Pouring a cup of hot tea for Zhu Lian, Xia Mengning said softly: "Get up first, what's going on, let's hear it." ”

Zhu Lian stood up and sat on the embroidery stool on the side, trembling and holding the teacup, but she couldn't say a word.

Xia Mengning looked at Jiu'er, who was calm and composed, and asked, "You say, what's going on?" ”

Although Jiu'er's face was pale, she didn't tremble like Zhulian to the point that she couldn't help herself, seeing Xia Mengning asking herself, she hurriedly told Xia Mengning what happened, and it wasn't until the last word that the little girl's temperament was revealed, and she burst into tears.

Xia Mengning admired Jiu'er's state of mind and stability in her heart, and felt more and more that it was a wise decision to accept her at that time, and now seeing her standing there crying, her heart hurt slightly, and she said softly: "It's okay, it's all over." ”

Wu Qing patted the table and frowned, "It's really hateful to dare to bully my sister Jiu'er, when I catch a thief, I will definitely skin him and cramp." ”

Although Wu Qing's temperament is free and uninhibited, he is also honest and straightforward, in addition to doing the things Xia Mengning ordered on weekdays, his favorite thing is to go in and out with Jiu'er, although the time is not long, but the two have cultivated a deep friendship, so when Jiu'er finished saying what happened, Wu Qing was so angry.

"Shut up!" Xia Meng glanced at her, "I don't think things are messy enough, when will this impulsive character be changed?" ”

Wu Qing scratched her head embarrassedly, sat back on the stool, and looked at Xia Mengning with a look of hope, "You give some instructions, you are the smartest person in the garden, you must know who killed Sister Jiu'er." ”

Xia Mengning glanced at Wu Qing, and was not angry with her, but they had been together for a long time, and both of them knew each other's personalities, so there was not much estrangement when they spoke, and now that Wu Qing said this, Xia Mengning thought about it, "If it is said that it is aimed at me, then it is useless to arrest you, not to mention that I have made too many enemies now, where can I find out who is the black hand, but today's events are not without a trace." ”

"Where?" The three of them asked almost at the same time, and they all looked at Xia Mengning expectantly.

Xia Mengning took Juan Pa and stirred it, "You think, if someone wants to harm me secretly, it means that she doesn't dare to do it openly, and now she is doing it on your way back, naturally she knows that you are going out tonight, this person doesn't dare to do it openly, naturally she is secretly monitoring Zhuzhiyuan, you two think about it, where did you go before you left the house today, who you met, and what was wrong, tell me." ”

Jiu'er and Zhulian thought about it, and Jiu'er said first: "Sister Zhulian took the slave maid to Steward Li's place to exchange the broken silver, and then we went out of the house directly." ”

Zhu Lian nodded hurriedly, "Yes, I packed my things, went to Steward Li with Jiu'er, and then left the house directly." ”

Xia Mengning muttered and repeated, "Li Yan? said, shook his head again and said: "Li Yan will not be different, the last time I saved his son, he was very grateful, besides, Li Yan has been working in the house for so many years, and he has always been upright, otherwise he would not let his mother-in-law still do chores in the kitchen." ”

The other three also knew the situation, and Jiu'er said lightly: "Miss, the slave went to the housekeeper today, and saw that there was a particularly strange thing in the kitchen to buy the ingredients purchased by the mother-in-law. ”

Xia Mengning looked at her, "Oh? What is it? ”

Jiu'er thought for a while, "The slave is not very sure, but I think it is very familiar, but now that I think about it, it looks like white ginseng." ”

Zhu Lian and Wu Qing didn't notice any difference, but Xia Mengning was shocked, "You can see clearly, how can you be sure?" ”

Jiu'er nodded, "The slave maid took a look at it several times, this white ginseng was born in the shade of the southern mountain range, the slave maid used to dig it up and sell it in the market when she was a child, many large families use white ginseng to make soup, which is not only delicious but also nourishing, but this white ginseng has a fatal effect on women, and if you take it for a long time, you are afraid that it will be infertile." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Lian was taken aback, Xia Mengning nodded and said: "White ginseng is cool by nature, but it has a rare delicacy in the world, men drink the soup made by it, it is beneficial to prolong life, and has a great tonic effect, but only women can not touch it, if you drink the soup made of it ordinarily, I am afraid that I will be infertile for life, if I am pregnant and still use this soup, I am afraid that it will slip the tire." ”

"Did the mother-in-law who bought it buy it by coincidence?" Zhu Lian asked on the side.

Xia Mengning shook her head, "The house used to use white ginseng, just because although it can be used by large families, but we are the prime minister's mansion, what kind of good ginseng is not, that is, those red ginseng that is made into sachets, are much more expensive than white ginseng, you say, who will drink it in the house?" ”

The four of them fell silent, Xia Meng thought for a while, and then said, "Anyway, if you are in danger today, it must be the work of the people in this mansion, and even the people in the steward's room." ”

"Miss, do you want to investigate?" Jiu'er asked on the side.

Xia Mengning nodded, "Early tomorrow morning, go to the steward's room to find a few people to repair the table in the outer hall and call Li Yan over." ”

Jiu'er nodded, Xia Mengning looked at them, "You guys go down first, and you'll be fine if you get a good night's sleep." ”

Zhu Lian and Jiu'er left together, Xia Mengning glanced at Wu Qing, who was not moving, and pouted: "What's the matter, this dim sum is so delicious, if you like it, just take it away." ”

Wu Qing sat down beside Xia Mengning with a smile, took out something from his arms and wrapped it in his hand, blinked mysteriously and said, "I went out of the mansion today to go to the senior brother, he gave me this, and I must hand it over to you." ”

Xia Mengning took the teacup and gently turned it in her hand, but her heart was rippling, "What's it?" ”

Wu Qing stretched out his hand and put it on the table in front of Xia Mengning, squinted his eyes and said, "I don't dare to look at it, senior brother said, this thing can only be shown to you alone." ”

Xia Mengning was amused by Wu Qing's tone, covered her mouth and smiled: "I thought that your temper was unruly, and no one could send you, but when I looked at it today, it was not like this, and said, what benefits did he give you?" ”

Wu Qing had an expression of 'being seen through by you', touching his chest and pretending to sigh, "I think that I am a dignified generation of heroines, but I have been used as a messenger, and I have to be tortured like this, where is the reason?" ”

Xia Mengning waved her hand, "Stop, stop!" Don't say it, I can't stand your appearance. ”

Wu Qing jumped off the couch, and when he walked to the door, he leaned back again, "Senior brother taught me a very powerful swordsmanship, as a reward, I will send you a token, enjoy it, I'll go first." ”

As he spoke, he winked at Xia Mengning, and as soon as the curtain was opened, he disappeared.

Xia Mengning shook her head and smiled, drank the tea in her hand, and when she put the teacup aside, she inadvertently touched the purse on the table.

Gently picked it up, Xia Mengning saw a few begonia flowers embroidered on the purse, the stitching method is the traditional double back stitching method, the begonia flowers are lifelike, gently untie the purse, Xia Mengning took a closer look inside, it was a letterhead.

Shake it off, and the smooth and straight font came into view, so it seems that it is really like the word, Xia Mengning thought about it, lowered his eyes, and saw that only one sentence was written on the letterhead, "I haven't seen you for many days, can you be safe?." ”

Xia Mengning took a look, carefully flipped through it a few times, turned the whole purse upside down, and finally determined that this was the only sentence, so he put the letterhead and purse on the table together with a little anger, and thought for a while with his chin.

Is it safe? Is it safe? Xia Mengning rubbed his lips and read softly, feeling that Changsun Yun was just asking a nonsense, his temperament is not like such a reserved person, Xia Mengning changed his posture and lay on the table, remembering all the things he had experienced since he met Changsun Yun, unconsciously, he began to miss it.

Sitting up and taking the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Xia Mengning dipped the pen in ink, and just when he was about to put down the pen, he took it back again.

He only asked himself if he was safe, how he wanted to go back, and when Xia Mengning thought about it, a large drop of ink fell from the tip of the pen, quickly smudged on the white rice paper, and became a strange black spot.

Reaching out and pulling off the paper in front of her, Xia Mengning re-laid out a sheet, dipped it in ink and wrote again, "I've been riddled with trivial matters recently. As soon as he finished writing, Xia Mengning felt bad again, he only asked himself one sentence, did he want to give him a lot of sentences?

After thinking about it, I laid it out again and wrote it again.

Time slipped away little by little, Xia Mengning kept the candlelight and wrote for most of the night, but there was no satisfactory one, and at the end of the writing, his wrist was faintly sore, so he simply threw away the pen, sat on the stool and looked at the waste paper all over the ground in a daze.

"Miss...... Haven't slept yet? ”

Jiu'er's voice came from outside the door, Xia Mengning hurriedly blew out the candle, and hurriedly said, "It's okay, I'll sleep." ”

Climbing into bed by the moonlight, Xia Mengning picked up the purse and looked at it carefully, pulling the knot of the purse with her index finger and ring finger, and slowly fell asleep.

Got up early the next morning, Zhulian fetched water and came in, Xia Mengning had already dressed and sat on the bed, Zhulian put down the copper basin and saw a pile of paper balls on the ground, a little puzzled.

Xia Mengning saw Zhulian's expression from the rhombic bronze mirror, lowered her head to clean her face, and said in a low voice: "I had nothing to do last night, I copied some calligraphy, the writing is not good, you go and clean it up first." ”

Zhu Lian lowered her body in response to clean up, Xia Mengning looked at it, and thought that the handwriting on it might be seen by others, so she said again: "Clean it up and burn it, don't be picked up by others to give birth to what is wrong." ”

Zhu Lian looked up at Xia Mengning suspiciously, I don't know when the young lady had the habit of practicing calligraphy at night, but she couldn't take care of the master's affairs too much, so she didn't ask, lowered her head and continued to clean up.

Xia Mengning was still thinking about last night's purse, holding a wooden comb in her hand and slowly grooming her hair, the door curtain was opened, Wu Qing appeared in front of her in a hurry, Xia Mengning was startled, glared at her and said, "Why are you here early in the morning?" ”

"Senior brother said, you want me to get your reply to him today, where is the letter?" Wu Qing looked at Xia Mengning and asked.

Xia Mengning's hand holding the comb swung unnaturally twice, "I didn't write it, just go and tell him." ”

Wu Qing looked at Xia Mengning in disbelief, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Zhu Lian, who was kneeling on the ground and cleaning up the paper ball, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, "Okay, I'll go back." ”

With that, he turned and ran away.

Xia Mengning looked at his face in the mirror and sighed leisurely, shouldn't he care too much, right?