Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Villain Does Evil
Mu Ruqing's originally handsome face was deformed, and he almost rushed back to the room to change his clothes, shouting again and again to let Uncle Hua kill this chicken stew, which caused everyone to laugh.
Not long after, the fish tank that Ruan Mianmian had booked in Xiangyifang also arrived, and Fang Dacang personally brought water and watched Ruan Mianmian pour the small fish into the fish tank.
Compared to the fish tank, these small fish are too small, and they can hardly be seen clearly if they don't look carefully, Ruan Mianmian simply picked a few vegetable leaves from the kitchen and put them in to make food for the small fish, and the fish can only see their bodies clearly when they swim over the vegetable leaves.
Fang Cannon moved the fish tank to Ruan Mianmian's room and placed it next to the dresser, so that Ruan Mianmian could see the fish at a glance when he got up in the morning.
At night, Yipinxiang and everyone sat in the courtyard, and it turned out that almost all the branches and leaves of the big willow tree were cleared, so when they looked up at the sky, only the moon and stars were scarce.
Ruan Mianmian helped Uncle Hua bring up a plate of dishes, and he couldn't help but eat it secretly, his small mouth was bulging, and everyone couldn't bear to tear it down with laughter.
"Let's not eat around a table for a long time, let's eat openly." Mu Ruqing looked at everyone gently.
Yipinxiang has never been a master and a servant, more like a close relative, so he doesn't pay attention to etiquette, as soon as Mu Ruqing's words fell, everyone moved their chopsticks and picked up their favorite dishes to eat. This made Liu Xin'er, who had just arrived, very surprised, and was a little at a loss for a while.
In the past, she was in the Hou Mansion, although she ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, but she had never eaten at the same table with anyone other than Aunt Zhao when she was so old, and even her father, Anyang Hou, sat far away when he was feasting at home, and did not sit at the same table. After coming to Yipinxiang, I caught up with so many things, so I naturally ate two bites casually when I was free, and I didn't eat so affectionately.
"What's the matter, Sister Xin'er, eat." Ruan Mianmian noticed Liu Xin'er's absent-mindedness, and smiled and used chopsticks to clip a spicy chicken leg for her.
Liu Xin'er looked at the chicken legs in the bowl, and then looked at Ruan Mianmian, who was smiling and smiling on the other side, and said a little stiffly: "Xie... Thank you. With that, he picked up the meat from the chicken thigh and ate it.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Fang Dacang was worried that the slightly cool weather after the autumn would make Ruan Mianmian cold, so he went to the room to find a thin cloak and tie it to Ruan Mianmian, Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue were both slightly drunk, and exaggerated shouting and guessing boxing, Liu Xin'er ate a chicken leg boy carefully for most of the day, and couldn't help but smile slightly from time to time while eating, Uncle Hua kept pouring wine, muttering about the singing passages in the opera.
Just when everyone was in good spirits, a muffled sound fell on the courtyard of Yipinxiang with a black shadow, everyone present was shocked, Mu Ruqing stood up, and his eyes instantly cleared up a lot.
The shadow came out and bowed to Jiang Xinyue, and everyone saw clearly through the light and shadow that it was one of the two people sent out by Jiang Xinyue to stare at Liu Xi'er before, Fufeng.
"What's the matter, I didn't let you stare at her, why did you come back?" Jiang Xinyue saw that Fufeng's face was serious, and she knew that something was wrong.
"The county lord, the slave maid and the treading water have been staring at the woman, only to find that she sneaked into the kitchen of the store, cut her fingers with a kitchen knife, and dripped the blood into the white porridge that was being boiled, and now the treading water has subdued the woman, and also locked the kitchen to keep the evidence, the slave and the maid came to ask the group master to show her."
"She's drugged again?" Liu Xin'er stood up abruptly and clenched the chopsticks in her hand.
"What's going on with Xinyue?" Mu Ruqing was a little dazed, Jiang Xinyue hadn't had time to tell Mu Ruqing and Fang Cannon about meeting Liu Xi'er today.
Jiang Xinyue briefly talked about the situation of meeting Liu Xi'er and her in the bamboo weaving shop today, and saw that everyone's faces sank.
"Let's go over, after all, it was our people who caught Liu Xi'er and murdered people, Ruqing, you go to Anyang Hou to come over quickly, we are waiting for you in the bamboo weaving shop."
Jiang Xinyue was simply distributed, Mu Ruqing also nodded and agreed, and rode to the direction of the Marquis of Anyang with the cannon above.
Jiang Xinyue's martial arts are superb, and Fufeng is not bad, the two of them took Ruan Mianmian and rushed directly with light skills, and Uncle Hua stayed in Yipinxiang, once something happens, you can go to find foreign aid, and it is also to see the hospitalized child to prevent others from taking advantage of the situation.
Here, Ruan Mianmian and the three of them were very fast, and they arrived at the door of the bamboo weaving shop in a stick of incense. The door of the store was still open, and two lights were lit that were not very bright, but no one was visible, Jiang Xinyue took Ruan Mianmian and Fufeng to the back around the scattered bamboo baskets and unprocessed bamboo strips, and passed through a small door to the backyard.
The backyard was a little cramped, but there were a lot of people standing, the unkempt Liu Xi'er was kneeling on the ground with her hands tied behind her, treading water and holding a dagger standing behind her and staring at her coldly, in case she suddenly cut herself or ran away, the original other people in the store were standing not far away in a little panic, and it seemed that they hadn't figured out the situation yet.
Ruan Mianmian and the three of them stood behind these workers when they came in, and they didn't get too close, so no one noticed the three of them except for treading water.
"This girl, what are you doing tying up the slaves in our shop, has she done anything?" The woman who looked like a steward holding a bamboo stick during the day took two steps forward, with a smile on her face, her eyes glancing at the side from time to time, her eyes rolling slightly, and she looked shrewd and ruthless.
Treading Water glanced at Jiang Xinyue who was hiding behind, and seeing Jiang Xinyue nodding slightly, she spoke aloud: "She secretly drugged your pot, and I found out that she was restrained, since she is a slave, how can she drug you?" She has other cases on her, you'd better recruit them truthfully, otherwise I'm afraid I'll implicate your store when I ask above. ”
As soon as these words came out, the people in the store were a little panicked, this woman drugged her food, if she didn't find out, who knows what would happen, maybe she would even lose her life here.
"It's... We don't know, this person is not from a small shop, girl, you know, it really has nothing to do with our store. The woman in charge looked anxious, and looked at Treadwater with some flattery, "I just don't know who the girl's master is, who saved our lives, so I can thank you for repaying it?" ”
"Where is your turn to get our master's name..."Before Treading Water finished speaking, Jiang Xinyue and the three of them walked over, as soon as Jiang Xinyue raised her hand, Treading Water stopped her voice, only saluted sideways, and said in a low voice: "County Lord." ”
Hearing the call of the county lord who tread water, everyone was shocked, and hurriedly crawled to the ground, even his voice trembled: "See His Royal Highness the county lord." ”
Ordinary people and nobles are almost two different worlds, some people will never see those people in the palace once in their lives, even if they are born in the capital, they have more opportunities, but when there are nobles in the palace and the wedding parade street, they can take a look at it in the crowd through the heavy curtains, after all, not everyone is as big as Lu Gui in the city, such a face-to-face opportunity is enough to blow for a lifetime.
Liu Xi'er raised her head suddenly, and saw that the person who was called the county lord turned out to be Jiang Xinyue, and Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er came with her, and she was suddenly furious, her eyes widened, as if she wanted to tear them all apart: "Who should I be here to pretend to be the county lord, and you are also worthy?" If you're the county lord, then I'm still a princess? ”
After that, Liu Xi'er struggled to stand up, how could she make a mistake by treading water, lifting it from behind, Liu Xi'er's face slammed on the ground again, and when she raised it again, the corners of her eyes were bruised, and her eyes were not very clear, so it can be seen that the foot of treading water is not merciless.
Jiang Xinyue dusted off her sleeves, took off a white jade waist card from her waist and handed it to Treading Shui, who took it and respectfully held it with both hands and looked around in front of everyone, then bowed down again and handed it to Jiang Xinyue.
Jiang Xinyue said coldly: "Now I believe it, how can the county lord of Jingshu personally sealed by His Majesty allow you to slander, and the crime will be added to the first degree." ”
Liu Xi'er grabbed her hands deeply on the ground, and stared at Jiang Xinyue with beast-like eyes: "How can you be the county lord?" You are a savage woman, how do you match? ”
"Whether you are worthy of it or not, it is me who is now in the beautiful clothes and mansions, and it is you who kneels on the ground and is not a ghost or a ghost, and the person next to Mu Ruqing is me, from the moment you designed to take the medicine to sleep, you have no possibility."
The last sentence was said by Jiang Xinyue in Liu Xi'er's ear in a low voice, the reason why she came here in person today was because she didn't want others to be victimized, and the other reason why she didn't say it was that this Liu Xi'er once coveted Mu Ruqing, and she could say it like a joke at that time, but this thorn was rooted in her heart, and she was not a pure and good person walking the rivers and lakes, so she only wanted to pull out this thorn in person to be comfortable.
Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er have long seen the relationship between Jiang Xinyue and Mu Ruqing these days, just like the relationship between Ruan Mianmian and Fang Dacang, there is no need to say it, but people who know each other have long put them together to think about it. Moreover, Ruan Mianmian was once assassinated by Liu Xi'er, and Liu Xin'er was bullied by her for so many years, how could she be willing to help her say a word, so they all stood by and watched the play without making a sound.
At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves and carriages outside the door, and then Mu Ruqing and An Yanghou walked in side by side, followed by a row of small servants and the entourage holding the lamp, and the momentum was huge.
When Anyang Hou saw Liu Xi'er's appearance, his face was full of anger, and he rushed forward and said sharply: "Evil obstacles! In Zhuangzi, you don't let people worry about it, and you run out to do evil! He turned to Jiang Xinyue and bowed deeply: "Weichen see the county lord of Jingshu." ”
"Master Hou is exempt from courtesy, let's check more about the people in your mansion Zhuangzi, who is not strict with the caretaker and releases the eldest lady." Jiang Xinyue said lightly, and when she said this, she noticed that Liu Xi'er's body shook violently.
"Yes, thank you for the county lord's mention," Anyang Hou turned to the little servant and said, "Don't arrest the person who cares about this evil obstacle in Zhuangzi and interrogate it!" ”