Chapter 16: Self-defeating
After a crackling thunder and a few drops of rain that shrouded the roof of the lotus garden during the day, it seemed to disappear.
Until the evening, no one set foot in the lotus garden.
Ever since that strange dream, Cao Zhijin couldn't sleep at night. In the water pavilion in front of the lotus garden before, there were always people practicing the piano, intermittently not into a tune, but simple and pure.
After listening to it for a long time, she fell asleep before she knew it.
Yingniang said that it was a luthier in Nafu.
Tonight, there was no sound outside the Lotus Garden.
"Didn't the luthier come?" Cao Zhijin asked.
Yingniang shook her head with a bitter face: "In these years, even the violinist who lives in the house knows how to look at people's faces, hey!"
"Isn't the girl sleepy again?"
"Let's go out for a walk."
"Girl......"
"Don't worry, just go to the water pavilion outside."
The two of them went out the door, through the Moon Gate, and around the Shadow Wall.
I saw that the water pavilion was open to the door of the lotus garden, and in the center of the water pavilion sat a young man, wearing a beautiful wide-sleeved robe, sitting with his back to them, with an elegant temperament.
In front of him was a lyre, which was mostly blocked by his body, revealing only the end of the piano.
He seemed to know that someone was coming, and his fingers flew, and a cheerful tune fluttered out of the water pavilion, like a fairy song.
"Childe is a luthier who practices here every day?" Cao Zhijin asked while standing outside the water pavilion.
He didn't seem to be very happy: "Why stand behind someone else's back and talk!"
Cao Zhijin smiled apologetically, lifted the group pendulum and prepared to walk over.
The Lotus Garden has not been inhabited for a long time, although it has been cleaned, but it is inevitable that the water pavilion will be negligent.
Yingniang bent down to lift the group pendulum for her, and before she could stand up straight, she heard the man say again: "The girl can come alone!"
Cao Zhijin looked at Yingniang, and Yingniang whispered: "This person is a violinist who lives in the house temporarily, he has superb piano skills, but his temper is very strange, girl be careful!"
Cao Zhijin nodded and walked over alone.
As soon as he entered the water pavilion, the man nervously played a wrong note.
He wanted to pretend to stand up casually, but Cao Zhijin quickly opened the door towards the lotus pond and stood out.
"Don't move!"
"What does the girl want to do?" The luthier inside and the warbler outside called at the same time.
Cao Zhijin nervously said to Yingniang: "Yingniang, something is wrong with this person, go and call someone!"
Yingniang was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and ran away.
"Open all the doors next to you, or I'll jump from here, and if I die now, it won't do you any good!" Cao Zhijin threatened.
"Why did the girl say that?" He smiled wryly as he did as she asked, opening all the doors.
At this moment, the water pavilion is transparent on all sides, and it is no different from the pavilion.
"Stand the farthest away from me." Cao Zhijin said again.
"The girl hasn't answered yet." He emphasized.
"You'll find out in a moment." She affirmed.
He didn't speak, and everything did as it should.
This is the most obedient bad guy Cao Zhijin has ever seen.
He didn't even move until someone came!
Sure enough, there was that person in the crowd!
The guards in the house surrounded the gate of the water pavilion near the lotus garden.
"Father, I said a long time ago, this luthier comes here every day, and he must have a personal affair with this girl!" Qi Yu affectionately held Qi Bi's arm and walked towards the water pavilion with a smug face.
"What's going on?" Qibi's face was not good, and he didn't look at Cao Zhijin very kindly.
"What else can it be, of course it's this woman water-based Yang Hua, while deceiving my brother, while teaching and receiving it privately here!"
"Yu'er, don't interrupt my father's questioning!" Qibi said solemnly.
Qi Yu was deflated, but he was in a good mood.
Cao Zhijin pointed to the piano master and explained: "This person has drugs on his body, and he was noticed by the little woman, so the little woman asked Yingniang to call someone."
"Where is Yingniang?" Keibi asked majestically.
Yingniang ran over out of breath alone.
"Master, the slave is here......"
"Is what she just said true?" Enlightenment asks.
"The slave can testify, the girl's words are true!"
Qi Yu sneered: "When you were Miss Ben's slave, why didn't you protect Miss Ben so much?" Eat something inside and out! ”
"Qiyu, speak well!" Kaibi said unhappily.
Qi Yu's face stiffened slightly, and he immediately smiled: "Father, my daughter is saying that Yingniang is this girl's maidservant, and she naturally speaks to her, if she is asked to testify, is it unfair?"
"Isn't there another witness here?" She said meaningfully.
Qibi looked at the piano master and said, "You say!"
The violinist looked at Cao Zhijin and then at Qi Yu, suddenly knelt down, took out the drug from his arms, and held it in both hands: "The villain is ordered by the son to play the piano here every night to calm this girl." Today, the eldest lady suddenly found me and asked me to use drugs to stun this girl and damage her reputation. ”
"You...... Don't talk nonsense! Qi Yu's face changed greatly, he didn't expect him to bite him back!
"The villain didn't talk nonsense, just because the old mother at home was seriously ill and needed money to treat the disease, although the villain temporarily lived in the house, but the monthly money was pitiful, I didn't expect to be arrested for the first time I did such a thing against my will!"
"In order to prevent the eldest lady from going back on his word, the villain specially asked for the eldest lady's jade pendant, and the master went to the villain's room to find out."
Qi Yu gasped, she had thought that he wanted her jade pendant because he liked her......
She turned around and left, smiling dryly as she went: "Why is my jade pendant missing?"
"Stop!" Qibi walked around to her and raised his hand to give her a slap.
"Father, you beat me! For her? She pointed her finger at Cao Zhijin fiercely.
If her fingers were long enough, Cao Zhijin might have fallen to the ground and died by now.
"I'm here for you! Qiyu, look at your current appearance, it's really sad for your father! ”
"I will not only beat you, but also punish you, starting today, you will go to your mother's house to copy the house rules, and you will not be allowed to go out for a month!"
"Father!"
"Go now!"
Qibi took a deep breath and turned to look at the two people in the water pavilion, still without a good face.
"Hongxue, I've heard your piano sound, it's a pity, I can't keep you here, go to the account room to get a year's money, let's go."
"Thank you, sir!"
Xue Hong floated away in a dashing manner, and Cao Zhijin was stunned for a while.
She thought she would have to waste a lot of effort to explain this matter clearly, but she didn't expect it to be solved so easily!
"Girl, do you know why I punished Ying'er?" Qibi looked at Cao Zhijin and asked.
Cao Zhijin replied: "Because the son hurt the harmony for me and the eldest lady."
"Not exactly." He shook his head, looked around, seemed to have a lot of emotion, and asked, "Do you know what this place is?" ”
Cao Zhijin shook his head.
Qi Bi said: "This is where my wife lives, and the word Lotus Garden is mentioned by me."
"I'm sorry, I don't know."
"I know, so I don't get angry with you. But Ying'er knew it, but she still let you live here, which shows that your status in his heart is not trivial. ”
"I ......"
"Girl, the old man advises you, don't covet things out of reach!"
Cao Zhijin smiled: "I have the intention of resigning, and the county order doesn't have to worry." The little woman also has a word to advise the county order. ”
"You say."
"Listen to the end of the story."
"What do you want to say?"
"I am a married woman, and I have no intention of Ling Gongzi!"
Qibi's face turned red and white, and after a long time, he laughed out loud.