thirty-seven

"I ...... I was just passing by. ”

"But you should work in the courtyard in gardener's clothes......" In the face of Cheng Ming's questioning, the nameless was silent, thinking in his heart that the second son of the Cheng family was despicable and cunning, if he forcibly made up a reason to prevaricate, it would make him even more suspicious, so he confessed: "Just now I overheard the quarrel between the eldest prince and the third son, and the two are hiding unspeakable secrets!"

Cheng Ming was satisfied with such an answer, so Cheng Ming grabbed the nameless collar, pulled him up and asked, "Do you know how to write?"

"Yes, I can write, but why aren't you interested in the two of them arguing?

Cheng Ming squinted in disgust, and then said perfunctorily: "Other people's affairs are unreasonable, and they can't please eat good fruits when they are involved, so it's better to be honest and go to the account room with me to keep accounts......"

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Nameless followed Cheng Ming's steps to the account room, he was carefully copying the kitchen bill, and Cheng Ming next to him was counting with an abacus, and the two were busy and had no chance to chat.

Half an hour passed, Cheng Ming sat with a sore back, he drank hot tea and got up and went out, leaving a nameless copy of the bill, nameless thought to himself - the content of the quarrel between Cheng Yi and Cheng Xiao just now was very suspicious, maybe the Jinyiwei spy of the Northern Han Dynasty was captured by the personnel of the Supervision Mansion, and they did not want to hand over the Jinyiwei spy to the military aircraft department, so the old man conspired with Cheng Yi and hid Jinyiwei in the manor dungeon......

The target is locked in the dungeon, in the account room, Nameless first folded the brush in his hand in half, and then took advantage of Cheng Ming's departure time to sneak behind the screen, carefully rummaging through the drawers of the main table.

This sneaky thing made Nameless nervous, his heart was beating wildly, his forehead was sweating, and finally he found the key in the dark box of the drawer, and when he reached out to steal it, the old man behind him asked, "What are you looking for?"

The hair on the nameless body stood on end, and he said in his heart, why is there always someone behind me when it is critical...... When he turned around stiffly, the person in front of him made him stunned, and he said hesitantly: "Good morning, sir......"

"It's not early. Cheng Laojin's eyebrows were pale, and his calm appearance was serious, at this time Cheng Ming entered the account room, saw the nameless person leaving his seat without authorization, and scolded angrily: "Dog minion, get out of here, who let you in?"

"I ...... I accidentally broke the barrel of the pen and wanted to go in and find a new brush...... I'm sorry. Nameless cut off the pen in advance as evidence, so that he had an excuse to retreat, but Cheng Laojin didn't believe it, and called for the guards to subdue him to the ground.

Cheng Ming was afraid that the nameless would affect him, after all, he was the one he brought, so he pleaded with Cheng Laojin in a good voice and said: "Father, you see that the brush on the table has been broken into two sections, he is not lying......"

"Immediately put him in a dungeon. ”

Cheng Laojin kept a straight face, didn't listen to the explanation and pleading, he never expected that his decision would make Nameless snicker secretly, thinking to himself - I was still worried about whether the bunch of keys could open the door of the dungeon, so good, someone took the initiative to send me in.

Everyone looked at Nameless in surprise, but Nameless couldn't help but laugh out loud and pretended to explain, "I...... I'm innocent......"

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Zhang Zongle carried Cheng Xi Qinggong and leaped out of the rock pile, the two smiled goodbye, and agreed to meet often, they were happy to have a confidant to accompany them, and even felt a little excited.

At noon, leaving the low-level orchard and going to the middle-level canteen, Zhang Zongle was full of spring breeze all the way, whistling, saying hello to the blue sky and clouds, thinking - this orchard is full of harvest, I don't know what the situation is like without a name?

The open-air canteen is built tall, with five large long tables and 100 wooden stools at the bottom of the eaves, which are often full, and you also need to wait in line to enter the venue.

The other servants of the manor all took the big duke's bowl to fill the meal, and this Zhang Zongle was cheeky to find an iron basin, and he had to take the opportunity to cut the queue to be the first, and smiled and glanced at Aunt Orange (Aunt Orange is an old woman, she and Zhang Zongle/Nameless pretended to be mother and son to work in the manor).

The two of them looked at each other in place, and Aunt Orange ignored the feelings of others, put the two roast duck legs into the iron basin, and then covered them with rice, and on top of the rice were steamed fish tails and braised pork pieces, which could not even fit vegetarian dishes, this kind of treatment was simply a son......

Zhang Zongle took a pot of delicacies, looked for a nameless person everywhere but disappeared, so he sat down casually, feasted, and listened to the servants next to him gossip.

"Do you know anything about the recent hauntings?"

"Do you mean the ghost outside the master's study?"

"Not only in the study, but also in the old man's courtyard, I heard that it was the crying of a female ghost......

"Every midnight at the third watch, there is a ghost crying, which is particularly terrifying, it may be the unjust ghosts who died tragically in the manor, and they want to ask the master for their grievances......"

"Has anyone seen it?"

"Yes, the lord asked more guards to watch the courtyard, and some guards saw a white shadow floating around without a head!"

The servants chatted about some ghost things, trembling with fright, on the contrary, Zhang Zongle did not believe in the ghosts and gods, he believed in himself, and continued to listen to the servants while eating.

"Do you remember the Qijia extermination case two years ago? All those dead had no heads......

"The Qi family, their family seems to have a business with the old man for a holiday...... Could it be that the old man sent someone......"

"Don't talk nonsense, if you let the boss hear it, you won't be slapped and beaten with a stick!"

Zhang Zongle stopped his chopsticks, and with his keen intuition, he could have a premonition that something was wrong, and there must be a truth hidden in it, but the important thing was to find the key to the dungeon and go into the dungeon to rescue the Jinyi Guard spy.

"Have you noticed that there are more guards and workers on the estate? ”

"That's right, Qingming has passed, there shouldn't be any other grand festival activities~ Why are you still recruiting guards and workers?"

"Because the lord is going to hold a martial arts competition, a large number of workers are needed to expand the high platform to the top floor to welcome people from all walks of life......"

"Alas~ If the martial arts competition starts, then we will be busy from dawn to night, why does the master always like to engage in martial arts activities......"

"Have you forgotten that the lord has a lame daughter? The lord loves her very much, and is afraid that she will not be taken care of in the future, so he wants to find a beginner son-in-law who can protect his daughter. ”

"We haven't seen such a lame lady for a long time, and I thought she was dead, alas~ She is really a wretch, no matter how rich the lord is, he ...... it"

The mention of Miss Lame in the servant's words made Zhang Zongle think of Xi'er, and hurriedly asked: "Does the old man's daughter's name have a Xi character?" Facing Zhang Zongle's interjection, the servant knew that he couldn't hide it, so he said hesitantly: "Miss's name is Cheng Xi." ”

Zhang Zongle was disgusted by the servants' secret ridicule of the master, slapped the table angrily and scolded them, and drove them away, in addition, Ba Tianxiang, who had a blue nose and swollen face, walked straight over and asked, "Where is your brother (nameless)?"

"How do I know ......" Zhang Zongle looked at the scarred Batianxiang and wondered, he didn't know anything about the nameless Batianxiang being stung by a wasp, he repeatedly glanced at Batianxiang's embarrassed appearance, and snickered gloatingly.

"You're not right, I'll teach you a lesson!" Let you experience the pain!" As soon as the words fell, Ba Tianxiang lifted Zhang Zongle up and threw him on the wooden table, just as he hit his head, the whole person fell to the ground, bleeding from his forehead, and fainted......

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(It's original Mint Lotus, please don't plagiarize.) ）