On June 23, Xiao Fu returned from Nanyang. ｗｗｗ。 しwxｓ520。 ｃｏｍ

Rong Zheng met him in private.

Xiao Fu presented a basket of pears that he brought from Zhuangzi by the way, and said, "What the young lady ordered, the little one has already been done." Mrs. Liao really believed Master Fan's words. Miss, please rest assured. ”

With Xiao Fu's sentence, how could Rong Zheng not feel at ease, she smiled and nodded: "You've worked hard these days." I'll give you two days off, and you can go back and rest for two days before you come in. ”

Shawford called No.

"Okay, it's nothing, you go down."

Xiao Fu retreated, still very puzzled in his heart. How did his young lady know that there was a knot untie temple in Nanyang, and there was a Master Fan in it? How could it be predicted that on the nineteenth day, Mrs. Liao would definitely go to the temple to offer incense and not go elsewhere? It took him a lot of effort to get Master Fan to believe his words, but it seemed to be expected by the young lady. I heard that the young lady had never been far away before, which was a surprise.

Cui Shangzhou also came back from Nanyang, he went to Nanyang for more than a month, and when he came back, he brought someone to Mu Xuan.

When Cui Shangzhou led a woman in her thirties and a cloth skirt to Mu Xuan, Mu Xuan glanced at Cui Shangzhou suspiciously: "Who is this person?" ”

Cui Shangzhou said to Mu Xuan: "Junhua, this is the person you asked me to find." ”

Mu Xuan was shocked, he looked at the woman in front of him. He had no impression of this woman anymore and asked, "What's your last name?" What is it called? Where are the people? ”

The woman replied, "Zhong, from Nanyang." ”

Cui Shangzhou was a little impatient and said for Zhong's: "Junhua, she is the green Qiao you are looking for!" ”

"What?!" Mu Xuan was extremely shocked, he stared at the woman on the ground with her head down, and then glanced at Cui Shangzhou. "How did you find her?" ”

Cui Shangzhou said: "It was Mama Lei who sued me." ”

Mu Xuan remembered the last time she saw Mama Lei, but Mama Lei didn't tell him anything.

Mu Xuan is accustomed to being able to endure his temperament, and he said to Cui Shangzhou: "Take her down to change into clean clothes and have a meal." ”

Cui Shangzhou said to Lu Qiao: "Let's go." ”

"Wait, does the county lord know about this?"

Cui Shangzhou hurriedly said: "As soon as I found her, I took her here, because I don't know what your plans are, so I don't dare to rush to the villa." ”

Mu Xuan nodded and said, "You did a good job." ”

Cui Shangzhou took Lu Qiao to eat elsewhere.

Mu Xuan slowly sat on the kang. I feel thirsty in my throat. There happened to be a cup of tea on the table, and he picked it up and wanted to bring it to his mouth, but his hands trembled very much. Tea soaked the placket.

He had to put the tea bowl down again, forcibly suppress his feelings, and calm down.

What was he afraid of, he finally met the key person back then. The truth will soon be revealed, and he should be happy. What is there to be afraid of.

"Uncle, the third master in the house is here!" Bao Kang made a noise outside the curtain.

What is he doing at this time? Mu Xuan was a little puzzled, but still said, "Let him come in!" ”

Soon, Mu Ying opened the curtain and walked in. smiled and arched his hand to Mu Xuan and said, "Big brother, how are you doing lately?" ”

Mu Xuan nodded and said, "You're here!" ”

Mu Ying sat on the edge of the kang generously, and when she looked down, she saw the tea spilled on the kang table. and Mu Xuan's clothes were also wet. Mu Ying teased twice: "Yo, what is the big brother doing." Why is tea spilled everywhere? ”

Mu Xuan's whole mind was on Lu Qiao, and he couldn't listen to what his younger brother said.

"Big brother, my father asked me to ask you, do you want to go back to worship your ancestors during the Midyear Festival?"

Mu Xuan finally calmed down, and when she heard her brother say this, she frowned and said, "You can see that I have been back before?" ”

Mu Ying thought that his eldest brother wouldn't even go back for the New Year, let alone the Midyear Festival, and the result had long been expected.

"Not surprisingly. I thought that the eldest sister of the county lord came back this year, and the eldest brother would also go back with him. Big brother, I have a few good friends who asked Chongyang to go hunting. I complimented them on my brother's riding and shooting, and they all wanted to see him. Do you want to go with you, big brother? ”

Mu Xuan's eyes didn't lift, but his tone was quite gentle.

"Let's have fun."

Mu Ying knew that it was a bit appropriate to say this, but he also wanted to earn back face in front of his friends, so he couldn't help but praise Haikou, and he was a little ashamed at the moment.

Mu Ying sat in front of her for only a quarter of an hour before leaving.

Mu Xuan nodded, he was still thinking about Lu Qiao in his heart, so he couldn't care about Mu Xuan.

Mu Ying came out of Mu Xuan's meditation room, but saw Cui Shangzhou talking to Pingkang in the courtyard.

Cui Shangzhou greeted Mu Ying with a smile: "The third master is here!" ”

"It turns out that Cui Qiye is also here."

The two just took a look at each other, and when Mu Ying was about to leave, he saw a person standing under the paulownia tree, and the reason why Mu Ying's attention was that the clothes on the person looked very incongruous. The empty monk's robe hung over the man. The man lowered his head and couldn't see her appearance clearly, but Mu Ying saw clearly that it was a woman, holding her hair in a bun and inserting a silver hairpin.

Mu Ying was shocked, who is this person? How can there be women here? He and Cui Shangzhou only met face-to-face, and did not talk deeply. He left in a hurry, and when he walked to the courtyard gate, he glanced into the courtyard again, but saw Cui Shangzhou leading the strange woman to Mu Xuan's room.

As everyone knows, Mu Ying's curiosity has caused several major events that the palace is not peaceful, but these are all later stories.

said that Cui Shangzhou led Lu Qiao to Mu Xuan's room, and Mu Xuan was already much calmer.

Cui Shangzhou smiled a little embarrassedly: "There are no women's clothes here, only a clean monk's robe." ”

Lu Qiao lowered her head, couldn't see her face clearly, and respectfully saluted Mu Xuan.

Mu Xuan nodded. He said to Cui Shangzhou: "Cui Qi, you go out first." I have a few words to say to her individually. ”

Cui Sangju said yes and withdrew.

Mu Xuan took out a handkerchief, wiped the tea spilled on the kang table, slowly poured a bowl of tea, and remembered that Lu Qiao was the one who served his mother back then, so he said to Lu Qiao: "Sit on the embroidery pier." ”

Lu Qiao took a seat.

He returned to his usual state of calm as water, and said slowly: "I heard that you have served in front of my mother for ten years. At what age do you get to your mother? What did you do in the beginning? ”

Lu Qiao suddenly felt sweaty, and replied tremblingly: "Uncle Hui, the slave maid came to serve at the age of seven, and at first she was just a little maid who was responsible for taking care of flowers and plants. ”

"Oh, so you're from the Chai family?"

"Yes, the slave and maid have been in charge of the flowers and plants for two years, and the princess is quite dedicated to taking care of the flowers and plants. was slowly promoted from a small maid to a third-class maid. Second-class maids. Later, by chance, he went to the palace with the princess. ”

Mu Xuan still had a vague impression of the big girl beside her mother, so she said again: "After arriving at the palace, what are you responsible for in the concubine's room?" ”

Lu Qiao said: "The slave is in charge of the mother's clothes and jewelry. ”

"Where's the green sandalwood?"

Midori heard the name of her former friend. The body couldn't help but tremble, the head hung lower, and said respectfully: "Sister Lu Tan is responsible for the mother's money." ”

"Oh, so the green sandalwood is more faceless in front of the mother?"

"Yes. Sister Lu Tan is the son of the Chai family, and she has followed her mother since she was a child. ”

Mu Xuan asked again: "Where is the green sandalwood?" DID YOU KNOW? ”

Lu Qiao couldn't suppress the panic, and his tone trembled, and he said inarticulately: "She died, and she was gone ten years ago." ”

Mu Xuan is not an accident. said: "No wonder I asked people to ask around for her whereabouts and there was no news, but why didn't she hear from her?" ”

The sweat on Lu Qiao's face rolled into the placket of his clothes, and his palms were full of sweat. Trembling, he said, "It is said that ...... It is said to be a misstep...... Overboard. ”

"Look up at me!" This was the first time Mu Xuan had ordered her.

Lu Qiao slowly raised his head, and then he saw Mu Xuan's appearance clearly. Xindao, over the years, Uncle Xuan has become so big, his appearance is neat, his eyebrows look like the prince, but his eyes are like the princess. It's just that at this moment, the cold light bursting out of Mu Xuan's eyes made Lu Qiao shudder, and he only looked at it twice and lowered his eyelids.

"Why don't you dare look me in the eye?"

"Slave, slave don't dare!"

Mu Xuan sneered, took a sip of tea slowly, and the hand on the kang table gradually clenched into a fist.

"I ask you, did she leave anything behind when the concubine left?"

Lu Qiao hurriedly said: "Niangniang is worried about the uncle and the county lord, and she has been shouting your name. ”

Mu Xuan played with the taste: "Yes." ”

"Slaves don't dare to tell half a lie."

"That's good. Naturally, I don't want you to lie to me. Then let me ask you again, what was the situation in the house when the concubine left? ”

Lu Qiao was a little confused, and he didn't know how to answer, so he said blankly: "I don't know which one Uncle wants to start with?" ”

"What did the doctor say? What medications were prescribed? Who boiled the medicine, who delivered it? Who's with the night? Who did the mother see when she was very sick? What did the concubine do......" Mu Xuan knew that the answer he wanted was not so easy, so he had to start with these details, hoping to find some clues through these aspects.

Lu Qiao's head was buzzing, and he had to return to Mu Xuan one by one.

"Because Niangniang's illness was urgent, it happened that Dr. Zeng, who usually came to our house to see a doctor, was not there, and the concubine invited a doctor surnamed Zhang. The doctor said that the mother's condition was not very good, and the little boy was stillborn, and it was difficult for the stillborn to come down. The drugs that were prescribed to induce labor fell. After coming down, Niangniang's condition has not been good, and the doctor prescribed medicine again. As for what exactly it is, the slave doesn't know medical science, so she doesn't know it. These are all medicines that the concubine had seen and nodded at the beginning, and only then did she let people take them. ”

"It's Xiao Que ...... who is in charge of decocting the medicine," Lu Qiao's voice lowered a few degrees when he said this, and he paused for half a moment before continuing: "It's Lu Tan who is responsible for feeding the medicine." That night was so flustered, no one dared to sleep, and the four big girls around Niangniang took turns on duty, and no one dared to slack off. The red under the mother's body has never stopped, and her spirit is not very good. In addition, the little boy died as soon as he was born, and the mother was overly worried. Except for the concubine who came to see it twice, I haven't seen anyone else. ”

"What did the concubine say, do you remember?"

Lu Qiao's heart panicked, and then said: "The concubine only said that she should let her mother raise it with peace of mind, and she is not afraid." There are still opportunities in the future. ”

Lu Qiao's answer did not have a trace of flaws, Mu Xuan just wanted to find a loophole, and he couldn't find it for a while. He was silent for a long time, slowly twisting the beads, and after a while asked, "Where is the little finch of the decoction?" Where is she? ”

Lu Qiao immediately became nervous again, and the roots of his ears were red and said, "The little finch is gone." Niangniang left, the concubine blamed the people who served around Niangniang for not being satisfied, and Xiaoque couldn't stand the grievances and hanged herself. ”

"What about hanging?"

At that time, although Mu Xuan was still young, he also remembered. There was a hanging of a maid in the house, but it was the first time he had heard of it. At the beginning, there were a lot of people who served around him, probably deliberately trying to hide it from him, so he didn't hear any rumors.

"Yes...... Oh, yes. ”

Mu Xuan went through what Lu Qiao said in his mind a few times, nodded and said, "Okay, you go out first." ”

Lu Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly got up and said, "The slave and maid are retired." ”

After Lu Qiao left, Cui Shangzhou came in.

"Do you have any arrangements for this person?"

Mu Xuan asked, "Does she have a family?" ”

Cui Shangzhou said: "It seems that there is none. It was Mama Lei who told me that she lived in an inconspicuous courtyard behind the Jiejie Temple, and I heard that she had not married since she came out of the palace. ”

"So how has she spent all these years? What do you do for a living? ”

"It is said that he bought a piece of land, planted some vegetables, and raised some chickens. Make some needlework and thread by yourself, and exchange some oil, salt, firewood and rice. ”

Mu Xuan groaned: "There is no flaw in her answer, it seems like a pair of words that have been thought of a long time ago." However, it is not without doubts. You'll have to keep an eye on this person, if she disappears again, all the clues may be broken. ”

"Then I'll find a reliable place to place her. Why don't you send her to the villa? ”

Mu Xuan waved his hand and said, "No, I can't let my sister know for the time being." ”

"Got it, I'll find a secret place to settle her."

Mu Xuan nodded reassuringly.

Cui Shangzhou remembered something again, and said to Mu Xuan with a smile: "Junhua, I found another ridiculous thing when I went to Nanyang this time. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I found a small guy sent by the third lady of the Rong family to the Jiejie Temple, this monkey is a little clever. I had him stalked, and he found out. ”

"Oh, what did she send someone to Nanyang for?"

"Yes, I was curious and observed for two days, and found that the little guy was going to find a Dharma name in the temple. But for three or five days, I don't know what means he used, so Mrs. Shi listened to him very much, and on the day of the Nineteenth Guanyin Meeting, Mrs. Shi left Mrs. Liao to eat fast, and talked about the marriage of the Liao family and son. ”

Mu Xuan frowned and said, "What kind of mess are these. "He's not very interested.

"It's a bit of a mess. However, I heard that the Liao family sent someone to the Rong family to propose marriage, and wanted to marry Miss Rong San for the eldest son of the Liao family. Later, I didn't know what Mrs. Liao said, so Mrs. Liao regretted marrying the Rong family and said that she would never marry this family again. ”

"Oh?"

"I'm afraid that I'll delay your business, so I didn't inquire any further, if you are interested, I will find a way to find out what Mrs. Fan said to Mrs. Liao, and why the little girl of the Rong family went to find Mrs. Fan."

Mu Xuan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, the affairs of the Rong family have nothing to do with me, let them go." (To be continued.) )>