Chapter 20 Standby
In "Yuli Xuan", the wind blows the pear blossoms, and the gold and jade are full of steps.
The bookkeeper Xiaopu led the new servants to the "Yuli Xuan" to wait, and the old servants talked about Ji Xiaoheng's departure from the "Yuli Xuan".
The handyman Feng Feixue lowered his voice while sweeping the floor and said: "Actually, I also want to leave 'Yuli Xuan', Young Master Jin Mu is too moody, it's too difficult to serve!" ”
After hearing this, the cook nodded in agreement: "But isn't it?" I just went to serve a dish last time, and in the blink of an eye, Young Master Jin Mu lifted the entire table and almost smashed me. ”
The teasing bird servant looked gloomy, and said bitterly: "Last time the parrot I was responsible for taking care of said a foul word to Young Master Jinmu, Young Master Jinmu kicked me in the chest without saying a word, and now more than a month has passed, my chest still has a faint pain from time to time, and what is more excessive is that he also executed the parrot, I have long had a super friendship feeling for the parrot who has been taking care of it for three years, and the wound on my body is not as painful as my heartache." ”
The maid Huanhua said while picking the petals: "Although the master is difficult to serve, the fourth lady is the princess of Wanlou Kingdom, and every few months Wanlou Kingdom will pay tribute to a large number of gold and silver treasures to the fourth lady, and there is no one in the General's Mansion who can pay more reward than 'Yuli Xuan'." ”
She looked at the pot and then at the flying cake, and said sharply: "A month is only two or two months of money, is it enough for the pot to drink flower wine once?" Or is it enough to fly cakes for you to go back to the casino? ”
Everyone was silent, and Huanhua's words more or less expressed the hearts of everyone present.
At this moment, the guard's little eye suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
He asked in a rough voice, "Which of you said you want to break away from 'Yu Li Xuan'?" Who's there? ”
Zhou Jinmu also appeared behind Xiaoyan at the right time, watching coldly, with his own calculations in his heart.
All the servants were secretly frightened, and they all thought about the reason why Young Master Jin Mu did not come to Yanwuping to perform martial arts this afternoon.
The guard Xiaoyan continued to shout roughly, "Which of you wants to break away from 'Yu Li Xuan'? If there is anyone who wants to leave, stand up! ”
The maid Huanhua hurriedly stopped the work at hand, owed a blessing, lowered her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Little maid Huanhua swears allegiance to the fourth lady and Young Master Jinmu. ”
Zhou Jinmu raised his eyebrows, his eyebrows were slightly upturned, and he laughed heartily: "Well said, reward!" ”
Zhou Jinmu raised his eyebrows and said: "The purpose of 'Yuli Xuan' has always been that as long as you have the ability to please the master, then your benefits are indispensable. ”
"Aren't you the best aware of this, whether it's now, past, or future?"
"Which time did the general return home not be the first to come to my "Yuli Xuan"? ”
When everyone heard this, they had their own plans in their hearts.
After a while, all the miscellaneous servants, cooks, maidservants, and nurses in the courtyard knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "We will swear allegiance to 'Yuli Xuan' to the death, and let the fourth lady and Young Master Jinmu send it!" ”
Of these, only the Bird Servant was still standing in place, and he muttered to himself, "I want to get rid of 'Yu Li Xuan', and here I will always think of my poor young lady." ”
He pointed to the crooked-necked tree at the door of "Yu Li Xuan" and said slowly: "It usually likes to stand on that tree to rest and dry its feathers!" ”
"When it's hungry, it flies into my hand and tickles me with its little tongue and tells me it's hungry."
"I'll give it its favorite five-color diamond-shaped millet to eat."
"But now it's no longer visible from that crooked-necked tree at the door?"
"Where did it go?"
"Did it go to hibernation?"
"But isn't it spring?"
……
Zhou Jinmu waved his hand at Xiaoyan, who immediately understood and retreated to Zhou Jinmu to listen to his dispatch.
Zhou Jinmu asked suspiciously: "Who is he, what nonsense and clueless words are he talking about here?" ”
Xiaoyan was straight, bowed his body and cautiously replied to Zhou Jinmu: "His name is Yuan Mengduan, he is a bird servant, and since the parrot he was guarding was executed by the young master, he has become a little problematic here. ”
As he spoke, Xiaoyan picked up and pointed to his head.
Zhou Jinmu only understood the reason, he looked at Yuan Mengduan, who was immersed in his own world, and couldn't help but sneer.
Zhou Jinmu deliberately raised his voice and said to Yuan Mengduan: "No one in 'Yuli Xuan' wants to break away from 'Yu Li Xuan' except you, your plan to disturb the morale of the army has failed, what should I do with you?" ”
I don't want Yuan Mengduan to suddenly recover at this moment, his cloth caftan is brown, the pears are thin, and he is clear and beautiful, and he scolds Fang Xuan.
He pointed at Zhou Jinmu and said: "The servants of the General's Mansion have not sold themselves to you, even if you want to ask the guilty servants, you must be justified, so when you deal with Ji Xiaoheng, you will first ask him to sign a war book and a gambling contract, and then defeat him in a bright way, and then cut off his palm in the way of fulfilling the content of the gambling contract!" ”
"If I want to leave 'Yu Li Xuan', what right and qualification do you have to stop me!"
Zhou Jinmu stroked his palms and praised with a smile: "Yuan Mengduan - teasing the bird servant, you said it well!" Well said! That's a good point! ”
"I might as well tell you the truth, using such a roundabout method against that cheap slave cook is because I don't like games where the results are too obvious, and there is no suspense and no fun."
"I just like to see him struggle in despair, ugly, lowly, helpless, painful and involuntarily with a glimmer of hope, and at the end of the game, I will wipe out all his last bit of hope."
"As for the second question, it's useless to ask me, it's better to ask my fist!"
"What is the general's stipulation? I'm the rules of the General's Palace! ”
"Who is the cheap slave of the General's Mansion? I say whoever is a slave is a slave! ”
Zhou Jinmu stared at Yuan Mengduan with a cold face, and said threatening words.
"But today I can't let you go, a traitor who disturbs the morale of the army here, there are only two paths in front of you, the first is to admit that what you just said is nonsense, this young master can not blame the past, and the second is to die without repentance!!"
Yuan Mengduan's mind came to mind again the scene of the day when the parrot Xiaohong was executed, its feathers were scattered, the blood fell to the pear blossoms, and he seemed to hear Xiaohong's miserable and sharp cries again, penetrating the eardrums.
His heart was deeply shaken by such a terrible cry, and his heart wept for the lonely bird that had fallen into the dust.
His brown pupils contracted and dilated, dilated and contracted.
In the end, Yuan Mengduan had a miserable white face, his hands naturally drooped, and he slowly spit out words in his mouth, and his voice was as sharp as the parrot of the day: "My parrot, you will return my parrot!" ”
Zhou Jinmu sighed, shook his head and said casually: "Since you miss your dear parrot so much, then I will fulfill you and reunite you on the same tree!" ”
After speaking, Zhou Jinmu's face changed, and he said fiercely: "Come on, hang him to that tree for me!" ”
Xiaoyan immediately got the order, raised his hand and waved, Zhou Jinmu's guards stepped forward one after another, and subdued Yuan Mengduan with three strokes and five divisions.
Yuan Mengduan screamed hysterically while struggling: "The murderer must not die well!" A murderer must not die well! A murderer must not die well! ”
Smalleye tied him up, gagged his mouth with strips of cloth, clamped his head, and let him enter a death rope that had been prepared for him a long time ago.
His feet are off the ground, but not to fly, but to symbolize the fall of life.
Yuan Mengduan struggled a few times, and then he no longer made any movements.
A thick rope pulled him to hang in the air, and his appearance in the wind was thinner and colder than a falling pear blossom.
A person's feet cannot be lifted off the ground, and once they are out of the ground, all that remains is an endless fall.
All the servants who were present were terrified, and their faces were frightened.
Zhou Jinmu asked, "Did you see anything?" ”
"Yu Li Xuan" all the servants said in unison: "We didn't see anything." ”
Yuan Mengduan was hung on a tree for a day and a night.
When Zhou Jinmu was eating the next day, he thought of this bird servant, and he still had grievances in his heart.
In the past, no one dared to challenge his authority in the "Yulixuan" or even the General's Mansion, all because Zhou Lingmo and his comrades designed him to lose, which made him lose face!
Even "Yu Li Xuan" has a traitor!
Then, Zhou Jinmu thought with a sneer.
Yuan Mengduan's fate is the end of the traitor of "Yu Lixuan", and so is Ji Xiaoheng, when I defeat Zhou Huanchun's slut, you slut won't be able to run!
After Nian Nian returned to "Xi Luxuan", she didn't see Zhou Huanchun, and secretly thought that she might go to Yuzhi Garden to practice martial arts again, so she was alone in the court weeding and making flowers.
Half an hour later, the "three-minute heat" of Niannian teasing Ji Xiaoheng had completely retreated, but Ji Xiaoheng still did not appear at the gate of "Xi Luxuan" pushing a wheelchair.
After another quarter of an hour, Ji Xiaoheng still didn't see him, Nian Nian couldn't help but be a little anxious, the flowers and plants were cut out of shape, Nian Nian simply threw away the scissors, stood up and shook the dust, and wanted to go to Xifang Garden again.
Just as she walked out of the gate of "Xi Luxuan", she happened to see Zhou Lingmo pushing Ji Xiaoheng towards "Xi Luxuan" in the distance.
Ji Xiaoheng didn't know why, his hands were full of sludge.
Nian Nian hurriedly ran up and asked.
Before Nian Nian could speak, Ji Xiaoheng preemptively explained the cause and effect.
After listening to what Ji Xiaoheng said, Nian Nian was stunned in place, speechless and silent, and his mind was unpredictable.
Zhou Lingmo continued to add gently: "Nian Nian, Ji Xiaoheng's leg injury has not healed, I hope you can take care of him more." ”
Ji Xiaoheng mistakenly thought that Zhou Lingmo blamed Niannian, and hurriedly explained: "I insisted on staying to enjoy the flowers, not that Niannian took care of it badly." ”
Zhou Lingmo saw that Ji Xiaoheng had misunderstood, but he didn't say anything.
Nian Nian had palpitations in his heart, and he replied absent-mindedly: "Nian Nian knows." ”
Zhou Lingmo nodded and said, "I originally wanted to come to 'Xi Luxuan' to deliver lotus root cakes, and by the way, take a look at Sister Huan." ”
"Now that one thing has been done and one thing has been done, it is time to take your leave."
After hearing this, Nian Nian owed a blessing, and Yingying said: "Young Master Lingmo walks slowly." ”
After sending Zhou Lingmo off, Nian Nian turned his head to look at Ji Xiaoheng again, but found that he had fainted in a wheelchair, his face was pale, and his eyebrows were furrowed.
Nian Nian anxiously went to the account room to find a doctor, and tossed around Ji Xiaoheng all morning.
At noon, the spring rain in the courtyard of "Xi Luxuan" moistens the leaves, and the tender flowers roll.
On the wooden bed directly opposite behind the peach blossom window, Ji Xiaoheng slowly woke up from the bed and wanted to use his right hand to get up, but found that his right hand was completely weak.
In confusion, the door of the guest room squeaked open, and he walked in with a green gauze skirt.
Seeing that Ji Xiaoheng wanted to sit up from the bed, Nian Nian hurriedly walked to the bed to help him, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Your right hand tendon is injured, and you have already applied hot compresses and medicinal wine, if it is not necessary, don't move your right hand." ”
Only then did Ji Xiaoheng smell that there was a vague smell of herbs in the air.
He nodded dumbfounded.
Nian Nian finally couldn't pretend anymore, her eyes widened, and she asked incredulously, "Don't you have anything to say to me?" ”
Ji Xiaoheng's eyelashes flashed, as if he had made up some kind of determination, and nodded to Nian Nian.
His voice was as clear as the soup of spring noodles, and he slowly spoke: "What I want to say to you is that I like the wheelchair you gave me. ”
Nian Nian shouted hoarsely, "And then? ”
Ji Xiaoheng lowered his eyes, and his corn-like hair covered his eyes.