The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 158 Flower-scented handkerchief

Ji Zichu and Shen Wen looked at the girl who was protected by senior palace soldiers. They ignored the stall owner's pleas for mercy, ordered the palace soldiers to smash his stall, and beat and kicked the stall owner.

Ji Zichu shouted "Stop!"

He walked up and grabbed the woman's hand.

The appearance of Ji Zichu actually frightened the girl from the palace soldier brother.

The girl changed her expression very quickly, and immediately pretended to be a weak and polite little rabbit, bowing to Ji Zichu and saying, "It turns out to be you, my cousin! I, Jianchun, pay my respects to you, my cousin."

Ji Zichu naturally knew this woman. She was Jianchun, the maid of Baocheng County Lord. Baocheng County Lord's mother, Princess Anhe, was a cousin of Princess Shanjin. Princess Anhe and Princess Ma died when Baocheng County Lord was young. Princess Shanjin felt very sorry for her niece, Princess Baocheng, and raised her by her side. She raised her by her side until she was fourteen years old. The emperor rewarded her with a county lord's mansion, and then Princess Baocheng County Lord moved into her own county lord's mansion.

Jianchun treated Ji Zichu very kindly, treating him as her own master. She complained to him like a spoiled child, "Sir, you must severely punish this unscrupulous vendor who sold dolls. He actually sold worthless fruit wood dolls to me as rare purple bamboo dolls. If I buy such junky stuff back for the county lady, won't she vent her anger on me? Not only will I be beaten, but what will happen if the county lady gets angry again?"

Ji Zichu had a cold face and did not just listen to her words. He turned around and asked the stall owner who was covering his wound: "What happened? Tell me."

The stall owner was trembling with fear and said aggrievedly: "This girl came to my stall, picked up a few dolls, and didn't ask me what kind of wood they were made of, nor how much they cost. She just threw me a hundred coins and took the dolls away. After a while, this lady came back by herself, and without saying a word, she threw the dolls at my head. Sir, look at the hit she made... Even so, she was still not satisfied, and the soldiers she brought with her beat me up..."

His brows were furrowed.

The maid Jianchun discovered that the stall owner was actually a sharp-tongued person. He told her everything that the stall owner had done, and the hatred in her eyes could not be hidden at all.

Ji Zichu asked Jianchun, "Where is your county mistress? Why don't you serve your master personally and come out to do such a thing?"

Shen Wen, who was watching the situation from the side, noticed a malicious gaze without paying attention. It was because this gaze stayed on him for too long and the intention was too strong. It was hard for Shen Wen, who was too alert and agile, not to notice it.

Shen Wen only glanced at the man, then withdrew his gaze with certainty, acting as if nothing had happened.

The maid Jianchun also knew that the Third Master Ji was an upright gentleman who worked as an official in the government office. Fear gradually appeared on her face, and she answered very obediently, "I followed the county lord out. She came here because she was asked to buy some toys for her to enjoy." She bit her lip with an embarrassed look on her face.

Ji Zichu only said to a soldier beside Jianchun: "Go and ask your county mistress to come over. I will only wait for a quarter of an hour. If she doesn't come, I will take this maid directly to the prison."

The soldier did not dare to delay and immediately turned around and left.

Jianchun was really confused at this time. Perhaps because she was very confident about the relationship between her master and Ji Zichu, Jianchun still smiled and said, "Sir, you must be trying to scare me, right? I just played a joke on the stall owner selling dolls, and I didn't take it seriously. I know I'm sorry for the stall owner this time. How about this, I'll pay him three times the price and pay for his medical expenses?"

The maid was quite flexible. She immediately bowed to the stall owner and apologized, even lowering her status and calling him "uncle".

Jianchun said a lot of nice things to the stall owner and won his forgiveness before she said to Ji Zichu: "Sir, is it okay for me to do this? Look, the stall owner has forgiven me and is willing to accept the silver I gave him. So, please don't send me to jail, right?"

A flattering smile is uglier than crying.

Ji Zichu was quite satisfied with the maid's attitude, but he still felt that he could not let her go like this. However, he had to give face to her master, the Lord of Baocheng County.

Just as he was thinking, a carriage drove over from a distance. The curtain of the carriage window was opened, revealing the head of the Baocheng County Lady. The county lady asked before she spoke, "Why is my cousin here? I heard that you are going to take my personal maid to a prison cell? Is it true?"

Ji Zichu didn't give her a good face either, and said sternly: "You, a servant, are taking advantage of your power to bully others outside. How did my cousin raise a servant?"

The Lord of Baocheng County glanced at the maid and said with a bored look, "This maid of mine is naturally temperamental since she is by my side. You also know that my parents died when I was young, and I am also a cowardly and easily bullied person. If I don't raise a stronger servant to give me courage, do I still have hope for my life?"

Ji Zichu was so angry at her twisted logic that he gritted his teeth and said, "So it was my cousin who instructed her to do this? Is my cousin planning to protect this servant?"

The Baocheng County Lady's eyes moved, scanning the crowd of people watching the excitement. She said, "What do you mean by shielding or not shielding? My cousin and I are originally a family. We grew up with my aunt. My servant is your servant. Now she has made a mistake. As her master, I have consulted you. You can do whatever you want. However, we have to make a deal. If you lose one of my servants, I will ask my aunt for another one. I will go to my aunt to ask for it tomorrow. You have to be there to help me."

Ji Zichu looked down at Jianchun, who had already collapsed on the ground, and felt troubled.

Ji Zichu is a person who pities the weak and punishes the strong. When it comes to the people who are considered the most vulnerable in the world, they are not the beggars who live outside or the tenant farmers who dig for food in the soil, but the slaves who do not even own their own lives.

Just like now, Jianchun was hateful, but she had a good attitude and corrected her mistakes. She paid compensation and apologized, and was taken back by her master to be punished.

Unexpectedly, Ji Zichu never expected that the Lord of Baocheng County would say she didn't want this slave girl anymore and just discarded her like an object. If he didn't know that this maid was really the Lord of Baocheng County's maid, he would have asked about it.

Ji Zichu didn't want to indulge the Princess of Baocheng County. Since she did this, he was soft-hearted and acted inconsistently, which was not good. So he said to Jianchun: "In this case, you can follow me back to the government office."

Then he turned around and said to the Lord of Baocheng County, "She injured someone. As the master, you should help her pay for the medical expenses and property damage. You don't care about the money anyway."

Baocheng County Lord rolled her eyes impatiently and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my cousin."

Ji Zichu had no colleagues or subordinates with him, so the task of escorting Jianchun could only be done by either him or Shen Wen. So Ji Zichu turned around to discuss it with Shen Wen, but when he turned around, Shen Wen was nowhere to be seen.

He tiptoed to look for the figure among the crowd around him, but did not find it. The Baocheng County Lord, who had finished her business, did not bother to exchange pleasantries with Ji Zichu. She waved her hand and ordered the palace soldiers to clear the way, and then returned to her county lord's mansion.

Ji Zichu had no choice but to take Jianchun back to the government prison first and then make other arrangements.

Jianchun's future fate was to be sold to a pawnbroker, who would then find another owner to buy her.

Where is Shen Wen who just disappeared secretly?

She had already disappeared into the crowd, and from the direction of the murderous gaze, she had found and followed the man without anyone noticing.

She followed him to an alley, and saw the man and his personal attendant meeting a carriage with servants and guards. The servant waiting beside the carriage said to him, "Sir, shall we go back to the Marquis' Mansion?"

The man said, "Well, let's go back."

The servant said, "The young master must have gone to find something fun for Ninth Madam. To be honest, the Ninth Young Master is very kind to Ninth Madam and always tries to please her."

The man didn't say much. He was helped into the car. He held up the car curtain with his left hand. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something hateful and spat, "Damn it, damn Shen Wen, he always ruins my good things. I'll send him to see the King of Hell tomorrow."

Shen Wen, who was hiding in the dark, naturally guessed who it was.

The carriage slowly left the dark alley.

Shen Wen did not go over to cause trouble for the man. She walked to where the carriage was parked and picked up a woman's handkerchief from the ground. It was a handkerchief with the word "boudoir" embroidered on it and smelled of lily of the valley.

Shen Wen could feel the embroidered words just by feel.

It’s the character “铃”.

She had not forgotten that just as she was walking through the crowd, the talkative scholar said, "The maiden name of Baocheng County is Ling, which means "Ling" in Chinese, which means "lily of the valley blooms."

Lily of the valley scent...

The scent of the flower that Princess Baocheng applied on her body is the scent of lily of the valley.

Although her other abilities are not good, she does have a talent for smelling things.

"Did it stick to you when you were close? This scent of lily of the valley is quite pleasant, but it can't cover up the stink left on your body by men and women making love. He sticks to your lily of the valley scent, and you stick to the stink of men and the unique body odor."

The entrance of Yuncui Tower was very special today. The head shopkeeper of Yuncui Tower actually stood at the entrance to welcome guests, attracting curious glances from tourists. A familiar old customer asked deliberately while greeting them, "Why is the head shopkeeper Yun personally welcoming guests at the entrance? Is there an important guest coming? I wonder which famous scholar he is? Do we know him?"

Shopkeeper Yun said with a smile, "Sir, you are joking. All the guests who come to our Yuncui Tower are famous figures, and I will not be partial to any of them. But you also know that I am a busy person, and I am busy with trivial matters from morning to night. I don't greet guests at the door as early as before. Today I have some free time, so I stand here."

Having said that, the old customer didn't ask any more questions and was invited into Yuncui Tower.