Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 27

[27. Chapter 26]

Su Jin knew that he was going to a feast of Hongmen.

The main door of Ma Shaoqing’s mansion is open, and the guests outside greet him. Su Jin stood not far away and watched for a while, but did not choose to enter through the main entrance.

This mansion is located in the south of Yingtian City. To the north is the palace of the Fourth Highness. Both east and west are deep alleys. Only the south backyard is built on the river, and the high wall is separated from the river by a shallow embankment about a foot wide.

Su Jin decided to climb over the wall and go in.

She found a low wall, and climbed up to a high place to take a look at the scene in the courtyard through the crooked neck tree that was born with the water.

The backyard was very quiet, but the dining room not far away was more lively, and the maids who came and went passed by with all kinds of delicacies in hand. This full moon wedding banquet seemed real.

Su Jin’s eyes fell on a firewood house built against the back wall. Through the high windows of the firewood room, you can see the haystacks inside. Beside the haystacks, there is a woman lying on the ground with her hands and feet tied.

Su Jin came to the nearest place to the high window, jumped from the window, and landed on the haystack.

The woman lying in the firewood room was awakened. Seeing Su Jin, her eyes widened in horror. Just as she was about to shout, Su Jin covered her mouth with one hand.

Su Jin made a silent gesture on his lips, and said in a low voice, “Long story short, I know you are the old lady Yuan’er of Xunyuelou, do you want to live?”

Tears filled her eyes, and after a while, Only slowly nodded.

Su Jin said: “If you want to live, just listen to me. I’ll ask you to answer. Do you understand?”

Sister Yuan’er nodded again.

Only then did Su Jin let go of the hand covering her mouth and asked, “How did Ning Yan’er, the top brand in your building, die?”

Sister Yuan’er said sadly: “It’s Master Ma, he gave me a packet of poison| Yao, saying that Yan’er knows something she shouldn’t know, if I don’t kill her, I’ll be the one who deserves to die.”

Su Jin was silent for a moment, knowing that the Master Ma in her mouth was Ma Shaoqing, and then asked, “Did Ning Yaner ever meet a scholar before he died? Did Ma Shaoqing tell you that they want to kill this scholar?” Sister Yuan’er Looking at Su Jin blankly, the corners of his mouth moved a bit before he said: “Chao, Chao Qing?”

Su Jin’s eyes were like a torch: “Where is he?”

Sister Yuan’er shook her head slowly, and she was about to cry: “After Yan’er died, Mr. Ma said that he would kill a scholar named Chao Qing, but he was a clerk of Jinke, and he was afraid of attracting attention when he acted by Gong Shi, so I took the news of Yan’er’s death to deceive him to Xunyuelou

. At that time, he was careful, afraid that if he knew too much, he would be poisoned, so he lied to the third lady of Yan’s house that Chao Qing killed Yan’er, and asked her to hold Chao Qing accountable. He was astute and fled that day. If it wasn’t for me, I knew about Chao Qing’s whereabouts later, I would not be alive today. “She said, her eyes darkened, “It’s just that now, it’s better not to live. Sir, you— ”

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden sound of unlocking the door.

Su Jin glanced at Sister Yuan’er, picked up a wooden stick secretly, and stood behind the door, a maid who delivered soup and food came in. Before she could make a sound, she was knocked on the back of the neck with a stick by Su Jin and fainted.

Su Jin closed the door again, and silently reached out to untie the hemp rope that bound Sister Yuan’er’s hands and feet. Sister Yuan’er’s

eyes narrowed. Together, he burst into tears and said: “I have never known the son, but I have received the son’s great kindness and great virtue. The son does not know that the people in Master Ma’s house are all evil spirits with human faces and beasts. I killed my sister. Leave me alone, run away.

Su Jin glanced at her and said, “Do you know why you are locked here? ” ”

Sister Yuan’er shook her head.

“Because there is no way out of this firewood house. ”

If it is said that the open main door of Ma Shaoqing’s mansion is for the Hongmen Banquet, then the high window of the firewood house in the backyard is inviting you to enter the urn.

The back wall faces the water, and there is no way to retreat.

Su Jin knew that maybe when she came in through the window from the back wall, she had already alarmed the people in Ma Fuzhong. It’s just that for some reason, those people seemed to only intend to lock her here with the maid, and didn’t intend to move her immediately.

Su Jin added: “You are a vegetarian when you are in Ma Shaoqing’s house. Do you know Chao Qing’s whereabouts, so they won’t see it?” Hand said: “Do you know why you are not dead yet?”

Sister Yuan’er shook her head again.

“Because you’re just a bait, when the fish comes, you’ll die.”

Sister Yuan’er’s eyes widened: “It’s you who are going to kill?”

Su Jin’s eyes were heavy: “I thought so, now it seems , but not all.” She is only a mere governor, if she really wants to kill her, why put such a big game, why lock her here without doing anything?

Su Jin felt that something was wrong, and then stared at Sister Yuan’er and said, “Listen, you still have a chance to fight for your life.” Then she looked at the maid who was knocked unconscious, and said solemnly: “Because they A wrong step.”

After saying that, without further explanation, he took off his own hairpin, and a black silk suddenly fell down, Su Jin quickly took off the maid’s shirt, put it on himself, and simply pulled it back. A bun.

Sister Yuan’er looked at Su Jin blankly: “You are actually…”

Su Jin squatted down and lowered her voice and instructed: “After I leave, don’t run away, put your own clothes on for this maid, and put her hands and feet on her. Tie up and pretend to be you, then hide in the haystack. When someone comes in, if they don’t see me, they’ll be looking everywhere, so it’ll take some time. Even if they find you in the haystack at the end , you insisted that it was this maid who let me go. If you two can’t stand still, they won’t be able to kill either of them, but no matter what they do to you, you must be

able to hold on until dawn tomorrow.” “Until dawn, I will. Can you live?”

Su Jin nodded and said: “Someone sets up a bureau, some people go to the bureau, and some people break it. You and I are both bait, but you are more important than me. You are the witness of this scientific research case and the case of my old disappearance, so you must live. Go down.”

After saying that, he picked up the empty bowl on the ground and put it on the tray, and stepped out as a maid.

The backyard is still silent, and the main entrance of the horse house is still open, as if you can come and go at will.

But Su Jin knew that this time he was unable to fly.

In such a big situation, even if he went out from the main entrance disguised as a maid, the dark sentry placed around the mansion could immediately find clues.

Like a bird cage without a door immersed in water, the only way to escape is to drown.

Su Jin couldn’t see the cage carrier at a high place.

But what she couldn’t understand more was that if she was just a bait, then who was the fish that the cage carrier wanted to catch?

Her family has been ruined since she was a child, and her life is destined to walk alone. Is it possible that today, someone will go to a grand banquet for her without fear of life and death?

“Hey, who, what are you doing, why don’t you come and help?”

Su Jin looked back and saw that it was a grandmother calling him.

This mammy didn’t care about her face, she took her to the pantry, and scolded: “I’m too busy in front of you, you’re better, you’re still hiding in the backyard, hurry up and help.”

Su Jin responded quickly, looked around, and unexpectedly found that there were two groups of people helping in the back kitchen, one wave should be from Ma Shaoqing’s own house, and the other wave was invited from outside.

These two groups of people probably regarded her as the opposite, so they didn’t feel that her face was suspicious.

Su Jin was following a maid serving dishes, and an old servant who looked like a steward came back from the banquet hall in front. As soon as he entered the dining room, he complained: “These officials are too difficult to serve. Saying that dancing is not amorous.” After speaking, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Su Jin, stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: “Hey, this looks so good, why didn’t you see it just now, you go ahead and serve.”

Su Jin’s heart was shocked, He raised his face and smiled and said: “That’s not necessary, slaves can’t dance.” The

old servant in charge said: “What kind of dance you want to dance, you can go eat and drink with the official and make them happy. With

that said, Su Jin was about to lead Su Jin to the banquet hall. Su Jin did not dare to show any clues, so he had to follow along, and said, “Who are the guests in the banquet hall?” The

steward’s old servant paused and swept his eyes Come over: “Why are you asking this?”

Su Jin said congruently: “I heard that the banquet hall is full of court officials, isn’t this afraid of being neglected? If the slaves can remember their names, they will be happier, It can also add light to the house, right?” The

steward nodded his head in satisfaction, “That’s true, then listen carefully, in addition to Ma Shaoqing, there is also He Langzhong from the Ministry of War who has a higher rank in the banquet hall. Senator Tong of the Political Secretary, and Commander Tian of the East City of the Five Cities, but these are not the highest rank. Today, there are only two distinguished guests, Zeng Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel and his nephew Zeng Langzhong of the Ministry of Personnel.

” Minister Zeng Youliang and Zeng Ping.

When Su Jin heard the names of these two people, his brain exploded.

She was wearing women’s clothes. If someone else changed her, she might not have recognized her for a while, but these two people from the Ministry of Officials could recognize her no matter what.

During the conversation, it was time for the banquet hall. The hall was singing and dancing, and the dishes were intertwined. Su Jin lowered his face, held a tray, and poured wine one by one from Zeng Youliang’s table. Everyone was half drunk and didn’t notice her for a while.

After Su Jin finished pouring a round, he was about to withdraw with an empty jug when suddenly a voice came from behind him, “Stop.”

“You turn around,” he said again.

Su Jin took a breath from the top of his heart and slowly turned around.

Zeng Ping lowered his head and tried to see her drooping face, but still couldn’t see it clearly, so he frowned and said, “Raise your face and let this official see it.”

Su Jin’s heart was cold.

The breath that had been raised just now sank slowly and slowly.

Trapped in shackles, surrounded by iron walls, perhaps only by closing your eyes and dying can you see the light.

Su Jin thought of this, and slowly raised his face.

However, at this moment, the arm was suddenly pulled back by someone, and Su Jin was suddenly turned around by the force, and fell into a solid chest.

Zhu Nanxian wrapped Su Jin tightly in his arms with one hand, took off the black cloak behind him and wrapped her with the other, looked around, and said coldly, “This maid, this king has taken his fancy.”

[End of This Chapter]