Chapter 105: Distress
The housekeeper's mother-in-law stepped forward and slapped the little guy hard, then stared at the cloudy triangular eyes, and scolded: "What are you talking about, how could the master bring someone from the criminal department to arrest the steward of his own family?" I'm afraid you're drunk early in the morning, and you're talking drunk! ”
The little guy covered his face and said aggrievedly: "The little one didn't drink, it was really a group of officials who came in with the master, and the group of officials were like wolves and tigers, and when they entered the house, they searched around, and kept saying that the third lady had sued the Wang steward for murdering Aunt Shen, and wanted to arrest him and go to the criminal department to ask about the case." But not only did they rummage around in the front yard, but many people broke into the backyard. The lord didn't lose his temper after them, he couldn't stop it at all, and he was about to break into you. ”
Mrs. Zhang was startled, she looked outside the courtyard and listened carefully. Sure enough, there was a commotion and noise in the distance. Not only did she hear this voice, but even the housekeeper, Aunt Bi, and the other little maids. They couldn't help but look at each other, and their faces showed panic.
Mrs. Zhang's delicate face immediately became extremely gloomy, and she said angrily: "It's the other way around, this is the Servant Mansion of the Ministry of Officials, and a few of their officials from the Criminal Department actually dare to come to the Servant Mansion to spread wildness. ”
Don't look at Mrs. Zhang's yelling, in fact, she is secretly complaining in her heart, the Wang steward is her maiden nephew and her confidant. She secretly did many unseemly things, and she instructed the king to do them. If he is really arrested by the people of the Criminal Department, maybe the secrets in this house will not be kept, and her good life will be over.
The little guy nodded again and said, "I heard that the leader of those servants is Lord Guo, the squire of the Criminal Department. and the prince of Shu also followed with a few maids, saying that he was here to see the excitement. ”
I heard that the prince of Shu and Guo Chengsi actually came to the door together. Mrs. Zhang's hands trembled, and she almost didn't break her red nails. Since his son was born, he has been pampered. That is, in front of these two people, they can't speak after suffering a big dark loss.
The old man came to the court this morning, and he was full of ambition to say that even if the Guo family kid was not dismissed this time, he would be demoted three levels in a row, which was regarded as a breath of resentment to his son. Why in a blink of an eye, instead of being severely punished, this evil star actually came to the door with another evil star to arrest people. Isn't this a blatant deception!
She has no knowledge, and she also knows that although her master and that Guo Xuxing are at the same level in terms of official positions, they are really incomparable in terms of identity. Who calls people have a hereditary title? is the queen's own brother, and he is a veritable uncle of the country. Although the prince of Shu has no official position, he also has a hereditary title, not only the emperor's relatives. is even more of a celebrity in front of the emperor and the queen mother. It is also a person whose master does not dare to offend openly.
After thinking about it, she forcibly suppressed her anger and said to Aunt Bi, who was gloating on the side: "It's none of your business here, go back to your own yard and stay." Remember to close the door, don't let those wild men break in, when the time comes, you will lose the face of the Shilang Mansion, and the lord will not spare you. She said it vulgarly, but this was who she was. Those noble in front of people. Grace is used to bluff people when they are fine.
Aunt Bi's eyes rolled, and a sneer appeared on her face. She stood up. bowed slightly, and said, "Since it was Madame's order, the slave family will go back to the room." With that, she turned around and walked away.
"Phew! Coquette. The housekeeper looked at her graceful back, couldn't help but spit hard, and said viciously: "Why should Madame remind this little-cheap-hoof." It's better to let her run around, make the old man angry and send her away. ”
Mrs. Zhang sneered and said, "Look at that little, since he became an aunt, when has that little hoof listened to my orders?" I'm afraid that the more I ask her to close the door, the more she will have to go out and trespass. If I don't remind me, my lord will blame me if he finds out. Now that I've been reminded, it's none of my business if anything happens. When the housekeeper heard this, her mouth was full of yellow teeth.
However, Mrs. Zhang did not have the leisure to deal with Aunt Bi at this moment, she beckoned to the little maid and asked in a low voice, "Have they found the Wang Steward?" ”
The little servant half-bent over, accompanied him and said, "That's not true, although the king is in the house, he doesn't know what he's busy with, and no one knows where he is." That's why the old man secretly sent the little one to deliver a huge message to the lady. It is better to find the king's steward before the servant, and then send him out secretly to hide for a while. ”
"Didn't find the king?" Mrs. Zhang's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, she waved her hand to the little guy, and said, "I know, you go to the master first!" ”
"Yes." The little guy hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and lowered his hands to retreat.
"In the house, you haven't seen anyone?" Mrs. Zhang thought about it for a moment, and immediately became angry. She slapped her palm on the high table in her hand, and the cups, saucers, and tea cups that shook straight up jumped together. Then he scolded angrily: "Dead boy, this time he is really going to be killed." ”
The housekeeper's mother-in-law hurriedly stepped forward and asked flatteringly: "Madame's hands hurt carefully, if there is something to do, just tell the slave and maid to do it." ”
Mrs. Zhang's eyes rolled, and she immediately motioned for her to step forward, and then whispered a few words in the mother-in-law's ear. The mother-in-law did not hesitate at all, and immediately replied, "Yes." Then he quietly walked out of the house, bypassed the small Buddha hall at the back, and walked away through the back door.
Mrs. Zhang took a few little maids, went out of the courtyard gate, and walked towards the noisy place.
To Mrs. Zhang's surprise, Aunt Nabi not only did not run around, but she really returned to her yard quickly. But as soon as she entered the house, she sent all the maids out, and closed the door tightly.
She sat in front of the dressing table by herself, wiped off the excessive rouge on her face, pulled off the set of pink Dongzhu head noodles on her head that made Mrs. Zhang salivate, and let the green silk fall like a waterfall. Then he picked up the horn comb on the table, quickly combed himself into a simple double-looped bun, and took a turban with white flowers on a blue background and wrapped it around his forehead.
took off the soft and delicate brocade phoenix tail skirt on his body, and replaced it with a dark blue coarse cloth dress. No matter how she dresses, she looks like a rough girl, and no one can see that she was still a charming aunt before.
After dressing up. She pulled out a yellow key from the bottom of a huge box and hung it carefully around her waist. After thinking about it, she opened her handkerchief again, picked out a few snacks from the table, wrapped them and stuffed them into her sleeve pocket.
Finish this qiē. She gently opened the window behind her, looked in to see that no one was looking, and immediately rolled out neatly. Then he carried the hem of his skirt along a path in the backyard and ran quickly without a trace.
In the northwest corner of the inner courtyard of the Shilang Mansion, it is a remote and gloomy place. There were a few dilapidated houses in disrepair, and one was overgrown with green duckweed. The small pond that smelled foul smelled of weeds taller than a person, and gray and white everywhere. Thick shrub branches. At first glance, those branches look like human bones in the field.
There used to be a maid who passed by that area at night, and occasionally heard the sound of a woman crying. And those sounds are sometimes thick and sometimes thin, which makes people not really hear. So the maids and servants in the house were all rumored in private. Said there must be a ghost there. Mrs. Zhang had actually faintly heard these rumors. But she didn't know. Gradually, no one dared to go this way, and the place became more and more desolate.
Aunt Bi's yard was some distance from here, and it took some time to change clothes, and when she hurried here, she happened to see the tall back of the housekeeper from a distance, hiding in the tall bushes. She stomped her foot in frustration. After thinking about it, she lifted her skirt and tried to go around the back to avoid the woman's gaze.
Who knew she was bent over. Pouting, he slowly took a few steps through the tall weeds. Suddenly, it was dark in front of her, and a figure fell from the sky and appeared in front of her. Her eyes widened in horror and she wanted to scream, but suddenly she saw that the figure was wearing a pair of black cowhide boots on its feet. She jerked her mouth over and slowly lifted her head. Duan Ling's majestic, expressionless face immediately appeared in front of him.
It turned out that Guo Chengsi was leading a group of servants to make trouble in this Shilang Mansion on the surface, but secretly sent a few right-hand men to secretly search in this Shilang Mansion full of secrets. And when Aunt Bi climbed out of the window, she was already secretly targeted by Duan Ling.
Aunt Bi was not surprised, she put down the hand covering her mouth, leaned forward, and asked in a low voice, "Are you the person brought by Guo Shilang?" ”
Aunt Bi's unexpected reaction made Duan Ling raise his eyebrows in surprise, and he also saw the sneaky mother-in-law in the front, so he suddenly appeared, wanting to restrain the strangely behaved woman in front of him to ask what was going on.
Who knew that he hadn't made a move yet, the woman actually posted it with a surprised face, his heart moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Not bad." ”
"Great." Aunt Bi had been nervous all the way, feeling that she was afraid that she would not be able to do it alone, but now suddenly a ready-made helper fell from the sky, which made her feel very surprised.
She suppressed the ecstasy in her heart, grabbed Duan Ling's sleeve with one hand, and pointed to the extremely gloomy and dilapidated house hidden in the weeds in front of her, and said, "My lord, there is a poor woman who has been locked in that room for three days, and if she continues like this, she will definitely die." Please, sir, go and save her! ”
Duan Ling frowned and asked, "Who is that woman?" ”
Aunt Bi showed a wry smile on her face and said, "Her name is Zhu'er, and she is a stupid person who is unwilling to bow to fate. She saw Duan Ling staring at herself noncommittally, and she didn't open her mouth. had to continue: "Actually, she, like me, is a girl who signed a death contract with this house. We are born as people of this Shilang Mansion, and we are dead as ghosts of this Shilang Mansion.
But our lord is a hungry ghost again, and he took a fancy to that stupid girl and wanted to accept her as his aunt. The stupid girl would rather be a girl for the rest of her life than this Aunt Raush, so the old man locked her up in anger.
I inquired many times and found out that she was locked in this dilapidated house. But there is a lady's henchman secretly guarding here on weekdays, and only sends a bowl of thin porridge every day to hang her life, trying to force her to change her mind.
And I, a woman, don't have a key, so I can't get close to her, so I can't save her. Until three days ago, there was an accident in the house, and the person who guarded her was suddenly sent to the village in the countryside by his wife. And this side has been left unattended and cut off from eating. I suspect that our lady wants to starve her to death and cut off the master's thoughts.
So I finally secretly assigned a key, wanting to take advantage of the current chaotic situation in the house to let her out privately. But the previous mother-in-law was Madame's confidant, but I was afraid that she was ordered to kill Zhu Er. My lord, go and save her! I'm afraid that if it's one step too late, it will be too late. ”
Duan Ling listened to her narration expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Your idea is not good, you must know that fugitive slaves can't escape far without household registration." Once caught by the owner, even if he is killed, he is no different. ”
Aunt Bi didn't expect that she had said such a big thing, but the iceberg-like man in front of her replied to her such a cold sentence. Her eyes were red, and she screamed hoarsely: "Although we people are lowly, we are also living people. Can it only be slaughtered like chickens and ducks, stretching their necks without resistance? ”
"I didn't mean that." Duan Ling glanced at her lightly and said, "I just think that your idea is not good, there are too many hidden dangers." But that's going to be talked about later, I'll go save people first. After speaking, his body shook and floated away like a roc spreading its wings.
Aunt Bi was stunned for a moment, and a sudden ecstasy surged in her heart. She thought for a moment, then cautiously approached the dilapidated house again.
The woman's body was on the fat side, and she was already tired and out of breath when she came rushing all the way. After her fat body managed to make her way through the dense, gloomy weeds and bushes, she realized that her embroidered shoes were dirty, her hair was messy, and her dress was scraped out of a few strands. She snorted secretly and cursed. Then he tidied up his whole body a little, and then he reached out and pushed open the old wooden door covered with green moss, and stepped inside.
But she didn't notice that there was a figure above her head, creeping up like a huge bat. He clinged silently to the roof, watching closely through the broken tiles.
Through the wide gap between the tiles, Duan Ling can clearly see the furnishings inside. Except for some rotten and tattered furniture, there are a few tattered curtains hanging on the walls. And in the room, except for the mother-in-law who had just come in, there was no one else in the room.
Just when he was puzzled, the mother-in-law stepped forward and lifted one of the thick curtains, revealing a dark entrance behind him.
I heard the woman scolding secretly: "Sure enough, here, I didn't even close the door." is also bold and dares to rob a woman with the master, I really don't know whether to live or die. She chattered as she squeezed her wide form into the door. (To be continued......)