Chapter 024: Midnight Secrets
Three days passed.
Shen Shu was detained in Peach Blossom Zhai, and she couldn't do anything except copy scriptures, and she couldn't go anywhere.
Fortunately, although Second Mrs. Jiang banned her feet, she did not restrict the entry and exit of the maids in her yard.
So, in the past three days, Shen Shu heard a lot of gossip from the four peaches.
"Mrs. Zhang's family, who are guarding the door in Hui'an Garden on the mountain, have been detained by the old lady into the East Courtyard, and Mama Huai didn't say why, the daily three meals are delicious and delicious, and they have not been tortured, and some people in the house say that they have made a big mistake, and some people say that they have made meritorious contributions to their crimes, and when they come out of the East Courtyard, maybe they can get out of the country!"
"The eldest lady came out of Songduzhai and fell ill that night, and I heard the people in her yard say that the eldest lady couldn't eat during the day these days, and she couldn't sleep well at night, and she lost a lot of weight. She also asked people to reward the wine, sauce, cakes, and so on she made to the people in the house, saying that they would never make it again......"
"Coincidentally, the third wife is also sick, and she detains the fifth girl and the second grandmother to serve her in front of her, and also repairs the book to let people go to the customs to find the third master and the second master in person......
"The fourth wife is no different from usual, every day according to the time to go to Songduzhai to the old lady to say goodbye, everyone is talking and laughing, just ...... She changed a batch of people from the courtyard of the sixth young master, and also sent the seventh girl to her grandfather's house......"
"The third young master has been in good health these days, and he is in a hurry to go out, but he has been blocked by the little guy guarding the door several times, and even the errand in the barracks, the master has given him leave. There were a few times when the third young master wanted to come to you, but he was stopped by Chunying's mother-in-law who left at the door of Peach Blossom Zhai......"
Shen Shu tasted a lot of meaning from the gossip that the four peaches said.
It seems that Mama Huai should have found out by touching the vine, and the drug in the wine pot of the gatekeeper was related to the eldest aunt and two aunts, so the eldest aunt and the third aunt came out of the grandmother's yard and were "sick".
But Shen Shu couldn't understand, since her grandmother found out, why didn't she just send it out? On the contrary, it made everyone in the house panic?
And also...... Even if on the day of the temple, she led someone to break into the courtyard of the man in white, which was considered a disaster, and she was grounded after returning home.
Why was even the third brother forbidden to leave the house, and he was not even allowed to go to the barracks?
The third brother has been a victim from beginning to end, and he has not made a mistake!
Shen Shu thought about it left and right, but couldn't think of the deep meaning of this.
In addition, for some reason in the past few days, she always feels restless, and she always has a premonition of "a catastrophe is coming", but she can't grasp anything.
So, that night, in the dead of night, the maids and ladies in the yard all went to sleep—
Shen Shu changed into the night clothes that she had been messing with Shen Jinming before, found the oilcloth burden that was stored under the bed in case of emergency, opened the window of her bedroom facing the artificial lake in the house, quietly entered the water, and swam towards the corner of the west side of the lake.
The cold water soaked through her nightcoat and made her teeth shiver.
From childhood to adulthood, Shen Shu followed Shen Jinming to mess around in Yunbian City, and was often detained and grounded by Mrs. Jiang.
But there has never been a time when he was executed so harshly by his mother.
Therefore, this "waterway", which she opened up a long time ago, has never had a chance to use.
Shen Shu swam for about a cup of tea, and went ashore on the westernmost side of the artificial lake, against a remote corner of the inner courtyard wall.
The night breeze blew, and the extreme cold chill rushed from the soles of her feet along her back to the top of her head.
Shen Shu shuddered and opened the oilcloth bag, took out the black padded padded coat prepared a long time ago, and wrapped it tightly around his body.
Dayu blocked the cold wind in the night, making her feel a lot warmer.
She took out a key from the hidden bag of the big one, and quietly walked to the rockery in the corner, and there was a corner door on the side of the rockery that had been abandoned for a long time and was covered with moss.
This corner gate was used to transport silt to the outer courtyard during the dredging of the artificial lake in the early years.
Later, each house lived separately, and Shen Chong divided the inner courtyard to the lake on the side of the second room, and dug deep and dug a lot bigger.
The wall where the corner gate is located, together with the entire rockery, has become an isolated island surrounded by water on three sides, and the corner gate has long been abandoned.
Shen Shu had long thought of getting the key to the corner door just in case.
I didn't expect it to be used by her today.
No one has ever opened the door lock all year round, and the lock core is rusted to death.
It took Shen Shu a lot of effort to open it.
She dodged out lightly—
On the other side of the corner gate, there is a small bamboo forest.
This is Shen Jinming's territory.
Shen Shu saw the window of Mingyuezhai from a distance, and the candle flame was still dimly lit.
The corners of her lips curled slightly, wrapped her big coat tightly, and strode towards Mingyuezhai in a comfortable mood......
"Poof...... Puff ......"
Shen Shu stepped on the soles of her shoes with wet feet, making a burst of water.
The thick ink of the night completely hid her figure wrapped in black daze.
The bright moonlight shone on her fair little face, glowing with pale light.
Strands of her forehead hair hung down and clinged to her face, a few of which even obscured her vision.
However, it was too cold outside for her to reach out and push them away.
On this side, Shen Jinming couldn't sleep, so he retreated from the small house and was sitting under the porch admiring the moon.
"Poof...... Puff...... Puff ......"
Suddenly, a strange voice, accompanied by the rustle of bamboo leaves blown by the wind, came into his ears from far and near.
Shen Jinming's ears moved slightly, and he followed the voice to look-
A miserable white grimace with strands of black hair appeared in his sight out of thin air!
Rao is Shen Jinming, a man who has been on the battlefield and killed the enemy, in the dark night, when he saw the face that suddenly appeared in "mid-air", he was so frightened that his heart was about to jump out of his chest!
"Ghost ...... Hell ......"
Shen Jinming's buttocks, the conditioned reflex moved back-
"Plop", he planted under the porch!
Fuxi, who heard the movement, walked out of the room, and saw a miserable white grimace, "floating" towards his young master-
The whites of his eyes made him scream, and he didn't even have time to scream, so he fainted in fright!
"Third, third brother, it's me...... I'll ......" Shen Shu hurriedly spoke.
And yet—
She hadn't said a word since the beginning of the night, and then she swam again, and although she was wrapped in a big coat, the night clothes inside were already soaked, and her voice was a little hoarse and trembling.
Listening to Shen Jinming's ears, as terrifying as you want, you can be as terrifying as you want, and you are a terrible ghost who comes to the door in the middle of the night to ask for your life!
Shen Jinming got up from the ground, rushed to the weapon rack on the side, picked up a red tassel gun, and poked at the façade of the "female ghost" regardless of it!
Shen Jinming was originally a general who went into battle to kill the enemy, and the ancestral foreign kung fu of the Shen family was a way of fighting directly on the battlefield.
This poke, he used ten percent of his strength.
It can be said that it is his killer weapon to save his life!
Shen Shu only felt a strong murderous aura rushing towards her face.
She didn't have time to think at all, her body reacted first, and with a wrong step, her body flashed to the right back, and she avoided it dangerously!
And yet—
She didn't even have time to catch her breath, Shen Jinming's second move in a row had already poked straight at her façade!
Shen Shu's eyes widened, and she reflexively waved her right hand-
However, after all, it was a step too slow.
Her hand was on the barrel of the gun, but she was powerless.
I can only watch the sharp spear head poke straight into her cheek!
At the last moment-
The bamboo leaves that blew out of nowhere were swept by the wind, as if wrapped in a thousand forces, rushed straight to Shen Shu's elbow next to the barrel of the gun!