Just as Jiang Yunxi left, Jiang Zhao, who had been pretending to be asleep, immediately got up.
She quickly tidied herself up and then rushed out of the room.
A few days ago, Mrs. He had told her not to wander around outside casually, so she definitely couldn't go out through the main gate.
She knew there was a dog - hole in the back yard. To avoid being discovered, Jiang Zhao chose to crawl through it.
Jiang Zhao pushed aside the overgrown weeds in the back yard, and a medium - sized dog - hole appeared in front of her.
She knelt on the ground without caring about her image, stuck her butt up and crawled into the dog - hole. Before she could even get her upper body out...
She heard a teasing voice behind her: "Cough, cough, cough... Jiang Zhao."
Jiang Zhao's body instantly froze. She was stuck in the dog - hole, neither in nor out. It was not right to crawl forward, and it was not right to stay still.
She could only maintain a very awkward posture and couldn't even turn her head.
The person behind her saw her embarrassment and ordered, "Get her out."
Nan Feng stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Zhao's feet with both hands, and with a strong tug, pulled Jiang Zhao out of the dog - hole.
When Jiang Zhao looked up, she almost didn't recognize the person standing in front of her.
He had red lips and white teeth, looking a bit like a girl.
After thinking for a moment, she remembered that it was her third brother, Jiang Qinian, the twin brother of her second brother.
Although they were twins, they didn't look alike at all.
Look how thin he was, as if he was skin and bones. He coughed almost every few steps. People who didn't know might think that the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion didn't feed Jiang Qinian.
Jiang Qinian looked at Jiang Zhao with disgust: "It seems that the food in the Marquis's Mansion is too good. You're so fat that you can get stuck even when crawling through a dog - hole."
"I'll tell the kitchen staff tomorrow to halve the young lady's food, so as to avoid getting stuck next time and making a fool of yourself in front of others."
Jiang Zhao wasn't angry. She stood up and patted the dirt off her body: "Even if I'm fat, at least I'm in good health and can run and jump."
"It's much better than you, third brother, who is so thin that you look like a skeleton. I'm afraid a gust of wind will blow you down, and if you stay in the sun for too long, you'll melt."
"Third brother, you should worry about yourself first."
"Cough, cough, cough...!" As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Qinian coughed violently, as if he was going to cough out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhao quickly took two steps back: "Don't try to frame me."
"You... you..." Jiang Qinian covered his chest and pointed at Jiang Zhao, unable to say a word for a long time.
Nan Feng helped him calm his breath. This was the first time he had seen someone who could silence his young master.
"You ungrateful thing! I was kind enough to rescue you, and this is how you talk back to your elder brother!" Jiang Qinian's eyes were blood - shot due to the coughing: "I should have never let grandmother agree to your return! Otherwise, you'll only anger everyone to death!"
Jiang Zhao snorted softly. She was also worried that she might really anger her sickly third brother to death, which would be hard to explain. So she turned around and was about to crawl back into the dog - hole.
Jiang Qinian saw this and immediately flew into a rage: "You still want to crawl through the dog - hole?! Jiang Zhao, is your face as thick as a city wall?"
Jiang Zhao turned around and said helplessly, "What else?"
"Third brother, are you stupid? Since I'm crawling through the dog - hole, I definitely can't go out through the main gate."
"I'm stupid?" Jiang Qinian pointed at himself in disbelief: "If I'm stupid, then you're just plain stupid!"
"Once getting stuck isn't enough for you? You still want to make a fool of yourself in front of others."
Jiang Qinian waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go. Nan Feng, take her out through the side gate!"
"Hurry up and get out of here! The farther you go, the better. Don't wander in front of me. You're so annoying!"
Jiang Zhao was stunned for a moment and suspected, "Are you really being kind? You're not trying to set me up, are you?"
Jiang Qinian finally realized that people would laugh when they were extremely speechless: "Yes, yes, yes. I'm just trying to set up stupid people like you!"
"You can go if you want. If you don't, just go back to your courtyard and stay there!"
"I'll go! Who said I won't go? Even if it's a trap, I'll take it. Anyway, it's you, third brother, who told me to go out." Jiang Zhao's eyes rolled quickly, and she immediately thought of an excuse in case she was caught.
Before leaving, Jiang Zhao also threw out a sentence: "Third brother, I know it was you outside the courtyard wall that day. I heard everything."
"If you want to see me next time, just come openly. There's no need to act like a thief secretly."
This made Jiang Qinian cough again, and he said disgustedly, "Get over yourself!"
Not long after, Nan Feng came back: "Young master, the person who was following the young lady saw that it was me who sent the young lady out, and then left. Presumably, he's going back to report to the madam."
Jiang Qinian appeared here because he noticed Yicui, who was beside Mrs. He, following Jiang Zhao.
If she really crawled through the dog - hole and went out today, she would surely be punished when she came back.
Jiang Qinian said, "How could such a stupid person be my younger sister? Push me back."
...
Due to the delay, Jiang Zhao took a shortcut to Wenbu Zhai.
When she arrived, Jiang Yunxi's carriage was already parked in front of Wenbu Zhai. Jiang Zhao then entered through the back door of the shop.
Fortunately, Fu Shengyan was smart. As soon as Jiang Yunxi said something, he understood that it must be Jiang Zhao's idea.
With just a few words, he managed to calm Jiang Yunxi down.
Jiang Yunxi looked around Wenbu Zhai and then at Fu Shengyan hiding in the dark. She couldn't help but regret coming to this gloomy place.
"Has Song E not come yet?" Jiang Yunxi was getting impatient and asked urgently.
Fu Shengyan sipped his tea leisurely: "There's no need to be in a hurry. Please wait a little longer, sir."
Just as he finished speaking, a hunched figure walked out from inside.
Fu Shengyan curled his lips: "Here comes the person."
When the figure walked into the light, Jiang Yunxi could finally see the person's attire clearly.
The person was wearing a gray robe just like Fu Shengyan's, with a black mask with intertwined patterns on the face, and was leaning on a walking stick. It seemed that the person had a problem with their legs.
No matter how Jiang Yunxi looked at it, the person in front of her didn't seem to be the hermit expert that Jiang Zhao had described.
Instead, the person looked like a swindling fortune - teller.
But since she had come, Jiang Yunxi still took a seat.
Song E spoke first: "Is your family being harassed by evil spirits?" Her voice was hoarse and unpleasant. One could barely tell that it was a woman's voice.
Jiang Yunxi was obviously stunned: "How do you know?"
Under the mask, Song E's pale lips curled up: "I not only know this, but I also know that you've probably been having a lot of bad luck recently."
Song E accurately described Jiang Yunxi's recent experiences and the matter of the black shadow following Jiang Yuyao.
Now Jiang Yunxi had complete trust in the person in front of her. The look in her eyes when she looked at Song E was filled with admiration: "Sure enough, you're a real expert. You're amazing!"
Fu Shengyan almost spat out his tea. Jiang Zhao had almost deceived her elder brother into a complete fool.
"Sir, there's no need to be too panicked. This is just a period when your fortune is changing. It's normal to have a low - luck period. Everything will be fine after this month."
Song E's words were like a reassurance pill to Jiang Yunxi. Then Song E changed the subject: "The most important thing is the evil spirit in your family."
Jiang Yunxi asked urgently: "Does the expert have a way to resolve it? Do you know where this evil spirit comes from?"
Song E pretended to think deeply for a moment: "All evil spirits have their origins, but their sources are quite complicated. Although we can't completely eradicate them for the time being, we can suppress them a little."
"When I find the source, I'll naturally take action." As Song E spoke, she took out a few talismans from somewhere and placed them on the table. The meaning was self - evident.
These talismans were drawn in advance for Jiang Yuyao, but since Jiang Yunxi had come, she might as well sell them to him directly.