The reason why Huiyuan is called Huiyuan is that, as the name suggests, the character is like its shape, and it is a garden in the shape of Hui.
There are two gardens, the inner and outer gardens, which together form a Chinese character, and the moon gate passes through the middle of the inner and outer gardens.
Gu Qingci asked as he walked, "Master, is it the inner garden or the outer garden?"
The servant girl replied, "Inner Garden."
Entering her courtyard from the south gate, she walked directly to this side.
Thinking that Li Chengze's side should be at the north gate.
Huiyuan has a peculiar shape, and the scenery inside is very good. Because there are two layers of inside and outside, it occupies a huge space.
As soon as you enter, you will see the outer garden, with rockery and strange rocks, scattered and rugged, with water pavilions and promenades, flowing cups and curved water, which is dazzling.
The most eye-catching thing is a lake, which is connected by wooden promenade bridges.
The lake is about three or four meters wide, and there are small boats on it, which can accommodate people to go boating. There are lotus flowers all over the lake, and it is still calm before they bloom.
Only in June and July in summer, you can enjoy the scene of endless green lotus leaves meeting the sky and red lotus flowers reflecting the sun.
When the Huanhu Lake was first built, it was based on the pattern and location of the back garden. It was connected end to end, and a small boat was used. People can see the scenery in the boat and can see the appearance of the entire outer garden.
The little maid leads the way.
Gu Qingci walked across the promenade arch bridge, and then through the moon gate, to the inner garden.
The inner garden is more delicate and delicate, with colorful flowers and plants, and countless birds, chirping so lively.
Gu Qingci was thinking that Li Chengze must have something to say to her right now.
Before he could regain his senses in an instant, two people rushed towards him like a gust of wind.
Yuzhu Yuchuan took a step forward and was about to reprimand, where is it that the servants who serve are so unruly.
Unexpectedly, the two men dressed as servants ignored them at all, and just rushed towards Gu Qingci.
Gu Qingci's face changed in astonishment, and Yuzhu and Yuchuan hurriedly shouted: "Girl, run!" While hurriedly grabbing the two young servants, how could the young servant's strength be comparable to that of two maidservants, kicking one down with one kick, and then He raised his knife hand to strike the back of the neck and knocked the person unconscious, then quickly chased after Gu Qingci.
Gu Qingci ran forward in a hurry, shouting: "Come on, come on!"
However, for some reason, there was no one in the garden.
Today is a poetry reception, the clothes Gu Qingci wears are very complicated, good-looking is good-looking, but now it is very cumbersome and inconvenient to run.
Gu Qingci lifted up the corners of her skirts on both sides, not daring to fill her feet, but she still couldn't escape the two crazy people behind her.
But for a moment, she was grabbed by the long hair on the back, leaned back, staggered, caught the corner of the skirt and fell sideways.
"Get out!" Gu Qingci screamed, punching and kicking.
The faces of the two men smiled sinisterly, really scary.
It was only then that Gu Qingci realized that these two people were not servants in Gu's mansion at all, they had ferocious faces, their arms were unusually thick, and they dressed the servants like gangsters.
"Who are you! Get the hell out of here! When I call someone to come, I will cut you to pieces!" Gu Qingci was terrified in his heart, and his face suddenly changed. Who brought these two people in
The two fake servants smiled wickedly, and had already dragged Gu Qingci to the rockery, one of them cut off her hands, and the other pinned down her legs.
A pearl embroidered shoe under Gu Qingci's feet was kicked off.
The fake boy said in a vicious voice: "Miss, save your energy and call everyone else over. The one who will be ashamed at that time will be the miss, and the face of your Mingde Hou Mansion. I am afraid that outsiders will know that the concubine of the Hou Mansion was killed by me." The two brothers rode under me, hahaha!"
The obscene words came out of that yellow-toothed mouth, and Gu Qingci cried out in fright.
A big hand had reached to her waist and pulled the belt open.
Gu Qingci struggled, raised her neck and screamed, "Ahhh! Mr.! Mr. help!"
The fake boy said in his mouth: "You don't even call me the emperor..."
Before the words were finished, the sound was silenced, and only a muffled hum escaped from the man's throat. After only a few seconds, the man closed his eyes and fell straight over.
When Gu Qingci looked up, he saw Li Cheng appeared in front of him.
The thick wooden stick in his hand, seeing someone fainted, kicked the other person who was just about to resist flying away with lightning speed, and then patched the back of his head with a sap.
Yuan Bao followed closely and smashed the kneecaps of the two with a sharp boulder.
Li Cheng moved very quickly, and a series of reactions were only in the blink of an eye.
After finishing the two of them, he came over and squatted down a few steps, arranged Gu Qingci's clothes, and hugged him up.
Touching her head to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen."
Then, while walking forward with the man in his arms, he said to Yuan Bao: "Tie him up and find a place to lock him up, and wait for him to be dealt with. Don't say anything about this."
Yuan Bao nodded desperately, "Yes, master."
Gu Qingci seemed to have walked through the gate of hell, trembling all over, with tears all over his face and red eyes.
Now that I am back to my senses, my face is still pale, and I have been whimpering and crying, with endless tears.
Li Cheng touched her cheek with his chin, and coaxed her gently.
Soon they arrived at Gu Qingci's yard.
He carried the man and went straight to the inner room.
The servants in the yard were stunned when they saw the young master holding the young lady in their arms, but they came back to their senses in an instant, bowed and saluted, and called out: "Young master, young lady."
Li Cheng didn't stop, he just said: "Your girl accidentally sprained her foot just now, you go and ask your wife to come over."
The servant girl nodded immediately, took a deep breath, and said, there are so many people in the blue sky and white day, why is the uncle hugging the girl like this.
Although the two of them love each other, this speech is really a bit embarrassing.
After about two quarters of an hour, Yuan Bao first woke up Yuzhu and Yuchuan, told them that Gu Qingci was fine, and asked them to return to the yard quickly.
The second wife came back and forth with the two of them. When they entered the room and looked around, their hearts skipped a beat, their brows wrinkled and they hurried to the room.
Li Cheng sent all the maids to the courtyard instead of serving them in the house.
The second wife instantly realized something was wrong.
Let the big maid beside him stand guard outside the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
"What happened?" The second wife frowned and asked in a low voice.
The jade beads and jade bracelets knelt on the ground with a plop, and quickly told me everything about Gu Qingci's clothes being wet, and then being sent back to the garden, and then he met two crazy servants.
After finishing speaking, her eyes were red: "Madam, please punish me, this servant did not take care of Miss Hao."
The second wife's red eyeballs barely protruded, her teeth chattered uncontrollably, she raised her hand and dropped a cup, with a crisp "bang".
Li Chengze's face was also cold, "I didn't ask anyone to invite Ci'er, who is so bold?"
The second wife was trembling with anger, and said sharply, "Check! Check it out for me! Let me catch those bastards who spread lies and interrogate them to death!"
Hua Luo ordered Zhou's mother to bring a few rough envoys up to fetch him, and the two of them locked up first.
"Don't alarm people, don't let the matter spread, you touched it quietly."
"Forget it, madam." Zhou's mother replied calmly and calmly.
The second wife felt terrified when she heard it, and hurriedly went to comfort Gu Qingci.
Something happened under his nose in the mansion, how could the second wife not feel guilty and blame herself.
I was very worried and rejoiced in my heart, fortunately Li Cheng went back to the garden, otherwise it would be all over.
Li Cheng frowned and thought about what happened. At first, all of them were in the garden, where they enjoyed the scenery and wrote poems.
After playing for a while, the fourth young master Gu Yan invited everyone to the zoo to see the new tiger at home.
All the talents dispersed and left together.
The reason why he came back again was because he found that the purse hanging around his waist had fallen off. The purse was made by Gu Qingci. Only then will I turn around and look for it.
That's why you have to be lucky at this moment, otherwise you won't be able to save Gu Qingci.
Who is going to kill Gu Qingci
Li Cheng frowned and thought.
Aunt Zhou and Gu Qingwan were the first suspects that the second wife thought of over there.
Other than Gu Qingwan and her aunt, the second wife couldn't think of anyone else in this house who had such vicious thoughts and regarded their mother and daughter as enemies.
Unfortunately, there are still guests today, and the second wife has already left. After Gu Qingci calmed down, she also knew that her mother couldn't get away, so she asked her to take care of the guests first.
The second wife had no better way, so she reluctantly went out with a smile on her face and dealt with it for half a day. When sending the guests out, she asked a capable mother beside her to watch at the gate and check the number of guests including the number of servants. , See which one has fewer people around.
Almost all the guests were sent away before the application time.
The mother who went to check the number of people came back and reported, "Ma'am, the old servant at the concierge checked the list by himself. According to the record in the booklet, it's just strange. There are not many people who go out, and there are not many people. It is just right. Which family has lost a servant."
The second wife's face darkened, "Could it be that the two of them came out of nowhere!"
If it was recorded by the concierge, it would be impossible to deliberately miss two people early in the morning, unless they were hoping that they would be caught, otherwise they would still be found when they went out with two more people.
Li Cheng squinted his eyes, and after hearing that, he suddenly said: "If they are not outsiders, then there are only inside ghosts. But he also said that those two people are not from the mansion, so the next possibility..."
"What's possible?" The second wife asked anxiously.
"The person who made this plan has an internal response in the mansion." Li Cheng said.
Before the second wife could figure out what he meant, Zhou's mother hurried over.
"Those two fake servants bit their tongues and committed suicide without saying anything."
The second wife almost gritted her silver teeth, took a few deep breaths, and then asked, "Where's the girl who poured tea?"
"The servant girl admitted it. Someone promised her a hundred taels of silver, only to let her dirty the girl's skirt, and she agreed because she was greedy for money."
"Who allowed her?"
"It was an old woman who was sweeping the garden. She was arrested and interrogated. The old woman only said that there was a time before that she didn't clean up the garden. The girl dirty her new shoes in the past, so she was fined to kneel for two hours. The old woman held a grudge. The next time the girl came back, she found an opportunity to deliberately make her skirt dirty, and wanted to make her look ugly in front of everyone."
This set of arguments seemed flawless, but the second wife didn't believe it at all.
Where is such a coincidence!
So he smiled coldly: "Okay, well, since they are all tough, I don't have to be soft-hearted. I will lock them up for a night first, and call the toothmaid tomorrow, and sell everything!"
The thread seems to be broken just like that.
Suddenly, Li Chengze's heart skipped a beat, and something flashed through his mind.
After a long while, he lowered his voice and asked: "There is a man named Su Ziyan who seems to be a friend of Gu Yan. Do you know this person?" He suddenly remembered that Su Ziyan and Gu Qingci's concubine were in the garden My sister, named Gu Qingwan, seems to have met three times in such a short time.
Thinking about it carefully, the two of them didn't look like strangers.
At that time, it was Su Ziyan who asked Li Chengze to rescue Gu Qingci when he fell into the water. It seemed that Su Ziyan was just a friend of Gu Yan's, but Li Cheng always felt that it was more than that, so he meant to say this sentence.
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingci straightened up from the kang and asked, "When did she return to the garden?"
Li Cheng recalled briefly, and said, "It's almost past time."
Gu Qingci said in a hoarse voice: "I also saw her with Shu Yue in the Mei Pavilion, and it was after noon."
The second wife didn't even care about Li Chengze's presence, and said harshly: "She's never been a quiet person, maybe it's her private affair with others, just to harm my son."
On the other hand, he said: "Mother Zhou, hurry up and find out about the man named Su Ziyan that my uncle said."
I couldn't figure it out for a while.
In the evening, Li Cheng took Gu Qingci back to Li's house.
Two days later, the second wife ordered someone to send news that Su Ziyan was actually the son of Aunt Zhou's natal sister.
In this way, he is Gu Qingwan's direct cousin.
It's a shame that Aunt Zhou never revealed anything before, she kept it a secret.
If there is no conspiracy, who will believe it!