Chapter 36: Gu Poison
Zhu Luan grabbed Li Fugui's stiff hand and stayed at a foot above Xia Pozi's head.
The aftermath of Xia Pozi's scream before fainting echoed throughout the grange, stirring up several shrill dog barks in the distance.
The surrounding guards and maids took a few steps back, and a few timid ones were so frightened that they ran away with their heads in their hands.
Zhu Luan glanced at Mrs. Xia who fell to the ground, threw away the dead man's hand in her hand, stood up straight, patted her skirt, and beckoned to the old lady Bai who was not too far away, "Great-grandmother, aren't you here to pick me up?" Let's go back. ”
Old Taijun Bai glanced at the girl who was standing next to the corpse and had just cleaned up for herself, and she didn't even find the time to open her mouth to make decisions for her, so she solved Diao Nu in such a way that no one could imagine.
It's really like ghosts and gods helping each other.
Old Lady Fang's heart was beating rapidly again.
Who is she?
Is it really Miss Zhu Jiu Zhu Ying?
There was nothing like her great-granddaughter, except for this one.
In the previous water walk, it was absolutely impossible for a young lady to escape, and she was not seriously injured, and she was seen running around the next day. But Mrs. Chen said that she didn't look like she was being taken by a lonely ghost. Mrs. Chen has been a doctor for many years, and she has seen a lot of strange things, and her words are generally credible.
Is there any other possibility?
"Zhu Ying." Old Lady Bai suddenly called.
This is the first time that Miss Zhu Jiu has called her full name since Miss Bai Jiu escaped from the sea of fire.
In fact, the names of the ladies are rarely called, and there are always exclusive titles at different stages of life, and after getting married, they only leave a surname.
Therefore, normal ladies are not sensitive to their own names, and they are even more sluggish to other people's names. It's not really close to the handkerchief sex.,You may not even know the full name of the girl.。
"What's wrong, grandmother?"
But Zhu Luan immediately turned around and answered her own name. It's as fast as if it's been trained.
Old Lady Bai, who was originally going to be tempted, was shocked for a moment, and paused for a moment before replying, "It's okay, get in the car, let's go home." ”
The bloody qi seems to be pervasive, everything that happened tonight reveals weirdness, the death of the head of the village means that the entire Zhuangzi will undergo major changes, but all this is not as important as the secret in the heart of the old lady Bai.
After all, he is old, and the soldiers have been in chaos all night, and the old lady Bai only feels a little unsupportable, and now he doesn't want to stay in this unfortunate place for a moment.
Leaving a few guards and mother-in-law to deal with the corpse and the aftermath, Bai Lao Taijun got back into the carriage under the service of Mrs. Chen, and Zhu Luan followed behind and got into the carriage.
Mrs. Chen came down again to check if anything had fallen, and suddenly her eyes fell on the side room with the door wide open, after the corpse and the young lady left, there was only one candlestick left burning lonely on the ground, and there were several circles of finger-thick ropes scattered around the candlestick, which were used to tie Miss Zhu Jiu's hands and feet when she left the house before.
Mrs. Chen walked to the rope, looked at it for a moment, and the ghost sent her to pick it up and take it into her arms.
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The sky was covered with fish belly white, and the horse pulling the cart was foaming at the mouth, and only then did he pull the old and young man who had been tossing and tossing the horse all night back to the British mansion.
At the back door of the carriage, Mrs. Bai was helped out of the carriage with a tired face, and then called Mrs. Chen and Wei Yong, "At all costs, block last night's news, including my previous departure from the house, if anyone spreads a word, they will be killed on the spot!" ”
The old man's words were full of murderous aura, and the real anger was so angry that Wei Yong and Mrs. Chen couldn't raise their heads.
"Mrs. Xia will throw it to the firewood room first," Mrs. Bai then added indifferently.
"Old lady, you can rest for a while." Mrs. Chen cautiously looked at the old lady's face and persuaded.
"No," Old Lady Bai was on crutches, even though her aging body trembled a little, but she still walked very steadily, "I want to go down, Wei Yong, remember to help me take care of the place, don't let people approach." Old Chen's family, you also come over. ”
"Go down" is a code word that only absolute henchmen can understand, which means asking to see the two masters in the underground of the West Courtyard.
Mrs. Chen and Wei Yong understood, and Wei Yong immediately went to explain to the guards and subordinates who followed out at night, while Mrs. Chen helped Mrs. Bai to walk to the west courtyard of Shou'an Hall.
"Nine girls, you come with me." Old Taijun Bai's gaze turned to Zhu Luan, who was standing idly on the side, and his tired expression suddenly became sharp.
Returning to the Gongfu Mansion, the girl's face was not proud or moved, it was as plain as a glass of water, and she didn't react when she heard Bai Laotaijun's words, not like before, she just followed safely, as if it wasn't her who made a scary move in the Zhuangzi before.
Along the way, Mrs. Bai had to turn her head several times to confirm whether she was following behind.
It wasn't until she walked into the room in the west courtyard that she had locked herself in that her eyes changed slightly.
I saw Mrs. Chen holding the drawings, laboriously unlocking Luban, and reappeared in front of her after a night of absence.
"Come in," Old Lady Bai's emotionless voice came, Zhu Luan sighed softly, followed down the tunnel, and entered the secret room.
In the secret passage, the man I had seen once before was sitting on the side of the bookcase and reading, and not far from the other side, a woman who had only heard the sound of the person before was sitting by the embroidery frame and arranging the silk thread.
Xu is taking the normal route this time, and Jiugongpan also followed the drawings well, so the two of them were completely defenseless against the people who came down above, neither men nor women wore masks, and they were not tightly wrapped.
The hideous face covered with black sarcoma and birthmarks is unobstructed.
Sure enough, this is true for both men and women.
Zhu Luan's eyes darkened.
"Grandma, ...... are you coming" Hearing the footsteps in front of him, the man raised his head and showed a smiling face, but as soon as the smile reached the corner of his eye, the man's eyes widened, staring at the girl who appeared behind Mrs. Bai.
"Why is she here?"
The man's fist on his knee suddenly clenched, and an indescribable emotion flooded his chest.
Hearing the man's question, the woman sitting next to her also raised her head, stood up in shock, and almost knocked over the embroidery frame.
"What's going on?" The woman cried out.
Old Lady Bai turned to look at Zhu Luan who was standing behind him. Pulled out a tattered note from the cuff.
It was the one that Zhu Luan threw into Yuying's hands before he was sent away.
Old Taijun Bai unfolded the note and looked at Zhu Luan coldly.
"What do you mean by this note? Where did you know these two words written above? ”
Zhu Luan carefully looked at the men and women not far away, and replied quietly, "What do these two words mean, shouldn't grandmother be clear?" ”
"Ghost Owl, I originally thought that this kind of thing had disappeared from this world, but I didn't expect that someone would actually fall for this." Zhu Luan's voice was a little apologetic.
"They did get into this way because of the strange poison......" Old Lady Bai was a little dissatisfied with the girl's attitude, but she still patiently explained.
But before he could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted.
"Great-grandmother, this isn't poison." The girl shook her head slightly.
"It's a kind of Gu," she said.
Old Mrs. Bai's body shook, and Mrs. Chen was startled, and hurriedly helped the old man.