Zuo Jiayin raised his eyes and glanced at Meng Tianchu's window, and smiled slightly. He helped the shopkeeper up and walked into the store.

Then he heard the sound of stairs, and Zuo Jiayin walked up. Feiyan hurriedly ran over to open the door, looking at Zuo Jiayin nervously and excitedly, wanting to ask but not daring to ask.

Meng Tianchu looked at Zuo Jiayin very strangely, he knew before that the organizational structure of the East Factory was not as complex as Jinyiwei, and its supreme leader was called the factory gong, with one thousand households, one hundred households, a number of heads, foremen, and secretaries, and the specific ones responsible for the investigation work were the chief and the officer (Fanzi), although the chief was only a very small official in the East Factory, although the official was small, the power was very large, and ordinary officials had to be polite to the people of the East Factory even if the official rank was high. Therefore, the person who can stop Dongchang in this Zuo Jiayin must be better than Dongchang.

But what kind of person can be better than Dongchang? Jin Yiwei? It's possible, but it's also unlikely, Jinyiwei is at most on a par with the East Factory, but he can't be better than the East Factory, and he can make the head of the East Factory scared to the point of urine, and Jinyiwei can't do it.

Meng Tianchu stood up and arched his hand: "Miss Zuo really made Meng more and more incomprehensible, where is Miss Zuo?" Even the head of the East Factory is respectful to you, and you have to make amends when you are beaten. "The brand that Zuo Jiayin gave to Xiao Zhenpeng just now was not clear to Meng Tianchu because of the angle and distance, and he didn't know what brand it was, it had such a great deterrent effect.

Zuo Jiayin was still smiling, as if nothing had happened, and gave a blessing: "Where did Meng Ye say, how could Jiayin not understand." ”

Meng Tianchu knew that she was deliberately pretending to be stupid and didn't want to answer this question, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, it's nothing, Miss Zuo, please take a seat." ”

After Zuo Jiayin sat down, Xia Fengyi asked with concern, "Miss Zuo, Ling Zun's illness is not serious, right?" ”

Zuo Jiayin bowed slightly: "Thank you, Mrs., for your concern, my father is an old problem, sometimes good and sometimes bad, in fact, there is no big problem." ”

Meng Tianchu saw that Zuo Jiayin's tone was light, obviously full of concerns. But I didn't want to tell them that by this time, they had almost eaten their meals. Then he got up and took his leave. Zuo Jiayin sent them downstairs all the way.

On the way back, Feiyan finally couldn't help but ask: "Young master, who is this Zuo girl, even Dongchang is afraid of her." ”

"yes, it looks like her identity is mysterious. You remember, we must be very cautious about the matters involved in the East Factory, and we are not allowed to talk to anyone about this matter. ”

"Got it!" Feiyan and the others all nodded and said, of course they all knew that things involving Dongchang could not be said casually.

Back at the gate of the county yamen of Renhe County, the soap Li on duty at the door saw Meng Tianchu and hurriedly greeted him: "Master, you are back, and the housekeeper outside of Master Li has been waiting in the yamen for a long time." The little one went and called him. He turned and ran through the door.

"Outside of Mr. Li?" Meng Tianchu reacted for a while.

Wang Zhutou explained on the side: "Li Junzheng, Li Dayuan, is the elder brother of the wife of the Ke Governor's Mansion..."

Meng Tianchu suddenly understood: "Li Ruhan's father? ”

"yes." Wang Zhutou was a little surprised, Master Meng knew his son-in-law brother Li Ruhan, but he didn't know that Li Ruhan's father, Li Junzheng, was outside Li Dayuan.

Meng Tianchu and the others entered the yamen, only to see a luxuriously decorated carriage parked next to the side gate road. At this time, just now, the soap led an old man out of the yamen waiting room and introduced Meng Tianchu.

Wang Zhutou knew the old man and greeted: "Old Uncle Li, you are here." ”

Uncle Li, the housekeeper outside of Master Li, smiled and said, "Yes, our young master asked the younger one to invite Master Meng and Mrs. Meng to sit in the house." ”

This Li Ruhan finally came back from the funeral.

How to solve this case, Meng Tianchu already had an idea, Ke Wei was acutely poisoned. He died violently at night, so the poisoning was most likely on the day of Ke Wei's death, and it was necessary to find out all the people who had contact with Ke Wei on that day and identify the suspect.

This range should not be very large, because there will not be too many people who can be with the prefect's son, and even have the opportunity to be poisoned.

Last night, the geisha ripples on the West Lake flower boat "Printing the Moon" once said. On the afternoon before Ke Wei's death, he and Li Ruhan had been to this "Printing Moon" flower boat. The two also muttered for a long time. If there is anything strange in this, it must be investigated. To determine the scope of suspects, it is necessary to start with this Li Ruhan.

Meng Tianchu took Xia Fengyi and Feiyan into the carriage, and Steward Li sat next to the handlebar of the carriage, and the carriage went out of the yamen and went all the way out of the city.

Meng Tianchu was a little strange, lifted the door of the car curtain and said, "Old Uncle Li, how can we go out of the city?" Could it be that your young master still has a house outside the city? ”

"yes... Nor is it... I'll find out later..."

What are you doing, Meng Tianchu thought to himself, isn't it just a landlord's manor, what's the matter, rich people are different, and there are real estate everywhere.

The car continued to go up the mountain road, and after walking for about half an hour, it stopped at a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. Lao Li Tou got up the curtain of the car first: "Master Meng, Mrs., we are here, please get out of the car." ”

The Chinese got out of the car, and Meng Tianchu looked up. Wow, what a big estate! If it is said that the beauty of heaven is seen in the city of Hangzhou, then the scenery in front of you at this moment is paradise on earth. There is a large plaque hanging in front of the manor, which reads: "Jiayin Manor" with four gilded Song characters.

Xia Fengyi also raised her eyes and exclaimed: "Ah! It's so beautiful! Husband, you see, the mountains are full of flowers, so beautiful! ”

Meng Tianchu didn't pay attention to the flower just now, but at this moment, his face changed slightly, and he saw that the mountains were full of very bright red and yellow flowers, which were very delicate. Among the thousands of flowers, a man and a woman walked towards them side by side. The woman's figure is graceful, and the man's handsome and delicate, but he is a little thinner. smiled and walked over with Zuo Jiayin - it was Li Ruhan, the nephew of Governor Ke, and Zuo Jiayin, a mysterious girl.

Zuo Jiayin is actually a little different from what she wears today, she has always been dressed elegantly, and today she actually wore a light red skirt, like a fluttering colorful butterfly, dancing among the flowers. It's just that next to the beautiful dancing butterflies, there is also a handsome man who accompanies him.

Feiyan saw that Meng Tianchu's expression was wrong, and gently tugged at his sleeve, his eyes were full of relieved tenderness. As if to say, don't be tempted, don't you still have me?

But Meng Tianchu's eyes didn't look at Feiyan, but only fell firmly on Zuo Jiayin, and the eyes were very complicated. I don't know if it's pity, love, or annoyance.

Li Ruhan greeted from afar: "Brother Meng! Welcome to the village! ”

Meng Tianchu arched his hand and said: "Brother Li's manor is really very beautiful, especially the flowers all over the mountains. Living among the flowers, the two can be described as fairy companions. ”

Zuo Jiayin smiled faintly: "This manor belongs to the little sister, and it has nothing to do with their Li family." ”

Li Ruhan was a little embarrassed: "Jiayin, aren't we already engaged..."

"Even if I marry you, this manor belongs to my Zuo family, not your Li Dayuan's foreign family."

Now Meng Tianchu understands why Hu Xiaoqi was so in awe of Zuo Jiayin in the "Zhiweiguan", it turned out that Zuo Jiayin was the daughter-in-law of Ke Zhifu's nephew. It's just that, listening to Zuo Jiayin's words just now, he doesn't seem to be proud of it, and he also ignores this Li Ruhan.

Meng Tianchu's tense face slowly eased, it seemed that this Li Ruhan was only engaged to Zuo Jiayin, but he had not yet married. Zuo Jiayin ignored Li Ruhan, and the relationship didn't seem to be very good.

Their marriage is a good match, both families are big families, the wealth of the Zuo family may not be as good as the Li family, but the old man of the Zuo family is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who has retired, and the Li family just has a nepotism with the prefect of Hangzhou.

Li Ruhan listened to Zuo Jiayin's words, his expression was even more embarrassed, he coughed hurriedly, and said, "Jiayin, let me introduce you..."

"No need. Master Meng and his wife often come to 'Zhiweiguan', and we are already familiar with each other. After that, he didn't look at Meng Tianchu, walked straight to Xia Fengyi's side, and held her hand affectionately: "Madam has worked hard all the way, can I still see this manor?" ”

Xia Fengyi's eyes flashed with excitement, and she said happily: "It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful flower. ”

"Madame likes it, this flower was introduced from the south, and I was in the same mood as Madame when I first saw this flower. I thought it wouldn't survive with us, but I didn't expect it to grow very well, if Madame likes it, I'll ask someone to prepare some seeds for you to bring back. You also plant some. ”

"Great, thank you in advance, it's a pity that we don't have such a big manor, I'm afraid we won't be able to grow this effect."

Zuo Jiayin held Xia Fengyi's hand and slowly walked forward among the flowers, while Meng Tianchu and Li Ruhan followed behind while talking. After a long corridor, we came to a garden behind the hillside, where some peonies and other flowers were commonly found in the homes of the eunuchs.

After everyone sat down in the hall, Zuo Jiayin instructed his subordinates to prepare tea, and then smiled apologetically at Meng Tianchu: "Meng Ye, Jia Lai, my body has been sick, so it was delayed, yesterday I heard Ru Han mention that he wanted to invite Master Meng and his wife, Jiayin made his own opinion, and invited you to this small mountain villa to take a look at the scenery here." Although it is a little simple, but fortunately, everything is available here, and I also prepared some shrimp and crabs in the city in advance. It should be more interesting to get together in such an environment. ”

It turned out to be Zuo Jiayin's idea, Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Miss Zuo is really thoughtful, she is used to life in the city, and it is also a unique taste to come to such a place to feel the pastoral scenery." ”

Xia Fengyi said: "Let's visit in a hurry, I'm tired of Miss Zuo being busy for us, it's really unpleasant." ”

"Madame will see the outside like this, let's see each other at first sight, then naturally we are not outsiders, Jiayin and Madame are also very close to each other, if Madame likes it, she will often come to Jiayin to play in this small villa."

"Okay, Miss Zuo, this place is really beautiful, we will definitely come often."

Meng Tianchu snorted in his stomach: Lie! You're going to be slipping away in a few months, what else is coming?

Zuo Jiayin smiled and took Xia Fengyi's hand: "Let's not always be girls, Mrs. screams, this is too outward, let's see each other at first sight, let's call each other sisters, Jiayin is nineteen this year, what about Mrs.?" ”

Xia Fengyi peeked at Meng Tianchu. He turned his head and whispered, "Little sister eighteen." ”

"That Jiayin is my sister, let's go, my sister will take you around the villa, and the two of them will talk here." got up and took Xia Fengyi's hand and was about to leave.

Xia Fengyi looked at Meng Tianchu again, and saw Meng Tianchu nodding slightly, so she followed Zuo Jiayin away. Feiyan followed them.

Zuo Jiayin took Xia Fengyi all the way to walk among the flowers, talking, around and around, suddenly opened up in front of him, only to see a small lake, rippling blue waves, there is a pavilion on the island in the middle of the lake, and a plaque on the pavilion reads: "Suxin Pavilion." ”

They sat down in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, surrounded by flowers as delicate as fire, and the small lake was like a small boat floating in a sea of flowers. The breeze blows, not a burst of aroma.

Xia Fengyi took a deep breath and sighed: "I understand now, why does my sister always have such a strong fragrance of flowers, it turns out that my sister has always lived in the world of flowers." ”

"Yes, walking in this world of flowers like the sea can make people forget all their troubles."

"Yes, my sister's garden is elegant and quiet, it is really a paradise on earth." Xia Fengyi said with emotion.

Zuo Jiayin was a little proud: "Thank you sister for the compliment, this mountain forest was purchased for me after my father came back, and at that time, it was just a vacant land." Everything was built according to my wishes, and it took two whole years. ”

Xia Fengyi said with emotion: "Your father is so good to you. ”

"Isn't it good that my sister is with Meng Ye now? Everyone can see that Meng Ye is very good to you. ”

Xia Fengyi thought for a while, smiled and nodded: "He is really good to me...", turned his head and asked: "Li Gongzi is also very good to his sister, and my little sister sees that he lets her sister everywhere." ”

Zuo Jiayin's expression darkened suddenly, and he shook his head slightly: "He's not the person I love, it's just a transaction." ”