In the warm room, the candles are red. Zhang Wenzheng was concentrating on ink and without distractions. Unexpectedly, at this time, the door was pushed open with a "creak", which made Zhang Wen slightly distracted, and suddenly made an ink dot on the rice paper.

The person who pushed the door was Zhang Wen's close attendant Ruohua, the ugly thin girl, she said: "The tea that the owner wants is ready...... I didn't know how to raise my eyes and saw a strange woman in the room, I was startled and dropped the teapot.

Yang Xuan's attendant was also at a loss when she saw someone coming in suddenly, she was a ghost today and secretly went out of the palace to see Zhang Wen, if she was seen......

Zhang Wen just frowned, calmed down, and asked, "Is it hot?" ”

Ruohua was moved for a while when she heard this, shook her head and said with a red face: "No, no, slave...... The slave and maid will clean it up. ”

Zhang Wen said coldly: "No need, stay for a while and let the light makeup clean up." You can rest today, go to Cao An tomorrow, and let Cao An arrange a lighter job for you in the outer courtyard. ”

Ruohua listened to it and felt a sense of loss in her heart. Obviously, as Zhang Wen's internal servant, his status is much higher and he has a lot of money, Ruohua is full of grievances, but he has no choice but to say: "Yes, slave and maid, thank you." ”

When the light makeup outside the door heard what was being said inside, he was very happy and hurriedly avoided it. After a while, I saw Ruohua come out of it, and a person muttered something and went south.

Wakaka walked to the door of a back room, where she slept. But Ming'er is going to work in the outer courtyard and has to move out from here. At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice say: "Isn't the light in the owner's room still on, Sister Ruohua is coming back, why don't you go to serve the owner?" ”

Ruohua heard the voice, but did not see anyone, first was startled, and then heard the sound familiar, and then exhaled. waited until Ruohua's eyes adjusted to the dim light, and then she saw clearly, it turned out to be Chef Li. Ruohua heard Chef Li's question, and felt aggrieved, and her voice was a little choked: "The owner won't let me wait for him, and asked me to go to the front yard to work tomorrow." ”

"Did you do something wrong?" Chef Li asked in a concerned tone. She looked like she was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a chubby face and a short build.

Ruohua said: "The owner was talking to a woman in the room, and I accidentally knocked over the teapot when I went in, and the owner must have thought I was clumsy." ”

Chef Li said angrily: "The owner doesn't think you're stupid, but you are stupid." Where did that woman come from, you know? ”

"I don't know, it seems that I just came into the house tonight."

Chef Li said in a deep voice: "Didn't you hear what the owner called her?" ”

Ruohua thought for a while and said, "The owner calls her Miss Yang, but I was just about to go in to make tea, and I heard the owner call Yang Xuanwaiting." ”

"Yang Xuanshi?!" Chef Li's mouth opened into an oh shape, and she hurriedly reached out to hold her lips, stopped talking, and turned around and walked towards the cave door.

Chef Li walked quickly with her head down for a while, and suddenly saw a person standing under the eaves, and when she looked up, she saw that it was Xuanyue, and there were two Xuanyi guards next to Xuanyue, who were still wearing hats and couldn't see their faces at night. Chef Li looked flustered, but said with a forced smile: "Sister Xuanyue hasn't rested yet?" ”

"Where?" Xuan Yue's voice was as cold as a blade, with a murderous aura.

"Go to the toilet."

"Grab it and keep your mouth shut." Xuan Yue only asked one sentence, and then ordered to arrest people, without needing to explain the reason at all. The two women in Xuanyi next to them jumped over when they heard this, first took a piece of black cloth and stuffed it into Chef Li's mouth, and then tied it up.

Two women in Xuanyi followed behind Xuanyue with Chef Li, Xuanyue walked to the door of Ruohua's room, knocked on the door, and heard Ruohua's voice inside: "Who?" ”

"It's me." Xuanyue Road.

There was a small chord inside, and then the door opened, and Wakaka's head was scattered over her shoulders, apparently ready for sleep. She looked at Xuan Yue and said innocently: "Sister Xuan Yue, it's so late, what are you looking for me?" Turning to see Chef Li who was tied and gagged behind Xuanyue, Ruohua asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with Chef Li?" ”

Xuanyue looked at Ruohua's eyes and was silent for a moment before she said, "Ruohua, do you know how you died?" ”

Ruohua's eyes were innocent, and she shook her head, she didn't understand how Xuan Yue asked something inexplicable. I only heard Xuan Yue say: "Stupid." Come, take this bottle of medicine, there is no pain. ”

Ruohua then realized that Xuanyue was going to kill her, and she said in horror: "Sister Xuanyue...... You, what are you going to do? Seeing Xuanyue's murderous face, Ruohua grabbed the door and wanted to shut Xuanyue outside. Xuanyue stepped into the door with one foot, pushed the door with one hand, and suddenly the door panel did not move. Xuan Yue calmly walked into the house, handed over the bottle in his hand, and said, "Be obedient, drink it, and there will be no pain." ”

"I don't ......" Ruohua raised her hand and wanted to knock over the bottle, but as soon as Xuanyue withdrew her hand, she was empty. Ruohua realized that Xuanyue was really moving, so she was so frightened that she took a few steps back, kicked on a small bench, and suddenly fell on her back, she sat up, tears flowing: "Sister Xuanyue, what did I do wrong?" You spare me, I don't want to die...... I'm only fourteen years old, I haven't married a man yet, I want to have children......"

Xuanyue handed the bottle to the woman next to her, and the woman jumped up, pinched Ruohua's mouth, and poured the contents of the bottle into it. Ruohua struggled desperately, but Xuanyue's "Xuanyi Guard" were all screened people who knew how to play twice, and trained every day, Ruohua grew thin and weak, and had no power to restrain the chicken, but she couldn't struggle, and she was forced to pour medicine into her esophagus, and she was choked, and she coughed straight up.

Xuanyue saw that Ruohua drank it, so she said to the woman who poured the medicine: "You look at her, when she is dead, she will be burned in the side courtyard in the east, and Ming'er will only burn it during the day, and it will be inconspicuous." ”

The woman arched her hand and said, "Yes." ”

At this time, another woman in black came outside the door, and arched her hand: "Sister Xuanyue, the things are ready." A few people then took the tied chef Li out of the door and walked east along the eaves. There was also a hole in the eastern wall, which had been locked, but had been opened, and two women in black with waist knives stood at the door.

Xuan Yue and the others entered the cave door and arrived at the side courtyard. The light in the courtyard was very dim, only the first quarter moon in the sky cast a faint and miserable clear light, and the shadows of the trees were black, and it looked gloomy and terrifying. In the dark shadows of the trees, there was a house with a cold light. When the group entered the house, they saw a large vat in the middle of the house, which was filled with half a jar of water, and there was firewood under it.

"Who sent you? When you think clearly, you nod. Xuan Yue said coldly.

Several women in the house knew how Xuan Yue was going to punish this spy, and it was not the first time that such a method was used, so they skillfully tied Chef Li's hands and feet together and threw them into the water tank. Chef Li was immediately frozen by the cold water, her lips turned purple, and she had goosebumps on her body.

At this time, a woman lit the firewood under the water tank and began to heat the water tank. After a while, the temperature in the water began to rise, and Chef Li couldn't move even if she was scalded.

The cold wind outside the house was miserable, and there were muffled cries of women inside, like ghosts. Several women in Xuanyi watched silently, unable to say a word.

Finally, Chef Li couldn't bear it anymore and nodded desperately like a chicken pecking rice.

Seeing this, Xuan Yue said, "Peel off the things on her mouth." ”

After Chef Li could speak, she couldn't stop begging for mercy: "I recruited, I recruited ......"

"Who instructed you to come?"

Chef Li said with a sad face: "It seems to be someone from the Metropolitan Courtyard, I don't know who it is...... I really don't know, I just took a piece of silver, you can be gracious and let me go, I am guilty. ”

Xuan Yue gave a look to the woman next to her, and the woman took out a red-hot soldering iron from the firewood, and Chef Li's face was as white as paper when she saw it, and before she could scream, her mouth was covered, and then she heard a "z" sound, and a roast pig suddenly rose in the air. Hairy burnt smell.

Chef Li fainted. The two women lifted her out of the jar and threw her to the ground.

At this time, a person carrying a bucket poured water on Chef Li's body with a "bang", and Chef Li woke up quietly, and had been tortured to the point of being half-dead and moaning. As soon as she woke up, she saw a red-hot soldering iron again, and immediately shouted: "Spare your life, spare your life, I only know that it is from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I really don't know who it is......"

"How did you get in touch with Shangfeng?" Xuan Yue asked coldly.

Chef Li cried and said: "They know me, I just need to go to the Yuan Ji grocery store on Qipan Street, and naturally someone will look for me." ”

Xuan Yue was silent for a moment and said, "She's useless, she melts away with Ruohua." ”

The woman next to her arched her hand and said, "Yes." ”

Xuan Yue turned around and wanted to leave, but turned back and said: "The owner has always treated you well, and everything is easy to say, but if there is a problem with loyalty, I'm sorry." ”

The woman at the door and in the house said with a white face: "My subordinates understand." ”

Xuan Yue was busy for a while, returned to the inner courtyard, and walked to Zhang Wen's door, she was not in a hurry to knock on the door, she only stood and listened to the sound of talking inside.

When she heard what was said inside, Xuan Yue walked to the door, knocked lightly on the door, and said, "Boss, Xuan Yue has something to report." ”

Ruohua disturbed Zhang Wen's mood before, Zhang Wen bolted the door, and then he came to open the door. Xuan Yue glanced into the room, Zhang asked about it, turned around and said, "Miss Yang for a while." ”

Zhang Wen walked out of the door, and Xuan Yuecai whispered: "There is a spy from the Metropolitan Procuratorate at home, pretending to be a cook, and I have dealt with it." I'm afraid there are other spies, Xuanyue wants to send out all the people who can't be relied on, what does the owner think? ”

"An agent of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Zhang Wen pondered for a moment and said coldly, "You look at it, you have to be cautious at this time, don't put the real evidence in the hands of others." ”

Xuan Yue arched her hand and said, "Yes." ”

Zhang Wen looked at the sky and said, "Later, you will personally escort Miss Yang back." Before the time, the eunuch from the imperial dining room came out to do something, and you just did what Miss Yang said. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Wen turned around and entered the house, put away the murderous aura and gloom on his face, and said with a smile: "It is rare to have a confidant in life, and it is really a great pleasure in life to have a confidant like Miss Yang below." ”

Yang Xuanzhi bit his lip lightly, his face was full of relatives, and he said in a low voice: "But I don't know when we will see each other again." ”

Zhang Wen hurriedly said, "Miss Yang must not take risks easily. The queen mother, please take care of Miss Yang more, the relationship is good, in the future, the queen mother wants to go back to her parents' house to save relatives, you can let the mother take Miss Yang, don't we meet again? ”

Zhang Wenxin said: Yang Xuanzhi is the henchman of the Hakka family, as long as she gets along well with the queen, the queen's life will definitely be better in the future. Zhang Wen, as a relative of Queen Zhang Yan, has both prosperity and loss, although it is difficult to say a word, but the relationship is there and it is very implicated.

Yang Xuanzhi muttered: "If I had a home, it would be nice to have such a small courtyard and stay with my beloved for a long time......

Zhang Wen listened to Yang Xuanzhi's sincere feelings, and suddenly felt stunned, and recovered from the mundane conspiracy. He hesitated for a moment and said, "This is impossible, Miss Yang dispelled this idea as soon as possible, and the matter between the two of us should be the best thing to do on the spot...... Miss Yang can treat me as a friend, and if there is anything that needs to be done, I can do my best to support and serve. ”

"Are you ......" Yang Xuanzhi looked at Zhang Wen's face, and saw that there was a faint intention of killing between his sword eyebrows, Yang Xuanzhi was stunned, "Are you sincere to me?" ”

Zhang Wen said in a deep voice: "No, I can't be sincere to any woman. But Miss Yang is beautiful, beautiful and elegant, and she is deeply elegant, I can treat you as a confidant. ”

"Oh." Yang Xuanshi's eyes dimmed, as if he was two years older, "I want to go back, so let's leave." ”

Deceiving feelings and using Yang Xuanzhi is of great benefit to Zhang Wen, he was tempted, and finally gave up, muttering: "I know that love should be a very precious thing." Then he stood up and said, "I'll send you." ”

The two of them went out and walked to the outer courtyard. Fang walked out of the cave door, Yang Xuanzhi suddenly turned around and blinked his beautiful eyes and asked, "How did Master Zhang know that it was a very precious thing?" ”

Suddenly, Zhang Wen saw the miserable white manhole cover stone in the yard again, and felt sad in his heart, so he took Yang Xuan's hand and said while walking to the dry well: "I'll tell you a story." ”

The grass and trees in the yard have been trimmed and sorted out after Zhang Wen's development, and this deserted ancestral house has also become lively because of Zhang Wen's strength, but it is still lonely on this bleak night.

Zhang Wen recounted the old memories buried in his heart and about to become moldy, one by one. Those sad memories flowed out of Zhang Wen's mouth through calm language, which still made Zhang Wen addicted, as if he was born yesterday. Yang Xuanzhi was already teary-eyed and wet his clothes.

Zhang Wen said it in a concise tone, and his heart suddenly felt a lot better, and it is indeed good for people to talk about it. Yang Xuanzhi listened word for word, touched the stone on the dry well and said, "Xiaojuan, if you have knowledge under the spring, let Master Zhang go." ”

Zhang Wen smiled after hearing this, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods at all, and all problems came from himself or the environment. In a different era, Zhang Wen might still be able to become a painter and artist, but it is obviously inappropriate to engage in that kind of work now.

Now that the palace is controlled by the Hakka Wei Zhongxian party and sent Yang Xuanzhi away, Zhang Wen thought that there would be nothing to do. Unexpectedly, before noon, there was an accident at the door.

There was a commotion outside, and the guards at home were all armed and ready for battle. Zhang Wen hurriedly searched for Cao An and asked what was wrong. Cao An said: "A family ran to the door to make trouble, saying that we killed their little daughter. ”

"What's the name of their little girl, but the slave in the house?" Zhang asked.

"The surname is Li, the nickname is chubby, there is no big name, and she is a cook. It was in our house, but we couldn't find it now. ”

Zhang Wen thought for a moment and said, "Go and find Xuanyue for me." He guessed that this Chef Li was the spy that Xuan Yue said last night, but what he didn't understand was: Xuan Yue has always been careful in doing things, and it has been a long time, why didn't he deal with the spy family properly?