"One pound, hold off Madam and the others for me."
Wang Ying's urgent voice came from behind: "You must not let them see me in such a state of embarrassment, or I will be doomed."
Liu Yijin also knew that the matter was serious and limped out.
As soon as he reached the gate, he saw Song Lian hurriedly walking over with a group of servants.
When Song Lian heard that there was a thief in her house, the first thing she thought of was Liu Yijin. When she learned that Liu Yijin was fighting with the thief in the second lady's yard, she immediately panicked and finally found a refuge. What if something goes wrong again?
Song Lian, who was thinking about her godson, hurriedly got dressed and came over with a group of maids and slaves.
When he saw Liu Yijin coming out holding the door and rubbing his waist, he suddenly became nervous: "My son, are you okay?"
Liu Yijin waved his hands tremblingly: "It's okay, my waist is just a little sore."
When Song Lian saw the corpses of the two maids lying on the ground, her face turned pale: "This, what on earth is going on?"
Liu Yijin told the story of the man in black breaking into Zhou's house at night and killing two maids.
Song Lian's mood was ups and downs when she heard this, and her face turned pale.
"Ah, your arm is bleeding."
Song Lian hurriedly walked forward with a distressed look on her face: "You must not let anything happen to you."
"Madam, if it weren't for the maid's loyal protection, I'm afraid the losses would be even greater tonight."
Song Lian nodded: "I know what you mean. Come, carry the two maids down, and send a hundred taels to each of their homes tomorrow."
Song Lian glanced around: "Where is the second lady?"
Liu Yijin said: "Inside, she was frightened just now, let her take a break first."
Song Lian did not doubt that he was there, but a woman wearing a water-red dress walked out from behind. She glanced at Liu Yijin indifferently, but her eyes fell on the bedroom door curtain.
"Liu Yijin, as a long-time employee of the Zhou Mansion, why are you here in the middle of the night?"
Liu Yijin looked at him and saw that the other person was tall and charming, but his eyes showed a shrewdness.
It was Li Ping'er, the third lady of the Zhou family.
Liu Yijin has been in the house for three years, and he has only met a few times at most. Li Ping'er once wandered around in the world, and was spotted by Zhou Papi and bought him back as his concubine.
And since the other party entered the door, his eyes have never left the bedroom.
Liu Yijin said: "In reply to the Third Madam, I went out to do some errands tonight. When I came back, I happened to pass by here and saw a man in black sneaking in. I heard the cry for help and hurried away. I came over and saw the thief killing the two maids."
Li Ping'er looked at Liu Yijin with a pair of peach blossom eyes: "When you came in, did you see the thief entering the house or coming out of the house?"
Liu Yijin couldn't help but look at Li Ping'er.
The woman in front of him gave him the feeling of being a scheming bitch, especially her eyes, which always revealed a hint of cunning.
"Of course I saw the thief heading towards the room."
Li Ping'er glanced at the two maids who fell to the ground and said, "They were obviously killed after they ran out of the house. I think you came here after the thief came out of the bedroom."
Liu Yijin frowned, Li Ping'er always brought the topic to the second lady, just to prove that the thief ran out of the room and met him after he was scornful of the second lady.
"Third Madam, everything I, Liu Yijin, said is true. I have gone in to see the Second Madam, and there is nothing unusual."
"Yeah?"
Li Ping'er raised her feet and walked towards the bedroom, but Liu Yijin stopped her and said: "Third Madam, the Second Madam is frightened, let her rest first."
"Be bold!"
Next to Li Ping'er, a pretty maid glared at Liu Yijin: "You are just a long-term worker, how dare you even stop the third lady?"
Liu Yijin frowned coldly and was about to speak when Song Lian on the side said unhappily: "Okay, since the second lady is frightened, let her rest first, as long as she is fine."
After speaking, Song Lian looked at Liu Yijin: "You should be more careful. You need to take care of everything in this house. The wound on your shoulder has not been bandaged yet. Come on, please go and ask the doctor to come over."
"No need, sister." The second lady's voice came from the bedroom, and then, Wang Ying, with a slightly pale face and disheveled hair, walked out of the room, holding a small medicine box in her hand.
"I happen to have some golden sore medicine here."
Liu Yijin was also shocked when he saw Wang Ying. The latter's face was as pale as paper, as if she was seriously ill.
"Sister, what are you doing?"
Wang Ying shook her head: "It's okay, I was just scared. Fortunately, the two maids were loyal to protect the master, and the pound came just in time. Otherwise, if the thief broke into my bedroom, I would really be embarrassed to see anyone."
When everyone saw that Wang Ying spoke naturally and walked without any abnormalities, the doubts in their hearts relaxed a lot.
Li Ping'er walked forward with a smile and bowed slightly: "It's good that the second sister is fine. We are also anxious to know about the situation of the sister. By the way, what is the sister doing inside?"
Wang Ying glanced at her indifferently: "I went to bed late to do needlework tonight. I was frightened by a thief just now. I was in shock in the bedroom for a while, which made my sister and sister worried."
Li Ping'er looked at Wang Ying with burning eyes: "Second sister, just be fine."
Song Lian yawned: "Okay, it's late at night, let's go back to the room."
"Sister."
Wang Ying pointed to Liu Yijin's arm: "Just let Yijin stay for a while, and I will bandage him before letting him go."
Song Lian glanced at Liu Yijin meaningfully: "Remember, go back and rest early."
Watching everyone leave the yard, Liu Yijin was about to speak when he heard Wang Ying say in a trembling tone: "Quick, help me in."
Liu Yijin was even more shocked when he saw Wang Ying's face turned sallow: "Second Madam, what are you doing?"
"Forcing luck to hit the acupuncture points has caused my internal strength to be a bit disordered."
Liu Yijin hurriedly helped Wang Ying towards the bedroom.
"Second Madam, please wait here for a moment while I go to boil some hot water for you."
"Need not!"
Wang Ying shook her head and leaned on the bed with difficulty: "Yi Jin, I suffered this tonight. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid the consequences would be disastrous."
"Ma'am, you are serious. This is all my responsibility."
Wang Ying took out a prescription from her arms: "There is one more thing to trouble you, but you can't let anyone know about it."
Liu Yijin looked at the prescriptions handed over by Wang Ying and frowned: "These are Chinese medicines for replenishing qi and blood. Are you, your aunt here?"
"What aunt?"
Seeing Wang Ying's puzzled expression, Liu Yijin hurriedly said: "Zirui, what I'm talking about is whether you have stomach discomfort this month, that is, what days of the month do women have?"
"Are you trying to die?" Wang Ying glared at Liu Yijin: "I forced my luck to do this."
Liu Yijin was shocked: "Will you go crazy?"
"No, you just need to take some Chinese medicine, but you can't let anyone know, otherwise it will attract the attention of the third lady."
Liu Yijin's heart moved: "What do you mean, Madam, are they still coming?"
Wang Ying nodded: "The Zhou family's property is so big, there will be no one who covets it. Some people are cheating, hooking up with outsiders, and want to clean out all of us so that they can take over everything in the Zhou family."
After speaking, Wang Ying looked at Liu Yijin: "Didn't you see it just now?"
Liu Yijin pretended to be stupid and said, "I don't understand what the second lady means."
Wang Ying said leisurely: "The master was quite good to me during his lifetime, so he gave me the key to one of the properties in the Zhou Mansion for safekeeping. The third lady knows about this."
"This matter today is obviously aimed at me. Although the other party only tapped my acupuncture points and did not kill me, the reason is because he wanted me to reveal the whereabouts of the key."
"If the two maids and you hadn't appeared in time, I wouldn't have been able to stay in the house even if I hadn't been bullied."
"Once I leave Zhou Mansion, I won't be able to take anything with me. They will take the opportunity to blackmail me into telling me the whereabouts of the key."
Liu Yijin hesitated and said: "Madam, what do you mean, this matter was ordered by the Third Madam?"
"Who else but her."
Wang Ying sneered: "The eldest lady doesn't know about this wealth. Li Ping'er is the most favored woman in the house. I was fascinated by her before I was alive. And today she is targeting me everywhere. She obviously wants to enter my bedroom to find flaws."
Liu Yijin didn't expect that such a secret could be hidden in a small Zhou Mansion.
As for Li Ping'er, he is indeed not a kind person.
"Second Madam, what are you going to do next?"
A cold light flashed in Wang Ying's eyes: "If the master was alive, this money would not be mine, but now that the master is dead, whoever gets the money will belong to him."
"Liu Yijin, if you are willing to help me, I can share this money with you, how about that?"
Liu Yijin's heart skipped a beat: "Second Madam, do you know how much money this is?"
"Three hundred thousand taels of silver."
