Early the next morning, without waiting for Shen Xitong to invite, Jiang Liluo, Qin Shiyu and Ouyang Qingluo came to her as if they had made an appointment, and the four of them gathered around a table.

Shen Xitong didn't sleep well, her eyes were a little dark, and she looked a little thin, and several little sisters comforted her when they saw her like this.

After a period of silence, Qin Shiyu was the first to speak, she had admired Lin Chongyi for a long time, and when she heard the news, she reacted the most, and immediately ran to the Shen Mansion to ask for verification, she asked, "Lin Chongyi really came to the Shen Mansion to ask for a kiss?" ”

"Why didn't he think that he would actually ask you for a kiss", Ouyang Qingluo said with a knife, "Won't he really fall in love with the power of your Shen family as rumored outside?" ”

"Impossible!"

"It's not!"

The two voices came out of Qin Shiyu and Shen Xitong's mouths respectively, and Jiang Liluo saw that although Shen Xitong was haggard, his expression was not as sighing as he had two days ago, and his eyes were not bright, so he immediately guessed something.

Qin Shiyu immediately slapped the table and stood up: "Lin Chongyi is a great talent in the court, full of poetry and books, and a gentleman with elegant behavior, how can he be that kind of superficial person, he will never do such a thing as climbing the flames." ”

Everyone was a little frightened by Qin Shiyu's formation, and Ouyang Qingluo even held back what she wanted to say.

Seeing Shen Xitong's reaction, Jiang Liluo confirmed her guess in her heart, she took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "It's really not, after knowing that Lin Chongyi came to ask for a kiss, I secretly inquired about his family history." ”

As soon as the three girls heard this, they immediately glanced at Jiang Liluo seriously, and the fire of curiosity was burning.

Jiang Liluo didn't sell it, she took a sip of tea and said: "Lin Chongyi's family is a big family in Huai'an, Jiangsu, and he is a famous local squire, don't look at him dressed plainly on weekdays, in fact, their family is quite rich, and they have a very good relationship with the government, not only operating real estate, real estate, and land, but also the government's special right to sell private salt, and the uncle in the family is a governor in Hangzhou, and the official residence is a member of the three grades." ”

Seeing that a few girls listened very seriously, Liluo continued: "I heard that the population of the Lin family is extremely simple, there are two brothers, the elder brother inherited the family business, ran it in the local area, and opened a school, and their family did not expect Lin Chongyi to become a big official, they only felt that they could have a half-official position, and they could help take care of the family." ”

"No wonder." Several people nodded to each other after hearing this, only Qin Shiyu sighed, "No wonder I look at Lin Chongyi on weekdays, although he is dressed plainly, he is extremely particular about the details, and he seems to regard money as dung, but in fact, there is no shortage of money at all." ”

Shen Xitong was still in a daze, so she was even more confused, he said yesterday that he didn't want to exchange his future with marriage, it seems that he does have confidence.

"Then why did he come to the Shen Mansion to ask for a marriage?" Ouyang Qingluo couldn't figure it out even more.

"There is only one truth." Shen Xitong suddenly answered.

"What is it?" Qin Shiyu and Ouyang Qingluo suddenly got up and approached and asked, their eyes full of expectation, "That is," Shen Xitong paused deliberately, "He has taken a fancy to this girl!" ”

There was a sudden silence in the air, Qin Shiyu and Ouyang Qingluo returned to their seats, eating in a daze, with an expression of disbelief that they had been killed.

Jiang Liluo couldn't help but laugh when he saw the expressions of the two of them, and said slowly: "It may be true, Lin Chongyi really fell in love with Xitong, do you remember the last time the three of us went to the lantern festival, the koi lantern that Xitong especially wanted, but we must make the following verses, and we have not made a few of our literary talents." ”

Qin Shiyu has always reacted quickly, "You said that the person who asked the child to send the lantern was Lin Chongyi?" Qin Shiyu is conceited and talented, that sentence is extremely difficult, she meditated hard and didn't come out, and later sent someone to inquire about the verses that came out, the poems and essays are neat, and they are very angry, especially the sentence "I am pitying the fire tree Qianchunyan, and suddenly I see the clear light reflecting the moon", she thought about it for a long time in private, so she did have a bit of Lin Chongyi's style when she thought about it.

"Now I really believe that Lin Chongyi is a superficial person." Qin Shiyu shook his head and sighed.

"How can you, a person who is married, study Lin Chongyi all day long." Ouyang Qingluo ate glutinous rice cakes and said on the side.

"I can't study talents when I get married, I want my Qin Shiyu to look up to Lin Dacai for so long, I think he is handsome, talented, and dignified, but I didn't expect him to be dazzling." After speaking, he took a bite of the glutinous rice cake.

"Xitong looks bright and simple-minded, and more importantly, she has no class concept in the eyes of other noble families, she has always been righteous and outspoken, Lin Chongyi is an example of a scholar in the world, and she is a high-minded person, and she is the one who likes it." Pear Luo defended Xitong.

"It is precisely because of this that I was deceived by Hu Fei." Qin Shiyu said viciously, Li Luoben was worried that he would be sad to mention this name.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xitong suddenly stood up, slammed the table and said, "Hu Fei played this girl, I will scold once I see it!" Liluo and Shiyu were stunned by this murderous aura.

Ouyang Qingluo just looked at this momentum and ate a bayberry.

"Don't mention him, Liluo, our marriage has been settled, what about yours? You are the most beautiful and knowledgeable among us, and Lin Chongyi should like you if he likes it. Qin Shiyu asked.

"Now, isn't there still her?" Liluo ate bayberry, noncommittal, and pouted at Ouyang Qingluo.

"She doesn't count, she loves one person when she sees one, and the people she likes have changed several times, I really don't know why the people of your Ouyang family are so amorous." Seeing that there was no one around, Qin Shiyu said to them, and alluded to Ouyang Muhibiscus by the way.

"Who said that," Ouyang Qingluo didn't speak, Shen Xitong suddenly joined in, as if what had happened just now, she suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Last time I went to the mountain with my grandmother to worship the Buddha, guess what I saw?" ”

Qin Shiyu couldn't wait to wait; "What do you see?" "Ouyang Qingluo begged for marriage in front of the Buddha in front of the gods"

"Hahaha", the three girls laughed at this moment.

"Can't I ask to marry a good man?" Ouyang Qingluo rolled her eyes and sneered.

"Which good guy is it?" Qin Shiyu said with a smile, "You like Shen Muzhou for a while, you like King Jingyu of Jin for a while, you fall in love with Ning Yi for a while, and you even think about my brother Qin Ye, I see, you are amorous." ”

Hearing Ning Yi's name, Liluo's heart missed a few times, he was busy with Shen Xitong's affairs during this time, and there was no news of him, and when he heard Ning Yu say that he had recently been out of Jingshi, Liluo's heart was even more sour and speechless.

She suddenly remembered the verse, "Go alone with one heart, sit and sleep in Chang'ankong." ”

A day in the Shen Mansion passed with the chirping of the girl.

After the pear fell back to Jiangfu, Yuzhu somewhat mysteriously took her into the firewood room in the backyard of Jiangfu.

After Yuzhu and Xiaodouzi opened the firewood room, Liluo saw a girl in a cloth dress standing next to a simple table in the firewood room.

Although the girl was wearing a cloth robe, she looked at her delicate face and bright eyes, and when she saw the pear fall in, she immediately fell to her knees and said earnestly: "Please ask the girl to save the little girl's life." ”

Riluo looked at Xiaodouzi and Yuzhu with a puzzled expression.

After seeing the pear's eyes, Xiao Douzi's expression was a little twisted, and the fingers of his hands were stirred together, and he didn't know where to start for a while.

Yuzhu gently closed the firewood door and whispered to Liluo: "Miss, don't blame Xiaodouzi, he saved a woman on the way back to Jiangfu in the carriage yesterday." ”

After hearing this, Liluo nodded, looked at the woman, and asked, "Why did you call me to help, you tell me what you have encountered, tell me in detail truthfully, if there is a sentence that is not true, I will immediately expel you from Jiangfu." ”

The woman nodded hurriedly, and began to talk about her experience in fits and starts.

Her name is Wang Xiaoyue, she grew up in a small fishing village by the sea, about a month ago, she suddenly received a letter from another girl in the village from Beijing, the girl who wrote the letter is called Lin E, she followed her aunt to Beijing when she was very young, she told herself in the letter, in the Jingshi Mansion to be a maid, not to mention the monthly money, but also full of food, warm clothing, when you are old, you can also find a good person to marry, let her come with her, no longer have to stay at the beach to suffer.

The girl also gave her an address in the letter, and asked her to come to the address of Jingshi Houdao to find her.

After hearing her say this, Riluo was immediately keenly aware that this matter might be related to the recent disappearance of the Jingshi girl, and she hurriedly asked, "Where is the letter?" ”

The girl took out the letter in her hand, handed it to Liluo, and said, "I am illiterate, I went to the county to find a literate gentleman and asked him to read it to me." ”

Originally, Wang Xiaoyue didn't care about it, but in recent years, the harvest on the beach has become less and less, so the stepmother took the opportunity to plan to marry her to a local landlord's family as a concubine.

She clenched her fists and said: "What I hate the most in my life is to be a concubine for others, my stepmother forced me to force me tightly, so I simply broke the jar and broke it, and wanted to come to Beijing to break through." ”

After reading the letter, Liluo asked, "What is the surname of the girl who invited you, and where does she live in Beijing?" ”

Wang Xiaoyue replied: "Her name is Lin E, a few years older than me, I heard that she was at the house of the Changsun Mansion in Beijing, but I went to inquire, and the Changsun Mansion said that there was no such person." ”

The eldest grandson's mansion? Liluo nodded, remembering the shop where she ate crabs in the Mid-Autumn Festival last time, but she could go and inquire, Liluo asked, "How did you come to such a far place?" ”

Wang Xiaoyue replied: "On the way here, I was lucky, I met a caravan to send supplies to Jingshi, I gave them some travel expenses, and I came with them, those travel expenses were the jewelry left by my mother, and I took them to pawn before I left." At this, the girl lowered her head, feeling very guilty in her heart, thinking that it was the only thing her mother had left her, for her as a dowry.

"And then, did you find that girl?" Xiaodouzi asked anxiously on the side, and Yuzhu gave him a look and motioned him not to speak.

The girl shook her head and continued: "After arriving in Jingshi, I asked around for people, and everyone said that they had never heard of this place. ”

Liluo carefully looked at the address written in the letter-Wufu Garden, she had never heard of this location, and it seemed that she would have to ask someone to try it tomorrow.

"There is no way," continued the girl, "I do some odd jobs such as washing dishes and sewing while I live in a place called the Julai Inn. ”

"Julai Inn?" Rilo asked, she had never heard of this inn before.

The woman nodded and said, "When I first came to Jingshi, I didn't know anyone, and I didn't have any money on me, so I wandered around the streets, asking others where this Wufu Garden was, and others said they didn't know, and I was also thinking for a while if I had been deceived. ”

She continued, "Later, I met a lady surnamed Gu, she told me to go to the Julai Inn to find a bed, do some odd jobs during the day to earn some money, and sleep there at night, let me stay there first, I can slowly find my relatives, but after I stayed for a few days, I found that this Julai Inn was very strange, so I tried to escape." ”

From beginning to end, the girl's logic was clear.

Liluo pondered for a while, and said, "You tell me everything you encountered in the Julai Inn. ”

The girl nodded and said, "As soon as I went to that inn, I found that there were many girls from other places like me, they were about the same age as me, they were illiterate, and many of them couldn't understand the dialect of Jingshi. ”

Riraku immediately thought of a speculation that someone was using the information in Kyoshi's letter to kidnap girls from all over the world to come to Kyoshi.

"These girls are like me, doing odd jobs during the day and sleeping in the Julai Inn at night, because they are illiterate and have nothing to make a living, they don't dare to run around in the capital, so they have to live like this every day." Wang Xiaoyue said.

Seeing that Liluo was still looking at her, Wang Xiaoyue swallowed her saliva and continued: "After living there for a few days, I found that there was almost no business in the inn, and the girls who came were some girls from other places, some were new, and some disappeared after a few days. I was so frightened that I thought that these people must have some conspiracy behind it, so I escaped while I was doing odd jobs. ”

"Then why did you come to Jiangfu?" Riraku asked.

"When I was doing odd jobs, I heard that the new Dali Temple Shaoqing had just solved the Jingshi case, and I thought that this Master Jiang might be able to solve the problem of the Julai Inn." Wang Xiaoyue said with her eyes full of hope, sure enough, she was very lucky, she was guarding next to the Jiang Mansion and bumped into the coachman of the eldest lady of the Jiang Mansion, otherwise, she would probably be captured by that group of people.

"You live here first, and we'll think about it in the long run." Riro said calmly.

When the woman heard this, she immediately knelt on the ground and saluted and thanked her.

After the pear fell out, he whispered to Yuzhu and said, "Find a way to find out, in the days when the girl came to Jingshi, there was no caravan to bring the girl to Jingshi." ”

Hearing this, Yuzhu asked softly, "Miss, do you doubt it?" ”

Liluo shook his head and only said: "No matter who said it, it seems to be credible, but don't believe it all, you have to do more verification." ”

When Yuzhu heard this, he nodded.

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