Ma Xiuying waited anxiously for three days before Shen Wansan brought the good news, "I asked Zhang Dazhi's neighbor, and he said that there was frost that morning, and he got up to clean the yard and saw the Yan family sending Zhang Dazhi out. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info seemed to be Mao Shi (5 o'clock in the morning - 7 o'clock in the morning), the sky was just bright, Zhang Dazhi wore a thick cotton coat, with a snow hat, wrapped tightly. The neighbor stood at the door of his house to greet the two, Yan returned to the house after a few words, and Zhang Dazhi nodded at him and left. ”

Ma Xiuying asked: "He didn't walk up to the two of them, and he didn't hear Zhang Dazhi speak, why did he think it was Zhang Dazhi himself?"

Shen Wansan replied, "He said that the cotton clothes and hats were Zhang Dazhi's, and I saw Zhang Dazhi wear them before." Besides, there are only two men in Zhang Dazhi's family, and the Yan family must have sent Zhang Dazhi out of the house so early. ”

Ma Xiuying shrugged, "Look, this is the illusion caused by subjective consciousness." If it was Zhang Dayong or other men who wore Zhang Dazhi's clothes and covered their mouths and noses, the neighbors would also take it for granted that Zhang Dazhi would have misunderstood Cheng Dazhi. Therefore, the testimony of the neighbors does not prove that Zhang Dazhi disappeared after going out, and Yan and Zhang Dayong are still suspicious. ”

Yao Tianxu smiled, "You just mentioned that other men may also pretend to be Zhang Dazhi, could there be other suspects? Zhang Dayong is innocent?"

"That's what I said, but it's unlikely that other men pretend to be Zhang Dazhi. Because even the neighbors noticed the movement of the Yan family sending people out, it is impossible for Zhang Dayong, as a member of the family, not to know, he and his eldest brother have been together day and night for more than 20 years, and outsiders can't detect the truth of Zhang Dazhi, he can definitely detect it. But he insisted that Zhang Dazhi went out in the morning, and there were only two reasons, one was that it was indeed Zhang Dazhi himself who went out, and the other was that he had committed perjury. If it wasn't Zhang Dazhi who went out, then why did he commit perjury? Hehe......" Ma Xiuying gave Shen Wansan and Yao Tianxi a "you understand" look.

Yao Tianxi smiled silently.

Shen Wansan hurriedly said: "That's right! Zhang Dayong must be pretending to be his eldest brother to go out." Because the neighbor didn't notice whether Zhang Dayong went out that day, but in the afternoon, the neighbor saw that he was only wearing a single shirt when he came home, and he didn't pay attention to what he asked, and the neighbor told me that this kid must have lost all the money again. I didn't think about it at the time, listening to Ma Xiuying's analysis, maybe he wore Zhang Dazhi's clothes and hats to go out in the morning, and he disposed of his clothes and hats before coming back. ”

"Wait, Zhang Dayong still likes to gamble?" Ma Xiuying found that she had grasped another important point.

Shen Wansan was quite disdainful of the two brothers of the Zhang family, "Yes, the neighbor said that he heard the beating and scolding from Zhang Dazhi's house several times, as if he was scolding Zhang Dayong for losing all the money to buy pen and ink." Poor Zhang Dazhi has high hopes for Zhang Dayong, but he has cultivated a gentlemanly younger brother. What kind of people do you say this family is, one is a fake account, one is a gambler, alas!"

Yao Tianxi sighed slightly, "No wonder Zhang Dazhi would make fake accounts to collect money, and with such an unsuccessful younger brother, how can that salary be enough for the family." ”

"Don't sympathize with Zhang Dazhi, if it weren't for him spoiling Zhang Dayong too much, how could Zhang Dayong become a silverfish who doesn't produce anything and is lazy. Ma Xiuying hit the nail on the head and said: "Zhang Dazhi may never have dreamed that his younger brother, who was raised with hard work, would eventually kill him with his wife." ”

Shen Wansan and Yao Tianxi were shocked at the same time, "Zhang Dazhi is dead, how do you know?"

Ma Xiuying lowered her eyes coldly, "After so many days, Zhang Dazhi still has no news, and eight out of ten have been killed." If our suspicions are true, it is likely that Zhang Dazhi was killed at home, and I even suspect that Zhang Dazhi's body is still at home, and if we can go into his house and search him, maybe we can find some evidence. ”

Shen Wansan was puzzled: "But these are just our suspicions, and without evidence, we say that the government will not move to search the Zhang family." ”

"Even if you tell the government about these suspicions, you can't do it?" Ma Xiuying raised an eyebrow.

Shen Wansan shook his head, "No, no." The government must have conclusive evidence to investigate the case, and if Zhang Dazhi's house can't find anything, wouldn't it be a big joke. When the time comes, it will be a trivial matter for everyone to be embarrassed, and it will be a big matter for my family to offend the government. ”

Ma Xiuying is silent, the government handles cases like this, everyone wants to rob the meritorious, and everyone who is responsible is afraid to bear it. Since it is said that the government cannot be moved, it can only think of other ways. She frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "That's it, the day after tomorrow, you ask Sister Lu to find an excuse to take me out, and we will go to Zhang's house by ourselves." ”

"Let's go by ourselves?" Shen Wansan was stunned, the government couldn't help it, what was the use of them going.

"Without going to see it in person, I can't be sure whether Zhang Dayong and Yan are really suspected of committing a crime, and whether the Zhang family is the scene of the crime. Ma Xiuying helped Shen Wansan think of the wording, "You just said that Master Shen took pity on Zhang Dazhi's disappearance, and specially brought some New Year's goods to comfort the Zhang family." ”

Shen Wansan cried out in pain, "Then I still have to buy some New Year's goods?"

"I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf. Ma Xiuying patted Shen Wansan on the shoulder, "Young Master Shen, can you not be so stingy?"

"I'm not stingy, you said that they hurt Zhang Dazhi, why should I send them New Year's goods......" Shen Wansan justifiably justified his name.

"I'll go with you then. Yao Tianxi quietly pulled Shen Wansan in front of him, and Ma Xiuying's hand naturally slapped into the air when it fell again.

Ma Xiuying and Shen Wansan didn't notice this detail, Ma Xiuying said with a smile: "Brother Yao has agreed, what are you hesitating about, a little New Year's goods and a few thousand taels of silver, which is more important?"

"The New Year's goods are not out of the sky, of course he doesn't care. Shen Wansan glared at Ma Xiuying hatefully, "I haven't seen a single cent of thousands of taels of silver until now, but I have to paste a lot of manpower and financial resources first, if you can't find out the result, I'll see what you pay me." ”

Yao Tianxi said: "I'll prepare the New Year's goods, and the junior will take us to Zhang's house." ”

Ma Xiuying wrinkled her nose, "Little San, we are helping your family investigate the case, you are still so stingy, you are really a stingy ghost." If you can't find out the results, you will waste the Zhang family's property and deduct it from my dividends, and if you find out the results, you have to pay me and Brother Yao. ”

Shen Wansan laughed, "I'll just talk about it, how can I really care about you, even if I can't find any results, I won't let you compensate." ”

"Count you as acquaintances!" Ma Xiuying and Yao Tianxi looked at each other and smiled.

I don't know how Shen Wansan arranged it, but the next day Lu Xiaoqian went to Guo's Mansion to invite Ma Xiuying to go out to play.

Ma Xiuying told Yuan Xing the night before that she was going to help Shen Wansan investigate the case, and it was inconvenient to take him out and let him read a book at home.

Yuan Xing agreed with a smile, and wished Ma Xiuying a smooth solution to the case.

This made Ma Xiuying a little uncomfortable with Yuan Xing's change, how could Yuan Xing, who was still depressed and decadent a while ago, suddenly become cheerful and diligent, no longer intentionally or unintentionally asked himself to take him to Qingfeng Yuan, as if he was no longer entangled in liking Li Qi'er, and even faintly alienated Yao Tianxi and others. Could it be that Yao Tianxi and Shen Wansan reprimanded Yuan Xing, but Ma Xiuying felt that they should not be people who could speak badly and hurt people, and they didn't see an attitude of looking down on Yuan Xing in the past few days. Could it be that Yuan Xing himself figured it out? Ma Xiuying, who was puzzled, had no choice but to attribute this situation to the fact that Yuan Xing had grown up and had his own secrets.

Yuan Xing really figured it out, he didn't have the ability to get or protect Li Qi'er now, and Li Qi'er didn't like him, so he could only let go. Ma Xiuying is different from others, she really hopes that she is good, so she will stop herself. But he really doesn't want to give up, Ma Xiuying's plan has never been hidden from him, and they will get a lot of money when Shen Wansan returns from going to sea in the future, maybe he will be able to let Yao Tianxi fulfill his promise at that time......

Leaving the house had to be approved by the Da Zhang family, and Ma Xiuying and Lu Xiaoqian went to see the Da Zhang family.

Da Zhang leaned on the pillow obliquely, with a straight face, and closed his two thin lips, "It's cold, what's fun outside, don't go out at home." ”

Lu Xiaoqian smiled faintly, "Approaching the end of the year, I plan to buy some new clothes, I don't know what to buy, I want Sister Xiuying to help choose a few." What kind of style does Mrs. Guo and the two Miss Guo like, I also asked Sister Xiuying to bring one back each. ”

Da Zhang sat up straight, revealing a greedy gaze, "Hey, where does Ma Xiuying understand this, why don't I accompany you to choose." She thought that she must choose a dress with the best fabric and the most expensive price for Lu Xiaoqian to pay.

Lu Xiaoqian lowered her head slightly, revealing an embarrassed expression, "I have already made an appointment with Young Master Shen and Young Master Yao......"

As soon as he heard that Shen Wansan and Yao Tianxu were also going to play together, Da Zhang immediately said with a smile: "Since Young Master Shen and Young Master Yao are also here, my old wife will not mix with you." But Ma Xiuying has never been out, and I really don't feel at ease when she goes out alone. Fortunately, the eldest girl and the little girl are the same age as you, so they will definitely be able to talk together, so let them accompany you. ”

Ma Xiuying and Lu Xiaoqian's faces froze, and the meaning of Da Zhang's words was clearly that Ma Xiuying would not be allowed to go out if they did not take the Guo family sisters out.

"Okay, okay! Sister Lu, wait, let's change our clothes. Guo Daya and Guo Xiaoya smiled happily and ran back to the room to clean up.

Ma Xiuying and Lu Xiaoqian had to go back to Lin Yingyuan to wait unhappily, and waited for half an hour before seeing the Guo family sisters Shanshan appear. On a cold day, the two sisters only wore a long skirt off the ground, a thin jacket, exquisite makeup, and a dazzling headdress, which can definitely be called beautiful "frozen" people.

Lu Xiaoqian was dumbfounded, "They are really ......"

"Just get used to it. Ma Xiuying said calmly, anyway, she has never put herself and the Guo sisters in the same camp.

When he went out, Da Zhang kindly explained to everyone, "Have fun, have fun, it doesn't matter if you come back later, I will ask the cook to leave food for you." ”

Ma Xiuying had a chill and sped up her pace to leave the house.