Chapter 915: Mutual Scheming
In the capital city of Nanchu, a row house in the northwest corner of a large compound near the north gate, there was a slight coughing sound in the most corner of the room, and two big girls with braids under the veranda of the house heard it and couldn't help but redden.
The tall girl with the red head rope tied in her braids stopped scrubbing her clothes, "Sister Bao'er will be fine, right?"
"No, it won't. The shorter girl with a blue headline shook her head and put the clothes on the washboard into the basin and soaked it in water, and the water in the basin was immediately dyed red.
"Hurry up and wash the clothes and dry them, and I'll go outside and take a look." The girl with the red head rope said.
"Hmm. The girl with the blue rope wrung out the clothes she had on hand, and poured out the sewage, and the girl with the red rope had already left, and after washing and drying the clothes, she opened the lid of the medicine jar on the small red peat stove next to her, looked at the liquid inside, sighed and put the lid back on, and got up and went into the house.
No one in this courtyard dared to touch their things since that day to intimidate the bastards who came to look for trouble, so she dared to put the medicine stove in the house like this.
After she entered the house, the mothers-in-law and mothers-in-law who were hiding in the courtyard sneaked out, and when they came out, several acquaintances leaned together and whispered, and their eyes secretly looked at the room from time to time.
Inside the house, the blue-headed rope girl was standing at the window looking out.
"These old pious women are really annoying. Sister Bao'er, when you're all right, let's move somewhere else?" the blue-headed rope girl grumbled.
The woman known as Sister Bao'er was half-lying and half-sitting on the bed, and she was constantly wheezing and coughing because of her internal injuries, "Don't deliberately stir up trouble, if you attract the attention of the government, it will not be good." ”
The miscellaneous courtyard is full of dragons and snakes, and no one knows if the person who is softly saying good to you at the moment will turn around and stab you to the government to get a reward.
After all, they have a case on their bodies, not just Li Lingxi's incident.
Now Qingping Gate is very chaotic, and today it may still be the owner of the high-ranking gate, and Ming'er will be reduced to a prisoner and sold to the government for money.
Their sisters traveled thousands of miles to Nanchu, although they were on a mission, but they actually had some thoughts, thinking that if they had the opportunity, they would quickly get out and leave.
Thinking of this, Bao'er couldn't help sighing, when Li Lingxi left, he told her not to be brainless, he asked her to protect the eldest lady, as long as it was within a reasonable range, she would naturally act according to orders, if not, then protect yourself.
At that time, she still thought, how could he explain himself like this? Shouldn't he ask her to be loyal to the eldest lady and die? And what is the reasonable range?
At that time, she didn't understand.
But after all these years, she finally understood.
Why did he tell her back then, you are a killer, not a bodyguard, and it was wrong for you to protect the eldest lady, but because the old master was kind to them, he had to send someone to protect the eldest lady.
Thinking of the wayward eldest lady, such a glamorous and vivid beauty, when she was alive, she was so willful and reckless, she was really not afraid of offending people, as long as she looked unpleasant, she could send someone to teach the other party that life is better than death, she was by the eldest lady's side in the past few years, because she did not obey her orders, she was beaten several times.
Thinking of the girls who were hurt by the eldest lady in those years, Bao'er sighed again, it seems that she has been sighing since she failed to assassinate Li Lingxi!
What a headache!
The blue-headed rope girl sighed when she saw her, and stepped forward to pour her a cup of tea, "Sister Bao'er, what's the matter?"
Thinking of how many girls the eldest lady had harmed over the years, I couldn't help but sigh. ”
The blue-headed rope girl was silent when she heard this, she was also a victim of the eldest lady, when she was waiting by the eldest lady's side, because the washing water brought in was too hot, and she was beaten and thrown out, at that time she was beaten all over her body, and when she was thrown into the mass grave, she was already about to die.
It was Sister Bao'er who picked her up and asked her to take care of her, and after the injury was healed, she said good things to the master of Li Men for her, and the master of Li Men saw that she had good qualifications, so he nodded and let her enter Zhuangzi training.
After the death of the old master, the master of the Li Gate was forced away by those people, and the eldest lady finally fell down from the top of the mountain, and she did not miss the opportunity to step on her.
It was Sister Bao'er who reminded her to be careful, otherwise when those people went to spoil the eldest lady that day, maybe she would be insulted by them.
Thinking of this, she knelt down in front of Bao'er and said in a low voice, "Sister Bao'er's life-saving grace, I have never thanked her well. ”
Bao'er chuckled, "It's hard for you to remember this." ”
"If Su Qian hadn't been rescued by Sister Bao'er, she would have died long ago. The blue-headed rope girl lowered her head, "Sister Bao'er, we have to guard against Su Xi, she, there is more than one master behind her." ”
Bao'er nodded, "I understand. She reached out and stroked Su Qian's hair gently, "Su Xi she has been running out for the past two days, I'm afraid she has been in contact with someone." ”
Su Qian held Bao'er's hand and got up, and when Bao'er saw that she was standing firm, she let go of her hand, and after caressing her on the futon, she covered her mouth and coughed lightly.
Su Qian hurriedly went outside, brought the medicine jar in, and poured the medicinal juice into the medicine bowl on the table, "Sister Bao'er will slow down first, and the medicine will be cooler for a while." ”
"Well, thanks to the two of you for taking care of me. ”
"Sister Bao'er took care of me like this at the beginning!" Su Qian looked up and smiled at Bao'er.
Su Xi just pushed the door in at this time, and when she saw this scene, she turned her head and pouted secretly, and then raised her head and said to Bao'er and Su Qian, "But I finally got in touch." ”
The person Su Xi went to contact was Gao Dacheng, the person in charge of Qingpingmen in the capital of Southern Chu, this person was mixed in the major casinos on weekdays, and it was not easy to find someone, so he had to be patient.
Bao'er smiled and said to her, "Thank you for your hard work." ”
"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's just, Sister Bao'er, can we move? Living here, I always feel panicked. Su Xi said, Su Qian echoed beside her.
"There's no hurry. Bao'er comforted them, "If you want to move, you have to wait for Uncle Gao to contact us." ”
"Yes. "Uncle Gao didn't get in touch, and the money on them was not enough to cope with renting a new house.
After the medicine was cold, Bao'er fell asleep after taking the medicine, and didn't even eat lunch, Su Qian left her a steamed bun, and Su Xi left her pickles, and then the two left one after another.
In the evening, the two of them still did not come back, but a mother-in-law who lived next door came to the door, and her loud voice attracted many people to eavesdrop outside.
The people living in the compound were very curious about the new residents, and only two girls who looked like maids were busy on weekdays, and the other seemed to be sick and stayed in the house and did not come out.
The mother-in-law had a very loud voice, and the girl who was questioned by her replied like a gnat, coughing a few times from time to time, and the people outside looked curiously, but they couldn't see the situation inside.
After waiting for a long time, I saw my mother-in-law come out, and my mother-in-law only shook her head in the face of everyone's questioning, "That girl is a hard-working person, and she came to Beijing with two girls to join her relatives, but she didn't find anyone, but she fell ill first." ”
"But that day our family said that they were not like the three masters and servants. ”
"Your eyes are poisonous to me? You husband and wife, let's die of that heart as soon as possible! I think the girl is young and simple? Phew! Tell you, that girl is fine. Ordinary people who were bypassed by me like that had already fainted and honestly confessed what I asked, but this girl was stunned and didn't give me any news. ”
The mother-in-law looked very annoyed, everyone lived in the same courtyard, and most of them knew the means of the mother-in-law's tricks, and none of them had been tricked by the mother-in-law! If the mother-in-law said that this girl was shrewd, everyone would be convinced.
What's more, everyone was just outside, and they all heard the mother-in-law ask some questions, that is, they didn't hear the girl's reply.
However, the mother-in-law had no reason to lie to them, so after listening to the mother-in-law's answer, everyone dispersed.
It wasn't until the beginning of the moon that Su Qian and Su Xi came back one after another.
Su Qian took their embroidered things out to exchange money, Su Xi went to find Uncle Gao again, before only saying that he had contacted someone, but did not say the details, it can be seen that it is just prevarication, and when he comes back, he is excited to write in his eyes, and his mouth is more like a little yellow bird squeaking endlessly.
Su Qian was rarely quiet, neither boasting about how much money she earned, nor telling them about the embroidery shopkeeper's praise for the embroidered handkerchief she took, she was so quiet, Su Xi who was on the rise didn't care, but Bao'er couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
After eating, Bao'er took the medicine and fell asleep first, Su Xi couldn't hide her joy and turned over on the bed, and didn't fall asleep until midnight, as for Su Qian, she didn't sleep all night with her eyes open.
Before dawn, Bao'er woke up and found that Xiqian hadn't slept, and she didn't ask, just slowly got up to solve her physiological needs.
By the time Su Qian reacted, she had already gone back to bed and lay down.
"Why doesn't Sister Bao'er call me when she gets up?" Su Qian got up and walked over as if complaining, still holding the pillow in her hand.
"Didn't you sleep well last night?" Bao'er asked her with a smile, Su Qian nodded, "Sister knows, my skills are just halfway to the house, and it all depends on luck to survive until now." ”
"I know. "It is said that after saving her, she should not be pulled into the abyss again, but after entering the Qingping Gate, she wants to leave? That is not an easy thing, yes, she was beaten half to death by the eldest lady, but only half dead, isn't it? So after she rescued people, she still had to report to Li Lingxi, the owner of the underground gate at the time.
At that time, the old master was no longer in charge of things, he pushed everything to Li Lingxi to do, if it weren't for that, how could the old master not find out that the deputy master had been dissatisfied with him for a long time.
To be honest, Bao'er really couldn't see that Li Lingxi could see it at that time?
At that time, the old master wanted to recruit Li Lingxi as her son-in-law, but the eldest lady refused, she wanted to ask Li Lingxi to coax her, but she didn't expect Li Lingxi to refuse to coax her, Li Lingxi didn't eat soft and hard, and the eldest lady was angry enough.
And the eldest lady actually admires Li Lingxi very much in her heart, otherwise she would not let the old master recruit Li Lingxi as her son-in-law, but the eldest lady's personality is extremely awkward, she likes Li Lingxi, but what she shows is that she is making things difficult for him everywhere, and the old lady's wife has persuaded her many times, but she just doesn't listen.
Bao'er said in her heart, maybe Li Lingxi thought that the eldest lady hated him very much, but she didn't dare to say it because of her father's authority.
She thought that her guess was very reliable, but later learned that Li Lingxi was very busy during that time, and she felt that maybe Li Lingxi didn't find out about the deputy master's evil intentions at all.
Su Qian didn't notice that she was distracted, she was still chattering about her difficulties, and when Bao'er came back to her senses, she was talking about the tragic death of the eldest lady, "...... If it weren't for my sister's reminder, I would have left early, otherwise, I would, I would have ......" Speaking of this, she twisted her fingers around the futon and made her voice like a gnat, "Did my sister already know that those people would go to trouble the eldest lady that day?"
Otherwise, how could she be so just notified to leave quickly?
"I don't know, but I've heard someone say that I want to teach the eldest lady a lesson. "There are many women's relatives in the door who have been punished by the eldest lady for various reasons, so the old master is dead, and the children of the old master are not successful, but they still force the only Li Lingxi who misses the old love away, they don't take the opportunity to clean up the eldest lady, when will they stay?
It can only be said that Bao'er's judgment was very accurate, so she avoided it early that day, and didn't come back until dawn, just stabbing those guys who lingered and were still venting on the eldest lady.
The eldest lady probably knew that she was going to die, so she confessed to her and came to Nanchu to find Li Lingxi, Bao'er didn't know what she was going to do when she let herself come to Nanchu for this trip, because the eldest lady died before she finished speaking, and the new master of the door at that time asked her to obey the last orders of the eldest lady.
In fact, God knows what the eldest lady's death was? Why did that guy dare to carry the banner of the door owner and order someone to do things for him without even knowing the token of the door master?
As for why she went to assassinate Li Lingxi that day, she didn't know why.
The sky was bright, Su Qian fell asleep, Bao'er got up quietly, Su Xi had already rubbed her eyes and sat up, and found that Su Qian was not around, she was stunned, and when she turned her head, she saw Bao'er who was dressing, and she hurriedly got out of bed to help.
"I'm fine, you're busy!"
Su Xi nodded, put on the clothes, walked to Bao'er's bed, looked down at Su Qian for a long time, and then shot at Bao'er like lightning, I didn't want Bao'er to be prepared, when she attacked, she grabbed the dagger in her hand with her right index finger and middle finger, and twisted the dagger with a slight twist, the tip of the dagger flew towards Su Xi, Su Xi hurriedly blocked with her left hand, and wanted to hit the dagger at Bao'er, but Bao'er's feet moved slightly, dragging Su Xi away from the bedside at the same time, and also avoided Su Qian's long sword from under the futon.
Bao'er raised her right foot lightly and kicked the tip of the dagger at Su Qian on the bed, Su Qian couldn't dodge being smashed into her thigh by the tip of the dagger, the pain made her frown, she hit the carp stiffly, and the long sword slashed at Su Xi's left hand that wanted to snatch her long sword, Su Xi let go of the dagger in her right hand in pain.
Su Xi's left hand was cut with blood, and the weapon in her right hand was lost, so angry that her heart was on fire, and her right hand clenched her fist to attack Su Qian, and when Su Qian's long sword attacked Su Xi's lower plate, Bao'er was not idle, caught the broken dagger, and stabbed Su Xi's abdomen fiercely, and at the same time raised her right leg and stepped the dagger into Su Qian's thigh.
Two of the three have been injured, but Bao'er, the only one who is not injured, has already suffered internal injuries, and all three of them are injured, and at the same time take a step back and be on guard.
"Su Qian, you keep saying that Sister Bao'er saved you, and you are going to take revenge and kill her. ”
"You're no better off there. Su Qian snorted coldly, "Don't think we don't know, you and Uncle Gao agreed to hand over Sister Bao'er for money, and then the two of you plan to go away." ”
Su Xi was stunned for a moment and asked a little angrily, "How do you know?"
"If people don't know, they can't do it unless they do!" Su Qian turned her head to look at Bao'er, "My sister must think she saved me, but I'm worse than dead! Do you know how I did those tasks? I am not as good as people in martial arts, and if I want to live, I can only sell my hue and take his life after hooking people." ”
Su Qian is not like those of them who have been cultivated as killers since childhood, she was originally sold into the door as a maid, but unfortunately she had a bad fate, from a maid to a killer, the bitterness is not something that I can't understand.
She thought that she would be able to eat and drink spicy food if she became a killer, and her life could not be happier, but who knew that she would need to sell her hue to complete the task, and after a long time, Bao'er, who was originally grateful to her, became the culprit who pushed her into the fire pit, so she wanted Bao'er to die.
As for Su Xi, she just wanted to get out of Qingpingmen, and wanted to make a profit, she regarded Bao'er and Su Qian as her bargaining chips for money, Uncle Gao told her that Bao'er assassinated Li Lingxi and missed, and when the government wanted to arrest someone, they would hand her over for money, and Su Qian would be arrested as Bao'er's accomplice.