Chen Ying was stunned for a moment, then bowed slightly: "I know." Since she refuses to accept it, don't be angry with your mother, just take it back. After a pause, he said, "I'll go there myself in a few days." ”

Chen Yi was afraid that there was some misunderstanding, and this misunderstanding might be related to yesterday's incident, so she couldn't say that she suspected that Chen Ying told Mrs. Xu what she said behind her back.

In addition, Chen Ying couldn't think of any other reason to provoke the other party's anger.

As long as it is explained clearly, there is still a lot of room for things to turn around.

Chen Ying thinks so.

However, the next development was a little beyond her expectations.

Chen Yi refused to accept Chen Ying's gift, and even refused to see her. Chen Ying came to the door the next day, but was politely blocked out of the door by Chen Lu's eldest maid Caijuan, only saying that Chen Luo was grounded and it was inconvenient to see outsiders.

Neither wanted to ask Chen Ying for an explanation, nor did he want to listen to Chen Ying's explanation, so he shrank in the room, as if he had made up his mind not to get along with Chen Ying.

Chen Ying always felt that whether it was a sister or a friend, it was a mutual relationship, and Chen Yi refused to even give her a chance to explain, so it was clear what Chen Ying's image was in her heart.

Chen Ying put this matter aside and never mentioned it again.

A few days later, in accordance with the agreement with Pei Shu, Chen Ying completed the second detective record. In this record, she focused on the analysis of Jiao Xing's case, but as for the nameless female corpse, she did not mention a word, let alone the wood carving.

After copying a copy of the record, Chen Ying sent someone to invite Pei Shu, intending to hand over the wood carving to him in the mansion and show him the wood carving.

And before that, she also got more complete information from the Li family, and she had a deeper understanding of Pei Shu.

The only difference between the two is that the Marquis of Weiyuan is stationed in the Ningxia Mansion adjacent to Xiyi in the west of the Great Chu Dynasty, unlike the Marquis of Zhenyuan staying in the capital, and the status between the two is not the same.

Thirteen years ago, when Emperor Yuan Jia's Northern Expedition was in full swing, Xiyi suddenly gathered tens of thousands of troops and horses and attacked at Pingluo Fort.

At that time, the Marquis of Weiyuan, who was guarding one side, was still Pei Shu's father, Pei Guang.

Pei Guang is a very brave general, Pei Jiajun is a famous iron army in the northwest, seeing the enemy attack, Pei Guang immediately ordered troops and horses, led his troops to fight, and his two sons - Pei Ji and Pei Mao - also went into battle. The two armies of Chu and Yi launched a field battle in Shizuishan, Pei Guang shot three generals of Xiyi in front of the battle, and shot the enemy commander in front of the army with a brilliant arrow, laying down the victory.

However, when the Marquis of Zhenyuan, father and son led the troops to pursue, Pei Guang was shot through the back of the heart by a cold arrow and died on the spot.

The coaches of both sides were all folded in front of the battle, so that the victory finally turned into a melee, and the brothers Pei Ji and Pei Mao were surrounded by enemy troops, and they both fought to the exhaustion and died on the battlefield.

Although the battle still ended with the complete annihilation of the enemy army by Dachu and a complete victory, the Pei family army suffered heavy losses in this battle, with more than half of them killed and wounded, and did not recover for many years after that.

It's just a pity that the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, which was originally not thinly populated, who would have thought that after a big war, Pei Guang's father and son died at the same time, and Pei Shu, the youngest son who was only seven years old at the time, became the only surviving male in the Pei family.

Fortunately, Pei Guang's father and son did not sacrifice in vain, this battle completely crippled Xiyi, and laid the foundation for the victory of Emperor Yuanjia's personal expedition to Xiyi. The Pei family exchanged their blood and lives for the peace of the western part of Great Chu, and the Pei family had three generals, which could be called a well-deserved death.

Emperor Yuan Jia felt his loyalty and bravery, and took pity on Pei Shu's loneliness, and soon after Pei Guang's death, he issued a decree and ordered Pei Shu to take the title, making him the youngest marquis of the Great Chu Dynasty. His name of "Little Marquis" has been called in Ningxia since then, but because Ningxia is very far away from Shengjing, there are very few people in the capital who know about it.

Now, Pei Shu is over 20 years old, and it is said that he has the style of a father back then, and he is also a powerful general, and Pei Jiajun has gradually become meteorological under his leadership.

It's just that the bad luck of the Pei family doesn't seem to be over yet. In the past ten years, several of Pei Shu's elders have died of illness one after another, and just two years ago, his last close relative, his grandmother, Mrs. Wei, did not survive the cold winter of Ningxia Mansion and died of illness.

In the huge mansion of the Marquis of Weiyuan, there is only Pei Shu left as a master, and there is an old lady surnamed Huo who has watched Pei Shu grow up since childhood, and he is like a mother and son, and the two depend on each other in the mansion.

After hearing these news from the Li family, Chen Ying also sighed to herself.

This is the real loyalty, Pei Shu's father and brother are heroes who sacrificed on the battlefield to defend the motherland, and they deserve the greatest respect, and with this premise, she has a little more trust in Pei Shu.

Soon it was the appointed day, Pei Shu came to the Guogong Mansion as agreed and met with Chen Ying in the outer study.

Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally visited the door last time and brought Chen Ying the reward of Emperor Yuanjia, therefore, Chen Ying's status in the Guogong Mansion is now very transcendent, and the meeting with Pei Shu was naturally agreed.

However, Mrs. Xu still sent Liu Baoshan's family and several old mothers to accompany her, so as not to let Chen Ying meet Pei Shu alone.

As for the Xu family, the Li family and others, Mrs. Xu didn't call them over, thinking that she had her own considerations.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of mothers-in-law, Chen Ying presented the detective record, and Pei Shu told her the recent progress of the incident very vaguely.

Chen Ying's improvised patchwork line did have a certain effect, Emperor Yuan Jia had paid some attention to the nameless female corpse case, but it did not meet their expectations.

"Three days ago, His Majesty sent an edict to the eldest princess's mansion at the right time to ask questions." Pei Shu said in a low voice, and swept his gaze to the door, with a little impatience in his eyes.

Chen Ying knew that he was anxious to see the genuine wood carving, but at the moment, it was in full view of everyone, which was very inconvenient.

After adjusting her facial muscles, Chen Ying showed what she thought was the kindest smile to Liu Baoshan's family, and said, "Mother Liu, can you please recuse yourself for the time being, I will discuss the case with Master Pei." ”

Liu Baoshan's family had already been shown by Mrs. Xu before, and knew that this was the right thing, so he bowed down and said with a smile: "The old lady said, this hot day, don't be too tired, let's go back after finishing the business earlier." ”

This is telling Chen Ying that he can't delay alone with Pei Shu for too long.

"With Lao's mother, I can save it." Chen Ying said.

Liu Baoshan's family bowed again, and led people to retreat outside the door, but they didn't go far, they all waited under the porch, just glance at the window, and you can see the situation in the house.

This kind of overt surveillance can be called an old lady Xu's concession.