Outside the study, listening to Jia Zhen's arrogant words in the house, Youshi's bright and beautiful face as smooth as jade appeared behind the potted plant on the window sill, which suddenly turned from pink to pale.
"Master, he wants to... collude with thieves and harm Jia Heng? It turns out that the master himself has fallen in love with the daughter of the Qin family!" Youshi's green and slender jade hands gently covered the sandalwood mouth, and she felt her heart pounding, listening to it in her ears As Lai Sheng received his errands and walked out, You quickly tiptoed through the moon door with green eaves and white walls on the side, heading towards the long Chaoshou Verandah.
Walking to an octagonal pavilion, You's jade face was like frost, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, she was twisting her handkerchief with her fingers, pacing back and forth with a tangled look on her face.
She was wondering if she should remind Jia Heng that it was too appalling to connive with thieves and rob other people's wives when they passed by.
"But he is staying outside. As a woman, it seems inconvenient for me to tell the news. Besides, if the master finds out..." Youshi's beautiful eyes were full of worry, her face was changing, and her heart was extremely tangled. She vaguely felt If this quarrel continues, there is no chance that the strong-tempered young man will come to the house.
"The fire cannot be contained in the paper. I thought it was done so mysteriously, but what if that person finds out..."
Thinking of the young man with sinister features, Youshi became more and more worried.
This beautiful woman, who was called a saw-mouthed gourd in Dream of Red Mansions, was submissive to Jia Zhen and did not dare to say a word. Although she came from a small family, she was not without any opinions.
Later, when Jia Jing passed away, Du Yanli's bereavement could reveal this.
"We must go and warn Jia Heng so that he can be on guard." Youshi stopped walking and raised her head. The rising light of autumn swayed the swaying golden steps, making her face look radiant and gorgeous.
"I just need to find an excuse to let Ronger... No, Ronger definitely doesn't have the courage. It's not appropriate to let the maid deliver the message. If the master finds out later..." Youshi thought for a while, Quickly returned to the room, picked up the brush, hesitated, and pondered on the paper for a moment, and a line of beautiful words suddenly appeared, writing, "If the moon is full during the Mid-Autumn Festival, if the moon is not round, the marriage will be in danger."
"I think that young man should be able to see the meaning of the reminder." Youshi's eyelashes trembled, her beautiful eyes stared at the note. For some reason, her cheeks felt a little warm. This shouldn't be... a secret communication, right?
He quickly folded it, put it into a blank envelope, put it into his sleeve, left the wing, called a maid in the courtyard, and said: "It's autumn, I plan to cut two pieces of clothes for the master, you come with me to the ready-made clothes shop Turn around."
"Yes, grandma." The maid stepped forward and said.
Accompanied by the maid and nanny, You left the Ningguo Mansion through the Jiao Gate and got on the carriage.
At this moment, in a refreshment shop at the corner of Ningrong Street, Jia Heng changed into blue clothes. He looked at the carriage driving out with calm eyes and murmured, "Youshi?"
He and Dong Qian had already set up spies near Ningguo Mansion, preparing to find an opportunity to block Lai Sheng, but at this moment Lai Sheng did not come out.
"Brother, I'm going to follow you and take a look. You stay here and keep an eye on it."
He had previously relied on his memory to outline Lai Sheng's appearance and figure on rice paper with a charcoal stick, and asked Dong Qian and several others to follow the drawing.
The carriage was turning. It was an autumn afternoon, and the streets were bustling with people. The sounds of sellers selling goods along the street passed through the bamboo curtains and rang in the ears of Youshi, who was sitting elegantly. Her restless mind seemed to have gradually calmed down.
The carriage kept stopping all the way and drove out of Ningrong Street. Youshi suddenly made an excuse to get out of the car to relieve herself, and searched around the corner for a while. Suddenly she saw a few children playing with grabbing stones at the corner. She stepped forward and gave them to her. After paying ten yuan, Yingying smiled and said: "Send this Ningrong Street to the first house in Liutiao'er Hutong, called Jia Heng."
The child immediately went away happily.
Fortunately, she heard Lin Zhixiao mention it before calling people last time in Rongqing Hall. She had paid attention out of boredom, otherwise not even Jia Heng's family would have known about it. If she wanted to report the news this time, there would be no place to send it.
After You finished doing this, she looked into the distance, sighed softly, lifted up her skirt, and turned back.
That's all she can do, as to how useful it can be, it all depends on God's will.
Jia Heng stood in front of a vendor selling bead hairpins and phoenix hairpins at the street corner. His eyes moved slightly, and his face showed contemplation. His ears were sharp, and he heard Youshi's explanation even from a distance of five or six feet.
"Sir, do you want this hairpin?" The fat woman opposite, with a hairpin and a sarong skirt and a bucket waist, looked impatiently at the young man opposite, who was frowning in thought.
Jia Heng lowered his eyes and looked at the beaded and silver hairpin, thinking that Qingwen would look good wearing it, so he asked, "How much does this cost?"
"One tael of silver." The fat woman suddenly smiled brightly, changed her face, and said, "Whether it's for my wife or my sister, I can give it to you."
"What material are you made of?" Jia Heng asked.
The fat woman was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "It's made of pure silver and weighs six or seven coins, not to mention the flowers."
"Really or not?" Jia Heng frowned.
"Of course it's true! Oh, do you want it?" The fat lady's face jumped and she said angrily.
"If you are serious, I will definitely want it." Jia Heng said casually, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the hairpin, and found that the shape was quite unique, especially the small flower with a silver necklace hanging down. He secretly thought, give it to Qingwen It looked good, so he said, "I made flowers with silver thread on my head, and the hairpin was soaked in silver water, right? I'll take the five cents of silver. If it doesn't work, leave it here."
"Just five yuan." The fat woman thought for a while and then said.
Apparently at first he thought the young man could be fooled, but he didn't expect his eyes to be so poisonous. Fortunately, he still earned five coins.
Jia Heng paid the money and asked the woman to wrap it in red cloth and put it in her sleeve.
Well, Qingwen seems to have been a little awkward in her mind these past two days, so take this gadget back and give it to her.
With this thought in mind, Jia Heng turned back toward Ningrong Street and chased after the child who was heading home.
In Liutiao'er Alley, Jia Heng watched the child hand the things to the maid Bi'er at the door of his house, and then skipped away. Jia Heng was silent for a moment and walked towards his home.
"Sir, are you back?" Bi'er was holding the paper box and was going to look for Qingwen in the house. Suddenly she saw Jia Heng standing in the courtyard. She was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Sir, this was a child just now. Sent here."
Jia Heng nodded and said with a smile: "Give me the stuff."
He reached out to take it, unfolded it and looked at it. A line of beautiful handwriting came into view, and he twitched the corner of his mouth. Well, this Youshi is quite interesting.
There was no surprise, but a bit helpless.
What happened to Jia Zhen? He was too careless. Even if he wanted to harm him, he couldn't let the whole world know about it.
"However, the date has also been determined, and that is the day of the wedding." Jia Heng folded the note and put it away with a cold gaze. It was not difficult to deduce Jia Zhen's plan through some clues.
Either he comes for him, or he comes for Qin Keqing, the latter is more likely.
After all, during the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, women and children are abducted and trafficked...
Then he started to frown and think about Youshi.
When Jia Rong came to report, he was probably dissatisfied with his father and wanted to use his hand to kill Jia Zhen. Maybe there was a trace of Jia Rong's subconscious that Jia Rong was unwilling to admit...killing someone with a borrowed knife.
As for Youshi, he was probably afraid of something happening.
But they both have one thing in common. They would never have thought that he would take advantage of his scheme and set up Jia Zhen.
This is actually a blind spot in thinking. Jia Zhen is the head of Ningguo Mansion, a third-grade mighty general, and he is a down-and-out side branch. The connections and resources they can mobilize are completely different.
This is the information gap.
He was nothing more than arrogant and blood-splattered for his wife whom he had never married. This was exactly what You was worried about, so after learning the news, she came to report the news secretly, not even letting him know who it was. .
"But it will take three days for Jia Zhen to launch the attack... Now even Youshi has come to report the news. In these three days, Jia Zhen must not notice that I am on guard. And Jia Qiang, will you? Tell Jia Rong what happened to me, and then tell Jia Zhen in turn... This father and son are so virtuous that they don't even understand the principle of not keeping secrets secret will lead to harm."
Now Jia Heng feels a little speechless towards Jia Zhen. For the next three days, he has to pretend to be ignorant.
