I woke up at noon the next day.

There was some pain in the brain, probably because he was drunk after eating the cup of gold paper the night before. When she opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a bed. When I wanted to get up, I felt that my scalp was pricked with pain, and I touched my head with my hand, but it turned out that the hairpin headdress on my head was still there, or the hairpin had pierced the flesh.

The pain reminded her of what had happened day and night. At this moment, where is Sanxi? Cao was drunk last night, but now he is awake? What is this place?

Struggling to get up, my head hurts, my scalp hurts, my whole body aches. After several exertions, the whole body is soft and unable to support.

Looking at the house sideways, it is a delicate and exquisite small bedroom, all furnished, gorgeous and extravagant, if this place is the North Mansion, presumably Zhuang Xuan, Zhuang Ying's house is not here magnanimous.

Yes, magnanimous, but not elegant.

Could it be that this is Cao's side compartment?

In the midst of his thoughts, there were footsteps and low voices outside. Yu Qi straightened up, continued to lie down, and closed his eyes again. Sure enough, my eyes were closed, and I heard the sound of the curtain being lifted.

The footsteps approached lightly, and the subtle breath stopped at the bedside for a moment, about the people who came to see her. Didn't make a sound. After a while, the footsteps went out again. Suddenly, I heard a conversation or two outside.

It also sounds clear, like Guiyuan's voice.

Gui Yuan said: "The girl slept here? Didn't wake up once? ”

The echo said, "I've seen it a few times, but I haven't woken up." At this point, I wonder if I should rush it. ”

Gui Yuan said: "Then you stay for a while, if you wake up, you go to the front and give me a word." It's time to fetch water and get ready to go! ”

The person who returned to the low should be. After that, Guiyuan's footsteps gradually faded away.

After waiting for a while, it was quiet outside, and Yu Qi eased his strength, and now he had to get up no matter what.

Finally got up, held on to the bed frame, and staggered to the ground. Looking around the house, the pattern is the same as the daily courtyard room, but the ornaments and furnishings are not outstanding, and there is no doubt that it is the place of the North Mansion. Yu Qi had no intention of looking around again and walked towards the curtain.

When I got to the door, I listened to see if there was anyone outside, and after listening for a while, there was no one. She cautiously lifted the curtain and turned sideways to go out.

Through the door curtain, there is a high gate laneway, which is pitch black, and through the hollow high door, you can see the slightest ray of sunlight, and the sunlight shines obliquely in rows and hits the ground. There is a row of bronze lanterns erected on both sides of the roadway, and candles are still lit above the crane's head.

Yu Qi was a little scared, not to mention the magnanimity of the house, such a pattern of lanes is inevitably a little gloomy, especially the candles lit behind the sunlight of the high door, the candle light is swaying, the flames are swinging, and wisps of white smoke are rising from the tip of the fire.

If it weren't for the sound of someone just hearing someone's voice, you would have felt that you were in the realm of Hades at this moment.

Her steps changed from hesitation to hurry. Yes, how do you know where this place is without going out? How to find Sanxi? Perhaps, such a mysterious place is suitable for detaining people.

For the Cao family, he is an enemy, and Sanxi is no better, so why not be imprisoned?

Because of the thought of Sanxi, Yu Li's footsteps gathered, she was firm, and moved forward quickly.

There is a bend not far ahead, after the bend, it is still a sandwich road, the sandwich road is facing a high door at the bottom, the high door is hidden, and there is no curtain.

Standing under the door, Yu Qi leaned slightly sideways, slightly poking out to look outside.

It was a hall, the hall was bright, the furnishings were more luxurious than the room where I slept, and the gold, silver, jewelry, and utensils were everywhere, reflecting the bright light, and the room was full of brilliance, and it was more and more brilliant.

Yu Qi thought: Out of the hall, I'm afraid I'm going outside, I don't know what kind of place is outside.

It was indeed outside, because at this time I heard the chirping of birds and insects, and the footsteps and talking of people in the distance from somewhere.

Yu Qi was about to go out, when he saw a figure walk in. She hurriedly withdrew and shrank to the wall, wanting to lift her skirt and rush back, but where was the time, she had to go back through two lanes, and it was strange not to be seen by the people behind.

Looking around, she saw a large vase in the corner, and she hurriedly shrank behind the vase. Just after settling down and calming his breath, the person who walked in from outside came in. She took a basin.

Waiting for everyone to walk away, Yu Qi walked out and rushed out of the hall in one step.

Falling into the hall, I saw the gate outside at a glance, and outside the gate was a heavenly courtyard. Yu Qi was secretly happy in his heart, and he finally came out.

Who knows, she didn't step out of the door, and someone came outside.

At this point, nervousness and uneasiness lead to confusion. The people who came in saw her.

And the person who came in was not anyone, it was Cao's family, Guiyuan, and Yuyuan.

Before entering the door, Guiyuan also said something to the Cao family, probably saying that the second girl, Zhuang Qi, was still angry and refused to eat and drink since last night. Because he suddenly saw Yu Qi standing in the hall, Gui Yuan's words were not finished.

Cao Shi was stunned, and then smiled evilly, and looked at Yu Qi with hooked eyes: "Yo! Awake? ”

Yu Qi panicked and hurriedly saluted: "Please too*." ”

Cao nodded, walked in coldly, passed by her, and sat on the chair in the main hall.

Yu Qi's eyebrows were lowered, he didn't dare to look at it, and his heart was like a rattle, and it sounded for a while. I thought: This is a problem.

Cao Shi didn't immediately ask her anything, and for a while, he saw Guiyuan and Yuyuan go out. There should still be people waiting outside, Gui Yuan and Yu Yuan scolded the people outside, they couldn't listen to the real content, and their voices were harsh. After a while, I saw the two men come in with tea and snacks.

Refreshments are placed on the table.

Gui Yuan said to Cao's family: "Those people were clumsy, they went to the wrong yard, and they only came after half a day. ”

Cao Shi hummed, waited for Yuyuan to pour tea, took the tea, took a bite, and then said: "What are you doing here, hurry up." A day of white food waits, raise these for nothing, and see which one has a conscience. ”

Gui Yuan answered "yes" and stepped back.

Waiting for Guiyuan to go out, Cao said to Yu Qi: "Sleep well? ”

Yu Qi was in a trance, and didn't notice that Cao was asking himself.

Cao's strange eyes looked at her again, showing embarrassment.

Yuyuan coughed, took a slight step, leaned over and reminded Yu Qi: "Girl, Mrs. asked you something!" ”

Yu Qi woke up suddenly, raised his eyes with an "oh", and hurriedly saluted Cao's again, and said again: "Please too*." ”

After hearing this, Cao Shi was bored and said, "You have to get it, please pass it." Then he raised his hand to Yuyuan.

Yuyuan recognized it and withdrew, but instead of going outside the courtyard, he went to the alley inside. Immediately after, I heard a few "pops" in the alleyway, or the sound of someone falling to the ground.

Yuyuan's voice came: "How do you serve the girl!" ”

Another voice cried: "Sister, the girl was not there when I came in, so I didn't work in a blink of an eye, didn't I go to bring water?" Why is it gone, I am looking for it in every corner! ”

Yuyuan chirped: "Still looking, everyone has flown to the sky!" ”

At this point, the cry screamed and cried and begged for mercy. In the blink of an eye, I saw Yuyuan pulling a girl's hair out.

That girl is the person who led Yu Qi and Sanxi to see the Cao family the first day, and she is also the person who went to the black house with Gui Yuan and Yu Yuan to pick up Yu Qi the night before.

Obviously, the girl was beaten by Yuyuan, the fingerprints on her cheeks were dark red, her nostrils were bleeding, and her hair was messy.

The girl was pulled forward and pushed to the ground. Immediately, she knelt up and kowtowed to Cao.

Cao Shi took a sip of the teacup and was about to eat it.

The girl cried, only kowtowing desperately, without words.

Cao Shi put the tea bowl on the table, exhaled, and said, "Okay." The forehead is expensive, and I can't afford to pay for it. ”

The girl is still dead.

Cao Shi closed his eyes, and said with a smile: "You are doing this errand, and you are left to kowtow?" ”

Yuyuan whispered: "Madam, she didn't serve a good girl, admit her mistake." ”

Cao said: "Can you regret eating poisonous wine? If the poison enters the body, you can detain the poison by picking your throat? ”

Hearing this, the girl went limp, and finally said, "Mrs. spares ...... life."

Yu Qi stood and watched in shock, extremely remorseful in his heart, but it wasn't that he suddenly got up and walked out wantonly, causing trouble for this girl. So, Yu Qi couldn't bear to close his eyes, trying not to hear or look.

As usual, but seeing such an injustice, Yu Qi wanted to say a few words.

Now, the mud bodhisattva crosses the river, it is difficult to protect himself, how can he be angry?

I don't know what Cao Shi and Yuyuan do with this girl, but I heard the sound of something being pulled and rubbed on the ground.

After a while, the voice was gone, and it was Cao's sigh and sigh.

Cao said: "Let the girl see something uncomfortable, and let the girl stand upset." ”

Yu Qi suddenly opened his eyes and said hurriedly: "No." My wife should not have waited and watched when she was dealing with family affairs, but I was rude. ”

Cao Shi sneered and said, "Who said you were an outsider?" ”

Who said? Yu Qi sneered in his heart. Didn't she push herself out last night? Isn't it said that he is an outsider?

Cao Shi smiled and laughed, and then said: "It can be seen that you don't treat yourself as a person here, so you say that you are an outsider." If you think of yourself as someone inside, then you have to say that I am an outsider. ”

After hearing this, Yu Qi stood upright and knelt down, and said: "I have a stupid tongue, I am not good at speaking, and I have said the wrong thing." Ask your wife for forgiveness. ”

Cao raised his hand and motioned for her to get up.

Yu Qi up.

Cao said: "You are very eloquent, who said that you are not good at speaking?" I just asked you, how did you sleep? You answered well, didn't you tell me that you didn't sleep well? I'm not at ease here! ”

As soon as Yu Qi got up, he knelt down again and said, "I slept well with my wife, and I slept all night and never got up." ”

Cao said: "Heh, I slept extremely steadily." But what is it that makes you so down-to-earth? ”

Yu Qi racked his brains to talk back and forth, but he didn't have any words in his heart.

Cao Shi said again: "You went to the Phoenix Pavilion in Xifu and slept so peacefully? ”

Xifu Phoenix Pavilion? How long has it been? It's really vivid, lingering! I moved from Jinghua Xie to the Phoenix Pavilion in Xifu, and was grounded and trapped there, which is related to Beifu! was locked there, and the Cao family came to see her many times, and now that I think about it, those eyes were premeditated and became hostile to her.

Thinking deeply about the Phoenix Pavilion, the Cao family came to see it a few times, and some incidents happened. For example, Cao's brought food for no reason, and he cared about Yu Qi for the old lady on the surface, and when she left, he called someone to clean up the food boxes and chopsticks. You must know that before Yu Qi opened the food box, the Cao family came to pick it up.

At that moment, Yu Qi thought to herself: My wife may think that I am crazy from hunger, how can I finish eating in such a time?

The Cao family took the things back, and after a while, the county lord sent someone to reprimand Yu Qi, saying that Lu Qi had not thought about it honestly, and began to complain to the elders.

At that time, Yu Qi didn't understand the meaning of the county lord's words. Later, one day, Baozhu, the girl beside the county lord, mistakenly said: "Beifu sent you such good food, why don't you eat it?" Rancid, tell her to take it back. ”

Yu Qi didn't think much about it, thinking that it was the girl from Beifu who was doing it.

There are many more like these. Because of this, the county lord snubbed himself even more.

Now that I think about it, someone is willing to do it.

And now, no matter how she answers, it is a rebellious meaning in Cao's ears, saying that she sleeps well, and she says that she sleeps well when she thinks deeply. Didn't you mean that she had figured out a way to escape? Got a way to deal with her?

Yu Qi lamented in her heart: When my mother was alive, I had never seen her have such a deep mind. Why do the women here think differently from their mothers? Yes, otherwise, my mother would not have left the village and lived far south with my father.