Chengjiang, Shiyu Alley, Gu Lichi's private residence.

Because of the fact that a few days ago, Gu Lichi and the Chen family quarreled several times at home for Brother Chang's genealogy. Gu Lichi was bored in his heart, and on the one hand, he had to deal with the Yang brothers outside, so that if he wanted to break away from the Yang family, he could write the book of separation generously, so what was the intention of dragging it out and not writing the book of separation?

The Chen family in the house is also a troublemaker, not long ago when he asked the cattle steward to check the accounts, he found that the 10,000 taels that were originally placed in the Chen family were gone, Gu Lichi asked the Chen family a few words, Chen did not speak, Gu Lichi was angry for a while, and asked someone to send the Chen family to Zhuangzi outside the city.

Because Gu Licai likes to be quiet, he sent away the maids who were waiting in the house, and only two of them were left, one was responsible for making tea and boiling water, and the other was responsible for helping Gu Lichi sort out the books. Gu Lichi leaned on the couch, holding in his hand the letter that Chen had asked someone to send to him early in the morning.

Gu Lichi hurriedly glanced at a few times, his face changed rapidly, and he instructed the little maid who was arranging refreshments on the side: "Go and inform the steward in Zhuangzi, if the Chen family doesn't stay in the house honestly, what ideas will he come up with." Call a few strong mothers-in-law and guard the door of her house, except for the maids who deliver food, and no idle people are allowed to enter. And this letter, if anyone sends Chen's letter to me again in the future, just go down and get the board! ”

The little maid is a newcomer, and she doesn't know the temperament of her master, but after all, she is serving in the inner courtyard, and she still has some skills in observing words and feelings, so she picked up the letter that Gu Lichi threw on the ground and put it back in the envelope before saying: "The slave and maid know, the slave and maid will let the master take the master's order down." ”

With that, after her little maid had arranged the refreshments, she hurried out.

After Gu Lichi saw the little maid go out, he leaned crookedly on the soft pillow of the carved lacquer bed, and found a book of words he didn't know the name from the bookshelf to read, and after reading a few pages, the door of the house was opened with a creak, and a middle-aged man dressed in black walked towards Gu Licai.

The little maid who fanned Gu Lichi glanced at the man, and the two exchanged glances, thinking that Gu Lichi was asleep, so she pushed Gu Lichi's arm and said, "Master, the cow steward has come in, and he is in the house at the moment." Do you see it or not?"

Gu Lichi heard the voice of the little maid, took the book away from his face, rubbed his eyes, looked sleepy-eyed, leaned on the soft pillow behind him, glanced at the middle-aged man in front of him, and asked, "Steward Niu, you are not in the account room today, why did you come to the inner courtyard?" Is something wrong? ”

Niu Steward, formerly known as Niu Kelian, was a down-and-out talent that Gu Lichi met in the process of business, because Gu Lichi appreciated his talent, first let him be Mr. Xixi in the house, and then because of the lack of a steward in the account room, Gu Lichi transferred him over to manage his private property.

Gu Lichi not only has the private property of the long house, but also has his own private cloth industry. The industry of the long house, which was left by the ancestors, has already become an empty shell industry that cannot make ends meet after all these years, but after all, those industries still bear the name of the long house, and Mrs. Lin and the Yang family ordered someone to take care of it, that is, he had the intention to change those who took care of it, without the permission of the old lady Lin and the Yang family, it would not be possible.

"Master, I have already found out how the 10,000 taels of silver you put in your wife's place disappeared?" The little maid had already moved the stool and chair over, and the cow steward sat on it and said to Gu Lichi.

The cow steward is not very old, about twenty-seven or eighteen, but he has a beard, which makes people look calm and decisive.

"Ke Lian, found out so quickly? Where did the 10,000 taels of silver go? I asked the woman from the Chen family, and she pushed back and forth, only telling me that I didn't know, so I told you to investigate. Because of the 10,000 taels of silver related to himself, Gu Lichi had already sat up straight and instructed the little maid to make tea and send it over.

"Master, I don't know if you have heard of one thing, the Niangniang Temple in the east of the city has built a new Longhua Tower, not long ago there were many good people to donate sesame oil money, Mrs. Chen in the house also went to donate, no more, no less, exactly 10,000 taels of silver. After the completion of Longhua Tower, the temple in the Niangniang Temple in order to thank the generous benevolent people, specially built a merit monument, Mrs. Chen's name is also on it. ”

Steward Niu said unhurriedly, but when Gu Lichi heard it, he was shocked and shocked, his face changed and changed, and he almost didn't hold the teacup in his hand and fell to the ground.

"You mean, the 10,000 taels of silver I put in Chen's were taken by her to Niangniang Temple and donated sesame oil money? She's so bold, what is she doing with so much money to go to Niangniang Temple?" Gu Lichi was already angry, picked up the teacup in his hand, and threw it towards the ground.

The fragments of the teacup splashed around him, and the cow steward still did not change his face, and said lightly: "The lord doesn't know, the Niangniang Temple in the city is the place where the lady and the lady in the city go to ask for a child, because the Niangniang Temple in the temple is very effective, so those who can't give birth to a child will always go there to incense, and after donating the sesame oil money, you can see the Farin Fangtai of the Niangniang Temple." ”

When Gu Lichi heard this, he was already furious, and he held Fang Cai's book tightly in his hand, and the whole person was already trembling with anger, "You mean, in order to ask for a son, the Chen family specially took my 10,000 taels to Niangniang Temple to donate sesame oil money." ”

Gu Lichi blushed angrily, and said again, "She's really bold?" Who did she borrow from to be so bold?"

"Master, according to the maid who accompanied his wife to the Niangniang Temple that day, the wife met the Chen family's uncle in the Niangniang Temple that day, and talked to the Chen family's uncle in the canteen in the Niangniang Temple. When they came back, the girl Biyan beside her gave each of them a penny and told them not to tell them about that day. "Steward Niu got Gu Lichi's order to go down for a long time, and finally found out the ins and outs of the whole thing clearly.

"Biyan, where is the girl? Bring her up to me! Gu Lichi suppressed the anger in his heart, but his face still looked angry, holding the book tightly in his hand, and the sweat oozing from his hand almost soaked the book.

Steward Niu is Gu Lichi's confidant, and he doesn't dare to deceive Gu Lichi in the slightest, so he can only say honestly: "Master, Biyan's girl is gone, and the people in the house who are good with Biyan also said that Biyan disappeared half a month ago." No one mentioned it to his wife, and she did not tell anyone to go out and look for someone. ”

"Biyan is her personal maid, she is missing, is it possible that the Chen family will not know where she has gone? I'm afraid that Biyan's girl knows too many things, and Chen doesn't dare to speak out, so he presses the people below and doesn't allow them to report it, right?" Gu Lichi had just finished saying the last sentence, and then commanded in the next sentence.

Biyan is the person next to the Chen family, thinking that even if she runs away, she will not be far away from the Chen family. You call a few people on the road, even if you turn the entire Chengjiang Mansion upside down, you must find out the girl in Biyan for me. To live is to see people, and to die is to see corpses. I also called a few alert mothers-in-law to keep an eye on Chen. ”

Gu Lichi gave an order to the cow steward, and his mouth was dry as he had already said, so he asked the little maid to pour the tea again, and drank two cups in one go.

As soon as the cow steward stood up, a little maid outside the house broke in in a panic, and before she had time to salute, she said to Gu Lichi: "Master, the second master called Zhang's mother over there, saying that it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the family is rarely reunited, so you can bring Brother Chang tonight and go back to the house together." ”

"Where's Mother Zhang?" Gu Lichi took the cup of tea on the high table and took a few more sips.

"Master, Mother Zhang is sitting in the front hall now, and the slave maid said that the master was resting, so she didn't dare to let her come over, and called a few maids to watch there." The little maid was newly dialed by Gu Lichi, and she was a little timid when she spoke, and she didn't dare to look up at Gu Lichi, looking very scared.

Gu Lichi didn't look at the little maid, so he commanded, wanting to send her away, "The person who came is a guest, since Mother Zhang is from the mansion over there, please invite her to have a meal in the mansion before leaving!" As for taking Brother Chang over tonight, he said that Brother Chang was sick these days and it was not appropriate to go out, and I thanked the second master for his kindness. ”

The cow steward felt that this matter was inappropriate, and when he was about to persuade him, he was stopped by the little maid Jasper who was waiting in the house before, and after pulling it out of the house, Biyu dared to say: "Sir, let's say a few words!" Didn't you see that the old man was still angry? If you persuade him like this, isn't it like hitting the muzzle of a gun, and you scholars like to risk death so much? ”

was pulled out by Jasper before, and the cow steward didn't see Jasper's face clearly, but now he can see it more clearly. Jasper's face made him feel very familiar, but he couldn't remember who the other party was, but since the other party was for his own good, he should always thank him. Steward Niu thought about it, and said to Biyu with a fist, "Thank you girl for saving me, please accept Xiaosheng!" ”

Biyu still has something to do at hand, so he didn't have the time to go with the cow steward more or less, looked around, and saw that there was no one, so he said: "Reading people are red tape, if you have the heart to thank me, invite me to eat a delicious meal another day!" Jasper said, seeing someone coming towards the courtyard, and quickly left.

Qingyu Lane Gu family, Hui Yuan.

Wanghaixuan lit the lamp, Yang leaned under the lamp to read, only to hear the spring cicadas picking grapes below, muttering a few words, "Madam, today the second master sent someone to Shiyu Alley to invite the master over, but the master said that Brother Chang was sick, and the Chen family was not in the house, so he couldn't come over." But the news from the private house was that the Chen family was sent to the Grange outside by the master, and he also moved the master's 10,000 taels of silver, and the master was still angry about this. ”

Yang put down the book in his hand, took scissors and cut the burned candle, "He has his own plans in his heart, I can't resist him, and let him go." However, Chen's place sent someone to check on me to see if there were any clues, and asked someone to hand it to him. ”

Yang said, smiling faintly at the candle flower that was cut out and put in the small dish that turned into ashes, Now that Chen's nature is exposed, I want to see, what will you do with her?