Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 187 Meeting Nobody Expected
"Let's go out for a walk, it's not good for your health to stay so bored in the room all the time." Yuan Bao said, carefully inspecting the scabbed wound on Ni Xiaopang's leg, "Can you do it?"

"What's wrong with me?" Ni Xiaopang put down his trouser legs, "It's you, I heard you cough last night, will you catch a cold again after going out?"

Yuan Bao shook his head, "No way," giving Ni Xiaopang a look, "I told you a long time ago, don't sleep in the same room with me, you just refused to agree, what if you get sick?" , "You can't sleep because of the pain in your hands?"

"No..." Ni Xiaopang shook his head first, and then changed his words, "Yeah, the pain is so painful that I can't sleep, so you can sleep on my bed, so you can talk at night!"

"It's a lie at first glance!" Yuan Bao got up, helped Ni Xiaopang get dressed first, and then put on her own.

Ni Xiaopang smiled "hehe", "The pain is really painful, but it's not to the point where I can't sleep. It's mainly because I'm not at ease, that's why I can't sleep well."

Yuan Bao glanced at the blue and black under Ni Xiaopang's eyes, and sighed softly, Ni Xiaopang is not at ease, so why isn't she? !This is a tension that can't be relieved by drinking soothe the nerves soup, sometimes Yuan Bao thinks, why bother talking about those empty etiquette, if it can solve the problem, she would be willing to share the bed with Ni Xiaopang every night.

After putting on his clothes and going out, Yuan Bao said, "Go and see the place where our accident happened. I have a rough idea in mind. No matter what the result is, we will leave early tomorrow morning, and we don't need to be confessed by Ni's residence."

Ni Xiaopang was a little puzzled, he didn't know what he could see when he went there, and Yuan Bao didn't explain.

It has been seven days since the accident happened on the night of the Moon Worship Festival, but the Ni Manor has never found out the real "murderer" who killed Ni Xiaopang. The chubby boy and the bearers were also beaten to death, although everyone knew that except for Jin Shui, these people were actually "scapegoats".

What Yuan Bao didn't expect was that Jin Shui's name and the place where he worked were both true, and even the road he took Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao was true. It's not too far away from where we had our banquet.

This can explain many problems: Jin Shui is determined to kill Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao; Jin Shui either does not want to live anymore, or has a backer who has arranged a retreat; the people who want to kill Ni Xiaopang are not those who are jealous of him Young Master, but a member of the Ni Mansion!

Only the people in the Ni Mansion can arrange everything with their hands and eyes: the sedan chair that suddenly broke down, the route they are going to take, the place suitable for killing, including arranging which servants to pick up Ni Xiaopang and Yuanbao...

After such a long time, it was enough for Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao to seriously recall every detail of that night, and the more they recalled, the more they found problems, the most important of which was: they were rescued.

The impromptu rope formed by Yuan Bao did save their lives, but it only lasted for a while, as long as Jin Shui cut the rope, both of them would surely die, especially Yuan Bao, if she was later, she would definitely drown.

What puzzled them most was why the rescuer had to wait until then?Since you want to save them, why can't you do it earlier, and let them suffer this crime?
It was for these reasons that Yuan Bao wanted to take a look at the scene of the incident before leaving Ni's mansion, and she never forgot the white shadow she saw in the drowsiness.

Although it was not yet noon, the sun was shining brightly. Under such a bright autumn sun, the same lotus pond showed a completely different style from the night when the accident happened. The lotus leaves all over the pond were green or dark green or secluded Yellow, even without the backdrop of flowers, they are like beauties in the twilight, exuding their unique style, with a soft and beautiful posture. When the autumn wind blows, they will dance gracefully. It is not extremely beautiful, but it is not beautiful at all. The decadence and terror of the night are gone.

Even so, Ni Xiaopang stopped at the head of the bridge, "Yuan Bao, shall we still cross the bridge?" There was undisguised uneasiness.

"No need." Yuan Bao understood Ni Xiaopang very well, and he also felt the same way.

Yuan Bao walked slowly around the lotus pond—she was looking for her perspective that night.

The area of ​​the lotus pond is actually not large, and there are some buildings around it to cover it. Yuan Bao couldn't see where the whiteness was that night, until she squatted on the ground, and her perspective became extremely low, as if she was lying in the water that day.

"What's that place?" Yuan Bao asked, pointing to the northwest.

"That..." The servants who came with him were a little hesitant. They were the height of adults, and they couldn't see the place Yuan Bao said at all. "It seems to be Miss Fourth's courtyard... the embroidery building inside."

Yuan Bao didn't intend to talk to them further, "Can we go over and have a look?"

"That's the inner courtyard..." The servant became more and more embarrassed, "And you can't get in from this end, you have to go from the other side."

Yuan Bao nodded, "We don't enter from the inner courtyard, we just go around from our side, we can go wherever we can, don't delay our lunch."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Ni Xiaopang, they didn't know what Yuan Bao was looking for, and they didn't understand why Yuan Bao was so persistent.

Just after bypassing the lotus pond and some buildings next to it, a rockery suddenly appeared in front of Yuan Bao. Thinking about the general direction, Yuan Bao immediately turned her gaze to the small pavilion on the top of the mountain, and then she did not hesitate He lifted his feet and climbed up.

But when he got to the pavilion, Yuan Bao was disappointed again. The pavilion was not small, with stone tables and benches inside, but looking from the pavilion towards the lotus pond, he could only see the roofs of the buildings lying between the lotus pond and the rockery. The lotus pond cannot be seen directly.

Ni Xiaopang sat down on the stone bench, panted and said, "It's just such a broken pavilion, what's there to see? Yuanbao, let's go back!"

"Just wait a little longer..." Yuan Bao still didn't give up, observing the surroundings of the pavilion.

This is a very common octagonal pavilion, but the decoration is too gorgeous, and it is very clean, it can be called spotless. Even if the Ni Mansion is a rich family, such an ordinary pavilion with no view, How often will it be cleaned?How can it be so clean?
Then, Yuan Bao saw the railing of the pavilion and the wooden chair connected to the railing extending into the pavilion, and then moved slightly in her heart. She lifted her foot, first stood on the wooden chair, and then lifted her foot. This time, she Standing on the fence of the pavilion.By this time, Yuan Bao's eyesight was already one and a half times her adult height, and she finally saw what she wanted to see.

Passing the building in the middle, Yuan Bao saw the lotus pond, but it was only half of the pond, but it was precisely the half with the small stone bridge, and it was also the half that Yuan Bao jumped into.

From this position, the small stone bridge looks like a wide belt. The person standing on it is estimated to be the size of an adult's palm. And fight, but can see clearly.

At this moment, Yuan Bao seemed to understand something.

Yuan Bao was in a trance for a while, as if he had returned to the night when the accident happened. There was a person who knew the murderer's plan in advance, but he didn't intend to do anything. A vantage point for watching the whole process.

He sat in the pavilion, which should be a very high position. He watched everything indifferently, watching Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao struggling on the verge of death, just like God watching ants. He only gets involved when he thinks it's time to make a move...

There was no wind blowing, but Yuan Bao still shivered fiercely, who on earth could be so cold-hearted? !

"Yuanbao..." Ni Xiaopang cautiously called out from behind Yuanbao, "You'd better come down, go down slowly, I'm terrified to see you standing so high."

When Yuan Bao stood on the wooden chair, Ni Xiaopang didn't feel anything, but when Yuan Bao stood on the railing again, Ni Xiaopang became worried. He was afraid that Yuan Bao would stumble and fall, so he didn't dare to yell loudly. , had no choice but to wait patiently for Yuan Bao to come down by himself, who would have thought that Yuan Bao lost his mind standing on the railing which was only an inch wide, forcing Ni Xiaopang to speak.

"Yeah." Yuan Bao responded, trying to calm down his emotions, they are about to leave the Ni Mansion, and will never come back, just think that all this is a dream, the people who harmed them, they are powerless to fight back, They didn't even know the reason why they killed them, and they couldn't find the person who saved them, and they didn't know why they saved them.

Perhaps, the "viewer" is right, they are like ants, life or death are not in their control, and it is not the turn of those "big shots" to really care, so what about resentment, this is the reality, cruel and unforgiving reality.

Yuan Bao took a deep breath, lowered her head to look for a foothold, and planned to get off the railing, but when she lowered her head, she suddenly saw a strand of bright white, which Yuan Bao could not forget, what she wanted to find with all her heart White.

A wave of complicated emotions rushed straight into Yuan Bao's mind. For a moment, she just wanted to rush over to ask this man, what could make him so heartless and treat innocent lives like nothing? !Completely forgetting where she was now, Yuan Bao uttered an exclamation of "Ah—" and fell straight out of the pavilion.

Even if the autumn vegetation in the south is still verdant, it can’t stop the fact that under the lush green vegetation, there are jagged and strange rocks piled up for rockeries. Such stones fall from a high place, or fall on the ground. , also have to be bleeding, and like Yuan Bao, it is not necessarily life-threatening, but it is impossible to escape with broken bones and tendons, and another point is that it is very likely to be disfigured.

Ni Xiaopang has been paying attention to Yuanbao, and when Yuanbao climbed the railing, he has already stood behind Yuanbao, fearing that Yuanbao might slip up, at this moment he finds that Yuanbao is in danger, Ni Xiaopang hastily stretches out his hand to pull it.

But between Ni Xiaopang and Yuanbao there is a wooden chair that is not narrow, and Ni Xiaopang is not tall, this wooden chair not only hinders Ni Xiaopang's movement, but also increases the distance between him and Yuanbao, and finally The important thing is that Ni Xiaopang's right hand stretched out was injured, and it was wrapped with a thick medical cloth, which looked like a big round steamed bun. How could such a hand be able to hold someone?

So, Ni Xiaopang could only watch Yuan Bao fall headlong.

Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao didn't know that there was another person who was also watching Yuan Bao standing on the railing.

Ni Yuze was indeed seriously ill. Ever since he fainted from the pain on the night of the Moon Worship Festival, he has been in a daze for several days, half dreaming and half awake, not always in a coma as rumored by the outside world, but there is not much time to be fully awake every day. , he himself knew that he might not have much time.

Today, he felt a little bit better, but felt very suffocated, and wanted to come out to breathe, somehow, he thought of this small pavilion. Perhaps, in his heart, his loss to Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao had always been in his heart. Untie the knot!
Today, it was his personal servant girl, Jing Xin, who was on duty by Ni Yuze's side. When Jing Xin heard that Ni Yuze was coming to this place, she felt displeased, but she had no choice but to come with Ni Yuze.

Unexpectedly, when I got here, I found out that the pavilion had been taken over by someone. Jingxin was about to order someone to drive away Ni Xiaopang and Yuanbao in the pavilion, but Ni Yuze said, "Wait!"

Wait?Those two country kids who can't even keep up with the respectable servants in Ni's mansion, why let the young master wait? !Jing Xin was even angrier, but she still didn't dare to say anything.

After Ni Yuze heard that the people in the pavilion were Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao, he subconsciously thought, what are they doing here?With a slight movement of his fingers, he lifted the car curtain a little, and he was stopping on the stone path leading to the small pavilion, with Yuan Bao on top and him on the bottom, with a very clear line of sight, so he saw all of Yuan Bao's actions.

Then, Ni Yuze smiled and thought to himself, this kid is pretty smart, the key is his sensitivity. It seems that he remembered that someone was here watching them that day, but he couldn't figure out how much they could guess.

The moment Yuan Bao fell, Yuan Bao shouted, "Ah—"

Ni Xiaopang yelled, "Yuanbao—"

Ni Yuze said softly, "Save her!"

Yuan Bao's and Ni Xiaopang's voices were loud, but they didn't have any real effect. Ni Yuze's voice was very quiet, but they were executed immediately.

Later, Yuan Bao thought, this is the difference in status and the role of power.

Jingxin jumped up and stretched out her hand to prevent the intimate contact between the Yuanbao and the stone. Then, Jingxin angrily threw the Yuanbao on the stone steps on the path. Little flesh and blood pain is unavoidable, the pain made Yuan Bao grin his teeth, tears fell down, and he let out a groan.

Ni Yuze couldn't help being annoyed for a while, and shouted, "Calm down!" At the same time, he was so angry that he felt a stabbing pain from his left chest, his eyes darkened, and he passed out again.

"My lord—" Listening quietly to Ni Yuze's breathing, she knew that something had happened to Ni Yuze, and she couldn't help feeling extremely regretful, hating herself for making her own decisions, and even more hating Yuan Bao, the one who caused the trouble, but now she couldn't care less about these things.

"Go back to the yard!" Jing Xin ordered, and the special sedan chair immediately turned around and headed towards Ni Yuze's yard quickly and steadily.

And before leaving, Jing Xin didn't forget to say, "Put this girl who disturbed the young master into the woodshed!" She was really furious.

When Ni Xiaopang ran out of the pavilion in a panic, he happened to see the two women holding Yuan Bao and wanted to leave, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Yuan Bao, where are you hurt?" What are you doing? Which yard do you belong to?" He was far away, neither saw Jingxin saving Yuanbao, nor heard Jingxin speak, so I have to say that the rules of the servants in Ni Yuze's yard are too good. There were so many people standing there without even hearing a sound.

The mother-in-law's answer was as precious as gold, "She disturbed the young master and wanted to close the woodshed."

Just like Yuan Bao, as soon as he heard the word "Young Master", Ni Xiaopang immediately knew who the other party was talking about. Similarly, he also felt powerless. He knew that no matter whether the order was right or wrong, Yuan Bao Whether they were wronged or not, they could not resist.

"Let go of her, I'll go with her." Ni Xiaopang calmed down.

"Little Fatty, there's no need..." Yuan Bao persuaded, but stopped when he saw Ni Xiaopang's firm expression.

Yes, the Ni Manor owed Ni Xiaopang a favor, and with Ni Xiaopang as a young master, it is estimated that the Ni Mansion could not kill him casually like it did with other insignificant servants, Yuan Bao thought.

The firewood room in Ni Yuze's yard is very good, spacious and clean, without any musty smell, and Ni Xiaopang and Yuan Bao's treatment is also very good, someone sent them food and a set of bedding, and even sent them very thoughtfully Salve and net bucket.

A little maid who was unfamiliar to him said while delivering things, "Young master has not woken up yet, these things were sent by Miss Jingning." I don't know what it means.

Ni Xiaopang expressed his gratitude, but he didn't take the tipping money he sent.

Yuan Bao found some hay as a base, then spread out the quilt, first applied medicine to himself, and then took care of Ni Xiaopang to eat together, and then the two wrapped themselves in the quilt and whispered.

"What happened just now?" At this moment, Ni Xiaopang asked.

Yuan Bao told what happened near the pavilion just now.

Ni Xiaopang asked again, "Then what did you see that made you fall out of the pavilion?"

Yuan Bao sighed, and didn't answer directly, but talked about some rumors they heard in Fucheng, "Some people say that Mr. Ze is naturally clean, and he likes to wear white clothes without even embroidery on them. Said, this is because Mr. Ze is extremely filial, after his parents passed away, even after the time limit for getting rid of clothes has passed, he still wears plain clothes to mourn because of deep thoughts..."

In this era, filial piety clothes are all white, so wearing white clothes is also considered unlucky by many people, especially the pure white ones mentioned in the rumors.

If you go out wearing such clothes, you will be avoided by others. They are afraid of causing bad luck. If you go to a guest, you may be kicked out for being rude, but Mr. Ze has such a habit of wearing white clothes. It sounds good, it's a quirk!

(End of this chapter)