Chapter Twenty-Four: The Arrival of Your Guests
Jiang Yongjiu heard her say this, his expression was slightly restrained, and he bowed his hand and prepared to leave. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but as soon as he lowered his hand, he heard Yuan Xiyue say lightly: "Jiang Gongzi, thank you for quietly telling me such a key matter, I believe we can really cooperate well in the future." ”
In the end, it's still careless! Jiang Yongjiu only realized at this time that Yuan Xiyue had already guessed that what he had just said was deliberate. I couldn't help but smile wryly and shook my head slightly.
"It's abrupt, but there's no malice in doing so."
"I naturally understand that Jiang Gongzi is indeed not a good liar, but every word you say must have a purpose. Just now I was leaving, and you still have to say something more to ask me to take care of my body, as if I was afraid that I wouldn't remember to ask you about the poison. ”
Yuan Xiyue paused, and then said, "Presumably you are so generous to me because you want to find out more clues behind the frost." I don't know exactly what you're trying to do, but you can be generous enough to talk to me, but you still want to test me. ”
Yuan Xiyue said that his face returned to indifference, and he looked quite unhappy with his behavior.
Jiang Yongjiu just wanted to explain further, but he heard that there seemed to be movement at the gate of the courtyard, so he had to look at Ding Sanxiu, and the master and servant quickly hid behind the bushes.
Yuan Xiyue and Yun Xiang also noticed these sounds at the same time, and then walked to the gate of the courtyard on tiptoe, opened the courtyard door as soon as they opened, and a little girl rushed over, staggering and almost not standing firmly, and when she looked closely, she was very raw.
"What are you doing in the doorway? Say, how long have you been eavesdropping? Yun Xiang was also unceremonious in the face of this uninvited guest.
"Slave...... The slave didn't hear anything, the slave really didn't hear anything. ”
It seems that the business quality of the person Situ Juan found to keep an eye on is really not good, and she didn't hear anything she said, but doesn't it mean that she indirectly admitted that she was eavesdropping before? Yuan Xiyue complained silently in her heart.
"Did you hear a man's voice?"
As soon as she spoke, Yun Xiang and the little maid raised their heads at the same time and looked at Yuan Xiyue with a ghostly expression, unable to speak with their mouths wide open.
"Fortunately, this specialty has been crossed with me." Yuan Xiyue couldn't help but snickered in her heart, she had the specialty of imitating other people's speech since she was a child, and she could even reverse the string, because she had not been in contact with Jiang Yongjiu for a long time, so she only learned seven or eight images of this sentence just now. But this was enough to calm Yunxiang and the others, and the little maid couldn't hear it very clearly through the door, and she didn't doubt him.
"I'm talking and playing with your sister Yunxiang in the yard, do you want to join in?"
The little maid had already felt suspicious, where did she dare to agree, so she had to say no repeatedly, her expression became more and more panicked, and her eyes flickered. Just now she overheard the voice of a man talking in the courtyard, and she was very excited for a while, thinking that she should be able to go to Madame to ask for a lot of money.
This excitement didn't stand firm, and made a noise, and was caught by the eldest lady.
"If only I had opened the door later, you wouldn't have received the reward."
The eldest lady can actually see through what people are thinking! The little maid was so frightened that her legs weakened, and she immediately fell to her knees, and her mind was already blank.
"Yunxiang, help her up quickly, it's not a big deal if she can't get the reward, as for such a big gift?" Yuan Xiyue teased in a relaxed tone.
Yun Xiang hurriedly answered the voice and helped the little maid up, Rao is her movements were steady, and she could still feel the little maid trembling slightly. Of course, all this was also seen by Yuan Xiyue, and he couldn't help but despise Situ Juan's employment level even more.
"What's your name, why haven't I seen you before?"
"Back to ...... If you go back to the eldest lady, the slave and maid are called...... It's called Wen'er, and she just went to work in the second lady's house. ”
Yuan Xiyue felt that her stepmother was really undisguised, and directly asked the maid in Yuan Yushan's room to follow her. I thought that it would be inconspicuous to find a fresh face to stare at her, but I didn't expect that the raw face was also easy to make mistakes and be caught.
Yun Xiang saw that Yuan Xiyue's eyes showed disdain, knowing that the eldest lady didn't want to delay time with her anymore. So he said in a stiff tone: "What are you doing here, where are you coming from, where are you going, if you see you sneaking around us again, you can choose one of your two legs, and you will break your hamstrings." ”
Wen'er felt like she had been pardoned when she heard this threatening word, and quickly nodded her head in thanks, and when she was about to leave, she patted her head and remembered something important.
"Miss, madam, please...... Please come over. ”
"Mother passed me on? Now? So what were you just rubbing? As soon as the words came out, Yuan Xiyue reacted, and Situ Juan still made two preparations.
It seems that she has long been afraid that this novice will be recognized, and when the time comes, she will use the reason of spreading the news to prevaricate the past, but she didn't expect Yuan Xiyue to find out the bottom long ago.
"Didn't Mother say what it was?"
"Madame only said that there was a distinguished guest arriving, and she specially prepared a banquet, and wanted to invite the eldest lady to come over and dine together."
"Didn't Mother say who the guest was?"
"Madame didn't mention it, only said that the eldest lady must come over."
Yuan Xiyue felt that his guess was good, it turned out that he had prepared the Hongmen banquet, and it seemed that this distinguished guest should be the one who danced the sword.
I'm afraid that they will be the ones who will be hurt today.
"You go back to your mother and say I'll freshen up and go over."
After Wen'er responded, he ran away as if he were running away.
When Yuan Xiyue's master and servant returned to the courtyard, there was no one behind the bushes, in fact, the perfect opportunity just now would have been taken by anyone to slip away.
Yuan Xiyue felt that there were still some things she wanted to talk to Jiang Yongjiu, but she was a little confused for a while. However, looking at the silver ticket and jade seal in his hand, he thought that there must be more opportunities to deal with them in the future.
It is estimated that the father who did not hesitate to risk his own daughter after being busy before and after, I am afraid that the benefits he can get from it are probably less than half of his own.
The biggest beneficiary is probably the backer behind his father, and one day he must personally meet the mastermind behind the scenes.
But before doing these things, you have to go to the banquet to see what kind of gifts this stepmother who cares about her very much has prepared.
After freshening up, Yuan Xiyue went out with Yunxiang, and now the actual situation is that there are still two wounded people lying in the house. Even if Hong'er Cui'er's injuries have recovered, there is still a shortage of manpower on her side, and she has to find a way to find some reliable people.
Yuan Xiyue also explained his thoughts to Yun Xiang all the way, and they came to Ruihua Courtyard while talking, and they heard laughter and laughter inside at the gate of the courtyard, in addition to Situ Juan, there was also a voice that was quite familiar, and when they entered the courtyard, there were a few people waiting for the maids and servants who knew that they were extraordinary by looking at their demeanor.
When he entered the house, he saw Situ Juan, who had regained his former vigor, smiled at Yuan Xiyue and said, "Xiyue, who do you see coming?" ”