After noon, Mingyue sent Ying'er, Yu'er, Xing'er, Yan'er and a few other third-class maids who were cleaning and washing to go down, covered the door of the study, and said to Gu Zhirong: "Miss, what you told the slave to do last time, the slave asked my sister-in-law to inquire." Abi was redeemed by her brother and sister-in-law for thirty taels of silver, and it is strange to say that her brother and sister-in-law are very gambling on weekdays, and this area is famous. Somehow, in the past few days, there has been a lot of extra silver, not only redeeming himself for Abi, but also selling wine and roasting meat every day, cutting new clothes, and I heard that he also bought a smaller house, which seems to have dug up some gold mine, and suddenly became rich. ”

Gu Zhirong sneered: "How can there be such a thing in the world that is so easy to get rich, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will do it on purpose!"

Mingyue was shocked, what she was most worried about was this: "Miss refers to ......" She stretched out her index finger and pointed in the direction of the courtyard where the eldest lady lived.

Gu Zhirong nodded: "That's exactly what I'm talking about." The cost of ransom and work is not a few hundred taels of silver, and I am afraid that it will not be able to stabilize the greedy heart of Abi's brother and sister-in-law. And the eldest lady is an extremely shrewd person, these hundreds of taels of silver, will never be taken out of her own selfishness, and she is now in charge of the old lady's house, and also manages a few Zhuangzi in the house......"

Speaking of this, Gu Zhirong looked at Mingyue and asked, "Mingyue, don't you have a godmother who is in charge of the more remote Zhuangzi in the east of the city?"

Mingyue immediately understood what Gu Zhirong meant. If the eldest lady wants to take money from the princess, this is not once or twice, even in the house, there are some rumors like this. According to common sense, the Zhuangzi who moved the silver must not be too good in terms of harvest, so that the deficit of a few hundred taels of silver at once is easy to arouse the suspicion of the old lady. As a result, only the loss-making farm in the east of the city is the most eligible.

Mingyue thought about it carefully and thought of one thing: "Miss, can you remember that just two months ago, didn't Zhuangzi in the east of the city introduce high-yield crystal rice, I heard that it was introduced from outside the territory, but unfortunately the news came next, saying that this kind of seedlings can't adapt to the environment here at all, and they all die after growing about two or three inches long." For this reason, the eldest lady also went to the old lady to ask for punishment. ”

This was a matter of last month, and this incident once caused a stir in the house, and the people in the house all said that the eldest lady's ten fingers did not touch the spring water, and where could she recognize any crystal rice?

Gu Zhirong raised his eyes and looked at Mingyue: "Do you think the eldest lady would really be so stupid and deceived by those people outside the territory in vain?" In my opinion, the eldest lady is arranging this to get these hundreds of taels of silver to buy Abi's brother and sister-in-law. ”

Mingyue suddenly realized that the eldest lady of the secret path was really scheming, and she began to plan the layout two months ago. Since others come prepared, it is inevitable that people on their own side will be trapped.

"Miss, do you want me to ask someone to go out and investigate?" Mingyue asked in a low voice.

Gu Zhirong shook his head: "This is a matter of a few hundred taels of silver, it is not safe to ask someone to investigate, and besides, your godmother may not be able to tell the truth to people who don't trust it." Even if you go, you can't ask directly, you need to knock on the side, so as not to arouse the suspicion of your godmother. ”

Mingyue knew that Gu Zhirong was right, but now that in this situation, all the people in Liu Yun were detained in the mansion and were not allowed to go out, how could she go to Zhuangzi in the east of the city to find out to her godmother to find out clearly?

At this moment, there was a coughing sound outside, and then Cai Qing's voice came in: "Mother Du, why did you come here so early today?" Miss is copying Buddhist scriptures in the study, and I don't know if I have ...... after copying this effort."

Gu Zhirong and Mingyue glanced at each other, Mingyue quickly walked to the door and opened the door, and Gu Zhirong also casually moved the copied Buddhist scriptures to the desk.

At the same time, he raised his voice and said: "Cai Qing, please invite Mother Du in, this weather is very hot, Mother Du is old, don't get sick outside." ”

Cai Qing knew that her young lady was ready for everything, so she responded crisply and invited Du's mother in.

Du's mother walked in with a kind smile. According to the old lady's instructions, she came to Liuyun Courtyard once every three days to collect the Buddhist scriptures copied by Gu Zhirong. Gu Zhirong's plum blossom Xiaokai was written extremely beautifully, the old lady was very satisfied after reading it, knowing that she copied it with her heart, watching the old lady happy, Mother Du remembered that the third lady was also very kind and polite to herself before her death, so she intentionally or unintentionally said some good things about Sanfang in front of the old lady, and the old lady's tone was slightly relaxed, and it seemed that the ban on Liu Yunyuan would be lifted after a while.

Du's mother was full of joy, and her steps became brisk. The moment she pushed open the door, she heard voices inside.

He spoke sharply, with obvious resentment: "Miss, according to the slave maid, don't copy these Rausch Buddhist scriptures." Does the young lady think that after reading these Buddhist scriptures, the lady will be able to come back to life to save the young lady? After copying these Buddhist scriptures, the eldest lady will no longer harm the young lady?

The person who spoke was Mingyue.

Du's mother was stunned on the spot.

At this time, Gu Zhirong bit his lip tightly, his hands trembled, and he pointed at Mingyue and said, "You, don't you want to die?" Do you know what you're talking about?"

Mingyue turned her back to the door, of course she couldn't see Mother Du, and still said loudly: "Miss, is what the slave said wrong? Isn't that true? Count how many Buddhist scriptures Miss has copied these days, is it useful? Isn't Miss still trapped in this Liuyun Courtyard and can't go anywhere!"

Mother Du had a cold face and coughed heavily.

Gu Zhirong waved his hand, slapped Mingyue fiercely, and said sharply: "Mingyue, don't say it again!"

The sound of "snap" stunned Mingyue. At this time, Mother Du suppressed her anger, paced in front of Mingyue, and looked at her coldly: "What a bold girl, how can the old lady be a person like you who can comment casually?

Only then did Mingyue see clearly that the person who came in was Mother Du, and her face turned white with fright, and she hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and said: "Mother forgives me, the slave maid was dizzy for a while, and she didn't choose what to say, please forgive my mother." ”

"Spare me?" Du's mother's eyebrows rose upside down. She was the old lady's dowry girl, and later the old lady pointed out a steward to her, and she remembered the old lady's kindness all these years, and always followed the old lady's side, and never allowed others to slander or insult the old lady in front of her.