Chapter 60: Disfigurement
In the burning evening pavilion, the mysterious man saw that someone seemed to rush in from the firelight, and after glancing at Jiang Wanxiu, he hid behind the firelight.
Jiang Wanxiu immediately understood, and immediately lay down on the ground in the closest place to the door, only to see the guards who rushed in and saw Jiang Wanxiu at a glance.
The guard shouted outside the house, "Here, the eldest lady has been found"
After speaking, he picked up Jiang Wanxiu and rushed out of the fire room.
When the ghost-faced man saw that Jiang Wanxiu had gone out safely, he jumped out of the fire.
As soon as the old lady saw Jiang Wanxiu come out, her face was surprised and happy, "Wanxiu, how is Wanxiu?" ”
"The eldest lady seems to have fainted."
Hearing this, the old lady looked up and down carefully, Jiang Wanxiu looked very embarrassed, her face was full of soot, and the green silk was scattered, and she found that her arm was injured after a closer look, and the rest of the place was intact, fortunately.
The old lady asked eagerly, "What about Qingqing?" How is Qingqing inside? ”
"Back to the old lady, I haven't seen Miss Biao yet, and the slave quickly rescued the eldest lady as soon as he saw it."
At this moment, there was another commotion on the side of Wanzhao Pavilion, and Bai Qingqing was carried out.
The old lady didn't bother to ask Jiang Wanxiu again, and when she saw that Bai Qingqing was carried out, her heart was shocked again, and she had a bad premonition.
"How's Qingqing?" The old lady asked.
A servant girl beside Bai Qingqing knelt down with a puff, "Old lady, Miss Cousin is still angry, but ...... Disfigured ......"
What?
Taijun's body shook and he almost fainted.
But she still held on to her composure, walked in front of Bai Qingqing, and saw that her originally pretty face had been burned by the fire, and the right side of her face was covered with blood, which was unbearable.
"What a wreck."
The old lady was dizzy for a while, and was supported by the maids and aunts around her to stabilize her figure, as if she had aged two years in an instant, and turned to look at the sea of fire and said sternly:
"Check it out! Get to the bottom of it. The old body wants to investigate for himself, how did it catch fire, I see who dares to harm you. ”
Mrs. Jiang held Jiang Wanxiu's hand, looked her up and down, with crystal tears in her eyes, and cried: "How are you, Wanxiu?" Wanxiu, wake up, go and ask the doctor, go and ......"
"Miss." Xia Zhu and Qiu Ju came up, and they were all teary-eyed.
They are Jiang Wanxiu's henchmen and know what Jiang Wanxiu is going to do tonight.
In order to avoid accidental injury, there was no one to serve in the hall of the East Pavilion tonight, and the maids and slaves were all in the outer courtyard, and they were the first to run out.
If Jiang Wanxiu hadn't confessed, Xia Zhu and Qiu Ju would have rushed in to save her, but they waited anxiously outside, and they couldn't see Jiang Wanxiu come out, and they were about to die of worry.
When Jiang Wanxiu came out, the two of them felt distressed again when they saw the injury on her arm.
Jiang Wanxiu, who was pretending to be dizzy, listened to the scenes, but she couldn't wake up at the moment.
Pretending to be I don't know if it's smelling the fragrance for too long, I fell asleep.
A moment later, the doctor arrived, and both of them were in the west pavilion of the evening pavilion, one person in one room.
After the diagnosis, both of them were still in a coma, and the doctor judged that Bai Qingqing's face could not be saved.
Compared with Bai Qingqing, Jiang Wanxiu was slightly better, the injury was on the arm, although it was a fake injury, but the potion smeared by the ghost-faced man made the injury look like the real thing, and the doctor did not notice the abnormality.
In the middle of the night, after everyone left, Xia Zhu Qiuju was still waiting for Jiang Wanxiu by the bedside.
Jiang Wanxiu seemed to have a nightmare and woke up for a while.
Xia Zhu saw that Miss opened her eyes, wiped the tears on her face, and said, "Miss, Miss, you are awake, you are scared to death of the slave." ”
Qiu Ju also said bitterly, "Miss, I thought I would never see you wake up again......"
Jiang Wanxiu reached out and touched their heads, and raised a comforting smile at them, "I'm fine, don't worry, it's okay." ”
Hearing this, Xia Zhu's tears fell again, "Miss, why are you so careless, your arm is ......"
As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Wanxiu's round arm covered with white cloth.
For a woman, the slightest flaw in her skin will affect her life, let alone such a big scar.
Jiang Wanxiu smiled and said softly: "Fool, how can your young lady be so stupid, that injury is fake, but it is not something that ordinary people can find, you see that I don't hurt at all." ”
After speaking, she also gestured to poke the bandaging place with her finger.
After Xia Zhu and Qiu Ju listened, they said suspiciously at the same time: "Fake? ”
Jiang Wanxiu nodded, "Yes, but don't let anyone find out, after tomorrow, the ghost doctor Guan Yan will come with me to take medicine, you just pretend not to know." ”
Only then did a smile welling up on the faces of the two, and they responded: "Yes, Miss"
After speaking, the two waited for Jiang Wanxiu to lie down, and then returned to their room with peace of mind.
Jiang Wanxiu lay on the bed and touched her arm, at this moment her head was full of ghost-faced people, his glance and smile, especially his deep cold eyes, gave her a sense of déjà vu, but she couldn't remember who it was?
Although she didn't get the dragon head ring from him in this life, the appearance of this person also allowed her to seize an opportunity to change her brother's fate.
And today, he is trying his best to protect her.
Although she didn't know anything about him, she had an inexplicable kindness.
In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Wanxiu had just gotten up and was about to visit her mother, when a maid came to inform her that the old lady was invited.
Last night, Heshoutang stayed awake all night, and early this morning, the old lady personally presided over the trial and invited her to go.
When they arrived at Heshoutang, the lady and the old man waited on both sides of the old lady, and the maids and guards who knelt on the ground under the hall were all nervous and pale, but it seemed that they had not been executed yet.
There were also Su Lan and Jiang Wanwen sitting in the hall.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanxiu respectfully saluted the old lady, and the old lady nodded and gave her a seat.
Then, the old lady glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Wanxiu, I heard a report from someone last night that you woke up, and I was also relieved, how is your body?" Now that the representatives of several rooms have gathered, the public trial can also begin. ”
Jiang Wanxiu was wearing a plain white dress, got up and replied softly: "Grandmother Lao cares, it's not a big deal, it's just that it's a little uncomfortable from being smoked, and most of it has recovered after a night's rest, but it's ...... arms."
She drew everyone's attention to her tightly bandaged arm, and the old lady couldn't help but feel a trace of distress in their hearts.
Before the old lady could speak, Xiao Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, was already glaring at Jiang Wanxiu resentfully, "Miss was only burned if she was invited to the East Pavilion by the eldest lady." ”
Xiaoyi knew that Bai Qingqing wanted to kill Jiang Wanxiu, but this time, Jiang Wanxiu did not die, but was only injured in the arm, Bai Qingqing was hit instead, so she concluded that Jiang Wanxiu must have done it, but there was no evidence.
Hearing this, Jiang Wanxiu's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and she glanced at Xiao Yi, who was kneeling on the ground viciously, her long and curly eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said lightly:
"Xiaoyi, you feel sorry for your young lady, you are grieving excessively, I can understand, but the most important thing now is to find out the real murderer."
When the words fell, she sneered in her heart, she wanted to repay the pain that Bai Qingqing had put on her.
The old lady stared at Xiao Yi in the hall with angry eyes, and asked coldly, "What evidence do you have!" Your lady told you personally? ”
Hearing this, Xiaoyi retracted her gaze, and kowtowed to the old lady while crying:
"Miss Biao hasn't woken up yet, but many maids in Wanzhao Pavilion have seen it with their own eyes, it is the magpie in Fang Aixuan who set the fire, begging the old lady to call the shots, Miss is the only one in Jiang Mansion who loves her."
After Xiao Yi finished speaking, she kept kowtowing, tears flowed non-stop, and she felt sad when she looked at the old lady.
Indeed, in Jiang Mansion, who else in the Jiang Mansion really loves Bai Qingqing.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanxiu raised her head slightly, glanced at Xiaoyi lightly, frowned, and said, "My maid set fire?" Xiaoyi, this can't be, right? ”
Su Lan, who was sitting silently on the side, said coldly at this time, "I heard that you Fang Aixuan's cheap maid absconded in fear of crime, if you don't do anything bad, what will you run." ”
After last night, the magpie disappeared.
The mother and daughter in the second room on the side saw this scene, and their faces were full of schadenfreude.
Jiang Wanxiu and Bai Qingqing dog-eat-dog, they are really happy, but it's a pity that Jiang Wanxiu's face was not burned last night, otherwise the entire Jiang Mansion, except for his own daughter, who else would be able to show the scene in the Jiang family.
Hearing this, Jiang Wanxiu raised her eyes to look at the old lady, and said with a blank expression: "Grandmother, I don't know which slave it is?" Wanxiu was unwell last night and didn't wake up until midnight, and when she got up this morning, she was summoned by her grandmother, and she didn't know what was going on. ”
The old lady sighed heavily, looked at Jiang Wanxiu with deep eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The maid who absconded is called a magpie." ”
Jiang Wanxiu had a surprised expression on her face, covered her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief, and sighed suspiciously: "Is it her?" I've met magpies a few times, but she's not the maid in my room, and I don't know much about her. ”
After the words fell, Jiang Wanxiu got up from her seat and said to the old lady: "Please grandmother to see." ”
The old lady nodded, looking at Jiang Wanxiu's calm and comfortable expression, she was not confused when she was identified by others, and she did not deliberately argue, she didn't believe that it would be Jiang Wanxiu's instructions, so she said:
"The old body also believes that you are innocent, Wanxiu, tell me, what happened that day? You are the person concerned, and you know the specific situation best. ”
From the moment her grandmother came to inquire about her physical condition, Jiang Wanxiu knew that the old lady had found some evidence that could prove her innocence, and she had already made a judgment on this matter in her heart.
Moreover, Jiang Wanxiu was also injured, although it was not as injured on her face as Bai Qingqing, but as a daughter's family, scars were the most unwanted, and the old lady expected that Jiang Wanxiu would never be so ruthless to herself.
Jiang Wanxiu frowned, a pair of black eyes rolled in her sockets, pretended to recall carefully, and said:
"Last night I invited my cousin to the East Pavilion to appreciate the paintings together, so there were only me and my cousin in the East Pavilion, my grandmother wanted to blame me, I can also understand, if I didn't invite my cousin to the East Pavilion, my cousin wouldn't have ......"
When the words fell, Jiang Wanxiu looked a little sad, snorted, and choked up: "The East Pavilion is the center of the fire, if my cousin was still in the main hall, maybe she would have gone out a long time ago, and I ...... blamed it."
Everyone in the hall was watching her, and everyone wanted to hear how Jiang Wanxiu had cleared herself from the matter.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Wanxiu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief, and continued to sob:
"At that time, our sister was talking, and my cousin said that she was sleepy, and I felt a little tired, and then we found out that there was a fire, and we wanted to run but we were tired, lethargic, and couldn't make energy, grandmother, I suspect that someone poisoned us, otherwise my cousin would not have been unconscious."
The old lady nodded secretly, yes, what Jiang Wanxiu said was exactly the same as what she investigated.
"You're right, I've investigated everything in the Wanzhao Pavilion. Although many have been burned, some have been found. The incense you use is too heavy to calm your nerves, and it will make you fall into a stupor. ”
The old lady said, her eyes fell on a few slaves and maids on the ground like a blade, "You cheap maids still haven't explained, what's the matter with incense?" ”
The slaves and maids were so frightened that they kowtowed again and again, and replied tremblingly: "The slaves and maids don't know, the old lady spares her life." ”