At this time, Aoyagi stood up with a cower, and said in a timid voice: "Miss, the slave maid saw Lu Ying go out of the room in the middle of the night with a bag of things, and the slave maid also asked her what to do, and she said that she ran to the hut after eating a bad stomach, and the slave maid didn't pay attention to it and slept alone."

When she spoke, Lan Yue and Mother Li both lowered their heads, but Mother Li stood in front of her with her hands unnaturally tugging at the corners of her clothes.

Qingyan glanced at it calmly, and said calmly: "Lu Ying left the house privately, Bi Qing will tell the eldest aunt later, and today I called everyone here for another matter."

She paused, and suddenly said solemnly: "The Li family has a clear prohibition on subordinates, and anyone who steals all the items in the master's house will be sold by the master's house and will no longer be used."

As soon as her words fell, she focused on Mother Li, only to see that her body was trembling, and her fat body seemed to be falling at any time, Qingyan added a fire again: "There are a few pieces of jewelry missing in my house, if someone is willing to admit that they took it themselves or are willing to identify others, Miss I can not tell the eldest lady at this time, around his life, if no one admits it, then you can only tell the eldest lady about this matter and let her send someone to investigate, you should also know that the eldest lady is strict with her housekeeper, and once she finds out who is on her body, she can only be sold by the house, And in today's world, it is difficult for a subordinate to be sold into a good family if he has a criminal record......"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mother Li had already fallen to her knees with a thud, kowtowed and said in pain: "Miss...... Don't tell the eldest lady, the old slave knows who secretly took the young lady's jewelry."

Qingyan smiled and said, "Let's hear it"!

Mother Li wiped the cold sweat soaked from the corners of her forehead, and trembled with her teeth: "It's Lu Ying, a few days ago, Miss took Bi Qing and the red girl to the old lady to say goodbye, and the old slave saw her sneak into the young lady's house."

Bi Qing raised her eyebrows and said, "Where did Lu Ying get the key?"

Li's mother was silent for a while, and Hongwu scolded: "Mom hasn't explained everything she knows one by one, otherwise everyone will be suspicious today, and no one will think about getting out smoothly."

Mother Li raised her head after hearing this, and hurriedly said, "Old ...... The slave said that the young lady was sick before, and once the red girl went to the small kitchen to fetch food for the young lady, and when she left, she left the key hanging on her waist in the small kitchen, and when I found it, I asked a lot, 'Why did you leave the key here?' At that time, Lu Ying was there, so he said that he would give it to the red girl, and the old slave had a lot of things, so he let her go, and I thought it was Lu Ying who carved the key in the young lady's house and made one."

As soon as Mother Li finished speaking, Hongwu frowned and recalled, and after a while, she suddenly realized: "The slave maid remembered that there was such a thing, at that time, the slave maid secretly gave a tael of silver to Lu Ying in order to thank her", she stomped her foot and said sharply: "I didn't expect her to have such a mind."

Bi Qing glared at her angrily: "It's not because of your temperament, when will you not be sloppy."

Qingyan looked at Bi Qing with a smile and said, "Don't blame her, it is estimated that Lu Ying has long had such a thought, but she has never had a chance."

Hongwu's eyes were red, and she obviously felt that it was her own fault.

"Okay, Biqing went to get five taels of silver and gave it to Mother Li, and the rest of the people will disperse! As for Hongwu, go with me to the courtyard of the eldest lady. ”

After Qingyan finished speaking, Biqing immediately went back to the house and took five taels of silver from Li's mother and handed it to her, and Li's mother kowtowed to her at the moment, Qingyan waved her hand, and everyone dispersed.

Bi Qing asked her puzzled: "Miss, I found out from the beginning that you have been staring at Mother Li, how did you know that she would speak?"

Qingyan smiled, "I'm not sure, but I know that Mother Li must be afraid to tell the eldest lady, and even more afraid that someone will come to investigate."

"Why?" Hongwu also wondered.

"Mother Li is in charge of the small kitchen, and she must be greedy for a lot of things on weekdays, and she will be exposed when she checks her stuffing, so she will inevitably confess other people in order to protect herself."

Biqing's face suddenly realized, and Hongwu let out an "oh".

"Let's go, Hongwu, it's time for us to act, after all, Lu Ying is also a person from the eldest lady's courtyard, and I think the eldest aunt will definitely give us a satisfactory statement", Qingyan greeted Hongwu with a smile.

Main Courtyard

At this time, the eldest lady was listening to the people below report on her daily affairs, and when Qingyan arrived, she happened to meet the stewards who had retreated from the main house, and saw her calling "Fourth Miss", and then went out of the west hall one by one.

"Fourth Miss, Madame called you in", Mother Wang, who was beside the eldest aunt, came out from behind the blue cotton curtain and saluted her respectfully before saying.

Qingyan smiled and nodded, and then entered the hall, her eldest aunt sat on the couch in front of her in a solemn and solemn manner, lowered her head and flipped through the booklet in her hand, pondered her eyes, heard the voice and turned her head to look at him, and raised her voice: "What is the matter with me?"

Qingyan stepped forward and saluted, and then said slowly: "Auntie, Lu Ying in the niece's courtyard stole the things in the house and escaped from the house, and the niece is at a loss, and wants to ask the eldest aunt to call the shots."

When her words fell, the eldest lady raised her eyebrows, and said very seriously, "When did you find out?"

"Early this morning".

"Is there any confirmation that Lu Ying stole it?"

"Naturally, my niece has confirmed it", Qingyan said solemnly.

"Good...... Mother Wang, there is such a thing in the house, you first send someone to call Lu Ying's brother and sister-in-law to see what they say? ”

Mother Wang said with a straight face: "The slave and maid will arrange it", and withdrew as she spoke.

"You sit down, I guess you'll have to wait a while", the eldest lady was calm and relaxed.

"Yes......", Qingyan responded obediently, and then sat on the chair covered with peacock blue brocade pattern cushions on the side, and then locked his eyes on the peach blossoms inserted in the enamel carved emerald long-necked vase on the high table against the wall, which bloomed dazzlingly.

From time to time, I would think of the sound of the eldest lady turning over the booklet, and occasionally the eldest lady would look at Qingyan, and find that she was sitting elegantly, not moving, and her eyes showed a trace of satisfaction and appreciation.

At the time of a cup of tea, there was a panicked footstep from outside, and Qingyan smiled lightly and knew that it was time to come back. Sure enough, Wang's mother entered the hall, and she was followed by two people in rough linen clothes, a man and a woman.

"Madam, people have brought it," said Wang's mother.

The eldest lady raised her head, a little disturbed, frowned and her face was not very good, looked at the two people, and said in a low voice: "Do you remember me?"

The dark and red faces of the two showed an unnatural stiff smile, and the woman among them trembled and said: "We sent Lu Ying here, we have seen Mrs. once, Mrs. is noble, we will not forget."

The man also said, "Yes...... Be...... I don't know when Madame called us here, but Lu Ying's dead girl provoked right and wrong? ”

The eldest lady raised her eyebrows and said, "How do you know that it was Lu Ying who caused the right and wrong, do you know something?"

The man's face changed, and his eyes were dodgy and uncertain.

The woman suddenly twisted him, and the shrew scolded the street: "You look dead, I know that your mouth is not strong, and you will reveal the stuffing in a word", she knelt on the ground as she spoke, and she had already poured beans and explained it clearly.

Qingyan still didn't react, and the eldest lady had already arranged for Mother Wang to take people directly to the house they said to look for someone.