Although Long Er didn't want to give the piano as a gift, it was decided that Bao'er would learn the piano, so Ju Muer decided to buy a new one. And taking this opportunity, she also wanted to meet Lin Yueyao.
According to Long Er's rules, Ju Mu'er had poor eyesight, so she had to go out alone without bringing her servants, so Ju Muer took her maid, Xiaozhu, and Su Qing happened to come over, so they went together.
Qin was chosen quickly, but Ju Muer was not in a hurry to go home. She said that she was a little hungry and wanted to go to the nearby restaurant to rest for a snack. Su Qing accompanied her there and asked Xiao Zhu to wait for the piano in the piano workshop. Ju Muer sat down in the private room, and sent Su Qing away to buy some incense. Su Qing left with her front foot, and Lin Yueyao entered with her back foot.
Lin Yueyao brought a piece of news. It turned out that the qin envoy from Ximin State went to Xichun Hall to find fragrance, and after a few cups of yellow soup, he talked nonsense and bragged. They said that Boyin, the qin sage master, used to learn piano in their Ximin country, so in terms of piano skills, their Ximin country is the strongest. Their chief violinist, Ya Lili, also taught Shi Boyin how to play the piano, so he can be regarded as his master. The relationship between the two was even more deeply rooted, but it was unexpected that Shi Boyin would die in Xiao Country in the end.
Ju Muer frowned: "Did they ever say, what do they want to do when they come to our Xiao country to play the piano?"
"That's not mentioned." Lin Yueyao continued to ask, "What is the girl's good plan? Should I take the opportunity of playing the piano to appeal to the emperor?"
Ju Mu'er shook her head: "If you don't know the situation and complain with great fanfare, I'm afraid that the appeal will fail, and you will end your life. Miss Yueyao, don't worry."
"However, two years have passed since the incident. The longer it drags on, the harder it is to reverse the case. The witnesses back then are no longer in the capital, and neither are we. The more we investigate, the more hopeless we will be. If I can't figure out the cause of Yibai's death, I will die. I can't be reconciled." Lin Yueyao became excited as she spoke.
Ju Muer pursed her lips tightly, remained silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Miss Yueyao, go back first. I'll figure out what to do about this matter, and I'll give you news."
Lin Yueyao gritted her teeth, turned her head and left.
Ju Muer sat quietly, and something suddenly became clear in her heart. At this time, Su Qing and Xiao Zhu came here with their own things, chatting and laughing, and the three of them sat and ate some snacks and left together.
Just after leaving the private room, I happened to meet Ding Yanshan and two other rich ladies coming out of the private room at the other end. When the two ladies saw Ju Muer, they turned to Ding Yanshan at the same time, raised their eyebrows, and walked away with a smile.
Ding Yanshan's face turned green with anger. After the robbery, there were rumors in the market. Although nothing happened after the robbery, her reputation has been ruined. Those rich and wealthy families who had been friends with her and got close to her before, all became estranged from her, not to mention the noble and marriageable sons and daughters who had repeatedly shown her good intentions before, and they have long since disappeared.
Ding Yanshan hasn't had a good time these days, but that Ju Mu'er suffered the same as her, and she got married into the Dragon Mansion smoothly, and it was rumored that the second master Long showed his love in public during the Lantern Festival, and the two were sweet love. This made her really depressed and sullen, and she couldn't feel comfortable no matter what.
Today, I managed to make an appointment with two good friends. Unexpectedly, those two people treated her neither salty nor cold. When they met Ju Muer before leaving, they even taunted her with their eyes. Ding Yanshan became more angry, and couldn't help giving Ju Muer a hard look.
It's okay for her to stare at Ju Muer, Ju Muer can't see it, but Su Qing is not happy with it, she helps Ju Muer stare back. Ding Yanshan's maid quit, and cursed at Su Qing: "Why are you staring, you dare to be disrespectful to my lady."
Su Qing is a peddler in the market, she has seen everyone, and she is not afraid of cursing at all. Immediately replied: "How could I be disrespectful, I just saw that Miss Ding was born beautiful, with eyes like a cow, so I couldn't help but learn from it."
"You..." The girl slapped her in anger, unexpectedly, Su Qing was already on guard, and raised her hand to grab her wrist: "Want to hit someone? I'm not afraid of you! Girl, I've practiced before now." of."
"Xiaoyu."
"Sunny."
Ding Yanshan and Ju Muer stopped the two of them at the same time. Ding Yanshan was angry and impatient, she couldn't afford to lose this man in such a large audience. Ju Mu'er only realized how Su Qing was like a firecracker after hearing this shout. Before she had time to say anything, Ding Yanshan turned her head and said, "Let's go!" leading Xiaoyu away.
Su Qing made faces at her back, bouncing and following her downstairs. Ju Muer couldn't say anything to Xiao Zhu in front of her, so she sighed and followed slowly.
When they left the restaurant, they met Ding Yanshan and got into the carriage. The coachman closed the car door for her, but when he turned around, he was hit by two chasing children. The driver's hat fell off. He picked it up and put it on, cursed a few words, and then sat in the front seat of the car.
Su Qing muttered: "Miss Evil raises an evil servant."
But Ju Muer stopped abruptly. She grabbed Su Qing's hand and asked, "What does the coachman look like?"
"Very ordinary appearance, tall and big, ordinary eyes, ordinary nose, nothing too special."
Ju Muer frowned: "Have you seen him before?"
"No, how could I have met the servant of Nading Mansion?"
"But I've heard his voice." Ju Muer turned her face away, and when she heard the carriage clattering away, her heart tightened for no reason.
"Where did you hear it?" Su Qing turned around and stared at the carriage that had driven away.
"Has he grown a beard?"
"No, his face is very clean. I saw his face clearly when his hat fell off just now." After Su Qing finished answering, she was startled suddenly, "Could it be the bandit leader? Oh, I think so too His voice sounded familiar."
Ju Muer grasped the bamboo stick tightly, and suddenly said: "Xiaozhu, go and call someone."
Xiaozhu heard them say that the bandit leader was already in a panic: "Call... Who are you calling?"
"Call the guards in the mansion, report to the officials, call whoever you meet first, let them come quickly!"
"Yes, yes, find someone quickly." Su Qing echoed, aggrieved, "I didn't expect that bandit and Miss Diao Man to be in the same group. It was really useless for me to help her."
"They're not in the same group." Ju Muer was a little anxious, "If they were accomplices, the power of the Yiding Mansion would definitely not be able to accommodate a man, so why would he let him ostentatiously in the street and return the car to Miss Ding?" ? That’s a wanted criminal, and being recognized by others, wouldn’t that be discrediting yourself?”
"That… "
"We can't do it on our own. We can't catch up with them in a carriage, so we have to find help quickly. Miss Ding is in danger."
"I... I... I'll go right away." Xiaozhu hurriedly said, "Madam is waiting for me, I'll go and come back quickly."
Xiaozhu ran away. Ju Muer stood there holding the bamboo stick and said nothing. Su Qing looked left and right, there were a lot of pedestrians on the street, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the robber leader was really bold, he dared to rob people in the street. She thought of the evil deeds of those gangsters when she was robbed, and the death of the two village girls, she was shocked and disgusted at once, and got goosebumps all over her body.
"That savage lady is too stupid. Doesn't her driver recognize her? If she recognizes her, she will yell a few times. There are so many people on this street, how can you let that gangster rob people so smoothly?" Su Qing stomped her feet, anxious for Ding Yanshan.
"She was locked up in the same room with us when she was robbed up the mountain. She didn't have a chance to see the bandit. She was angry just now, so she must have not paid much attention. The Ding family has a lot of servants, so it's easy to get in by making up excuses. Plus People are easily confused by appearance. You and I were taken up the mountain by the gangsters, so it should be the easiest to recognize him, but he shaved and changed his appearance. Didn’t you recognize him at first glance? It’s only because we found out It's too late."
"It's not too late, it's not too late, the officials will come here in a while, and the city will be sealed off and searched immediately, and Miss Ding will definitely be rescued."
Ju Mu'er thought for a while, and said, "Qing'er, that bandit must have replaced the driver while Miss Ding was in the restaurant, you can look around to see if there is any place to hide..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she heard someone screaming from the back alley of the restaurant, followed by noisy voices: "Someone is dead, someone is dead, please report to the officer."
Ju Muer's face turned pale. Su Qing started to run over there, and rushed back after a while: "Sister, it was a young man who died. Judging by his attire, he was indeed a servant of a rich family."
Ju Mu'er asked urgently: "Qing'er, it's not far from here to Ding's mansion, is it?"
"Yes." Su Qing quickly went through the roads in the city in her mind, "It's less than five streets away, and it's the Ding Mansion."
"The sky is bright and the sun is bright, and it is the time when the streets are lively. The gangster didn't dare to rob people blatantly because he was afraid of attracting attention. He is now a stray dog, so he can only hide and hide. Miss Ding thought he was a servant at home. Be careful, of course you won't call for help. But if he drove the car off the way home and Miss Ding noticed something was wrong, that would be another matter."
"So that bandit will arrest Miss Ding before Miss Ding realizes his identity?" Su Qing asked.
Ju Muer nodded, and then asked, "Are there any secluded and inconspicuous places on the way from here to Ding's Mansion?"
"They're all streets... ah, there is an alley connected to Ding'an Road, called Shuizi Alley, which was blocked at some point and became a dead end. The houses inside are dilapidated and unoccupied. I heard that there have been ghosts. Don't turn there."
"Qing'er, go to the restaurant and yell, saying that you saw a suspicious person going to Ding'an Road."
Su Qing complied, and quickly ran to spread the message, and came back after a while: "Those people are only yelling, they are all waiting for the official, I don't know if anyone has reported it, it seems that no one plans to go to Ding'an Road to find out."
"Don't bother with them, just pass the word on. Let's go first."
"Okay." Su Qing didn't want to dissuade her at all, she took Ju Muer's hand and led her the way. Ju Muer walked all the way and said: "My guess may not be accurate, so I'd better go and have a look first. If the bandit has other helpers who are not afraid of making a fuss, then he won't go to Ding's house, nor will he Will stop at Shuizi Lane."
"I understand." Su Qing led Ju Muer all the way, and replied, "My sister saw him disguised as a coachman, so I inferred that he didn't dare to act blatantly, so it is very likely that he would find a secluded street on the way before attacking. Don't worry, sister." , I can’t guarantee anything else, but this road is the one I know best, if he guesses like my sister, the easiest place to attack is that Shuizi Lane.”
The two hurried forward and arrived at the place not long after. Ding'an Road is not comparable to a bustling street, but there are also pedestrians, scattered shops and stalls on the street, which makes the street not deserted.
Su Qing looked around vigilantly, but found nothing unusual. She placed Ju Muer at a tea stall and asked the lady who set up the stall to help take care of her. Then he greeted Ju Muer and said that she would go to the alley first to explore.
Su Qing went and came back quickly, saying: "Sister, there is indeed a carriage parked in the alley, it seems that it is the one that took Miss Ding away. I'll go check it out and I'll be back in a while."
Su Qing didn't wait for Ju Muer's response, and ran towards Shuizi Lane. The alley was quite deep, and although it was close to the street, it was quiet and gloomy inside, with an indescribably weird feeling. Su Qing rubbed her arms, thinking to herself, "No wonder everyone doesn't come here".
The carriage was parked in the middle of the alley, and there was no one around. After Su Qing observed it carefully, she sneaked closer. The car was very quiet, Su Qing turned around, thinking about whether to get closer and look inside, when she heard the sound of dripping water. She felt hairy and looked down.
Bright red blood was dripping from the carriage.
Su Qing covered her mouth abruptly, and swallowed back her screams. She took a few breaths, thought about it and decided to take a closer look at the situation in the car.
She leaned over carefully, lying on the car door and peeking in through the crack of the door. Although I was mentally prepared, I was still taken aback by the scene inside. Ding Yanshan's maid Xiaoyu was lying there impressively, her body was covered in blood.
Su Qing's legs were weak, and she leaned against the wall with her hands tightly covering her mouth. She regained her composure, and was about to run out to tell Ju Muer, but she heard a terrified scream in the alley. Su Qing's heart trembled, and she subconsciously sneaked over.
It was a small dilapidated courtyard in the second half of the alley. The gate of the courtyard was not fastened, and the door was tattered, so one could see inside at a glance. Su Qing approached, and could hear the movement inside clearly. That was indeed Ding Yanshan's voice, and she didn't call out twice, as if someone had covered her mouth.
Su Qing could hear the bandit leader cursing in a suppressed voice, but she couldn't hear what she was cursing, followed by the sound of ripping clothes and Ding Yanshan's crying and struggling. Su Qing took a look inside, her blood rushed forward, and she was furious.
This bastard actually bullied the girl again!
Su Qing suddenly took out the dagger for self-defense from her waist, which she pestered Li Ke to buy for her after she learned martial arts. Of course, she also bought it in exchange for "helping the master to provide for the elderly".
With a dagger, Su Qing kicked open the broken door of the courtyard, and stabbed at the bandit with a loud roar.
The robber was taken aback and turned around abruptly to escape. Su Qing pulled Ding Yanshan up and was about to run outside. The robber came back to his senses, and grabbed Su Qing with his palm.
Su Qing put on a posture, swiped and danced twice. Taking advantage of this moment, Ding Yanshan let go of her voice and shouted for help.
The robber was initially taken aback by Su Qing's proficiency in martial arts, but soon found that she was just a show. He knocked Su Qing to the ground with one palm, saw her fall to the ground, pulled out the dagger from her boots and was about to go up to mend the knife, but Ding Yanshan ran out the door and yelled loudly.
But the robber is a martial arts practitioner, faster than Ding Yanshan. Ding Yanshan hadn't taken two steps before she was grabbed by him and pushed against the wall. The bloody dagger was pointed at her throat: "If you dare to make a sound again, I will stab you to death. I don't care whether you live or die. If I hold the corpse, I can still settle accounts with your Ding family."
Ding Yanshan was startled and frightened, her eyes fixed on the blood on the dagger. It was the blood of her maid Xiaoyu, who she saw with her own eyes as the bandit stabbed Xiaoyu to death.
Ding Yanshan begged with trembling voice: "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
"Be honest, don't make trouble for me!" The gangster lowered his voice and said viciously, "Otherwise I will chop off your fingers one by one, just to sacrifice my nine dead brothers. Then I will cut off your bare palm It was chopped up and sent to your home, and then you... "
"Boom" a loud noise.