Heartfire Chapter 21: Bizarre
"Miss, something is wrong!"
Early in the morning, Ah Mao ran over and knocked on my door, this rumbling knocking sound made me feel that the door was vibrating, I dragged my tired body, moved forward, suddenly a tearing pain in my scalp, I tried to remember, it turned out to be caused by yesterday's events.
I rubbed my temples with both fingers, but the pain still couldn't be stopped.
As soon as I opened the door, Ah Mao looked panicked and looked at me panting.
"Miss, the servants in the hall resigned with Lan Xin, and even the Seven Monarchs are gone."
"Huh? How so? I stared at Ah Mao Chang with wide eyes, and my head instantly cleared.
Qijun is one of the important people in my life, she has never been as simple as serving people to me, and now, when she sees this chaos, she will also take advantage of the chaos to leave me? No, she must have gone out and never returned.
"My lord saw that the desk was full of letters from the servants, and the content of each letter was that he was going to leave his job, and he didn't even want his salary."
"I'm not asking this, how could the Seven Monarchs disappear?" I asked faintly, even though I was secretly fluctuating inside.
"I've been to her room, she didn't take all her things with her, and she didn't leave a letter or anything, but I see her every time she goes out, and all the servants left overnight today, and I guess the Seven Monarchs are too." Mao thought for a long time.
"You can't guess about her like that." I seemed to have the answer in my heart, and even though the answer was in my mouth, I couldn't help but guess in my heart.
"You said Lan Xin resigned with the servants?" I looked up and asked.
"Yes, the master ordered, you must find Lan Xin and come back, there is a letter mentioning that follow Lan Xin away."
"You? Will you leave me too? I deliberately lowered my tone and asked, and I had no confidence in this inquiry.
I saw Ah Mao stroking my head, bowing his head and saying to me, "Miss, don't worry, I won't." ”
Even though Ah Mao Chang laughed happily, his small eyes were squeezed into his cheeks by the way, revealing a small crooked slit, as bright as a crescent moon. Speaking of which, Ah Mao has been here for more than ten years, he is more than ten years older than me, and his mind is sometimes as playful as me, from the original Japanese accent to the fusion of local accents, this face is no longer much different from the Chinese. Compared with the Seven Monarchs, I should be less worried about Ah Mao's loyalty, but why do I feel disappointed in my heart?
Without the change of clothes and washing taken care of by Qijun, I am such a big person, my clumsy hands are like babies who have not been deeply involved in the world, and I have been tinkering for a long time before I can figure out this way of dressing, the current dress is cumbersome and complicated, some hidden zippers are hidden behind the back, it is really too difficult for a person to wear it, and finally I ran to Su Wei to get it for me.
"Mother, the Seven Monarchs are gone." When I saw Su Wei, the tide of my heart came rushing in.
I turned around, afraid that Su Wei would see me red-eyed.
"I've heard about this, you don't have to be too sad, everyone has to choose how to go in the future, she is serving people now, it doesn't mean that she will also be your servant in the future." Su Wei soothed my back and spoke to me patiently.
"I can understand your words, and I can't accept that she didn't say her final goodbye to me." I began to shed tears, and my blurred vision in front of me was like someone had poured a layer of water.
"Don't you understand? One of you is a master and the other is a servant, and you must know who you are. Su Wei began to get anxious.
"I know, but I've never looked at her as a servant." I struggled to keep my eyes open to tell her what I cared about.
"You don't understand, in this world, only I am the best person to treat you, and everyone else is just the person who should appear in your life, some people are good to you because of your identity, and some people are bad to you, and it is also because of your identity." When she said this, I seemed even more confused.
"Okay, hurry up and eat breakfast, don't take it too seriously, she's just a waiter." Su Wei sighed, and left.
After turning around, he said, "I will look for someone to come back in the next few days." ””
I looked at the gate of the courtyard every day, trying to find a familiar figure, greet me with a familiar greeting, and protect me as usual.
However, the more I waited and looked forward to it, the more empty my heart became.
In the past few days, people have come to apply for jobs one after another, no less than fifty people come every day, and there may only be three or five recruits, Su Wei said that serving people is not enough elves, and they have not been able to serve as the master's close service, and they still need to train for some time, but they will first let them serve me to change clothes.
"Hello Miss, my name is Keqin, and I'm here to serve you to change your clothes."
When I woke up, she was in my sight.
"Why did you come in and not knock?" I sat on the edge of the bed.
"I'm sorry, Madame asked me to come up and wait for you to change your clothes, so I came in directly, it was the same in another house before, there is no knock rule, next time I will definitely remember to knock on the door." She bowed her head and apologized to me.
"It's okay, just pay attention next time, if you are ordered to go to Jin'er's room, it is estimated that you will not use it tomorrow." I rubbed my sleepy eyes.
Then, there was a shouting from the next door.
"Will you be able to! Stupid to death you. Qiu Feng was reprimanding a new servant.
"Huh? Madame hurts so much! The servant was shouting, and it was estimated that he was pinched purple by Qiu Feng again.
"Did you hear that, you have to be glad that the person you are serving today is me." I looked at Keqin.
"Thank you, Miss, for your leniency, I'll wait for you to change your clothes now." I saw her clumsily pull down the dress I hung in front of the closet.
"Be careful, this is not how this dress is taken off." I rushed over and didn't even have my shoes on.
"Huh? I've never seen this dress before, and it feels very new. She didn't look apologetic, but stroked.
"Alright, give it to me, you can just help me zip it up." I took the clothes.
Keqin nodded, as if he didn't understand.
"It's okay, you can help me pull it up." I turned around and turned my back to her.
"Miss, your skin is good, white and red." She pulled it up and told me.
"There are some things that should not be said or not said, and you have to always remember who you are." I stared at Keqin.
Ke Qin stood stupidly and nodded vigorously as if he was reprimanded by my words.
Later, I understood what Su Wei meant by saying this to me, remembering your identity, and kept repeating the cycle in my mind.
In the evening, I was reviewing my books when suddenly there was a cry downstairs, and everyone was shouting in unison: "It's on fire!" ”
A few servants were busy running around, each carrying two buckets of water in their hands, and even a petite woman like Keqin had such a strong time, this scene scared me.
I looked around the window, and I didn't see the source of the fire, but I saw that they were all going in the direction of the little black house, could it be the little black house?
"Miss, don't come down, the little black room is on fire." Suddenly, Ah Mao Chang rushed in and said to me.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know, the fire is getting stronger and stronger at the moment, and it is almost close to the Shen family." Mao's anxious tone made me feel flustered.
"I'm going to help!" As I was about to get up, he held me down.
"Sir, they're all in the room."
"What about my father and mother?"
"I only saw Madame alone, not Young Master Tengzhi."
I immediately got up and ran away.
"Don't move, it's too dangerous down there, leave this matter to me, I'll go down first." Ah Mao ran out quickly.
"Promise me." Finally, he turned to look at me.
I had no choice but to nod my head by default.
The fire seemed to be burning more and more, and gradually spread to the backyard of the Shen family, only to see a group of men from the Shen family rushing out, two hands full of buckets, running back and forth.
"What's the matter with you guys? How come only a few people came out to help. Mrs. Shen stared at Su Wei.
"At first, I didn't see much fire." When Su Wei said this, she unconsciously knotted.
The matter of serving people to leave en masse has been covered up.
"It almost burned down our backyard." Mrs. Shen covered her face.
Su Wei bent down and nodded in apology.
It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that the fire went out.
The next day, Ah Mao Chang said that a corpse was found in the small black room, which had been charred and unidentified, and judging by what she was wearing, it should be a female corpse.
"Female corpse? Do you remember the little dark room we saw that night? ”
"Remember, Lan Xin went in that day, and her behavior was very weird."
"Is this?"
"Lan Xin? But Lan Xin is no longer there. ”
"It is possible, but the source of the fire has not been identified, and it is not clear whether it was man-made or arson." Ah Mao said.
My heart shuddered, and my eyes stared at one place in a daze.
"Miss, what are you thinking?"
"It can't be the Seven Monarchs, right?"
"What are you thinking?"
"Qijun, how could she be in the little black room." Mao explained.
"She's just leaving, and she's definitely doing well now."
I don't know why, but when Ah Mao Chang said this, I always felt like I was committed, as if he was comforting me with something.
"Let's go, follow me and see." I took Ah Mao's long arm.
"It's too dangerous now, and I don't know if it will burn again, and the sun is quite fierce today, so I can't go." Ah Mao stood motionless, no matter how hard I tried to pull him a centimeter.
"I want to see the body."
Mao looked at me with a frightened expression.
"Aren't you afraid?"
"No, it won't." I shook my head vigorously.
"Then I'll wait for you downstairs tonight."
When everyone had fallen asleep, and even the last light was out, I went downstairs with a shawl.
I saw Ah Mao waiting for me there, fanning the wind with his hands, and slapping the mosquitoes on his arms from time to time.
"Miss, you're so slow, there are too many mosquitoes here, I almost won't wait for you." Ah Mao Chang had a mocking tone.
"Won't I come now?"
"Go, follow me."
I followed behind Ah Mao, and the closer I got to the little black room, the faster my heart beat and almost jumped out of my body.
"Your heart is beating so fast." Mao Chang looked at me.
"How do you know?"
"Your body is almost glued to my arm, do you think you don't know?"
I immediately let go and pretended to be calm.
When I came to the small black house, suddenly a tile fell.
"Be careful! You see, this place just burned out, and it's too dangerous. "Ah Mao Chang stopped me and didn't let me get too close.
"I'm fine." I pushed away Mao's long hand.
I took the first step cautiously, gradually moving closer.
"Wait a minute, what is this, familiar?" I looked under the tiles and pressed some of my clothes.
"Don't move, I'll get it." Ah Mao Chang took a closer look and brushed away the ashes on it.
"What is this?"
"This is Qiu Feng's!"
"Do you remember? Have you forgotten the incident I told you about that day, when she hurried downstairs with this bag of cloth? There are also Shen's father and Jinyu. "Ah Mao Chang described to me.
My eyes rolled in memory.
"yes, I remember, we finally found it."
"What should we do next?"
"Ah Mao, the ghost has appeared."