Chapter 7: Teammates
Knowing from Qingyue's mouth that Huo Zun would not be able to come back until four days after going away, Xia Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
Without the depression and panic he brings, she can finally calm down and sort out her thoughts.
Bai Bing and Yu Nuan are nominally Nan Kangguo's personal maids assigned to her, but these two are all deeply hidden, and in terms of courage and martial arts, she can take her life in minutes, if they find out that they are impersonating, death is a sure thing.
Huo Zun is fierce and domineering, although he has been dismissed from his military position, but as the young master of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, if he finds out that he is an enemy country, he will also chop her into pulp.
"Run, you must run!" Xia Qian pointed to herself in the mirror and said in a voice.
Qingyue looked at her with a surprised expression: "Peach? Young lady, do you want to eat peaches? ”
"Huh? Yes, I want to eat peaches! Xia Qian smiled wryly.
Qingyue walked to the dresser, picked up the red jade comb and carefully combed Xia Qian's hair.
Looking at the young lady in the mirror, the girl's lips moved and moved, and she didn't dare to make a sound after all.
Xia Qian chuckled and glanced at her, and quipped, "I want to eat peaches, not you." Look at your sad face, as if I could eat human flesh! ”
"The old lady said that since the young master is married, he has to support his own family, and our West Courtyard will not be able to spend any more money on the house in the future. The young master has now been dismissed from his official position, and there is no money, and the four of us maids have just scraped together for a long time, which is not enough for twenty taels of silver. ”
Xia Qian was stunned, yesterday she braved the autumn wind, braved the drizzle, knelt in front of everyone for more than two hours, and finally fainted in front of her.
I thought I had passed a level, but I expected to be deprived of food and clothing alive.
"Anyway, they are also married by order, they are so blatantly aimed at me, aren't they afraid that the king of Yi will blame? I married him because I missed his promising future, but if it wasn't for his drunken disorder? Besides, you think I want to marry him, and the person I want to marry is Lu ......"
Finding that Qing Yue's two eyes were staring at him roundly, Xia Qian hurriedly choked the words behind her stomach.
Seeing that she was angry, Qingyue didn't dare to speak, lowered her head and continued to carefully groom her.
"Alas!"
Xia Qian sighed, since she had already decided to escape, did she need to talk nonsense like a maid?
She thought for a moment, and a bright light gleamed in her clear eyes.
"Qingyue, since I am short of money now, the phoenix crown and xia veil I wore on the day of my wedding was brought out from the palace, and it should be worth some silver, let's go out and find a pawnshop to exchange it for money!"
"How? Although these things are not a gift from His Majesty, after all, you have worn them once in your life, how can you take them out and take them away? Qingyue looked at her in disbelief.
Going to the pawnshop is the means, escaping from the general's mansion is the goal, Xia Qian is reasonable and uses both soft and hard to finally persuade Qingyue.
Unexpectedly, when she hurriedly picked up the phoenix crown and was about to go out, she was blocked at the door by Qingyue with an aggrieved face.
"Madam, the young master has an order, you can't go out of the West Courtyard until he comes back!"
Xia Qian's face was flushed with anger, looking at the four high walls of the west courtyard and the patrolling soldiers in the courtyard, she still didn't dare to burst out in the end when her anger surged to her throat.
"Madam, the young master is for your own good, and I am worried that you will be deceived when you first arrive in the country of Yi, and you are unfamiliar with the place. I have served the young master for so many years, and I can see that he cares about you! ”
"Mind ......"
Seeing that Qingyue's mouth was open like a peach, she couldn't bear to say the word "fart" that had slipped to her tongue.
Helplessly returning to the house, she angrily instructed Qingyue: "Take all these things and leave no one." Remember, even if it's a tael of silver, you have to take it! ”
As she spoke, she stuffed the phoenix crown curtain in her hand into Qingyue's hand, thinking that it was not enough to relieve her anger, and she pulled off all the headdresses that had just been hairpinned on her bun and stuffed them all to the other party.
Although Qingyue was embarrassed in every way, their young lady was angry.
Huo Zun explained that she had to be careful, and she didn't dare to slack off, so she hesitated for a long time and walked out of the west courtyard with these things.
After Qingyue went out, Xia Qian found an excuse to send the other three maids out.
She stayed alone in the west courtyard, from the bedroom to the dining room, bathroom, living room, and even the corners of the walls, she checked everywhere, except for the secret room that was inadvertently opened that day, which had been sealed, and even a rat hole could not be found.
"Not down there, it looks like you have to go up there! The wall is so high, this big plane tree is not bad, and along the trunk you can climb up to this big branch, and then climb up that branch...... Oops! ”
A white thing suddenly fell from the tree, landed on the tip of her nose, and with a stroke of her fingers, Xia Qian jumped up directly from the chair angrily.
"You stinky bird with no long eyes, you dare to shit on my face!"
One magpie shook its head and tail a few times, and shouted at the other magpie beside him: "Finally see us!"
Another magpie looked at Xia Qian, flapping his wings and chirping: "Why is the master so stupid, weren't we all happy to see us before?" She was struck by lightning a few times after falling down the valley, shouldn't she be stupid?
"Are you stupid?" Xia Qian glared at them fiercely.
The two birds fluttered their wings and flew around her head twice, landing again on the plane tree.
The bird's call sounded again: Spring flowers, the owner has become a nerd, what should I do?
"You're a nerd?" As soon as Xia Qian spoke, her pupils shrank astringently, "I...... My lips are too powerful, not only can I understand human words, but also the bird language of these two magpies? Master, they call me master? ”
It's been a few days since I crossed over here, and I don't remember this body at all.
However, Nankang Guo was able to give her two well-trained maids, and entrusted her with the important task of "captivating the country and the city", she naturally knew that the original owner of this body was not simple.
It's just that I can't imagine that in addition to the two well-trained maids, this rebellious who has never forgotten and knows lip language has a mysterious teammate like Magpie.
Although Xia Qian didn't know how to communicate with them, it was good to be able to understand each other's words, at least it would be beneficial for her to escape from the General's Mansion.
The bird called the spring flower screamed at Xia Qian: Master, the son asked you to go to the Liuyun Pavilion to connect, remember to play the piano - three strings.
"There's nothing wrong with your brain, how do you play the piano with three strings? Do you have the ability to play it for me? ”
Chunhua continued to chirp in the branches: Go to Liuyun Pavilion to find someone, play the piano, three strings.
She can only look at birds and can't speak bird language, and she mutters in her mouth for a long time and the other party can't understand it.
"If you don't understand, you can't blame me. Go back and find someone who understands the language! ”
Xia Qian looked at the two birds proudly, no matter how they called, she looked innocent - she wanted me to go to the joint to die, but there was no door!
The two birds chirped, flew around her for a long time, and finally squatted on the branch tired and stopped moving.
"Since you call me master, it's a waste not to use it, so why don't you help me find a way out! Besides, being bullied by the Huo family so far, you have to take revenge, don't you? She stared at the two birds and said thoughtfully.
After some comparison, she learned from the magpie that the king would celebrate his fiftieth birthday seven days later, and the general's palace would send congratulatory gifts according to custom.
She scribbled on the table with tea with excitement for a long time, and finally explained her revenge plan to Chunhua Qiushi.
"Go ahead, if your so-called son can help me out of this evil breath, I will go to Liuyun Pavilion to connect it for you! Also, don't forget to show me the way outside the General's Palace. ”
After explaining everything clearly, Xia Qian drove away Chunhua and Qiushi, and went back to the room to rest with great anticipation.