"What are you doing here?! Don't I cherish you if you cherish your subordinates?! This house has always been the most taboo and cruel to people, if it is really as you say, I will definitely give you justice, now you get up first. Su Xin, there is no one else here, you help her up and sit down for me. Ah Xiu said quickly.

Su Xin helped Yizhen, sat on the chair on the side, and twisted a handkerchief to wipe her face, Bi Jin, who happened to go home to visit relatives, came back, and changed Xiao Si to come in for a while, Lian'er was slightly frightened, her mouth was dry, and she was puzzled when she saw Xiao Si come in: "Are they asking for a job, why did you come in, pour me a cup of tea, it matters if your mouth is dry." ”

Xiao Si nodded and went to the stove on the side to get the kettle, poured it into the sea of tea, and said while pouring the tea: "It was Sister Bijin who came back, she guarded the outside for me, and I just came in." ”

When Ah Xiu heard that Bijin was back, she wanted to ask about her family, but now is not the time, so she also dispelled her thoughts: "It's just right, it's convenient for you to come in and serve Lian'er." Su Xin, you tell Sù Bichen, she just came back, moved a pestle to sit and guard, carefully sore legs. ”

Su Xin nodded and went to sue Sù back, standing aside and beating Ah Xiu's back. Lian'er drank half a cup of tea and settled down, Ah Xiu asked her to rest, but she refused, so she had no choice but to let Su Xin take a soft pillow to support her waist, and asked Xiaosi to pinch her legs.

A few people here waited anxiously, Ah Xiu listened to the movement outside from time to time, but only heard the rustle of the breeze outside passing through the window, and wondered: "Why are the people outside so quiet?" Su Xin walked to the bedside and looked at it, walked back and replied with a smile: "It's okay, the wind is light outside, and the sun is good, although there are many people in our courtyard, we also know the depth." Now they were sitting outside in the courtyard basking in the sun, far away and not noisy, so it was like no one. ”

Ah Xiu was relieved at this time, and waited for another cup of tea before Yan'er came over with a chat to reply. Ah Xiu hurriedly asked people to move a chair for the servant, and the servant thanked him, and sat on the edge of the chair on the side.

Seeing that the princess asked about the winter kite, the maid bowed and said: "Back to the princess, that woman has been identified by Sister Ying'er and others, and it is indeed the winter kite in the house, but she is in a strange death, and she was knocked unconscious and thrown into the well. ”

Hearing this, Ah Xiu and the others were even more taken aback, and hurriedly asked for details, nodded respectfully and said: "There are scars in the hair on the top of the winter kite girl's head near the hairline, there are also scratches on the clothes on her body, and there are also a few slight bruises on her neck and cheeks. He was supposed to have been grabbed by the neck and slapped in the face, and then hammered his forehead with a hard object, causing him to fall unconscious, and then abandoned him in a well and drowned. ”

Although Yixi's voice was soft, it was like thunder exploding in the room. Needless to say, Lian'er's face turned pale with fright, and Xiao Si stroked her back again and again. Ye Zhen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried in a low voice.

Here Ah Xiu felt a buzzing in his ears for a while, and he was crying non-stop with Ye-jin beside him, his heart was in a hurry, he felt that his whole body suddenly tightened, and there was a hot breath in his throat mixed with a hint of fishy sweetness, and his heart was not good, so he hurriedly closed his eyes and stabilized his mind. Between Su Xin's tentacles, I felt Ah Xiu's body shake, looked at her face carefully, and saw that Ah Xiu's appearance was really bad, so she hurriedly told Sù Yan'er to ask the doctor to come over.

Ah Xiu pulled Su Xin, and let out a 'um' sound between gasps, Su Xin knew that she wanted to call Yan'er, so she squatted down and comforted: "Madame, don't care about anything else now, first hold your mind and stabilize your breath, if you have something to say, let's talk about it later, there are a number of slaves here." ”

Seeing that Ah Xiu let go of his hand, and his breathing gradually stabilized, Su Xin and Xiao Si each stroked their master's back together, and his face was ashamed, feeling that although he told the truth, he had disturbed the nobles after all, and now he hung his head silently, waiting for orders.

Ying'er also came in from outside at this time, she saw that her face was tight, and she was a little anxious, and after thinking about it, she called the housekeeper to guard carefully for her master, and came back to hand over the errand. Now seeing this situation, I knew that things were not good, so I didn't make a sound, and directly took a mint sachet to sniff the two of them, and then stood aside.

Ye-jin cried and leaned on the back to gasp. After half a cup of tea, Ah Xiu relieved himself and opened his eyes: "Then according to you, the winter kite was killed by someone, right?" He asked himself and quickly nodded yes.

Ah Xiu sighed: "Thank you so much, you can go back to the yamen to make a difference." I'm here to visit the officials first, and if there is a suspect, I'll press it over. If the Yamen Lord wants to come to try the case and inspect it, it doesn't matter when he comes, just come. ”

Let people see the reward, and the servant took the silver and thanked him. This Ah Xiu sighed: "People often say, 'The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop', but now is it not the right thing to say? Tianying and Huilan have only moved out for a few days, and this room has only been idle for two hours, and then there is such a big lawsuit! ”

"Little four, since the side concubine refuses to rest, you will help her to my bed and relax first." Ah Xiu said, looking at Ye-jin who was crying non-stop, "Don't cry either, now you want to avenge the winter girl." Since you are suspicious, I will naturally ask Qiuqin for you. ”

After speaking, she told Sù Ying'er to bring Qiu Qin over, and asked Su Xin to bring someone to wait for Qiu Qin to come out and go in to search. The two took the order, but Cheng Huan ran in while shouting: "Mother, what's wrong?" Let Sister Bichen be the door god, stop me from entering-"

Cheng Huan is also clever and sensible, running in and talking halfway, I saw that although my mother and the two aunts were sitting or lying, they all had sad faces, knowing that it was not the right time for her to come in, and she wanted to retreat, Ah Xiu called out to her: "Cheng Huan come here." ”

"Mother, aren't you happy? Then I'll go out and play on my own. Cheng Huan looked at Ah Xiu's face, "There must be someone who makes my mother unhappy, and Cheng Huan will not persuade people, I just ask my mother not to be anxious and sad, and it will be fine." ”

Ah Xiu nodded and smiled, touched Cheng Huan's little face, turned his head and saw the two girls of Bi Jin and Cheng Huan standing by the door and looking at him, so he said, "I know you can't keep this ghost girl." you go. Bijin bowed his head and went out, and Ah Xiu said again: "Mei Xiang, you two take Chenghuan back to the room to write." ”

Cheng Huan obediently followed the two girls back to his room, and Qiu Qin also came over after a while.

Although she hadn't seen her for two hours, Qiu Qin changed into a peach-pink short velvet skirt, a pine-colored horse-faced skirt, and jade ornaments on her hands and ears. When Yizhen saw her, she rushed up to arrest her like crazy, but she was already held by Xiaosi and Yan'er when she saw the situation.

Qiu Qin was stunned, but she didn't avoid it, and directly saluted Ah Xiu: "Concubine Qiu Qin has seen the princess." He turned around and said, "I've seen Concubine Fang and Mrs. Sun." Seeing that Ah Xiu didn't say anything and ignored her, he asked again: "What's wrong with my sisters, what's the trouble?" Sister Sun, is this going to eat me? ”

"Joke! What are you doing with a good deed, why are you pretending to be okay here?! Give me back the winter kite! Ye-jin was held back and couldn't get closer, so she had to stomp her feet and cry.

"It's strange, your people are always looking for what I want! Didn't my sister make such a fuss in my room just now? Now is this a re-entry or not? I don't know what to do! Qiu Qin changed her usual cowardly appearance and asked coldly.

Seeing that Ah Xiu didn't speak, Lian'er couldn't help but ask Qiu Qin: "Do you know that the winter kite girl is dead?" Didn't you call her away last night? Ah Xiu turned to Lian'er and said, "You can rest, don't you see that people don't have us in their eyes at all?" Why bother? ”

Qiu Qin heard that her voice was not good, and she bent down and saluted, "Is the princess blaming me?" I really don't know, Sister Sun and I don't get along for a day or two, the princess should know that don't listen to her side of the story. ”

"It's strange, you don't say whether you know about the death of the winter kite, and you don't mention whether you called the winter kite, but you just say that Ye-jin and you are not on good terms, what is the reason? Could it be that in your eyes, human life is lighter than the two of you?! Ah Xiu lowered his eyes, not looking at her, but said in a deep voice without showing emotion.

"It seems that the princess really believed Sister Sun's words, so I don't have to prove my innocence, and the princess will send someone to press me to the yamen. It's not unheard of before I have ever heard of it. Qiu Qin stood up and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Ah Xiu raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him, and said with a smile: "A good Peugeot person, a good mouth!" After speaking, he said to Yizhen: "If it weren't for my sister, you have been in the house for many years, I'm afraid you would really have to be stepped on by her." ”

When Ye-jin heard this, she stomped her feet helplessly and sat on her chair with tears on her head. Ah Xiu looked at Qiu Qin and smiled again, turned her face and said to Sù Yan'er: "Pour me a cup of tea." After speaking, he ignored anyone, and looked at the window in a daze.

Yan'er poured the tea, Ah Xiucai came back to her senses and took it, and looked at Qiu Qin's clothes while drinking tea, Qiu Qin was uncomfortable when she looked down, and she couldn't see anything when she looked down, so she simply gave up.

"The color of this garment is wonderful! Peach pink with pine flowers, very delicate! In a trance, I remembered which sister passed through the prince's birthday banquet, but I couldn't remember it for a while, who helped me think about it. Ah Xiu pretended to be contemplative, but glanced at everyone.

"Sister doesn't need to ask others, I remember. It was the gee-jin girl here who wore it on that day. "Smart as Lian'er, how could she not know what Ah Xiu meant, so she leaned up and said.

"Oh? That's it. Ah Xiu was overjoyed: Lian'er still saw through it. Taking a sip of tea, Ah Xiu said again: "Qiuqin, let me ask you, what is your status now." Qiu Qin frowned: As soon as the words "...... concubine" came out, she realized Ah Xiu's calculations, so she didn't follow for a while.

Ah Xiu heard that she was speechless, lowered her head and smiled faintly, and asked casually, "Isn't it easy to say?" Still don't know how to say it? After a while, he took a sip and handed it to Yan'er, "Take this down, take a separate teacup and pour me a cup of hot water, my body will be a little tight." (To be continued.) )