Jiang Ruan walked to the man's side and stopped, all the dark guards looked at each other, Jiang Ruan looked down at the top of the man's hair, and finally said lightly: "Bai Zhi, don't you dare to look up at me?" ”

The secret guards who were still on the side were all taken aback, they were no strangers to Bai Zhi's name Jinying Palace, that was the young lady's dowry maid, Jiang Ruan's four maids except for Tianzhu, who was originally Xiao Shao's person, the other three were all celebrities in Jinying Palace. On weekdays, Bai Zhi is the most calm and quiet among the maids, and she is also beautiful and lovely, and the guards often send things here to offer courtesy. Bai Zhi has won Jiang Ruan's trust, and he is an old man who grew up with Jiang Ruan since he was a child, and today's ghost hunting was arranged by Jiang Ruan, and when he heard Bai Zhi's name, the secret guards were taken aback.

The people on the ground did not react for a long time, but Jiang Ruan was not in a hurry, but stood aside calmly and waited. After a while, the man on the ground finally straightened his clothes and slowly stood up, revealing a familiar face.

Bai Zhi's expression was as gentle and calm as usual, as if she had just finished one thing Jiang Ruan had explained, and there was not even a trace of panic on her face when she was caught, she just looked at Jiang Ruan and said, "The girl is smart, she still caught the slave maid." ”

"This ......" When the surrounding guards saw that it was really Bai Zhi, they were all a little confused, and some stared at Bai Zhi unfamiliarly, in case she did something unfavorable to Jiang Ruan. At this moment, several forsythia, who rushed to hear the news, also chased after them from behind, and Bai Zhi, who saw Bai Zhi, who was surrounded by Bai Dark Guard, couldn't help but be shocked in place. Luzhu was breathless, and immediately said, "Sister Bai Zhi, how could it be you?" ”

Forsythia and Bai Zhi grew up together, and the friendship between the two is deep, seeing this scene, Forsythia was shocked and the first thing that came to mind was that Bai Zhi was wronged. He said eagerly: "What's going on?" Bai Zhi, isn't there some misunderstanding? The girl is here, and she will definitely give you back her innocence, you can say it quickly. ”

She was very anxious and wanted to help Bai Zhi clear her name. It's just because in Forsythia's opinion, Bai Zhi really has no reason to frame Jiang Ruan, and it is impossible for him to be an insider in the mouth of the person who reported it. However, Bai Zhi did not clarify as she hoped, but just smiled and said, "It's not a misunderstanding, I'm the inner ghost next to the girl." The girl has always been discerning, and this time she didn't catch the wrong person. She glanced at Forsythia and said softly, "I'm sorry I lied to you." ”

"How is this possible?" Forsythia didn't hold back, rushed up and grabbed Bai Zhi's sleeve, she looked a little excited, no matter how many people were present, she poured beans into the bamboo tube and said: "You and I have served the girl from childhood to adulthood at the same time, and everyone can see how the girl is treated." At the beginning of the Zhuangzi, you were also dedicated to helping the girl. After so many years, I am qualified to say what kind of person you are. Bai Zhi, do you have anything unspeakable, you and I have been friends for many years, and the girl regards you as her own person, if you say it, the girl will definitely help you. Is something wrong with you? ”

Bai Zhi paused slightly, but pulled Forsythia's hand off her sleeve harder, and said: "I have nothing to say, and there is nothing unspeakable, you can't trust me, can't you trust the girl, when did she catch the wrong person." ”

Forsythia was stunned by the resoluteness in Bai Zhi's eyes, and couldn't help but take two steps back, and then looked at the woman in front of him, only to feel that it was completely strange, and it was completely different from the friend who got along with him day and night in the past. She looked at Jiang Ruan with some puzzlement, Jiang Ruan's expression didn't see any change, and only said to the surrounding secret guards: "Go down, just leave a few people outside the courtyard." ”

"Young Madam," one of the guards worried, "Young Mademoa's safety is important. ”

"An unarmed woman, why worry, it's enough to have Tianzhu here." Jiang Ruan said lightly. Seeing her resolute attitude, the surrounding guards knew that Jiang Ruan was not a person who was easily swayed by others, so they had to retreat outside the courtyard.

There are only forsythia dewdrops left in the courtyard, Tianzhu Jiang Ruan, and Bai Zhi who doesn't know what Lu Dao is thinking.

"The girl treats you well, why do you want to do this?" Dew Drop was the first to hold her breath, she was a person who loved and hated clearly, and she had always loved Jiang Ruan as a relative from the bottom of her heart. suddenly discovered that Bai Zhi was the one who secretly murdered Jiang Ruan, and the anger in his heart can be imagined. If I had some doubts that Bai Zhi had been wronged before, but now looking at Bai Zhi's attitude and Jiang Ruan's determination, Lu Zhu also saw the clues, and she was only filled with righteous indignation at Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi didn't answer Lu Zhu's words, but just looked at Jiang Ruan and said, "The girl set up this game today just to arrest me?" The girl already knew that I was the one who caused the poison? ”

"Yes." Jiang Ruan said lightly: "I said before that if I found the person behind me and wanted to enter the palace layout, I specially told you about it." I know that you will want to send a message out of Lu, and specially ordered people to wait in the house to catch ghosts. ”

"The girl has always been smart, and she can't hide anything from your eyes." Bai Zhi smiled, and her expression was very calm: "When did the girl find out that the slave maid was a spy?" ”

Jiang Ruan's beautiful eyes flashed with a strange emotion, her red lips hooked slightly, but her smile was a little cold: "Bai Zhi, if you can, the person I don't want to doubt the most is you." She said lightly, and didn't seem to have any emotion: "You are the maid my mother gave me, and you have always been by my side." You have been with me for too long, and I have always thought that the person who can accompany me to the end will never betray me. If there are not many people I trust in this world, Bai Zhi, you can count one of them. ”

Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect Jiang Ruan to say such a thing, her lips moved, but in the end she was silent.

"The food I eat in the palace has passed through the hands of Steward Lin, and the palace is very strict in disciplining these things, and I don't suspect that something is wrong. If it is said that there is a place for poisoning, it must be a trick outside. I thought it was in the palace, or Jiang Dan did something, until I remembered later, on the day I got married to Xiao Shao, while waiting in the new house, Dew was afraid that I would be hungry and gave me pastries, and you gave me a cup of tea. ”

Dew also seemed to recall: "Yes, because I was afraid that the girl would only choke on eating pastries, Sister Bai Zhi gave me a cup of tea, could it be the problem with the tea?" ”

"But with a cup of tea, how can the girl conclude that it was the slave who did it?" Bai Zhi smiled.

"A cup of tea really doesn't mean anything, maybe someone else threw it in. But you know that I can't get used to things that are too sweet, and the pastries were already very sweet that day, but you also brought me lotus leaf honey syrup. It's nothing, but for you, Angelica Bai, you have been with me for more than ten years, and no one knows my eating habits better than you. You are my first-class maid, and you have always done things safely, and you will not make such mistakes. You're doing this because you're panicking and you're not noticing. Too sweet pastries and too sweet tea, Angelica Angelica, normal you, will not do this. ”

Forsythia followed and raised her eyes to look at Bai Zhi, she and Bai Zhi had served Jiang Ruan for so many years, so she naturally understood that what Jiang Ruan said was right. Bai Zhi has always been meticulous in Jiang Ruan's daily life, she is cautious, and she will not make such a mistake.

After a while, Bai Zhi laughed softly: "The girl is really careful, but I didn't expect that it was such a detail that betrayed the slave maid." The slave and the maid were convinced. ”

"No, it's more than that." Jiang Ruan looked at the burning torches, and the bright light of the fire reflected everything in a shadowy way. And there was a kind of murderous beauty in her countenance. She said, "And when I came back, the forsythia and they all gathered around, and they were happy because I was detoxified, and you were the only one who was sad." ”

Bai Zhi was puzzled: "The slave maid is sad because she is worried about the girl, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"Yes, you should worry about me, as a personal maid, it is understandable to worry about the master's injury. But a normal person will first feel fortunate that others did not die. Bai Zhi, since you saw me, you haven't shown a happy look, this is an unusual, as if you are not happy because I am getting better, but worried and sad because of this, what are you sad about, is it because you missed? She asked.

Bai Zhi was stunned, and looked at Jiang Ruan in a trance: "It turns out that I also showed my horse's feet here......"

"Not only that, but when I returned home, I saw that the house was in a mess, as if it hadn't been cleaned up, and you said that it was because everyone was worried about my injuries, so they didn't bother to sweep it." Jiang Ruan shook his head: "This sentence applies to forsythia and dewdrops, because they are impatient and can't hide things in their hearts, and once something happens to me, they have nothing else to think about." But you are different, Bai Zhi, you have been with me for so many years, and your temperament is the most calm, even if I fell into the water and didn't wake up in Zhang Lan's Zhuangzi, you will still do all the trivial things in an orderly manner, because you are a very assertive person, and you will not change because of external changes. Are you in the mood to do things because of my injury? No, you're just worrying because there's something on your mind and you can't calm down. ”

The most suspicious thing is that Bai Zhi may have a warning about the dream of the previous life. In her previous life, Forsythia died under Jiang Quan's battle, but Bai Zhi by her side stayed behind her and accompanied her into the palace. Now it seems that no matter what kind of person Bai Zhi is, with Xia Yan's cautious temperament, how could she let her bring a person from her own cronies into the palace.

Bai Zhi looked at Jiang Ruan, and suddenly took a step forward, and Tianzhu stood in front of Jiang Ruan vigilantly. Tianzhu came the latest, and there was no deep friendship with Angelica Angelica like forsythia. Now it is confirmed that Bai Zhi's identity as a spy is confirmed, the person who hates the traitor the most in Jinyi Weizhong, in the eyes of Tianzhu, Bai Zhi is just an enemy.

As soon as Tianzhu made a move, Bai Zhi's footsteps stopped. She looked at Jiang Ruan, thought for a while, and then smiled bitterly: "What the girl said is right, after following the girl for so many years, the girl knows everything about slaves and maids." What's more, the girl is a person who is easy to guess people's hearts, and the slave's tricks are really not on the stage in front of the girl, but it just adds to the joke for people. ”

"No," Jiang Ruan said lightly: "It's not because I know you that I know your abnormality, and it's not because I'm good at guessing people's hearts that I can know that you are a traitor." I know who you are because you deliberately revealed it to me. She crossed Tianzhu, slowly walked in front of Bai Zhi, looked at Bai Zhi calmly, and spit out a fact: "These horses and feet were deliberately revealed to me by you, you don't want to hide your identity, you want me to find out that this ghost hunt is not so much arranged by me, but by you borrowing my hand." ”

Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "The girl is really good at laughing, I'm not a fool, how could I take the initiative to send the handle to someone to let people arrest me." Why do I want to do this? ”

"Yes," Jiang Ruan sighed and stared into her eyes tightly: "I also want to know Lu Dao, why do you want to do this?" ”

The eyes of those upward flattering eyes were fierce, as if they wanted to peel off all the disguises of people, and all the thoughts in their hearts seemed to be hidden in front of these bright eyes. Bai Zhizhi looked a little uncertain, she gritted her teeth and looked at Jiang Ruan insistently.

"Didn't you choose this way to tell me the truth?" Jiang Ruan's voice was soft, and it seemed to contain a kind of inducement and demagogy, which made people involuntarily say what was in their hearts: "Bai Zhi, if you have any troubles, you can tell me." This is not only an account to me, but also to yourself. was betrayed by the maid who has been with me for more than ten years, you should at least give me an explanation, otherwise, I will also think that I am such a master who can't keep people. ”

Dew Drop and Forsythia both looked at Bai Zhi, as sisters who got along day and night, they became their enemies overnight. This is really an unacceptable fact, Forsythia said: "Bai Zhi, you should at least tell us what is the reason for it." ”

Bai Zhi finally lowered her head under such a gaze, and when she raised her eyes again, her eyes were already very calm, as if she had made some major decision. She said: "The girl guessed right, it's not that the girl won't keep anyone. The reason why Bai Zhi became the person who introduced poison was only because Bai Zhi was the person of the eldest lady. ”

"How so?" Dew Drop was surprised: "The eldest lady is already dead, how can you let you poison the girl again?" ”

"At the beginning, the slave maid and the forsythia were selected by the first lady to give the girl, but the slave maid and the forsythia are different, the forsythia is clean, and she is the son of Shangshufu. The slave's family is in a village under the Shangshu Mansion, and the slave's brother works under the eldest lady's housekeeper, and the eldest lady wants the slave and maid to come with her to take care of the girl, but she holds the deed of sale of the slave and maid's family in her hand. ”

Forsythia didn't expect that there would be such a stubble, she always thought that Bai Zhi was the same as her, Zhao Mei was personally selected to serve Jiang Ruan, and the foundation was naturally clean and innocent. Who knew that the purpose of Bai Zhi sent in was not simple.

Although the eldest lady asked the slave to follow the girl, she never asked the slave to do anything, but only occasionally asked about the girl's situation. The slave did not dare to stop it. Later, the girl went to Zhuangzi, and the slave's family was fortunate to get rid of the slave, and the slave and maid have always followed the girl, because there is no threat, and they want to serve the girl wholeheartedly, which is considered compensation for the previous years. She paused and laughed: "In the past, the girl had a soft temperament and was often bullied, but later in Zhuangzi Mountain, somehow, she changed her character, and the slave maid was really happy for the girl." Later, the eldest lady also died, and the slave maid thought that the original thing was over forever, as long as she continued to live like this with the girl. Who knew that a few days ago, someone took my mother's token to me, and someone found the slave's family and asked the slave to give the girl a medicine, otherwise the life of the slave's family would be lost. ”

"So you poisoned the girl to protect your family?" Forsythia was surprised. This may be excusable, but as a subordinate, he can never betray his master, so Bai Zhi's behavior is still very disapproving in the eyes of Forsythia. Deng Shi said: "Even so, did you think about the girl when you did this?" Putting aside the things of the past, even now, you can tell the girl about it, and the girl is so clever that she will definitely solve it for you! ”

"You don't understand!" Bai Zhi shouted: "Forsythia, your family is innocent, and you can be a loyal servant in front of your master." But I am the person of the eldest lady, if this matter is involved, even if I don't do anything to the girl, the past things are revealed, how can the girl see me in the future without estrangement. As soon as I said that, I would never be able to go back to the way I was. Besides, no matter how powerful the girl is, I would never dare to play with my family's life. I still have an older brother and a younger brother, and I can't put them in danger just because I'm alone. ”

"You're stubborn!" Forsythia said angrily.

"It's good for you to say it, just complain about me, I don't care about horizontal and vertical." Bai Zhi smiled bitterly: "After all, I committed this heinous crime, and I have no regrets about how the girl punished me." ”

"And who the hell was the guy who asked you to poison the girl?" Dew asked eagerly.

"I don't know what to do." Bai Zhi shook her head: "He used a dart to tie a note to pass the news to me, I don't know who that person is, across the wall, and I don't know what he looks like." ”

"I only want to ask you one thing," Jiang Ruan said lightly: "More than ten years ago, when Jiang Dan poisoned my mother, do you know the way?" ”

The dew drops and forsythia were all shocked, but they didn't know about the scene of Jiang Dan's poisoning. Originally, I didn't know who the person from the Xia Mansion behind Lu Dao was, but it turned out to be Jiang Dan?

Bai Zhi was silent for a moment before nodding.

Jiang Ruan looked at her coldly, if she said that her attitude towards Bai Zhi before was always gentle and did not show the anger of being betrayed, but at this moment, she was indifferent and made people feel cold. She said: "You have followed me for so many years, and as you said, you have not done anything to hurt me. In the most difficult time, it was you and Forsythia who were by my side, although I didn't say it, but as long as I was safe in this world, I would use all my power to protect you. Bai Zhi, I don't hold me accountable for poisoning, you do these things for your family, if it were me, I might not do better than you. But you watched my mother being poisoned by Jiang Dan, you could have taken the initiative to show your feet to remind me as you did today. You didn't say anything, and although your lords are excusable, I will never forgive you for this. ”

Bai Zhi was startled, and suddenly raised her head to look at Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan has always had a cold temperament, and on the surface, he doesn't care much about anything, so he has always been very tolerant of the mistakes made by his subordinates. But only those close to her know that she is insanely paranoid about certain things. If Bai Zhi was sure that Jiang Ruan would be disappointed in her because of this matter, he would not really be angry with her because of this. Now Jiang Ruan's words are a clear expression that she and her are two hostile camps.

"You poisoned me, I have nothing to say. I can't forgive myself for watching my mother stand by. Bai Zhi, between you and me, the righteousness of the master and servant, in this world and here, there is no more relationship. ”

Word by word, Jiang Ruan's words were unquestionable, Forsythia and Dew Bead Tianzhu stood silently on the side, and no one spoke. Bai Zhi was stunned, the snow fell on her one after another, the fire burned silently in the snow, and she felt very lonely, as if everything in heaven and earth had abandoned her.

After a moment, she suddenly laughed softly, and then laughed louder and louder, almost bursting into tears, and she said, "I didn't complete the man's task, and he can't spare me in the end, for fear that I will bite him out again." There's only one way. Before he could finish speaking, he slammed his head into the stone wall. She was already close to the stone wall, and Tianzhu, who had the best kung fu, was by Jiang Ruan's side, and there was no time to save her. Bai Zhi put in a lot of strength this time, and it was clear that she was bent on death. I only heard a muffled sound, Forsythia exclaimed, and Bai Zhi fell down softly, and the blood on his forehead was shocking.

She exhaled heavily, blood pouring out of her mouth, wetting the snow beneath her into a red. She gasped, her voice like a broken bellows, barely audible in the unwritten words, "Sorry......." ”

There was silence again in the snow, and there was no sound, and large flakes of snow fell, almost drowning the blood on the ground. Jiang Ruan's voice was so low that he could barely hear it, and said, "Burial." ”

She turned and walked out of the courtyard, her long crimson dress was connected with the blood on the ground, her expression was cold, her back was straight, she walked coldly and resolutely, and she never looked back at the figure on the ground. However, the faster and faster he walked, the faster and faster he walked, almost trotting in the snow, and finally stopped abruptly after rushing out of the yard, holding the vermilion pillar next to him with one hand, only to feel surprisingly cold all over his body.

She pursed her lips tightly, the corners of her mouth stiffened, but her eyes were slightly red.

A cold figure walked out from behind her, stood behind her, slowly pulled her shoulder, hugged her in his arms, the young face was handsome, but the slender figure seemed to contain a reassuring infinite strength, and there was a trace of warmth in this cold winter day.

"Xiao Shao, I'm sad." Jiang Ruan's voice had a kind of tiredness that she didn't have on weekdays, she reached out and hugged the thin waist of the young man in front of her, and buried her head in his shoulder: "Don't betray me." ”