NovelsAlex Chapter 700 Sisters
Chapter 700 Sisters
Chapter 700 Sisters
Peach Blossom Lane.
Lin Daiyu put down the brush, read through the article she had just written twice, then shook her head slightly, and pressed it under the paperweight next to her right hand.
She is not of the nature of "waiting and asking". Besides, the reason why she wrote to Xue Baochai was more to prove her judgment on Sister Bao, so she did not wait for Xue Baochai's reply, but kept trying to find new ideas. Change.
But how can a person's long-term habit of style be changed in just three to five days?
Up to now, it can only be said that she has made some progress, but she is still far from reaching a level that satisfies her.
After putting away the unsatisfactory waste manuscripts, Lin Daiyu stood up and stretched her muscles and bones, walked outside the study door and looked up to relieve the discomfort caused by sitting at the desk for a long time. It is a habit that is gradually developed.
Looking at the sky, she couldn't help but let out a foul breath.
That's all, that's all.
Originally, I wanted to hand over a satisfactory answer sheet as much as possible before Sister Bao's letter, so as not to argue about the merits, but it was obviously too late now.
Fortunately, even though she lost to Xue Baochai this time, Lin Daiyu didn't feel depressed, because in her opinion, the pros and cons of this trial had already been distinguished—unless it wasn't Sister Bao's reply that came later, but Rong Rong's letter. The people of the government.
After pacing back and forth in the corridor for about a quarter of an hour, she was about to go back to the study and flip through the book "Pride and Prejudice" from the beginning to find inspiration.
"Girl, girl!"
I don't want to be at this time, suddenly I saw Xueyan yelling and running from the courtyard gate, probably because she ran too fast, when she got close, she opened her mouth and put her hands on her hips, hush and gasp but was speechless for a long time Come.
Lin Daiyu frowned and taught: "Look at you, you are not as good as before, why are you still so edgy?"
Xueyan rubbed her waist and managed to catch her breath, and said with a stampede, "Girl, it's not that I'm edgy, it's that something really happened!"
"What's the big deal?"
After Lin Daiyu asked back, her complexion suddenly changed, and she blurted out, "Could it be that people from Rongguo Mansion came to the door?!"
If so, wouldn't it prove that I have been wrong about Sister Bao all along?
If so, I really lost in a complete mess from beginning to end!
"People from Rongguo Mansion?"
Xueyan was stunned when she heard the words, and immediately shook her head like a rattle: "People in Rongguo Mansion don't have time to pay attention to us right now, they are probably all attending the funeral at Wang's house right now!"
"At the royal family's funeral?"
Hearing that it was not what she guessed, Lin Daiyu felt relieved: "You mean Wang Taiwei's family? Could it be that something happened to his family again?"
"It was Taiwei Wang who hanged himself in Tongzhou!"
"What? Then..."
"Whoa!"
Lin Daiyu wanted to ask again, but Xueyan waved her hands anxiously and said: "These are not important. The important thing is that Uncle Jiao was ordered to go to Tongzhou to investigate this matter, but when he came back, he met an assassin. I heard that he almost lost his life." !"
"what?!"
Lin Daiyu was quite surprised this time, she immediately grabbed Xueyan's wrist and heard in a trembling voice: "Then, where did he get hurt?"
"What if you get hurt?"
Empress Xueyan said fearfully: "I heard that the assassin's weapons are all coated with poison that sees blood and seals the throat, let alone hurt, I'm afraid they will peel off a layer of skin!"
When Lin Daiyu heard this, her hands trembled for a moment, and she hurriedly asked the cause and effect of the matter carefully.
Xueyan said: "I also heard from Brother Xu that Uncle Jiao entered the palace after returning from Tongzhou last night, and then news spread that the Emperor Longyan was furious and sent people to arrest many officials overnight. of!"
"Nowadays, it has been spread all over the capital. It is said that it is a big salt lord from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Because he was dissatisfied with Wang Taiwei's report and exposed their crimes, he sent people from thousands of miles to follow Wang Taiwei to Tongzhou. After he was murdered, he was arranged to hang himself. Looks like suicide."
"This matter was concealed from the beginning, but the emperor sent Uncle Jiao to investigate, and found something strange on the spot. Later, those two assassins did not stop doing anything, and simply wanted to kill people..."
Listening to her dancing and dancing, Lin Daiyu gradually became suspicious. Although she didn't know much about officialdom, she instinctively sensed that this 'story' was not quite right.
But it was difficult for her to figure out exactly where it was wrong.
Besides, the most important thing at this time is not to think about these things, but to confirm whether Jiao Shun is really safe and sound.
She asked again and again, and made an exception and called Brother Xu to come in to inquire, but it turned out that Brother Xu who was pulling the cart was just hearsay, and the details are still unknown.
Seeing that there was nothing useful to ask, Lin Daiyu hung her head and pondered for a while, then suddenly asked: "Brother Xu, please go to the carriage shop and hire a carriage."
Brother Xu is an honest man, he listened to the master's orders, and agreed without even asking.
When he hurried out of the courtyard, Zijuan, who had been listening for a long time, hurriedly asked, "Girl, where are you going?"
"Go outside the Donghua Gate first!"
Lin Daiyu said resolutely: "Didn't Brother Jiao enter the palace last night? Even if you don't meet anyone, it would be great if you can get some news!"
In fact, it is basically wishful thinking for ordinary people to inquire about news at Donghua Gate, but although Lin Daiyu is not uninformed, she just lacks common sense in this area.
Zijuan and Xueyan exchanged glances when they heard the words, but they both hesitated to speak.
In fact, if you really want to find out the news, the most convenient and quick way is to go to Jiao's house, but if Lin Daiyu is willing to go to Jiao's house, why will she stay in Taohua Lane all the time?
Brother Xu was originally from a car dealership, so he was naturally familiar with renting a carriage.
About half an hour later, Lin Daiyu took Zijuan Xueyan out of Taohua Lane in a car and went straight to Donghua Gate.
half way.
Xueyan suddenly remembered something, hurriedly took out a thick letter from her body, and handed it to Lin Daiyu: "Miss, this is Miss Bao's reply letter. I was so anxious just now, but I forgot it for a while!"
Lin Daiyu subconsciously took it in her hand, stared at the cover for a while, finally sighed, and handed the letter back: "It's not too late to read it when I get back, you can keep it first."
Xueyan blinked her big eyes suspiciously. The girl had clearly been thinking about this letter for the past few days, but now she finally received it, but why...
That's right, now that the master has such a big incident, how can the girl have time to pay attention to any reply?
Having figured out this verse, Xueyan quickly put away the letter happily—since the girl cares so much about Mr. Jiao, there is no need to worry about her getting into the wrong place anymore.
Xueyan's speculation cannot be said to be completely wrong.
The reason why Lin Daiyu didn't bother to read Baochai's reply letter was indeed half because she was worried about Jiao Shun, so she had no time to care about him.
But the other half was because after receiving that letter, she suddenly felt a sense of disenchantment and dullness from the bottom of her heart.
This reply undoubtedly confirmed her judgment of Xue Baochai all along, but how could it be possible?
Is it necessary to rely on this to restore some "wood and stone former alliance", or to "sit on an equal footing" with Baochai with peace of mind?
How can it be!
What supports Lin Daiyu to do this is nothing more than a long-standing obsession, and at the moment this letter is handed in, most of that obsession has dissipated—whatever childhood sweetheart, what kind of former alliance with wood and stone, what precious jade and treasure hairpin, all gone. carry on!
Sister Lin even suddenly felt that her way of writing a test letter was very childish and ridiculous.
Under the influence of all these emotions, how could she have the mood to open and read the reply letter?
No more words all the way.
Seeing that the destination was near, Brother Xu, who was driving the car, reined in the reins, turned around and said, "Miss, we have already arrived at Donghua Gate."
Lin Daiyu listened, and subconsciously opened a gap in the car window to look outside, but she didn't want to see several carriages and familiar faces immediately.
At the same time, Xueyan, who was quietly opening the door curtain to peek out, couldn't help exclaiming: "Isn't that Siqi sister?!"
That's right, the most conspicuous among the familiar faces is Siqi.
Since Siqi appeared here, it meant that most of the people in the carriage were Shi Xiangyun and Xing Xiuyan.
Lin Daiyu was a little flustered unconsciously, and ordered in a changed voice: "Don't stop here, quickly, quickly find a hidden place, and try to stay as far away from here as possible!"
Brother Xu agreed outside, and the carriage immediately restarted, walked about a hundred paces, and turned into a relatively secluded street.
Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Even Xueyan patted her chest and was terrified. Although she had always hoped that her daughter could return to Jiao's house, when she suddenly bumped into Miss Shi on the street, she always felt as if a thief had seen the sufferer.
And looking at the girl's performance, it is obviously similar to his own thoughts.
So Xueyan subconsciously said: "Girl, why don't we go back to Peach Blossom first..."
Halfway through speaking, she realized that this should not be said.
But even if it stopped halfway, Lin Daiyu's complexion has changed again and again.
Xueyan regretted seeing this, besides feeling flustered and short of breath, she actually didn't take Fang Cai's matter too seriously, but her own girl obviously wasn't like that.
Seeing Lin Daiyu biting her cherry lips tightly, with a struggling look on her face, both Xueyan and Zijuan raised their hearts to their throats, for fear that she would start thinking about going south to Suzhou again.
After all, with Lin Daiyu's aloofness, how could she bear this feeling of hiding from others?
Both of them want to talk to persuade, but they don't know what to say. If they say the wrong thing like before, wouldn't it be counterproductive?
Just like that, the atmosphere in the car can be said to have dropped to freezing point.
I don't know how long I was silent, and suddenly I heard Brother Xu say from outside the car: "Miss, those people seem to have left, should we drive the car over?"
"gone?!"
Xueyan subconsciously opened the door curtain and asked, "But have you picked up Uncle Jiao?"
"I didn't see that."
In fact, Big Brother Xu vaguely guessed what was going on, but he didn't think there was anything strange about it - what's so strange about having several outhouses for an official, especially a high-ranking official?
Xueyan was waiting to ask again, when suddenly a person said crisply: "I told them to go back first."
Xueyan subconsciously followed the prestige, and saw a woman covered with a scarf, standing pretty not far away.
Recognizing who it is, Xue Yan's eyes widened and her mouth opened wide: "You, you..."
"Shh~"
The woman made a playful gesture to her to silence her. Although she was covered with a scarf, she still couldn't hide her lively and cheerful demeanor, but who else could it be if it wasn't Shi Xiangyun?
At this moment, Lin Daiyu who heard the voice, didn't hesitate to poke her head out, her eyes met in the car, Shi Xiangyun said with a smile: "Sister, don't you invite me to sit in the car?"
With that said, she had already circled behind the car and stretched out her hand to Xueyan.
Xueyan subconsciously pulled her back, so Shi Xiangyun climbed into the carriage with his strength, and then unceremoniously sat beside Lin Daiyu, took off the scarf and said: "Sister is also worried, so come here to pick up the master."
Lin Daiyu was silent, and unconsciously turned her gaze away.
Seeing this, Xueyan hurriedly asked for her: "Why is Madam here?"
Shi Xiangyun stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "Just now I was looking out in the carriage, and I happened to see this carriage just stopped at Donghuamen, and when I saw where we were, I hurriedly hid here again. , so I guess it should be Sister Lin."
After a pause, he said to Lin Daiyu alone: "Sister, don't worry, I didn't tell anyone about your stay here. I only said that the master had other arrangements and forced them to put me down."
"Then you shouldn't have come here alone!"
After stealthily looking out for a while, he confirmed that Shi Xiangyun was Zijuan who came here alone, and couldn't help reminding: "What if you guess wrong? Wouldn't it be dangerous then?!"
"Isn't this a rickshaw?"
Shi Xiangyun said without hesitation: "If you really admit your mistake, I'll call a rickshaw and meet Sister Xing and the others."
After hearing this, Zicuckoo was full of disapproval.
Xin Dao, this lady of great family who usually does not go out of the door, really does not know the dangers of the world outside, she is dressed in jewels and beautiful appearance, if she is targeted by gangsters, she will have no place to regret it!
Shi Xiangyun seemed to see what she was thinking, and immediately put his arms around Lin Daiyu's waist, then put his chin on her shoulders, and said with a smile: "I also know that it would take some risks to do so, but I You can't just sit and watch elder sister thinking about things here all by herself, right?"
These words seemed to disregard Xueyan and Zijuan as human beings, but the two maids never cared about these things, instead they were full of gratitude to Shi Xiangyun.
After all, anyone who saw the struggling appearance of her own girl just now knew that she was probably trying to get into a dead end again—if Shi Xiangyun didn't arrive in time, and Uncle Jiao accidentally missed it, I really don't know what the result would be!
But Lin Daiyu trembled slightly when she heard the words, and subconsciously wanted to turn her head to look at Xiangyun, but she stopped uncomfortably because of the rubbing between her ears and temples.
But Shi Xiangyun continued: "Although I'm sorry for Sister Xing and Sister Heping'er, if the master comes out of the palace and can't find his sister Lin, I can't tell him. Don't let my sister leave!"
"you you……"
Lin Daiyu only felt mixed feelings, and wanted to say something, but couldn't make a sound.
Ask yourself, if you were in Shi Xiangyun's position, would you make the same choice as her?
"All right."
At this time, Shi Xiangyun sat up straight and urged repeatedly: "Let's hurry back to Donghua Gate and guard it. If we miss out with the master, wouldn't we come all the way here for nothing?"
(End of this chapter)