Chapter 16 The Graveyard in Question
Listen to the water pavilion, inside the outer hall.
Although the body of the lotus flower had been pulled away, and the floor and walls had been painted, there was still a faint smell of blood in the air.
Gong Yujiao looked at the blue token in her hand, her face was a little gloomy.
This is what she gave to Steward Wei, so that he can use it to do things when he has urgent affairs, but he didn't expect him to use it to harm his own pawns.
Most of the spirits are arrogant, and domestic spirits and minions like Steward Wei are even more distorted.
Steward Wei had also killed a few maids before, but those were insignificant subordinates, so she turned a blind eye.
But Lotus and Xiaoqing are both her subordinates, especially Xiaoqing is still a very important chess piece she placed next to Nalan Tianyue.
She was ruined by Steward Wei before she could be put to use, and it was fake not to be angry.
This steward Wei is really becoming more and more disobedient, and if he has a chance, he must be beaten well.
Gong Yujiao was thinking about how to clean up Steward Wei, when Zhihua walked in lightly and whispered, "Madam, the eldest lady asks to see you." ”
"Let her in." Gong Yujiao put away the token, and after adjusting her mood, she changed to her usual gentle face.
As soon as Nalan Tianyue entered the door, she saw Gong Yujiao greeted her with a smile on her face, "Why did Tianyue come here so early, could it be that you know that Steward Wei has already helped you find Qiaoyun's grave?" ”
That loving look, as if he had forgotten what happened to her yesterday.
"Oh, has Steward Wei found a suitable graveyard?"
Nalan Tianyue raised her eyebrows, this speed is really fast!
"Well, it's in Niujiazhuang near the outskirts of Beijing, the feng shui is good, Steward Wei took a lot of effort to help you buy it, it's also closer to our Prime Minister's Mansion, and it's convenient for you to worship Qiaoyun in the future." Gong Yujiao smiled and said considerately.
"What does Auntie mean by this, let me, the eldest lady of the Nalan family, go and worship a maid, what is the reason?" Nalan Tianyue saw through the trap in Gong Yujiao's words at a glance.
Da Yun Chao is extremely respectful, if she really responds to that sentence, she will definitely be unlucky.
"Tianyue misunderstood, I just think that you and Qiaoyun have a deep relationship with Master and Servant, that's why I ......"
Gong Yujiao didn't expect Nalan Tianyue to be so shrewd and unexpectedly unexpected.
"Qiaoyun is just a maid, I have done my best to help her bury, and my aunt even wants me to worship, and others will say that you are not distinguished from inferiority."
Nalan Tianyue interrupted Gong Yujiao's words unhappily, and knocked back the black water she had splashed.
"Okay, okay, it's all my fault, can't I say the wrong thing?" Gong Yujiao forced out a doting smile, how did this dead girl become so clever.
"Auntie is also an old person, you still have to be cautious when you speak, otherwise others will say that you don't have a tutor." Nalan Tianyue also made a look of thinking about her.
Gong Yujiao was so angry that a mouthful of old blood came to her heart, and she felt that Nalan Tianyue's speech had become more and more choking recently, but she couldn't lose her temper if she had to look like a loving mother.
Fortunately, she has already made some arrangements, as long as Nalan Tianyue agrees to bury Qiaoyun in the cemetery that Steward Wei bought, she can make her ruined.
However, the more Gong Yujiao tolerated it, the more Nalan Tianyue felt that there was a problem, so she refused: "Qiaoyun is just a maid, and she doesn't need to go to such a good cemetery, just buy a piece on the hill in the suburbs to bury it." ”
"I've bought everything, so don't change it." How could Gong Yujiao allow Nalan Tianyue to sabotage her plan.
"But I don't want it anymore, I'm going to find it myself, you can return that piece of land." Nalan Tianyue said willfully.
"Nope." Gong Yujiao blurted out, but later found that her tone was too strong, so she hurriedly softened her tone and said, "Isn't it just a maid, don't toss, it's just right to let her settle down as soon as possible." ”
"Okay," Nalan Tianyue didn't want to have a relationship with Gong Yujiao, so she changed the topic and said, "By the way, I just heard that the lotus flower died here, I don't know where she offended my aunt?" ”
"Lotus, this dead girl, I just said a few words to her, and she actually forced her to die, deliberately making me ugly."
Gong Yujiao's face sank, although she had already let the people in the courtyard shut up, but the movement made by the lotus was too big, and she was afraid that she would not be able to hide it.
Although Lotus is just a little maid, it will still affect her reputation.
"What is the aunt going to do with her?" Nalan Tianyue's eyelids drooped slightly, covering the mockery in her eyes.
"Such a only deserves to be thrown into a mass grave, and giving her a straw mat is worthy of her." Gong Yujiao said indifferently.
"Lotus is also a person in my yard, and it is too contemptuous to do so, I think so, I will give the cemetery that Steward Wei bought to Lotus." Nalan Tianyue asked tentatively.
Gong Yujiao's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded and said, "Okay." ”
In this way, he can put the charge of lotus suicide on Nalan Tianyue's head.
When the time comes, it will be said that the lotus flower committed suicide in order to help Nalan Tianyue keep a secret.
And Nalan Tianyue bought such a good cemetery to bury her because she felt guilty about the lotus.
As for why I feel guilty, I can make up some stories.
For example, Lotus has been helping Nalan Tianyue hide the truth of cheating.
Or the love token that he once helped Nalan Tianyue pass to the wild man outside.
Nalan Tianyue looked at the calculation in Gong Yujiao's eyes, and once again affirmed that there was something wrong with the cemetery that Steward Wei bought.
Looks like I'll have to investigate.
After Nalan Tianyue and Gong Yujiao had a few perfunctory words, they got up to say goodbye.
Gong Yujiao sent Nalan Tianyue away, and then instructed Zhihua: "Let people leave the body of the lotus, and then notify Steward Wei to take down the land as soon as possible." ”
"Yes." Zhihua immediately went to do it.
When Nalan Tianyue returned to Zilin Yuan, she said to Xiaoqing: "Get a set of men's clothes for this palace." ”
Miss Nalan's identity is too ostentatious, so it's better to go out with a different identity.
"Yes." Xiaoqing immediately pulled out two sets of men's clothes from the bottom of the cage.
After the eldest lady in the past read the story of the meeting between a woman dressed as a man and a handsome man, she got a few sets of men's clothes on a whim, but she was not interested in wearing them a few times.
Xiaoqing saw that the clothes were of good texture and was reluctant to throw them away, so she secretly put them away, and now they just came in handy.
"It's ugly." Nalan Tianyue looked at the glittering royal blue brocade with dissatisfaction, and the cloud pattern of the group flower was embroidered with gold thread, which was simply unbearable.
The original owner's aesthetics were completely distorted by Gong Yujiao, and she liked this kind of brightly colored clothes the most, and she wore them like an upstart.
"Miss, let's wear it first, and we'll buy a new one later." To be honest, she also thinks the dress is quite ugly.
Nalan Tianyue changed into men's clothes, combed her black hair into a bun, put on a golden crown, wiped her face with her hand, and immediately turned into a fat rich man.
"The eldest lady is so amazing." Xiaoqing looked at the eldest lady with admiration.
"It's just a trick, and this palace will help you get one."
"Miss, can you help me look like a strong man, preferably full of muscles and a scumbag beard." Xiaoqing said excitedly.
"You're thinking too much." So much of a waste of ghost power, she didn't do it.
Nalan Tianyue finally made Xiaoqing look like a dark and thin country boy.
After the two of them got it done, they went to the Niujiazhuang that Gong Yujiao just said.
Niujiazhuang is near the outskirts of Beijing, a piece of fertile land grows green seedlings, and the buffalo walks leisurely in the field with its tail flicked.
At this time, there were still many croppers working in the fields, all facing the loess with their backs to the sky, and they were very engaged in their work.
There was an old farmer in the paddy field on the edge who hammered his waist, came to the ridge and drank a sip of water, and saw the master and servant of Nalan Tianyue entering the village, and looked at it curiously.
Xiaoqing walked over and accosted him with a smile: "Dare to ask this old man, is this Niujiazhuang?" ”
"yes, what's the matter with you?" The old farmer had deep wrinkles on his face, smiled like a flower, and spoke very warmly and simply.
"I'd like to ask, is there anyone selling graveyards around here?" Xiaoqing asked.
"What are you asking for?" The old farmer immediately restrained his smile and looked at Xiaoqing with a wary expression.
"We are from the capital, and I heard that the Nalan family bought a cemetery here, so I wanted to inquire and see if there was any extra cemetery for sale...... " Xiaoqing had not finished speaking, and was spit on by the old farmer.
"You black-hearted rotten people, do you want to buy other people's fertile land as a cemetery, and beat people if you don't sell them, and you are not afraid of retribution?"
"Who is so lacking in virtue to buy fertile land as a cemetery?" Xiao Qingyi's eyes widened, she was also from a peasant family, and she knew that the most important thing for the countryside was her own field, and buying good land as a cemetery was undoubtedly digging people's ancestral graves.
"Who else can there be, it's not the eldest lady of the Nalan family you just said, who actually forced people to sell good land for a maid, no wonder the second prince wants to divorce her, who is willing to marry such a black-hearted vicious mother-in-law."
The old farmer didn't seem to scold Miss Nalan less, and he didn't even pause when he spit out this series of words.
"You are talking nonsense, how could Miss Nalan do such a thing?" Xiaoqing was so angry that she was about to jump up and theorize, but was stopped by Nalan Tianyue.
"This old man, I don't know where the family you said who was forced to sell fertile land lived?"
Nalan Tianyue walked over, took out a few copper plates and stuffed them into Lao Lang's hands, "It's a little meaning, it's not a respect, please take it to the old man for tea." ”
"Why don't you just ask for directions, where is this used?"
Lao Lang refused again and again, refusing to accept it, and finally pointed to the end of the village and said, "It's that small tile house." ”
"Thank you, old man." Nalan Tianyue nodded politely, put away the copper plate in a gesture, and secretly fell into the old man's pocket.
"Miss, let's hurry over and see who is ruining your reputation." Xiaoqing said in a low voice.
Who else could it be besides Gong Yujiao and Steward Wei? Nalan Tianyue's cold gaze fell on the small tiled house at the end of the village, and walked there with Xiaoqing.