Southerners

Song Zhi's eyes were slightly hot, she was so wronged that she almost cried, she clutched Meng Huan's sleeve and refused to let go: "I can't..."

"Come here." Meng Huan pushed Song Zhi's hand away, and two of Meng Huan's close bodyguards came over in response.

"Take him back to the house and watch him."

"Yes!" The two guards clasped their fists in response, and then walked up to Song Zhi, "Mr. Song, please."

Song Zhi bit her lip and stared at Meng Huan.

But Meng Huan didn't look at him, turned around and left. It seemed that he really went to write a note and asked to lead troops to fight against the thieves.

"Mr. Song, please." The guard said again.

Meng Huan had already gone far away, he could not see his figure, only a few maidservants and guards were around Song Zhi, and they were all sent by Meng Huan to watch him.

Song Zhi raised her eyes and gave the guard a cold look.

"Mr. Song, don't make us violent." The guard said again.

These are all warriors under Meng Huan's command. Of course, Song Zhi is not their opponent. Knowing that she is invincible, Song Zhi didn't want to humiliate herself anymore. She sneered, turned around, and went back to the house by herself.

Meng Huan left as soon as he said he would, and as expected, he accepted the booklet. As the leader of the bandits, he took thousands of people and set off for Xinhui County.

Meng Huan still didn't notice a few traitors.

After Meng Huan left, Song Zhi locked herself in the room.

Although Meng Huan said that he can't leave the mansion, it's not that he can't leave the house, but what he did was a great humiliation to Song Zhi, so he simply locked himself in the house, not stepping out, to show his resistance .

From this day on, even Lian'er could not easily enter Song Zhi's house. Song Zhi only opened the door every day when eating, and took the food in, and then sent it to the door when it was finished.

But Song Zhi ate very little, Lian Er always sighed: cats eat more than Mr. Song, but Meng Huan is not around, and these servants can't do anything about Song Zhi.

Lian Er had no choice but to persuade Song Zhi through the door: "Sir, you are so hungry, you are hurting your own body, why bother?"

The order of the two guards was to take good care of Song Zhi and not allow him to leave the mansion. Whether Song Zhi ate or not was not within the scope of their duties, so they just stood there like a wooden man without saying a word.

The two maids were afraid that Meng Huan would punish them when he came back, so they didn't take good care of Song Zhi, so they followed her to persuade them.

Song Zhi didn't know what she was doing inside the door, she didn't make a sound, she didn't answer, if they didn't come to pick up the food on time every day, they would have thought there was no one inside.

After more than ten days like this, there was a letter sent from Zhang Hui's residence, addressed to Song Zhi.

Meng Huan didn't give instructions on this matter, and Lian Er and the others didn't know how to deal with it, and they didn't dare to withhold Song Zhi's letter easily, so they had to give the letter to Song Zhi, keep this matter in mind, and planned to wait for Meng Huan Huan told him when he came back.

Song Zhi was also very surprised when she received Zhang Hui's letter. After opening it and reading it, she found that it was a happy event.

After a year of idle work, Zhang Hui was finally reactivated. The ancestors thought of him after all, and worshiped Zhang Hui as doctor Ronglu and Pingzhang political affairs.

When Zhang Hui was dismissed, Song Zhi visited him many times, and Zhang Hui also thought that Song Zhi was treating him sincerely, so he wrote to Song Zhi this time, first to announce the good news, and second, to ask Song Zhi, Would you like to go to Yangzhou with him? Yangzhou is not far from Hangzhou. If Song Zhi goes to Yangzhou with Zhang Hui, then she can take Xiuniang back to Hangzhou, which is Lin'an.

The hometown of Xiuniang and Song Zhi.

After Song Zhi watched it, she was happy for Zhang Hui, but at the same time hesitated.

Are you going to Yangzhou?

If you want to go, if you go to Yangzhou, you can go back to Hangzhou.

Song Zhi spent her childhood in Hangzhou, and only lived in Tongling for two years, and Hangzhou was also the capital of Song Dynasty. Therefore, Song Zhi has the strongest sense of belonging to Hangzhou, which is his hometown.

But leaving Dadu, I feel a little bit reluctant.

After all...Meng Huan is here.

Thinking of this, Song Zhi felt a little sad, even though Meng Huan treated him like this, he still couldn't let it go, reluctant to part with it.

But Xiuniang must really want to go to Yangzhou. When Xiuniang was young, she had been living in Lin'an. Now that she has been living in a foreign land for many years, the desire to go back must be stronger than him.

Before, because the sky was high and the road was far away, and there was nothing to spend, the plan to return to Hangzhou had to be shelved.

Now that she has such an opportunity, even if Xiu Niang doesn't want to bother Zhang Hui, she will agree to go back.

Song Zhi wrote back to Zhang Hui, first congratulated her, and then explained that she needed some time to think about it.

Zhang Hui didn't ask what he was thinking about, and gave Song Zhi a deadline, saying that he must leave before March [-], and asked Song Zhi to give an answer before then.

On the twenty-fifth of March, Song Zhi counted on her fingers, and now it is the seventeenth of March, only eight days away from the twenty-fifth of March.

While struggling and hesitating, Song Zhi began to consider how he could escape from the Meng Mansion.

It is not allowed to go through the main entrance, not even his own main entrance, as long as he goes out, there is no doubt that the guards at the door will follow him.

Song Zhi looked at the window and thought it would be a good idea to walk from the backyard.

So Lian'er and the others discovered that Song Zhi had changed her nature and no longer shut herself in the house, and would occasionally come out to wander around the mansion, without any clear purpose, just wandering around the mansion.

Other than that, Song Zhi was still the same as before, neither happy nor angry and did not speak.

After several days of investigation, on the night of March [-]st, Song Zhi jumped out from the back window of her house while everyone was asleep, and trot lightly all the way to the hibiscus tree in the backyard, and put the cloth in advance. Put a tied rope to the branch, and then pull the cloth to climb up, and when it climbs to the wall, pull the cloth again and slide down the wall.

The escape was secretive and successful. When Lian Er and the others found out, it would be the next day. At that time, he had already returned to Xingshun Hutong. Lian Er and the others only knew that he lived in Xingshun Hutong, but they didn't know which house he lived in. Before Meng Huan came back, he never dared to search for him.

As for Meng Huan's return... Song Zhi thought bitterly, maybe he was already in Yangzhou.

Thinking of this, Song Zhiyu was reluctant to let go, and felt an inexplicable complacency—hmph, let you bully me, and when I leave, you can find it yourself!

After escaping from the Meng Mansion, Song Zhi didn't go home immediately, but found a restaurant to stay overnight, and returned to Xingshun Hutong in the early morning of the next day.

Meng Huan imprisoned Song Zhi for more than ten days, and Song Zhi didn't come back for such a long time. Xiuniang had been thinking about him early in the morning, thinking that Song Zhi was with the girl in her heart, and now seeing him come back, she was so happy like a holiday.

Song Zhi told Xiuniang about Zhang Hui. After hearing this, Xiuniang was really happy, and immediately began to pack her things and prepare to go back to Hangzhou.

Unexpectedly, Song Zhi dawdled and said that she had to think about it again.

Xiuniang immediately understood that this was her sweetheart in Dadu who couldn't let go.

So he tentatively said: "Young Master, if you want to bring someone else with you, that's fine too."

Take others with you?Song Zhi was puzzled: "Who are you taking?"

Xiu Niang said heartily: "The young master is still keeping it a secret, so he won't say it."

But yes, a woman who can afford to give such a precious jade pendant must not have a simple status, and she must not go with Song Zhi.

Xiu Niang didn't take this matter to heart: Isn't it just a girl, the kind she can't get.When the young master returns to Hangzhou, there are many good women in Hangzhou, so the young master will naturally meet better ones.So happily packed up and saluted.

On the Meng Mansion's side, on the morning of the [-]nd, Lian'er came on time to deliver food to Song Zhi, and knocked on the door, but Song Zhi didn't come out on time to get it, and Lian'er didn't take it to heart, maybe she had slept through it?

After all, Song Zhi behaved very peacefully these days, showing no signs of running away, and the five people who looked at him did not expect it.

Another hour later, when it was Si time, Song Zhi still did not open the door, Lian Er started to panic, and whispered to the two maidservants: "Sir, isn't he sick? Why haven't you woken up yet?"

The two maidservants have always listened to her, and they panicked when they heard that they had no idea.

"Brother guard," Lian'er said to the two guards, "Can you open the door and see if the gentleman is not up yet, is he sick?"

The two guards looked at each other, they knew how much Meng Huan valued, otherwise they would not have sent the two of them to watch the door.

Thinking about it in their hearts, if Song Zhi was sick, but they didn't find out in time and delayed the treatment, their possible end, they felt terrified, thinking that they might die a miserable death, so they immediately pushed the door open with force.

As the door bolt broke and fell to the ground with a "bang", there was no life in the house.

"Sir?" Lian'er called out.

"Are you awake, sir?" Seeing that there was no movement, Lian Er asked again, and walked around the screen to see a person covered with a bulging quilt.

"Aren't you awake yet?" a maid whispered.

On the other hand, the guard had sharp eyes and frowned slightly. He felt that the quilt looked better, so he immediately stepped forward and lifted the quilt.

Immediately, the pillow underneath was revealed.

Lian Er: "!!!"

All five of them panicked for a moment, Song Zhi was gone, and they were the ones who were punished.

"Mister escaped through the window." A maid saw sharply that the window was open.

Five people came out of the room quickly, chased along the back window, and finally chased the hibiscus tree that Song Zhi climbed over the wall.

The guards pulled the tightly tied cloth strips, knowing that Song Zhi must have escaped last night, and now he is determined not to be found.

"Wait to be punished," said one of them.

Sure enough, as Song Zhi expected, although he was found to have escaped, Meng Huan was not there, and there was not even a backbone in the mansion. It was Qinuo who was in charge, and Qinuo sent someone to guard at the entrance of Xingshun Hutong, and did nothing else. .

Song Zhi stayed in Xingshun Hutong for two days, struggling from morning till night, counting leaves one by one.

"Walk."

"Don't go."

"Walk."

"Don't go."

"Walk."

To the last piece: "Don't go."

Song Zhi shook her head: "If you don't leave, how will Xiuniang explain?"

In the past two days, Xiuniang's things were almost packed, and she was only waiting for Song Zhi to speak. Seeing that it was twenty-three today, and Zhang Hui would leave at the latest, there was no time to delay.

Seeing that her young master could not make up his mind, Xiu Niang asked him obliquely, "What is the young master hesitating about? Is there anything wrong with going back to Hangzhou?"

Song Zhi looked at Xiuniang with her eyes, and there was nothing wrong with going back to Hangzhou, except that there would be no Meng Huan.

"...Is the young master unable to let go of someone?" Xiu Niang spoke again.

Song Zhi was taken aback, and quickly moved her eyes away, not honestly: "No!"

Xiu Niang: "If it weren't for that, what else can the young master have nostalgia for Dadu?"

Song Zhi pursed her lips, but she really didn't.

"Master," Xiuniang patted Song Zhi's shoulder, "There is no grass in the end of the world. Since last year, the young master has been full of thoughts. When Xiuniang asked, the young master didn't say anything, but the young master knew it even if he didn't talk about Xiuniang. There is someone in my heart."

"...There is something inappropriate. Xiuniang accidentally saw the jade pendant in the young master's arms, so it must have been given to you by that girl, right?"

"The person who can afford such a gift is definitely not a girl from an ordinary family. The Song family has fallen to this point, and the young master is worried all day long. I'm afraid it's because he is afraid that the girl's parents will look down on her."

Song Zhi's worry did have such a layer, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing something interesting, Xiu Niang continued to persuade: "Are there any good girls in Hangzhou? The young master's childhood playmates, the ladies from those families, may still be in Hangzhou."

"Young master, why should you be so troubled by this unobtainable woman?"

Can't get it.

Really heartbroken.

Song Zhi bit her lip, he always knew that what Xiu Niang said was right.

The flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water, everything you can’t get is like a mirage, while tempting you with the extremely beautiful scenery, and when you run over with great hardships, you will find that everything is just a dream bubble, which will disappear at the touch of a touch, and you can’t grasp it. Can't hold it.

Song Zhi thought of Meng Huan a while ago, and she really responded to what Xiuniang said was cruel and ruthless, killing people without blinking an eye.

Moreover, just because he asked one more question about Lin Guifang, he was placed under house arrest for so long.

Song Zhi suddenly felt hopeless, maybe Meng Huan was not so firm towards him...?Maybe he just treats himself as his own, teases him when he's happy, and doesn't want it if he's not...

If you miss this time, you don’t know when you will be able to return to Hangzhou.

Song Zhi was gradually persuaded, her expression loosened.

"Okay, let's go back to Hangzhou." Song Zhi heard herself say.