"You say, this cardinal came when I woke up? What did she come to do? ”

"Miss," Cai Wei spoke up after a while, "you...... You didn't promise her? ”

Although he was asking her, the tone was affirmative, she had been following Duanmu Qing for so long, and she could already guess her general thoughts.

Lu Xi was a little dazed, and she didn't know why she suddenly thought about a trick.

"Nope." Duanmu Qing said softly for a long time.

Two short words, it says it all.

"None? That ......" As soon as Lu Xi heard Duanmu Qing say this, her first reaction was that the cardinal was lying, and then she reacted to what this lie meant.

"You say, there's a maid named Red Lotus?"

After walking out of the road for a while, Duanmu Qing suddenly asked again.

Cai Wei showed a worried look on her face: "The day before yesterday, I thought of the red finch, so I asked about the red lotus, saying that there was a dead person in the family, and I went back to mourn." ”

"Gone?"

There is no lack of sarcasm in the words, but there is a lot of light in the eyes.

"I'll have someone look it up."

Duanmu Qing nodded, and continued to dance back to the Ink Pavilion with Lu Xi, but Cai Wei quietly retreated.

Lu Xi knew in her heart that this matter was very important, but seeing Cai Wei and Duanmu Qing working together intimately, the uncomfortable feeling in her heart came up again.

Only two days later, Duanmu Cang and Duanmu He rushed home one after the other, which shows the hard work along the way.

At this time, the old lady had woken up, and her brain was no longer so confused, but she couldn't move, and could only be carried by people.

Seeing the two grandchildren coming back, I was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to remember that Duanmu Qing had told her two days ago that they would come back.

Not like before, just happy about their return.

This time, the old lady seemed to be a little chattering, and kept talking about the things of their childhood.

After walking away for a while, he asked, "What about Brother Cang'er and Feiyuan?" ”

This appearance makes their juniors see that their hearts are blocked, which is clearly old, and they are subconsciously afraid that they will not see the people who come down from their bodies.

Duanmuhe is better.

Duanmu Cang has been close to the old lady since he was a child, and he has rarely been at home in recent years, and he has to stay at ease.

However, it was because of the two of them that Duanmu Qing was able to free up his hands and investigate the things about the red lotus and the red finch.

checked for a few days, but the result made Duanmu Qing very dissatisfied.

First of all, the people sent by Cai Wei came back and said that Honglian had been robbed on the way home and no longer knew where she was going.

Although this is not good news, it also confirms their suspicions.

How could a little maid disappear at this time!

But apart from that, there is little usefulness.

Honglian's family has already checked it, but it is nothing, and what is found in the archives of the mansion cannot be found at all.

Cardinal is even more, it is actually Honglian's cousin, when he entered the mansion at that time, he actually said that the two sisters entered the mansion together, and there was a response.

Now it seems that they are simply two rootless people.

This is obvious, it is clear that someone placed them in the Yongding Marquis Mansion, and the purpose is ......

She didn't know it yet.

Looking at the names of the two maids on the paper coldly, Duanmu Qing counted all the people in the mansion one by one, and there was no suspicious person.

"Miss, I asked, when the two of them entered the mansion, it was Mother Rong who brought it in."

Cai Wei's footsteps were a little hurried, apparently rushing over as soon as she got the news.

"Then let's go to Mother Rong and ask?"

Lu Xi, who had been standing behind Duanmu Qing, suddenly became a little excited, for the past two days, her head has been broken, and she still can't figure out what is going on.

"I've already invited Mother Rong over." Cai Wei nodded and said lightly, "Miss, see her now?" ”

"Call her in."

Duanmu Qing's fingers tapped on the table for a while, and his face looked very calm.

Rong's mother, Duanmuqing, recognized her, she was the mother who was in charge of the treasury in the inner house.

However, this matter of buying maids has nothing to do with her, how could she have anything to do with Cardinal Red Lotus?

I wanted to come to Caiwei because I thought of this layer, so I invited people over.

"Miss Ann!"

Mother Rong looks less than forty, and she is also very neat, with her hair coiled in a bun without any mess.

It's just a pair of eyes that are rolling around, and it can be seen that it is not very dedicated.

"Mother Rong, Cardinal...... Do you know if you're dead? ”

Unhurriedly, he lifted the lid of the cup, set the tea aside, and drank the tea slowly, his eyes looking at the woman below.

Hearing Duanmu Qing's words, Rong's mother's eyes moved again, and she couldn't imagine that Duanmu Qing was looking for her to talk about cardinals.

After thinking about it, he sighed and said: "This girl is too careless, and she didn't say what she wanted to do, so she just looked for a short time." ”

Duanmuqing nodded, as if he agreed with her words: "Now that the person is dead, it's useless to say anything, I just don't know if the family can rush over." ”

"Oops! That's what the eldest lady said! Anyway, he was born by his parents, and now he is dead...... Alas! I just don't know how long it will take. ”

"Mom's words are so strange," Duanmu Qing put the tea bowl on the table and looked at her with a smile, "I'm afraid of this family, and only my mother knows where her old son is!" ”

was shocked, but there was still a weak smile on his face: "What did the eldest lady say, I have only met her a few times with the cardinal, how can I know about their family." ”

"Really?" Duanmu Qing's face did not show the landscape, and he still looked at her with a light smile.

"Yes...... Oh, yes! ”

I don't know why, seeing Duanmu Qing's expression, Rong's mother suddenly panicked in her heart.

At the beginning, I felt that something was very wrong, how could the eldest lady ask her about the cardinal?

Did she already know something?

was thinking about it like a drum in his heart, and suddenly there was a "bang" and exploded in front of him, scaring Rong's mother into two of them.

"Big ...... Miss Big. ”

"I gave you a chance, and you didn't say it, are you waiting to be beaten?"

Changing his soft appearance, Duanmu Qing's face was gloomy at this time, and a pair of eyes fell on his body like two sharp swords.

Mother Rong was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground, only then did she realize that when she came over today, it was clearly a three-class trial!

"Miss, Miss, the slave only did this for a while! Miss, the minion doesn't dare anymore. ”

Glancing at Cai Wei, Cai Wei understood, stepped forward and said coldly: "If you have anything, just say it, you have to make trouble for this part."

We usually don't dare to deceive in front of the young lady! It's good that you're old and clever here, if you don't have some tricks, will the young lady call you over like that? ”

Thinking of Duanmuqing's changes in the past two years, and the evaluation of her by those people in the house, Rong's mother suddenly sobered up.

The girl in front of her who is not yet ready is not something she can afford to provoke at all.

"Miss, actually, in fact, the slave is really just a moment of wealth and confusion!"

After thinking about her position, Rong's mother immediately burst into tears, which was completely different from the cunning appearance just now.

Duanmu Qing said lightly: "You say yours, I'll listen." ”

Naturally, this minion would not be the murderer behind the scenes, because she really had no motive.

And what she said is that she is obsessed with money, but it is possible, and it is very likely that she became an accomplice because of money.

"That year, I went to buy the needle and thread to be used in the house according to Aunt Li's instructions, and when I walked through Rouge Street, I happened to see the two of them being kicked out."

"Rouge Street?"

Duanmu Qing was taken aback, the so-called Rouge Street is actually a fireworks alley, a gathering place for brothels in Qinglou.

Duanmu Qing couldn't have imagined that the Cardinal and Red Lotus would come out of there.

"Yes, at that time, both of them were beaten half to death by the bustard, very pitiful, I happened to pass by, saw that they were pitiful, so I gave them two buns, who knew that they actually entangled me."

As he spoke, he looked up at Duanmu Qing's expression and was relieved to see that she had no expression.

In fact, where was the bun given to them and let them be entangled, it was simply because she saw that the two of them were helpless, and she took the initiative to find them.

"They said they had been sold from a remote place, and because they were clumsy and offended several customers, they were beaten up and driven out.

Seeing that I was dressed as a big family, they begged me to take me in, saying that they could be my maid. I told them that I was also a subordinate, and I couldn't help them......"

"Okay," interrupted her impatiently, Duanmu Qingwei really didn't have any interest in these words that deliberately glorified herself, "Let's talk about the point, what about later?" ”

"Later, they told me that I was responsible for bringing them into the Hou Mansion, and they gave me half of their monthly silver."

Hearing this, Duanmu Qing couldn't help frowning, and then returned to normal: "Later! ”

"Later, we agreed that they would give me the money on time every month, and it was signed."

When they asked about this, Cai Wei and Lu Xi were a little discouraged.

"Miss, this line seems to be broken again." After making a new cup of tea, Cai Wei sighed.

Duanmu Qing shook his head: "Not necessarily." ”

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Xiao Han: Something happened today, which made Xiao Han very scared and scared, thinking of himself, I really don't know if I can bear it.

In fact, Xiao Han wants to say that the world is impermanent, care more about your parents, and "the son wants to raise but does not wait" is the saddest sentence in the world.