Chapter 014: Zhu Xinzhi's visit
"Miss, it's useless to be a slave!" The basket held back tears in his eyes, hugged Pei Xie Tang back to his senses, and finally cried out loud: "The slave and maid should have thought of these things when they left, if the slave and maid had hidden these porridges at that time, they would not have been discovered by the eldest lady!" โ
"Well, it's not your fault." Pei Xie Tang's body stiffened slightly.
The basket's sudden hug made her a little at a loss.
Growing up, no woman has ever been so close to her. She doesn't have a maidservant, her father said that she is a battlefield lady, and she can't learn from the squeamishness of those young ladies in Beijing, so she has never been matched with a maidservant, and she must do everything herself. By the time she could make her own decisions, she was used to being alone. If you talk about friends, there are one or two, but they met on the battlefield, and all of them were iron-clad and did not lose to men, and they had never cried and clenched each other like this.
Well...... It turns out that it feels good to be relied on like this!
Pei Xie Tang withdrew his hand and grabbed the shoulder of the basket, this little girl really made her feel distressed, and couldn't help but soften her voice and persuade: "I promise you, when I get better, I will never suffer any more grievances, okay?" Don't cry. โ
"The slave is just worried......" Basket cried out of breath.
Pei Xie Tang pinched her cheek: "What is there to worry about, it is them who should be worried." If you still can't get angry, I'll go to the door and beat them up to make you angry. โ
"What did the young lady say," the basket's cry gradually became quieter, "although the lady is the master's stepfamily, she is still an elder in terms of seniority, and if the young lady really does something with her, the old man will definitely not spare the young lady." โ
"Then I'll hit Xie Yiyi, she is the same as me, and Mrs. feels sorry for her, if I hit Xie Yiyi, it is equivalent to hitting Mrs. Pei Xie Tang saw that this girl had calmed down and his mind became clear again, and he couldn't laugh or cry.
The basket's eyes widened: "The eldest lady is a sister, and it's not okay to beat her." โ
Pei Xie Tang was very distressed: "It's not okay to beat Mrs., and it's not okay to beat Xie Yiyi, so what should I do, so that my basket will be deflated?" โ
"Poofโ"
The basket finally couldn't hold back and laughed: "Miss, don't talk nonsense!" The slave and maid were no longer angry. โ
This courtyard was turned over so badly by Fan and Xie Yiyi, things were scattered all over the place, Pei Xie Tang and the basket worked together to clean up, and soon it became tidy again.
Pei Xie Tang struggled to put the wooden box above the wardrobe back in its place, and when he turned around, he saw that the basket had grown into a mouth. Ba stared at her in surprise.
Xie Chengyin is different from Pei Xie Tang, she is a young lady raised in a scholarly family, and she has been used to a good life since she was a child, even if she later became a waste, she was really busy taking care of her, and she never did anything with her hands, and it was the first time she cleaned up the house by herself like this.
What's more, the box was so heavy, it was full of books from the deceased eldest lady, and even the basket might not be able to move, but Pei Xie Tang sent it without blinking an eye!
"What's wrong?" Pei Xie Tang saw the basket staring at him stunned, and it took half a beat to remember something, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
The basket shook his head and looked at Pei Xie Tang seriously: "Miss, the slave maid feels that since Miss woke up, Miss has changed. โ
If today's incident had been put in the past, I am afraid that the young lady would have been so angry that she would have to stop her desperately not going to the lady's yard to make a fuss. Miss is the most precious her jade pendant, which time the lady came to turn it quietly, the first thing Miss did after knowing was to check the jade pendant, and then cry. But from just now to now, the young lady is terribly calm, and she is too lazy to take a look at the jade pendant! The most bizarre thing is that in the past, she used to change her ways to make Miss happy, but now she has become Miss trying to make her happy......
"Do you think it's getting better or what's going on?" Pei Xie Tang put the makeup box that had fallen to the ground back and smiled back.
The basket burst into a big smile: "No matter what the young lady becomes, the young lady will always be the young lady of the slave!" โ
Pei Xie Tang laughed, stepped forward and pinched the round cheeks of the basket: "Okay, since you are so well-behaved, from now on, I will recognize you as a little follower!" โ
For a while, the deserted courtyard resounded with long-lost laughter.
After cleaning up, the basket went out to fetch water for Pei Xie Tang to wash his hands and face, and when he went out, he sighed.
Pei Xie Tang followed out to take a look, and saw Steward Xu standing in the courtyard, carrying a few packets of medicine in his hand, and handing the basket with a smile: "Third Miss is fine!" This is the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and the old slave has already helped the young lady get it back. โ
"Thank you, Steward Xu!" As soon as the basket heard that it was medicine for Pei Xie Tang, he hurriedly took it.
Steward Xu smiled: "What else does the third miss need, just tell the old slave, and the old slave must do it for the third miss." โ
"It just so happens that my house is too deserted, I want a pot of pothos to dress up, and Steward Lao Xu will bring it for me." Pei Xie Tang looked at Steward Xu, he had just offended Steward Xu, and he was still rushing to deliver medicine to himself at this time, which was not in line with this person's style at all. Could it be ...... What's weird in this medicine?
Steward Xu bowed: "Yes, the old slave will send it to the third lady in a while." โ
Seeing that he was so easy to speak, Pei Xie Tang became more and more suspicious in his heart, and after a few more polite words, Steward Xu left.
The basket was very happy: "With the medicine, Miss's body will definitely get better soon." The slave maid will go and make a fire to boil medicine for the young lady! โ
"Don't be busy yet, you bring me the medicine." Pei Xie Tang sat down, opened a pair of medicines, and sniffed carefully.
She was not a medical practitioner and did not recognize all of them, but she was naturally sensitive and could barely remember the taste of some poisons. However, after sniffing for a long time, Pei Xie Tang found nothing.
Is it really that I am too careful?
"Bring me a piece of paper." Pei Xie Tang's frowning brows loosened, his eyes showed a touch of confidence, and he took the paper handed by the basket, Pei Xie Tang carefully wrapped half a pack of medicine and handed it to the basket: "Do you know where Qi Meng lives?" โ
"In the south corner of the back garden, the slave knows." The basket nodded.
Pei Xie Tang snorted: "You quietly go to Doctor Qi and ask her to see if there is anything wrong with this medicine." โ
"Miss is worried that Steward Xu will retaliate against us by poisoning the medicine?" The basket was taken aback.
Pei Xie Tang hooked the corners of his mouth: "It's my heart, but I can't trust Steward Xu." โ
"Slave and maid, go now!" The basket also tensed.
The third lady is just right, don't quietly follow other people's ways!
She carefully put the medicine in her arms, and seeing that there was no one guarding outside the courtyard, she walked quickly to Qi Meng's courtyard.
After the basket left, Pei Xie Tang lay on the bed and carefully sorted out what happened today. For a while, a lot of pictures poured out in her mind, which made her very puzzled, and she couldn't help but feel a little messy in her heart, and it was difficult to calm down.
What made her feel incomprehensible the most was probably Zhu Xinzhi's desperate protection of her coffin!
Zhu Xinzhi's design killed her, for him, burying her is at most a holy fate, why bother to destroy his virtuous image and maintain a wicked person?
Moreover, in the face of his deliberate approach, his reaction was also unexpected!
After knowing Zhu Xinzhi for six years, she hasn't found out that he is so tolerant!
Turning over, Pei Xie Tang sighed distraughtly, and looked out of the house, the moon was hanging high, and the night was already dark. I don't know if Pei Yixiang is out of Beijing now?
Just as he was tossing and turning, Pei Xie Tang suddenly heard a scolding from outside the house: "Who is there?" โ
Someone?
She bounced out of bed and hurried out of the house. No one stood outside the house, but there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard near the street, neat and not messy, like a well-trained army. She was stunned for a moment, hurriedly walked to the wall and listened, and really heard someone talking outside: "Back to the general, the thief ran into the mansion next to him!" โ
"Go in and search!" As cold as a jade cut of gold.
"However, this seems to be the family of Lord Tingwei Xie!"
"It's okay!"
Pei Xie Tang stood up straight, this voice sounded very familiar, as if it was the sound of Bo Sen shooting her with arrows during the day!
Oops!
Pei Xie Tang was startled, and ran back in horror. She forgot an important thing, when she went to save Wuzi'er during the day, the clothes she was wearing had not changed! Something happened in the palace, Bo Sen must have gone to Zhu Xinzhi for the first time, if he described the dress of the assassin in the palace a little, Zhu Xinzhi would probably immediately think of her. According to Zhu Xinzhi's cautious style, he has left many flaws in the daytime, and he will definitely not believe himself.
I'm afraid that this one outside is just a good show for Bo Sen to enter the Tingwei's Mansion to search in order to justifiably!
"What am I afraid of? That shirt has already been dealt with by Gao Xingzhi! Pei Xie Tang walked a few steps, and suddenly slapped his forehead and relaxed.
Now, the only thing that is difficult to explain is the injury on the shoulder!
He Bo Sen would not be so bold, so he openly ripped off her woman's clothes to check, since Zhu Xinzhi dared to let him come to search the Tingwei Mansion, he must be well prepared, and Fu Chen, the female general of the forbidden army, should be in the team.
Pei Xie Tang peeled off his clothes and looked at the bronze mirror to check the injuries he had suffered during the day.
Gao Xingzhi's wound medicine worked very well, but it couldn't make her heal in a short time, and she still left a rather hideous wound. This is ironclad evidence, and it must not be seen by them!
What to do?
For a moment, Pei Xie Tang's brain spun rapidly......
At this time, the door of the Xie family was slammed, and the servant on duty opened the door and saw a golden token swaying in front of him: "Is Lord Xie at home?" Just now your mansion has gone thieves, we inspected the curfew and bumped into each other, I don't know where to come, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the Xie family, so we want to search your mansion! โ
The minions didn't dare to call the shots, so they hurriedly invited these people into the door and quickly went to tell Xie Yijiang.
Xie Yijiang was about to go to bed, and after listening to the announcement, he didn't dare to delay and came to the front hall.
I saw that the front hall was brightly lit, and Zhu Xinzhi, who was dressed in dark clothes, was sitting upright, staring intently at the outside of the house.