Seeing her like this, Yingge sighed and helped her tuck the thin blanket on her body. Miss's menstrual cramps don't know what medicine to cure, and she feels uncomfortable for her.

Jin Nian asked her, "How long has Mama Gong been gone?" ”

Yingge folded her hands and counted them, and replied: "Today is April 18th, Mama Gong has been gone for more than half a month, and she should be back soon." The wedding grange and shops of the old lady and several ladies are all near Yangzhou City, and it will not take a few days to go back and forth, so the young lady can just wait with peace of mind. ”

Mama Gong has walked the rivers and lakes before, Jin Nian has nothing to worry about, she just wants to know if Mama Gong has found anything as soon as possible.

It was already the second watch, and it had been dark for a long time, before the moon rose from behind above, and the entire Yangzhou city was shrouded in a hazy moonlight.

Mama Gong rode a red date horse and hurried slowly, and finally rushed to the city after the city gate was locked.

The small noodle shops on the street are all closed, only the painting boat by the lake and the Goolan courtyard along the street are still lit up, and the people are buzzing.

The three-way intersection was in front of her, and Mama Gong patted the red date horse under her crotch, and turned to Jingbei Street with a shake of the reins.

Gu Yanyi was still studying in the study, and not long after he came back from the academy, the mountain chief gave him a copy of the current political issues from the capital, and asked him to make a discussion in class tomorrow.

The lights suddenly lit up in the courtyard, and after a sound of footsteps, Mama Gong followed Sha Quan and came in: "Childe, what you asked me to check has eyebrows." ”

Mama Gong was in a hurry, and her clothes were all stained with dust and she didn't have time to change them.

Gu Yanyi put down the pen and motioned for her to continue. Su Jinnian took such a fancy to that mother-in-law, he was very curious about what was sacred.

Mama Gong immediately said: "In the first few days, according to the instructions of the young lady, I first went to the wedding granges and shops of the ladies and old ladies in the Su Mansion, and even went to the grange of the Su family's sacrificial fields, but I didn't find the mother-in-law of the painting. After that, he went to Huai'an non-stop to meet with Gu Commander and began to investigate Mama Lin's life experience. ”

"There is nothing suspicious about Mama Lin's background, she is a native of Shangcun, Huai'an, her mother died early, and she and her sister who is two years older rely on her father to raise her. In the first year of Yonghe, Huai'an was flooded, the entire village of Lushang Village was flooded, Mama Lin's family was also ruined, her father was washed away by the flood, and her sister was nowhere to be found. At that time, Mama Lin was six years old, and she entered the city with the fleeing crowd and sold herself into the Xie Mansion. It was also her creation that followed the young lady's mother within two years of entering the Xie Mansion, starting from a third-class maid and ending in Yangzhou. ”

Speaking of this, Mama Gong said with a puzzled face: "It's strange to say, how can this six-year-old child of Mama Lin accurately say that her sister who is two years older than her is thirty or forty years old?" It's been 30 years since Yonghe, and more than 20 years have passed. ”

Gu Yanyi rubbed her eyebrows. What is Mama Lin's sister, it was fabricated by Su Jinnian at all, she must know the mother-in-law in the portrait. She asked the painter to find Gu Yanning, which was the portrait of the woman she painted for herself.

He didn't know what that woman had to do with her, but she could attach so much importance to it, but he was afraid that the two had a great relationship.

Fortunately, according to what Mama Gong said, she is still looking for the mother-in-law, which shows that the two of them have nothing to do with each other.

Gu Yanyi tapped on the table and said to Sha Quan: "Pass the portrait to our people from all over the country, let them each post a notice to find their relatives, and once they find a similar woman, report it to me immediately, and there must be no mistake." ”

Sha Quan was silent, and finally didn't say anything, only said "yes" respectfully. Their people are all over the thirteen provinces of the Great Zhou, that is, the eldest prince, and it is very rare to use the thirteen daos at the same time, but now the prince is so fanfare, or in order to find a woman, the eldest prince has more than a dozen staff, the eldest prince may not say anything, but the other staff members will inevitably have complaints. But what Childe wants to do, he can't persuade him, and he can only see the tricks in the future.

Gu Yanyi no longer said anything about Mama Lin's sisters, he asked Mama Gong: "When did Gu Cheng go to the Cao Gang?" "He needs to get the general ledger of Caoyun as soon as possible.

Seeing that he suddenly changed the topic, Mama Gong was stunned for a moment, and the son took a lot of trouble to let them go to Mama Chalin and her sisters, why did they talk and talk about it?

Gu Yanyi was still waiting for her to answer, and Mama Gong came back to her senses and immediately said, "Cao Yun, who went ten days ago." ”33

Gu Yanyi thought about it, didn't say anything, and waved her hand to signal Mama Gong to retreat.

The next day, Jin Nian was finally able to get out of bed, and he had been curled up in bed for the past few days, feeling like he was going to get moldy.

The breeze was warm in the early morning, the weather was very good, she sat in the flower hall and tried to draw the broken bridge on the picture book of "The Legend of the White Snake", the bridge arch was only half drawn, Yingge ran in from outside the courtyard and shouted to her: "Mama Gong is back." ”

Jin Nian didn't care about painting anymore, put down his pen and walked out of the flower hall.

Mama Gong has already changed and washed, combed her round bun, and changed her clothes back to the green cloth jacket that had been washed a little white in the past.

She greeted Jin Nian, and said without waiting for Jin Nian to ask, "I'm sorry Miss, I didn't find the person on the painting." ”

Although he had a premonition, now that he heard Mama Gong say it, Jin Nian still couldn't hide his disappointment.

Mama Gong sighed secretly in her heart, and said: "On the first and second days, I was looking for people in various shops in Yangzhou City with the old lady and his wife, and I went to Gaoyou on the third day, and then I went to Jiangdu and Yizheng, and I also went to the grange where the clan sacrificed fields...... "She told Jinnian in detail about the places she had searched.

These days, in order to take care of the affairs of Gu Yanyi and Jinnian, she is almost covered with stars and moons. I only slept for two hours a day, and I had to change horses at every place before I could get back on the road.

Fortunately, there was no delay on either side.

Jin Nian was silent when she heard this, and Mama Gong searched for the most likely place where the woman was, but found no trace of her. It is very likely that the mother-in-law is in the capital, not in Yangzhou.

The Yangzhou side, basically, don't need to look for it anymore, just pay attention to the changes in the personnel in the house.

Seeing that she didn't say a word, Mama Gong persuaded: "Miss, don't worry, as long as the person is still there, there will always be a day when you can find it." ”

Jin Nian smiled, and then noticed that Mama Gong's face was frosty, her cheeks were dry and black, and she had lost a lot of weight.

She thanked Mama Gong: "Mama has worked hard all the way, go down and have a good rest." "She has to sort out some things in her previous life when she was in the capital.

Mama Gong's fingers slid over the letterhead in her sleeve pocket, thought about it and exited the flower hall.

In the evening, Yingge put the dinner in the flower hall, and she dragged Jin Nian out of the wing: "Miss had no appetite a few days ago, but now that she is clean, she must eat more." ”

On the table, there are four or five dishes of chicken soup, stir-fried shrimp, purple rice soup, and steamed sea bass, all of which her mother instructed the kitchen to make for her.

Mama Gong walked in from the outside, and she also held a small cup of purple sand in her hand.

Jin Nian stroked his forehead: "You can't treat me as a pig." "Tell Brother Ying to leave half a bowl of rice soup for her, and let Xie send the rest.

Mama Gong smiled: "I don't care about the rest, but you must drink it all up." Uncovering the purple sand cup, a sweet aroma with a faint aroma of herbs lingered in the air.

What a familiar smell!