"I'll help you collect firewood together." Song Ning picked up a piece of firewood, put it in his basket, and asked casually, "Do you know Zhu Linlang?" ”

Zhong Qing's face changed, and he said, "I don't know." ”

After speaking, he thought of something: "My lord is the official robe of the seventh grade...... Are you a pusher? ”

In the prefect's yamen, the only official who can wear a seven-grade official robe and come out to do things is the pusher.

Moreover, he has recently heard pilgrims mention that there is a very powerful Lord Song in Jinan Mansion.

Song Ning bowed his head.

"Lord Song, the new governor of Jinan Mansion." Zhong Qing thought of something and said in surprise, "You, why did you ask Zhu Linlang?" ”

This young man is sensitive and intelligent. Song Ning picked up a branch and talked to him: "Let's talk while collecting firewood." ”

"Oh." Zhong Qing responded and continued to do things, and Song Ning also bent down to pick up two, and said, "I handled a case last month, and the case happened in a house. ”

Zhong Qing nodded: "I heard about it, I know about that house." ”

It used to be the house he wanted to marry, and he went there.

"Did the adults come to me for this case and ask Zhu Linlang?" Zhong Qing asked, stopping, forcibly suppressing the tension in his eyes, "The case has something to do with her?" ”

Song Ning said: "I found a box under the bed of the husband and wife who committed the crime, and the box contained a key, so I found out the story of you and Zhu Linlang." Song Ning looked at him, "Tell me about you?" ”

Zhong Qing's face turned pale, and he asked vigilantly, "Your Excellency is just curious?" ”

"It's not just curiosity, there are other things, you tell me first, and I'll talk to you later."

Zhong Qing looked at her in disbelief, held a dead branch in his hand, lowered his eyes, and said, "I met her in the Yuelao Temple, and I thought that this girl was shocked......

"We talked a lot that afternoon. She was also an avid reader, reading almost everything, many of which I had never heard. ”

"She said she could give me these books. I didn't dare to accept it, saying that idle books would delay my time, and when I won the emperor list in the future, I would come to see these interesting books from her. ”

She said it didn't matter, read more books. So six days later she came to me and brought me a few books that she said. She—the meal she invited me to eat...... I learned that she was from Jinan and had a wealthy family. ”

"His father actually came that day, first secretly observed me, and then when he came out, he asked me if I could join the family and be the son-in-law of Zhufu."

Song Ning nodded: "And then?" ”

And he said, He said that he would leave a son with my surname. In the future, if I enter the official career in high school, I will help me change my household registration, so that the matter of entering the public will not become a drag on my career and embarrass me in front of my colleagues. ”

"He said that if I don't agree, it doesn't matter, then I will live in the house he bought after getting married, as long as I treat Linlang well."

"I agreed. I don't have anything, and getting rich is the biggest reward for him to Linlang. ”

"And then?" Song Ning asked, "Why did you quit?" ”

Zhong Qing looked up at her, his eyes were red, he clenched his fists and said, "They lied to me, she lied to me." obviously said that he liked me and wanted to live with me for the rest of his life, but when he turned around, he met someone else and dismissed me. ”

"I'm what she bought, and if you want it, you lose it if you don't want it."

"I'm looking forward to having a home. He treats me like a son, and I am willing to treat him as a father. ”

"......"

Zhong Qing choked.

"Didn't you go to her house to find her theory?"

Zhong Qing looked at her in surprise: "You, did you check me?" ”

"Hmm." Song Ning nodded, "What happened when you went to theorize, what was the result, why did you stay here?" ”

Zhong Qing asked, "My lord, why did you check and ask Linlang?" ”

Song Ning didn't speak.

Zhong Qing saw that she didn't answer, so he could only continue.

"I came to his house on the afternoon of June 14. I knocked on the door for a long time and no one opened it for me, so I stood outside the courtyard and shouted, just in time to meet Aunt Yao who came back from her mother's house. ”

"She told me to get out, saying that Linlang was going to marry a high-ranking official in the capital as a daughter-in-law, the son of a third-grade official."

"I don't know how many times better their family background is than mine."

"He also said that even if I got in, what would happen. A poor student with no background and no teacher, if he wants to get ahead in the imperial court, he doesn't even think about it. ”

"I also said that I serve people with sex, and I am late in love."

Zhong Qing looked at Song Ning: "My lord, I can bear everything else, but she ...... But she, like her, was an Israelite servant. ”

"So you're leaving?"

"It's not. I quarreled with her, but I didn't leave, I waited at the door for a day, it was my father who came out to drive me away, he told me to get out, and gave me ten taels of silver. ”

"I asked him why, and he didn't say anything, just told me to get out early and not come to him and Linlang again in the future."

"I—I didn't take any money, I was in a daze, and I got here in two or three days. I vowed to be on the high school list in the future, and beat the horse in front of his door. ”

Song Ning asked, "Have you ever gone down the mountain again?" ”

"I went down once," Zhong Qing said, "I went down the mountain during the Chinese New Year this year, and I found out that his family had moved away." ”

After speaking, he looked at Song Ning: "My lord, what the hell is going on, why did you come to me?" ”

"I'll show you this." Song Ning took the box from Qiao Si's hand and handed it to Zhong Qing.

Zhong Qing opened it and immediately looked at Song Ning in surprise.

Song Ning nodded: "The bed of the house where the crime occurred is the marriage bed that you Zhu Zhaogui prepared for you." At the bottom of the matrimonial bed was a box with a key in it. ”

"The key is the key to the storage of Wantong Bank."

"The locker was bought by Zhu Linlang. That's what I put in the cupboard. ”

Zhong Qiaosi went to take the box and help him hold it.

Zhong Qing took out Xipa with trembling hands, the blood on his face disappeared, he took out the letter again, and after reading it, he pinched the letter and tears rained down.

"Why are you showing me this?"

"This was just the fun of her when she was in love, and now, she is someone else's wife, and you are humiliating me by showing me this."

Zhong Qing covered his face and squatted on the ground holding his heart.

"However, all the people who know them in Jinan Mansion, as well as the people in their clan, say that Zhu Zhaogui accompanied his daughter to Xintai and settled down with you and Zhu Linlang."

"What?" Zhong Qing was stunned and wiped his tears, "Why do you say that, who said that?" ”

"So I went to Xintai and went to your house to find it again. You understand, Zhu Zhaogui and Zhu Linlang, as well as the entire Zhu Mansion, are missing. ”

Zhong Qing was stunned in disbelief: "Missing? ”

"From the fourth day of June to the fourteenth day of June, he sold all his property and even his house in just ten days, and left Jinan Mansion on the morning of June 15."

"Sell the property and leave?" Zhong Qing shook his head, "Impossible." Zhu Dad said that in the future, these industries will be given to Linlang and Yongfeng. ”

"He also said that he would come to Xintai to open a rice shop and write my name."

"There's no way he's going to sell the property."

Song Ning bowed slightly: "But in fact, he was in a hurry to sell everything and disappeared without a trace with his family." ”

"What do you think?"

Zhong Qing staggered and clutched Xipa tightly: "Your Excellency, ...... You came to me, yes, do you think that something happened to the Zhufu family? ”

Song Ning nodded.

Zhong Qing suddenly fell to the ground.

Choked and said, "What evidence do you have?" ”

"Nope. That's why I'm suspicious, that's why I'm here to ask you. Song Ning squatted down and looked at him, "You think about the situation in his family." ”

"Any idea can be said and said."

Zhong Qing shook his head: "My lord, let me think about it, I, I'm in a daze now, I can't think of anything." ”

"And, and I've been here twice, but I'm not familiar with their family."

Song Ning said: "Don't worry, if you think of it, you will come to the yamen to find me in the future, my surname is Song, and I am the official of Jinan Mansion." ”

Zhong Qing nodded, sat on the ground and did not get up.

Shen Wenyu rushed up and whispered to Song Ning: "He has a broken bloody clothes in his cabinet. ”

"It should be his clothes, like someone has torn them."

Song Ning raised his eyebrows, turned around and asked Zhong Qing: "You left Zhufu on June 15, and you only went up the mountain on June 17, where did you go in the intervening two days." ”

"I," Zhong Qing unbuttoned his shirt, "I—I bought a knife...... But it didn't die. ”

"The bloody garment is still in my cupboard."

The unbuttoned placket could be seen with the scar on his stomach.

"Don't do stupid things, maybe the official is thinking about it and startling you." Song Ning helped him up and said softly, "You go back and rest, think slowly." ”

Zhong Qing suddenly thought of something: "My lord, has Aunt Yao also gone?" ”

"She's also missing. How so? ”

"There's something I shouldn't have mentioned. But now I can't care about the unspeakable rules of these gentlemen and villains. Zhong Qing said, "Just that day I was in the alley and saw Aunt Yao hugging a man. It was when I saw that she might not have any scruples and came up to scold me. ”

"That man doesn't look like he's right."

"My lord, is this useful?"

Song Ning nodded: "It's useful, I'll check it." ”

Zhong Qing should be.

Song Ning looked at Zhong Qing's bloody clothes, sat for a while, and went down the mountain with Shen Wenyu and Qiao Si.

Shen Wenyu said: "Lao Tong, they went to check Aunt Yao's maiden house. ”

"It's a good concubine, but the family also moved last year."

Back in the city, Song Ning was not in a hurry to return to the mansion: "Go to Zhufu again, Zhong Qing said that he saw Yao and a man openly hugging and hugging at the side door. ”

"Maybe someone else will see it."

Song Ning came two days ago, and Zhufu sold it to a Kaifeng trader surnamed Zhou. After the house was bought, he asked people to renovate it, and it was not until the end of the year that the family moved in from Kaifeng.

Song Ning dismounted at the mouth of the alley, and people came and went at the mouth of the alley, Song Ning felt strange, stopped an uncle, and asked, "Why are there so many people, why are you going?" ”

"I'm going to the theater." The uncle smiled and said, "My lord, don't you listen to the play, there are two theaters on Gongbu Street across this alley." ”

Song Ning smiled: "I really don't often hear it, why do the two theaters open together?" ”

"In the past, when Zhu Guanren was in Jinan Mansion, he liked to listen to the drama the most, and he was generous, so many opera troupes were proud to invite Zhu Guanren to the mansion."

"I see." Song Ning said, "Then let's listen to it too." ”

That person should be.

Bringing Ma Rang Qiao Si back, Song Ning and Shen Wenyu followed their uncle to the Chengjiaban Theater.

A two-story building, there are storytellers and singers, two plays in the morning and evening, and storytellers in the evening.

It's very popular.

Song Ning stood at the door and looked inside, Hua Dan on the stage was singing, and her voice was indeed very good.

But it's not as good as Hua Dan in the Qi Wangfu Opera Troupe.

"Let's go to the Seven Winds Little Pear Garden and have a look." Song Ning and Shen Wenyu came out and leaned across from each other, "People here really like to listen to operas." Does it sound so good? ”

Her artistic cultivation is still unappreciated.

"You like to listen to the music in the backyard of the Qi Palace." Shen Wenyu glanced at her with a smile, "But there aren't many places where you can listen to music, especially the kind you see." ”

"The opera garden is much more ordinary."

The two went to another house, which was even more lively than the theater garden of Chengjia's class, where children were juggling.

There was a lot of shouting inside.

"Forget it, let's go back." Song Ning withdrew, and the two returned to the yamen.

Song Ning sorted out all the current information about the Zhufu case.

In the afternoon, Lao Tong and Yang Changgen returned.

The two of them were in the dust, Song Ning poured tea for them and handed it over, saying, "It's hard work, have you run several places?" ”

"Yes. Originally, Yao's family belonged to Yaojia Village, but after we went, we learned that Yao's brother and sister-in-law and her father and mother had moved away at the end of May last year. ”

"The family's land was sold in March, sold in April, and left at the end of May."

Song Yuanshi asked, "Where did you move to?" ”

"Some said they went to Haifeng, and some said they saw them in Potai, Binzhou. So we went to both places. ”

"Found someone?"