Chapter Twenty-Three: The Fish Dies, the Net Breaks
After the little beggar left, Su Wanyan immediately sent someone to Changle Fang to investigate, and when the little beggar changed into clean clothes, she took someone back from Jiaomen to the house, and the people in Jiaomen were all under her control, and they would not let Su Yuxian know about bringing her a child back.
Let the child wait in the gatehouse of the corner gate, find a little steward who is loyal to her, tell him about Su Heming's loss, and tell him: "This child is your relative, bring it into the house for a long time, don't show it, I need him to help recognize someone." ”
"Okay, don't worry, Miss, I'll take him to see all the people in the house."
Su Wanyan nodded, told him to be kind to this child, and then went back to his residence.
The subordinates really came to report to her one after another, and they all said that no one was found, and there was nothing abnormal on Su Yuxian and Huo Qingqing's side.
Now there are little beggars to help identify people, and there are people from the Surprise Hall looking for people outside, she doesn't want the people in her yard to make too much noise, so she doesn't arrange for them to go out to inquire again.
In the evening, the people from the corner gate came to her and said that the matter was done.
When she went to the corner gate, the steward and the little beggar were already waiting at the gatehouse.
The little steward replied to her, and the little beggar recognized the person as a sprinkler in the outer courtyard, and everyone called him Lao Yu, who was in his forties, and had an eye disease in one eye and couldn't see.
If you buy someone in the house, you will definitely not buy this, he should be a long-term worker who lives in the capital, and he is responsible for sprinkling and sweeping, which means that the monthly money is very small, so it is possible to go off the rails.
Su Wanyan looked at the little steward and the little beggar, and finally decided to let the little steward leave, leaving the little beggar alone and said: "Don't alarm him first, you go and help find out if his family is short of money recently, or if he has a sum of money, in short, his recent living expenses should suddenly increase, and then grab the handle to interrogate him." ”
"Yes, the little one will get the job done." The little beggar said confidently.
"Are you sure you can do it alone?" Su Wanyan shook her head, "Forget it, you go to investigate first, and I'll find an adult to interrogate with you tomorrow." ”
"Okay." The little beggar is a little wilted.
Su Wanyan smiled and hurriedly comforted him, "You are still young, you will definitely not be able to deal with an adult." ”
The little beggar nodded, and quietly left the General's Mansion through the corner gate.
Thinking that her younger brother was older than this child, living a life of fine clothes and food, and that a husband taught him the truth, but this child even had to solve the problem by himself, she was a little sad.
But when they grow up, his younger brother still lives a life of fine clothes and food, and this child may have become a figure that cannot be underestimated.
Early the next morning, she went to the Surprise Speech Hall, and the person sent to find Su Heming yesterday came back to ask her to show her, saying that the person had been found, and he was locked up in the backyard firewood room of a casino in Changle Fang.
She immediately ordered people to be brought back, and the people in the casino were not easy to get along with, but they were surprised that they never liked to be tough in their work, because they couldn't touch people.
After dressing up, they blended into the casino, and then into the backyard, the lock on the door was useless to them, and it was opened in three or two clicks, and Su Heming was taken out from the back door.
It was very smooth, and the other party never imagined that Su Wanyan would find people so quickly, and there were so many available people under him.
After rescuing Su Heming, Su Wanyan did not take him back immediately, but placed him in an inn.
The next day, the little beggar also found something out of Lao Yu's mouth, that is, Huo Qingqing gave him a sum of money and asked him to send people out of the house, but Huo Qingqing didn't know how to take Su Heming away from the house.
Su Wanyan had already asked Su Heming, and Su Heming said that he didn't know how he got out of the yard, and he was in the firewood room when he woke up.
Su Wanyan was very sure that no one would betray her in the yard, so someone came in and took Su Heming away, this person can do it quietly, he must be a master.
She went back and took a closer look in Su Heming's room, and found that there was a little soot in the window, she dipped her finger a little and smelled it, making sure that it was a misty incense, so Su Heming would stay asleep and didn't know anything.
Seeing that there were still half a blurred footprint in the window, she wanted to find this person, but it was not so easy to find, but it was enough for her to already have Lao Yu in her hands.
She brought seven or eight maids to find her directly, she was not there, someone hurriedly sneaked out to report the news, she didn't care, anyway, the matter was already very clear, it was useless to hide.
Huo Qingqing didn't go out today, there was no one here, most of them were at Su Yuxian's, she took people and walked to the lake.
Huo Qingqing already knew that she was looking for herself, so she behaved calmly, sitting on the couch with a tea bowl, and Su Yuxian sitting on the small pestle beside her.
"Wanyan is here, since your sister moved to live by this lake, I have never seen you here, and today is a rare guest."
Huo Qingqing slowly put down the tea bowl, and wanted to say that Su Wanyan didn't care about her sister at all, and she didn't respect her sister at all.
Su Sui was not there, and Su Wanyan didn't even have to pretend.
"My sister was punished by my father and let her live in seclusion here, I don't dare to disturb my sister against my father's will."
Seeing that she said this, Su Yuxian threw a handkerchief at her, snorted coldly, and looked at Huo Qingqing aggrievedly, Huo Qingqing patted her hand to calm her down.
"So, what's the matter with your presence today?"
Huo Qingqing had a smug smile on the corner of her mouth, she thought that Su Wanyan didn't find Su Heming, so she came to find them.
"What's the matter? Shouldn't you know it in your heart? As for my brother, hand him over. Su Wanyan reprimanded coldly.
"What, brother, are you talking about Crane Song? Heming didn't live in the same courtyard with you, you couldn't watch him yourself, so let him run out, who are you looking for here with me? ”
Su Yu said angrily.
"He ran out on his own? Don't pretend, I've found a witness, and the outer courtyard is sprinkled with Lao Yu, do you know this person, you should be very familiar with it recently, right? He has already confessed to your door to buy him with money, so that he will take Heming out of the house before dawn. ”
"Nonsense." Huo Qingqing stood up suddenly, slapped the table, pointed at Su Wanyan and said, "What Lao Yu, you want to slander me with one side, I'll tell you, it's useless." ”
"I slandered you and brought Lao Yu over."
Su Wanyan shouted outside, and half an hour later, Lao Yu was brought in, and his right eye was overcast, but it was broken.
"Lao Yu, did you say that she gave you money to take the young master out?"
Lao Yu knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Huo Qingqing, then turned around and kowtowed to Su Wanyan a few times, he shouted: "Madam, it was you who gave me ten taels of silver and asked me to send the young master out and send it to the door of a casino in Changlefang." ”
He didn't see any injuries all over his body, but the hardships he suffered when he was interrogated yesterday may be a thrill for the rest of his life.
Even if he recruited him quickly, for today's face-to-face confrontation, the two still tortured him for a long time.
Seeing that Huo Qingqing still wanted to refute, Su Wanyan smiled and said, "I checked the owner behind that casino, but you, Aunt Huo." When my father comes back, I'll talk to him about it. ”
Huo Qingqing trembled and pointed at Su Wanyan, and shouted: "You, why do you still call me aunt, the master has already straightened me out, I am now your stepmother, your mother." ”
"Mother? There is only one mother of mine, and it can never be you. ”
Su Wanyan gritted her teeth and looked at her fiercely, "You just say that you admit that you didn't do it." ”
"I didn't, not me." Huo Qingqing shouted loudly, sweeping all the things on the table to the ground, and the hot water in the teapot splashed out and spilled on Su Yuxian's legs and feet, and she screamed in pain.
Huo Qingqing hurriedly bent over to look at Su Yuxian's legs, and was very concerned about her: "Are you okay, huh?" ”
Su Yuxian cried and hummed coquettishly, "It hurts, mother, what should I do if I get burned?" ”
Huo Qingqing was anxious and angry, and yelled at the maid, "Why don't you help the young lady in and take a look." ”
The maid was so frightened that she trembled and hurried over to help people.
Su Wanyan only felt a burst of relief in her heart, she smiled and said: "It seems that my aunt is busy here, then I won't bother you, I'll go first, I'll come back tomorrow, you'd better hand over my brother, otherwise I can also drive your mother and daughter out of the house." ”
Huo Qingqing grabbed a piece of tea bowl and threw it in Su Wanyan's face, but Su Wanyan avoided it lightly.
"Auntie, let's save some effort, we still have to toss."
After speaking, Su Wanyan snorted coldly and turned to leave.
On the way back, Lingxiu asked her in a low voice: "Miss, didn't the young master find it, why did he still ask her for someone?" ”
Su Wanyan said with a smile: "It's because I found it that I asked her for someone, if I can't find it, I won't have time to mess with her at this time." ”
After they left, Huo Qingqing was just about to call someone to the casino to see how Su Heming was doing, when a maid came over and whispered a few words to her.
"What? You say the person is gone? ”
Huo Qingqing lowered her voice, opened a pair of apricot eyes, and looked at the maid in disbelief.
"The people over there just came in." The maid hurriedly lowered her head, not even daring to come out.
"Damn, I can't even look at a person. Let them go and find the people, and if they can't find anyone, you won't live." ”
Su Heming is Su Sui's only son, if he comes back and finds that Su Heming is gone, he will not have to pick her skin. Don't talk about Su Sui, even Su Wanyan is not easy to explain, this little slut has become more and more difficult to provoke recently, because of this matter, even if they drive their mother and daughter out of the house, Su Sui will not say anything when she comes back.
Su Wanyan came with someone early the next morning, Huo Qingqing rested at Su Yuxian last night, and was about to have breakfast at this time.
There were more than a dozen plates, five or six bowls on the table, side dishes and snacks, as well as dried fish sauce and meat, and even porridge, which was much more hearty than what she ate.
"Tsk, I'm really going to enjoy it, and that's it for the ladies in the palace. The next time I enter the palace, I will go and talk to the ladies and let them envy the aunts of the General's Mansion. It's really hard for the first 20 years, and now it's going to make up for it, right? With such luxury as you, even if you have mountains of gold and silver at home, you can't afford to waste so much. ”
Huo Qingqing and Su Yuxian didn't expect her to come so early, and she hadn't freshened up yet, but when she heard it inside, she stared at her and didn't dare to go out, they were really afraid that she would go to the palace to complain.
"Lingxiu, pick up the things on this table and leave them with enough to eat. Also, keep the ones they picked up, and the next meal should be enough. ”
Hearing that she was going to eat leftovers, Su Yuxian couldn't hide it inside, opened the curtain and walked out, and said to Su Wanyan: "Don't go too far, don't think that we can let you rub the round and flatten." Another day, I will go out to publicize that Miss Su San is detaining Sister Su at home and disrespecting her stepmother, which will still discredit you. ”
Su Wanyan was not angry, but said with a pleasant face: "Do you think I will be afraid?" The reputation of our Su family's daughter can be worse because of Sister Shu, can your debauchery be worse? ”
"You, you slut."
"Xian'er!"
Su Yuxian opened her hand and was about to hit Su Wanyan, but Huo Qingqing came out of it to stop her.
Her eyes were gloomy, her face was hideous, and she gritted her teeth and said to Su Wanyan: "If you didn't know that the marriage between the prince and Xian'er had been decided, and you were still thinking about the prince, I wouldn't have made a move on your sister and brother." Since you want to make such a fuss, I will have your brother killed in a while, and it is a big deal that we will break the net. ”