"Miss, according to your orders, the slave and maid gathered a few beggars, gave them some broken silver, gave them the portrait of the eldest lord you painted, Miss, and let them guard the gate of the Maple Grove Courtyard day and night, secretly monitoring the people entering and leaving the Maple Grove Courtyard. Sure enough, everything was as Miss expected......"

When Lu Shui said this, he looked at Gu Zhirong with admiration and said, "Miss, how did you guess that the eldest master must be in the Fenglin Courtyard? You know, this courtyard is leased to a family surnamed Pei......

Gu Zhirong explained: "Here's the thing, if you want to take back your own yard for your own use, the owner is allowed to take back his house, and at most pay a little liquidated damages." And the eldest lord must have given the surname Pei extra silver, so the surnamed Pei allowed the eldest lord to continue to rent the mansion in his name. ”

Lu Shui was puzzled and said: "It's strange for this lord to say, it's obviously his own house, it's good to take it back, why do you want to borrow someone's name to continue to lease?

"It's reasonable to give rent. Mingyue walked in, and happened to hear what Lu Shui said, so she interjected.

Green Water didn't understand: "Why?"

Mingyue said: "The eldest lord is afraid of his wife, all along, the accounts of the big house are managed by the eldest lady, in the past ten or twenty years, how much income is there on the side of the big house every year, how much needs to be spent, the eldest lady's heart is like having an account, very clear." If the eldest lord wants to buy another house. It also requires a large amount of silver, which is a problem for the old man who doesn't care about money or accounts. But if you buy a small house, a person like the old man who is used to being pampered. How can you get used to it? Therefore, this method of renting a large house is the best. ”

Lu Shui nodded, feeling that Mingyue made a lot of sense. However, after thinking about it again, she still felt a little confused: "Since you want to rent a house, why don't you rent someone else's house, but rent your own house?"

Mingyue nodded her head: "Renting someone else's house? Obviously, I have so many houses in my own house, but I want to rent someone else's house, and this spreads. Besides, renting someone else's house costs money, so where can someone rent their own house feel free?"

The more Lu Shui listened, the more confused he became: "Don't you need money to rent your own house?"

Mingyue nodded and said, "Yes." However, these outer courtyards are under the control of the old man. He is a lord of the Hou Mansion. With a little rent from the other courtyard, is it possible that the eldest lady still has to worry about this little money with him?"

Lu Shui suddenly realized: "It turned out that the eldest man wanted to live in this courtyard, but he was afraid that others would know about it, and he didn't want to give out the money, so he came up with such a method." ”

Gu Zhirong and Mingyue couldn't help laughing, Mingyue couldn't help but reach out and poke Lu Shui's forehead: "Stupid girl, you just thought of it now?"

Lu Shui muttered, "Dignified Yuanning Hou." It's so embarrassing to even want to live in a house......," she suddenly felt very inappropriate, "No." This old man lives well in the mansion, why does he have to live in another courtyard?"

"Raise the outer room!" Mingyue said quickly.

"What?!" Lu Shui said thirstily, and was pouring a cup of tea, and as soon as he took a sip, he heard Mingyue tell such a shocking secret, and he immediately choked on a sip of tea and coughed violently.

Mingyue hurriedly came over to pat her on the back, and said as she counted: "Is this little thing worth your fuss?

Lushui coughed for a long time, and finally stopped coughing, and said in a dumb voice: "Why are you talking so fast, at least let me accept it slowly." The eldest lord looks like a righteous gentleman on weekdays, and listens to the words of the eldest lady, I thought that he was different from those people in the capital, and would not do such a thing, but I didn't expect that all men in the world are the same!"

Mingyue said with a smile: "Actually, raising an outer room is not an unsightly thing, looking at the capital, some of them have as many as five or six outer rooms, just get used to it." ”

Green Water stared at Mingyue in surprise. It's okay to say that other people's mansions are fine, but there are big ladies in their own mansions. What kind of person is the eldest lady, it is a standard vinegar jar, if she knows, not only will the entire Yuanning Marquis Mansion be turned over, but also the outer room and her children are afraid that there will be no good life.

Gu Zhirong said: "Although the reputation of the outer room is not good, it is actually similar to that of the concubine room, but it is just a name short. But now, where will the big families let their flesh and blood flow outside, most of them have to be picked up, it's just a matter of time. As for this outer room raised by the eldest master......"

Speaking of this, she smiled: "After so many years under the nose of the eldest lady, she can still not be discovered, she is really bold, I think I will meet her." ”

Lu Shui hurriedly asked, "Does Miss know who she is?"

Saying such things, Lu Shui himself felt a little embarrassed. Obviously, she is responsible for monitoring the Fenglin Courtyard, which is good, only to find out the whereabouts of the eldest master, and she doesn't know anything else, and it seems that she is really derelict in her duties.

Gu Zhirong saw Lu Shui's guilt and comforted her: "Lu Shui, it's none of your business. The eldest lord is in this regard, but the eldest lady is very tightly guarded, otherwise, with the eyes and ears of the eldest lady, how can he not find out?"

Lu Shui thought about it, and she was relieved, but she still didn't understand: "Miss, the slave maid obviously let those little beggars keep an eye on me all day long, two of them are one post, one post during the day, and one post at night, why didn't I find any trace of the eldest master's outer room?"

Gu Zhirong couldn't help but smile: "Naturally, you can't find out about these, because you are only responsible for looking at the gate of Fenglin Courtyard." As the so-called three caves of cunning rabbits, of course there is no way that there is only one exit from Fenglin Courtyard."

Seeing that Lu Shui was becoming more and more confused, Mingyue interjected and came in: "Green Shui, have you found it, what is the place behind Fenglin Courtyard?"

Green Water shook her head, she was a solid person, let her monitor the Maple Grove Courtyard, she would be honest, staring at the Maple Grove Courtyard all day long, as for the rest, she didn't care.

Mingyue said with a smile: "This mystery, it's out of the house connected to the back of the Fenglin Courtyard, it's an embroidery village, it's not very famous, but the embroidery skills in it are not bad." One year, the wife of the Yin family of the original Shuntian Mansion asked her to weave a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix to congratulate her mother on her birthday. ”

Lu Shui remembered: "This embroidery village seems to have been open for many years, the craftsmanship is really good, the palace has invited her to the palace as an embroiderer, she thinks that the palace how can she open a shop freely? I heard that she has nearly ten embroidery girls under her command, and this proprietress has some connections, and if the work in the palace is too busy, she can also give her some evenly. As for the proprietress who seems to be called, it's called ......"

Lu Shui thought about it for a while, but he still didn't think of what the name of the proprietress was. At this time, Gu Zhirong smiled and said three words: "Le Shanshan." ”

Lu Shui couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Yes, it's Le Shanshan." ”

As soon as he said this name, Lu Shui immediately reacted: "Hey, why is this name so familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere?"

Mingyue looked at the green water, and said with a helpless smile: "You girl, you are forgetful, the eldest lord disappeared for no reason some time ago, you also asked me some things about the eldest lord's past, didn't I tell you everything? ”

Lu Shui finally remembered, Mingyue really mentioned the name "Le Shanshan", but when Mingyue said it, it was told as a story, and she also listened to it as a story, but I didn't expect that now the hero of this story actually appeared. (To be continued.) )