Zhou Ximei originally wanted to see the excitement, but she didn't want a delicate little lady like a flower and jade to go in the West Wing these days, accompanied by caution and smiling faces everywhere, even the old man was impressed with her, her attitude improved, and her heart was very uncomfortable, and she felt that no matter how much powder she rubbed against the bronze mirror, it was difficult to cover the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"Why should Mrs. care, I have never seen that little lady so faceless and skinless, taking care of a big man in plainclothes before she has passed the door, and she is not afraid of ruining her own reputation." Bai Cui did not shy away from his disdain.

A hint of sarcasm flashed at the corner of Zhou Ximei's mouth: "Hmph, how much is fame worth?" As long as you win the heart of a man and marry into the Lin family in the future, what do you want, and live a happy life, what else can others say? This little lady of the Du family is really scheming, and even the old man was coaxed by her to lose his anger. ”

Zhou Ximei suddenly remembered that Lin Mei bought a few more houses in one go the day before yesterday, and heard that the new house prepared for Lin Hai was at the end of Sweet Water Lane. Thinking about it, I got angry in my heart, and pushed all the rouge gouache on the dressing table to the ground.

At this time, Lin Mei took advantage of Du Rulan's absence and waited for the opportunity to ask: "Haizi, have you thought clearly, this is your lifelong event, are you really willing to marry the Du family girl?" Live with her for the rest of your life? ”

Lin Hai's face turned red and white, and he explained to his cousin again: "Sister Meizi, don't persuade me, I have made up my mind, in fact, I can't blame her for what happened that day, she actually told me the truth a long time ago, I was stupid, I didn't think deeply, I originally planned to send her to the countryside to avoid it first, and then beg you to find a way to rescue her brother." But I didn't think about it, as soon as I got out of the city, I was tied up by a splash of people, and then another splash of people came and beat me up, and the mistakes had nothing to do with Rulan. If you want to blame me, blame me for being too arrogant, thinking that I am a dignified man, there will be no accidents. ”

The days are lived by himself, and since he has made up his mind, Lin Mei is not good at persuading him more, and smiled faintly: "Her brother has news now, Qi Niang has taken someone to find it, if there is no accident, she can find someone back tonight." ”

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This is the courtyard of a farmhouse on the outskirts of the city, and a dumb man lives in the house. Qi Niang led the two of them to pace vigorously on the wall, and jumped on the beam of the house with a jump. Qi Niang lifted the tiles, saw that there was no one in the house, and jumped directly from the beam.

There was a person lying on the bed, it was Brother Lan, who had disappeared from the Du family.

Qi Niang patted his face, saw that he was asleep, took out a snuffbox and shook it under his nose, but the person still did not wake up, and secretly said in his heart: This child is afraid that he has been lost. Hurriedly made a gesture to ask his companion to come down and carry the person.

"What about the dumb man? Do you want to take them together? One of the shadows asked.

Qi Niang nodded without hesitation, "He actually has the usual ecstasy of the people in the rivers and lakes, it seems that it is not simple, so he will be arrested together and brought back for interrogation." ”

As soon as the words fell, a burst of aroma came to her nose, and Qi Niang quickly held her breath and pretended to faint. One of the other two Shadows turned and hid.

After a long time, the door creaked open, and the dumb man looked at the woman who had fallen on the ground, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a silent sneer.

I saw that he was leaning over to hug someone, and a person suddenly appeared behind him and put a knife on his neck, and he was suddenly scared into a cold sweat.

Qi Niang on the ground opened her eyes violently, feeling that he was very familiar, and suddenly remembered someone and shouted: "Thief flying on the river? ”

The mute's eyes widened and he stared at her warily.

Qi Niang saw that he was anti-emergency, so she dared to confirm that she was right and recognized the person, and she was ecstatic: "There is nowhere to find it when you step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it." Haha, brothers, we have earned this trip, and his head is worth three thousand taels of silver. ”

When the other two heard this, they were overjoyed, and they were afraid that this good thing would fly, so they hurriedly knocked the person unconscious, tied him with a rope and took him away.

Qi Niang took the news she got from Sangu and Jiang Shangfei, and hurriedly asked Lin Mei to reply.

"Is the news true?" Lin Mei's heart sank, but she didn't expect it to be related to Manjinglou at this time.

"It's true, the third aunt has already explained, at the beginning, it was indeed the Zheng family who found her first and asked her to help approve a woman's birthday, but she didn't know that the birthday was the little lady of the Du family, and I thought that this matter would pass like this. But it didn't take long for a man to give her fifty taels of silver, and asked her to go to the Du family to let the little lady of the Du family coax her to go outside the city, she thought that this man had taken a fancy to the little lady of the Du family and wanted to be a bad woman, but she was afraid that there would be fraud in this matter, so she secretly followed the man and saw him enter the Manjing Building with her own eyes, and some people called him Qin Sanye. Qi Niang said the news of the trial word for word.

Lin Mei brewed a cup of new tea that had just been developed for her: "This is the sprouts of those white tea plants in the backyard, I saw it well last morning, so I picked some fried tea and made tea, you can taste it." ”

Qi Niang picked up the tea cup and smelled the fragrance and admired: "I am a rough person, although I don't know the tea ceremony, but your tea smells more fragrant than Babao tea." ”

While it was hot, he took a sip, and continued: "I never even dreamed that the dumb uncle who guarded the little brother of the Du family was actually the head of the thieves who stole the official silver three years ago, Jiang Shangfei, according to him, Qin San of Manjinglou inadvertently learned his secret, so he threatened to make him do a lot of shady things, and the little brother of the Du family was one of them. ”

Lin Mei was stunned, she even dared to threaten the thief, this Qin San is really not a good thing, but she still feels that there are still some things that don't make sense, "Then to put it this way, the Zheng family already has Du Rulan's birthday?" Where did the Zheng family get the eight characters? Does the Zheng family's quest to marry Du Rulan have anything to do with Qin San? If it has a relationship, how did Qin San get Du Rulan's birth date? ”

Qi Niang shook her head and couldn't tell clearly, "This matter has to be investigated from Qin San." ”

couldn't figure it out, so he simply changed his mind and asked, "Then Brother Du Jialan is fine, what did you say?" ”

Qi Niang took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "The little brother of the Du family is only afraid that he has never experienced any major events, and he is such a big person, and he cried when he asked him a few words, and he was ashamed, I was afraid that he was stupid, and he didn't know what to ask." ”

Lin Mei frowned: "Crying? How can you be so weak? I chatted with Du Rulan before, and Du Rulan praised him for being a responsible child and would never run away from home without permission. Could it be that he did something wrong? Guilty? Otherwise, how could you not know how you were taken into captivity? ”

Qi Niang also felt that there seemed to be some reason, for the sake of prudence, she hurriedly drank the last sip of tea and said: "This tea is good, please ask the master for grace, reward me some, and I will go to interrogate the little brother of the Du family again." ”

Lin Mei smiled and glanced at her, "Okay, let's take the rest together, anyway, there aren't many of them, let's get a tea house and specialize in developing tea leaves, so you can drink enough." ”

Qi Niang looked at her with a complicated mood: "You said that you are a woman who grew up in the countryside, how can you be so ingenious, not to mention your cooking skills, this tea will also be." ”

Lin Mei was weak-hearted, and laughed embarrassedly: "I see that making tea is similar to cooking, and I have just learned the fur, how can it be so good as you say." ”

Some people are born with talent, and they can't envy it, Qi Niang doesn't doubt him, and she went out with the tea leaves.

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