Chapter 15: The Widow
"Where's the thing?"
The cold knife that suddenly hung on his neck made Tang Xi almost couldn't help but scream.
But she endured it in time, and she knew that if she recruited someone, she would be in a worse position.
"I don't know what you're talking about..."
"You know." The knife stepped forward another inch, "Is life more important or is that thing important?" β
She didn't know anything! Tang Xi wanted to cry without tears. Dad, why did you die so suddenly!
"Say!" The person behind him exerted a little force, and blood beads oozed out along his neck.
"I said, I said..." Tang Xi's legs went weak, and the face of a person in the panic broke into her mind. Things are in the hands of a little maid in our house! β
"Tsk." The man sneered, and the sound of laughter was as creepy as a poisonous snake spitting out a letter. "You think I'm a fool to put such an important thing on my servant?"
The sound of someone approaching in the distance, he squinted his eyes, intending to tie her back and torture her slowly.
"I didn't lie to you! It's true! Tang Xi sensed the other party's intentions and panicked even more. That's not really a maidservant, it's my father's illegitimate daughter! She has a wound on the left side of her face! β
At the same time as he shouted this, the door was pushed open, and a servant girl entered. "Madam, I just heard you talking, are you calling slaves?"
Tang Xi turned around slowly, and there was no one behind him. She shuddered.
Even a heavily guarded mansion like the Qin family can come and go freely, what kind of terrifying master should it be?
Or is it the killer?
"Ma'am?" Seeing that she was dazed, the maid called again in confusion.
"Smack-" Tang Xi slapped him hard and suddenly shook it over.
"Madame's angerβ" The little maid was caught off guard, and quickly knelt down and did not dare to raise her head.
"I've called you for so long, and where are you dead? Yes? If something goes wrong, which of you can afford it?! Tang Xi stroked her still flat belly, and saw her humbly lying on the ground and kowtowing, and finally felt a little more comfortable.
"The slave knows that she is wrong...", the little maid kowtowed while crying, snot and tears flowed all over her face, and her forehead was swollen in a blink of an eye.
"Get out! I'm upset when I see it! Tang Xi saw the servant girl's ordinary face clearly, and waved his hand impatiently. It is impossible for Brother Qin Yu to take a fancy to this kind of goods, she is too lazy to waste time on her.
"Yes." The little maid was about to withdraw.
"Wait, don't go." Afraid that the man would suddenly come back, Tang Xi called her. "Go and pour me a glass of water."
"Yes." The little maidservant is on the verge of amnesty.
"Tomorrow, I must ask Brother Qin Yu to arrange a few more guards for me!" Tang Xi thought hatefully.
As for the disfigured, hmph, if you want to be her father's illegitimate daughter, you have to see if she has that life!
Helping her block the knife is her destination!
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"Jade Bottle, have you been bothered by anything lately?" Chi Jing looked at the sullen jade bottle and couldn't help but ask.
"Back girl, no." The jade bottle replied stiffly, and if you listened carefully, you could hear a little complaint.
This thing... Something to do with her?
Chi net shrunk his neck. "So, Jade Bottle, you like to eat sour things lately?"
Sour? Thinking of Chunchan's proud appearance, the jade bottle's heart was as heavy as if a big stone had been pressed.
"Back to the girl, the slave is not qualified to be jealous." The resentment is even heavier.
"Oh." Well, gossip isn't her forte anyway. "Then, can you stop pouring vinegar into the jade bottle..."
The jade bottle was stunned for a moment, looking at the dishes in the pot - a pot of bacon soaked in old vinegar.
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In order to make up for his mistakes, the jade bottle went out after dinner to inquire about the latest gossip and came back to relieve Chi Jing's boredom.
"The price of rice has quadrupled."
"Recently, there have been a lot of outsiders in the city."
"The daughter of the owner of the Bai family's tofu shop is only 4 years old, she was abducted a few days ago, and when she was found today, she was drugged in a small alley in a nearby town... Butt naked... It is said that a lot of blood was shed... Beast! I'm only 4 years old. I'm still unconscious. β
"The widow on the street was killed last night for no reason."
"The widow's son had a serious illness and couldn't get out of bed to take the township exam. It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight. β
"His best classmate also passed the exam."
Chi Jing pursed her lips tightly.
Anyone who molests young children deserves hell! It's a thousand cuts! The five horses are divided!
Ji Jing cursed silently in his heart for a while, feeling that he could not do anything.
Suddenly, he asked, "The widow's son, but his surname is Li?" β
The jade bottle's eyes widened: "How does the girl know?" β
Chi Jing bowed his head and was silent. I remembered what the old diviner said.
"Li Gongzi, you have the intention to imitate it, and you also wrote a string, but this is no longer a "string", but a "suffering". β
It's really "suffering".
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In the afternoon, Chi Jing buried his head in reading the book again. Seeing that the prediction meeting in Tianji Lane is coming again, she will have to show the strength to shock people.
"Girl, you... Can you really understand it? The jade bottle flipped through one of the books on Chi Jing's desk and asked with a headache.
"Some can and some can't, but we still need to practice. Why don't you just report a birthday that you know, and let me try. Chi Jing decided to find someone from his side to practice his hands first.
The jade bottle thought about it and reported a day.
Chi Jing took a piece of paper and wrote four columns on the paper.
Jiazi, Jiaxu, Bingxu, Wuxu.
"Widowhood, widowhood, widowhood." Chi Jing muttered, "This eight-character marriage is difficult to make." β
"What is a widow?" With a widow, it sounds very unlucky, and the jade bottle's face is slightly pale.
"Lonely days and widows are all stars that are not conducive to marriage. Especially widowhood, it is very detrimental to a woman's marriage. Chi Jing explained while flipping through the book.
"Before, my dad... Oh no, my master, he once mentioned to me that he had seen a man who had no other joy in the eight characters except for the widow, and was destined to be lonely all his life, and if he was still alive when he was not confused, his wife would die... The so-called widow has to lie alone alone, how can the person next to the pillow live in peace? β
After a pause, he said: "But the eight characters you reported are not so serious, there is Tianyue Erde who can help reduce the power of the widow... Whose birthday is this? β
"Mine." The jade bottle replied hoarsely.
"......" Chi Jing immediately shut up. Well, the atmosphere is too awkward, what should she say next?
"It's okay, although you may be lonely for the rest of your life, but you will live a long life." Really, she has already seen her future, this is a smile and mourning at the end of her life, but it is impossible to meet.
"......" Hearing this, the jade bottle had a dry throat and couldn't speak.
The girl is really not good at comforting people...
"Moreover, didn't I say it, there is still the second virtue of heaven and moon..."Seeing the increasingly suspicious eyes of the jade bottle, Chi Jing couldn't help but raise his hand to support his forehead.
Dad, no wonder you never show the characters to the people around you...
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"Hahaha, nonsense-" A voice suddenly sounded, and a purple figure flashed from the wall and fell down in Chijing's courtyard.
"It's you..."Chi Jing remembered, it was the purple-robed noble boy who had appeared in the injured Wan Sheng's room.
Why don't you knock on the door in broad daylight and choose to climb over the wall?