In the evening, a group of uninvited guests came to Xia Mansion. Although Master Xia had already prepared, he was still overwhelmed. Jing Zhaoyin actually sent someone to Xia's house to ask about Xia Ruixi's kidnapping by bandits, but Master Xia naturally didn't admit it, and only said that a few girls had become fugitive slaves. The people in the yamen were very unhappy, saying that they had obviously received the pleadings, which was the case reported by the Xia family, and they wanted to drag Master Xia to the yamen to make it clear.

At the same time, there was a knock on Xia Ruibei's closed door. Xia Ruibei, who was drowsy and like a frightened bird, was startled at first, and then became angry: "Get out!" Didn't I say no one was allowed to disturb me? ”

The knock on the door still kept ringing, and Xia Ruibei roared a few times: "Yan'er? Yan'er? Let's see which blind dead minion is it? ”

Yan'er didn't answer her as usual, and the other girls in her room didn't show up, and the knock on the door became louder and more urgent.

These dead minions probably went to Xia Ruixi to pay their respects, and Xia Ruibei hated it so much that she had to get up and open the door.

Outside the door stood a woman with a smile on her face.

Xia Ruibei was suddenly alert, took a step back, and said coldly, "Who are you?" ”

The woman smiled and blessed her, uninvited, looked around Xia Ruibei's room, and said, "It seems that the richest lady in Xijing is not having a good time?" I thought the house just didn't look good from the outside, but it was actually splendid? Who knew it would be so simple. ”

The disapproval in her tone completely angered Xia Ruibei: "What did you say? Who are you? Who let you in? Get out! Come on! Get this crazy woman out of here! ”

"Babbling, Third Miss, you are angry. When the slave family brings Zhao Gongzi's words, it won't be too late for you to drive people out? ”

"You ......" Xia Ruibei opened her mouth in horror as if she had been bitten by a poisonous snake, and looked at the woman dumbfounded.

The woman said: "Zhao Gongzi asked the slave family to tell the third lady that he had never seen you in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple yesterday, nor had he spoken to you. And you have never left the temple, nor have you seen other suspicious people, and those girls and mothers-in-law who have disappeared from your house have either been deceived by gangsters or have become fugitive slaves, and they are nowhere to be found. If an outsider asks, please remember it. ”

Xia Ruibei took a long break before reacting: "Where have I seen any Zhao Gongzi?" Where did you talk to him? You don't want to talk nonsense! ”

"I'm not talking nonsense. It's good that the third miss remembers, and the son asks you, who went to take the second miss away yesterday? ”

"He doesn't know it himself, so how can I know? You've got it, don't leave yet! ”

The woman, Shi Shiran, smiled and nodded: "It seems that the third lady really doesn't know, the slave family has a word to remind you, if this matter is known to Master Xia, you say, how will he and the second miss think of you?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xia Ruibei calmed down after panicking, and squinted at the woman, "Threaten me?" I didn't do anything, but I saved my second sister, my father and second sister won't believe what you say, even if they knew, they wouldn't do anything to me. As for your son, you better let him ask for more blessings. ”

"Hehe, since the third miss doesn't care, then my son-in-law just let go of his hands and feet to do it, I think Master Xia knows about it and will marry the third miss out as soon as possible." The woman walked to the door and turned around and whispered, "Forget to congratulate the third lady, the Sun family has prepared a new house, just waiting for the bride to enter the door." ”

Xia Ruibei burned inside, and watched the woman go out and quickly disappear into the flowers and trees. She sat there for a moment, and then suddenly let out a scream: "Yan'er! Little hoof, where did you die? ”

A little girl named Mi'er hurriedly ran in: "Miss, are you looking for Yan'er?" ”

"Yes, where has she gone?"

"Just now the slave saw her coming to the young lady's room, didn't the young lady see her?"

Xia Ruibei seemed to be pricked by a needle: "You see clearly? Did she really come here? ”

The little girl was inexplicable, but she said with certainty: "Yes, the slave saw her come with bird's nest with her own eyes, and greeted her, she said that she would send bird's nest to you while it was hot." ”

Yan'er had come but hadn't appeared, could it be that she had heard the conversation she had just had with the woman? Xia Ruibei waved her hand weakly: "You go down, I saw Yan'er and asked her to come to my room." ”

After a while, Yan'er came sweating profusely: "Miss looking for a slave?" ”

"Where did you just go?" Xia Ruibei's tone was not good.

"The slave maid stewed bird's nest for the young lady." Yan'er's hand twisted the corners of her clothes, looking very uneasy.

"Where's your bird's nest?"

"It's still simmering in the kitchen."

"Nonsense! Obviously someone saw you send bird's nest just now, why don't you see the bird's nest, and you still say that it is still stewed in the kitchen? ”

"Miss Yu, the slave maid just said that she was going to stew bird's nest, not to send bird's nest." Yan'er replied cautiously, but a fine sweat broke out on her nose.

Xia Ruibei was almost sure that Yan'er knew something, and closed her eyes: "You go stew bird's nest." ”

Yan'er lowered her head and retreated, seeing that there was no one around, she took out a bag of things from her house and walked towards the garden, she didn't notice that Xia Ruibei had been following her lightly.

Yan'er walked to a well, looked around, opened the package, took out the broken bowl and the dusty, black, thin and sticky bird's nest scraps and threw them into the well. She let out a sigh of relief, carefully fetched a bucket of water to rinse the furoshiki, and planned to walk back.

As soon as she turned around, she saw Xia Ruibei standing behind her with a smile: "Yan'er, what are you doing?" ”

Yan'er knelt down in a panic: "I begged Miss to spare her life, but the slave accidentally broke Miss's bird's nest porridge, and she ...... because she was afraid of being punished."

"Why did you break my bird's nest porridge? How can you be so careless? Since you were a child, you have always been very careful in what you do, why are you so careless today? Xia Ruibei's smile was strange.

"That's because the slave didn't know what she was stepping on, and the soles of her feet slipped and she didn't hold it steady...... Beg the young lady to spare her life. Yan'er was so scared that she didn't know what to say.

Xia Ruibei lowered her head and whispered, "Is it because you heard something terrible?" ”

"The slave didn't, the slave didn't hear anything."

Xia Ruibei lowered her eyes: "Forget it, it's just a bowl, get up, be careful in the future." ”

Yan'er didn't expect Xia Ruibei to spare her so easily, kowtowed to Xia Ruibei again, and stood up happily, but saw Xia Ruibei pointing behind her and said in surprise: "Xin'er? How did you get back? ”

Xin'er is back? Yan'er quickly turned around, but there was no one behind her, and then she felt a dull pain in the back of her head, and the last thing she saw was Xia Ruibei's hideous eyes.

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Xia Ruixi heard that Jing Zhaoyin was coming, and pestered Master Xia to make a fuss, and hurriedly asked Wan'er to go to the front yard to find out the news. Wan'er couldn't come for a long time, and she couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Chun'er, go and see again, what's going on?" ”

"Second Miss, don't be in a hurry, it's not a big deal." A woman stood in front of her with a smile and blessed her, and when the person came in, the mother-in-law who was guarding outside didn't even know.

Xia Ruixi looked at this person, she hadn't seen it, she didn't know it, and she looked at Chun'er lightly. Chun'er understood, stepped forward and scolded: "Who are you?" Who let you in? It's so unruly, get out! ”

The woman stretched out her hand and pushed Chun'er away: "Girl, don't miss your young lady's big event, it's too late to regret it, the slave family is here to help the second young lady solve this urgent need." ”

Chun'er glanced at Xia Ruixi, and when she saw that Xia Ruixi didn't say a word, she sneered: "Does my young lady have any major matters that you need to solve her urgent needs?" Someone's coming! Fork this crazy woman out. ”

The woman sneered: "Second Miss, you don't care about your own reputation, you also have to take care of your parents' family business, right?" Now that someone is eyeing your family's family business and wants to harm your whole family, are you indifferent? ”

Xia Ruixi said expressionlessly: "Say." Give you a cup of tea. Chun'er, you go outside and keep guard. ”

The woman smiled: "Now someone has taken the name of the mansion and went to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion to file a complaint." said that there were thieves who kidnapped the second lady and killed the slaves and maids of the Xia family. I wonder if the second lady knows about this? Seeing that Xia Ruixi was silent, she said, "Presumably the news hasn't come yet, and Miss will know later that what the slave family said is true." ”

"So what?" Xia Ruixi interrupted her impatiently.

The woman said, "This is a bad heart! The slave family came to deliver the message for well-wishers, and asked the second lady to plan for her own reputation, but don't fall for the bad guys. Yesterday, the second lady went down the mountain with a small sedan chair, and many people saw it, how could she be taken away by the bandits? This is making something out of nothing, spewing blood, don't you say? ”

"Yes and no, yes and no?"

"If so, everyone is happy. If not, I'm afraid that if someone gets his wish, my master will suffer a loss, and the house will not be peaceful. The house is just a small businessman, but over there, it is a supreme nobleman, just ask, how can the arms be twisted over the thighs? I'm afraid that I don't know what kind of situation the house will fall into. ”

"Smack!" Xia Ruixi slapped the hateful woman violently: "Dog minion! Before you learn to speak human words, you come out to fight people, and your master asked you to spread the word like this? Presumably, if you can't do this, your master will cut you down and feed you to the dogs, right? Believe it or not, I'm going to tie you up and take you to the government right now? Don't think I can't do anything to you, it's okay to beat you to death as a thief. ”

The woman covered her face in embarrassment, unwilling but didn't dare to fight back, and looked at Xia Ruixi with blinking eyes: "Second Miss, stop being angry, the slave family is just here to spread the word." The two soldiers are fighting, and they don't kill them! ”

Xia Ruixi viciously squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Get out!" "The woman's words were not pleasant, but they were telling the truth. The Xia family could not get involved in the dispute between Zhao Mingtao and his enemy who was hiding behind him.

After the woman left, Xia Ruixi quickly asked Chun'er to hand the news to Master Xia. Master Xia asked Chun'er to tell her: He had planned everything in advance, so let her not worry.

The leftover women are not ladylike