Chapter 17 Be a Slave, Don't Lie

For the next few days, Li Jingyun did not step into the main house again, and Badou brought her daily meals for her.

"Have you offended Young Master Yin Zhang?" Badou was really puzzled, "It was fine before."

His mouth was very light, and he had no appetite, but Hua Yue just ate all the food he brought, packed up the dishes, and put them neatly back into Badou's hands.

"No big deal." She smiled.

The slave maid annoyed the master, and the master took back some pity from him. It was normal. Li Jingyun was not a patient person at all. If he really cared about her, it would be better to say that he was on a whim.

He won't take it seriously, and she won't take it to heart.

"But the young master has not been in the house." Ba Dou was embarrassed, "If the general asks, what should the servant say?"

"Tell me the truth." Hua Yue looked up at him, "As a slave, if you can lie less, lie less, or if you suddenly get into trouble one day, the master won't be able to protect you."

Badou was humbly taught, and sent the tableware back to the kitchen.

Huayue looked out the window, the wind blew the trees, the light and shadow swayed, and for a moment, she felt that she saw a piece of clothing.

But if you look closely, there are only green trees of the same color as the clothes outside.

Shaking her head, she pulled the quilt over her head.

The rain in Jinghua has not stopped, and it has been raining for three days. The rain falls on the windowsill and ticks, disturbing Konghou's beat.

A jade fan stretched out from the window to catch it, and the rain splashed on the carvings, staining the front placket embroidered with dark flowers.

Li Jingyun didn't care, just leaned against the flower window and smiled: "It's a pity that there is no sunny day, otherwise you can watch the only flower hairpin and colorful fan dance in Qifenglou."

The room was a little dark, and the person sitting on the main seat couldn't see the expression clearly: "You don't follow General Li to train soldiers to defend the country, and you spend your time in these places, and you are not afraid of him getting angry."

Li Jingyun turned around and said, "I'm used to being rambunctious, how can I suffer from the hardships in the training ground? There is still a big brother at home who is loyal to the country. I hide behind him, and I always have two points of leisure to steal."

"Oh?" Zhou Heshuo got up and took two steps forward, his deep and sharp eyes showed, and looked at him fixedly, "Ben Gong heard that you have a happy event with the Han family recently, and you are planning to ask for marriage."

Hearing this, Li Jingyun frowned slightly, and the corners of his eyes drooped down: "Don't mention this, I'm just annoying."

"Why, unhappy?"

"How can this be good?" He sat down angrily, and shook his head, "I can't live with Han Shuang, but my parents insisted on this marriage, and they asked me to accompany her to the temple fair, What jade pendant do you want to give?"

Zhou Heshuo's eyelids moved slightly and asked softly, "Did you send it?"

"No, I didn't see Han Shuang that day, nor did Yu Pei."

Zhou Heshuo was silent, his eyes fell on the man in front of him, three-point suspicion and seven-point confusion.

Donggong was assassinated, and the jade pendant he found belonged to Baolai Pavilion. When he asked where he was, he was angry for a long time, thinking that Li Jingyun was going to be angry at the crown and turn against him.

But right now, it doesn't seem like that.

"On the second day of the fourth lunar month." Zhou Heshuo said, paused, and then softened his tone, "The moon was big and round that day, and I was watching in the palace, but I was thinking of you, and I don't know where you are going. It's windy."

"The second day of April?" Li Jingyun pinched his fingers blankly, "I was still grounded by my father at that time, where can I go to have sex?"

Leaning on the back of the chair, he muttered angrily: "There is no fine wine, and there is no beauty, but the dog in the house is still alive, so I played with it for a while and then went to sleep."

With a half-smile, Zhou Heshuo picked up the tea and took a sip.

"Your Highness." The voice of the guard came from outside the door, "The third son's friend is here."

Zhou Heshuo nodded, put down the teacup, and stood up and said, "Since your friends are gathering, I will not disturb you, so as not to restrain them. There is a nine-stringed phoenix below, so I will go and listen."

"Your Highness, walk slowly." Li Jingyun stood up and saluted.

When they were far away, he faded his smile and rubbed his eyebrows wearily.

Xu Changyi and Liu Chenghe came in, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw him sitting intact.

"That lord is gone?"

"Well." Li Jingyun raised his eyes, "How is it?"

The door was closed tightly, Xu Changyi sat down beside him, and said softly, "He has already sent people over to your house and questioned a few servants, but no one has leaked."

Li Jingyun nodded and rubbed his stiff neck: "I almost killed my grandfather."

"It's not that serious. You've concealed your whereabouts well, and you don't have any insiders around you. Even if you put the mandarin duck pendant in front of you, it's fine if you don't recognize it."

"It's beautiful to think about." Li Jingyun hummed, "Is it true that those who eat royal meals are deceived? As long as there is a flaw, none of us will try to put our heads back on our necks today."

Xu Changyi smiled: "The third master is omnipotent, how can he fall on this small hurdle."

The two talked for a while, but Liu Chenghe remained silent. Li Jingyun turned his head to look at him and raised his eyebrows: "What do you think?"

Frowning in embarrassment, Liu Chenghe asked, "What kind of person is that maid next to the third master?"

Li Jingyun is a little annoying when he mentions this: "Is she a human? Dogs will bark and wag their tails when they give their bones. She's good. She doesn't appreciate her saving her life, and she's like a thief."

Thinking of the way she avoided conflict that day, he felt agitated, wishing to buy ten Baolai Pavilion hairpins and break them one by one in front of her, so that she would know what it means to be angry.

Liu Chenghe's face turned pale: "That's over."

"What?" Li Jingyun tapped on the strings of the table, "Can you finish it all at once if you have something to say?"

"The person sent by His Royal Highness to the general's residence not only inquired about the news, but also took one person away."

Liu Chenghe glanced at him, scratched his head and added, "It's in your yard."

Mo pupil froze slightly, and Li Jingyun reacted for a while before realizing who would be taken away in his yard.

The jade bone fan tightened, his face sank, and after a while, he reached out to cover his eyes.

"As a slave, if you can lie less, lie less, or if you suddenly get into trouble one day, the master won't be able to protect you."

——This is what she taught Ba Dou. He was listening outside the window and was half-dead. But the anger returned to anger, and she didn't immediately put her back in the office.

It's good now, it's too late to put it back.

With a flick of his cuffs, Li Jingyun got up and walked out.

The Qifeng Building is a big place. The three-story eaves are hung with lanterns with red background and gold threads. In the hall, Ying Feiyan dances and smiles constantly. The shopkeeper who is thinking about abacus wears a string of gold and silver jewelry to pass him by. However, he bumped his hand lightly.

Li Jingyun continued to walk forward with no expression on his face. When he reached the second floor, he turned his palm and lay down quietly with a key, just enough to open the door in front of him.

Zhou Heshuo was next to him.

There were more than a dozen guards standing in the room, and the atmosphere was tense. Zhou He Shuo was not in a hurry. After tasting a cup of tea, he slowly said, "A few things, and I'll let you go back after I've asked."

The little maid in front of her was frightened, crawling in front of him, her tiny body shaking like a dead leaf in the wind.

Zhou Heshuo laughed when he saw it: "Don't be afraid, I'm an old acquaintance with your master, and I definitely won't hurt you."

Under such a dignified sense of oppression, the gentle tone will subconsciously make people want to get close and trust. This is the power of the emperor, and it is most useful to torture such a slave who has never seen the world.

Sure enough, the little girl calmed down a bit, raised her head timidly, and glanced at him quickly.

The weak and helpless eyes are like the clear rain outside the house.

Zhou Heshuo paused, his tone softer: "Just three questions, you can answer them."

Hua Yue lowered her eyes, her hands in her sleeves turned white. She never expected to see this person in this way, and what she didn't expect was that he looked kind and kind now.

A long time ago, the red walls and yellow tiles were in constant fire, and this face was covered in blood, hideous and mad. But in a flash, his eyes softened and he asked her with a smile, "Have you seen this jade pendant?"

Handing over the white jade mandarin duck pendant, Zhou Heshuo looked at it and saw that the maid raised her eyes and stared at it, with a hint of surprise in her eyes, and then lowered her head: "See... I have seen it. Madam chose it for the son."

Nodding slightly, he asked again, "Then do you remember when this thing disappeared?"

She trembled, and she spoke with a weeping tone: "Remember, this Yupei slave remembers it best."

Li Jingyun wiped his face and pointed a small crossbow at Yin Huayue against the small hole in the wall.

He knew that slaves could not be trusted, no matter what kind of slaves, they would betray their masters for their own lives.

The East Court doesn't need a valet, it didn't need it before, and it won't need it in the future.

He pursed his lips, and his fingers clasped the organ with a slight force.

"...The other day I went to the incense with Miss Han, and when the young master came back, there was nothing on his waist." The little girl's shoulders shrank, and her voice was full of fear, "The son thought it was the hands and feet of the slave, almost... almost... Drive the slaves out of the East Courtyard."

Glancing at Yupei again, she mumbled in a low voice aggrieved: "It turned out to be here."

"..." The hand that fastened the mechanism froze, and then slowly loosened.

Li Jingyun stared blankly through the small hole, and saw Yin Huayue sitting on her knees timidly and cautiously, with tears in her eyes, helpless and pitiful, and there was no trace of her composure in the mansion.

A woman's tears are the most confusing thing, so Zhou Heshuo felt a little softer. He lowered his body and squatted in front of her, shaking the white jade duck and asking, "When the second day of the fourth lunar month arrives at Hai, will your son be in the mansion?"

Recalling seriously for a moment, Hua Yue nodded lightly: "Yes, he was playing with the dog in Xixiaomen... He was almost bitten by the dog. Many people saw it at that time, and the servant was there."

The doubts in his heart disappeared, Zhou Heshuo pursed his lips, and rubbed his brows in reproach. He glanced at the maid in front of him, suddenly crouched down in front of her, loosened his fingers, and Ren Yupei fell into her arms.

Huayue was overjoyed and stretched out her hands to pick it up. While her hands were cold, the corners of her drooping eyes were also warm.

Raising her eyes in confusion, she happened to meet Zhou Heshuo's tender and stern gaze.

"It's such a small thing." He wiped the tears from the end of her eyes with his fingers, and smiled gently, "It's not worth your crying."

The man in the python robe squatted in front of her among the dense iron armored swords, whispering softly as if coaxing some kind of baby.

Who can stand this? With a hundred slaves standing in a row, His Royal Highness can penetrate ninety-nine hearts with one arrow, no matter who is eating, at this moment, they are willing to go through fire and water for His Royal Highness, no matter what.

Zhou Heshuo is very confident. He is very familiar with this trick, and he has tried everything. In this way, this maid will not complain to Li Jingyun, and his suspicion and speculation today will not hurt the friendship between the two.

Sure enough, the cheeks of the little girl in front of her were flushed, and she didn't dare to look at him again, so she turned her head away shyly. She should have got up and said goodbye, but she didn't move, she just stayed in front of him like this, wanting to stay with him longer.