Chapter Twenty-Three: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
I came to Fengxi Street alone and inquired, "Excuse me, do you know where the princess lives?" I grabbed a woman and asked.
"Mrs. Wang, that's over there, just put a red letter on the door." Madame pointed in that direction.
"Thank you." After I finished speaking, I immediately left.
Xinyan received a new task and came to the Fourth Master's Mansion to send a letter to the Fourth Master, but he was not good to go in person, although he was already masked, but if he was discovered by the Fourth Master, it would not be good.
"You send the letter to the fourth master, and I will wait for you at the Sifang Inn." Xinyan handed the letter to the attendant next to her.
"Yes, master." This entourage took the letter and went to the Fourth Master's Mansion.
Xinyan was wandering around the capital alone, and she happened to see me coming out of Wang's wife's house, and I was depressed, so I hid aside to check.
Is there no one in Wang's wife's house? And it happened to be the day after I gave birth, it can't be so coincidental, it seems that the other party is ready, I have to hurry, otherwise, what if they are killed and killed?
"Woo ......" I was just distracted, and I only heard the sound of horses and people screaming next to me, and I turned my head to see that the horses seemed to be about to stop stepping on me.
Xinyan wanted to come to the rescue, but saw the horse jump down and kick the horse to the ground. This is not the past.
"Qiao Fujin, are you okay?" It turned out that Luo Xinghai came back, and he came over.
I was a little stunned, and after a moment, I reacted: "It's okay, you're finally back." ”
"Well, it's been more than November, but fortunately, the emperor told us to go back to Beijing, otherwise, all of us will spend this year outside." Xinghai said happily. Suddenly, I saw that my belly had become smaller, and I said happily: "Fujin, your child has been born?" Is it a boy or a girl. ”
I smiled wryly, "Boy." ”
"That's really congratulations to Fujin." Xinghai said excitedly, but also, I believe that my child is not dead, so I don't feel very sad.
"What about them, Brother Eagle?" I was surprised to see that he was the only one who returned.
"Oh, Yingdusi should be back in the evening, and I came to report to his sister in advance." Luo Xinghai.
"And your horse?" I looked at the innocent kicked horses and couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Xinghai took a look, "It's okay, I'll find someone to deal with it." Qiao Fujin, why did you come out alone? ”
"Oh, I'm bored, come out and relax," Xinghai couldn't let him go back and leak his mouth: "Xinghai, after you go back, don't tell me that you have seen me here." ”
"Ahh Xinghai only knows that if the master's affairs are not allowed to be said, they should not be said. "Then Qiao Fujin, I'll send you back."
"No need, I'll go for a walk by myself, you go and report to Xiaolan." I.
"Well, then I'll go first." After Xinghai left, I had to wander back alone.
In the evening, Xinghai came to the fourth master's room to greet the fourth master, "Fourth master." ”
"Sit down, I've heard that you're coming back soon, and when you come back this time, it seems that Huang Ama will be rewarded again." The fourth master came over and sat down and said.
"This is also thanks to the promotion of the fourth master." Sea of Stars.
"You already have an official position now, I'm afraid it's not suitable to live in the mansion, I found someone to buy you a small mansion, you can go and see it then." The fourth master took out a deed from his cuff and handed it over.
"Fourth master, how can your subordinates be punished for nothing?" Xinghai refused.
"You take it, you are the thirteenth brother's person, and now you are going out in my mansion, you can't make people think that I, the master, is too shabby." Since the fourth master said so, Xinghai was embarrassed to refuse, so he took it and said: "The subordinates must remember the kindness of the fourth master." ”
The fourth master smiled and didn't say much. After chatting with the fourth master, what I have to do now is naturally to go and see the little boy. When Xinghai came to my room, he saw Suning sorting out his clothes alone, "Suning, hasn't Fujin come back yet?" ”
"Yes." Suning.
"Oh, then can you take me to see the little boy." Sea of Stars.
Seeing that Suning was silent for a while, he said: "The little boy has already settled in the ground, don't talk about it by Fujin's side." ”
"What? How so? "Oh no, I'm still talking about Qiao Fujin today, no wonder Fujin's face is not very good. That Fujin hasn't come back yet, and he won't let me say that I have met him, will something happen?
"Then I'll take my leave." Xinghai must find me right away.
I knew that Big Brother Eagle would be back in the evening, so I went to look for him.
"Sister Qiao, you came just in time, I made a lot of delicious food for my brother, you can eat more today." Shilan sat next to me and said.
"Okay," I looked at the eagle chess on the opposite side, and then said to Shu Qiao, "Xiaolan, I want to eat a sour and hot shredded potato, can you make one for me." ”
"Okay, I'll go." Then he took a look at the eagle chess. "Brother, you take care of your sister."
Yingqi nodded, and after watching Shilan leave, Yingqi finally opened his mouth, "I heard Xiaolan say about you, are you okay now?" ”
"There's nothing good or bad, Brother Eagle, I want to ask you for help with something." I know that Eagle usually has relatively few people in contact, so I am more relieved and believe that he is definitely not a participant in this matter.
"You say." Eagle chess.
"Actually, I suspect my child is not dead." I finally asked for help and said this.
"Not dead?" Yingqi thought it was me who was schizophrenic, so I immediately explained, "That's right, I have a doubt, the first point, Sifujin told me that my child died as soon as he was born, but I obviously heard the child's strong cry, the second point, the midwife Wang who delivered the baby for me said that I left the day after giving birth, and the third point, Dr. Jiang gave me a pulse of peace every time, and also said that my baby was very healthy and there was no sign of stillbirth. ”
Eagle paused for a moment and seemed to be thinking, "Okay, I trust you, what do you want me to do?" ”
"I suspect that someone in the palace wants to harm my child, so I hope you can help me do this secretly" "Yes. ”
"I want you and me to help me find that Wang wife." I.
"Okay, after the meeting tomorrow, I'll go and inquire for you immediately." Eagle chess.
Luo Xinghai ran in, and when he saw me, he immediately grimaced: "Qiao Fujin, I finally found you." ”
"Did the fourth master send you?" I.
"No," Xinghai adjusted his feelings: "I'm sorry, Qiao Fujin, today I can't hold my mouth, I don't know, the little boy is ......"
"It's okay, don't blame those who don't know." I laughed because I felt like I was happy to find someone who could help me.
"Xinghai, since you're here, why don't you eat together." Ying Qi knew that I shouldn't have told anyone about this, and I didn't want Xinghai to continue to feel guilty, so I said so.
"Okay." Xinghai also took a seat.
"How about it, what did I ask you to check?" Xinyan lives in the Sifang Inn.
"Master Qiqi, I heard that Qiao Fujin of the Fourth Master's Mansion gave birth to a stillborn baby a few days ago, and he was devastated, and he only returned to his original state today." Retinue.
Xinyan thought for a moment and said, "You go down first." ”
"Yes."
Stillbirth? How so? So what is the princess going there to do today?
On the second day, Xinyan came to the place where the princess had come yesterday, took a look there, and saw someone walking by, so Xinyan asked, "Big brother, excuse me?" Who is this? ”
"This, isn't it the royal midwife." The young man glanced at it and said, "Girl, if someone in your family wants to give birth, I advise you to hurry up and find someone else's house, this Wang wife has already returned to the countryside." ”
"Gone?" Xinyan understood in her heart, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome."
Could it be that the princess has any doubts about her birth of a stillborn baby this time?
Xinyan secretly decided to help the princess find this person.
"This time, the fourth brother can be regarded as a meritorious achievement, and the candidates sent out have repeatedly exterminated the rogue." Eighth Master.
"This Eagle Chess used to be Brother Jiu's person, Brother Jiu, tell me, why did you let him go?" The fourteenth master felt sorry for the ninth master.
"Eagle Chess was already capable before, but these things have passed, and there is no regret medicine." The Ninth Master smiled faintly.
"But fortunately, this time I finally picked someone from the fourteenth brother." Eighth Master.
The Tenth Master leaned beside him and listened, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Why don't you say I'm so lucky?" I've been training for a long time. ”
"Tenth brother, don't be discouraged, no one from the prince has been chosen, isn't this the only way?" The Fourteenth Master smiled and talked.
"That's just as well." It's fair for the tenth master to think about it.
"Now Huang Ama should be interested in reusing this group of people, it seems that we can move around more in the future." Eighth Master.
"This eagle chess is also a person from the Fourth Brother's Mansion, if it is someone else, Huang Ama may not be able to reuse it." Fourteenth brother.
Everyone understands in their hearts that the fourth master, at least in terms of objective events, is mostly a self-righteous type.
In the evening, I quietly came out of the back door and came to the house of Eagle Chess. Seeing that Ying Qi was already sitting in the lobby waiting, "Brother Ying, is there any news?" ”
"I went to the countryside of Wang's midwife a few days ago, but she heard that she had already left, so I may have to spend some effort to find it." Eagle chess.
"Leaving again, is it possible that our actions have been known?" I thought for a moment, "No, I've always been very careful, and I haven't mentioned this idea to anyone but you." ”
"Perhaps, you have been in contact with people related to this matter, and you have been inadvertently asked, do you really feel that some of your behaviors are not flawed." Eagle Chess analyzes step by step.
"I know, if I ask those people who have asked me about them, that person should be one of the suspects." After I finished speaking, I couldn't wait: "Brother Ying, I'll go back first." ”
"Well, be careful yourself." Eagle chess.
"Got it." I immediately left and went back to the house.
I wanted to ask the two maids before, but the manager said that the two of them were not there, "Qiao Fujin, the two of them are getting married." ”
"When?" I.
"Two days ago." The steward replied.
"Alright, you go down." I started muttering alone: Who the hell is it? Why can you always take the lead, well, I'll make a trick to lure the snake out of the hole. ”
The next day, I took a box and asked someone to help me carry it into the carriage, and I deliberately told the person who carried the things at the door: "I am going to the Sifang Inn today, and I may have to come back in the evening. ”
"Yes." Little guy.
Suning and I stepped on the bench, got into the carriage and left, and after a long time, we came to the Sifang Inn, and I saw Brother Ying waiting in the room I had agreed on.
"Do you think it's okay?" Eagle asked.
"Yes." I nodded.
Then we started talking about the details, and it was just the two of us in the room, and we discussed it in a very low voice, deciding not to let the family eavesdrop.
After returning in the evening, I asked the guy at the door, "Is Suning back?" ”
"No, I didn't see it." Little guy.
Then I didn't ask much, and I went in.
The next day, I was having dinner with the fourth master, and the fourth master asked, "Where is Suning?" Why don't I serve you here? ”
"Yesterday, she asked her to go to the money bank to deposit 300 taels of silver, thinking that if Xiaohai was out in an emergency in the future, she could go and get some, but she never ......came back," I thought for a while, "I believe that Suning will not abscond with the money, will it be an accident?" I asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, I'll let someone look for it in the afternoon." Fourth Master.
"Yes." I'm still a little uneasy.
At night, I still secretly came to the road outside, deliberately hid in a small corner, and said to Yingqi: "Brother Ying, Suning has also disappeared from yesterday to today, do you think she saw something?" So, also sent away? ”
"I know Suning, I will help you find her, and when I find it, I will come to you in person." Eagle chess.
"Yes." I nodded.
Two days later, Eagle Chess really came to me, this time I walked out of the gate, I deliberately pretended to be calm when I walked out, and when we came to the small house, we said according to the pre-agreed words: "Why did he faint?" ”
"I was afraid that she would run away, so I knocked her unconscious, this is what he wrote before he fainted, you see." Yingqi escaped from his arms, "I'm afraid you won't believe it, when she wakes up, you can ask him again in person." ”
"Yes." I immediately opened the letter and was about to read it, when the door behind me was suddenly kicked open, and a man in black broke in.
Obviously, that person's martial arts skills are not as strong as Eagle Chess, and that person accidentally scratched his arm on Eagle Chess, and when he looked at it, it turned out that the person who was blocked by me was just a doll. He immediately ran out, and the eagle followed behind.
I immediately ran out, but they were nowhere to be seen.
I immediately ran back to the Fourth Master's Mansion, and I went back and asked the housekeeper, "Where is the Fourth Master?" ”
"The fourth master hasn't come back yet." Chamberlain.
I thought about it for a while, I must catch the thief as soon as possible, "Butler, please call the guards immediately." ”
"Yes." The butler had gathered all the men together in a matter of moments, and I stood on it and said, "Go and search secretly at once, but bring back all those who have been stabbed by a sword in their right arm today." ”
"Yes." Then they immediately went down and changed into civilian clothes to search.
No, just a few dozen of us will definitely not work, I have to find someone to help, I thought of the ninth master, I immediately ran out.
"It's amazing, even the guards were sent by you. It seems that the fourth master should be injured, and I have to prepare medicine earlier. Sifujin felt that his conspiracy had succeeded step by step, and he couldn't help but be a little happy in his heart.
When I came to the Ninth Master's Mansion, the Ninth Master was looking at the account room next to him in the lobby, and saw someone running over in a hurry. Jiu Ye looked up, isn't this Shu Qiao?
Immediately stood up and threw the account book into the account room's hand, "Shu Qiao, why are you in such a hurry?" ”
"Ninth Master, my child is not dead, you quickly send someone to help me catch the person who was stabbed by the sword in the right arm today." I begged him anxiously.
"Someone, go and call a doctor." When the ninth master saw me like this, he thought I was delirious.
"Ninth Master, I'm not crazy, today I led the snake out of the hole with Eagle Chess, but that person ran away, but his right arm was injured." I.
"Okay, don't get excited, I'll give you the order." Seeing that I was a little more steady, he said, "Someone, call the guards." (To be continued.) )