Chapter 386: Distressed
I don't dare to go too far, and if I get bored, I will stand in front of my door for a while, and I don't know what I am doing. It seems that the relationship between the thief and this sister is very good, otherwise he would not embroider sachets on the front and back. But the thief must not go back often, otherwise he would have been out for so long, and his sister would have found out long ago.
Su Zhenzhen sighed, but she didn't expect that behind a sachet was a blind girl.
Although the woman in front of her is blind, she often embroiders things by feeling and sells them to subsidize her family.
Listening to the woman's words, Su Zhenzhen took a handkerchief on the table, the pattern on the handkerchief was delicate, there was a lotus flower lifelike, and after a few more glances, it seemed that she could still smell the fragrance. This technique is really not like that of a blind man.
The woman sat on a wooden stool, but she did not put down the needlework in her hand.
"You embroidered these?" Su Zhenzhen asked.
"Well," the thief sister nodded, but there was no expression on her face, "I embroidered these gadgets and there are still people in the market who buy them." ”
"Do you know what your brother is up to?" Su Zhenzhen stood up, leaned against the door, looked around the room, her eyes blinked a few times inadvertently, the decoration in the room was extremely simple, but the rouge gouache on the dresser looked a little precious.
Hearing the word "hook", the woman "hissed", it turned out that the needle in her hand pierced her index finger, Su Zhenzhen immediately stepped forward and took out the ointment she carried with her to apply it carefully.
"What did the girl say?" The thief's sister frowned, Su Zhenzhen's index finger gently rubbed against her fingertips, and the warm and delicate touch of her fingertips combined with the cold ointment only made people feel very comfortable. Although she couldn't see the appearance of the person in front of her, she could feel that the person who came was a gentle and reasonable person.
It seemed that the thief's sister did not know about her brother's actions, so Su Zhenzhen told her about Rouge and his wife's poisoning.
The ointment seeped into the person's body coldly, and the thief's sister spoke, "Can you take me to meet my brother?" ”
When she first entered the house, Su Zhenzhen saw a set of clothes on the bed not far away, thinking that the woman in front of her knitted it for her brother, and the rouge gouache on the dresser was extremely precious, which showed how much her brother doted on the person in front of him, as well as the sachet on the thief's body......
"Okay." Su Zhenzhen only agreed, her eyes drooping, and her thoughts were all in it.
Calling for the carriage, Su Zhenzhen and the thief's sister sit in the carriage.
"Thank you girl for the ointment." The thief's sister stroked her index finger, and Wei's lips opened slightly. That would be full of my brother in my heart, but I forgot to thank her.
"It's okay, this ointment works well, I put it on the table in your room." As she spoke, she pulled back the curtain on the carriage and saw where she could be.
"Thank you for your kindness." My sister smiled, her cheeks reddened.
After a while, the carriage stopped at the county lord's mansion.
When the servants standing at the door saw that it was Su Zhenzhen who had returned, they immediately rushed forward, and Su Zhenzhen and the servants helped the thief sister out of the carriage and entered the county lord's mansion.
Inside the firewood room, the thief was tied up, with a handkerchief in his mouth, and the sound of movement outside the house alerted the thief, and his eyes were only fixed on the door.
Su Zhenzhen opened the door of the firewood room, and a ray of sunlight slipped in. When the thief saw the person behind Su Zhenzhen, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and his bound feet were about to move.
"Brother?" Noticing that Su Zhenzhen had stopped, the thief sister stepped forward and called softly.
Su Zhenzhen walked up to the thief, bent down and pulled out the handkerchief in his mouth, and threw it aside.
"Why are you here?" The thief's tone was hurried, and he turned his head and stared at Su Zhenzhen viciously, "You let her come." ”
"Brother, why are you so confused."
The peep looked at his sister in front of him, the sun fell on her back, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"I, I'm ......" the thief lowered his head, his eyes darkened, his long eyelashes obscuring the only light.
"You two have a good talk first." Su Zhenzhen spoke at this point, and after saying this, she also motioned for the servants to leave with her.
"Brother, do you have any troubles?" The thief's sister clenched her handkerchief, and the blind man's eyes were hollow, and his lips were pursed.
"I ...... I'm sorry, sister. The thief tilted his head, as if he couldn't bear to look at the man in front of him.
The thief's sister followed the voice, walked in front of the thief, waved her hands in the air a few times, only to summon the air, and sat on the ground.
"What is there to say sorry for between ordinary brothers and sisters, let alone a brother who treats me a thousand times better than himself." The thief's sister smiled, and the tiger teeth she showed were particularly cute, "Brother just tell the truth about it......"
Before he could finish speaking, the thief intercepted, "No. ”
"That girl just now is not an unreasonable person, if you tell her the truth, maybe you can reduce some of your sins." Sister Thief hurriedly said.
The thief frowned, his expression was unwilling, but he couldn't help lowering his voice as he spoke, "I've done everything, and I'm still greedy for something to reduce my sins." ”
"I believe my brother won't do such a harmful thing, but has my brother thought about it, if something happens to you in the future, then how will my sister live?" The thief's sister looked up, just wanting the brother in front of her to understand the truth.
There was silence in the firewood room for a moment, and the thief spoke, "Go and call Su Zhenzhen in." ”
The eyebrows between the eyebrows suddenly relaxed, and the thief sister smiled happily, and immediately got up to open the door of the firewood room.
Su Zhenzhen saw the look on her thief's sister when she came out, and she understood.
"Tell me, who's directing you." There are only two people in the firewood room, Su Zhenzhen and the thief. The thief informed Su Zhenzhen of the incident, and a man in black approached him and gave him a large sum of money to do it.
"You didn't see the man's appearance?" Su Zhenzhen had disbelief in her eyes.
The thief shook his head, there was no moon that night, the night was dark, and the man in black was only waiting for him under the tree in front of the door.
Su Zhenzhen pondered for a moment, looked at the person who was being tied to the straw, and thought to herself, "In this way, you continue to cooperate with that person." Su Zhenzhen leaned closer to the thief and whispered.
If the man in black is looking for a thief to cooperate, there must be another person behind him, so it is better to follow the vine and catch the real person behind the scenes.
After the two agreed, Su Zhenzhen loosened the rope that bound the thief. The thief turned his head and his neck, thinking to himself that this rope was so strong, and it felt uncomfortable when he was tied up.
The thief's sister heard the door open and immediately stepped forward, "How is it?" ”
"We've already discussed it." The thief hugged his sister and smiled slightly, this matter was caused by him alone, and he couldn't let his sister get into danger.
That night, the thief continued to make an appointment with the man as planned, while Su Zhenzhen carefully followed the thief and watched from a distance, and after a week of continuous meetings, Su Zhenzhen discovered the clue.
It seems that the person who handed over the poison to the thief was a person from Gaofu.
At first, Su Zhenzhen was only suspicious, worried that she was far away and could not see it really, but one night the man showed his feet and made Su Zhenzhen feel reassured.
That night, the wind was a little strong, and when he went out, his ears were full of wind, and when the man in black turned around, the clothes around his waist were blown by the wind, and Su Zhenzhen saw the token he was wearing on his waist, which she was too familiar with, and Gao Qiuye, who used to trouble her every day, had also used it.
I thought that Gao Qiuye had no idea about their family, but I didn't expect that my mind was still so vicious.
Su Zhenzhen nestled in the quilt, and all she could think of was the token on the waist of the man in black.
The sky was already slightly bright, but Su Zhenzhen had not fallen asleep yet, turned over and saw Wei Han sleeping in front of her, closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep.
The next day, on the third watch, Su Zhenzhen woke up.
Because she was busy with poisoning rouge, she rarely visited the kitchen of the store lately, and she had little time to study pastries.
As soon as she saw the brightness in the room, Su Zhenzhen sat up, hurriedly rinsed her mouth, and went out after eating. When the people in the mansion saw that Su Zhenzhen was in such a hurry, they all looked puzzled.
Su Zhenzhen was in a hurry to go to the palace, and her strength was weak, but with the help of the county lord, she would be more stable.
"What? Is the high autumn leaves dry? ”
Su Zhenzhen and the county lord met each other, the county lord couldn't help but take out the whip on his waist after listening to Su Zhenzhen's words, Su Zhenzhen nodded, but when she saw the county lord's reaction, she felt a little funny, so she covered her mouth and laughed.
"Don't laugh, let's get down to business."
Su Zhenzhen became serious in a second, and told the county lord what she saw that night. The county lord offered to help Su Zhenzhen collect evidence, and Su Zhenzhen agreed, and it would be much more efficient to have the help of the county lord.
Su Zhenzhen: Here let the people in the store observe whether there are any people who have never bought rouge to come to the point every day, and whether there are any suspicious people outside the store; The county lord sent people with good martial arts to monitor outside the Gao Mansion, and he himself kept a close eye on Gao Qiuye.
After a few days of observation, the county lord called Su Zhenzhen.
"Did you find anything?" Su Zhenzhen asked eagerly.
The county lord asked Su Zhenzhen to sit down first, "During the days when I paid attention to Gao Qiuye, I found that she was ......" The county lord approached Su Zhenzhen's ears, and saw that the two of them frowned slightly and looked serious.
When the county lord paid attention to Gao Qiuye, he found that Gao Qiuye often sent a maidservant girl to the pawnshop, and as the daughter of the Gao family, she naturally would not lack silver for dual purposes, so why did she go to the pawnshop?
Puzzled by this, the county lord secretly checked the situation of Gaofu's incoming and outgoing accounts, and finally found that Gao Qiuye's outgoing silver was extremely high.
The two glanced at each other, afraid that there was more money to buy medicine and hire people in black?
"In this way, I will go to Gaofu tomorrow to inquire about the situation." The county lord spoke.
Su Zhenzhen agreed, Gao Qiuye's account was really suspicious, but she didn't know that her father and mother didn't know about the expense.
The next day, the county lord went to Gaofu.
"How can the county lord have time to come to Gaofu today?" Mrs. Gao motioned to the maidservant, "Prepare good tea quickly." ”
"When I passed by today, I thought that I had passed by the house, so it was better to come in again to visit you, Mrs. The county lord sat in the guest seat and smiled.
"This tea was brought back from the Western Regions by Master Gao, and the tea is fragrant." Mrs. Gao looked at the county lord with a smile and motioned for her to have a drink.
"Tea is good tea." The county lord put down the teacup and didn't look at Mrs. Gao, "But you can't drink greedily, otherwise you won't be able to sleep at night." ”
"The county lord has a point." Mrs. Gao smiled.
"I think Madame's earrings are delicate and small, and they must be expensive." The county lord's eyes were full of interest.
Mrs. Gao stroked her earrings and said with a smile, "The county lord is really good-looking, these earrings are a little more expensive, but if a person as big as us doesn't treat himself well, there won't be much chance in the future." ”
"No matter how good it is, it must be moderate, like the price, like the tea, like the silver taels used in daily life, everything that exceeds the degree may lead to another outcome." The county lord spoke leisurely, but his smile did not decrease.
Mrs. Gao was already puzzled by the sudden visit of the county lord, but now her words and deeds were different from usual, and she seemed to have words in her words.
"The concubine is still waiting for me in the house, so I will leave first."
Mrs. Gao raised her eyes, the meaning in her eyes was unclear, but she also smiled on her face, "Okay." He only answered, glanced at the maidservant and motioned for her to send the county lord out of the house.