They didn't know much about Lu Xiao, but they provided Zhuang Siyan with a very important clue.

Liniang probably knows.

Because Lu Xiao went to the gambling house for her at that time.

But this big old man doesn't have much money in his hands, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to gamble with Liu Gongzi.

Then he naively listened to the persuasion of others, and wanted to win a few hundred on the gambling table below, and then gamble with Liu Gongzi when he had money.

It is conceivable that this foot in it, in his heart, it is a good thing that he didn't lose his pants.

Then Lu Xiao, who had lost everything, left, and has not come back until now.

Zhuang Siyan asked them: "Go back, your boss asked you about following me, what did you say?" ”

The two men looked at each other.

This kind of treachery can kill them if it is left in the hands of Ma Zha, especially some of the information they provide about Ma Zum himself.

Looking at Zhuang Siyan and their group, they don't look like vegetarians, and if you ask him where he is, you may kill him.

Are these two going back to die?

It's just that if they don't go back, they can't mix in Kyoto City, unless the horse slag really dies the next day, otherwise even if they leave the gambling house, he won't let them go.

When the two hesitated, Zhuang Siyan had already paid attention, and she said straight to the point: "You can also guess what we are going to do, and I won't beat around the bush."

Tomorrow night, we will take someone to arrest him, and the two of you will take the lead, which can be regarded as a success, and I will help you think of a place to go when this matter is dealt with. ”

The two men glanced at each other.

In fact, there is no second way to go, so let's say yes.

Here, Zhuang Siyan asked the two Qingran brothers to take the two of them away, but still didn't go back to her house, but settled in a random place.

The rivers and lakes are sinister, and she is not so quick to trust these two people who are messing around in the gambling house.

After the person left, she made sure that there was no one around to follow her, so she went to Ye Yuanpei's house.

The two women had been placed in a separate courtyard.

Ye Yuanpei hadn't rested yet, sitting in the main hall of the courtyard where he lived, still warming a pot of wine, waiting for Zhuang Siyan.

As soon as she came in, she drank a glass of warm wine before she spoke: "I'll go, it's really cold outside." ”

Ye Yuanpei didn't have anything good to say: "If you hadn't been making trouble there, we would have been able to get it now?" ”

Zhuang Siyan glared at him: "I'm making eyebrows, you're fast, but what's the use?" Let me ask you, General Ye, what did you do on such a trip? ”

Ye Yuanpei: "Didn't you save you, the troublemaker?" ”

Zhuang Siyan didn't save face for him at all: "Don't put gold on your face, it was Ma Slag who deliberately let us go, otherwise it would be really difficult to come out." ”

Ye Yuanpei didn't speak, and also took a sip of wine.

Zhuang Siyan told them about the tracking of those people after they left.

Ye Yuanpei said: "There were also two people who followed us, and then they were knocked out directly and thrown on the side of the road. ”

For this kind of practice, Zhuang Siyan rewarded him with a roll of the eyes again, and then mentioned the matter of Li Niang.

"This Liniang must have something to do with Lu Xiao, maybe she knows where he went, and when she rests early tomorrow morning, I'll come and ask her.

But you can rest assured that your lieutenant who is like a pearl in the palm of your hand really ran by himself, not kidnapped, and may not encounter any danger now. ”

Ye Yuanpei tilted his head slightly and thought for a while before asking her, "How did you find out at a glance that Liniang had something to do with Lu Xiao?" ”

Zhuang Siyan smiled mysteriously and handed over his wine glass.

After Ye Yuanpei poured her full of wine, she took a few peanuts to eat before she spoke again: "When I entered the house, Li Niang's clothes were almost stripped off, but she was carrying a small object around her neck. ”

"What's that?" Ye Yuanpei asked.

Zhuang Siyan glanced at him, have you seen the thing Lu Xiao was wearing around his neck?

Ye Yuanpei was stunned.

Of course he had seen it, they were all brothers, they usually bathed together, and in the summer they ran around barebacked, and who had a few moles on their bodies, if they counted them, they could remember clearly.

Lu Xiao hung a small object carved from a peach pit around his neck, a very ordinary thing, and the people in the barracks made fun of him for this.

He also lost his temper in this regard, saying that it was given to him by his mother, saying that he could keep him safe, so he wore it from childhood to adulthood, except for the rope changed a few times, the peach pit became brighter and brighter.

Zhuang Siyan nodded and said, "Yes, Li Niang also has something like that in her neck." ”

"Are the two of them brother and sister?" Ye Yuanpei guessed.

Zhuang Siyan shook his head and said, "I don't know, let's ask tomorrow, now that I've drunk wine, my body is warm, I'll go to sleep, and you call me earlier tomorrow morning." ”

Ye Yuanpei didn't answer her.

He was still thinking about Lu Xiao, if Liniang was really Lu Xiao's sister, then his mouth was too strict, right? Didn't even mention a word?

And Liniang was in Kyoto City, Lu Xiao was still in Jincheng at that time, so far away, even if something happened to her here, how could Lu Xiao not know?

The most important thing, after so many years, Lu Xiao has been mixing well in the army, if he really has such a sister, how could he not care at all and let her fall into such a situation.

If you look into everything, you will find that there are many problems.

Ye Yuanpei thought about it all night, but he didn't understand it, so he could only wait for Zhuang Siyan to get up in the morning and ask Liniang.

He didn't wake people up early, the girl was busy all night, and the dark circles under her eyes were about to come out, so let's sleep lazily, and it's not too late to get up and talk about it.

As a result, Zhuang Siyan almost slept until noon.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she felt the sun outside the window, and she blocked it with her hand, and got up from the bed with a bone.

While scolding Ye Yuanpei, he quickly put on his clothes, and when he got out of the yard, he found the housekeeper and asked Ming Liniang where they lived, and walked directly over there.

Liniang and the other girl had already gotten up and were sitting in the room anxiously, not knowing what to do or what to do.

Seeing Zhuang Siyan coming in, he quickly stood up, stirring the hem of his clothes with both hands, still looking uneasy.

Zhuang Siyan glanced at them and said directly to Li Niang, "You come out with me." ”

Li Niang hurriedly turned her head to look at the girl next to her, it seemed that the night before, the two had talked a lot, and her instinctive movements revealed her trust in this girl.

The girl also looked at her, her eyes timid, but she didn't speak.

Zhuang Siyan waited patiently, and it wasn't until she walked forward by herself that she also raised her feet and went out.

It wasn't until he entered an empty room in the courtyard that Zhuang Siyan stopped, pointed to a stool and said, "Sit down, I have a few words to ask you." ”

Li Niang didn't dare to sit, standing and not talking.

Zhuang Siyan spoke first: "Do you know Lu Xiao?" ”

Li Niang raised her head, her eyes flashed on Zhuang Siyan's face, and then she lowered her head again, slowly shaking her head.

This answer made Zhuang Siyan a little strange.

She looked at Liniang fixedly for a long time, and she didn't see the clue from her face, so she could only change the topic: "You can't speak?" ”

The woman looked up at her again, and after a long time, she snorted, "Yes." ”

"Oh, it's okay, I was joking with that buddy last night, I didn't want to bully you, you don't have to be afraid, I ask you questions, you just tell me the truth."

Li Niang nodded.

Zhuang Siyan took two steps to her, and when she was about to tell, she looked at her neck and asked, "I saw something hanging from your neck last night, where did that come from?" ”

Li Niang obviously stepped back a little, then covered her neck with her hands, and when she raised her eyes to look at Zhuang Siyan, there was fear in her eyes.

Zhuang Siyan sighed, talking to these ancient women, it was really troublesome, she said it herself, there were only two words before and after the other party, and now it was like this, she wanted to continue to ask, and she felt guilty.

She retreated back to the same place, almost a foot away from Liniang, and felt that she had to shout when she spoke, so she said, "Don't worry, I don't want that thing, I just asked you." ”

After a long time, Li Niang spoke softly: "It was given by my husband." ”

"Husband? That Master Liu? ”

Li Niang's face turned red all of a sudden: "It's not him, he's a brute, he killed my husband and snatched me to Liu's ......." ”

Now Zhuang Siyan understood that it was not this woman who had anything to do with Lu Xiao, but this woman's husband.

However, she was still a little curious, so she asked Liniang: "What did your husband do before?" ”

She paused for a moment before she spoke: "Kaiyinzhuang." ”

At this time, Zhuang Siyan was stunned.

She couldn't have imagined that such a woman who seemed to be only a little bit of a negligent woman was also from a local tyrant family.

The kind of clips that had been turned over many times in her mind, forcibly grabbed, and bullied the poor came to an abrupt end.

Zhuang Siyan slowed down for a while before asking, "When did you not have a husband?" ”

Li Niang replied: "Last month." ”

It's almost, from the time Lu Xiao got the news to the time he returned to Kyoto City, he was delayed here for a few days, there was no problem with the time, and it was right with what Li Niang said.

She didn't ask any more, put Liniang back, and went to find Ye Yuanpei.

"We both guessed wrong, you, Deputy General Lu, don't you have a sister, it's likely that you have a rich brother who opened a silver bank, how about it? Surprise? Accidental? ”

Ye Yuanpei glanced at her and threw something in front of her.

As soon as Zhuang Siyan turned two pages, he looked up in shock: "Where did you find this thing?" ”

Ye Yuanpei poured himself a cup of tea, and then spoke: "Follow Liniang's line to find it, and soon I will know her family history." It's just that their silver village has long been burned down, and I dug up all the soil and found a copy of this. ”

An account book of Yinzhuang with the signature and handprint of the boss, and the boss's name is Lu Lin.

"It seems that it is really his brother, why have you never heard him say it?"

Ye Yuanpei nodded, this brother is really extraordinary, not only did Lu Xiao not mention it, but he didn't even say it.

I also went back to Lu's house today and asked the old lady if she had two sons, and she insisted that there was only one.

"Didn't you say the old lady was delirious? Is this clear? Zhuang Siyan asked.

This sentence was met with Ye Yuanpei's eyes again.

He took a sip of the tea in his cup, as if relieving his breath, and paused for a while before saying, "I really don't know how you investigated the case before, and you can't even figure out this kind of thing."

A mother, no matter how confused she is, will remember her son, just like she will remember Lu Xiao.

I don't remember now, there is only one possibility, it is that she didn't know that she had such a son. ”