"Mother," Zhuo Lengping pulled Old Lady Zhang over, "I don't know why, he suddenly seemed like a different person, and he became gentle again when I was treated. I suspect that he has something up his sleeve, and I don't know what he is planning."
After hearing this, Old Lady Zhang clapped her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay for people to treat you badly, but it's also okay for them to treat you well! Stop being so suspicious, isn't this a great good thing?"
"But his personal maid is also nervous, which is not normal." Zhuo Lengping frowned, extremely sure.
"Girl, why are you always paying attention to the absence of these things? Why don't you live well with Master Lu, and he will naturally not treat you badly."
Seeing that her mother didn't believe it, Leng Ping could only sigh: "Then my daughter will just listen to you."
Old lady Zhang laughed and said, "That's right, just take a good rest."
"yes."
As soon as Mrs. Zhang turned around and closed the door, she was hurriedly asked by the maid standing outside the house: "Have you ever complained, madam?"
Old lady Zhang shook her head: "My daughter is well taken care of by Master Lu, how can I have any complaints? Girls, please don't listen to other people's words, they are all talking nonsense."
"Then...then...then that's good, it's good." The maid replied stammering.
Old lady Zhang didn't pay attention to her face, she just smiled and said, "Young lady is looking at my daughter so hard, I have to go."
In order for her daughter not to be excluded, this old woman took the initiative to do all the menial work in the house in the past two days, so that everyone would have a good impression of them and not be bullied here all the time. Moreover, she heard that her daughter today He said that Lu Jishou's attitude had improved, and he thought it was in line with his own thoughts. He thought: Since they are doing this, they might as well get more work, and maybe one day Leng Ping will be straightened out!
The old woman happily walked into the courtyard and saw a servant squatting in the corner holding a wooden basin and getting up to dry clothes.
"Are you ever tired?" She bowed and asked with great respect.
When the man saw that it was Old Lady Zhang, he did not dare to neglect him, so he returned the greeting and said, "I am washing my master's clothes. What is the purpose of my visit here?"
"I saw that your feet were numb from squatting, so I wanted to help you with your work!" After saying this, Old Lady Zhang rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward.
"Old man, you are old, no need! No need!" The servant quickly stopped him with his hand and advised.
But Old Lady Zhang smiled and pushed his arm away, "No! My body is very strong, and if I don't work, my hands will still feel itchy! Please go aside and rest, and don't be polite anymore."
The man blocked her left and right, which showed that she was determined not to change, so she had no choice but to bow and said: "Old man, I am really grateful to you!"
"You're welcome," Mrs. Zhang walked to the wooden basin and squatted down. She immediately took out her clothes and started washing them. "You guys have been working very hard all day... just take a good rest!"
After hearing this, the servant thanked him a few more times, then beat his waist and walked away slowly.
Mrs. Zhang washed all the clothes for about half an hour before hanging them on the rack. She wanted to stand up, but she felt her back was sore, so she leaned against the wall to rest. She gradually became confused and was about to close her eyes. Suddenly I heard the sound of footsteps outside the door, and my eyes hurriedly looked over.
"What did the magistrate say?" said an experienced voice.
"The magistrate said that he will send troops to capture Zhuo Lengping tonight, as long as the master can keep an eye on him." A steward walked behind, followed by Lu Zhengfu, the master of the Lu family in front.
Old lady Zhang was suddenly awakened. She looked around, but there was no place to hide, so she could only turn her back, cover her silver hair with a cloth, and listen to them secretly.
"What did Shou'er say?" Lu Zhengfu stopped in the middle of the yard and asked.
"The young master said that Zhuo Lengping is very safe, and he even has a maid standing guard outside the house in case anything happens," the steward said.
"That's good. Be careful in everything. After all, the debt Jiang Du owes to the gambling house is not a small amount, and the money on hand is still important." Lu Zhengfu saw the old woman accidentally and thought he was a slave, so he didn't take it to heart.
He turned to the steward and said, "Zhuo Lengping's mother lives in our house?"
Old lady Zhang shuddered.
"Yes, I live in the west end of our house."
"She can't stay either. She has to follow Zhuo Lengping into the prison together. Send someone to keep an eye on her."
"The old woman is too old to run away. Besides, if we send someone over, we may arouse suspicion, so there is no need to bother."
Lu Zhengfu nodded: "That makes sense. Report this to Shou'er and let him know."
"Slave, go right away."
After that, the two of them went out together, leaving only Lao Zhang alone, looking very astonished.
"Daughter, you are right! She is the key to the Lu family..." Halfway through Zhang's words, Zhuo Lengping hurriedly covered her mouth and motioned for her to speak in a lower voice.
"The Lu family really wants to harm you... I accidentally heard Mr. Lu talking to a slave. They called the officers and soldiers. They were afraid of making a fuss, so they planned to come at night. It's better for us to leave." Old lady Zhang's voice was extremely loud.
It was small, but Zhuo Lengping raised his ears with concentration and could barely hear clearly.
"Mother, if we want to run away, where can we go? The maid outside the house is designated to watch over me, so there is almost no chance." Zhuo Lengping sighed and said.
"Isn't this house close to a garden? Isn't it possible to climb over the wall from there?" Old lady Zhang said.
Zhuo Lengping thought about the appearance of the garden, but shook his head decisively: "The white walls in that area are one foot high anyway, and we don't know how to climb over the walls, so how can we climb out?"
Old lady Zhang remained silent.
Is it true that we can only sit back and wait for death? Zhuo Lengping also fell into deep thinking.
"But..." Zhuo Lengping suddenly felt a turn of events, "I'll go and take a closer look in the garden. Maybe there are some places we don't pay attention to on weekdays that can teach us how to escape."
"Do you want to go and see it yourself?" asked Old Lady Zhang.
"That will definitely arouse suspicion..." Zhuo Lengping frowned, "It's best to call him Lu Jishou."
Old lady Zhang looked at her uneasily but remained silent.
"Leng Ping!" Lu Jishou came in from outside the house, closed the door behind his back, and threw his coat on the bedside.
"You...what are you doing?" Zhuo Lengping smiled at him, showing two shallow dimples on his cheeks.
"My father asked me to come over, just to say some casual words. It's nothing." Lu Jishou saw that she looked happy and didn't have any strange emotions, so he relaxed his guard and sat next to her.
Zhuo Lengping rested his head on his shoulder and said in a delicate voice: "Since I entered your Lu family, apart from staying in this room and walking in the yard, I have never dared to go anywhere else.
I saw that the garden in the south was full of golden chrysanthemums, and the scenery was pleasant. I didn’t see you saying that you wanted to take me there. It seems that you really treated me as a concubine! Humph... If I had known you were so stingy, I wouldn’t have
Just go."
When Lu Jishou saw her like this, he immediately liked her: "How can there be such a thing! I will show you my cold screen today!"