Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

On the third floor, there was still no one.

Bai Xue became more and more frightened, and a vague premonition gradually replaced her initial joy. She realized belatedly that this almost abnormal success might be because it was just... a trap? She took a deep breath, quickened her pace, and rushed up to the fourth floor.

There are not even bookshelves on this floor. The windows are open, and the cold winter wind blows in, like a low whimper. The sweat on the forehead becomes cold when the wind blows it. I don’t know if the curtains inside the windows are the same age as the tower. The white gauze curtains are torn in some places. They are hanging there and are covered with dust and spider webs. They are very decadent.

Still didn't see Shen Luoxin.

The girl who was said to have been imprisoned here for "reflection" because she offended Ji Wuyan might have just come to read the medical book. Bai Xue became more and more anxious and frightened, feeling like she was falling into an ice cellar in the cold wind of winter night - she was not a fool.

The servants of the Ji family have always been strict with their mouths, especially the old people of the Ji family. They have always been ignorant of the master's affairs. If not for this, she would not have found any useful information until now. How could the news that "Shen Luoxin was imprisoned" spread to almost everyone if someone hadn't deliberately told it?

It’s just... who gave the order? And... why should she give instructions like this... These questions ran through her mind over and over again. Every time she went through them, her whole body felt like she was falling a little bit lower. Then she went through them again, and she was falling a little bit more, and so on. Even she herself doesn't know when she will be taller. Bai Xue only felt that his vision went dark, and he stumbled under his feet. The wooden stairs made an overwhelming dull sound, which was particularly clear in the quiet tower.

Bai Xue was startled by the voice, and then heard someone calling from above, "Who?"

Bai Xue was stunned for a moment, her fingertips holding the armrest were digging into the wood. There was a woman on top, and the voice sounded very strange. She was not Shen Luoxin, maybe an old man... Ji Wuyan locked up an old man and asked him what he was doing on top. ? Could it be the grandma in the house?
Thinking of this, Bai Xue was no longer so scared. She breathed a sigh of relief quietly and introduced herself, "I, I am the maid in the house, taking care of Miss Shen... I, I'm here to see Miss Shen, you, you, you Who is it and why is it up there?" She tried to keep her voice steady, but there was still a clear vibrato.

The person upstairs suddenly smiled and said, "The young master of the Ji family is not good at what he does. Any little maid can walk up to me... The descendants of the Ji family are really inferior to each other."

What a loud tone.

Bai Xue was slightly startled. Not only did this man speak loudly, but he also looked like an elder of Ji's family... But why did Ji Wuyan imprison his elders on the tower and let others watch over him? She racked her brains a thousand times in her heart, but her face remained motionless. She only grasped the armrest with her fingertips harder and harder, even picking at sawdust from one fingernail. She asked again, "Who...are you?"

The people upstairs laughed, as if they were very happy. After a while, they stopped laughing and said softly, "Come up here and I will tell you..."

The voice is slow and gentle, and it is very seductive on a night with bright moonlight and sparse stars.

……

Bai Xue entered the tower for more than half an hour before returning the same way.

Ji Wuyan stood on the second floor opposite and watched. When the little maid came out, her movements were obviously not as agile as when she went in. When she landed, her feet were weak and she almost fell over. Finally, she held on to the wall and left with one foot deep and one shallow. Where is the caution and anxiety when entering? It seems that he suffered a huge blow inside, or...a huge fright?

Xi Yu also watched from a distance, touched her chin and murmured, "Girl, do you think she is... seeing you?"

Ji Wuyan chuckled lightly, looked back and asked him, "What do you think?" "Probably... I saw it." Xi Yu rubbed the newly grown stubble on his chin, looked at the other person's stumbling back, and slowly raised the corners of his mouth. He stood up and showed an expression very similar to Ji Wuyan. He said, "It's just that the things she saw were probably too much beyond her knowledge, and it was difficult to accept them for a while... Girl, do you want more people to keep an eye on them?"

Ji Wuyan shook his head, "No need. The manpower arranged earlier is enough."

"What if someone takes advantage of this situation and spreads the news about that person..."

"Ha..." Ji Wuyan smiled. The little maid had disappeared from her sight. She withdrew her gaze and pointed to the upper floor of the tower. "Do you really think she would agree with such a strange little girl?" What serious things is the maid talking about? She just throws out some bait, and then tries to trick the other party into splitting the chains for her. Oh, didn’t I leave Liakong upstairs, but... the fifth elder will soon discover that that The maid can’t even hold the sword, let alone help her split the chain and help her leave.”

She folded her arms and leaned on the second-floor window sill, smiling charmingly and dangerously.

"As for the fifth elder, she will soon discover that this maid was just lured into this tower by a trap, and she, the fifth elder, has become a pawn in this chess game... So, the disappointed and angry fifth elder , only the two parties involved know what heartbreaking words they would say to such a little maid..."

Xi Yu nodded, put down the hand rubbing his chin, and smiled, "I'm a little curious about what they said."

Ji Wuyan turned his head to look at him, making the other person feel a little embarrassed, and then teased, "Who says it's not the case... I want to know too! That's all, the first scene is over, let's wait for the next one The show is about to begin. Go back and rest first."

"Then the girl won't come back?"

"I'm going to see the person on the tower... I lent her a play today, so I have to go up and say thank you."

Say thank you to the prisoners? Xi Yu only felt that her brain was throbbing and aching... Is the girl sure she was going to say thank you? Instead of continuing to poke holes in your heart? Furthermore, as a prisoner who can only eat, drink, and defecate within the length of the chain that can’t even be cut through the air, is that thank you really necessary?

……

Obviously, the prisoner needs that thank you - at least that's what Ji Wuyan thinks.

When she leisurely appeared on the fifth floor with her hands behind her back, the other party was also sitting leisurely on the chair with an expression on his face that he had expected her to come. He smiled and said hello to Ji Wuyan, "Young Master is in such a good mood."

Ji Wuyan stood a few steps away from her and smiled lightly, "I was afraid that you would be bored if you stayed for a long time, so I set up a stage and invited you to watch a show."

"That's it..." The fifth elder nodded, "Thank you for your trouble. It's just that the maid is not good enough and can't sing the play well."