Seeing Cao like this, the man felt pity and stretched out his hand to appease him, but his hand paused before touching Cao's arm, and Cao also subconsciously avoided it.

The man sighed lightly and withdrew his hand, but said, "I'll send you out, and I'll do my best to do what you say." ”

Cao Shi bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Brother Heng." ”

Because he was going to send the Cao family out, the man also walked out of the door, and He Linwan finally saw his face clearly.

If she had just seen the Cao family, she was just surprised, but when she saw the man's face clearly, He Linwan's heart set off a huge wave.

This man is also an acquaintance?

He Linwan turned his head to look at Li Yu who was standing beside her, and Li Yu nodded lightly.

He Linwan went to look at the man again.

It was a middle-aged man about forty years old, of medium stature, with an ordinary appearance, wearing a long gown worn by a scholar, which had been washed a little white but very neat, and looked elegant, like an ordinary talent who lived in the alleys of Xicheng and made a living by teaching.

There is a big gap between him and He Linwan five years ago, five years ago in Taibai Building, He Linwan and Li Yu had seen him and Xue Xingyi meet in private, at that time he was dressed as a staff member, his clothes were made of good materials, and his temperament was a little shrewd and depressed.

This person's name is Zeng Heng, who used to be a staff member of the Yang family, and later switched to Xue Yuancheng, and he has a mystery that He Linwan has not yet guessed.

After returning to Beijing this time, He Linwan also asked "Dark Lin" to check on Zeng Heng, but found that he had resigned from the Xue family two years earlier because of the death of his parents and went home to guard his filial piety.

Zeng Heng sent the Cao family out of the back door, and He Linwan and Li Yu took this opportunity to go out over the wall.

Li Yu raised his hand to smooth He Linwan's unconsciously frowning brows, and said softly: "If you want to ask about the things of the year, I will let people take him back." ”

He Linwan thought for a while and shook his head, "No, it's not the time yet, find someone to follow him, what I want to know more now is who he is than what happened back then." ”

Li Yu smiled, "Coincidentally, this is what I want to know." ”

He Linwan and Li Yu glanced at each other tacitly, and returned to the alley from the same way.

The Cao family didn't come out of the same way as them, so they didn't meet.

Li Yu sent He Linwan back to Taibai Building, and when they separated, he said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will tell you immediately if there is news." ”

He Linwan smiled at Li Yu and bowed his head, "Well, I know." ”

He Linwan believes that no matter what happens, there will be a day when the clouds will be cleared, and ambition is such a thing, unless you don't have it, if you have it, you can't hide it.

After going back, a few days later, He Linwan received a message from Li Yu and Hu Yao.

"Girl, Zeng Heng went to Fan's Mansion today, and he entered through the back door. The gatekeeper of the Fan family seemed to be very familiar with him, and let him in without asking. ”

He Linwan didn't speak for a long time when she heard this answer, but she didn't have much surprise in her heart, but there was a kind of suddenness in her heart.

The Yang family was also deeply rooted at the beginning, why was it uprooted overnight? In addition to the secret acquiescence of Emperor Tiancheng, there was also the betrayal of allies.

The Fan family, the Fan family, who once had a good relationship with the Yang family.

The Fan family and the Yang family have been quite related since the previous dynasty, and after the new dynasty, they also advanced and retreated together, her great-grandfather Yang Mengzheng and Fan Taishi had a teacher-student friendship, and her uncle was the next leader of the Fan He line. In their generation, although the Fan family and the Yang family did not say it explicitly, the elders all acquiesced that Yang Chengying would marry Fan Lanruo.

After Hu Yao left, He Linwan had just come out of the courtyard, and Chunxiao, who was pacing outside, saw her and immediately said urgently: "Girl, something happened!"

He Linwan came back to his senses from his thoughts, "What's the matter?"

Chunxiao said: "The second wife went to the temple today to pray for the fourth girl, and the person who had just followed the second wife out ran back to report that when he went out of the city, the second wife's carriage was suddenly startled, the coachman was thrown off, and the carriage carrying the second wife ran away!"

He Linwan couldn't help frowning when she heard this, thinking of something, she suddenly hurried out.

Chunxiao hurriedly caught up and continued: "Uncle went out today, and several good hands in the house were taken away by him, and the second wife's people just came to ask our lady for help, and the lady has already asked the housekeeper to lead a few guards to find someone." ”

He Linwan didn't say anything, walked quickly to the He family's stable, and led a horse out.

The groom guarding the stable wanted to stop but didn't dare, and said with a bitter face: "Big girl, this is the war horse that the third master sent back, and the temperament is very strong, and the little one is afraid that you won't be able to hold it down!"

Chunxiao didn't approve of it when she saw the tall horse that He Linwan pulled out, but she was not happy when she heard the horseman say this, and raised her chin and said coldly: "My girl grew up on horseback since she was a child, and she has ridden the fiercest war horse in the east, what horse can't she stop?"

The groom was stunned, Chunxiao turned his head to look at He Linwan again, and said unconvinced: "Girl, this horse breeder actually said that you can't stop it, so ...... Shall we change the horse?"

The latter sentence is said in a very small voice.

He Linwan had calmed down at this time, and he didn't embarrass the groom, nodded and said, "Lead me a more docile horse, hurry up." ”

The groom didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly took out a docile little mare and handed it to He Linwan.

He Lin didn't pick it at night, and turned over on the horse neatly.

Chunxiao looked left and right, and then jumped to his feet and said, "Girl, where is the slave and maid sitting?"

He Linwan tightened the reins, kicked the horse's belly with his leg, and rode out the back door.

"You're waiting at home. ”

He Lin left the back gate of He's house late and went directly to the city gate.

The capital is not as good as the east, the east street is full of women riding horses, the women of the capital are quiet and beautiful, and they must take a carriage when they go out, so the pedestrians on the street are a little surprised to see a young girl riding a horse.

However, He Linwan's speed was very fast, and he galloped past without waiting for them to see clearly, and his sassy and heroic posture that was different from the women in Beijing made some bold girls yearn for it.

Although it is a mare with a docile personality, it is not slow, and He Linwan soon went out of the city gate to the place where it is said to be Cao's horse.

There were two guards from the nursing home sent by the He family to find people, and He Linwan sat on his horse and asked, "In which direction did the second wife's carriage go?"

The nursing home was stunned when he saw He Linwan, and hurriedly pointed to a fork in the road next to the official road and said, "Go back to the eldest girl, go over there." When the guard at the city gate said that the second wife's carriage was startled, the eldest young master of the Yuan family happened to be at the city gate, and immediately chased after him after discovering it, and the steward of our house had just rushed there. ”

When He Linwan heard this, he did not breathe a sigh of relief, but immediately chased after him in the direction that the nursing home said.

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