Wishful Things

"Then... all of you, please sit here for a while and have some tea for a rest. I will arrange to invite the fourth girl back to the residence, so I will excuse you first."

After the butler saluted, he turned and left the front hall.

"Immediately take someone to the Fourth Girl's Courtyard, tie Ziyue up and lock her up in the backyard! ... Be gentle, and tell anyone who knows about this to shut up! All plans will be made after the master comes back!" Walking to the empty place, the butler whispered to the servants beside him.

The servant responded and went immediately.

However, someone still passed the news to the maid Ziyue one step earlier——

"Ziyue, when I was in the front yard just now, I saw several officials suddenly came to the mansion. I vaguely heard that the fourth girl was going to be invited to the yamen... Do you know what it is for?"

A little maid who worked in the front yard and had a good relationship with Ziyue on weekdays specially came to ask.

She was afraid of the majesty of the big housekeeper, and she didn't dare to listen further for fear of being discovered, so she hurried over after listening to the beginning.

Ziyue trembled when she heard this, and the rag she was holding fell to her feet.

"I do not know either……"

She quickly bent down to pick up the rag, and said in a hurry: "I still have work to do. If the girl comes back and sees the mess in the house, she will definitely lose her temper... You should go back quickly, and let people see you coming here. If you report back to the steward, your ears will be pulled again."

With that said, he took the rag and hurried to the inner room.

Seeing the figure disappearing behind the bead curtain, the little maid frowned suspiciously.

I always feel that Ziyue looks very scared...

Could it be that... did the girl really cause some serious trouble?

Just like... like the second son before?

As soon as this idea came out, the little maid secretly said "God", and immediately did not dare to stay any longer.

As soon as her front foot left here, Ziyue hurriedly walked out from the inner room with her back foot.

She clenched her hands tightly, her eyes flustered repeatedly, after hesitating for a moment, she finally gritted her teeth and went back to the Baosha to pack her things.

However, halfway through packing things, he heard the sound of chaotic footsteps.

"Where are the Purple Moon people!"

"I was still in the girl's room just now..."

"Find someone!"

Hearing this unkind man's voice, the blood on Ziyue's face faded away, and she didn't care to pack the other things. She hurriedly rolled up the package containing some jewelry and silver and hugged it in her arms, looked around in a panic, and hid in the innermost side of the bed before the door was pushed open.

The space under the bed is narrow and full of dust. Fortunately, the location is backlit. From the outside, it looks pitch black, and it is not easy to find the person hiding inside.

But it definitely won't stand up to a careful search.

Even if someone suspects that she is hiding in the room, the first place to look is probably under the bed!

Thinking of this, Ziyue's heart was so high that she didn't even dare to breathe.

After the door was pushed open, someone walked in quickly.

Hearing the voices, there was the woman in charge in the yard, a maidservant, and the man's voice—this was Feng Shun, the confidant of the housekeeper!

That is to say... the butler is looking for her?

Are you going to hand her over to the officials and send her to the Yamen?

But she soon discovered that this guess was wrong——

"Why did the person suddenly disappear! Tell me, is it one of you who is quick to talk and spread the news about the official arrival in the front yard!" Seeing that there was no one in the room, the man pointed to the scattered box on the table and said sharply: "It's clear that he ran away!"

The woman in charge glanced at the dust accumulated on the edge of the bed in different shades, frowned slightly and said, "What happened? I haven't understood it until now! Well, why is Ziyue running?"

The man glanced at her, and said coldly: "Just remember one thing—Ziyue went out of the city with the fourth girl to go out to offer incense early this morning, and she is not in the mansion at this time! If she saw it in the mansion, she would have gone back to the mansion secretly, taking advantage of the absence of the fourth girl, stealing the master's property and trying to escape from the mansion, she should be caught immediately and handed over to the housekeeper!"

Hearing these words, the woman in charge answered "Yes".

After a while, the man led the person away cursing: "... Hurry up, look around carefully, we must not let people run away!"

"Nurse Lan..." The servant girl next to the steward asked in a low voice, terrified, "What happened? Ziyue... did she really run away?"

"Don't ask so many questions." The woman in charge sighed.

Not to mention a young girl like Ziyue, she also wanted to run away a long time ago—following this kind of master, it is said that it is a good life, but in fact it is at stake.

But she dragged her family along, so she couldn't run away even if she wanted to.

If she asked Ziyue to run late, she had to run as soon as possible, and it was said that she had to run early or overnight.

But she is still different from Ziyue. Afterwards, at most, she lost her position as a housewife, or at the worst, she was kicked out of the mansion.

The woman in charge took one last look at the position under the bed, and walked out with the maid.

"Nurse Lan, should this room be locked..." the servant girl asked cautiously.

"No need, Feng Shun and the others may come back to check again."

"yes."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and Ziyue under the bed was finally able to take a deep breath.

But the smooth breathing did not make her feel the slightest relaxation.

She understands...

The housekeeper must have told the official that she went out of the city with the girl to offer incense, and after dealing with the official with such an excuse, he turned around and asked Feng Shun to arrest her!

Was it because she was afraid that she would go to the yamen and say something was missing?

In this way, if she is really caught, it seems that it is not difficult to guess what will happen to her later...

But she didn't want to be silenced just like that!

She's only fifteen years old, and she doesn't want to die!

At least you can't just wait to die like this!

And God will definitely still take care of her... If it wasn't for a good friend who ran to find her just now, she must have fallen into the hands of the big butler who acted vigorously by now!

At this moment, the girl's desire to escape overwhelmed everything else.

She got out from under the bed, and came to the door with her bundle tightly in her arms. After confirming that there was no one around, she hurried out of the building, went 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, but the reason why a large living person like her can pass through it now is because she digs a bigger hole when she has nothing to do these days.

Dig a hole for many days, use the hole for a while, everything is accumulated on weekdays, that's all.

But after leaving this yard, is the most dangerous start.

The search for her in the Xinzhi Mansion will inevitably become more and more intense, and she cannot help delaying, so Ziyue made a quick decision.

From here, she wants to go to the back side door as far as possible, avoiding people's eyes and ears.

Different from the back main door, that back side door rarely has people coming in and out on weekdays. The gatekeepers there knew that she was the servant girl next to the fourth girl. She quietly went out of the mansion to meet Zhan Yunjiao a few days ago, and she always walked through that door.

As long as the gatekeeper hasn't received the signal from the big steward, she has a chance to leave from there... This is also her only chance!

After making up her mind, Ziyue chose a small path and sneaked all the way to the rear door.

Seeing nothing unusual, she hid the shriveled bundle under Bijia, and walked over as calmly as possible.

However, just as she was about to get close to the gatehouse where the gatekeeper was, she saw two figures suddenly appearing from behind the gatekeeper: "What? Do you really want to get out in a bluff?"

The man sneered and said, "As expected, the butler guessed it! I knew you would probably leave the house through the back door!"

He arranged for people to guard the two back doors, and a little girl who has no brains wants to run out in full view? It is simply whimsical!

Seeing that it was Feng Shun, Ziyue's face was terrified, and she subconsciously stepped back.

However, the next moment, her backing movement suddenly stopped.

Only a few "plop" sounds were heard, and the three people in her sight, including Feng Shun and the gatekeeper, all fell down one after another!

……How is this going?

Ziyue looked around tremblingly, but couldn't see any figure or strangeness.

Is this also God's favor?

But this kindness...isn't it too hard?

At such a critical moment, the little maid didn't have time to think too much, she bravely stepped forward and took off the key hanging from the gatekeeper's waist, opened the door and ran out in a hurry.

The moment she stepped over the threshold, although she still had a lot of confusion and fear about the road ahead, she really felt the feeling of freedom.

It's just that this feeling is just like a flash in the pan, and soon she won't be free——

This rear side door is opened between the back wall and a narrow alley.

She hardly noticed that there was someone in the alley, and she heard a voice in her ears: "Are you going to the Yamen? Let's go, I will lead the way."

Ziyue was startled.

She stared at the young man approaching defensively, "You... who are you?"

It doesn't look like an official job by looking at the clothes!

"The person who takes you to the government."

"Why should I go to the government...it's really strange." Ziyue said very quickly, turned around and was about to leave.

The next moment, I felt someone holding my back shoulder, and the pain came immediately.

"Are you really not going?"

Ziyue frowned stubbornly: "...what will you do if I don't go?"

"No, it's just throwing you back into the courtyard wall the way you came."

Ziyue was terrified when she heard it, and felt that it was more terrifying than killing her directly.

"No, I'm not going back!"

She escaped, and if she really went back, she still doesn't know what kind of torture she will suffer!

"Then follow me to the government." Xiaoqi said seriously: "You are just following orders, you only need to testify and confess the truth, and you won't be sentenced to death. Then you don't have to worry about three meals a day, and your life will be free, and you don't have to be afraid that Xia's family will come to trouble you - can you find a more secure place to go besides the prison?"

Ziyue's complexion changed upon hearing this.

At this moment, she even had a strange feeling of suddenness in her heart - isn't what the other party described exactly the kind of place she wanted to find after escaping, and the ideal stable life she wanted to have?

After all, even if she escaped today, where could she hide? How many days can I hide?

At that time, no matter whether they are arrested by the government or fall into the hands of the Xia family, the result and situation will inevitably be a hundred times worse than now.

If at that time, she is given a higher level of guilt, exile or something, won't she even lose the stable life of living in a cell?

And just when her heart was moving, she suddenly heard noisy movements from within the courtyard wall.

"What's wrong with people!"

"I'm still alive, I should just be in a coma!"

"The door is also open... must have run from here!"

"Go and chase!"

Ziyue tensed all over, and immediately said: "I promise you to go to the government!...Let's go!"

But is there still time to run?

The next moment, it turned out that she was worrying too much.

The other party grabbed her and carried her on his back, and easily turned over the narrow alley.

In the Beijing yamen, Ji Dong finished a whole cup of tea and was considering whether to take a break.

Just now his subordinates came back to send a letter, saying that Miss Xia and the maid in the painting were not in the mansion, and the meaning of the housekeeper of the Xia family was also very clear, in a word, told him to wait.

Without thinking about it, you can guess that there will inevitably be changes during this waiting period.

But knowing this, what can he do?

Ask someone to urge you? How long does it take for the girl from the Xia family to come over?

He wanted to, but he had the guts not to allow it.

To put it bluntly, as long as the Xia family is thick-skinned, even if Fourth Miss Xia finds an excuse to wait until next year before returning to the city, he can only wait.

Master Ji, whose waist hurt from sitting, decided to go back to the back hall to rest for a while and wait for the news.

Before getting up, Mr. Ji glanced at the direction outside the hall.

Wu Shisun actually left.

Let the follower spend a lot of money to buy the position, but don't stand there for a while, and get back more money?

If it were him, he would be the last one even if he broke his leg, so as to minimize the cost.

But this is destined to be only a hypothesis, after all, he can't exchange so much money for a spot to watch the excitement.

Hey, it's another day to feel sorry for others.

"My lord, the servant girl of the Xia Mansion has arrived!"

Just as Ji Dong was about to leave, he suddenly heard a report from a yamen servant.

--coming? !

Ji Dong looked over unexpectedly, and seeing that a maid wearing light blue bijia was brought in, he couldn't help but look at the yamen servant with questioning eyes.

The yamen servant's eyes were also a little dazed.

Having said that, my lord might not believe it, but he didn't bring him out of the Xia family, he just wanted to come back and tell my lord that that Xia Shoufu had returned to his residence. But halfway there, the servant girl suddenly appeared and said she wanted to go back to the Yamen with him.

The other party has already asked for it, so it's hard for him to refuse?

So he brought him back in such a dizzy state.

"My lord, it's her!"

Zhan Yunjiao pointed to Ziyue who was brought into the hall, and said in a concentrated voice: "She is Xia Xi's maidservant, and she sent me letters several times, she was the one who found me!"

Meeting the other party's gaze, Ziyue opened her mouth.

There is no need to be so tense and hostile, after all, she has no intention of denying it...

"It's me, Ms. Zhan did not admit her mistake." Ziyue's voice was a little timid, but she said without hesitation: "My lord, this maid knows the whole story about the plan of my fourth daughter to murder Ms. Xu."

Zhan Yunjiao: "...?"

Ji Dong: "...?"

After that, Ziyue told the whole story of what she knew, including the vicious intentions of her own girl.

——I heard that the better the attitude of the confession, the better the chance of going to jail safely, and you can even go directly to the jail without suffering from flesh and blood.

Thank you Qinghan and Ari for their rewards.

Say goodnight to everyone early today.