Chapter Seventy-One: The Uninvited Guest
"County Lord, Uncle Tong is here. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info"It's been five days since Rong'er's incident. Cuiguo secretly wondered in her heart, why did Uncle Tong always come to the county lord recently. Although she had doubts, she still remembered that she was a subordinate and never dared to ask too much.
Duanyue raised her eyes and lifted her gaze from the yellowed rice paper on the table that had not yet dried. She lifted her chin at Emerald and nodded. "Let him come. That's right," Duanyue put down the brush in his hand, and his face was calm. "You go down first, I have some personal matters to discuss with Uncle Tong, so you don't have to come in without my instructions."
Cuiguo lowered her head and blessed her body, and Yingying turned around and stepped out of the door. It's been several times, and the county lord always talks to Uncle Tong, intentionally or unintentionally, to separate himself. It's never been like this before.
She lowered her eyes and walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, watching Uncle Tong raise the corners of his mouth and show a sweet smile. "The county lord let you in. Uncle Tong has been here so frequently these days, could it be that something happened in the house? Cuiguo asked tentatively, but Uncle Tong just smiled heartily.
"It's okay, it's okay, Miss Cuiguo doesn't have to worry." Uncle Tong smiled and waved his hand, Cuiguo really couldn't see any flaws on his face. She had no choice but to prevaricate and laugh haha.
Uncle Tong saw Cuiguo walking out of the yard, and closed the door carefully, so he walked to the house with confidence. He saw Duan Yue sitting at the round table, and first greeted him respectfully.
"County Lord, find out." Uncle Tong's eyes lit up when he looked at Duanyue, and his lazy face just now swept away. "There is a lot of salt in the soap powder, and this thing has a miraculous effect on fading. However, because soap powder and salt cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, it is difficult to detect. ”
"Okay." Duanyue nodded, she exhaled and felt that the matter was half clear. "Did you figure out who did it?"
Uncle Tong shook his head and said with a sigh. "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it's really impossible to find out." He paused and muttered. "But does the county lord already have a suspicion?"
"Go down, don't let a third person know about this." Duanyue skipped Uncle Tong's question just now, and instead gave the order to expel the guest in an unhappy tone. Uncle Tong knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he was so shocked that the beads of sweat on his head kept flowing, and he dared to talk more, so he had to quickly retreat.
"Wait!" Duanyue suddenly thought of something, and immediately called out to Uncle Tong, so frightened that he almost jumped up. "How is Rong'er now, has Master Hou asked about this matter?"
"Miss Rong'er seems to be a different person now, and she talks a lot less. There was no movement from Hou Ye, the old slave thought, it is estimated that Hou Ye didn't care about this matter at all. Uncle Tong told everything he knew, for fear that he would know everything.
Duanyue nodded and waved at him, so Uncle Tong dared to go down. Seeing him come out, Cui Guo dared to step into the courtyard. She was a lot more restrained than before, and she didn't have the shape she used to be, but walked to Duanyue's side silently. Duanyue subconsciously frowned when she saw her figure, and then said that she couldn't come in without her own orders, and she was so bold that she didn't even listen to her own words.
Before she could scold Cuiguo, she took the lead in reporting it. "County Lord, I just heard from someone that Princess Sheng An went to see the Hou Ye."
"Princess Sheng'an!" Duanyue slapped her face on the table, and instantly bounced off the stool.
What did she come to do? My brother doesn't seem to be that close to her, huh?
Duanyue really couldn't remember when these two people intersected. Seeing her look so uneasy, Cui Guo hurriedly grabbed Duanyue's hand. The warm palm calmed Duanyue slightly.
"How long has Princess Sheng An been here?"
"It's been half an hour." Cuiguo replied truthfully.
The more Duanyue thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, as if thousands of small needles were piercing herself, and it was really difficult to sit still. A few days ago, Duanyue's right eyelid always jumped, she just felt that she hadn't rested well, and now she was afraid that there was really a "disaster".
She couldn't help it, and immediately took Cuiguo all the way to the study of the wind. Outside the closed door, a maid who had never seen it and Xu Xiachu stood outside. Duanyue took a closer look at the maid, the clothes were not like the popular styles in Chang'an, and she didn't have to think about it to know that it was the maid brought by Princess Sheng'an from Jin Zhao.
Xu Xiachu leaned on the doorpost and dozed off, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Duanyue's distorted face, even a person with high martial arts skills would be confused, not to mention Xu Xiachu, a person with mediocre martial arts. He jumped back in fright, resisting the urge to shout.
"What are you doing here!?" When Xu Xiachu calmed down, he looked at Duanyue with his thick and heroic eyebrows. He lowered his voice as if he was afraid of disturbing the people in the room.
Duanyue's sudden appearance attracted curious glances from Princess Sheng'an's maid on the side. Duanyue glanced at her contemptuously, showing her dignity as the county lord, and the frightened woman hurriedly lowered her head, stiffening and no longer daring to move.
"Is there anything wrong with me coming to see my brother?" Duanyue raised her eyebrows, looking unreasonable.
Xu Xiachu was so traumatic. He blushed and scratched his hair, smiling silly at Duanyue. "That...... Hou Ye is thinking about things, don't go in, otherwise what can Hou Ye do if he gets angry. ”
Such a lame excuse was even made up! Duan Yue glanced at him, too lazy to go around in circles anymore, but directly scolded Xu Xiachu straight to the point.
"Don't lie to me, isn't Princess Sheng An in it?" stared at Xu Xiachu's dodging eyes, and did not give in at all. "Open the door!"
"Satsuki, don't make trouble! It's really nothing! "Xu Xiachu is really a head and two big. He never expected to be entangled by this little ancestor, and he couldn't listen to what Duanyue said. He pondered that if Duanyue insisted on going in again, then he could only knock her unconscious and resist leaving, at least Hou Ye could deal with it.
The sound of the two people arguing outside the door still disturbed the two people in the house.
Princess Sheng An turned her head and saw several figures moving outside through the door paper with hollow patterns between the wooden doors. Her slender eyebrows were bent, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were visible. "Oh, I really said that Cao Cao Cao is here."
When Yan Feng heard Duanyue's familiar voice, he panicked inexplicably. He looked at the figure, his grim face stiffened, and he hesitated for a moment.
"Isn't Master Hou going to talk to the county lord?" Princess Sheng An was still beside and asked very appropriately. Her ill-intentioned countenance made the wind can't help but clench her hands hanging from the sides of her pants into fists.
He struggled in his heart for a short time, but he still couldn't withstand these two attacks, so he had to face Princess Sheng'an. "I'll find out sooner or later anyway, so it's better to tell her earlier."
Seeing that Princess Sheng An nodded in satisfaction, the wind took a deep breath and opened the door with a "bang". Even the first time he went out with the army, he had never been so frightened.
It doesn't seem to be afraid, but there is a feeling of emptiness.