Wei Changling held a teacup, and a trace of tea smoke floated out of his palm. He fell into memories: "That year we performed in the Jiangnan area. At that time, he carried his pipa and came to me at night. He couldn't speak, but he was extremely talented, so I left him."

"Has he always been alone? Have you ever mentioned his family?" Youmeng asked involuntarily.

He pondered for a while and couldn't help but sigh: "Later I also talked to him with pen and ink. He said that his family was dead in the war, and he was the only one left. The pipa was a relic left by his biological mother and taught him this perfect pipa achievement."

Youmeng simply asked him directly: "Does he have brothers?"

Wei Changling slowly turned his head and looked at her with inquiry: "There is one who is still a twin with him, but he died in the war that year."

Youmeng's heart sank, and even Uncle Wei said so. It seems that something is true.

"Oh, Azhi has a pitiful life. If he had not suffered that disaster, he might have been a prominent noble young man who lived a wealthy and comfortable life, but all of this turned into smoke and clouds, and a dream..." He sighed desolately and deeply, and looked up to observe her, "By the way, why did the princess suddenly care about these old things?"

Youmengqiang smiled lightly: "It's nothing, I just want to know more about him."

As soon as she finished this sentence, the smile on her lips gradually faded. She secretly made a guess in her heart that Ruoyeyuan was Su Zhi's brother who had been separated for many years. Because of some special reasons, she survived the war. However, she fell into the evil sect of Hongmengque, and had to hide her identity and avoid the pursuit of his enemies by killing him.

She remembers when she asked about his killer profession, he said: "Being stronger is a dangerous thing in itself."

But after so many years, why didn’t he recognize Su Zhi? So Su Zhi didn’t know that he was still alive?

Could it be that he was worried that his identity in the world would harm Su Zhi? He often appeared around Lefang. He could visit Su Zhi in the dark, and protect him.

Yes, if it's for protection, then everything makes sense.

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On this day, Jiujiu learned the fragrance with Su Zhi at Gaotangtai. Su Zhi looked at his slightly clumsy technique and reminded him expressionlessly: "Two cents of cloves and four cents of Suhe oil, your order is wrong again."

"Oh..." Jiujiu stuck out his tongue, and had to pour out half of the spices and start over.

Su Zhi saw that he was absent-minded and glanced at him coldly: "If you have a little more attention, you always make mistakes."

Jiujiu buried his head in a bad mood and could not sit still for a long time. He just waited for Su Zhi to finish teaching, so he could go and play with Xiaochun.

At this time, Zhen'er brought a few maids in, bowed and said, "Young Master Su, Hui Niang is here."

Su Zhi nodded, Hui Niang walked up to him and bowed respectfully: "Young Master, you are about to fall into a deep sleep. According to the above, the mansion will prepare some thinner summer shirts for the young masters, and please go to the inner room, we will tailor your character for you."

Su Zhi pondered, looked down at Jiujiu, and Jiujiu was also looking at him. He told the little guy: "Practice yourself, don't be lazy."

"Um."

Jiujiu looked very obedient. Su Zhi stood up and went into the inner room. Hui Niang placed the carrying case she brought on several tables, opened the lid, took out the ruler inside, measured rope, paper and pen, and followed him in.

The box was used to store Hui Niang's Nv Hong products, and some semi-finished needlework that she usually made.

Just next to the box, there was a half-open lacquer box, which Su Zhi used to store some of his sachet accessories. Today, Jiujiu is practicing fragrance here, so he replaced his sachet with new incense products.

Jiujiu stayed alone outside, bored and couldn't stop his hands. He came to Su Zhi's lacquer box, took out the sachet inside casually, and accidentally took out a sachet with apricot-colored tassels. The workmanship was very exquisite, and a pink and white apricot blossom was embroidered on the brocade cloth.

Jiujiu felt puzzled: "Why did Brother Azhi use such a feminine sachet?"

(The foreshadowing of this sachet is buried in the [Part 2] of "Part 2" in "Part 2", which is the scene between Yuan and the heroine)
Chapter completed!