Jiu Ge ran for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard, the courtyard door was not locked, Jiu Ge was trying to bypass, but faintly saw a bustling crowd of people not far away was walking towards this side, as the team approached, the discussion in the crowd became clearer and clearer:

"I'm so sleepy, why did you call us all here in the middle of the night?"

"What else can I do? I just heard someone say that the diligent study is gone. ”

"What?

"But no? I don't know how to do it, there is no fire in the morning and no fire in the evening, but on the day the adults come back, there is a fire, and you just saw the butler's face? ”

"Do you think the fire was accidental or man-made? It happened in the middle of the night. ”

"I can't say this, but my lord summoned us at this moment, presumably to find out the cause of the fire. ”

"Whatever the reason for it, it has nothing to do with me anyway, I sleep in the house all night, you can prove it. ”

"Of course, we all rested early, and besides, I slept well tonight. ”

"Me too, I guess I'm tired during the day, and I didn't wake up until someone knocked on the door, oh, by the way, I originally wanted to call Jiuge before I left, but I didn't have time to find it when I was urged by you, but I took a general look, and there seemed to be no one on her couch. ”

"Then you may have gone first, the steward is urging so quickly, and you are moving so slowly, it is estimated that we will be the last to go." ”

"It's just that she's a newcomer, so don't go the wrong way. ”

"You better take care of yourself first, at this time you are still in the mood to worry about others, and everything will be clear when you get to the diligent study. ”

......

Jiu Ge flashed behind the courtyard gate in a complicated mood, it seems that the situation that he was not in the house just now has become a fact, if he goes with him now, once the national lieutenant asks, the result will definitely be a goof, but if he doesn't go, he still has no good end, the efforts of the past few days have been in vain, maybe something terrible will happen, just like the few maids in Mrs. Cheng's mouth, they all died outside the study for some reason.

Jiu Ge listened to the noise outside from far to near, and from near to far, her heart was already troubled, she was now a little suspicious, whether the monster she encountered outside the study before was raised by the national captain in the room to watch the family, and the death of those handmaidens was due to it?

Jiu Ge unconsciously looked up in the direction of the diligent study, and from a distance, the sky above the study was still red, and it looked particularly bright under the dark night sky. A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Jiu Ge's eyes, as the saying goes, the first strike is the strongest, and the second strike suffers, since you can't hide left and right, then just take down the national captain.

Thinking like this, Jiu Ge was about to walk out from behind the courtyard gate, but his feet hadn't stepped out of the courtyard gate yet.

"Wait. ”

A soft voice sounded, and Jiu Ge was stunned in his heart, and turned around in some surprise:

"Mrs. Cheng?"

Mrs. Cheng nodded at her: "Follow me." ”

Jiu Ge was stunned, and it was only at this time that she knew whose yard she had broken into.

At the suggestion of Mrs. Cheng, Jiu Ge quickly changed out of his night clothes, and then took a set of clothes given by Mrs. Cheng and put them on, the maid called Yuecha came over to quickly sort out Jiu Ge's makeup, and also wore a headdress, Jiu Ge looked at Mrs. Cheng inexplicably:

"Why does Madame want to be like this? Isn't it too strange that the servants and maids who clean the courtyard are dressed up like this?"

"Don't worry, Mrs. Ben will have her own words then. Mrs. Cheng glanced at her with a little satisfaction: "The national lieutenant is thoughtful, he has been in the court for many years, and he has long developed a suspicious and suspicious temperament, if you blindly want to seek his trust, it is better to catch him off guard and earn some time for your withdrawal." ”

"Madame must have guessed something?" Jiu Ge couldn't help but glance at her.

"I guessed halfway, but I couldn't guess the other half. Mrs. Cheng took off the hairpin from her hair and gently inserted it into Jiu Ge's bun: "Since you chose to set fire, why did you appear here, you should know that this is not the closest route to your residence?"

Jiu Ge smiled bitterly when he heard this: "As Madame said, this is not the path I wanted to take, but when I wanted to return to my residence, I ran into a monster, and after dealing with it to no avail, I had no choice but to embark on this road." ”

"Monster?" Mrs. Cheng seemed to be stunned, and turned to look at Jiu Ge suspiciously: "What monster?"

"I can't say, but I know that it is covered in hair, like a beast in the mountains, but what makes people feel strange is that its face, although it is half covered by hair, it can still be distinguished that it is a human face. ”

"Human face?" Mrs. Cheng frowned unconsciously: "Then why do you think it's a beast?" I once heard my young lady say that it is rare for human beings to be born with hair like animals, but it is not nothing, my young lady is proficient in medical skills, and once treated a long-haired strange man. Why do you suspect it's a beast when you think it's a human face?"

"Because of its eyes. Jiu Ge looked at Mrs. Cheng: "When it looks at you, you can clearly feel the excitement, fanaticism, and even some disregard in its eyes, and these are clearly the eyes that animals should have when they treat their long-awaited prey." ”

"Do you know where that monster came from?"

Jiu Ge shook his head: "I don't know, I was watching the situation of the study from a big tree next to the study at that time, and it appeared behind me so quietly, if I didn't feel strange and avoided its attack in time, I am afraid that now it is almost the same as those slaves who died tragically outside the study." ”

Mrs. Cheng slowly got up thoughtfully, and then spoke: "I also thought that those slaves and maids died very strangely, because there were two small holes in the neck, and I couldn't see what the injury was. Now that you say that, it's really possible that you were bitten by that monster, and those two small holes are tooth marks. ”

"That's why I've been wondering if it's because there is such a monster guarding this captain's study so mysterious and undefended. Jiu Ge said and glanced at Mrs. Cheng: "But what makes people curious is where this monster is usually hidden? I have also penetrated into the study several times, but I have not found anything unusual. ”

"I don't know much about that. Mrs. Cheng pulled up Jiu Ge: "Don't be in a hurry to say this now, go, follow me to see Lord Guowei." ”

"What?" Jiu Ge was stunned: "I? now?"

Mrs. Cheng nodded slightly, but Yuecha on the side couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't worry, Madame will help you testify, you came to Madame after cleaning the yard today, and then stayed and lived in a room with the slaves." ”

Jiu Ge looked at Yuecha in a daze: "Is this okay?"