Chapter 148 This quality is too low [Please vote for me! 】
When I was in school, every time before an exam, the teacher would say... Here is the key point, it is a must-take exam. If you read it, you will get ten points. If you don’t want to do well in the exam, don’t read it.
This is probably how Liang Yue feels now.
When the housekeeper said this, it really meant that he had highlighted something important.
"The lake in the back garden, right?" Liang Yue nodded.
"Yes." The butler lowered his voice, "I can't take your money in vain, I must remind you. Do you know why we need to recruit people in our house? It's because there have been three desperate people in the past few days. After passing by at night Garden, he was found dead in the lake the next day."
"Is this possible?" Liang Yue pondered slightly.
Three servants died within a few days, which is not a trivial matter. There was no news in the general's mansion, indicating that the deaths of these people were absolutely shameful.
What is in that lake?
Looks like I have to go and check it out.
"Anyway, don't take it seriously, remember?" the housekeeper asked again emphatically.
Liang Yue nodded and said: "Remember."
After the butler's repeated emphasis, he had made up his mind to act tonight.
The butler was then satisfied, and took him to the backyard to change into the servant's clothes, and then checked his accommodation, and finally gave him his task.
“We have a large number of servants in the General’s Mansion, and each person’s job is not much. You are usually responsible for cleaning in this side yard. You must check it in the morning and evening, because the master will pass by here every morning and evening. If you see dirty You will be punished for dirty leaves. As long as you clean this place, it doesn't matter if you are lazy during the day or night. The rest is that when the master is here to receive guests, you have to wait outside the door and wait for orders at any time. "
After listening to what he said, Liang Yue finally understood why so many people were rushing to come to the General's Mansion to be his servant.
It is true that there is more money and less work here. For people in Liangjiang Prefecture, it is also close to home. It is normal for this kind of work to require a lot of work.
The butler was explaining the work to him over there when he heard a noise coming from there. The butler stood on tiptoe and watched for a while, then hurried to the courtyard gate and said with a smile on his face: "Master, today Why are you back so early? "
The person coming is Huang Yuancheng, the guarding general of Liangjiang Prefecture.
He is not tall, wearing a brocade robe, with bronze-black complexion and a solemn face. He is about forty years old and strode into the corridor.
"The Master of the Zheng family is coming to visit later and will order tea to be prepared." Huang Yuancheng said.
"Yes." The butler responded immediately.
When Huang Yuancheng walked into the hall, he immediately went to greet the maids to prepare tea, waved to the servants in the courtyard, pointed at Liang Yue and said: "I didn't have time to ask just now, what is your name?"
"Liang Yue."
"Then you will be called Huang Yue in the house from now on, and I ask you to remember to agree." The housekeeper finished his sentence, turned around and hurriedly went to work, shouting: "Huang Yue." Pan, go and sweep away the fallen leaves from the tree! Huangdie, remember to put on good tea leaves and be careful when serving tea. Mr. Zheng is related to the prince in Shendu.”
Not long after they finished packing, a guest came from the other end of the corridor.
He looks like a rich man in luxurious clothes. He is fat and has a shiny face after walking a few steps. He held a folding fan in his hand and kept shaking it.
"Master Zheng is here. Please don't be surprised if you miss him from afar." Huang Yuancheng came to the door to wait and said face to face.
“Oh, General Huang offended me by saying this.” Mr. Zheng replied, he put away his folding fan and turned a little behind him, “This is my first visit to the mansion, a small gift is not a sign of respect.”
There was a follower behind him carrying a box. Following him, someone opened the lid of the box and saw a small box of silver shining inside, say at least a thousand taels.
Huang Yuancheng remained calm, pulled him to sit down in the hall, and asked: "Mr. Zheng is so kind and generous, but there is nothing to motivate Huang, but it doesn't matter."
"Haha." Mr. Zheng He smiled and said: "General Huang must have heard about what I did in Shengyu Village outside the city. It was just a fisherman who he fell in love with when passing by. I forced her a little bit, and she actually jumped into the water to survive. Who knew that a fisherman who had been there all year round The people by the water just drowned. Originally, the government officials and prison officials helped me suppress the matter, and they treated it as an accident and paid for it. Unexpectedly, the unruly people refused to let me go, and not only spread the word. , I have to go to the city of God to file a complaint."
His eyebrows wrinkled, "Actually, I'm not afraid even if they go to the city of God to file a complaint, but I'm just afraid that people's words will be frightening, and I won't know if the rumors spread. What's going on? You know, I'm taking care of business here for my uncle. If it affects his old man's affairs, it will be serious."
Huang Yuancheng looked subtle, "So Mr. Zheng is. Do you want me to help you stop the villagers who are complaining?"
"Yes." A flash of light flashed in Mr. Zheng's eyes, "I have received news that they plan to set off at night. With their clusters and strange movements, it would be reasonable to kill a few of them as if they were bandits. If the ones who shout the loudest are dead, then the unruly people will be honest.”
"Sorry." Huang Yuancheng pushed the box of silver back, "I'm afraid I can't help Mr. Zheng with this. My soldiers are all for defending the city. Going out of the city overnight is too risky."
As soon as Mr. Zheng heard this, he knew that Huang Yuancheng was trying to prevaricate him.
Liangjiang Mansion is located in the hinterland of Zhongzhou, close to the capital of God. The soldiers here have never been able to fight once in their lives. Who can take advantage of you to go out to do some private work and capture the city?
This is clearly an excuse for not wanting to help.
The reason why he wanted to hire officers and soldiers instead of finding someone to do it himself was because he wanted this level of status.
People like officers, soldiers, and government officials find it easier to get away with killing people. They can easily find a reasonable explanation, but they fall on those unruly people.
If some gangsters or killers were hired to do the job, killing so many people would be a big case, and they would definitely have to be investigated afterwards, which would inevitably cause some trouble.
But Huang Yuancheng was unwilling to take action, and he could not force it.
Immediately stood up and said: "There is no reason to return the gift you gave me? Huang Zhenshou, please accept it. Please keep it a secret for me." Even if he didn't help, he didn't take back the thousand taels of silver. , just threw away and left.
Huang Yuancheng did not look happy, but after watching his back leave, he said coldly: "Humph."
...
As soon as night fell, the General's Mansion became quiet.
Liang Yue leaned against a crack in the previously agreed-upon wall and tapped three times. A figure came up from the opposite side.
"Password." He said first.
The person opposite said: "The blue and white are outlined in the plain embryo, and the strokes are thicker and lighter."
Liang Yue continued: "The peony painted on the bottle is just like your first makeup."
"That's right." Wu Xiaoqi asked in a low voice from the opposite side: "Liang Xianguan, what kind of poem is your password? Why does it feel a bit strange, but also catchy..."
"It is circulated in my hometown. Poetry, you haven’t heard it before.” Liang Yue said.
“Aren’t you from Shendu?” Wu Xiaoqi was startled when he heard this, “I am also from Shendu, why haven’t I heard of it?”
"The city of God is also very big. We are not allowed to worship my fellow villagers. Let's get down to business first." Liang Yue said: "There is something wrong with the lake in the general's mansion. I am going to explore it tonight. In addition, you can check it out outside. Is there a very powerful young man named Zheng in the Jiang Mansion? He is a fat man who usually bullies men and women. He is going to murder a group of fishermen who want to go to Shendu to file a lawsuit tonight. Please check it out quickly. Let's find out. We must stop him from killing people."
Wu Xiaoqi remembered everything he told her, nodded and said, "I understand, Wen Xianguan said she was going to act with you."
"Senior Sister Wen?" Liang Yue asked: "Isn't she outside to take care of you?"
"Wen Xianguan said that she was worried that she would be in danger and would not have time to take action outside." Wu Xiaoqi preached again. .
Liang Yue asked again: "Then where is Senior Sister Wen now?"
"I'm here." Hearing a roar, Wen Yifan, wearing a black tights, fell lightly behind him.
You are right on the other side of the wall, Liang Yue complained silently in his heart. Isn’t it a bit redundant to find someone to pass the message on...
Wen Yifan seemed to have guessed what he was thinking. , said: "I just arrived, and I just found a place to change clothes."
She was wearing black clothes, which made her face smooth and shiny, like a jade plate.
The two met and began to move together. Liang Yue led the way and carefully explored the lake in the back garden.
The night breeze was slightly cool along the way, and the surroundings were quiet and deserted.
I don’t know if it was due to the death of people in the past few days, but none of the servants and maids in the General’s Mansion dared to go out, especially to the back garden.
The two of them seemed to be taking a walk, and they arrived at the deepest part of the back garden, where there was a large landscaped lake. Under the moonlight there was a clear black light, sparkling and moving.
Wen Yifan’s consciousness enveloped the lake, and he felt ripples rippling under the lake, and said, “There is something below.”
Liang Yue looked around and said, “I Go test it out.”
He walked forward all the way to the lake, pretending to be casual all the way.
As he approached, the living creatures in the water suddenly became silent, as if they were afraid of his arrival, and sank to the bottom of the water.
Liang Yue walked to the lakeside and walked around. When there was still no sound, he simply kicked a stone into the water.
A thud.
It sounds like the lake is quite shallow.
However, when the stone fell into the water, there was still no reaction, and even the opponent's breath was restrained. If Senior Sister Wen hadn't used her spiritual sense to detect it earlier, Liang Yue might have really thought that there was nothing underneath.
I can only say that the guy below has a pretty good temper.
Liang Yue stood there and thought for a moment, then suddenly began to unbutton his belt as if to relieve himself by the lake.
Now the living creatures in the water couldn't bear it anymore.
It’s okay if you don’t respect me at all by wandering around here. I tolerated throwing stones into the river, and now you still have to defecate in the open.
This quality is too low, right?
Hearing a roar, a waterfall filled the sky, and a big colorful fish suddenly jumped out. It opened its scarlet mouth, and it was filled with fangs that looked like swords and halberds!
Wen Yifan in the distance shouted: "Water demon!"
(End of this chapter)