After Ouyang Huaiyu left the prison, he went directly to the emperor's imperial study.

At that time, the emperor was reviewing the recital, and saw a black shadow suddenly flash in front of him, and the brush almost did not fall from his hand.

"Nineteen, what do you look like a frizzy man?" When the emperor saw who it was, he finally couldn't help but reprimand.

Ouyang Huaiyu didn't let go of the emperor's reprimand, and he opened his mouth to say: "Brother Huang, I will conduct a thorough investigation of the case of the silk weaving factory, and release Xia Zhixue from prison after the results are available." ”

The emperor had anticipated his purpose from the beginning, and this time he was not surprised when he spoke bluntly.

"Nineteen, since you have said so, I have no reason to refuse you as an imperial brother." The emperor replied simply, and allowed him.

"Thank you, Brother Huang." Ouyang Huaiyu pursed his lips and smiled.

Since he had already made such a promise on the emperor's side, Ouyang Huaiyu had no reason to be idle these days.

In order to investigate this matter, he had a plan in advance, the first was to go to the silk weaving factory to find out.

The location of the silk weaving factory is relatively remote, and the people who work in it are often well-known embroiderers from near and far.

Ouyang Huaiyu has the token of the prince, and it is very convenient to walk in.

It turned out that Director Wang, who was drinking tea, heard that someone was coming to inspect, and he almost couldn't breathe on the spot, and patted his subordinates' heads and immediately greeted him.

"Nineteen Princes." Director Wang was the first time to see Ouyang Huaiyu's real person, she used to always hear how obsessed the girl in the store room was with this prince, but now when she saw him, she suddenly felt that this was what he deserved.

"Director Wang." Ouyang Huaiyu greeted Director Wang, "I am fully responsible for the insect plague in the silk weaving factory, and I hope that Director Wang can cooperate at that time." ”

"Of course that's for sure." Director Wang replied very quickly, he suddenly took a step closer and lowered his voice, "Nineteenth prince, please ask Miss Xia Zhixue how she is now?" ”

"In prison, but she's fine now." When Xia Zhixue was mentioned, the edges and corners on Ouyang Huaiyu's face became a little soft.

When Director Wang heard the answer he wanted, a big stone in his heart finally landed.

Ouyang Huaiyu's fourth long display conducted a thorough investigation of the personnel, checking them one by one to see if there were any new faces.

Although he did his best not to let the inspection affect the normal operation of the silk weaving factory, the result was somewhat unsatisfactory, and many of the employees of the silk weaving factory were made to panic.

A thorough one-day investigation yielded no results, and the silk weaving factory could not find any clues, but there was no sense that anyone had erased the traces.

Lotus was present to accompany Ouyang Huaiyu's inspection throughout the whole process, and after no suspicious people were found, the loss in her eyes could not be concealed.

"Nineteenth prince, where are you going to go to the depot next?" Lotus asked boldly.

Ouyang Huaiyu recognized Lotus, the maid who had been following Xia Zhixue, and his tone was obviously a little more elegant than usual.

"We start with the location like this, and we look from house to house, which will only startle the snake." Ouyang Huaiyu said silently, "Have there been any weirdos around Ruxue recently?" Or is it something that happened? ”

"The strange man didn't meet ......" Lotus desperately dug into the memories in her brain, trying to find something useful, "The strange thing doesn't seem to have happened...... No, something strange happened once! ”12

Lotus suddenly exclaimed, "That was some time ago. The girl and I were all having dinner at the time, and I don't know why, but we were all groggy halfway through the meal, and it seemed that we went back to sleep on the couch at the end, or whatever, I don't remember very well......"

All are groggy?

Ouyang Huaiyu grabbed these words, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know what he remembered.

"Have you never encountered this kind of situation before dining?" Ouyang Huaiyu asked, his tone a little excited.

"Haven't encountered it." Lotus replied in the affirmative, "We happened to have a new batch of maids in the house at that time, so we will organize this dinner similar to the dust washing banquet." ”

"Do you know where these maids come from?" Ouyang Huaiyu asked, there was a solemnity in his eyes, he seemed to think of where the problem was.

Lotus thought for a while, and replied not very sure: "Most of these are screened out by the grandmothers in the house, and as for the rest of the origins, I don't know very well, it may be the daughters of some poor peasants." ”

Ouyang Huai was stunned, and a smile appeared on his face.

"It's likely that the problem lies with the maids." He said such a sentence coldly, and there was a rare certainty in his eyes.

Lotus nodded, she had actually thought about it before, but this idea was really a bit bold, and in the end it still killed her in the cradle.

Xia Zhixue is small courtyard is already crowded with people, and they are all new to the group of maids. The maids didn't know what was going on with them at all, so they chatted with each other in groups of threes and twos, but they were quite happy.

"Quiet!" Lotus walked out of the wing, looked at the maids in the courtyard, and nodded, "Today, there is a distinguished guest in our courtyard to investigate the deliberate characters, and you will all cooperate with me when the time comes." ”

Lotus had already told them about Xia Zhixue not long ago, and now that another distinguished guest suddenly appeared, it would not be abrupt at all.

The maids waited eagerly, and one by one they were called into the chambers to be examined.

Soon, the maid who was inserted by Xia Zhiqiu walked into the wing room with some trepidation, and there was a slightly bitter smile on her face.

"Nineteen Princes." The maid saluted Ouyang Huaiyu and stepped forward under the guidance of the guards.

"This girl, you're new to the house, aren't you?" Ouyang Huaiyu asked, looking at her with a suspicious gaze, "What did you do before?" ”

"Back to the nineteenth prince, the slave maid used to serve the old mother who was not in good health at home, and by the way, she did some needlework and sold it in the market."

The maid replied very well, and explained her life clearly, but she was reluctant to reveal more details.

Ouyang Huaiyu saw that she was no different from an ordinary girl, with a down-to-earth and generous posture, and a little nervous, which was a very normal performance.

The interrogation between the two ended quickly, and Ouyang Huaiyu quickly checked the batch of maids in the Xia Mansion, but still found nothing.

Seeing that something was wrong with this, Lotus hurriedly walked over and asked, "Nineteenth Prince, what should we do now?" ”

"Nothing." Ouyang Huaiyu squinted his eyes, but he couldn't think of which step he made a mistake, according to common sense, the problem should be here.

"If you transfer these people out of the Xia Mansion and mix them together, there won't be many opportunities to show your feet, but it's different if you act alone, and it's not too late for us to break them one by one when the time comes."

Ouyang Huaiyu said softly, and immediately gave this order to the guards.