She stepped forward and pulled Granny Lu's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Nurse, I want to eat the duck soup you made yourself." ”

Granny Lu's old face smiled like a flower, and her eyes were full of kindness: "Okay, the nurse will make it for you herself." Immediately went to the kitchen and stewed soup for Zhong Lingyu.

The meal has been prepared for a long time and has been steaming on the stove for a long time. When everyone entered the main courtyard, Zhuang asked his subordinates to put the food on the table, and the mother and son ate together.

Zhong Lingyu asked, "What about Zhi'er?" Did you go up the mountain? ”

Zhong Lingming nodded: "I didn't know that you would come back today, I just asked someone to go up the mountain to inform him." But it was getting late, the gates were closed, and he would not be back until tomorrow. After speaking, he couldn't help but say again, "Sister, not long after you left......

Zhuang stopped him: "Let your sister eat first, and then talk after eating." ”

Zhong Lingyu knew that his younger brother was young and couldn't hide things. If something big happened in the house, he couldn't help but say it as soon as she entered the door; Zhuang will also be terrified. Now that the mother and son are both in good spirits, they know that there is no major matter, so they don't ask questions at the moment and concentrate on eating.

After a while, Grandma Lu came back with duck soup, and Zhong Lingyu drank a big bowl before putting down the chopsticks.

After eating, after the next person removed the table, Zhong Lingming told her everything that happened at home during this time: "Sister, when you left, didn't you specifically tell me to pay attention to Aunt Lan's side Mother Wang and Aunt Du?" I thought about it and revealed the news of their collusion to the fourth brother. ”

Zhong Lingyu couldn't help laughing, and reached out to touch Zhong Lingming's head: "You are getting smarter and smarter." ”

Zhong Ling's name was biased, but he still didn't avoid Zhong Lingyu's claws. He couldn't help but glared and complained, "Sister! I'm not a kid anymore, don't keep touching my head. ”

His childish actions and words not only made Zhong Lingyu laugh, but also Zhuang and Granny Lu laughed.

Zhong Lingming continued: "The second uncle is also a breathless, you have only been gone for two days, and Mother Liu came to find Aunt Du, and the two talked mysteriously for a while. In the afternoon of the same day, Aunt Du went for a walk near the small courtyard of your roasted tea worker, probably to find out the truth. As a result, as soon as she went back, the fourth brother came to me, told me about Aunt Du's suspicious behavior, and asked me if I should stop startling the snake and see what they were doing. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Zhong Lingming's mouth couldn't help but turn up.

He and Zhong Lingzhi have a deep brotherly relationship, and they never want to see the wall of brothers. This will make Zhong Lingzhi choose to defend the Zhong family at a critical moment, and he is happier than anyone else without blindly sheltering Aunt Du.

Zhong Lingyu also nodded and praised: "Zhi'er really lived up to my expectations. After that, she raised her eyebrows again and asked, "Zhi'er really didn't help Aunt Meng ask for a little favor?" ”

"Please." Zhong Lingming sighed, "He immediately begged me, if Aunt Du made a big mistake, can you look at his face and not ask for her life?" Send it to Zhuangzi or lock it up in a broken temple, he has no opinion. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhong Lingyu with some apprehension: "Sister, I was soft-hearted for a while, so I agreed."

Zhong Lingyu's face showed a smile of relief: "You did the right thing. Aunt Du is hateful, but she can't hurt the jade bottle by hitting mice. It won't do us any good to take her life; spare her, but let Zhi'er have the same heart with you from now on. This deal, choose the latter is the best deal. ”

Seeing that his sister also agreed with his approach, Zhong Lingming finally let go of his uneasiness, a smile appeared on his face, and continued: "At the moment, we decided to stay quiet and watch them act. Aunt Du and Mother Wang observed around the small courtyard for a few days, and saw that we were not strictly guarded, except for the two gatekeepers, who sent people to send some ingredients and firewood every two days, and almost no one paid attention to this small courtyard. So on the night of the sixth day of your departure, a group of people came in over the wall and tried to arrest the people in the little courtyard. Zhi'er and I were prepared, and ambushed many nurses in the small courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, the nurses caught them. ”

He looked at Zhong Lingyu with admiration: "Sister, if it weren't for you, we would definitely report to the official and make this matter known to the whole city." Fortunately, you evacuated all the people in the small courtyard before leaving, and made a plan. After we caught those people, we interrogated them overnight, and threatened to report them to the government in the house. The second uncle couldn't hold his breath and ran over to beg us. In the end, he bargained, and he paid us a thousand taels of silver, and said that he would not do anything bad again, so I returned those people to him. ”

He took out a stack of paper from his arms and handed it to Zhong Lingyu: "I followed your instructions and asked those people to draw their fingerprints on these confessions before returning them to the second uncle." ”

Zhong Lingyu took it and looked at it, and saw that the elegant words on it were Zhong Lingzhi's handwriting, and saw that the confession described the matter clearly, and the brown bloody handprints were neat, so he smiled and praised: "You and Zhi'er are getting more and more reliable." ”

After receiving the praise of his sister, Zhong Lingming's eyes were bright, and his face was flushed, showing that he was in a turbulent mood and very excited. He waved his hand and said modestly: "It's all my sister's plan, and I think it well." Otherwise, my fourth brother and I will definitely make a leak. ”

Thinking of this, he was terrified for a while.

If it weren't for Zhong Lingyu's repeated explanations, he and Zhong Lingzhi would definitely report this matter to the official. When the people from the government came, the people in the whole city who were staring at his secret recipe for roasting tea knew that those roasted tea workers were not locked up in the backyard of the Su family, and when the time came, the roasted tea workers would not be able to hide it.

Now, if you control things to the minimum, the reality of the family is not known, and the family will be safely returned to Zhong Lingyu. He and Zhong Lingzhi were both relieved, and at the same time admired their sister a little more, and they had a good and motivated heart.

"How's it going in the city?" Zhong Lingyu originally wanted to wait for tomorrow to inquire in the tea house, but at this time, seeing that Zhong Lingzhi handled the situation at home in an orderly manner, he no longer treated him as a child, and asked him directly.

"Everyone was afraid of their uncle and grandfather, and they didn't dare to make any rash moves. But one night someone came into our house, I don't know if they wanted to steal something or to find out our secret recipe for roasted tea or roasted tea workers. But as soon as I wanted to climb over the wall to get in, I was discovered by the nurses. The man was very shrewd, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he fled, but he was not caught. Zhong Lingzhi said that he was very sorry.

Before Zhong Lingyu left, she was worried that something would happen at home, so she specially asked the nursing homes to patrol day and night, step up their precautions, and promised that if there was no major incident at home these days when she went out, she would be rewarded with five taels of silver per person, and the head and deputy head of the nursing home would be rewarded with ten taels and eight taels of silver. Therefore, these nurses are very conscientious.

"Probably just here to find out the truth, since nothing happened, don't worry about him." Zhong Lingyu said.

There was no major incident at home, everything that happened was within the range of his expectations, and Zhong Lingyu was also relieved. After telling Zhuang and Zhong Lingming about the situation in Fucheng, he went back to his yard, washed and bathed, and fell asleep.

As soon as she got up the next day, before she could comb her hair, she heard Zhong Lingzhi's voice ringing in the courtyard. Let Chunli simply pull her hair in a bun, she walked out, and saw Zhong Lingzhi standing in the courtyard talking to Zhong Lingming, obviously he came back as soon as the city gate opened early in the morning.

She smiled and called, "Zhi'er, are you back?" ”

"Sister." Zhong Lingzhi's eyes lit up, he hurriedly walked a few steps, walked in front of Zhong Lingyu, and was about to kneel down with his knees bent.

"What's wrong with Zhi'er?" Su Yuwan stepped forward to help him not to kneel, and said in a low voice, "Zhi'er, go in and say." ”