"Yes, thank you, young master." The child bowed his head respectfully. After a long time, she suddenly said, "Master, do you believe that it was Sister Jinsi who framed Sister Jinzhu?"
Zhuge Yue snorted softly, "How much courage does Jinsi have? Even if she had, she would never have thought of such a plan. Zhu Shun is an old man in the mansion. He did something wrong and was beaten. He felt embarrassed and wanted to save himself. There's nothing wrong with finding a step down. It's just that he shouldn't have poured dirty water into my Qingshan courtyard to clean himself up by pretending to be a slave in the courtyard. The memory is not long."
"Then why didn't the young master help Sister Jinyu? The directorate will beat her to death."
"If she really did it, I would save her instead. She can fall into other people's trap so easily, which shows that she is stupid. What's the use of keeping such a person."
The noon sun was dazzling, lazily shooting in through the gaps in the window lattice, and the fresh smell of plum blossoms gradually diffused.
After all, Zhu Shun has been in Zhuge's mansion for more than ten years, and he is not always a dog at his age. Although he had already determined in his heart that it was Jin Si who implicated him by doing this in order to compete with Jin Zhu for favor, he was afraid that Zhuge Yue would not really believe it, but misunderstood that he deliberately framed Jin in order to get rid of the crime. mustached. So he kept an eye out and didn't let the directorate beat her to death, but wanted to wait until the young master was free tomorrow before reporting to the higher authorities.
At night, the office in charge was dead silent. In the dark woodshed, Jin Si's body was turned up, with whip marks all over his body. It looked like he had been severely tortured.
Chu Qiao stood in front of her, scooped up a ladle of water, and splashed it on her face with a swish.
Jinsi let out a muffled snort, and slowly woke up. When he saw Chu Qiao, he was furious and shouted viciously: "Little bitch! How dare you come to see me?!"
Chu Qiao stood in front of her calmly, listening to the woman curse loudly, for a long time, then smiled and said: "If you really want to die, you can keep screaming."
Jin Si's clothes were stained with blood, his face was pale, his chest heaved violently, and his eyes were full of resentment.
Chu Qiao shook her head, and said slowly: "People don't hurt a tiger's heart, but a tiger hurts people's will. I have warned you long ago, but you have to fight me again and again. If you hadn't followed me today, how could you have ended up like this? Everything is your fault, who is to blame?"
"You vicious little bitch, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"
Chu Qiao sighed softly and said, "Do you really want to die that much?"
Jinsi was taken aback for a moment, and Chu Qiao continued, "I didn't intend to harm you. Everything I did today was just to teach you a lesson. It's a pity that the Fourth Young Master refused to save you. It seems that you can only go to the pavilion lake to Accompany Jin Zhu."
Jinsi's face turned pale again when he heard the words, looking at Chu Qiao, his eyes suddenly showed a desire to survive, and said eagerly: "Xing'er, you and I have no grievances in the past, and we have no vengeance in the near future. Jin Zhu's idea, I just echoed a few words, you can come here quietly, you can definitely save me. Please, save me, I don't want to die yet!" , She couldn't help crying trembling all over.
Chu Qiao sighed softly, put down the package on her back, and said in a deep voice: "Don't cry, do you think that I came here tonight just to catch up with you? You are not guilty of death, since I caused you to be here today I will definitely not let you go, put on this dress, and I will send you out right away." Saying this, he stepped forward to untie the rope on Jinsi's body.
Jinsi was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Can you escape? The guards in the mansion are so strict."
"Don't worry, I bribed the guard at the back door, the master is going back to the mansion, you are a little maid, no one will hold you accountable, as long as you escape from the mansion, you can save your life."
Jinsi followed Chu Qiao, and the two turned out along the window, passed by the green lake rockery of the Red Mountain Courtyard, and suddenly heard footsteps in the distance, it was the guard who came to check. The two were startled and squatted on the ground, not daring to continue walking.
Chu Qiao turned around, handed a small bundle into Jinsi's hand, and said in a deep voice, "I'll go and lure those people away, and you're going to the west corner gate in the backyard by yourself, I've already arranged the gatekeeper there, you go Just say my name, and they will let you go. Here are some bags and clothes, which belonged to sister Zhixiang. They may be a little small. I don’t know if you can wear them. I don’t have much money, so I can only Take these out, and you will take care of them yourself in the future, so you can take care of yourself." After that, he turned around and left from the other side, deliberately making noise, and the patrolling guard heard it, and immediately followed.
Jinsi opened the bag and saw that there were only a few copper coins inside, not even enough to buy a roast goose, so he frowned. Seeing that the clothes were either torn or dirty, they were ugly as hell, and exuded a strange smell, which made me even more depressed. I thought that I was not a good maid, and I wanted to run out to die in the world. If I was caught accidentally, I would lose my life. It was all caused by this Jing Xinger. Now she is pretending to be a good person in front of her. Face.
She took out the few copper coins and threw the burden on the ground, not at all concerned about the troubles Chu Qiao would cause if these things were discovered after she escaped.
The cold wind blew, blowing on the corners of those clothes, the cold moon was like frost, and sprinkled the ground with a clear light.
At this moment, in Zhu Shun's room, the man's heavy breathing and the woman's coquettish moans kept coming out.
It was a cold winter night, and the guards guarding the courtyard had already lazily found a warm place to take a nap. The child's small body quietly touched Zhu Shun's door without making any sound.
After setting things up, Chu Qiao squatted beside Zhu Shun's door. In the dark night, her eyes were like pitch-black jewels, shining with wisdom and calm. Suddenly, the man's hearty muffled grunt sounded, followed by the rustling sound of dressing. Chu Qiao held a stone and threw it towards the door.
There was a crisp bang, not loud, but enough for the people inside to hear clearly. Zhu Shun raised his voice and said, "Who is outside?"
Chu Qiao didn't answer, but picked up a stone and slammed it on the door with a bang.
"Come on, come on!" the man said irritably, "Who is it in the middle of the night?"
The door was pulled open, but there was no one there. Zhu Shun frowned in surprise, stuck his head out and walked out, but as soon as he lifted his foot, he was tripped by a rope and fell to the ground immediately.
"Ouch!"
Zhu Shun let out a scream, and before he could utter the next curse word, a black bag was put under his hood, and his eyes suddenly went dark. Zhu Shun was startled, and finally realized that something was wrong. With a loud cry, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it indiscriminately.
The night was thick and cold, Chu Qiao was holding a sharp dagger, her eyes were sharp, the corners of her mouth were cold, and she swung down her fat hand in an instant!
The screams like killing a pig rose into the sky, and Zhu Shun rolled on the spot holding his severed wrist. Chu Qiao didn't like to fight, and hurried towards the flowers in the west.
Behind him came the noisy footsteps of the guards and the woman's sharp exclamation.
"What's going on? Ah! Butler Zhu, who did it?"
The woman's clothes were disheveled, and she shouted in horror: "I didn't see who it was, but he was not tall, it seemed, it seemed to be a child."
"Where did you go?"
"West."
"Chase!"
More than ten pairs of feet passed in front of her one by one, Chu Qiao shrunk her body as small as possible, and squatted in the dry grass. The human voice gradually faded away, and the surroundings gradually became quiet. The child patted the dust off his body, stood up, and slowly left this place of right and wrong, his figure was surprisingly calm.
Passing by the rockery in the middle of the lake in Hongshanyuan, I saw my little baggage thrown messily on the ground. The child sneered, picked up the burden, and walked to Qingshanyuan. She carefully climbed into the room through the back window and changed into a white nightgown. The sound outside became louder and louder, and the torches shone like a long dragon, illuminating half the sky.
Chu Qiao loosened her hair, rubbed her eyes, and opened the door with a sleepy look, just in time to run into a few little maids who had just walked out of the room.
"What happened over there?"
The little maids were all thirteen or fourteen years old, but their grades were not as high as Chu Qiao's, and they all shook their heads blankly. At this time, only the sound of the door opening sounded from the side of the pavilion, and several people hurried over.
Zhuge Yue's face was gloomy, he glanced at Chu Qiao and others with disheveled hair, and asked the guards, "What happened? Why are you so noisy?"
"Young master, there are assassins in the outer mansion, butler Zhu was cut off with one hand, and the guards caught Miss Jinsi who was about to escape at the west corner gate, and she has already been escorted back to the office."
Zhuge Yue was taken aback for a moment, and then he pulled the corners of his mouth into a chuckle and said, "I didn't expect Jin Si to have a strong temper."
The guard took a careful look at Chu Qiao, and said, "Miss Jinsi yelled when she was arrested, saying yes, that Xing'er harmed her, not her."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes immediately focused on Chu Qiao. Chu Qiao's small face suddenly wrinkled, her big watery eyes blinked aggrievedly, and she was about to shed tears. She turned her head to look at Zhuge Yue pitifully, and said sadly: "Fourth young master, Xing'er... Xing'er has been sleeping in the room, I... I didn't..."
"Young master, Xing'er has not gone out from the room, we have all seen it." A third-class maid suddenly stepped forward and said.
As soon as the words fell, several other maidservants also testified for Chu Qiao.
Zhuge Yue nodded, and said to the servant: "Tell the governing court, if the woman continues to talk nonsense, there is no need to interrogate her, and she will be thrown directly into the pavilion lake. Xing'er is only so big, the more she talks, the more she will go too far."
The servant nodded quickly and retreated.
Zhuge Yue glanced at the little maids and said, "You guys go back to sleep too." Then he turned and went into the hall.
Chu Qiao still stood there with an aggrieved expression on her face, and a few maidservants came up to please her, took Chu Qiao's hand, and said, "Xing'er, don't be afraid, we will all testify for you, no matter how wronged she is to you Useless."
Chu Qiao nodded, and Lihua said rainingly, "Thank you, sisters."
It was close to the third watch, and the night wind was blowing. Today was the first seven children of the Jing family. Those who killed them finally paid the price in blood this night.
However, this blood is not enough.
The assassination incident was full of turmoil, which lasted until dawn the next day. Butler Zhu broke one of his hands, and ordered someone to beat Jin Si to death in a rage. Jinsi was injured before, under such severe punishment, he died within an hour, was thrown to the back mountain on a straw mat, and buried in the fish belly of Tinghu Lake.
Zhuge Yue was very quiet, with a withdrawn personality. Originally there were only two maids, Jin Zhu and Jin Si, in the hall, who died one after another within a few days. Now there is only Chu Qiao left in the inner hall. She is young, less than eight years old, with an immature appearance, and there is still a little bit of milk in her voice when she speaks. No matter how capable she is, she is somewhat weird in the eyes of outsiders. In less than half a day, the whole mansion was whispering that the fourth young master in the mansion had followed the old way of the old man, and had also begun to develop a liking for young girls who hadn't grown up.