Zhu Guogong saw that Su Jiudong's tone was very solemn, and he thought that she was going to choose no happy event, so he happily and generously agreed: "Now that we are all a family, just say anything about it." ”

"It's about letters." Su Jiudong deliberately turned his gaze to Cui Shi, who was sitting next to Zhu Guogong, and said seriously: "Earlier, I found out that the letter I wrote to Ah Heng and the letter that Ah Heng sent me from the northern Xinjiang were inexplicably missing. ”

"What? Do you really remember writing to me? Wen Yiheng looked at Su Jiudong with surprise and joy, and then wondered: "The letters I sent you are all missing?" What's going on? ”

Su Jiudong told Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan all the things that he had discovered that the letter had disappeared inexplicably.

"I have found evidence that the letter was deliberately robbed earlier, and it just so happens that Ah Heng has also come back today, so I plan to put an end to this matter." Su Jiudong shouted outside the door: "Shuangfu, Su Xiang, you two come in." ”

A man and a woman walked in outside the door, both dressed as slaves, and they were both small servants and maids who were usually responsible for receiving and sending letters in the study of the second courtyard.

Su Jiudong looked at Wen Yiheng: "I'm not afraid to admit that I am a selfish person, when I learned that Ah Heng wrote me nine letters, I wanted to know the content of the letter very much, and I wanted to find out why the letter I wrote disappeared inexplicably, so I secretly investigated the matter." ”

Wen Yiheng knew just by looking at Su Jiudong's expression that Su Jiudong must have found out seventy-seven-eighty-eight, so he took this opportunity to find out about this matter, and asked, "Then how did you find out about the disappearance of this letter for no reason?" ”

"I've never believed in gods and ghosts, so I don't believe that letters will disappear for some reason. Sure enough, after my private secret investigation, I finally caught the person who stole the letter, which was Shuangfu and Su Xiang. Su Jiudong said Shuangfu and Su Xiang on his lips, but his eyes were staring at Cui's.

Su Jiudong pointed to Shuangfu Suxiang and the two of them, and said seriously: "The two of them took advantage of the opportunity to send and receive letters in the study of Erjin Courtyard, and deliberately secretly hijacked the letter that Ah Heng wrote to me and the letter I wrote to Ah Heng. ”

"But one of them is a maid and the other is a servant, what is the purpose of robbing the master's letter without permission?" Su Fenglan interjected: "It can't be that there is a silver ticket in your letter, right?" ”

The corners of Su Jiudong's mouth provoked a sneer, and said lightly: "Regarding this issue, you might as well let Shuangfu and Su Xiang say it themselves." ”

Shuangfu was the first to speak: "At first, it was Madame who found the little ones and said that as long as the letters written by Miss Su and the eldest young master were intercepted every day, Madame would give the little ones twenty every time... Twenty taels of silver as a reward. ”

Shuangfu immediately knelt on the ground after speaking, lowered his head to avoid everyone's eyes, and especially didn't dare to look at Cui's eyes.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Cui's body, only to see Cui's calmly put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the corners of his mouth, and then showed a slightly aggrieved expression, and slowly defended:

"Grandpa Guo, Shuangfu and Su Xiang are both servants who serve in your study, and the concubines don't even go to the study on weekdays, let alone have any contact with Shuangfu and Su Xiang, how could they find them to rob Zichu and Miss Su for some reason?"

"Don't be in a hurry to defend yourself, let them finish their words first." Zhu Guogong stopped Cui's family, pointed at Suxiang, and asked, "What about you?" What do you say? ”

"It is true that the lady found the slave maid and made the same request as Shuangfu said. As long as the slave maid sent the letter to the lady in the study of Fangjing Courtyard at night, the lady would give the slave and maid twenty taels on the spot. Su Xiang kept her head down and spoke the whole time, not daring to look at Cui Shi at all.

"What about the evidence?" Cui Shi said unhurriedly: "You accuse me of asking you to rob the letters, it is impossible to talk nonsense, right?" To correct others is to produce evidence. Do you have any evidence that I instructed you to intercept the letters? ”

Shuangfu and Su Xiang were silent together.

Su Jiudong opened his mouth for the two of them and added: "Shuangfu and Su Xiang told me that when they usually send the looted letters to Madame, Madame, you avoid others, and no one sees that you have contact, so naturally there are no witnesses. ”

Cui Shi countered: "Miss Su, you said that there were no witnesses, but if it was me, I could also say that because I didn't have any contact with them at all, and I didn't instruct them to rob you and Zichu's letters, everything was made up by them, so there is no witness." ”

Wen Yuya completely sided with her mother Cui, and immediately asked, "Shuangfu, Su Xiang!" Do you two know what punishment you will receive if you lie and slander your master? ”

Shuangfu trembled, and immediately got up and pleaded with Zhu Guogong: "Grandpa Guo! What the little ones say is true! didn't lie and slander Madame, Madame did all this behind the instructions of the little ones! ”

"Madame not only asked the little ones to intercept the letters between Miss Su and the eldest young master, but also often looked for the little ones on weekdays, asking the little ones to show her all the letters sent by Grandpa Guo, and also checked the letters that Grandpa Guo exchanged with others on weekdays."

"Double Blessing!" Cui Shi stood up at this time, pointed at Shuangfu, and shouted indignantly: "In vain, I treat you servants well on weekdays, but you have betrayed my kindness and framed me in vain!" ”

Zhu Guogong slapped the table angrily, angrily accusing Cui's and saying, "Cui's! Is what Shuangfu said true? How dare you read my letters? How bold you are! ”

"Grandpa Guo! The concubine is wronged! The concubine has never done anything to spy on the grandfather of the country, let alone robbed the letters of Miss Su and Zichu! Cui immediately knelt down, hugged Zhu Guogong's clothes and cried: "Grandpa Guo! You can't just take their word for it! "Die Literature Network

Su Fenglan couldn't stand Cui's crying, took a step back and said to Wen Yiheng, who was watching beside him: "Just because your family is so chaotic, I don't worry about letting Jiu Dong'er continue to live with you!" It's so disturbing. ”

Su Jiudong sneered: "Whether it is one-sided or not, as long as we check Madame's study, we can know." Shuangfu and Su Xiang both said to send the letter to Mrs. your room, as long as you search your room, you can know whether the letter was robbed by you. ”

Wen Yiheng opened his mouth and added: "If you can't find it in your study, Madam, then search the entire Fangjing Courtyard." After all, I don't want all the letters I wrote to my wife to be read by anyone else. ”

When Cui Shi heard that he was going to search the room, he nodded calmly and agreed: "If you want to search my study, it's okay, but I am only willing to let Grandpa Guo search it himself." You people are not qualified to go into my study and search for things. ”

"Good! I'm relieved to search for it myself! Zhu Guogong nodded in agreement, got up and went to Fangjing Courtyard, while Wen Yiheng personally took people to search Shuangfu and Su Xiang's room.

As expected, Wen Yiheng found the extra silver in their room.

Cui Shi promised not to intercept Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng's letters once, and sent twenty taels of silver. Su Jiudong wrote a total of eighteen letters, and all of them were intercepted.

Wen Yiheng wrote a total of nine letters, and was intercepted eight times.

A total of twenty-six letters were intercepted, each letter was twenty taels of silver, a total of five hundred and twenty-six taels of silver, and it was not bad.

Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong had something to gain in Shuangfu and Su Xiang's room, and Zhu Guogong rummaged through Cui's study, but he didn't find any letters from Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng's handwriting.

Wen Yiheng took Shuangfu, Su Xiang and five hundred and twenty taels of silver per person to the Cui family's study in Fangjing Yuan to meet Zhu Guogong.

Faced with such a situation, Wen Yiheng was still very calm: "Although we have not found our letters at present, what are you going to explain to the extra 1,000 taels of silver that were found in the Shuangfu Suxiang room in addition to the usual Yulu, madam?" ”

Cui Shi said disapprehantly: "Maybe they saved this silver for themselves... My name is not written on the money, and you cannot accuse me of being a reward for both of them on the basis of the money alone. ”

Su Jiudong picked up one of the silver ingots and pinched it in his hand to play with it, and was very unwilling to this result.

Since there is currently no sufficient physical evidence that can directly prove that Cui Shi instructed Shuangfu and Su Xiang to rob the letters, Su Jiudong's accusations against Cui Shi can only be dismissed.

During the search of the study, Cui stood up straight from beginning to end, and at this time she still straightened up and invited everyone out of her study.

After Su Fenglan saw a farce that had no results, he said goodbye to everyone, and excitedly returned to the general's mansion to wait for Su Jiudong's return tomorrow.

Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong took Shuangfu and Su Xiang down to dispose of them, and the others also left. Zhu Guogong was the last person to leave the study.

Before leaving, Zhu Guogong told Cui, who was closing the door:

"From now on, you can live in peace. If I really caught you stealing any of our letters and snooping on our privacy, I will not easily forgive you, and then you will not say that I don't miss the old love. ”

Cui Shi responded without humility or arrogance: "The body is not afraid of shadows, and the concubine has not done anything, and he is not afraid of being discovered." Therefore, Grandpa Guo does not have to be suspicious of the concubine, and hopes that Grandpa Guo can let go of his prejudices about the concubine. ”

At present, although Cui's suspicion has been temporarily lifted, Zhu Guogong still has a lot of disgust with Cui's after learning that Cui's has been secretly inquiring into his privacy.

After seeing Zhu Guogong leave Fangjing Courtyard, Cui Shi was on his way back to his room when he ran into Wen Xiubing, who suddenly appeared halfway.

Cui Shi exhaled lightly and asked, "It turned out to be Xiubing...... What happened to you? Looking for me? ”

"Let's all go down first." Wen Xiubing waved away the maid beside Cui's before lowering her voice and saying to Cui's: "Ah Niang, do you remember a few days ago, when I went to the study to ask you about piano skills? ”

Cui Shi let Wen Xiubing hold her arm affectionately, and the mother and daughter said as they walked: "Of course I remember." At that time, you asked me how to rhyme with the strings and fill the sound with rhyme. I also personally demonstrated to you two different fingerings. ”

"I remember that before I entered the house, I once smelled a burning smell coming from the study......" Wen Xiubing stared at Cui's with straight eyes, and couldn't take her eyes off it: "A-Niang, you were burning things in the study at that time......"