Chapter 82: Relationships
"Does this Second Lady Jiang often come to this Chongguo Temple?" Tong Yan asked casually, she didn't expect Wang Lan to answer.
"Often? How often is it? Wang Lan asked puzzledly, "As far as I know, Second Mrs. Jiang only comes two or three times a year, which shouldn't be very often." β
It seems that the man who had an affair with Second Mrs. Jiang is not necessarily a person in this temple.
"How do you know so well?" Tong Yan was very curious.
Wang Lan smiled, "That must be what my mother said, the Jiang family ......" She thought of something, paused, and said: "It is also a prominent family, not far from our Wang family, so this kind of thing is still easy to know." β
Tong Yan nodded thoughtfully.
"I heard Master Shikong say that the guest rooms in this temple are full, and I don't know who the families are, except for the female dependents, are there any men?" Tong Yan asked.
"The county lord can ask me, but I know that these female relatives who came are all for the chance meeting, seeing Cheng Shizi, I heard that it is the death day of Cheng Shizi's mother, this time the county lord of Qingping, well, my mother's dream is too coincidental, just to cover up at this time." Wang Lan whispered.
Tong Yan nodded absentmindedly.
Before she knew it, she passed the morning, and after Tong Yan had lunch, she went back to her house.
She instructed Ji Yue: "You go to the temple to inquire, who are the female dependents in this temple, and besides Cheng Shizi, there are other men living here?" β
Ji Yue nodded, answered and walked out.
"Hey, wait." Tong Yan stopped her, thought about it again, and said: "It doesn't matter if the female family doesn't remember clearly, you must ask about any man, and you must pretend to ask casually, so as not to let others notice that you want to inquire about a man." β
This request is a little difficult, although Ji Yue didn't understand why the county lord asked her to ask, she still wrote it down carefully, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the county lord." β
Tong Yan nodded and watched her go out.
Ji Yue is lively and outgoing, can talk, and knows her eyes, so she is the most suitable person to go out to find out the news.
Sure enough, after Tong Yan woke up from a nap, Ji Yue had already returned.
While serving Tong Yan, she reported: "There is a man living in this temple, and I heard a little novice say that it seems that Xu Lingjie, the commander of Jingwei, accompanied his wife yesterday, and came to ask for a son, but he is leaving this afternoon." As for the female dependentsβ"
"Wait." Tong Yan raised her hand in a trance.
Ji Yue quickly shut up and gently put on her shoes.
Tong Yan frowned and walked to the window.
This Cheng Huai and Zhao Heng seem to be from Jingwei, and they seem to be both commanders?
So this commander should be their boss?
Isn't it that Xu Lingjie is cheating on Second Mrs. Jiang, and Cheng Huai is guarding the door for them? ! happened to see her coming, so she quickly took her away, so she asked Cheng Huai who the people in the forest were, and he was secretive, saying that he didn't know!
Tong Yan bit her lip and nodded slightly.
It seems that it can be explained in this way!
She sighed, what a Cheng Huai, what a person! The dignified prince of Wei Guogong actually did such a thing in order to please his boss.
"Then do you know how old Xu Lingjie is? Who is his wife? Tong Yan asked suddenly.
Ji Yue thought for a while, shook her head and nodded, "Lord Xu has to be about the same age as the prince, his wife seems to be surnamed Lu and is from Yangzhou, well-oh yes, speaking of which, Lord Xu's wife and Second Mrs. Jiang are still some distant relatives, it seems to be distant cousins?" β
Tong Yan was dumbfounded, feeling that her brain was running out of money, what kind of relationship is this, Second Mrs. Jiang has an affair with the husband of her distant cousin?
"Then, what is Second Mrs. Jiang's maiden name? What does it do? Shocked for a moment, she asked.
"Second Mrs. Jiang's surname is He, what does her father do, the maid doesn't know, but her brother is very famous, and he is a salt envoy from both Huai, so it's a fat difference!" Ji Yue's expression was exaggerated.
Tong Yan nodded, looked at Ji Yue suspiciously, and asked, "How do you know everything?" β
Ji Yue smiled embarrassedly, "You don't know, the prince asked the servants to do their homework in advance before pointing out the servants to you, although these high-ranking and powerful official eunuchs in the court do not know deeply, but they still have some understanding of some basic official positions, in-laws and relationship networks." β
Tong Yan was shocked and very moved.
Daddy is really good to her, not only responds to her needs, but also thinks thoughtfully for her everywhere.
"Sister Qingzhi has a better memory than the servant, and the servant can't remember some details and little things, but Sister Qingzhi can remember it clearly." Ji Yue looked at her carefully and said with a smile.
Tong Yan nodded and praised: "She is indeed capable and careful, and she is a capable person." β
Ji Yue was relieved, it seems that the county lord still values Sister Qingzhi.
Tong Yan suddenly remembered what Ji Yue said just now, and she seemed to have missed a little.
"You said that Xu Lingjie came to Chongguo Temple with his wife to ask for a son?" Tong Yan wondered.
Ji Yue nodded, "Yes, Lord Xu doesn't have a son yet." β
But at his age......
Tong Yan's heart moved and asked, "Does Lord Xu have a daughter?" Have you ever given birth? β
Ji Yue pondered for a while, "Maybe he has given birth, it seems that he has vaguely heard that he has a daughter born to a concubine." β
"When was Second Lady Jiang's son born?" Tong Yan involuntarily leaned over and asked slowly.
"This, maybe just a few years ago, it's quite small anyway." Ji Yue frowned and scratched her head, the county lord would ask this, and then that, and the people who asked were all people who couldn't be beaten with eight poles, which was really strange.
Tong Yan paced around the room, with a strange expression on her face.
No, if the son born to Second Mrs. Jiang is not from the Jiang family, it would be really terrible.
She smiled self-deprecatingly and shook her head, what is this about her, the affairs of other people's families, she is guessing here randomly, but she is really idle.
"Help me grind, I haven't practiced my words well these days." Tong Yan stretched and said to Ji Yue.
"Yes." Ji Yue hurriedly went to the table, laying paper and grinding again.
Tong Yan's words have grown a lot better than before, and the post she is about now is the rubbing of "Le Yi Theory", which was specially found for her by King Yong, although it is only a rubbing, it is also rare to get a post, and ordinary officials and eunuchs can't see it.
The purpose of learning words was to not be laughed at by others, but now she has gradually realized the fun of learning words, and quietly scratches out her own mood on the paper one by one, which is not the joy of the world.