"Assassination?"

Xiao Gu's eyes widened in surprise, and then he burst out laughing, "Brother Seven, you have watched too much drama and regarded me as a ranger red-line girl, a female general Liang Hongyu and something like that, right?" How much I can do, don't you know the way? ”

Qin Yao was shocked, "But you just ......?" ”

"I just said, I'll take care of this matter - I have a way to make him die peacefully and properly, and he can't come out to harm people again."

Xiao Gu's eyes are bright, a pair of soft moon eyebrows are curved, charming but extremely clear and gorgeous-only when you get very close, you can see the edge of her eyes.

"Speaking of this, I was about to borrow a few people from Brother Seven...... And the third sister's side, she has to do her part - you have to talk to her about it. ”

She tilted her head sideways and glanced at him as if she were pleading, as if she were coquettish—the cunning of a little fox.

"Ha Lu Ha...... You little girl with different hearts. ”

Qin Yao laughed out loud, stretched out his hand and unceremoniously rubbed her long hair, "Just now in Wanhualou, the third sister is the landlord, but you don't tell her directly, you have to beat around the bush." What's the matter, you're having trouble with her again? ”

"It's just that the characters don't match, and they don't look at each other right."

She wrinkled the tip of her nose slightly, and her palm-sized little face was full of seriousness, but it inexplicably caused Qin Yao to laugh, "You guys are just the tip of your teeth touching your mouth, Sun Erniang has met Yizhangqing, and sooner or later you will have to quarrel." ”

Xiao Gu's cheeks puffed out in anger when he heard this, and he turned his head to ignore him. Qin Yao laughed for a while and realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly begged for mercy, but this girl ignored it at all.

"Okay, okay, I'll go and borrow someone from the third sister for you, you can borrow anyone you like in my drama troupe, it's okay."

Qin Yao smiled helplessly, his eyes seemed to be smiling, full of elegant and handsome charm, but he gradually stopped smiling, "It's just, what are you going to do?" ”

"You'll know in seven days."

The ruts and wheels covered up the whispering of the two, and gradually walked away, and the sound came from the street, and the night became thicker, slowly blending everything in.

****

As usual, in the morning, as usual, chopping wood and carrying water.

"Little Gu...... Little Gu! ”

With Chu Lan's pushing, Xiao Gu's eyes widened and he found that the firewood in front of him had almost been chopped. With a grim face, she walked slowly to the other end of the room, wanting to fetch another bundle.

"Xiao Gu, come here! Don't hack! ”

Chu Lan was so anxious that she wanted to stomp her feet, and hurriedly pulled Xiao Gu out of the charcoal house where the water was dripping into ice, but she found that her palms were warm and her forehead was full of sweat.

"What are you doing so hard to chop wood, and no one is urging you!"

Chu Lan took out a handkerchief to wipe it for her, and the two of them walked a few steps away from the big kitchen and walked towards the northwest side of the Neiyi Gate.

"Where are you going?"

"Mother Qin came early in the morning, saying that the steward had something to order."

Bypassing the north-south sandwich road, I walked through a section of the corridor, passed through two moon gates, and finally arrived at the small council hall.

As soon as I entered the door, I found that there were many young maids waiting, some with black and shiny hair, wearing gold and jade, and pink long armor embroidered with peach blossoms, obviously serving in the main rooms of each courtyard with faces; Some of the green jackets and green skirts are neat and clean, although they are third-class little girls, they also look calm......

Everyone turned around and saw the two of them, and when they saw their gray faces, they knew that they were doing hard work under the stove, and immediately turned the corners of their eyes away, and those who loved cleanliness took two steps back, covering their noses as if they were afraid of smelling sweat and sourness.

"Are you all here?"

A light cough accompanied by a question, a rich old woman walked out of the inner hall, followed by several mothers and housekeepers and daughters-in-law of the inner courtyard, each of whom followed her in the same direction.

"This is the old lady's mother-in-law, Granny Lai, she has always been in Xuanrun Hall to care for the elderly, and she can't easily come out......"

A clever maid bit her ear, her voice was slightly louder, and she was immediately warned by her mothers with rolling eyes and coughing.

"Silence!"

Although Granny Lai was old, her voice was not small, and she immediately shocked everyone, she looked around and asked slowly, "Which two are in charge of firewood and charcoal in the big kitchen?" ”

Suddenly, everyone took a step back, and the two people who seemed to be standing stiff were particularly abrupt.

For the first time in her life, Chu Lan felt the gathering of many eyes, like a thorn in her back, and she stammered a little, "Yes, it's us!" ”

"Come in, I have something to ask."

Frightened into the inner hall, Lai's mother sat on the chair at the bottom of the east, first silent, looked at the two of them a few times with dizzy old eyes, and suddenly asked, "Who came to look for you yesterday morning?" ”

When Chu Lan heard this, she immediately remembered the bewitching and ostentatious Fang girl, and then the bloody corpse rolled in the mat appeared in front of her, and she was immediately so frightened that she sweated all over, and her lips trembled - the next moment, she was pinched by Xiao Gu's palm, and the severe pain made her forget all her fears,

"Yes, it's a ...... named Miss Fang."

"Who is she looking for?"

Chu Lan was speechless for a while, and at this time, a low voice came from beside her: "Xiao Fang'er, I have come to my house to play before." ”

Granny Lai was stunned for a moment, and the mother-in-law who knew her at the bottom hurriedly stepped forward and whispered.

"Oh, they are all sin slaves after the rebels...... What's she looking for from you? ”

Granny Lai's gaze became more harsh and sharp.

Xiao Gu still had a wooden expression, "I don't understand either." ”

Don't understand?!

Granny Lai's sneer froze on her lips and turned hideous, "This will make you understand - drag it on!" ”

Suddenly, a tall healthy woman dragged Xiao Gu Yi to the bottom of the porch, and took the rusty mahogany stick on the side to start the house.

The heavy wooden stick struck the human body hard, making a dull dull sound.

Xiao Gu didn't cry out in pain.

Chu Lan was so frightened that she hurriedly walked a few steps to hug Granny Lai's legs, crying and begging: "Don't beat her, she's a fool and doesn't understand anything—I know about this!" ”

Granny Lai coughed, and someone went out and shouted to stop.

Chu Lan quickly recounted the situation at the time, and cried and said: "That girl Fang is not a good person at first glance, she is obviously here to show off and laugh at Xiao Gu, saying that she is unproductive, 'lying in the mud all her life'!" Xiao Gu's brain is not good, I really don't understand this! “

She suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said hurriedly: "Miss Fang also has a little maid by her side, ask her to make it clear, what I said is true!" ”

Granny Lai listened quietly, coughed for a while, and a pair of triangular eyes glanced at her, Chu Lan was so frightened that her back was soaked with cold sweat.

After a long time, she knelt on the ground and was almost paralyzed, only then did she hear the cough of the old man and the disdainful cold snort of others, "Let's get out!" ”

****

When Chu Lan returned to the outer hall, her sideburns were scattered, her eyes were red and swollen, and her clothes were messy.

"Little Gu!"

She was so frightened that her voice changed tone, and she staggered over to help the person, lifted her clothes and looked at it, only to see that on the back of Huang He's skin, the heavy blow of a wooden stick made the skin and flesh swell high, and the snow-white bumps were bruised and blackened.

Before she could see it clearly, Xiao Gu rolled up his clothes and got up quickly, not looking like he had been injured at all.

"It's good that you're okay."

Chu Lan hugged her with tears in her eyes.

The people around avoided them with disdainful eyes, as if avoiding the plague, and at this time, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and the stewards of the inner hall had also come out, and they were still surrounded by the stars like the moon.

Still starting with a contrived cough, Granny Lai's rich figure is like a mountain pressing on the hearts of the end, "Recently, some people do not abide by the rules of the inner courtyard, run around without authorization, and even pretend to be foxes to seduce the old and young masters, the old lady is kind, and she didn't attack these little sluts, but someone actually kicked her nose in the face and stole the jade Buddha in her room to sell." ”

Everyone knew that she was talking about Fang Niang - since last night, Fang Niang has disappeared from the inner courtyard inexplicably, and everyone's speculation has an answer immediately.

Everyone claimed to praise the old lady for the kindness of the Buddha, and scolded Fang Niang's little hooves for being really inferior, Lai's mother coughed again, and said: "This backyard is quite restless, the second lady has always been virtuous and deferential, I heard that the old lady was frightened, and hurriedly ordered Yao's mother to come and train everyone about the rules." ”

Yao's mother stood up with a calm face, and scolded Granny Lai's ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart - the old lady is not a thing, let the second lady offend people, and even this time she has to make herself blackface.

Yao's mother dragged out the offender one by one according to the steward's return, and suddenly the sound of cane scolding continued, and the crying and shouting were everywhere.

These maids are all guilty of trivial things such as sesame mung beans, and when they bump into them, they will become chickens that kill monkeys.

was crying non-stop, there was a bang outside the threshold, and a porcelain altar with the fragrance of wine was swept in, and suddenly the wine splashed everywhere, and the porcelain pieces flew wildly.

"Yo, so many beauties have been beaten......"

The man's voice was seductive and drunk.

"I thought this was Yihong Courtyard, and the mothers were training the girls to pick up customers!"