Chapter Seventy-Six: Inquiry

Qin Jian walked out of the Qingfeng Pavilion and did not go back to Zheguitai directly, but went to his study in the outer courtyard. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he wanted to find Moguang to ask clearly, who were the people who were making a lot of nonsense in the Qingfeng Pavilion yesterday, and by the way, he had to count Moguang. Running to the door of someone's yard every day to probe his brain, it is really a shame for him as the owner!

Who knew that Qin Jian arrived at the study, but found that there was only Yan Yu inside, and the ink light was nowhere to be seen. His face suddenly sank: "Where's the ink light?"

Yan Yu is sorting out the books on the bookcase, and he just dried them today. Hearing Qin Jian's question, he hurriedly replied: "There is no paper, so Brother Moguang went to ask for paper." ”

Qin Jian's face turned a little back, and who knew that Ming Feng said one more sentence behind him: "How can there be no paper?" I just cleaned up the things in this room yesterday, and I remember that there are clearly two knives of paper in the cabinet. Qin Jian couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly remembered that when he did his homework yesterday, he did remember that there was a thick stack of papers. How can it be used up in less than a day?

Yan Yu was at a loss: "But Brother Moguang said that there was no paper, and I also saw it, and the cabinet was empty." ”

Mingfeng walked to the cabinet and pulled out the small drawer to see that the place where the paper was originally loaded was indeed empty. He frowned, reached out to open the other cabinet doors and drawers, and when he reached the third drawer, he finally saw two stacks of high-quality paper that Qin Jian was used to in his daily life.

Mingfeng took out the paper and showed it to Qin Jian: "Brother, look, the paper is here." This drawer is usually used for drawing paper. Brother used it less, and we didn't pay much attention to it. But the paper for writing will never run into this drawer where the paper is kept. ”

Mingfeng and Imprint both went out with Qin Jian today, Yan Yu didn't know about this paper, and would secretly put the two knives of paper in the drawing paper drawer, who else would there be besides Moguang? In particular, he also used the excuse of going to get the paper and left the study that should have been guarded for a day. This has exceeded the limit of laziness, and it is clearly deliberately deceiving the master!

Qin Jian's face darkened again, and he asked Yanyu: "Moguang said to ask for paper, how long has he been out?"

Although Yanyu is usually honest and sluggish, now he is starting to feel that something is wrong: "Brother Moguang went out after lunch, and he hasn't come back yet......"

Mingfeng asked him, "What did he do all this morning?"

Yanyu replied honestly: "He swept the floor, washed the pen, and wiped his brother's table and chairs." ”

In other words, the heavy work such as cleaning the bookcases and shelves, moving books out to dry, etc., the ink light was not done, but pushed to Yanyu?

Ming Feng sneered and said to Qin Jian, "Brother, I'll go and get the ink light back." Even if he didn't ask him for his brother, he acted too unconventionally. If he is not punished and taught a lesson, he will not know how to mess around in the future. ”

Qin Jian nodded with a gloomy face, and then instructed Ming Feng: "Call someone to inquire, what has he been doing these days!"

Mingfeng responded and left quickly, and the two of them were busy waiting for Qin Jian to put down his schoolbag and practice calligraphy for a while. But because Qin Jian's mood has not been very good, they don't even dare to come out.

Mingfeng went for a long time, and he didn't come back until dinner, so Qin Jian had to go back to the inner courtyard first. If he has nothing to do, he usually goes to Shengyiju to accompany his parents and sisters to eat. Today, it is a bit unfortunate that his father Qin Zhonghai stayed in the Songfeng Hall of the main courtyard, probably to accompany Chengenhou's wife Xu to dinner, and the third uncle Qin Shutao was also there. The younger sister Qin Jinhua had dinner at Mingyuewu, and specially sent a girl to ask the Yao family for a few good dishes, saying that she wanted to set up a small banquet in the courtyard to celebrate the third sister Qin Hanzhen, and even the lobby sister Qin Jinyi and the fourth cousin Qin Jinchun of Taohuaxuan next door went. Sheng Yi Curie is left with only Yao and Qin Jian's mother and son. As for the concubine Qin Su, he has always been invisible in this courtyard, if Qin Zhonghai, who is his father, does not open his mouth, the Yao family, as his mother-in-law, will not let him eat in front of him.

Qin Jian saw that he still had free time before the meal, so he told the Yao family that he heard Zhao Mo in the Qingfeng Pavilion today that someone had openly complained because he had not been able to see the face of the third uncle, ancestor Qin Bai.

Yao's eyebrows suddenly fell: "Really? Which subordinate is so unruly? Who does he think he is? The dignified Yongjiahou was tired and unhappy to disagree with him, and asked him to kowtow outside the house, and wronged him.

Qin Jian said: "My son doesn't know which one it is. Brother Zhao Xian was originally a guest house, how could he recognize the people in our family? Uncle Hu next to the third uncle probably knew, but he refused to speak, and we couldn't ask. The third uncle Zu is benevolent and generous, and he doesn't want to be like a few subordinates. But if we know this kind of thing, we can't assume that we don't know, right? After this indulgence, the people below may still think that our Changfang doesn't take the third uncle and ancestor seriously, and it will only become more and more unruly in the future. In the future, if you annoy the third uncle and ancestor, grandmother will blame it, who else can take this responsibility except for the mother?"

Yao was reminded by his son and hurriedly said, "Exactly." This is not a trivial matter, we must find out and teach a good lesson!"

After that, she instructed Yulan to inquire about who was so unruly and unsightly among the people who went to Qingfeng Pavilion yesterday. She wasn't afraid that she wouldn't find out, so many people were present, and someone would always hear it.

Yulan answered, turned around and saw the mother-in-law deliver the food box into the door, Yulian and Yumei took the food box, opened the lid, and put the dishes on the table, she hurriedly walked over to help set up the chopsticks. Yumei put down the two dishes, looked up and said with a smile: "According to me, grandma doesn't have to ask Yulan to check, it's obvious, except for Chang Wang, who else will there be? I heard that the two of them also went to Qingfeng Pavilion yesterday, and after returning home, they told others a lot of things that they didn't look down on the third master and the third wife, saying that although the third master is also a Hou Ye, he is still as poor and sour as before, and they ran to kowtow to say goodbye, but they didn't even have a thicker reward, and they were stingy and didn't look like a Hou Ye. ”

Yao's face sank: "Chang Wang? did he really say such a thing?" Chang Wang is the companion she brought from her mother's house, but she is the son of her mother Wang's companion, who has been waiting for her since she was a child, and is also a confidant, and now she is in charge of the purchase of clothes and needlework in her house, and has always behaved very honestly in front of her. Would he openly say such arrogant things out there?

Yumei was fearless: "Grandma just asked someone to inquire, and many people heard it." Someone persuaded them to restrain themselves and not cause trouble for their grandmother, Chang Wang still didn't follow it, saying that he was born in the Wang family, and his grandmother valued him, but he was just gossiping, what's the big deal. ”

Yulian pushed her by the side and whispered, "You don't have to say a word." ”

Yumei glanced at her and ignored her. She had long seen that Chang Wang's two people were not pleasing to the eyes, something! Just because she was careless a few days ago, she provoked the third old lady, and the second grandmother left her dry for two days, but it was just for show. Chang Wang's family actually regarded her as a soft puffer, and dared to plan to come to the second grandmother to beg her to be their daughter-in-law for their son! Not to mention that their son was ugly, fat and lazy, had no ability at all, and also ate and gambled and did all kinds of evil, and he had not married a daughter-in-law in his early twenties until now, and now he dared to eat swan meat! See if she does not trample their family into the mud, so that they will not be able to turn over from now on!

Yumei has a bad temper on weekdays, and Yao's is also suspicious of her words, and only looks at Yulan. Yulan has always been a fair person, and frankly admitted: "Chang Wang and his family do have some inappropriate words on weekdays. I've talked about them a few times. In the end, my grandmother married from her mother's family, and she is more decent than others, so I can't say too much. ”

What's not to say too much? Just say that Chang Wang and his wife refuse to listen to her.

Yao's face was very ugly, but Yumei still seemed to feel insufficient, and said with added vinegar: "The two of them are used to it, pretending to be honest in front of their grandmother, and when they go outside, I don't know how arrogant they are! Not to mention the owners of the third house who have just returned to the capital, they don't even pay attention to the third grandmother." The bottle in the third grandmother's house came to make trouble last year, and it was Yulian who said that she had smoothed things out. Grandma doesn't know yet. ”

Yulian glanced at her quickly. Yao had already looked away: "What's the matter?"

Yulian saw that she couldn't hide it, so she stepped forward and replied: "In August last year, two of the new materials sent by the house were the patterns that the third grandmother liked, the same was ink, and the other was blue and gold, and it was already said that it was going to be sent to Tingyuxuan. At that time, the third grandmother's birthday was approaching, and this material was just the right time to make new clothes for the third grandmother to wear on her birthday. Who knew that the third grandmother had just left, and Chang Wang's family came in and took the two pieces of material, saying that the Wang family's cousin and grandmother were about to get married, and she was also on her birthday. Grandma instructed her to prepare a congratulatory gift for her cousin, and she added the two portions of materials. When the new material was delivered to Tingyuxuan, and the bottle came over to question, we knew about it. But the material had already been sent to Wang's house, and there was no way to come back, so the bottle became angry. Later, I discussed with Yulan, took two pieces of material with similar colors from the library, and sent them to the third grandmother, and this matter was settled. ”

Yumei sneered: "What's the matter? The third grandmother is not a person who suffers losses and doesn't take it to heart." When she celebrated her birthday last year, she was not wearing clothes made of the materials you sent later, but I am afraid that she will hold a grudge in her heart. It's just that for the sake of our grandmother, it's not good to have a seizure. ”

"That's enough!" Yao's face was already dark, and he only hated Chang Wang for losing her face, "Yulan go and find out, if Chang Wang really did this kind of thing and said such unruly things, then call them to come and excuse me!" Yulan and the others hurriedly responded.

Yao said to his son angrily: "What do you say is this called? Your third uncle and ancestor, you can say it for me, you have to ask Chang Wang to kowtow over and apologize." Your third aunt, I have to go for a trip myself. I said, after her birthday last year, she ignored me for a few days, I thought it was something that provoked her, but I didn't expect it to be Chang Wang's family!"

Qin Jian was about to speak, but heard the eldest girl Huan Yuluo open the door curtain and come in and said, "Brother, Mingfeng seems to have something urgent to look for you, do you want to call him in?"

Why did Mingfeng come at this time?

Qin Jian was about to send people back, but he heard Yao Shi say: "It's going to be dinner this time, what's so urgent? Ask him to come in." ”

Yuluo led Mingfeng in, Mingfeng kowtowed to Yao's first, and then said to Qin Jian: "Brother, I just went to find Moguang, and I heard from others that he went to the back street of the house." I searched all the way, only to hear that he had entered a courtyard where no one had been, stayed for a long time before coming out, and then went back to the house. I heard that he had to go to the courtyard several times almost every day, and I didn't know who lived in the courtyard. We just forked the road with him, and we didn't meet him, so we had to go back first, only to find that he was not in his own room. But I found it in his house. He took a small cloth bag in both hands, and the mouth of the bag was wide open, revealing a few ingots of silver that were shining brightly inside.

Qin Jian and Yao's faces changed, and Ming Feng took out a small paper bag again: "And this, I don't know what kind of powder, I told him to hide it under the pillow and put it with this bag of silver." I was afraid that this was a forbidden thing, so I hurried to report to my grandmother and brother. (To be continued.) )