"Miss, aren't you going to rest yet?" After midnight, Liuyun was still sitting on the soft couch reading a book. Qianlan came over and added another lamp to her, "It's late at night, isn't the miss complaining about being sleepy during the day?"
"Have you come back from the late Qing Dynasty?" Liu Yun's eyes did not leave the book in his hand, reading it with gusto.
Qianlan looked outside and shook his head, "Not yet. You've been out for half an hour. Do you want to send someone to take a look?"
"Where's Xiao Liuzi? Let him come over. I have something to ask him." Liu Yun raised his head, rubbed his eyes, put the book aside, pulled up the blanket, and glanced out the window. It was dark outside and unusually quiet.
After a while, Xiao Liuzi stood by the door, bowing his head respectfully. After lighting the lamp, men were not allowed to enter the lady's boudoir. Even the attendants and servants could only stay outside the door, but since
Liu Yun ordered him to come in, but he just stayed by the door with his head lowered, not daring to go beyond the rules.
"Is there anyone sneaking close to our yard during the day?" Liu Yun asked, raising his head.
"Miss, I have been keeping guard in the dark with the two new guards. No one comes near our yard." Xiao Liuzi replied.
Liu Yun frowned. The grandmother's matter was not over yet. Although her father had made it clear that he favored the Xia family, the Lin family would definitely not give up such a good opportunity. But what she had never figured out was how could such a shrewd person like the old lady be so...
Easily drugged.
"Let everyone continue to cheer up. I'm afraid there will be no peace in the house these days. Please guard our courtyard." Liu Yun groaned, always feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't explain it. Now he could only be careful.
"Miss, do you still think someone is trying to frame us?" Qianlan's face hardened and she lowered her voice, "Miss, you're talking about... the second lady?"
In the past, Qianlan would never have dared to mention anything wrong with Lin. Ever since she last saw Xiaotong pushing Liuyun into Luohu, and Liuyun's attitude towards Lan Xi and Lin being completely different from before, she felt worried in her heart.
Gradually I came to understand that this time, the young lady learned a lesson, and I am afraid she finally understood Mr. Lin's "good intentions".
Liuyun curled his lips and smiled, but did not answer her question. Such an ambiguous attitude was the best answer for Qianlan.
"Don't worry, Miss. I will never let anyone have the opportunity to harm Miss." Xiao Liuzi said with great assurance, wrinkled his nose and clenched his fists, as if he was ready to fight with others.
"Not only do we have to prevent people from coming in, but we also have to carefully guard against changes in the lives of people in our yard. I hate people who eat in and out." Liu Yun looked at Xiao Liuzi, saw him nodding seriously, and waved him to go down.
At this time, Wan Qing finally came back. The maid outside the door took her cloak. She straightened her clothes by the door, told the maid to guard outside the door, then closed the door and walked in.
Seeing her like this, Qianlan couldn't help but straighten up her waist. She knew that something might have really happened, otherwise Wan Qing's usually calm temperament would never have such a solemn expression.
Liu Yun still looked lazy, and lightly opened his red lips, "How is it, something happened over there with Ning Xiang?"
Wan Qing seemed to have expected that the eldest lady would guess it, and nodded in response, "Ningxiang was locked up. The second lady sent someone to deliver medicine to her. After taking the medicine, she developed a high fever and fell into a coma. Servant
She had just woken up when she came back, but... her throat was broken and she couldn't speak."
"It's really vicious." Liu Yun squeezed the spy tightly and smiled coldly. Ning Xiang had been with Lin for too long and knew too many secrets. This time she took the blame for sterilizing grass, but the master temporarily let her go.
It doesn't mean that the matter has passed like this. Mrs. Lin did not rescue her because she was worried that she would bite her back and would definitely find a way to block her mouth.
However, Liu Yun did not expect that Lin would use such a once-and-for-all method to make her unable to speak again. It was indeed the best method.
"Does Ning Xiang know how to read?" Liu Yun tilted his head and recalled carefully.
"She must be illiterate. She has been in the government for several years and I have never heard of her being literate." In the late Qing Dynasty, Qianlan came from a scholarly family. Naturally, Qianlan's family was literate as a doctor, but in fact, the lower-class slaves were not literate.
It was common. As for whether Ning Xiang was literate or not, she had never heard of it.
"I can't write, and I can't speak..." Liu Yun clicked her tongue and shook her head. Lin's methods were really overbearing. There were many ways to shut up a person. She chose the best one, and she played with it intentionally or unintentionally.
The garnet on her wrist was silent for a long time before she raised her head again, "Wan Qing, do you think if Ning Xiang comes to my place, will Aunt Lin die of panic?"
Wan Qing was stunned. She didn't quite understand what Liu Yun meant. Or rather, she didn't understand how Ning Xiang, who could no longer speak, had any value for the young lady to put so much effort into it.
"Either we set another fire and make Ning Xiang give up on Aunt Lin." Liu Yun suddenly sat up straight, with a pair of bright eyes flashing with calculation, bright and lively, half-smiling, "I want Ning Xiang to be completely
To be loyal, the first condition is to make her completely give up on Aunt Lin."
"Set a fire?" Wan Qing frowned. Although she didn't understand the young lady's thoughts, she quickly thought about who could do it. After all, setting a fire in the mansion could be big or small, and the maids in their courtyard were all skilled workers.
They have no strength, except for Xiao Liu, they are mostly weak people, but the two new guards are quite good, but after all, they have just arrived, and they are put to use so quickly, Wan Qing always feels a little unhappy.
So reassuring.
At this time, Qianlan suddenly spoke up and solved the problem of the late Qing Dynasty. She said softly, "The new guards are two brothers. I heard that they used to be the escorts. Later, something happened to the escort agency. Those escorts
They were all implicated and imprisoned, and were later demoted to slave status. When Uncle Zhong sent them over, he specially sent them their deeds of sale, saying that they would be the young lady’s people from now on. The slave girl had been observing carefully these two days, and indeed
Not a troublemaker."
"What's your name?" Liu Yun suddenly became interested.
"My elder brother is Ziyuan, and my younger brother is Ziqian. My elder brother is more silent, and my younger brother is quite tactful." Qianlan answered simply.
"Let's do this, let Zi Yuan set the fire and Zi Qian go rescue the people." Liu Yun propped his head, his eyes full of interest, as if he had thought of something interesting.
"..." Wan Qing and Qianlan looked at each other, both speechless about their eldest lady's plan. What kind of combination is this? The elder brother sets a fire and the younger brother saves others. Where did this show come from?
Wan Qing sighed and saw that the young lady was very serious, so she had no choice but to go outside and give the instructions. However, she really didn't think it was a good idea. After all, setting fire to the house was too dangerous.
"Okay, I'm going to have a rest. I'll stay in our yard after Ning Xiang is rescued. We won't talk about big things until this lady wakes up." After leaving a word willfully, he walked to the inner room.
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That night, Liu Yun slept soundly. Naturally, she didn't know that the entire Mu Mansion was turned upside down by her words. Half of Lin's courtyard was burned down, and the remaining half was beyond recognition. She and Lan Xi almost fled in embarrassment.
No ordinary time of demeanor.
Only the late Qing Dynasty silently admired the skills of Ziyuan and Ziqian brothers, especially Ziyuan's ability to set fires. It was as if Ziyuan had calculated the intensity of the fire long ago and did not let everyone burn any place other than Lin's yard.
Although the fire started in the room where Ning Xiang was kept, it was Lin's room that was the most severely burned.
Zi Qian appeared in time and rescued Ning Xiang, who was unable to call for help, from the fire scene, and also brought Lan Xi to a safe place. Because the two brothers appeared in time and were successful in saving people, they were much better than other nursing homes.
Master Mu directly asked them to take charge of the safety of the entire Mu Mansion.
This play was performed just right and vividly, but the rehearsers never showed up and were fast asleep.
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