Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The first time I walked to the tower was after I went to Miss Shen.

Miss Shen was staying at Ji's house, and Ziqiu brought three maids to serve her. Miss Shen was also a strange person, saying she was not used to being served by others. After all, he was probably a guest, just to gain some knowledge... In short, the last one left behind was Bai Xue himself. The errands after that were indeed very easy. Miss Shen herself was busy, too busy learning medical skills from Mr. Chen, and later learning business from Mr. Shangguan, so she couldn't take care of her little maid.

So, she began to do things at night under the name of Miss Shen, and looked for opportunities to rest during the day.

They were told when they first entered the mansion that the tower contained the girl's book collection and the servants were not allowed to pass there. Bai Xue didn't even think about going there. It was just an abandoned tower with a few books inside, and it was not his purpose. The first time I came here, I just happened to pass by. I saw the courtyard door was open, so I stood outside and took a look. It looked like a dark courtyard with no lights, which inexplicably reminded me of some infiltrative stories.

After that, Bai Xue never came again.

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This time when I came here, I was mentally prepared to be "heavily guarded". For example, the lights were bright, and the guards were more prepared than the guards, perhaps with armor and sharp swords in their hands.

But now these two people under the tower... look like they are really "not very good".

This... could it be the biggest secret of the Ji family? Or is it just to imprison some servants who made mistakes, or to imprison the guests who were implicated by the servants? More lynchings? If this is the case, I am afraid that my trip will be in vain again. It's just that I've come here, and if I go back like this, I'm really not happy... Bai Xue hesitated outside the door for a moment, listening to the faint footsteps at an unknown distance, thinking about how to meet him halfway back at this time. The patrolling guards might as well sneak up to the tower to find out.

Bai Xuemao circled around the outside of the tower's courtyard. The courtyard was not high, and there were a few stones under the corner. It was not a problem to climb over the wall after stacking them together. As long as the landing was gentle, it would not disturb anyone who was already asleep. The two guards who looked unreliable were killed.

Bai Xue moved the stone gently, stepped on the stone and climbed up the wall, then jumped on the wall. The ground was earth under her feet, and the sound was not loud. She was silent for a moment and saw that the two guards made no movement, then she walked away. We arrived at the back of the tower - there was a window there. Fortunately, the tower was old, and the window looked a little shaky, just half-open.

When Bai Xue climbed in through the window using both hands and feet, Bai Xue was still thinking about how lucky she was today. Except for being startled at first by the patrolling guard who suddenly changed direction, everything else seemed to go smoothly beyond imagination. . It seems that there is indeed nothing important in this tower...

On the two-story building opposite the tower, a girl in black brocade has been standing there for a long time. She looked at Bai Xue clumsily climbing into the yard, smiled suddenly, turned her head and said to Xi Yu behind her, "You better be careful and think of placing some rocks in the corner, otherwise I won't be able to get in when I see her..."

Xi Yu also laughed, "It's not that my subordinates are careful, it's just that the girl herself is very powerful, and she can't imagine how weak a 'weak woman' is. I don't know who is behind this person, but he actually sent such a little incompetent person The maid should work carefully..."

Ji Wuyan stood there with the corners of his lips raised and a slight smile, with a casual and lazy feeling like watching a play. After a while, he smiled and said, "If it were someone with outstanding ability, he would say nice words to make the master happy, and he would be nice and sweet. Someone who knows some martial arts and can climb over a wall is no problem... Do you think you should notice such a person first, or should you notice this person first who knows nothing, is timid, has little ability, and can only serve a cup of tea? A little maid who can give me some water and clean up?"

Xi Yu understood immediately. That's how it's supposed to be. She behaves in the opposite direction. She's weak, timid, shrinking, and has low self-esteem. She's like a gray little rabbit. You can never be wary of her, and you even subconsciously want to take care of her. Her self-esteem...weakness can sometimes be a weapon. Looking at the girl in front of me, she is dressed in black. She is petite and delicate, even a little thin. She only has a straight and straight back. The word "weak" does not match the girl above her at all.

"Then you let her go in like this?" Xi Yu still didn't understand. At first, he thought that the girl should at least clear the tower. Some things that shouldn't be seen should be cleaned and covered, right? Who would have thought that the girl would just sit there so openly, without any worry at all. Xi Yu didn't understand, "Are you really not worried at all?"

"What are you worried about?" Ji Wuyan crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows slightly when he turned around, his expression so bright that even the night couldn't hide it, "So what if she sees it? Even if I hold my hands in front of her, she... will also see it. I do not know."

There was only light from the moonlight inside the tower, and the shadows of the trees were swaying. Bai Xue walked around on the first floor and saw books in twos and threes on the two cabinets. Sure enough, he laughed in his heart. The library is just a pretense. When I went up to the second floor, I was slightly startled. There were obviously many more books, and it became more and more presentable. There was a table in the middle, with two or three medical books spread out on it. There were all pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the side, and there was tea in the teapot. The water temperature is cool.

Obviously there should have been someone here not long ago, could it be Shen Luoxin?

So where did Shen Luoxin go now?
She lowered her voice and called in a low voice, "Ms. Shen, Miss Shen?"

No one responded, everything was empty and silent, and the light and shadow were dim, as if there was something hidden in the dark, staring at him. Bai Xue shrank her neck and called out in a low voice, "Miss Shen, slave, slave, come and take you out..."

Still no one answered her, it seemed like Shen Luoxin was indeed not here.

Could it be upstairs?

There was silence everywhere. Bai Xue swallowed her saliva more and more nervously. She felt like her heart was beating like a drum. She walked to the stairs and poked her head up. When she looked from the outside, she found that the tower was not very high. , it was only on the fifth floor. Now I was standing at the stairwell of the second floor, but I only felt that it was pitch black and endless.

The fear of the unknown is the most tormenting.

She held on to the handrail and walked up step by step. As the old wooden boards creaked in disrepair, a thin layer of cold sweat began to form on Bai Xue's forehead. The sticky and numb feeling was like several ants crawling across her forehead. It was like a spider web hanging in the dark clinging to his forehead.

She shivered suddenly.