Chapter 10: Crisis
Just approached, the gate of the Lin family, and saw a few big carriages coming at the door.
As he was fast into the courtyard, he faintly heard the voice of the steward Zhang San coming from outside the wall. Chen Yi hurriedly pushed open the weathered small wooden door. The wooden door creaked.
When the door was pushed open, Chen Yi saw that Xiaozhu was kneeling on the ground, crying and crying, and there were still a few tattered places outside her clothes. Chen Yi ran over and put the things in his hand on the ground, holding Xiao Zhu in his arms, Xiao Zhu curled up in Chen Yi's arms and shivered, and said intermittently:
"Brother, Steward Zhang asked me to tell me about you, and stole their silver taels"
"It's okay, my brother is here" kept ** Xiaozhu's thin back.
"Ouch, isn't this our Chen Young Master? Where did you get rich? This person looks like a dog, and wants a crow to become a phoenix. Zhang San walked next to Chen Yi and circled around Chen Yi, making a shrill sound like a father-in-law in the palace.
"Does it have anything to do with you that I'm rich? The dog is nosy with a mouse. Chen Yi said viciously, and helped Xiao Zhu, who was kneeling on the ground, up. Patted the dust off Xiaozhu's body.
"You little slut, you have grown your skills, and your wings have hardened" Zhang San, pointing at Chen Yi with his finger, said viciously.
"Master Zhang, you dissipate your anger, it's not worth it if your body is broken." The entourage beside Steward Zhang said to Steward Zhang like a dog.
"Master Zhang, please sit down, why do you have to compete with a wild seed born from a cheap species." The other attendant bowed down and grabbed his calf with both hands. Zhang San, sitting on the back of this man in a gray robe, took out an umbrella from there and fanned it pretendedly. Chen Yi looked at it and couldn't help but feel sad for them, it was really servile that had been carved into his bones.
"Little scumbag, today I came to pass a word for the eldest young master, the old man had a birthday a few days ago, and you stole the limelight, don't think that this matter is over like this, the eldest young master wants me to tell you that this matter is not over."
Chen Yi felt inexplicable, what kind of wind has blown this annoying person to his house today, and he always felt that Zhang Sanlai's purpose would definitely not be so simple. Chen Yi looked at Zhang San silently, and Zhang San also looked at Chen Yi, staring at him with big eyes.
I saw a person walking out of my room after a while, what kind of person was it? I saw that this person was about forty years old, with a medium build, a black and red face, wearing a pair of dark blue pants, a gray gown on his upper body, a standard Chinese face with some dense beards, and a serious expression, walked up to Chen Yi, glanced at Chen Yi slightly, shook his head at Zhang San, and left without a sound.
"If you have recently met someone suspicious at home, remember to report me promptly"
Zhang San, wiped his sweat, let out a sigh, closed the fan, stood up, and followed a few people out.
Chen Yi was confused, inexplicable, and he also kept an eye on himself, what happened? How could there be outsiders in his own family? After Zhang San and the others left, they closed the door, pulled Xiaozhu into the house, and closed the door. Pull Xiaozhu and sit on the edge of the bed.
Chen Yi thought about it carefully, and from the conversation with Zhang San after he entered the door, he faintly felt that today's protagonist should be the middle-aged man of medium stature who came out of his house, black and red, Chen Yi looked at everything in the house carefully, and there was nothing missing in the house, and he didn't have anything valuable.
"Xiaozhu, what the hell is going on?" Xiaozhu gradually frowned, thought about it carefully, and held her chin with both hands. Say:
"I was waiting for you at home, after a while, I heard someone knocking on the door, I thought it was my brother you came back, I haven't opened the door yet, the door was opened by Steward Zhang, walked in, followed by the black-faced uncle, and a few entourage, as soon as Steward Zhang walked into the courtyard, he asked if there were any strangers in the house, and asked my brother if he had been in contact with other strangers recently? And then...... Then the black-faced uncle pushed open the door and walked in, I wanted to stop him, but I was stopped by the housekeeper and a few of them."
After listening to Xiaozhu's memories, Chen Yi is basically certain that Zhang San is just a foil today, and the protagonist should be the middle-aged man. So what exactly was he looking for? The more I thought about it, the more upset I became, and I felt that it was better to find someone to inquire about it. After handing the gifts and delicious food you bought for Xiaozhu, to Xiaozhu.
Chen Yi said a few words to Xiaozhu, and hurriedly walked out of the Lin Mansion. In ancient times, this news was a closed condition, and in addition to professional scouts and independent intelligence networks of various big families, there was also a way to inquire about news in the place with the largest flow of people every day, that is, in the Goolan market, there were mixed fish and dragons, and all parties from the three sects and nine streams gathered. There is also a lot of gossip, such as taverns and other places.
Although it is the season of October, it is noon, but people are still wearing very thin clothes, and the people on the street are busy with each other for their daily livelihood. I don't have any brains, so I can only try my luck at the tavern and see if I can find out any news.
The little two in the hotel are busy and green, and the guests are sitting in the hotel in twos and threes. Chen Yi found a place with more people and sat down, ordered a pot of wine and two plates of fennel beans from Xiao Er, and while drinking the wine, he pricked up his ears to pay attention to the movements around him, to see if he could get useful news.