Chapter 128: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
Three days later, it was the birthday of Zhou Shiya, and there were rules for Zhou Ying to order the worship up and down the White Crane Mountain. According to the code, from Zhou Tianyong to Zhou Yi's generation, they all went to the Guiyun Hall to kneel and worship the spirit of the world. The ceremony lasted about two hours, and during this time, Zhou Yi only left a girl to serve in his mother's room.
After breakfast, Zhong Yu changed into plain clothes and took magpies and others to Guiyun Hall to participate in the worship ceremony.
As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into Zhou Yi. At that time, Zhou Yi had been waiting for her for a long time, and when she saw that the magpie was also coming, her eyes turned sharply, and she greeted her with a smile, and said to Zhong Yu: "I was about to look for you......" said this, and at the same time looked sideways behind her, coughed twice, and said to the entourage: "I will talk to you girl, you step back first." β
The maids were ordered to retreat, but the magpies seemed hesitant. Zhong Yu naturally understood what she meant, but in front of Zhou Yi, a little hesitation would make him suspicious, so he opened her mouth and said: "The book "Filial Piety" that my brother dedicated to my mother, the book is very handsome, I borrowed it from my mother and wanted to copy a copy, because there have been many things recently, it has been delayed until now, and this morning I took the time to copy two pages and put it under the pavilion. Look at the weather, I'm afraid it's mostly raining, magpie, you go back and put it away, don't rain again. β
The magpie was so clever that he didn't know what she meant, so he cheered up and respectfully bowed to the two of them and said goodbye.
Zhong Yu saw her walking away, turned back to her brother and smiled, "Say, what's the matter?"
Zhou Yi glanced a few times in the direction where the magpie left, deliberately showed a suspicious gaze, and said in a low voice: "Sister, you are simple in your heart, and you must be more wary of those subordinates who tend to be inflammatory......!
"Oh, I said brother, you see that I am here in Baihe Mountain, I am a big idler who has nothing to do, how can others beat my idea?"
"Then are you blaming me for neglecting you?"
Zhong Yu smiled, took his arm and said squeamishly: "Of course not, you are so busy, I don't want to make trouble for you!"
"That's good, since you have nothing to do, I have something I want to entrust to you, I don't know if you can keep the secret?"
When Zhong Yu heard this, he immediately stopped smiling and listened to him in detail with a serious face.
Zhou Yi looked at the crowd of people who were in a hurry on the left and right, pulled her to a secluded place, and said in a low voice: "Today is Master Tai's birthday, according to the ceremony, everyone in Baihe Mountain will come to kneel and worship him." Now my mother is seriously ill and still needs someone to take care of her......"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhong Yu asked, "Isn't Sister Yun here?" As soon as the words came out of his lips, he quickly covered his mouth with an idea. After pondering for a moment, he smiled and said, "Then I'll go over! Sister Yun has been working hard enough these days." β
Zhou Yi said: "It turns out that Yun'er is there to take care of her mother, but Yun'er is the only granddaughter of Master Tai, how can she not come today." β
"That's right, I went to talk to my mother, I haven't seen her for a few days, I really miss her!"
"That's not necessary, I've arranged for other people to serve at my mother's place, and you can help me keep an eye on someone when you go back. β
"Who!" Zhong Yu asked in a low voice.
"Yu Xi!"
Zhong Yu raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and after a while, he asked, "Why do you want to keep an eye on her?"
"Yu Xi is a person with a foreign surname, and she is not among the worshippers, and I am afraid that my mother will be understaffed, which will give her an opportunity. Therefore, for the safety of your mother, you should walk around more, so that she can be afraid and ensure that your mother is worry-free. β
"Okay, then I'll take a few more people!"
"Hey, no, mother needs to recuperate, you just go and make a noise for Yu Xi to see, you don't have to really go in and disturb. After two days of recovery, my mother will naturally call you to talk alone. β
Zhong Yu listened, nodded in response, said goodbye to Zhou Yi and walked out.
However, he didn't go far when he suddenly saw Yu Xi and Yun'er holding hands and walking towards Guiyun Palace. Zhong Yu was really surprised to see her here. was wondering, suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly hid behind a boulder.
When Yu Xi and Yun'er passed by, they said in their mouths, "It's inconvenient for people with foreign surnames to enter, sister, just come back to Miss Murong to find me, and I want to learn more about Madame's situation." β
Yun'er said: "Anyway, it's quiet in my aunt's place now, why don't you go and see it for yourself?"
Yu Xi sighed, "You don't know, that brother of yours is guarding against me everywhere, why should I make trouble for myself!"
Yun'er said: "Well, too, if you want to say that you want to go the most now but can't go to your aunt's place, it's you." You go back first, I'll look for you when I come out!"
The two said goodbye, and after Yu Xi sent her in the door, he quietly walked the path back.
Zhong Yu came out from behind the boulder, squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "You won't go to your mother's place?"
When the magpie heard her words, his heart was uncertain, and he asked two sentences in succession, "Are you sure that Gongzi asked you to come back to guard against Miss Yu?
Zhong Yu said: "He said, today is Master Tai's birthday, Yu Xi is inconvenient to enter as a person with a foreign surname, according to this, I am also a person with a foreign surname, so he is looking for me." Besides, although I am not born to my mother, I still have the grace of nurturing in the past ten years, and when it comes to the safety of my mother, who can care more than me!"
The magpie nodded as she listened, and it did make sense to hear what she said, and it seemed that this was a great opportunity to defeat Yu Xi. She knew in her heart that the poison in the Zhang family was not caused by Yu Xi, so Yu Xi would never ask for trouble at this moment, if she brought someone to arrest her at this moment according to Zhong Yu's intentions, she would be disappointed. She secretly calculated that since Zhou Yi did suspect Yu Xi, and Yu Xi had inquired about Zhang's illness from Yun'er, coupled with Zhong Yu's jealousy of Yu Xi in her heart, it was natural to create a false impression that Yu Xi had been to Zhang's residence at this time.
At that moment, it was advisable to stabilize Zhong Yu for the time being, so he persuaded her: "I say something, I don't know if the girl can trust me?"
Zhong Yu looked at the sun outside, looking a little anxious, "When has this been, why are you still saying such things!"
The magpie smiled coldly, "Then listen to me, Yu Xi will never go to Madame's, so you don't have to worry about Madame's comfort!"
Zhong Yu was not stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Are you serious?"
That's why I asked the girl if she could trust me. β
Zhong Yu turned around and walked a few steps, undecided.
"The girl didn't want to think about it, what kind of person was Yu Xi, she was so shrewd, she would definitely think that Gongzi would take today's opportunity to lure her into the net, so she would never risk going to Madame again. After all, in her opinion, now that Madame's safety is unknown, her goal has been achieved, and Childe can't grasp her handle, so she is completely sure to win this game. β
Zhong Yu was skeptical, "Then what should we do?"
"Of course not! Now Childe can't do anything to her, and in a few days he will have to let her go, and then it will not be so easy to avenge his wife. I know that the girl is a filial son, so naturally I don't want to use my wife as a bargaining chip to move to Yuxi, but if you don't do some things, you will miss a great opportunity to move to the opponent!"
"What are you referring to?" Zhong Yu asked with a frown.
The magpie's eyes were cold, the corners of her mouth were slightly yang, and the resentment against Yu Xi in her heart naturally formed a premeditated murder against her now!
"Create the illusion that she's going to deliver an antidote to Madame!"
Her words made Zhong Yu both shocked and confused, "She sent an antidote to her mother?
Because Childe already suspects her, she wants to get out, so she naturally wants this turmoil to end quickly. β
"How can you be sure?"
"Childe asked you to spy on her, which is enough to show that Childe has made up his mind. These days, Gongzi can't find anyone else who poisoned him, so it can only be said that she is still the most suspicious, so she has every reason to detoxify Madame!"
"But didn't you say she wouldn't go to her mother?"
"I said it, to create the illusion that she was gone!"
The more Zhong Yu listened, the more confused he became, so he asked her to elaborate.
The magpie said: "I have thought carefully about it in the past few days, why Gongzi has not let Madame show up? Is it just that Madame needs to recuperate? If this is the case, you are not far more intimate than Miss Yun to serve Madame?"
"What do you mean......"
"Madame's poison has been cured!"
Zhong Yu was shocked, "Why do you think like that? If that's the case, my brother will definitely tell me!"
The magpie shook his head and smiled: "Girl, don't be so naΓ―ve, okay! Gongzi asked you to come out today to keep an eye on Yu Xi, isn't it obvious what he meant by his words? After all, you are the same as Yu Xi, you are a person with a foreign surname! So he believes in you and believes in Yu Xi, or there is no difference between guarding against Yu Xi and guarding against you!"
Zhong Yu was dumbfounded, his eyes were red and he was stunned for a long time before he said a sentence, "How could he doubt me? My mother has saved my life, and he knows how I have treated my mother all these years!"
"Of course he won't doubt you, but he won't trust you completely, after all, you're surrounded by someone like me who he hates!"
Zhong Yu's face was expressionless, his body trembled, and two lines of tears fell suddenly.
"You say, what should I do!" Zhong Yu was silent for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said.
The magpie's face showed a hideous smile, "This is what the girl should be concerned about." β
As he spoke, he closed the door and pulled Zhong Yu down inside, "I carefully inquired about the symptoms of my wife's illness, and looking at her symptoms, it seems that she has been poisoned by strychnine." β
Zhong Yu just listened coldly, her heart was like ashes at the moment, and there were no more waves, so it was not surprising to hear the magpie say that Zhang's poison was poisoned by strychnine.
The magpie looked at her expression, and his heart grew bolder, and he continued: "I was also poisoned by this poison when I was a child, so I remember its interpretation, which I had boiled out yesterday, and now I only need to heat it up a little more to send it to Madame." Later, I went to bring the medicine to my wife, and then I sent someone to Yu Xi to lead her to the old man's house. The girl went to the son in person and tried to bring him to the lady, and at that time, the fact that Yu Xi took the opportunity to change the medicine for the lady was ironclad evidence that she confessed to the law!"
"Mother still has a few maids guarding there, how can you get in?"
The magpie laughed and said, "I have my own way!" Oh, many, didn't the prince say that he had never been able to find the motive for Yu Xi's murder of his wife, but I thought that the girl should send someone to the ancestral hall dedicated to her mother. β
"Ancestral Hall?"
"Oh, the girl doesn't know yet, I've been serving at Childe's place for a few days, and I know a little bit about the layout there. There is an ancestral hall behind the child's study, which is only a corridor away from the lady's residence, so the lady worships Yu Xi's mother there for a long time. The lady and her mother must know something about it, and I watched her bully the girl, and I couldn't get angry, so I thought I wanted to take this breath for the girl, so I ......"
Zhong Yu's eyes were cold, he hesitated for a moment, and sneered: "I understand what you mean!"
At that moment, the two acted according to the plan, and the magpie found a few henchmen, and according to her instructions, they went their own way.
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