Chapter 10 Chapter 10 The Supervisor of the East Factory is unparalleled in beauty. ...
Gu Zhizhuo's heart was beating wildly.
Shen Xu was a ruthless man who would never spare anyone. He already had the farm in his hands, so abandoning it was a disaster. They were still alive because Shen Xu didn't want to alert the enemy.
This divination was really accurate! She was not unfamiliar with it at all.
Gu Zhizhuo pinched his brows and thought, "Let's take care of the senior management. I'm going to the West Courtyard."
"It's still raining outside." The senior manager hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss, if you need anything, just tell me to go."
"There is indeed something I need you to do." Gu Zhizhuo said solemnly, "and only you can do it."
After she said this, the senior manager immediately stopped talking and agreed solemnly.
Gu Zhizhuo gave very detailed instructions, but the senior manager didn't ask the reason at all, but just remembered every word.
After saying that, Gu Zhizhuo put on her veil, got up and walked out.
Qiongfang followed her with a lantern and an umbrella.
Gu Zhizhuo walked slowly. The rain was falling heavily and a thin layer of water had accumulated on the ground.
They went out from the hanging flower gate, walked along the stone path for a while, and stopped in front of the west courtyard.
Two brand new glass lamps were hung in front of the west courtyard gate, and the hanging tassels swayed in the wind.
Two men in green cloth stood under the lamp. They were dressed like ordinary servants and had ordinary looks, but they were calm and reserved, with a murderous aura.
Gu Zhizhuo stepped forward and said, "I am the master of this manor, and I have come to ask to see you, Lord." His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant.
One of them said calmly, "My master has gone to bed, please go back, young lady."
Gu Zhizhuo smiled faintly and simply said, "How dare I neglect you when Lord Shen comes in person? Please inform him that the master wishes to see you."
The expressions of the two suddenly changed. They looked at each other, and one of them went in to report, then came out and said, "Miss, please."
Gu Zhizhuo walked into the yard. Qiongfang raised her hand to cover her lips and almost screamed out.
Along both sides of the gravel path, there is a glass lamp every two steps, illuminating the courtyard in the rain with brilliance. The lampshades are painted with mountains and rivers, and each lampshade is different, and the fans are also decorated with gems.
They also have this style of glass lamps in their mansion, but even if the entire mansion were put together, there wouldn't be as many. Moreover, at first glance, these are more exquisite and luxurious than the ones in their mansion, and they are definitely not from the manor.
Qiongfang couldn't help but look at Gu Zhizhuo, and seeing that her daughter was not looking away, she quickly lowered her head.
When they arrived in front of the main house, Gu Zhizhuo ordered, "You don't have to follow me. Just wait for me here." She said it easily, and there seemed to be no trace of nervousness in her demeanor.
Qiongfang agreed obediently, put away her umbrella and stood under the corridor.
Gu Zhizhuo lifted the door curtain and walked in. Even though the glass lanterns all over the yard had prepared her mentally, she still couldn't help but want to touch her forehead.
The west courtyard had always been used for distributing and giving away medicines, and the layout was mainly simple, without any special decorations. But now, as soon as she stepped in, she smelled a light and elegant incense fragrance.
Or the intoxicating charm of Yuhua, which is worth every penny.
The incense is burning with wisps of green smoke, just like burning gold.
The half-worn kang was covered with snow-white fox fur, and a priceless chessboard was casually placed on the nanmu wood table.
Sheng Jiang, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was like the most loyal servant, guarding a small red clay stove with a silver kettle boiling water. The tea sets on the table were all made of Ru kiln thin-bodied porcelain wrapped with gold and silver threads. A small teacup alone was worth at least a hundred taels of silver.
On both sides of the screen were placed several more exquisite glass lamps, with white jade bases.
The ground was spotless. Gu Zhizhuo had come all the way here, and his shoes were covered in mud and water, so he was too embarrassed to step on them.
If she hadn't been sure that this was her own farm, she would have almost thought she had taken the wrong road.
Chen Xu leaned against a large pillow, holding a string of sandalwood Buddhist beads in his hand, his eyes fixed on the chessboard in front of him.
He was only about twenty years old, wearing a bright red robe embroidered with qilin patterns in gold thread, which made his handsome face look delicate and androgynous, and he was unparalleled in beauty.
Hmm.
This guy is still like this. He has to carry so many things when he goes out. It is really tiring to serve him.
Gu Zhizhuo complained silently in his heart.
"Lord Shen."
Gu Zhizhuo bowed with a smile.
She walked straight in, and her muddy embroidered shoes left several clear footprints on the ground.
Shen Xu finally condescended to look up at her, with undisguised disgust lingering around him.
Sheng Jiang's brows twitched.
"Miss Gu." Sheng Jiang observed her expression and spoke, "Please change your shoes."
Stop stepping on it.
If she is stepped on like this, she might die and I will be in trouble!
Gu Zhizhuo raised his eyebrows.
Change shoes? They probably packed several new pairs of shoes for every trip! Even embroidered shoes?!
Don't be too outrageous, okay!
"not good."
After she finished speaking, she moved a round stool for herself and sat down at the other end of the kang table.
There is a chess endgame on the board, with the black and white pieces fighting on the chessboard. The white pieces have already taken most of the pieces, while the black pieces are struggling to survive in the corner.
Gu Zhizhuo glanced over and said with a smile, "Master, this game of chess is quite interesting."
She brushed the chess box with her right hand and picked up a white piece with her fingertips.
Sheng Jiang's eyes almost popped out.
Should I say she's brave, or...
Ignorance is fearless?!
The master hates it most when someone touches his things. Now, this hand is definitely gone.
What a pity, she has pretty hands.
Gu Zhizhuo tossed the white piece lightly, then caught it firmly, fiddling with it between his fingers. Before Shen Xu could even open his mouth to throw her out, he spoke first, "The one the Governor is waiting for should be here by now, right?"
Although she used the question form, her tone was extremely firm.
Shen Xu raised his eyelids, and his whole body looked like a bloody blade, emitting an ominous aura.
Gu Zhizhuo took his eyes off the chessboard and looked straight at him.
Shen Xu spoke, his voice soft and gentle: "The girl knows a lot."
Gu Zhizhuo shook his finger and said with a smile: "Not much, not much."
"As for me, I only know that the Governor wants to use my farm to ambush Master Chen."
Sheng Jiang had a blank expression on his face, his heart filled with shock and astonishment, and he didn't even notice that the water in the small silver kettle was about to boil.
Gu Zhizhuo said slowly, "My manor is in a good location. There are four villages nearby, and it's also the closest to the official road. This is the only way for Master Chen to return to the capital.
Her fingers tapped the chessboard, as if what was in front of her was not a chessboard, but a map of the capital.
Xie Yingchen hid his whereabouts, and when everyone thought he was still in Yizhou, he had actually arrived in the capital.
Unfortunately, he was just one step behind and was discovered by the East Factory.
Shen Xu was on the road he had to take to return to Beijing, hiding and killing him!
Gu Zhizhuo said confidently, "As long as Young Master Chen passes through this official road, the Governor will have a hundred ways to force him to stay."
"There might be dead trees blocking the road, poisonous snakes in the wild, or falling rocks injuring the horse..."
Gu Zhizhuo paused for a moment and slowly said, "Especially today, with the heavy rain and thunder. Even the heavens are on the governor's side."
She threw the white piece back into the chess box and picked up a black piece.
The thin veil covered half of her face, revealing only a pair of lively eyes.
She spoke nonchalantly, as if she knew everything, except that her fingers hidden in her sleeves were tense as strings because of her fluctuating emotions.
"If anything unexpected happens on this road, the only place we can rest temporarily is my farm."
"Once Young Master Chen enters the Manor, his life or death will be in the hands of you, the Governor."
"As for my farm." Gu Zhizhuo was still smiling, but his tone became cold.
She was stating a fact, a fact that had already happened in the previous life.
"...Afterwards, all we have to do is burn it down and blame it all on the bandits."
"It was Young Master Chen's bad luck that he encountered bandits on his way back to the capital, not that the Emperor would not let him live."
"Even if we have to investigate, it's because Gu Yican, who was ordered to suppress the bandits, failed to do his job properly, allowing the bandits to escape to the capital!"
In the previous life, everyone in Zhuangzi died.
Even in this life, I am almost following the old path of fate.
Sheng Jiang's pupils shrank, and he raised his hand to touch the dagger hidden at his waist.
Xie Yingchen is a cunning and treacherous person.
As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and he has more than three burrows. Since entering the territory of Daqi, Xie Yingchen's whereabouts have become a mystery.
Several times, after spending a lot of manpower, we finally found his whereabouts, but when we caught up with him, we found that he was deliberately setting up an ambush.
Only he can make the East Factory run around in circles.
If Xie Yingchen had not stepped into the capital.
If the capital had not been in the hands of the governor for the past year, like a spider web where even a fly could not escape, I am afraid Xie Yingchen would have been able to step into the Golden Palace without anyone noticing.
The person was found, but now he is in Gyeonggi Province, which means that there are more eyes watching him.
Act more secretly and leave no loopholes.
This time, the Governor was personally dispatched, so it should have been foolproof. How did this girl know about this?!
Sheng Jiang was shocked and confused.
He tried desperately to recall what had gone wrong, and even began to suspect that someone in the East Factory had leaked the news.
As the candlelight flickered, he had already thought of countless possibilities when he heard the girl lightly ask, "Master, is that so?"
Chen Xu curled his thin lips slightly, and his natural peach blossom eyes turned upturned at the corners, as if there was a pool of water in his eyes, shimmering with light.
He held his chin with one hand and said with interest, "Miss, are you here to ask me for a way out?"
There was joy and excitement in Gu Zhizhuo's brow.
She glanced at the dripping water in the corner of the room, leaned forward, and asked instead of answering, "Master Shen, do you like fireworks?"
The tone is as gentle as water.
Gu Zhizhuo didn't expect him to respond.
She raised her index finger, made a gesture to silence herself, and pointed out the window.
The sky was dark in the middle of the night, with fine rain falling. It was a starless night.
"look."
Gu Zhizhuo opened his red lips slightly.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, a firework suddenly soared into the sky and suddenly exploded in the dark night, blooming a bright red halo.
Bang bang bang!
Ten shots in a row.
Fireworks lit up the night sky in an instant, and the dark night was lit up with balls of bright red by these fireworks.
Chen Xu's fingers gripping the Buddhist beads tightened, and a look of unspeakable surprise finally appeared on his usually nonchalant face, with the red light of the fireworks reflected in his eyes.
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