Chapter 507 Inside and Outside the Building
have to!
What you fear will come true!
Seeing the panic-stricken look of Li Wan and her servant, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but wonder in his heart - should he take this opportunity to introduce the two parties?
Logically speaking, they are all his women, and they all hang out in the Rongguo Mansion. If they can form an alliance and take care of each other, many unnecessary risks can be avoided in the future.
But they might not think so towards each other. If they get jealous, they might accidentally reveal their true colors...
However, if he didn't "confess", how could he get Ping'er away?
She has already obtained Jia Lian's approval, so if she continues to use excuses like "unsafe", it would be obvious that she is trying to cover up her own guilt.
"enemy."
Just as Sun Shaozong was struggling, Li Wan became even more flustered. She pushed him on the chest twice and urged him, "Hurry up and find a place for us to hide. Don't let anyone see us!"
That’s right!
No matter what idea you use to get Ping'er away, it will never be wrong to let Li Wan and her servant hide first.
So Sun Shaozong hurriedly led the two of them upstairs and warned them not to make any noise.
"Master Sun, Master Sun!"
At this moment, a muffled shouting sound was heard from downstairs, but the voice was rough and loud, and it seemed to be a man.
How come it’s not Ping’er?
Sun Shaozong realized that it was a false alarm, and he went downstairs, shouting, "Who is it?"
"It's a villain, Zhou Rui."
"Butler Zhou?"
Sun Shaozong opened the door halfway in confusion, only to see Zhou Rui leading two fat and strong guards waiting outside with their shoulders tilted and flattering. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "It's so late, butler Zhou, do you want to talk to me about something?"
"That's what happened."
Zhou Rui made a gesture, and the guard on the left immediately handed over a piece of silk cloth. Zhou Rui shook the silk cloth open, and presented it with both hands, saying, "This is the patrol map that our guard Zhou set up. Because the second madam was worried that it was not safe enough, she asked me to bring it to you for your review."
So it was because of this matter.
Sun Shaozong reached out to take the patrol map. Another guard hurriedly held up a lantern and took a few glances in the light. He saw that there were a total of eight teams of servants and guards responsible for patrolling the courtyard tonight. Two teams were outside the courtyard wall, and six teams were inside the courtyard wall. Each team had a maximum of six people, all equipped with long and short weapons and gongs for warning.
In the Grand View Garden, the six patrol teams were divided into The bright teams carried lanterns and were responsible for patrolling secluded places along the paths; the dark teams kept their heads down and patrolled back and forth near inhabited houses along the main roads.
Huh?!
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong was suddenly surprised, because according to the map, there was a team patrolling back and forth between Zilingzhou and Qiu Shuangzhai, and they were secret sentries without lights!
Doesn't this mean that when Li Wan and her servant came at night, they were most likely discovered by the secret sentry? !
If this is true, then Zhou Rui's intention is a little suspicious - maybe he heard the news and came here to test me?
Sun Shaozong was suspicious but he remained calm. He patiently went through the patrol map and pointed out two omissions to Zhou Rui.
Zhou Rui hurriedly took out a charcoal pencil from his sleeve, marked the omissions discovered by Sun Shaozong, and wrote two lines of comments on the edge of the patrol map.
Seeing how serious he was, it didn't seem like he had any other intentions.
So Sun Shaozong tried again, "Butler Zhou attaches so much importance to this patrol map, could it be that the mansion really wants to station patrolmen in the garden?"
"It is true that we want to stay here permanently."
Zhou Rui hurriedly explained, "But from what Second Madam said, it seems that she is planning to select a group of women of good age, have the guards train them for a few days, and then replace these men."
As he spoke, he carefully put the charcoal pencil and patrol map into his arms, and pointed to the two guards on his left and right and said, "Let them guard the gate tonight. If you have any instructions, just tell them."
Isn’t this ridiculous!
If we really let these two door gods guard outside, wouldn't Li Wan and her servant be unable to escape even with wings?
Sun Shaozong said hurriedly: "I appreciate your kindness, but your manpower is already stretched to the limit, and I don't need anyone else to protect me."
Zhou Rui said a few more polite words, but seeing that Sun Shaozong was determined to refuse, he took the opportunity to apologize and hurried away with the two guards.
Only after watching the light of the lantern disappear on the other side did Sun Shaozong lock the door, run up to the second floor, and anxiously said, "When you came..."
Halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that the building was empty and there was not a single person in sight.
Just as I was wondering, the door of the closet on the west wall creaked open, revealing two hunched-over women.
Suyun rushed out first, threw away the embroidered shoes in her hand, stepped on them with her feet wrapped in silk stockings, and without even bothering to lift up the heels, she hurriedly bent down to help Li Wan put on her shoes.
Sun Shaozong hurriedly continued to ask: "Did you run into anyone when you came here?"
"Of course not."
Li Wan lifted up one of her slender, palm-sized feet and let Su Yun put on her embroidered shoes. She stepped firmly on the ground and then came out, holding the cabinet door. She put her other foot on Su Yun's leg and said, "Because most of the recent events in the Grand View Garden were pushed onto my head by Sister Feng, I was given another set of keys to the corner doors..."
"Didn't I mean when we came in? What about on the way? On the way to Zilingzhou, did you run into the garden patrolmen?"
Suyun put the other shoe on Li Wan, turned around and said with a smile: "Don't worry, our grandmother is very cautious. She found out that you live on Ziling Island and arranged a lot of patrolmen outside, so she didn't go by land, but found a small boat directly from Ouxiangxie and came here by water."
So that's what's happening!
I didn't expect that this master and servant were quite scheming.
Sun Shaozong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought that the boat might be used for other purposes...
Just as she was thinking about it, Li Wan suddenly said with resentment, "It seems that the rumor is indeed true."
"rumor?"
Sun Shaozong asked suspiciously, "What rumors?"
"Of course it's the rumor that Brother Lian suddenly became generous and gave his pretty maid to Lord Sun to warm his bed!" Li Wan said sourly, "I was only half-believing and half-doubting at first, but if you had the chance in the past, you would have jumped on him a long time ago. But now you're asking questions and seeming distracted!"
What you said, am I really that impatient?
Sun Shaozong silently complained in his heart. Originally, he was worried that Ping'er would find out that Li Wan and he were having an affair and would not be able to accept it for a while - but seeing that Li Wan was just making things up and already became jealous, if she knew that his "friendship" with Ping'er was before hers, he didn't know how jealous she would be.
So he became more determined not to let the two of them meet.
Sun Shaozong leaned forward and took Li Wan into his arms without saying anything. He smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? I just promised Zhou Rui that I would go around and inspect the various places, and I couldn't bear to leave you two here, so I was in a dilemma for a moment."
After months of separation, how could Li Wan's sensitive body withstand his familiar torture?
After just a few words, he felt so spineless that he wanted to roll onto the ebony bed immediately to satisfy his lust.
But she still had some rationality left, and said in a panic, "It's okay. The night is still long. Go and finish your work, and then come back...come back..."
"Well, I'll go there and come back quickly!"
As Sun Shaozong spoke, he bent down and nibbled Li Wan's lips, then pecked Suyun on the face. Then he told them to turn off the lights upstairs, lock the door, and not to answer anyone who knocked on the door except himself.
The book does not elaborate.
However, seeing that the door was closed again, Sun Shaozong pretended to walk a few steps towards the bridgehead. When he was out of the visible range of the second-floor windows, he immediately went around the wall to the back of Zhuijin Building. Sure enough, behind a bleak bush, he found a black-sailed boat about ten feet long.
Sun Shaozong stuck his head into the cabin and took a few glances. Seeing that it was very tidy and there was a thick mattress on the floor, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After that, he returned the same way and found a secluded place near the arch bridge to hide his body.
I waited for nearly two quarters of an hour, during which I didn't know how many times mosquitoes bit me, before I finally saw a familiar figure carrying a lantern and hurriedly walking up the arch bridge.
"Ping'er!"
Sun Shaozong hurriedly got up from his hiding place and walked over quickly. When he got closer, he saw Ping'er's face flushed and the lantern in her hand was flashing like a laser. He couldn't help but asked in surprise, "What happened to you? Did you have an accident on the road?"
"I just ran into a patrol team..."
It turned out that they had run into a team of secret sentries on the way. The leader's loud shout almost frightened Ping'er to death, and she has not recovered yet.
Sun Shaozong quickly held her in his arms and comforted her with a few words.
Ping'er's mood gradually calmed down, but she suddenly realized that she was hugging him on the bridge. She blushed and stepped back half a step, asking awkwardly, "Why are you here, sir?"
Sun Shaozong lied without blushing or beating his heart: "I was getting anxious waiting in the building, so I just waited here."
As he spoke, he stepped forward, took Ping'er's hand, and led her down the arch bridge.
Ping'er was both ashamed and happy, and said shyly, "Why are you so anxious, my Lord? Didn't we just ..."
"How can it be the same? Yesterday, Xiao Hong interfered, so many private words could not be said."
The two walked forward while talking and whispering to each other until Sun Shaozong stopped. Ping'er then realized something was wrong and asked suspiciously, "Why did we go around behind Zhuijin Tower?"
Sun Shaozong smiled slightly, took the lantern from her hand, shone it behind the bushes, pointed at the black-sailed boat and said, "How can we miss such a beautiful autumn scenery on the lake? How about we just go boating on the lake today and indulge in the mountains and rivers?"
