Chapter 35: Seeking
Steward Chen first narrated the situation of the investigation, and after finishing speaking, he took out a few pieces of rice paper from his sleeve and handed them over.
Lin Wanwan stood behind Old Madam Chen and looked at it twice.
It's full of the names of the subordinates.
Old Madam Chen went through it carefully, and the people who were going to run errands in the treasury, and the maids who had recently left the house in Fulu Courtyard all picked out a single person.
Steward Chen was asked to find out if any of these people had recently been in contact with people outside the house.
In particular, it is necessary to check which of these are good friends with each other.
This is to screen out the people who may send a message to Xiao Chen from the middle.
The general's mansion wants to visit the door, and the gift is to be prepared by the treasury of the public school, and there is a great chance of leaking the news.
Again, those who can do it cheaply to inquire about the news are the maids of Fulu Yuan, who are the easiest to be bought by Xiao Chen.
Catch both sides together, reduce the tedious investigation in the middle, and it is not easy to alarm the messenger.
Lin Wanwan listened to her grandmother's instructions in an orderly manner, and sighed that her grandmother was really a thoughtful person.
She also thought of interrogating the people who had recently entered and exited, but she didn't think of the elimination method behind.
Steward Chen took a careful note and retreated to continue to investigate the matter.
The meal had already been set up in this room, and everyone moved to eat.
After the meal, Lin Wanwan still pretended to be about Xiao Chen's affairs in her heart, and asked for the list in Mrs. Chen's hand and copied a copy.
Under the pretext that Mei said that she wanted to infiltrate the people in it, if Mrs. Chen laughed at her, she wanted to be a female judge.
Taking the list back to Lingxin Courtyard, Lin Wanwan simply freshened up, climbed onto the kang, and looked at the list.
There is a name on it circled with red cinnabar, which Mrs. Chen specially asked the housekeeper to pay attention to.
After watching it for a while, Lin Wanwan had no clue at all, and felt that everyone was suspicious.
And the people she knows are limited, the public high school treasury only knows the steward, and the other names are very familiar.
So, she threw the list on a few and let Mu Xiang take the script and look at it and fell asleep in a daze.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already dark outside, and there was the sound of ticking water in my ears.
Lin Wanwan wrapped the quilt covering her body again, got up and pushed the window open.
The courtyard was already wet, and the sky outside was gray, and the rain was falling. The rain from under the eaves fell down a curtain.
"Miss, put the window down, it's cool." Mu Xiang lit the lamp with a fire fold, and when he turned around, he saw Lin Wanwan opening the window to watch the rain.
It's good how the sky has changed, and the morning sun is shining.
Putting down the window according to the words, Lin Wanwan thought about it and retracted it on the kang.
After Mu Xiang lit the lamp, he poured hot tea and put it on the kang table. "Miss, the second master sent someone to ask you to rest assured, saying that it was raining and the road was slippery, so don't run to him at dinner."
Lin Wanwan's expression was sad, how could she rest assured if she didn't go.
Then, I remembered something else. "Why Mulian hasn't been good these days?"
Mu Xiang frowned, with a puzzled expression on her face. "Yesterday, I looked okay, but I just had a fever, and I was afraid that I didn't have much strength. When she first came back, the slave maid took advantage of the hot water to send her steamed buns, and met Chunlan who came to visit her in the room. ”
As he spoke, the doubts on Mu Xiang's face brought self-blame again.
"I was still listening to them laughing and talking outside, but I probably pushed the door and got into the wind. Mu Lian coughed so much that her face was blue, and she looked a little heavier than in the morning. ”
Hearing this, Lin Guanwan sighed.
If she is uncomfortable, she will be asked to rest for a few more days, and she is not in much of a mood to deal with it now.
But just when she turned her head, Lin Wanwan felt that something was wrong.
"Chunlan?" Lin Wanwan's expression condensed between her eyebrows, "Which Chunlan?" ”
"The daughter of the Shi Chang family, she is now on an errand in the eldest lady's courtyard, but she is quite good with Mulian. She has been visiting Mulian for the past few days when she is sick. Mu Xiang didn't know why her young lady's expression changed, and replied.
Shi Chang's family?
"What's the name of the Shi Chang's family?" Lin Wanwan asked again.
Lin Wanwan asked anxiously, her expression was cold, Mu Xiang was stunned, I don't know how her young lady is so good, why does she look like she is about to lose her temper again.
"Shi Chang's maiden name is Wu, and his name is Wu Xiuhua."
With Mu Xiang's words, Lin Wanwan immediately got up again, grabbed the list of several places, and turned to the last page.
The tea bowls on the table were shaken, Mu Xiang hurriedly reached out to help them, and looked at Lin Wanwan inexplicably and timidly.
Wu Xiuhua... Wu Xiuhua......
In the penultimate line on the last page, Lin Wanwan finally found the name.
Shi Chang and Wu Xiuhua were on an errand at the General's Mansion.
Originally, she thought that she was too careful, but she contacted Mulian.
If it weren't for Mu Xiang mentioning that someone came to visit Mu Lian, she wouldn't have thought that Mu Lian, who knew that she was going to the Marquis of Wusu's Mansion, would be able to be a demon even when she was sick!
Shi Chang she didn't recognize, Xianglan she had met a few times, she was a second-class maid in the Li Courtyard, and she looked very clever.
Touching the melon like this made her find out.
Don't think about it anymore, the pandan was most likely entrusted by Mulian to let the mother who often went out of the house to help send the letter out.
It's just that there is a lot of going around here, and Old Madam Chen doesn't know Mulian's thoughts, so it's normal to exclude her.
And although the purchase is the most suspicious, but the matter of leaving the house this time is not much spread, knowing that only a few people in the treasury, so Mrs. Chen will rule it out so happily!
I really underestimated Mulian's ability, and it was not my duty to be sick, and I also knew how to move these twists and turns!
Lin Wanwan's face sank more and more, and she lifted the quilt and got up.
Mu Xiang was startled by the master who was in a hurry and moved, but when he came over, Lin Wanwan had already taken the clothes on the shelf and put them on.
"Miss, it's raining heavily outside, where is this going?!" Mu Xiang didn't dare to let her temperament, in case she caught a cold, it wasn't a joke.
Tie the strap and sit down next to the dressing table, Lin Wanwan instructed: "Comb my hair, and then go get the clogs, I will go to my grandmother." Fast! ”
In a non-negotiable tone at all, Mu Xiang bit her lip, not knowing how to persuade her.
Lin Wanwan shook her eyes and slashed over, which frightened her and hurriedly stepped forward to serve.
Everything was ready, and Lin Wanwan braved the rain to arrive at Fulu Courtyard.
The maid standing under the eaves saw her figure, panicked and stepped forward to help, and helped to untie the clogs.
"Why is Miss Cousin here now, but is it drenched?"
"Don't be busy, I'm not drenched, but my grandmother is up at noon?" Don't let the maid check the skirt, Lin Wanwan asked urgently.
The maid nodded hurriedly like pounding garlic: "It's up, this will be playing chess with the old general." ”
When Lin Wanwan heard this, she lifted the curtain directly, and the maid hurriedly shouted inside.
When Mrs. Chen saw her granddaughter running straight up, she saw that her hair was wet on her forehead, so she threw away her chess and went to pull her to sit down.
The chess piece happened to be thrown on the black chess, disrupting the entire chess game, and Old Lady Chen suddenly stared at him like a copper bell.
But before I could say to my wife that you were deliberate, I saw my granddaughter whispering something in her ear, and my wife's face became darker and darker, and she immediately swallowed the words that came to her mouth.
"Come on, go and invite the eldest lady, let her walk slowly, beware of the slippery road!"
When Lin Wanwan straightened up and stood beside Old Madam Chen, she shouted loudly with an extremely ugly face.
The big girl who was guarding outside was in a hurry and hurried away......