Chapter 6: Into the Tiger's Den
I returned to Chunjinzhai and immediately asked Yuwei to call the housekeeper to talk. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
The butler was a man of about forty years of age who was outwardly loyal, and in order to test whether he was consistently loyal on the outside, I decided to give him a try, and I had already thought of what he was.
"Steward Wang, Ming'er is looking for you for nothing else, I just want to ask the ghost servant who scared me and my second brother that day, how did you deal with him?"
The butler's eyes flashed slightly, but they were immediately hidden under his calm mask: "...... The eldest aunt and grandmother took pity on him, and the eldest young master said that he would hand it over to the eldest aunt and grandmother. β
Seeing that I was a little dissatisfied, he added, "The last time I met him, he seemed to be chopping wood, but now he has become very tame, and he will surely not do anything to hurt his masters again." β
I calmed down: "That's good, Steward Wang, you can step down." β
After he left, I came to the conclusion that he was definitely enveloped by the Liang family!
Therefore, I decided to take a trip to the Xuyang Pavilion where Qin Fengchang lived.
In order to make it easier for Qin Feng to go out of the mansion, the Xuyang Pavilion is the closest to the mansion gate among all the residences, but this also means that it is not safe and vulnerable to any attacks from inside and outside the mansion.
I walked into the Xuyang Pavilion, the second brother was not there, he went out to run errands again, and he had just decided on such an important matter, I think he was not in a good mood.
In short, the absence of others can be regarded as providing convenience for me.
There are four little maids and four maids in the Xuyang Pavilion, and two of them will follow the second brother when he goes out of the house, and when the second brother is outside the house, he will be accompanied by a family member in addition to the little maid.
I called the six people together and asked them to report their names one by one, and then I called them by name one and asked them if they would be faithful to my second brother.
All six of them swore an oath of loyalty to the second brother, and I asked them, "Do you know what it means to be a member of the second brother's room?" β
When they lost their minds, I said loudly, "You two will become stewards in the future, and you will pay ten taels of silver a month." β
"And the four of you will become the master's roommate, served by the maid, and spend most of your life in this Zhumen compound."
They were all taken aback by me, and I said, "Second brother never told you this?" β¦β¦ But you should understand the superiority of being a person in the second brother's room. β
"Do you know all about it now?"
I asked them.
They replied in unison: "I know what Miss Hui said." β
I nodded and said, "I have now set your duties, and if you do a good job, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver at the end of the month--this is true." β
They said in unison, "Please give the second lady orders." β
I said: "You two, one is in charge of tea and the other is in charge of food, no matter how far the second brother goes, where in the house you have to use the water for food, you have to follow, you are sure that the tea and food are okay before you can give it to the second brother, let me ask you again, do you know how to be sure that there is no problem?" β
The two of them were swept away by me, and they bowed their heads to "know".
I continued, "You two, keep vigil, it's the mosquitoes and the flies that can be confirmed before they can fly in!" You know? β
The two men replied, "Yes."
I said to the two boys, "You two just guard the door, do you know what to do?" β
The two little guys said, "I know." β
"Tell me about it."
"The little ones must practice martial arts diligently, protect the master with their bodies, and never let outsiders hurt the second young master."
"That's it." I nodded.
I asked them again, "I hope there will be two more nursing homes in the museum from now on, do you have any acquaintances you can trust?" β
I added: "Whoever I personally ordered will not be treated badly in the future, and if I do the wrong thing, beware of the sin of sitting in the future!" β
There was a small servant who said: "There is a person named Yu Gang, who is a martial arts master, and has a good relationship with Xiao, unfortunately there was a fire in the Moon Pavilion before, and he couldn't make a living, so Xiao recommended him to be a nurse." β
"Okay," I said, "if he has made meritorious deeds, it will not be beneficial to you, and if he really has the ability, please ask him to come into the house tonight." When the second brother asked, he said that it was my idea. If you have any extra words, you don't have to say it to the second brother. β
After the incident was over, I opened the road signs and circled around the Xuyang Pavilion to see if there were any suspicious traces nearby.
In order to prevent the assassination of Qin Fengchang, I decided to be extremely cautious.
For a moment, I walked a little further away from the Sunny Pavilion, which was closer to the gate, and at the edge of the map, I saw a moving red dot.
After studying for a long time, I found out that those two long gray lines were the walls of the Qin Mansion...... and the walls of Qiao's house.
I saw that the person involved in the incident was in Qiao's Mansion and was walking out of Qiao's Mansion.
Very close to the gate of the house, the red dot turned around and turned out of the range shown on the map.
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Qin Yuechang? Qin Feng Chang? Qin Ru? It's impossible, this can only be Liang's!
In order to confirm, I ran to Xifeng Tower again, Qin Yuechang was really there, and I told him: "The sachet is not fresh today, and I will ask the little maids to send it tomorrow." β
Qin Yue smiled and said, "What bothering things, you don't have to be tired, whether there are any or the same." β
I was tempted to ask, "Do you know where your wife is?" but I relented and left Xifeng Tower.
I went to Tingyu Building, where Zhao Hongmei lived, but he was not there.
For some reason, I felt an ominous aura spread.
I returned to Chunjinzhai, and Qin Ru complained, "Why did you go for so long? Why don't you have a maid around? β
She thinks I'm too disagreeable, but in fact, I think Liang's current situation is the same as mine, running crazy out of nowhere, and no one around is staring.
Thinking that one of us is a black body, the other is a virtual body, in short, we are not serious characters in this world - this is the reason. I couldn't help but laugh.
I made a decision in the evening, I wanted to visit Qiao's Mansion at night, and if the Liang family had ever entered it, I guess Qiao's Mansion was far less glamorous than it looked like on the outside.
It was a dangerous operation for me, so I changed into the clothes that were most conducive to movement, put on a pair of scissors as a weapon, and took one pair of shoes with me.
In ancient times, the night was so dark that you couldn't see your fingersβin fact, you didn't see half of your fingers. I opened the window of the rice grains and used the glowing blue light as a light.
Even so, it was still very difficult to shuttle through the Qin Mansion at night. The window was perpendicular to the ground and could not move horizontally, and my eyes were fixed on the light for a while, and I felt that I was not far from being blind...... But there's no way around it.
I walked outside the Xifeng Building, put an embroidered shoe on the side of the Huanyue Creek, and put the other one into the water, let it flow away, I heard that the Huanyue Creek has been flowing out of the house, and the water gate that passes through the house wall can accommodate an adult to float out...... Anyway, if the maids find out that I am not there at night, let them think that I have fallen into the stream.
Leaving Huanyue Creek, I approached the palace wall.
In our business, we occasionally have to sell our physical strength, and the wall may be unattainable for ordinary people, but with special training, we can climb it.
I came to Fuqiao Street.
The silence of the night made the uneasiness in my heart tangible, and made me move a little stiffly. I climbed the wall of Qiao's Mansion again, and climbed over the wall into Qiao's Mansion.
I first went to the hut next to the gate for the gatekeeper to rest, at this time, if it was the Qin Mansion, there were still people keeping vigil, but the hut in Qiao's Mansion seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, not to mention that there was half a figure, and those wooden fences were only like ghosts.
I turned the shadow wall and walked deeper into it, and came to what resembled a study, with stacks of papers.
I looked at the contents on it, some of them were poems and chapters copied casually by practicing calligraphy, and after flipping through them for a long time, I found a piece of letterhead, which read-
"Brother paper to the younger brother to borrow money fifty times, fifty times, brother should not allow, but the inner person is worth the lock silver, the brother is unbearable, before the boss Zhao bought a song girl, the brother is still raising in the Quartet, today the loan has not been repaid, how can it be new, this brother earnestly hopes that the brother will forgive the person. It will be served next month, and my brother doesn't have to be too anxious.
Brother Yuan, Caocao"
This abyss should be Qiao Yuan, the head of this Qiao Mansion, and his letters to his friends still have vivid scenes of life, but the ashes on the letterhead prove that there has been no one living here for a long time.
Qiao's Mansion is an empty house.
Wherever I go, I can prove it.
In some buildings, the doors have collapsed, proving that there was a conflict, but no one has repaired them since; The path is crawling with weeds, which also proves that there has been no service here for a long time; Walking into any house, cobwebs and dust tell me it's empty.
A bad thought gradually floated in my heart, if Boss Zhao was him, could it be that he and the Liang family had already controlled the Qiao family?
Suddenly, there was a "clang" of wooden planks outside the door, I was startled, and hurriedly ran out to look, but there was no sound around, and there was no place for anyone to hide, I thought I was too suspicious.
Even the Liang family should go home now......?
I picked up the plank, and my eyes widened and my heart began to beat wildly......
There was a long silver-white hair on the board.
This is...... This is......!
"Second Miss? Ha ha...... Hahaha......"
The ghost servant laughed eerily behind my back.