The fire has been extinguished, the courtyard is ruined, and the surroundings are in a mess. By the faint light of the candle flame, the national lieutenant glanced indifferently at the two rows of mansions standing outside the courtyard, and the butler Mo Jian stood beside the national lieutenant uncertainly.

"Have you all arrived?" said the lieutenant coldly.

"Lord Hui, at present, except for a maidservant named Jiu Ge who has not arrived, and the people in the lady's house, the others are basically here. ”

"Handmaid?" the lieutenant's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: "What about people, but does anyone know where they are?"

According to the servant's roommate, he saw it at night, but when he woke up, he disappeared. ”

"Missing?" The lieutenant suddenly sneered: "It's time for the missing one, you quickly send someone-"

"Master!" Before the national lieutenant finished speaking, Mrs. Cheng led a few maidservants in the house to come over, and the people outside the courtyard hurriedly moved back consciously to make way for Mrs. Cheng and others, Mrs. Cheng smiled faintly, and then walked up to the national lieutenant respectfully to greet him.

The lieutenant glanced at the slaves and maids following behind her, but saw that one of them was dressed differently from the others, so he pointed to Jiuge and said lightly:

This woman looked at her. ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly looked at it, and he was also stunned in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "My lord, this woman is the missing maid Jiuge that I mentioned to you just now, she has not been in the house for a long time, and she is responsible for cleaning the courtyard. ”

"Missing?" Mrs. Cheng glanced at the housekeeper as if confused: "Jiu Ge has been in my house all the time, how can you say that she is missing?"

"This—" The butler was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know how to respond, so he had to turn his eyes to the lieutenant for help.

The national lieutenant's face was calm, and his gaze fell on Jiu Ge faintly,

"You've been in the lady's room tonight?"

"Yes. Jiu Ge said respectfully.

"Why?" the lieutenant's face was slightly gloomy: "You are a slave who sweeps the courtyard, what are you doing in the lady's house so late?"

Jiu Ge was stunned when he heard this, Mrs. Cheng did not explain the reason to him on the way here, at this time, the national lieutenant suddenly asked, Jiu Ge lost the opportunity for a while, thinking that he would make up a reason to prevaricate or wait for Madame's instructions without saying a word?

So entangled, Jiu Ge couldn't help but sneak a glance at Mrs. Cheng, who was standing silently on the side, only to see her smile gently, and bowed slightly to the national lieutenant:

"It's better for the poor concubine to say this. Mrs. Cheng said and glanced at Jiu Ge and continued: "This woman's name is Jiu Ge, she is a slave maid who has just been accepted in the house, a few days ago, the son came to the business land to do business, drank some wine, and when he entered the mansion, he happened to bump into Jiu Ge who was cleaning the courtyard. ”

Mrs. Cheng paused slightly, and turned to look at the national lieutenant: "I never thought that the son would fall in love with this girl at first sight, and without waiting to discuss with the master, he wanted to ask the poor concubine for this slave maid, and wanted to accept her into the house as a concubine, the poor concubine thought that he was drunk and drunk, who knew that he actually took out a meeting gift afterwards, the poor concubine knew that the matter was big, and he did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so this time the master came, and the poor concubine wanted to take this opportunity to ask the master what he meant." ”

Jiu Ge was stunned when she heard this, like a basin of cold water splashed from her head, and she felt a thrill in her heart, this kind of idea was also up to her to think of, if this Lord Lieutenant was confused for a while, wouldn't his life's major events be so unexplained?

"Concubine?" the lieutenant's face turned pale, and the protruding green tendons on his forehead declared his anger at the moment, staring at Mrs. Cheng's gaze became more and more ruthless, as if he was about to devour it in an instant.

Mrs. Cheng seemed to be gone, still looking deferential and humble, and the nine songs she watched couldn't help but be ashamed of her indifference. How disdainful she must be for the man in front of her to be so peaceful that she could put aside her wounds and his wounds so calmly that she could talk to him about his son's affairs with other women.

"What does Madame mean?" said the lieutenant coldly with the murderous aura in his eyes slightly restrained.

"Back to the master, the poor concubine thinks that Jiu Ge's girl is not bad, but I am afraid that she has wronged her son. Saying that, Mrs. Cheng raised her eyes and looked at the national lieutenant: "But the prince seems to be determined to win this girl, and he also gave the green bamboo hairpin to this girl as a token, so the poor concubine thinks it is better to fulfill them." ”

The lieutenant's gaze swept towards Jiu Ge, and sure enough, the hairpin on Jiu Ge's hair bun was the familiar green bamboo hairpin. The hands behind the national lieutenant couldn't help clenching their fists, this green bamboo hairpin was originally chosen to give to her when he first met Ji Su, but he didn't want to be favored by his bastard son, so he begged him softly and said that he wanted to give it to his sweetheart.

As a result, before the hairpin was sent, he found that his sweetheart had been included in the house as a concubine, and he had a big fight with himself for this, and broke the hairpin in front of himself and Ji Su.

I never thought that this hairpin suddenly appeared on the head of a girl, this great mockery was like a sharp blade that instantly pierced the past that the national captain had been trying to abandon, and once again spread the ugliness and unbearable, the national captain was instantly angry, and glared at Ji Su with scarlet eyes:

"Madame is really thoughtful, but I don't know what this girl means?"

Jiu Ge was stunned for a moment, and instantly felt like he was dumb eating Coptis chinensis.

"This girl naturally agreed, and at night I found her to explain the meaning of the son, and I thought that she would stay in my house for one night, and go to see the master again tomorrow morning. As a result, I didn't want to go to the house, but such a thing suddenly happened, and the lord happened to ask about this girl, so the poor concubine told the master about the cause and effect of the matter by the way. ”

The national lieutenant glanced at Mrs. Cheng with a smile, "There is Mrs. Lao, but this matter is a major marriage event, and it needs to be remembered for a long time." At present, there are more important things to do for the husband, which is related to the safety of the mansion, and he also asks his wife to take a rest on the side. ”

"Yes, sir, you are busy, and the poor concubine is waiting. Mrs. Cheng bowed slowly to the lieutenant, and then stepped aside. Jiu Ge also hurriedly retreated, and when he saw that Mrs. Cheng made a decision for herself without thinking about it, Jiu Ge almost vetoed it, but he bit his tongue in his mouth, so he swallowed the words dangerously, but looking at the appearance of this national lieutenant at the moment, it seems that he has no intention of accepting himself into the mansion at all, but he is in line with his own heart, there is no danger, there is no danger.

"Have you checked it?" said the lieutenant lightly, "But someone hasn't been there?"

"Back to my lord, I have checked it all, there are a lot of them, all of them are present. Mo Jian said truthfully.

"A lot?" The lieutenant frowned unconsciously when he heard this, and was suspicious, when suddenly there was a sound of tiles falling to the ground behind him, followed by a roar over the dilapidated roof and straight out of the courtyard, followed by a figure flying by, Jiu Ge looked shocked, what was the situation.

The lieutenant's face sank: "Come on, quickly send someone to follow and inspect." ”

"Yes, sir. ”