Lan Shi saw that Ling Yi had something on her mind, and couldn't help but worry about asking her, Ling Yi smiled reluctantly, shook her head and said that it was nothing.

But Zhi Yu couldn't look at it, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, the eldest lady has not slept well every night these days, and she has bitterness in her heart, but she has nowhere to say." ”

Lan was taken aback: "What's the matter?" Who else dares to bully Fusheng? ”

Ling Yi was slightly displeased and scolded: "Zhiyu, don't talk too much, I'm fine." ”

Where did Zhi Yu listen, and continued: "Back to the old lady's words, the thing is like this, Young Master Cousin and Young Master Lou come back late every day, the eldest lady has sharp ears, and the laughter and slapstick of Zhiwei Courtyard can be heard clearly, and every night people fall asleep, and they have to be woken up. ”

Lan was shocked, "There is such a thing? Fusheng, why didn't you say it earlier. She pulled Ling Yi to sit next to her, "Is it true?" ”

Ling Yi didn't care much, "It's not a big deal, my cousin and Young Master Lou are guests after all, I can just endure it, anyway, they won't stay for long." ”

Lan shook his head disapprovingly: "You can't say that, even if they are guests, they can't quarrel with you, but Zhiwei Yuan-" She showed a puzzled expression.

Cheng, who was waiting on the side, reminded: "If you walk, Zhiwei Courtyard is some distance away from here, but the backyard of Zhiwei Courtyard is next to the Lan Pavilion, but the backyard is closed all year round, so no one should go." ”

"Impossible." Ori Yu immediately retorted: "If there is no one in the backyard, how can Miss hear them talking every day, the sound is as loud as if they are talking in people's ears." ”

Cheng's face changed slightly, and he looked at Lan.

Lan was silent for a moment. Suddenly asked, "Did Mrs. Auntie go out today?" ”

Cheng shook his head.

"Go and call her."

Cheng got the order and went down to tell the maid to pass it on.

Lan couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Ling Yi's well-behaved appearance with his head slightly bowed. sighed: "Child, you go back first, grandmother doesn't need you to serve here." ”

Ling Yi didn't shirk either, said softly, and got up to give a blessing: "Then the grandson will retire first." ”

*

Zou was summoned by the Lan family, and he didn't care about dressing up, so he hurried to Lan Yuan. When they met, they knelt down and kowtowed: "Old lady." You asked the concubine to come over, but something happened? ”

Lan looked at her expressionlessly, and was not busy telling her to get up. He asked lightly: "The accommodation of the young master of the Xue family and the young master of the Lou family was arranged by you?" ”

Zou didn't know why Lan asked this, so he only nodded respectfully: "It was arranged by the concubine, and Zhiwei Courtyard is now shady." The two children will not be too hot to rest. They couldn't stay in the house for a moment. Zhiwei Courtyard is close to the back door, and it is convenient to enter and exit the door. ”

The more Lan listened, the more his face sank, and finally slapped the table and shouted: "You are thoughtful, do you want me to say that you have arranged well?" ”

Zou was taken aback and puzzled: "Old lady, what did the concubine do wrong?" ”

Lan was extremely angry, choking and blushing.

Cheng's heart trembled in fright. While giving her a good breath, he said to the Zou family: "Although Zhiwei Courtyard is an outer courtyard. But because of the location, its backyard is only separated by a wall from the Orchid Pavilion, and the backyard is closed on weekdays, but the two young masters seem to have opened the door. ”

Zou was shocked, looking innocent that I didn't know: "The concubine didn't know that there was such a thing, don't worry, the old lady, I will order someone to close the backyard." ”

The Lan clan finally got over his breath, and frowned dissatisfiedly: "It's better for you not to know, and quickly change the two young masters to live in another place." ”

"Old lady, they have also lived for several days, and now they suddenly say that they will change places, I am afraid it will be misunderstood."

"Where was the misunderstanding? You just make an excuse and give them a different place, why, is it possible that only Zhiwei Courtyard can live in a huge Ling Mansion? ”

Zou apologized in fear: "The concubine body doesn't mean this, the concubine body will arrange it immediately, don't be angry, old lady, be careful of being angry." ”

After the Zou family left, the Cheng family had a slight doubt: "Old lady, the old slave thinks that Mrs. Aunt called Mrs. Xue over, I'm afraid there is another deep meaning." ”

Lan snorted coldly, "Restless thing, she doesn't want to think about why for so many years, Uncle Zhong has not corrected her, his behavior is not good, and he is trying to be the mistress of the Ling family, and he is a fool." ”

Cheng shut up at the right time.

In the evening of the same day, as expected, no strange sounds could be heard, and Zhi Yu couldn't help but rejoice: "Sure enough, the old lady still wants to go out, and the aunt and wife arrange people to live next to our Lan Pavilion, and her intention is really suspicious." ”

Ling Yi laughed: "It's also thanks to her hand-by the way, Moguan will come back with a batch of inkstones every summer, half of which are added from the palace, and the time is about the same." ”

Zhi Yu nodded: "A few days ago, the maid has already gone to see the head of Moguan, he is the house slave of the Ling Mansion, the son of Uncle Chang, the maid looks good, and he should be able to use us." ”

Ling Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Bayin Country, Xiaorentang and Moguan, only Moguan is managed by my Ling Mansion, and it is naturally the fastest to start from here." ”

"But-" Ori Yu recalled the steward she had seen, and was a little worried: "The head of Moguan seems to be not easy to deal with. ”

"What's your name?"

"Ling Wen."

Ling Yi fell into deep thought, Ling Chang was the chief steward of the Ling Mansion, and she also knew that the latter had a son who was quite appreciated by Ling Shandao, but he had never seen it seriously.

"What kind of person have you met him?" Ling Yi asked.

Zhi Yu thought for a while: "This maid is not easy to say, he has only talked a few words, but he has not leaked a drop of words, and the maid just knocked on the side who is responsible for transporting the inkstone this time, and he also did not answer vaguely, and he was very defensive." ”

Ling Yi bowed slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "It seems that I have to go and meet this Ling Wen in person for a while." ”

Moguan is the third largest industry in the Ling Mansion, and Ling Shandao is relieved to hand over such a large industry to a subordinate to take care of it, which shows his trust in Ling Chang's father and son.

Before meeting Ling Wen, Ling Yi was already a little curious, but after seeing the latter, he became more and more interested.

Ling Wen is not like an ordinary subordinate, he does not look like he is bowing his head to his ears. Nor like the average businessman, with a calculating and smirk, his smile. It's like a spring breeze, not deep or shallow, which makes people look very comfortable. Although he was only wearing a green shirt, he showed the appearance of a humble gentleman, which really surprised Ling Yi.

"I don't know if the eldest lady is here, I miss the welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins." in the living room. Ling Wen rubbed his hands and bowed, neither humble nor arrogant. Urbane.

Ling Yi said with a smile: "Don't worry about Ling Zhang's affairs, I'm just passing by, come in and take a look, it's my aunt's birthday soon." I wanted to see if there was anything suitable for my aunt. ”

Ling Wen thought for a moment. Said: "My aunt's wife should not have much time to write on weekdays, if the eldest lady does not dislike it, the small one recommends an inkstone for you, small and beautiful, when you don't write, you can also use it as an ornament." ”

Ling Yi nodded: "I don't understand any of this, Ling Zhangshi might as well take it out and take a look at it first." ”

Ling Wen ordered someone to fetch the inkstone.

Different from the general inkstone, this inkstone. Sure enough, as he said, small. The style is also good-looking, if you don't say it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for ordinary people to find that it is an inkstone.

Ling Yi was very satisfied, and asked him to wrap up the inkstone, and when he left, he was a little worried, "I am about to enter a new batch of inkstones, I wonder if there is a more suitable one in it?" ”

"Don't worry, Miss, this piece recommended to you by the small one is definitely the most suitable, and Mrs. Aunt will like it." Ling Wen was very sure.

"How do you know your aunt will like it? Could it be that you are the roundworm in her stomach? Ling Yi asked with a half-hearted smile.

"The eldest lady said that she laughed, in previous years, Xiaorentang also gave gifts, and they all came to ask me." Ling Wen was not in a hurry, as if he didn't understand Ling Yi's question.

"It turned out to be the Zou family, so I took the lead this year, if Xiaorentang asks people to come again, what will Ling Zhangshi do?"

"Naturally, tell the truth." Ling Wen gave up.

Ling Yi asked Zhi Yu to hold the inkstone, and finally smiled: "Ling Zhang's business, let's get busy, I won't bother." ”

After leaving Moguan, Zhi Yu said softly: "Miss, this Ling Wen has no intention of stammering at all, and there is no humility at all, you say, did he do anything for the Zou family?" ”

"This person has a high heart, talented, assertive, conceited, although he calls me Miss, but he doesn't really regard me as a master, I'm just curious, he is in front of his father, is he also this virtue." Ling Yi said lightly.

Zhi Yu didn't understand for a while, and looked at Ling Yi suspiciously.

Ling Yi smiled and explained: "Such a person looks down on people who are bought for their interests, what he said just now is that if Xiaorentang sends someone over again, he will say that I have prepared an inkstone."

He didn't take the Zou family in his eyes at all, I guess that the Zou family had already wanted to win him over, I'm afraid that he had found an excuse to go to Moguan to contact his feelings.

It's just that this Ling Wen is not so easy to fool, he shouldn't have agreed. ”

Zhi Yu was suddenly, a little lucky, at least now it can be determined that Moguan is not under the control of the Zou family, so it is much easier than imagined to get Moguan.

"Miss, do you really think that the Gong family will attack Moguan?" Ori Yu asked with some uncertainty.

As early as a few days ago, Ling Yi asked him to inquire about the person who was responsible for transporting the inkstone back to Beijing this time, but Ling Wen was tight-lipped and she couldn't find out.

Ling Yi's eyes sank, in her impression, at this time in her previous life, Moguan would send a batch of inkstones to the palace, but there were defective products in the imperial inkstones, and her father was fined half a year and three thousand gold.

Now that I think about it, Ling Wen doesn't look like a person who will make mistakes, and his father is also serious about this kind of thing, and it is impossible for defective products to appear in the imperial inkstone, unless someone deliberately destroys it.

But even if someone destroys it, my father will find out in the final routine inspection, but why didn't he find out in the end? There could only be one reason, that is, he did not check it himself, but sent someone he trusted to check it.

This person, Ling Yi once suspected that it was Ling Wen, but in fact, she did not suspect that Ling Wen was a member of the Zou family, but suspected that Ling Wen had become a lackey of the Gong family.

This is also the reason why Ling Yi tested Ling Wen, she wanted to know who the person who escorted the inkstone back this time, because only they had the opportunity to contact the inkstone and have the opportunity to start.

If Ling Wen said it, she would check it next to her, but if she didn't say it, she wouldn't give up because of it.

In fact, in her previous life, since Ling Yi turned thirteen years old, all kinds of things have happened frequently in the Ling Mansion, but they are all small things, and she lives in a simple place, so she doesn't ask about everything in the family at all, how can she notice that the Ling family has already been calculated by others at that time. (To be continued......)