Qiao Xianyong dragged his heavy steps back to Liuxiang Pavilion. Qier came up to meet him and said with a smile, "Master, have you been playing in the garden with the lady for so long? Qier has packed your luggage and equipment. Master, please wash up."
Come on, change your clothes, drink some tea, and we'll be ready to hit the road."
Qiao Xianyong stared blankly at Qier, the considerate maid in front of him who had been serving him. Is the smile on her face real or fake? He had never doubted it before, but now he seemed to care about everyone around him, even every tree and plant.
Full of doubts. Who is lying to him? Huanxiang? Or Qiao Shi? Or everyone?
Seeing Qiao Xianyong's indifferent expression, Qier thought that he had been offended by Qiao, so she was very unhappy, so she comforted her and said, "Master, is something not going well with you? Did the wife blame the master? Maybe the wife has such a temper.
, Young Master, you don’t need to take it to heart.”
Qiao Xianyong was silent for a moment and said word by word, "Qier, you just said that my wife may have such a temper? It sounds like you and my wife are not familiar with each other? I originally thought that you had been following my wife in the Wu Mansion.
How many days?"
Hearing Qiao Xianyong's solemn question, Qier couldn't help but look nervous, and replied cautiously, "As for the young master, Qier has always served Miss Huanxiang. There are other maids and mothers-in-law in the madam's room, so the madam's
Qi'er doesn't know much about her temper either."
Qiao Xianyong stared into Qier's eyes and asked again, "Qier, I asked you before, who is sister Huanxiang's father and what is sister Huanxiang's surname? You said you didn't know. Now you say again
You have been following Huanxiang, and what you are saying seems to be inappropriate!" After finishing speaking, he stared at Qier unblinkingly, as if to see if she was lying.
Qier seemed to be frightened by Qiao Xianyong's expression and aggressive words at this time. She couldn't help but take a step back, her lips trembled, and she said with a cry, "Master, everything Huanxiang and Master told is the truth, and they never meant to deceive."
Qiao Xianyong saw Qier trembling with fear, his face softened, and he said in a deep voice, "Qier, let me ask you, when did you enter the mansion, and what were you doing before you entered the mansion? What happened to you, you always
Please make it clear."
Qier blinked her tearful eyes and replied in a trembling voice, "Master, Qier will not lie to you. I have not been in the government for a long time, probably more than half a year. My mother passed away.
I had no money for burial, so I put a sign in the market, willing to be bought as a maid, but I had to pay for my mother's burial." As she spoke, Qier knelt down in front of Qiao Xianyong and said,
Tears said, "Master, please, Qier doesn't know what she has done wrong, please forgive me. Qier is really homeless and has nowhere to go, and she hopes to stay with the Master as a maid."
Qiao Xianyong didn't know that Qier's life experience was so pitiful. He stretched out his hand to help Qier up and advised him softly, "Don't cry, don't cry. I have nothing to dissatisfy. You were with the lady before, and now you are with me
I, I just hope you are a loyal person, nothing else."
Qi'er opened her eyes with tears and whispered, "Master, I am just a maid, and I really speak softly. If there are any secrets or important things in the house, I can't get involved. If you can trust Qi'er, Qi'er will
I swear to the young master that I will do my best, go through fire and water, and be loyal to the young master. If I violate the trust of the young master, I will let Qier die a bad death, go to hell, be fried ten thousand times, be chopped with a knife a hundred thousand times, and be killed.
..."
Qier was interrupted by Qiao Xianyong before she could finish her words. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, there's no need to say these words anymore. In short, if there is anything abnormal, please pay attention to me." Qiao Xianyong felt in his heart at this time.
But he couldn't be sure whether Qier was an enemy or a friend. It was just that her expression didn't look like she was being fake, so she didn't say much.
Qier seemed to remember something and said to Qiao Xianyong, "Sir, do you still remember the little red door we saw in the garden the day before yesterday?"
Qiao Xianyong was about to turn around and go back to his room when he suddenly heard Qier ask and stopped to look at her. How could he not remember the little red door? He had only been there for half the night last night and saw it.
The person who was imprisoned in the Baisha Escort Bureau. This matter is indeed closely related to him, and now it seems that he is involved in the whole conspiracy. Qiao Xianyong's eyebrows twitched, but he made a thoughtful expression and said, "
Small door? I have no idea. This palace is too big and there are indeed too many doors."
Qier said with a solemn expression, "Young Master may not remember it. That night when Qier was walking with Young Master in the courtyard, she passed by a small door in the corner. At that time, she seemed to hear intermittent human voices coming from inside.
It seemed sharp and miserable. At that time, the young master wanted to go in to find out what was going on, but the night was too dark and Qier was really scared, so she stopped the young master."
Qiao Xianyong nodded thoughtfully and said, "Well, if you put it this way, I vaguely seem to remember such a thing. What's wrong with that door?"
Qier looked around and said softly, "Sir, when Qier passed by the garden this morning, she saw the small red door wide open! Qier felt strange in her heart. Although she was scared, she still went over and took a look.
.Guess what? It turned out to be an abandoned courtyard. There was nothing in it. It was empty! This is strange. How could human voices be heard in this empty room? I'm afraid, I'm afraid this courtyard is not haunted.
No?" Qier became more and more frightened as she spoke, and even started to shiver under the bright sun.
Qiao Xianyong couldn't help blurting out, "What? No one?" As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he was too impulsive, but he just saw several people from the Baisha Escort Bureau who were imprisoned last night. Where are they now? He pondered for a while, pretending not to care.
He asked like this, "There probably won't be any ghosts. But can you see clearly? Is there a room in the courtyard? Are there no people in the room?"
Qier tilted her head and thought for a while and replied, "I think there seem to be several simple houses like earthen kilns in the yard. They are empty. Some of them seem to have one or two tattered benches thrown in, but
Every earthen kiln has its door wide open, and although it is dark inside, it can be seen that there is nothing there and no one is there at all."
Where had the leader Li Biao and others been taken? Qiao Xianyong couldn't help but think that he wanted to go to the garden to see clearly again. Before he even took a step forward, he heard Granny Zhang's voice coming out suddenly,
This time he was extra polite and said, "Sir, if everything is packed, we can hit the road."