Chapter 17: The Culprit
The two of them rushed out of the door, but saw that it was a person who had fallen from the wall, and seemed to have fallen hard, and was getting up from the ground and rubbing his waist.
The man was wearing a veiled hat, and he couldn't see whose face it was, only that it was a woman in a long dress.
"Who's there!" Jiang Xinyue snorted softly, and at the same time tiptoed her strength, took two steps in front of the man, and raised the sword in her right hand on the side of the person's neck, and with a little force, she could cut her throat.
"Don't do it, don't do it, it's me! I'm Xin'er! The woman was a little flustered, and lifted the hat with both hands, which revealed the lineup, could it be Liu Xin'er, the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion in Anyang, who had just left from Yipinxiang?
Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw that it was Liu Xin'er, Jiang Xinyue put away her sword and asked, "Why don't you honestly go back to your Anyang Hou Mansion, what are you doing climbing our Yipinxiang wall in broad daylight?" ”
"Sister, Brother Mu, I don't want to go back to the Hou Mansion, so I pretended to go shopping by myself, and secretly came to Yipinxiang, you can take me in, I can help work here." Liu Xin'er's originally arrogant eyes turned into pleading at this time.
"What's the matter, it's not good to be a delicate young lady in the Hou Mansion of Anyang?" Mu Ruqing was a little surprised.
"Miss? Only her genuine Miss is a young lady, and we are just girls. Rather than living a life at the mercy of others in the Hou Mansion, it is better to come out freely. Liu Xin'er's eyes were filled with tears.
"Then why do you want a pint of incense?" Jiang Xinyue has also heard about the things in these mansions, and at the last birthday banquet, she also saw how domineering Mrs. Anyang Houfu was, and the eldest lady was also a hidden knife.
"I used to say a lot of bad things to Miss Ruan, but not only was she not angry, but she also thought about me many times today, even my mother in my house said that I lost money and goods all day long, and no one has ever treated me so well," Liu Xin'er sobbed, "I think that people with a pinxiang are very easy to get along with, and I am afraid that living here is more than a hundred times better than in the Hou Mansion." ”
"The girl Ruan in your mouth is suddenly ill and dying at this time, I think you should go back to the Hou Mansion, there is no one to take care of you here." Jiang Xinyue was upset because of Ruan Mianmian's matter, and she hated Liu Xin'er even more at this time to cause trouble.
"Hey, Xinyue don't say that, it's a guest when she comes, and we can't drive her out again," Mu Ruqing turned his head and said in Jiang Xinyue's ear: "You leave him first, I'll go to the Hou Mansion to ask Anyang Hou's opinion, and then decide, the main thing is to ask Anyang Hou to see if there is anyone who can cure this disease, it's better than running around like headless flies ourselves." ”
When Jiang Xinyue heard this, she put away her stern look and motioned for Liu Xin'er to go with her into Ruan Mianmian's room, while Mu Ruqing rode to the Anyang Marquis Mansion from the back door.
"Sister Jiang, I heard you say that Miss Ruan has a sudden illness just now, what's the matter?" Liu Xin'er was still a little dazed.
"I sent you away just now, she suddenly had abdominal pain, her face was pale, and now she has fainted, and she can't tell the reason why she invited a doctor, but it is not poisoning, and we have no clue." Speaking of Ruan Mianmian's illness, Jiang Xinyue was a little sad.
"You mean, you've had abdominal pain since we were gone?" Liu Xin'er seemed to have thought of something.
"yes, you walked on the front foot, and she collapsed in the front room, you know about this disease?"
"I'm not sure, it's like... It's like..., Sister Jiang, let me see what the situation is with Miss Ruan. Liu Xin'er looked at Jiang Xinyue and seemed very anxious.
Jiang Xinyue heard her say that she might know this disease, so she hurriedly pushed open the door and let her in, not daring to delay a little.
Liu Xin'er lifted her skirt and rushed in, squatted in front of Ruan Mianmian's window, first pulled out the hairpin like Jiang Xinyue, and then asked Fang Cannon and Uncle Hua to bring a bowl of salt water.
The salt water was placed next to the bed, Liu Xin'er took Ruan Mianmian's hand and stabbed a drop of blood with a hairpin, and the blood dripped into the salt water and turned light purple, and gradually the water in the entire bowl was dyed purple. Everyone was stunned when they saw this change, could it be that Mianmian was really poisoned?
"Sure enough, it was her, and I knew she wouldn't be so kind." Liu Xin'er clenched her fists and said with some gritted teeth.
"What's going on? Is sleep poisoning? Is there an antidote? Fang Cannon rubbed his hands nervously beside him, asking several questions in a row.
"Although this disease is dangerous, it is not fatal, nor is it poisonous, but if it is not treated, it will have severe abdominal pain for ten days, and it will naturally get better after ten days, but the damage to the body is huge, and these ten days are simply painful."
"Such a vicious way? Who the hell did it? Uncle Hua's hands trembled.
"It's my sister, I only know that she has this method in this capital, and just now Sister Jiang said that as soon as we left, Miss Ruan would have a seizure, and I guessed that it was her. I'll tell you the truth later, I'll get rid of this thing first, and the sooner I get rid of it, the less damage I'll suffer. Liu Xin'er was also an anxious person, and as soon as the words fell, she used the hairpin just now to cut a cut on her arm, and suddenly blood dripped uncontrollably.
"Quick, help her open her mouth, drink my blood and she'll be fine." Liu Xin'er looked in great pain, bit her lip and said a sentence with difficulty.
Fang Dacang couldn't take care of it much at this time, he believed that Liu Xin'er would not harm Ruan Mianmian, after all, no one hurt himself to harm others.
He stepped forward and pinched Ruan Mianmian's chin, although her body was a little cold, but the skin on her face was carefully raised since she hit a pinch, no matter how delicate it was, pinching it in her hand as if she was going to scratch away, but she couldn't open her mouth without force, and Fang Dacang didn't seem to let go of it at this time, and it was very tangled.
Finally made Ruan Mianmian's mouth open a small slit, Liu Xin'er dripped some blood on her arm, and then tightly wrapped the wound with the gauze handed over by Jiang Xinyue to stop the bleeding, her face was also a little pale, but she looked in good spirits.
"Okay, she will wake up in about an hour or two, and when she wakes up, feed her more warm and tonic decoction, and it will be okay to nourish her body." Liu Xin'er said while bandaging.
"Miss Liu, what the hell is going on?" Hearing her say this, Fang Dacang's anxiety eased a little, but he was still a little confused.
"My sister-in-law did a good thing, she had a strange disease in the past, there is nothing on her body, but from time to time it will emit a foul smell, you also know that if you Miss spread this hidden disease, it will be ruined for a lifetime, so our whole house is silent, and then Mrs. invited a wandering warlock from her mother's house in the field, and used some secret methods to really cure her, and gave her a prescription, as long as she eats a pair regularly, there will be no more problems." Liu Xin'er paused, as if she remembered something painful.
"That recipe also has a strange effect, that is, unless you get that strange disease, ordinary people can't eat it, but it's not a poison, if you eat it, you will be in pain. And after she drank the medicine, she also carried the medicine in her own blood, so she always saw who was not pleasing to her eyes, so she secretly fed the person her own blood, and the person would have abdominal pain but could not find the reason. ”
"If she does this, doesn't Master Hou care?" Jiang Xinyue was a little angry.
"Master Hou was busy with things outside, and he handed over the backyard to Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Hou is Liu Xi'er's mother-in-law, so naturally she will not reveal half a point, Lord Hou doesn't know the effect of this medicine at all, I have also been tricked, but if I poke it out, I will be sheltered by Lord Hou, but my biological mother, Aunt Zhao, can't leave the backyard, and still have to let their mother and daughter rub it. But fortunately, if anyone who has been hit by that medicine will have resistance, and will never be hit again, and the blood can also be used as an antidote, I have to make an arrogant appearance to earn a little life for myself. Liu Xin'er's tears couldn't stop staying.
"This poisonous woman, if you dare to attack us, we must make her pay!" Fang Da Qi's right hand slammed heavily on the table.
"She attaches great importance to her appearance and reputation, and every time she goes out, she has to smear a lot of perfume on her body, just because she has always thought that she still has a foul smell on her body, and she doesn't want to be discovered, and then her personality is becoming more and more distorted, and it is not okay for others to have the smell of incense powder, so in addition to their mother and daughter, no one else can even get the incense powder and balm in the monthly case."
"Oh, even so, we can't bear the pain of sleep in vain, she values her reputation the most, so find a way to ruin her reputation. However, this matter still has to wait for Ruqing to come back and discuss it, and you must not be in a hurry, after all, he and An Yanghou are old acquaintances, and it would be bad if it was because that woman affected the current cooperation. Jiang Xinyue snorted lightly.
"Listen to you, it's best if we can get better now." Fang Dacang's eyes stared at Ruan Mianmian's face without blinking.
However, it makes sense for her to attack the people in the house, after all, they are all suppressed by them and dare not speak out, why would she attack Miss Ruan? I see that she and Miss Ruan have always had a good relationship, so I can't offend her. This is what Liu Xin'er can't understand, Liu Xi'er, a person who cares about reputation, packages herself as a talented woman every day, how can she use such means outside, she is not afraid that outsiders will see that she did it?
Jiang Xinyue pondered for a while: "I'm afraid I really offended her." ”
"Huh? Mianmian is such a gentle and lovely person, and he went to her house to celebrate her birthday at that time, how could he offend people? Uncle Hua was even more puzzled.
"That's the case, I don't know if you still remember, that night I told it as a joke to Mian Mian, I accompanied Ruqing to meet Anyang Hou, and met Liu Xi'er at the door of the study, she seemed to be very concerned about Ruqing at that time, and crashed into his arms." Jiang Xinyue said slowly.
"Speaking of this, I remember that when I greeted Liu Xi'er at the door today, Liu Xi'er seemed to inadvertently ask where the young owner was, and said that it was good for the young owner to sleep, I think she must have misunderstood, the young owner is good to sleep just because he treats her as a sister." Fang Cannon suddenly came to his senses.
In this way, it is clear that Liu Xi'er is jealous of Mianmian, so she is so ruthless. I didn't expect that. ”
Everyone was speechless for a while, just waiting for Ruan Mianmian to wake up. In the evening, Ruan Mianmian on the bed finally moved, humming and crying out in pain, but he hadn't opened his eyes yet.
Seeing that she had a reaction, everyone was relieved, and everyone was staying in Ruan Mianmian's room today, so they didn't even do business outside, and closed the door early.