Su Man came out of Lingchun Fang and went straight to Xinglin Hutong, where the small courtyard of the three rooms was located.

When they arrived at the mouth of the alley, a small servant ran to the house to report the news, so by the time the carriage arrived at the gate, the threshold had been removed.

The carriage entered the gate and stopped at the Hanging Flower Gate.

Chang's had already gotten the letter, and when Su Man got out of the car, she happened to have arrived at the Hanging Flower Gate.

When Chang Shi saw Su Man, tears couldn't help but fall: "My son, what are you doing here, don't be sad and troubled." ”

Su Man held Chang's hand, and didn't care about explaining too much for a while, so he only asked urgently, "How is the third aunt now?" ”

Chang Shi shook his head slowly, sobbed and said: "What else, at the beginning, I still had the strength to scream pain, but I can't even make a voice at this time, my face is sallow, and I don't have any vitality." ”

Su Man nodded, and followed Chang Shi to the main courtyard: "Who discovered the strange thing first, and the people who were waiting in the courtyard took care of it?" ”

Chang Shi heard that although Su Man's speech was fast, it was clearly organized, so he was also relieved.

She pulled Su Man and walked in slowly, and said in Su Man's ear in a low voice: "This matter was discovered first by a girl who was serving closely by the third brother and sister, and when she cleaned up the jewelry of the third brother and sister, she found that a gold ring was missing. ”

Su Man nodded, and Chang continued: "That mother is also a powerful person, there has never been such a thing of a master losing something in this yard, so she vaguely noticed that something was wrong." Chang Shi said, and couldn't help sighing, "No, before this mother asked, your third aunt tossed." ”

After saying that, the two of them had already entered the main courtyard.

There was a sad look in the main courtyard, and the little girls all stood under the corridor with their heads down, and they didn't dare to cry loudly, one by one they only sobbed in a low voice, wiping their tears.

Chang sighed again and led Su Man into the main room.

Zheng was lying on the shelf bed in the inner room, and a girl with red eyes knelt beside her feet, persuading her to eat two bites in a soft voice.

When the girl heard the movement, she looked up and saw Su Man coming, so she hurriedly put the porridge bowl aside and bowed to Su Man.

Su Man hurriedly took two steps forward and picked up the girl. The girl got up and raised her eyes to look at Su Man, and the tears in her eyes also rolled down in strings.

Su Man looked at the red and swollen eyes all over the room, couldn't help but sigh lightly, and turned his head to look at Zheng on the bed.

Indeed, as Chang said, Zheng is no different from a dead man at this time.

Her eyes were wide open, and her originally round cheeks were now deeply sunken, and her face was not only sallow, but even blue-gray.

Su Man took two steps forward and called in a low voice, "Auntie, auntie." ”

I don't know if Zheng Shi heard it, her pupils were already a little dilated, and her chapped lips moved up and down twice, but no sound came out.

Su Man sighed again, stepped back and walked to Chang's side, and asked in a low voice, "Second aunt, which girl is the one who found that the ring was missing?" ”

When Chang Shi heard this, he looked up at the big girl who was waiting, and the girl immediately understood, and replied in a low voice: "Back to the eldest girl, our wife's jewelry has always been taken care of by Qiu'er, and she has been kneeling behind her since something happened to her wife......

Su Man snorted and said, "Take me to her." ”

The girl immediately answered and led Su Man out of the main room.

Behind the wing of the main courtyard, there is a very narrow house, where the girls live.

The girl led Su Man around the wing room, came to the door of the next room, stretched out her finger and pointed to a girl kneeling on the bluestone floor, and said softly: "Girl, that's Qiu'er." ”

Su Man followed her finger and saw a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a plain shirt, kneeling there staggeringly.

Su Man frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Who punished her for kneeling?" ”

The girl sniffed, and replied in a loud voice: "Back to the eldest girl, no one asked her to kneel, it was Qiu'er herself who felt that she had made a mistake and had to kneel here." ”

Su Man looked at this long sandwich road, because the place is narrow and there are houses on both sides, so there is no sunlight in this sandwich road, and it is very humid.

The girl didn't know how long she had been kneeling, her clothes were already attached to her body, and her hair was sticking to her face one by one, and the whole person looked shaky.

She muttered a little nonsense, and hurriedly walked over, and grabbed the girl's arm and pulled it up.

Qiu'er was already kneeling a little dazed at this time, so she didn't hear Su Man's voice. Dragged so violently, she was unguarded, and fell forward again.

Su Man snorted, gritted his teeth and caught the girl, and it took a long time to pull the person up, so he had to turn his head and yell at the girl who was stupid on the side: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you come over and help." ”

The girl hurriedly turned around and hurriedly ran over.

The two dragged and dragged Qiu'er into her own room.

After Qiu'er saw the person who came, before she could say anything, she covered her face and cried.

Su Man was already tired and sweating, and when he heard her mournful crying, he was even more impatient, and couldn't help but roar: "What are you crying about, stop talking!" ”

Qiu'er was startled by this roar, and held her breath in her chest, her crying stopped, but she hiccuped again.

Su Man was originally very annoyed, but looking at the girl in front of him with tears on her face, she couldn't help but cry, and kept shaking and burping, and finally couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.

She smiled, Qiu'er's breath was relieved again, and tears rolled out in strings.

Su Man sighed lowly, waved his hand at the big girl who was crying with Qiu'er on the side, and said, "You go back to guard your wife first, I have something to ask her." ”

The girl quickly wiped her face twice, nodded, and withdrew.

The girl just went out, Qiu'er pounced and knelt down in front of Su Man again, and her voice was mournful: "Big girl, it's the maid's fault, it's the maid's fault that the maid didn't see good things, if the maid packs up everything, the wife won't ......"

Su Man sighed, pulled the person up from the ground again, and persuaded in a low voice: "There is only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, since the third aunt has already had this thought, then no matter how you put things away, she will also find an opportunity." ”

Qiu'er listened to it and still smacked and matched, and only after a while did she salute Su Manfu and said, "Thank you girl for your understanding." ”