Mrs. Yang was already crying with red and swollen eyes, and when she saw Meng Tianchu, she was a little shy and spoke a little incoherently.

Meng Tianchu comforted: "Yang Tongzhi's death, we will definitely find out, Mrs. Yang, please mourn." ”

Mrs. Yang nodded sadly, Meng Tianchu: "Madam Yang, can you tell me how you found out that Yang Tongzhi is dead?" ”

Mrs. Yang pointed at Cai Zhao and said, "I told Lord Cai just now. ”

Cai Zhao said impatiently: "Lord Meng asked you to say it, naturally there is a reason for him, you can just say it again to Lord Meng." ”

Mrs. Yang hurriedly agreed: "Okay, I also found it when I came from Jiaqing Mansion early this morning." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Did Mrs. Yang come by carriage?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "Yes"

Meng Tianchu: "Then Mrs. Yang rushed from Jiaqing Mansion to Hangzhou so early in the morning, and it should not have been dawn when she set off, Mrs. Yang rushed to Hangzhou Mansion in such a hurry, could it be that something happened at home?" ”

Mrs. Yang looked a little clumsy, her hands were clasped together, her face flushed when she spoke, and she stammered, "No... No, Xianggong originally said that he would come back yesterday, because yesterday was my mother-in-law's fiftieth birthday, but... It was he who didn't come back, and he didn't look for ... Someone gave us a letter, and my mother-in-law was in a hurry, so she asked me... I'll come over today to take a look. ”

Meng Tianchu looked inside the house, and when he looked at it from the outside, he couldn't see anything in the room, and it looked very dim. Meng Tianchu: "Then was Yang Tongzhi's door closed when you came?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "When I came to the place, I saw that the door of the prime minister was closed, and because the door was not locked, I thought that he must be sleeping at home, so I knocked on the door. But after knocking for a long time, there was no movement, worried that he would not listen to the dissuasion and secretly go out to drink alone, Lord Meng, you don't know, Xianggong didn't drink at all, he could sleep for a day with half a glass of water and wine, and he was here alone. I'm not worried. ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about later?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "Later, I saw that there was no movement for a long time, maybe I knocked on the door too loudly, and woke up the person next door, who lived next door to the housekeeper outside the house, he came out and pointed at my nose and scolded, I quickly explained to him, and he asked someone to go in through the back window." I opened the door, and when I entered it, I was... Oh my God, joy. You're left with our orphans and widows, what will happen to you in the future, oh my God..."

Meng Tianchu motioned to Cai Zhao to comfort him. When he walked into the door, the official at the door said, "Lord Meng, except for the person who came in through the back window to open the door, Mrs. Yang has come in this room, and no one else has entered."

Meng Tianchu smiled at the officials he had worked with in the past, and then saw a man lying in the middle of the room, none other than Yang Lezhi.

Meng Tianchu approached Yang Lezhi's side and suddenly smelled a pungent smell of wine. Then I remembered what Mrs. Yang said just now that Yang Lezhi couldn't drink, Yang Lezhi's expression was calm, there was no painful struggle, there was no bleeding in the seven orifices, the clothes were neat, and the room was not big. There were no signs of a fight in the house. The bed had never been slept, and Meng Tianchu looked at Yang Lezhi's exposed skin. Because Yang Lezhi was lying on his back, Meng Tianchu pressed the position where the corpse spots had appeared with his fingers, and found that the fingers pressed the corpse spots did not fade, and the corpse spots did not transfer, he stood up, and now that Xue Xue and Xiaonuo were not by his side, he decided to transport the corpse back to the government for an autopsy, but according to the appearance of the corpse spots, when he asked the dragon to come to see the ground on the first day, this Yang Lezhi had already died at home.

Meng Tianchu got up and walked to the window, this season has begun to get cold, so it is impossible to still have the window open when he sleeps at night, but judging from the traces of the window, there are no traces of prying, Meng Tianchu walked outside the door and asked the official to call the subordinate who opened the window.

Meng Tianchu: "Was the window open when you came in through the back window?" ”

Subordinate: "If you go back to your lordship, you will open the ground." ”

Meng Tianchu frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Now that the weather is so cold, aren't you afraid of the cold when you open the window?" ”

Subordinate: "I thought it was closed, so I still had the tools to open the window." After speaking, he showed the pliers and screwdriver in his hand to Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu returned to the window and looked at the window carefully, because it had been raining for the past two days, so there were mud and shoe prints on the windowsill, Meng Tianchu asked the subordinate to take off his shoes and compare them with those on the windowsill, and found that it was the shoes of this subordinate person, but there was a detail that made Meng Tianchu's eyes light up.

Meng Tianchu took a closer look in the room, walked to the table and sat down, and found that there was only one teapot and two teacups on the table, and there was a little tea in the teapot, Meng Tianchu put it in front of his nose and smelled it, it was just some cheap flower tea, it seems that this Yang Lezhi is indeed very frugal on weekdays, just look at his clothes and his wife's clothes.

There was no water in the teacup, Meng Tianchu put the teacup in front of his nose and smelled it, but he smelled a smell of wine, so he sniffed both cups carefully, the taste is the same, generally speaking, it is impossible for a person to drink wine with two cups at the same time, which shows that someone has indeed drunk wine with Yang Lezhi in Yang Lezhi's house, but no wine jug was found in the house, and Yang Lezhi couldn't smell what kind of wine this wine was, probably some cheap water wine, which smelled a little pungent and had no fragrance.

Meng Tianchu was about to get up, and found that there were some traces of drying up on the table, he looked through the light outside the door, and smelled it closely, sure enough, it was the smell of wine, he took out the handkerchief in his arms, thought about it, or put it back, and then walked to the door and said to the official: "Carry this table and the things on the table back to the palace for me." ”

The official naturally didn't dare to slack off, and was about to enter the door, Meng Tianchu: "Slow, don't come in first, let me take a look." ”

Meng Tianchu lay on the ground and looked carefully, and Mrs. Yang outside the door asked Cai Zhao on the side suspiciously, "Lord Cai, what is Lord Meng doing?" ”

Cai Zhao smiled slightly and said, "Help you find the murderer who killed your husband!" ”

When Mrs. Yang heard this, she was stunned. Immediately crying, Meng Tianchu heard the crying and asked, "Why did Mrs. Yang suddenly howl?" ”

Mrs. Yang choked up and said: "Who did my father-in-law offend, someone actually wanted to harm him, Lord Meng, please catch the murderer as soon as possible and avenge my minister." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Your father-in-law has moved to Renhe County for more than a month, have you ever lived in this house?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "Twice. But there are old and young people in the family, so they rarely come. ”

Meng Tianchu was still lying on the ground, and Mrs. Yang couldn't help it, and finally asked, "Lord Meng, what are you looking at?" ”

Meng Tianchu got up, patted the dust on his hands, and said, "Nothing." It's just a matter of seeing. ”

Walking to the bed, Meng Tianchu saw that the beds were neatly folded, so he said: "Yang Tongzhi is really a person who loves tidiness, the house is not only clean, but even the beds are folded so neatly. It's a rarity. ”

Mrs. Yang: "I probably came here alone, and there was no one to take care of me, so it was naturally better." ”

Meng Tianchu was rummaging through something on the bed. Bian said: "So, Yang Tongzhi is not like this when he is at home? ”

Mrs. Yang: "Since I married into the Yang family at the age of thirteen, I have always taken care of my in-laws and father-in-law, he has so many things to do in the yamen on weekdays, where is there time to clean up the room, and this is not what a man should do." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then why don't you find someone for Xianggong to take care of him?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "Originally, I wanted a maid to serve me, but the minister said no, Lord Meng." You don't know, we have been married for more than ten years, he has never moved the idea of filling the house, and I have always respected each other like guests, love as before, who wants..."

Meng Tianchu saw Mrs. Yang say that he was choked up and unable to speak. I can't help but feel a little sad for this woman who is only in her early thirties.

Meng Tianchu: "How many children does Mrs. Yang have now?" ”

Mrs. Yang: "Four." There are three boys and one girl, and the youngest daughter. I'm only more than two years old this year, Master Meng, how will you let my family live in the future? ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help sighing, and hurriedly comforted: "Mrs. Yang, please don't be sad, Yang Tongzhi died, and I am also very sad..."

Meng Tianchu's words were not finished, and suddenly saw a woman's champa at the head of the bed, Meng Tianchu turned his head and saw that Mrs. Yang was bowing her head and crying, so he picked up the champa, only to see that the champa was white silk, embroidered with a blooming plum, and a musical word embroidered in the lower right corner.

Meng Tianchu asked, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, can I ask Mrs. Yang about her name?" ”

Mrs. Yang didn't see what Meng Tianchu was holding in her hand, she only lowered her head and said, "The concubine list is one plum." ”

Meng Tianchu: "The plum of plum blossoms? ”

Mrs. Yang: "Yes"

Meng Tianchu sighed, walked up to Mrs. Yang, handed the white silk in his hand to Mrs. Yang, and said, "Mrs. Yang, is this the silk handkerchief you embroidered for Yang Tongzhi?" ”

Mrs. Yang looked up, and Meng Tianchu found that there was a trace of hesitation in Mrs. Yang's eyes, but soon Mrs. Yang took the silk handkerchief, hurriedly put it in the sleeve, and nodded.

Meng Tianchu was at a loss for Mrs. Yang's hesitation, it stands to reason that Mrs. Yang should have given Yang Lezhi a silk handkerchief, so what is Mrs. Yang hesitating?

Meng Tianchu: "If Mrs. Yang doesn't mind, I want to bring back the piece of white silk that I gave you just now." ”

Mrs. Yang: "No... It's just a white silk, there's... What's there to see? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then forget it, you can take it." ”

Cai Zhao said on the side: "Then Lord Meng, do you want to meet the people of this family and ask about the situation?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, looked at the door next door was closed, and said, "This is where this housekeeper lives?" ”

Cai Zhao: "Exactly. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Not everyone is locked in their own rooms, why is the housekeeper not there?" ”

Cai Zhao turned around and found a servant, and the servant replied, "The housekeeper is in the foyer, because he was already there when he came, so let him stay there." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then I'll take a look at his room first." ”

The official answered the call and opened the housekeeper's door, Meng Tianchu walked to the door and looked, the furnishings of this house were obviously better than Yang Lezhi's, and the room was more spacious, but the room was very messy and the smell was not good.

Meng Tianchu: "This housekeeper is not married?" ”

Officer: "No, I'm in my forties." Singleness all the time. ”

Meng Tianchu walked in the door, only to see that the room was full of scattered men's clothes, and there were some dishes on the table, Meng Tianchu stepped forward, there were some leftover meals in the dishes, and there was a wine jug next to it, Meng Tianchu picked up the wine jug and sniffed it on his nose. It was similar to the smell of the ground in Yang Lezhi's room just now, so he called a servant to come in and asked him to call the housekeeper.

Meng Tianchu looked at some calligraphy and paintings in the house, some hung on the wall, some rested on the table, and saw that the ink seemed to be a new painting, and the painting was clumsy and immature. I probably just started to learn, it is nothing more than some flowers and grass things, but on the wall is a picture similar to a lady's land, in which the woman is half sideways, and half of her face is also covered by a fan. Only a pair of big eyes were exposed, and the technique and the painting work and the table were placed on the table at a glance from the hands of two people, Meng Tianchu approached the painting to take a look. It reads: Shame cover Mei Ruo, close the moon and shame flowers.

Two words of "shame" appeared at the same time in one sentence, it seemed that something was wrong, Meng Tianchu was thinking about it, and the official said at the door: "My lord, the housekeeper brought it." ”

Meng Tianchu turned around and saw a man in his forties standing at the door, with a thin figure. The skin is fair, and the appearance is still a little delicate, how can it not get along with the fierce and evil person that Mrs. Yang said before

The housekeeper saw Meng Tianchu standing by the wall looking at the painting, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he stepped forward to respectfully salute Meng Tianchu, but Meng Tianchu saw that this person's voice was not good. Sharp and thin. Like a torn cloth.

Meng Tianchu pointed to the painting on the wall and said, "You painted this?" ”

The butler nodded. "Exactly." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the painting on the table, and the housekeeper hurriedly said that he painted the ground himself, Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "It doesn't seem to be from the hand of one person." ”

After hearing this, the housekeeper stretched out his right hand, and Meng Tianchu found that the thumb and index finger of the housekeeper's right hand were gone, so he said, "What's going on?" ”

The butler smiled indifferently and said, "Three years ago, I accidentally cut off the knife, so I had to try to draw with my left hand, and the reason why my lord thinks that it is not from one person's hand is because my left hand will never be as free as my right hand." ”

Meng Tianchu walked to the table and looked at the painting, and said, "It's a pity." ”

Butler: "When I can't change the reality of severed fingers, I just have to try to change myself." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded: "That's good, what's the matter, you still like to drink?" ”

When the housekeeper saw Meng Tianchu looking at the wine jug on the table, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he calmed down and said, "For people like me, wine is the best partner." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Did you drink last night?" ”

Butler: "Have a few drinks every day." ”

Meng Tianchu: "How much does it drink?" Butler: "Just don't get drunk." ”

Meng Tianchu: "When was the last time you saw Lord Yang?" ”

The housekeeper thought for a moment and said, "The day before yesterday." ”

Meng Tianchu: "When was the day before yesterday?" ”

The housekeeper smiled and said, "Then I forgot, I have a lot of things to do in a day, and I can't care about him, I heard that he is also busy in the prefect's yamen, so it is rare to see him." ”

Meng Tianchu: "If you think about it carefully, no matter how busy you are, you should always remember whether it's day or night." ”

The butler hurriedly replied with a smile: "That's, that's, it's daytime, it's not wrong, I mean I can't remember what time it is." ”

Meng Tianchu sighed, walked out of the door, and the housekeeper walked out after him, saying, "Lord Meng, look... Do you want to take Lord Yang's body away as soon as possible and put it next door to me... Hehe, it's really panicked. ”

Meng Tianchu turned around, the housekeeper was in a hurry, and almost bumped into Meng Tianchu, the housekeeper hurriedly took a step back and looked at Meng Tianchu with a flattering smile.

Meng Tianchu: "Have you ever drunk with Lord Yang?" ”

The housekeeper waved his hand again and again and said, "No, no." How dare I, a subordinate, toast with the Tongzhi of the prefect's yamen. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Mrs. Yang on the side, and saw that her eyes were looking at him, so he hurriedly lowered his head. Meng Tianchu thought about something, and said to the housekeeper: "Soon we will carry Lord Yang's body away, you don't have to worry." ”

When the butler heard this, he said, "Yes, yes." It's better to be in the ground. ”

Meng Tianchu listened, did not speak, and said to the servant: "Temporarily lock the housekeeper in his own room, and he is not allowed to go anywhere, let's go to another room to have a look." ”

Butler: "My lord, I still have a lot of things to do, and I didn't kill people." Why are you locking me up? ”

Meng Tianchu turned his head and said, "Who did you hear that Lord Diyang was killed by someone?" ”

The butler choked for a moment and muttered, "The minions are mainly... Seeing so many officials coming, even you, the prefect, were alarmed, if it wasn't for Lord Yang being killed, how could you come in person? ”

Meng Tianchu didn't speak, turned around and took Cai Zhao and them towards another room.

The servant said to the steward, "What do you see, go in." ”

The moment the housekeeper walked in the door. Sneaking a glance at Mrs. Yang, the two of them looked at each other for a moment, and then the two sides quickly turned around, and the butler entered his room and closed the door.

Cai Zhao pointed to a wing room on the east side and said, "This room is where this family and his wife live, let's go and have a look." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You locked them up in one place?" ”

Cai Zhao: "This lady who is not a member of the staff heard that she hit a ghost three years ago. After that, he was stupid, and he didn't leave the staff for half a step, and I heard that this outsider often slept on the same bed with his wife and concubine. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Cai Zhao's obscene expression. couldn't help frowning, and said; "Then let's go see them first."

Cai Zhao knocked on the door, only to see a short and fat man about the same age as the housekeeper, this person opened the door, Cai Zhao had not yet introduced, the man hurriedly bowed down and shouted, "Lord Prefect." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You are the owner of this house?" ”

"Contemptible surname Zhao"

Meng Tianchu walked into the door, and sure enough, he saw a woman lying on the bed. He was pale, thin, and looked very weak, his hair was simply tied in a bun, he did not wear any jewelry, and his clothes were very simple. It is a stark contrast to this fat-headed, big-eared ground man.

Zhao Yuanwai walked to Meng Tianchu's side. Pointing to the woman on the bed, he said, "Lord Meng." I'm really sorry, sometimes the grass people's cheap ones will suddenly get sick, so it's better for you to stay away from her. ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Zhao Yuanwai pulled himself to a place far away from the bed, the woman on the bed looked at Meng Tianchu and smiled stupidly, Zhao Yuanwai saw it, hurriedly walked to the woman's side, and said like coaxing a child: "Qiao'er, be good, it's the prefect who is here, ask some things and leave, don't go crazy, you know?" Otherwise, I'll let Lang Zhong prick you with a needle. ”

After hearing this, the woman's eyes showed a frightened look, and Zhao Yuanwai seemed to be very satisfied with the woman's this, so he said: "It's good to be afraid, lie here obediently, and I'll ask the maid to bring you some of your favorite lotus root noodles for a while, okay?" ”

The woman nodded obediently, looking at Meng Tianchu with a smile, a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of her mouth, Zhao Yuan saw it, quickly wiped her clean, and then walked to Meng Tianchu's side apologetically, and said, "Lord Meng, please forgive me." ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's not in the way, why don't we go out and talk?" ”

The woman hurriedly shouted, "Don't go, don't want you to go." ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned, and Zhao Yuanwai hurriedly explained: "Master Meng, don't panic, it's me who is called by the cheap, and she won't let me leave at all, you see, it really makes you laugh." ”

Meng Tianchu: "It's rare that you don't abandon your bad wife, it's really rare!" ”

The woman grinned and said, "He wants to don't want me, but he doesn't want me anymore, what does he eat?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai looked a little embarrassed, Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Don't mind, I just came to ask Lord Yang about the situation." ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Lord Yang is my cousin in the cheap, last month suddenly said that he came to the Hangzhou prefect Ren Tongzhi, Lord Meng, you don't know, the cousin in the cheap is the most picky man the grass people have ever seen, you said that a dignified Hangzhou prefect Tongzhi, take the imperial court's Yulu, eat the long-lived lord to send the emperor's grain, why is he reluctant to buy a house?" Directly to the house to rent a house to live, alas, what to say, I had to let him live, you tell me, this has not given us rent, he is just ..., not to mention the money, the main thing is bad luck, my third lady is about to give birth, you say..."

The woman clapped her hands behind her. said: "Okay, good, it's good to have death and life!" ”

Zhao Yuanwai turned his head and glanced at the woman fiercely, and the woman immediately lowered her head and stopped talking.

Meng Tianchu: "Then when did you last see Lord Yang?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "The day before yesterday"

Meng Tianchu: "Are you so sure?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "The housekeeper told me Yang Lezhi that day, no." It was Lord Yang's rent that hadn't been handed over to him for a long time, and he said that he was always embarrassed to urge him, so I went to him, so I remember it very clearly. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then when you see him, is it morning or afternoon?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "I just had dinner at noon, so I went, he seemed to have just come back from outside, and he was in a very bad mood." I didn't care so much, so I asked him for the rent, who would have thought that he would say that he would only go home the next day to get it, who do you say believe it? A dignified Hangzhou prefect doesn't even have 500 copper coins on his body? ”

Meng Tianchu: "He didn't tell you where he came back at that time?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "He said that he would have a lot of money soon, and I think he drank some wine." Nonsense. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You said that Lord Yang drank when he came back?" ”

Zhao Yuanwai nodded and said, "Yes, the smell of wine." It stinked to death, it staggered, and it almost threw me up, and then I saw that he couldn't tell anything, so I left. ”

Meng Tianchu: "I heard Mrs. Yang say that Lord Yang can't drink."

Zhao Yuanwai: "Then I don't really know, but that day I really saw him come back drunk." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, tell me what you remember." In the last few days, your whole family has not gone out, and your servants and maids have not been dismissed, so that we can come and inspect at any time. ”

Zhao Yuanwai: "Master Meng can rest assured, I will definitely instruct the housekeeper." ”

Meng Tianchu and the others walked out of the door, and the crazy woman in the room said with a smile: "It's all a bunch of stupid people!" Hahahaha..., it's all a bunch of stupid guys. ”

Wang Yi walked up to Meng Tianchu and whispered, "My lord." And don't turn away from this madman. Let's go. ”

Meng Tianchu looked back at the woman, who was looking at him with disdain. Holding a rattle in his hand, he shook it back and forth.

Meng Tianchu returned home and went straight to Zuo Jiayin's room, Zheng Feiyan was feeding Jiayin, so he stepped forward and brought the bowl by himself, and sat next to Zuo Jiayin, Feiyan said with concern: "Tianchu, you are tired, let me come." ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head, put the spoon to his mouth and blew it gently, and then sent it to Zuo Jiayin's mouth, and the best sound was lying on the bed, his complexion becoming more and more unsightly.

Meng Tianchu looked at the room and said, "Miss Liu'er, Feiyan wiped Zuo Jiayin's mouth with a clean wet handkerchief, and said: "It is said that it is very good to treat arrow wounds blindly, so Xiaonuo and Liu'er went to the medical hall where they knew each other to find it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What's the matter, is Xiaonuo here too?" ”

Feiyan smiled slightly and said: "She saw that Jiayin was not good, so she naturally didn't have the mood to wait at home anymore, so it's okay, gentleness is not there, Sister Fengyi is becoming more and more unwell now, Jiayin also said that she wants to stay in bed to recuperate, with Xiaonuo here, I won't be so helpless." ”

Zuo Jiayin said in a low voice: "Feiyan, thank you for your hard work." ”

Feiyan smiled and said: "Look at me, I didn't say you, hehe, I mean that we Tianchu will find someone, find someone so intimate, find someone so good, unlike other women in the mansion who are always jealous and intrigued, then it's really boring." ”

Meng Tianchu took the handkerchief in Feiyan's hand, then handed the bowl to her, gently wiped Zuo Jiayin's mouth, and said, "If it's not good, what will I do when I marry home?" ”

Zuo Jiayin seemed to have lost his strength even jokingly, smiled reluctantly, and closed his eyes.

At this time, Xiaonuo and Liu'er came back, and when they saw Meng Tianchu sitting on the edge of the bed holding Zuo Jiayin's hand, Xiaonuo stepped forward and whispered, "Let's go to get it, when did you come back?" ”

Liu Er also whispered to Master Meng on the side, and Meng Tianchu said, "It's only been back for a while, what are you going to do?" ”

Xiaonuo: "I have already told the maid to go to boil, and when I went home, I thought that my father used to go on expeditions, and those soldiers were easily injured, so I went to my father's study to find Fangzi, and sure enough, I found it." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Xiaonuo: "What do you say, it's not hard. ”

Liu Er went out to see Bao, Xiaonuo sat on the side and was stunned, Meng Tianchu saw this, so he asked, "Didn't your mother say anything when you came out?" ”

Xiao Nuo didn't react, Meng Tianchu screamed again, and then he came back to his senses and asked, "Tianchu, what did you say?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, and when he saw that Zuo Jiayin had fallen asleep again, he withdrew his hand, put down the mosquito net, walked to Xiaonuo's side, saw Xiaonuo in a trance, and said, "What are you thinking, you can't hear me when I talk to you." ”

Xiao Nuo smiled reluctantly and said, "I didn't think about anything, what did you say?" ”

Meng Tianchu sat beside Xiao Nuo and said, "What are you thinking, but if you don't think it's appropriate to tell me, I won't force you." ”

Xiaonuo bit her lip and stopped talking.

Feiyan excused herself to go out to see Liu'er and walked away, and Xiaonuo whispered: "Tianchu, let me ask you a question, you have to tell me honestly, okay?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded affirmatively and said, "You say, I must know everything." ”

Xiao Nuo hesitated, took out a purple silk handkerchief from his arms, and handed it to Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu looked at it, this silk handkerchief was the same as the silk handkerchief he had seen last time behind the rockery in Ke Qianfu, but there was a "water" word on it, Meng Tianchu understood in his heart that Xie Zihan's Han character has three points of water, which is probably the meaning.

Meng Tianchu: "What is this?" ”

Xiaonuo: "Found in a brocade box in my father's study. ”

Meng Tianchu was even more sure, and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Xiaonuo: "This is not embroidered by my mother for my father, so I want you to tell me whose silk handkerchief it is." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "How do you know that it wasn't your mother who embroidered it for your father?" ”

Xiaonuo: "My mother's least favorite colors are purple and yellow, so I know, and my mother's name doesn't have a water word in it. ”

Meng Tianchu gently put his arm around Xiao Nuodi's shoulders and said softly, "You ask me, how do I know?" But what I want to tell you is that this is your father's secret, and you shouldn't have taken it out secretly. ”

With tears in the corners of her eyes, Xiaonuo said sadly: "I always thought that my father was the best man in the world, so brave, so strong, so kind, and a woman who loved my mother for the rest of his life, but..."

Meng Tianchu couldn't bear to tell Xiao Nuo, so he said: "Xiao Nuo, if we don't know about some things, let's not speculate, your father is really good, don't affect his image in his mind because of a silk handkerchief." ”

Xiao Nuo leaned on Meng Tianchu's shoulder and said, "But, do you think I should tell my mother about this matter?" ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, his hair stood up, for fear of scaring Xiao Nuo, he tried to soften his tone a little, and said: "You, I just said, don't tell your mother anything, your father is not here now, if you tell your mother, you will get married soon, and there is no one at home to talk to your mother, in case your mother thinks nonsense, how can it be good, in that case, you are doing bad things with good intentions, you know?" ”

Xiao Nuo was puzzled and said, "How can I do bad things with good intentions?" Isn't it bad if I don't tell my mother? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Do you believe me?" ”

Xiao Nuo looked at Meng Tianchu and nodded.