Chapter 56, Shock 1
There are only a few cold stars in the sky at night, with only a faint luster than the white snow on the ground. The bushes next to the snow shook a few times, revealing Lin Xiaochu's face. Huh, is there no one here? In the afternoon, a girl from a big girl came to see herself and said that several girls wanted to buy rouge, but they would come out later on duty.
Lin Xiaochu has done such a thing once, so he believes that he will see the color painting here after the second update. At this time, there was no one, and Lin Xiaochu shrank his head back behind the bushes. It's just that it's so cold that I shrink my hands and feet. What I'm most afraid of is that people at night see it.
What you think comes from, footsteps on the road. Looking out through the trees, it was the housekeeper who came with the people who stayed up all night. Lin Xiaochu, who was hiding, didn't dare to go out, hoping that they would leave early.
"How quiet the trees are here, and it's the most important place to check." The housekeeper said this, and other people answered. In order to cope with the housekeeper's words, spread out and looked for it in the bushes. After Lin Xiaochu spoke from the housekeeper, he quietly retreated and saw that he had almost retreated. Suddenly, there was a scream behind him: "Who is it?"
Jiaer stood in the snow and pointed to the trees with a damn expression: "Xiaochu, what are you doing there?" Lin Xiaochu was even more surprised. She stood in the bushes and heard the sound behind her, but there were two people. She hurried back to look. One was a woman who hurried into the tree, and the other... was a man!
There was a man in the middle of the night, and Jia'er shrilled her name. Lin Xiaochu came out of the trees, and the housekeeper stared at her with several people behind her who stayed up all night: "Who is in the room? What are you doing here?"
The voices of the two nighters sounded a few steps away: "There is a man, come and catch up. There is a man here." Lin Xiaochu suddenly dried his tongue and could understand the sinisterness in an instant. OK, it's not me. There was another person just now..."
The housekeeper stared at Lin Xiaochu, who was explaining, and waved his hand and said, "I'm tied." Xiaochu struggled hard and shouted at Jiaer, "You also saw it, didn't you? It's a man and a woman together, and that woman is not me.
The little girl Jiaer raised her hand and pointed to Xiaochu: "I only saw a man fleeing in a hurry, and you came out of the bushes." Xiaochu's heart sank so hard that she gritted her teeth. The body was tied tightly, which made people's limbs terrible. This pain made Xiaochu wake up. She told herself to be calm and calm. She can't always make it clear.
It's so late, and the person who can take charge should be able to sleep. According to the book I have read, I should put myself in an empty room and wait for tomorrow. The prince said today that he would not come back to sleep. When he comes back tomorrow, he should believe in himself. Xiaochu quickly thought in his heart that there were also colorful paintings of the eldest girl, and she should also testify to herself.
The popularity of the night who went to catch up came back breathlessly and said to the housekeeper, "I didn't chase it away. The man ran away." Lin Xiaochu said hatefully, "There is another woman, and you can't catch up." A stewman raised her hand and slapped Lin Xiaochu: "Only you, we saw with our own eyes, and you are still involved with others."
This slap was very heavy, and Lin Xiaochu felt that there was a fishy smell in his mouth. Lin Xiaochu, who was tied tightly, was full of anger. Jiaer couldn't take her eyes off her face, as innocent as usual; the housekeeper's cold eyes seemed to eat people; the steward' mothers' contemptuous eyes...
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the snow. A tall figure appeared on the road. Chu Huaixian, dressed in snow, came in a hurry. Seeing a group of people here, he stopped and asked, "What is this?" Lin Xiaochu burst into tears and shouted with choked, "Son." The stew mother scolded her again: "Don't talk! If you do such a shameful thing, you dare to beg the prince!"
"What's wrong with her? Why did you tie her up?" Chu Huaixian was puzzled, and the housekeeper bowed and replied, "Mr. Hui, this girl is having a private meeting with people in the garden, so she tied her up and gave it to the second master."
There was another sound of footsteps not far away, and Master Chu hurried under the high lantern. Lin Xiaochu bit his lips tightly and looked at Chu Huaixian. Chu Huaixian didn't look at her and turned to ask Master Chu, "It's so late. My second uncle hasn't slept yet. You're working too hard. You have to take care of your body."
Master Chu was fat. He hurried over and was wiping the sweat on his forehead with a silk handkerchief. He said to Chu Huaixian, "I heard that something happened, so I rushed over. So Huaixian, it's not a trivial matter to buy someone..." Chu Huaixian interrupted him: "You made a mistake."
As soon as this sentence came out, Lin Xiaochu burst into tears and cried, "It's really not me. It's the big girl's colorful painting that asked me over..." Master Chu was furious: "The nonsense bitch is pulled on the big girl again. If there is something wrong with the big girl, it's all brought by you.
Chu Huaixian said slowly, "Xiaochu, don't hide it. Just tell the truth. I asked you to come." When this word is said, everyone changes color. Master Chu took a step back: "Huixian, I know you like this girl, but you can't put this on your head."
Under the snowy night, Chu Huaixian smiled and looked more handsome. He smiled and said, "This girl pulled a girl out to talk for fear of causing people's words. I said I would come back late. If the wine road is slippery and it's not easy to walk, ask her to pick me up here at this hour. You tied her up and beat her to scare her. Of course, she didn't dare to say it was me. He said to lower his chin to the stewards: "Let her go."
The housekeeper just hesitated: "Your son, we did see a man, and we will judge her to figure it out." Chu Huaixian was furious: "Fury! Don't you believe what I say? If you are holding a white man here, why don't you search again as soon as possible? There is snow on the ground. This man hasn't gone far. He is still near here.
In the face of Chu Huaixian, who was suddenly angry, Master Chu was also shocked. The housekeeper replied, "Yes," he was about to go. Chu Huaixian called him coldly again: "You stop! You don't have to search. You didn't find it just now. You just tied people up with the words of a little girl. Jiaer's face turned pale since Chu Huaixian came out, and she didn't dare to look up at this moment.
"Jinger," with Chu Huaixian's shout, Jin Xier also came from the trees and bowed down and said, "I saw the place where the man was hiding, and I also saw where the people who met with him fled. There are footprints on this ground. Just follow the footprints.
Master Chu laughed and sounded like a vulture in the night: "Huixian, go back and rest. I'll do the housekeeper's business." Chu Huaixian's eyes swept over his face, and the cold needle pricked Master Chu's face: "The second uncle's family has never said anything. This should be just an accident today, but I wronged the people in my room. I won't clean up. It's my face. Well, I'll accompany my second uncle to interrogate someone and see what's going on?"
Master Chu has nothing to say and can only fight haha. Chu Huaixian asked Jin Xier to take a few old people to arrest people. Lin Xiaochu, who had been untied, followed by Jia'er who testified to her, and then said to Master Chu Er, "It's too cold here. I'll go up with my second uncle's small hall."
There is a small hall not far from here, which is a place for people to sit and lie at night. The second master of Chu sat down and was actually uneasy. Chu Huaixian sat down and let Lin Xiaochu approach to comfort her: "Dumb girl, what's the matter with you? You don't know the people from the village. They talk about one by one. No wonder the second master wants to lose his temper."
Chu Huaixian's friendly tone: "You, this nonsense should be beaten. I'll send you back when I go back." Lin Xiaochu's eyes were full of gratitude, and he swallowed what he wanted to say.
At this moment, the person was not caught. Chu Huaixian asked Jiaer to come first and said to Master Chu, "This girl is walking around in the middle of the night, otherwise how can she get here? Let people ask her first." Jiaer knelt down and cried, "Mr. forgive me, and the second master forgive me."
Xiaochu retreated behind Chu Huaixian, rubbed the painful place on his shoulder with his hand, and also wanted to hear what Jiaer said. Master Chu felt that his nephew was tough today. He really heard people say that there was a private meeting between men and women in the garden and ran here in a hurry. Master Chu, who didn't know anything else, was happy to be generous: "This is the girl in your room. Go back to your room and ask together."
"Thank you so much, uncle. I'm here to ask her." Chu Huaixian thanked Master Chu and asked Jia'er with a cold face again, "Do you say it yourself, or hand it over to the stewer and ask them to ask you?"
Jia'er kowtowed her head: "I saw Xiaochu coming out and thinking about where she could go at night, so I followed her out to have a look. I didn't want to see her and a man..." At this point, Chu Huaixian's face turned cold, and Jia'er quickly kowtowed a few more. When she looked up again, her forehead was already blue. Jia'er still only begged for mercy: "Mr. Zigave me this time. I was worried that she went to the wrong place to follow me.
"Hmm!" Chu Huaixian was not angry, but his voice was as cold as the snowy night outside: "You don't think it's right for her to come out without permission. You should tell the older sisters, and then tell the mothers guarding the courtyard. She didn't come out right. Is it right for you to come out?" Chu Huaixian stared at the 11-year-old girl and said coldly, "I'm not old. There is no private meeting between men and women. Maybe it's not necessarily a private one."
Jia'er cried and kowtowed like pounding garlic, but pleaded bitterly. Jin Xier brought people in from the outside: "Go back to the second master, back to the prince. This man hides under the mountain stone and now brings it here. There is another thing that went back to the second master, the woman who had a private meeting with him. The footprints were first confused by the people who had just searched, and the footprints were lost on the grass. The people just couldn't find it, but thought it was their own footprints. The slave chased a few more steps and walked through the grass and saw that the footprints were going to the big girl's room. The girl was asleep, and I didn't dare to be alarmed. Bring this man here first, and you will know who to meet in private with.