In the Merlin behind him, several old men showed their heads again, and said in fear: "I was almost discovered!" ”

A few people looked at the backs of the two people in front of them, and the thin old lady held her heart and said, "The two of them are so compatible~"

The chubby white-haired old man patted the dead leaves on his sleeve: "What do we say to Madame when we turn around?" ”

The others flattened their mouths, and they didn't even touch the sleeves of the opponent's shirt in the fight just now, so they didn't know how they lost! How can you have the face to say such a thing?!

The old man in Tsing Yi coughed: "This kid is not bad." ”

The fat old lady covered her mouth and snickered: "You finally admit that others are excellent." ”

The thin old lady said: "Kung fu is good, let's test the character." ”

The old man in Tsing Yi looked at her: "When is Xiaolan coming?" ”

"The day after tomorrow." The skinny old lady replied.

The old man in Tsing Yi nodded, and then said, "Let's go." ”

With that, the four of them jumped short, and in an instant they all flew out of the big tree.

The leaves of the trees in the forest are rustling, and the birds are frightening......

It didn't take long for Merlin to regain his composure.

Back in the city, Shen Lingjun thought of a question in hindsight, grabbed Su Musha and squinted his eyes and said, "Why did you suddenly run back in the middle of the night last night?" ”

Su Musha looked away and said lightly: "Something." ”

Shen Lingjun stared at him for a moment: "Cicada Yu said that you left angrily." ”

"I remembered that I received a letter from my eldest sister flying pigeon before, she arrived in the next two days, go back and let Su Bo clean up." Su curtain avoids the heavy and light.

Shen Lingjun nodded suddenly in realization: "That's the case, no, didn't you say that there are still seven or eight days to arrive?" ”

"Probably got off early."

"I see." Shen Lingjun let go of him and continued to walk forward, forgetting the problems he had been entangled in before.

"Ling'er." Suddenly, Su Mu called: "You are looking for me for Li Mengbai's business?" ”

Shen Lingjun took a step out of the way before Su Mu's body, turned around, and said with a smile: "Guess? ”

A faint smile appeared in Su Musha's eyes, and he said, "I guess there is no one to accompany you to breakfast." ”

The people of Luoyang City came and went, and the two stood facing each other, only each other in their eyes, as if there was no one around.

On the top of an embroidery building next to her, Liu Yueying sat in front of the window, looking at the two figures, one red and one white, in the downtown area, with admiration and grievance in her eyes.

A maid knocked on the door and entered: "Miss, everything is ready." ”

Liu Yueying glanced at the white shadow again, reluctantly withdrew her gaze, and said, "Let's go." ”

Agui's home is in a deep alley, next to each other, and the house layout is very narrow.

The alleys are filled with young and frolicking children, cats that jump away before anyone gets close, and dogs that want to bark when someone gets close.

Obviously, it was the sound of the dog that was attracted by the entry of strangers, which made many people look up at the mouth of the alley. When he saw Shen Lingjun and Su Musha, Gu was stunned, and he didn't know what this boy and young lady were doing here.

Some people also recognized Shen Lingjun and greeted him and said, "Lord Shen, are you also here to find Agui?" ”

Shen Lingjun was curious: "Many people are looking for him?" ”

The man replied: "Not really, it's just that twice before, a few big brothers came to him to ask about the matter, I heard that Lu Xiuyuan's bribery case of Lord Lu is related to him?" ”

Shen Lingjun was noncommittal, and smiled at the man: "How can Agui's family go?" ”

The man was both curious and enthusiastic and took Shen Lingjun and Su Mu to the door of Agui's house, and reached out and patted the wooden door: "Agui, come out quickly, Lord Shen has something to find you." ”

After five or six knocks, the door was opened, and it was opened by an older, dark-skinned and slightly chubby woman. She looked at the familiar neighbor outside the door, and then crossed him to see Shen Lingjun and Su Musha, her eyes were wary and panicked.

The man said: "Agui's family, Agui is not there?" ”

The woman nodded hesitantly: "In ...... Chop wood in the back. ”

The man pointed at Shen Lingjun: "Lord Shen from Dali Siqing has come to look for Agui, you can call him out quickly." ”

With a smiling face, Shen Lingjun said to the woman, "Let's ask Agui a few questions." ”

"Oh...... Okay, please, please come in......" The woman quickly opened the door and invited Shen Lingjun and them in.

Shen Lingjun sent away the neighbors of Agui's house, and followed the woman into the door with Su Musha.

When they walked to the back door, they heard the crackling sound of chopping wood, and the two saw a middle-aged man of medium stature wearing a single sweatshirt with an axe to chop on a wooden stake.

The woman ran over and shouted a little nervously: "Agui, Lord Shen of Dali Siqing has come to you and asked you something." ”

When Ah Gui heard this, he smashed down with another axe, splitting the wood on the ground in two, and then stopped moving, wiped the sweat beads on his head with the cloth around his neck, and straightened up.

Agui's family naturally didn't have a courtyard, so he set up a table in the open space at the back door and set up two or three chairs, which was a place to enjoy the cool and eat in summer.

The woman took out the best tea leaves in the house and made a pot of tea for Shen Lingjun and Su Musha, and after pouring the tea respectfully, she stood crampedly beside her.

Ah Gui said to her, "Go and cook for the children." ”

The woman hesitated, her mouth moved, and at last she said nothing and withdrew.

Ah Gui lowered his head and looked at the ground, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Lord Shen, you came to me today for Lord Lu's business, right?" ”

Seeing that he was so direct, Shen Lingjun didn't go around in circles with him, nodded and said, "Yes, we want to ask you a few questions." ”

Ah Gui made a gesture: "Lord Shen, please speak up." ”

Shen Lingjun said: "You have been helping in the Lu Mansion for many years, why did you leave suddenly?" ”

Ah Gui didn't expect her to ask this first, so she was stunned for a moment and laughed at herself: "Now that this kind of thing has happened, I'm afraid no one will be able to stay." ”

Su Mu said loudly: "How many years have you been in the Lu Mansion?" ”

Ah Gui turned his head to look at him, he didn't know what his identity was, he didn't look like an official, and Shen Lingjun didn't introduce him, but since he followed Shen Lingjun's side, he must also be from the official mansion, so he replied honestly: "There are seven or eight years." ”

Shen Lingjun said with a smile: "It's not a short time, you know Lord Lu very well, right?" ”

Ah Gui nodded and said briefly: "Lord Lu treats people well. ”

"Then what do you think of Lord Lu's character?"

Ah Gui put his hands on his knees and said carefully: "I'm just waiting for my subordinates, and I don't have much contact with Lord Lu, which is not good to evaluate." ”

Shen Lingjun smiled: "In this case, let's talk about what you saw, which is the scene of Lord Lu accepting bribes that you saw that day, you can tell me more about it." ”

"I was cleaning the courtyard that day, and suddenly I saw a scholar sneaking in through the side door with a very large and heavy package......"

Su Musha interrupted: "The scholar came in alone? Who opened the door for him? ”

Ah Gui replied: "It's a person, as for who opened the door, it's not clear, maybe it's the door left by Lord Lu." ”

"And then?"

Then he went to the master's study.

Shen Lingjun asked, "How did you recognize who this scholar is?" ”

"When he went out, I took a photo with him, and I found that this scholar had come a few days ago, and it was two people who came together, but this time the shorter one didn't come, oh, he had a flesh mole the size of a red bean on the corner of his eyebrows, which was easy to recognize."

Shen Lingjun didn't remember whether Chang Hao had a flesh mole at all, and looked at Su Musha, who nodded affirmatively at her.

Shen Lingjun said: "When he came out, the package in his hand was gone?" ”

"Yes." Ah Gui nodded and said: "Later, after I waited for him to leave, because I was curious, I went to the study window to look in, and Lord Lu's desk suddenly had a few antiques and calligraphy and paintings that I had never seen, and I was a little scared at the time, so I immediately ran away." ”

Su Musha asked, "Lu Xiuyuan was in the study at that time?" ”

Ah Gui frowned slightly, looked at the bowl of tea in front of him with hesitation, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Also, how are you sure that Lu Xiuyuan also received a silver ticket of 10,000 taels." Shen Lingjun looked at his face and asked.

Ah Gui half-lowered his eyes, stretched out his hand to hold the tea bowl on the table, bowed his head and said: "Later, Mrs. Lu took a silver ticket from Lord Lu's study very happily, I happened to be on the side, so I asked Mrs. why she was in such a good mood today, Mrs. said that Lord Lu finally got the hang of it or something, and I deliberately leaned over and took a sneak look, a full ten thousand taels." ”

Shen Lingjun propped his chin and said, "So you have seen this matter from beginning to end." ”

Agui nodded: "Almost." ”

"Do you think Lu Xiuyuan is taking bribes?"

Agui shook his head: "I don't know, I just said what I knew, no matter how many people there are, how many times I come, that's what I want to say." ”

Shen Lingjun nodded: "Is there anything else?" ”

Ah Gui stood up, his face was a little complicated, and he said a little anxiously: "Lord Shen, that's what I know, as for the rest, although I have worked in the Lu Mansion for many years, I have always been a rough job, and I can't say a word to Lord Lu in a year, so I really don't know more." ”

"Okay." Shen Lingjun also stood up and smiled at him: "If you want to get up and miss something, come to Dali Temple and tell me." ”

Ah Gui sent Shen Lingjun and Su Mu out: "Yes, Lord Shen." ”

Coming out of Agui's house, Shen Lingjun touched his chin and said, "These words seem to be impeccable." ”

"Ling'er, have you noticed one thing?" Su Musha said: "Agui, it doesn't seem that he is a person with too much curiosity, and he has been a helper in Lu Mansion for seven or eight years and has not said a few words to Lu Xiuyuan, which shows that he is an honest man who works weekdays, why did he go to the study to look around on that day, and he talked to peek at the silver ticket." ”

Shen Lingjun nodded: "Well, it's very inconsistent with his usual style." ”

Su Musha said: "There are many strange things about this matter, so be cautious. ”

"yes, I also noticed that his face was a little unnatural." Shen Lingjun recalled.

"Go back and ask Huang Yu to see what he says."

"Okay."

Su Musha stopped: "Where to go next?" ”

Shen Lingjun pinched his chin and hesitated for a long time, looked up at the sky, and snapped his fingers: "Yes." ”