Fatal Game Syndrome

"Is there no one who will protect her a little? Even say a word?"

"No!" The servant shook his head very straightforwardly, "The master and his men are better. Although they look down on the young lady, they will not take the initiative to cause trouble for her."

"But Miss..."

The servant shook his head and said to the two in a low voice, "If the young lady comes back to seek revenge, the first person she will look for is the eldest young master, and the second person will definitely be the young lady!"

"Oh? What do you say?"

Ruan Lanzhu walked over to the opposite side of the table and sat down. It seemed that this Miss Li was not someone she would do well to deal with.

"Don't blame me for saying bad things about the master's family. They really went too far!"

The servant first defended himself and then continued, "You may not have noticed that the young lady is actually plain-looking, especially her nose, which looks exactly like the master's!"

"Forehead..."

Ling Jiushi was stunned, and an image of a female version of Mr. Li instantly emerged in his mind, with a big nose and a flat nose bridge. Anyway, that nose would not look good on anyone's face.

"She has a bad temper too. Ever since the young lady came into the mansion, the young lady has always disliked her, saying that she was a foxy woman who used tricks to marry into the Li mansion, so she always makes trouble for the young lady. In fact, she just can't stand the young lady's beauty!"

"Any maid in the mansion who is a little bit pretty makes the young lady bored, let alone the young lady who is outstanding in appearance."

"You all know that the young master is obsessed with making kites, and he basically stays alone in the courtyard during the day."

Ling Jiushi glanced at the servant with a face full of regret. This guy seemed to have no idea what kind of kite his young master made. This shouldn't be the case. Isn't he a family boy? In all these years, he didn't find anything unusual in the Li Mansion?

"So you know how difficult life is for the young lady in the mansion!"

It’s not difficult!

When her brother is not around, the sister comes to bully others, and she suffers even more when her brother is around.

"In fact, we can't stand it either, but we are just servants. It is not our turn to comment on what the young master wants to do."

"Your young master loves making kites? When did he start?"

Ruan Lanzhu bent his index finger and tapped the table lightly.

"Well..."

The boy raised his head and thought carefully, "About three or four years ago!"

"At that time, the young master was still studying in a private school. One time, after returning from an outing with his classmates, he became obsessed with making kites."

In three or four years, more than twenty lives were lost. What a ruthless person!

"For some reason, the young master was like a possessed man, staying in his room making kites every day and not coming out. He also wouldn't let anyone get close to the room where he was making kites. Later, he even stopped going to private school. The old master was almost mad at him!"

"So you have never been to that little yard?"

Ling Jiushi was a little surprised. He didn't believe that these people could resist their curiosity and not get close to there.

"My father warned me not to get close to the young master's yard, and he even gave the butler some money to ask him to arrange for me to do some sweeping work in the front yard. How could I dare to get close to him?"

Ling Jiushi glanced at Ruan Lanzhu, so the servant's father must know something and asked his son to stay away, for fear of getting into trouble. After all, in the eyes of these people, their lives are nothing at all.

"I know other people are spreading some weird rumors privately, but they are too bizarre to be believed at all!"

"What's that rumor? Tell me about it!"

Ling Jiushi put on an interested expression, grabbed the snacks on the plate and handed it to him, motioning for him to continue.

"They said that in the young master's little courtyard, sometimes at night you can hear a woman crying and wailing, which is more shrill than the screams of ghosts. It's so scary!"

"They also said that sometimes they would see the young master digging a hole outside the bamboo grove with a hoe. Don't you think that's ridiculous?"

The servant thought it was incredible. "That's the young master of the Li Mansion! How could he do such rough work with his own hands? There are so many servants and guards outside, how could he dig the pit himself? He must be dazzled!"

Ruan Lanzhu looked at him with a subtle expression. No wonder this guy's father gave him money to keep him away. It turned out that he was not very smart and was as slow as Cheng Qianli.

"Some time ago, they all said that they saw ghosts at night. I didn't believe it at first, but the night before yesterday, my father came back with a pale face and sweating profusely, saying that he saw the young lady. I guess maybe it was really the young lady who came back to seek revenge!"

Ling Jiushi raised his hand and pressed the servant's shoulder. "Why don't you think about when the maids in your mansion started to disappear frequently."

The servant turned his head to look at him, thought for a while and was about to speak, but suddenly his eyes widened, it seemed that he had figured something out.

Ling Jiushi continued to remind him, "Do you know the boy who delivered food yesterday morning? He told us that maids would disappear from the Li Mansion every once in a while, and before they disappeared, these maids had been to your young master's yard..."

The servant was silent with a dull look on his face...

Ling Jiushi curled his lips and said, "And your young mistress died suddenly. None of you saw her body. You only said that Young Master Li carried her into the coffin himself. Is it really as simple as a sudden illness and death?"

"This this......"

The servant's lips were trembling and he couldn't speak for a long time. Cold sweat broke out on his back. He suddenly realized what kind of environment he was in and was at a loss.

He had never thought about it carefully. There were so many things wrong. No wonder his father asked him to stay in the front yard and not go anywhere. So that's it!

"All right!"

Ling Jiushi patted his shoulder and stood up. "Go home quickly after collecting the dishes. Don't go out today, especially don't go near the young master's yard!"

The servant was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up, cleaned the table and ran away.

After leaving the yard, the servant did not return the dishes, but went directly to find his father. Although he didn't know what would happen today, Ling Jiushi had reminded him so clearly, so he should just hide with his father.

It was still early after the servant left, so Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi planned to go out and pat the ground first, but the backyard was full of women, so they were stopped when they reached the gate of the yard.

"Let's go check out Yuan Muwan's room!"

The two of them walked around the yard and returned to the main gate. Ling Jiushi glanced at the guard at the door. The backyard where the women lived was very large, and there were many servants coming and going in it. If they wanted to find someone in there, it would probably take some effort.

But it doesn't matter. We can just give them a packet of medicine when the time comes. There will be plenty of time to find someone for them.

When we arrived outside the courtyard of the eldest son of the Li family, the door was still guarded by a group of guards. However, there were not many servants in the courtyard, and they all looked down at their feet and did not dare to look up. They walked past in a hurry.

"Want to go in and have a look?"

Ling Jiushi asked Ruan Lanzhu in a low voice.

"No need. These people are all real kung fu masters. It's risky to go in." Ruan Lanzhu raised his hand to check the time. "It's still early. Why don't we go to the kitchen of Li's mansion? It should be busy at this time. There are so many people and maybe we can find out something!"

When the two found the kitchen, it was already busy inside. However, it was different from the outside. There were several middle-aged women helping with chores.

However, it was different from what Ruan Lanzhu had thought. The people inside were busy with their own things and did not chat. Only the two old women who were stoking the fire were whispering something. Due to the distance between them, Ling Jiushi could not hear clearly.

“I can’t hear you at all!”

Ling Jiushi shrugged and his eyes swept over the busy figures.

"The draft water should be pumped from that well!"

Ling Jiushi pointed to the right. There were neatly stacked firewood against the wall. Below the firewood was a well. Two servants were squatting next to it, washing vegetables.

"Just put the medicine directly into the water tank when the time comes!"

Ruan Lanzhu pointed to the kitchen. Opposite the door was a long row of chopping boards. Next to the chopping boards were two particularly large water jars. "With such large jars, put two more packets of medicine in!"

Seeing that they couldn't hear any news here, the two prepared to go back. As soon as they turned around, they saw a thin man and a servant hurriedly entering the kitchen.

"Isn't that the boy who collected the dishes this morning? Is that his father?"

The servant behind the man was the not-so-smart servant whom he had just met in the morning.

"It seems he told his father!"

Ruan Lanzhu also stopped, and the two of them stood behind the bushes and looked inside quietly.

After a while, the two men came out in a hurry again, this time with a woman behind them, wiping her hands on her apron as she walked.

"What's the emergency?"

The three of them walked towards Ruan Lanzhu and the others, getting closer and closer, and the voices of the three of them could be heard clearly.

"Go back first, and talk about it later!"

The man kept walking and looking around, and he looked shrewd.

Seeing him like this, the woman knew that the matter was really serious, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She lowered her head and followed the two men away in a hurry.

When they went back, Li Dongyuan and the other two had already returned from the street. Seeing Ruan Lanzhu and the others come in, Cheng Qianli happily took out a string of candied haws and handed it to Ling Jiushi.

“Just bought it on the street!”

Cheng Qianli bared his teeth and looked very happy, and Ling Jiushi couldn't help but feel happy too.

"Hmm... Not bad!"

Ling Jiushi took a bite of one. The sour and sweet taste made him squint his eyes and curl the corners of his mouth. He did not forget to pass the candied haws to Ruan Lanzhu's mouth, letting him have a taste too.

Ruan Lanzhu took a bite and nodded. It was really good!

"Here!"

Li Dongyuan lazily took out two small paper bags from his pocket. Ruan Lanzhu took them and squeezed them. They were full of medicine powder.

"What medicine? Will it work? Is this enough for so many people?"

Ling Jiushi looked at the small medicine bag in Ruan Lanzhu's hand and was a little skeptical, thinking that the quantity was a little small.

"rest assured!"

Li Dongyuan patted his chest and said, "I personally prepared this knockout drug. One packet of it will definitely knock out a hundred pigs!"

"Okay! We've just inquired about it. When the time comes, we'll put the powder in the water tank, and when they're all asleep, we'll send them to Yuan Muwan's room!"

Ling Jiushi repeated the news he had just heard, and Tan Zaozao almost rolled her eyes. There are so many perverts in this game!

"What about those people on the other side? Should we warn them?"

Tan Zaozao asked Ruan Lanzhu, referring to the other guests who had come to visit her, "Should we tell them not to eat tonight's meal?"

"Go ahead and say it!"

Ruan Lanzhu winked at Li Dongyuan. A seasoned veteran like Li Dongyuan was most suitable for this kind of thing. He knew best how to say it and how much to say.

Li Dongyuan didn't say anything, he just got up lazily and walked out.

"We haven't found the key yet!"

Cheng Qianli glanced at Li Dongyuan's back and reminded him in a low voice. Ling Jiushi touched the back of his head and smiled, "It's okay. The key is either in the room where the kite is made or in the place where Yuan Muwan often stays. It's difficult for us to enter these two places now. Let's look for it after she gets her revenge!"

Thanks to Yaofeng, Fuyaozhishangqiwanli, Mengting0410 for sending me the love-generating app. I love you guys~