Rank One Princess Douxian Wang: Phoenix Palace Brocade

Chapter 242 Stepping into the Trap
Zhao Ma smiled dryly: "Why would this servant deny you as a master, this servant will go now, this time."

Zhao's mother finally went, Ah Xiang heard the movement and came out to take a look, helped Xu Jiatong to sit down on the stone steps in front of the main house, and took out a clean handkerchief from his arms to wipe her sweat.

"You were inside just now, is there something wrong with Mother Zhao? Is she familiar with the furnishings inside?" Xu Jiatong asked.

Ah Xiang thought about it, and felt a little strange: "Young lady asked this, indeed, she is more familiar with the slaves. But maybe it's just because Zhao's mother served in the house before, and the furnishings of these houses are somewhat similar. "

"This house is full of evil. When she comes back, pay more attention to her. If she pays special attention to something, or if she doesn't care about something that you care about, you must tell me." Xu Jiatong mentioned point.

Ah Xiang was startled: "You don't believe Mama Zhao?" She remembered that Mama Zhao helped Xu Jiatong jump into the pond when she was out of danger.

"It's better to be more suspicious than less at this time. You and Bi Shui are people I brought from Kunshan, but Zhao Mama didn't serve me for a day before this trip. If she helped me like that, if it was because she was loyal by nature, I would have just Just let her do a little thing, why should she push back? You look at her more, if I make a mistake, I will make it up to her when I get back to the mansion." Xu Jiatong smiled at her, the pain on his forehead was sore Beads of sweat dripped down, and it hurt again just after moving.

"Your servant understands." Ah Xiang said sensiblely.

Bi Shui came back one step ahead of Mama Zhao, and Mama Zhao was nowhere to be seen, then looked at Xu Jiatong's appearance, and understood a little bit.

"Our things are a little less, as if they were taken by the nearby villagers. Fortunately, we left some for us, so we didn't do anything wrong. Look, there is still this basket of food left, and the change of clothes is still there. Here, the money hidden in the clothes is still there." Bi Shui showed Xu Jiatong the same thing.

"Wrap the pastry in oiled paper, and put a few dollars for each person with you. Don't let others touch it. Keep the silver and clear water. Ah Xiang, see if you can still wear these clothes." Xu Jiatong glanced at the clothes and put them away. A large piece of the burden has been torn, and the clothes inside are also stained with mud.

Zhao's mother came back after a while, with nothing in her hands, and the hem of her clothes was covered with mud, as if she had fallen.

"Miss Si, there are no villages around here. The servants explored the way with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and they fell down within two strokes. They couldn't move anymore. Why don't you let Miss Bishui run?" Zhao Mama looked embarrassed. He glanced at the clear water.

Some of the things on the carriage were taken away by someone, and if they were bad people, they would not return some of them, and even the money in the bag was not searched.Bi Shui guessed that it was the villagers who did it, and she had her reasons.

If Xu Jiatong hadn't believed that there were villagers walking around here, she really wasn't sure if there was a village with people living nearby.Zhao's mother said no when she went out for a while, which shows that she has ulterior motives when she comes back now.

But she couldn't go in without strong wine to wipe the furnishings in the house.

That's right, Xu Jiatong didn't want spirits just to wipe the kneecaps, what she really wanted was to wipe down one of the rooms three times.

"Ah Xiang, you go." Xu Jiatong didn't force this time, but he didn't let Bi Shui go again.

"Yes." Ah Xiang took the silver horn handed over by Zhao Ma, and went happily.

Sure enough, as soon as Ah Xiang left, Zhao's mother said courteously: "Fourth Miss, the main house is almost cleaned up. You are hurt and the ground is cold. You can't sit outside for a long time. This servant will help you in."

As she said that, Zhao Ma stepped forward to help Xu Jiatong, Bi Shui stepped forward to block her, and said with a smile: "This house has been unoccupied for a long time, and after sweeping the ashes, I have to get rid of the smell, so I'd better stay outside for a while." , not in a hurry at this moment."

"What do you mean? There is no doctor here, Miss Si is injured, if she catches a cold and develops a fever, will you take care of her?" Mama Zhao said forcefully.

"If I have a fever, I'll take care of it myself." Xu Jiatong was even more sure that there was some ulterior arrangement in the house, but she didn't know why Zhao Ma and Ah Xiang were safe and sound after entering, "What does it smell like on you?"

Bi Shui also smelled it carefully. Mama Zhao seemed to have the aroma of herbs, and there was a faint smell of mugwort leaves, but she couldn't smell the other herbs mixed with it.She went forward and whispered something to Xu Jiatong.

"Is it the smell of wormwood? Mother Zhao, are you a forerunner? You smoked wormwood early, did you know you would be in trouble?" Xu Jiatong smiled.

None of the masters in the Marquis of Ding'an had the habit of smoking moxa, even the pharmacy did not keep a few leaves of moxa.Ai Ye is not cheap, Zhao Ma is just a second-class servant, how can she smoke Ai so often?It must be intentional.

"When I was leaving the city, my servant saw many small insects flying on the road. There was no incense medicine to repel insects in the carriage, so I boldly used a few mugwort leaves and smoked them in a small incense burner. If you don't believe me, you can ask Ah Xiang, she You are in the same carriage with the servant, and you can tell if you ask. The servant knows the medicinal properties of wormwood, and the wife rewarded the servant with a wormwood sachet, and the servant always carries it." Zhao Ma knew that she couldn't hide it, but she was I knew this was something I couldn't hide, so I answered quickly and simply.

When going out for a few days, some regular medicines and herbal medicines should be brought with the car, and Xu Jiatong seems to have the impression that the medicines were indeed brought with them in their carriage. If she wants to question it, it will be too provocative Doubt it.

"So it's like this, Bi Shui, check to see if there is any wormwood in the things you brought back. If there is any, light it in the house and smoke it for two hours." Xu Jiatong ordered.

However, if she arranged it intentionally, Zhao's mother must have thrown away the wormwood after smoking the wormwood in the car.

Sure enough, when Bi Shui was looking for Ai Ye, Zhao Ma's eyes unconsciously showed a trace of calmness, or she was sure.

However, who said that only their carriage brought Ai Ye?Bi Shui quickly found a medicine box, which was the one on Xu Jiatong's carriage.

"Fortunately, before leaving, the girl said that there are many plants and trees in the temple, and the mosquitoes may not disappear in late autumn, so I asked the slaves to buy more to take with them. It's wet again, so it's not good. I wrapped it in oiled paper twice, and it wouldn't hurt if I fell into the water." It’s still dry. You sit here for a while, and the maidservant will go to light it.” Bi Shui took the box into the house, lit it, and came out immediately.

Zhao Ma's face was ugly, and her words were not very steady: "You are thoughtful, thoughtful."

"Mother Zhao is tired too. I think the side room next to it is fairly clean. You should also go and tidy up one of the rooms and settle down early. When tomorrow, you and Bi Shui will go back to the official road and find someone to rescue them." Xu Jiatong said as Unaware of the change in her expression, he continued to test.

Originally, as long as they didn't arrive at Juexiao Temple today, the people there would know that something happened to them and send people along the way to inquire.But if they got the Lin family, or they didn't even know that they were coming to Juexiao Temple, no one would come to look for them.

"Young maidservant, I'll clean it up now." Zhao Ma seemed to have made up her mind, she turned around and walked towards the wing facing her back.

"Wait, I've seen this room over here. It's fully furnished. You can take two clothes and go in and make a bedding, and then you can live in it. Mama Zhao, you're older, so you can live in this room." Xu Jiatong pointed at her The one I just saw.

She wanted to see from Zhao Ma's attitude whether all of these rooms had been decorated, or only one of them had been decorated.

Zhao's mother turned her head and declined, "Your servants don't care too much, as long as they can live there, let Bi Shui and Ah Xiang live in the better one."

"Alright, Bi Shui, thank you Mama Zhao." Xu Jiatong smiled, looked at Bi Shui, and said in a soft tone on purpose, "It seems that everyone in the house knows that I have gained power by coming in, and even you are going to curry favor with me. "

"Mom Zhao, Bi Shui thanked you, and also thanked Ah Xiang for that girl." Bi Shui smiled and bowed.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Zhao Ma smiled and walked towards the wing, her pace much faster than before, for fear of being called back by Xu Jiatong.

After about an hour, it was almost dusk, and it was much colder outside than before.Zhao's mother found some quilts and mattresses from the left and right wing rooms, and they looked yellow. She used a wooden stick to knock off the soil on them, and it was obvious that they could still be used.

Xu Jiatong glanced at it, and said calmly: "If you don't expose it to the sun for three days, it is useless. You should hang it on the tree at the door. If we can stay here for three days, then we can use it or not. Or just use it with a fire book. , burned to ashes, and fell clean."

"Mom Zhao, why don't you burn it? Listen to what the girl says, it's always right." Bi Shui chimed in, and she obviously found Zhao Mama's behavior more and more strange.

Zhao Ma looked at them embarrassingly, and took the quilt and mattress to the gate.After a while, he took a bowl filled with well water and gave it to Xu Jiatong to drink.

"No one has lived here for many years, and I don't know if there is anything unclean in the well. If there is a dead mouse or something, how can I drink the water?" Xu Jiatong didn't even look at it, and went directly to the well behind Leaning on the pillar, he closed his eyes and meditated.

Bi Shui pulled Zhao Ma to the side, and said tactfully: "Since such a thing happened, the fourth girl is also upset. You should go back and rest. After a while, Ah Xiang will find something to eat, and I will trouble you to help get up." Fire, burn the pot, don't be tired right now."

After Bi Shui finished speaking, he went straight back to Xu Jiatong's side, never leaving.It's cold outside, and if you freeze for a long time, you might get a wind chill, but it's better than getting some serious disease. She looked at Zhao Ma's back, as if Zhao Ma was also suffering from that unclean disease.

Xu Jiatong sat there, her whole body was getting colder and colder. In fact, she was almost unable to hold on anymore, her thoughts began to blur, and even her vision was the same.But thinking about how difficult it was to walk along this road, she gritted her teeth and never let go of this breath.

She, Bishui, Ah Xiang, can definitely leave here, they must have a way to leave.

"Fourth Miss, I have bought wine." Ah Xiang stumbled in with two wine jars in one hand and a large steaming paper bag in the other, "Look, there are wine and steamed buns."

　There are [-] more words today, this month I have to persevere and cheer for myself

　　
　
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