After breakfast, the doctor came to Ling Yuan to re-dress the wound. Several people rushed all night and went back to their rooms to rest after packing up.

Jiang Rui asked the people in the house for some hot water. After taking a bath, he slept. It was not lunch time when he woke up. The courtyard was quiet, and Ling Yuan didn't know when he had already left.

He previously said that he would let her be by his side, but he did not assign a task. Jiang Rui was happy, took a small round stool and sat under the corridor, watching the birds flying in the blue sky.

There was a little movement at the gate of the courtyard, and she turned her head to see that Ningxiang was looking outside.

"The owner has gone out."

Ningxiang screamed, there was no disappointment on her face, looked at Jiang Rui, wringed her kerchief and walked in, "Are you all right?"

Jiang Rui got up and went into the room to find a stool for her, and smiled: "It's okay, do you want to sit down?"

"Thank you." Ningxiang sat down hesitantly.

Originally in Mingshanzhuang, the two did not have much intersection. Jiang Rui only heard that the several big maids in the main courtyard have their own characteristics. Ningxiang has the best appearance and Yunxiang is the most straightforward, but no matter which one, they are a bit arrogant. It's no wonder that the maids who can be assigned to the main courtyard are more prestigious than others, let alone them.

After getting familiar with the same carriage a few days ago, Jiang Rui realized that she may not be arrogant, but she is not very talkative.

"How about it, has Young Master Gu embarrass you these days?" Jiang Rui asked her in a low voice.

Ningxiang shook his head, looked around, and also whispered: "The doctor said he was frightened. He has been feverish for the past two days, repeatedly."

Jiang Rui nodded.

The two talked a few gossips, Ningxiang pursed his lips and asked: "You...how did you think of going down to find the owner?"

Jiang Rui smiled and said, "I didn't think too much at the time. When the owner fell off the cliff, I just wanted to go down and look for it. Moreover, Liu Shaoxia and the guards were injured. Sister Ningxiang, you have to take care of Miss Gu and Young Master Gu. Only I am fine."

"Aren't you afraid?" Ningxiang asked again.

In the deserted mountains and wild ridges, the owner of the village is unsure whether he can find it or not. If he finds it, he can’t bring it. Besides, he might encounter ferocious beasts. In the past two days, Ningxiang asked himself again and again, if it was her, dare Go down to the cliff alone?

The answer is not.

She was sold into the farm since she was a child. Although she was a slave and a maid, she had no shortage of food and clothing. When she later entered the main courtyard, she grew up to this age. If her parents are benevolent, then the owner of her is a kindness. , That's it, she still didn't dare to go down the cliff alone, and Sanniang went without hesitation.

Just now, I heard a few security guards discussing that the owner left Sanniang in his courtyard. Even if she was a close-knit maid, she had never been treated like this. If it had been before, Ningxiang felt that she would definitely have a bit of a bad feeling in her heart, but what is it now? No idea. Because from the moment she got off the cliff, the owner was destined to treat her differently from others.

"I'm afraid I'm a little scared, but I always think the owner will be fine. As long as you find him, you don't have to be afraid of the mountain leopard and wild boar. As a result, when I first found the owner, a big wild boar rushed out of the grass and was killed by the owner. Miles." Jiang Rui admired.

After hearing this, Ningxiang was frightened, and asked her about some of the circumstances under the cliff in the past two days. After learning that the two had spent the night in the cave, she suddenly understood why when the guards talked about it, one or two of them looked ambiguous.

It is common for the host to take the maidservant in the house into the house, but it is not common at Mingshan Villa. In recent years, the owner does not say marrying a wife and taking a concubine, and there is not even a maidservant in the house. Is there an exception now? ?

She looked at Jiang Rui’s face, not knowing if she realized it, she wanted to remind her that whether she wanted to be an aunt, she had to plan for herself as early as possible, and she felt that the two of them hadn’t reached that point. It was a little abrupt, and he fumbled for a long time, but when he looked up, he saw that the owner had stepped into the hospital, and his face was pale in fright.

"I have seen the owner." Jiang Rui and Ningxiang stood up.

Ling Yuan had a small smile on his face: "Don't pay attention to me, you guys keep talking."

Ningxiang could still say no matter where he was. He was so surprised that he was only surprised how much the village owner heard what he said before, and hurriedly found an excuse and left.

Ling Yuan stopped by the stone table in the courtyard and waved to Jiang Rui: "Come."

"What is the owner's order?" Jiang Rui walked a few steps closer and poured him a cup of tea from the teapot on the table.

"I told you before, don't be so cautious, just sit down."

Jiang Rui looked outside the courtyard before sitting down.

Ling Yuan smiled and asked, "I am here, what else are you looking out?"

This sounded a bit ambiguous, but Jiang Rui felt that he should not have the ambiguous meaning, so he said: "It's not easy to make people see me sitting with the owner, no big or small."

"Looking at your age, your thoughts are rather old-fashioned." Ling Yuan shook his head and said half-jokingly, "You should have some confidence in your owner. Could it be that I have been in the rivers and lakes for these years, and no famous people have come out. , Can anyone come and give me pointers?"

"Of course not," Jiang Rui said immediately, "Liu Shaoxia respects the owner very much."

Ling Yuan said: "Then what are you worried about? Come and see if you like it."

He took out a brocade box from his sleeve and placed it on the stone table. When he opened it, there were gleaming jewelry of various colors, pearls, agates, red gold, coral, gold inlaid with jade, and jade carvings. Each one was very delicate and small. .

Jiang Rui said in surprise: "This, this is..."

"There are several Mingshanzhuang properties in the city. I went to take a look in the morning. I happened to see these jewelry, so I asked the shopkeeper to take a few. You can see if there is anything that suits your mind."

"Where do I need to wear such expensive jewelry?" Jiang Rui waved his hand repeatedly.

"Why don't you need it?" Ling Yuan smiled, "If you and I are trapped somewhere again next time, you can expect them to change the ration bed."

"The owner made fun of me again." Jiang Rui heard that he meant something.

Seeing her tilted her head and her cheeks slightly bulging, Ling Yuan actually found it interesting.

Although he wanted her to be well-behaved, since she came out of the valley, she has been a little bit too well-behaved. If she becomes like everyone else, it won't be interesting, but for now, it's more interesting than just being behaved.

He smiled and pushed the brocade box forward, "Don't tease you, accept it, just as it was your thank you for working hard down the cliff to find me?"

That's what I should do. Why should the owner say thanks? "

Ling Yuan said again: "Otherwise, you should treat me decently. In the future, you will follow me and be seen by others. You must have a few decent pieces of jewelry."

He thought that the little cook was going to refuse again, but he didn't expect that after hearing this, she thought for a while, but nodded.

"What the owner said is reasonable. I am walking outside with the owner now, and I often want to see the distinguished guests. I really can’t be as casual as before and lose our face in Mingshan Villa. Then, for these jewelry, I will temporarily replace the owner. Keep it."

He saw her carefully touch the jewelry box, stretched out his finger and gently touched the glass hairpin. Seeing that look, he was also very fond of it, but he insisted on not accepting it before.

Jiang Rui picked up a pair of lily-of-the-valley-shaped earrings. The petals were carved from a whole piece of white jade, and a drop-shaped beige pearl was hung as a stamen. When the fingers were shaking, the pearl stamen trembles slightly, very small and cute. .

"What fun did you tell Ningxiang just now?" Ling Yuan asked suddenly.

Jiang Rui looked up at him. He was drinking tea with his head down. She seemed to ask casually. She also casually said: "Sister Ningxiang asked me about the situation after I got off the cliff. She was also very worried about the owner."

"Oh?" Ling Yuan smiled and said nothing.

They stayed for three days, ready to go on.

In the previous confrontation, Ling Yuan and Liu Xingfeng dealt with the most people in black, but they were good at work, and although they were injured, they were fine. On the contrary, the guards and Young Master Gu had been recuperating these days.

After restarting the journey, Jiang Rui was still in the carriage with Ningxiang, and the Gu family elder brother and sister drove in the carriage. The young man Gu suffered a serious illness, and his energy was gone. The whole person seemed to lose his previous vitality, and he was embarrassed at everything. So sad, there is no strength to toss people.

Because of the delay for some time, they hurried to the road, and did not deliberately stay in the town. That evening, seeing the sun going down, and no shop in front of the village, they spent the night in the mountains and forests.

The crowd gathered around the fire in twos and threes and took out the jerky and biscuits. This was bought at the last place at noon. After a long time, the biscuits were already hard and there was no taste at all.

Young Master Gu didn't want to eat, he was having a temper. Fortunately, there were some snacks in the carriage. Miss Gu took it out to coax him, but he was still upset, crying and wanted to go home.

Liu Xingfeng was crying so loudly that he couldn’t wait to pack and kick him away. He was feeling irritated, and suddenly smelled a scent. He sniffed his nose and looked around. Only then did he discover that Brother Ling and Sanniang were two people. Gone.

By the side of the water pool not far away, Jiang Rui was roasting a pheasant, which was naturally caught by Ling Yuan. The chicken skin was roasted so brightly that the oily chicken juice couldn't help dripping down, and it fell into the fire with a loud noise. After baking for a while, she turned over, holding a small hairbrush and couldn't help brushing up the seasoning. Each layer of brush made the fragrance stronger.

She turned her head and asked Ling Yuan: "Owner, don't you really need to share it with everyone?"

"Where is a chicken enough? It will arouse their gluttons at that time, and there is nothing to relieve the gluttons, but it is not good." Ling Yuan said with a smile and thoughtfulness.

Jiang Rui said: "You can bake a few more."

Ling Yuan said gently: "If they want to eat it, they have already baked it by themselves before. It can be seen that they prefer to eat sesame seeds and do not like roast chicken."

"really?"

"Naturally it is true." He said, "I smell it and it seems to be better."

"Let me see." Jiang Rui looked at the condition carefully, shook his head and said, "It's almost."

"Then bake for a while." Ling Yuan said with a smile when he saw that the little cook had forgotten what she had shared with others.

Liu Xingfeng poked his head out from behind a tree and was about to shout, grabbing the two small stoves, they could see that they were talking and laughing, and stopped again.

He suddenly remembered something. He had said to Brother Ling earlier that if Sanniang agreed to go back to the Liu Mansion with him, Brother Ling could not speak to obstruct him. Did he remember this if he didn't know?