At this moment, Mother Zhang, who was standing on the red building, and the big man saw it clearly. \\\\

"Wan Hong, where did you say you saw this son?"

"Well, yes, but I can't remember where I've seen it for a while."

"Why did his carriage get to the door and leave?"

"Let him be, I think this son's family background is not weaker than Li Xin's, if Ainu regrets it at this time, it's too late."

"These boys just want to have fun and have fun, where will they really take a girl from a place like ours home?"

Mother Zhang smiled indifferently and said, "Of course I don't want Ainu to be ransomed. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"I mean, it's good that Ainu doesn't want to go with Li Xin for the sake of this son."

"Who doesn't want to be good, after all, it's still a concubine of a big family, it's better than being here with us, when you are old, who will provide for the elderly."

"Okay, don't say it, the more you say it, the more upset I am."

Li Xin returned home, thinking that he didn't even see the face of Ainu and couldn't help but be a little depressed, sleeping alone on the recliner in the back garden, I don't know when, I suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out to be Li Chu, his housekeeper, so he got up lazily and said, "Li Chu, is there something wrong?" ”

Li Chu said respectfully: "Second Young Master, the Lord Inspector is here, saying that he is looking for you to have something." ”

When Li Xin heard this, he said impatiently: "Didn't you ask everything last time?" What else to do? ”

Li Chu said in a low voice: "It seems to be about a jade pendant." ”

When Li Xin heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he thought, what's wrong with the patrol adult, and then think about it, no wonder the butterfly's expression is a little wrong when she sees her, could it be that this little girl betrayed herself? Li Xin thought of this. Hurriedly got up and said, "Where is the patrolman?" Did he come alone? ”

"Yes, I also brought a few officials, and I was waiting in the front hall."

Li Xin came to the front hall and saw Meng Tianchu sitting there drinking tea, so he hurriedly greeted him with a smile and respectfully saluted, which was very different from the attitude he had seen before.

"Lord Patrol, what is the important thing for people to call the grass people, where do you dare to bother the adults to come to the door in person?"

Meng Tianchu smiled indifferently and said, "Gongzi Li is polite. This official came this time just to ask about some things. ”

Li Xin sat down with a smile, and motioned for Li to take all the subordinates and maids away, and after Li Chu and them all left, Li Xin said, "My lord wants to ask about Yu Pei?" ”

"Li Gongzi is really refreshing."

Li Xin sighed lightly and said, "My lord, the grass people don't hide it from you, the jade pendant on my sister-in-law's neck is indeed a gift from me." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't expect Li Xin to be so refreshing, so he said, "Why did you give your sister-in-law a jade pendant." And she should have been wearing it all the time. ”

Li Xin smiled indifferently, picked up the cup on the table and gently blew the tea leaves floating on the surface, but put the tea bowl down again without drinking. glanced at Meng Tianchu, who was looking at him, thought about it, and then said, "It's a long story. Then he got up and walked to the chair next to Meng Tianchu and sat down.

"Actually, I know Lan Yu, that is, my sister-in-law, I was seventeen years old that year. The first time I followed Li, that is, my housekeeper, to the Crisp Red Mansion, Lan Yu was the Oiran of the Crisp Red Mansion at that time. I fell in love with her at first sight, and since then, I have been going to Lan Yu almost every day, and half a year later, my family said a family affair for me, and I was reluctant at that time, perhaps because of this, I made up my mind to redeem Lan Yu and decided to let her be my wife. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You mean you know Lan Yu first, so why?" ”

Li Xin smiled sadly. said: "At that time, my family did not agree to let me marry a woman from a Qinglou. But I made up my mind, so I went to my godfather. My godfather has always been responsive to my needs, so he gave me money to redeem Lan Yu first, and then asked my father to intercede, and my father agreed. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Since they all agreed, did something happen in the middle?" ”

Li Xin nodded and said, "Yes, just when I was preparing for my marriage with Lan Yu, my father suddenly asked me to go to the capital, saying that I was going to do goods, I didn't think much about it at the time, because my brother was really sick at the time, and it was very serious, so I asked Lan Yu to wait for me at home, and I went to the capital." A month later, when I come back... Alas, not to mention that you also know, Lan Yu became my brother's wife. ”

Meng Tianchu saw Li Xin's very annoyed look and said, "How can this be? ”

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "At that time, I made a big fuss, but everything was irreparable, and they got married on the third day after I left." ”

Meng Tianchu: "You should hate your eldest brother and sister-in-law, right?" ”

Li Xin nodded, then hurriedly shook his head, looked at Meng Tianchu, and said, "My lord, what do you mean, although I am resentful, I will not kill my own brother." ”

Meng Tianchu: "And afterwards you know that your father deliberately took you away, because your brother also fell in love with Lan Yu at first sight, so he begged your father to fulfill them, your father has always liked your brother very much, so he agreed, is that so?" ”

Li Xin hurriedly said: "My lord, I don't deny this, but I, Li Xin, am not so mad as to this point, besides, even if you think it's me Li Xin who is dry, why didn't I kill them at that time, but waited until six years later to do it?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "That's because six years later, you found that you and your brother fell in love with the same woman again, and you were worried that what happened six years ago would be repeated, so this time you took the lead." ”

When Li Xin heard this, he was stunned and said, "My lord, you... What are you saying, why can't I understand? ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, if you don't understand, I'll remind you that a month ago, there was another woman named Ainu in the Qinglou where your sister-in-law was an Oiran back then, beautiful as a flower, better than the blue rain of the year, but unfortunately this time it was not you who discovered Ainu Land first, but your brother, right?" ”

Li Xin listened. After a while, he nodded painfully.

Meng Tianchu: "After your brother and Lan Yu got married, their relationship was not good, and they often beat Lan Yu under the pretext of beating them, right?" ”

Li Xin: "My lord, how do you know?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "I found a lot of new and old scars on her body when I was inspecting the corpse of Blue Rainland, so I guessed it. ”

Li Xin said bitterly: "My brother is not human, he swore to be good to Lan Yu for the rest of his life, but he didn't do it, he often drank and hit Lan Yu, every time I hear Lan Yu's screams." I was very sad. ”

Meng Tianchu: "So you moved to kill?" ”

When Li Xin heard this, he hurriedly said, "No, I really don't." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, let's go on, when you accidentally found out that your brother appeared in the Red Mansion very frequently for a period of time, you quickly found out, it turned out that he fell in love with the geisha named Ainu in the Red Mansion, but Ainu was just an artist before you. Is that right? Therefore, this is probably the main reason why you raised the price with Song Gongzi that night and insisted on taking Ainu for yourself. Right? ”

Li Xin nodded.

Meng Tianchu: "But one day, I don't really understand, since your brother is in the Crisp Red Mansion almost every day, there is no reason for him not to know that there was such a grand event in the Crisp Red Mansion that day?" And is he so fond of loving slaves? ”

Li Xin's expression was very nervous, and he didn't even dare to look up at Meng Tianchu's eyes.

Meng Tianchu: "Li Gongzi." Do you know? ”

Li Xin: "Grass... The grass people don't know. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Okay, then let's talk about it now." Your maid butterfly thing. ”

Li Xin became even more nervous, and said: "My lord, don't believe that maid's nonsense, she wants me to take her as a concubine, but the grass people don't want to, so she holds a grudge and deliberately frames me to slander me." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Really? I don't know about this, but I think she has always been very protective of you, even if she was beaten all over her body in the hall, she insisted on refusing to say that this jade pendant was for you. ”

Li Xin was embarrassed. "That... How did the adult know that the jade pendant around Lan Yu's neck was given to her by me? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled. "Let's not talk about this yet, I really want to know." Do you have anything else to do with this maid besides the master-servant relationship? ”

Li Xin bit his lip, hesitated, and said, "This maid is quite clever on weekdays, and the grass people like her very much." ”

Meng Tianchu understood, and said, "Then since you like her, why don't you take her as a concubine?" ”

Li Xin was very surprised and said, "Why do you have to be a concubine if you like it?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, this is your private matter, I'm just asking." This official has one more thing to ask you, on the day of the crime, have you been in the Red Mansion? ”

Li Xin: "That's right, I've been in the Red Mansion, and I'm a slave to testify for me." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Well, I heard that you want to take Ainu as a concubine?" ”

Li Xin: "The news of the adults is really well-informed. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You have thought about marrying Lan Yu as your wife before, why did you just take Ainuna as a concubine this time?" ”

Li Xin: "My lord, is this related to the case?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled indifferently and said, "It's just to ask." ”

Li Xin: "Since it has nothing to do with the case, the grass people still don't want to answer." ”

Meng Tianchu was not reluctant, and said, "Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask more." ”

Song Yu became more and more worried, she paced back and forth in the hall from early in the morning, and she didn't eat, and no one dared to ask, so she just stood quietly and waited, until Mo'er came back from outside, Song Yu stopped and asked eagerly, "Mo'er, how is it?" ”

Mo'er was sweating and panting and said: "The Li family doesn't have any movement now, I went to find that butterfly before, I thought she would provoke some incidents, and then tell all the things about Li Xin, so that the second young master has the possibility of getting away with it, but I went to inquire just now, and there seems to be no movement on the butterfly's side." ”

Song Yu was anxious and said, "What can I do about this?" Meng Tianchu's ladies also didn't get in the oil and salt, and they returned everything they sent, I was really anxious. ”

Mo'er: "Miss, don't worry, let's think of a way." ”

As he spoke. Song Yu saw that Song Qiao was passing by the door at lightning speed, so he shouted, "Where are you running for me?" ”

Song Qiao had no choice but to stop with a hippie smile, walked into the hall, and said, "Eldest sister." ”

Song Yu said angrily: "Your second brother is still suffering in prison, you are good, you know how to run out in one day, I ask you, I will let you go and get that jade Ruyi back, you have exceeded the time." ”

Song Qiao said pitifully, "Eldest sister." That jade Ruyi is really a gift, think about it, send out the things, how can I ask for it. ”

Song Yu said coldly: "Okay, since you don't want to come back, from today onwards, you are not allowed to go out for me, and then I will deduct Yu Ruyi's money from your monthly money." until you get married. ”

"Big sister!"

"Someone, send your third lady back to my room, no one is allowed to let me out without my order."

"Big sister. Listen to me, the second brother will be back soon, and I'm already looking for someone. ”

The subordinate was about to drag Song Qiao away, but Song Yu heard this and waved his hand. The subordinates hurriedly stopped, Song Qiao took the opportunity to walk to Song Yu's side, Song Yu said, "You said you went to find someone?" ”

Song Qiao hurriedly nodded and said yes.

Song Yu: "Then why hasn't your second brother's people been released yet?" ”

Song Qiao was speechless. After thinking about it, he immediately said: "Eldest sister, if you believe me, you will definitely rescue the second brother, and I will go out to find someone now." As soon as the words fell, the person had already run out of the door, and Song Yu was about to call someone to chase after him, Mo'er said, "Miss, let the third lady go." The second young master is also her elder brother. She's naturally in a hurry, since we can't think of any good way now. You might as well pin your hopes on her. ”

Song Yu shook his head helplessly, and said, "If she really wants to find it, I will be relieved, I'm afraid..."

Mo'er comforted: "Eldest Miss, don't worry, the third young lady has grown up." ”

Song Yu sighed and said, "Grow up? Yes, maybe I would like to marry her off. ”

Mo'er wanted to say something, but she held back when the words came to her lips.

Song Qiao ran to the gate in one breath, for fear that someone was chasing behind him, so he dared to look back when he got out of the gate, and found that no one was chasing him, so he stopped and leaned against the wall to gasp.

"Miss Song."

Song Qiao looked up and saw a young woman standing not far from him, looking a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

The woman stepped forward, bowed down, and said softly: "Miss Song, the slave is..." ”

"Back to Miss Song's words, it's called butterfly."

Song Qiao thought about it and nodded, thinking that Li Xin had asked the butterfly to come to his land, he was happy for a while, and hurriedly took the butterfly's hand, worried that his family would chase him out, so he said, "Let's go, let's find a clean place to talk." ”

By the West Lake, a teahouse.

Song Qiao: "Okay, let's talk about it, what is the matter with Gongzi Li asking you to come to me, do you want to talk about my second brother?" ”

Butterfly was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Miss Song, the slave is here to ask for your help." ”

Song Qiao was puzzled and said, "You? Why did you come to me for help? ”

Butterfly: "I know that Miss Song is kind and kind, and the slave maid was forced to come to trouble you because she was helpless." ”

When Song Qiao heard someone praise himself like this, a sense of pride arose, and he immediately said, "You said, as long as I can help." ”

Butterfly thought for a while and said, "My son-in-law and Miss Song have a deep relationship, and the slave and maid are clear. ”

The butterfly picked Song Qiao and said it likely, Song Qiao was naturally happy, and said, "Okay, don't talk about this, is it related to Li Xin?" ”

Butterfly nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, it is related to the second young master." ”

Song Qiao saw that the butterfly looked pitiful, and said, "Don't worry, you sit down and say." ”

After Butterfly sat down, she said, "Miss Song, my second young master is going to take a concubine." ”

When Song Qiao heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "What did you say?" ”

The butterfly didn't show her expression, and still said pitifully: "The slave maid said that the second young master of my family is going to take a concubine." ”

Song Qiao thought that the butterfly didn't know about himself and Li Xindi, so he stabilized his emotions and pretended to sit down. He smiled and said, "Really? So what are you looking for me for? ”

Butterfly hurriedly said, "But, but... But the woman he wanted to take a concubine was a girl from a Qinglou owned by my relative. ”

Butterfly didn't say Mo'er, because she didn't want her fifty taels of silver to be in vain, and the most important thing was that she didn't want Li Xin to take that bitch into the Li family at all, so that she still had hope of becoming the master of the Li family.

Song Qiao's heart was like a knife when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Li Xindi's own hot and cold was actually for a woman in a green building, not only that, but he also had to be accepted as a concubine. Isn't this an insult to yourself? Although he is not a lady, he is also a small jasper, and he is also the daughter of a serious family, and he gave him his body, he actually did? Song Qiao thought of this, and her teeth itched with hatred, but she couldn't show it in front of a maid, so she had to smile and say, "My son-in-law and I are just ordinary friends." How can I tell him this? ”

Butterfly: "Miss Song, please allow the slave to speak boldly." ”

Song Qiao was already in turmoil, so he said, "Okay." Say whatever you want. ”

Butterfly: "I think Miss Song and my second young master are very compatible. ”

When Song Qiao heard this, his heart felt as if he had been drowned in a jar of vinegar, and he couldn't say what it tasted like, thinking that a subordinate could still see that I and you Li Xin were so compatible, and you could actually live up to me. She smiled indifferently and didn't say anything.

Butterfly continued: "As the saying goes, a man should get married. If Miss Song can marry the second young master of my family, I think there is someone who can control him, and he will not do anything wrong. ”

Song Qiao couldn't listen to it anymore, and said, "Okay, don't say it, where is the reason why a girl's family goes to find other people's men?" ”

Seeing that Song Qiao was actually moved, Butterfly immediately stepped forward and said, "Miss Song, I heard." After the accident of the Li family. Li Xindi's godfather had already set off from the capital to attend the funeral. When the time comes..."

Song Qiao looked at the butterfly and said, "Don't go on, I don't understand, why are you a maid so concerned about your master's affairs?" ”

Butterfly acted really, and when he talked about this, he recited a story in his heart, which was probably similar to what Mo'er told, it was nothing more than that Ainu was the Oiran of the Crisp Red Mansion, if Ainu let Li Xin redeem himself, the business of the Crisp Red Mansion would plummet, so I wanted to ask Song Qiao for help.

Song Qiao didn't suspect it, so he said: "It turns out that you came to me for your relatives, but I am my daughter's family, how can I open this mouth?" It's not appropriate, it's really inappropriate. ”

Butterfly: "Miss Song, the slave maid just said that our second young master's godfather is coming from the capital, if you can find a way to let his godfather know that Ainu is a prostitute, his godfather will definitely not let our second young master accept this woman's land." ”

Song Qiao smiled and said: "Butterfly, your idea is not good, it's just a concubine's room, not a main room, I think his godfather has always been responsive to him, I heard that he wanted to marry a Qinglou woman as a wife, his godfather agreed, and now his godfather knows that he is the only heir of the Li family, as long as he can continue the incense for the Li family, his godfather will not refuse." ”

Butterfly knew that Song Qiao wanted to let herself give her an idea, so she deliberately said this, after all, a daughter's family asked her to take the initiative to ask for ideas, and she still couldn't let go of this face.

Butterfly: "So, it's to let Miss find a way to make Li Xin's godfather like you, and then take the initiative to let Li Xin's godfather let Li Xin propose." ”

When Song Qiao heard this, he said dejectedly, "How is that possible? ”

Butterfly smiled strangely and said, "Miss, if you believe me, I have an idea." ”

Song Qiao immediately said, "What's the idea?" ”

Butterfly smiled slightly and said, "But the slave has one condition. ”

Song Qiao: "Just say, if things are really successful, I can meet your requirements." ”

Butterfly thought for a while and said, "Then please ask the young lady to make a note for the slave maid first." ”

Song Qiao: "Why, you still don't believe me?" ”

Butterfly shook her head and said, "Please forgive the slave and maid for being rude, after all, the slave and maid have a humble status, I am worried that if one day you really become the wife of the second young master of my family but cross the river and tear down the bridge, who will the slave and maid cry to?" ”

Song Qiao: "Then you want me to let me know what your requirements are?" ”

Butterfly smiled and said, "Miss Fang just said that as long as you become the second young grandmother of my Li family, you will agree to any request, why do you want to go back on your word now?" ”

Song Qiao was embarrassed, so he had to say: "Okay, as long as it doesn't want the stars in the sky, it's good to have dragons in the water." ”

Butterfly smiled indifferently and thought, I'm not greedy for butterflies, I just need to love half of me in the future.

Meng Tianchu took Xiaonuo, Jian Ning, Tu Long, and a few servants to the village where Yuqin and Yuming lived, Yun Village.

Meng Tianchu always felt that things were strange, Osmanthus said that he had seen Xu Hai after Yuqin entered the Meng family, but Chai Meng said that Xu Hai had died two years ago, whether Xu Hai was alive or dead, this was a Meng Tianchu who was eager to solve the mystery.

Meng Tianchu didn't ask Yuqin, worried about startling the snake, but listening to Xia Fengyi and Lin Ruofan, although this Yuming has no ears and is humble and careful, he is also very shrewd, and he is very good at dealing with people, Lin Ruofan has praised Yuming many times in front of several ladies, but in Zuo Jiayin's words, that is, it has been seen for a long time, is it too early to praise now? Yin Susu went to the cottage and hasn't come back yet, so I don't know if the situation is good or bad over there.