"Is your backyard always so deserted with no one around on weekdays?" On the way to the backyard, the leading maid looked around and asked Xiaozhu, who was leading the way, with a frown.
Xiao Zhu was slightly stunned when he heard this.
Although she had only been in the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion for a short time, it was not as deserted as it was today. Even if Wei had taken away all the servants in the front yard, it was impossible that there was not a single maid or servant in the backyard.
"Today is indeed a bit strange. I guess since the lady is not here, the servants have gone out to cheat." Xiao Zhu guessed.
When the leader heard this, he suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Zhu asked doubtfully.
The leading maid glanced around and frowned, "That's not right..."
call out!
An arrow came flying through the air.
Very fast.
The maid behind dodged very quickly and avoided being pierced through the calf by the arrow.
"There's an ambush!"
Everyone was shocked.
"Let's go."
The leading maid's face turned stern, and she was about to leave with swift movements.
But they were on the corridor leading to the back room, and the space was greatly reduced. From the arrow just now, it could be seen that there was an ambush on the roof, and guards could be seen coming quickly behind them.
"This way!"
The leading maid pulled the frightened Xiaozhu and quickly went to the back room.
Little did they know that this was truly walking into a trap.
As soon as you step into the back room.
Powder covered his head and fell from the sky.
Then a big net fell...
Those maids with fighting skills were not given any room to show their fighting skills and were captured in one fell swoop.
When Xiao Zhu was picked out alone, he was still completely confused.
Her legs were even weak from inhaling the cartilage powder. She stared blankly at the brother and sister who walked out of the darkness, her eyes widening involuntarily.
"Miss?" Xiao Zhu recognized Yang Zhao.
No matter how dumb she was, she could tell something was amiss. She especially paled when she saw the ten maids gagged and chained by the guards. "Miss, what are you doing? These maids were sent by our old lady to serve you..."
Yang Zhao turned a deaf ear to it.
Squat down.
He lifted Xiao Zhu's chin with his fingertips and stared at her face for a long time before turning his head to look at the unremarkable woman in the corner: "Are you sure you can draw this face?"
The old woman came out slowly.
Xiao Zhu's pupils shrank slightly when he saw this, because this old woman was the one who had just been sweeping the front yard.
The old woman also squatted down and reached out to pick up Xiao Zhu's not-so-remarkable face. She said, "I've been observing this girl for several days. I can grasp her personality about 80% of the way there. As for her appearance, I can only draw about 70% of it, unless... you let me peel off her face..."
"Cut it here, then tear it down..."
"Peel, peel the skin?"
Xiao Zhu was so scared that his eyes widened.
In the end, I don’t know if it was because he was too excited, but he rolled his eyes and turned away.
"Tsk! You're really not that scary."
The old woman clapped her hands in disgust.
She stood up and looked at Yang Zhao who had also stood up, and said with a smile, "Alright, Xiao Zhao'er, Aunt Xu won't joke with you anymore. It's rare that you need my skills, so leave this girl to me. I'll give you an identical one tomorrow morning."
Yang Zhao nodded and smiled; "Thank you, Aunt Xu."
"Why are you being so polite to me?"
After Aunt Xu waved her hand, her eyes fell on Yang Huaijin who was standing beside her. With a smile on her face, she walked forward and raised her hand to ruffle his hair in front of his forehead, very casually but also deliberately. "I haven't seen you for several years, you have grown so tall. Do you still remember Aunt Xu? Last time, you cried and said that if I touched your head, you would not grow taller!"
The corners of Yang Huaijin's mouth twitched slightly.
How old were you then?!
However, he still called out respectfully, "Hello, Aunt Xu."
"good!"
Aunt Xu touched his head again before turning around and walking away with Xiaozhu in her hand.
Yang Huaijin looked at the back of the person carrying the person with one hand, and turned his head to look at his sister: "Sister, where did you find Aunt Xu?"
Yang Huaijin really didn't recognize the person at first. After all, Aunt Xu in his memory didn't have a fixed face.
Sometimes it can even be a man!
Ever since his mother passed away, Aunt Xu said she was tired of painting corpses, so she closed her farm and retired to the mountains.
Yang Zhao glanced at his brother, whose forehead hair had stood up due to being stroked, and raised his lips slightly, reaching out to him: "Lower your head."
Upon hearing this, Yang Huaijin naturally lowered his head.
Yang Zhao gently smoothed his aloof hair before telling him, "After Mother left, Aunt Xu said she had retired, but she actually never traveled far. She would come back once a year, secretly check on us, and then leave again."
"As for when to find her back."
"That's very early..."
For example: the itinerant female doctor who gave acupuncture to the unconscious Old Madam Shen in the government office, the woman who tore at Shen Sulan at the gate of the Shen family, and the wife who led people to tear up Shen Sulan's body...
Of course.
Yang Zhao did not explain all of these one by one.
Aunt Xu’s role is only a part of the plan; the main part is still the ten maids.
They have all been specially trained.
There was a deadly poison hidden in their teeth. If we hadn't used the "lure the enemy into a trap" method, captured them with the powerful cartilage powder, and quickly stuffed their mouths, I'm afraid we would have captured ten corpses.
In a dark cell.
All ten maids were brought in.
Nanny Gui had been imprisoned for some time. Looking at the ten maids who were suddenly brought in, her pupils shrank slightly because she recognized the maids' clothes.
It is the clothes of the Wei family's maid.
The person brought in here might not be an ordinary maid! !
Aunt Gui unconsciously clenched her hands.
Soon, she saw a familiar person. It was Aunt Xu who was recovering from the arrow wound.
Aunt Xu seemed to be unable to grasp the situation clearly, and she cursed: "Let me go, you rude slaves, do you know who I am? I am your wife's servant. If you treat me like this, I will make your wife give you a taste of your own medicine..."
The guard remained calm.
He grabbed her by the back of her collar and threw her directly into the cell next to Aunt Gui's.
"Ouch!"
Aunt Xu was still injured, and being thrown like that made her scream in pain, and her old face was distorted with pain.
But the cry stopped abruptly when she accidentally glanced at Aunt Gui.
"Madam Gui?"
Aunt Xu looked surprised: "You, you are not dead?"
Aunt Gui's body was covered with scars, and it was obvious that she had been tortured. She looked extremely miserable and disheveled.
She glanced at Aunt Xu, shifted slightly, and after getting more comfortable, she spoke, "Well! Not dead yet."
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