Chapter 216: The Broken Wheel
Jiang Wanxiu thought about it carefully, and she could understand the reason why Mengrou was calculating her, but if she thought that if she told her things so heartily, she would sympathize with her, then her calculation was really wrong.
"People don't kill for themselves, I'm helpless, I used to cooperate with them because I had no way, but after today, I understood one thing, I'm afraid it's not so easy for them to defeat you."
Meng Rou's heart seems to be gentle, but she sees things more keenly than anyone else.
She could see that Jiang Wanxiu was a person who would take revenge, and she calculated Jiang Wanxiu today, and she would definitely be retaliated against in the future.
Since ancient times, the dispute between the concubines has never ended, and the war between her and Meng Rong'er needs help, and the war between Jiang Wanxiu and Jiang Wanwen is the same.
But she didn't know that when dealing with Jiang Wanwen, Jiang Wanxiu just looked at her mood.
"You're smart enough to get out of the way in time, but the problem is that you and they help each other, and I don't need your help."
Jiang Wanxiu looked at her steadily, secretly thinking in her heart that fortunately Jiang Wanwen was not a person like her, otherwise it would not be as simple as it is now to deal with Jiang Wanwen.
"It's better to have one more friend than one more enemy, right?"
Even though her face remained calm, her heart became anxious, Jiang Wanxiu was really much more difficult and cautious.
Jiang Wanxiu is actually not wrong, the relationship between her and Jiang Wanwen and Cheng Yueer is a cooperative relationship of reciprocal interests, but the relationship between her and Jiang Wanxiu is completely different, and she has nothing to exchange.
But the more she did, the more she trusted her instincts.
Jiang Wanxiu, in the future, should not be underestimated.
Looking at the woman in front of her, Jiang Wanxiu secretly sighed in her heart that she was still young in the end, and the tension in her heart finally reached her face, and she changed her words, "However, you are right, one more friend is always better than one enemy, but what kind of friend you can become depends on your value." ”
The implication is that it still depends on how much she can pay, what she wants is Jiang Wanxiu's protection, so she should pay something of equal value.
"You definitely won't regret it." Meng Rou's tense mood relaxed slightly, although Jiang Wanxiu didn't fully trust her, but at least she was willing to try to believe it, which was a fortunate thing for her.
Compared with the arrogant and domineering Cheng Yue'er, and the scheming but not atmospheric Jiang Wanwen, this eldest lady of the Jiang family is a big shade worth climbing.
Meng Rou looked at Jiang Wanxiu's back for a long time, and stood for a while before leaving in the carriage, so she didn't see Jiang Wanxiu's situation.
"How so?" Jiang Wanxiu's face was slightly cold, she was really too good-tempered, anyone could calculate her.
"It was fine when the slave came just now."
Xi Ling frowned, looking at the broken wheel, her face was even more ugly than Jiang Wanxiu, she had obviously been standing here, and there was no reason why the originally good wheel would suddenly break.
"Miss, the wheel was sawn off, and the fracture is very clean." The coachman crouched down and took a closer look at it and came to a conclusion.
At this time, several carriages passed by, and several young ladies laughed and talked comfortably.
"Miss Jiang, my son-in-law asked the slave to come over and invite the young lady to our carriage." A man dressed as a servant trotted over and said to Jiang Wanxiu.
"No need, thank you for your kindness for me." Jiang Wanxiu directly refused, asking her to go to Song Chen's carriage so late, she might as well walk back, and when the time comes, it will be seen that Song Chen sent her back to her house, and she doesn't know what ugly words will be rumored.
The young ladies said sparsely, "I said Miss Jiang, don't be reserved, Uncle kindly invited you, but you refused, it's too unsatisfying." ”
Where the folk customs are open again, lonely men and widows will always be gossiped about at such a late hour, not to mention that these daughters are clearly watching the play, and maybe the car is broken by them.
At this time, the attendant who had led Jiang Wanxiu into the upper seat suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Wanxiu, only to see him bowing slightly towards Jiang Wanxiu respectfully.
"Miss Jiang, my master heard that Miss's carriage was sawed off, so he specially asked Zai Xia to prepare another carriage for Miss, and Miss's carriage was temporarily left in Mingyue Villa, and our owner will definitely find out who dared to do such a thing in Mingyue Villa."
The few young ladies who watched the play just now left one after another, and no one dared to stay any longer, for fear that the people of Mingyue Villa would mistakenly think that they did it.
"Okay, please thank you for me."
Jiang Wanxiu smiled slightly, and followed the man to another carriage, the tall horses had shiny coats, if they were ordinary people, they would definitely be kept as treasures, and in Mingyue Villa, they were just ordinary horses pulling carriages, which really shocked the wealth of Mingyue Villa.
The elm wood carriage is very low-key, but the inside is a curtain of night veil, you can clearly see the scene outside the carriage, the delicate carving is very detailed, and some books and daily necessities are placed in the dark compartments on both sides, but it is a very practical carriage.
The carriage slowly left the Bright Moon Villa, and only in the shade of the trees in the distance did two figures appear.
Mo Zixuan stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the departing carriage, a touch of interest crossed his face.
"Childe, didn't we specifically protect Miss Jiang, why didn't we invite her just now."
The man who spoke was seventeen or eighteen years old, and his sparse and ordinary face could not be compared with Mo Zixuan's delicate appearance.
"I was talking to Miss Jiang just now, but Qin Lixuan's henchmen, who do you think ordered her to lead the way with such condescension? And the carriage she was in just now, do you think it's just an ordinary carriage, it's the car of the owner of Mingyue Zhuang. ”
At this time, Mo Zixuan was a little less sick and weak in front of him, and he was standing in the shadows, his eyes were complicated.
"That guy from Mingyue Village is elusive, even I haven't seen his true face, Qin Lixuan, the only one who has seen him, is tight-lipped again, if it weren't for Qin Lixuan's guy who never lies, otherwise I would really doubt the existence of this person."
It seemed that when it came to the topic that made him unhappy, Mo Zixuan pursed his lips, obviously very disdainful of the mystery of the owner of Mingyue Village.
However, speaking of which, Jiang Wanxiu still knows a little bit, and he shouldn't have anything to do with the guy who is the owner of Mingyue Village, but he treated her with courtesy, and even made a promise to her, such an unusual exception made him realize that something was wrong.
"Young master, do you want to arrest the person who sawed off Miss Jiang's wheel?" The man asked.
"Throw it to Mingyue Villa, let's go back, it's time to tell the prince about it." Speaking of which, he really wanted to see Song Yuanxi's angry and jealous look.
After they left for a long time, Qin Lixuan leaned out from the roof and complained, "It's all Mingyue's guy, so I want to be a gentleman on the beam." ”
"Master, is this how the gentleman on the beam is used?" The black-clad shadow guard frowned and asked questions in a straight voice.
"......" Qin Lixuan secretly cursed Mingyue for the one hundred and eighth time, and actually threw such a strange shadow guard to him.
"I said yes, what am I not a gentleman?"
Hearing this, Ying Wei frowned, this deputy owner was really not modest at all.
"Scold me in your heart?" Qin Lixuan glanced at him and snorted coldly, "If it weren't for that guy's elusiveness, I would have been so busy dying?" I don't look at who is running around for him, but he is good, and he will be easy to do when the shopkeeper is done. ”
The man in black pursed his lips and said nothing, he naturally knew that the deputy owner was just complaining casually, to say that the entire Mingyue Villa was the most loyal to the owner, except for the deputy owner Qin, he didn't think about it secondly.
"The owner will understand the master's hard work." The Shadow Guard spoke stiffly.
Only this time, Qin Lixuan didn't reply, just smiled bitterly.
He just hopes that person can live an easier life, he should be living the best life, but he is so tired that he only has half a life left, so he can't help but be harsh.
Others only said that the head and tail of the Mingyue Village Lord Shenlong saw the head, but no one knew the hardships of that person.
Bearing unusually heavy responsibilities with his weak body, he walked silently in the dark, never complaining, and even proudly did not accept anyone's help.
"Go back, there are still things waiting for me to deal with" After saying this, Qin Lixuan returned to the villa with his hand.
He does have a lot of things to do, and he doesn't have time to grieve Qiuyue here.
"Yes." The shadow guard sighed, whether it is the master or the owner, they are all living too hard.
After Jiang Wanxiu returned to the house, she heard that there were guests in the house today.
It turned out to be her cousin, Jiang Zhao's eldest son Jiang Xiyang came.
I heard the old lady mention it before, saying that for next year's scientific examination, Jiang Xiyang would go to the Guyi Academy in the capital to study and prepare for the scientific examination in advance.
I didn't expect it to be today.
On the other side, the moonlight spreads in the courtyard, and there is a tall paulownia tree on the courtyard, and the purple flowers are blown down by the wind and fall to the ground.
Under the tree, a soft couch was placed, and a man in white leaned on it, with a fair complexion, warm and beautiful eyebrows and eyes.
He held a glass of wine in his hand and took a sip, but he didn't drop the glass, just paused quietly.
The purple flowers fell on his shoulders and did not blow away.
Thinking back to what Mo Zixuan told him about tomorrow's owner today, his heart was filled with jealousy.
"Shizi." A young man's hearty voice interrupted Song Yuanxi's thoughts, he dropped the wine glass, and covered up the little bit of frustration just now, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"According to the report from the spies, the Marquis of Xi Yuan and An Bogong will enter Beijing this time to be sealed, and now they have lived in the palace of Taihang Mountain outside Kyoto, and it is said that they drink and have fun all day long, so they are not happy." Mo Zixuan said.
The corners of Song Yuanxi's mouth provoked a sneering smile, and said: "The two lords of the dead country are really happy, the emperor recalled the two of them to the capital with a clear sense of humiliation, and even the emperor underestimated the shame of the two of them." ”
Seeing Song Yuanxi say this, Mo Zixuan also sneered, and then Song Yuanxi's words said:
"If the two of them had a sense of shame, they should have been martyred when the country died, and now they are happily leading the title of the emperor, bowing their heads to the vassals, and dreaming of death all day long, but they are even happier than when they were the king."
"The emperor has always been suspicious, Rao is so mediocre, but he still summons them to Beijing every few years, saying that it is a reward, but in fact it is a temptation." Song Yuan said tauntingly.
"If the emperor finds out that they have any clues, I guess they won't even be able to get out of this Kyoto." Mo Zixuan lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Song Yuanxi said with a little smile: "I expected that their current behavior is just to confuse the public, I think about it, but I still don't feel at ease, tomorrow is the time to enter the palace to face the saint, I don't know what will happen, it's better to be careful." ”
Mo Zixuan frowned, and said: "We don't have to be afraid, it's the palace banquet the day after tomorrow, and there will be a lot of people who will come to participate, and there will be a lot of mixed people when the time comes......"
"Just act when the opportunity arises."