Everyone turned their heads and saw the little slave girl who had just entered the Qingshan Courtyard the day before yesterday standing behind the crowd. She was small and said in a soft voice: "Although it is winter now, our courtyard is next to the hot spring and the climate is warm. Many, many mosquitoes and moths. The vines already attract these small insects, and burning the horns of the vines will dissipate heat. In this way, it will attract birds and mice that feed on mosquitoes, and in turn attract snakes that eat birds and mice Class. This is very common common sense, and this servant should have thought of it long ago."
Zhuge Yue frowned, turned his head and said in a deep voice after a while, "Who sent these pots of vine horns?"
Jin Si's face turned pale, and he said tremblingly: "Young master, these potted flowers were sent by Housekeeper Zhu yesterday, saying they are special products in southern Xinjiang. He said that the young master might like them, so he specially asked the servants to place them under the wall."
"Zhu Shun?" Zhuge Yue pondered for a while, his long and narrow eyes were slightly cold, and said slowly, "He is becoming more and more prestigious as a housekeeper. Next time if he buys a dagger from the Western Regions, let you put it in On this young master's bed, I think you will do the same."
Jinsi was shocked, and hastily kowtowed to the ground, "I don't dare!"
Zhuge Yue remained indifferent, and the servants were about to leave when Zhuge Yue suddenly said, "You, you can serve in the inner room from now on."
Everyone was taken aback, not knowing who he was talking about.
Zhuge Yue frowned impatiently, pointed at Chu Qiao and said, "It's you."
All kinds of eyes immediately gathered together.
Chu Qiao bowed her head and respectfully agreed, "Your servant obeys."
After leaving the main room of the Xuanguan, the servants just threw Jin Zhu, which was covered in blood, into the carriage. A weak woman was beaten thirty boards, and she was about to be thrown into a place like the Anjunyuan, how could she still have her life
Jin Si felt chills down his spine, and his hands and feet trembled a little. At this time, a sweet voice suddenly sounded behind her, she turned her head, saw Chu Qiao looking at her with a smile, and said sweetly with a smile: "Sister Jinsi, we will work together in the future, I am young I'm not sensible, you have to take care of me!"
For some reason, Jin Si panicked for a moment, looked at Chu Qiao and said calmly, "Everyone is slaves, it's right...to take care of each other."
"Really?" Chu Qiao smiled and said, "Then over there, Nuanyu's children, do you think Sister Jinxi should make a difference?"
Jinsi was slightly annoyed, but he still nodded and said, "It's almost time for them, so they should leave."
"Then I'll thank you first for them." Chu Qiao walked over with a smile, let the children who were already blue from the cold disperse, then turned around as if suddenly remembering something, and said, "If Jinzhu that day Sister can be as kind as Sister Jinxi, and the book boy Linxi will not be beaten to death by the young master, so you should have kind thoughts in your heart. You see that Linxi has only been dead for three days, and Jin Zhu followed closely. Just thinking about it gives me chills down the spine.”
Jin Si couldn't pretend anymore, his face was pale, and he stared at Chu Qiao closely with his eyes open, only felt that this little child was emitting evil spirits all over his body, making him frightening.
Chu Qiao slowly leaned forward, tiptoed and whispered into Jinsi's ear, "As the saying goes, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it's not that the retribution has not come, it's just that the time has not yet come, are you right? ?”
Startled, Jinsi immediately took a step back, turned around and wanted to leave.
Chu Qiao quickly grabbed her shoulders, the girl was startled, jumped away, and shouted: "What are you doing?"
Chu Qiao snorted coldly, without the slightest smile on her face, and said in a deep voice, "Why are you nervous? I just want to ask you back for that plate of peaches."
"peach?"
"You and I are both maidservants in the inner room. There is no distinction between high and low. The peaches I have worked so hard to get from Nanyuan, don't you think it is safer for me to present them myself?"
When Jincai heard this, he was immediately speechless.
Chu Qiao turned and walked towards the flower room, and said calmly as she walked: "The green hills can't cover it, after all, it's going eastward, and those who know the current affairs are the best. Some words can only be said once, and some warnings can only be given once. How should we behave in the future? , how to behave, you think about it yourself."
In the winter afternoon, the sun was shining, and the bright sunlight shone on the snow, hurting people's eyes.
This day was not a peaceful and ordinary day. The Council of Elders issued an order to dispatch troops, and the Huangtian Department was about to go out to suppress the rebellion. The heads of the seven great clans were all vying for the position of the commander of the Huangtian Department. Zhuge Muqing, the head of the Zhuge Mansion, is not in the mansion, and Zhuge Huai is in charge of all matters big and small. Above the Daxia court hall, swords, swords, and swords are full of majesty.
It was also on this day that Zhuge Yue, the fourth son of the Zhuge Mansion, was bitten by a poisonous snake. Although he received timely treatment, he still needed time to recuperate. Although Zhuge Yue is not very old, he is a major general of the Huangtian Department. He was born in Dianjiangtang. He has led troops to Shaman in the northwest three times to suppress the rebellion. The sources of other major powerhouses were extremely well-informed and quickly grasped the news. As soon as Zhuge Huai presented the application for his younger brother, the objections from various families were sent to the Shengjin Palace.
That afternoon, the imperial physician in the palace entered Zhuge's Mansion, and the idea of Zhuge's family getting involved in the Huangtian Department had to be quietly dismissed.
One hair moved the whole body, all the chiefs of the collateral blood relatives of the Zhuge clan came to the door, and Zhuge's main mansion was immediately disturbed.
On the same day, due to Zhuge Yue's injury, the Zhuge Mansion played out the same competition as usual. Jin Zhu, the eldest maid of the Fourth Young Master’s Court who had always been a bully, laid her dead body under the stick, and the two stick-holding servants of the Castle Peak Court also beat each other, one died and the other was injured. The wounded also passed away early the next morning. The chief housekeeper of the Zhuge Mansion was beaten twenty times for no reason because of a few potted plants that caused trouble, and he is still moaning and resting in his room to this day.
In the pavilion lake where crocodiles were kept next to the hot spring in the back mountain, three corpses sank silently again, allowing fish and shrimp to eat, but no one paid attention.
The night was dense and the starry night was dark, Chu Qiao took the last string of paper money from Xiao Ba's hand, and slowly put it into the brazier.
In the past few days, Jin Si has been restless. Every time she sees the child of the Jing family, she feels an uncontrollable chill rising from the soles of her feet, making her feel like a choke in her throat.
Early this morning, the weather was fine, the snow in the courtyard was cleaned up, and the servants started their day's work in an orderly manner. Just as they were about to pass on the meal, a servant suddenly came from Hongshan Courtyard to inform them that Young Master Mu from Lingnan Mu Mansion, Young Master Wei from Wei Mansion, Seventh Highness Zhao Che, Eighth Highness Zhao Jue, Thirteenth Highness Zhao Song, And the sons of King Yan's Mansion were together in the glazed hall of Hongshan Courtyard, the eldest young master was accompanying there, the third young master and the fifth young master had already rushed to ask the fourth young master if he was in better health, and if he was better, they would go to have fun together.
Zhuge Yue's personality is relatively lonely, even in the mansion, he seldom walks with a few brothers, and spends all day nestling in the Qingshan courtyard, either reading books, planting flowers or eating snacks and fruits, he has no air of flying eagles and horses. If it weren't for his cruel temper, he would be considered a law-abiding person. At this time, he was lying on the bed. After hearing the notification, he told the messenger that he was not feeling well, so he would not accompany him.
Standing by the incense burner, Chu Qiao lightly fanned the incense with a fan. Hearing this, she raised her eyebrows lightly, her face was calm and she was silent. After a long while, the food was served, Chu Qiao followed behind the maid who delivered the food, and quietly retreated out.
Jin Si looked sideways slightly, secretly remembering it in his heart, and after a while, also found a gap and retreated.
The Liuli hall is called the hall, but it is actually just a pavilion. It is located on the octagonal mountain in the middle of the Hongshan courtyard. Below it is the blue green lake. Cold in full bloom, bright and dazzling.
Outside the Meilin, there is Paoma Mountain of Zhuge's family. The huge hillside is full of high-quality pastures that Zhuge's family moved from outside the pass, and is specially used to raise those good-blooded horses. This place is vast and sparsely populated, and the servants are not allowed to enter if they have nothing to do, so it is very secluded.
Chu Qiao was small, so she dexterously avoided the guards and entered Paoma Mountain, and climbed up the slope without being noticed.
Jing Yue'er's small body has both advantages and disadvantages. For example, now, if she wants to move a potted plant, she has to spend a lot of effort.
Just as Chu Qiao was about to leave, she suddenly noticed a figure sneaking past on the mountainside. She carefully lowered her body and waited for the person to leave before slowly approaching. I saw a dark horse tied to a pine tree on the mountainside. It was tall and without a trace of hair. It didn't respond when it saw Chu Qiao approaching. Chu Qiao wondered, such a good horse should not be wary of strangers approaching. Looking down, there was indeed a small handful of unfinished buckwheat on the snow. Chu Qiao stood on tiptoe, grabbed the horse's head, looked at it carefully for a while, frowned slightly, but ignored it.
Just as he was about to leave, he turned around and saw dozens of snow-white plume arrows in the quiver on the horse. She took out one, the arrowhead was silver-white, and a small "Swallow" was engraved on it forcefully.
The masters of all the mansions were eating and admiring the plum blossoms in the glazed hall. Chu Qiao ran along the remote Bajiao mountain cliff path, placed the pot of fire-burning vine horns on the cliff path, and poured it out from a cloth bag beside her. A few little snakes.
"Ha! I knew it was your fault!"
A high-pitched voice suddenly sounded, and Chu Qiao turned her head to see Jin Si standing behind her, looking at her triumphantly and saying, "See if I don't tell Fourth Young Master, you are going to die this time."
"Really?" Chu Qiao tilted her head, twitched the corners of her mouth slyly, her ears moved slightly, and only heard the sound of distant footsteps approaching. She shook her head and said, "That's not necessarily true." After finishing speaking, her body Falling backwards abruptly, flipping down the cliff.
"It's right there!" A childish voice sounded almost at the same time.
Before Jinsi could cry out in surprise, he was ruthlessly pinned to the ground by a group of big men.
Zhu Shun looked at the girl coldly, his teeth itching with hatred, and said in a deep voice, "Jinsi, now that the stolen goods have been stolen, what else do you have to say?"
Jinsi was shocked, and quickly said: "It's not me, it's Jing Xing'er, I followed her!"
"Nonsense, I saw with my own eyes that you sneaked to Butler Zhu to steal a pot of vine horns, and you wanted to frame others!" A crisp voice said suddenly.
Jinsi turned his head and saw a little girl beside Zhu Shun, whose appearance was very familiar. A flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, she immediately figured out the whole situation, and shouted: "She and Jing Xing'er are in the same group, Steward Zhu, you can't trust her!"
Zhu Shun was sitting on a soft chair, carried by four strong men. His buttocks are still swollen from the twenty big beatings a few days ago, he frowned and said in a low voice, "You said you came with Jing Xing'er, but what about her?"