C209 Found a Place
C209 Found a Place
Jiang Changhua had a good sleep last night, when he woke up, he shouted for Peony to serve him. maidservant, who was serving beside him, had a fawning smile on her face as she charmingly said: "Master, Fifth Madame went back to her own courtyard yesterday. I'm afraid she hasn't even woken up yet, so let this servant serve you and change your clothes first."
On the surface, maidservant seemed to be understanding towards peonies and thought for her, but in reality, she was applying ointment on her. He said that she didn't fulfill her duty of serving others and didn't stay close by night, instead, she went back to the courtyard while Jiang Changhua was asleep.
As expected, Jiang Changhua's face darkened as he slammed his palm on the bed, and said angrily: "This grandpa carried her into the door, and made her serve this grandpa. He's already sunning his butt, and she still hasn't woken up, are you counting on this grandpa to serve her?"
Peony, who just happened to be standing outside the door, heard their conversation and laughed to herself. Lady Jiang had clearly forbidden her to stay and wait on him last night, and now she said that she had snuck back into the courtyard on her own.
She smiled and politely called out to him, "Master, Peony has come to pay her respects."
Jiang Changhua, who was fuming, immediately felt an itch in his heart when he heard her coquettish voice. He lost his temper and anxiously said: "Quickly come in, I am waiting for you."
Peony walked in. She was wearing a plain long skirt and a simple bun, there was no heavy jewelry on her head, only a pearl hairpin. She looked like a gentle, virtuous and noble woman, and Jiang Changhua immediately reached out to pull her.
Peony placed her hand on his palm and asked with concern, "Master, did you sleep well last night?"
"Good, good, good. You slept very well." Jiang Changhua smiled and nodded, the two lumps of flesh on his face shook with his movements, as though it could release oil.
"That's good." Peony said, reaching out to grab the clothes in maidservant's hands, "Let me do it."
"Little Zhu, give the clothes to Peony. Take off first." Jiang Changhua said.
Seeing Jiang Changhua staring lecherously at Peony in such a perverted manner, the maidservant turned her head and glared at Peony, scolding in her heart: You shameless fox. Then, she threw the clothes in her hands onto his body, twisted her butt, and left with a sway.
Peony shook the clothes on her hands and said to Jiang Changhua: "Master, get up, I will help you change."
Jiang Changhua looked at her, smiling without saying a word, he suddenly extended his hand and pulled her, and she did not notice him, and threw himself into his embrace, and Jiang Changhua laughed flirtatiously as his fingers that were like bamboo worms touched her waist.
"Master, there are still guests outside." See what he thinks. Peony shyly lowered her head and said.
Just as she finished her sentence, a servant called out from outside the door, "Master, a guest wishes to see you."
"Who is it? "I won't see him." Jiang Changhua said impatiently. With a beauty in his arms, how could he have the heart to entertain guests?
"It's a guest from the mountain." The attendant added.
Jiang Changhua's expression changed, he anxiously pushed away the peony and shouted: "Hurry up and change me, I want to see an important guest."
Peony, seeing how quickly his face had changed, thought that the guest must be the man from last night. There must be a secret between them.
She suppressed the joy in her heart. With an ingratiating smile on her face, she quickly helped him change his clothes and helped him wash before sending him out.
The attendant was waiting at the entrance. Upon seeing him come out, he hurriedly rushed forward and whispered a few words into his ear.
Jiang Changhua's expression changed again and again. He raised his hand and pointed to the door: "Hurry and invite him to the study room."
He did not care that Peony was still in the room. He led the servant to the study room.
Peony straightened her clothes and followed him out of the courtyard. When they entered the long corridor of the backyard, they met ginger and peach blossoms.
"Peony greets the Eldest Miss." Peony blessed himself and saluted the ginger peach blossom.
With the support of the two maidservant s, Jiang Tao Hua smiled at Peony like a peach blossoming flower and said: "Fifth Aunt really did give my father her heart and lungs. She came to serve him early in the morning."
She smiled, her words full of mockery. Peony's eyebrows raised imperceptibly. She had probably been blind before to think that this young miss was gentle and virtuous. She was clearly a poisonous snake.
Peony's expression did not change. She glanced at maidservant who was supporting Jiang Tao Hua, and laughed: "Big Young Miss does not look too well. Did she bump into something last night?"
Hearing this, Jiang Tao Hua's face became red with anger, glared at Peony, and left in a huff.
"Hahaha …"
When she was far away, Peony couldn't help but laugh out loud. A little wet behind the ears brat like her wanted to fight with her?
She laughed for a while, patted her chest to catch her breath, and then headed for the kitchen.
The cooks had already prepared breakfast, and were about to order the men to bring it to the front yard when Peony came in and said to them: "Give me the master's breakfast, and I will take it to the master."
When the kitchen staff saw that it was the new Fifth Madame, they did not ask any further questions and handed her the bowls and plates filled with breakfast.
"Fifth Aunt, this is the soup that the old master drinks every morning after breakfast." A cook came over with a cup of soup and placed it on the saucer in Peony's hand.
"I know." Peony nodded and carried her things to the study.
"..."
"Stop, the old master is currently discussing something and no one is allowed to enter."
Peony was stopped by two guards at the door of the study. She smiled and said politely, "I'm here to deliver breakfast to Master. I'll have to trouble the two of you to go inside and inform him."
She was in a very good mood, and the two guards didn't chase her away. They looked at each other, and one of them went to inform her.
Jiang Changhua was discussing something with the man, hearing the knock on the door, he anxiously kept the letter, then heard the guard's voice, "Reporting to the master, the Fifth Aunt is here to deliver your breakfast, do you want to let her in?"
"Stay for breakfast, let her go home." Jiang Changhua said.
"Yes." The guard replied, he turned around and was about to reply when he heard Jiang Changhua's voice again, "Wait, let her go to the house to the side and wait."
"Yes, master." The guard replied respectfully and returned to ask Peony to wait in the next room.
Peony entered the room, and just as he sat down, the door to the study opened, and Jiang Changhua saw the man out.
"I will pay attention to what you said." Jiang Changhua said as he handed over a letter to him, "Hand this letter to Long San, and he will know what to do."
The man nodded, put the letter away, and turned to leave. Peony was standing in the doorway, watching. The man looked at her and secretly shot her a charming look.
Peony laughed, then turned and walked towards Jiang Changhua, "Master, where do you want to eat breakfast?"
She stepped forward and took Jiang Changhua's arm, her eyes sneakily peeking inside the study room, catching sight of the corner of the letter that was pressed on the table.
"Go next door." Jiang Changhua patted the back of Peony's hand, "I'm going to put something down.
"Then I'll wait for you here." Peony said obediently.
Looking at her obedient appearance, Jiang Changhua nodded with satisfaction. He turned around and entered the room, picking up the envelope from the table and putting it away in a box on the bookshelf.
Peony watched carefully, memorizing the position in her mind.
"Let's go and have breakfast with Master." When Jiang Changhua walked out, Peony immediately carried him and followed him to the next room.
— —
Wei Zuo had been spying on them since early in the morning. When he saw the man who looked exactly like what Wei You had described, he immediately followed them stealthily.
Carrying a bag, the man first bought a few buns in the market, then mounted his horse and rode out of the city.
They arrived at the Five Rock Mountain outside the city. Looking at the mountain peaks that reached into the clouds, he frowned slightly. They had come to the Jiang City for a long time, but he had never heard of any thieves appearing and disappearing at the Five Rock Mountain. Haven't they robbed houses?
He raised his eyebrows as he secretly left his mark. He didn't stop until he saw the signboard of the iron gate. He lightly jumped onto the tree and looked at the attack and defense layout of the iron gate.
There were two people standing guard outside the wooden gate. On both sides of the wooden gate was a thick wall, and inside the wall was a large courtyard. In the yard was a sentry tower, and behind the sentry tower was a piece of land, and on the high ground was the house of the village.
Other than the sentries on the watchtower and the guards at the entrance, Wei Zuo did not see any other patrolling personnel. He squatted on the tree trunk and used the dense leaves to cover his body as he followed the man closely for a long time.
He carefully observed the Iron Gate stronghold for more than half an hour, memorizing the layout of the stronghold. After making an imperceptible mark on the tree, he then quietly left.
"..."
When Wei Zuo returned to the tavern, Wei You had already returned and was reporting the news to Mu Chen.
"That is a private seal with the words' Blessed Long Feng 'engraved on it. With this seal, you can withdraw money from Long Feng Bank."
"Longfeng Bank?" Mu Chen raised his index finger and knocked it on the table. After hearing the name, he frowned.
"Yes, your subordinate also found out that Vice General Liu from the southern military camp also went to the Longfeng Bank to get the money, and he used the same seal. Your subordinate suspects that the seal is their mutual keepsake."
Mu Chen tightened his eyebrows. Jiang Changhua — — Longfeng Bank — — Vice General Liu — — General Zheng.
After a moment of thought, he said, "Continue your investigation."
"This subordinate understands." He stood aside.
Seeing that they had finished talking, Wei Zuo spoke out: "Master, we've found the place. It's outside of the city, at the Five Cliff Mountain's iron gate stronghold."
"Specific?" Mu Chen said.
"As far as your subordinate is concerned, the security at the Iron Gate stronghold isn't too tight …" Wei Zuo explained the situation of the observations in detail, and even outlined some of the defensive plans inside the iron gate fortress on the table.
"Could it be a trap?" Wei You cautiously asked. The guards of the mountain stronghold were too lax, causing people to have to worry.
Wei Zuo shook his head, he had not entered to investigate and did not dare to make any promises.
"There's no need to worry about that. The prince will make other arrangements for the attack on the mountain stronghold." Mu Chen said.
Wei Zuo and Wei You turned to look at him at the same time, both of them thinking, Master, aren't you afraid of ruining the prince?