Chapter 81: Gaining Trust
It's rare that Mrs. Cao can be so quiet, and she can also have a good night's rest, such a hard-won opportunity, she will not destroy.
Qiu Yue slept with Lin Liang in a small room, looking at Mrs. Cao's room, now that the lights had been turned off, she asked Lin Liang in a low voice.
"Sister, can we sleep now? Will Mrs. Cao find something wrong later? ”
"No," Lin Liang patted her hand comfortingly.
"Didn't you say that? That little girl has been knocked unconscious, she won't know anything, sleep well, I'm here to cover you if something happens. ”
"Thank you, sister," Qiu Yue nodded, a little relieved under Lin Liang's comfort, so the two of them brewed sleepiness.
As soon as he got into the carriage, Duan Ling and Liang Qianchen were still on the left and right, leaning in the carriage.
Both of them had red cheeks, and they looked really drunk.
When the coachman sent them to the gate of the courtyard, he still asked the people inside to come out to help them get in, and it seemed that they were indeed quite drunk.
The coachman didn't have any suspicions, and after seeing that Duan Ling and Liang Qianchen had entered the gate of the courtyard, he drove the carriage away.
As soon as the talent entered the courtyard, Duan Ling and Liang Qianchen's drunken appearance just now suddenly disappeared.
After the two of them straightened their clothes, Duan Ling beckoned to the guard.
"Where's the thing? Bring it to me. ”
"Please also ask the master to take a look." The guard handed Duan Ling a few letters and a booklet hidden in his chest pocket.
Duan Ling nodded at Liang Qianchen, and the two of them went straight to the study.
After opening a few letters and this booklet, Liang Qianchen suddenly smiled playfully.
"It's still a sister-in-law, with these letters, at least you can know what Cao Yong has been doing all these years."
"This is only one of the evidences, and the most important thing is to find out where the secret passage in his courtyard is. He has bought and sold illicit salt over the years, and bribed officials, it is estimated that the money he will make will not be less, and only by finding that can he completely cut off Duan Yuan's back road to him. Duan Ling said in a deep voice.
"I understand," Liang Qianchen nodded.
They had already arranged for someone to wait at Cao Yong's mansion, and they would pay attention to his every move at any time.
If they have any important financial trends in the past two days, they will have to report back to them at any time.
Suddenly remembering the Cao Yu locked in the dungeon, Liang Qianchen suddenly smiled.
"Why don't we ask him again? He has spent all these years drinking and drinking, and he shouldn't be short of silver, right? ”
"It's useless to ask him." Duan Ling shook his head, very disdainful.
"With his old lady watching from behind, there must be a mountain of gold and silver, and he won't know if he asks. Let's wait for the news from Liang'er, we just need to take care of Cao Yu. ”
"That's up to you." Liang Qianchen nodded.
So, the two of them put the next goal in Cao Yong's yard.
Since his yard covers such a large area, there must be a lot of things hidden underground.
So, these days, Duan Ling arranged for someone to carefully check the circle outside Cao Yong's yard.
Since a relatively large secret passage is to be built, it is impossible that there are no traces on the outside.
And looking at Cao Yong, he doesn't look like a person who has no brains at all, and he will definitely leave a way back for himself to come out of it.
They need to find the way to the outside now.
This night, Lin Liang slept quite unsteadily.
When I sat up in the middle of the night, I found that Qiu Yue was also tossing and turning, and sighed.
She promised Duan Ling to find the secret passage of Cao Yong's house as soon as possible.
Now she only found a few letters in Mrs. Cao's room, and if Mrs. Cao asked tomorrow morning, she would have to think about how to get this matter done.
Thinking like this, soon it was dawn.
In order to earn a good performance in front of Mrs. Cao, Lin Liang also pulled Qiu Yue up early in the morning in order to make her trust herself.
Then, after the two of them washed up, they went to prepare breakfast.
Sure enough, although Mrs. Cao said that she had drunk wine and slept quite peacefully last night, she woke up very early every morning.
Generally, after breakfast, you should go back to sleep.
When Lin Liang brought her breakfast, Mrs. Cao just woke up.
Finding that Lin Liang and this Qiuyue were so good at doing things, he nodded with satisfaction.
I tasted the breakfast made by Lin Liang and found that although it was just a very simple soup dumpling, there were two side dishes and a vegetable roll, it was rare that it tasted good.
Although it looks light, the combination of meat and vegetables is also delicious, so I nodded.
Ask her, "How did you come up with the idea to do this?" In the past, Mrs. Ben has never told you what kind of flavor you like. ”
"Madame didn't know, I heard last night that Madame was not feeling well after drinking, so this morning the slave maid and sister prepared some light food. And this is good for the stomach, after the lady eats it, it should be better for the body. Lin Liang lowered his head below, and Qiu Yue also looked very honest and responsible.
The more Mrs. Cao looked at it, the more satisfied she became, and even asked the maid to take out two pieces of broken silver and hand them over to Lin Liang and Qiu Yue respectively.
Said approvingly: "Well done, you will be smart in doing things in the future, and if you serve well on Mrs. Ben's side, it will definitely be indispensable for your benefits." ”
"Thank you, ma'am, thank you!" Lin Liang and Qiu Yue nodded their heads in thanks.
So, after Mrs. Cao finished breakfast, she was ready to go back to sleep.
Over the years, she has also taken care of her hair, so she thought that she had slept before she had completely spread her hair last night, so she planned to ask the maid to come and fix her hair again.
Unexpectedly, when I sat in front of the largest dresser, I found that a box that had been placed on the left side was gone!
At this moment, the good mood just now disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Mrs. Cao stood up in an instant, and after searching the up, down, left, and right sides of the dresser, she didn't find the box, and immediately called the big girl in.
"Bixia, tell me, who entered my house yesterday? What about the big box I used to have, why is it gone? ”
The big girl called Bixia heard Mrs. Cao say this, and quickly looked up.
After discovering that the box was indeed gone, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground and hurriedly begged for mercy.