Zhao Heng looked at Lin Mo and asked suspiciously, "Uncle Lin, what should we do next?" Do you want to go to the pharmacy and ask" Lin Mo shook his head,

"It's been a few months, and I guess I can ask why with a prescription. Now I have the next step, you are going to the home school tomorrow, I just happened to send you there, remember that no one should say these things, as if nothing had happened. ”

Zhao Heng nodded when he heard this, and Lin Mo put away the prescription. In this way, there was nothing to say all night, and the next day Zhao En had already gone to the restaurant, and Lin Mo took Zhao Heng to Mafu.

When the two came to Mafu, Zhao Heng knocked on the door, and when the doorkeeper opened the door, he smiled when he saw Zhao Heng: "Xiao Heng came really early today, you are much harder than those sons, come in quickly." ”

At this time, the porter saw Lin Mo, and hurriedly saluted: "I didn't expect it to be Young Master Cousin, why are you here today, is there anything I want to serve?" Lin Mo shook his head and signaled the porter not to be too restrained, "I'll send Xiao Heng to study today, and meet the second lady by the way." ”

After Xiao Heng entered the door, he said goodbye to Lin Mo and went straight to the home school. Lin Mo took out two coins of silver from his sleeve and handed them to the porter.

"Reward you, Xiaoheng also bothers you to help open the door every day when you study, this is a little reward for you."

Seeing that the porter was unwilling to accept it, Lin Mo pretended to be angry, and the porter accepted it, Lin Mo saw that the time was still early, and Ma Ruoyan was afraid that he hadn't gotten up yet, so he talked to the porter. This gatekeeper's surname is Zheng Jia, and others call him Zheng Wu. Although the first impression left on Lin Mo was not particularly good, during the conversation, Lin Mo found that in addition to being a little greedy for money, he was still relatively loyal.

Lin Mo intentionally or unintentionally talked about the topic and led to the dead housekeeper Wang, this Zheng Wu also didn't have any scheming, so he said everything he knew: "Young Master Cousin, although I have only been in the mansion for a few years, I have touched dozens of people up and down the mansion. This Wang butler was originally a subordinate brought by the eldest lady's mother's family, and was later appreciated by the eldest lady as a housekeeper, managing all the subordinates up and down the house. In addition, the goods of the government in Yunzhou and other places will pass through him, and he is also a capable person. If you want to say that this person is really not good, he loves to gamble money, and he loses every time. didn't dare to get the money in the account of the house, so he deliberately deducted people's wages to gamble. The eldest lady protected him again, and we dared not speak out. ”

After hearing this, Lin Mo had a better understanding of this Wang Steward. Seeing that Lin Mo was about to leave when the time was almost up, Zheng Wu pulled Lin Mo and said: "Young Master Cousin, the Wang Steward, died a little evil, and the corpse in the side room was in the water at that time, it is said that it was the ghost of the Wang Steward, and,"

Zheng Wu said in a low voice: "That night, I saw with my own eyes that the corpse of Steward Wang in the side room came back to life, and I hid in the house, but when I woke up the next day, I realized that the water was gone, and it must have been done by the ghost of Steward Wang." ”

Lin Mo was noncommittal when he heard it, after all, he had never believed in ghosts.

Lin Mo said goodbye to Zheng Wu and walked towards Ma Ruoya's room.

bumped into Xiao San head-on, Xiao San saw Lin Mo and asked, "Where is Young Master Cousin?" ”

"I'm coming to find Second Miss, is she awake?"

Xiao San listened, sighed, and said: "Young Master Cousin, you don't know, since the second miss came back from General Town, she hid in the room, didn't think about tea and dinner, washed her face with tears, the old man and the young master couldn't help it, and the doctor didn't have a way, yesterday the second miss went to Sister Xin'er's house, and then she slept peacefully." ”

Lin Mo listened to Ma Ruoya's sadness for Xin'er's "death", and was very ashamed, and he couldn't explain the situation to Ma Ruoyan now, but the two had a deep relationship between master and servant, but it was also rare in the world.

Lin Mo nodded, and came to Liu Xin'er's room, and Ma Ruoyan's voice like talking to herself came from the room: "Xin'er, you are so ruthless, you said that you would serve me for the rest of your life, and you left quietly." ”

Lin Mo knocked on the door, "Who?" ”

"I, Lin Mo, open the door if you want to go."

"Lin Mo?" Ma Ruoya's puzzled voice came from inside the room.

With a "squeak", the door was opened, Ma Ruoya's face was full of sadness, and when she saw Lin Mo, she smiled and said, "Lin Mo, why are you here?" ”

"I'm going to see how you're doing? Xin'er's matter hit you hard, so I came to visit the second miss today. ”

Ma Ruoyan shook her head when she heard this, "I'm nothing, I don't need your comfort, but it's you, the blow is the biggest." ”

Lin Mo entered the room and sat at the table with Ma Ruoya, and Ma Ruoya said to herself:

"Do you know how important Xin'er's heart is? Every time we chatted before, she always chatted about you, saying that you rarely talked to her, but she remembered every word she said. One time you sent her something called a shuttlecock, and she was so happy, she was so precious that she didn't even want to let me borrow me to play, and I was thinking about what kind of character could make Xin'er so fascinated. ”

Let the queen look at Lin Mo seriously, and suddenly laughed out loud.

"I was really disappointed when I first saw you, when you were waiting for Xin'er in front of the door, the first time I saw you, I was thinking about how such an ordinary person hooked Xin'er's heart, and then after so many things, I felt that Xin'er chose the right person."

Lin Mo looked at Ma Ruoya, her words made her realize that Xin'er looked at herself like this in her heart, and couldn't help but have some different feelings for Xin'er.

Saying that, Ma Ruoya suddenly remembered something and rummaged in Liu Xin'er's house.

"Found it"

Ma Ruoya took out a few pieces of paper from a hidden box in the corner of the cabinet, and when Lin Mo looked at the words on it, it was the poem he said when he was talking to the county commander and the county when the restaurant opened last time.

"Lin Mo, you surprised me for a while, I didn't expect you to have such a talent, at that time, Xin'er and I were secretly listening outside the door, Xin'er cheered for your poems, and that proud appearance made me laugh for a while. She came back and wrote down all your verses, and secretly hid them here, like a baby, and that's what I know is here. ”

After saying that, he handed the poem to Lin Mo, who was a little embarrassed and took it,

"The elixir and jade dew are intoxicating, the heart is like a hundred flowers that have not bloomed, and the blooming is more sad from boredom, and the gloomy clouds are bleak and the tears have not condensed."

Liu Xin'er marked the same words in the upper and lower sentences very intimately. Looking at these verses, Lin Mo's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something.

"Lin Mo, you have put this thing away, so I should leave you a thought." Lin Mo nodded and put the things back in the box.

Lin Mo asked Ma Ruoya about Shopkeeper Sun and Steward Wang, Ma Ruoyan shook her head, she had never noticed anything unusual about Steward Wang, Ma Ruoyan still trusted Steward Wang very much, after all, she had followed the eldest lady since she married into the Ma family, and she was an old servant for decades, and she was loyal to the Ma family.

As for Shopkeeper Sun, Ma Ruoya doesn't know much about it, Shopkeeper Sun has been following his eldest brother Ma Ruowen, although he often meets with him, but he hasn't said a few words. Lin Mo had no choice but to give up, said goodbye to Ma Ruoyan and hurried home.

As soon as he entered the door, Lin Mo spread out all the prescriptions, took out a pen and kept drawing, making marks, and then transcribed them on a piece of paper, looking at the words on the paper, Lin Mo suddenly understood.

"This recipe is really strange, but if you want to string these things together, there are still some things missing in between."

Lin Mo really couldn't figure it out, so he had to put everything away first.

Lin Mo picked up Liu Xin'er's box and put all the verses in it, and suddenly, Lin Mo found that the box was a little weird. Lin Mo carefully observed the bottom of the box, and finally found that the bottom of the box was contrasted with the inside and outside, the bottom was obviously different from the depth seen with the eyes, and the bottom was much thicker than what the eyes saw, which was the same as those magicians in the previous life who conjured things out of the empty box, in fact, the things were at the bottom of the box, but due to poor vision, it made people feel that the box was empty, but it was actually hidden at the bottom.

"Is there something in the ground?"

Lin Mo tried it curiously, and really opened the wooden board at the bottom, there was a mezzanine inside, but there was a piece of paper, Lin Mo opened it and saw that it was a poem "Siqing is difficult to meet, and the heart is like a nest swallow." If I ask when it will be, my heart will never leave. Lin Mo knew at a glance that it was a love poem, and it was written very straightforwardly.

"Could it be that Xin'er wrote it to me? Isn't that right? Look at this tone, it should be written by a man to a woman, could it be written by someone else to Xin'er? also hidden, Xin'er must cherish this poem. ”

Lin Mo felt a little inexplicable in his heart when he thought about it, but he had to calm his mood, after all, now is not the time to think about these things. Lin Mo packed up these things, and it was already noon, so Lin Mo went to the restaurant to check the situation.

The restaurant is still full of people, and Zhao En shuttles between the tables, ordering and serving food in one go. Zhu Wen in the back kitchen and his buddies were also busy, the fire was splashing, and the fragrance was fragrant.

Seeing the restaurant so busy, Lin Mo had a sense of accomplishment, but when he thought of the clues he found, Lin Mo was a little annoyed, and he didn't know where the real restaurant and himself should go if it was really as he expected.

When there were fewer guests in the afternoon, Lin Mo called Zhou Fu and Wu Shun to him.

"I remember that you said that Steward Wang was very fond of gambling when he was alive, what is the specific situation? Is there anything that isn't normal?"

The two were very puzzled when they heard it, but since Lin Mo asked, the two had no choice but to tell what they knew.

Wu Shun took the lead in saying: "I used to like to gamble money, so I often go to the casino, but I don't have much money, every time I bet on one or two halves, the king shopkeeper is different, he is generally a few taels of betting, generous shots, but also more losses and fewer wins." ”

Wu Shun continued: "But there was a period of time when Steward Wang lost a lot, and he could lose dozens of taels at a time, so he lost seven or eight hundred taels during that time." ”

When Zhou Fu heard this, he said with a smile: "I guess I accompanied my wife into it, but this Wang Steward is really rich, and there are thousands of taels lost in the casino, but in the end, he is just a subordinate, and I don't know where he got so much money." ”

The two of them were a little envious and jealous about the past of Steward Wang, but Lin Mo was a little clear, thinking of the discoveries made in the past few days, the overall outline of the whole incident gradually appeared in Lin Mo's mind.

Lin Mo then called Zhu Wen into the room, and the two chatted for a long time, and when Zhu Wen came out again, there was a hint of determination on his face.

Lin Mo hesitated a little, and finally sighed, thinking about Liu Xin'er and Ma Ruoyan, "Can this only be regarded as if it never happened?"