Tang Xuanlin is in this Four Princes' Mansion, it is simply in and out at will, when Shi Qing finished saying this, Tang Xuanlin had already stepped into a long leg, and the next second he saw Butong, and he was stuck, and he stumbled and almost tripped over the door frame, which startled Shi Qing on the side, and exclaimed to help,

"Lord Tang be careful!"

Tang Xuanlin came in a little unnaturally, and bowed his hand to salute,

"I've seen the Fourth Highness, Mrs. Sister-in-law."

Ji Yao is now more and more smiling, but she has a calm and atmospheric appearance, which does not damage half of her demeanor at all, "What's wrong with Xuanlin today, why is he so flustered?" On weekdays, he was besieged by hundreds of people and his face did not change, but now that he saw Ah Tong, he couldn't stand on his feet. ”

Shi Qing smiled secretly in the back, and Tang Xuanlin lowered his head, "Sister-in-law, don't make fun of me." ”

Mu Hesheng smiled and instructed Shi Qing, "It's just right, go and add seats and chopsticks to Lord Tang." ”

Bu Tong raised his head, just collided with Tang Xuanlin's tentative gaze, and turned his head back a little awkwardly to continue eating.

Mu Hesheng looked at Tang Xuanlin with a weak heart, and couldn't help but ask seriously, "You two, but you quarreled?" ”

"Nope."

"How so?"

Bu Tong and Tang Xuanlin spoke in unison.

Mu Hesheng nodded reassuringly, "Ah Tong is still asking about your life, I looked at the awkward appearance of the two of you today, and I thought there was a disagreement." ”

Tang Xuanlin raised his head suddenly, "My life?" ”

Butong smiled,

"I think, from this place where Xuanlin left, get to know Xuanlin well."

Tang Xuanlin's throat rolled violently a few times, his demeanor changed a few times, and in the end, he was just silent, Mu Hesheng smiled gently, "Ah Tong thinks so, it's right, two people should be considerate and understand each other together, so they can last a long time." ”

After saying that, Mu Hesheng and Ji Yao looked at each other and smiled, full of tacit understanding and trust, Bu Tong was suddenly in a trance, and couldn't tell whether the two people in front of him were really loving couples, or because of a common lover, they had what they are today.

Mu Hesheng looked at Tang Xuanlin immersed in eating, and said, "I remember that Xuanlin grew up in the palace since he was a child, and it wasn't until I was 18 years old that I went out of the palace to be a housekeeper. ”

Butong nodded,

"It turns out that Xuanlin didn't take refuge in His Highness from outside, but the palace people and palace maids in the palace are all children of ordinary noble families, I don't know which house Xuanlin is from, why have I never heard you talk about it?"

The composure on Mu Hesheng's face suddenly froze, and Tang Xuanlin suddenly raised his head with a solemn expression,

"In the past, because of the struggle for power in the palace, my mother's family was affected, and now there is no one left."

But it was also unfortunate, but Bu Tong had an idea and didn't ask again.

A few people chatted for a while after dinner, Bu Tong and Tang Xuanlin said goodbye, Tang Xuanlin accompanied Bu Tong to take the carriage back to the house, and finally couldn't help but speak cautiously,

"Tong'er, are you angry with me today?"

It turned out to be worried about this.

Butong shook his head slightly,

"Xuanlin doesn't have to mind, it doesn't matter if we have the same mind, it's not a big deal."

Tang Xuanlin's ink eyes were about to drip water, shining in the dark night,

"Tong'er, thank you."

Bu Tong stretched out his hand to grope on the other side, but was dodged by Tang Xuanlin, his heart sank, and he pretended to be indistinct and touched it for a while, and then finally "touched" Tang Xuanlin's hand, and said softly,

"Xuanlin, since this is the case, shouldn't there be a secret between the two of us?"

Tang Xuanlin was silent for a while, and finally said "um", "Yes." ”

Bu Tong just spoke,

"Then Xuanlin, do you have anything to hide from me?"

Before Tang Xuanlin could speak, Chun Tao outside the car shouted, "Miss, we're here." ”

Butong got off briskly,

"Xuanlin, tomorrow afternoon, I will go to Dongchang to look for you."

……

Early in the morning of the second day, Bu Tong handed over a greeting post to Qi Guifei in the palace for the reason of asking for peace to the harem mother, and soon there was an internal official to pick it up.

"Thank you, sir, this is a filial piety to my father-in-law."

The little father-in-law was so happy that he immediately took it and put it away,

"In the end, it's the county lord's mother, who feels so sorry for us as subordinates."

Bu Tong smiled and got into the car, and this person hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Niangniang be careful of your step." ”

Bu Tong sat down and looked at the man with a smile,

"The adults come up and sit together, and Tong'er just has something to ask the adults."

The internal official accepted the reward, and naturally thought that Butong had a request for himself, so he agreed to climb into the carriage, and waited until the carriage moved slowly, and then looked at Butong with a smile on his face, "What does the county lord want to know?" The villain must know everything. ”

Bu Tong smiled gently,

"It's not a big deal, it's just that Tong'er has an old friend, I heard that his family background was ruined, and he entered the palace as an internal official, but Tong'er wants to find him, how to find out?"

The person on the other side hurriedly replied, "Niangniang doesn't need to worry, in the palace worship room, everyone's family background is recorded in detail, and the villain will take Niangniang to check it out." ”

Worship room, but forgot that there is still this place.

Bu Tong smiled and committed, "Thank you, sir." ”

Xuanlin, where you came from, whether you are a eunuch or not, I will know soon.

Butong asked the concubine and the queen to say goodbye, and on the way back, the little father-in-law who led the way led Butong to the worship room, and Butong signaled Chun Tao to give him two gold leaves.

"Thank you for today, Tong'er doesn't dare to bother the adult to bring it into the door in person, for fear of causing trouble to the adult, Tong'er will go in by herself."

The internal officials thanked him and called "the county lord is merciful", received the reward and left happily.

Bu Tong looked at the familiar door plaque, "I don't know, the old Lin Tou is not there?" ”

Chun Tao followed behind and carefully helped Bu Tong arrange the hem of his clothes, his face full of worry that could not be concealed, "If the adult knows that the young lady is coming to such a place, he will definitely punish the young lady severely." ”

Bu Tong replied in a low voice,

"Then don't let your father know."

The two of them walked into the worship room, which was full of bookcases, and the scroll smelled of mildew, but it was very down-to-earth, and Bu Tong saw a familiar old eunuch, so he went over and saluted him.

"I've seen Gonggong Lin."

Lao Lin Tou can be regarded as the most comfortable person in this palace wall, only by giving money, he can do anything, he can find out any news, and he is a slippery person, but he has more true temperament than those who are vain and wronged.

Lao Lin raised his eyes and looked around Bu Tong, as if he was carefully recalling who the noble man in the costume in front of him was, Bu Tong lowered his head and smiled lightly and reported to himself.

"The courtiers are, Nanguo Mansion, Butong,"

Lao Lintou's eyes widened instantly, and he hurriedly got up and knelt down, his sharp and hoarse voice was the same as before,

"The villain has seen the county lord's mother."

Bu Tong motioned to Chun Tao to help,

"Your Excellency doesn't have to be polite, the courtiers are visiting today, and there is one more thing to ask your father-in-law for help."

A hint of cunning flashed in the old Lin Tou's eyes, "Niang Niang just orders." ”

Bu Tong looked up at the scrolls around him,

"My lord, the courtiers have an old acquaintance, they entered the palace in the early years and became a palace person, but now they can't be found, and they want to come to the father-in-law to be in charge of the worship room for many years, and there will probably be clues here......"

Lao Lin Tou is the most clever, and when he heard this, he naturally understood Bu Tong's intentions, and hurriedly bowed his head, "If you go back to Niangniang, the information of the palace people in the respectful room has a will on it, and it cannot be read at will." ”

Bu Tong gave a look, and Chun Tao stepped forward and handed out a purse, which was full of gold leaves, and the old Lin Tou's eyes were straight in an instant.

Bu Tong smiled and whispered,

"Your Excellency, don't worry, the courtiers are just here to check it, and they will never take the information out of the palace."

Lao Lin Tou immediately changed his face, and squeezed his eyebrows with a familiar look, "Niangniang is too polite, you are not an ordinary person, what do you want to see, although you are instructed to take it and see it, why bother with such a reward, the villain is really afraid." ”

Bu Tong lowered his head and chuckled, "Your Excellency is polite, this is also to ask your lord to help her courtiers keep it secret, after all, ......"

Lao Lin nodded again and again with a look of "understanding", "The villain understands, although Niangniang goes in to look through, the children and villains inside are all driven away, when Niangniang turns over to the person she is looking for, when to shout a small one." ”

The characteristic of Lao Lintou is that as long as the silver is enough, the attitude and service are star-rated.

Bu Tong committed, "Thank you, sir." ”

……

There are so many scrolls in the worship room, Bu Tong is looking for them on the rows of shelves, "Yonghe fifteen years, Yonghe thirteen years, Yonghe ten years......"

Chun Tao followed behind, "From what year does Miss start looking for Master Tang's copywriter?" ”

Butong shrugged,

"I don't know, but Xuanlin should be born in the third year of Yonghe, and His Royal Highness said that he had seen him since he was a child, and that was at least ten years ago in Yonghe."

Chun Tao nodded, "Then Chun Tao will accompany Miss to look for him, and you can always find him." ”

As he spoke, he picked up a pile of yellowed scrolls in front of the cabinet of Yonghe ten years, sat on the ground casually and began to rummage.

Bu Tong also followed to hug a bunch of them, sitting on the ground and flipping through the pages, all of them were fresh people in this deep palace, and the people who entered the palace in the early years were greatly damaged because of various things, and most of them did not die well.

I don't know how long it took, Chun Tao suddenly jumped up, "Miss, Tang Xuanlin!" ”

Bu Tong hurriedly took it and looked at it, and on a scroll in the ninth year of Yonghe, it was Tang Xuanlin's text:

"In the spring of the ninth year of Yonghe, the sister of Hangzhou Yuzao Zuo Zhengdao, the son of Zuo Tang, named Xuanlin, entered the palace.

In the thirteenth year of Yonghe, Tang Xuanlin was selected as the prince's companion and served the fourth prince Mu Hesheng.

In the twenty-first year of Yonghe, the four princes were independent of the palace, and Tang Xuanlin went out of the palace to serve and left the palace. ”

Chun Tao lay on the side and watched, "It's so simple, Miss, we have been looking through this for most of the day, and we have this useless thing." ”

"Who says it's useless?" Bu Tong smiled and stretched out his finger and clicked a few times on the name of Zuo Zhengdao,

"If I remember correctly, now this Lord Zuo is the head of the household, the right-hand man of the Duke of Dongguo, in charge of the world's money, but the important minister among the important ministers, Tang Xuanlin is his nephew? How can it be hidden so tightly? ”

Chun Tao frowned, "Then I have to say something that Miss doesn't like to hear, after all, Lord Tang entered the palace early, and at that time, Lord Zuo was still a person from the Hangzhou Imperial Bureau, such a nephew of a nine-grade sesame official entered the palace to find a life, and now Lord Zuo is in a high position, how can he still recognize a nephew who is an internal official." ”

Bu Tong thought carefully,

"No, if Tang Xuanlin is just an ordinary palace person, then it is reasonable, but now that Dongchang is powerful, why bother?"

What's more, the Zuo Zhengdao is clearly from the Dongguo Gong faction, Mu Hequan's person, if his nephew is a housekeeper in the Four Princes' Mansion, most of them have other reasons.

Butong threw down the scroll in his arms, got up and clapped his hands,

"Well, let's get here first, let's go visit another person."