Halfway down the road, Miss Chu viciously shook off the maid's hand and glared at her, and the maid hurriedly bowed her head and stepped aside.

"I can go back myself, I don't need you. She shouted.

The maid Yeba had to serve this Chu girl whose temperament had changed drastically, "Yes, the slave and maid have retired." Then he turned and departed.

Miss Chu frowned and walked along the winding stone path to her yard. Before she had taken two steps, she suddenly stopped and said to Dongqing, the eldest girl who was in charge of serving her diet and daily life: "You, go and call all the people who are used on weekdays, I have something important to order." ”

Dong Qing said "eh", handed the lantern into the hands of another maid, Xia Bing, and left in a hurry.

Miss Chu sneered, in this huge mansion, there is only one serious master, Gongzi, but in order to fill the façade, there will be many servants up and down. Although all of them are strictly selected by the henchmen around Gongzi, and they are absolutely loyal, there are a few "smart" people who see the clues between her and Gongzi, and think that she will become Mrs. Qin, and they show favor early in the morning, expressing their willingness to work hard before and after the saddle for the rest of their lives.

These people are of little use on weekdays, and occasionally shout "madam" sweetly to make people happy.

Now that Mrs. Qin's position belongs to Guo Baozhi, those people want to turn their heads to the new master, but it is not so easy.

How could she not know that these people value the interests the most? So she grasped everyone's handles and shortcomings early on, so that they can also use them for themselves now.

No, now is finally the time for them to come in handy.

Miss Chu turned her head slightly. Looking in the direction of the main courtyard, the corners of his lips hooked up with a confident smile that he was determined to win.

Yu Mingzhi waited for a while, and someone replied.

"Gongzi is currently rushing to the city gate, saying that he will send more people to guard it to the death, and keep an eye on the people and horses of King Yi's faction to prevent changes tonight. ”

Yu Mingzhi was just about to speak, when there was a sudden bang outside, followed by a fire not far away.

"Madam!" Zhu'er immediately approached Yu Mingzhi, and once there was a change, she would take Madame away immediately.

Yu Mingzhi stared at the firelight. Tell the maid in a deep voice. "Let's see what's going on?"

The maid took the order, and as soon as she opened the courtyard door, a person rushed in in a panic, and rushed to the bottom of the steps of the study. He cried to them, "There are villains in the house." Kill anyone you see. We're coming here, ma'am!"

Yu Mingzhi didn't move, not even a hint of panic and doubt. She looked coldly at the visitor, his face and clothes blackened by smoke. With tears in his eyes, he looked stupid and honest.

She looked down, landed on his hand, and raised her eyebrows, "I think the nursing homes in the house don't eat white rice, they will hold it first." Since there is chaos outside, you can't run around like a fly without a head, otherwise you will fall into the trap of the enemy. ”

The man trembled, "Madam, those people are menacing, you better be careful!"

As soon as the words fell, Miss Chu ran in with her skirt and anxious and worried expression, and when she saw Yu Mingzhi, she cried, "What can I do? Childe is not at home, so how can we women resist the villains? Madam, I know that there is a secret passage in the house, let's hide in it until Childe comes back." ”

Yu Mingzhi turned around and picked up the notebook on the couch, "Who said that there are only us women in the house?" Miss Chu doesn't need to panic, the nursing home left by Qin Ji will definitely be able to exterminate those villains." ”

Miss Chu couldn't help but be shocked when she saw her calm and calm, could it be that she had found something suspicious?

She pursed her lips, she couldn't care so much, and took a few steps forward and said, "I'm not afraid of 10,000, just in case, Madame should go with me to hide in the secret passage, right?

"Miss Chu wants to go, so let's go by myself. Yu Mingzhi said lightly: "As the head mother of the Qin family, how can I be so cowardly? ”

Miss Chu looked at her in a daze, did she see it, or did she want to force her face and refuse to leave?

The firelight was closer, she gritted her teeth, and tried to hold Yu Mingzhi's arm, "Madame, let's go, it's too late if you don't leave!

Yu Mingzhi unceremoniously shook off her hand and instructed Xia Bing, "You take Miss Chu to avoid it." ”

Xia Bing looked at Miss Chu helplessly, it is true that she is the master, but Mrs. Qin's status is higher, how dare she not listen to a slave and maid? When she was hesitating and didn't know what to do, Miss Chu said loudly: "Madam, I know that you have resentment in your heart, but now is not the time to dwell on this? I am all thinking about you and my son, hiding in the secret passage at home, and the only people who know are those at home, who will spread it and lose the face of my son?"

As she spoke, Miss Chu grabbed Yu Mingzhi's arm again and was about to pull it out.

Looking at her empathetic appearance, Yu Mingzhi only felt funny.

Since Miss Chu wants to continue acting, then she is not polite.

"Okay, then I'll go with you. She gave Zhu'er a color and followed Miss Chu out of the study.

When the sky showed a hint of whiteness, Qin Ji was standing on the city tower, coldly watching the change of guards under the city.

After a night, under the arrangement made by the Zhongshu Order, the defense was adjusted again, so that the entire capital was impregnable, and the Yiwang Mansion was secretly guarded closely, and any wind and grass could be killed.

However, this night was no different from before.

There are no people on the street, every house closes the door, and there is not even a trace of light on the window, only the Jin Wuwei who patrols the city passes by, and his boots are neatly stepped on the bluestone slab, making a dull "dong dong" sound, as if the drum is beating on people's hearts, and he does not dare to breathe at the slightest breath.

He sighed, now all he has to wait for is to follow the news of the people in Hengshan.

Downstairs, the shift has ended, and the new guards are waiting for the hour to open the gates. The guards, who had been waiting for the night and finally had a rest, sighed and left, and some of them couldn't help but complain. A companion quickly poked the complaining ones with his elbow, and then pointed up with his hand.

Those few people looked up and saw that the Qin Sheren were slowly walking down the stairs. Suddenly frightened, his face turned like earth, and he ran away in a panic.

There was no one else in front of him, so Qin Ji yawned unscrupulously and suddenly quickened his pace.

Hang Yang brought the horse, "Half an hour ago, I sent someone back to the house to report to my wife that I was safe." ”

Qin Ji nodded, his branches were the same as him, and he hadn't slept all night.

He felt distressed for a while, and was about to ride his horse home, when a young man in black ran up to him, kneeling on one knee in front of the horse. Arch your hand. said: "According to the instructions of the son, the subordinates have found out some clues. ”

Qin Ji looked at the front and back, "Say it." ”

The young man in black said: "Zhongshu Ling's second son is named Ban Qian, and the young lady he married a few years ago is actually the illegitimate daughter of Shangshu of the Criminal Department. ”

"Oh?" Qin Ji understood. The criminal department Shangshu and Li Wangshan and others are raccoon dogs. No wonder the marriage was under the banner of thrift. It was very low-key, except for some relatives and friends who came and went a lot, the rest were not invited.

He waved his hand. The young man in black retreated silently.

"Zhongshu Ling is indeed old. "Since he is going to be promoted to Zhongshu Shilang, it is not good to be on an equal footing with Gu Shilang, and it is necessary to let this friend who has worked together for many years also rise a little higher, "Where is Gu Shilang now?"

Hang Yang replied: "I just came out of the imperial city, and I should be halfway back to the house at this time." ”

Although it was a little unkind, Qin Ji still spoke, "You go and invite Gu Shilang to come to my mansion." ”

"Yes. Hang Yang's eyes motioned to a few guards behind him to protect the son, and rode away by himself.

Qin Ji couldn't delay for a moment, and hurried home.

When I arrived at the door of my house, the sky was already bright, and there were gradually voices on the street, and the whole capital seemed to come to life.

"Zhizhi?" Qin Ji walked into the door quickly, calling out with a smile on his face.

But no one answered him.

He frowned slightly, the morning wind sent a scorching smell, and a burst of black gas wafted from the west of his house.

He suddenly became curious, obviously Zhizhi had been waiting for his news before, why did something seem to have happened at home now, and there was no one to report all this to him?

He quickened his pace suddenly, and as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Yu Mingzhi sitting on the main seat making tea.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing him come in, Yu Mingzhi smiled: "I was just thinking about the door to see if you were back, just in time." Come, take a sip of tea and take a break, you're tired after a busy night, right?"

Qin Ji saw that she had a smile on her face, it didn't seem to be fake, he sat down beside her, took the teacup, and asked, "Something happened at home?"

Yu Mingzhi said: "Indeed, the person who caused the incident is cleaning up the mess." ”

Qin Ji heard her speak vaguely, and he understood who it was, and sighed faintly, "What happened?"

Yu Mingzhi looked at the eyeballs, and Zhu'er told him about the things before and after.

Yu Mingzhi continued to drink tea slowly.

After coming out of the courtyard last night, Miss Chu planned to take her to the so-called secret passage, but she never expected it, but she was dragged in the direction of the fire.

Along the way, I met a lot of nursing homes that rushed to the nursing home after hearing the news, and everyone looked at each other, because they didn't encounter the so-called "enemy" at all.

The guards were afraid that they would be transferred to leave the mountain, so only some of them came, and the rest of the people still insisted on patrolling all over the house, but there was no abnormality after the fire.

Everyone walked forward, and at that time, Miss Chu's face was already extremely ugly.

But since she did this, she had to bear the consequences, Yu Mingzhi hinted that Zhu'er forcibly dragged her, and took Miss Chu and a group of guards to the burning courtyard.

I saw that the first group of people to come to the courtyard guarded a few people under the courtyard wall, all of them looked panicked, and when they saw that Miss Chu was coming with her, they all lowered their heads in unison, as if they wanted to go underground,

Tearing open the outermost black clothes of those people, inside was the clothes of the Qin Mansion family.

After being identified by the nurses, it was indeed the family of the Qin Mansion.

Those few people were hesitant and refused to tell the truth.

Yu Mingzhi asked Miss Chu what to do.

Miss Chu immediately said that she would be severely punished. I think it's to get rid of my suspicions, and by the way, I can't say anything about these people.

Those few people quit, and confessed that it was Dongqing next to Miss Chu who asked them to set a fire in the yard.

Now it's okay, Miss Chu's trick was told in public.

Her disguised benevolent face was instantly pierced.

She still had to save some face for this life-saving benefactor, and told the nurses to continue to go back to patrol, not to make a noise about it, and told the others that it was the candlestick that was accidentally overturned and caused by the water, and then asked Miss Chu to take the group of minions to clean up the burning courtyard.

After such a fuss, she didn't feel sleepy, so she continued to listen to Qin Ji's news, and at the same time, in order not to distract him, she didn't tell the family about what happened.

Several hours have passed now, but those people haven't cleaned up the small yard yet, and it seems that they are thinking carefully again.

Yu Mingzhi didn't care, the falling flowers were ruthless, why should she bother herself.

After Qin Ji listened, he put the teacup on the table out of control for a while, only to hear the "bang", the small coffee table shook a few times, and after a subtle "click" sound, it shattered, and the tea and tea were scattered on the table.

He endured it, but he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, "Presumptuous." ”

Before the people outside were cleaned up, the inner courtyard was "on fire" first.

The Guo family is just that, and they don't think there is anything to clean up one after another, but it's this Chu Hao.

Qin Ji frowned, and called Mother Du, "Go to the west courtyard to have a look, have you cleaned it up?" Take Miss Chu to Jingqingxuan, take care of it, and replace a few maids around her." ”

Mother Du could hear the meaning inside, and responded respectfully: "The slave knows, let's go and see." ”

Yu Mingzhi watched Du's mother go out and motioned to Zhu'er to pack up all the things on the table.

Qin Ji sighed: "It's me who has caused you trouble." As he spoke, he reached out and took her hand, holding it in his palm and rubbing it carefully.

Yu Mingzhi saw that his eyebrows were tired, and he didn't want to do more senseless entanglement in Miss Chu's affairs, so she held Qin Ji's hand in turn, "You're tired, let's go back to the room." ”

Qin Ji responded with a smile: "Okay." ”

The two returned to the main courtyard hand in hand, and there was still water in the side room that the maid brought to freshen up last night, but it was already cold.

Yu Mingzhi instructed the maid to prepare hot water again, and then took out homely clothes for Qin Ji to change into.

Qin Ji looked at her and lowered her head slightly to button him, and said softly: "There was no movement from King Yi's faction last night. The matter was proposed by Zhongshu Ling, and he also proposed to the emperor that I take over the position of Zhongshu Shilang. ”

Yu Mingzhi paused, "He ......"

Qin Ji said: "His second daughter-in-law, her mother's family has been running a medicinal herb shop for several generations, and her uncle is the imperial doctor in the palace, and her medical skills are very good, and he is even expected to take over the imperial medicine order in two years." Zhongshuling was old, so he didn't expect much benefit from the marriage, so he agreed to the marriage. However, the young lady was not born in this family, and her mother had a relationship with the criminal department before she got married. ”

"This criminal department Shangshu is the person of King Yi?" Yu Mingzhi thought about it slightly, and then reacted, "Although the person is married to someone else, but the heart is still here in the criminal department Shangshu, and he has always broken the thread, and he wants to help his biological father as a daughter, so he has been familiar with these strengths by contacting medicinal materials since he was a child, so he has done something to the Zhongshu Ling?!" (To be continued.) )