Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 141 【141】Careful work
Guiren Zhou felt a little uneasy.

She was flustered and hurriedly planned countermeasures.

If you can't find a suitable way to deal with it, I'm afraid you will die without a place to bury yourself.

That night, a round-faced court lady walked out of Zhou Guiren's bedroom in a panic, and hurried towards her residence through the dark night.

"stop!"

Suddenly, a shout came.

The round-faced palace maid shivered, and looked around, only to see two guards striding towards her, staring at her unkindly.

Seeing this situation, the round-faced maid's heart trembled, and she suddenly felt bad.

The two guards asked sharply:

"Where are you from? Where are you going?"

In fact, it is true that the palace ladies rarely go out at night, but there is no palace rule that prohibits them from going out. However, this time, two guards intercepted and interrogated them, which is obviously a bit unusual.

The round-faced court lady suspected that she was being targeted maliciously.

She is Zhou Guiren's intimate servant girl, and she knows all about Zhou Guiren's shady deeds.

Moreover, she also participated in the conspiracy between Zhou Guiren and Prince Zhongshun to kill the second prince.

Now, she was intercepted and questioned by two guards, so she was naturally guilty and terrified.

One of the guards asked coldly:
"We asked you something, why didn't you answer?"

The maid hurriedly replied:
"You two military lords, the slaves are the maids of the Qifang Palace. They just finished serving Madam Zhou and fell asleep, and they are about to go to their own rooms."

Unexpectedly, another guard said with a wicked smile:

"Really? Look up and wait for me to verify your identity."

After all, he even reached out to pick the maid's chin.

Such an excessive move was unimaginable before.

Seeing this situation, the round-faced maid hurriedly slapped his hand away, stepped back two steps, and said coldly:

"Master, please respect yourself."

Although the round-faced court lady is reasonable, she lacks confidence, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog. Since this guard dared to bully him, it is probably because the story of Zhou Guiren's killing of the second prince has already spread in the palace.

Zhou Guiren lost power, so the guards dared to bully him.

If it was the time when noble Zhou was favored, which guard would dare to make trouble for him?

But tonight, two guards came to make trouble for him, which shows that Mr. Zhou has fallen out of favor.

The round-faced palace maid's face darkened, and she was about to cry.

Without the protection of Zhou Guiren, she is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered as the master of this murderous harem.

Seeing the round-faced palace maid dripping with tears, the guard snorted coldly: "Tch. It's so boring!"

After complaining, he and his companion left angrily.

However, he didn't see that before his companion left, he secretly shook hands with the round-faced maid, and there was an extra note in his companion's hand.

The round-faced maid let out a sigh of relief, thankful that she had completed the task entrusted by nobleman Zhou.

In the early morning of that night, after the rotation, the guards who took the note handed over their posts, but went straight to the outside of the palace, went straight to an inn, ordered a few breakfasts and finished eating, took out a silver coin and put it In front of the shopkeeper, then quickly left.

The whole process is silent, and the behavior is very secretive.

The shopkeeper put away the money, and quietly put away the note under the money.

In fact, his real identity is a spy.

Looking around, seeing no one around, he went to a dark place, unfolded the note, was shocked, and quickly tied the note to the pigeon's leg and let it out.

Through the dark night, the carrier pigeon flew straight to a hidden manor.

There is always someone on duty here.

An old man was shocked when he received a letter from Fei Ge. He was just about to go out, but unexpectedly there was a knock on the door.

The old man was startled.

"Who is it?" the old man asked cautiously.

"I came here uninvited, please forgive me, old man, I went out to play, I forgot my way back, I am thirsty and tired, I just want to ask for water."

Soon, a voice came from outside the door.

This voice is a little strange.

The old man looked out through the crack of the door, but saw a handsome young man standing at the door.

Who is this person?

Because of the guilt of being a thief, the old man became vigilant, frowned and said:
"It's not that the little old man is stingy, young master, please forgive the young old man for being rude, the water tank at home is empty, there is a stream not far in front, young master can get water from the stream, and the market is right down the stream. "

Soon, a male voice came from outside the door: "Thank you, old man!"

Hearing this, the old man felt relieved.

It seemed that he was just a young man passing by.

However, in the next moment, he only felt dizzy, and then he collapsed to the ground with limbs weak.

Just before he lay down, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the handsome and tall young man walked into the room slowly.

But when he saw the old man lying on the ground, the corners of his lips raised slightly.

The young man asked: "Old man, what's the matter? Why are you lying on the ground?"

"You, you are Jia Chen!"

The old man took a hard look at the young man, and suddenly his face turned pale with shock.

Hearing this, the young man smiled faintly and said, "The old man has really good eyesight."

The tone was very flat, but there was an inexplicable majesty.

The old man never expected that Jia Chen would suddenly appear here.

How did he know about this point of contact?

Simply incredible.

Thinking hard!
"you you!"

The old man's eyes widened, his eyes were full of shock, but he couldn't say a word. He didn't understand why Jia Chen could find this place.

Could it be that this Jia Chen knows magic tricks?
Jia Chen smiled and said, "I don't understand? Do you really think you can hide it from me?"

As a human being in two lifetimes, Jia Chen has read countless books and movies.

The ancient people's methods of transmitting information were not clever at all, so Jia Chen should not follow them too easily.

The old man gritted his teeth. "Young Master Jia, I know that you are both civil and military, and your intelligence is amazing, but you and I have no enmity in the past, and we have no grudges these days, so why do you come to provoke me?"

Jia Chen sneered and said to him:

"No enmity in the past? Hmph! You are the mastermind of Mr. Zhou, and Mr. Zhou wants to harm our Jia family. Does this count as no enmity?"

As soon as these words came out, the old man was speechless.

After a while, the old man became angry and said:

"Since you know all about it, if you want to kill or cut it, it's up to you!"

Jia Chen said coldly: "You are just a spy, I don't need to kill you, what I want to catch is your master."

The old man poked his neck and said:
"I will not betray my master, you should kill me!"

"It's a tough bone!" Jia Chen shouted abruptly:

"Come here, take him into the Jinyiwei prison and interrogate him severely!"

"As ordered!"

A dozen Jinyi guards rushed in from outside the courtyard door, knocked the old man to the ground, tied them up, and escorted him away.

On the other side, a Jinyi guard changed into a set of ordinary people's clothes, and secretly notified Zhou Guiren of the news that the old man had been arrested.

Guiren Zhou was very anxious. If the old man confessed, then she would be completely finished!
(End of this chapter)