The next morning, when Autumn Leaves took the child to the main courtyard to see Zhang's family, she looked a little distracted. Zhang asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?" Could it be that I didn't sleep well last night? You didn't have a problem with choosing a table before, did you? ”

Qiu Ye had something on her mind, but now that the matter has not been confirmed, she didn't dare to tell Zhang's Zhao directly, so she could only smile reluctantly: "The child refused to sleep last night, and I didn't sleep until after the third watch, so my spirit was a little worse." ”

Her child is still a milk doll, she can't understand or speak, so she just uses it to carry the black pot.

Zhang immediately believed it and said understandingly: "I mistakenly missed you, your child is still so young, and he can't leave his mother, but I forced you to work all night, it's all mine." If you come to help again today, I'll just watch the child for you for a day. ”

Autumn leaves handed over the child to the Zhang family, and took two girls and two mothers-in-law to the warehouse to count things according to the booklet. Lu Dashou followed closely, his eyes were staring tightly, Qiu Ye already had doubts in his heart, and seeing his nervous appearance, his suspicions were even heavier.

She specially kept an extra eye, carefully counted all the antiques, furnishings, calligraphy and paintings twice, and sent the calligraphy and paintings to Zhang's one by one to open and see. She knew that her eyesight was not good, but Zhang was very familiar with these calligraphy and paintings, and if someone thought it was false, she would definitely be able to see it at a glance. There are also those bits and pieces in the box, the autumn leaves are checked very carefully, if there is a cup or a bowl missing, and the booklet is marked as broken, she also has to ask Lu Dashou where the pieces are. The person who broke it is all recorded.

The sweat on Lu Dashou's head was getting more and more, and it was already a little beyond the normal range. Zhang looked strange and asked him, "Are you hot?" The weather is okay today, there are clouds, not too sunny. ”

Lu Dashou replied with a dry smile: "Back to the old lady, now the weather in Beijing is hot and dry, there are many trees at home, and the house is built high. So I don't think it's so hot outside. The small one has always had the problem of bitter summer, which runs before and after. I sweated a little more. ”

Zhang said with a smile: "Poor one, tell me to go down and let the kitchen cook more cool tea to cool off the heat, and share it with everyone." You drink two more bowls. ”

Lu Dashou could only bite the bullet and go to the kitchen to spread the word. Zhang said to Autumn Leaf again: "I know you have always been careful, but even if these cups and dishes are broken, it has been a few years, not something that just happened, what is the meaning of you asking about the fragments?" Although Da Shou is in charge of this house, how old is he? What can you understand? There are some negligences that make people take advantage of loopholes. That's pretty much it. ”

Autumn leaves answered in a low voice, waiting for Lu Dashou to come back. When she continued to count her things, she saw that there were small items of little value that had been reported damaged, so she didn't ask any more questions, but just wrote them down in the booklet.

However, whether she relaxed her requirements or not, it was a fact that the white jade kang screen was missing. After all the furniture, furnishings, and antiques were checked, and the gold and silverware, various porcelain, and bits and pieces in the box were counted, and there was still no trace of the kang screen, Zhang immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Lu Dashou hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The little one really doesn't know about it, the things were all put by the little mother herself, so it stands to reason that it can't be missed." However, this booklet was compiled when the family was first separated, and it is not known that someone secretly took things after the small family was driven away. ”

Zhang frowned and shook his head: "Impossible, this white jade kang screen is not an ordinary object, if it is really taken away, your mother should notice it when she comes back and count things." When she went to the south, she brought a booklet with her, and she told me one by one what was missing or broken, and it was impossible to miss such a large kang screen, which must have disappeared after she left. ”

I also know that the things in the storeroom are placed according to the number on the booklet, and the small long room once searched the house that day, moved a lot of things, and then hurriedly returned them. The numbering is not messy, there are only two possibilities, either Lu's mother rearranged the things according to the original number, or she rewrote the booklet, no matter which one it is, you will immediately find that the kang screen is missing.

Lu Dashou was speechless, there was one cup and one bowl missing just now, Qiu Ye had to ask carefully, if he said that the kang screen was broken, she would definitely ask for the pieces. Such a large piece of white jade, as well as a red sandalwood shelf, cannot be compared with the fragments of cups and bowls, even if it is broken into ballast, it is still worth a little money, and it is impossible to disappear, so where can he find white jade fragments of rosewood?

He could only bite the bullet and say that he really didn't know about this thing, he had never seen it before, he didn't know when it was lost, he knew that he was wrong, and begged his master to punish him.

Seeing this, Zhang's sighed: "That's it, your mother has sorted things out, and she has put a seal on the door of the warehouse, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. I don't know how many of the people you bought later are really reliable, so if you find out that anyone has unclean hands and feet, you should have sent them away earlier. ”

Lu Dashou hurriedly agreed, but his palms were already soaked. However, this pass is smooth, and he can also breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly help Autumn Ye count things more diligently.

The furniture and objects have been inspected, and all that remains are fabrics, books, etc. Zhang's thought about the cloth this kind of thing, accumulated for a long time, the pattern will be outdated, the color is no longer bright, it is a pity to put it there, so let the autumn leaves pick and choose, take out the materials that are not durable for a long time, silk, cloth, yarn, Luo, leave half of it for the girls in this house to wear, and the other half is loaded and brought back to Fengxian. Some of the more precious materials were also brought back, and the ordinary silk of the middle and upper grades was given to the Akiba couple.

Books are to be scrutinized. Zhang personally opened the box and looked at it, put on the incense medicine against insects and ants, and saw which book was used by his ancestors and grandchildren, so he took it out and put it away, and also prepared to load it and transport it back to Fengxian. With this packing, she had three more carts of luggage.

After finishing these things, it was almost dark again, and the Zhang family left Qiuye mother and son to eat at home. Lu Yunpeng came over to eat again, and Zhang's was also very happy. I just didn't expect it. After eating, Lu Yunpeng and Autumn Leaves glanced at each other, and asked the girl to take the child down. asked Zhang to retreat, but left Zhao Wei behind.

Seeing Lu Yunpeng's stern expression, Zhang knew that he must have something important to say, so he did so. Zhao Wei personally closed the door, turned around and asked Lu Yunpeng: "Sir, but what are the instructions of His Royal Highness the King of Guangping?" "He's only been a secret messenger once, and he's on the rise.

What Lu Yunpeng said next was beyond his expectations: "Autumn leaves mentioned that the white jade kang screen that the old lady used to use in the past is gone. I remembered seeing such a house in a colleague's house, and I thought it was just a coincidence, so I changed shifts with someone today. Still returning to the Imperial City to take duty, I had a few words with my colleague, and then found an excuse to sit at his house for a while. I saw the similar white jade kang screen again. ”

Akiba nodded and said, "The old lady still remembers." Shortly after Brother Wei turned one year old that year, the second wife hugged him to play on the kang in your house, and the old lady was copying the scriptures. The inkstone was knocked over, and the ink flowed from the kang. The kang screen didn't escape either. Although the ink was wiped clean afterwards, the mark left by a craftsman under the bottom of the rosewood frame was half blackened by the ink. You just say, just paint it all black, save half black and half white ugly. ”

Zhao Wei's face was a little red, he completely forgot that there was such a thing, but Zhang remembered: "There is indeed this thing, the craftsman is also famous, but there is only the mark of this one thing, which is blackened by ink." Her eyes suddenly sharpened: "The white jade kang screen in your colleague's house, does it even have this mark?!" ”

Lu Yunpeng nodded: "It's true." Under the pretext of playing with things, I took the kang screen in my hand and looked at it over and over again. Akiba had drawn the kang screen and the imprint for me beforehand, and they were all aligned. ”

Zhang's expression was a little complicated: "Who is this colleague of yours?" ”

"His surname is Zhang, and his family background is fine, but there is one thing that the old lady must know." Lu Yunpeng paused, "He called Aunt Ying Wang Zheng, who is Princess Ying's cousin." He had asked for it from his cousin. He said that he and his aunt both liked jade things, and when Princess Ying was young and not out of the cabinet, even the comb for combing her hair and the small box for fat powder were made of jade, let alone being a princess after marriage. What jade is there in King Ying's mansion now, it is all picked by her first. But now that she has been sick for many years, and the palace is headed by the side concubine, she still has to worry about her son's body, and she is not in the mood to pay attention to these things anymore. According to him, the kang screen is also someone else's filial piety to Princess Ying. ”

Zhang's face was very ugly. The white jade kang screen was given to her by the county grandfather, and it was a piece of her husband's heart, and it was enough to be annoying if she was accidentally left outside. If it falls in someone else's house, it's okay, why is it Ying Wangfu? For his own selfishness, King Ying wanted to support the Zhao family's small long house, and almost caused Zhao Zhuo's husband and wife in the second room to die, and the Zhang family had already regarded him as an enemy.

What's even more infuriating is that Qiu Ye reminded her: "Why did the things that should have been placed in the family treasury end up in Princess Ying's house?" If Xiao Changfang took it away when she seized the house, Lu's mother would have said it when she went to Fengxian that day, but she didn't say it, proving that the thing was still there at that time. Da Shou looked at the house, how did he let people transport such a big thing out? If it's just a subordinate asking for money and stealing the master's things, then why would he take a fancy to this kang screen? Although it is worth some silver, it is not easy to sell, and it is easy to be discovered if you want to hide it on your body and smuggle it out. Now there are those bits and pieces of gold and silver utensils and fine tea utensils that are easy to fool around, and if you don't steal them, wouldn't you be confused to take such a famous and imprinted thing? I don't think it's as simple as getting things out for money. This kang screen happens to be the first item on the jade list, and it is a good value for people to know at a glance, and the person who is willing to steal things is not just to take a valuable thing and put it away, but to choose according to the book. ”

One of the booklets is in Fengxian, and the other is in Lu Dashou's hands. If you really took it according to the booklet, who is the most suspicious, you don't have to think about it.

Zhao Wei was a little incredulous: "You mean, Lu Dashou took the things away by himself?" But he's Mama Lu's son! ”

Zhang also thinks it's impossible, but Lu's mother is Lu's mother, Lu Dashou is Lu Dashou, and he still has a wife. She already felt that there was something wrong with this child yesterday, but at that time, she only felt that he was influenced by his wife, as long as he was trained and trained again, but now it seems that the problem is not small: "Whether it is him or not, he is the most suspicious in this matter." If he did, to whom did he steal it? Why did that person send things to King Ying's mansion? ”

Zhao Wei calmed down and squinted his eyes: "In that case, let's take him home this time!" Didn't he want to follow? And no matter why he had to follow, when he left the capital, he had no helper, what could he not ask? (To be continued......)