Chapter 140 I was just passing by
In winter, with snow everywhere, taking a hot spring bath outdoors is definitely a very special experience.
Lin Yuesha bypassed the screen and went out dejectedly. She also wanted to soak in the pool, drink plum wine, and enjoy the snow scene, but alas, she was not destined to do so!
Can you blame her figure? She's still a young girl, and it's not the Prince of Zhenbei's special fetish that she has to hide it.
The consequences of being discovered were dire; the first person to betray her was Hongtao, whom Lin Yuesha could not trust.
After emerging from the hot spring pool, Lin Yuesha determined her direction.
There were two paths in front of her, one leading in the direction she had just come from, and the other leading to the large kitchen. She was torn about which way to go.
"Aren't you the girl who was with Red Peach just now?"
The bearded man suddenly appeared behind Lin Yuesha without making a sound, startling her.
It's terrifying! And at night, doesn't that person have any self-awareness?
Lin Yuesha was angry inside, but she didn't want to offend anyone, so she nodded and said, "It's me. Is there something you need from this gentleman?"
"this……"
Bai Ying was very nervous about his first encounter with the master's sister. He made up an excuse on the spot, scratched his head and said, "Um... did Hong Tao like the silk flowers I gave her?"
Bai Ying was frustrated. In order to get close to Lin Yuesha, he not only disregarded his image but also sold his body. The problem was that the ugly maid Hongtao didn't appreciate it and looked down on him.
"You like it, right?"
Lin Yuesha wasn't sure, but women generally like small items like jewelry and sachets. The bearded man already looked rather unattractive, but he seemed like an honest person, so she decided not to be too harsh on him.
"That's good, that's good."
The two had nothing to say to each other. Bai Ying didn't know what to say. He could feel a gaze fixed on him. Not far away, his master was there, but had not yet shown himself.
"Excuse me, sir, I'd like to ask which way I should go to get to the back gate of the mansion?"
Lin Yuesha thought about it and realized that it wasn't safe for her to wander around the manor alone. If Ziyuan was looking for her, she would definitely try to ask Granny Yu to deliver the message. She shouldn't go out of her way to look for her, as it would only cause trouble for others.
"Just take the road on the right, then turn right."
The bearded man's face itched, so he scratched his beard, and accidentally pulled out a tuft of it.
Lin Yuesha: "..."
What's wrong with this guy? He's stubbed out all his beard, and his chin is so smooth you can't see any hair follicles. Is that beard fake? Are there people who deliberately try to look ugly?
"It's too cold in winter, and the wind hurts my face. I'm doing this to protect my face."
The white-clad figure spoke nonsense with a straight face, then turned and left.
Let the little girl have her suspicions; we're not going to silence her, she's one of us!
Lin Yuesha was confused, but following the bearded man's instructions, she turned right and walked onto one of the small paths.
As she walked, she realized something was wrong; this was a completely different route from where she had come from!
Lin Yuesha walked onto a side road, where every few meters there was a dim lantern that could barely illuminate the path beneath her feet.
But late at night, with the lanterns swaying back and forth and not a single person in sight, it was truly eerie.
There's a yard in the front, but it doesn't look like a large kitchen.
Lin Yuesha was walking when she slipped, her face buried in the snow by the roadside, and her body tumbled in after her.
Xiao Qi, who was following behind her: "..."
Night fell, and the surroundings were quiet.
The gate to the small courtyard in front creaked open, and two furtive heads peeked out.
Seeing that no one was around, the two men went back and carried out a bed board.
"This girl isn't even dead yet, are we just going to throw her out like this?"
One of them sighed, saying that walking at night too often could lead to encountering ghosts. The two of them were servants serving the Prince of Zhenbei, and were specifically responsible for dealing with the little maids that the Prince of Zhenbei had played with and killed.
The person in front of me, I don't know if it's just luck, is still clinging to life despite being tortured and beaten.
"What can you do? Where can you send her?"
The other person sighed, saying that although they were used to dealing with these things, it was really unlucky with the New Year approaching.
Normally, the prince is too busy with official duties to think about favoring women, but as the year draws to a close, it happens more frequently, sometimes requiring several to be carried out in a single day.
"Help me..."
A weak female voice rang out, startling the two people who were speaking.
Under the white cloth covering the hands, a woman's hands suddenly emerged, her fingernails all pulled out, her flesh mangled and bloody, a truly gruesome sight.
The withered hand stretched out, nearly scaring the two servants so much they wet themselves.
Lin Yuesha finally managed to struggle out of the snowdrift, but before she could even get up, someone covered her mouth and pressed her back down.
"Don't move."
Xiao Qi pulled his younger sister back; if they went out now, they would run into the servant.
It was an open secret that the Prince of Zhenbei liked flower buds, but he was too proud to admit it and forbade his servants to discuss it in private, otherwise they would be killed to silence them.
When someone covered her mouth, Lin Yuesha struggled for a moment, but sensing that the person behind her meant no harm, she gradually calmed down.
"Little girl, it's not that we brothers are heartless and want to leave you to die, it's just that we don't have the ability. The fact that you ended up in a place like this just means you're unlucky. Listen to me, close your eyes now and hope you'll be reborn into a better family in the future."
The two servants muttered to themselves in front of the white cloth, while the person under the cloth was either unconscious or dead, and remained silent.
"Let's go, let's go and take a look."
Xiao Qi gestured to Lin Yuesha to keep her distance from the two servants. He noticed that the two were carrying the bed planks to a secluded room, which was probably a place specifically for transporting corpses.
After the two servants finished doing everything, they prayed to the gods and Buddhas, and it took them a long time to leave.
"I was just passing by."
Lin Yuesha didn't dare to meddle in other people's business because she couldn't change anything; protecting herself had already taken a lot of effort.
The person behind her didn't cover her mouth. Lin Yuesha turned around and saw a pockmarked face. She immediately turned her head away, not wanting to look at it a second time.
Honestly, you have to look at the appearance when hiring servants. There are so many ugly people around the Prince of Zhenbei. Is it to make him look more handsome?
"I was just passing by."
Xiao Qi changed his voice, deliberately lowering his tone, indicating that his younger sister judged him by his appearance and disliked his looks.
"Then let's go back separately and pretend nothing happened."
Lin Yuesha suggested that they shouldn't cause trouble on the territory of the Prince of Zhenbei. She could pretend she hadn't seen anything that had just happened.
The little girl was quite clever and knew how to protect herself, but Xiao Qi had the urge to tease her, so he said angrily, "You and that girl are both women, how can you just stand by and watch someone die?"
Are you out of your mind?
Lin Yuesha immediately got angry. In her current state, she was not even familiar with the roads of the mansion. She had just been fooled by the bearded man and had not yet found her way back to the courtyard. Was she trying to kill herself by going to rescue people?
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