In the past few days, Mama Yun has been wondering: Why didn't Mrs.
Prefect and Mrs.
Tongzhi come, but the previous interval was no more than three days, even if they didn't like people, they suddenly changed from meeting often to blank, and ordinary people would wonder if there was something wrong.Zheng Qingchuan instructed Mama Yun: "Mama, let people go outside to inquire, what happened in Jingzhou in the past few days" "Okay" Mama Yun took this as a serious matter.Ah Qing walked over with a stack of sealed envelopes in both hands, and said: "Qiqi, Ah Yun and I have written the letter" Zheng Qingchuan glanced at it and said in surprise: "So much" Ah Qing said: "Second grandfather, second grandmother, four aunts, four uncles, eldest brother, second brother" Zheng Qingchuan patted Ah Qing's shoulder: "Okay, everyone wrote it, put it in a small basket, and put it directly on the bookcase in Su Mu's small study, and you can send someone to deliver the letter tomorrow" Qiao'er, who was pouring tea, heard these words, her face suddenly turned pale, and her heart was uneasy, Accidentally let the tea in the teacup spill.The nurse asked: "Qiao'er, where is it uncomfortable" "It's okay to have hand cramps" Qiao'er hung her hand, retracted it into her sleeve, and hid it, her expression and mood were very unnatural, as if she had received an ominous premonition, panicked, and couldn't give up.She worries and prays that nothing will happen.In the afternoon, Zheng Qingchuan got up from a nap and was sitting in the bedroom combing his long hair.Mama Yun replied: "Fifth young lady, I asked Fuyun to inquire, there is a happy event in the prefect's family, I heard that a concubine gave birth to a concubine, just a few days ago."
Tongzhijia has a matchmaker in and out these days, and he should be discussing family affairs.In addition, there are a lot of people in the yamen who have complained these days, everyone heard that the fifth young master of my family is fair, and they are all busy reporting those tyrannical officials" Zheng Qingchuan lowered his head, combed the ends of his hair, and groaned: "Su Mu is busier" Mama Yun continued: "There are still those noisy and noisy things in the city, do you want to listen to the fifth young lady" Zheng Qingchuan: "Okay" Anyway, it's more leisurely.Mama Yun: "There is a Yin family in Jingzhou City, who claims to be the descendants of virtuous ministers in ancient times, but the descendants are thin.Ten days ago, Master Yin ascended to heaven, leaving behind a lame and timid son and a five-year-old grandson, and a sixteen-year-old daughter at home who was not married.Miss Yin actually took the initiative to instigate her brother to help her quit the family affairs, and now one of her daughters is in charge of the family's shop business.The Yin family is relatively well-off, with sixteen shops, the most famous of which is the jade shop.I heard that the Tongzhi family was interested in Miss Yin, and sent a matchmaker, but she was kicked out and was nicknamed by the people in Jingzhou City, called Yin Xia Nu" "There was a beggar in the city, holding a stone, saying that it was a relic, and the bid of one hundred taels of silver was bought by a slave, and he planned to curry favor with his master, but he used the money that his master put on him.As a result, there was another beggar on the street" In the evening, Su Mu came back and saw the pile of envelopes that A-Qing put on his bookcase, it was really a lot He couldn't help but laugh, looked at it with interest, and when he saw the handwriting on one of the envelopes, his eyebrows suddenly condensed, as if he saw the cauliflower snake in the vegetable field.It was the prefect's handwriting, and he recognized the handwriting as another face of the person, which could be used to identify the person who wrote, and in the era when DNA and fingerprint recognition technology were vacant, its meaning could be called fingerprint recognition.Su Mu took the letter in his hand, examined it, and then opened it, the words on the paper made him raise the corners of his mouth, outlining sarcasm.The prefect wrote: Hong Ge Lao, I am a small prefect of Jingzhou, and I am fortunate to be a brother and sister to Su Tongju, and I am fortunate to be a relative with you.I love you very much, and I am willing to give up the official position of the prefect of Jingzhou, and let it be given to Su Xiandi himself who admires the capital very much, and hopes that the old man of Hong Ge will be perfected, and he will use 10,000 sincerity to repay Su Mu for knowing the dumb riddle in the officialdom, and 10,000 sincerity represents "not less than 10,000 taels of silver" Xiao Zhifu took a risk, thinking that everyone would be tempted by 10,000 taels of silver, but if Xiao Zhifu has other ways in the capital, then it cannot be ruled out that someone else wants to use this to frame the old lady of the Hong family in a high position, There are many people eyeing this old official, if the old Hong Pavilion falls, then others can take the position, one falls, and the other makes up for the officialdom, which has always been a means of compromise, and it happens that Zheng Qingchuan walked into the small study with a plate of lychees.Su Mu said: "Ah Qi, who did you tell to put these letters in" Zheng Qingchuan said without hesitation: "Ah Qing personally released them." ”She looked at the bookcase and Su Mu, looked at the paper in Su Mu's hand and the opened envelope on the bookcase, and found something suspicious.She asked, "Is that letter special?"
She knew that Su Mu didn't need to open the letter written by Ah Qing and Ah Yun.Su Mu didn't guard against Zheng Qingchuan, directly handed the letter to her, and said softly: "This letter was not written by you, but it is sandwiched here." ”After Zheng Qingchuan read the letter, he said expressionlessly: "Unless there is a mole in the family and it is bought by the prefect."
Money can make ghosts grind, but during the day, I let the two maids keep guarding the door of the small study" There are few people who can really walk into the small study Su Mu and Zheng Qingchuan looked at each other, there is a tacit understanding that there is no need to say that the people who can enter the small study are: Mrs.
Su, Su Mu, Zheng Qingchuan, A Qing, A Yun, Yun Mama, Nanny, Qiao'er, Bixi, Zhulu.That's all then, using the elimination method, Zheng Qingchuan felt that the most suspicious ones were Bixi and Zhulu.After all, the prefect's wife often came to the Su family as a guest some time ago, and she had a great opportunity to buy the Su family's maids."
Su Mu, I'll go check on the other matter immediately, is this matter serious?"
Zheng Qingchuan was a little apprehensive.Originally, she said that she would not hold back, but when Su Mu was not at home, she did not guard against the spies.Su Mu said lightly: "It's okay to burn it directly" probably saw Zheng Qingchuan's guilt and uneasiness, and he reached out and patted her on the back.Zheng Qingchuan smiled, and immediately went out, and there was no surveillance video to catch the spies, the most effective method at this time is to interrogate, interrogate separately, and prevent collusion The interrogation objects are Bixi and Zhulu for the time being, Zheng Qingchuan found a trusted nurse and Mama Yun to be helpers.It was not as bloody as the torture, but the attitude was serious.After all, the matter of that letter is by no means a simple trivial matter, the nurse and Mama Yun are very approachable and approachable, and it is very scary to be stern They have a loud voice, and the maids are trembling Not long after, Zhulu and Bixi both said: "Sister Qiao'er entered the small study this afternoon. ”The nurse and Mama Yun reported the news to Zheng Qingchuan, Zheng Qingchuan thought about it, became more and more calm, and called Qiao'er.Zheng Qingchuan didn't play dumb riddles with Qiao'er, and directly made his words clear: "Someone deliberately put an outsider's letter into the small study today.Just now, Mama Yun and the nurse interrogated Bixi and Zhulu, but they all said that you had been to the small study in the afternoon.I want to ask about this today.Tell me everything you know, lest I'm looking for the wrong person. ”Zheng Qingchuan originally trusted Qiao'er very much, and he didn't doubt her before, but he didn't reject reasonable suspicions, Zheng Qingchuan's tone was relatively gentle, but Qiao'er trembled with fear, and the fear of the whip hitting her body drowned her like a flood Mama Yun stared at Qiao'er suspiciously, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong, if it wasn't for a weak heart, why would she tremble like this, her face was so pale, what was going on, Qiao'er suddenly cried, and told her all about when the freckled woman had found her and what she had said to her.The faces of Mama Yun and the nurse were very ugly, and the nurse was full of anger, and asked eagerly: "Qiao'er, such a serious matter, why didn't you say it earlier" Zheng Qingchuan lowered her eyelashes and covered the disappointment in her eyes.However, the reasons that Qiao'er said next did not comfort the other three people present."
The sixth master of the Zheng family is kind to me, when I was a little maid, I coughed badly by the pond, it was the sixth master of the Zheng family who asked the doctor to treat me, I will never harm the seventh girl, I think the prefect is a very good person, and she will not do bad things" Mama Yun said: "Fifth young lady, I and Granny Jiang will interrogate Bixi and Zhulu again."
If you guessed correctly, someone deliberately planted it for Qiao'er. ”Mama Yun is an experienced housekeeper, and Zheng Qingchuan agreed.The nurse and Mama Yun left, and Qiao'er lay on the ground crying.Zheng Qingchuan looked at Qiao'er, and found for the first time that the tears turned out to be like this, and she felt that she was as calm as cold-blooded at this time.Even if the nurse and Mama Yun asked clearly, they found the right answer and cleared Qiao'er's suspicion, she thought that she would not be able to keep Qiao'er by her side as a big girl.The big girl is her right-hand man, she can not be smart, but she can't be confused.Zheng Qingchuan didn't even know what was going on with Qiao'er, she couldn't understand it at this time, she always thought that Qiao'er was a smart person and protected her very much, has it changed now or is she wrong" Qiao'er, besides this matter, do you have anything else to hide from me" Qiao'er hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to be silent, tears fell fiercely.Zheng Qingchuan was disappointed before, and at this time she had completely given up on Qiao'er.Because she saw Qiao'er's hesitation.Zheng Qingchuan has no appetite for dinner.This matter was tossed until late at night, and Bixi and Zhulu both said that no one else had entered the small study except Qiao'er, because they had been guarding the door.But the nurse found a pearl bracelet from Bixi's new shoes, and found exactly the same thing from Zhulu's body, and the grade of the pearl was very good, but it was not Zheng Qingchuan's reward, Bixi said again, this was the previous Tong's award.However, Mama Yun shook her head and said: "The lady in the Dongguo courtyard has never rewarded her with such valuable jewelry, you think that the family is now in Suzhou, and they are crazy, so they can't confront each other, just say it, if you are so cunning, it seems that I can't cure you, just send you to the yamen, and give you a charge, saying that you stole the master's jewelry, beat you with eighty plates, and your flesh and blood were blurred, and you were in pain in the cell for seven days and seven nights, and the rats ate your flesh, drank your blood, and bit your bones" Bixi suddenly cried: "Mama Yun." , I'm afraid I'll be honest and honest" Mama Yun: "Who is it" Bixi howled and cried, wiping her nose with her sleeve: "It's a mother-in-law, a mother-in-law with freckles":