Gong Fujiao Daughter-in-law

Chapter 158 Countermeasures
Although what the manager Xiao Peng said was not entirely correct, he probably didn't know where Miss Liu was today, and thought that everyone was checking at the water tanker.

Because Xie Zhiyun asked, and he wanted to please the young lady, he said something greedily.

It's not a big deal, Xie Zhiyun is a little anxious now, and wants to take a look at the shoes of all the female relatives on Zhuangzi as soon as possible, so he didn't think too much about Guanshi Peng, and got up directly and said: "You rest."

After that, she led Zhao Yu away.

The waterwheel is located at the foot of the mountain and built on the bank of the stream. The waterwheel is driven by the trickling stream, and the water for irrigating the rice fields is brought into the canal.

This manpower-saving waterwheel was deliberated by Xie Yuan from reading ancient books, and he didn't hide any secrets. He directly gave the blueprint to Wei Cang, and it has been popularized in the entire eight states in the past two years.

All the aristocratic families with large tracts of fertile land used such waterwheels. Wei Cang also worked hard to save a little silver from the army rations. In places where fertile land was large and suitable for building waterwheels, he also helped the common people build waterwheels.

Therefore, the increase in grain production in the past two years is due to proper water irrigation.

Xie Zhijun knew what the waterwheel looked like, and she could draw blueprints, so she said to Xiaozhong directly: "Xiaozhong, go to the waterwheel and have a look. If the big housekeeper is there, let him go to the vegetable field. If he is not there, let people find him to go to the vegetable field.”

Xiao Zhong hesitated: "Young Madam, it's not safe these days."

Xie Zhiyun smiled: "It's okay, this is my own village, and there are so many veterans busy in the field, you just go and come back quickly."

Xiao Zhong looked at the veterans not far away, felt right, and ran away quickly.

Xie Zhijun led Zhao Yu to the vegetable field.

On the way, Zhao Yu also said: "Miss Ruan is really unlucky, why have so many things happen recently, maybe she is not in her birth year."

"It seems to be true," Xie Zhiyun said with a smile, "She seems to be 24."

Speaking of this, Xie Zhiyun said: "I'll go back later and take a look at the wound on her leg. I remember that there is ointment at home, and I should have brought it in the carriage. I'll get her a bottle later."

The wound on the leg is inflamed, which can easily cause fever and typhoid fever, so it should not be delayed for too long.

As Xie Zhiyun said so, he suddenly remembered the dream he had last night.

In the dream, she only saw the pair of embroidered shoes and the pair of legs covered with bruises.

After killing the deceased, the murderer didn't even dress her properly, and let her lie in the rice field without dignity, and died silently.

Later, the scene that Xie Zhiyun saw in his dream should be that the steward couldn't bear it, so he covered her with clothes.

Maybe he was afraid of breaking the traces of the scene, so the steward did not change the posture of the deceased, but simply changed the clothes on her body.

Xie Zhijun stopped and slowly closed his eyes.

She was recalling the sight she saw at that time.

The leaked corner of the clothes was wrinkled and bloodstained, but it could be seen that the clothes were made of coarse linen, which should be blue-gray.

Under the cloth, on the uncovered leg, apart from bruises and bruises, there was also a small scar.

The scar was not bright red, and the blood on it had dried up. When Xie Zhiyun analyzed it for the first time, he thought it was a wound cut by a straw, what if it wasn't?
What if the injury was already there?

Xie Zhiyun suddenly opened his eyes.

Just now, on Mrs. Ruan's messy bed, there seemed to be such a blue-gray sackcloth, although it was impossible to tell whether it was the same, but at least the color was the same.

Thinking of this, Xie Zhiyun felt more and more that Mrs. Ruan might be the victim.

But she doesn't have those embroidered shoes.

Those plain blue shoes with embroidered leaves showing only one leaf.

Is that Mrs. Ruan?

Xie Zhiyun suddenly wavered.

On the contrary, Zhao Yu saw her standing there in a dilemma, frowning and contemplating for a while, and was also a little anxious.

"Miss, it's cloudy and it might rain. Let's go back early, shall we?"

Xie Zhijun suddenly raised his head and glanced at the sky, the sky was clear just now, but now it was suddenly covered with dark clouds.

I don't know when it started, the warm sun also hid in the dark clouds, and there was chaos between the sky and the earth, and there seemed to be no bright colors anymore.

Xie Zhiyun's heart sank.

It's going to rain today, it seems that the murderer is likely to do it today.

She couldn't hesitate any longer.

Xie Zhiyun was heartbroken, and she immediately ordered Zhao Yu: "Go quickly to the vegetable field to find Mrs. Liu, and ask her to gather all the female relatives to see who has a pair of plain blue embroidered shoes with a leaf embroidered on them."

Zhao Yu hardly heard clearly, and was stunned for a while.

Xie Zhiyun was not angry.

"You remember, plain blue embroidered shoes with a leaf embroidered on them," Xie Zhiyun said, "Find this person, protect her, and ask the stewards to accompany you to the back room, the residence of Mrs. Ruan."

Zhao Yu stammered a bit: "Miss, where are you going?"

Xie Zhiyun's face darkened, and he said, "I'm going to see Mrs. Ruan, I always feel that something is wrong with her."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Zhao Yu to react, she lifted her skirt and ran back and forth.

Zhao Yu would never go against her will, upon hearing this, she could only keep running forward.

The two parted ways here.

When Xie Zhiyun returned to the wing, he was already out of breath.

She took a breath, came to Miss Ruan's house, and knocked on the door.

"Tuk, tuk, tuk."

It was quiet inside, and Miss Ruan who had talked to them just now didn't know if she fell asleep or went out, but no one opened the door anyway.

Xie Zhiyun knocked on the door again and said, "Miss Ruan, are you there?"

It was time to go to work at this moment, and the entire back room was empty, and the sound of her knocking on the door echoed between the houses, and it seemed a bit deafening.

Xie Zhiyun frowned, she quickly pulled out the dagger at her waist and hid it in her sleeve, then stretched out her hand and pushed it gently.

The door creaked open.

The room was very dark and there was no light on. Xie Zhiyun's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he saw a figure hiding into the other side of the bed.

Xie Zhijun adjusted to the light and shadow, and then she saw the furnishings in the room clearly.

The tables, chairs and benches are still in place, and even the bedding on the bed is the same as before. The only difference is that Mrs. Ruan is not there.

Xie Zhiyun frowned and said, "Miss Ruan is still sick, why isn't she here?"

As she said this, her feet moved slightly, as if she was going to exit the door to find it.

But it happened in an instant.

Although Xie Zhijun had never practiced martial arts, she often practiced Vajra Kungfu, and her body was still very agile. She jumped into the bedroom with a flash, and the dagger in her hand flashed a cold light, and it directly pressed on someone's neck.

Her movements were quick and her hands were accurate, and she directly pressed a bloodstain on the man's neck.

"Xiao Peng is in charge, we meet again."

(End of this chapter)