The little maid was so frightened that her face was bloodless, and she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy again and again.

Gan Peilin looked at her trembling appearance, felt a little uneasy, and sighed before adjusting his tone. "Just tell the truth. If there is no lie, Mrs. Ben will not pursue you. ”

Only then did the servant cry and tell the truth: "The slave and maid went out of the house yesterday to get the lady's winter bedding. Halfway through, someone asked the slave to take a look at this thing and give it to the lady. The slave and maid did not dare, but the man gave the slave and maid a piece of silver and disappeared in a hurry. The slave maid was greedy for a while, and after receiving the money, she always felt that it was impossible not to give it, but if she wanted to quietly put it in the lady's room, she could only wait for the lady to find out. Unexpectedly, before I put it away, I let my wife see it. ”

She almost didn't put this little bamboo tube into her food, and she really wasn't good at doing these things.

Gan Peilin asked again: "What does the person who gave you this thing look like?" ”

"The slave didn't see clearly, and she couldn't see clearly. He covered his face, revealing only one pair of eyes. The little maid thought for a while and said, "When he spoke, he seemed to be afraid that people would see his eyes clearly, so he lowered his head anyway." ”

"And how old do you think he is?" Gan Peilin asked.

"......" The little maid thought for a while and shook her head: "It's rare to catch a glimpse of his pupils, and the slave maid feels that those eyes are dark and bright, not like the eyes of fishing, and there are no wrinkles around. But if you listen to the voice, it is old and hoarse, as if you can't tell ......."

Speaking of this, the maid told again and again: "Madam, the slave and maid really didn't want to harm you, the slave and maid just took the silver for a while, and the slave and maid really just wanted to hide this bamboo tube so that the lady could find out." ”

"Have you seen the contents of the bamboo tube?" Gan Peilin's tone was already very calm.

"No, the slave doesn't dare." The maid lowered her head a little embarrassed: "The slave and maid can't recognize themselves." Since serving his wife, he has only done some rough work. ”

"Ryulan." Gan Peilin made a color: "Take her down." ”

"Yes." After leading the maid out of the inner room, Liulan gave her a bag of silver: "There is no one in the house who is not loyal to his wife." It doesn't hurt if you take someone's money, but if you just hand over the bamboo tube to the lady to explain the whole thing, you won't be affected. Now, it is a blessing that Madame does not pursue it, take the silver and go elsewhere to beg for a living, your deed of sale will be burned later, and you are no longer a slave of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

"Sister Liulan, can you ask Mrs. for mercy for me, don't drive me away......" The maid cried whining: "I don't dare anymore." ”

"Silly girl, isn't it better to give you back your free body than to be a slave?" Liulan took a piece of silk and stuffed it into her hand: "Let's go." It's late, if Xiangye comes back, I'm afraid this matter won't be so simple. ”

The servant obviously trembled, saluted Liulan, and left in a hurry.

Before Liulan returned to the inner room, Gan Peilin had already walked out.

"Why did the eldest lady come out, you have a cold, and your body is not well." Ryulan has little to care about.

"Let someone follow that servant and see where she goes." Gan Peilin said with deep eyes: "She is eccentric. ”

"Yes." Liulan squeaked to follow, and asked with some curiosity: "Where did the eldest lady see that she was weird?" ”

"She's in charge of renovating the quilts that have been used in our house for a season, and she always has to deal with the store." Gan Peilin said with a smile: "But the renovation was in Qingniang's embroidery workshop last year, but this year it was replaced by another embroidery room." ”

"This ......" Liulan smiled a little embarrassedly: "Miss, you are really stupid, please make it clear." ”

"These things were originally handled by the second aunt and wife. Even if I didn't ask about the affairs of the house for many days, she would not be able to bypass me and entrust the matter to an inconspicuous slave beside us. Unless, she has something to do with this slave. ”

After a pause, Gan Peilin said again: "Some of the quilts in our house are made of white cotton, and some are indeed mulberry silk." Each kind of quilt, what material is used, how to renovate, how many catties and taels to be refurbished, what satin is used, it is said that it is a trivial matter, but you have to be careful, you say that an illiterate, only a promise has no knowledge, can you do things properly? The newly found embroidery workshop may not be a means to pit her. ”

"yes." Liulan nodded: "Now the merchants in the imperial city are becoming more and more dishonest, we have selected a few new embroidery workshops, and the work we do is not satisfactory." The quilt that was retrieved yesterday was also accepted by the slave and maid, and there was indeed nothing wrong with it. It seems that she can't be deceived by her submissive appearance. ”

The man who followed the servant came back in the evening.

The servant is also a scheming person. Eating and drinking, looking for a restaurant to settle down, and going to the market to find work, I finally entered an inconspicuous house when it was almost dark.

"Miss, guess what." The corners of Liulan's lips revealed a little coldness.

"Could it be someone we are familiar with?" Gan Peilin frowned and asked.

"It's someone we know, and it's not a person we're familiar with!" Liulan's face froze slightly: "It's the sixth aunt and wife of Ao Mansion." ”

"The sixth aunt and wife of Ao Mansion?" Gan Peilin suddenly brightened: "It is said that she has always been in poor health, and she was sent out of Ao Mansion many years ago and lived in seclusion to recuperate. She is Ao Min's mother. ”

"yes." Liulan smiled iron: "It's going around, the clue didn't appear again." ”

"Don't startle the snakes, let them continue to make trouble." Gan Peilin sighed to himself: "I don't know where the swallow is at this time?" Disappeared from his own chamber for no reason......"

"The eldest lady can rest assured that the swallow's outstretched hand will not let herself suffer. Besides, there was only one severed golden hairpin in her room, but everything else was fine. It's not like it's going through a vicious fight. Perhaps, Yanzi hid because he couldn't figure it out. Liulan said regretfully: "It was originally a good relationship, but unfortunately the sky did not fulfill people's wishes...... Let the swallows figure it out for themselves. ”

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they saw the swallow walk in with a stew pot.

"Madame, is she hungry? Dinner is almost ready. "The swallow's eyes are as bright as ever, and she can't see any difference from usual.

"Swallow, you come." Gan Peilin moved some positions.

Yanzi was a little flattered, put down the stew pot in his hand, and walked over a little embarrassed: "What do you have to say about Madame?" ”

"Sit." Gan Peilin reached out and took her hand and pulled her to sit down beside him.

"Ma'am." Although a little reluctant, the swallow still sat down beside her. "Do you have anything to say to Swallow?"

"Tell me, what the hell happened today?" Gan Peilin's eyes looked at Yanzi for a moment: "If you have any doubts, concerns, or even grievances, you can tell me." ”

"Slave maid......" Yanzi didn't make a sound, thought for a while, and said, "Madame doesn't have to worry about Yanzi, it'll be fine in a few days." ”

"You, Liulan, and Crispy Core are the closest people around me." Gan Peilin handed his other hand to Liulan.

also took advantage of the situation to pull Liulan to his side and sit down.

The two girls sat with her on the left and right, but they were also very thick.

"Since you don't want to say it, I won't force you." Gan Peilin said calmly: "But you have to listen to me." ”

"Madame, please." The swallow still has no superfluous expression.

"I'm guessing you've seen someone today. This person is very familiar with the Jiang Mansion, or rather, the Xiang Mansion. Moreover, she should have come up with some evidence to prove that Huo Qing's death was related to me. That's why you are extraordinary, and use a sharp blade to cut off the golden hairpin that I personally pinned to your sideburns. And the reason why you left that room is because you don't know what to do with me. Is it to avenge Huo Qing, or to choose not to believe that person's words when nothing happened, right? ”

"Won't it?" Liulan's heart couldn't help but be a little confused: "Yanzi, do you really doubt the eldest lady?" ”

"I ......" Yanzi was originally a little excited, but in the face of Shangliulan's eyes, she seemed to be deflated, and said weakly: "I don't believe it, but I can't find the second truth either." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liulan couldn't help but be a little angry: "What does it mean that you can't find the second truth?" ”

"Rulan, don't get excited." Gan Peilin tried her best to calm her emotions, and turned to look at Yanzi: "What the hell is going on, you say it slowly." ”

"I've checked Huo Qing's body......" Yanzi said solemnly, "He doesn't have too many fighting injuries on his body." That is, the man who subdued him easily killed him and then hung him up. In addition, many of the injuries on his body were caused after death. It's like venting. Madam, you know that Huo Qing can be selected by the master to be the leader of the Tsing Yi faction, and his kung fu will not be weak. Unless someone controlled him with drugs, how could he succeed so easily? And Huo Qing has been walking on the rivers and lakes, what kind of medicine he has never seen, how can he be so careless to be drugged, unless...... It was the person he trusted who was cruel to him with a colorless, odorless and imperceptible medicine. And madam, you...... It's just a master of spices. ”

"That's why you're so suspicious of the eldest lady?" Liulanqi's heart was pounding. "It's not just the eldest lady who knows how to make spices. Besides, our eldest lady has always only used these things to protect herself, and she has never used them to kill people. The matter of the protector has not been clarified, how can you listen to it and misunderstand the eldest lady? ”

"I didn't misunderstand Madame." Yanzi also seemed a little excited: "Yes, I did almost believe it at the time. But if you think about it carefully, if Madam wants to hold Huo Qing responsible, she can put it on the bright side. Madame believed in her master so much, how could she directly kill Huo Qing's mouth and let her master suffer injustice. After all, what Huo Qing did was equivalent to what his master did, where could Mrs. be so confused. ”

Gan Peilin's smile was warm, but his nose was slightly sour: "I knew that the swallow believed in me." Otherwise, she wouldn't have come back to prepare dinner for me. ”

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but Swallow didn't do well enough, Swallow...... Still doubted you. ”

When he said this, the swallow's head hung very low.

"It's okay." Gan Peilin took her hand and squeezed it slightly: "Things have come to this point, I have doubted Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yu has also doubted me." But in the end, I chose to trust him. Many things are clear to the authorities and bystanders, and until the moment when the truth is revealed, we can only wait patiently. ”

"Hmm." Yanzi nodded: "What the slave maid saw was the daughter of the Mo family." These words were said by her to the slave maid. ”

"Mo Chuxue?" Gan Peilin gasped, and the past haunted his heart: "She finally came." ”