Perfect Encounter

An Ruochen replied: "For them, there should only be two outcomes for me: kill me or use me. I have been out and about in the past few days, and I have gone to many places. Huan, they had a chance to strike, but they didn't see any action, but today they let Zhao Jiahua come and mentioned my fourth sister, I think they must be planning to use me."

Long Da asked again: "How long has it been since your fourth sister went missing until you managed to escape from home?"

"Three days."

"If they had your fourth sister in their hands and had a plan to use you, why didn't they take action in those three days? At that time, you were in a desperate situation, and there was no way to ask for help. It was easier to threaten and treat you then than to deal with you now too much."

An Ruochen was silent, these words were repeating the same old tune, she thought about various possibilities again and again, and Long Da also analyzed it with her. Now he said it again, just trying to beat her—don't be blinded by hope, it will blind you to the truth. If she kept telling herself to convince herself that the fourth sister was in their hands, then Long Da would not let her fight these people at ease.

An Ruochen took a deep breath and nodded. Still struggling in my heart, maybe they didn't have the fourth sister at the time, but now that she has entered Ziyun Tower, she is valuable, and her weakness is the fourth sister, maybe they found it, so they decided to choose one of the two, no Kill her, use her.

How likely is this? Of course not.

An Ruochen bit her lips: "Even if they lied to me about the Fourth Sister, it was to lure me into the bait, and there must be a plan. I should go to Zhao Jiahua and see what their plan is. Like this Only then can we dismantle the tricks and lead the snake out of the hole."

"Seeing the trick?" Long Dao said: "You know, there is a trick that calls you to enter the urn. When you see the trick clearly, you are already in the urn, and you can't get out. How do you break the trick?"

An Ruochen clenched his fists nervously, knowing that the general could not be persuaded by a few words. She said, "I ask the general for advice."

"When the two armies are at war, they often use tricks to lure the enemy. The enemy pretends to be defeated and flees. You get carried away with pride and lead your troops to chase after him, but you are caught in an ambush by the opponent. You have nothing to say if you can't see through and pretend to be defeated. Being able to see through is a trick, and there are two ways to go: one is not to chase, not to fall into the trick. The other is to overlook the overall situation, set up formations earlier than the enemy, find out the terrain, bypass the ambush, and intercept the enemy's front to him."

"Overall?"

"You told me so much just now, even Zhao Jiahua's tone of voice and expression. But you didn't mention Li Xiu'er at all. Didn't you go to Jiang's clothing store today?"

"That's right, but that's because Li Xiu'er was normal, and she didn't even recognize me. She changed her face after I reported myself, and hurriedly hid in the backyard, and never came out again."

"So your attention is all on Zhao Jiahua."

An Ruochen frowned, only then realized something was wrong.

"No one knew about your going to the clothing store in advance. How could Zhao Jiahua meet you by such a coincidence? After Li Xiuer avoided you, how long did you stay in the clothing store?"

It's been a long time. An Ruochen thought about it. In order to wait for Li Xiu'er to show up, and to observe more, she chatted with Boss Jiang, deliberately asked many questions about clothing making, and took a long time to choose fabrics.

"How far is the clothing shop from Zhaofu Restaurant? How long does it take to go back and forth?"

An Ruochen didn't pass by, but she reckoned that if she walked fast enough, she should be in time. She began to wonder if Li Xiu'er would come out and delay her if she didn't stay at the clothes store long enough. The general was right, it was not so easy for Zhao Jiahua to meet her by chance. Besides, if she knew that she was already under suspicion, why didn't she wait for her to come to Zhaofu Restaurant, instead of running outside to "encounter" with her? What made her so impatient?

"She's still holding the child." An Ruochen was enlightened, "The child looks sleepy. If she really loves and spoils her daughter, she should let her have a good rest instead of taking her wandering around the street and talking to her." Chatting with people, playing tricks to lure the enemy."

Long Da nodded: "When our generals face each other, even if we are wounded, we will hide them under the armor and keep the enemy from knowing."

"She deliberately told me that her daughter is as important as my fourth sister. She told me that she knew my weakness was my fourth sister, but she also exposed her weakness as my daughter." This is indeed too weird.

"anything else?"

"There are strict rules. To ensure the safety of the organization, we only communicate through one line. We don't know each other, and we don't communicate with each other. But because I ran away from home to report to the officials, they knew that any girl related to Matchmaker Xu might be... If Li Xiuer really reported to Zhao Jiahua. , Why did she do this? Zhao Jiahua is actually the second Mrs. Xu? No, that would be too risky. Mr. Xie would not let his direct contacts contact me. It would be too risky for him...Why did she let me see her child..."

"It's good that you have a lot of doubts. Only when you are so thoughtful can I feel at ease." Long Dao said: "A soldier is approaching the city, no matter whether he is sure or not, he will eventually have to fight, but don't be brave, and don't be confused by the enemy. You want to fight Zhao Jiahua , yes, but the original idea doesn’t work. You can’t just stare at Zhao Jiahua, do you understand?”

An Ruochen nodded vigorously.

"Do you still remember that I told you why Zhao Jiahua was ranked second among these girls?"

"Because I haven't found out why Zhao Jiahua is so important. Matchmaker Xu said that the relatives are mostly local marriages, but Zhao Jiahua was brought back from other counties through hard work, changed her name and identity, and pretended to be a distant cousin to matchmaker to Boss Liu. The general thinks it's suspicious to spend so much time. The identity of Pinxianglou's singing girl may also be a disguise. Before you find out, don't touch her."

"But since she is so anxious now, you should grasp it."

An Ruochen's heart was pounding, "I'll meet her at Zhaofu Restaurant tomorrow."

"No, ignore her. Since she is in a hurry, you shouldn't be in a hurry."

Long Da explained to her like this, An Ruochen knew it in his heart. When she returned to the house, she was still pondering over Long Da's words, carefully figuring out the plan.

This night, there are people at the other side of the Anfu who are planning.

First of all, Tan Shi, her plan is going well. Because the servants in the entire courtyard of the big house were suddenly going to be sent away overnight, everyone was unprepared and became a mess. The nurse of the nursing home sealed the yard of the big house tightly, and locked all the crying and screaming in the yard. Under the night, the maids and servants left Anfu one by one according to the head of the steward. Those with life contracts were locked in the house, waiting for the prostitute to pick them up.

Mrs. Tan was very satisfied. This way, the big trouble was eliminated in one fell swoop, and future troubles were avoided. She was much more at ease.

An Ruoxi was anxious, she thought about it, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, she quietly went to the backyard. Seeing that the place was unattended, I thought about dealing with the other side of the courtyard of the big house, ignoring this place. There is a lock on the door of the firewood room, but it is not fastened. An Ruoxi looked around and opened the door.

There were no candles in the room, and a smell of firewood and dust mixed with the smell of blood rushed towards him, making him sick. An Ruoxi endured the nausea, and under the moonlight coming in from the door and window, she saw the old nanny lying on the ground. She was covered in blood, stained with mud and dust, in a terrible state of distress, with a cloth towel stuffed in her mouth, her face was blue and gray, and her eyes were closed tightly.

An Ruoxi swallowed her saliva, suppressed her nervousness, stepped forward cautiously, and softly called "Nurse Song" twice. The old nanny didn't respond, and she didn't move. An Ruoxi's mind was in a mess, so she couldn't really just die like this?

She stepped forward, stretched out her hand to sniff her, accidentally touched her nose with her fingers, the old nanny moved suddenly, An Ruoxi screamed in fright, and fell to the ground. This movement seemed to wake up the old nurse, she struggled to open her eyes, the eyes were swollen, and barely opened a crack. That appearance seemed to be squinting and giving a vicious cold stare, An Ruoxi moved back subconsciously, her heart beating like a drum.

For a long while the old nanny just looked at her like this, without moving or speaking. An Ruoxi strengthened her courage, and said in a low voice: "Nurse Song, I'll bring you some water and some wound medicine."

The old woman still did not speak. An Ruoxi moved over carefully, removed the cloth towel from the old nanny's mouth, and handed the small bottle of water to her lips. The old nanny hesitated for a while, and opened her mouth. An Ruoxi was overjoyed when she saw this, and quickly helped the old nurse's head and gave her some water. The old nanny couldn't swallow, the water mixed with blood overflowed from her mouth, and An Ruoxi's hand was stained.

An Ruoxi almost screamed again, resisting the urge to shake her hands, and fed the old nurse several mouthfuls.

The old nanny finally drank some, and seemed to have regained some energy.

An Ruoxi was not so scared at this time, she took out her handkerchief and wiped her hands, then took out the wound medicine from her bosom: "I also brought you the medicine." But look left and right, the old nannie's body It was full of blood, and I didn't know where to start.

The old nanny spoke at this time: "What a bad idea, hypocritical?"

Her voice was unbearably hoarse, almost inaudiblely weak. Even so, An Ruoxi could still hear the irony in her words. She gritted her teeth and said bravely: "You are hurt too badly, I just want to save you."

The old woman seemed to want to speak, but she couldn't catch her breath. An Ruoxi watched in fear, not knowing what to do. After a while, the old nanny came back to her senses, and said with some strength: "What good will it do you to save me?"

An Ruoxi bit her lip, unable to answer.

But the old nannie didn't need her answer, she continued weakly: "You are all vicious, it's fake to save me, it's true that you want to use me to deal with my eldest girl. You think I'm stupid. I used to I was confused, but now I can't..." She couldn't breathe anymore when she said this, her eyes widened, and she breathed hard. With that expression and appearance, matched with blood all over his body, he was like a ghost.

An Ruoxi was so frightened that she couldn't squat anymore and fell to the ground.

Seeing her like this, the old nanny suddenly smiled, and when she smiled, her mouth was full of blood, which was even more terrifying. "If you want to harm my girl, I will never let you go even if I am a ghost..." The voice was as breathless as silk, but it pierced my ears, cold and sharp like a knife.

An Ruoxi was so shocked that she moved back, trying to stand up while moving. She regretted it, she shouldn't have come here.

The old nanny stared at her with her swollen eyes open, looked at her, and suddenly said: "Even if you are a ghost, you will not let you go..." This time the voice could not be heard clearly, but An Ruoxi looked at her lips, unexpectedly After hearing these words clearly, her heart was beating like a drum, and her back was wet with cold sweat, as if she was frozen in place, unable to move. She stared at the old nurse, and the old nurse stared at her.

For a long time, neither of them moved.

An Ruoxi looked at the old nanny, and suddenly felt something was wrong. She turned her head abruptly, and saw the third sister An Ruolan hiding outside the door, with half of her face exposed behind the door panel, with a terrified expression. An Ruoxi suddenly turned her head to look at the old nanny again, but she was still motionless, her appearance was terribly stiff. An Ruoxi swallowed hard, and heard An Ruolan ask softly behind her, "Is she dead?"

An Ruoxi moved, and climbed forward with shaking hands. An Ruolan bravely walked over, but she didn't dare to get too close.

An Ruoxi stretched out her hand and shook it in front of the old nanny, her eyes were still open, but they were rigid. An Ruoxi clenched her teeth, and carefully stretched out her fingers to probe the old nanny's breath, when she heard An Ruolan's scream as soon as she got close. An Ruoxi jumped up and screamed as if she had been stabbed. The two sisters turned around and ran outside at the same time, stumbled all the way out of the backyard, ran into the nearest garden, hid in the bushes and gasped for breath.

The two looked at the way like thieves, but no one came after them. But An Ruoxi was still afraid, she felt that the old nanny followed them, but she was no longer human, she died and became a ghost.

"You killed her?" An Ruolan asked with a terrified expression.

An Ruoxi was startled, jumped up and screamed, "I didn't."

"But what did you give her to drink, and she died."

"That's water, that's water!" An Ruoxi screamed and grabbed An Ruolan's shoulder, and said loudly, "I don't, I don't, that's water."

An Ruolan struggled in fright, An Ruoxi subconsciously wanted to grab her to explain, but An Ruolan kicked and scratched her, broke away from her and ran away. The back of An Ruoxi's hand hurt, and she was frightened by An Ruolan's violent reaction. She stared blankly at the back of her sister who ran away and disappeared, and murmured: "I didn't kill her, I didn't. I don't want her to die, she can't die .”

An Ruoxi sat on the ground next to the tree slide, thinking that she must have heard everything from Tan Shidao, and she would tell her elder sister. I also remembered what Tan said about the old woman not being able to stay. Thinking of how the old nanny stared at herself with those eyes that couldn't be opened, and said viciously in that angry voice that I would never let you go even if I was a ghost. An Ruoxi shivered, and wrapped her arms around herself.

There was silence all around, An Ruoxi didn't know how long she had been sitting, the more she sat, the more frightened she became, she suddenly thought of something, jumped up quickly, and rushed straight into Tan's room regardless of her muddy mess.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Tan was shocked. An Ruoxi took her mother's hand and yelled: "Mother, she died, it wasn't me, but the third younger sister saw it, she insisted that it was me, and we started arguing. Mother, you can't teach her to talk nonsense, it's not me .”

Tan was confused when he heard it, but vaguely guessed what it was related to. She drank heavily to calm An Ruoxi down, poured another glass of water for her to drink, and said sharply: "Calm down, talk, what happened?"

An Ruoxi took several breaths and collected herself. She said that in order to find out how much the old nannie had heard, whether she had inquired about the news before, and who was her helper, she pretended to deliver water and medicine to the old nannie, but the old nannie was injured too badly, only After drinking water, he died after cursing a few words. She never noticed that An Ruolan was actually following her and saw everything. An Ruolan thought that the old nurse was killed by her. She wanted to explain, but An Ruolan ran away.

"She will definitely tell third aunt. Maybe she will tell her girl." An Ruoxi became more and more flustered as she spoke, holding Tan's hand and saying: "Mother, you must help me, and you must not let them talk nonsense. This It will be terrible if the matter gets to the ears of the elder sister, and we will have no choice but to think of any countermeasures."

After listening to it, Mrs. Tan was not in a hurry. Today's matter, the master has taught in public, Sanfang Xue is a fool, he is good at instigating and instigating, and he will stand on the side that benefits, but he will never go against An Zhifu's intention. Mrs. Xue doesn't pay attention to the life and death of the old nanny at all, and with An Zhifu's lesson ahead of her, Mrs. Xue naturally understands what's going on. Even if she thought An Ruoxi had done something, she didn't dare to say it everywhere. She is smart and will teach her daughter to shut up. On the contrary, An Ruoxi reminded her of one more thing, and she had to guard against it.