dissatisfied
Towards the end of the night, the maids and secret guards brought clean maid clothes.
Due to some personal reasons today, I fell to the ground. The last talisman formation on the first floor is located in a remote area. Although someone cleans it, it is only done once every few months, and a thin layer of fine dust has accumulated on the ground.
The maid's uniform was dark in color, and dust on it was very obvious when you looked closely, so the maid's secret guard came up tonight to change her clothes.
After taking the clothes from the maid's secret guard, Jiang Nian thought for a moment about what else she wanted to ask her, and then she saw the maid's secret guard in front of her took out a letter from her hand and handed it to her.
"It was sent from Youguan Mansion."
Shocked by the extremely high efficiency, Jiang Nian reached out to take it in surprise. The elegant black handwriting on one side of the envelope was instantly conspicuous among the white.
"Xiao".
…
It was indeed him.
It is not appropriate to show any unnecessary emotions in front of the maids and secret guards.
Jiang Nian narrowed his eyes and smiled at the maid and the secret guard, "Thank you. I've troubled you these past two days."
The other person glanced at the letter in her hand, then studied her smile for a moment, then understood. He then sneered indifferently, "No need to thank me. It's what I should do."
"Is there anything else? If not, I'll leave first."
Jiang Nian clutched the envelope and shook his head: "No more."
In front of the maids and secret guards, she was always unable to say polite words.
If these polite words were said directly in front of the maids and secret guards, Jiang Nian could already imagine the other party's expression of disgust, boredom, disgust and irritation.
Therefore, after understanding the habits of the maid and secret guard, Jiang Nian omitted as much dialogue as possible.
The maid and the secret guard were very pleased with Jiang Nian's "wise" words. They raised their hands and waved casually, then slipped out of the house.
—
The room suddenly fell into silence again.
The candle on the dressing table has not been extinguished yet. In the dim and cold room, it is a ray of light that brings her comfort.
Jiang Nian felt like a candle, the only burning and bright light from the modern era in this extremely strange era.
Fragile and small, it can attract attention from all sides in this darkness.
After looking at the tightly closed door, in the silent night, she, in her nightgown, carefully pulled out a chair in front of the dressing table and slowly sat down at the table.
The surname on the letter is like her concern for the outside world. No matter how long she has been away, the thread in her heart will always be hanging. She pulls the end of the thread, but the end of the thread has a little arc, extending to the other end from the outside world.
Now, the other end that is temporarily out of reach is actually being sent together with intelligence letters.
The content of the letter merely briefly summarized the cause and effect of the question she asked.
But I don’t know whether the thoughts of the two people on both ends are hidden here.
The moment he looked at the familiar handwriting, Jiang Nian felt inexplicably happy.
I even started looking forward to tomorrow because of this letter which did not contain any encouragement at all.
—
The letter's contents were simple, simply asking her to remain calm regarding the "fourth party" and refrain from any further action. He would dispatch secret guards to handle any chaos. He also informed her that an investigation into You's identity had already begun.
Next comes the question that Jiang Nian is most concerned about.
The question of the old man from Xiaoxiang.
Xiao Yingzhu gave a very simple answer to the third question she asked.
He first explained that the hometown of the old man Xiaoxiang and the goddess was in the same place, and then told the old man Xiaoxiang that the reason he knew the pattern of the maid's clothes was because the goddess wanted to seek help when she was in Donglan.
Ask for help and send her away from the Wu Mi people.
But it is certainly not okay to openly express your intention to escape.
Therefore, the goddess found a reason that sounded more reasonable and sent the pattern that was only known within the Wu Mi people to the old man, hoping to get his help.
But this help definitely does not mean asking the old man to go to Donglan to save her. This is too impossible.
Therefore, the goddess wanted to use the old man as a transit point to let the old man hand over the picture with the Wu Mi Zhong pattern to Yu He, with whom she had a good relationship.
Unfortunately, the old man was bedridden due to an epidemic at the time, and the family members who received the letter did not understand the deeper meaning of the letter. They wanted to let the old man read it after he woke up, so they put the letter aside.
This postponement means putting the letter behind you.
It was not until the old man was about to move to Cang County that his family found this old letter.
“…”
Jiang Nian's gaze lingered on this short fragment for a while, and his brain slowed down for a moment before he realized what Qin Lan meant by the "chaos that will inevitably arise" and Xi Zhen's words about the "deep" relationship between the goddess and Yu He.
She received too much information at once, and her movements became much slower than usual, her mind filled with clues that had just been put together in an instant.
Why does the Goddess cause chaos?
The answer is obvious.
Because she wanted to take advantage of the chaos during the outbreak of the epidemic to escape.
Why was Zuihualou chosen as the location?
Because the goddess had long been wary of Ru and was afraid that Ru would get a glimpse of the truth behind the matter, she planned to kill Ru when chaos broke out in Zuihua Tower to prevent future troubles.
Why would the goddess try so hard to escape, exhausting all her strength? She could have lived among the Wumi people for the rest of her life, albeit in captivity.
That’s because Xizhen is her younger brother.
Xizhen was able to escape from Donglan because of his sister's protection. The siblings had an agreement.
That is the stream that always surrounds the pillow stone.
The two are never separated.
That was why Jiang Nian could hear the gurgling sound of the stream mixed with the faint nostalgia at the Zhuyu Pavilion.
…
As for Yu He.
The one who could make the goddess think of sending a letter for help in a roundabout way, and the one who was willing to entrust her life to him for rescue.
It should be considered as trust.
As for the actions of the goddesses I saw in the notebook this afternoon.
It’s not that the goddess doesn’t want to go out.
But she couldn't get out.
Could the other point that caused the chaos in Zuihualou be hidden in some corner of Zuihualou?
Jiang Nian closed the paper and gently adjusted his breathing.
It was late at night, and this place was not as good as Youguan or Pingzhou, without the sound of swaying treetops and chirping cicadas.
The only person who could allow her to analyze the situation was herself.
After thinking about what the goddess will do this time, she must rely on everything she can use this time to prevent future complications and suspicions that may endanger her life.
Maybe it’s because it’s late at night and everyone is asleep, and my mind is always full of random thoughts.
The conversation between her and Lan at the post station that day reappeared in her mind inappropriately.
Even if you appear confident and assertive on the outside, all the negative influences you've been exposed to are slowly accumulating inside, until they reach a peak and burst forth.
Her time travel...is it really because of her mental instability?
It is difficult for a doctor to treat himself.
She is always able to observe other people's thoughts very keenly, and even if she cannot predict them, she will try her best to do things in accordance with other people's mentality.
Is this a form of flattery in response to other people's behavior, or is it because one's own core is unstable and one wants to find a sense of identity from others?
...In this way, doesn't it have some similarities with Meng Zheng?
Meng Zheng said that looking at her was like looking at himself.
His symptoms were already obvious.
It is even suffocating at the sight of it, and it is difficult to see which path to take to reach the other side of life.
And she...isn't she far from this step?
Jiang Nian silently put the letter away. The joy that overflowed when he saw Xiao Yingzhu's name was instantly extinguished by the cold wind.
This letter cannot be kept.
In the firelight, the outer flames licked the corners of the envelope.
The brown inside of the cover gradually revealed itself, then turned gray and black, until the heat wave extended forward and licked the corners of the word "Xiao".
Jiang Niancai, who had been distracted, suddenly came back to his senses and subconsciously loosened his fingertips that were twisting the corner of the envelope.
Helplessly letting her thoughts drift away again, she quietly watched the envelope representing her "missing" burn to ashes, the flames dancing in her light-colored pupils.
Snip the candle on the table.
The white candle line was stuck in the throat and fell silent, becoming desolate and silent in the dim room.
The darkness lurking beside her chair quickly wrapped around her legs, spreading rapidly inward from all sides, completely swallowing her up in a dark place.
—
the next day
The light from the open curtains scattered all over the floor.
Bright colors create a sheen on the floor.
Jiang Nian woke up from a dark and boundless dream. When he opened his eyes, he saw the lounge in Zuihualou, which he was slowly becoming familiar with.
In fact, she thought it would be better to just call it dormitory.
Apart from being able to lock the door from the inside, once someone leaves the room, there is no privacy left at all.
She changed out of her pajamas and put on the maid's clothes that the maid and secret guard had given her last night. She took out the blueprint from the wooden box and looked at it carefully. After screening it in her mind as if to confirm, she took the blueprint back with satisfaction.
The time happened to be when the personal maid was having breakfast.
Because of the unwritten rules in Zuihualou.
Therefore, the personal maid is the most noble and special among all the servants, and her treatment is different from that of ordinary maids and servants.
In order to make the goddess trust you more, you can use the special anti-betrayal powder made by the Wu Mi people, which is better than the maids and servants.
If you don't want to compete with other maids in front of the goddess and are not interested in any job, then you can just eat what ordinary people should eat in the morning like the common people in Cang County.
Although the taste was not very good, Jiang Nian felt that compared to the edible powder that used drugs to brainwash and fill the stomach, this breakfast, which did not taste good but was at least normal food, was much better.
After finishing breakfast, Jiang Nian left the dining hall and waited for a while at the old place they had agreed on. Then he caught a glimpse of You coming here from a distance.
His expression was no longer as lively as the day before, and he looked a little dull and expressionless like a puppet.
It's like debugging a broken puppet.
When Jiang Nian saw his expression, the conversation between the maids that she heard on the windlass yesterday came back to her mind.
After hesitating for a moment, she greeted him as usual as she did the day before.
In the midst of You's expressionless response, Jiang Nian tilted his head slightly and asked a question.
"Why don't you try to trust the Goddess?"
"—You look like you're dissatisfied with what the goddess has done."
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