He Huan's sentence: I believe in Xie Sanye, and I also believe in my cousin-in-law, which made Shen Jinglun hold his breath; Her rhetorical question made his chest feel like a lump of cotton flowers. As he said, Xie San came to Jizhou for less than a month, and He Huan had only a handful of contacts with him, but she believed him, and he only got the word "also".

He Huan saw that Shen Jinglun didn't speak, but he was quite prejudiced against Xie San. At the moment, she didn't know how to convince him, so she could only turn around and say: "Cousin-in-law, the fire at Second Master Lin's house last night, whether it was a fire or arson, he is a victim, right?" Besides, the fire scene is so chaotic, if there is something more, or something missing......"

"What are you hinting at?" The gloomy aura in Shen Jinglun's chest had turned into a trace of bitterness. He looked at He Huan, and saw that her shining eyes were no longer the gloom that he had dyed before because of his gaffes. He likes Lin Xiyan, perhaps because of her optimism. She is always able to make the best choices for herself in the worst circumstances, and she never seems to have negative emotions. Or, she is the "unintentional" person, and the only thing she really cares about is her family.

Thinking of Lin Xiyan, Shen Jinglun's expression became more and more gloomy, and his eyes became deeper when he looked at He Huan, like a bottomless lake.

He Huan was inexplicably looked at by him, and he felt nervous in his heart. She muttered, "Cousin-in-law, has Second Master Lin returned to the Lin family?" ”

"The Lin family's affairs are not for you to meddle in. I still say the same as before, Xiyan will always be my wife, I will take care of my mother-in-law and promise, and I don't bother you. Plus, you can trust Xie San. But you don't have a position to sway my thoughts. After saying that. Shen Jinglun raised his voice and ordered daylilies to send off guests. It seems that he doesn't want to look at He Huan anymore.

He Huan was caught off guard. What else did she want to say, Daylily had already entered the house, blocking between her and Shen Jinglun, and made a "please" gesture to her. He Huan didn't give up, and looked over Xuancao's shoulder at Shen Jinglun, and saw that he had already turned his back, leaving only a back for her.

"Miss Table, please!" Daylily urges.

He Huan was helpless. You can only leave with the daylily. As soon as she stepped out of the room with her front foot, Shen Jinglun couldn't wait to turn around and watch her figure reflected on the window, quickly disappearing from his sight. He sat back in his chair, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples lightly.

He kept reminding himself not to fall in love with Lin Xiyan, but it wasn't until she died that he realized that his love for her had long been deep in his bone marrow. Perhaps, at the moment when he decided to marry her. And he lost, to himself.

Shen Jinglun didn't know how long he had been sitting. Just when his mind was full of Lin Xiyan's smiling face. When he couldn't get rid of it, Yuan Peng stood in front of him. "How?" His voice was dry, and he coughed lightly and repeated, "Do you know what that piece of jade looks like?" ”

Yuan Peng had never seen his master so frustrated, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly covered up the past, and said respectfully: "Uncle Hui, as Lin Zhutou said, that piece of jade is now in the hands of Third Master Xie." I went down to the fire dragon team to inquire, and listened to the description of the person who picked up the jade pendant, like a piece of mutton fat white jade, with a pattern of either peony or peony......"

"Perhaps, I should have cut through the mess a long time ago." Shen Jinglun muttered in a low voice.

Yuan Peng didn't hear his master's words clearly, and hurriedly closed his voice, but saw that the master no longer spoke, just blindly chuckled helplessly, as if he was self-deprecating and annoyed. After a while, he took out a piece of jade pendant, put it on the table, and commanded in a low voice: "You ask Shen Qiang to show it to Xie San, and say that I want to ask him if the thing he has been looking for is this jade pendant." ”

Yuan Peng glanced at the jade pendant, and when he saw the pattern on it, he exclaimed: "Uncle, this jade pendant ......."

"This jade pendant is fake, you give it to him."

Yuan Peng didn't dare to ask more. Shen Jinglun replied to him a few more words, he wrote them down one by one, and took the order away.

On the other hand, Lin Guqing was already impatient, and he couldn't understand what was going on with the jade pendant after thinking about it. Seeing Yuan Peng walking towards this side, he stepped forward and asked, "Steward Yuan, did Uncle Shen say what kind of jade pendant it is?" ”

Yuan Peng smiled and replied, "Second Master Lin, rest assured, Uncle Lin has already arranged everything." As long as you haven't done anything, you'll be fine. ”

The second half of Yuan Peng's sentence made Lin Guqing's liver jump with a "bang". Previously, Shen Jinglun instigated him to blame the arson on Manager Bai's family. At that time, he couldn't react, but now that he thinks about it carefully, if Mr. Bai's family goes to court and is tried by Lord Lu for the first trial, maybe it will be revealed that Mr. Bai did not commit suicide in fear of crime, and incidentally, the fact that he went to court to bear the guilt of pleading guilty will also be turned over for retrial.

Thinking of those shady things, Lin Guqing hurriedly said: "Steward Yuan, I think of an important matter, before I go to the Yamen, can I meet Uncle Shen?" ”

"This ......" Yuan Peng looked embarrassed. After Lin Guqing's many pleas, Yuan Peng reluctantly found a maid to help him. When Lin Guqing went to see Shen Jinglun, he called Shen Qiang and whispered to him for a while. Shen Qiang nodded while listening, took a brocade box from his hand, and left in a hurry.

In the restaurant outside the gate of the Shen family, Xie San looked at the exquisite side dishes sent by Xiao Er, and only felt tasteless. Not long ago, he saw that He Huan left the Shen family and went to the Lin family. He learned from his subordinates that He Huan went to the Shen family early in the morning and stayed for about an hour and a half. Does she really have so much to say to Shen Jinglun?

Xie San hurriedly had lunch, and was about to go back to the county office, Chang'an returned, and Shen Qiang, the steward of the Shen family, asked to see him. Hearing this, Xie San subconsciously glanced at the gate of the Shen family not far away. He guessed that Shen Jinglun had long known that he was spying on the Shen family, and he had been pretending not to know about it. At this time, he suddenly sent a steward to come, did he finally not be able to hold it back?

Xie San pressed the tension and excitement in his heart, and ordered Chang'an in a deep voice to bring Shen Qiang in.

When Shen Qiang saw Xie San, he stepped forward with a smile, saluted respectfully, and said, "Third Master Xie, the little one is ordered by my uncle to send you something to see." With that, he took out a delicate brocade box and bent down to offer Xie San.

Chang An just wanted to pick it up, but Xie San shook his head lightly at him, and then asked Shen Qiang: "What is it, you have to bother Steward Shen to send it personally?" ”

"Back to Third Master Xie, what is the specific thing, the little one doesn't know what to say, but the uncle has a word, let the little one ask Xie Sanye."

Xie San's expression instantly became a little solemn, and Zhengse asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Shen Qiang still lowered his head and replied without being arrogant or humble: "Uncle asked the little one to ask the third master, when you came to Jizhou, what you want to find is not the thing in the brocade box." ”

Before Shen Qiang's words fell, Xie Sanyi took the brocade box, opened the lid, and took out a jade pendant from the cloth bag. He looked at the jade pendant, stunned for a moment, and walked to the window to take a closer look.

Shen Qiang looked at Xie San with the corner of his eye, only to see him put the jade pendant in his hand, carefully observe its patterns, and then he pinched the jade pendant with two fingers, erected the jade pendant, as if studying the dark lines inside, and then he held the jade pendant in the palm of his hand. After a while, he walked back to the table, put the jade pendant into the box, closed the lid, and casually left it on the table, and said unhappily, "What does Uncle Shen mean by this?" ”

"Xie Sanye forgives the sins, the small one is just a messenger. The uncle said that he had been in the house all along. Shen Qiang's implication was that Xie San could go to Shen's house to ask Shen Jinglun by himself.

Xie San stood up abruptly and was about to walk out. He only took two steps, stopped again, turned back to Shen Qiang and said, "Since Uncle Shen is not sincere, you can take the contents of the brocade box back and return them to him." ”

Shen Qiang was stunned for a moment, and said apologetically: "Third Master Xie, you misunderstood, Uncle just asked the little one to beg you for a word." The implication of his words was that the jade pendant was not given to him by Shen Jinglun, so he naturally wanted to take it back.

Rao is Xie San's skin is not fair enough, and Chang'an can also see the flush dyed by anger on his master's face. He hurriedly interrupted: "Steward Shen, did Uncle Shen say the origin of this jade pendant?" ”

"Don't hide it from this little brother, the little one is just running errands." Shen Qiang smiled kindly, but in Xie San's eyes, it was particularly dazzling.

Fortunately, although Xie San is young, he is not an ignorant young man who does not know the world. He quickly suppressed his anger and said to Shen Qiang: "You go back and tell Uncle Shen that he misunderstood, I didn't come to find something, but to find someone." I've always said something, and if Uncle Shen wants to know what he wants, he can go directly to me. He should have known that I eat and live in this restaurant. ”

Shen Qiang responded with a smile, respectfully retreated, and did not forget to take away the brocade box and the jade pendant in the brocade box before leaving.

When the door closed, Chang'an asked puzzledly: "Third master, we have been here for so long, and Uncle Shen has been quiet, what is wrong today?" ”

Xie San didn't answer, but He Huan's figure appeared in his mind. He couldn't wait to ask her immediately what he said to Shen Jinglun, so that Shen Jinglun suddenly decided to test him. In the end, he just watched Shen Qiang walk into the door of the Shen family from afar.

Shen Qiang returned to Shen's house, and Yuan Peng had already taken Lin Guqing to the Yamen. He went straight to Shen Jinglun's outer study, led into the room by Wen Zhu, and carefully described Xie San's actions of inspecting the jade pendant.

Shen Jinglun listened silently, until Shen Qiang withdrew from the room, he didn't react, like an old monk in a settled place. After a long time, he walked out of the outer study and went straight to Shen Zhihua's room.

Shen Zhihua was sitting by the window basking in the sun, and when he saw his master enter the house, he didn't have time to get up and salute, so he was pressed back to the chair by Shen Jinglun, only to hear the master say without a beginning or an end: "Even if Xie San is not Xie Chun'an, he is also the emperor's henchman, and he knows how to identify the 'peony beauty' in the mouth of the emperor." ”

Hearing this, Shen Zhihua's face changed slightly, and he said hurriedly: "Uncle, didn't you say that no matter what Xie San's intentions are, we won't move?" At this time, we must not let the people in the capital notice us. ”

"I know it." Shen Jinglun turned his head to look at the noon sun, as if he had promised and sworn an oath, and said word by word: "I want to arrange for him to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and then take her as a concubine." (To be continued......)

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