Liang Qiuyi's head, which had just been raised, lowered again, his eyes evasive, and he seemed inexplicably guilty.
Others were too embarrassed to speak, but Qiu Yuehua didn't have so many scruples. She immediately pointed at the maid who supported Liang Qiuyi and asked, "Since your young lady won't say anything, then you should say it. Why didn't you stay outside the forest farm and enter the forest farm without permission?"
The second branch of the Liang family did not bring many servants with them when they left Beijing. Now, they only have the maids and attendants who serve the second Madam Liang and the second Master Liang closely. They are the old servants who served them when they were in Beijing.
The rest were mostly servants who made their purchases along the way or after arriving at the North Gate.
The maid who is currently supporting Liang Qiuyi is her.
Before being bought by Madam Liang Er, she had only worked as a maid in the mansion of a thousand households stationed in the Northern Army for a few years. She had never seen the world, let alone being stared at and questioned by a dozen powerful young ladies.
"Speak!" Qiu Yuehua frowned.
The maid trembled like a sieve and said in a muffled voice: "We..."
"Why are you making things difficult for a maid?" Liang Qiuyi pulled the sleeve of the maid next to her, raised her head and said with shame and anger, "You all went into the forest to hunt, and I was the only one waiting outside. It's so boring. Can't I walk around?"
I really don't know how to respond to this.
Seeing Qiu Yuehua, who had just confronted him, was speechless, Liang Qiuyi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, glanced in the direction of Wei Yunlan, softened his tone, and said with a little grievance: "I know that because I am not good at riding and shooting, and I don't understand the customs of the north, you all look down on me. But this is not what I want!"
"Don't I want to share the same interests with you and make friends with you? But I grew up in the capital, and no one taught me riding and archery... I can only make friends with you in my own way and let you see my sincerity."
Liang Qiuyi said, pulling the maid beside her, "If you don't believe me, ask Chuntao, did I get up before dawn today to personally prepare the snacks I brought here?"
The maid beside Liang Qiuyi stopped trembling, agreed with her mistress, and nodded slightly.
The ladies who were staring at the master and servant could not help but feel a little uncomfortable when they heard this, and they all advised: "Forget it, Miss Liang didn't mean to go into the woods."
"We can't get anything out of Miss Liang by asking her questions here. When the people from the Military Intelligence Department come and interrogate her, the truth will be revealed."
Seeing that everyone started to speak up for him, Liang Qiuyi's uneasy heart finally settled down a little. Following up on what he had just said, he said that after he returned, he would ask his mother to invite a martial arts master who could teach riding skills to the house so that he could play with all the young ladies in the future.
In his words, besides complaining about his own grievances, he also tried to flatter others.
It was obvious that she was saying that she was sincere in making friends with the Northern ladies, and that Wei Yunlan, who also came from the capital, had learned all this in advance. It was obvious that she knew the preferences of the Northern ladies and had deliberately prepared in advance to win their favor!
However, the ladies around her seemed not to understand her hints.
While comforting her, it did not affect their feelings towards Wei Yunlan at all, which made Liang Qiuyi grit her teeth.
These northern ladies did not hear Liang Qiuyi's unfinished meaning, but Wei Yunlan heard it clearly.
Even at this time, he still didn't forget to step on himself, which shows that this person has not changed.
All those words I said to persuade her before were just a waste of words!
As the saying goes, good words can hardly persuade a dying ghost.
Liang Qiuyi is now clinging to her and is destined to be unable to get rid of her previous obsession. With this kind of mentality, she is bound to suffer a great loss in the future.
Wei Yunlan looked away and asked Huang Yuling beside him, "How long will it take for the people from the Military Intelligence Department to arrive?"
"I asked Huan'er to take my token to ask for help. It takes more than an hour to get here and back from the checkpoint."
It’s still early now. After the wind stopped, the clouds gradually dispersed and the sky became clear again.
It was still early in the evening and no other suspicious people were found in the forest. Otherwise, even if Huang Yuling and others insisted on waiting, the forest guards present would not dare to let these noble ladies from the city wait until dark.
"I was the one who invited the Military Intelligence Department. I'll just wait here. Miss Qiu, why don't you send the others back to the city first?" Huang Yuling suggested.
But is there anyone here who wants to leave?
Having grown up in Beiguan, they were no strangers to the fierce northern barbarians, but most of them were seeing the northern barbarians in person for the first time.
Not to mention, personally participating in the capture!
Everyone wanted to know what was going on with this Northern Barbarian spy and Liang Qiuyu's maid named "Chunyan".
"It's still early, why don't we wait here together and go back to the city later?"
One of the ladies brought it up, and the others all nodded in agreement.
Qiu Yuehua knew that she should have brought everyone back to the city earlier, but she was also curious about the outcome of this matter, so she immediately put aside the "should" in her heart.
At this time, Sun Xiuxiu and Miss Zhou, who had met Wei Yunlan in the forest before, sent their maids to spread out the things they had brought. "While we were waiting for you, we roasted a few wild rabbits... They are almost done. Just put them on the fire to heat them up."
Tu You licked his lips when he heard this, and pointed to a few bare rocks nearby, "You can pick up some firewood and build a fire over there."
After a while, the crackling sound of burning firewood and the faint aroma of barbecue drifted through the forest.
Several maids were picking up firewood nearby to add to the fire.
When all the dry firewood nearby had been picked up, the two maids walked a little further away together. Not long after, a scream was heard in the forest.
"ah!"
"…What happened?" Everyone gathered around the fire was startled at the same time.
The forest guard stationed nearby had a bitter look on his face.
He said, shouldn’t we ask these young ladies to leave earlier?
The sound came from the southwest, not far away. Immediately following the scream, there was the sound of two maids running back at a faster pace, stepping on dead branches and leaves.
Soon, they appeared in everyone's sight.
These two people are Sun Xiuxiu and the maidservant beside Tu You.
Even though he was out of breath from running, he still couldn't hide his pale face after being frightened, "Miss, over there..."
"There's a person on the ground over there!"
"Who?"
"Alive or dead?"
Everyone was full of questions, and soon they saw someone being carried over by two forest guards.
His entire face was covered in bloodstains, which was extremely horrifying, and his original appearance could no longer be seen.
But the identity is not difficult to identify.
The way she was dressed was almost exactly the same as Chuntao who was standing next to Liang Qiuyi.
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