A piece of Japanese incense

"Girl, girl?" Yu Zhu's call brought me back to reality from my trance.

"Didn't you draw a map before and ask me to find a house? I have observed it for the past two days and there is nothing unusual except that the guards change frequently."

"Are there many guards? Is there a back door? Is there no one going in or out? Is there any sound coming from there?" I asked a series of questions in one breath.

Yuzhu was so excited that he finally talked about the topic that interested me. He squatted on the chair and used his hands and feet to describe it vividly:

"There is no back door! The guards at the front door are changed every hour, there are about eight of them! No one comes out, so someone delivers meals three times a day and takes them away after you finish eating. As for the sound... I was quite far away, so I didn't hear it."

I habitually placed the thumb of my left hand under my lips and moved it back and forth, picking at the dead skin on my mouth, and thought for a moment.

"Girl, didn't you say that you wanted to use those bodies to save Xiaohan's family? How? When will you do it?"

"Yutuan, stop making noise! ​​Can't you see the girl is thinking about something?" Yuyi glared at Yutuan.

I looked around and asked with a smile, "What time is it now?"

Yuzhu immediately replied: "It has just passed the You hour."

"So, when are you guys going to have dinner?"

Yu Zhu rolled his eyes and continued, "Normally someone will deliver food to them around 12:00 p.m., and someone will come to take the lunch boxes away at 12:00 p.m."

After a pause, I slammed the table and decided, "It's better to do it now than to wait for a day! Tonight! Let's go and rescue Xiaohan's family!"

"Ah? Tonight?"

"what?"

"what?"

I watched the three of them stare at me with their mouths wide open in surprise. I snapped my fingers, gathered them together, and whispered my plan:

"Arrange the tasks! Yuzhu! After you finish your meal, take your horse out and buy some conspicuous sweet water. It's best to get expensive ones. The kind that people can recognize at a glance who owns it."

"Girl, if you want to drink, you can buy it now. Why wait until after dinner? If you miss the time, all the shops will be closed!"

Yu Tuan patted Yu Zhu's head and said, "You idiot! Even if you use your brain to think about it, it's not that the girl wants to drink!"

"Don't interrupt me, just listen to me!" I sat on the couch with a serious face: "At the beginning of the night, you pretend to be someone from Wanning Marquis's Mansion and deliver the sweet water to them."

"Ah? With so many people, won't the food spill? I'll just ask the vendor to move the stall over and cook for them."

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and tease him, "You really deserve to be beaten! Can we do this so brazenly? Do I really just want to treat them to sweet water?!"

Yuzhu covered his mouth, squatted on the seat and said no more.

I changed the subject and asked Yutuan, "Yutuan, do you remember the last time you set off fireworks for Brother Nian?"

"Of course! That night the whole city was ablaze with lights and colorful fireworks!"

I raised the corner of my mouth and said, "Which firecracker shop did you book? I'll book their shop again tonight and say... I made my mother unhappy, so I'll set off all the fireworks and firecrackers to make my mother happy!"

"Yeah! I'm going now!"

I held Yu Tuan back and said, "Hey! Don't be anxious. Let's fill our stomachs first before we go, Yu Yi!"

Yuyi leaned her head close to me and said, "Here! Girl."

I pointed to the large vat outside the yard and said with a smile, "The straw there is of high quality. Please help me find some more."

Yuyi muttered in disappointment: "That's it? I thought it was something important~"

I said seriously, "Prepare more! Make sure they are dry! The kind that will catch fire with a little spark, they will come in handy later. Yuzhu, after you deliver the drugged sweet water, when they drink it and become drowsy, throw the burning straw into the yard."

"Won't this burn other people in the yard? It's okay if it burns the bad guys, but what if it burns Xiaohan's sister and brother?" Yuyi said worriedly.

"I've been into the yard. It's a quadrangle with an open space in the middle. People are locked in cages inside the house. When the time comes, just try to throw them into the middle," I explained.

"Okay! Don't worry, girl! Just wait for our good news at home!"

I tilted my head and smiled, and said without thinking: "Why wait, I want to go with you!"

Yu Tuan tried to dissuade him with a tearful face: "Don't do that! If I'm discovered, I'll really be kicked out!"

I asked with a determined look, "So, how should we place the people after we rescue them?"

They looked hesitant.

"At once……"

I looked them in the eye and asked, "Take it home?"

"That's unacceptable! Absolutely unacceptable!"

"So~" I shrugged and spread my hands. I had to ask Yu Nian for help.

I deliberately changed into an ink-colored brocade dress with dark floral patterns and skipped to the dining room to eat.

My mother still kept her eyes down and didn't even look at me. I straightened my clothes and sat down next to her.

"Mother, I embroidered a purse these two days and wanted to give it to you (actually it was sewn by Yuyi's left hand). I put my newly developed 'Xiangzang Incense' in it, which can relieve your symptoms such as cough with phlegm, chronic cough, chest tightness, etc. I hope you will be happy physically and mentally and free from all diseases." I said in a coquettish voice.

My mother glanced at me sideways and didn't say anything.

"He He, it's almost done. Erbao has left a way out for you, just follow me down." Aunt Hong took my purse and put it into my mother's arms.

I winked at Aunt Hong, and she looked as if she understood everything: "Hey~ What's embroidered on it? This is~ I'm so jealous! It's only embroidered for your mother! Mm~ It smells so good~ I don't think He He likes it that much, so I accepted it!"

"You, my name is on it!" Mother snatched the purse and tied it around her waist.

I was overjoyed and whispered in my mother's ear: "Thank you for forgiving me. There is a secret hidden in it. Please open it after midnight tonight and find out what it is."

My mother smiled and pinched my face hard.

I finally persuaded my mother to stop being angry with me, and the atmosphere during dinner felt much more cheerful. Thinking that I still had things to do in the evening, I ate half a bowl of rice more.

After we had finished our meal, Yu Nian hurried home, wearing court robes and looking exhausted.

"Brother Nian! You come home so late. What are you busy with every day?"

Yu Nian tapped my nose and forced a smile: "I'm new to the officialdom and have a lot of things to do. You're finally willing to come out and see me."

I pulled him to a corner and said with a chuckle, "Have you already rented a house?"

He leaned over, covered his lips with his hand, and whispered in my ear: "Zhichunli, close to Gufang Road, is quite quiet."

"Wow! Your efficiency is amazing!"

"Wait a few days, find someone to clean up the place, and then let him move in."

"Where is the specific location?"

"What? You want to go? No!"