The spring is shallow and fragrant, and the fine willows are hanging golden wisps.

The wet breeze of early spring swept across his cheeks, and Wei Yining followed Wei Aluan to Tan's courtyard.

Wei Aluan has a peaceful temperament, and he used to be unhurried, but now he takes three steps and two steps, and he can't care about any manners.

When they arrived at Tan's house, the nurse had already woken up, and for fear of disturbing Tan, they went to the westernmost room.

"Second wife," the nurse still had blood on her face, and she was about to kneel down when she saw Wei Aluan: "I'm useless, I haven't been able to protect the little master." ”

"You get up, it's not your fault," Wei Aluan helped her up and said, "Lang Zhong will come over and ask him to treat your injuries first." ”

The nurse was guilty and grateful, and kept wiping her tears.

Wei Aluan asked her again, "Can you see who knocked you unconscious?" ”

The nurse shook her head: "I was coaxing the little master, and the little master stopped crying, so I wanted him to continue sleeping, so I didn't look back when I heard someone enter the house." ”

"You didn't feel strange when you heard footsteps behind you?" Wei Yining asked.

"No," the nurse shook her head, "I just thought Yinzhu was back." ”

"Then the other party must be a woman," Wei Yining said: "At that time, the child stopped crying, this room must be very quiet, if it is a man, the footsteps must be very heavy." ”

"Fifth Miss, you're right." The nurse hurriedly said, "The footsteps are indeed very soft. ”

When Wei Aluan heard this, he said, "Ruxue, go ahead and tell the grandmother about this." ”

"When we were in front, the guests didn't move around at will, and the maids brought by everyone were also waiting for us, so it shouldn't have been done by these people." Wei Yining analyzed: "Even the maids and daughters of this mansion, those who are busy in front, I'm afraid they won't have the opportunity to come back." ”

"Yining, you mean to check the people in the backyard first?" Wei Aluan asked.

"Auntie, I think this person must be very familiar with the affairs of your house, otherwise it would never be possible to take the child away so easily." Wei Yining analyzed: "Now I just hope that she hasn't left yet, as long as she is still in this mansion, it will be a matter of time before she finds her, of course, the sooner the better." "When Wei Yining followed behind Wei Aluan, he passed an arch bridge.

At the beginning, Tan Rui was there trying to overthrow the Tan family, thinking of the past, Wei Yining couldn't help but think more, the little master of the Shao family didn't see the maid killed, did Tan Rui do it?

Thinking about it, it's not impossible, after all, Tan Rui hasn't appeared since she escaped from Xiao Mansion that time.

As the younger sister of the Tan family, Tan Rui is very familiar with the Shao family, could she take advantage of the crowd to get in today, and then hurt people and take away the child?

The Shao family has always been kind to others, and there are not many enemies.

What's more, it is too despicable to attack the child, but Tan Rui is really capable.

Although Wei Yining thought of this, he didn't say it.

After all, this is just her personal speculation, not to mention that there is one thing she hasn't figured out from beginning to end, that is, why Tan Rui wants to harm her sister.

The motive is unclear, and Wei Yining can't make an accurate judgment.

"How can this god-killed person attack a newborn child?" Wei Aluan was anxious: "Don't move in this house first, I'll go over and see Ming'er." ”

After Wei Aluan went out, Wei Yining saw that there were also two maids around the nurse to take care of her, so she walked out.

When he came to the porch, he looked at the slain maid, whose body was still lying there, and a knife was inserted in his heart, which was obviously killed by a single stab.

Wei Yining squatted down and took a closer look at the knife, and found that it should be a kitchen bone razor, with oil stains on it, obviously just used.

Wei Yining didn't care about finding others, and walked directly to the back kitchen.

She had lived in the Shao family with Mrs. Zhu for a period of time before, so she was more clear about the layout of the Shao family courtyard.

Halfway through, I met the two brothers Shao Nan and Shao Tong, who rushed over.

"Yining, why are you here?" Shao Tong asked, "Didn't you go to your sister-in-law's yard?" ”

"I just came out of there," Wei Yining said, "I found that the murder weapon was a boning knife, so I wanted to look for clues in the kitchen." ”

"Let's go with you," Shao Nan immediately decided: "It's easy to have a clue." ”

The three of them then hurried towards the kitchen, and when they got there, they saw that the kitchen people were still busy, and they had no idea what was going on in front of them.

"Fourth Uncle Hong," Shao Nan called the steward over: "I have something to look for you." ”

The children of the Shao family are very educated, even to the servants in the family, they never call and drink, and they are even more polite to some elderly servants.

The steward hurriedly agreed and ran over and asked, "What's the matter with the young master?" ”

"Are all these people in your back kitchen?" Shao Tong opened his mouth and asked, "Is there anyone missing?" ”

Hearing Shao Tong ask the steward like this, he hurriedly beckoned everyone to stop the work in their hands and count the number of people.

Although I don't know what it's for, since the young master has already spoken, it is obvious that the matter is more important, and the person in charge does not dare to slack off.

"See if you use fewer knives?" Shao Nan added.

After a while, the steward replied: "Everyone is here, there is no shortage of one, and there is indeed one missing a knife." ”

"But a boning knife?" Wei Yining asked, "There is a circle of blue cloth wrapped around the handle of the knife." ”

"That's right," said a cook behind the steward, "that knife is my usual use, and I have wrapped a blue cloth around the handle of it in order to keep it to myself." ”

At this time, someone added: "In fact, there is indeed one person missing." ”

As soon as he said this, the steward slapped his thigh and remembered, and said, "It's indeed one person missing, that beggar!" ”

"You're saying you let a female beggar in to help?" Shao Tong listened to the steward's brief talk about the previous events, and felt that something was wrong.

"Yes, yes, it's me who didn't think it through. The main reason is that she is really pitiful, and secondly, there are really not enough people today, I just want her to come in and help light the fire and do chores. As the steward spoke, the cold sweat on his head couldn't help dripping.

Although I don't know what happened, but the knife is missing, and the person is missing, and the two young masters personally chased here to ask, obviously something happened.

"How old is this beggar and what does she look like?" Wei Yining asked.

"She's covered in dirt and her face is disfigured." The steward trembled and said, "Yes, I still have a big belly." ”

He really didn't expect such a person to cause trouble.

"Did you guys here see where she went?" Shao Nan asked.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally shook their heads slowly.

Everyone is busy, where will they pay attention to where she goes?

"It's impossible for her to leave through the front door," Wei Yining said calmly: "Ask the family guarding the back door, if you don't go out, you're still in this mansion." ”

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