Chapter 167
Shen Jiao took half a day to find the right place.
I found a tree to tie the horse to.
She knocked on the two doors in front of her, but no one answered, so she knocked again.
With a creak, the door opened a crack, and it was not locked from the inside at all.
Shen Jiao pushed the crack a little wider and looked inside, but his view was mostly blocked by several bamboos in the yard.
She patiently and politely called out, "Is anyone home? If so, please let me know. If not, I'll come in myself."
Still no one replied.
Shen Jiao looked at the sky and frowned again.
It's about time for a nap, but how could there be no one here with the door open? Could someone have silenced him?
Shen Jiao was extremely curious and didn't want to rush in. She knocked on the door a few more times and said, "Hey! Is there anyone there?"
She shouted loudly, but it was still quiet inside.
Shen Jiao turned around and knocked on the door next door.
Even if something happened, she had to clear herself and there had to be witnesses.
There were two bangs and then a response from inside.
"Hey, who is it? Stop knocking, I'm coming."
The voice is very clear and sounds like a little girl who is not very old.
Still a cautious little girl, she didn't open the door when she got there, but instead asked, "Who are you?"
"I came to look for the doctor next door, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered. Yet the door was open. I wanted to ask someone what was going on, or to come with me to see if anyone was home."
"How can there be no one here when the door is open?" The little girl was puzzled. As she opened the door, she said, "Well, you come in first. I'll find someone to go with you."
The bolt on this side was opened, and she hurriedly said, "Okay, it's open. Come in yourself, I'll go find someone."
As he said that, he ran away, and ran quite fast.
Shen Jiao opened the door and walked in, only to see a small figure jumping and slipping behind the screen wall.
I guess he went to see his parents.
He's quite enthusiastic, what a good kid. Shen Jiao followed him in with emotion. When she reached the screen wall and was about to go around it, a knife was placed across her neck. Shen Jiao was not Ma Adan who could only move forward. She retreated without hesitation, turned around and ran away.
At this moment, someone gently closed the gate of the courtyard, and a figure appeared from the door. It was a woman carrying a huge sword.
The one without a sharp edge is Zhao Qinghong.
Shen Jiao stopped and turned around to see her second senior brother, Zhou Boyan, who had nine lives, holding a knife.
And the little girl with a clear voice turned out to be a dwarf dressed in women's clothes... played by the immortal guest Wang Tong. At this moment, he was sitting on a high screen wall, with his two short legs hanging down, looking down at her condescendingly.
No wonder he ran so fast just now. If he had run a little slower, she would have seen through him.
Shen Jiao stood there stiffly for just a breath or two, then she decisively took a step towards Zhou Boyan.
thump!
The sound of the knees hitting the ground is so crisp.
"Second Brother, long time no see."
She said with a pale face and a forced smile,
"This is all a misunderstanding. Junior Sister has never abandoned Senior Brother. Please allow Junior Sister to explain."
Seeing that Zhou Boyan didn't say anything, she quickly crawled over and tugged at his clothes.
When she looked up again, her face was already covered in tears, and she sobbed, "Second Brother, I really have no choice but to do this. Brother, you know that I have always been useless, but there is one thing I am better than anyone else in: knowing how to adapt to the times.
My sister knows her own limitations. Even if I had the guts to do this, I wouldn't dare to harm my senior brother. What's more, the Five Guests of Huangmei are such powerful figures that they can crush me with just a flick of their fingers. How dare I pretend to obey you and disobey you? But I'm just a servant. If the young master doesn't let me go, what can I do? I've been worried about my senior brother's safety these days, and I've been trying every way to send a message to you.
But I really have no choice!
Such a big thing happened in Tongcai Villa again. The whole villa is under martial law. How could I have the ability to spread the news? I really didn't do it on purpose. Brother, you must believe me. If I wanted to betray you, the people from Tongcai Villa would have come to find trouble with you long ago. I..."
"Shut up!"
Shen Jiao looked at Zhou Boyan, who was full of impatience, sobbed and said the last sentence with her hands covering her mouth: "Senior Brother, I am wronged~"
She cried miserably.
If Zhou Boyan didn't know what kind of person she was, he would really feel sorry for her.
Unfortunately, he really understood her, so he could only see words like hateful, damn, bastard, and not human on that tearful face.
"Shen Jiao, Shen Jiao, you're still so good at pretending!"
He gritted his teeth and looked like he hated her very much.
It's understandable. The poison has spread to his face. I guess he hasn't had an easy time these days.
But what does that have to do with Shen Jiao?
"Second Brother, you said that because you don't believe me..." She sobbed heartbrokenly, lifting the knife in his hand and holding it to her neck. "Junior Sister, you know that no matter what I say, I can't make up for my mistake. If you want to take my life, just come on. I won't complain. But I dare to swear to heaven, if you lied to me just now, I will be annihilated. And... Doctor Wei Qian is in town right now. I had to convince the young master to bring him here. The boat is also heading to Jiangnan Road. Senior Brother and the five seniors just need to follow secretly and wait for the opportunity to act. We can wait for the opportunity..."
She knelt there crying, looking ready to be killed, but in fact she really had no other choice.
The five of them didn't know, but if Zhou Boyan wanted to kill her, he would have done it just now and would not have listened to her say so much.
But Shen Jiao could only talk about it, and she definitely couldn't beat her.
The knife in my arms is just a small thing against them.
Poisoning... Humph, let’s not talk about whether there is poison or not. Even if there is poison, don’t these people know how to do it?
I'm afraid she will poison herself before she kills anyone else.
Shen Jiao was truly despairing and heartbroken, even declaring his final wishes: "Brother, please, for the sake of our past friendship, after killing my sister, put me in a red coffin. It would be even better if I could be buried in the valley, beside Master..."
"Hey, this girl is really good at talking," the old guest said in a childish voice, "Zhou boy, if you kill her, I'm afraid you won't be able to face your mentor again."
"You still let him speak, this idiot is really useless, he just has a good tongue." Wufengke Zhao Qinghong said coldly.
He suddenly raised his hand and threw something, which hit Shen Jiao on the head with a thud and fell to the ground with a gurgle. She lowered her head and saw a silver ingot.
Then Zhao Qinghong threw another ingot of silver to the immortal guest Wang Tong.
Obviously... they made a bet.
I'm afraid all of Shen Jiao's reactions were within their expectations.
Should I breathe a sigh of relief?
No! I should take a few more breaths...
Every breath you take is one less breath.
It's not scary to fool people, what's scary is that the person you're fooling knows you're fooling him, and even guesses how you're going to fool him...
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