Frost shines on Qingcheng

Covering her face and running out from the yard, Shen Shuangzhao's face was still blushing shyly.

Lu Qingrong's words just now were too seductive. She only said that she would come to Qingshuang Hall to find herself, but she didn't say when or what she was looking for.This kind of seemingly indefinite promise made people look forward to and miss it even more, and the meaning in the words became more and more ambiguous because of what Lu Qingrong said to her tonight.

Shen Shuangzhao stopped and looked up at the night sky. The moonlight was very dark tonight, but her heart became as bright as a mirror because of her sincerity. It was so bright that when you got closer, you could clearly see the shadow of Lu Qingrong reflected in her heart Come.When you love someone, you really put her on the tip of your heart all the time.

After only being away for a while, Shen Shuangzhao began to miss that person again. If possible, she really wanted to cling to her and never leave her for a moment.

Shen Shuangzhao continued to walk forward, her mind was full of the frowns and smiles of Lu Qingrong when she spoke to her tonight.Her state of "soul being hooked away" was not broken until the alley.

Because she was too focused on thinking about Lu Qingrong, the night was dark, and it was the corner of the alley, Shen Shuangzhao was caught off guard by someone who turned into the alley.It's nothing to be bumped, but it's this hour, who else is there on the street except for people like her who ran out in a hurry and took risks?

She raised her head, and by the dim moonlight, she saw that the visitor had disheveled hair, hunched back, and was wearing ragged clothes full of patches. Only a pair of strange eyes glowed a little.Shen Shuangzhao's pupils shrank sharply, obviously frightened.

"You..." Shen Shuangzhao was still in shock, her heart was still in suspense, she subconsciously took three steps back, just as she was about to draw her sword, she realized that she had slipped out and brought some kind of sword, "You... who are you?"

The man raised his head and stared at her quietly.

Shen Shuangzhao was not a timid person, but the person he met tonight was too weird in terms of dress and behavior.

The man was an elderly man, although his temples were not gray, but he always revealed a sense of fatigue from the vicissitudes of life.Looking at Shen Shuangzhao, his expression began to change, and the hand hanging by his side also trembled.

"You..." Shen Shuangzhao's heartstrings became tighter and tighter, she couldn't hide her panic, and felt that walking was the best plan.

After thinking about it, she just turned around when someone grabbed her arm firmly.

"Girl..." The hoarse and vicissitudes of the throat made a sound in the dark night.

Originally, Shen Shuangzhao had already planned to make a move, but she didn't want the other party to open her mouth, so she stopped immediately.She turned around and said in a cold voice, "let go."

The man heard it, but he didn't let go, he just stared at her intently, hesitating to speak.

"Please let go, if you don't listen, don't blame me for doing it." Shen Shuangzhao threatened.

The man's eyes turned back and forth on her body, and finally, with trembling hands, he took out a white handkerchief from his body, which seemed to be wrapped in something.Shen Shuangzhao didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd, so she became vigilant again.

But at this moment, the man let go of Shen Shuangzhao's hand again, and said: "Girl, wait a minute." After saying that, he lifted the handkerchief layer by layer.

Shen Shuang frowned, only to realize that there were a few pieces of candy wrapped in the handkerchief.She was slightly startled, this is...

The old man made a "give" gesture, Shen Shuangzhao glanced at him, but never answered it.She looked at the sky, she had to go back quickly, otherwise the master would be easily exposed.

"Don't go out at night if you don't have anything to do." Seeing that he didn't seem to be malicious, Shen Shuangzhao put down her vigilance, just dropped this sentence and turned to leave.

The old man looked at the candy in his hand, his eyes were hot, he sighed heavily, he must have thought wrong.

With lingering fear in her heart, Shen Shuang had just turned a few steps out of the alley when she was stopped again.

"Miss Shen." Zhang Shan stood in front of her with a smile all over his face.

Shen Shuangzhao clutched her chest. If her soul hadn't been snatched away by Lu Qingrong first, after being frightened by the old man and this annoying ghost in front of her tonight, she might have been scared away.

She had no time or thought to talk to Zhang Shan, and wanted to bypass him and leave.I don't want Zhang Shan to see her plan, and stop one by one to block her way and not let her go.

After coming down several times, Shen Shuangzhao was annoyed: "Master Zhang is not sleeping at home in the middle of the night, what are you doing on the street?"

Zhang Shan smiled elegantly: "What about Miss Shen? You are quite courageous when you go out alone late at night. Fortunately, you just met a crazy old man selling sugar at the alley. If you meet someone bad, Miss Shen It will be troublesome tonight."

"It's up to me who I meet. What's more, it's better to meet bad people than to meet some people who pretend to be gods and play tricks." From the very beginning, Shen Shuangzhao didn't like Zhang Shan, and now he deliberately blocked the way to delay his return. The time spent in the city only increased her dislike for him.

Zhang Shan said: "I didn't have any ill intentions, pretending to be a ghost. I finished the case and came home from the government office. On the way, I heard a girl's cry at the alley, so I came here to find out. I don't want it to be Miss Shen, she is very skilled. Very well, before I could make a move, I got away."

Shen Shuangzhao didn't care about his slick compliments, but just asked: "Where did that man come from?"

"As I said, he is just a crazy old man who sells sugar. He sold sugar in the alley more than ten years ago. It's just that he is weird. Few people are willing to approach him, and few people buy his sugar. But more than ten years, he Still selling candy that no one wants." Zhang Shan said, "Why, are you interested in him? If Miss Shen is interested, I can send someone to investigate."

"No need!" Shen Shuangzhao interrupted him, "I'm going back to the city."

"It's a black light, let me take the girl back. If there is any danger on the way, I will take care of it."

Shen Shuangzhao showed impatience and dislike without any concealment between her brows, and her tone was even worse: "No need." After finishing speaking, she had already taken the lead.She felt a little regretful, she shouldn't have run out alone just now, it would be good to let Lu Qingrong see her off.

Zhang Shan didn't give up, and followed Shen Shuangzhao away with a shameless face.Shen Shuangzhao was in a hurry to go back, and was too lazy to argue with him.

"I saw Miss Shen coming out of that alley, did you go to meet friends tonight?" Zhang Shan asked chatteringly alone.

Shen Shuangzhao walked faster and faster, keeping silent.

Zhang Shan leisurely walked behind her, and said meaningfully: "It seems that this friend must be very important to Miss Shen. If not, Miss Shen would not have escaped from the inner city in the middle of the night without telling the city lord." After a certain time at night, the gates of the inner city will be closed, and no one can enter or exit except those with special approval.Of course, those who sneak out and those who break in are another matter.

His answer was still silence.

"I don't know what is the relationship between that friend and Miss Shen?" Zhang Shan continued to talk to himself.

What he didn't expect was that Shen Shuangzhao had a reaction this time.She stopped, and Zhang Shan also stopped.

"..." After a long silence, Shen Shuangzhao said quietly, "Lover." After she finished speaking, before Zhang Shan could react, she walked forward again.

Zhang Shan was stunned by this answer, he didn't come back to himself until Shen Shuangzhao walked a few feet away from him.From shock to loss, and from loss to anger, it's just a blink of an eye.

"Miss Shen came out from the boudoir to return to her lover in the middle of the night, did she lose the girl's modesty?" He spoke tactfully, but he could still clearly feel his annoyance—or jealousy.

Shen Shuangzhao smiled with her back turned to him, and said in her heart - the moment she fell in love with Lu Qingrong, she had already put her "reservedness" into a corner.

"You!" Seeing that she didn't answer, Zhang Shan became more and more annoyed, "Miss Shen, isn't she afraid that I will report this matter to the city lord?"

"Go ahead and talk about it." Shen Shuangzhao was very calm, "It's even more serious, if Mr. Zhang has no such plans, he should go back to his residence earlier to rest."

As Shen Shuangzhao walked away, her voice gradually became softer, and Zhang Shan didn't look back until her back completely disappeared into the night.He closed the fan in his hand, helpless and helpless.

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When Shen Shuangzhao slipped back to the Jingxin Hall, the sky in the distance had already revealed a little paleness, and after a while, the morning sun was about to rise.

She tiptoed to the door, and when she was about to peek inside, someone grabbed her clothes. She was relieved when she turned around and saw that it was Tang Mengxuan.

"Senior Sister, you scared me to death, I thought it was Master."

Tang Mengxuan sized her up and said with disgust, "Where have you been for so long? Could it be that you rolled around in the mound? You are so dirty."

Shen Shuangzhao lowered her head, only then did she realize that she really fell all over the ground.She replied: "I said I just went out on an urgent matter."

"What a 'going out for something urgent'!" Sang Yu leaned against the door frame with folded arms, "Because of my junior sister's urgent matter, the two of us stayed up all night."

Shen Shuangzhao felt guilty: "This matter is indeed my fault, and the two senior sisters have been implicated. Shuangzhao hereby apologizes to the two senior sisters."

"It's fine to make amends or not. I'm just curious about what kind of urgent matter it is, so that the little junior sister who has always been the most obedient to Master runs out of the city in the middle of the night regardless of Master's orders?" Sang Yu asked.

Shen Shuang took Zhengchou's answer, and heard someone say: "I also want to know what is the urgent matter, so that Shuang'er dared to disobey my order and go out of the city."

The three people in the hall stiffened instantly, and when they saw Shen Wanrong, they knelt down together again: "Master..."

Shen Wanrong walked slowly in front of the three of them, and asked condescendingly: "Shuang'er, I'm asking you."

Shen Shuangzhao poked her palm vigorously with her nails, trying to relieve the panic in her heart.The success fell short, although he rushed back in time, he was still discovered by the master unexpectedly.She lowered her head even lower, and said stubbornly: "It is indeed a very important thing."

Shen Wanrong remained silent, and spoke again with a harsher voice: "I'm asking you what's urgent?"

Shen Shuangzhao's palms were sweaty, and her thoughts were already knotted.If she can't give a reasonable reason, I'm afraid not only her, but the two senior sisters will also be punished together.

"You look up at me." Shen Wanrong ordered.

Shen Shuangzhao raised her head, met Shen Wanrong's eyes, and couldn't help frowning: "Someone is back..."