Lan Hou first planned to start an investigation from Lan Su's recent situation. If what Cheng Jingyun said is true, then his eldest son should also be educated well.

Since he was a child, Lan Su has a very high talent for marching and combating, and he has not had much contact with his family since he went to the border to fight two years ago, Lan Hou frowned, and said to Bai Ye beside him: "You go to the border to find out what Lan Su has done in the past two years, as well as the things that Cheng Jingyun reported to the emperor, and verify them one by one." ”

"Yes." Bai Ye took the things handed over by Lan Hou, which clearly recorded all the conversations between Cheng Zhong's father and daughter and the emperor, "Bring a few more secret guards, you go and do it yourself, keep this thing safe, if it leaks out, the whole house will be killed." ”

Bai Ye has been by Lan Hou's side for many years, knowing the origin of this thing, and the eyeliner next to the emperor, once exposed, not to mention the upper and lower levels of the house, even the side lines will inevitably die.

Like Foshan by Song Zhancheng's side, Bai Ye is also Lan Hou's henchman.

After the white night, Lan Hou will not be idle in the capital, and he has heard about the great change in Lan Su's temperament, but he led the troops out, so he didn't care. Thinking about it this way, this matter is suspicious.

Lan Hou planned to ask his wife Li first.

Thinking about it, he walked out of the study and came to the backyard, and saw a maid running over in a hurry on the way, and he didn't salute like Lan Hou, Lan Hou knew that his wife was soft-hearted and didn't often beat and punish people, but he didn't want to be so unruly. When they arrived at Ruyi Pavilion, the third-class girl at the door made a notification, and Li came out of the back room.

Lan Hou saw that his wife was also a little thin, and guessed that it might be for Lan Su, so he comforted him: "Believe in our child, he will be fine." Li leaned into Lan Hou's arms and replied, "Okay." ”

Lan Hou touched the tips of his wife's hair and asked, "Can Lan Su write to you in the past two years?" Or can you write back recently? When Li heard his husband ask, he thought about it, "It seems that Lan Su's child hasn't sent much letters to his family in the past two years." ”

"Haven't you ever sent a single one?" Lan Hou was a little suspicious.

"But no, send me a few letters." Li shook his head, looked at Lan Hou and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lan Hou pulled Li into the inner room, and said as he walked, "Find out those letters and show them to me." Li was confused by Lan Hou, so he had to follow him into the house.

Li listened to her husband's words, took out a few letters from the official suitcase at the head of the bed, and handed them to Lan Hou. Lan Hou took the letter and immediately found that this was not Lan Su's handwriting, and immediately asked, "This is not Lan Su's handwriting?" ”

"I also found out that it was not my son's handwriting, he said that it was because he was wounded on the battlefield, and the letters were written by the strategists." Lan Hou listened to this explanation, half convinced, and then looked at the contents of the letter.

These letters are basically the same, nothing more than a report of safety or frequent good news. Lan Hou looked at the letter in disappointment, and there was no clue he wanted.

Before leaving, Lan Hou seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to the Li family, "The subordinates in the mansion should still be managed, and the little maid who came here today was too rude." ”

Li Shi frowned, "Which little girl?" Lan Hou recalled, "She ran past me with her head down, dressed in dark blue. ”

"Dark blue clothes? That should be the maid in Lansu Courtyard. What is she running in a hurry about? Li asked suspiciously. Lan Hou naturally didn't want to take care of those trivial things in the backyard, just told his wife to take care of the backyard.

The Li family was careful, and he was concerned about this matter, so he sent the eldest maid next to him, Yunmeng, "Go and check, which maid is in the eldest young master's courtyard to go to the front yard today?" "Yes." Yun Meng answered, and went to check on this person.

In the evening, Yun Meng returned to Ruyi Pavilion, and Li asked, "Have you found any maid?" Yun Meng lowered her head and replied, "Mrs. Hui, I found it, but she didn't return to the house." ”

Li slapped the tea table and was slightly angry, "How does the housekeeper manage his subordinates?" The government stipulates that people must return to the house before sunset, why hasn't she come back yet? Why didn't the housekeeper tell me? ”

"Madame's anger, I'll call the housekeeper, Madame will find out as soon as she asks." Yun Meng persuaded the Li family, and when he saw the Li family waving his hand, he went down to pass the housekeeper.

The butler was a man in his early forties, named Lan Deyi, who had been promoted from his side line and believed in him.

Li asked him, "This afternoon, is there a maid in the eldest young master's courtyard who has left the house?" Lan Deyi thought about it, there was indeed such a person, and he replied yes.

"Then why did she leave the house?" Lee then asked. The housekeeper recalled for a while, "It seems that because the medicinal materials in the eldest young master's courtyard are damp, she went out to buy some." ”

Lan Su always has a place to use medicinal materials when practicing martial arts, so he also has his own pharmacy and decoction place in his hospital, although Lan Su has been fighting abroad for more than two years, the pharmacy at home has not been abandoned.

"Then she hasn't returned home now, why didn't you report it?" Lee asked the housekeeper. The housekeeper touched his forehead, "When the maid left the house, it was said that there were a few medicinal herbs that were not easy to buy, and she might return home later, so I didn't inform my wife." ”

Li also knew that medicinal materials were not easy to buy, so he didn't have any more suspicions, "Go down, watch the maid diligently, and let her come to Ruyi Pavilion when she goes home." ”

"Yes." Lan Deyi remembered and retreated.

When he went to bed, Li had already forgotten about it and asked Yun Meng to comb his hair. Yun Meng suddenly remembered the little maid today and mentioned it casually, "Madam, that little maid is really careless, the purchase of medicinal materials is not good, I just went out a few days ago, and I went out again." ”

Li Shi noticed Yun Meng's words, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be, the people in the pharmacy are all careful, they are all carefully selected girls, all of them are smart, plus Lan Su is not in the house, the amount of medicine is not large, and there is no need to go out to buy it in three days. Coupled with all the strange things today, Li couldn't help asking, "Hasn't the maid come back yet?" ”

"The slave and maid don't know, and the housekeeper will tell you in the future." Yun Meng asked tentatively, "Slave maid go and ask?" ”

Li had a premonition of misfortune in his heart, so he asked Yun Meng to ask again.

After all, he has been a master and servant for many years, and when Li saw Yun Meng's expression when he came back, he knew that the little maid had not returned to the house, and immediately became suspicious, and instructed Yun Meng, "Go to the front yard and invite the master, I don't think this matter is appropriate." ”

"Yes." Yun Meng walked quickly to the front yard. Lan Hou in the front yard was still processing the paperwork, and Bai Ye and the others were on their way to the border, and there was no news for the time being.

Lan Hou was a little surprised when he saw Yun Meng's arrival, and asked, "But what happened to Madame?" Yun Meng replied: "Madame, please go to Ruyi Pavilion, it's that little girl's business." ”

"Alas, it's just a maid, just discipline it." Lan Hou waved his hand without care, and Yun Meng saw that Lan Hou didn't understand, so he explained, "It's that the maid hasn't returned to the house yet, and her behavior has been a little strange in the past few days, Madame is worried that something is wrong, so she sent me to inform you." ”

When Lan Hou heard Yun Meng say this, he thought that the maid in the afternoon was indeed a little strange, so he went to Ruyi Pavilion with Yun Meng.