Early the next morning, Liu Mei was awakened by a burst of mourning music of gongs and drums, and when she opened the window, she saw that it was the funeral of Zheng Mansion. In the middle, a square coffin of fine Nanmu was carried by sixteen people, the coffin was tied with white funeral flowers, and each person was given a white belt around his waist. In front of them are a few women wearing linen and filial piety, all of whom are still charming, and the one standing in front is Zheng Gongzi, who came out of the Jiangnan Gongyuan in advance a few days ago. As for the man and woman on the left and right, they all matched his age.

It's only been a few days, and Zheng Gongzi's face has become a little haggard, which is completely different from the high-spirited spirit that ridiculed her and Gu Sangongzi in the Jiangnan Tribute Courtyard. Zheng Gongzi held the spiritual position in his hand, and Liu Mei knew what was going on at a glance. It turned out that Master Zheng had an accident, no wonder Zheng Gongzi would rather give up his qualifications for the examination than go out of Jiangnan Gongyuan, but he didn't expect to be a filial son. At the beginning, she and Gu Sangongzi felt that something was wrong, but now it seems that something is really wrong.

"Miss, why did you get up so early today?"

Xiaofu walked in with the washing water, and saw Liu Mei standing in front of the window in a medium coat. The young lady is really bold enough, and it would be nice if she was seen by a man. At the moment, he hurriedly closed the doors and windows, and Xiaofu immediately said.

"Miss is a woman in the boudoir, how can she stand in front of the window like this, if she is looked at by others, it will be a big loss."

Liu Mei turned his eyes back, Zheng Fu, what happened? Gu Sangongzi told her that this Zheng Gongzi's real name is Zheng Yu. If that's right, she should have also met Master Zheng once, when Gu Sangongzi asked her to disguise herself as a man to go to Sui'an Building to negotiate business. At that time, Master Zheng's face was red and energetic, but now it is only Er'er time, but in just two months, such a thing happened. Among them, there must be something strange. It's like Zheng Yu can still receive news from home in Jiangnan Gongyuan.

Since ancient times, the examination room has been very strict, and even the pen, ink, paper and inkstone cannot be brought in, and even the clothes have to be changed. The severity of this can be seen. Not to mention, he can also contact people in the outside world, so Zheng Yu's departure from Jiangnan Gongyuan was not intentional? And Qiao Lao is the most unlikely person, he cherishes his talents and loves talents, and he will never let the candidates leave for no reason. And the most suspicious people are only the examiners, but these examiners are all from the six departments of the Kyoto Imperial Court, which can rule out some possibilities, but it does not mean that it is not impossible. Maybe, this matter will have something to do with Feng Wenhai.

Bending down to wash his face with water, Xiaofu handed a wet handkerchief on the side, and there was a tea set on the table that was ready to rinse his mouth.

"Xiaofu, have you heard anything about the Zheng Mansion?"

Xiaofu has been staying outside for the past few days, and he naturally knows about the affairs of some big families in Jiangnan.

"Xiao Fu has heard a little about this. said that Master Zheng suddenly died overnight, and I don't know what the specific thing is. After all, she's just hearsay.

Steward Li ran upstairs in a panic, glanced at the willow eyebrows that had been combed and washed, and immediately walked in.

"What's wrong with Steward Li, so flustered." Xiao Fu couldn't help but laugh twice when he saw Steward Li's appearance. Miss always said that she didn't know how to respect the elderly, and now she respects the elderly.

It was the first time that Liu Mei had seen Steward Li panic like this, and it seemed that this matter must be a big deal. It is rare to be able to make Steward Li, who has been through strong winds and waves at an age, a little panicked when he hears it, in this world. Maybe it's a big deal.

"What's wrong?"

"Eldest Miss, Master Hu just sent someone over and asked me to tell the eldest lady, saying that Feng Wenhai really wants the imperial Songhua Stone Dragon Horse inkstone of the Zheng Mansion."

Steward Li has seen the world in the end, of course, he knows what the subconscious meaning of this sentence is, it is to ask the eldest lady to go to the Zheng Mansion and buy this antique inkstone. Zheng Mansion is the day of the funeral today, and Master Hu immediately spoke, which is too inappropriate. Moreover, this inkstone can be described as priceless, where can it be so easy to get. Take the current Liufu as an example, the price to buy an inkstone is comparable to that of the entire Liufu.

"The eldest lady is afraid that she doesn't know the way, the old slave has heard the old man mention this imperial pine flower stone dragon horse inkstone before, saying that it is an antique passed down from generation to generation in Zheng Mansion, and Master Zheng regards this inkstone as heavy as Zheng Mansion. If the eldest lady wants to get it, I'm afraid there is not much hope. ”

While talking about Steward Li, he didn't forget to complain about Feng Wenhai and Master Hu, the two masters and servants with ghosts, and gave the eldest lady a problem.

Willow eyebrows makeup and eyebrows, will this thing come too coincidentally? Master Zheng had just died, and he, Feng Wenhai, as the parent official of Jiangnan, actually thought of the first thing he wanted to get the family heirloom of the Zheng Mansion. and Zheng Yu's sudden departure from Jiangnan Gongyuan, and the sudden death of Master Zheng, these things can't help but remind her of Feng Wenhai's body. Could it be that from the very beginning, Lord Feng had already targeted the family heirloom of the Zheng Mansion? However, is he really just because he loves this pine flower stone dragon horse inkstone? So what's the use of Lord Feng asking for an antique?

And Zheng Yu is now in the pain of losing his father, and today is the day of Master Zheng's funeral, if she opens her mouth to ask for this thing at this time, it is definitely inappropriate. Today's Zheng Mansion must also be in chaos because of the sudden death of Master Zheng. It's just like Liufu after my father and mother were arrested at that time.

"Miss, in my opinion, Master Zheng's death is inseparable from Feng Wenhai." Steward Li spoke firmly, otherwise, as soon as Master Zheng died, Feng Wenhai would have the idea of the Zheng Mansion's family heirloom.

Can you get rid of it? It's just that she always thinks that Feng Wenhai doesn't seem to be a person who likes to collect antiques, because, compared to antiques, Feng Wenhai seems to need silver more. So, what exactly does this inkstone do? Why did Feng Wenhai get this thing?

"Miss, what do you think about this?" Steward Li was a little anxious and couldn't make up his mind at all.

"Why should Steward Li be in a hurry, let's wait."

Anyway, this matter can't be rushed, Master Hu came here today just to pass on the message. At the very least, she would have to wait until the funeral of the Zheng Mansion had passed. Moreover, Zheng Gongzi doesn't look like a person with a strong backbone, maybe, with Zheng Gongzi's temperament, he will automatically offer this heirloom. If an antique can keep the huge Zheng Mansion, why not? Presumably, Zheng Gongzi would not watch the defeat of the Zheng Mansion.