"If you think about it, who are you selling this batch of fabrics to?"

"Don't think about it." The young man scratched his head: "The batch of fabrics we brought in has never been sold at all." ”

"Haven't sold it?" Lin Hu poked the small piece of fabric on the counter with his fingers: "Are you fooled when you are Lin Ye?" It's all made into clothes and put on people, and you dare to tell me that this fabric has never been sold? Also, who just said that this fabric is only available in their cloth house. Are you blind or deaf when Lin Ye? What is the crime of teasing officials, and it is not clear, but I don't understand? ”

"Clearly, clearly, clearly, even if you have ten more lives, you don't dare to fool you, master. We really haven't sold this batch of fabrics. Don't worry, you listen to the little one carefully. Seeing Lin Hu swinging his fist and wanting to beat him, the young man hurriedly shrank his head under the counter, but was taken out by a hand. He could only smile innocently, and by the way appease the official in front of him who was about to be irritable.

"Say!" Lin Hu let go of his hand: "Lord warns you, if you dare to say more nonsense, a dishonest lie, Lord will directly take you to the yamen." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare." The young man sorted out the wrinkled clothes, and said with a smile: "The little one doesn't dare to deceive the official, this batch of fabrics is indeed only available to our Yuan Ji, and it is true that it has not been sold." Don't be angry, you don't know the way we do business. When our shopkeeper accidentally touched this batch of goods, he felt that the strange goods were habitable, and he wanted to put them in his hand and press them, and then make a move when it was a good time. If you don't believe me, you can go to the warehouse in the backyard with the little one to see, there are a total of ten pieces of cloth, except for the one that was taken away by the master, the rest are all in the warehouse. ”

"What did you just say, you said that your master took a batch of fabrics?"

"yes. A total of ten batches of fabrics were transported back from Hangzhou before winter. The old man took one batch, and there are nine batches left, all of which are in the warehouse. ”

"Are you sure I'm the fabric in my hand?"

"The little one has been helping in this cloth village since he can remember, this can't look at other things, and it's absolutely right to look at the fabric. What is stored in our Yuan Ji warehouse is absolutely the same as the one you are holding in your hand. "The boy almost swore to the sky." That, sir, can you ask more, where did the piece of fabric in your hand come from? ”

"Want to know?"

"I want to know." The little guy laughed.

"Okay, I can tell you." Lin Hu beckoned and asked the young man to lean his head over: "This fabric was torn off from a woman." ”

The "female ......" young man's expression began to become strange, and his speech became slurred.

"It seems that you know who this woman is talking about." Lin Hu narrowed his eyes.

"I don't know, the little one knows this." The young man Lin Hu's eyes were wrong, and he hurriedly changed his words: "Don't worry, even if you know, the little one will be regarded as if you don't know." The small one has no other strengths, just a strict mouth, this should not be said less, this should not be said, you can rest assured, half a word will not be exposed from here. ”

"Then you just say what you should say, tell the master honestly, who is this woman?"

"Don't you know?" The young man asked tentatively.

"Did you just say a word less?" Lin Hu grabbed the placket of the young man's clothes: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, the piece of fabric in my hand is from a woman...... It was torn from a female corpse to be exact. Do you want to know what that female corpse looks like? ”

The young man nodded first, and after realizing what Lin Hu said, he shook his head busily.

"You don't want to know." Lin Hu slipped the young man up through the counter: "Master told you, that female corpse has no face." Her face, her entire face, had been pulled off with a knife. Think about it, how scary and disgusting that scene is. ”

"Face...... The young man ......was so frightened that his face turned white, and he couldn't say a complete sentence in a daze.

"Got it? When I heard it, I told my lord that the clothes made of this fabric would ...... after death Oh no, who is the woman who was supposed to have her entire face cut off before she died? ”

"The little ones don't know, the little ones really don't know."

"If you don't say it, the master will take you to the mansion as a murderer."

"It's really not small, and the little ones don't have the courage to do such a thing." The young man was so frightened that his legs went limp.

"You don't have the guts, then you tell the master, who has the guts. Whoever your lord took the batch of cloth for, and who has the opportunity to wear clothes made of this cloth. Is it your wife? ”

"No, it's not my wife, it's ......" The young man licked his lips and said, "It's my little lady." ”

"Little lady?"

"It's the outer room that the master raised outside." The young man took a breath: "When this batch of fabrics came back, the little lady happened to come to look for the master, and when she saw it, she shouted for the master to bring her a batch back to make clothes." The lord was reluctant at first. You think, this little lady is just a side room that the old man keeps outside, and even the old man doesn't have the courage to let the lady know. This batch of fabrics is very rare, even if it is made into clothes, it is not the turn of the little lady to wear it. But later, the old man still took a batch back, and when he went out of the warehouse door, his teeth were gritted. I guess it was this little lady who blew the wind in the old man's ear. ”

"It's not allowed to be your wife who asked your master to take it."

"Impossible." The young man replied in the affirmative: "My wife has always liked to wear clothes of dark colors, and this color is the least popular with her." Besides, if it was really my wife who asked the master to take it, the master would never feel distressed like that. Although my lord kept a side room outside from his wife, he was still very good to his wife, and he listened to his wife in everything. ”

"What is your master's outer room name, what is it called, and where does he live?"

"What's the last name, I don't know." The young man shook his head: "I only heard the old man call her name, it seems to be bright red." Bright red, bright red, it sounds like the name of the girl in the flower building, so I remember it. Oh, by the way, there's one more thing I've heard from others. It is said that my lord's outer room was originally a maid in front of his wife, but he didn't know what he did and was kicked out by his wife. Later, he was raised by the master outside and became a side room. ”

"The maid next to your wife?" The information provided by the young man corresponded to Yagyu's previous speculation.

"I don't know if what others said." The young man habitually scratched his head: "Our shop has nothing to do with the master's house, but the master is resident in the shop, and the little maids around the lady will also come to the shop from time to time, so I know some things in the house more or less." I don't know if it's called Yanhong, or if it's Yanhong, the maid was bought by Mrs. from Renyazi, and she was more than ten years old when she entered the house. This looks good, it's pretty good-looking, especially those eyes, which are particularly attractive. Don't hide it from the official, you said, a girl with this kind of appearance and this kind of eyes is the kind of person who is difficult to deal with at first glance, and our wife is kind-hearted and can fool the past. ”

"That's what someone else said to you."

"It's not, it's my own private thoughts." After the young man finished speaking, he hurriedly added: "But sir, I am not thinking about it, nor is it a random guess." You think, this maid was bought by the lady from the hands of the human tooth, and the cost is real money, even if she makes a mistake, she will find another person to send out. Taking a step back, even if you can't wipe that face, you will find someone to give it to you casually, so you won't just get rid of it. It's okay to get it out, but it's just for the lord to see, and it's turned into a side room. There's a ghost here, there's definitely a ghost. ”

"You just said that your wife doesn't know about the master's side room outside?"

"We don't dare to talk nonsense if this lady knows specifically, but judging from the master's reaction, the lady should not know. The official didn't know that our wife was not in good health, and she stayed in the house all the year round, and she rarely asked about the things in this shop, and rarely inquired. As for the master, the business is relatively busy, and most of the time is spent in this shop, and it is normal for Mrs. to not know. ”

Lin Hu stared at the rag on the counter, and said in his heart, I'm afraid that your wife has already known about it and has already made a move.

After leaving Yuan Ji Buzhuang, Lin Hu went directly to Yuan's mansion.

reported his name, and not long after, he saw Mrs. Yuan.

After listening to Lin Hu explain the cause and effect of the matter, Mrs. Yuan just looked at him blankly, without excessive emotions or the slightest sadness on her face.

"The official said that my lord raised a side room outside, and that side room is still my former maid?"

"From the evidence we have at the moment, yes."

"How is this possible?" Mrs. Yuan shook her head: "I did have a maid named Yanhong by my side, but she was not kicked out, but brought her own deed and walked out of the gate of my Yuan Mansion in a dignified manner." This maid of mine is clever, and when she is by my side, she does everything with all her heart, and to tell the truth, I like her very much. If she really has the heart to talk to the master, or if my lord likes her, she doesn't have to go to great lengths to make any side rooms outside, I, as a lady, will arrange it and let the master accept her as a concubine justifiably. ”

"Madame likes this maid named Yanhong, why did she let her go?"

"It's a long story. My husband had a serious illness, and it was Yan Hongyi's careful care by my side that allowed me to break through the ghost gate. When I recovered, I called her to her and asked her what she wanted. She said that she had someone she liked, and if she could, let me let her go. Since it was her wish, how could I be so embarrassed for her, and after thinking about it, I returned the deed to her. Everyone in the house knows about this matter, and if the official doesn't believe it, he can also call someone to come and ask. ”

"I still have a question here, I don't know if it's convenient for Madame to answer." Lin Hu straightened up: "I heard that Madame is unwell, I don't know what kind of illness she is suffering from?" ”