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Xie Yan asked Zhao Sanbao to go to Aunt Chalan, and Zhao Sanbao came back to recover after running back and forth for a few days.

"The people in the house said that Aunt Lan went back to her hometown to visit relatives, but I asked my uncle to send someone to Jiangnan according to the address given to me by the housekeeper, only to know that Aunt Lan and her family had already moved out, so Aunt Lan didn't go back to Jiangnan at all, but she and her personal maid disappeared from the house for some reason."

Zhao Sanbao's words made Xie Yan frown, and sure enough, as she guessed, Aunt Lan did not return to her hometown at all, but was killed.

However, who will kill Aunt Lan? Then she disguised herself as a return to her hometown, and Xie Yan's mind flashed the appearance of her long-lived mother Luzhu before she died. Her instincts told her that the two things must be related.

After Zhao Sanbao left, Changshou came over, looked at Xie Yan and asked her directly:

"Did you ask Zhao Sanbao to go to Aunt Chalan?"

Xie Yan glanced up at him and said with a smile: "No, don't ask." Go read your books. ”

Changshou saw that Xie Yan didn't want to talk to him about this, lowered his head and thought about it, then sighed, turned to the side to play with Kangning, he made a small gourd out of wood for Kangning, stuffed two rattles in it, grabbed it in his hand and shook it, you could hear the muffled sound.

Kangning liked it very much, grabbed it in his hand and played non-stop, but he didn't catch it much, and it fell to the ground after a while, and Changshou didn't mind, he picked it up for him when it fell on the ground, and then stuffed it into his chubby little hand and let him continue to play.

Xie Yan looked at them like this, and couldn't help sighing, and felt that this child was not easy in his heart, Lu Zhu was a subordinate in the house, he followed such a mother, what kind of life he had since he was a child can be imagined, he was so extreme before he came to Canglan Yuan, and it was really related to his living environment since he was a child, this kid was so violent in the previous life, that is, because of this, and in this life, he seems to have changed a lot, at the beginning Xie Yan was good to him, but I just hope that Shen Xi will have one less opponent in the future, But now I feel that this child is really pitiful, and he really wants to be good to him.

Changshou also seemed to feel Xie Yan's gaze, and raised a hearty smile at her, her white teeth were neat, just like his person, hearty and clear, already quite a little bit of a young handsome, Xie Yan remembered the clothes that he cut for him two days ago, so he beckoned to him, took out the clothes from the inner room, compared the size of his back, and made a mark, which let him go back.

Before Changshou turned around, he suddenly stretched out his hand to Xie Yan, Xie Yan was stunned for a moment, and then saw a silver hairpin in Changshou's palm, Xie Yan didn't know why, she knew this silver hairpin, it was the silver hairpin that Changshou used to attack her when she took Changshou back to Canglan Garden, and successfully cut her sleeves.

Xie Yan looked at him puzzled, I don't know why he gave her this silver hairpin, Changshou lowered his head, and thought for a while, until Kang Ning next to him made a babbling summoning sound, he hurriedly handed the hairpin into Xie Yan's hand, lowered his head and whispered in her ear:

"I found this hairpin under my mother and body, I didn't dare to say it at the time, and now I'll give it to you."

Xie Yan took the hairpin, looked at Changshou in surprise, and saw him with his head down, frowning slightly and walking in the direction of Kangning.

I looked down at the silver hairpin in my hand again, it was an extremely ordinary silver hairpin, with a wide tail and a narrow tip, and it was simply carved with an auspicious and auspicious cloud pattern, because no one had worn it for a long time, so this silver hairpin looked a little black.

Xie Yan remembered that when Luzhu died, it was indeed Changshou who personally scrubbed her body and changed her longevity clothes, so he found the silver hairpin under and on Luzhu's body...... The kid hid it until today.

And it was only after hearing that Aunt Lan was missing that she brought up the matter.

However, how could the green bead be pierced into this silver hairpin? And it's in that position......

Xie Yan only felt that her scalp was numb. The secret in the Dingguo Mansion seemed to be even more filthy than she imagined.

When Shen Xi came back in the evening, Xie Yan personally cooked two vegetarian home-cooked dishes for him, and then the couple ate in the Qingfeng Pavilion.

During the meal, Xie Xi told Shen Xi about the silver hairpin, Shen Xi was stunned for a long time with chopsticks, and then put a chopstick dish in Xie Yan's bowl and said:

"It doesn't matter if you don't check this matter, since Luzhu and Aunt Lan have disappeared, no matter what you do, they won't be able to come back."

Xie Yan hesitated for a moment and said:

"But I always felt that there was something involved in these two things. It's not an ordinary murder, first, the two of them have special identities, and the person who killed them must be the master of the Shen family, but I don't know if it's the second master or the third master, or it's ...... at all."

Shen Xi didn't speak, just lowered his head and looked at the rice in his bowl, sighed faintly, and then said to Xie Yan:

"Let's eat. The dish is going to be cold. You still don't want to meddle in these things, the people of the Shen family have me to clean up, and now our identities are embarrassing, and it is not appropriate to have too much trouble with the Dingguo Mansion, but in the end, I will not miss the liquidation. ”

“……”

Xie Yan looked at Shen Xi, and only she understood what he meant by this.

His so-called liquidation is to destroy the Dingguo Mansion, although everything is solved, but in the end it also ended up with a reputation of cruelty and unkindness, when people mention Emperor Tianyuan, the first thing that always comes to mind is his ruthlessness, and he can be so ruthless in treating the door that raises himself, in the previous life, Xie Yan watched him become more and more violent, and in this life, she hoped that because of her existence, Shen Xi would not have to bear such a reputation, and she would become more and more lonely.

Shen Xi didn't know what Xie Xi was thinking, seeing her looking at herself thoughtfully, her eyes seemed to be a little transparent, both like looking at him and not like looking at him, with concern, with pity, Shen Xi didn't speak, just sighed, and gave her two chopsticks dishes, and then she started to eat.

*****

The next day, Xie Yan asked Hu Quan to call an old man from the Dingguo Mansion to talk back.

Xie Yan went through all the relationships between the Dingguo Mansion, the eldest lord Shen Ye didn't talk about it, he only married one wife of the Luo family in his life, and nominally only one son of Shen Xi, the second lord Shen Zhen has a wife and six concubines, and Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian are all concubines of the second master, but Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian are more favored, and they follow the second lady Changsun as the housekeeper on weekdays, and now that Aunt Lan is gone, everything falls on Aunt Lian; The third master Shen Ming has a wife Wan, she is a continuation, Shen Ming's first wife Duan, it is said that she died of illness within two years of marrying, and Shen Ming also has two concubines, but he usually doesn't go out much, just stays in the outer courtyard, keeps to himself, and his wife has not caused anything over the years.

Xie Yan frowned and asked, "How did the third master's wife, Duan, die?" ”

After thinking about it, the old man replied: "Mrs. Hui, Duan's family is said to have died of illness, when she died, the third master had just won the Shu Jishi, in the Ministry of Officials, when Duan's mother died, the third master was not at home, and then Duan's went, and the house went to tell the third master to come back to mourn, and the second year, the third master continued the string, married the Wan's housewife and came back, and then he entered the office." ”

Xie Yan nodded when she heard this, and after thinking about it, she asked:

"Then in addition to these aunts in the house, do the second and third masters have an outer room outside?"

This time, Hu Quan invited her to be an old steward of the Shen family's department, and he was naturally loyal to Shen Xi's name, so Xie Yan could ask him directly about some things, and he didn't have to worry about anything.

After thinking about it, the old steward replied to Xie Yan:

"Yes. The second master has an outer room in Lihua Lane, what is the surname, the old man doesn't know, he only knows that he was born in Qinglou; There is also the one in Huanxi Lane, which is said to be a widow, and the second master seems to have only these outside; The words of the third master, the old slave really haven't heard of it, he hid the outer room outside, after all, the mother of the third room is a continuation of the string, and the management is not so strict, if the third master has something he likes, he can take it back to the house directly, and the mother of the Wan family will not say anything, so the third master does not have to bother to go to the outer room. ”

"Who is in charge of the money in the house and the expenses of the family? I saw that the second lady was a Buddha all day long, and I didn't see much busyness. ”

Xie Yan asked the old steward again.

This point was asked about the old steward's own duty, and the answer was fluent, and he said:

"The money accounts in the house are finally handed over to the second lady to manage, but in fact, Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian are managed separately, and now that Aunt Lan has returned to her hometown, Aunt Lian will temporarily manage it, and everything in charge of the department is through her to negotiate with the second lady."

Xie Yan was silent for a while, squinted her eyes and thought about it, this matter seems to have something to do with Aunt Lian.

After all, Aunt Lan is missing, and the biggest beneficiary looks like Aunt Lian, but it doesn't make sense, after all, no matter how capable Aunt Lian is, she is still an aunt in the end, and it is impossible to hurt Aunt Lan, and let the second lady lie for her, saying that Aunt Lan returned to her hometown, this situation is generally no one in the house to care about this matter, as long as someone has a heart to check it, you can immediately know that Aunt Lan has not returned to her hometown at all, but the second lady said so, that is, she is sure that no one in the house will make decisions for Aunt Lan.

If according to a normal mother's thinking, she has two housekeepers under her, and naturally they have to contain each other, so letting one dominate is really not the best way to manage.

However, the development of things now is like the feeling that the second lady helped Aunt Lian hurt Aunt Lan, and then hid it for her.

Is this reasonable? Certainly not reasonable.

After Xie Yan asked the old steward to go back, after thinking about it, she took out the silver hairpin that Changshou gave her, looked at the auspicious cloud patterns on it, and had a new idea in her mind.

The author has something to say: The second watch~~~~~~ everyone sprinkled flowers on me to see if I could make another third watch!!!!

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