After Xi Fuwei was awakened by the scream, she subconsciously touched the pillow.
This was a habit I had picked up when I fled from Dongchang Mansion to Yanzhou. When I felt the coldness of the dagger in my palm, I felt certain in my heart.
He quickly got up and dressed, and tidied up, but he didn't rush out and just listened carefully.
At this time, everyone was panicking upstairs and downstairs. The screams of the women and the ping-pong-pong of running footsteps made people unable to hear what was going on for a while. Xi Fuwei wondered if the government came to search the house. Otherwise, given the status of the Zou Mansion in the Yanzhou Mansion, how could it be like this in the middle of the night
Just as he was wondering that he had not received any notification from Shen Diaolan about this, Fu Chuoxian seemed to be quarreling next to him. Across the door, he saw her nasally asking as he opened the door: "What's wrong?"
The word "了" was just spit out. Before it was fully pronounced, it was a hysterical scream!
Finally, she seemed to run back to the house very quickly and slammed the door hard!
Then there were a lot of cries calling people: "It's such a cold day, why are there so many snakes in the building? Come here!"
Xi Fuwei was relieved to hear that it was just a snake that came in.
Although she was born into a wealthy family, due to family troubles and the early death of her biological mother, she did not stay locked up in the palace like other ladies. After being the head of the family since she was a child, she often took advantage of this convenience to go wild.
Xi Mansion is a country squire, and his mansion is located in the countryside.
Xi Fuwei has long been accustomed to snakes and insects.
When I was a child, I would catch toads in order to restrain my servant who came from a farmer's family. Snakes tasted good, so I dealt with them more often. I didn't have the fear that ordinary girls would have.
After thinking for a while, he turned back to the cage, took out a skirt that he didn't usually wear, tore it open, and carefully wrapped his legs and feet and other places that were easily bitten, then he held the dagger and walked out quietly. Door.
When she went out, Fu Chuoxian's movements hadn't stopped, and she was still shouting and asking questions. However, the building was already in chaos, and Hongzhi Lusha had no time to take care of herself, and no one could care about her.
Xi Fuwei glanced into her room and saw that although there were two colorful venomous snakes lingering at the door, and one had even climbed onto the window lattice engraved with flowers of the four seasons, the doors and windows were tightly closed, and the people inside were actually Feeling no threat, he stepped forward and cut off the heads of the two snakes with a dagger, kicked them aside, knocked on the door gently, and said: "Sister Fu, what's wrong with you? If you are afraid of the snake at the door, I have already killed."
Fu Chuoxian heard her voice inside and seemed relieved, but his voice was still a little trembling: "Sister Shen? You... did you actually come out?"
Thinking of what Xi Fuwei said about the snake being killed, it was incredible, "You said you killed the snake at the door?! You... aren't you afraid at all?"
Hearing the suspicion in her tone, Xi Fuwei raised his eyebrows and said, "When I was a child, I was playful and followed my servants to kill several snakes in the garden. It's been so many years since I saw something like this again. Although I was a little scared, I heard that the building had been in chaos for so long, but no one came. I thought Fenzhilou was alone in this corner. Now that it is cold, the people responsible for patrolling below are lazy and looking for a place to hide. Go! I don’t know when I will be able to notice the movement here? If I hide until the morning, what will I do tonight? So after thinking about it, I bravely came out and gave it a try. Fortunately Nowadays, these beasts should be hibernating in caves. Although I don’t know why they come to our building, they are not as flexible as in spring and summer, but they are easier to catch."
Then he said, "Sister Fu, it's hard to keep up with the commotion down there."
He leaned closer to the door and whispered, "After all, we are just female teachers. No matter how good we are in studies, if we can't make progress, we will be looked down upon by the master. Since we entered the house, the cultivation of all the ladies has not been seen due to the short time. What’s the result? The girls’ school has already caused trouble more than once! Even if Mr. Zou didn’t report the incident of taking a few young ladies to play around, how could Mrs. Shang and the others not know about it?”
"If this thing happens again tonight... no matter who the culprit is, I'm afraid you and I will have a bad impression in front of the master's family."
These words made Fu Chuoxian feel awe-inspiring. He hesitated for a moment and said: "Sister Shen, it's not that I don't want to go downstairs to have a look. It's just that you don't know. When I opened the door just now, I thought it was just a snake and wanted to find something to kill. Damn it! Who knows how long it will take to turn around, and there will be another one! If I hadn't reacted quickly, I might have been poisoned by now! Now that the movement downstairs is happening, I don't think it's just one or two snakes... This is within the Zou Mansion, I know who will do this and who can do this!"
"In this situation, even if we are willing to swallow our anger, but Aunt Yao and Sister Zhuosu, do you think they are willing to suffer this loss? They are relatives of the old lady! The old lady personally took it over!"
Xi Fuwei said in her heart that you said it nicely, but who doesn’t know what you are thinking
Isn't it just that he is worried that he will be related to the various turmoils in the girls' school during this period? He even pretended to be stunned to get Qiao once. Although Mrs. Fashion personally came out to apologize at that time, she admitted that she had no way to teach her son... But after Zou Zhihan came back Later, when he punished Zou Yiang, he only mentioned that Zou Yiang should not have offended Mr. Ouyang, but did not mention the women's school at all. It was known that Zou Zhihan, the head of the Zou family, did not pay much attention to Fu Chuoxian, or to the women's school as a whole.
There may even be some resentment against Fu Chuoxian for causing his only male heir to be punished. Otherwise, for a family like the Zou family, the scene skills are influenced by the words and deeds of generations, and they are the most comprehensive.
Even if you don't have much respect in your heart, you should at least say a few greetings on the surface.
Zou Zhihan seemed to be unaware of the existence of a women's school and didn't even mention it, which showed that he had some grudges.
Therefore, everyone can guess that tonight's turmoil is closely related to Zou Yiang. So does Zou Yiang do this with the tacit approval of Zou Zhihan, or is Zou Zhihan just taking the opportunity to send away one or two female gentlemen so that he can My son is angry
Fu Chuoxian thought about this and felt a drum in his heart. He didn't want to settle the matter, but wanted to make things worse. In the end, even if he couldn't stand in Zou Mansion, he still had some compensation when he left.
Xi Fuwei looked at her expression and said in her heart: "If this person really and truly wants to leave Zou Mansion, then there should be no force behind it, but he became this female gentleman by mistake. "
The reason why she went out to meddle in this business was to test the background of the people in this building.
Now it seems that Fu Chuoxian is determined not to go downstairs to help, and even persuades Xi Fuwei to cherish his life: "Look at the two snakes you killed. They both have triangular heads and are brightly colored. I heard that All snakes are poisonous, and they are quite poisonous! Just now you were lucky enough to get it, which made me feel relieved! Otherwise, if you were trying to save me from trouble, how could you, as a sister, tolerate it? As for the people below …”
A flash of confusion flashed across her face, and then she made up her mind, "I'm not cruel, sister, but let me tell the truth: my sister doesn't owe anyone in this building! My sister is an only daughter, and her parents are gone. If I also have a problem, wouldn’t it make my uncle and aunt under Jiuquan heartbroken? Besides, we have been asking for help for so long. Even if the patrolman is lazy, he should have noticed the movement and come to help! Why don’t we wait a little longer? "
Xi Fuwei looked at her with a half-smile, and thought to herself, wait a little longer? Wait until someone is really bitten by a venomous snake
Fu Chuoxian is already ready to leave Zou Mansion, but she, Xi Fuwei, still wants to stay!
If I don’t go down to help build goodwill now, who knows what the master of the Zou Mansion will think after receiving the report
Although everything was caused by Zou Yiang's naughtiness, who said he was the biological flesh and blood of the Zou family, or the only male heir
Even if Mrs. Shang seems to be the fairest and most polite person in the Zou family, it's impossible for her to really regard her female husband as more important than her biological son, right
Therefore, if Zou Yiang refuses to change his attitude towards them, even if they do not make mistakes, there is no guarantee that they can continue to stay.
How could Xi Fuwei let go of such a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds
She prevaricated Fu Chuoxian with a few words, then ran downstairs to help.
Because of his martial arts skills, these poisonous snakes woke up from hibernation and were a little slow. Xi Fuwei quickly killed all the poisonous snakes and led people to search up and down to confirm that there were no other snakes in the building. The things were dirty, so Fang asked about the situation of a group of people.
Fu Chuoxian didn't let the snake in at all, so it didn't matter. He was just frightened at first.
Most of the people below were in danger, but Yao was somehow managed to get into the room by a snake, crawled onto the bed and was bitten.
"Actually, although these snakes are venomous, their fangs have been pulled out." Upon hearing this, Xi Fuwei quickly wanted to see her wounds, and complained why he didn't tell her earlier, fearing that she would delay treatment.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yao just shook her head and said nothing. Her daughter Yao Zhuosu quickly explained on her behalf, "So my mother was just shocked at that time, and her skin was not even broken."
Thinking of the chaos that Xi Fuwei saw when he went downstairs just now, he felt a little embarrassed, "It's just that we are too timid. We know they don't have fangs, but we still can't help but be afraid!"
"Who is not afraid of this thing?" Xi Fuwei comforted her with a smile, "I'm scared too! It's just that the patrolman never came, so I had to bite the bullet."
After talking to others for a while, they discussed how to deal with the matter.
Originally, excluding the servants, Yao was the oldest and was related to Mrs. Zhuang. At this time, if not to stand up and make the decision, she should at least say a few words.
However, Yao didn't know whether she was unaware of this or unwilling to do so. In short, she sat there silently and did not respond when Xi Fuwei looked at her several times.
Yao Zhuosu had no choice but to stand up again and smooth things over: "Mr. Shen, something like this happened, and we don't know what to do. If you hadn't come down to help, I'm afraid it would still be a mess down there! As for how to deal with it... we really have no idea. , please give me some advice!"
At this time, Fu Chuoxian also walked down. Hearing this, he glanced at Xi Fuwei and said, "Sister Shen, looking at your calm and composed look, you must have something in mind. Since we all live together, we are one family." You’re a human being, why don’t you speak out and listen?”
Xi Fuwei heard that what she said seemed to be affectionate, but in fact it was a bit of a double-edged sword.
But this is reasonable. After all, not to mention that his insistence on going downstairs to help ruined Fu Chuoxian's original plan. After tonight, the person taking the lead in Fenzhi Tower will definitely not be the snake dancing downstairs. Fu Chuoxian was hiding in the room and screaming.
"I have nothing to worry about." Xi Fuwei looked at everyone and said, "Everyone must have guessed what is going on. The question now is, should we make a big fuss?"
"If we want to make a big fuss, it's very simple. After dawn, let's go to the madam to report it and ask the madam to make the decision!"
"If it doesn't make a big fuss... let's get rid of these snakes later, let's just forget about it and pretend nothing happened!"
"What do you think?"
Hearing this, Fu Chuoxian and others said, you look at me, I look at you, and fell into a subtle silence for a while.