Chapter 18: Side-Attack (Part 2)
"What to do? If you lose it, you will be scolded by your master when you go back......"
"It's cheap to scold you! I'm most afraid of going back and being clicked with a knife......"
A few watchers muttered quietly and stepped out of the darkness and looked around.
It wasn't long before the back of the man in the red mask reappeared not far in front of them.
"Ahh - Over there! Keep up! Someone with sharp eyes suddenly noticed the person they had lost before, and hurriedly followed again.
Chiyi's figure appeared and disappeared in front of them, and he always appeared unnoticed when the people behind him felt that they were about to be lost.
These people chased all the way, hiding, and navigating the streets and alleys of the capital.
Towards dawn, they found themselves following the red-masked man in front of them to a large mansion.
The man walked along the base of the courtyard wall for a while, and then flew up the courtyard wall and jumped into the courtyard wall.
The people who followed them waited for a while, but they did not wait until the corner door of the mansion opened and the next man came out to work, and they were convinced that this man had entered.
At the door of this big mansion, there is a plaque with gilt characters on a black background, with four big characters on it: "Wu Guogong Mansion"!
"Oh my God! It's actually someone from the Wu Guo Mansion! ā
The watchers hurriedly retreated quietly and hurried back to report the news.
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"What? Chiyi is actually from the Wu Guogong Mansion?! The middle-aged man in the green shirt listened to his subordinates' report, patted the armrest of the back chair, and Huo Ran stood up.
But it didn't take long. He narrowed his eyes, sat down again, and said half-incredulously, "...... But in the Wu Guogong Mansion, haven't you heard of anyone who is particularly good at kung fu? While pondering, he ordered: "Go and invite Old Man Wu, I have something to say to him." ā
Old Man Wu was soon invited to this remote mountain villa on the outskirts of the capital.
"Is there anything urgent? Now come to me here. Old Man Wu frowned, "Isn't that good?" ā
"Old man Wu, don't blame, it's like this, there is an urgent matter, I want to talk to you." said. He followed his men after Chiyi, who wore a red mask. Say it to Mr. Wu.
After hearing this, Old Man Wu's face immediately became very unsightly, "...... Do you think that person is from my Wu Guogong's mansion? ā
"Old man Wu, don't blame me for being too talkative. Even if he is. You don't know who he really is. Of course. It may also have nothing to do with the Wu Guogong Mansion at all. It's just that someone deliberately muddies the waters. ā
Old Man Wu nodded, "I see." I'm going to go back and strengthen my precautions. You can't watch three watches in the middle of the night, and then someone will enter and leave my Wu Guogong Mansion at will! ā
The middle-aged man smiled. personally sent Old Man Wu out.
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In Zhou Huaili's second-rank hussar general's mansion, Wu San's grandmother took the maid and her mother-in-law to the courtyard where Jiang Siniang and Zhou Huaili lived to visit Jiang Siniang, who was sick in bed.
"Mother." Jiang Siniang hurriedly sat up from the bed and wanted to get up and salute.
"No, don't care about these false courtesies." Grandma Wu San raised her hand and signaled that Jiang Siniang didn't have to get up.
The mother-in-law beside Jiang Siniang brought a circle chair with a white tiger skin over and asked Grandma Wu San to sit down.
Grandma Wu San sat opposite Jiang Siniang and said to her, "How have you been feeling lately?" Are you feeling better? ā
Jiang Siniang nodded slowly: "It's better." ā
In fact, her face is still frighteningly white, and she is very thin, which makes her look very bad.
Grandma Wu San knew that she said this, just to reassure herself, but she didn't know how to persuade her after thinking about it, so she had to pat her hand and said, "Take care of it, don't think about it." You're a first-timer, so you're going to be tired. It would be nice to wait until these months have passed. ā
Jiang Siniang's heart was sour, and she said with tears: "Let my mother bother, it's all my bad ......" didn't protect her child.
Grandma Wu San shook her hand, "Don't think about it, take care of the baby." When the child is born in the future, you will come to the bitter end. ā
Jiang Siniang nodded vigorously, "Mother, I know, I will take good care of the child in the future." ā
Grandma Wu San persuaded her a few more words before she asked Zhou Huaili, "What about Huaili?" I haven't seen him in days. ā
Jiang Siniang looked at the door and said, "He has been busy these days, saying that there is something in the military department, and he is busy helping the military department make a military register." ā
"Oh, then I'll go back first, you're so alive, what you want to eat and drink, just tell the kitchen to do it." Grandma Wu San said a few more words before getting up and leaving.
Not long after she left, Zhou Huaili returned.
Jiang Siniang said to him: "Mother came to see me just now and asked about you. ā
Zhou Huaili knew that Grandma Wu San had something to say, so he hurriedly said, "Then you eat first, and I'll go see my mother." ā
Jiang Siniang nodded, "Go quickly, mother seems to have something to say." ā
Zhou Huaili came to the courtyard where Wu San's grandmother lived, and said to the little maid guarding the door at the door: "Help me pass it through, I want to see my mother." ā
The little maid hurriedly said, "Third grandmother, the general is here." ā
Grandma Wu San answered in the back room, "Let him in." ā
Zhou Huaili walked in.
Grandma Wu San had already come out of the back room and was waiting at the top of the hall.
"Mother, how are you today? Dinner? Zhou Huaili greeted him first.
Grandma Wu San said, "I was just going to have dinner, why don't you eat with me here?" ā
Zhou Huaili's eyes were red, "Mother, we haven't had dinner together for a long time." I will definitely accompany my mother to eat today. ā
Grandma Wu San smiled, ordered someone to prepare the meal, and sat down with Zhou Huaili.
The mother and son finished their dinner in silence, and the mother-in-law served tea again.
Grandma Wu San instructed them: "You guys should also go to dinner, there is no need to serve here." ā
"Yes, Third Grandma." The maid bowed and retreated, and only their mother and son were left in the hall.
Zhou Huaili sat quietly holding the teacup and did not speak.
Grandma Wu San lowered her head and took a sip of tea and sat for a while. Cai said: "...... Do you remember when Juan'er died? ā
Zhou Huaili was stunned, and looked up at Grandma Wu San for some reason, "Mother, which Juan'er?" Who are you talking about? ā
"Hehe, you can't even remember her name? Juan'er, of course, it's your cousin Wu Chanjuan. Grandma Wu San smiled, put down the tea cup in her hand, and squinted her eyes to look at Zhou Huaili.
Zhou Huaili's face was as usual, but there was a faint look of regret between his eyebrows, and his hands were on his knees. Sit up straight. said in a low voice: "So you mean cousin ......"
"yes, who else could there be?" Grandma Wu San pursed her lips, "Juan'er's death day is coming." You won't forget, will you? ā
Zhou Huaili smiled, "I really don't remember." ā
Grandma Wu San sighed. "I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed of Juan'er. ā
Zhou Huaili said "um". "Mother is thoughtful and dreams at night. If my mother is really concerned about her cousin, I will go and worship her in a few days. ā
Wu Chanjuan died unmarried. Still buried in the ancestral grave of the Wu family.
"I'll be there in a few days." Grandma Wu San glanced at Zhou Huaili, "Do you want to come with me?" ā
"I'm not going." Zhou Huaili showed an embarrassed expression, "Siniang is pregnant, and she is not in good health, if she knows that I am going to worship my cousin, maybe I will think cranky again......"
Grandma Wu San laughed twice more and shook her head, her voice already tinged with a hint of alienation, "...... Sure enough, I only heard the newcomer laugh, and I didn't hear the old man cry. If Juan'er hadn't died suddenly, your current wife would have been her. ā
Zhou Huaili's brows furrowed, and his face was a little unsightly.
Obviously, he didn't like to hear such words.
"Forget it, it's better if you don't go. I still remember that on the night of Juan'er's death, you lived in the Wu Guogong Mansion. Last night I dreamed of Juan'er, she said, someone deliberately harmed her......" Grandma Wu San said while staring at Zhou Huaili's face, as if she wanted to find clues from his face.
Zhou Huaili's face was as usual, he only sighed, and said, "Of course someone harmed her." The Dali Temple said that she was murdered. It's just that the murderer has not been caught so far. ā
Grandma Wu San took the opportunity to say: "Yesterday Juan'er said in my dream that someone has been chasing the murderer for her. And the person who set fire to the Wu Guogong Mansion that night has been arrested and is being tortured. ā
"Impossible!" Zhou Huaili subconsciously retorted, "How can the person who set the fire be caught? Mother, you must not believe the things in your dreams, but you must not believe them all. ā
"Oh? Do you think the person who set the fire will not be caught? I think that compared with the murderer of Juan'er, the person who set fire to the Mingse Courtyard is actually easier to catch. I remember that night, a man and the man who set the fire faced each other. "Grandma Wu San meant something authentic.
Zhou Huaili reacted at this time, and he had already returned to normal, and he nodded, "It's good to catch it." If you catch the arsonist, you might be able to catch your cousin's killer. ā
"Well, I hope to catch your cousin's killer soon." Grandma Wu San brought tea, "Go back and treat Siniang well." The child in her belly, but your concubine. ā
Zhou Huaili got up and saluted, "Then I'll go back." ā
As soon as Zhou Huaili left the courtyard where Grandma Wu San lived, Grandma Wu San put away the smile on her face and threw the teacup in her hand to the ground with a bang.
The teacups were smashed to pieces, broken porcelain pieces were everywhere, and brown tea stained the snow-white lichen on the ground.
After Zhou Huaili left Wu San's grandmother's yard, he was also a little uneasy.
He walked around his yard a few times, and did not return to the house, but only commanded the maid at the door: "...... When I talked to the young grandmother, I said, I have something to do today, and I won't come back at night. ā
Zhou Huaili turned around and left the courtyard and went to the second gate.
He left his general's mansion and went straight to the mansion of the Duke of Wu.
"The Great General is here!" The door of the Duke of Wu's mansion opened the corner door and happily invited him in.
Zhou Huaili nodded, "Is the grandfather here?" ā
"In, in, just came back from outside, dusty, tired. General, go and meet our old man! The man said happily and took him to see Old Man Wu in person.
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This is the second update. Ask for pink tickets and recommended tickets. O(ā©_ā©)Oć It's the end of the month, so there should be a ticket, right?
The storm is brewing, can you see it? \(^o^)/~ā¦ā¦ (To be continued......)