Today's Duke's Mansion has long existed in name only, and the only thing the Duchess cares about is that ethereal right, Mrs. Lin deliberately said this in order to make the Duchess feel a little jealous in her heart, so that Xiao Huai'an has already regressed, knowing how much kindness he has, so that he can solve this situation in a roundabout way.

Yuzhu saw that the Duchess had not moved for a long time, so she helped Jinzhu put down the snack and came over to beat the Duchess's back together. The Duchess thought about it, and specially corrected her movements, her face was a little at a loss.

"What Mrs. Lin said is indeed not wrong, so-"

"Mother," as soon as the Duchess spoke, Mrs. Lin's eyes immediately widened in surprise, but seeing that she was about to let go, Zhou Hongyan, the county lord of Pingcheng, ran in with an angry face outside the door.

"Mother!" Zhou Hongyan came in with her skirt in a hurry, and the Duchess immediately deliberately put on a reprimanding look, "What kind of body is it to shout, I haven't come to see Mrs. Lin." ”

"Ah, Mrs. Lin," Zhou Hongyan was stunned for a moment, and then felt that she had come back to her senses, and specially gave Mrs. Lin a big gift for her little daughter. "Hong Yan has seen Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin came over today, why didn't she bring Brother Lin Feng with her?"

"The more you talk, the more unruly it becomes, so why don't you step down quickly." The Duchess suddenly couldn't hold back her face, and was busy scolding, Zhou Hongyan pouted and refused to move, and Mrs. Lin was also a little embarrassed on her face, but she still pretended to say hello with a smile.

"The county lord has been promoted, my son has always been used to being casual, at this moment I am afraid that I don't know which painting boat to play on, but the county lord is in a hurry, I don't know where Fang came back?"

Mrs. Lin deliberately tactfully pointed out Lin Feng's usual habits, and the Duchess immediately showed a look of disdain as expected, but Zhou Hongyan on the other side didn't notice it at all.

"As soon as I talked about this, I was sad in my heart, I went to Your Majesty today to tell Xiao Zhongcheng a situation, who knew that Your Majesty even agreed to him to come over, I specially took a step first, came back and said, I don't know what my mother is going to do?"

"Yan'er, come here," the Duchess's face stiffened, and beckoned her to come and sit down beside her. "Your filial piety, Mother knows it in her heart, but there is no need to bother Your Majesty about this matter. Well, since Your Majesty has also spoken, let's sell him this favor, and when they come over, you will go back to your room to rest first, and your mother will do the rest. ”

"Mother, you have to suffer so much...... Zhou Hongyan raised her eyes, her eyes were full of tears, and she was very unhappy for the Duchess.

But the matter has come to this, she can't do anything, and she was so reckless before she left the palace, offending the eldest princess, but now she is calm, and it is good to calm things down, she hesitated for a moment, and had to follow Yuzhu back.

Soon after Zhou Hongyan went back, Xiao Huai'an really came to visit in person, but this time it was a little smaller than the last time, and only two people came over, just like they usually visited the door, and they didn't have to attract the attention of passers-by.

"Duchess, Lady Lin." Xiao Huai'an hugged his fists and politely greeted Xu Ruzhu, and then the Duchess got up, looking at Xiao Huai'an's posture, she was really comfortable.

"Lord Xiao doesn't need to say it, I have already heard what Your Majesty meant, since it is Your Majesty's decision, then Lord Xiao will please. Sun Lei is the little guy next to his grandfather, and his grandfather hasn't taken a nap at this time, so maybe he is also there. Jin Zhu, ask someone to send Lord Xiao over, and Mrs. Lin and I will go differently. ”

When the words landed, he never thought that things would go so smoothly, Xu Ruzhu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

It was not so easy to convince the Duchess, the Duke's family was on the tip of the horns, and it was impossible for them to think at the same time. Xu Ruzhu deliberately glanced at Mrs. Lin, and when she saw Mrs. Lin nodding with a light smile, she had a rough idea in her heart.

"In this case, the official is offended, thank you Duchess for her compassion." Things have already happened, and this will be to pretend to be generous, and I am not afraid of being late.

But at last she was able to relax, and everyone was happy, Xiao Huai'an didn't want things to be too exaggerated, so he followed a small servant and went to the backyard of the Duke's Mansion together, and Xu Ruzhu also walked with him.

"Lord Xiao, fortunately, the Duchess is still easy to talk today, but she doesn't have to make a big fuss." Xu Ruzhu walked in a hurry, so he could keep up with the footsteps of the tall Xiao Huai'an, he walked all the way, and asked from the side all the way.

"If we get this person's testimony, then the murder of Sun Ze can also eliminate a few suspicions for us, that envoy is willing to take the initiative to confess that he had a conflict with the deceased, and he can be regarded as a sober mind, maybe this matter was really not made by the envoys, I don't know how Lord Xiao judged?"

"Justice is in the hearts of the people, the truth is there, this official will never wronged a good person, and the suspicion of the envoy group cannot be ruled out at the moment, but what the fifth prince said is not unreasonable, that is, I don't know if what Sun Lei said can be the right number for what he said."

Xiao Huai'an squinted at him, knowing that the fifth prince had ulterior motives, but the two did not have any ties, so he reluctantly agreed. The fifth prince nodded, wrote down his words, and said no more.

At the same time, the news of Xiao Huai'an and Xu Ruzhu coming over had spread throughout the Duke's Palace, and when they learned that the Duchess did not stop the two from coming in, everyone did not react much, except for a man who was still in good shape, and quietly went out of the backyard with a nervous face.

"Duke Zhou, this official came on the order of His Majesty, and asked Sun Lei, the little servant next to the grandfather, to go back to the Yushitai for questioning, and please ask the grandfather to hand over this person, and Weichen will also go back to hand over the errand."

While talking, the two of them had already come to the backyard, Zhou Wenwen was lying on the recliner leisurely basking in the sun at this time, and there were two slender concubines next to him, not knowing what opera they were singing.

As soon as Xiao Huai'an spoke, Zhou Wenwen immediately sat up, although his body has lost a lot of weight over the years, but on that face, he can still vaguely see the appearance of Yushu in the wind when he was young, but it is a pity that his original temperament has been completely worn out.

"Oh, it turned out that the Fifth Prince and Lord Xiao came to the big car, and there was a loss of welcome, if Lord Xiao wants to take someone, I will ask someone to call him over."

"Thank you, Duke." Zhou Wenwen was easy to speak, Xiao Huai was relieved to feel lucky, but he saw a little guy next to Zhou Wenwen coming over with some hesitation.

"This, Duke, Sun Lei has been saying that he is unwell these days, and he hasn't gone out for a long time, and today he seems to be saying that there is something outside, so he went out in a hurry, and the little one doesn't know where to look for him."

"Gone? When? Zhou Wenwen was stunned when he heard this, the people around him hadn't appeared for so many days, and he didn't even notice it, no wonder so many people were looking forward to serving him.

He asked slowly, and Xiao Huai'an and Xu Ruzhu looked at each other nervously.

"Well, I just got out of the backyard, so I shouldn't have walked far."

As soon as the little servant's voice landed, Xiao Huai'an said hello to the duke, and immediately chased after him from the backyard. Xu Ruzhu didn't know what to do, and walked out of the backyard door with his front and back feet, and at the same time did not forget to pull the people patrolling the road and asked them to send more people to help.

If that Sun Lei had a clear conscience, he would naturally not have heard the wind like this and looked for an opportunity to escape outside, because Sun Ze, a fellow villager who had borrowed his hometown before, was considered a civil servant, so he had also done that kind of evil thing of bullying and dominating the market.

It's not big or small, but the key is that because he met the upright Xiao Huai'an, he was so scared, and hurriedly looked for an opportunity to find a hiding place outside. But I didn't want to run out of a few alleys, and when I got to a branch street of Suzaku Street, I was blocked by someone I didn't know.

And coincidentally, Su Jiao, who had just come back from Zhou Tongchuang, happened to be pacing here.

"I heard Uncle Zhou say that she is an old woman with a somewhat bloated figure, her face is quite amiable, and she is also diligent in her work, so she must be able to find a good errand in the city."

Su Jiao didn't want to feel the feeling of heaven and earth swaying in the carriage anymore, so she especially talked to Mu Hibiscus while shopping and looking for it.

"But it's been so long, and maybe this old woman is very different from what she was back then." Mu Rong walked on Su Jiao's right, Diecui held an umbrella for Su Jiao, where she happened to be able to rub some of the sun, and Mu Hibiscus walked in front like a lively monkey.

"Hehe, you don't understand this, because of the years, people may be rickety and old, but the general facial features can still be recognized,"

"After all, this capital is so big, we naturally have to divide the scope first, so that we can find it conveniently, if you are not sure, bring it over and ask Uncle Zhou to take a look, this is not enough."

Su Jiao laughed unconsciously, thinking that she had the upper hand in front of Mu Rong for the first time, and said this very happily and proudly, Mu Rong sighed, but she couldn't bear to tell him about it.

Su Jiao smiled very happily, and even took the Diecui beside her and laughed twice, the hibiscus in front didn't understand what was happening, but he also turned around and joined in the fun, and at this moment, a man with a long knife in his hand and wearing the clothes of an envoy suddenly rushed out from behind the hibiscus.

This person came in a hurry, and the long knife was still vaguely visible as dry bloodstains, the three of them were immediately startled, and Mu Hibiscus immediately rushed to Su Jiao's front to cover it, Su Jiao smelled the smell of the knife, and felt even more disgusted and wanted to vomit.

However, several of them thought that this person was specially arranged to come to trouble Su Jiao, so they didn't pay attention to stopping the person, and that person just took advantage of this opportunity to walk away on this not very prosperous street, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.