Because this woman was Zhu Hu's first patient, and she was born so beautifully, she had a heart of pity and cherishing jade, and after diagnosing and healing the wounds and boiling medicine and detoxifying, Zhu Hu also enthusiastically helped the sisters who were robbed by the rogue to find a house to settle down.

Song Xiu'er's sea of vinegar was churning, and even the fragrance of medicine in the room couldn't hide her sour taste. The secret path is still Yao Miaoyi's right, men are not credible, and most of them are greedy for beauty and power.

Hmph, even this seemingly well-behaved Zhu Goro is no exception!

Song Xiu'er was a girl's heart was broken, and her admiration for Zhu Hu was strangled to death in the cradle. When she saw Zhu Wulang again, her gaze at him was similar to that of Uncle Afu who was driving the car.

Even when he eats at night, he no longer secretly gives Zhu Hu's rice a salted duck egg that runs oil.

At night, the drum beat three times, the north city of Jinling City, the Zhou Shilang Mansion in Quanfu Lane.

Yao Miaoyi sneaked into the study of the male owner Zhou Kui. Yesterday, she pretended to be an embroidery girl, followed the tailors of Yueronglou to "see the world" and blended into the Zhou Mansion, noted the terrain, and also printed a string of housekeepers' key molds, imitating the keys, and tonight took the moon and the dark wind to come to the Zhou Mansion of Dagongfang.

The reason why this neighborhood has the name "Great Gong" is actually named after the Zhan Garden, the residence of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei. Xu Da led the Northern Expeditionary Army to return victoriously, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Hongwu, said that he had made great contributions, and in order to commemorate Xu Da's merits, it was called Dagongfang.

Zhan Yuan is very large, it occupies a whole street, Zhu Yuanzhang said that the emperor had lived here before, it was one of his hidden residences, and after giving Zhan Yuan to Xu Da, this street was simply renamed Xufu Street.

And Quanfu Lane is in the north of Xufu Street, Zhou Kui used to be a Jinshi of the Yuan Dynasty, as a county commander, and later defected to the "bandit" Mingjiao Red Turban Army, becoming the most trusted staff under Xu Da's account, after the founding of Emperor Hongwu, Zhou Kui became the right servant of the ministry, a four-grade civil official.

Perhaps because of this relationship, Zhou Kui built his mansion near Xujiazhan Garden to facilitate communication with the old owner.

This is Zhou Kui's inner study, the layout is elegant and atmospheric, there is no carving on the Huanghuali bookcase, the natural texture of the wood is as delicate as a ** water pattern, Yao Miaoyi looked at the scroll letterhead, it is some irrelevant official documents, as well as correspondence between family and friends.

Yao Miaoyi began to check the walls, floors, and mezzanine in the bookcase, and found a coarse cloth burden under the floor tiles of the daffodil trellis, and opened it to see, it was all bright gold and silver things, which should be Zhou Kui in case of emergency, and it was useless with her, Yao Miaoyi put the burden back in place, and as soon as she put the floor tiles, she faintly heard someone coming to the study!

Yao Miaoyi had already taken precautions, she put a rope on the beam of the house, and quickly grabbed the rope and climbed up the beam.

Soon there was the sound of taking out the key to unlock the lock, and the two scholars helped Zhou Kui, who was full of alcohol, into the study, and Zhou Kui, who was wearing a royal blue lake satin dress, waved his hand, "It's too late, don't disturb Madame, I'll rest in the study tonight." ”

"Yes, sir."

A scholar washed Zhou Kui's face and feet with hot water, and another scholar served decanting soup, Zhou Kui frowned and put it down after drinking half a cup, "It's too hard to drink if you don't slip away, make a pot of freshly fried Niushou Mountain nectar tea." ”

The scholar persuaded: "Master, it's easy to get sleepy when you drink tea, and you can't sleep." ”

Drunk people have dry mouths and want to drink something that can quench their thirst, Zhou Kui was a little irritable, and his feet stomped in the hot water, and the splashes splashed on the face of the scholar who was half-kneeling on the ground to wash his feet.

The scholar was splashed with water to wash his feet, and he was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit, but he didn't dare to wipe it with his hands.

Zhou Kui said angrily: "If you can't sleep, you can't sleep, anyway, you don't have to get up in the morning to rest tomorrow." ”

Zhou Kuigui is a four-rank civil official, in addition to going to the office every day, he must also get up before dawn and go to Fengtiandian Station to stand in the morning court. Emperor Hongwu worked hard, often reviewing and folding until dawn, and even his subordinate officials were busy with official business, and did not dare to be perfunctory, and often could not rest for a day a month.

However, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, a rare holiday, so after going down to the yamen, the officials rarely relaxed, got together to drink and chat, Zhou Kui went to Zhan Garden tonight, accompanied the old lord Wei Guogong Xu Da to the wine garden, and went home in the middle of the night.

As soon as he heard this, the scholar hurriedly went out to boil water and Zhang Luo made tea, Zhou Kui drank two pots of tea in a row, and then put down the bed tent to sleep, the study is a private place, the two scholars did not dare to stay here, and they went to the west wing of the courtyard to rest.

The study was calm, and the sound of Zhou Kui's breathing on the bed on the door shelf of Huanghuali Moon Cave slowly calmed down, and he should have fallen asleep.

Yao Miaoyi climbed the rope down from the beam of the room and searched the study again, this time, she luckily found the mechanism hidden behind the bookshelf, and the scroll hanging on the wall with a huge picture of treading snow and looking for plum blossoms automatically moved away, revealing a secret room with a black hole!

Yao Miaoyi walked into the secret room and lit a fire, in which there were chairs and bookcases, swords and other weapons hung on the wall, and there was a jar of water and shelf-stable dried fruits in the corner of the wall. Yao Miaoyi said secretly, Zhou Kui is on the surface of his progress, but in fact, he has always been scared, and this temporary hiding place is proof of this.

There were a few wooden boxes on the shelves, which looked to be some years old, and when I opened them, I saw that there were disguised fake beards, women's buns, some old clothes, etc., and only the boxes placed on the top of the shelves contained neatly bound books.

The ink on the top has faded, and the color is gray, it must be a few years ago.

Yao Miaoyi was overjoyed, and was about to open the book to take a closer look, when she suddenly heard a booming sound behind her, and looked back, but saw that the door of the secret room was slowly closing!

Oops, I almost got caught in the urn!

Yao Miaoyi threw down the book and pushed the rosewood chair behind her towards the door, which happened to be stuck at the door frame of the secret room.

Zhou Kuilin was drunk and thirsty, and drank a lot of tea before going to bed. Tea refreshment, he slept very shallowly, his stomach was full of wine, he woke up with urgency after sleeping for a while, lit a candle to get up all night, heard a rustling sound in the study, and there was a faint light, the alarm bell in his heart was loud, and he suddenly woke up, and then saw that the place where the light came out was where the secret room was, so he activated the mechanism, trying to trap the thief in the secret room.

Who knew that a rosewood chair flew from the secret room and ruined his plan, the rosewood is precious, the wood is very hard, and it is stuck at the door so that the mechanism cannot be closed, Zhou Kui is wearing a moon-white bedclothes, holding a silver candlestick, and seeing that he can't trap the thief, he shouted loudly:

"Come ......"

Yao Miaoyi jumped on the red sandalwood chair stuck in the door frame, took out a wet handkerchief to cover Zhou Kui's mouth and nose, and threw him to the ground, Zhou Kui struggled, the handkerchief exuded a strange fragrance of flowers, the more he struggled, the more weak his body became, and finally his eyes were black and he fainted to the ground.

A scholar sleeping on the Luohan bed in the west wing of the courtyard sat up suddenly, "It seems that there is movement in the study?" Is the old man awake? ”

Another scholar rubbed his eyes and looked at the dark study outside the window, "The master drank so much wine, it is estimated that he will not wake up until three o'clock in the morning." It's a mouse. ”

"What if the lord is calling someone? Listening to the sound doesn't look like a mouse. ”

"Maybe it's a dream, if he really has something to call us, why is there no movement at all now? Don't look for trouble, the old man is drunk and has a bad temper, and the footwashing water that splashed your face at night is not disgusting enough? Hurry up and sleep, tomorrow's Chung Yeung Festival is busy enough......"

The courtyard is quiet, with occasional autumn cicadas chirping. The cicada is poignant, and it is already at the end of the road.

Zhou Kui smelled a pungent smell, woke up slowly, his vision gradually became clearer, and there was a silver candlestick in his hand on the desk facing him, the candlestick candle had been lit, and looking around, it was the secret room he used to hide.

And he himself was tied to the rosewood chair and couldn't move, and the appearance of the girl in front of him was fifty percent similar to that of the housewife, Mrs. Xu, and she was looking through the old account book in the wooden box.

After all these years of worrying, this day has finally come. The secret room is made of hollow bricks all around, which is the most soundproof, and it is inaudible to speak inside, but not to hear outside.

Prevent it from coming and going, but I didn't expect it to be a cocoon.

Zhou Kui is worthy of being the first staff member around Xu Da, and when he was dying, he only twitched the corners of his eyes slightly, and then quickly calmed down.

"You're the eldest lady, aren't you?" Zhou Kui said lightly: "Zhao Tiande was bought by me with silver, and the entire assassination plan was also set by me, your mother is the daughter of Xie Zaixing, she must die; You are an eyewitness and must die too. ”

Yao Miaoyi looked at the old account book, which recorded a private salt transaction, Zhou Kui, and his grandfather Xie Zaixing's names were impressively listed, and the object of the transaction was actually Zhu Yuanzhang's sworn enemy back then-Wu King Zhang Shicheng!

Zhang Shicheng was born as a smuggler of salt, joined the Ming Red Turban Army to revolt against the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, became the climate, established himself as king in Suzhou, and controlled a large number of salt pans in Jianghuai.

Everyone has to eat salt, so Zhang Shicheng controls the richest Red Turban Army.

At that time, the Mingjiao Red Turban Army was divided into three forces, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, and Chen Youliang. Among them, Zhang Shicheng is the richest and the most popular among the people; Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to annex Chen Youliang and then gnaw on Zhang Shicheng's hard bones.

However, just when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang were stumbling, the news came that the general Xie Zaixing had defected to Zhang Shicheng.

"Now the eldest lady understands." Zhou Kui said with a smile: "More than 30 members of the Xie family committed suicide and wrote the word 'wrong' on their clothes. But your grandfather didn't die unjustly. He has been trading private salt with Zhang Shicheng, and he has more than 100,000 taels of silver every year. Later, he simply took refuge in Zhang Shicheng, and lobbied me to betray General Xu and the lord at that time. ”

"I like to do business with Zhang Shicheng, and I make a lot of money. Mingjiao these heroes, I am only optimistic about your father, and the current Emperor Hongwu, so I rejected your grandfather, and each will be his master in the future. He walked his Yangguan Road, and I crossed my single-plank bridge. But—"

Zhou Kui smiled coldly, "Your grandfather threatened me, saying that the Xie family has an account book in their hands, and once it is presented to the lord, I will be finished." After that, your grandfather was defeated and committed suicide in fear of sin. The entire Xie family hanged themselves, and only your mother is still alive. ”

Yao Miaoyi's eyes were as cold as frost, "So you suspect that the ledger is with my mother, so you bought the killer and Zhao Tiande to assassinate us and snatch the ledger." ”

Zhou Kui nodded, "So your mother must die." After assassinating your mother, Zhao Tiande obtained the treasure, and I found these ledgers from your mother's cage. Once your mother hands over the ledger, I will be the one who dies. I never regret doing it to your mother and daughter. ”

Yao Miaoyi's eyes were not warm, "You are lying, if these account books are your lifeblood, why don't you burn them after grabbing them, but instead keep them here and leave the handle?" ”，