14. Chapter 14
Spring and early summer in the north are different from those in the south, as if they were being driven by something, and before people realize it, spring has passed, and the dead branches of the once trees begin to emerge with a faint green.
It's still chilly in Beijing in April, but people have stripped off their heavy winter coats and put on thin jackets.
In May, all parts of the capital have been shrouded in green plants, and there is no chill, and the lords of the prefectures, who have finally been liberated after a winter of cats, wander the streets and "enjoy the flowers" everywhere in the bright sunshine.
In the Four Baylor Mansion in the capital, the fourth elder brother was wrapped in a cold air that was even colder than the cold winter wax moon, and looked at Gao Beyong who was kneeling on the ground with cold eyes.
Gao Beyong's forehead was already red and swollen from the vigorous kowtowing, and when he saw that his head was about to break and bleed after a few more strokes, he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and still kept slamming his head against the hard and cold stone bricks.
"If you're dizzy, you'll be able to escape your master's wrath, right?"
The voice of the fourth elder brother, who was more frozen than ice, came into the ears of Gao Beiyong, who was already dizzy, and it took him three times longer than usual to wake up, and he was temporarily let go.
Lying on the stone brick floor of Baylor's study, which was still cold and soaked even in May, Gao Beyong did not dare to move.
"The people who are hiding in the inner courtyard of the deep mansion say no, and the people who serve them say that they will die, and the master wants to know, is the ground that the master is stepping on now is the lord's Baylor Mansion, or the vegetable market where people come and go?
The more he thought about it, the more angry the fourth elder brother got up, raised his foot, and kicked Gao Beyong, who was lying on the ground, and finally turned from restrained coldness to angry roar: "You say, how dare you hand over the housekeeping of Baylor Mansion to you in the future......?
Listening to the roar of the fourth elder brother like a volcanic eruption, after being kicked over, he used his best strength like a turtle to finally turn over and lie down again with difficulty, although he was in pain, he breathed a sigh of relief without a trace, compared to the master who was full of murderous intentions, he was still more willing to face the master who wanted to choose someone to eat, at least, his own cheap fortune was temporarily saved.
He angrily scolded Gao Beyong for at least a quarter of an hour, and the anger in the fourth elder brother's chest that almost wanted to burn a qiē subsided slightly.
With a pair of cold eyes, he once again glared at Gao Beyong, who was lying motionless and didn't dare to move, and the fourth elder brother sat back in the chair, took a deep breath a few times, calmed down his somewhat disordered breathing, and asked lightly: "Tell me, what have you found?"
Gao Beyong's originally lying body sank to the ground again, but he didn't dare to hesitate, and replied to the news he had found in the past few days: "Three days ago, at two o'clock in Shen, Mama Qin and Xun Dong of the Anyuan took all the people in the Anyuan to search the entire Anyuan and found no trace of Master Ru, and immediately sent someone to send the news to the minions, and the minions got the news, and immediately sealed the Anyuan, and the Anyuan did not release any except for the dead Wang Pozi.
After investigation, Mama Qin also heard the sound of Master Ru reciting homework in the courtyard at the moment of Shen Shi, from the last time she heard Master Ru's voice to Mama Qin found that Master Ru was missing, there was only one pillar of incense in the meantime, and Mama Qin and everyone in the courtyard spent two pillars of incense time in the entire courtyard did not find Master Ru but found the body of Mrs. Wang, so she immediately sent someone to send the news to the minion.
During the time of that pillar of incense, only the back door of our house went to an empty carriage, and the slave sent someone to catch up with the carriage for half an hour, and chased the car back, which was a merchant who often sent rouge gouache to the house, and the slave also checked that the carriage was indeed empty, and there was no mezzanine in it, so it could not be hidden. Then the slave reported the news to Fu Jin, and Fu Jin immediately sent people to each courtyard, and no one in each courtyard was allowed to move around at will......"
The fourth elder brother, who had closed his eyes and listened to Gao Beyong's return, opened his eyes, revealing a pair of deep pool-like eyes: "Let the courtyards be closed, what reason does Fujin use?"
"Find lost property. Gao Beyong's heart was tense: "Fujin said that the wishful marriage could not be found, so let the hospitals close and wait for the results." ”
The fourth elder brother's eyes deepened, and he said after a while: "Continue talking." ”
Gao Beyong didn't dare to delay, and poured out all the brains that had been investigated in the past three days.
Half an hour later, after listening to Gao Beyong's trivial and complicated returns, the fourth elder brother quickly sorted out a clear clue in his mind: in April, after he left the house, Fujin sent someone back to his mother to send something, Li met the shopkeeper of Baisheng Silk Village in Beijing, and ordered a lot of materials, Wu set a new head, Song bought embroidery thread, and the rest of the Gao and Chang families who had no name in the house have more or less purchased, or eaten, or daily necessities, therefore, he has been away from Beijing for more than a month. The carriages came and went in several places in Jiaomen, no different from when he was in Beijing, except that Wang had been quiet and did not have the slightest need.
An hour before Ru Hui's disappearance, only two carriages left Baylor House, both of which were used by the shopkeepers of merchants in Beijing.
After Ru Hui's disappearance, the atmosphere in the mansion became tense, and no one had the heart to see the shopkeeper outside, until the next day, in order to encourage outsiders to notice the abnormality of the Sibeile Mansion, Fujin opened the ban, but Gao Beyong kept an eye on the carriage and did not find anything abnormal.
There are too few clues!
The more the fourth elder brother thought about it, the more irritable he became, he got up and paced a few times in the room, at the beginning, he was semi-forced to connect Ru Hui into the Baylor Mansion, and now Ru Hui was lost in the heavily guarded Sibeile Mansion, as soon as this happened, not only could he not explain to Ru Shan, but what was more strict was that it would definitely affect his evaluation in the heart of the imperial father, just imagine, if the imperial father knew that he couldn't even control what happened in his own mansion, how could he rest assured that he would take over the political affairs in the court, and ...... in the future
The more the fourth elder brother thought about it, the more chaotic his heart became, and in the end, he even broke out in several cold sweats.
"Check!" The fourth elder brother stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and fiercely: "If you don't find out the whole thing, you don't have to come to see the master again." ”
Gao Beyong's heart trembled: It seems that if you don't find Master Ru, or kidnap Master Ru, you don't want to live.
"It's just ......" Gao Beyong hesitated: "The masters of the backyard ......"
The fourth elder brother sat back in the chair, his eyelids drooped slightly, and after a long time, Fang said lightly: "Even if it involves Fujin, you don't have to say anything." ”
Gao Beyong gave a cold war: "Huh!"
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When the Fourth Belle Mansion was once again shrouded in harsh winter in midsummer and May, Ru Hui, who had been locked up in the dungeon for three days but only had a bowl of water and a nest, met the second person in the past three days, a tent man.
Green satin melon skin hat, green muslin robe, a pair of squinted eyes that seem to be smiling all the time, two mouse whiskers on his lips, Mr. Tent, who calls himself Mr. Song, smiled and looked at Ru Hui nested in the pile of wheat and orange stalks, and his mouth snorted, "Good embryo, good embryo, honest don't deceive me, honest don't deceive me!"
Ru Hui hugged her body tightly and curled herself up completely into the pile of wheat and orange stalks, leaving only a pair of vigilant eyes to watch the tent man's every move.
"Little girl, do you want to know, how did we get out of the Baylor Mansion that you guarded by yourself?" Mr. Tent looked at Ru Hui, who had been hungry for three days but did not see the slightest wilt, and secretly admired in his heart, this little girl's energy is obviously different from ordinary people, so, it takes some thought.
The tent man tentatively took two steps forward, and when he keenly noticed that the little girl in the haystack was tense and her eyes showed an attack on her face, he immediately stopped, and then slowly, slowly, took two steps back, and returned to her previous position.
Looking at the little girl's relaxed body again, Mr. Tent exhaled softly: Tsk, it's trouble!
When is the beast the most terrifying - when it is all or nothing!
At this time, the little girl in the pile of wheat orange stalks is clearly a trapped beast full of attacks**, and she will not hesitate to break the net even if she is only a young beast.
Mr. Song looked at the two cold eyes that were still staring at him with a headache, and had to choose to take two steps back again, and then sat down.
"Little girl, why don't you say a word?" Mr. Song took out his kind smile that usually coaxed people around, and looked at Ru Hui with a smile: "I don't want to know who we are, what are our skills?"
Ru Hui looked at this little old man who was smiling maliciously, and did not say anything.
Mr. Song laughed for a while, but seeing that the little girl didn't pay any attention to him, he couldn't help but raise his hand and smooth the mouse whiskers in embarrassment, and decided not to wait any longer.
"Little girl, look, your father is Han, your mother is also Han, you are also an authentic descendant of Yan and Huang, the land of China ruled by our Han people for thousands of years has now fallen into the hands of foreign races, and my descendants of Yan and Huang have been reduced to slaves by their masters, driven by Manchurians, like pigs and dogs, when they are unhappy, they will be killed and eat meat, don't you want to do something for the countless oppressed Han people in the world?"
Mr. Song looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's a pity that the backbone of my Han people is broken, obviously dozens of times that of the Manchus, but I can only bow my head to my ears, enslave the Manchus, and work hard for them, but I can't eat my stomach, eat tree bark when I'm hungry, and drink the urine of horses and cows when I'm thirsty......
Ru Hui watched Mr. Tent sing, chanting and fighting, a picture of worrying about the country and the people, and compassion for the people in the world, but ...... What does this have to do with her ten-year-old girl?
"Yes!" shouted the bookkeeper, slamming the ground hard, "of course it has something to do with you. ”
Ru Hui clearly saw that after slapping the ground, Mr. Tent's movements froze, and then he hid his hand behind him.
"It must be painful!" Ru Hui's eyes chased the hand of the bookkeeper, and she couldn't help but say the words in her heart again.
Mr. Song's face was hot, and then he quickly ignored this shameful scene again with a breathtakingly cheeky skin.
"You have a captivating appearance, and when you grow up, you will inevitably be able to influence a man's decision, you enter the prince's mansion and become the woman of the fourth prince, you can influence him, and then ......" Mr. Song, who had a fanatical face, said this, and let out a lewd laugh.
Ru Hui couldn't bear to look away, and said calmly: "A woman who has lost her virginity cannot become the woman of the prince, since you kidnapped me from Baylor Mansion, I will never be the woman of the fourth Baylor Lord again." ”
Mr. Song smiled incomprehensibly: "You may rest assured at this point, we can kidnap you unknowingly, and naturally we can also make the four princes and the entire royal family not talk about this matter." ”
Ru Hui's mind is racing, and countless strange ideas given by countless TV series and novels have pushed the most unlikely possible idea to the most superficial layer of her thinking: dark under the light.
"I'm still in Baylor House!" Ru Hui said lightly.
"Clever. Mr. Song slapped his thigh, his eyes were full of admiration, and then, his face froze: "You, how did you find out?"
Ru Hui looked at Mr. Song, who had no smile anymore, and his eyes that had been deliberately squinting opened for the first time, and the completely unconcealed indifference and contempt were revealed in front of him like that, and the total was mixed with the killing intent of Sen Han.
"Now that you have discovered the place you are, you are either dead or join us, there is no second way. Mr. Song looked indifferently at the small lump in the grass, like looking at a stone on the side of the road, "You are really not smart, why do you want to say it, if you don't say it, there may be a third way." ”
"Are you many people in Baylor House?"
Looking at the little girl who raised her face for the first time, when the still immature face came into her eyes, even Mr. Song, who had been weathered and thought that his heart was as hard as iron, couldn't stop breathing: "What do you want to say?"