It only took half an hour to get from Prince Jin's Mansion to Dongshi.
However, Jiang Nianjiao felt as if a century had passed. She had been waiting for the system to come online these past few days, but the system did not respond. Even the word "system failure" on the panel disappeared, and there was only one on the entire system panel. blank.
This time the failure seems to be more serious than the previous ones.
It was also because of this that Jiang Nianjiao became more and more uneasy.
She always felt that there might be a big change behind this system failure.
But she didn't know where this change would lead her, let alone what impact this failure would have on herself.
So after grabbing a little bit of thread, she was not going to let it go.
Today's rouge shop is still bustling with people.
Lan Jue, who was surrounded by girls, just continued to laugh and do business with the girls as usual.
He is so handsome that even if he is surrounded by a crowd, he is like stars over the moon, and his presence cannot be ignored.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao spotted him at just one glance, and although Lan Jue was surrounded by a crowd, he was tall, so if he really looked carefully, he could see the people he cared about at a glance.
When their eyes met, Lan Jue's eyes suddenly lit up with joy. At the same time, the corners of his lips subconsciously formed a bright smile.
He only apologized softly to the female customers, and then asked the newly recruited clerk in the store to explain the rouge styles to the girls, while he himself passed through the circle of girls and walked directly in front of Jiang Nianjiao.
"Why is Madam here again today, but to inspect my work? Or is she here to see me?" When talking about the last option, Lan Jue's lips couldn't help but raise slightly.
However, Jiang Nianjiao was not in the mood to joke with him today.
She just whispered, "Shall we go in and talk?"
Lan Jue naturally happily led the way after hearing this, and then after introducing Jiang Nianjiao into the inner hall where there were no customers, he asked the waiter to go down and make tea, while he sat down next to Jiang Nianjiao.
"Madam, what do you want to tell me?" Lan Jue was still very happy at this time.
Jiang Nianjiao asked Lianying to take out a moon-white sachet from the box.
As soon as he saw the sachet, Lan Jue's originally smiling face was choked up. Isn't this the sachet that Lu Zhizhang gave to him before? Lu Zhizhang wanted to give this thing to his wife, but he didn't take it seriously at the time, and he was not willing to help others, so a few days later, he threw the sachet into an unknown corner.
But why is this sachet at Madam's place now?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take a cautious look at Jiang Nianjiao's expression.
There was no smile on Jiang Nianjiao's face, and her beautiful eyebrows were frowned, so she thought there was probably nothing good going on at the moment.
Therefore, before Jiang Nianjiao spoke, he did not admit her rashly.
"Have you ever seen this sachet?" Jiang Nianjiao asked in a low voice.
Lan Jue naturally shook his head when he heard this, and then he only asked cautiously, "Madam, is there anything wrong with this sachet?"
Jiang Nianjiao obviously didn't have much thought in detailing the problems with the sachet.
She only said to Lingying, "What was the name of the guy who gave you this sachet last time?"
Lianying only whispered, "He said his name is Zhang Sanshun."
Jiang Nianjiao nodded, then turned to Lan Jue and said, "Lan Jue, is there a clerk named Zhang Sanshun in your store?"
When Lan Jue heard this name, he was just startled.
Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but continue to ask, "What? Is there no such person?"
Only then did Lan Jue come back to his senses and said, "It's not that there is no such person, but a female customer complained that Zhang Sanshun liked to touch female customers, so I fired him the day before yesterday."
"Resigned?" Lianying couldn't help but said in a higher tone.
Jiang Nianjiao only asked, "Then do you know where that person lives?"
Lan Jue didn't know who this Sanshun belonged to, but he didn't want Jiang Nianjiao to know that he was involved with the sachet, so he just looked thoughtful. Then he shook his head innocently and said, "This guy is He’s a new recruit and hasn’t passed his probation period yet, so I don’t know where he comes from.”
Hearing this, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but she didn't completely believe Lan Jue's words, just when she was thinking about what to say to trick Lan Jue into telling the truth.
Unexpectedly, there was the sound of cups clinking to the ground at the door.
At the same time, all the hot water in the tea cup was poured onto the brocade peony cashmere carpet in the inner hall.
Seeing the guy's rash behavior, Lan Jue couldn't help but scolded him softly, "Why are you so rash in front of Madam?"
The guy was accused and didn't say anything.
Lan Jue took the initiative to apologize to Jiang Nianjiao on behalf of the guy, "Madam, I'm really sorry. This guy is also a new recruit. He doesn't understand the rules yet. Please forgive me, madam."
The tea cup didn't spill on herself, so Jiang Nianjiao just waved her hands and said, "It's okay."
Then Lan Jue wanted to repel the guy, but at this moment, the guy stepped forward and took two steps.
At the same time, his eyes were only fixed on the sachet.
Jiang Nianjiao naturally saw the abnormality in the other person's eyes, so she just held up the sachet and said to the guy, "What? Have you seen this sachet before?"
When the guy heard this, he immediately glanced at Lan Jue.
Jiang Nianjiao naturally read different messages from this glance, so she only said deliberately, "What? Does this sachet have anything to do with your boss?"
Lan Jue, whose name was called, only laughed awkwardly when he heard this, "What does this matter have to do with me?"
However, as soon as he defended himself, the clerk pointed directly at Lan Jue and said, "Madam, he is lying!"
Lan Jue obviously didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly, and for a moment he was just embarrassed on the spot.
At the same time, the guy suddenly tore off the thin-skin mask on his face, and then he just pulled off the guy's hat. At the same time, his beautiful black hair was released as the restraints were lifted. Scattered down.
This guy's operation naturally only revealed her true appearance?
Seeing her, everyone couldn't help but look surprised.
"Qi Yun?" It was Lan Jue who called out the woman's name. After all, they were colleagues back then, so they could see each other without looking up.
But Lan Jue had long heard from that person that Qi Yun had contracted the disease and died, and even the collapse of their Hualou Club was related to Qi Yun's illness.
However, now the woman who looked like she was dying was standing in front of him extremely healthy. For a moment, Lan Jue couldn't believe her eyes.
"Why are you here?" The person who asked this was naturally Jiang Nianjiao. After she helped Qi Yun escape from the flower house, she had told Qi Yun to stay away from Shangjing, a place of right and wrong.
However, not only did she not leave now, she actually became a clerk in her own shop.
Qi Yun didn't take another look at Lan Jue. After all, their relationship in Hualou was just a nod.
However, she showed great patience in response to Jiang Nianjiao's inquiries.
"I have nowhere to go. I don't know where to go after leaving Shangjing. After all, I am a woman traveling alone, and there is no chance that I will be sold."
"No matter what, it's safer to go to Beijing than other places, so I originally planned to make a living by singing in Shangjing. A restaurant also agreed to this."
"But I didn't expect that when I was singing on the first day, I heard the sound of an argument coming from the box. I thought the sound sounded familiar, so I listened a few more times. Only then did I realize that someone was instigating someone else. I didn't intend to hear more about one person scheming against others, but I didn't expect that one of them would just walk out at that time. And that person was Mr. Lan."
"I vaguely heard them mentioning some sachets and my benefactor's name before. And later I also found out that Mr. Lan was the shopkeeper in my benefactor's shop. I was afraid that something would happen to my benefactor, so I have been here all this time. Wandering around, last time I only deliberately knocked over one of my benefactor’s rouge boxes, and I originally thought that would be fine.”
After listening to Qi Yun's words, Jiang Nianjiao also cast a disappointed look at Lan Jue and said, "Lan Jue, what else do you have to say now?"
Lan Jue didn't even raise his head at this time. He could only admit through gritted teeth, "I did promise a person to help him be an internal agent and enter the Jiang Mansion, but I found that I like you more and more, madam. So later
I didn't promise him anything. I didn't want to give the sachet to Madam after I got it. Although I didn't know what was in the sachet, I thought there must be some bad ingredients in it. I was afraid of hurting my wife, so I threw the sachet away. It's just that I really didn't expect that this thing would be delivered to Madam again after all the traveling. "
"I know Madam may not believe what I say. After all, I have also deceived Madam, but I really do. Please Madam, please don't drive me away from here. Lan Jue really likes this job and really likes Madam. Lan Jue is absolutely I won't hurt Madam." After explaining what happened, Lan Jue immediately begged Jiang Nianjiao for mercy. ..
Jiang Nianjiao didn't seem to pursue Lan Jue's words. She just whispered, "Of course I believe what you say."
Hearing Jiang Nianjiao's words, Lan Jue, who originally thought there was no hope, suddenly lit up.
He looked at Jiang Nianjiao with hope and caution, but he did not see any blame on Jiang Nianjiao's face. For a moment, he only felt as if he had been forgiven.
But Jiang Nianjiao then said, "But can you tell me who the man was who helped you get to Jiang Mansion that day and asked you to use this sachet for me?"
At this time, Lan Jue naturally no longer hesitated. He just replied quickly, "It's Lu Zhizhang, Mr. Lu."
Jiang Nianjiao felt her heart skip a beat when she heard the name.
It wasn't that she was so unimaginable about Lu Zhizhang, it was just that she didn't expect that after going around in a circle, reality would overlap with the dream.
In the dream, he killed himself, but in reality, he also wanted to kill himself.
