After Xie Yan sat down, he picked up a roster and looked at it, Hu Quan thought about it, and replied:

"Three. Chun Niang, Xi Niang, Feng Niang, these three people are fellow villagers, Chun Niang and Xi Niang have entered the work registration in Fuzhou Mansion, but they signed not a deed of sale, it is a work deed, both of them have worked in the family's grange for two years, and then they came to the capital, and Feng Niang's words, I have not heard that she has entered the work registration before, she came to the capital to join relatives, and then the relatives moved away, she sold herself to the Guogong Mansion alone, and now Chun Niang and Xi Niang are serving the second lady, only this Feng Niang is the person who is in the middle of the matter, because she knows a few words, she will calculate some small accounts, So it was left to the back of the story. ”

Xie Yan looked at Hu Quan, took a deep breath, and said:

"These three people, do you have a good relationship on weekdays?"

Hu Quan nodded: "Okay, the three of them are fellow villagers, and if they are destined to get together here, it shows that they have fate, and the relationship is naturally good." ”

"Hmm. Don't talk about Chunniang and Xi Niang for the time being, let's talk about this Feng Niang...... What is she doing in the back office? ”

Xie Yan seemed to have some clue and said to Hu Quan.

"Feng Niang doesn't have a specific position in the department, sometimes she helps the management of affairs, sometimes she helps the ladies run errands, and sometimes she manages the treasury or something, so she can be regarded as a capable person."

After thinking about it, Xie Yan asked again:

"Then did this Feng Niang do anything with Aunt Lan who left the house before?"

Hu Quan didn't understand why Xie Yan asked this, so he said:

"I haven't heard of this, but in the past, Aunt Lan was also in charge of things, if there was anything for Feng Niang to do, she would naturally do it."

Speaking of this, Xie Yan had an idea in his heart, beckoned to Hu Quan, Hu Quan came over, Xie Yan said a few words in his ear, handed the silver hairpin in his sleeve to Hu Quan, and then saw Hu Quan nodding and walking out.

*****

Shen Xi came back from the palace, these days he is either in the palace, or in the military department, very busy, Xie Yan plays with Kang Ning every day until after dinner, and then let the nurse carry Kang Ning to sleep, she is making clothes under the lamp, while waiting for Shen Xi, she is not bored.

Shen Xi saw that Xie Yan's embroidery was still the cat and dog, and knew that this dress must be made for the longevity boy, although he was very jealous in his heart, he didn't want Ah Tong to think that he was careful, and Xie Yan was also very smart, knowing that he didn't want to see him, as long as he came back, she quickly put all the things into the sewing basket, and then greeted him.

After Xie Yan waited for Shen Xi to change his clothes, she let him lie on the bed bare, bare-shouldered, and she took out a jar of honey paste from the dresser, which was her special fragrant flower gel cream, although it was not the kind of muscular medicine in the palace, but it was better to use it than not to use it.

In addition to making the wound on Shen Xi's back a little lighter, this kind of honey cream can also be used as a massage balm, Shen Xi lay on the pillow with his face, and completely presented his back in front of Xie Yan, Xie Xi sat on his waist, wiped the honey cream on his hands, and began to press lightly on his shoulder.

She had learned this gesture from the massage master in the palace, and it was originally learned by the palace maids to be mutually beneficial, and sometimes when she was tired of being on an errand in front of the palace, two or three female officials would massage each other to relieve fatigue, but I didn't expect it to be used on the deity now.

You must know that in the previous life, when they were on errand days before the emperor, most of the words they said in their mouths were inseparable from the emperor's affairs, what if I could massage for the emperor......

Thinking of the original scene, Xie Yan couldn't help laughing, Shen Xi glanced back at her and asked:

"What are you laughing at?"

Xie Yan raised her eyebrows, shook her head and said:

"I'm thinking, I'm the only one who has seen such a beautiful back now, and I don't know how many people won't be able to see it if they want to see it in the future."

This sentence was originally said as a palace maid, the emperor's back is naturally seen by the queen and the concubines, where is what these little palace maids can think, naturally many people want to see it.

However, Shen Xi seemed to have misunderstood what Xie Yan meant, hooked his lips with satisfaction, and said:

"You're transparent today! It's good to know for yourself, don't think about it all day long, you must know that not everyone can see my back. ”

“……”

Xie Yan made a grimace behind Shen Xi's back, stuck out her tongue, and was seen by Shen Xi, who came to look at her sideways, but today, his uncle seemed to be in a good mood, so he didn't bother with Xie Xi, the little woman, and turned around and quietly enjoyed this peaceful moment that made people feel comfortable and forget their troubles.

******

The next day, Hu Quan came back to his life, bringing news that shocked Xie Yan.

"Feng Niang...... He's dead! Died in the courtyard outside her. ”

“……”

Xie Yan listened to Hu Quan's words, and the whole person was stunned. I only heard Hu Quan continue:

"The villain went to find Chunniang and Xi Niang yesterday according to Mrs.'s instructions, and asked them to identify the silver hairpin, and sure enough, as Mrs. expected, this hairpin is Feng Niang's, but when I went to find Feng Niang, the housekeeper said that Feng Niang had redeemed herself and went out, and the villain found the address of her house and went out to look for her, but after I went, I saw her dead in her own yard, and I didn't dare to stay longer, so I hurried back to give Mrs. a life."

Hu Quan's words made Xie Yan fall into silence, and she didn't speak for a long time, and then she exhaled heavily, this silver hairpin belonged to Feng Niang, but Feng Niang died, and this clue was broken. However, what let Xie Yan know is that this matter is by no means as simple as she imagined.

The silver hairpin is Feng Niang pierced into the body of the green bead, and Feng Niang was ordered by whom, maybe it is Aunt Lan, Aunt Lan is in charge of the matter, so Feng Niang does things for her, everything is reasonable, but now Aunt Lan is also missing, and there is more than luck, and everything is beginning to die without proof.

Hu Quan's affairs here were done, and he went out after the report, and when Xie Yan was at a loss, Zhao Sanbao came to ask for a meeting. Xie Yan let him in, and Zhao Sanbao knelt down to report when he saw Xie Yan:

"Madam, I've found Aunt Lan."

Xie Yan was taken aback and asked, "Found it?" What about people? ”

Zhao Sanbao sighed and said, "People...... It's dead. It was in a mass grave ten miles outside the city. Last time, Mrs. sent the villain to the whereabouts of Aunt Charan, and found that she did not return to her hometown, so she guessed that she must be more than lucky, so she brought a few brothers, and went to find several mass graves these days, and finally found her and her personal maid, and I brought the corpses back to Yizhuang, they seem to have been dead for a long time, and they are not wearing much clothes, Xu is to be stripped and sold, people are swollen, corpse spots have also come out, and the stomach and intestines have been bitten by wild beasts, fortunately, the face can still be seen. ”

Although Zhu Qing had seen corpses, but now that he heard Zhao Sanbao say what happened to Aunt Lan, he couldn't help but cover his mouth, and his stomach was churning.

Xie Yan didn't feel much better, but she was still more able to hold on than Zhuqing, and seeing that Zhao Sanbao was still waiting for her to show her, she nodded calmly and said:

"Two more things. The first thing is to find a puppet for Aunt Lan to check the cause of death, don't alarm the government and the government, find a private puppet to test, and after the inspection, find a high ground to bury and do a ritual; The second thing, go to the major pawnshops in the city and ask, to see if anyone has gone to be Aunt Lan's clothes these days, the clothes in our house are all set every season, and the materials used are all those families, the materials are recorded and exquisite, and the specifications of the aunts and concubines are also different from ordinary people's, go check to see if anyone has stripped them of their clothes to be, if not, if there is, bring it back and ask. ”

Zhao Sanbao is a capable person, otherwise he would not be able to achieve the position of the chief manager of the palace in the palace, so he naturally has his ability to deal with things, and after listening to Xie Yan's words, he nodded and went out.

After he left, Xie Yan thought back to the question in his mind, about Aunt Lan, it stands to reason that she is the concubine of the second master Shen Xuan, she has an accident, she should ask the second room what is going on, but Xie Yan doesn't know why, but she always feels in her heart that this matter should not be asked to the second room, the second lady's eldest grandson's attitude towards Aunt Lan is also very strange, and a lot of respect on weekdays is also counted, maybe the second master dotes on Aunt Lan, and the second lady is so flattering in order to please the second master, but after Aunt Lan disappeared, The second lady's inconsequential expression was still very strange, as if it was ...... It's like...... No matter whether Aunt Lan is good or bad, it has nothing to do with her, according to reason, Aunt Lan is the second master's favorite concubine, even if the second lady pleases her, it is impossible not to be jealous of her, if Aunt Lan was killed, and the murderer is the second lady, her expression should be weak-hearted, if the murderer is not the second lady, then she should also be happy, anyway, no matter what kind of expression, the last thing that should not be is 'irrelevant'.

Recalling that after the first Aunt Ping's miscarriage, she and Aunt Lan happened to go to see Aunt Ping together, and the two met the second master on the way back, and the performance of the second master and Aunt Lan at that time was also very intriguing.

Xie Yan carefully recalled the situation at the time - the two bumped into each other at the corner, but after Aunt Lan saw that the person who came was the second master, not only did she not move forward, but took a small step back as if she had seen the husband of someone else, and the second master wanted to be angry at that time, it can be seen that it was her, although she did not retreat, but the anger on her face was gone, although she did not show the intention of avoiding suspicion like Aunt Lan, but she did not have the kind of spoiling when she saw the favored concubine, On the contrary, the second master was anxious about Aunt Ping, who had just given birth to him, and he was in a hurry to see Aunt Ping.

But if the second master doesn't love Aunt Lan, then she's a concubine, why can she follow the second lady and learn to be a housekeeper? And how could the second lady respect Aunt Lan like a sister? Doesn't this make trouble for yourself?

Although the second lady is in the name of the housekeeper, who in the house doesn't know that it is the two aunts who really do things, Aunt Lan and Aunt Lian, and take 10,000 steps back and say, how can the people in this house serve the two aunts? The second lady, the second master, the third lady, the third master, and the old lady with the most important identity, how can they ignore it and let the two aunts take care of the big and small affairs of the family?

It's weird, too.

This is Aunt Lan's business.

and Aunt Lian, Xie Yan remembered the last time she met Aunt Lian on the road, and her expression was also intriguing.

It stands to reason that Aunt Lan died, and she became the biggest steward in the house. It should be jubilant all day long, but look at her pale face, bloodless, not like she is in power, but like a dehydrated fish on the board, there is a little bit of rabbit death and fox sadness.