Not long after he fell asleep, Zhu Yuanyu suddenly woke up. He frowned at first, and then relaxed his brows as if relieved. Music-Wen-
He had already warned him, but if he didn't listen, what else could he do?
After all, it was a life, but he still sighed with regret.
"Everything is fate..."
Now that they were all awake, Zhu Yuanyu didn't want to sleep anymore, and he planned to go see Mrs. Zhu.
When he opened the door, he saw Li Zhuangzhuang standing like a door god. He seemed to be able to bluff people.
"How is your young master?"
Li Zhuangzhuang turned to Zhu Yuanyu, scratched his head, and said with a naive smile: "When I arrived, my young master was already gone. I asked someone and he said he left with another young master."
"Yeah." Zhu Yuanyu guessed that the other young master should be referring to Xi Jinbo.
"Master, where are you going?" Li Zhuangzhuang followed him.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't stop, "Go and see my aunt."
"oh……"
There was a little maid guarding outside Zhu's room. When she saw Zhu Yuanyu approaching, she immediately saluted, "Master."
Waving his hand, Zhu Yuanyu walked in. Before he reached the inner room, he heard Guo Hua'er's loud voice.
"Mom - how can you say that to me! I'm doing this all for your own good, why don't you appreciate it!"
"Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Stop thinking about it. If this happens again, I will expel you from the house!"
"Mom! I am your daughter! My eldest brother is dead, my father is gone, and I am the only one left. How can you treat me like this?"
Zhu Yuanyu didn't want to hear it anymore. It probably wasn't a good thing. If he went in now, it might embarrass his aunt, and Guo Hua'er, who was suffering from brain damage, might also cause trouble for himself.
He turned around quietly and walked out.
Although the little maid guarding the door was wondering why the young master came out just after he went in, she did not dare to ask more questions. As a servant, you have to do what you should and should not ask, mind your own business and do your best. Just take the responsibility.
"Master, go slowly." She watched Zhu Yuanyu go away.
Zhu Yuanyu returned to the study, picked up the book he had not finished and continued reading.
It is noon now, the sun is still very strong, the big golden sun hangs high in the cloudless blue sky, and the saplings in the small courtyard look wilted and listless.
This sapling was planted just a few days ago. It is an orange tree.
This was Zhu Dafu's order, because Zhu Yuanyu had accidentally mentioned that he wanted to eat oranges before, so he sent people to the south to buy saplings.
It was originally going to be planted in the garden. When Zhu Yuanyu found out, he said, "Plant it in the courtyard in front of my study." Then it actually took root in the courtyard of his study.
What Zhu Dafu didn't know was that Zhu Yuanyu remembered such a philosophical saying - oranges are oranges when they grow in Huainan, and oranges when they grow in northern Huaibei.
Hey, I'm afraid Zhu Dafu will be disappointed if he grows unpalatable fruits.
"Zhuangzhuang, who is responsible for taking care of the saplings in the yard? Ask him to water more, the sun has been a bit strong recently." Zhu Yuanyu had been reading for a long time, and when he wanted to look at the green scenery to relieve eye fatigue, he discovered the saplings. Not in great condition.
"I understand, young master." Li Zhuangzhuang also noticed that the saplings in the yard were a little tired. The master had specially asked people to transport them from the south. They said they had planted oranges for the young master to eat, so there was no room for any mistakes.
Zhu Yuanyu lowered his head and continued reading.
Suddenly, he put down the book again, took the jade pendant from his waist and put it on the desk.
He frowned as he took out the vase with abnormal movement.
The vase was shaking visibly to the naked eye, as if something was rolling and colliding inside.
Zhu Yuanyu made a seal with his right hand, and a big head suddenly appeared from the vase, which looked very funny stuck in the vase.
"Ouch, help me get it out! It looks so ugly!"
The female ghost Xiaoman moved her head, and the vase also shook.
Zhu Yuanyu looked at her with a smile, "No, that's it."
Xiaoman raised her eyebrows and said fiercely: "Then don't even wonder who put the vase in the general's mansion!"
"Have you recovered your memory?"
"So what? I won't tell you anyway."
Xiaoman rolled his eyes.
"I'll feel relieved knowing you've recovered your memory." Zhu Yuanyu was still smiling.
Xiaoman had a sudden thought and realized something was wrong. She struggled vigorously, as if she wanted to hide in the vase.
But it's too late.
After knowing that the female ghost Xiaoman had recovered his memory, Zhu Yuanyu had an idea in his mind. He changed a gesture and forcibly hypnotized the female ghost Xiaoman.
Humans have their own hypnosis methods, and ghosts have their own hypnosis methods. Different paths lead to the same goal.
Xiaoman's eyes gradually lost their luster, and finally she was controlled by Zhu Yuanyu.
"May I have your name?"
"Xiaoman."
"You are from?"
"Tongcheng people."
"What did you do when you were alive?"
When asked, Xiaoman showed a struggling expression, as if she was unwilling to answer the question, but she did not have the strength to resist and said hesitantly: "...I...I am a brothel girl..."
Zhu Yuanyu stopped asking and remained silent.
The room was quiet.
After a while, he continued.
"How did you get to the General's Mansion? Who imprisoned you in the vase?"
Xiaoman frowned, "I... don't know... it's so dark, so painful... who it is..."
Zhu Yuanyu asked again, but didn't get any useful information.
After stuffing the female ghost Xiaoman back into the vase, Zhu Yuanyu leaned back on the chair and closed her eyes in deep thought.
The clues here have been interrupted. To find out the truth of the case, we can only rely on the clues from the general. I don't know if Bi Hui and the others have found any useful clues.
…
Zhufu Garden.
Zhu Rumei was unhappy. Most of the pink color painted on her nails with flower juice had fallen off. She didn't seem to notice, and kept breaking off the flowers that were easily accessible.
The destroyed flowers fell to the ground, stained with dirt.
Wherever she passed, most of the flowers fell. The maid of the Zhu Mansion behind her looked anxious, but she couldn't say anything.
The sun shone directly on Zhu Rumei's face. She immediately frowned, turned around and scolded the maid holding an umbrella behind her: "How can you help me cover the sun when you are so far away from me? Are you doing this on purpose?"
The maid lowered her head and apologized quickly, then moved the paper umbrella back to Zhu Rumei's head.
Looking at the maid's beautiful face, Zhu Rumei was a little jealous and said reluctantly: "Is it because I am no longer your master and you don't serve me seriously?"
The maid shook her head repeatedly and denied: "No... no..."
"That means you don't take me as an honored guest seriously!"
Zhu Rumei stretched out her fingers, and the nails she had grown only after arriving at Zhu's residence almost poked the maid's eyes.
The maid tilted her head back, suddenly feeling a little scared.
She is only twelve years old this year. She used to be a rough girl. Because she accidentally fell in love with the madam, she was promoted to a second-class maid. After the Zhu family came, she was assigned to serve Zhu Rumei.
Seeing that she seemed to be afraid of him, Zhu Rumei felt a sense of pride in her heart. It didn't matter that she was good-looking, but she was not a servant.
Zhu Rumei saw the flowers on the ground out of the corner of her eye, and suddenly had an idea, and she laughed.
"Well, let me give you a chance to atone for your sins. Hey - do you see the flowers on the ground? You pick them up and send them to my room. Okay, give me the umbrella, you go now, I We will use these flowers in the afternoon." Zhu Rumei pointed to the flowers on the ground.
The maid grunted and handed over the paper umbrella.
Zhu Rumei grabbed the paper umbrella, turned around and walked away proudly.
The maid looked up at the scorching sun, sighed and knelt down to pick up the flowers. Since there was no basket, she could only carry them with a handkerchief.
one.
two.
Three.
...Seventeen.
The maid felt her head was a little dizzy. Looking at the handkerchief that could no longer fit in it, she wiped the sweat with the back of her hand and fainted as soon as her vision went dark.
From a distance, someone walked over.
…
Zhu Yuanyu suddenly felt thirsty and tired of drinking tea. He thought for a while and said: "Come here, go to the icehouse to get some lychees and other fruits, and then dig out a five-bowl-sized piece of ice from the location specified by me." Crush it and bring it.”
"Master, are you going to make that 'smoothie'?" Li Zhuangzhuang's eyes lit up.
"Yes." Zhu Yuanyu nodded, he had done it once before, and Li Zhuangzhuang liked it very much, so he remembered the method very well, and he knew what to do as soon as he said it, "When it is done, you can send it to the master and his wife. "
Li Zhuangzhuang happily agreed.
Soon, the fruit smoothie is ready.
The ice Zhu Yuanyu asked his servants to go to the icehouse to fetch was edible ice that he had frozen in clean spring water in winter.
"Send it to the master and madam first, and then come back to eat. You are fast on your feet."
Li Zhuangzhuang nodded, thinking about the smoothie in his mind. He picked up the basket with two bowls of smoothie in his big hand and disappeared with a swish.
When passing by the garden, he saw a maid squatting on the ground picking up flowers. He took a quick look and passed by.
After delivering smoothies to the master and his wife, when they came back and passed the garden, the maid was not picking up flowers, but was lying on the ground.
Li Zhuangzhuang walked over, squatted down and took a breath to see if he was still alive.
He breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the little maid, and ran back. The smoothie would melt if left for a long time.
So Zhu Yuanyu saw Li Zhuangzhuang who had gone out for a trip and brought someone back with him.
"Master, she passed out in the garden." Li Zhuangzhuang said, staring closely at Sha Bing.
The corner of Zhu Yuanyu's mouth twitched and he said to the servant outside: "Go and ask a doctor."
Then he pointed at Li Zhuangzhuang and said, "You, take her to the next room. Okay, stop looking at her. The smoothie won't melt after a while."
Li Zhuangzhuang swallowed, "Yes!"
Then he hurriedly ran to the next room with the person in his arms.
"It's really..."
Zhu Yuanyu looked at his back feeling angry and funny.
