Chapter 184 Quietly Investigating
The family of four followed for a long time before they arrived at the most remote corner of Pei's house. The yard was not very big but not small either. As they got closer, the sound of the piano became clearer.
"You go down." Jiang Yunxi said, she didn't want to make things difficult for the other party.
"Miss, the second young master has a bad temper and doesn't want to see anyone. You'd better not go in..." The maidservant persuaded in a low voice, fearing that something might happen.
"It's okay, go and do your thing." Jiang Yunxi stared at the closed courtyard door.
The maid looked at her, turned around and left quickly. She wanted to tell her something about the second young master, but she felt that as a servant, she should not talk about her master's affairs without permission.
Zhan Beiyuan walked up and knocked on the door, once, twice, three times, four times, five times.
No one came to open the door.
"Are you familiar with the second young master of the Pei family?" Jiang Yunxi asked.
"Not familiar." Zhan Beiyuan said calmly. In the past, he was either on the battlefield, in the military camp, or busy with other things. He seldom got to know the sons of ministers in the court.
Jiang Yunxi walked forward and knocked on the door. "Second Master Pei, His Royal Highness Prince Han wants to see you. Please open the door."
"I don't want to see guests, please leave." A cold voice came from the yard, and the piano music stopped at the same time.
"What if we really want to see you?" Jiang Yunxi insisted.
"This is the Pei family. You can't do whatever you want here." The man's voice was filled with anger.
Jiang Yunxi said, "I know it's the Pei family. Prince Han is coming. Not only your father, but even your grandfather has to go out to greet us. We have no ill intentions. We were attracted by your piano music."
There was no more sound in the yard.
Jiang Yunxi did not rush, but waited patiently.
A moment.
There were footsteps slowly approaching the door.
"Go away. Even if my father or grandfather comes, I still won't open the door. If you force me again, I will die in front of you." Pei Heng said coldly.
Jiang Yunxi frowned and looked at Zhan Beiyuan and said, "Let's go."
Zhan Beiyuan nodded.
The two left with the child.
"Why did you come here?" Zhan Beiyuan asked after walking a distance.
"There's something strange in his yard. Let's come quietly to investigate at night." Jiang Yunxi lowered her voice. If it was just the sound of the piano, she naturally wouldn't have to come.
"Okay." Zhan Beiyuan agreed readily. She said that we should come quietly to explore instead of her coming alone.
The family of four went to the front yard.
Several princes are celebrating the birthday of Old Tutor Pei.
"Uncle, Miss Jiang, little cousin, little cousin." Zhan Luochen walked towards them quickly.
"Yeah." Zhan Beiyuan responded coldly.
"Cousin." Momo and Mianmian called out obediently.
Jiang Yunxi looked at him with a smile and asked, "Are you familiar with the second young master of the Pei family?"
Zhan Luochen blinked, "Are you talking about Pei Heng?"
"Just now, your uncle and I went to the gate of his courtyard. He seemed unwilling to see anyone. The maid said that the servants usually put food, clothing and daily necessities at the door, but he didn't see anyone." Jiang Yunxi thought this person was too weird.
"It seems like a year ago, Pei Heng suddenly stopped coming out and locked himself in the yard. He didn't see anyone, not even his family, and no one knew what happened." Zhan Luochen said what he knew.
"What kind of person was he before?" Jiang Yunxi asked casually. Was he like this a year ago?
"He is a very cheerful, enthusiastic, loyal and ambitious person. He also said that he wanted to join the army, but I don't know why he didn't come out a year ago." Zhan Luochen shrugged and said.
At that time, some of their friends came to look for him, but he ignored them.
"He said he didn't want to see you, so you disappeared?" Jiang Yunxi raised an eyebrow. It seemed that something was really wrong with Pei Heng, if there was no strange aura in his yard.
She won't care.
But something was strange, and she wanted to find out.
"Of course we were worried about him and wanted to see him very much, but he threatened to commit suicide, so we didn't force our way in." Zhan Luochen said helplessly.
He used to be quite close to Pei Heng, as they went to school together.
"That's interesting. He just threatened us with death." Jiang Yunxi said with a smile.
Zhan Luochen sighed, "I don't know what happened a year ago that caused his temperament to change so suddenly. I heard that Master Pei couldn't do anything about it."
I could only let him lock himself in the yard and not meet anyone.
Jiang Yunxi lowered his voice and said, "It seems that I can only sneak into his yard tonight to have a look."
Zhan Luochen's eyes lit up, "Can you take me with you?"
It's been a year, and he wants to see his good friend.
"No, you will be a hindrance." Zhan Beiyuan refused directly.
Zhan Luochen: "..."
The birthday banquet for Old Tutor Pei began soon. Jiang Yunxi did not sit at the main table, but sat with other female relatives.
"Miss Jiang, I heard that you can tell fortunes. Can you tell one for us?" Chu Leyi looked at Jiang Yunxi who was sitting opposite her.
"Sure, as long as you pay." Jiang Yunxi said readily. She would do any business that required it.
"I wonder how you charge? I heard that you charge ten copper coins when you set up a stall on the street." Chu Leyi smiled gently. She wanted to see if she really had the ability.
Jiang Yunxi met her gaze and said, "Ordinary people would naturally receive ten copper coins. You are noble ladies from the capital, living a life of luxury. If I only take ten copper coins, wouldn't that be too disrespectful of your status?"
"As for how much you charge, it's up to you. Just make sure it's worthy of your status. Do you still want to calculate it?"
The noble ladies present: "..."
She is quite smart.
If they give me less money later, it means they look down on my own status.
"I want to calculate."
"You have a good face, but it's impossible for you to become a phoenix of high status. As long as you don't have any bad intentions, you will be rich and powerful, and have two sons and a daughter." Jiang Yunxi said lightly.
Chu Leyi's expression froze.
Jiang Yunxi continued, "If you still want a better life, you can do more good deeds and accumulate virtue. Also, don't do what you want to do recently, otherwise you will only hurt yourself."
When she said the latter part, her face showed a meaningful expression.
Chu Leyi's heart tightened when she heard this, and she shuddered inexplicably. What did she mean by this?
Is it really possible to see what a person is thinking?
"You must be wondering why I can tell. That's because what you want to do in your heart is revealed on your face." Jiang Yunxi said, some people want to do bad things, but they will hide it so that people can't tell from their faces.
But some people will expose it directly. Usually these people are not scary. What is scary are those who hide it and make people unable to see anything from their faces.
"I, I..." Chu Leyi's face changed and she didn't dare to look at Jiang Yunxi. For some reason, her eyes made her feel scary.
It seemed as if he had seen through her heart and even knew what she was going to do.
She really wants to do something recently.
She had been thinking about it for a long time, but just didn't take the initiative to do it.
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