The ingot was placed on the table, and under the candlelight, the ingot emitted a faint silver light, and the eyes of the cooks standing on the ground widened.
"Yes, yes!" An impatient cook hurriedly said with a smile, "If you have anything to do with Miss Fourth, just ask, and the servants will definitely do their best!"
Yu Linglong smiled slightly, and looked at the speaker: "What's your name?"
The cook replied: "As for Miss Fourth, the servant in charge is called Ma Changgeng."
Ma Changgeng? The name is interesting.
Yu Linglong nodded: "Alright, from now on you will be in charge of the kitchen."
Ma Zhanggeng's family was immediately flattered, and the remaining cooks couldn't help secretly regretting that they didn't speak first.
It's just that he was the first to show his loyalty, but he got involved in the kitchen steward. You know, this is a fat job!
Seeing the complex expressions of everyone, Yu Linglong lowered her eyes calmly.
She has just arrived in ancient times, and there is no one who can help her except Hemerocallis, and she will not trust any of the servants in Yufu. If she wants to cultivate her own power, she has to start from scratch.
Just like just now, although she only promoted Ma Changgeng's family to be in charge, she conveyed a message to everyone that she would treat anyone who was willing to do things for her.
Only when rewards and punishments are clearly defined can others be willingly loyal to themselves and their position can be consolidated.
Yu Linglong cleared her throat and said, "Tonight, someone will probably come to our place as a guest, so please work hard and entertain them well."
It turned out to be such a simple matter, the cooks immediately felt relieved, and Ma Changgeng's family even promised: "Miss, don't worry, the servants will definitely use all their abilities to treat Miss's distinguished guests well."
"That's not necessary," Yu Linglong smiled lightly, her bright and charming face showed a faint cold light, "You just need to do one thing, guard every corner of the yard and bring our guests in."
Ma Changgeng's family members were confused: "Miss means..."
Yu Linglong caressed the cold ingot, and said slowly: "I mean, tonight, you have to stay in the dark, and if you see outsiders, bring them in for me, no matter who they are, don't let them go!"
Since the haunted yard is inhabited by people, the instigator will definitely come to see the effect. All she has to do is sit back and wait.
She didn't believe it, she couldn't catch this mysterious guy!
"Whoever catches that outsider, the twenty taels of silver will be his."
The faces of the cooks immediately showed expressions of surprise and surprise, twenty taels of silver, that was their wages for several years!
Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and everyone's faces were eager to try, and Ma Zhanggeng's family hurriedly agreed: "Miss, don't worry, the slaves will definitely keep their eyes open. Never let her slip away!"
Yu Linglong nodded: "Okay, if you catch it, send it to me."
The slender figure stood up gracefully, and Yu Linglong walked into the inner room.
There is still a battle to be fought at night, so she needs to keep up her energy and take care of that guy hiding in the dark.
The night gradually deepened.
In the dream, that faint cry came in at some time, and it got into my ears like a shadow, and I couldn't get rid of it. The bursts of crying, which were sometimes bitter and sometimes sharp, were like the huge claws of the devil, shrouding the The sky above Pinlan Garden.
In the inner room, Yu Linglong had already woken up with starry eyes, Hemerocallis, who had been guarding by her side and didn't dare to close her eyes, bit her lips at this moment, for fear that she would cry out in panic.
Outside the courtyard, Ma Changgeng's family's stern shout suddenly sounded: "Who!?"
Immediately after that, there was a sound of footsteps, Yu Linglong turned over quickly and got off the bed, and walked outside, Hemerocallis quickly picked up her coat and followed her closely.
Could it be that someone is really pretending to be a ghost
Just as Yu Linglong walked into the main hall, she heard a chaotic voice from the yard: "I got it, I got it!"
Ma Changgeng's family ran into the room panting: "Miss is really clever, the slaves and others have been guarding for most of the night, and they have caught a strange girl!"
I saw some cooks pulling their arms, some grabbing their shoulders, dragging a young woman dressed as a servant girl in.
Everyone expressed their merits in one voice: "I will report to Miss Fourth, it was the slave who discovered it first!"
"The servants caught it first!"
"If the servant hadn't slapped her, she would have run away—"
As soon as Yu Linglong raised her hand, everyone immediately stopped talking and waited eagerly for the reward.
"Don't worry, everyone has rewards." After speaking, Yu Linglong's eyes fell on the servant girl who had kept her head down since she was pulled in.
"Why, do you dare to do it or not?" Under the candlelight, Yu Linglong's eyes turned clear, like a pool of clear water in early spring. who?"
Hearing Yu Linglong's bone-chilling voice, the servant girl suddenly knelt down on the ground, even her voice trembled: "Miss Si, please forgive me, this servant is only sent by the master to come and see, this servant doesn't know anything!"
Yu Linglong said coldly: "Raise your head."
The kneeling servant girl raised her face tremblingly, and before everyone could speak, she heard the day lily suddenly let out a startled cry.
"It's you!?"
026 Lie to me? Burn you to death!
Looking at that delicate but unfamiliar face, Yu Linglong frowned slightly: "Hemerocallis, do you know her?"
Hemerocallis hurriedly said: "Miss, this is the servant girl in Miss San's yard, named Lingjiao."
Yu Linglong looked at the terrified little maid on the ground, was she sent by Yu Qianliu? That's kind of interesting.
"Oh? You are Yu Qianliu's maid? She didn't say what she sent you here for?"
Under Yu Linglong's sharp gaze, Lingjiao trembled even more, with tears rolling in his eyes, he stammered, "Miss San, Miss San just asked the servants to come to Pinlanyuan to have a look..."
"What are you looking at?" Yu Linglong took the hot tea brought by Hemerocallis, and asked calmly, "Come and see if I'm dead?"
Lingjiao was so scared that his face turned pale, and he kowtowed on the ground: "I don't dare, I don't dare!"
"Don't dare? I think you are very courageous." Yu Linglong sneered, "Don't you know that this yard is haunted? Isn't it courageous for you to come here alone in the middle of the night?"
The movements of water chestnut kowtow froze for an instant, and at this moment, her whole body lay on the ground, trembling violently: "Servant... I don't know..."
Before she could say any more, the teacup in Yu Linglong's hand flew out and landed heavily on Lingjiao's body!
"You don't know!? You don't know anything and dare to come to the haunted yard in the middle of the night to watch the fun? You don't know anything and dare to provoke me!?"
She couldn't believe that she had made such a big commotion in the Yufu these two days, and this little maid had never heard of her power at all? Dare to spy on her secretly, this little girl is still here to pretend to be pitiful to her!
Hot tea was splashed on Ling Jiao, causing her to scream, "Miss Si, please spare me! This servant says, this servant can say anything!"
Lingjiao wiped away tears, and said intermittently: "Yes... the third lady said that Pinlanyuan is haunted by ghosts, and I don't know how the fourth lady lives here, so... I ordered my servants to come and see secretly..."
Looking at the water chestnut kneeling on the ground in panic, Yu Linglong suddenly smiled.
Very good, it seems that everyone knows that Pinlanyuan is haunted, only I don't know!
As early as when Mrs. Mu asked Mother Cui to bring her to this yard, she had faintly sensed that something was wrong. She was just a concubine, and she dealt with Mrs. Mu severely. How could Mrs. Mu be so happy? Arrange a neat and good yard for yourself to live in? It turned out that she was given a haunted yard that no one dared to live in!
Before Ling Jiao finished speaking, Yu Linglong suddenly interrupted her: "Are you really sent by Yu Qianliu?"
A look of panic flashed across Lingjiao's face, but he lowered his head deeply in an instant: "The servant belongs to the third lady, so naturally he must obey the third lady's orders."
Yu Linglong got up slowly, walked in front of Lingjiao, and looked at this maid who was trembling all over.
Her faint voice was colder than the snow on Tianshan Mountain: "You think I'm stupid and easy to deceive, don't you?"
Hearing Yu Linglong's words, Ling Jiao turned pale with shock, and immediately kowtowed like garlic: "Miss Si, please spare this servant! What this servant said is true! It's really only Miss Third who came to let this servant see. Yes, slaves don’t know anything!”
"What an eloquent girl!" Yu Linglong snorted coldly, turned around and sat on the seat, and said sharply, "Come on!"
"Yes!" Ma Changgeng's family and others immediately responded in unison.
"Go get a charcoal basin!" Yu Linglong's eyes were sharp, as sharp as steel knives scraping bones. "What is this flattering mouth doing? Put coals in her mouth so that she will never say no." Speak!"
"Yes!" Everyone who had already been frightened by Yu Linglong's fierce methods agreed respectfully, and hurriedly went to fetch the charcoal basin.
"Miss Si, please spare me!" Ling Jiao's voice changed in fright, but she was still crying, "It's really Miss San who called the servant, and the servant just listened to the master's order—"
The charcoal basin was quickly moved in, and the hot coals were crackling in the dark charcoal basin. The temperature in the room suddenly increased a little, but it couldn't stop the deep chill on everyone in the room.
Under the light of the jumping charcoal fire, Yu Linglong's pretty face seemed to be covered with frost.
Turning a deaf ear to the water chestnut's begging for mercy, Yu Linglong picked up a burning piece with tongs.