Cen Yin didn't ask, but Mu Yan couldn't help but want to show off, and said, "Big brother, isn't it good-looking?" This is what Zhen Zhen specially embroidered for me, saying that it was a 'reward' for me. ”

Mu Yan deliberately increased the volume on the word "reward", and he was so proud that his tail was about to rise to the sky.

The little scorpion came over to serve tea to Mu Yan, and when he heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched speechlessly.

Even though Cen Yin didn't give him any response, Mu Yan was still interested, and continued to sing a one-man show:

"It's me who is good to Zhen Zhen, and Zhen Zhen will reward me."

"If you take a closer look at this cloak, every stitch and thread is Zhen Zhen's mind!"

"Big brother, you have to learn more from me, work hard!"

Cen Yin didn't want to pay attention to Mu Yan, but Mu Yan went around to him as he spoke, interrupting him: "Do you know what happened in Beijing recently?" ”

Cen Yin glanced at Mu Yan with "disgust", thinking that he was really making a fuss, wasn't it just a cloak, as for him being so ostentatious? Have it yourself!

Thinking of the unicorn cloak that Duanmu embroidered for him, Cen Yin's eyes were shining, and his expression softened a lot.

Mu Yan carefully untied his cloak and sat down, feeling that Cen Yin was envious of his cloak.

"I heard." Mu Yan nodded absentmindedly, "When I entered the city in the morning, I just saw Mu Youjing leaving the city. He reached out and carefully smoothed the cloak that had been placed aside, and was satisfied.

Although they planned to keep Mu Youjing for a while at the beginning, so that he could play some final roles, but since Cen Yin moved him, there was naturally Cen Yin's reason, and it was not a big deal for Mu Yan.

Mu Yan didn't ask much, and this topic ended.

"Big brother," Mu Yan quickly changed his words and talked to Cen Yin about business, "I have other gains from this trip to Jinzhou." ”

Cen Yin raised an eyebrow.

Mu Yan sorted out his thoughts, and told all the clues that he had taken down the Jinjiazhai group in Jianning Temple and learned from the interrogation, and finally said: "There are people in the court who are supporting Jinjiazhai, and Jinjiazhai can expand so quickly in Jinzhou, and nine times out of ten, it is related to the fire gun that was copied from the Xie family last time." ”

A cold glow flashed across Cen Yin's eyes, and there was a touch of fierceness between his eyebrows, and he said lightly: "This matter has to be investigated again." ”

With the geographical location of Jinju, Jinju can be attacked and defended, and I am afraid that some people are restless.

The matter was handed over to Cen Yin for investigation, and Mu Yan was of course relieved. No matter how deeply this person hides, as long as the other party still has plans and moves, he will naturally show his feet.

There was silence in the room for a moment, except for the monotonous ticking of the Western clock.

Mu Yan took the lead in breaking the silence: "Big brother, I brought Xiao Tian back and temporarily placed him in the princess's mansion." ”

How could the affairs in the Gyeonggi area be hidden from Cen Yin's ears and eyes, as early as before Mu Yan entered Beijing, Cen Yin had already gotten the news, but he just said "um".

In fact, Cen Yin was a little surprised in his heart.

Mu Yan's life experience inevitably affected his character, although he looked frivolous on weekdays, he was never an easy person to get close to.

Even if Mu Yan suspected that Xiao Tian was Chu Tingshu, Cen Yin didn't expect Mu Yan to take Xiao Tian back to the princess's mansion, it seems that Mu Yan had a good impression of this young man......

Cen Yin drank the tea slowly, his thoughts raced, and he said with a little appreciation: "Xiao Tian is young, it is not easy to support Taichu Village with his own strength. ”

Putting aside Xiao Tian's life experience, this wandering teenager can only rely on himself, and he can be regarded as a character.

Cen Yin continued: "If you can recruit An Xiaotian, it is equivalent to taking Taichu Village, and the remaining Jinjiazhai is not to be feared, and the imperial court should be able to get twice the result with half the effort to pacify the danger of Jinzhou." ”

Take 10,000 steps back and say, no matter whether they can recruit An Xiao Tian or not, as far as it is now, Xiao Tian is still alive, which is good news for the overall situation of Jinju.

As long as Xiao Tian is alive, Jin Jiazhai will be jealous, and he must be afraid of whether he will let others take advantage of the fisherman, so he will naturally not dare to act rashly, at least he can buy more time for Jinzhou and the imperial court.

Cen Yin and Mu Yan both knew this, and the two exchanged a tacit look.

Cen Yin took another sip of hot tea, remembered another thing, and said, "Ah Yan, regarding Xiao Tian's life experience, I found out some new information two days ago. ”

Mu Yandeng's eyes lit up, and he didn't even bother to drink the tea, and asked eagerly, "Big brother, how is it?" ”

For some reason, Cen Yin often felt that Mu Yan paid a little more attention to Chu Tingshu's matter.

"I'll call someone, and you can hear it yourself."

Cen Yin raised his hand and made a gesture, and the little scorpion immediately understood and exited the room.

After a while, the little scorpion came in with a thin old woman in brown clothes, the old woman's skin was rough, her gray hair was combed into a bun, her face was covered with deep wrinkles, her wandering eyes were full of panic, and her legs trembled like chaff as if she were going to faint at any time.

Without the little scorpion's command, the old woman knelt down with a "plop", not daring to raise her eyes to look at Cen Yin and Mu Yan at all, but just kowtowed to the two of them tremblingly: "Min...... The woman has seen two ...... Lord Qingtian! ”

There was an unmuffled tremor in her voice.

"......" Mu Yan was called the Qingtian Lord for the first time in his life, and raised his eyebrows speechlessly.

The little scorpion introduced succinctly: "Mu Gongzi, this mother-in-law is the person who sold Xiao Tian to the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau back then. ”

Hearing this, the human tooth lowered his head, and his thin body trembled even more.

She was originally from Jinzhou, and she was a person in Jinzhou and Longzhou, because of the mountain bandits in Jinzhou in the past two years, she fled with her family to her uncle's house in Longzhou. A month ago, she was found by people from the government, who asked her about a kid who was sold to the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau in Huawen Town ten years ago.

She said it truthfully, but she was still brought to the capital by thousands of miles.

In the past month, she thought about everything every day, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, for fear that the next moment would be a big punishment, and when no one paid attention to her, she was afraid, and now that someone came to judge her, she was even more afraid, her face became more and more pale, and she silently recited Amitabha Buddha in her heart.

She hasn't done anything lacking in virtue in her life, the Bodhisattva should bless her, right?! Yazi swallowed nervously.

Mu Yan glanced at Ren Yazi carelessly, and without further ado, he asked straight to the point: "Do you remember Xiao Tian?" ”

Ren Yazi nodded hurriedly: "Remember, remember!" ”

How could Ren Yazi not remember, even if she had forgotten it, after repeated memories in the past month, it was more clear than her own affairs.

The little scorpion saw that this person's teeth and souls were almost frightened, for fear that she would waste her own overseer's time, so he reminded: "Tell me more." ”

Ren Yazi listened to the little scorpion's details, so he tried to say in detail: "Xiao Tian was originally from Longzhou, and his mother was a well-known madman, I heard that her husband was gone in the war, leaving only their orphans and widows. His mother was not in good health, and when she saw that she was about to die, she wanted to sell Xiao Tian, and she was the woman who asked someone to find her. ”

"The people's women are well-known private teeth in all ten miles and eight towns, and they are very fair in business, and they never do such immoral things that push people into the fire pit."

As she spoke, Ren Yazi's old face showed a little pride, and she subconsciously straightened her chest, and was coldly glanced at by the little scorpion next to her, which frightened her.

Ren Yazi took a deep breath and quickly turned the topic back again: "The woman still remembers that when she first saw Xiao Tian's crazy lady, she was already terminally ill, as thin as skin and bones, and she only had one breath left, but her consciousness was quite clear. She said that she didn't want her son's money from selling his body, but just wanted to find a good place for him. ”

While speaking, there was also a little sigh and emotion in the look of the human teeth.

She has been a human tooth for decades, has been to many places, and has seen many people and things, but if it is not for the family that can't open the pot, she is really desperate, no one will think of selling her children and daughters, Xiao Tianniang is no exception.

Xiao Tian's family has no one else except for this mother and son, Xiao Tiancai was only five years old at the time, and when Xiao Tianniang goes, Xiao Tian's five-year-old child will starve to death nine times out of ten. Xiao Tianniang found someone to sell her son, at least she could find a way for the child to live and get a chance to live.

It is better to die than to live, even to be a slave to others, it is better than to die.

Ren Yazi took a deep breath, and then said: "The woman agreed, accepted Xiao Tian, and later went all the way from Longzhou to Jinzhou, and raised him for more than a month before selling him to Zhenyuan Dart Bureau in Jinzhou. The head of the dart board is a well-known good person, and the children he bought are all accepted as apprentices to be dart masters in the dart game. Although the dart game is begging for food on the knife edge, it is also a serious livelihood, isn't it? ”

"Later, when the woman returned to Longzhou, she happened to pass by Xiao Tian's hometown, and she also wanted to accumulate some virtue, so she wanted to go back and tell Xiao Tianniang the whereabouts of her son, but she didn't see anyone, and the people in the village said that the next day after the woman took her son away, she lost her breath, and Xu entrusted her son out, so she didn't care."

Human Yazi spoke in an incoherent manner, chattering, finely fragmented, and would go off topic if he was not careful, but Mu Yan still listened patiently and attentively, chewing on each other's words repeatedly in his heart.

Mu Yan's slender fingers gently rubbed twice on the white porcelain embossed teacup in his hand, and then asked a second question: "Where is Xiao Tian's hometown?" ”

"Xiaojia Village near Nankang City, Longzhou." Renyazi replied as quickly as he could.

Nankang City?! Mu Yan's eyes opened slightly, and a spark of hope suddenly burst out in his pupils, and he glanced at Cen Yin beside him.

Mu Yan's right hand clenched unconsciously.

Back then, Chu Tingshu, who was only three years old, was lost near Linze City in Longzhou, and Nankang City was less than thirty miles away from Linze City, maybe Chu Tingshu was picked up by Xiao Tian's mother and raised as a son, which is not impossible.

If it turned out that Mu Yan was only fifty percent sure of Xiao Tian's identity, after Fang Cairen's words, his grasp of this matter rose to seventy percent.

Bang bang bang!

Mu Yan's heartbeat pounded faster, and there was a rare nervousness between his eyebrows.

Mu Yan clenched his fists again, quickly calmed down, and calmly asked the man again, "...... How much do you know about Xiao Tianniang? ”

Ten years have passed, and Ren Yazi actually doesn't remember much about Xiao Tian's family, but he can only desperately search his memories and say everything he knows: "Xiao Tianniang is a crazy woman known to several nearby villages, most of the time she is crazy, often talking to the air, as if her man is still alive, and occasionally sober for a while." ”

"I heard that she wasn't crazy before, she can still do a good job, and the family of three is living a prosperous life."

"Hey, didn't Pu Guo come to attack Longzhou in those years? She is also miserable, her man died in the war, leaving them orphans and widows, Xiao Tianniang was looking for death at first, and then went crazy, living alone with Xiao Tian in a broken temple, relying on picking up rags and charity from the villagers. ”

The woman remembered that the villager who took the woman to see Xiao Tianniang said that Xiao Tianniang was crazy, but she was very good to her son, and she was reluctant to eat, so she gave it all to her son. Back then, when the folk woman first saw Xiao Tian, although he couldn't be called fat in vain, he was also healthy and lively, and he would take care of his mother at a young age. ”

The human tooth swallowed again, and after saying so many words, he felt that his lips were dry.

She didn't know why Mu Yan and the others inquired about Xiao Tian, but it didn't prevent her from saying some good things for herself: "The folk woman liked him when she saw him at that time, so when she chose someone for him, she also chose the Zhenyuan dart game in Huawen Town." ”

Cen Yin didn't speak from beginning to end, just drank tea by himself, as if he was concentrating on tasting tea, and seemed to be listening.

Renyazi boldly glanced at Mu Yan and Cen Yin, only thinking that these two young men looked like the people in the painting, she consciously went south and north to see so many nobles, but it was the first time she saw such a noble son, as if they were heaven and she was earth...... No, she's mud at best.

The little scorpion naturally noticed that Ren Yazi was peeking at Mu Yan and Cen Yin, and coughed softly.

Renyazi quickly lowered his head again, but his body finally stopped shaking.

For a while, the room was extremely quiet, and the people kneeling on the ground were holding their breath, and they didn't dare to come out, looking at their eyes and nose, their noses and hearts, their hearts were like drums, and they couldn't help but think about what they had just said.

It should be fine, right?

After a while, Ren Yazi heard Mu Yan's voice coming from above his head again: "Can you still find someone who recognizes Xiao Tianniang?" ”

That's a problem. The eyebrows of the human teeth were tightly locked together, twisted into twists, and I was worried.

Counting the days, it's been a full decade.

She still remembers that when she went to Xiaojia Village, Xiaojia Village was already thin because of the war that Pu Guo came to invade twelve years ago, not to mention Xiao Tianniang who sold her son, there were not a few people in the village who sold their sons and daughters.

The village was poor, and gradually, many people couldn't live anymore, so they moved away one by one...... There are few people surnamed Xiao in Xiaojia Village now, and most of them are some villagers who moved in later.

The family that took her to see Xiao Tianniang was no longer in Xiaojia Village.

He knelt motionless on the ground and pondered for a long time.

In the room, it was quieter and quieter.

The more anxious she was, the more she couldn't think of it, her mind was like rust, and cold sweat was dripping on her forehead.

Mu Yan naturally saw it, and he felt that today's harvest was not bad, so he proposed with a smile: "Why don't you go back and think slowly?" ”

Mu Yan is sincere, there is no intention of coercion and temptation, however, this common people are naturally afraid of being officials, and when they heard Mu Yan say this, they only felt like there was a guillotine hanging on their necks, and the back of their necks was cold, and their hairs stood upside down.

As soon as this person was forced to be in a hurry, he burst out with great potential, and suddenly, the human tooth found a clue in the thousands of clues, and his eyes lit up.

"That's right!" She slapped her thigh, and the whole person almost didn't jump, and said excitedly, "I...... Master, the woman remembered! ”

"The eldest daughter of the village chief of the Xiao family married into Nankangcheng, and it should be a family surnamed Jiang, yes, the surname is Jiang."

"That Jiang Xiao must know Xiao Tianniang!"

Ren Yazi looked at Mu Yan with a look of hope, but she told everything she knew.

Mu Yan's thin lips were curled, his phoenix eyes were shining, and he said with a smile: "Very good." ”

Seeing the apprehension and fear in Ren Yazi's heart, Mu Yan gave the little scorpion an extra sentence: "Little scorpion, take people down, so that you can entertain them." ”

The little scorpion only looked at Cen Yin, and when he saw him nodding, he said to Ren Yazi, "Get up." Come with me. ”

The whole person was still sincerely afraid, but at least he could feel that the two nobles should be very satisfied with her answer, and he was half relieved.

She wanted to ask herself when she could leave, but on the other hand, she was afraid that she would ask too much and anger the nobles, so she had to hold back, lower her eyebrows and follow the little scorpion out.

Only Mu Yan and Cen Yin were left in the house, and the lush green bamboo forest outside the window danced in the wind.

Mu Yan took a deep breath, and the air with the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves lingered around his nose.

"Big brother," Mu Yan looked at Cen Yin with bright eyes, and said with a smile, "Trouble big brother to continue to investigate." His heart was as clear as the June sun shining on the earth.

Cen Yin bowed his head, took another sip of hot tea, and asked casually, "Do you want to tell the Chu family?" ”

Mu Yan shook his head slowly, and said: "I am only seventy percent sure now, and Chu Tingshu does not have any obvious birthmarks on his body, and now I tell the Chu family at this time, in case I am mistaken, it will only make the second elder happy again." ”

Another warm breeze blew, and Mu Yan's ponytail danced with the wind, and a few strands of broken hair were messily brushed on his handsome face, revealing a bit of uninhibitedness.

After a pause, Mu Yan said again: "Big brother, let's wait until it's confirmed." Anyway, I've already found this step, let's check it down first, it's not bad for a few days. ”

Not only is the second elder of the Chu family, but he also doesn't want Duanmu Fei to be disappointed again.

Mu Yan turned his head to look at the peacock cloak that he carefully put aside, Chu Tingshu was Ah Ci's only younger brother, his love was deep and his worries were deep.

Cen Yin looked at the swaying bamboo forest outside the window and said in a low voice, "It's okay." ”

"Rustling ......"

He seemed to let out a sigh, and in the blink of an eye, he was overshadowed by the sound of the thin wind blowing the bamboo leaves......

Mu Yan's melancholy was just a flash, putting down Xiao Tian's advance, and waiting for good news.

"Big brother," Mu Yan showed his face again and looked at Cen Yin with a smile, "I also brought you some gifts from Jinzhou this time." Wutan Fenjiu, that is still I swore to defend it, so I was not snatched away by my mother. ”

Mu Yan looked like "I'm interesting enough", and his smile deepened, however, he only got Cen Yin's simple "um" word.

Mu Yan still didn't give up, cleared his throat, leaned his face towards Cen Yin again, and said, "Big brother, won't you give me some return gifts?" ”

Cen Yin raised his right eyebrow with a smile, and said bluntly: "What do you like?" ”

Mu Yan waited for his words, and said with a salivating face: "I heard that Minzhou and Xinzhou have recently paid tribute to some Western gadgets, you know, Zhen Zhen likes new gadgets the most." He looked at Cen Yin with a wink, like a cute little milk dog.

A thick smile appeared in Cen Yin's eyes, softening his cold features, "When the thing arrives, I'll inform you to pick it up first." ”

After getting Cen Yin's letter, Mu Yan was relieved, stood up, and arched his hand at Cen Yin with a smile, "Thank you, big brother." I'll go back first. ”

Mu Yan put on his baby cloak, Shi Shiran left, and when he left, he deliberately glanced at a certain plane tree outside the window, and a certain part of the canopy immediately shook violently, faintly with a "quack" sound.