Chapter 53: The maid who died was called Biyun
"Sister, you are really not suited to be a bad person. Once the door is closed, it means you have accepted it."
Shen Jiao looked at her movements and said regretfully,
"I was a little suspicious of Qiongzhi and the others, but now it seems that it's you."
"When did you start to doubt me?" The gentle expression and smile on Jin Yu's face disappeared without a trace.
"Well, that day in the woodshed, I didn't doubt you, I just thought you were weird. I initially suspected the night watch maid. You letting her go out might have given her an opportunity to take advantage of you, and then it made sense that she was abandoned after she had done her job. But after I went to her house, I gave up this idea.
Even if the Sixth Young Master wants to kill the donkey after it has served its purpose, he must at least give it something good to eat, otherwise the people around him will feel sad when they see it. You said that there are a lot of rewards in his courtyard, which is enough to show that he is not stingy. He must not fail to understand the principle of showing kindness to win people's hearts.
I'd also suspected Qiongzhi and Lingnu, but one of them was too clingy, the other too conspicuous, so neither seemed likely. Liangua and Yuge'er didn't usually care about these things, just doing whatever they were told. After much thought, my sister was the most likely candidate. Even though she was with us most of the time, there weren't ways to get a message across, right? Using paper cranes, paper figurines, or even carrier pigeons would have been enough.
well. "
Shen Jiao sighed as he spoke.
"But before you closed the door, I thought it was most likely that I was overthinking it. After all, you're a really nice person, sister. I left my hometown and came here alone. I've met so many people, but you're the only one who feels most like family and treats me the best..."
I simply don't want to believe that my sister would be such a traitor."
Eh~ This is too fake, I can’t cry, what should I do?
Shen Jiao looked at Jin Yu with an expression of disbelief, and struggled to hold back a big tear.
It slid and fell down Shen Jiao's pale face, like a shattered dream, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
Jin Yu was not moved by her expression, but was angered by her expression: "So what if I did it? Shouldn't I have done it? I just wanted to be better. What's wrong with me? Do you think it's easy to find a good idea? I'm not Yinhua, who doesn't have a mother who works as a nanny by my side. I'm not a child born in a family whose ancestors have been rooted here for generations. I'm not one of those idiots who only know that it's not good here and want to leave but don't think about the future.
I was just a bought girl. I relied on my own efforts, worked hard to earn money, and gave money away everywhere, so that I had the opportunity to serve a young lady. But she died before I got my money back!
"It was all very well to let me serve the young master. I thought it was a piece of cake. I bowed and kowtowned to the steward and thanked him. But in the end, he was the young master that no one wanted to have anything to do with. Five years, I served him for five years, and what did I get? If I really had to stay here for the rest of my life, what difference would it make to me dead?"
Jin Yu shouted at the top of his lungs, "I just wanted to be better. What's wrong with me? Anyway... there's no turning back..."
Why...why did you kill people, Biyun...Yinhua...I didn't mean to harm them!
I didn’t!!”
The mousetrap fell to the ground, causing several mice in the warehouse to squeak.
Jin Yu squatted on the ground in pain, holding her head and crying.
The maid who died was called Biyun.
Shen Jiao didn't even pay attention.
She walked over to Jin Yu, squatted down, and hugged her with open arms: "As the saying goes, if you do good intentionally, you will not be rewarded, and if you do evil unintentionally, you will not be punished. Sister, it's okay."
Jin Yu had already slumped on the ground, sobbing against her shoulder, "How can it be okay? Her name is Lan Danan. She said her name is not nice. I said that few maids in the village use real names, so she could choose a nice one for herself. She said she didn't know how and asked me to help her. I asked her if she had any favorite flowers, plants, trees, or anything like that, and she said clouds. She liked the clouds in the sky the most because they could go anywhere. I said - then you should be called Biyun.
I hadn't put much thought into it, but she actually liked it. She also said that nice names all have origins, and asked me to help her think of one so she could tell her sisters. But I couldn't think of any. A while ago, I went to class with Mr. Seventeen and heard Mr. Song talk about it. I came back and told her about it, and she was so happy that she said she would make a purse to thank me. She's very well behaved..."
Jin Yu burst into tears.
She probably wasn't a very good spy, as all she thought about after being exposed was this.
What's the use of this?
When Shen Jiao opened the door, she saw several people standing there.
The few people left in Liao'e Courtyard were all outside, including Xue Shun.
Although he turned around and left without saying what he would do with Jin Yu, she felt she had no face to stay any longer, so she packed up her things and disappeared.
Shen Jiao went to tell Xue Shun, but he just said calmly, "I know, let her be."
If his eyes weren't red, he would look like he didn't care.
It's a pity that he is short-sighted.
And copied that poem——
The wind from heaven blew me up the hill,
Dew falls on the pine trees in the cool June.
I wish to borrow the old monk's two white cranes,
Soaring together in the deep blue clouds.
It’s just that the two words “Biyun” are there, so it’s a bit far-fetched to say it’s the source. But it’s also hard to find a good one. Biyun… is really not important. Who would write a poem for Biyun?
Anyway, as far as Shen Jiao knows, there isn't one.
Perhaps this maid is not as important as those rats. The Sixth Young Master specifically asked Jin Yu to pay attention to the rats raised by Xue Shun. Why?
Shen Jiao looked at the rats from all angles, but couldn't see anything special about them.
If I have to say, they are not as smart as Xuan Xiao's family, especially the cage that was thrown by Jin Yu. They are as stupid as idiots and only know how to eat. However, they are particularly round and beautiful, so she picked them out and wanted to send them over there, and by the way, ask when they can leave.
Xue Shun went to take a look and became increasingly furious. He suddenly raised his voice and said, "Go find some people to pack them all up and send them to Xue Lang. Wouldn't he like them? Take them all away, as if everyone wants them. Give them all to him!"
Xue Shun was furious and looked like he wanted to hit someone. He kicked the empty mousetrap angrily, rolled up his sleeves and carried it himself.
Shen Jiao called Qiongzhi and the others in, and went outside to find a few servants and maids.
After coming back and whispering a few words with Xue Shun, he stuffed all the rats in the warehouse into several large cages, covered the cages with a piece of cloth and carried them out.
When they arrived at Hechun Courtyard, the two maids guarding the gate showed a bewildered look when they saw their movements and stepped forward to stop them, saying, "This is..."
"This is a thank-you gift from my young master to the Sixth Young Master. I heard that the Sixth Young Master stayed in the county all night yesterday and didn't come back. I think he was trying very hard to apologize. My young master is ill and can't accompany him, but he is always thinking about it. He is worried that the Sixth Young Master will be impatient and disobey others and start a quarrel. However, as a younger brother, I always trust my elder brother. I believe that the Sixth Young Master will be able to fulfill his promise to invite Mr. Song back, so he specially asked me to bring these treasures for the Sixth Young Master to enjoy."
Shen Jiao's voice was so clear and loud that it made the two maids' heads buzz. Before they could stop her, she rushed in directly, still saying,
"Two sisters, go and do your things, don't worry about us."
"What do you mean by 'don't worry about it?'" a maid said anxiously, "How can you be so rude? We haven't informed the master yet, how dare you barge in? Don't you want to live?"
"Sister, what do you mean by that?" Shen Jiao was horrified. "The Sixth Young Master never announced his entry into Liao'e Courtyard and always went straight in. We're baffled. The Young Master even specifically said that the Sixth Young Master wasn't being rude, but that we were brothers and family, so there was no need to worry about formalities. He also told us not to block people from Hechun Courtyard from coming and going, and to treat both places as our own. Yet, you sisters are saying we're risking our lives by doing that? Could it be that the Sixth Young Master never thought that way, but rather despised our Young Master and didn't take him seriously, so he insulted and bullied him at will?"
"Don't be so loud!" The two of them really couldn't stand it anymore. Their ears were almost deafened by the noise and they could hardly understand what she was saying.
Shen Jiao angrily said, "Sixth Young Master, you dare to do it, but you dare not let others say it? It really is a waste of my young master's love for him, and he even specially gave him his favorite thing."
She cried heartbrokenly, "Since the Sixth Young Master is so heartless, we won't go in. Qiongzhi, put the things down."
Shen Jiao gave a wink, and Qiongzhi and the others understood. They placed the cage in the yard, lifted the covering, and opened the cage door.
Countless mice squeaked and jumped out, running to the flowers, plants and trees in Hechunyuan, which was full of natural atmosphere.
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