, don't worry, I know what I know, and I will never do anything wrong to you."
Gao Qiao increased his tone.
Xiao Yongjia looked at her husband for a moment, smiled, and said, "I know."
…
After Xiao Yongjia's birthday, Luoshen stayed at home for a few more days. According to the original plan, he packed up and planned to live in Jingkou for a few months.
Speaking of which, my daughter-in-law has never served her mother-in-law much since she got married. Fortunately, my family is good and never cares about these.
The night before his departure, Luoshen went to Xiao Yongjia's room to talk to her, telling Aju not to follow her this trip, but staying at home to take care of her mother was the most important thing.
Xiao Yongjia smiled and said, "I'm fine. If you're not at home, I'll be relieved to let Aju accompany you."
Aju glanced at Xiao Yongjia and seemed to hesitate.
Luoshen persuaded a few more words, but Xiao Yongjia insisted on letting Aju go with him. Luoshen knew that his mother cared about him, so he had to give up. After returning to the room, Aju came to check the bags that the maids had packed so as not to miss anything.
Luoshen looked at her back and was slightly ecstatic.
After my mother's birthday, it seems a little abnormal.
She actually looked pretty much the same as usual, but Luoshen just had this feeling. She seemed to have something on her mind. Sometimes she accompanies her to talk to her, and when she listens to it, she becomes distracted, as if she is thinking about something. Asked her, but she smiled and said that there was nothing wrong, smiling as usual.
She couldn't help but ask, "Mother Ju, my aunt has something to do these days? I just saw you in front of her, and I seem to want to talk."
Aju stopped working in her hands, turned around, glanced at Luoshen, hesitated for a moment, and shook her head.
Luoshen was not quite sure at first. He asked, and seeing Aju's reaction, he became more and more certain that something must have happened in the past few days. So he screened the person and said, "Mommy, don't hide it from me. If A-Niang really has something to do, it's inconvenient for her to tell me, so you must let me know. Am I an outsider?"
Aju couldn't bear it any longer, walked to her side, and said in a low voice, "Little lady, you're older now, there's something I can tell you! It's so annoying!"
She leaned against Luoshen's ear.
"In the past, the eldest princess and Xianggong were at odds, little lady, don't you want to know the reason, you have asked me many times, but I refused to tell you? At that time, I felt that you were young, and I was afraid that you would not understand, so I dared not let you know. Now that you're older, it's okay to tell you. It was all murdered by a **** named Shao!"
"That bitch, now he's back!"
Luo Shen was stunned.
Aju was indignant. Seeing Luoshen's puzzled face, he brought Gao Qiao back to the Shao Brothers and sisters in the Northern Expedition. In return, the eldest princess brought Shao Yuniang into the mansion and treated each other with the courtesy of a distinguished guest. Gao Qiao's bed, after the incident, caused the eldest princess to be furious and forced her to go back to Jiangbei. She was robbed halfway and finally jumped into the river.
"I thought I was dead, but I didn't expect that I was still alive and joined the Celestial Master. Before we were in Jingkou, didn't we have a female Celestial Master? That person is her! Playing gods and ghosts, doing all the bad things, and now she still shows her face again. Tangled up with Gao Xianggong! The most annoying thing is that Gao Xianggong believed her nonsense and left her in Jiankang to raise her body!"
"Let me see, it's that **** who sees that the heavenly teacher has no future, and that he doesn't see the goodness of the eldest princess, so he deliberately made himself so miserable, but he just thought that Gao Xianggong was soft-hearted, remembering the kindness of saving his life back then, and pestering him again. Come on up! Such a shameless **** can do things like climb the bed and take off clothes. When he gets to a man, his mouth is like smearing honey again, so black that it can be said that it is white. Some men still believe this. Set. Little lady, are you angry?"
Xiao Yongjia's original words were naturally not like this. Even when she was asked to go out to inquire about the news, her mood was calm. On the contrary, Aju herself was so angry that she was gnashing her teeth when she spoke, and her voice was trembling.
Luoshen was simply shocked.
For so many years, she has been wondering why her parents are at odds. It's a pity that no one has spoken to her before. Later, her parents reconciled, and this mystery that had plagued her for many years gradually became less important.
She didn't expect that it would come out of Aju's mouth today. I didn't even expect that this was the reason why my mother's mood was abnormal these days.
"Mother Ju, don't be angry for now. Tell me clearly, what happened in the past few days?"
Luoshen finally reacted, hurriedly appeased her, and asked another question.
Aju let out a long sigh and calmed down a little before continuing to tell the truth.
Three days ago, Gao Qiao came back and told Xiao Yongjia that the prison officer reported that Shaw was very ill and that it would be inappropriate to continue to stay in prison. He informed Xiao Daocheng, who was in charge of the case, and temporarily brought the person up and placed them in a residence outside.
Xiao Yongjia told Aju the matter. Aju sent people to see it, and came back to say that the place was located in the eastern suburbs of Jiankang, and the surroundings were very secluded. That Shaw Brother Shao Fengzhi also ran back to take care of Shaw.
"Look at it. She just saw that Gao Xianggong is soft-hearted and remembers people well. This time, she finally stopped, and the disease will become more and more serious. When she can leave, I am afraid it will be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!"
Aju sneered.
Only then did Luoshen completely figure out the ins and outs, and was silent for a while, without speaking.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Fortunately, Gao Xianggong didn't hide the eldest princess this time, and told everything. I don't think that **** can make any waves. Little lady, you can know what you have in mind. The eldest princess also doesn't want you to know. "
After checking the luggage, Aju closed the lid and turned to Luoshen.
Luoshen thought for a while, and said, "Mother Ju, you go and tell A-Niang, I'll stay with her at home for a few more days. If I go to Jingkou in a few days, A's family shouldn't be surprised."
…
After Aju left, Luoshen was in a trance for a long time.
It turns out that after so many years, after the appearance of parental disagreement, there is still such a past.
Based on her understanding of her father's character, she must have thought that Shao Yuniang's death had always been a heart attack in his heart for many years.
Although Shaw did something like that in those days, in the eyes of her father, mistakes do not lead to death, even if she later learned that those who were sent to rob her had nothing to do with her mother, for her father, the sense of guilt must never have been completely eliminated.
Now, the man he thought was long dead has come back to life. Father must be relieved.
Luo Shen felt that he seemed to be able to understand what his father was doing now.
However, understanding comes with understanding. It is quite difficult to get her to stand on the same side as her father on this issue.
The woman surnamed Shao turned out to be the masked female Celestial Master who was named in the capital at the beginning!
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if there was no Jingkou incident, Luoshen was extremely resistant to the resurrection of this woman.
After so many years of wasted time, the two parents finally reconciled. In a few months, the mother will give birth.
She could not tolerate this woman suddenly showing up again at this time, caught between her parents.
Luoshen knows his parents' personalities too well.
Aye probably also remembered the lessons of the year. This time, he finally did not hide his mother, and he was open and honest, but he was a person who accepted death. In his eyes, Shao Yuniang may still be the woman who was kind to him and was punished excessively for making a mistake. She narrowly escaped her life. She has experienced ups and downs in these years, many helpless situations, and she needs his help.
A-niang is no longer as impulsive as she used to be. For Aye's actions, she seemed very knowledgeable.
But in her heart, how could it have been so unrepentant?
It wasn't that Luoshen couldn't trust his father, but that he couldn't trust that woman.
Just based on what Shao Yuniang did in Jingkou, Luoshen really couldn't believe that she was completely innocent and was just forced to act.
What's more, he still uses such a coincidental method to come back to life in front of his father, win his sympathy, and land on his feet smoothly.
Luoshen couldn't look at all this with kind eyes.
She felt that Shao Yuniang had ulterior motives. At least, she definitely has ulterior motives towards her father.
Aju's last concern was Luoshen's concern.
Perhaps, it is also my mother's concerns.
But this kind of thing is not easy for even A-niang to tell Ayemin. What's more, she is her own daughter.
Without any evidence, how could she ask her to remind her father that this woman is very likely to have ulterior motives?
Luoshen frowned, thinking over and over again. Suddenly, I remembered something.
Back in Jingkou, there were rumors of bad conduct before it was discovered that Tianshi taught abducted women to attract followers. Once, a neighborhood woman came to gossip at home, and the younger brother of the female Celestial Master, through preaching, hooked up with a young woman in the town. The family found out that they made a fuss and wanted to send him to an official. After he got the money, the matter calmed down.
At that time, the women laughed and scolded Tianshi for teaching snakes and rats a nest. There were not many serious people. Luoshen had heard it and didn't take it to heart. Thinking of it at this moment, my heart moved.
She thought of a way.
Not necessarily useful. But even if it is just to learn about the experience of some women surnamed Shao in these years of cheating death, it is better than doing nothing and watching her use such an irresistible reason to intervene among her parents again.
Luoshen immediately wrote a letter and asked someone to call Aju, and talked to her, asking her to give the letter to someone in person as soon as possible and ask her for help.
…
Qin Building.
After Lu Niang taught the female disciples who came to learn the piano, she sent them off, closed the door, and took off her makeup in the mirror.
The scar on the neck is getting lighter and lighter.
She was a little reluctant. In the bottom of my heart, it seems that I hope that this scar will never fade away. The ointment sent by the man had already been discontinued.
That man is very shrewd. This is very confusing. Every time I passed by and came up to sit, I asked her how her wound was. Hearing that the scars had not disappeared, they kept sending them every three to five.
In the rouge box, there are already several unopened medicine bottles.
His gaze slowly turned from the scar on the side of the jade neck in the mirror to his face. She stared blankly at the face in the mirror that was still a flower letter, and a ray of sadness gradually crept up between her brows. When she was in a trance, she suddenly heard footsteps going upstairs outside the door, the servant girl knocked on the door, and someone was looking for her.
Lu Niang was about to refuse when she heard another woman say, "Ma'am, I'm here to deliver the message for others."
Lu Niang was startled, feeling that the voice was a little familiar, and hurriedly got up to open the door.
A middle-aged woman stood outside the door with a respectful attitude, saluted her, and handed a letter with a smile.
The green lady recognized it immediately.
This woman was the same servant girl who accompanied Mrs. Li on the boat that night.
She was very surprised. She was busy answering the letter, invited her in, closed the door, and introduced her to the seat again.
The woman called herself A Ju, and the little lady was still waiting for her to go back, so she didn't dare to sit.
Lu Niang understood and opened the letter immediately.
Sure enough, it was written by Mrs. Li.
After reading the letter, Lu Niang didn't hesitate at all, and immediately said: "Please, please pass the message to Madam on my behalf, saying that if I remember it, I will arrange it properly and give her the news as soon as possible."
Aju stepped forward, held Lu Niang's hand, and said in a low voice, "My little lady asked me to talk to you again. In this case, as long as the lady agrees to help, no matter what the final news is, the little lady will owe you another one. God's favor. In the future, it will definitely be repaid."
Aju smiled at Lu Niang, released her hand, left a purse behind, and walked away quickly.