Tongchun seemed to be telepathic and smiled at the bombshell he had thrown.
Ruan Xianbei was a little tired after enjoying the flowers that day. He went to bed early, but in the middle of the night, he was startled by a scream from next door.
"Ah!!! Who is it?!"
She jumped up, grabbed a piece of clothing and ran out, then broke through the door next door and rushed into the inner room.
Through the moonlight, I could only see a maid standing about two steps in front of the bed in the darkness, while Cui Lin huddled in the corner of the bed with her long hair, looking at her fiercely with a dagger in her hand.
The reflection of the dagger reflected on the ground, and Ruan Xianbei wrinkled his nose, smelling blood.
"Cousin?" Ruan Xianbei shouted softly and wanted to take a step forward.
"No one is coming here!" Cui Lin's voice was shrill, with fear in her tone.
"Miss!" At this time, the scream was also heard. Ming Xiang, who came in behind Ruan Xianbei, quickly lit the lamp. Ruan Xianbei saw clearly a pool of blood dripping on the ground. The maid covered her arm with a panicked look on her face. The liquid spilled from her fingers and dripped onto the ground, and a cup was broken next to it.
"Mingsi?"
"Miss...I..." Mingsi looked like she was only twelve or thirteen years old. She was so frightened that she started to cry.
Cui Lin, who was stimulated one after another, was like a frightened bird, and she felt insecure no matter who she looked at. Ruan Xianbei wanted to ask questions, but after looking at Cui Lin's condition, she decided to calm her down first. She told Mingxiang, "Take her down to stop the bleeding first, and then wait outside. I have something to ask."
"Yes, cousin."
Mingxiang took the little maid down to treat the wound, while Cui Lin sat on the bed with a pale face and lost consciousness.
"Cousin?" Ruan Xianbei was not afraid that her dagger would hurt her, but he was just afraid that she would hurt herself, so he was so cautious.
Cui Lin had no reaction. Ruan Xianbei quickly took the dagger away and threw it on the ground. He asked softly: "What just happened to my cousin?"
It must have been the first time Cui Lin hurt someone with a knife. She hugged her shoulders and trembled and said, "I don't know... As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw her standing in front of the bed, and I took it out from under the pillow." Dagger...is she here to kill me?!"
Ruan Xianbei supported her body and said, "I don't know. Cousin, let's go out and find out. Can you?"
"Okay." Cui Lin said.
Ruan Xianbei poured a cup of scented tea for Cui Lin. Cui Lin's mood has been unstable these days, so Ming Xiang prepared only scented tea.
After Cui Lin drank a cup of tea, her lover seemed to be getting better. At least her hands were no longer shaking. Mingxiang came in and had already taken care of the problem. Fortunately, the room was heated. Mingyue came in and put her coat on before she could go out.
Cui Lin sat in the main seat, Ruan Xianbei sat next to him, and Mingsi knelt on the ground.
Ming Xiang stood one step away from Cui Lin, and Ming Yue stood one step back from Ming Si. This was a position specially arranged by Ruan Xianbei to prevent accidents.
"Mingsi, why did you appear in the lady's room just now?" Ruan Xianbei asked.
Mingsi cried loudly: "I just... wuwu..."
Ruan Xianbei curled up his lips and said, "Mingsi, if you can't even speak clearly, you don't need to say anything. Mingxiang, just take it out and lock it in the woodshed and find a tooth man to sell it at dawn."
Wealthy families generally don't sell maids, but if a maid is sold by a wealthy family, will any good family dare to take it? It would be a good thing if it wasn't resold by Yaren to that brothel.
"Miss, have mercy on me! Miss, have mercy on me!" Mingsi was so frightened that he even rattled his head a few times and stopped uttering these two words.
As we all know, Ruan Xianbei is a very compassionate person. Although the girl is young, she does not distinguish between priorities. She appeared in a place she shouldn't have been in the middle of the night, and even if she was given a chance to defend herself, she would cry and cry non-stop. She couldn't even speak clearly. Since she couldn't explain clearly, she might as well not say anything at all. It was a waste of everyone's time.
"Mingsi, you only have one chance. If you can't explain clearly, you don't need to say it again."
Ming Si looked at Ruan Xianbei's expressionless eyes and did not dare to cry anymore. He held back his tears and said, "Today is the slave's night vigil."
, The slave heard the lady calling someone outside the house earlier, but no one answered for a long time. I called Sister Mingxiang and Sister Mingyue but no one answered me, so I boldly went in to take a look. The lady kept saying she wanted to drink water, so I poured her a glass of water, but... "
Her voice became lower and lower as she spoke, thinking that she had to cry again just now, but she didn't dare to speak out, she lowered her head and her tears fell on the carpet.
Mingsi wiped his tears with his sleeve and pointed to the sky and said, "I swear to God that I have no intention of harming the young lady!"
Mingsi was sold to the Cui Mansion when she was six or seven years old. If it weren't for her cleverness, she would have been eliminated. When she was taken down, she would have understood why the young lady had such a big reaction. I'm afraid it's because she is regarded as an accomplice who sneaked into the Cui Mansion and harmed the young lady. If she doesn't know clearly, I'm afraid she won't be able to stay in the Cui Mansion any longer.
Thinking that her parents and younger brother were all waiting for her to earn a living, if she couldn't stay in the Cui Mansion, she might as well die.
Ruan Xianbei asked again: "Then why didn't you light the lamp after entering the room?"
Mingsi said: "The young lady shouted in a hurry and sounded very uncomfortable. My night vision is not bad. I didn't light the lamp when I was anxious."
Ruan Xianbei looked at Ming Xiang and Mingyue: "Who is guarding the cubicle today?"
Mingyue said: "It's me."
"Didn't you hear the lady calling someone?"
Mingyue said with some embarrassment: "My servant was a bit hungry today and went to the clean room several times. Just now..."
"Cousin, do you also want to drink water at night?" Ruan Xianbei asked Cui Lin again.
Cui Lin closed her eyes and thought for a while before nodding: "Well, the house is lit with earth dragons, and I often feel thirsty."
"Mingsi, did you feel anything strange when you came in?"
Mingxi thought for a while and said eagerly: "The door of the lady's room seems not to be closed tightly, and...! The lady seems to be having a nightmare, so I am worried..."
Ruan Xianbei checked that there was nothing wrong with the tea in the pot and the debris on the ground. What Mingsi said seemed to be correct. She looked at Cui Lin and wanted to ask her what she wanted to do with it. Cui Lin actually understood the look in her eyes.
Cui Lin said, "I'm tired. Let's talk tomorrow. If Mingyue doesn't feel well, go back and rest. I don't want anyone to guard me here."
Mingxiang said anxiously: "Miss, how can this be done?"
Cui Lin looked a little impatient: "My cousin is coming to live with me. I don't want to see anyone else today." After saying that, she entered the back room and stopped looking at other people.
Ruan Xianbei smiled at Mingxiang: "Please Mingxiang, please send me an extra quilt. I'm afraid my cousin will kick me out of bed."
After saying that, she looked at Mingsi who was kneeling on the ground at a loss and said, "Go back. If you did nothing wrong and just performed your duty faithfully, then nothing will happen."
Ming Si nodded ignorantly, kowtowed gratefully and then retreated.
Ming Xiang brought Ruan Xianbei a quilt, and Ruan Xianbei spread it on the ground. He turned around and saw Cui Lin looking at her with a frown. She tilted her head and said easily: "Cousin, can't you bear to let me sleep on the floor? "
Cui Lin said with a hint of righteousness, "How about you come up and sleep."
Ruan Xianbei opened his eyes and said, "Isn't this bad? I don't sleep well."
Cui Lin looked very embarrassed. She moved into the bed to make room for Ruan Xianbei and said, "I have never slept with anyone else, it's up to you."
After saying that, she lay down with her back facing out. Ruan Xianbei blew out the light, thinking that she should not squeeze into the eldest lady's bed. What if someone kicked her? She was still thinking when she heard Cui Lin say something softly.
"Cousin, I'm a little scared."
These words hit Ruan Xianbei's heart lightly. Oh my God, how scared the arrogant young lady was! Without saying a word, Ruan Xianbei got into bed with the quilt in her arms. As a flower protector, she must be dedicated, okay? I will protect my eldest lady!
She lay next to Cui Lin and listened to her unsteady breathing and said, "Don't be afraid, cousin. To tell you the truth, I am very powerful. If you don't like it, I will bring her to you to torture her in front of you tomorrow."
"But you are great today, you can do it right away
protect yourself. It's just that if you don't use a dagger properly, you can easily injure the enemy by one thousand, but you can lose eight hundred by yourself. Do you want to learn how to play with a dagger? I'll teach you another day. "
"That's right, but it's not what you think. Either I didn't protect you from the wind the past few days, or what you said made me sad. You can't take it for granted when you accept other people's kindness. You know, although Cui Your Excellency gave me the money. But we are all human beings, and the human heart is more important than the human heart——"
"Feel sorry."
Ruan Xianbei was interrupted by Cui Lin in her long speech. She originally thought that Cui Lin didn't listen anymore, but she didn't expect that she would actually say sorry from her mouth.
She was really stunned this time. She had not expected that the eldest lady's pampering habit could be changed in a few days.
Ruan Xianbei looked sideways at the moonlight shining on the ground from the window, thinking that he really should go to the White Lotus Sect. Why is he so easy to talk to?
Ruan Xianbei raised his eyes and smiled: "How about I tell you how powerful I am? Except for my brother, none of our people have beaten me, and they were beaten until they cried. So... Don’t worry, you’ll be fine.”
If something happens, you will step on my corpse——
Bah bah bah! Ruan Xianbei, please think of something better! When did you become so dedicated? You still have to live to be ninety-nine!
While Ruan Xianbei was rambling, Cui Lin seemed to be listening to a story, and her spirit gradually relaxed. Thinking of these one after another things, she seemed to have changed unknowingly.
People, it seems like they grow up overnight, but in fact, different opportunities change day and night to guide you in the right direction.
There was a turbulent undercurrent in Shangjing. As Mr. Cui left Shangjing for longer, there were more and more rumors. The ministers in the DPRK also felt that the direction of the wind seemed to be wrong. Some were wise to protect themselves, and some were swimming against the current. And those who stayed in Shangjing could not wait to prepare for action.
They have prepared so much, they can't all fail, right?
Twenty taels of silver was a bit too small, but in modern times it was still around eight thousand to ten thousand yuan.
At present, an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty can only earn one tael of silver per month at most, and a centurion can earn three taels of silver per month.
Maybe he will accept it.
In addition, Qin Hu is also planning to draw a big pie for Li Xiaokun. After all, Qin Hu used to have money.
Now it depends on whether he and Qin An can survive the night.
"Little Marquis, I may not be able to survive. I'm so hungry, my hands and feet are frozen with cold." Qin An said in a daze.
"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi, hold on, hold on, you can't stay still, get up and run, that's the only way you can survive."
In fact, Qin Hu himself is in trouble. Although he was a special soldier in his previous life, this body is not what he used to be. All he has now is a perseverance.
"Wait!"
Qin Hu's eyes were like cold stars, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice. A reflection and a rustling sound that appeared just ten meters away from the camp aroused his alertness.
With the professional sense of smell of a special scout, he felt that it was the enemy.
But should we notify Li Xiaokun?
Qin Hu hesitated a little. What if he saw it wrong? You know, his current physical condition is completely different from before.
If a false alarm causes night terrors or camp roars, and someone gets a handle on it, they will be killed without mercy.
"Xiao Anzi, hand me the bow and arrow."
Qin Hu crawled under the carriage and whispered.
But Qin An's next words scared him so much that he almost jumped up.
"Bow and arrow, what are bow and arrow?"
What, there are no bows and arrows in this era?
Qin Hu looked around and found a wooden stick with a sharpened top placed under the wheel. It was two meters long. It was thick at the handle and became thinner as it went up.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a weapon.
Wooden gun, this is the iconic building of the cannon fodder.
"Come closer, come closer..." After a few breaths, Qin Hu was sure that he was right.
The other party may be the enemy's scouts, called scouts in this era. They are trying to enter the camp and conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also poison, set fire to, or perform a beheading operation.
"one two three……"
He and Qin An lay motionless on the ground until then, he suddenly jumped up and threw the wooden spear as a javelin.
"puff!"
It was impossible for the scout to wear armor because he had difficulty moving, so the shot pierced his chest directly.
Following Qin Hu, he picked up the wooden gun belonging to Qin An, jumped out of the carriage, and chased in the opposite direction desperately.
For the reliability of intelligence, the scouts are required to monitor each other and are not allowed to act alone, so there are at least two.
After a few moments, Qin Hu threw another black shadow to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck with a wooden gun. There was a crisp sound and the man's head hung down.
"Hoo, hoo!" Qin Hu was sweating profusely and almost collapsed. He lay on the ground gasping for air. His body was really too weak.
Just to break the enemy's neck, before he could just use his hands, but just now he had to rely on the power of a wooden gun.
"Qin An, come here and help me search you."
Qin Hu is familiar with the rules of the battlefield. He must collect all the trophies from these two guys as quickly as possible.
"Two daggers, two horizontal knives, a level, seven or eight taels of broken silver, two grain bags, flags, kettles, two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pot helmets, bacon..."
"Qin An, brother, hurry up, hurry up, eat something quickly, you are saved..."
Qin Hu tremblingly grabbed a handful of fried beans from the grain bag and stuffed it into Qin An's mouth, then filled him with water and put on the captured cotton-padded clothes.
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Before dawn, Qin Hu cut off the scout's head before the sentry on duty arrived, carried it into Shi Chang's camp, and reported what happened yesterday.
This was done to prevent others from taking credit, and he knew what kind of environment he was in now.
"Thirty taels of silver for one head, you are rich."
The chief's name was Gundam. He was a tall, muscular man with a beard.
At first, he didn't believe it until he saw the trophies captured by Qin Hu and the two corpses.
At this moment, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"It's not me who gets rich, it's everyone who gets rich. This is the result of the ten of us."
