Chapter 026: A Mysterious Figure Appearing in the Night
Ling Qingrui instructed Chu Xue to go to the garden, collect some blooming crape myrtle flowers for her, branch her up, pick up the bowl of soup and slowly sprinkle it in the flower pot on the side.
That piece of warm jade was originally the best jade, and it was soaked in the juice of the fire grass, which could make the jade easier to give birth to warmth, but it did not have the original intention of the warm jade to slowly warm up and nourish the body, but it would make people's bodies weaker and weaker.
And the bowl of decoction that Chu Xue brought exuded a faint lotus fragrance, which should have an extra white lotus.
The white lotus is similar to an ordinary lotus heart, but it has a faint fragrance more than an ordinary lotus heart, and it will soon disappear as the decoction becomes cold, if it weren't for Chu Xue hurriedly bringing the decoction, I'm afraid Ling Qingrui wouldn't be able to smell that lotus fragrance.
If you take too much white lotus, it will make people slowly stupid, and others will answer whatever they ask.
It's just that at this time, the fire grass and the misty white lotus met together, and the two effects changed instead, and they became crazy for people.
Ling Qingrui watched the decoction slowly seep into the soil, and the sneer on her lips became even stronger, it seemed that some people couldn't sit still!
However, it seems that there is no discussion about doing it again?
There is also the first snow of decoction......
Ling Qingrui pondered, her eyes inadvertently glanced out through the window that had opened a gap, and a vague black shadow jumped down from a roof in the silvery moonlight.
I saw that the black shadow soon reappeared on the courtyard wall of Bixia Pavilion, although cautious, it seemed to be very familiar and approached Ling Qingrui's boudoir.
Could it be the maid beside Aunt Shen who she hadn't had time to find out, but had entered her room?
Ling Qingrui frowned slightly, quickly flashed to the window, looked through the gap, and a porcelain vase in her sleeve slowly slipped into her hand.
The black shadow quickly approached, but lingered in front of the window again, as if he was a little hesitant, and at this time, although Ling Qingrui couldn't see this person's face, she also knew that this person was not the maid she thought she was, he was a rather tall man.
After the black shadow hesitated again and again, he turned around and prepared to leave, Ling Qingrui saw the opportunity to slam open the window and spilled the liquid in the porcelain bottle!
Feeling a little coolness behind him, the man was startled, but he didn't look back, and his body disappeared into the night after a few jumps, but there was a trace of grass with the cool breeze sending over.
The maid who stole into the room, the mysterious man, and the poison of the falling feather in the Ling family, there seemed to be countless mysteries surrounding Ling Qingrui!
"Miss, why are you standing in front of the window, be careful of catching a cold!"
Chu Xue hurried back, and saw Ling Qingrui standing in front of the window, and the window was open, so she hurriedly went over to close the window, and helped Ling Qingrui sit down.
Picking up the flower basket that she had put down in a hurry just now, Chu Xue opened her round eyes and said very proudly: "Miss, you see, the slave maid has cut so many crape myrtle branches, and the young lady wants the slave maid to insert them in the vase?" ”
Chu Xue only thought that Ling Qingrui was on a whim and wanted to put some flowers in the room.
Ling Qingrui raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Xue and asked, "You climbed the tree?" ”
The crape myrtle trees in the garden are not short, not to mention that they are still at night, so Ling Qingrui asked this question, Chu Xue also understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "No, the slave maid found Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen is a florist in the house, and he knows where the crape myrtle flowers bloom best." ”
"Well, there's no need to insert the vase, you take off these petals and dry them, I'll be useful."
Chu Xue agreed, carefully picked the petals, and shook her head from time to time, as if it was a pity that such a beautiful flower was picked like this.
Soon the table was covered with crape myrtle petals, and just as Hatsuyuki reached out to collect all the petals in a cloth bag, a bright red and blood-like thing faintly appeared on her right wrist.
Ling Qingrui's heart moved slightly, and she seemed to be casually saying, "Chu Xue, you have ...... on your wrist."
Chu Xue hurriedly pulled down her sleeves to cover up the blood-colored thing, her round eyes slowly drooped, and her voice was a little sad and said: "It's a birthmark, the slave's father said that this birthmark will bring disaster to the family, so don't want the slave, and because of this birthmark, the slave and maid were sold many times until they came to Liufu." ”
Chu Xue raised her head, with tears in her eyes, and said, "Isn't Miss also a slave?" It's really just a birthmark, and it won't bring disaster to Miss! ”
"I'll see." Ling Qingrui's voice was still indifferent.
Chu Xue's left hand tightly covered her right wrist, and her whole body was tense as if she was trying her best to hide something.
Ling Qingrui reached out and pulled her left hand away, gently lifting the sleeves of her shirt, revealing the birthmark on her wrist that looked like a full moon.
Looking at this blood-colored birthmark that looked like a full moon, Ling Qingrui couldn't help but be in a trance, as if something was about to come out of her mind, but she couldn't remember what it was.
Ling Qingrui rubbed her temples with a headache, but saw a tear fall on the blood-colored birthmark, like a blood-colored flower in bloom.
Raising her eyes, Ling Qingrui saw that she always had a pair of round eyes, and it was very cute Chu Xue burst into tears, and her heart softened slightly.
Although she can't fully trust Chu Xue, Ling Qingrui will never believe in the absurd statement that a birthmark will bring disaster to people, she is actually just habitually judging the nature of this birthmark, whether it will cause danger to Chu Xue's life.
"Silly boy, I didn't want you, it's a pretty birthmark."
Hearing this, Chu Xue couldn't help but burst into tears, and then seemed to notice that she was not crying and laughing like this, and said with some embarrassment: "Miss, obviously the slave is older than you, how can the slave become a child." ”
The smile returned to Hatsuyuki's face, but no one knew how helpless and frightened Hatsuyuki had been.
This birthmark has always been regarded as a symbol of disaster, when she was very young, she was abandoned by her father and mother at a very young age, and Renyazi sold her to a large family as a maid, and every time she was found because of the birthmark, she was quickly sold to Renyazi.
In order to survive, she always carefully hid the birthmark, and even thought about digging it up alive.
At this time, Chu Xue's heart was full of warmth because of Ling Qingrui's words, no one had ever thought that this birthmark was beautiful, let alone said so!
Maybe it was from this moment that Chu Xue really began to regard Ling Qingrui as her own young lady, even if she gave her life for her, just for the warmth of this moment.
After breakfast on the second day, Ling Qingrui came to the courtyard with the first snow and walked slowly.
"Miss, your body is still weak, why did you still come out?" The first snow is full of concern.
"Take a walk and soak up the sun."
The flowers were blooming, the butterflies were flying, everything seemed to be normal, only Ling Qingrui's eyes lit up slightly when she saw a few flying blue butterflies, and followed the blue butterfly, and walked forward with a slightly faster pace.
After walking not far, Chu Xue said suspiciously: "Miss, what are you doing at this back door?" This back door is open for vegetable farmers who send vegetables and fruits to Fuzhong, so Miss should go back first, maybe a vegetable farmer will come in a while. ”
Hearing this, Ling Qingrui stopped, turned around and walked to a gazebo, which could see the back door from a distance.
After a while, the back door opened, and someone began to send fruits and vegetables inside, but Ling Qingrui hadn't noticed the tall man from last night.
Until the back door was about to close, another man walked in with two baskets, and the blue butterfly that had been wandering and flying nearby was flying beside the man and refused to leave.
Seeing this, Ling Qingrui suddenly remembered the smell of grass she smelled last night, her eyes lit up again, and she asked Chu Xue beside her, "Chu Xue, do you know who that is?" ”
Chu Xue glanced at it, frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "The slave only knows that this uncle has been delivering food to the house for many years, and it seems that he has never seen him speak, so everyone calls him a dumb uncle." ”
Dumb uncle? Uncle Dumb probably didn't expect what the juice that Ling Qingrui spilled last night was, and he didn't expect Ling Qingrui to find him just by relying on this juice.
Blue Butterfly Love Flower, the name of that juice, was made by Ling Qingrui before Ling's death, and it is best to use it to track people.
As long as it is contaminated with a little juice, even if the person changes his clothes, he will still attract blue butterflies to his side, and this effect will slowly disappear after ten days.
A vegetable farmer who delivers vegetables to the house has martial arts, and he seems to be very familiar with Bixia Pavilion, and it seems to be in a no-man's land in the dark night......
It's just that this dumb uncle appeared in Bixia Pavilion, but he just wandered around for a while and didn't do anything, what was his purpose?
Ling Qingrui had to wonder.
Seeing that the dumb uncle got the copper plate given by the subordinates of the Liu Mansion, but did not leave immediately, and gestured with his hands there, Ling Qingrui instructed Chu Xue to inquire about it in a while, what did this dumb uncle compare with that subordinate person.
It didn't take long for Chu Xue, who went to inquire, to come back and said: "Miss, the dumb uncle saw the slave and the maid from a distance and left, and the slave and maid inquired, and the dumb uncle asked the old lady and the old lady in the house if they were okay, saying that they had received the favor of the Liufu, and asked if they could kowtow to the masters of the Liufu." ”
Ling Qingrui nodded slightly, thinking in her heart what kind of opportunity she was looking for to get in touch with this mysterious dumb uncle.
"Oh, isn't this Miss Rui, but she's in good shape?" Aunt Shen's soft voice came.
Aunt Shen is proud of the spring breeze these days, and Liu Wenzhe really handed over the middle feed in the house to Aunt Shen after the death of the Ling family.
The people in the mansion had long known that the Ling family had fallen out of favor, and at this time, Aunt Shen took over Zhongfeng, which was really extremely smooth, and even the old lady praised her for doing things safely.
Ling Qingrui saw Aunt Shen walk into the gazebo, got up and slowly passed by her, and a faint word floated over gently, but Aunt Shen's face changed again.