Chapter 002: The Peach Branch

Guo Yuan glanced at the little maid along Chen Lu's line of sight, and raised her chin: "You...... What's your name? ”

The little maid hurriedly whispered: "If you go back to the county lord, the maid is called Taozhi." ”

Guo Yuan said "um", and said slowly: "Taozhi, this Chen girl may not have heard your words clearly, come, tell us what you see again, and ask me to hear what is different before and after." As she spoke, she curled her lips and said good-naturedly: "It's a big matter, it's always good to be cautious, and don't let people say that my Guo family has wronged a good person." ”

"Yes, county lord." Taozhi raised his head timidly, glanced at Chen Lu quickly, and hurriedly lowered his head, and said, "Just ...... Less than two moments ago, the maid saw Miss Chen...... deliberately bumped into the county lord, and when the county lord walked away, there was an extra piece of something in her hand, and the maid looked like a piece of jade, and then she grabbed the jade and went out......"

"What are you talking about!" Chen Yi was furious and said angrily: "When did I take any jade?" Besides, I was strange just now, since you saw me take the jade with your own eyes, why didn't you call it broken at that time? At that time, wasn't it just that people were dirty? ”

"Tsk, what are you anxious about?" Guo Yuan interjected lukewarmly, and raised two thin eyebrows: "Anyway, you are also the master, why do you shout with a little girl?" That's how the girls in your mansion are? ”

There was a "eat" laugh from the crowd.

Chen Lu has always boasted of her talent, conceit and beauty, and she is a little dustless, and her popularity in the circle of noble girls is not very good, and there are naturally many people who want to see her jokes.

Chen Yi stiffened her back, her face was white and blue, and the heavy sense of humiliation made her almost embarrassed.

She bit her lower lip hard, forced herself to look up at Guo Yuan, and her voice trembled slightly: "The upbringing of the girls in my country's mansion does not bother with the eldest princess's mansion. No matter how good the lord of Xiangshan County is, he can't control other people's homes. ”

The words are very tough, and only the girls of the Guogong Mansion dare to argue with the county lord like this.

Guo Yuan's eyes crossed a wisp of yin owl, he didn't answer, only looked at the peach branch under his feet, and said coldly: "I didn't tell you to shut up, you dare to talk to yourself as a dog minion?" Let's go on! ”

Chen Yi's face was pale, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed.

Guo Yuan's words pointed out that Sang scolded Huai, if Chen Lu spoke again, he would become the "dog minion" in the other party's mouth.

"Yes, county lord, the servant will say it immediately." Taozhi's voice was not very steady, and he seemed to be very scared, swallowed his throat, and said: "Although the maid saw Miss Chen holding the jade, the maid is a subordinate, and he was afraid that he would be wrong, so he didn't dare to speak up." ”

Although her voice trembled, every word she spit out was very clear: "Later, when I saw Miss Chen out of the flower hall, the maid was a little uneasy, so she quietly followed her, but saw that she went to the clean room." It's also very strange to say, the clean room was empty at that time, and the sisters who guarded the door didn't know where to go. The maid was so curious that she dared to go in and pull the curtain open a crack, but she happened to see that Miss Chen was really holding a piece of jade, because it was close, and the maid saw the appearance of the jade clearly, which was this piece on the table. ”

She stretched out a trembling finger and pointed at the round table, on which was the nine-ringed cockpit that had been broken in half.

Guo Yuan sighed with satisfaction and motioned for Taozhi to continue.

Taozhi raised her hand to wipe her forehead, and continued: "The maid saw that Miss Chen smashed the jade to the ground, and it was smashed in half at once, and then she kept stepping on the ground with her feet, saying something 'I asked you to write poems better than me, and I told you to write poems to take away ghosts' or something. When the servant heard this, he was frightened, so he hurried back. ”

"Poof", Guo Yuan suddenly laughed, and two deep pear sockets appeared on her cheeks, which were particularly bright and moving.

She stretched out her foot and kicked lightly on Taozhi, and scolded with a smile: "You idiot, where is the ghost grabbing, that is the champion." ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Momozhi nodded hurriedly, smiling flatteringly: "The county lord is really knowledgeable." The maid is illiterate, and he can't learn these words. ”

Guo Yuan's face turned pale, picked up the tea cup on the table, and swept his fluttering eyes from the cup to Chen Jin, and chuckled: "Miss Chen lost to me in the poetry meeting last month, so she dropped my jade to vent her anger." Tsk, you're so small-minded. ”

There was silence in the flower hall at first, and then there was a low sound of discussion.

Just half a month ago, during the Flower Dynasty Festival, Mrs. Xing Jibo held a poetry competition, Chen Luo and Guo Yuan both went, but Guo Yuan won the first place, and Chen Luo lost by a very small margin.

Fang Taozhi didn't say it so carefully, and everyone didn't expect it, but now when they heard the little girl say "poetry meeting" herself, many people showed a look of sudden realization.

It is not very credible to say that the girl of the government steals because of greed for money. But if she did something out of the ordinary out of anger, it would be two words. These days, which one is not the word "coquettish", and it is not that no one has done anything more excessive.

"You go on, and then." Guo Yuan continued to ask Taozhi, and her tone was very determined.

Taozhi swallowed his saliva, and then said: "Not long after the maid came back, I heard the county lord say that the jade was lost, and the second girl said that she found the jade broken in half in the clean room...... Just told the truth. ”

"Full of nonsense!" Chen Yi was so angry that his chest fell together, and he gritted his teeth and glared at Taozhi: "You are clearly a bloody squirting person." ”

Momozhi trembled in fright, and her body shrunk into a ball.

Guo Yuan put the teacup on the table heavily, and said coldly: "The Nine-Ring Cockpit was found by Gu Er's girl, and the one who testified was the girl from the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion, these two are not my people, is it possible that we can still fight together to deceive you?" Since you are convinced that you are wronged, well, you find human and material evidence to refute me, and I, Guo Yuan, are waiting for you here. ”

Chen Yitie stood with a blue face, her teeth almost biting her lips, and her grievances and anger blocked her from almost exploding.

If someone can really prove her whereabouts, why was she bitten by the county lord of Xiangshan County?

She was clearly wronged, but all this was so coincidental that it was impossible to justify: she didn't know who tripped over and accidentally bumped into the county lord of Xiangshan County; But she suddenly had abdominal pain, but the maid Caijuan was not by her side, so she could only go to the clean room alone; But that piece of jade was found in the clean room, and she was the last person to leave the clean room.

She's been tricked.

The hateful thing is that she knows that it is a set, but she can't solve it.