sjar Chapter 276: Someone is taking revenge in secret?
Chapter 276: Someone is taking revenge in secret?
As Guixiang spoke, she secretly observed Fu Jichang's cold and beautiful face.
She is only a few years older than her stepson.
Fu Jichang came back from fighting in the frontier with a bit more masculinity, toughness, courage, and unparalleled handsomeness.
Every time she saw him, her heart almost jumped out of her throat.
After the master died, she stayed alone in the empty room day and night. She woke up with a start that night and carefully recalled the man in her dream. He had the same face as the master, but that man was not the master.
She covered her pounding heart and kept her eyes open until dawn.
From then on, every time she saw her stepson, she was terribly scared, but she couldn't control herself.
She was nice to the old lady, and her stepson's eyes showed less disgust towards her.
She put all her passion into serving the old lady.
She thought he would appreciate it, so she handed him a cup of tea and asked him about his situation outside with a smile.
He sneered coldly, overturned the tea in her hand, and walked away.
She was so humiliated that she really wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
She had no wishful thinking, she just wanted him to smile in recognition of her dedication to serving the old lady.
She was so angry that she became lazy in taking care of the old lady after that day.
When you feel upset, go to Xishan Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha.
Otherwise, I would just stay in the Magnolia Courtyard.
Later, the old housekeeper bought a few people to guard the house.
I didn’t expect that there would be two from the same village.
She was surprised and happy. She didn't know how Ertou found his way here.
Ertou was also very surprised.
When they were in the village, Ertou secretly liked her.
Guixiang's father would never agree, and he sold Guixiang for a high price.
The arrival of Ertou brought some life to Guixiang's stagnant life.
His biceps are strong and powerful, and his brute force is useless.
Guixiang couldn't sleep alone, she was burning with desire and felt extremely lonely.
So the two of them became so passionate that things got out of control.
Later, Ertou saw her feelings for the young master.
He was so angry that he tortured Guixiang day and night...
"What? Do you have something else to say?" Fu Jichang glanced at the dazed Mrs. Gui, his voice mixed with anger.
Guixiang was so frightened that she almost fell off the stool. She quickly stood up and said:
"It's okay. I'll go first..."
She turned to leave.
"The door is this way..." Fu Jichang reminded coldly.
Guixiang's face suddenly turned red. She lowered her eyes, hurriedly smoothed the hair on her cheek with her hand, and walked in the opposite direction.
Fu Jichang rolled his eyes at Guixiang's back with disgust.
I slowly loosened my clenched fist, recalling Guixiang's words:
"It's hard to tell whether he's a man or a woman. He's tall and strong. He took the initiative to approach the old lady and gave her food..."
He cried out inwardly, "Oh no!"
He was recently investigating a tax case in Anzhou Prefecture, which involved seven or eight counties and many officials.
Magistrate Liang had reminded him both explicitly and implicitly that since it was an old case and no one had mentioned it, it might be better not to investigate it for the time being.
Once the whole body is affected and the interests of others are touched, naturally someone will cause trouble.
Could it be that someone is secretly taking revenge?
There was also the rebellion of mountain bandits.
Recently, many bandits have come down the mountain to buy land and rent houses.
There was chaos over in Heye that day, a conflict between the military and civilians. The so-called civilians were not good people, but bandits who had come down the mountain.
Fortunately, after checking, they were found not to have committed any serious crime, so the case was dropped.
Could it be that bandits came down the mountain and secretly caused trouble?
Fu Jichang was very confused.
"Black Tower..."
Heita came out of the house in response.
"Prepare the horses and go home..." said Fu Jichang.
"Okay, sir..."
The two men had just gone out and had not yet had time to mount their horses when they saw their own carriage galloping towards them.
When Ah Huang saw the young master, he almost fell off the car and shouted, "Young master, this is bad..."
……
When they got home, all the people who had gone out to look for him returned dejectedly.
Fu Jichang was extremely anxious. He walked quickly into the old lady's yard with a cold face and kicked the door open.
Mrs. Gui trembled with fear, and the rest of the servants knelt down.
Everything in the room was as usual, and the bedding on the bed was scattered, as if the old lady had just gotten up.
He was a little dazed. How could the old lady disappear?
Just as Mrs. Gui went to the government office to look for her, the old lady disappeared.
He glanced at the servants in the yard and then set his eyes on Madam Gui.
Mrs. Gui's legs were weak. She barely supported herself and said in a trembling voice:
"Sir, when I left, the old lady was already sleeping soundly. It was Aunt Zhang who was taking care of her..."
Before she could finish, Fu Jichang interrupted her coldly.
"Madam Zhang..."
Nanny Zhang straightened up from her collapsed body on the ground, tears streaming down her wrinkled face.
"Sir... I deserve to die for not taking good care of the old lady..."
Nanny Zhang's sad cries made Fu Jichang even more confused.
Nanny Zhang was my grandmother's maid who came with her as a dowry and had taken care of her for decades.
She and her grandmother are like sisters.
"Help Madam Zhang up..." Fu Jichang said in a deep voice.
There was no way that Madam Zhang could stand any longer; her body was as limp as a puddle of mud.
Fu Jichang forced himself to calm down and asked Aunt Zhang in a deep voice whether any strangers had come in the past few days.
Nanny Zhang shook her head.
"What kind of food have the neighbors given us?" Fu Jichang suddenly asked.
The old lady was so frightened that she was shaking all over.
Just now, Mrs. Gui had scolded her, saying that the old lady was in a bad mood after eating the food sent from next door.
He also questioned Aunt Zhang why she was so close to the people next door.
Asked her if it was the Fu family's idea.
The old lady then remembered that she had not been on guard against the family that had just moved in next door.
Could it really be them?
When the old lady was missing, the door of her house was closed.
The donkey cart at the door was also gone.
After a long time, the three of them came back driving the donkey cart.
Could it be that they hid the old lady and then came back and pretended to help find her?
The old lady felt a pain in her heart and a surge of blood in her throat.
Nanny Zhang forced herself to swallow it.
Aunt Zhang propped herself on the ground and talked about what happened after the family next door came...
Madam Gui used her peripheral vision to search among the kneeling servants.
I didn't see the second one.
Her heart skipped a beat and she felt extremely panicked.
It couldn’t be Ertou, Ertou followed him to the government office.
Maybe he instructed someone else to do it.
Last night, Ertou was still cursing the old lady to die quickly.
Mrs. Gui could no longer stand on her legs, so when no one was paying attention, she leaned her back against the wall.
Fu Jichang was so anxious that he didn't notice Mrs. Gui's abnormal behavior at all.
Mrs. Gui has always been respectful to the old lady.
Fu Jichang was not on guard against Madam Gui at all.
Let’s talk about Ji Xiaobei and the others.
The three of them searched nearby, but couldn't find it, so they went back home.
After spending the whole morning cleaning the yard and helping to find a group of people, I was hungry and thirsty.
The two old women went to the backyard to wash their hands.
Ji Xiaobei went to the kitchen to get a pancake, pushed open the door of his room, and was immediately startled.
The pancake in my hand almost fell to the ground...
"what……"