Chapter Twenty-Seven: Hiding from the Sky and Crossing the Sea
After Wang Yan and Zhou Shan left the Yuewei Dart Bureau, about an hour later, the maid who was stunned by Zhou Shan woke up: "Where am I? Why does my head hurt?" The maid touched her head with her hand and muttered softly to herself.
After a while, she seemed to remember something, looked around in a panic, and broke out in a cold sweat. His face instantly turned pale, and he couldn't stop trembling.
"Oh no. Small...... Miss is gone!" the maid lifted the brocade quilt that covered her, jumped off the bed, ran to the door barefoot, pulled the door open with all her might, leaned her body against the door frame, and shouted weakly.
The two guards guarding outside Zhou Shan's house were alarmed, and looked at the young lady leaning against the door, but shouted that the young lady was gone, and his brain couldn't turn for a while, what the hell is the young lady going to do?
At this time, it was dark outside, and the candlelight in Zhou Shan's house shone out, so that the two guards could only see Zhou Shan's clothes clearly, but they couldn't see her face clearly.
The preconceived notion made the guards think that it was Miss Zhou Shan herself who was wearing this dress. One of the guards said, "It's dark outside, please close the door and rest, if there's anything, wait until dawn tomorrow." “
"Miss?" The maid was stunned for a moment, not understanding why the guards called herself like this, she lowered her head, and when she saw that she was not wearing her own maid clothes, but the clothes of the young lady, she suddenly realized.
"You are mistaken, I am the maid who delivers the meal, not the young lady. The maid anxiously shouted again, "The young lady has changed into my clothes and is gone." “
"What are you talking about?" The two guards panicked, if Miss Zhou Shan ran away under their noses, how could she explain to Master Zhou.
stepped forward to pull the maid into the house, and carefully looked at her face by candlelight, and the hearts of the two guards fell to the bottom, it was really not a young lady.
"Tell me, how did you collude with the young lady, exchange clothes, and let the young lady run away?" one of the guards immediately grabbed the maid's clothes, lifted her up, and began to reprimand harshly. He realized that only by putting the blame on this maid could he escape severe punishment.
"I... I didn't, Miss ran away, I don't know what to do, little ...... Sister knocked me out, how to change my clothes and let Miss go...... It's not me to collude. The maid was frightened to death by what the guards said, and spoke incoherently.
"Don't ask, looking at her appearance, she doesn't look like she passed through with the young lady. Although the young lady changed into a maid's clothes and hid from us, she still shouldn't be able to get out of the door of the dart game. The maid can't leave the dart game casually at night, this is the lord's rule. I suspect that the young lady must be hiding somewhere in the game that is not easy to be found now, and wait until dawn tomorrow to leave. Let's not make a noise for now, hurry up and look everywhere, as long as we find Miss, there will be no trouble. The other guard was calm, and instead of thinking about how to shirk responsibility, he came up with a solution.
"Without further ado, let's find out. The guard let the maid go and warned her, "Stay here honestly until we find the young lady and come back." ”
Two guards locked the maid in the house and locked the door. Leave quickly, carefully looking for where the young lady might be hiding. Without alarming anyone, the two guards searched the entire dart game, and did not find Miss Zhou Shan.
The two looked depressed and met at the gate of the game.
"How's it going?"
"Nope. What about you?"
"I didn't find it either. ”
"Why can't I find it? Miss has really left the dart game?"
"At this point, we can only ask the guards guarding the door to see if any of the people dressed as maids have left tonight, and then we can decide. ”
The two walked up to the guards who were about to close the gate: "Erniu, have any maids left the dart game tonight?"
"Yes. At dinner, Wang Yangongzi left with a maid, and he said that he would go back to the pharmacy and ask the maid to help him copy the accounts, and I let them go. But they haven't come back yet, and I'm still hesitant to close the door. The guard, who was called Erniu by the two, was a little dissatisfied. Wang Yan and the maid did not come back, affecting him to close the door and rest.
"Ahh
"Of course, what am I lying to you for?"
"Tell Master Zhou that he can't hide it anymore. The two guards guarding Zhou Shan were shocked at this time.
The housekeeper Zhou Tong didn't know how he ran to the door of the old man Zhou Zhengxiong's house. He was draped in a coat and the shoe on one foot ran away at some point.
"Master, come out quickly, something is wrong!" The housekeeper Zhou Tong knocked on the door vigorously and woke up Zhou Zhengxiong and his wife in their sleep.
"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Zhengxiong got up, got dressed, and then opened the door. When he saw the housekeeper Zhou at the same time, he couldn't help frowning: "Why do you look like this?"
"Master, the young lady dressed up as a maid and ran away with Wang Yangongzi. Butler Zhou Tong said the matter very succinctly.
When Zhou Zhengxiong heard this, he was stunned at first. He felt that he must be dreaming, how could he let his daughter run away with two guards specially guarded.
"Master, Miss has run away, you have to think of a way. The words of the housekeeper Zhou Tong reached Zhou Zhengxiong's ears again, like a thunderclap, which woke him up.
"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Zhengxiong was really angry, and fire could erupt from both eyes.
"Master, just now the guard who guarded the young lady came over and said that when the young lady was having dinner, she knocked the maid who delivered the meal unconscious, changed into the maid's clothes, and with the help of Wang Yan Gongzi, she left the dart game, and now she is missing. Butler Zhou Tong immediately said what the two guards had said to him as it was.
"I didn't give an order that the maids should not be allowed to leave the dart board at night. How does this guard guard guard the door? Zhou Zhengxiong was a little confused, and first held the guards responsible for guarding the gate of the dart bureau.
"Master, I asked, and they said that Wang Yangongzi took the maid to the pharmacy to copy the accounts, and then let them go. I've been to the pharmacy and there's no one there. No one knew where they had gone. The housekeeper Zhou Tong replied carefully, for fear that if he didn't pay attention, Zhou Zhengxiong would be angry at himself.
"Hurry up and send everyone in the dart bureau to find them, and find them for me no matter what!" Zhou Zhengxiong shouted at the butler Zhou Tong.
"Sir, you have to be calm. The matter cannot be silenced. The housekeeper Zhou Tong did not immediately follow Zhou Zhengxiong's request, "Master, have you thought about it, in case you can't find the young lady, and the whole city will know about it, how can we explain it to the Zhao family?"
Yes, what should I do if I can't find my daughter? Zhou Zhengxiong realized that things were too tricky. It has been a few days since the Zhao family decided to come to marry Lu, and the escape of their daughter is really embarrassing for their old face. Divorce, that will definitely not work, for no reason, the Zhao family will not agree at all. To tell you the truth, that's even more impossible, if my daughter ran away, it's no wonder if she doesn't laugh everyone's teeth off, how can she hold her head up in Red Moon City when the time comes?
Decadently retreated into the house, sitting on a chair, Zhou Zhengxiong seemed to have aged a lot, Shan'er, why don't you understand Daddy's good intentions?
Mrs. Zhou put on her clothes and walked over, gently holding Zhou Zhengxiong's shoulder: "Master, don't blame Shan'er, we forced our daughter away without thinking about it." “
"Zhou Tong, let me ask you, how many people know about this matter now?" Mrs. Zhou looked at the housekeeper Zhou Tong with tears in her eyes.
"Madam, this matter has been connected to us, and there are seven people in total. “
"That's good, there are not many people who know the Tao. Mrs. Zhou said as if comforting herself. "You let them not leak any more news no matter what, there are still a few days before the Zhao family comes to marry, we can think of other ways. “
"Could it be that Madame already has a way to deal with it? Aren't we looking for Miss?" asked the housekeeper Zhou Tong with some uncertainty.
"Go and get the maid who brought Shan'er food. Mrs. Zhou did not say her way, but gave an order to the housekeeper Zhou Tong.
"Yes. The housekeeper Zhou Tong agreed and left in a hurry. Not long after, he took the maid who brought food to Zhou Shan back to Zhou Zhengxiong and Mrs. Zhou's house.
As soon as she entered, the maid knelt on the ground, trembling and at a loss.
"What's your name, how old are you this year?" Mrs. Zhou spoke in a gentle tone, and didn't seem to blame her.
"If you go back to Mrs. Hui, my name is Zhang Jie, and I am seventeen years old this year. The maid bowed her head and replied.
"You stand up and let me take a closer look at you. Mrs. Zhou nodded and continued.
"Yes. The maid slowly stood up, but still did not dare to look up.
"Look, sir, this child's figure is very similar to Shan'er's, and when you wear Shan'er's clothes, you can't tell them apart. Shan'er's appearance, not many people have seen it, so it's better to let her marry the Zhao family instead of Shan'er. Mrs. Zhou finally said what she thought.
"Madam, how could I replace Miss, I'm just a maid. The maid Zhang Jie listened to Mrs. Zhou's words, and was so frightened that she knelt on the ground again.
"But there's only one way to do it now. If you don't agree, we'll all be laughed at. Mrs. Zhou helped her maid Zhang Jie up. "From now on, my lord and I will recognize you as our daughter, and if we marry you to the Zhao family, you are also the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, and your identity is naturally much more noble, so don't refuse. “
"But, ma'am, I don't know Miss Shan'er's demeanor and habits, and it is easy to be discovered. The maid Zhang Jie was still very scared.
"Isn't there still a few days, as long as you study hard under my teaching, and pay more attention, there will be no problems. Mrs. Zhou said with certainty.
"So be it, it's not a loss for you. You must know that Shan'er was let go by you, and you have to use this to make up for the mistakes you have made. Zhou Zhengxiong no longer gave the maid Zhang Jie a chance to hesitate, and directly said without leaving any leeway.
In the next few days, Mrs. Zhou began to teach Zhang Jie how to become a young lady in a large family. Zhang Jie is not stupid, after a few days, she has learned well.
No one mentioned Zhou Shan's escape, as if it had never happened at all.
It's finally time for the Zhao family to get married. The long greeting queue used a red eight-person sedan chair to take Zhang Jie, who was pretending to be Zhou Shan, back to Zhao's house. Along the way, the gongs and drums were noisy and extremely lively. The scenery of the whole marriage process was held, and no one found anything abnormal.
The marriage of the Zhou family and the Zhao family is a happy one so far. And for a long time, it was rumored to be a good story and praised by people.