Chapter 328

"Well... Please sit here for a moment, have some tea and have a rest. I'll arrange to invite four girls back to the house. Excuse me first."

The housekeeper saluted and turned away from the front hall.

"Take someone to the four girls' yard immediately, tie up the purple moon and lock it up in the backyard!... be small and ask those who know about it to keep their mouths shut! Don't plan until the master comes back!" the big housekeeper whispered to his side servants when he arrived at no one's place.

The servant answered and went at once.

However, someone spread the news to the servant girl ziyue's ear a little earlier——

"Ziyue, when I was in the front yard just now, I saw several officials suddenly coming to the mansion. I vaguely heard that I was going to invite four girls to the Yamen... Do you know why?"

A servant girl who worked in the front yard and had a good relationship with ziyue in ordinary days came to ask.

She was afraid of the dignity of the housekeeper. She didn't dare to listen down for fear of being found. After listening to it at the beginning, she hurried over.

The purple moon trembled when she heard the speech, and the rag she held fell under her feet.

"I don't know..."

She quickly bent down to pick up the rag and said in a hurry, "I still have work to do. If you see the mess in the house after you come back, you will lose your temper... Go back quickly and let people see you come here and pass it back to the steward. You have to pull your ear again."

Then he hurried to the inner room with a rag.

Looking at the back that disappeared behind the bead curtain, the little servant girl frowned suspiciously.

I always feel that the purple moon looks very scared

Can you say... Did the girl really get into any big trouble?

Like... The second childe before?

As soon as the idea came out, the little servant girl whispered "God" in her heart, and she didn't dare to stay any more.

As soon as her front foot left here, the purple moon's back foot hurried out of the inner room.

Her hands were tightly clenched together, her eyes were flustered and repeated. After hesitating for a moment, she finally bit her teeth and went back to the building to pack up her things.

However, when things were half packed, I heard the sound of messy footsteps coming into my ears.

"Purple moon man!"

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

"Find someone!"

Hearing the bad man's voice, the blood color on ziyue's face faded, and she couldn't care to pack up others. She quickly rolled up the burden of some jewelry and silver in her arms, looked left and right 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. The good thing is the backlight? It looks dark from the outside. It's easy to find the Tibetans.

But it can't stand careful search.

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

Think of that? Purple moon, a heart hanging high? I dare not even breathe.

After the door was pushed open? Soon someone came in.

Listen to the voice, there are the steward in the yard, a servant girl, and the voice of the man - this is Feng Shun, the confidant around the big housekeeper!

That means... Is the housekeeper looking for her?

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

But she soon found out that the guess was wrong——

"How can people suddenly disappear! Say? Is it any of you who have a quick mouth? Spread the news of an official coming to the front yard!" the man saw that there was no one in the room, pointed to the boxes scattered on the table and said sternly: "it's clear that he ran away!"

The steward glanced at the ash at the edge of the bed without any trace? Slightly frowned and said, "what's the matter? I haven't heard it until now! Well, what's the purple moon running?"

The man glanced at her? Lengleng said: "just remember this - ziyue went out of the city with the four girls to offer incense this morning? She's not in the house at this time! If she saw her in the house, she would secretly go back to the house alone? She stole the master's property in an attempt to escape the house while the four girls were away. She should catch someone immediately and hand it over to the big housekeeper!"

Listening to these words, the steward answered "yes".

A moment later? The man scolded and took people away: "... Hurry? Look around carefully? Don't let people run away!"

"Mammy lan..." the servant girl beside the steward whispered in fear, "what's the matter? Purple moon... Did she really run away?"

"Don't ask so much." the steward sighed.

Don't talk about a young girl like purple moon? She has long wanted to run away - following this master, it is said to be rich in clothes and food, but in fact it is precarious.

But she has a family? You can't run if you want to.

To her, the purple moon is running late. You have to run as soon as possible. It's supposed to run in advance and overnight.

But she was still different from ziyue. At most, she lost her position as a steward and was driven out of the house.

The steward took a final look at the position under the bed and went out with the servant girl.

"Mother LAN, do you want to lock this room..." the servant girl asked carefully.

"No, Feng Shun, they may have to come back to check."

"Yes."

The footsteps faded away, and the purple moon under the bed was finally able to breathe.

But the smooth breathing didn't make her feel any relaxed.

She understood

The Da Guan family must have told the official that she went out of the city with the girl to go to incense. After dealing with the official with such words, he turned around and asked Feng Shun to catch her!

Is she afraid of missing something when she goes to the Yamen?

In this case, if she is really caught, it seems that it is not difficult to guess what the consequences will be waiting for her

But she doesn't want to be killed!

She's only fifteen. She doesn't want to die!

At least you can't just wait to die!

And God must still care for her... If her friend didn't come to her just now, she must have fallen into the hands of the resolute housekeeper!

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

She came out from under the bed, hugged her baggage and came to the door. After confirming that there was no one around, she hurried out of the Baoxia all the way, went around into the back garden and went out through a dog hole.

The existence of this dog hole is no accident.

Previously, it was only a small hole. At this time, she was able to accommodate a big living person to pass because she would dig bigger when she had nothing to do these days.

Dig a hole for many days, use a hole for a while, and everything accumulates on weekdays. That's it.

But leaving this yard is the most dangerous start.

The search for her in the magistrate's office is bound to be closer and closer. Without her delay, ziyue quickly made a decision.

She wants to go from here to the back door as quietly as possible.

Different from the back main gate, there are few people in and out of the back side gate. The gatekeeper there knows that she is the servant girl next to miss Si. She quietly went out of the house to see Zhan yunjiao a few days ago. It was the door she went through.

As long as the gatekeeper hasn't been signaled by the housekeeper, she will have a chance to leave... This is her only chance!

After making up her mind, ziyue chose a path and came to the back door all the way.

Seeing nothing different, she hid the deflated burden under the Bijia and walked over as calm as possible.

However, just as she was about to get close to the gatekeeper's gatehouse, she saw two people suddenly appear behind the gatekeeper: "what? Do you really want to get away?"

The man sneered and said, "if you were guessed by the housekeeper, you would probably leave the house through the back door!"

He arranged people to guard the two back doors. A brainless little servant girl also wanted to run out in full view of the public? It's fantastic!

Seeing that it was Feng Shun, ziyue's face was frightened and subconsciously stepped back.

However, the next moment, her backward movement suddenly gave a meal.

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

... what's going on?

The purple moon looked around tremblingly, but she couldn't see any figure or anything strange.

Is this God's favor?

But this favor... It's too hard, isn't it?

At such a critical moment, the little servant girl had no time to think too much. She boldly came forward, took off the key hanging around the gatekeeper's waist, hurriedly opened the door and ran out.

At the moment when she stepped out of the threshold, she was still at a loss about the road ahead, but she really felt the feeling of freedom.

It was just a flash in the pan, and soon she couldn't be free——

The back side door opens between the back wall and a narrow lane.

She hardly noticed that someone was in the lane, so she heard a voice in her ear: "are you going to the Yamen? Come on, I'll lead the way."

The purple moon was startled.

She stared defensively at the young man coming, "you... Who are you?"

It doesn't look like an official!

"The person who took you to the government."

"Why should I go to the government... It's really strange." ziyue said very quickly and turned around to leave.

The next moment, I felt that my back shoulder was held by someone, and the pain came immediately.

"Seriously not?"

Purple moon frowned: "... What will you do if I don't go?"

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

Ziyue was frightened when she heard this. She just felt more terrible than killing her directly.

"No, I'm not going back!"

She escaped. She really went back. I don't know what kind of torture she will suffer!

"Then let me go to the government." Xiao Qi said seriously: "you just obey orders. You just need to testify and confess the truth, and you won't be sentenced to death. You don't have to worry about three meals a day, and you have a free day. You don't have to be afraid that the Xia family will come to trouble you - can you find a more secure place besides the Beijing yamen prison?"

Ziyue's face changed complicatedly.

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

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

At that time, whether they are arrested to the government or fall into the hands of the Xia family, the result and situation will be 100 times worse than now.

If she were to be punished and exiled, wouldn't she lose her stable life in the cell?

Just when she was excited, she suddenly heard a noisy noise inside the courtyard wall.

"What's wrong with people!"

"I'm still angry. I should just be in a coma!"

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

"Go after it!"

Ziyue tightened her whole body and immediately said, "I promise you to go to the government!... let's go!"

But can you run in time!

The next moment, the facts proved that she was too worried.

The other party grabbed her, carried her on his back, and easily crossed the narrow lane.

In the Beijing yamen, Ji Dong finished a whole cup of tea and was considering whether to stop halfway first.

Just now his subordinates came back and sent a letter saying that Miss Xia Si and the servant girl in the painting were not in the house. The meaning of the big housekeeper of the Xia family was also very clear. In a word, he told him to wait.

Without thinking about it, I can guess that there will be changes in the gap between waiting.

But knowing this, what can he do?

Let someone rush? How long does the Xia family girl have to come here?

He wants to, but he doesn't have the courage to allow it.

Say something to poke your heart. As long as the Xia family is thick skinned enough, even if Miss Xia Si makes an excuse at will and returns to the city next year, he can only wait.

Sitting with a waist ache, Lord Ji decided to go back to the back hall and have a rest for a while.

When he got up, Lord Ji took a look at the direction outside the hall.

Wu Shisun left unexpectedly.

Let the entourage spend a lot of money to buy a place, but don't stand for a while and return more?

For him, even if his leg is broken, he should stand to the last to minimize the cost.

But this is bound to be a hypothesis. After all, he can't give so much money for a place to watch the excitement.

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

"My Lord, the servant girl of Xia mansion has arrived!"

Ji Dongzheng was about to leave when he heard a yamen report.

——Coming?!

Ji Dong unexpectedly looked over and saw that a servant girl wearing a light cyan armor was brought in. He couldn't help looking at the Yamen servant with an inquiring look.

The eyes of the Yamen are also a little confused.

The adult may not believe it. He didn't bring him out of Xia's house. He just wanted to come back and tell the adult that Xia Shoufu had returned to his house. But on the way, the servant girl suddenly appeared and said she would go back to the Yamen with him.

The other party has taken the initiative to ask, and it's always hard for him to refuse?

So he brought people back in such a dizzy way.

"My Lord, it's her!"

Zhan yunjiao pointed to the purple moon who was brought into the hall and said, "she is the servant girl next to Xia Xi. She met and sent letters several times. She found me!"

Facing each other's eyes, purple moon opened her mouth.

There's no need to be so tight and hostile. After all, she doesn't intend not to admit it

"It's me, Miss Zhan. Ziyue's voice is a little timid, but she doesn't hesitate to say," my Lord, my maid knows all the process of my four girls planning to murder Miss Xu. "

Zhan yunjiao: "...?"

Ji Dong: "...?"

Then, ziyue said everything she knew, including her girl's malicious intentions.

——It is said that the better the confession attitude is, the greater the chance of safe imprisonment. You can even check into the cell directly without suffering from flesh and blood.