Chapter 126 [VIP] Lifesaver (13)
The little girl with a round face looked at her master holding the unfinished sleeve with such regret and sadness on his face. She was confused. She thought that the master did not have no feelings for Miss Li. Otherwise, why would he be so sad after knowing this? Especially the sadness in the master's eyes. No matter how stupid or blind the little girl was, she could tell what it meant.
The little girl felt that she had discovered some incredible secret, and the expression on her face changed from suspicion at the beginning to horror. She thought, if the master really liked the eldest daughter of the Li family, then why did he break off the engagement with her?
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
After noticing this problem, the little girl's subtle feeling reappeared in her heart. She immediately began to worry about her life. The little girl hesitated, and finally stepped forward tremblingly and said, "My lord, how about I leave tonight? I will clean this room carefully tomorrow morning."
The little girl didn't dare to move as she spoke, lowering her head and respectfully waiting for the adult's reply. Jin Xinli heard the voice and seemed to come back to his senses. His eyes fell on the stitches of the sleeves again, and then he asked in a hoarse voice,
“Did she say anything at that time?”
Jin Lili found that he was eager to see her now. He hadn't seen her for a long time. Since she left, the mansion became deserted and all the servants were trembling with fear, not even daring to mention her name. He heard very little news about her in the mansion, so when someone mentioned her name, he couldn't help but want to hear it several times.
The little girl looked at the adults in confusion, not quite understanding what her adults meant.
Just recalling the scene of living in the tent at that time, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked softly, "Are you asking about the situation of Miss Li in the tent?"
After she asked, she saw that her master's expression did not change. She tried to recall the impatient look on the Li family's eldest daughter's face when she was making the sleeves, and then continued, "The eldest daughter had a headache at the time. There were several needle holes on each of her ten fingers. She stamped her feet in pain and refused to let the servants help..."
The little girl racked her brains and thought about it again. "At that time, a maid asked her, since the eldest lady's needlework is not good, why not let the maid help? As a result, the eldest lady said that this is to embroider for her... future husband, to express her love, how can you let others do it for you?"
The little girl didn't know if she said something wrong. After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and dared not look up at anyone again.
On the other side, Jin Linli's eyes gradually softened when he heard her say "stomping her feet in anger". He seemed to be able to imagine her depressed and stubborn expression. When he heard her say "something for your future husband", his nose suddenly surged with an unspeakable bitterness. The sour and painful feeling made him want to cry. He just felt that his chest was extremely uncomfortable at this moment, and he had no other thoughts. He raised his head and drove the servants out of the room.
When the room was finally empty, Jin Lili felt as if she couldn't bear it any longer. Her body became unstable and she staggered forward a few steps, then sat directly on the bed where she had slept before.
Jin Xinli reached out and touched the cold quilt. It had been a long time since they had been here, but there was still a trace of her sweet scent from the past on the quilt. Jin Xinli suddenly buried his entire face in the quilt...
What to do? What should he do?
How can he stop thinking about her? Doesn't he like Li Qingrou? Why is his mind full of Yanyan? He can't even think about her. How can he control himself...
Jin Lili was thinking in a daze all night long, and finally fell asleep in this room near dawn. It was also the first time that he did not have a nightmare after falling asleep.
It was not until the next morning that the butler found him in this small courtyard. The old man looked at his master's pale face and bruised eyes and knew that his master did not sleep well last night.
The old man shook his head helplessly and sighed again. In fact, when the master broke off the engagement with Miss Li, he had already anticipated that this day would come sooner or later. It was just that his master had always been so stubborn, the kind of person who would not turn back until he hit a wall. He had to hit his head and bleed before he could understand what he really wanted.
The old man sighed, then suppressed all the inappropriate emotions, took out an anonymous letter from his pocket and handed it over, "Sir, look, this is a letter from a little beggar outside the door, saying that there is something very important in the letter that needs your attention, so please take a look at it quickly."
Jin Lili didn't sleep well last night and was still a little tired. When the housekeeper came to report the news, he was leaning on the backrest with his eyes closed, his brows slightly furrowed, and the slender white fingers were gently pressing on his brows.
Hearing this, Jin Lili opened his eyes again, then took the unmarked envelope from the butler and asked casually, "Who sent it?"
The housekeeper replied, "It was a little beggar of about ten years old. He had been staring at the door for a long time and refused to leave. It was not until the old servant left that the little beggar took out the letter in his arms and said it was something very important and he wanted to give it to you, sir."
Hearing this, Jin Li rubbed his swollen forehead again, as if this could make him sober up a lot. He unfolded the letter, which contained only a blank sheet of paper. The content was very simple, with less than twenty words: There are bandits ambushing in Jile Temple, your fiancée is in danger, come and rescue her quickly!
When he saw this sentence, Jin Lili's expression changed instantly.
The whole person woke up as if a basin of ice water was poured over his head. His heart skipped a beat at that moment. Yanyan was in danger!
He subconsciously straightened his body and turned to ask the butler, "Where is the little beggar who delivered the letter? Bring him here right now. I have something to ask him."
At this moment, Jin Lili became more and more anxious. He clenched his fingers tightly, but the more anxious he became, the calmer he became. How could there be bandits ambushing in Jile Temple?
Of course, the ambush was fake. Who would be so ignorant as to ambush a group of officials' wives who came to burn incense and worship Buddha? It wasn't like there was any deep hatred, but the fact that there were bandits was true!
In fact, long before the day of departure, Nan Yan had the system write an anonymous letter of accusation and gave it to a little beggar on the street, and then told the little beggar to hand the letter to the old white-haired housekeeper in the mansion...
The subsequent development is what it is now.
Nan Yan originally wanted to drag this high-ranking official into the water. After all, Xiao Feihe's identity as a prince was not enough. Jin Lili was the one who could really solve the problem.
For this reason, Nan Yan even wrote down his fiancée.
She was thinking in her mansion at the time that this male protagonist was calm, rational, suspicious, and an old fox. It would be fine if she reported anonymously, but if this male protagonist suspected that there was a fraud and refused to come, wouldn't she be doomed?
So I deliberately brought the heroine into the story and wrote about his fiancée. Even if this person is cold and calm, she wouldn't be so unwilling to show any affection, right?
But what Nan Yan didn't know was...
When Jin Xinli saw the word "fiancée", all he could think about was the situation she would encounter. At this moment, Jin Xinli seemed unaware that from the beginning to the end, there was only one person whom he truly regarded as his fiancée.
…
Thinking of this, Jin Lili's brows wrinkled again.
He had also heard of the Paradise Temple, which had always been a place where many pilgrims and their wives went to pray to the gods and worship Buddha. But how could there be bandits lying in ambush there out of the blue?
The housekeeper obviously thought of this, and when he heard his master's question, he shook his head and said, "The little beggar ran very fast. He ran away after saying those words. However, he said that it was a woman who gave him the letter, and he didn't know anything else."
The housekeeper saw that he looked unhappy, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Sir, what happened? Are the consequences serious?"
"Yanyan is in danger!" When Jin Lili finished speaking, his face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye. He slammed the letter on the table and stood up in an instant. "Hurry up and ask someone to go to the Li Mansion to find out if Yanyan and the others have gone to the Jile Temple?"
The butler saw the handwriting on the letter and was suspicious after seeing the content. He immediately asked his subordinates to check and got the news:
It is said that a day ago, Mrs. Li took the eldest daughter of the Li family and several concubines to the Buddhist temple to burn incense and pray. Now it is only the second day, and they should have returned this afternoon.
The housekeeper quickly reported the news, "Sir, I just received news from the Li Mansion. Madam Li did take the women in the mansion to the Jile Temple to burn incense. But Jile Temple is a big temple, how could there be thieves ambushing? Sir, is there a scam? Is there something wrong with this..."
"Whether it's a fraud or not, I can't just leave Yanyan alone." Jin Lili subconsciously retorted, and at this moment he was even a little nervous. He pulled the official seal from his waist and handed it to the housekeeper, and said bluntly, "Hurry up and take my official seal to invite Mr. Zhou from the Dali Temple to come over. Tell him that I received a secret report that there are bandits ambushing in the Jile Temple. Let him take a few hundred guards and go with me quickly. Hurry up and don't waste time."
他說着又朝外頭喊了一聲，速度極快地拿了屏風上的衣服換上，“靳五，趕緊替本官備馬，再帶上數十護衛，本官要先行一步。”
……
而在另一邊，蕭非鶴身上的力氣恢複之後，也沒有立刻把人放開。
蕭非鶴心跳還沒有平複下來，他就這麽抱着她，而南嫣就這垂着腦袋被他抱在懷裏沒有動彈，也不知道是不是氣氛太過微妙的原因，兩人之間都有些不自在。
蕭非鶴還從沒有過這種怪異的感覺，胸口漲漲的，像是被一灘溫軟的春水填滿了似的，讓他有種說不出的滿足跟喜悅感。
但一看到南嫣眼睛微紅、低着腦袋一副蔫巴巴的模樣，整個人好像被潑了一盆冷水似的，瞬間冷靜下來了，他感覺自己像是陷入了一團混亂。
難道……她又生氣了嗎？
蕭非鶴抿了抿唇，下意識地攥緊了手指，他知道自己這是輕薄了人家，可是……可是她不是都已經默認了嗎？
蕭非鶴忽然間只覺得胸口有種說不出的郁悶，他回想起剛才發生的一切，心中愈發酸楚了，她明明都閉眼了，為什麽還是不願意呢？
難道就這麽……讨厭他嗎？
“我、我……”
蕭非鶴嘴巴張了半天都沒說出一句話來，他發現自己都變得有些嘴笨了。
平日裏妙語連珠哄得人團團轉的，可真到關鍵時刻居然一個字都說不出來，話到嘴邊好像全都被什麽堵在了喉嚨裏一樣，連句道歉似的安撫都說不出口。
蕭非鶴頓時有些急躁地抓了下頭發。
他又低頭看了這人一眼，最後實在沒辦法了，只能先沖出去找外頭那個不停作亂的和尚算賬，發洩一通了。
都是這群該死的混賬和尚！
這什麽亂七八糟的鬼地方，在香客院子裏修密道，要不是他們幹出來的這些蠢事，他跟嫣嫣也不會不小心掉下來。
不掉下來就不會受傷，不會受傷也就不會輕薄人家，可是不知為何，想到那個吻，他恍惚間居然還有種眷戀的意味……
蕭非鶴暗罵了自己一聲混賬，甩了甩頭，這才将腦袋裏亂七八糟的念頭全都壓到心底深處，最後把那個混賬和尚揍的鼻青臉腫、完全失去意識，然後用一根麻繩捆了才算完事。
而躲在石桌底下的南嫣則是稍微動了動發麻的手腳，然後悠閑的聽着外頭的動靜。
她眉梢微挑了挑，目光朝外看過去，眼裏的情緒也退散得幹幹淨淨，她心中猜測着，這人只怕也已經動心了，否則不可能連看她一眼都不敢，更別說安慰一聲了。
心動了就好啊。
南嫣低頭輕笑，對自己心動的姑娘做了過分的事情，除了心虛應該還有懊惱吧，最重要的是下意識地不想面對吧。
可不能就這麽輕易的就放過他呢。
南嫣擡頭看了那人一眼，心底琢磨着，該怎麽欺負他一把才好呢？
等外頭動靜漸漸變小的時候，南嫣又迅速調整了自己的表情，然後垂着腦袋，依舊是那副失神的模樣，好像還沒緩過神來。
蕭非鶴一開始是站在她面前的，修長挺拔的身影将前頭所有的光線都遮擋住了，他覺得這樣可能顯得太有壓迫感了，又在她面前蹲了下來，其實他心底也是有些忐忑的。
而且此時的蕭非鶴早就忘了自己當初為了李清柔故意接近她的事情了，現在那雙眼裏就只有眼前這個人，他想着要怎麽樣才能讓對方開心，原不原諒是以後的事情，只要別不搭理他就行了。
這麽想着，蕭非鶴幹脆一屁股坐在了地上，跟她面對面的，然後臉上露出一個比她還低落難過的表情，開始低着頭忏悔，
“對不起，我錯了……”
“我有罪，我是個罪人，一個晚上輕薄了你兩次，還都是在你不願意的情況下親的。”
“我太壞了，我是個壞人……”
他擡頭看着南嫣，臉上表情慘兮兮的，聲音也是沙啞的，“你說吧，你想我怎麽死？吊死、捶死還是吃飯噎死？要不然你把我打死吧，對不起，嫣嫣，我這次真的錯了……”
南嫣聽了這話，心中不得不佩服啊，這狗男人對自己也是真狠，連吃飯噎死這種辦法都能想的出來？
好吧，這下不給點面子說不過去了。
南嫣眼睫輕顫了下，她緩慢擡起頭，眼睛就這麽郁悶地望了過去，聲音沙沙的，“你胡說什麽呢？都是些什麽亂七八糟的死法，哪有人對自己下手還這麽狠的？”
蕭非鶴略微屏住了呼吸。
看到她的眼裏還沾着淚光，那雙黑白分明的瞳孔烏黑的，仿佛被水沖洗過一樣，一如往常的明潤幹淨。
他下意識地伸手碰了碰她的臉頰，南嫣身體頓了下，反應過來後，腦袋又立馬往後縮了下。
看到她躲閃的動作，蕭非鶴手指也僵硬了下，忽然覺得胸口有些難受，酸澀不已。
他直接翻起袖子，用裏頭柔軟的內衫替她擦拭着臉頰上殘留的淚珠，然後故作輕松道，“躲什麽？你以前從來不躲我的，我這次是沒帶帕子，這袖子就先将就着擦擦吧。宮內禦制的好衣服呢，平常人摸都摸不着的，全用來替你擦眼淚鼻涕了。”
南嫣：“……”
她什麽時候流鼻涕了？明明哭得梨花帶雨，最招人心疼的好吧。
見這人因為這番話而有些頓住。
蕭非鶴又深呼吸了一口氣，然後輕嘆了聲道，“嫣嫣，別躲我了好嗎？我是真心示意跟你道歉的，對不起，以後你不喜歡的事情我再也不做了好嗎？不會欺負你，也不會再吻……總之，你不願意的事情我不會強迫你的，別怕我，也別不理我，好不好？”
說完這番違心的話，蕭非鶴只覺得胸口堵得慌，他心中分明不是這樣想的，他想親近她，想看她笑，想看她沒心沒肺不記仇的樣子，還想她和他一樣……
而聽到這番話的南嫣抿了抿唇，目光緩慢落到他臉上，猶豫了一會兒，才悶悶說了句，“那你要保證，以後不能再欺負我了，不管是故意的還是無意的，我不願意的事情都不可以再強迫我了，可以做到嗎？”
聽到這話，蕭非鶴眼睛頓時亮了，拍着胸脯立馬保證道，“我可以。”
南嫣心想，這麽好的機會不多提幾個要求可真是太對不起自己了，怎麽說也得坑他一筆吧，反正這家夥人傻錢多。
于是掰着手指頭，又繼續說道，“那以後你還要給我當跑腿的使喚，城裏新開的那家鋪子賣的胭脂水粉很好用，作為賠償，你得給我買上一個月的，不、要兩個月！還有那些漂亮首飾也得買，另外還有那些好吃的點心也不能忘記了，最重要的是，以後千萬不能騙我，這些你都能做到嗎？”
蕭非鶴頓時感動的無以複加，幾乎立馬就抓住了她的小手，然後貼在胸口的位置，腦袋跟小雞琢米似的點着，
“能能能，我保證做到！只要姑奶奶你別不理我，從今往後你讓我幹什麽都行。不就是胭脂水粉跟漂亮首飾嗎？我全都給你買，好嫣嫣，我真錯了，這下你真不生氣了吧。”
——大小姐終于肯搭理他了！
蕭非鶴一時間都覺得心頭好像松了口氣，這麽點小要求算什麽啊？
以後都給她買，買一屋子的漂亮衣服跟首飾，只要她開心就好。
南嫣聞言這才輕哼了一聲，又擡眸瞪了這人一眼，“誰是你姑奶奶，亂攀親戚，你還抓着我做什麽，還不快放手？”
果然還是這樣活蹦亂跳的大小姐更讓他覺得懷念啊，蕭非鶴有些依依不舍地撒了手，那小手軟綿綿的，跟沒長骨頭似的，他還沒摸夠呢？也不知道何時才能再摸一把？
……
而與此同時的另一邊，密道上方的極樂寺內也因為出了大事而混亂一片。
起因是丫鬟看到大小姐屋內的燈亮着，還以為小姐有什麽事情要吩咐，于是就過去了，結果在門口喚了幾聲都沒人回應，丫鬟覺得有些不對勁，推開房門一看才發現屋內空蕩蕩的，根本什麽人都沒有。
原本丫鬟還以為大小姐起夜了，可走到內室才看到那床鋪上被翻的亂七八糟，被褥枕頭全都被扔到地上了，床板上還有男子的腳印，最要命的是那床板裂開了一道縫，縫隙下面居然是一條深不見底的通道，吓得小丫鬟面色慘白，大喊了一聲後，當即沖了出去，将這事告知了主母。
不過丫鬟被吓着了，口齒又不伶俐，翻來覆去都沒把話說清楚，最後只說了句，
“大小姐出事了！”
而李夫人聽到丫鬟說女兒出事的那一刻，頓時眼前一黑，面色更是瞬間發白，她連忙帶着丫鬟婆子急沖沖地就趕去了閨女的屋裏，結果還真看到那屋裏的情況不對勁。
李夫人是有些眼力的，尤其是掌管中饋多年，什麽內宅的陰私手段沒見過？
她看到那床底下的通道就知道不好，肯定是有賊人從通道中爬出，趁她女兒昏睡沒有防備之際才将人擄走的。
李夫人想到這個結果，眼前頓時陣陣發黑，她咬牙強撐着保持清醒。
真是豈有此理！
這極樂寺怎麽能這般毫無防備？寺廟底下被人挖了密道都不知道，尤其這密道還直通女眷的卧房！最重要的是，什麽賊人敢這般大膽，官宦之家的嫡女也敢擄走？
李夫人當即帶上十幾護衛找上了方丈，為了女兒的名聲着想，她并未說是女兒失蹤不見了，只說丢失了個貼身丫鬟。
最重要的是，她們尋找丫鬟的時候在女眷房內發現了一條烏漆麻黑的密道。
對此，李夫人厲聲指責，“你這方丈到底是怎麽主持佛寺的，這底下被人挖空了都不知道！如今失蹤的只是個丫鬟，可哪天要是小姐失蹤了那可怎麽辦？”
随後指揮守在一旁的侍衛，“趕緊去找，不論如何，就算把這佛寺翻個底朝天，也要把人給我找出來。”
偏殿中身披紅色袈裟的老和尚原本是很耐心地聽着李夫人說話，聽到後來，那臉色就慢慢變了，撚着佛珠的手指停頓了下，燭火映着那張布滿皺紋的老臉上忽明忽暗。
方丈閉着眼睛，底下是烏泱泱的一群灰衣僧人，最後方丈神情平靜地念了聲，
“阿彌陀佛，李施主請您先冷靜一些，密道之事老衲也不清楚，還請不要聲張出去，老衲已經吩咐下去了，一定讓弟子幫您把失蹤的丫鬟找到，絕對不會讓您失望的。”
方丈說完又宣了一聲佛號，看了旁邊一眼，立馬有個灰衣僧人上前，恭敬說道，”還請施主耐心一些，先跟貧僧到客舍休息片刻，稍後我等會派遣弟子去幫施主找人的，他們都是經常下山采買的外僧，正好熟悉路況。”
原本李夫人還猶豫着，心中憂心自家女兒，但聽這僧人說那些弟子更熟悉路況，因此這才罷休，帶着一群丫鬟婆子又回到了偏院，只是這一下，其他幾個庶女也被驚動了，聽聞有丫鬟失蹤，寺裏發生怪事，于是都聚集到了主母的院子。
李夫人回到院子後就隐約發現不對勁，外頭不知何時出現了一群臉生的和尚，這群和尚以外頭發現了賊人為由圍住了她們的院子，嘴上說着保護，實際上卻是圈禁。
李夫人這下也察覺到不對勁了，哪有這樣的佛寺呢？尤其這群看守院門的武僧，身上還帶着殺氣，看着就不想是正經和尚，有幾個，甚至還拿眼睛偷瞄她院裏的那些庶女丫鬟們，哪有半分毫無出家人的樣子。
也幸好院子裏還帶了一些守衛，那群僧人沒有輕舉妄動，但明眼人都能瞧出來這佛寺大有問題了。
作為女主的李清柔自然不笨，尤其是瞧見其中一個和尚用那種隐晦又淫邪的目光在她周身上下掃視着，頓時面色發白，咬着嘴唇後退了幾步，躲到了丫鬟的身後。
她也看出了這佛寺确實有問題，而且看嫡母那含着隐憂的眉目，她猜測着可能失蹤的不止是丫鬟那麽簡單。
只是知道是一回事，但是卻沒有解決的辦法，畢竟她們現在自身都難保了，倘若那群和尚無所顧忌地沖進來，只怕所有人都要命喪于此！
李夫人好歹見過些世面，越是混亂的情況反倒越不能自亂陣腳，先吩咐那十幾個護衛守好院門，任何敢沖進來的人都不必放過，又吩咐那些丫鬟婆子們守好各自的主子，剩下的事情就只能等人來了。
李夫人心中暗暗想着，原本今天下午就該回到李府的，只要府上人察覺到不對勁，老爺就一定會帶着人來的，只是從城內到此地需要兩三個時辰，而且還需要一天的時間，這麽久的時間，她們能撐得下去嗎？
想到這裏，李夫人的臉上是越來越憂心，那眉毛也皺的更緊了，尤其是她女兒還失蹤着呢？她現在甚至懷疑到底是不是這極樂寺監守自盜，擄走了她的女兒？
可一個小小的佛寺敢和朝廷作對嗎？
幾人正胡思亂想着，外頭的動靜反倒是越來越大了，幾個庶女都是面色發白，瑟瑟發抖地擠在一起，李清柔這時倒是走到了李夫人的身旁，她遞過去一盞新泡的茶水，聲音安撫道，“母親先喝口水坐下休息會兒吧，這樣下去也不是辦法，女兒看那些和尚不像是一般的和尚，不知母親有沒有法子先把消息傳遞出去？”
李夫人捏着一串佛珠，看了這庶女一眼，又嘆了聲氣，“我能有什麽法子，你沒瞧見那群和尚把這院子前前後後守的這麽嚴密，連只蒼蠅都飛不出去嗎？”
李清柔聽完也有些失望，沒想到竟一個出去傳遞消息的人都沒有，她此刻突然有些奇怪，好端端的這群僧人為什突然就原形畢露了？明明昨日來上香時一直都是相安無事的，她将前後原因梳理了一遍，然後發現似乎是因為母親為了個失蹤的丫鬟大發雷霆，這才惹惱了這寺廟的和尚，因而才使得她們陷入了這等困境！
她心中隐隐有些怨責，早知如此，就應該息事寧人，等離開後再做打算的，如今落到這等地步，還不知何時才能安全離開？
約莫又過了兩個時辰，天已經漸漸清明了，昨晚一整晚大家都沒怎麽休息，有幾個庶女實在熬不住就靠着丫鬟身上睡了。
眼見天都亮了，外頭和尚還不肯離開，且門外動靜似乎越來越明顯了，就在衆人最為疲乏困倦的時刻，那院門發出“嘭”的一聲巨響，似乎被人用力踹了一腳，但沒踹開，也幸好昨晚護衛搬來石桌石凳提前把門抵上了。
也就是這一聲巨響，徹底驚動了院內的所有人，有膽小的甚至已經小聲哭起來了，被李夫人訓斥一聲，又硬生生忍住了。
就在衆人忐忑不安、胡思亂想之際，外頭原本的動靜更大了，只是聽上去倒像是厮殺的聲音，厮殺的動靜也沒持續太久，剛開始還有人掙紮，到最後就只剩下了求饒跟哀嚎聲……
屋內的衆人分不清情況，一時也不敢開門，只能由幾個男護衛小心翼翼的一個疊一個的爬上牆頭看外面的動靜。
這一看，護衛就看到一群軍紀嚴明的官兵前頭站着一道熟悉的身影。
從前靳大人跟他家大小姐訂婚時，就經常來李府串門，所以護衛小厮都認得出來他的長相，護衛臉上立馬露出驚喜神情，趕緊回頭禀告道，“大人，夫人，是大人來了，靳大人帶着官府的士兵過來救人了！”
一聽到這話，原本圍在一起吓得面色蒼白的丫鬟小姐們總算露出了欣喜的笑容，就連李夫人也終于松了口氣，趕緊吩咐侍衛将抵在院門後的石凳石桌搬開，木門打開的時候，外頭的動靜也逐漸平複下來了。
靳厭離趕來的時候就注意到了極樂寺的動靜有些奇怪，他沒有立刻上來，而是派人先來打探了動靜，又在山下等大理寺的周大人抵達之後才直接帶人将這佛寺包圍了。
然後就注意到偏殿那邊似乎有些不對，等他趕過來的時候也終于看到，李府一家子的女眷都被困在了一間小院子裏。
靳厭離頓時如釋重負，尤其解決完那群和尚之後，心底一直積壓着的那塊大石終于落地了，還好他沒有猶豫、沒有遲疑，直接就帶着人過來了，否則來晚一步，嫣嫣跟這些人只怕都會有危險。
他推開院門直接走了進去，目光在一群面容中緩慢搜尋着，也就是這時，從院子中央那群丫鬟婢女中突然沖過來一道身影。
靳厭離一開始還以為是南嫣，也只有她最喜歡這般往人懷裏撲了，可等他看清對方的面容後，身體頓時僵硬了一下。
……是李清柔。
李清柔擔驚受怕了一整晚，此刻看見靳厭離帶兵過來救人的場景，心中頓時又是驚喜又是激動，一時間沒克制住內心的情緒，下意識地就沖過來撲進了對方的懷裏，然後聲音微啞地喊了聲，“靳厭離，你總算來了，我好害怕，這一整個晚上我都擔心死了，生怕自己以後再也看不見你了……”
李清柔昨晚确實是被吓到了，再加上一夜都沒休息，此刻看起來也是面色蒼白，甚至連發絲都是散亂的，看起來十分慘淡。
靳厭離擡了擡手，一時間猶豫不決，不知道是該推開她還是該怎麽辦？
也就是在他停頓的這片刻時間，懷裏的人瞬間擁得更緊了些，甚至連眼淚都落下來了，臉頰緊緊貼在他的胸口處。
Jin Lili curled up his hands hanging on his sleeves, raised them up and put them down again, and finally took a deep breath, and patted her back gently with his hand. He said in a hoarse voice with a hint of comfort, "It's all right now, don't worry, I have sent people to surround the entire Jile Temple, and the follow-up matters will be handled, you don't have to worry."
…
On the other side, after going back and forth in the secret passage for several times, the two people finally came out and found that it was already dawn outside. However, the atmosphere in the temple seemed a little anxious and depressing, and they could faintly hear the sound of wailing for mercy not far away.
Both of them felt something was wrong. After looking at each other, they were about to go back to the side yard to inform everyone to leave first. However, before they could get back to the yard, they crossed the bluestone path and saw someone far away.
Nan Yan saw the two people hugging each other intimately.
In the picture, Li Qingrou was crying with tears in her eyes, and she threw herself into Jin Linli's arms, feeling aggrieved and pitiful. The other party just stood there, looking at her quietly, then reached out and patted her back to comfort her. The scene looked so perfect no matter how you looked at it.
Xiao Feihe, who was standing next to her, naturally saw the scene of the beauty in his arms, especially the moment when he saw Li Qingrou crying.
Suddenly, there was a muffled sound in my head, as if someone had hit me hard with a club.
Xiao Feihe suddenly came to his senses.
It was not because of anything else, but because he suddenly remembered that he deliberately approached the woman next to him because of Li Qingrou.
All the things he did were for Li Qingrou. Because he liked Li Qingrou, he even used himself to deceive the feelings of an innocent girl whose engagement had been broken off. This made him suddenly feel uncontrollably guilty and panicked.
He subconsciously looked up at Nan Yan's face.
Nan Yan was also very sensible. She immediately looked at the two figures hugging each other not far away with tears in her eyes. She subconsciously wanted to walk over, but Xiao Feihe beside her subconsciously grabbed her wrist.
Xiao Feihe held on tightly. He didn't know what was wrong with him. His emotions were very confused at the moment. His mind was in a mess. He didn't know whether he felt sad because he saw Li Qingrou with that man, or because he was panicking because of something else...
But no matter who it was because of him, the only thing that was certain now was that he really didn't want her to disturb them anymore, didn't want her to pester him endlessly, and didn't want to see her have anything to do with Jin Lili anymore.
Xiao Feihe tightly grasped her wrist and subconsciously said, "Don't go."
Nan Yan looked back at him. She couldn't say anything at first. She just struggled hard to get rid of his grip, but she couldn't. Finally, she ran out of strength and her tears flowed even more. She could only cry helplessly.
"Let go, I want to find him..."
After hearing this, Xiao Feihe tried to suppress the discomfort in his heart, then he pulled Nan Yan, who was crying pitifully, into his arms and patted her back soothingly, "Don't go, okay?"
There was a look of heartache in his eyes. "What's the point of you going? Yanyan, didn't you see? The person he likes now is Li Qingrou, and he has broken off the engagement with you. Don't make yourself so humble and pitiful, okay?"
Nan Yan pushed his shoulders hard, but he held her too tightly. She choked with sobs, "I don't care, I'm going. It was obviously him who provoked me first..."
Xiao Feihe felt a little bitter when he heard this. He held her tighter and spoke a little more harshly, trying to make her realize what was going on. "Yanyan, don't you know they are already engaged? They are going to get married in a month. What can you do if you go there now? And what qualifications do you have to go there? Yanyan, please don't be like this, okay?"
At this point, Xiao Feihe's tone softened a lot. He patted her back and tried to comfort her, "There are still many people in this world who care about you. If he doesn't like you, why don't you find someone who does? Why do you have to... hang yourself on this crooked tree?"
He thought what he had said was obvious.
The person in his arms was struggling at first, but later on, he didn’t know if he had lost strength or if he really took his words to heart. He struggled less and less, and finally he wrapped his arms around his waist and buried his head in his neck. He cried so hard that his shoulders trembled, but he still sobbed and said, “You are the crooked tree.”
Xiao Feihe patted her hands for a moment, then his eyes became gentler.
He lowered his head and hummed, then said softly, "Okay, I'm the crooked tree, do you want to try hanging on it?"
Nan Yan rolled her eyes at him in her heart, thinking it was a nice thought.