The village that was supposed to fall into silence suddenly became noisy again at sunset.
Song Jinyin was just about to settle into the warm hard bed when she pricked up her ears due to the sound coming from far away.
The woman's scolding voice was full of force. She just leaned against the wooden window and listened for a moment before she got a rough idea.
"You have regained some energy now, but it won't let you face the cold wind like this."
Seeing Li Wanqing enter the house, Song Jinyin glanced at the uncleaned chicken feathers under the big stone in the corner outside the courtyard.
"That chicken you had the other day was from that Gouzhu family?"
"I don't know what is a dog pillar or not."
Li Wanqing curled her lips nonchalantly, closed the window to one side, left a little space, and lay down with Song Jinyin to listen.
The shameless words were mixed in the wind, but the woman's voice was finally suppressed, and a sharper curse came out, like a widow's reply.
"The widow at the head of the village is a powerful boss."
Li Wanqing suddenly became interested and got closer to the people next to her, "The first poison I collected in this village a few years ago was made by the widow. There was also a poisonous scorpion that I didn't dare to touch. In the end, I took it with the urn."
"Are you even afraid?"
Song Jinyin blinked curiously and subconsciously held her belly.
"That poisonous scorpion is something that survived after eating a lot of poison. Don't talk about me. After Shen Yuhe found out, he made a special trip and asked me to give him the poisonous scorpion. I was not happy, and he almost poisoned me to death later. ."
"You... don't have a good relationship?"
"Hard to say."
Li Wanqing spoke casually, keeping her eyes fixed on the noisy place in the distance.
"His father is my master. He has always been jealous of me. When the master is away, he wants me to die from time to time."
Song Jinyin listened with great interest, and her long eyelashes occasionally trembled slightly in surprise. She was smart and endearing, but underneath her innocence, she had some serious thoughts.
Although she had made some guesses about the relationship between Li Wanqing and Shen Yuhe, she never asked about it for the sake of security.
Now that she heard someone take the initiative to talk about it, she remembered it a little more.
"Doctor Shen looks at him, he doesn't seem like someone who would...just poison others to death."
"He won't poison others at will, but didn't I tell you just now that he hates me? To me, he is just a carefree person, just like that iron pillar mother."
"It's a dog pillar."
Song Jinyin gave a kind reminder, and then listened to her honestly.
"Do you think Shen Yuhe is a good person because he is a doctor? The young master of the Zhou family at that time was the one who rescued you together with him. When he was dying, Shen Yuhe went to save him out of calculation."
"Master Zhou?"
Hearing about the matter related to Zhou Yanan, Song Jinyin frowned imperceptibly, then relaxed, her eyes darkened, and her whole person became a little cold and solemn.
She thought about it for a long time but never figured out the relationship between Zhou Yanan and Shen Yuhe.
She also didn't understand why people like Shen Yuhe would help such an unrelated maid repeatedly. Apart from Zhou Yanan, she couldn't think of anyone else.
"it's him."
Just when a gust of cool wind blew, Li Wanqing squinted her eyes, and then continued: "At that time, Shen Yuhe was everywhere looking for people who were about to die. If the young master of the Zhou family hadn't held his breath and agreed to test the poison for Shen Yuhe, he would have There is no way you would go to such lengths to save someone who should be dead."
"But having said that, if it weren't for Shen Yuhe that day, your prince would have found the person long ago, but what he found was really a corpse."
There was a bit of laziness in Li Wanqing's words, but these simple words made Song Jinyin's heart feel like thunder, and then her eyes turned slightly red.
Therefore, the corpse found in the wine shop was not Zhou Yanan at all, but another person with a similar figure but no discernable face.
"But if Mr. Zhou goes to test the poison, won't he have another narrow escape from death?"
"I didn't go there later. In fact, the young master of the Zhou family was not at a loss. He saved a life. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, he blocked Shen Yuhe's sword once. With my master's gratitude, he was not asked to test poison again. Just saying It can be considered a fate. After the two of them met, it didn't take long for them to become close friends and they got along very well."
Hearing this, Song Jinyin felt a little relieved.
Testing poison sounds like a matter of life and death, but fortunately it didn't happen to Zhou Yanan.
It's just that Li Wanqing didn't explain it in detail. Although Song Jinyin had doubts, she didn't ask any more questions.
When you are unsure about the situation, you should not reveal too much about what you are thinking or asking for, especially those words just now are somewhat suspicious.
For example, given Zhou Yanan's temperament, if Shen Yuhe was really the kind of person who completely disregarded the lives of others, there would be no such thing as a good relationship between the two of them.
After thinking for a moment, Song Jinyin suddenly smiled, feeling a little relieved.
It's a great thing that the old friend is still alive, and the rest is not that important.
"Speaking of which, I was also nearby that day and saw your crown prince. If I remember correctly, the crown prince was holding a girl as he stood there. The aura around his body was cold and terrifying. Better than I have ever seen...wait, is that girl you?"
Only then did Li Wanqing react. She turned her head and widened her eyes, "I didn't react when I saw the eldest son of the Pei family that day. Now that I think about it, I realize that I have already seen you two. It's just that he cares so much." How could you bring yourself to be as weak and pitiful as you are now? Could it be that there are other concubines in the backyard? "
Song Jinyin's heart had just come back from her old friend.
The clear water eyes were absent-minded for a moment, and her heart felt a little dull again, after hearing the news about Pei Yanzhou.
Originally, she should have been cold-hearted and not take that person to heart anymore, but Li Wanqing said that she saw how much he cared.
But she could only laugh at herself for a moment, and Song Jinyin's eyes turned clear again.
Earlier, she would want to know if Pei Yanzhou was sincere, but after everything has turned to ashes, she no longer cares about those illusory things.
After all, compared to the hurt he had suffered, Pei Yanzhou's sincerity was nothing worth mentioning.
"Maybe so."
Song Jinyin smiled. Although it was light, there was no sadness at all. "It happened so long ago that I can't remember it clearly."
"If you can't remember it, there's no need to remember it again."
Li Wanqing shrugged nonchalantly, and then looked back into the distance.
"It's just a rescue. The Shen family has also saved many people, but not all of them have to commit themselves to each other. When I am with them, what I see most is life and death. But you are the one I have seen. What was most anxious on my mind when we were leaving was that the prince's kindness was never greater than the hatred he gave you."
Song Jinyin thought for a long time before she understood what Li Wanqing said.
Pei Yanzhou also had a life-saving grace for her. Just his rescue in the water that winter was enough to be remembered by her for a lifetime.
But what he took away was no less important than a life.
She thought she should have knelt down in those cold days to repay her kindness and atone for his indifference.
She did everything she could by Pei Yanzhou's side, and she dared to face the hatred and darkness in Pei Yanzhou's heart, because she should not be the one to bend her back.
Even if someone told her now that Pei Yanzhou had regarded her life as precious as a treasure in these years, and had cared about her life so much that he didn't want others to see it, she wouldn't believe it.
I don't care, and I won't look back for it.
"Having been a maid for a long time, she naturally wants freedom more than ordinary people. It's not unusual for her to leave in a hurry."
The corners of Song Jinyin's lips raised slightly, her depression disappearing in an instant.
She is still alive and can start over, which is already a great thing.
Sharp yelling came from the wind again. Song Jinyin retracted her thoughts and blinked her watery eyes.
She had never seen such a violent scene, and she had not lived in such a real atmosphere of fireworks for many years.
"The woman cannot scold the widow."
Song Jinyin listened again and spoke seriously.
The two of them had been chatting for so long, but there was still only the widow's voice. Thinking about it, the aggressive woman before coming here couldn't get any advantage at all.
The wind blew up another piece of chicken feathers in the corner. Song Jinyin looked at it and suddenly remembered what Li Wanqing had said before.
"Didn't Miss Wanqing say she wouldn't break up with her and would give the money to the chicken owner?"
"If I had known it was their chicken, I would have caught one more. What, you want to give it to me?"
"In no mood."
Song Jinyin shook her head.
The woman was not a good person to her, and she even had "new and old grudges", so she didn't want to be a good person.
"It's just that the widow suffered this disaster for no reason."
"The widow can't bear the loss. If you feel that you can't bear it, we might as well give the chicken's money to the widow and make Tiezhu's mother angry to death."
"It's a dog pillar."
Song Jinyin tilted her head, ignoring the partiality towards the widow in Li Wanqing's eyes.
