Ji Ruhuan was awakened by a dream, and when the bright knife slashed towards him, he heard an exclamation, "Get out of the way!"

After that, Ji Ruhuan woke up, opened his eyes, and the light from outside came in through the doors and windows, and it seemed to be very bright today.

I looked at the top of the tent with my eyes open, and the voice still echoed in my head, which seemed familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was.

After lying down for a while before sitting up, I heard Qingju say, "Miss, are you awake? It's snowing outside, and this year's snow is somehow falling so early." ”

Ji Ruhuan lifted his feet to the bed and put on his shoes, and was about to go to the window, but was stopped by Qingju trotting over, "Ouch my miss, it's snowing outside, it's very cold, you put on your clothes first." ”

As he spoke, he took the clothes on the shelf on the side, changed Ji Ruhuan's clothes, and shouted to the outside by the way, "Qingmei, Miss is awake." ”

After a while, Qingmei brought someone to bring toiletries up and waited for the young lady to wash.

After some tossing, he finally cleaned up and went out, there was still snow outside, and there was a thick layer on the ground, it was rare that the snow in the yard was not swept, Qingju stood behind Ji Ruhuan and said, "Mother Qiu didn't let me sweep it in the morning, saying that it was good to cover the bloody atmosphere with a layer of cover." ”

Ji Ruhuan nodded, picked up the snow with her hand, and asked, "What about Mother Qiu?"

Qing Ju responded, "I was called away by the second young master early in the morning, saying that I was asking about what happened last night." ”

After speaking, Qingju leaned into Ji Ruhuan's ear again, and whispered, "Not long after Mama Qiu left, the slave maid inadvertently saw Wan'er who was sweeping the yard outside being taken away by the nurse. ”

Ji Ruhuan frowned slightly, she almost forgot such a person, could it be that this incident was still related to her?

Ji Ruhuan turned her head to look at Qingju and asked, "Do you know where Mother Qiu went?"

Qingju shook her head, and saw that her young lady was going out, so she hurriedly shouted to the house, "Qingmei, bring the cloak to the young lady, the young lady wants to go out." ”

Now there are guards everywhere outside the Lingering Pavilion, and as soon as I inquired, I knew where Qiu's mother and Wan'er went, but it was actually a secret prison in the house.

Ji Ruhuan knew that there was such a place in the house, but it was abandoned and never used, but now it has come in handy.

Qingju followed behind Ji Ruhuan, and whispered in a cowering voice while looking east and west, "Miss, it's so scary here." ”

Ji Ruhuan pursed her lips and replied, "Is there a terrible dead person last night?"

Qingju thought of the picture she saw last night, her whole body trembled, and then she looked at the dark prison, and she didn't feel scared, so she answered, "Last night was even more terrifying." ”

This Qingju has just been sent to the Lingering Pavilion, and he doesn't say much, and after a long time, he has been let go more and more by Ji Ruhuan, but Ji Ruhuan is happy to see it, there is such a lively girl by her side, and she has a little more fun every day.

I heard the screams from inside from a distance, and when I heard Qingju's frightened teeth chattering, Ji Ruhuan said, "Look at you like that, let you and Qingmei guard you outside." ”

Qingju responded in a trembling voice, "Miss is not around to serve how to do it, Miss is not afraid, and slaves are not afraid." ”

The corners of Ji Ruhuan's eyes twitched slightly, "Don't let me serve you for a while." ”

After passing through a row of empty cells, and finally seeing someone, Qingju patted her chest and pressed herself, and her body shook in fright by the screams coming from inside.

When the guards guarding the door saw Shi Ji Ruhuan, they hurriedly saluted, "Miss, it's too bloody inside, don't go in." ”

Qingju nodded hurriedly, but her own young lady answered the sentence and stepped in, so she had to follow with a bitter face.

Entering is a relatively spacious torture room, with a chair in the middle, at this time Ji Chengmu is sitting on the chair, behind him stands Qiu's mother, and the two are looking at the prisoner in front of him who is tied to the torture rack and the flesh and blood are blurred and cannot see his true face.

Next to the prisoner stood a guard with a whip in his hand, whipping the prisoner one by one, and the prisoner wailed with a whip, but the wailing voice was getting lower and lower, and I was afraid that he could not stand it anymore.

"Miss, Miss, save the slave, the slave doesn't know anything, Miss, Miss please save the slave and the maid......"

Before the other people in the room noticed Ji Ruhuan, there was a shouting from a dimly lit cell next to her, which was the captured Wan'er that Qingju saw in the morning.

Ji Chengmu and Qiu's mother also turned their heads, and Qiu's mother quickly greeted her and said, "Miss, why did you come here?"

Ji Chengmu also frowned and said, "Huan'er, go up, it's very dirty down here." ”

Wan'er was still desperately screaming for help, and Ji Chengmu ordered the guards over there by the way, "Shut her mouth." ”

Ji Ruhuan responded, "I'll take a look at Ke Youmei, who is that person?"

Ji Ruhuan pointed to the person tied to the torture rack.

Ji Chengmu was originally worried that her sister would be scared when she saw the bloody and cruel scene, but when she saw this scene, her face did not change, her eyes did not blink, so she did not persuade her to go up again, and said, "The rough envoy who hanged her yesterday may have something to do with this person, and her mouth is a little hard, and she hasn't pried it open yet." ”

Ji Ruhuan looked at the man, "Can you find out the details?"

On the side, Qiu's mother opened her mouth and said, "No need to check, the slave knows that there was a big drought in the north that year, and the people in the north were struggling to make a living, and many refugees flocked to the outside of Kyoto, the general is the commander of the Zhenbei Army, of course, our house has to take the lead in reaching out to help the people in the north, there just happened to be a group of people who died because of the fugitive, in order to stay in Kyoto to find a way to live, willing to sell themselves as slaves, our house bought it, part of it stayed in the house, and some of it was sent to Zhuangzi, this person is one of them." ”

Ji Ruhuan confirmed, "Can Mother Ji see clearly?"

Mother Qiu nodded affirmatively, "At that time, this person had a quarrel with someone as soon as he came in, and he was almost kicked out by Steward Wu, and the slave maid will not be mistaken." ”

Ji Ruhuan muttered, "I was almost kicked out, why did I stay again?"

Mother Qiu shook her head, "This slave doesn't know very well, after all, it has nothing to do with slaves and maids, and slaves and maids don't pay much attention to them." ”

Ji Ruhuan looked at Qiu's mother, "Who was in charge of this backyard at that time?"

Qiu's mother responded, "At that time, it was almost Aunt Yun's house. ”

Immediately, Qiu's mother's eyes widened, "Miss, are you talking about this......"

Qiu's mother didn't finish her words, Ji Ruhuan and Ji Chengmu also knew what Qiu's mother meant, Ji Chengmu frowned, but Ji Ruhuan was cold.

Ji Chengmu opened his mouth and said, "I'll go to Steward Wu to find out what happened back then, Huan'er, don't stay here, it's dark and damp here, be careful of getting sick." ”

Ji Ruhuan shook his head, "Second brother, go ahead, leave it to me here." ”

The corners of Ji Chengmu's eyes twitched, and he was speechless, "You are a girl, why don't you know that you are afraid?"

Ji Ruhuan pursed her lips and said, "I've seen the bloody scenes, so I'm not afraid." ”

Ji Chengmu paused, thinking that Ji Ruhuan had been to the northern border, and he didn't know what he had experienced, he shook his head, and replied helplessly, "Okay, then I'll go first, and order Daniel Zhang if there's anything." ”