Chen Mufeng didn't expect that he could be like this without being injured when he beat someone, he walked slowly on the road, and only moved to a house after a while, and Zhuang Rou kept following him, and he didn't even help him.

On the way, they also met a few people, although they were curious, they didn't dare to ask casually, they just bent down to greet him, shouted the ninth young master and sent him away.

This is where the two housekeepers and some people with status live, Chen Mufeng walked to one of the small courtyards and stopped, leaned against the wall next to the door and said: "Sister Zhuang, I think I should take care of my injuries for a few days and then go to you, which will drag you back too much." ”

"Poof, okay." Zhuang Rou suddenly laughed, this guy's muscles are not as durable as they seem.

He was a little embarrassed and said, "This is Li Zhongxin's courtyard, and he should be in the courtyard now." ”

"No way, he let me go to the yamen in the afternoon, and now the city gate is closed and I can't come back. There's no one in there, or I wouldn't have come. ”

Chen Mufeng looked at her in surprise, didn't he come to ask questions, but came to search for his house behind his back?

Zhuang Rou didn't explain at all, she walked up directly and pushed the door open, and heard the sound of the door, and a rough little girl ran out of the small room near the door, "Steward Li, are you back?" ”

When she looked up, she found that it was a girl who came in, so she was stunned, and then saw that the Ninth Young Master was supporting him at the door, so she hurriedly made a blessing, "Ninth Young Master, Steward Li hasn't come back yet." ”

"It's none of your business, go back to your room and rest, I'll wait for him in the house." Chen Mufeng sent her away with a word.

Xiao Yahuan glanced at him curiously, a little inexplicable but still nodded obediently, and returned to his cabin, but he was very curious about what the young master was doing with a girl here at night?

Zhuang Rou walked like a cat, came directly to the main house silently, and stretched out her hand to push the door open. This is very safe in Shangshu Mansion, and there are rough maids in the courtyard to watch, and important things are locked by themselves, so the door is generally not locked except for sleeping.

She lit the lamp when she entered the room, Chen Mufeng walked in slowly, immediately gritted her teeth and ran quickly to the back room, and lay directly on the bed, and suddenly let out a painful and comfortable hum, "It's so sour, I want to rub the medicinal wine." ”

"When I'm gone in a while, you can find a few people to carry it back and wipe it yourself." Zhuang Rou didn't have any sympathy at all, and raised the candlestick to look around Li Zhongxin's house.

Very ordinary suite, with a bed and cupboard, a screen and toilet. There is more furniture outside, but it is an ordinary table, chair and bench, and there is a desk, and there are a lot of books on the shelves next to it, and I look like a person who loves to read.

She walked to the bookcase and flipped through it casually, and found that the books he read were very miscellaneous, but there were many biographies and history books, so it was no wonder that he felt that he was very temperamental.

After a few casual glances, Zhuang Rou set up the candlestick and began to rummage through the boxes. She didn't know what to look for, anyway, she looked for it first, and asked while searching, "Jiu Shao, how did this Li Zhongxin come to the house?" ”

Chen Mufeng lay comfortably on Li Zhongxin's bed, and replied casually: "How else can I come, I heard that my family was sold in order to have something to eat, and I was only seven years old when I came." ”

"Wait, he was only seven years old when he entered the mansion, but he was your scholar, so how old are you now?" Zhuang Rou suddenly stopped her hand and looked at him puzzled, then Li Zhongxin is in his thirties, can he still be a scholar?

"I'm seventeen years old, and Li Zhongxin is indeed my scholar, because he asked my father for it when I was five years old. At that time, he was my father's attendant, and he did a good job, and he said that he wanted to study, so he begged for a long time. My father saw that he was so kind, and although he was older, he could serve me, so he arranged for me to be a scholar. Chen Mufeng hurriedly explained to himself, although he was tall and big, he was also a talented teenager, and he didn't want to be said to be old.

Zhuang Rou didn't find anything in the wardrobe, so she came to the bed in the inner room, which was made into a cabinet for valuable things. No matter how good the thief is, as long as he can't open the lock, he can't carry the bed away.

The two drawers next to the bed were opened by her and looked at them, there were some broken silver and copper coins, and some handkerchiefs and purses and other things given by the girl, which looked like no big deal, and the chain was not on it.

Zhuang Rou looked up at the bed, and found that there were two small drawers at the head of the bed, which were locked. At home, she also has such a small drawer at the head of her own bed, but there is nothing valuable in it, one puts some of the usual monthly money, and the other one puts candy and snacks, so that she can catch it and eat it when she is bored in bed.

So, she stepped directly on the bed, stepped over the corpse of Chen Mufeng and squatted there, carefully looking at the two small locks.

Chen Mufeng snorted a few times, turned himself over, looked at her and said, "If the lock is broken, he will be found when he comes back, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhuang Rou glanced at him and said with a smile: "Learn a little." ”

Then she took out a wide ear plucker from her purse around her waist, fumbled on it, and pulled out a small thin hook. In Chen Mufeng's surprised gaze, she put the ear hook into the lock and pounded it.

A moment later, the lock clicked softly and it opened.

"Wow, Sister Zhuang, you can still pick the lock!" Where has a young master like Chen Mufeng ever seen such a trick, and he suddenly stared at the ear scoop and wanted to take it over to see how rare it was.

Zhuang Rou said disapprovingly: "It's not a powerful technique, its practical branches can also be opened, but it's more troublesome." A few days ago, in order to solve the case, I deliberately went to find the roots, and it was really much more convenient. ”

Chen Mufeng looked at the drawer, and she was happily flipping through the drawer, and asked puzzledly: "Why do you have to learn to pick locks when you solve the case?" Isn't it a righteous and bright thing? ”

"Dead brain, when everyone else is ready, what else are you going to investigate. Besides, if you find the wrong person, and you can't find evidence after turning over other people's things, how do you explain it to others, and people who are in trouble must not drag you for a long time. Zhuang Rou said speechlessly, if it weren't for the fact that he had a body of muscles, he could use it as a shield in the future, and he really didn't want this kind of dull young master to be a follower.

Seeing the contempt in her eyes, Chen Mufeng said embarrassedly: "It's not like I haven't seen it, it's good to learn more in the future." ”

Zhuang Rou continued to rummage through the drawers and whispered, "In the future, watch more and learn more, and talk less nonsense." ”

There are a lot of valuable things in this drawer, and she found the title deed of a shop, which is not very good depending on the location and size, but it is already a great thing to have a small shop anywhere in the capital.

In addition, there is a title deed with a considerable amount of land on it. At the end, there are two house deeds, the one in the capital is smaller, and the other one is larger but in a small place.

There are four silver ingots of fifty taels, plus some gold and silver such as gold melon seeds, and when you look at the golden melon seeds, you know that they should be rewarded by the people of Shangshufu.

Zhuang Rou put this drawer back and took out another one, and there were more patterns here, there was a stack of small bills in denominations of ten taels, almost two hundred taels. There are also more than a dozen pieces of jade pendants and gold and silver ornaments, although they are not particularly valuable, but they can be seen to be exquisitely workmanlike, and they should also be rewarded or obtained from others.

She looked back at Chen Mufeng, who didn't know anything, just staring at her Chen Mufeng, who was obviously learning to solve the case, but seemed to prevent her from stealing, "How much money does your government give him a month?" ”

Chen Mufeng looked at her stunned, the ghost knew how much money a second housekeeper would give, but it was his own person, so he stammered a little and said, "About a hundred taels." ”

Seeing him say a hundred or two, Zhuang Rou knew that this guy didn't know, she had heard those young ladies say this kind of thing before. Like the officials' families that are lower than Shangshu, the monthly money of the ladies is only seven or eight taels, and ten taels are already very rich and favored. A first-class girl can get one or two taels of silver a month, and it is also a person with more real power, so it is possible to give it.

If you are a housekeeper, there are about one or two hundred taels a year, and there are more housekeepers, and it should not exceed five hundred taels.

The second housekeeper is not like the big housekeeper, he has the power to manage the entire house, and he can fill his own pocket in purchasing. The things found in this drawer alone are worth tens of thousands of taels, mainly fields and real estate.

Zhuang Rou pushed the drawer back, poked Chen Mufeng's chest with her finger and said, "If your family gives the second housekeeper a hundred taels of silver a month, then how much silver does your father have to be greedy for to support you young masters and young ladies." Look at the material of your clothes and the jade pendant on your body, I just found out that you are also wearing two gold bracelets so thick, if you add a golden pig to hang on your chest, isn't this a shackle? ”

Chen Mufeng's chest had already been hit by her, and when she poked him, he was half dead in pain, and he couldn't help but scream, "Sister Zhuang, don't do it, I can't stand it!" ”

"Give you two days, let me know who sold him in, and if there is anything in normal times, nothing is missing. Even his women have to find out what they like to eat, and of course you have to don't expose yourself. This is your first time handling a case, so don't mess it up. Zhuang Rou stared down at him and said, if you don't take it seriously, who knows what stupid things this little young master will do.

"It's so troublesome, I see." Chen Mufeng didn't expect the case to be so troublesome, but it sounded very interesting.

At this moment, the door was suddenly knocked open, and a woman rushed in with a shout, "Okay, you Li Zhongxin, you dare to bring the little hoof back while I go to the next door to drink tea!" ”

The woman was in her twenties, wearing heavy makeup and gold flower arrangement, and she came in panting and just wanted to scold, when she saw that the person lying on the bed was not a good Li Zhongxin, but the ninth young master, she immediately took a breath of cool air, and stood in the room in a daze.

"Nine...... Ninth Young Master. She didn't expect that when she came back from next door, she saw that the lights were lit in the house, and it sounded like there were male and female voices, and she couldn't hear what she was saying. I thought it was Li Zhongxin who brought someone back, but I didn't expect to bump into the Ninth Young Master's private affairs.

Chen Mufeng doesn't remember who this woman is, anyway, it must be related to Li Zhongxin, that is the next person in the family. His face suddenly turned cold, and he said, "Get out, if you dare to say anything about today, I will sell you!" ”

The woman panicked, and quickly ran out, fell in the yard, struggled to get up, and ran.

"My innocence ......" Chen Mufeng looked at the door, and didn't think that this matter could be hidden, it would definitely spread among the subordinates, or it would soon reach his mother's ears.

"Sister Zhuang, what should I do!" He hurriedly turned his head to ask Zhuang Rou what to do about this, but saw that she was locking the drawer as if she was fine.

Zhuang Rou saw that the lock was the same as before, so she turned around, but saw Chen Mufeng looking at herself with a on his face, so he said puzzledly, "Isn't it normal for the young master and Yahuan to have a private meeting in the housekeeper's room?" What is there to worry about, and don't look at how old you are, seventeen can get married. Your mother will be very happy, don't worry. ”

Chen Mufeng looked at her blankly, this is normal, but she doesn't want to be famous?

At this time, Zhuang Rou thought about it and said, "But don't let my brother know, otherwise you will wait for death." ”

"What!" Chen Mufeng's eyes widened, his brother-in-law is too fierce!