A Lady’s Tranquility - Chapter 15

Chapter 015 Zhou Yinzhi

calm.
　　clam down.
　　Jiang Xuening forced himself not to think too much, for the time being, such things as eyes, and the first eyes were just the bud and the beginning of everything.

　　When a man looks at a woman he likes, his eyes are very distinguishable.
　　Because in addition to love, there is always more or less desire.
　　But when a woman looks at a woman she likes, she doesn’t have any desires, and the relationship is essentially the same as looking at a very close friend who she likes very much.
　　She should have left a shadow in her previous life that was too deep, and she had a shadow of a bow and snake.

　　After turning his mind around, Jiang Xuening became much calmer.
　　She was turbulent in her heart, but she couldn’t see it on her face.
　　Although Shen Zhiyi was standing very close to her, she didn’t know how many strange and absurd thoughts she had circled back and forth in her heart, and she only asked the palace servants around her to take a slap-sized Linghua mirror that she carried with her. In the first photo, when I saw the description of the petal-like falling cherry blossoms, my eyes flickered, and I was moved a bit.

　　When she first saw Jiang Xuening just now, she was really surprised by her appearance, thinking that Yan Lin liked her just because of her good color; but after only a few words, this Jiang Er girl told her to see her completely Different from the side of ordinary boudoir girls.
　　Which boudoir lady in Beijing can say these words?
　　She and Yan Lin played together from childhood to adulthood, and then think about it again, he has never been a person who is obsessed with sex, and he really likes this Jiang Er girl who has something very worthy of people’s liking.

　　Shen Zhiyi took two more steps, and she laughed and pulled Jiang Xuening’s hand: “You speak very likable, no wonder Yan Lin likes you, even I can’t help but fall in love with you.”
　　She didn’t say anything. Well, Jiang Xuening almost fell to his knees when he said that.
　　She held the string in her head that was about to break, and resisted the urge to pull her hand back from Shen Zhiyi’s hand. She completely restrained the color she used to be comfortable with, and said with a sincere expression, “The minister’s daughter’s mouth There is no cover, I am used to talking nonsense, please don’t blame the princess.”

　　Seeing her suddenly like this, Shen Zhiyi shrank back, not having the same look and splendor she had when she had drawn her to pick up a pen and traced her face before, she frowned unconsciously and was about to say something.
　　At this moment, there was a voice next to him, saying, “His Royal Highness scared her.”
　　Shen Zhiyi turned to look.

　　The person who spoke was a well-dressed woman, who had been standing next to Shen Zhiyi before, and her style was only weaker than Shen Zhiyi. The clothes are all made of high-quality Shu brocade, and the pearl inlaid on the forehead on her head is worth a lot, not to mention the suet white jade bracelet on her wrist, which has almost no variegation.
　　Yuanshan eyebrows, Danfeng eyes.
　　The blue silk is like a waterfall, and the fragrant cheeks are like snow.
　　Although Jiang Xuening is not so envious at first glance, she is absolutely beautiful in this flower hall, not to mention that she has a natural noble air between her eyebrows and lips. Although he is laughing, it gives people a sense of not being angry.
　　He looks like a great guy.

　　This is Xiao Shu, the eldest miss of the Duke of Chengguo, and Jiang Xuening also recognizes it.
　　Or to put it more clearly –
　　the eldest lady of the Xiao family in Chengguo Gongfu who was almost slaughtered by Xie Wei in her last life.

　　She only watched from the side until now, and then came out to speak.
　　It’s just that Shen Zhiyi was a little dissatisfied after hearing this.
　　Xiao Shu laughed, spread out the incense fan in her hand, looked at Jiang Xuening, but moved close to Shen Zhiyi’s ear and said a few words in a low voice.

　　After Shen Zhiyi heard this, her eyes flashed a bit brightly, and the originally unsightly scar under her left eye was also dotted into the shape of falling cherry blossoms.
　　She smiled and clapped her hands: “You have a good idea.”
　　Then she said to Jiang Xuening: “Today is inconvenient, I will find you another day to play.”

　　Jiang Xuening didn’t hear what Xiao Shu said to her, but a little uneasiness rose in her heart: you must know that she and Xiao Shu didn’t match up very well in the last life, and they were basically the same age. She married Shen Jie when Shen Jie was still the king of Linzi. After Shen Jie ascended the throne, she was named queen; Xiao Shu entered the palace later. Brothers and sisters, they soon sealed the imperial concubine, and let her assist the sixth palace.
　　Although she was born into the Xiao family, she ended badly in the end.
　　But at the moment, the existence of Xiao Shu still makes Jiang Xuening couldn’t help but feel a little jealous.

　　She respectfully replied “yes” to Shen Zhiyi, but she just nodded lightly to Xiao Shu –
　　never have anything to do with Xiao Shi.
　　In the future, Xie Wei will kill people without blinking an eye.

　　Xiao Shu grew up in a high school like the Duke’s Mansion. What she saw and learned was far from what she could compare to looking for a girl. From Jiang Xuening’s small gesture, she easily felt the indifference of the other party towards her.
　　This is kind of interesting.
　　Xiao Shu didn’t show anything, just gave Jiang Xuening a meaningful look before pulling Shen Zhiyi away.

　　Because the banquet at the Qingyuan Uncle’s Mansion was coming to an end, and just happened to meet the eldest lady of the imperial palace and the eldest princess of the dynasty, sisters You Shuang and You Yue knew how to seize the opportunity and invited the two of them to do it. Judging, point out the leaders who wrote poems and paintings at the Chrysanthemum Banquet today.
　　Xiao Shu’s poems and paintings are excellent, so I read them one by one.
　　At the end of a discussion with Shen Zhiyi, Shen Zhiyi selected You Yue’s “Skinny Chrysanthemum” as the first in the painting, and selected Miss Fan’s “Contemplation of the Chongyang” by the head of the Hanlin Academy as the first in the poem.

　　That Miss Fan family’s poetry and calligraphy are considered stable;
　　however, You Yue’s hard work in painting for many years has finally paid off, and she was hand-picked by Princess Leyang.

　　Jiang Xuening was neither able to draw nor write, and watched from the beginning to the end, watching this all over, and when Shen Zhiyi and Xiao Shu left, he was the first to leave.

　　*

　　When helping her on the carriage, Tang’er asked cautiously, “Are you going to the Xiaolou?”
　　Jiang Xuening looked at the sky and counted the time. When the flower hall ended just now, the waterside was still lively, and Yan Lin was in a hurry. Shouldn’t be out for a while. So he turned his eyes and remembered another thing that was still dragging on.
　　She said, “Go to Xiejie Hutong first.”

　　Zhou Yinzhi lived in Xiejie Hutong.
　　This hutong is really not close to the Forbidden City, so many ministers who need to go to court or often enter the palace will not choose to build their mansion here, and Wang Gongxun ghosts are all in the east of the city, so this hutong is in Most of the people who lived there were low-grade officials.
　　Zhou Yinzhi made his fortune late, and his money had to be used to clear up and manage relationships. Naturally, he had no extra financial resources to buy a mansion.

　　Therefore, when Jiang Xuening arrived at Dexiejie Hu, he could only see two small black lacquered doors in the depths, buckled with old copper door knockers, with the extremely simple word “Zhou Fu” hanging on them.
　　Really shabby.
　　She asked Tanger to knock on the door.

　　After a while, a female voice came from inside: “Come on.”

　　Soon the sound of taking down the back door latch was heard.
　　Immediately after a “squeak”, the door opened, and a delicate face came out from inside, first saw Tang’er, and then saw Jiang Xuening behind Tanger, only to feel that although the dress was not gorgeous, it didn’t look like it. With a simple identity, he hesitated for a while: “Who are you?”

　　Jiang Xuening didn’t answer, but asked, “Is Master Zhou not at home?”
　　The beautiful woman said, “Today, Master went to the guardhouse early in the morning, and I don’t know when I will be back. If the girl is in a hurry, she might as well sit in the hospital first, slave. Ask someone to pass it on to you. It’s just that the lord can’t return, and the slave really doesn’t know.”

　　Jiang Xuening didn’t expect that he would have to wait.
　　But now that they have come, what is the point of running for nothing?
　　She thought for a moment, then nodded.

　　The woman opened the door for two steps, asked her and her maid to come in, then walked to the small courtyard, called the boy who was brushing horses in the courtyard and said, “Nanzhou, go to the guardhouse to find an adult. If you go, just say that there is a guest at home and you need to find him in an emergency.”
　　The boy named Nanzhou put down his broom and was about to go out.
　　Jiang Xuening frowned for a while, then suddenly stopped him and said, “No need, just tell your family that his beloved horse is dying of illness, and ask him to come back and take a look.”

　　Nanzhou couldn’t help but look at the woman in a daze.
　　The woman didn’t know Jiang Xuening’s identity, but she didn’t look like she was here to seek revenge, and she was afraid that she would miss the matter of the adults, so although she hesitated, she finally nodded and said, “I will report it like this.”
　　Nanzhou just went . .

　　The hospital is not very large, and there are only four or five rooms in total, and the guests are in the central hall.
　　The woman called herself “Yao Niang”, a servant girl bought by Zhou Yinzhi.
　　She asked Jiang Xuening to take a seat and made some tea to serve it. Xu Shizuo saw such a brilliant person for the first time. He was a little overwhelmed and embarrassed.

　　Jiang Xuening had heard about Yaoniang in her last life.
　　She is one of the few concubines around Zhou Yinzhi who can be favored for many years.
　　It turned out that they had followed so early, and it was considered a meeting at Wei Wei. It is no wonder that in the future, even if a group of concubines and concubines were favored, they would never treat such a plain-looking concubine.

　　Jiang Xuening said: “It’s okay, I’ll sit for a while. If your family doesn’t come back for a long time, I’ll leave soon.”

　　She took the tea and took a sip.
　　The frozen top oolong, however, is indeed jerky and a little bitter in the mouth.
　　She had been raised in the palace for a long time and had high requirements for her appetite, so she did not force herself at this moment, only took a sip and put down the tea.

　　After waiting for about two to three quarters, the sound of hurried footsteps came from the Hutong eloquence.
　　Yaoniang hurriedly went up to open the door.
　　Zhou Yinzhi came in wearing a black brocade robe with dark embroidered cloud patterns. The courtyard was small and unobstructed. As soon as he looked up at the entrance of the courtyard, he saw Jiang Xuening sitting in the hall, and his eyes flashed.

　　He walked into the house.
　　Yaoniang followed him.
　　He turned around and said, “Go down.”

　　Yaoniang was stunned for a moment and glanced at Jiang Xuening, she didn’t dare to say anything, she only said: “The lord has something to call for a slave.”

　　Zhou Yinzhi just walked in, but it was not vague, he bowed and bowed to Jiang Xuening: “Last time, the second lady was invited, Zhou has something to do temporarily, so he left without saying goodbye, which is rude. Today, the girl is too tired to come in person, I hope the girl forgives her sins. .”
　　This man was quite tall, and standing in the hall felt that the house was short.
　　Jiang Xuening looked up at him and said, “You come back sooner.”

　　”There is nothing to do in the guardhouse, and Ben is also ready to come back.”
　　In fact, the opposite is true. The guardhouse is always busy with things. When Nanzhou came to him, he was listening to the quarrel between Zhou Qianhu and Zhang Zhe in the case of the Criminal Division. When Nanzhou said that his horse was not good, the first thought in his heart knew it was wrong.
　　When he arrived at the guardhouse in the morning, he had just fed the horses himself, and there was nothing wrong with him.
　　So I knew there was something else.
　　He immediately expressed concern and told the officer in the guardhouse before hurrying back.
　　When I asked Nanzhou on the way, it was Jiang Xuening who came looking for it.

　　Zhou Yinzhi was born in vain and has ambitions. Facing Jiang Xuening, a weak girl, there is no arrogance in his expression, but he lowers his posture: “But maybe the girl will wait for two days, it will be you. If you don’t come to Zhou, Zhou will come to you.”
　　Jiang Xuening guessed, but pretended to be surprised: “Oh?”
　　Zhou Yinzhi said: “When Zhou Qianhu here in Jinyiwei recently took the thief, he didn’t ask the Criminal Division to take it. He was criticized and signed, so Zhang Zhe was impeached and claimed that he should be severely punished in accordance with the law. Although Zhou Qianhu had some relations with the DPRK and China, the matter was not easy to settle. I don’t know how Zhang Zhe was, but at least Zhou Qianhu The position of a thousand households is difficult to guarantee. This will leave a shortage of places for a thousand households. However, someone from Zhou is very light-hearted. He has neither money to dredge, nor active connections, so he planned to have the cheek to ask the second girl for help. “

　　It turned out that the shortage he was trying to find had something to do with Zhang Zha.
　　She really didn’t know much about Zhang Zha’s early years, and she didn’t know how he spent this time.
　　Jiang Xuening narrowed her eyes.
　　When she came here, she had a complete plan, but she didn’t expect Zhou Yinzhi to be so straightforward, so she opened her mouth first. But it’s good, so she doesn’t have to waste any more words.

　　Thinking about it, she said, “Do you want to ask me to introduce you to Yan Lin?”
　　Zhou Yinzhi sat under her head, a ray of light flashed through his sharp eyes like a falcon and said only: “The Marquis of Yongyi is comparable to the Xiao family, and is quite able to speak in the court. And the girl is on good terms with the prince, and the prince will be crowned in the year. If I can win the eyes of the prince, I will also work for the girl in the future.”
　　This obviously means that she will marry into Yongyi Hou’s mansion in the future.

　　Zhou Yinzhi made such a request in her previous life because she wanted to personally check Shen Jie’s identity first, and she really thought that Zhou Yinzhi could be used for her, so she helped her.
　　But in this life, she already knew Shen Jie’s identity, so she naturally wanted nothing.
　　It’s just…
　　Jiang Xuening looked at him and smiled slowly: “My father is the minister of the household. Although he is not in charge of the personnel department, he is also one of the six departments. If you just want to seek a shortage of thousands of households, just ask for it. The father is, but he wants to cast the son of Yan from me. I am curious, why?”

　　Listening to her words, Zhou Yinzhi suddenly had a feeling that he couldn’t tell it –
　　when did the second girl become so clear about the court’s affairs?
　　It should be noted that in the past, she was just a pampered temperament, and she followed Yan Shizi all day long to make trouble.

　　He looked at Jiang Xuening and didn’t answer for a while.

　　Jiang Xuening said: “It’s not too bad for me to introduce you to Yan Lin. But I have a question, and I want to ask you first. This is also the purpose of my visit this time.”
　　Zhou Yinzhi said calmly: ” “Miss, please.”
　　Jiang Xuening said: “The disposal of Zhou Qianhu has not been settled yet, but you are already eager to ask me to introduce Yan Lin to you. In addition to seeking a position in a thousand households, I am afraid that there is also Cha Pingnan from Jinyiwei. Wang Jiu’s case, I want you to sneak into Yongyi Hou’s mansion and check it out?”

　　”Crackling!” The
　　the sharp and harsh sound was the short sound of Zhou Yinzhi’s hair standing on end, and when he suddenly stood up, he brought it to the chair under the seat, causing the legs of the chair to hit the ground and pulled out.
　　His pupils tightened, staring at Jiang Xuening.
　　The eyes are completely unbelievable!

　　You must know that he only heard the news two days ago. The chief of the guardhouse just called him in and gave some instructions. It was a secret in the secret, and he didn’t even tell anyone!
　　But now Jiang Xuening has revealed it in one sentence!
　　How did she find out?!

　　Jiang Xuening saw Zhou Yinzhi’s strong reaction, how could he not know that he had guessed right?
　　This time it was sadness.
　　No wonder Zhou Yin’s last life was miserable. Yongyi Hou’s mansion was implicated in the old case of King Pingnan’s rebellion, and his house was searched and exiled. It’s no wonder that Xie Wei wanted to make him die from a thousand arrows, and even cut off his head and hang him at the palace gate…

　　And this poisonous snake was actually introduced to Yan Lin back then.

　　Jiang Xuening closed his eyes slightly and said, “Zhou Yinzhi, if you want to live, I will teach you a good lesson. This case is of great importance, and it should not be too deeply implicated in it. If it is done, it may be a prosperous moment; you can wait a little longer. , I’m just afraid that your head is in a different place, and you will die without a place to be buried!”

　　*

　　After Jiang Xuening had a showdown with Zhou Yinzhi, he told him for a while before leaving.
　　It was getting late, and she was afraid that Yan Lin would be waiting for a long time in the building.

　　After she left, Zhou Yinzhi sat in the hall with a gloomy face, but he didn’t move for a long time.
　　Until Yaoniang came in to look for it, she was frightened by his face: “Sir, what
　　’s the matter with you?” Zhou Yinzhi didn’t answer.

　　He turned his eyes and looked at the small courtyard.
　　In one corner of the courtyard is a stable, where a first-class purplish red horse is burying its head and grazing.
　　This is a horse that Zhou Yin bought for himself when he was looking for a hundred households in Jinyiwei two years ago. He needs to feed it himself every day, and then take it to the outskirts of Beijing for a run.

　　He watched for a while, then got up and walked over, stroking the horse’s beautiful smooth mane.
　　The horse knew its master and rubbed his palm affectionately.
　　But Yaoniang, who was standing under the eaves, clearly saw that Zhou Yinzhi had already pulled out the knife around his waist with his other hand, and suddenly screamed.

　　”Pfft—”
　　When the sharp tip of the knife penetrated the horse’s neck, there was a cracking sound.
　　The horse’s front hooves jumped up in pain and kicked down the stable, but Zhou Yinzhi held down the horse’s head, and a large amount of blood spurted out, splashing Zhou Yinzhi all over his body.
　　However, the knife was ruthless and accurate, and it fell down without struggling for a while.

　　Only then did Zhou Yinzhi lose his strength. He half-knelt in the terrifying pool of blood, clutching the blood-stained knife in one hand and gently resting on the horse’s head with the other. Said: “Remember, no one came to look for it today, my horse is sick.”