Chapter XXII
At night, the Xiao Mansion was silent, quiet, and it seemed that even the wheezing could be heard clearly.
It was in such silence that a heart-rending scream suddenly erupted, directly waking up the sleeping people, and they all looked at the door with panic on their faces.
But in a moment, Xiao Mansion lit up the candle flame and hurried to the screaming place.
The source of the sound came from the small courtyard of Mrs. Yuan, where Xiao Lanyi lived, and the people were very nervous, and they rushed over, and even the old lady, who had always ignored the affairs of the back house, also sent people.
Mrs. Yuan rushed into the small courtyard and saw Xiao Lanyi's maid Lily of the Valley sitting next to the well in the courtyard, and moved back again and again, full of horror and crying.
Xiao Lanyi was puzzled, and when she wanted to step forward to take a look at the situation in the well, she was pulled behind by Mrs. Yuan.
Although the Xiao family's back house has never died due to intrigue, this does not mean that Aunt Yuan herself can't guess what is in the well, how can she be willing to see this kind of thing for her own girl?
"Mama Gao, you send the girl back to the house."
Mrs. Yuan sank, and opened her mouth to let the most trusted person around her go to send Xiao Lanyi, Shulan's face changed when she heard this, Mrs. Yuan must have suspected her by behaving like this, but now Shulan couldn't immediately kneel down and beg Mrs. Yuan not to doubt her, because the more she did this, the more Mrs. Yuan doubted her.
Mrs. Yuan secretly pinched her handkerchief, hesitated for a few moments, and wanted to walk to the well, but was pulled back by the personal maid Baoyu.
"Big lady, let's go as a slave." Baoyu said that she quickly ran forward, looking at the situation in the well, she just frowned slightly, and there was no more emotion left, just because she had no father and mother since she was a child, and suffered a lot, and was able to be rescued by the mother of Mrs. Yuan, so she devoted herself to the mother of Mrs. Yuan.
Mrs. Yuan's mother wants to cultivate a ruthless and resolute maid, so Mrs. Yuan's mother is always present when the waves are stirring up in the back house, she has seen too many terrifying and bloody things, and the dead people in this well are nothing at the moment.
Baoyu turned around, saluted and blessed the blessed body and said: "Big lady, it is the hibiscus in the courtyard of the third girl." ”
Mrs. Yuan frowned, and glanced at the interrogation maid Grip Bead, who knew that she hurriedly ran over and helped the frightened Lily of the Valley into the house.
"Grandma Sun, go and call the third girl over, don't tell her what's the matter. If someone else comes here, it will be said to be a nightmare, and you must not reveal half a word. Mrs. Yuan said with a calm face, and her eyes fell on the well, and she seemed to be thinking about what to do with it.
Mama Sun can be called Mrs. Yuan's confidant, she has lived for most of her life, and she knows that the gaffe is a little serious, obviously Xiao Xiting's maid, but she died in Xiao Lanyi's courtyard, but she was still discovered by Xiao Lanyi's personal maid, no matter how you think about it, it is very ironic.
Such a clear provocation of the majesty of Mrs. Yuan, she couldn't bear it.
"Baoyu, you go and call the three family members in the courtyard of the lord to come over, if the lord asks only to let him rest, don't meddle in the affairs of the back house." After Mrs. Yuan said that, she quickly walked into the house to appease Xiao Lanyi and Lily of the Valley.
Although Xiao Lanyi probably guessed something, she didn't see it, so she wasn't frightened, but Lily of the Valley really saw it, even if Mama Gao and Zhuzhu were appeased, it still didn't work.
"Lily of the valley, you are the girl's personal maid, you have served the girl all these years is a great merit, today this happened, you were also wronged, this is fifty taels of silver, you take it first, don't be vague about what you want to buy and wear. Besides, you are also frightened, these days you don't have to serve the girl, just keep it in peace, if you always think about unclean things in your heart, you will come to me, if I am not free, you will look for Gao Mama and hold the beads, if they dare to slack off half a point, I will not spare. Mrs. Yuan pulled Lily of the Valley and said softly, and as she spoke, she stuffed the fifty taels of silver on her waist into Lily of the Valley's hand, which flattered Lily of the Valley and hurriedly returned it to Mrs. Yuan.
"Big lady...... Do you want to drive the slaves away? The slave won't tell me about it! Lily of the valley cried and her eyes red, it was really distressing to look at.
"Lily of the valley, you misunderstood, I didn't want to drive you away, I know that you are a little girl, I have never seen these things, I am just afraid that you will be frightened and affect your future life." Mrs. Yuan sighed slightly, she can be regarded as watching Lily of the Valley grow up, although Lily of the Valley is just a maid, but she can still understand a little bit of the helplessness and fear in Lily of the Valley's heart, she can't give Lily of the Valley a little love, so give her a little material.
"The eldest lady doesn't want to drive the slave away, and the slave and maid can't accept the money." Lily of the valley shook her head, still pushing away the silver in Mrs. Yuan's hand.
Mrs. Yuan's beautiful eyes turned, and she had a plan, "In this case, this silver will be regarded as the money I used to buy information from you." ”
"Buy intelligence?" Lily of the valley asked puzzled.
"How did you see the hibiscus in the well?" Mrs. Yuan sank her face and asked with a little seriousness.
Lily of the valley pursed her lips and lowered her eyebrows and thought for a long time before she said slowly: "The slave and maid got up at night and went out of Gong, and when she came back, she found that there was a person sitting by the well, and the slave and maid didn't know who that person was, and she slept in a daze and didn't think about it, so she patted the person and asked her what she was doing here, and who knew that the person fell directly into the well!" I thought I had pushed her down, but Fleur didn't struggle at all after falling into the well, she just stared up at her, she was obviously dead before I slapped her! ”
Mrs. Yuan's face became more and more gloomy when she heard this, she slapped it on the desk on one side, and said angrily: "It's interesting, this is deliberately scaring people, and I don't know if I want to scare me or the girl who wants to scare me!" ”
"Deliberately scaring people? Could it be Fuyuan Houfu? The bead sank into his face, almost blurting out.
"Can her hand be stretched so long in a few days? That's why I underestimated her! Hearing this, Mrs. Yuan became more and more annoyed, and almost gritted her teeth and said, presumably Mrs. Yuan will not let go of Fuyuan Houfu easily after this matter, even if it is an arm twisting her thigh, she will screw it!
"Big lady! Big lady! Oh no! The three girls came to the courtyard and fainted directly after seeing Fleur's body! ”
As she was talking, Grandma Sun rushed in from outside and said with a panicked face.
Mrs. Yuan's face sank, she originally planned to pull Xiao Xiting to ask about Fuhui's current situation, but she didn't want her to be so unbearable, but she fainted after a dead maid, but if she thought about it carefully, it was not an accident, and it would be an accident if Xiao Xiting's temperament was not dizzy.
"Help her to rest in the wing room first, block the yard, and no one is allowed to come in!"