The housekeepers hurriedly got up to send them off.

Xu Ying lagged behind, and when he got out of the East Cross Courtyard, he slowed down and asked the little guy who led the way: "Look at your waist and strong body, your mouth is full of oil, what did you eat in the morning?" ”

The little guys thought they had lost their manners, so they quickly wiped their mouths with a red face, hooked their heads and said: "My lord said that I laughed, I just ate two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge in the morning, and I didn't get any oil and water, where is there any oil on my mouth?" ”

Xu Ying said: "Then you have to eat more for lunch, otherwise how can you have the strength to work?" ”

"Lunch is just pickled vegetables with-"

Before the little guy finished speaking, he was stopped by the little guy who came back backwards by pulling his sleeves. How can the affairs of the house be revealed to outsiders casually? Especially since this person is still the future uncle of the house.

The little guys stopped talking, and Xu Ying stopped talking.

Returning directly to the front hall, Prince Duan and Uncle Cui were already talking about the roasted whole sheep in Zhuzizhuang, and when they saw them come out, Prince Duan coughed and got up and said goodbye to Uncle Cui. Uncle Cui was naturally enthusiastic about staying for dinner, but Song Che was holding a big black face, and Prince Duan didn't have that face left, so he took the two of them back to the ya.

Xu Ying followed Prince Duan into the courtyard of the governor, and made a cup of tea for Prince Duan diligently, and Prince Duan said: "This old Cui is too tight-mouthed, only mentioning how the marriage contract was concluded in the first place, and nothing else is missing." ”

As he spoke, he told her the original words of Uncle Cui's accusation against him, "Your mother should also know about this." "After all, no one is out and about betrothing their daughters, and they don't tell the fucking children.

Xu Ying had also asked about Yang's matter before, but Yang only said that Xu Shaochuan met Uncle Cui on his way on an errand, and after saving his life, Uncle Cui was grateful to him and made a marriage contract on the spot. Specifically, but it was not said.

She thought for a while and said: "The prince has a good relationship with Uncle Cui, I don't know if Uncle Cui is generous to people on weekdays?" ”

"Okay." Prince Duan touched the big jade ring in his hand, "But he doesn't like to socialize, he never goes when this king and Wu Guogong go to dinner, at most he sets up a table in his garden and drinks with this king." ”

Xu Ying said: "Has Uncle Cui ever borrowed money from the prince?" ”

Prince Duan saw that the more she spoke, the more unspeakable she became, and his face straightened: "Uncle who holds military power in a dignified manner, can he borrow money from others?" Even if Cui Jia is so unreliable. You can't say the same about people! ”

Xu Ying hurriedly snorted and went over. But thinking of Cui Jia's room of fakes, his eyes sank again.

There was nothing to say on this day, and Xu Ying continued to deal with some trivial matters in the Chengde case in the official room, and also went down early.

Song Che fiddled with his treasured jade in his room for a long time, and then looked for her, but there was no one anymore.

The Yang family already knew that Xu Ying had been to Cui's house.

Wait for her to change her clothes and come to the room. Yingmen asked: "When you went to Cui's house, didn't Cui Jia mention your identity in front of the prince?" ”

That's what worries her the most.

Xu Ying said roughly, and then said: "What happened when my father betrothed me and Cui Jia, does my mother know?" ”

Yang paused and put down half of the needlework in his hand. looked at her and said: "When your father was alive, he was the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, and when he went out to handle the case that night, he suddenly encountered someone looting the post house in the western suburbs, and he rushed with his brothers, only to know that it was Uncle Cui who returned to Beijing with the Qin criminals.

"At that time, Uncle Cui was not the governor of the Twelve Guards, but the commander of the Forbidden Captain Army, and he was promoted after making great contributions to the case. Your father not only saved him, but also promoted him to an official, and even if he married a son and daughter, their family would not lose. ”

Xu Ying held the thread. Prince Duan heard from Uncle Cui that this was almost the case. Doesn't sound like a problem. After all, Xu Shaochuan is indeed kind to the Cui family, and it is logical for the Cui family to marry a child, if he doesn't do this, or if he doesn't come up with the corresponding means to repay his kindness, he may be picked on.

However, the essence of the matter does not lie in this, this should not be the truth of the Cui family's insistence on marrying.

Judging from what she learned during the day, the Cui family has become an empty shell, a noble family that even saves the food of its subordinates, even if the momentum is very limited.

But according to Uncle Cui's authority, as well as the court benefits enjoyed by their family. But there is no reason to be so shabby, they don't have many families, even if they don't have the authority in their hands, they can live, how can they take on heavy responsibilities and live so tightly?

Most importantly. Does this have anything to do with their purpose of insisting on marrying?

She thought for a moment, got up and said, "I'll go to my brother's place." He said and went out the door.

Yang looked at her back, but it took a long time to withdraw his gaze.

Xu Ying arrived in Xu Yong's room, and Xu Yong also asked her about going to Cui's house.

She directly told him what she saw at Cui's house: "I have two questions that I don't understand, first, since the Cui family's plate is empty. Why don't you go and find someone else with a solid family to marry? Second, where did the Cui family's money go? And I don't know what Cui Jia knows, does Uncle Cui and his wife have any secrets in private? ”

Xu Yong also frowned when he heard this.

He really didn't think that the Cui family was an empty shell, and the Cui family had been in Beijing for several generations, so it shouldn't have fallen to the point of relying on fakes to support the façade. He wandered around twice and said, "I have to find Dao Wen in this matter, he is messing around in the Five Cities Camp, and there are some things that may be able to help us ask for answers." ”

Dao Wen is Liu Ming's cousin, and the Liu brothers are in the same Wucheng camp, so it is indeed easy to inquire about the news.

Xu Ying drank a cup of tea, looked at the article he had just written, and went back to the room.

When she returned to the room and saw the cups and plates on the table, she remembered that when she mentioned to Xu Yong that she had identified so many antiques in Cui Jia's room, Xu Yong was not suspicious at all, could it be that Xu Ying was also a person with a wide range of hobbies in the past?

Cui Jia's matter made a fuss, and Feng Yuzhang also called Xu Shaoze to the mansion.

"It really made the old man guess, it's really strange that they came back so early!" He stood by the window and stared deeply at the night outside the window, "Song Che not only skimmed away the existing evidence of the military department, but also robbed Mrs. Jiang back with the plan of drawing wages from the bottom of the axe, but the favor we gave him this time was given away in vain." ”

Xu Shaoze said with shame: "Not only did I bring back Mrs. Jiang, but I also brought back Wuji, and Wuji also has a lot of evidence in Jiang's hands." After speaking, he straightened up a little and said: "But no matter what, this time Jiang Sui fell, and Du Ge Lao also had to be covered in ashes, and the master's original intention was still achieved." ”

Feng Yuzhang nodded, and said, "I'm afraid that Song Che will see what we mean." After speaking, he turned around and took the tea bowl handed by Xu Shaoze in his hand: "Have you ever heard of Song Che's marriage contract?" (To be continued.) )