Xia Qi frowned after hearing this, and then repeated in a low voice: "Zhentianxiong? ”

The haze on his face grew heavier and heavier, as if he knew the name.

And Xia Xue'er didn't see his facial expression clearly because the direction in which Brother Jia was standing outside the gauze tent was against the light, but he could hear him repeat the name of the master in a solemn tone, so he deliberately raised his eyebrows and said in a terrible tone: "How about it, this name is domineering!" ”

Xia Qi has been frowning thoughtfully since he heard the name "Earthquake Hero", but Xia Xing saw his sister's disdain and made fun of her, and then asked disappreciatively, "Oh? Who is it? ”

"Lord Valley! I don't even know this, and I dare to say that I am a big fan of Netherworld! ”

Xia Xue'er turned her head and glanced at him, and used her eyes to accuse her of being speechless in her heart.

After hearing this, Xia Xing stuck out his tongue like a child, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly realized that he exclaimed: "So, the one who is horizontal between my mother and my father is your valley master!" ”

"What do you mean?"

Xia Xue'er was very puzzled by the words that the second brother suddenly came out of, but under the sixth sense of women, she also smelled a trace of gossip from these words.

Xia Xing shook his head, pursed his lips and said, "I don't know, it seems that your master is an old friend of my mother, but my father doesn't seem to like him, it seems to be ......"

"Skywalk! Don't talk nonsense! ”

Xia Qi hurriedly interrupted his younger brother's words, and then squinted his eyes intentionally or unintentionally at Su Qi who was standing aside.

Seeing this, Xia Xue'er was even more puzzled.

I remember that when she was in the Netherworld Valley before, she felt that the eyes of the master looked at her were not like ordinary people, and she cared about her far more than the other disciples in the valley, and she also asked Xianglan about this matter, but she found nothing. And now the eldest brother, who had been frowning and standing silently, suddenly interrupted the second brother's words, which made her feel that the relationship between the elders was by no means simple.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the eldest brother must not want her to know something when he interrupts the second brother, which means that something must have happened during her coma tonight, but the two brothers deliberately did not let her know, so how should she know?

By the way, what about her three personal maids? Why haven't you seen them since you woke up?

Just thinking about it, Xia Qi said: "Your poison has just been resolved, and your body is still very weak, so we won't bother here, you can rest quickly." ”

Xia Xue'er saw that her brother had the intention of leaving, and hurriedly seized the gap and asked, "Big brother, do you know where Cuizhu and they are?" ”

Xia Qi thought about it for a while, then turned his gaze to his younger brother, and Xia Xing also shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

"This, I didn't notice either, I guess I'm with my mother."

When Xia Xue'er heard that the three girls were staying with her mother, she was worried and muttered, and her intuition told her that there must be something to hide from her.

Xia Xing looked at her sister's tangled expression, and guessed that she must have thought that her mother was angry with her three personal maids, so she leaned over and touched her head and comforted: "Don't worry, mother didn't embarrass them, go to sleep." ”

"Hmm."

The two brothers of the Xia family watched their sister obediently close their eyes, and then walked out with Su Qi with confidence, and after leaving Xia Xue'er's room, they all walked in the direction of the side hall.

Xia Qi saw that Su Qi had no intention of leaving, so he stretched out his hand to block his footsteps, and said politely: "It's late at night, I have ordered someone to arrange a place for Gongzi, Gongzi is tired for a day, go and rest early!" ”

Su Qi turned his head to look at Xia Qi, always feeling that although the other party was very polite, his attitude was very distant, and he deliberately didn't want him to know something. After thinking for a moment, he arched his hand and said, "There is Young Master Lao." "Anyway, he walked away with a little guy. Xia Qi watched Su Qi leave, and then he walked towards the side hall with confidence.

Although Xia Xue'er is in danger this time, the initiator has not yet been found, and this matter is not over so far!

The two brothers entered the door one after the other, only to see Mrs. Xia sitting crookedly on the chair, with her head closed and her eyes closed, looking around, but Xia Qingxuan's figure was missing, muttering in her heart, but she didn't dwell on it.

Xia Qi called softly: "Mother? ”

Mrs. Xia slowly opened her eyes when she heard the voice and glanced at the visitor, then sat up straight, barely drew a kind smile on her face, and said, "How is Xue'er?" ”

"The third sister is fine, but her body is weak, and she is already asleep at the moment, so don't worry about my mother."

Mrs. Xia breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, and her eyebrows stretched a lot, and she muttered: "That's good, that's good." ”

Xia Xing looked tired when she saw her mother, her originally bright and energetic eyes were already bloodshot, her eyes were red and slightly swollen, and she couldn't help but worry.

"Mother is tired and tired after a long day, why don't you go and rest first? The follow-up investigation is handed over to our two brothers. ”

Mrs. Xia waved her hand, and said with a strong spirit: "We will face this matter together." ”

The two brothers looked at their mother's extremely determined eyes, and they were not good at persuasion, so they had to nod and agree. Then he looked at the three maids who were standing with their heads bowed and asked, "Have you three been with Xue'er all the time today?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, young master, except for the afternoon when the young lady left the house, the rest of the time is the slave and maid who follow the young lady to serve."

Xia Qi first looked at the girl who was talking, then looked at the other two and asked, "What about the two of you?" ”

"The slave is only with the young lady when she is in the plum garden."

"The slave has been staying in Tingyuxuan since the young lady went out, and she has not gone out."

Xia Qi frowned after hearing this, and said, "You recall, what did Xue'er do before she was poisoned?" ”

As soon as they heard this question, Dongmei and Qiu Ju both set their eyes on Cuizhu, she had been with Miss the longest today, so only she could answer this question clearly.

Cuizhu took a step forward, bowed his head and replied: "It was late when the young lady returned to the room, first stood under the porch and watched the moonlight for a while, estimated that it was about half an hour, and then went into the house for dinner, and after the meal, she has been cooking tea and talking with the slaves and maids around the charcoal fire, and the slaves and maids also found that the young lady was unwell after an hour. ”

"Dinner is made by Yuxuan's cook?"

"No, the dinner was delivered from the big kitchen, because the food was already a little cold when the young lady came back, and the cook just warmed it up."

"From dinner to the poison, has anyone seen you?"

Cuizhu shook her head and replied, "No one has come in. ”

Xia Qi's brows frowned even tighter, no one had ever come in, so how did this poison enter his sister's body? Could it be that there is a thief?

So he asked again: "Is there anyone who comes in to listen to Yuxuan's subordinates who is more abnormal?" ”

"Abnormal?"

"For example, if you are close to outsiders?"

Cuizhu thought for a moment and then replied, "This ...... The slaves and maids did not pay attention, but the slaves and maids felt that the young lady had always been generous to others, even to the slaves and maids, so it was unlikely that she would poison the young lady. ”

When the three of them were at a loss, Dongmei suddenly seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said with an after-the-fact expression: "No, no, when the young lady was poisoned, Li Gongzi came to ask to see it once!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xia Xing couldn't help but think of what happened in Merlin at noon.

So he confirmed: "Li Gongzi of Shangshu Mansion?!" ”

At noon, he happened to meet the two youngest sons of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu who were talking to her, and seeing the unhappiness on his sister's face, he thought of what the two scum were doing in the city, and at this moment, listening to Cuizhu say this, he was almost sure that that person was one of their two brothers!

Cuizhu shook his head and replied, "No, it's Xinke Tanhua, Li Zongyang's son." ”

Cuizhu didn't expect it to be him, but now after being reminded by Dongmei, he became suspicious, first of all, not to mention that only Li Zongyang had been to Tingyuxuan all night, and even the time when he came was so accurate, just when Xia Xue'er was poisonous, you must know that it was not an ordinary poison!

"Him?!"

However, as soon as Cuizhu's words came out, they immediately attracted the exclamations of the three of them, and Mrs. Xia's face was even more incredible! She never imagined that today's events would be related to Aunt Li, who has always been decent! Xia Qi and Xia Xing didn't associate this matter with Aunt Li, but they couldn't believe that a person who had just arrived in the capital and had not been able to stand firm on his feet would be so bold and dared to plot against the concubine of a first-class prince!

Mrs. Xia was shocked, stretched out her hand and pointed at Cuizhu and said, "What's going on, you tell me in detail!" ”

In Ju Xuan, Aunt Li had just put Xia Qiaohui to sleep when she heard the maid outside the house talking, so she went out lightly.

Standing at the door was Mrs. Xia's personal maid and confidant-Mama Gui, Aunt Li looked at Mama Gui's stern face, and instantly felt that something was wrong, so she reluctantly smiled and asked, "Mama Gui, I don't know what Mrs. has to say when you go to Jujuxuan now?" ”

"Madame asked you to go to Tingyuxuan."

"Now?"

"Exactly, auntie, please." Mama Gui leaned sideways and made a gesture of please.

The smile on Aunt Li's face froze, and she felt even more uneasy. But there was no way to do it, so he said to the maid at the door with a side face: "Xiaoqin, you don't have to go with me, if the fourth lady wakes up and cries, it's okay to coax it." ”

"Yes."

Xiaoqin is timid, Aunt Li is mainly afraid that if there is really some disaster waiting for her for a while, it will not be Xiaoqin's panic, but a bad thing.

Early in the morning of the second day, the news that Aunt Li was punished to kneel in the Buddhist hall for six months and copy thousands of Buddhist scriptures spread in the Xia Mansion, and everyone knew about it. It's just that there is only the sentence "Aunt Li made a big mistake, and Mrs. punished her severely in anger", but no one can say why she made a big mistake and punished her so heavily.

In addition, several big people in the mansion are also very strange these days.

On the night of the incident, someone saw the old man sitting in the blue water pavilion on the blue lotus pond alone, and sat all night, and the next day the old man asked himself to go to the north thousands of miles away to comfort the labor army, and the fold handed in the morning was approved today, and he was going to leave three days later, but all the necessary affairs for going out that had been taken care of by Mrs. herself were now handed over to Aunt Liu and Aunt Bai, and Mrs. did not interfere directly.

In addition to going to the old lady every day to say goodbye, Mrs. Xia has been staying in Yalan Xuan and refusing to go out, and all the big and small affairs in the house that need to be the head of the housewife need to go directly to Yalan Xuan to ask for instructions, and according to the people who went to ask for instructions, Mrs.'s originally round and jade face is now not only withered, but also has a few more fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and a few wisps of hair on her sideburns, which is really a lot older.

Even the sister-in-law, who has always been afraid of boredom, has not been out of the door for a few days, only to see bowls of tonic medicine sent into Tingyuxuan every day, but she has not heard what happened to Xia Xue'er, the master of Tingyuxuan, and there is no doctor to come and go.

The master didn't go out, and some cautious aunts didn't go out, and for a while, the huge summer mansion saw people coming and going, and lost the excitement of the past, but it was like a ghost house, which made the people in the house panic.

Half a month has passed, and the house is still stagnant.

There are many rights and wrongs in places with many people, not to mention that the masters of the Xia Mansion are all staying in their own courtyards, and the outside has not become the world of long-tongued women?

"Have you heard, early this morning, the old lady asked Miss Shuang'er to take the fourth lady to the Livable Pavilion, and it is said that she will be raised there in the future."

"But isn't it, Aunt Li was punished to kneel in the Buddha Hall for six months, and she can't go back to Juxuan at all, the fourth lady is young, how can she still be raised there?"

"This is wrong, Aunt Li is immoral, and the old lady is afraid that she is raising a second lady when she takes the fourth lady!"

"This is not bad, I think that the second lady murdered the third miss at the beginning, this person is still detained in the family temple, if there is a second miss, then the face of our Xia Mansion will be lost!"

"Hey, it's better to be the eldest lady, although it is said that the marriage is farther, it is the fate of the family."

"What's wrong with the housekeeper? If you don't like the master, then it's better to be a concubine! ”

"What you say, be careful if someone with a heart hears it, Madame will be able to get around you?"

"Cut~ Not to mention that Mrs. is not the kind of person with a small belly, even if it is, her status now is not as good as it was back then."

"Hey, good flowers don't bloom often, good times don't last long, it's been more than 20 years, I'm afraid the wind direction in this house is going to change!"

It just so happened that Xia Xue'er's body had recovered today, and she had always remembered the unfinished words of the second brother on the night of the poisoning, so she wanted to take advantage of the sunshine to go to Yalan Xuan to ask her mother for peace, but she heard such words just after the bamboo forest.

Cuizhu and Dongmei accompanied her, and when Dongmei heard that someone was chewing on the root of her tongue and pulled Mrs. Xia, she was angry in her heart, and shouted loudly: "You guys, come here!" ”

Those few people were originally chatting vigorously on the rockery, and they were really startled by Cuizhu's roar, and when they saw that the person was the third lady, they were even more frightened, and they were busy holding brooms, carrying buckets, and running over, kneeling in front of Xia Xue'er with an ordinary sound, and they didn't dare to come out.

Xia Xue'er originally took it to heart, she never got angry about unworthy people and groundless things. It's just that this person has been called over by Dongmei, not to mention that he is lazy when he is working, and he should give a few words, so he said: "Put the time of chewing the root of the tongue on your own work, why can't you get rid of the life of this rough slave?" ”

Xia Xue'er said that, she bypassed the few people who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and strode towards the established direction.

Seeing this, Cuizhu smiled with satisfaction at the corner of his mouth. Those who want to achieve great things must have an unusual mind, and are not affected by the external environment and any words!

Dongmei was different, she was already anxious, and when she saw that her young lady was just so painless and said a few words to be done, she was very unhappy, so she taught her a lesson: "Miss is in a good mood today, so I will spare your dog's life for the time being!" Don't tell me to get caught a second time, otherwise it won't end so easily! Now, wipe down the floor! ”

After that, he hurriedly quickened his pace to catch up with Xia Xue'er and Cuizhu.