Brocade tears

"What's your name?"

"The little girl's name is Li Huier."

"What do you do?"

"This...Master Jun should know, the little girl is a maid of the Shangfu Bureau in the palace."

"I'm curious as to why the palace maid left the palace."

"I can't say that, I said that I will be retaliated, and I ask the military master to be sympathetic."

"Hey, did you know some terrible secret?"

Sui'er smiled but didn't answer.

"Okay, it's fine if you don't say anything. How did you get out of the palace? I'm also curious. If no one helped you, how did you get out of the palace walls and gates? You can't turn into a bird and fly out with wings. stop?"

"Master Jun, I want to know whether you are ordered to interrogate me now, or just chatting with me in private." Sui'er asked.

"Hahahaha, you asked me. Let me tell you clearly, our Jinyiwei is very independent in investigating cases and is not bound by any official party. The only person who can directly order us is the Holy One. You just talk in general, private conversation, that doesn't count. I don't do things for anyone, I am a narrow-minded person, and I only see the Holy One in my eyes."

"Is the Holy Majesty going to check on my little girl? My little girl is really terrified." She suddenly showed a look of panic, which made people feel amazed.

Guo Dayou was choked by her, his expression changed, and he said instead:

"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, how to escape, I go to the palace to inquire, and I can always find out. It is meaningless for you to go around with me on this matter."

"If the military master can investigate, then the little girl will not open her mouth. The little girl is really afraid of trouble, and everything is just to find a way out, so I ask the military master to be sympathetic." She begged in a low voice.

Guo Dayou became angry for no reason, he hadn't met anyone who could make him angry for a long time.He sneered and said:

"You seem to be very sure that I won't be able to find out. It seems that you have some connections in the palace that can help you cover up."

"Master Jun, I'm just the most ordinary and lowest-ranked court lady in Shangfu Bureau." Sui'er said calmly.

With a "bang", Guo Dayou suddenly slapped the table with his palm, and the crack that had been photographed by Meng Kuang on the table and the legs of the table widened again, and the table wobbled and almost fell apart.Sui'er was so frightened that she trembled all over, and her body trembled slightly.

"Don't think that if I speak politely to you now, you can fool me. Whatever I ask you, you can answer honestly. While I am still patient, I will not suffer from flesh and blood." Guo Dayou finally made a judgment Well, you can't make this woman submit by talking around her head. She is really smart and can't be fooled.So just use the most direct way.

Sui'er was indeed shocked by his palm, but her next reaction made Guo Dayou confused.She suddenly took a sneak peek at Meng Kuang.Meng Kuang's eyes met hers, and then he looked away unnaturally, turning his head to look aside.Guo Dayou frowned, glanced sideways at Meng Kuang, and wondered what this woman was doing to see Meng Shisan.

"Master Jun, my little girl is lonely and helpless, do you have to persecute me like this? It's not that my little girl doesn't want to tell the truth, but she is really afraid of being retaliated. If... If you can protect my little girl from being retaliated, then I can say..." Sui'er's crying words brought Guo Dayou back to his thoughts.

"You tell the truth, I said it at the beginning, I will help if I can." Guo Dayou said.

"All right, let me say." Sui'er raised her hand, wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, sniffed, and said, "I am a maid of the Shangfu Bureau. Because of my exquisite craftsmanship, I am valued by the Queen Mother, so I can Handling the quilts of concubines in the palace. A few days ago, I was ordered to make clothes for Concubine Zheng. Because I left a tailor’s bag at Concubine Zheng’s place, I hurried back to get it. I was afraid, so I had to steal the badge of an internal servant who was procured by an internal official supervisor, and escaped from the palace."

"You are so capable that you actually managed to steal the badge purchased by the Inspector?" Guo Dayou didn't believe a word of what she said, because the scope of activities of the court ladies was completely different from that of the Inspector.The maids of the Shangfu Bureau are all in the inner court, and they have to go through at least two palace bans to get close to the Outer Court House of Internal Affairs where the Inner Supervisor is located.

"Because I know a sister who often meets privately in the inner court with a recruiter of the inner court, I know where he will appear, and deliberately collided with him to get his badge."

This statement is possible, because there are indeed some servants of the internal officials who have the tokens to enter the inner court, because they are responsible for transporting the purchased artifacts into the inner court.

"What about the servant? Where did you get it?"

"Four days ago, a servant of Xianfu Palace accidentally fell from a high place in order to clean the nest nests on the eaves of the palace for Empress Li [note], and was not rescued. The clothes of the dead servant would have been burned, but we got it."

"You actually stole the clothes of the dead!" Guo Dayou was surprised again.

"So what if you steal the clothes of the dead in order to survive."

"Where's the token you stole?"

"Burn it together with the servants."

"Who is that internal supervisor?"

"His name is Lu Jingshi, Jun Ye, don't make things difficult for him. He lost his token, and I'm afraid he won't survive."

"Hmph, if you stole someone's token, you would have put someone to death." Guo Dayou sneered.

Listening to Sui Er's answer, Meng Kuang's back was slowly drenched in cold sweat. Thanks to Sui Er's ability to answer so smoothly, she had considered all the details that Guo Dayou would ask. At this time, she quietly came to inform Sui Er just now. It's just time for a cup of tea.Sui'er should have considered that Guo Dayou would verify everything she answered.If she speaks nonsense, Guo Dayou will definitely see through.Are these all facts?Is this the real process of her stealing out of the palace?

Meng Kuang frowned, staring at Sui'er's profile with a pair of dark and deep eyes.She really couldn't tell which sentence this person said was true and which sentence was false.

Meng Kuang didn't notice that Zhou Jintong who was beside him observed her staring at Sui'er, and his face looked a bit uncomfortable.

Guo Dayou then asked Sui Er several questions in detail, all about the details of her passage through the gates of the palace. It sounded trivial, but it was crucial, and Sui Er answered them one by one.Guo Dayou was silent for a while, as if he chose to believe Sui'er's answer.He stood up and said, "Girl, you can't go back right now, I'm wronged you to stay in my brother's house for a few more days, I have to think about whether you will stay or not."

"Thank you for your help, Master Jun, for your kindness and virtue, my daughter is very grateful." Sui'er got up and crossed her arms as a big salute.

Guo Dayou waved his hand and left the dormitory as if a little annoyed. Zhou Jintong and Meng Kuang followed him and left the dormitory.When Meng Kuang finally closed the door, he saw Sui Er staring at her through the crack of the door with a faint smile on his face.Meng Kuang's heart froze for an instant, as if his heart had been pushed against by a living creature, and it was a little sore.She lowered her eyes and stopped looking, closed the door and left.

Meng Kuang and Zhou Jintong followed Guo Dayou to the main gate, the sun was westward and it was getting late.Guo Dayou was deep in thought, Zhou Jintong remained silent, and the three of them remained silent.When he reached the door, Guo Dayou suddenly stopped and said to Meng Kuang:

"Thirteen, let's stop here today. At the beginning of the morning tomorrow, you go to the Ministry of Households to report to me."

Meng Kuang bowed and saluted, expressing his approval.

"And you, on Tuesday (the second child in Zhou Jintong's family), remember to report to the household department at the beginning of tomorrow." Guo Dayou instructed Zhou Jintong who was on the side.

However, Zhou Jin and Gu Zichui stared blankly and did not respond.

Guo Dayou patted the kid on the forehead and said, "Did you hear that?"

"Ah?!" He was startled for a moment, and quickly recovered his senses and said, "Guo Tou, I'm sorry, I was distracted."

"Teach you to go to the Ministry of Households to report to me at the beginning of the morning tomorrow, understand?" Guo Dayou looked at him strangely and repeated.

"Here." Zhou Jintong hurriedly replied.

"You're in a daze, boy. You performed poorly today. I have to report to Lao Liu."

"Ah? Guotou, please do me a favor, please don't!" Zhou Jintong begged for mercy.

"Humph!"

Standing outside the door, Meng Kuang watched them lead the horses away with a faint smile, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.Today is really a long day, she knows too many things at once, what she should know, what she shouldn't know.The complicated affairs in court seemed to be suddenly entangled with her, a small Jinyiwei family.Right now, Sui'er has passed Guo Dayou's interrogation for the time being, but Guo Tou is not so easy to fool, I am afraid he will inevitably become suspicious in the future, Sui'er staying in Beijing is not a long-term plan.Now she has to make long-term plans for the future.

She turned around and went back to her own door, closed the courtyard door, and fastened the bolt, then took off the Asura mask wearily, and let out a long sigh.

Qingxu came over and led the horse she had left in the front yard back to the stable in the back yard.Not far away, on the steps of the main hall, her younger sister Meng Yan was standing there looking at her.The two looked at each other in silence for a while, and Meng said:

"Go wash up, and come to the kitchen to help make dinner."

Half an hour later, Meng Kuang had dinner with Qing Xu and Meng Yan.At the dining table, Meng Kuang was too tired to talk, so he just ate in silence; Meng Yan fell ill today, and his appetite was not very good.Qingxu finished eating quickly, and said:

"Brother Kuang, my little boss, if there is nothing else to do, I'll be back today."

"Okay, I really worked hard on you today." Meng Kuang said hastily.

"Should I come earlier tomorrow? Shall we continue to make that batch of plaster orders?"

"I won't do it." Meng Kuang thought for a while, and said, "This matter is a bit strange, let's temporarily suspend business tomorrow, and you don't have to come here tomorrow."

"Well, I'll save it. If you need anything, come and find me. I'm leaving."

After sending Qingxu away, Meng Yan also put aside the bowl and chopsticks, and said to Meng Kuang:

"Sister, don't lock her up. Let her come out and walk around, exercise her muscles and bones."

Meng Kuang stopped chopsticks for a moment, looked at his sister, and heard Meng Ai say: "I took her pulse today, her body is too bad, she needs to take medicine and diet for a long time, and cooperate with some opera exercises to promote the smooth flow of muscles, bones and blood. Only then can she get better. She needs to be exposed to the sun more, otherwise her body will not recover. She has been locked in the room all day long, the air is not good, the sun is not enough, and she can't walk an inch, which is really not conducive to her recovery. Do you know Well, her body is covered with bruises and bruises. I gave her medicine today, and I feel pain just looking at her. I don't know how she lived in the palace and how she was beaten like this. "

Meng Kuang couldn't eat anymore, he stopped his bowl and chopsticks, and his heart felt cramped.After a moment of silence, she said:

"You are a doctor, so I naturally follow your doctor's advice."

Hearing what her sister said, Meng Ai smiled sweetly.

"But when you let her out, there must be someone watching. Don't let her run away. It's too late to regret it." Meng Kuang added hastily.

"Okay, no problem." Meng Yan agreed wholeheartedly.But then worries appeared on his face, and he asked: "Sister, Guo Dayou went to interrogate her today, did you suspect us?"

"Don't worry, Sui'er doesn't say anything else, this bluffing skill is really top-notch, even Guo Tou was fooled by her."

After dinner, Meng An packed some food and sent it to Sui'er, while Meng Kuang went to the backyard first, fetched a bucket of water, scrubbed the horses, and added fodder to the trough.It was only then that she went to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes, covered in sweat, but when she came out, she bumped into Meng Yan who appeared at the door of the bathroom with Sui'er, both holding a change of clothes and bath towels in their hands.

Meng Kuang was wearing a soft cross-neck gown with wet hair. Although he was still wearing men's clothes, his appearance changed drastically. He was originally a cold-blooded and ruthless Jinyiwei Tiqi, but suddenly turned into a gentle and handsome young woman. Unrecognizable.Seeing her like this, Sui'er couldn't help but smile.

"What are you doing?" Meng Kuang stared at his younger sister, thinking that although he agreed to let Sui'er come out, this girl is too self-assertive.

"Sui'er has medicine on her body, and she needs to be washed to change the medicine. She hasn't bathed for a long time, and she's going to smell bad. Hey, don't get stuck here, get out of the way." Then she yelled at her sister, He led Sui'er into the bathroom.Meng Kuang froze in place, with an incredulous expression on his face, thinking that his little sister had a bitter hatred for Sui'er, didn't he?When did the relationship get so good?How dare you talk to your sister like that.

Sui'er, who was dragged into the bathroom by Meng An, looked back and left Meng Kuang with a sweet smile.