The next day, Mrs. Zhao's first thing was to find out who was doing things in the dishes, she called the kitchen staff and others, and first Han Gui's family roughly told what happened. Asked when the two mothers-in-law who sent things to the front left, and when did they come back, Zhao sorted out a little clue, that is, there have always been people in the kitchen, and there is only a moment to leave, and asked the mother-in-law who went out of the kitchen to Dengdong, "You said that after washing a big bowl and putting it on the stove, it was taken away after a while?" ”

The woman nodded and said yes for sure, and Zhao asked everyone, "Who took the big bowl?" ”

Everyone replied that they didn't take it.

"It's weird, no one runs away with long legs." Zhao observed everyone's expressions, it didn't look like they were lying, and they thought that if it was someone from the big kitchen, even if they took the bowl, it would be nothing, so they wouldn't admit it.

"So the person who came in from outside took the bowl, and the person who took the bowl is likely to be the one who did the tricks in the dish?" Mrs. Zhao Shao analyzed the clues step by step.

"Someone." Zhao greeted the maid in the room, "You go to each room separately and ask secretly, and find out who took the big bowl." ”

"It's the young lady." The maids agreed, and walked out, seeing that they were going out, but Zhao shouted again, "Come back." The maids walked back and listened to what the master had to say.

"You can't come out about this, the thief, when he sees that you are from a big house, he can guess what happened yesterday, and he doesn't dare to admit it." Zhao didn't blame him for being careful, he just released the maid out of the house, and thought about it for a while.

Zhao said to Han Guijia, who was standing on the side: "You send two mothers-in-law to go, just pretend to ask casually, and say that when you deliver the meal, you will return the dishes and leave them in that room, and you will forget to take them. ”

When Han Gui's family heard this, they hurriedly instructed the two mothers-in-law, "You two ask in each room, remember not to alarm Mrs. ”

The two mothers-in-law went down to the room and asked.

Mrs. Zhao saw that there was nothing to ask, so she asked the people who worked in the kitchen to go back, and she had to feast her relatives and friends today, and she still had something to do.

He also instructed Han Gui's family, "This time you must be careful, you can't make any mistakes, and arrange two people to guard the imported things in the future, and the big kitchen must not leave people, and the thieves can't find it, maybe they will start and keep an eye on it." ”

The Han family said in a loud voice: "Master, don't worry, this time the slave and maid will not sleep at night, and they will watch and see if they dare to do bad again." ”

The people in the kitchen were all sent away, and Zhao instructed a maid: "You go to the second room and invite the second young lady to come here." ”

The maid answered.

The two mothers-in-law in the big kitchen were ordered to check the lost bowl, walked to the boundary of the second room, went to the east wing first, and just in time for Yu'er to come out to pour water, they stood at the door of the east wing, and did not enter the house, and asked, "Jade girl, do you see a blue porcelain bowl, there is one less for breakfast to collect the guy, the dishes are enthroned and made a book, every time you take back to count, you need to pay for the loss, the slave and maid wait for a white question, and it falls in the girl's house." ”

The red note came out of the house, and when he heard this, he said in a strange manner: "We don't have the bowl you want in this house, maybe someone has hidden it, the ladies might as well ask." "Say, his eyes drift to the west wing opposite.

Shang Xiang was not in the house, Aunt Ying went out to pour last night's residual tea, heard the red note deliberately said loudly, there was a ghost in her heart, she was so frightened that she hurriedly shrank back, covered the door, and hurriedly searched everywhere, first to see if the bowl was placed on the bright side, if it was good to hide on the bright side, but after looking for a long time, the big bowl was missing, and the two mothers-in-law knocked on the door outside at this time, and Aunt Ying had to go and open the door.

One of the two mothers-in-law standing outside the door asked in a gentle tone, "Is there a guy in the kitchen in the girl's house?" The slaves and maids were negligent and lost things, and Aunt Han said that she would deduct the monthly money and pay compensation."

"What guy?" Aunt Ying pretended not to know and asked.

"A big blue porcelain bowl, I think it is a meal in that house, ask my aunt if there is one, if not, the slave and maid are asking elsewhere." These two mothers-in-law didn't ask about it, but the errand assigned by the master, I didn't dare not care, and now there is such a big thing in the kitchen, and I am worried that no one will do it, if I make a mistake here, I will catch up with bad luck, so the two of them mentioned to each other not to be careless.

"I don't have the bowl that the eldest lady said in this house, don't you believe that the two eldest ladies came in to search?" Aunt Ying suppressed her uneasiness and pretended to be relaxed.

"The girl is serious, but it's a worthless bowl, ask in vain, disturb the girl, Aunt Han said, when the matter is over, she will make amends to the masters at the door." The two mothers-in-law asked people plainly, and they had to say a few nice words, otherwise, they would be suspected of being a thief without evidence, and they were willing.

"The ladies are busy, so I won't let them go into the house." Aunt Ying saw that the two of them didn't plan to enter the house, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and she still had some doubts in her heart if she didn't see it somewhere in the house, afraid that the two of them would come in, and if they saw it, they would be speechless.

When the two mothers-in-law were gone, Aunt Ying closed the door, hurriedly walked back to the house, rummaged through all the cabinets that could hold things, and did not find them, and looked around carefully to make sure that nothing was missing, and then she was sure that there was no bowl.

Aunt Ying was so busy that a layer of fine sweat appeared on the tip of her nose, sitting on the edge of the kang, her heart was up and down, and her heart said, things are going to be bad, as soon as the two mothers-in-law in the big kitchen came to find the bowl, she felt that things were not good, she wanted to send the bowl back last night, but when she ate wine, she forgot about this bowl, obviously put it on the table when she left yesterday, strange things, it was gone, and her heart said to wait for Shang Xiang to come back and ask, sit dry, Shang Xiang did not come back, and finally there was something in her heart that she couldn't stay, so she got up and tossed everywhere.

Shang Xiang went to the room to receive the fruits, this time in addition to grapes and citrus, there is also half a watermelon, watermelon is a rare thing in the winter, I don't know which one sent a basket to Zhan Erye, and half of it was divided into each room.

Shang Xiang happily walked back with a rattan basket of flowers, and from time to time pulled the thick thick bula covered by the basket, afraid that this thing would be delicate and frozen.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Aunt Ying's hair, her hair was crooked, and she was squatting in the cabinet looking for something, and when she heard the door, she didn't stand up, and continued to rummage, and asked while turning over the cabinet: "Did you see the big bowl of pig's trotters that day?" ”

Shang Xiang suddenly remembered that after breakfast, when the mother-in-law came to collect the guy, Shang Xiang didn't seem to pay attention to the big blue porcelain bowl to the mother-in-law who cleaned up the guy and took it back.

If you want to give it, you can give it, who rarely wants a bowl, so she said: "What is my aunt looking for this Laoshizi?" It seems that the mother-in-law in the kitchen took it in the morning. ”

Aunt Ying jumped up suddenly, "What? Do you give it to the people in the kitchen? Why are you so brainless, if you are found to be me going to the big kitchen, you can think of the matter of sprinkling salt in the dishes, not to mention the young lady, that is, the cook lady still doesn't chew me raw. ”

Shang Xiang was also stupid, standing dumbfounded, forgetting that he was still holding a fruit basket in his hand.

Aunt Ying saw that it was useless to blame her now, and prayed in her heart not to let people find out that the bowl was handed over by her house.

The Zhao family sent a few people who were in charge outside, and for more than two hours, the two mothers-in-law sent back one after another, and they both replied, "The slaves and maids asked one by one, but no one took the bowl." ”

"In addition to the master in each room, the subordinates also asked, maybe it was the one who was greedy, and he couldn't go up to the table and ate secretly." It is very possible for Zhao to think about people, maybe it is that the faceless man can't get on the table, his hands and feet are not clean and he eats secretly, his heart is dark, unbalanced, and it is not impossible to sprinkle a few handfuls of salt by the way.

"I asked, and the people in the house even asked about the doorkeepers, sedan chairs, and miscellaneous people." The two mothers-in-law are fine people, they do things like Ding, they are never lazy, and they are sent to the two of them by the Han family.

And the clue was broken.

"Young lady, breakfast has been delivered for a while, and it will be cold if you don't eat it again." The maid came up and asked the young lady to show whether to set the meal.

"Why didn't your uncle come up today?" Zhao was so busy that he forgot the time, and only then did he remember to ask his husband.

"Uncle ate in Aunt An's house, and he said he wouldn't come up." The little maid said, stealing a glance at her master's face.

Seeing that Zhao's face was clouded, the concubine was exempted from waiting in the upper room, and her husband was angry with herself for Ke'er's girl, An's was good, and took the opportunity to put the man in her room, not to persuade the master to come to the main room, and to separate her husband and wife.

Aunt Ying sent Shang Xiang out to inquire about the news, and Shang Xiang came back and said that the two mothers-in-law in the big kitchen not only asked the people in the second room, but also went to the big room and the third room.

Not to mention that the two of them are uneasy here, the big kitchen, the guy who collected it cleans, the guy who washes the things is exactly the mother-in-law who stole the pig's trotters that day, she took a bowl from the food box, just about to rinse, her heart suddenly rejoiced, this is not the bowl you are looking for, it is really hard to find the iron shoes, and it is not a matter of effort, and she screamed in surprise: "I found it." ”

The crowd gathered around, curious to know Lu Dao, and asked, "From which room did this come from?" ”

The woman pointed to the food box with the words "second room", "It was received from the second room, but I don't know if it is in that room." ”

Mu Jiadao: "It's not Miss Qiaohui, Miss Qiaohui has morning sickness at night, she didn't eat anything, she got up early and asked for porridge and two light side dishes, which I specially sent, Miss Qiaohui was sensible, and after eating, her maid sent the guy with porridge back." ”

Han Guijia's thoughts touched and said: "In the second room, there are a total of five masters, except for Qiaohui, there are four masters, and it is impossible for the second young lady to be herself, so there are only Peony Girl, Red Paper Girl and Ying Girl." ”

The dog's daughter-in-law said: "Peony girl, I remember that her maid said that her master didn't want to eat greasy for breakfast, so she wanted two kinds of snacks, so I used a saucer to serve it, and I didn't want soup and water, so I didn't need a bowl to serve it, and when I collected the guy, there were two plates, and the slave maid also said that it was good and trouble-free." ”

Han Guijia slowly clarified his thoughts and said, "Then there are only two left, the Red Note Girl and the Ying Girl." ”

The two of them were chattering for a long time, and they couldn't tell which one it was.

Han Gui's family was busy returning to Zhao's, saying that the bowl had been found, and Zhao heard that there was a door.

The reply was sent to talk to the waiting-woman who went to Dengdong that night and gnawed on the pig's trotters, and told the master about the 1510 incident, mixed with the testimony of several cooks.

Zhao asked, "Are you sure it was received by the second room?" Got me right? You can't wronged anyone. ”

Hou Pozi Dao; "In order to smooth the feet, the mother-in-law who received the guy first accepted the one from other places, and the most one was the second room later, so it was clearly divided."

The Zhao family is careful, especially in this kind of thing, and is more cautious, and it is also related to the masters.

He asked again; "There are so many dishes, how do you remember that it was the one you lost last night, and there are the same things, this bowl is not likely to have any special marks, so that you can recognize it at a glance." Zhao's heart is full of souls, this must be asked clearly, vague and vague don't say that he doesn't approve, even thieves can not recognize it, if it is not good, it is also rumored to be a joke, and it is a bit of a joke to recognize people with a bowl that can't speak.

"The slave remembers that there were eight such big bowls when they were bought, and they were all broken, and now there is only this one left, although there are many such big bowls, but the pattern is different."

Zhao listened to this mother-in-law's words and was clear and clear.

Thinking that there was nothing more to ask, he said, "Okay, you go down first!" When I go back and tell the Han family, no one is allowed to talk about it, and whoever says it in his mouth, I will hit the board first and make fun of people. ”

The woman answered in her mouth and went down.

Zhao carefully pondered the story and everyone's words again, remembering that the two mothers-in-law said that the three of them were sent to guard the kitchen, and the men in front of them were eating and asking for things, and the two of them went to the front to deliver things, and suddenly thought about it, no one was so hard, isn't it that the people in the mansion are eating wine in the flower hall, if the two of them leave the table and go to the back kitchen, a person at the table will definitely see it, thinking like this, he called the maid and said: "Find Aunt An." ”

This Aunt An is tired of being in the house with Uncle Zhan, these days of the New Year, Uncle Zhan rests in her house every day, An's does everything he can to please, and wants to take the opportunity to tie up the man, if she can conceive a son and a half daughter, her waist can also be hard in this house, saving her from being a little low in front of Zhao all day long, and she is attentive.

A little maid in the upper room came over, "The young lady will go over immediately to find her aunt." ”

An's face changed a little, it was last night that he gave Zhao a message to the Zhao family by the pillow of the master, so that people listened to it, and when he reported it to the Zhao family, he couldn't help but be nervous, and asked, "What is the young lady looking for me?" ”

"It's like asking something." The little girl didn't dare to say more.

"Since your mistress is looking for you in an emergency, hurry over!" Uncle Zhan leaned on the kang, watched her rubble, and spoke.

An Shi gathered his mind and walked to the room in a hurry.

Zhao saw the little concubine An come up, his heart responded, but his face was faint, An lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, he saluted, and he didn't say much, he stood aside respectfully, waiting for the master mother to speak.

"There's nothing else to do with you, just ask, last night at dinner, the people in the second room were not on the table, think about it."

Aunt An didn't know what was going on, there was an accident in the big kitchen last night, and before it spread in the house, she thought about it and replied truthfully, "The Qiaohui girl in the second room didn't come for leave, so the peony girl and the red paper girl were at the table." ”

"Didn't Miss Ying go?" Zhao asked as if he had no intention.

"By the way, Miss Ying came later, and the concubine remembered that she had eaten for a long time, and she came, but she didn't eat anything for some reason."

Zhao said in his heart, she had already finished eating, and she could still eat it.

"Back to the master, the second young lady has arrived." The little maid went back and forth.

"Go back! Nothing more. The Zhao clan sent An away.

Aunt Ying kept her heart up until noon, waiting for the mother-in-law in the big kitchen to deliver the meal, Aunt Ying pretended to chat and asked, "The lost bowl was found?" ”

The woman said: "Then it's so easy to find, there are so many people in the house." ”

When Aunt Ying heard this, her heart put it in her stomach, and her heart said that she was too careful, and it was not a big deal to think about a bowl.

Shang Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly complained in his heart, how could the master do such a thing, he was dissatisfied with the Shen family, and rushed to the Shen family alone, why bother implicating innocent hard-working people, if it wasn't for the kitchen found out early yesterday, the dishes would have gone up, and something would have happened.

As soon as the master and servant breathed a sigh of relief, they saw the maid of the big house hurriedly coming, "Miss Ying, the young lady is looking for you to come over." ”

Aunt Ying's face suddenly changed, and she said in her heart, she found her head so quickly.

Forced himself to calm down, and said to the maid: "The girl will go back first, and I will pick up and pick up." "Send that maid out,

The maid walked to the door, turned around and said, "Girl, hurry up, the young lady is in a hurry, the slave and maid have to go to the other door to find the red girl." ”

Let's say, without waiting for Aunt Ying to ask, I hurried and walked towards the east wing.

Aunt Ying had an extra heart, standing under the eaves and listening to the movement on the other side.

I heard the voice of the red note on the other side, "What's going on in the house?" Is the young lady looking for me alone? The maid shook her hand and said, "I can't say, something is wrong, in short, I am not looking for a girl." ”

Let's say, just look at her, Aunt Ying hurried back, simply freshened up, and went to the big room.

Aunt Ying walked out of the west wing, helped Shang Xiang out of the courtyard gate, turned left for a moment, turned her head towards the courtyard, and saw the red note coming out of the east wing, holding Yu'er's hand, and then also went out, listening to the footsteps seemed to follow her master and servant, walking in the direction of the big room, Shang Xiang whispered: "What is the matter with the young lady looking for her aunt?" Why did the red girl go over too, why didn't she see the peony girl? ”

Aunt Ying said in a low voice: "The Shen family is in charge of the second room, the young lady does not interfere in the affairs of the second room, the young lady personally asked about the salt in the dish last night, this matter is very important, and we can't admit it, as long as we don't talk about it, even the young lady can't take me?" ”

Aunt Ying remembered that she pretended to have Zhan Shaoting's flesh and blood in her belly, and this protection was enough to make the Zhao family jealous.

Shang Xiang was a little scared, thinking of Zhao's Jiwei, she was uneasy, Aunt Ying saw this, and said angrily: "You are like this, you still need to be judged, according to the shrewdness of the young lady, you can see it at a glance, as the saying goes, take the thief and take the stolen goods, catch the traitor and catch the double, there is no evidence, you don't owe between your teeth, she can still pry your mouth open." ”

Shang Xiang lowered her head, Aunt Ying was a little annoyed, thinking that she should not let this girl do anything bad, she had to scare and scare her first, so she said: "It's not my ruthlessness as the master, you little hooves listen to me, if you scare all the tricks, I will put all the blame on you, whether you live or die is up to you." ”

Shang Xiang listened, and knew that the master was not scaring her, he and she were grasshoppers on a rope, and she was bad, and she couldn't get better.

The two of them listened to the footsteps behind them, and they knew that the red note was coming up, so they didn't say anything.

"Master, Aunt Ying and Shang Xiang seem to be going to the big house." Yu'er whispered.

"It's not a good thing to be with this fox." The red note glared fiercely at Aunt Ying's back.

At this time, a mother-in-law ran by, hurriedly, and saw the two of them in surprise: "The girls are okay?" Why are the people in the second room doing well? ”

"What are these words? What should you be guilty of cursing your master with red mouth and white teeth in the New Year? Aunt Ying stopped and shouted.

"What's wrong? You mother-in-law is running in such a hurry? "Red Note caught up from behind.

"It's a big deal, several aunts in the house have fallen, this is asking the doctor, the master ordered me to go back to my wife, forgive the old slave for being confused for a while, and said the wrong thing." The woman hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Several people looked at each other.

"Since the aunts are not good, you go back to Mrs. quickly, don't delay the serious business." The red note hurriedly said.

The woman got up and muttered, "How do you say this, if you say it can't be good, it won't work." ”

A few people were even more puzzled, and hurriedly walked to the big room to hear what was going on.

As soon as I walked to the boundary of the big house, I saw the maid and the maid running around the yard, and Aunt Ying grabbed an old woman and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It turned out to be Miss Ying, something was wrong, my Aunt An and Aunt Chen suddenly got up in the morning, foaming at the mouth, and they didn't know anyone, how good is this, the uncle was so anxious that he scolded people, and blamed the hospital for not keeping anyone for the New Year, so he brought the doctor from home." After the woman finished speaking, she hurried away.

At this time, two more maids ran out of the east side courtyard where Aunt An and Aunt Chen lived, holding a paper in their hands, and shouting in their mouths, "Quickly pass the little guy on the door to the pharmacy to grab medicine, this is the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, and it will be too late to be late." ”

The servant who was sweeping the yard took it, and before he could ask any more questions, he ran out of the gate and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

The two of them were also nervous, Aunt An and Aunt Chen were fine when they saw each other yesterday, why did they die after a night's work.

Several people went up the steps one after another, and there was a maid standing at the door of the main room, and replied inside: "Miss Ying and Miss Red are here." I was nervously looking into the upper room, and when I turned around, I heard the cold female voice inside, "Let them in."