Chapter 265 The Mastermind
After hearing this, Xia Daohua suddenly felt that it was right for her to stuff Linghua into the space.
At first, she wanted to jump out of the car with Linghua, but considering that there is no such thing as a thief for a thousand days, instead of guarding against the other party's endless tricks, it would be better to meet the boss behind this gang this time.
Once you have a thorough understanding of the other party's background and figure out what they are trying to do, you can then prescribe the right remedy.
If the other party is too greedy, I don't mind convincing them by (physics).
But on second thought, if the other party's methods were more despicable, separating Linghua from himself and threatening to do something to Linghua, it would be easy for him to escape but it would be inconvenient for him to save her.
Therefore, it would be safer to send Linghua into the space first.
Although they might find out something was wrong, if the other party's main target was him, it shouldn't have much of an impact whether the Linghua was lost or not.
As it turned out, she made the right bet.
The other party's target was indeed her, not that little brat Linghua.
In the second half of the journey, the carriage became increasingly bumpy. It was unclear whether it was because the road conditions were too bad or they were speeding up.
Xia Daohua did not bother to memorize the route. After all, it would not be too late for her to find out where she was after she met the mastermind.
Since the other party had gone to so much trouble to capture her, he certainly wouldn't just kill her with a knife without saying anything the moment they met.
The group entered the carriage to check several times, and then the speed of the car gradually slowed down. A strong and tall guy like a black iron tower carried Xia Daohua upside down on his shoulders, and said loudly like thunder:
"Why hasn't this girl woken up yet? Song Lao San, did you give her too much medicine? If she becomes stupid later, the master will not forgive you!"
A thin, dark-skinned man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks replied in a hoarse voice, "I don't care."
"Although I prepared the medicine, it was Sister Huang who gave her the medicine. Even if she is really stupid, it is Sister Huang's fault for giving her such a strong medicine. It is not my fault that the medicine is so powerful!"
Xia Daohua gently opened one eye a crack and saw the appearance of the two people. She also saw the appearance of the carriage she had been riding in before. It was actually decorated as a funeral carriage for corpses...
No wonder the journey was so smooth!
Although the upside-down posture was uncomfortable, in order to pretend to be dizzy, Xia Daohua could only continue to pretend to be unconscious.
Fortunately, in order to take Linghua to eat, she wore men's clothes.
Xia Daohua secretly felt lucky. If she had been wearing women's clothes today, her skirt would have probably fallen off by now!
Xia Daohua was carried into the house. She opened one eye slightly and looked out through the gap between her eyelashes. She saw that the house was decorated in an antique style, but the layout was a bit out of place.
There were sandalwood tables and official hat chairs on the floor, with an eight-panel hollow wooden screen in the middle. Behind the screen was a large red bed with elaborate carvings and draped with curtains.
If it is said to be a young lady's boudoir, the official hat chairs and tables outside make it look like a place for receiving guests.
If it is a place for receiving guests, then what is the step-out bed behind the screen?
Xia Daohua was thrown onto the table with a "bang" sound by the black iron tower like unloading cargo, and she woke up with a cry of "ouch".
Black Iron Tower coughed twice, cleared his throat, moved closer to the screen, lowered his voice and said, "Master, the person is here."
Xia Daohua looked up and found a person standing behind a hollow owl pattern on the screen. The person's eyes were shining brightly, and he looked out from the owl's eyes and stared at her without blinking.
Xia Daohua couldn't help but feel her scalp tingling when she was stared at by that gaze.
Could this guy be... a pervert?
The pair of eyes stared at Xia Daohua for a long while without blinking, until Xia Daohua was already considering whether to give him a ruthless blow, before he finally came out from behind the screen.
He is short and fat, with a round, white smiling face and many wrinkles at the corners of his eyebrows and eyes. At first glance, he looks like a person who is always talking and laughing.
His hair was thick, black with some white hair mixed in. It was tied into an ordinary man's bun, but it was held up with a valuable jade ring.
The clothes he was wearing were also poplin with a black background and a floral pattern of five auspicious blessings.
But his lips and chin were smooth and beardless.
Xia Daohua had a vague guess that this person was most likely a eunuch... and as for his age, he must be at least fifty years old.
As soon as I heard him speak, I became more certain:
"You little girl, you are quite capable! It's really not easy for us to invite you to come and see me!"
Xia Daohua smiled, twisted a few times, and looked at the rope on her body:
"I am young and inexperienced, but I have never seen anyone use a rope when inviting guests to meet."
The fat eunuch smiled, and his smile was very natural. If it weren't for the sharp flash in his eyes, Xia Daohua would not have been able to tell that the warm smile was actually fake:
"Interesting! Interesting! I guess he is just a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger. No one has ever been so fearless and calm in front of us!"
Xia Daohua smiled and said:
“I am just a country girl, and I have just arrived in Jixiang County not long ago.
I don't know who you are, nor have I heard of your deeds. You look so kind, and you just asked me to be your guest...
Why should I be afraid of you? "
Xia Daohua said as she shook herself to get rid of all the ropes on her body:
"It's not comfortable to have this rope tied around my body all the time, so I'll take it off first. Do you mind?"
The fat old eunuch's eyes sharpened and his expression darkened:
"Little girl, you really have some skills! It seems that you have fooled all my people!"
Xia Daohua smiled slightly, with a look of self-satisfaction and joy on her face:
"As for my abilities, I don't think I have much. But as for my luck, I do have some."
The fat old eunuch's expression changed again.
He didn't believe in ability. No matter how powerful a person was, he would be killed. Although they seemed very powerful when they were alive, countless people would remember them after they died.
But he knew that death was death.
None of those who died at his hands, whether they were capable or not, have ever come back to find him.
But he believes in luck.
He thinks the biggest difference between people is the difference in luck.
If he had not been unlucky and was born into a poor family, he would not have starved to death and had to make up his mind to enter the palace.
But after entering the palace, if it weren't for his luck, he would have been nothing more than a menial servant and would have had no chance to get close to the emperor, become his most important playmate since childhood, and now the most powerful eunuch.
Even those important officials in the court who had served as generals or ministers, when they saw him, no matter how much they criticized him in their hearts, they had to give him some face, nod to him and say hello.
The greatest confidence of this little girl in front of me is actually her luck?
(End of this chapter)
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