Chapter Seventy-Four: Midnight Terror
Jiao Yuzhen frowned when she heard this, she hated others to move her things without her consent, although most of those treasures were sold for money, but there were some jewelry that she liked very much and wanted to keep for her own use, but Wang and Jiao Youhan dared to take her things, how could she let them go?
"Liu Fu, did the second sister release you?"
"Yes, just now the second lady ordered someone to release the slave maid from the firewood room." Liu Xu paused before continuing to speak, "After the slave maid was arrested by Madame and Second Miss, they have been asking the slave maid about the details of your daily life, Miss, and they seem to be suspicious of your identity, Miss. ”
"My identity?" Jiao Yuzhen raised her eyebrows, and immediately remembered that she was actually a thousand-year-old ghost who borrowed the corpse to resurrect her soul, and that day she stubbornly didn't want to drink Meng Po soup, and jumped off the Nai He Bridge at once, and was reborn in this body by chance, so in fact, she is indeed not the third lady of the Jiao family, but her body is, so no matter how Wang and Jiao Youhan investigate, they can't find out the reason, "They must be because I have been in the limelight recently, so they are unwilling to accept the fact that I was reborn." Did you tell them anything? ”
"The slave is just telling the truth, the young lady's daily life is so regular, there is absolutely nothing to do." Liu Wu said respectfully, "What's more, the slave maid has been following the young lady for such a short time, even if the slave and the maid are not the young lady's person, it can't be said to be anything." But what the slave is worried about is Miss, your former personal maid, Miss Jin'er...... The slave maid heard from her lady that she must catch Jin'er, so she kept asking around about Jin'er's whereabouts. ”
Kim!
As soon as the light in Jiao Yuzhen's eyes flickered, she stood up from the chair: "You didn't tell Jin'er's whereabouts, did you?" ”
"It is naturally impossible for the slave maid to tell where the golden girl is, but there are many people in the hands of the lady and the second lady, and the golden girl may have been found during the slave maid's captivity." A worried look also appeared on Liu Wu's face, "As soon as the slave was released, she hurried over. Miss, do you need the slave to go out and find the golden girl? ”
"No, you don't." Jiao Yuzhen waved his hand, "The Wang family is about to leave in a while, even if she really captures Jin'er, it is impossible for her to take Jin'er away, that is too obvious, so if Jin'er is arrested, it must still be in the hands of the second sister, don't they really want to confirm my identity?" Then I'll make sure for her, so that she won't dare to use my identity to make a fuss again. ”
"Miss, what do you mean ......?"
"You do what I do and give me what I want." Jiao Yuzhen walked to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote something on rice paper, "You prepare these things for me as soon as possible, I will use them tonight." ”
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Xiao Yi counted the large and small boxes of things that were piled up in the living room, and spoke softly: "Qingying, do you think there are too many gifts here...... The emperor's favorite concubine Rong Gui Niangniang was enshrined as a waiter, and the emperor did not send so many things to her home. ”
Qingying's black figure turned over from the beam and landed in front of the gifts wrapped in red paper: "On the day of the palace banquet, we secret guards can't follow, Xiao Yi, you were also deliberately transferred by the emperor, if it weren't for Miss Jiao San's sacrifice to save her, the master had to reveal his hidden martial arts, Miss Jiao San blocked the knife for the master, no matter how you look at it, it is commendable, and it also made the best cover for the master, so it is normal for the master to give Miss Jiao San a dowry and send more things."
"Is it normal?" Xiao Yi recalled that when Liu Wu came to Prince Jing's mansion to speak for Jiao Yuzhen that day, Jimo Hanfei unceremoniously closed the door and disappeared, which made him sigh, he had followed Jimo Hanfei for almost five years, and in the past five years, he had seen Jimo Hanfei kill many women given by the emperor to marry, but he had never seen Jimo Hanfei treat a woman so indifferently. Use the life of his wife to explain the death of those women.
"The master always asked the secret guard to investigate Miss Jiao San's affairs, but there is nothing special about that kind of daughter's family, and the master blames the secret guard for not doing things well......"
"Clearing." Interrupting Qingying's words, Xiao Yi looked at him with a serious expression, "Don't talk about the master's decision. The master has been secretly planning for so long for many years, but he has suffered repeated twists and turns, and the immortal flower amber that the master finally found before was lost by Xiaochun Mountain, this is a big deal, your secret guard has not investigated the whereabouts of the immortal flower, and the master will naturally be angry. ”
Qingying sighed lightly and stopped continuing the topic: "It seems that the capital city has been too calm recently, and there is no news from the Crescent Moon Pavilion, if it continues like this, I am afraid that the master's anger will be vented on anyone." ”
Xiao Yi still raised his eyebrows a little dissatisfied, but he didn't speak out again to stop Qingying from spitting bitterness, in fact, since Jimo Hanfei was injured seven years ago, Jimo Hanfei's temperament has changed a lot, either he is extremely ruthless or brutal, doing things by his side, naturally there is a lot of anger to bear, the dark guard is a force to be reckoned with in protecting Jimo Hanfei, but recently, even if Xiao Yi never participates in the work of the dark guard, he can also feel that there is a disagreement among the dark guard, there must be a traitor, Now even the leader of the dark guard, Qing Ying, said that Ji Mo Hanfei is not the same, so for Qing Ying...... He still stayed away.
"I'm going to send the gift list to the prince for review, so I'll leave first." Xiao Yi said, and walked out of the hall with the gift list.
Looking at the back of Xiao Yi leaving, Qingying snorted coldly: "Sure enough, it's a cowhide lantern, why can't you light it." The Xiao family has served the Jimo family for generations, if it weren't for being so old-fashioned, how could they be slaves for generations! Muttering in a low voice for a while, Qingying looked at the large and small gifts in front of him, and then took out a packet of medicinal powder from his arms, with a sneer on his face, "Although Prince Ze didn't order, if this Miss Jiao San died, Prince Jing would definitely be blamed by the emperor......"
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Jiao Youhan stood condescendingly and looked at Jin Er, who was beaten hard with rattan by Mama Li, with a contemptuous expression: "If you know something, let's say it quickly, no matter how hard you are spoken, it will not reward you with rattan." ”
Jin Er gritted her teeth, lowered her head and silently endured, she had been arrested for almost a day, she didn't go back to Feng'an, Gongsun Yi'an would definitely look around because she was worried about her, and spread the news of her disappearance to Jiao Yuzhen, just now I heard the little maid who brought lunch said that Jiao Yuzhen was extremely beautiful to return home, and as soon as she returned home, she drove Mrs. Wang away, and because of this, Jiao Youhan would be forced to punish her, as long as she stayed up again...... After Mr. Gongsun passed the word to Jiao Yuzhen, she would be rescued.
Seeing that Jin Er just lowered her head and didn't react in the slightest, Jiao Youhan clenched his fists angrily, and was about to speak, but saw Mama Li coming over.
Mama Li is the Wang family's dowry maid, and she is very doting on Jiao Youhan, so she is very diligent in her offering: "Second Miss, don't be angry, lest you get angry." Don't look at this girl's hard mouth, she is not afraid of rattan, but I have a more effective means of old mama, that is...... The second lady is inconvenient to look here. ”
"I'm not here watching, how do I know if this girl will tell the truth?" Jiao Youhan looked at Mama Li, the expression on her face was a little hideous, this girl's master oppressed me and my mother so much, I just want to watch her suffer here. If you have any means, you can use it, and I am not afraid of any bloody scenes. You'd better just torture me, or if she doesn't say anything, you'll just be killed. ”
Hearing Jiao Youhan's instructions, Mama Li nodded again and again: "Miss doesn't mind, then Miss will watch here, old mamma, I'll tie her up first." ”
"Hurry up!" Jiao Youhan waved his hand and motioned for Mama Li to start.
Mama Li glanced at the two old grandmothers of the same age present, and the two old grandmothers stepped forward to untie the gold that was hanging in the air, and dragged them directly to the chair on the side and tied them up, but the posture of being tied up...... It's kind of weird.
In fact, being tied to a chair is more comfortable than being hung up, but the place on his back that has been beaten by rattan is in a hot pain, and Jin Er can't help but cry out softly when she is roughly tied up by those old grandmothers.
Seeing that Jin Er's posture of being tied to the chair was a little strange, Jiao Youhan really couldn't think of what kind of punishment this was: "Mama Li, is this to pinch your fingers or scratch the soles of your feet, this action is really indecent......"
"Miss doesn't know, old mama, I have any distant relatives who are in the palace, and what they do happens to be the work of punishing criminal palace maids, this method is passed from the palace......" Mama Li said this, and laughed cruelly, the wrinkles on her face were entangled like cracks, "The most vicious thing to deal with men is palace punishment, that is ...... The young lady should also understand, and this punishment is also a palace punishment for a woman, and she will be stabbed into it with a stick with a barb, no matter what kind of woman she is, she will confess. ”
Jiao Youhan suddenly understood, and the look on her face was a little unnatural, after all, she was still a big girl with yellow flowers in the boudoir, but she thought that she was going to enter the palace in the future, and it was impossible not to know such a punishment in the future.
Jiao Youhan stabilized his mind: "Mama Li, I understand, I want to see if this little girl is so loyal to the third sister, you can do it, I'll watch here." ”
Although Jin Er was also unemployed, after hearing the conversation between Mama Li and Jiao Youhan, she also understood what the palace punishment used by this woman was, she suddenly turned pale, and shook her head again and again: "Don't do this...... You can't do that...... I am not the joy of your Jiaofu...... You can't be so ......."
An old woman stepped forward and stuffed a strip of cloth into Jin'er's mouth: "It's called like this before it starts, and I don't know how to shout it for a while." Although this is the most remote utility room in the West Courtyard, if it is heard by others, won't it make you trouble, Second Miss? ”
Jiao Youhan angrily threw a blank slap at the old woman: "You plugged her mouth, even if she wants to confess, won't I be able to hear it?" Take it out. ”
The old lady thought so, so she took off the strip of cloth from Jin'er's mouth.
Jin Er looked at Jiao Youhan with teary eyes, she never thought that a gentle and graceful second lady would torture her so viciously in the past, in order to make her correct that the current Jiao Yuzhen is not the original third miss, but an imposter such an incredible thing!