Chapter 329: Ideal cell life
Chapter 329 Ideal Prison Life
"Then...you guys, sit here for a while and have some tea breaks. Then I will arrange to invite the four girls back to the house, so I will be out of company first."
The butler gave a salute, turned and left the front hall.
"Take someone to the Fourth Girl's Courtyard immediately, tie up Ziyue and go to the backyard! ... Be less action, so that everyone who knows about this will shut their mouths tightly! Everything waits for the master to come back and make plans!" When no one was there, the butler whispered to his side servants.
The servant responded and went immediately.
However, someone still passed the news to the maid Ziyue's ears a step earlier.
"Ziyue, when I was in the front yard, I saw that several officials came suddenly in the mansion. I vaguely heard that I was going to invite the four girls to the Yamen...Do you know why?"
A little maid who worked in the front yard and had a good relationship with Ziyue came to ask.
She was afraid of the majesty of the butler, and was afraid that she would not dare to listen down. She only heard the beginning and hurried over.
Ziyue trembled when she heard the words, and the rag she was holding fell under her feet.
"I do not know either……"
She quickly bent over to pick up the rag, and said in a hurry, "I have work to do. If the girl comes back and sees the mess in the room, she will definitely lose her temper... You go back too, let people see you. Here, I will pass it back to the steward, and I have to pull your ears again."
said, he took the rag and hurried to the inner room.
Looking at the figure disappearing behind the bead curtain, the little maid frowned suspiciously.
I always feel that Ziyue looks scared...
Could it be that...the girl really has caused some serious disaster?
Like... the second son before?
As soon as the thought came out, the little maid secretly said "God" in her heart, and immediately she didn't dare to stay any longer.
As soon as her front foot left here, Ziyue hurriedly walked out of the inner room with her back foot.
She clenched her hands tightly together, her eyes repeated flusteredly, after such a moment of hesitation, she gritted her teeth after all, and went back to Baosha to pack her things.
However, when things were half packed, the sound of messy footsteps could be heard in my ears.
"Where is the Purple Moon Man!"
"Just now in the girl's room..."
"Find the people!"
Hearing this unkind man’s voice, Ziyue’s blood faded away, and she couldn’t take care of other things. She hurriedly rolled up her bag of jewelry and broken silver in her arms, panicking. Looking from the right, before the door was pushed open, he hid in the innermost side of the bed.
The space under the bed is narrow and full of dust. Fortunately, the position is backlit. It looks dark from the outside, and it is easy to find the people hidden in it.
But definitely can't stand the meticulous search.
Even if someone suspects that she is hiding in the room, the first place to look for is probably under the bed!
Thinking of this, Ziyue lifted her heart high, not even daring to breathe.
After the door was pushed open, someone soon walked in.
Listen to the voice, there are the housekeeper and a maid in the yard, and the voice of the man—this is Feng Shun, the confidant of the housekeeper!
That means...is the housekeeper looking for her?
Are you going to hand her over to the official messenger to send her to the yamen?
But she soon discovered that this guess was wrong--
"How come people suddenly disappeared! Say, are you one of you quick to spread the news about the officer in the front yard!" Seeing that there was no one in the room, the man pointed to the box spread out on the table, and said sharply: "This is clear. It's gone!"
The lady-in-law glanced at the various shades of dust on the edge of the bed, and frowned slightly, "What the **** is going on? I haven't understood it until now! Well, what is Ziyue running? "
The man glanced at her and said coldly: "Just remember a little bit-Ziyue followed the four girls out of the city for incense early this morning, and she is not in the mansion at this time! If you saw it in the mansion, then he secretly returned to the mansion alone. , Taking advantage of the absence of the four girls, the thief tried to escape from the house by stealing the master’s property, and should immediately catch the person and leave it to the housekeeper for disposal!"
Listening to these words, the lady in charge answered "Yes".
After a while, the man cursed and took the person away: "...hurry up, look around carefully, never let people run away!"
"Grandma Lan..." The maid beside the lady in charge asked in a low voice in terror, "What happened? Ziyue... did she really run away?"
"Don't ask so much." The lady in charge sighed.
Don’t talk about a young girl like Ziyue, she wanted to run a long time ago—following this kind of master, she said she was in good clothes, but it was really precarious.
But she drags her family with her mouth, so she can’t run even if she wants to.
asked her to tell her that Ziyue was running late, and that things like running off the road should be done as soon as possible. Ordinarily, she should run ahead of time and run overnight.
But she was still different from Ziyue. Afterwards, at most she lost her position as a woman-in-law, and she was kicked out of the house no matter how bad she was.
The lady in charge glanced at the location of the bed for the last time, and walked out with the maid.
"Grandma Lan, can this house be locked..." the maid asked cautiously.
"No, Feng Shun and the others may come back to check again."
"Yes."
The sound of footsteps faded away, and Ziyue under the bed was finally able to breathe.
But the smooth breathing did not make her feel the slightest relaxation.
She understands...
The housekeeper must have told the officials that she and the girl had gone out of the city together, and after dealing with the officials with such words, he turned his head and asked Feng Shun to catch her!
Is this afraid that she went to the Yamen and said something was missing?
In this case, if she is really caught, what the consequences will be waiting for her afterwards, it seems that it is not difficult to guess...
But she didn’t want to be silenced like this!
She is only fifteen years old, she does not want to die!
At least you can’t just wait to die like this!
And God must still take care of her... If it wasn't for a friend who came to find her in a moment, she must have fallen into the hands of the resolute butler at this time!
At this moment, the girl's desire to escape overwhelmed everything.
She got out from under the bed, hugged her bag and came to the door. After confirming that there was no one around, she hurried out of the holding mansion, walked around into the garden behind, and got out through a dog hole.
The existence of this dog hole is not accidental.
It was just a small hole before, and the reason why she was able to accommodate a large living person to pass through at this time was because she would come to dig a bigger hole when she had nothing to do these days.
Digging a hole for many days, using the hole for a while, everything is accumulated on weekdays, that's it.
But after leaving this yard, it is the most dangerous beginning.
The search for her in the Zhizhi Mansion will inevitably become more and more intense, but she can't help but delay, Ziyue quickly made a decision.
She wants to go to the back door as far as possible from here, avoiding people's eyes.
Unlike the back main entrance, there is rarely anyone going in and out of the back side gate on weekdays. The gatekeeper there knew that she was the maid next to the fourth girl. A few days ago, she quietly went out of the house to see Zhan Yunjiao. door.
As long as the gatekeeper has not received a signal from the butler, then she has a chance to leave from there...this is her only chance!
made up his mind, Ziyue chose a path and hid all the way to the back door.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual, she hid the deflated baggage under Bijia, and walked over as calmly as possible.
But when she was about to approach the gatehouse where the gatekeeper was, two figures suddenly appeared behind the gatehouse: "Why? I really want to escape out in a fool?"
The man sneered and said, "I was really guessed by the housekeeper! I know you will go out through the back door 80%!"
He arranged for someone to guard the two backdoors, and a little brainless maid wants to run out in full view? It's just whimsical!
Seeing Feng Shun turned out to be, Ziyue's face was shocked, and she stepped back subconsciously.
However, the next moment, her back movement suddenly stopped.
only heard a few "plops", and the three people in her sight, including Feng Shun and the gatekeeper, all fell one after another!
……How is this going?
Ziyue looked around tremblingly, but could not see any figure or strangeness.
Is this also God’s favor?
But this favor... Isn’t it too hard?
At this juncture, the little maid had no time to think too much. She boldly stepped forward and took off the key hanging from the gatekeeper's waist, and hurriedly opened the door and ran out.
The moment stepped out of the threshold, although there was still a lot of dazed fear of the road ahead, she truly experienced the feeling of freedom.
It’s just that it feels like a flash in the pan, and soon she won’t be free--
This rear door opens between the back wall and a narrow alley.
She hardly noticed anyone in the alley, so she heard a voice in her ears: "Are you going to the Yamen? Let's go, I'll lead the way."
Ziyue was taken aback.
She stared defensively at the coming young man, "You...who are you?"
It doesn’t look like an official clerk when it’s well-dressed!
"The one who took you to the government."
"Why should I go to the government...really strange." Ziyue said quickly, turning around and leaving.
In the next instant, I felt that the back shoulder was being held by someone, and the pain came immediately.
"Really not going?"
Ziyue frowned, "...what will you do if I don't go?"
"It's not that much, it's just throwing you back into this courtyard wall."
Ziyue was frightened when she heard it, and she only felt that it was more terrifying than killing her directly.
"No, I won't go back!"
She escaped, she really went back, and she still doesn’t know what torture she will suffer!
"Then let me go to the government office." Xiao Qi said seriously: "You are just acting on orders. You only need to come forward to testify and confess the truth, and you will not be convicted of death. By then, you don't need to worry about three meals a day, and your life will be leisurely. Don’t be afraid that the Xia family will come to trouble you. Besides the Jingya prison, can you find a safer place to go?"
Ziyue's complexion changed when she heard it.
At this time, she even felt a strange sense of suspicion in her heart-isn't it the kind of place she wanted to find after escaping, and the kind of ideal stable life she wanted to have after she escaped?
After all, even if she escaped today, where can she hide? How many days can I hide?
At that time, whether it is captured by the government or in the hands of the Xia family, the result and situation will inevitably be a hundred times worse than it is now.
If she were to add another level of sin to her at that time, she would be exiled or something, wouldn't she even lose the stable life of living in a cell?
And just as her heart was moving, she suddenly heard a noisy movement within the courtyard wall.
"What's wrong with people!"
"I'm still angry, I should just be in a coma!"
"The door is also open... must have ran from here!"
"Go chase!"
Ziyue tightened, and immediately said: "I promise you to go to the government!...Let’s go!"
But is there still time to run!
The next moment, the facts proved that she was too worried.
The other party grabbed her and carried her on his back, and easily turned over the narrow alley.
In the Beijing government, Ji Dong finished a whole cup of tea and was considering whether to take a break.
Just now, his subordinates came back and sent a letter saying that Miss Xia and the maid in the painting were not in the mansion, and the housekeeper of the Xia family was also very clear. In one word, he asked him to wait.
Without having to think about it, and guess it, something will happen in this waiting gap.
Knowing this, what can he do?
Let someone urge you? How long does the Xia family have to come over within the limit?
He thought, but courage doesn't allow it.
Speaking of poke the heart's nest, as long as the Xia family's skin is thick enough, even if the Xia Si girl randomly finds an excuse to wait until next year to return to the city, he can only wait.
Lord Ji, who was suffering from waist pain, decided to go back to the back hall and rest for a while to wait for news.
When he got up, Master Ji glanced at the direction outside the hall.
Wu Shisun actually left.
The position that the entourage paid a big price for, but he didn't stand for a while, so he paid more back?
Change to him, even if he has a broken leg, he must stand until the last one, so as to minimize the cost.
But this is destined to be only a hypothesis, after all, he can't spend so much money to change a place to watch the excitement.
Hey, it’s another day to feel sorry for others.
"My lord, the maidservant in the summer house is here!"
When Ji Dong was about to leave, he suddenly heard a voice.
--coming? !
Ji Dong looked over unexpectedly, and saw that a maid wearing a pale cyan match armor was brought in, and he couldn't help but look at the servant with questioning eyes.
Yaye's eyes were also a little dazed.
said that the adults may not believe that he was not brought out of the Xia family. He simply wanted to come back and tell the adults that Xia Shoufu had returned to the house. But when he walked halfway, the maid suddenly appeared and said that he wanted to go back to the Yamen with him.
The other party has taken the initiative to ask for it, so it’s always hard for him to refuse?
So he brought the people back in a dazed manner.
"My lord, it's her!"
Zhan Yunjiao pointed to Ziyue who was brought into the hall, and said: "She is the maid next to Xia Xi. She has seen me a few times to pass letters, and she was looking for me!"
In response to the opponent's gaze, Ziyue opened her mouth.
Don’t have to be so tense and hostile, after all, she didn’t plan not to admit it...
"It's me, Miss Zhan didn't admit her mistake." Ziyue's voice was a little timid, but she said without hesitation: "My lord, the maid knows the whole story of the four girls in my family's plan to murder Miss Xu."
Zhan Yunjiao: "...?"
Ji Dong: "...?"
After that, Ziyue told what she had known and passed, and said everything in detail, including her own girl's vicious intentions.
——I heard that the better the attitude toward confession, the greater the chance of going to jail safely, and you can even go directly to the cell without suffering from flesh and blood.
Thank you Lu Qinghan and Ari for your rewards.
Say good night to everyone early today.
(End of this chapter)