Seeing that she was emotional, Chen Ying tried her best to slow down her voice and said, "Mother, don't worry, speak slowly." You read the letter, what is written in it? ”

Li Shi was silent for a moment, and Fang whispered: "The letter reads, 'If you want to know about the things of the eight years, we will meet in the West Guest House after midnight', and the inscription is the word 'Zhou', and a sub-topographic map is drawn on it, which tells me...... Tell your father which way to go around the North Point Gate, and where to go when you leave the house, until you reach the main entrance of the West Guest Courtyard. ”

The more she spoke, the redder her eyes became, and she wiped it with a handkerchief: "After reading this letter, I really deserve it, and I immediately sleeved it, and made up my mind, I will definitely go to meet this Zhou Jiuniang for a while in the evening, so I will call Mother Luo and them...... and let no one stay and serve. ”

It turned out that this was the reason why the Li family "stayed" in the Pillow Frost House.

Chen Ying's face was heavy.

This letter is very much like a bait, but the object of its lure, is it Li or Chen Shao?

"What about faith?" Chen Ying asked Li, there was no scorching color in her clear eyes, only quiet: "Is this letter still on my mother's body?" ”

"It was taken by Ziqi." Li twisted the handkerchief for a while, put it down again, and frowned: "I loosened the bolt of the pillow frost house in advance, and waited for everyone in the courtyard to sleep before secretly going out, but I didn't want Ziqi to come." ”

"How could she go to the Pillow Frost House?" Chen Ying asked:

Li closed his eyes, and his expression gradually calmed down: "Ziqi is here to deliver medicine." I didn't bring the medicine I drank every day, she remembered it in the middle of the night, and hurriedly sent it over, but it collided with me. ”

"So, she went to the West Guest House on your behalf?" Chen Ying asked.

This is obvious, otherwise the Li family would not have been able to stay in the mansion either.

Li nodded, his face full of self-blame: "It's all about me." Ziqi is all for my good, and she desperately stops me from going, but I really ...... I really can't swallow this breath. Ziqi saw that she couldn't persuade me, so she said that she would go for me and see what she had to say. She knelt down to stop me, and I ...... I couldn't resist her, so I had to respond. She put on my garments, tied her hair in a woman's bun, and took the letter. ”

A long and narrow passage appears not far away, and through the passage, you can reach the corner gate that connects the West Guest Courtyard.

"Second lady, don't send it, the road ahead is not easy." Feng's mother reminded in the back.

Li nodded, stopped, took Chen Ying's hand, and looked anxious: "After Ziqi leaves, where can I sleep, just wait by the door, who wants to ......?"

She burst into tears again, and her face turned pale: "...... When the cry sounded, I knew that something was wrong, and I couldn't rest assured, so I went out. It was too dark, and I was so anxious and panicked that I didn't know where I was going...... I heard you speak before me. ”

Chen Ying paused and asked quietly, "Did you hear everything?" ”

Li's chin bowed, his face was gloomy, and he laughed at himself: "After listening to your words and Liu's mother, I really woke up." I'm really wrong, hurting others and myself, and even affecting my children, don't say it, Ziqi she ......"

She was so sad that she couldn't speak, her throat was choked, and her tears flashed: "Good boy, my mother knows that she is wrong, and my mother has now come to her senses." It's too late to say anything. Ziqi is a good one, you have to save her no matter what, she is dedicated to me, if she really has something, I can't live with my conscience in this life. ”

Tears kept dripping from the corners of her eyes, and she had no time to wipe them, so she only pulled Chen Ying tightly.

Chen Ying patted her hand: "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely investigate this case." You'd better go back first, grandmother is afraid that she will be sending someone to Mingfeng Pavilion soon. ”

She looked back, and Jiangyun and a few maids and daughters-in-law were not far away, and everyone was looking at the rest of their lives.

Today's Mingfeng Pavilion is really up and down, and Jiangyun's eyes are still red.

Li Shi wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, sighed, and said with a forced smile: "Listen to the axe for your mother, this is the way, you are also careful." She took a step forward and whispered: "Again, tell Ziqi a little, and say that it is good for her mother to miss her." ”

Chen Ying nodded in response, and Li went with Jiangyun and the others.

Mother Feng stepped forward and silently led the way, and everyone turned into the sandwich road and headed all the way north.

"The padlocks at both ends of the corner door, have the locks been opened?" Chen Ying asked.

Feng's mother said "yes", and said with a smile: "The girl has never been there, and the corner gate is actually not directly leading to the West Guest Courtyard, and there is still a sandwich road behind it, and it will take a while to get to the place." ”

She carefully introduced the topography of the West Guest Courtyard to Chen Ying, and Chen Ying knew that the so-called West Guest Courtyard was actually not just a courtyard, but a small building complex, with about five or six small courtyards, surrounded by an L-shape.

Now the corner gate they were going to walk through was connected to an L-shaped sandwich road, and five or six doors were opened along the road, each of which corresponded to a courtyard.

“…… There are a lot of autumn winds every year, and sometimes it happens that they have to come to several times, and a courtyard can't live at all, so they build a few more courtyards. Feng's mother explained.

Chen Ying was stunned, and asked again: "Now besides the Zhou family, are there other families living there?" ”

Mother Feng shook her head: "Back to the third girl, it's gone, just the Zhou family, living in the westernmost courtyard." ”

Needless to say, this must have been ordered by Mrs. Xu.

"What's going on in that yard, please tell my mother." Chen Ying asked again.

She was anxious to understand the terrain there, and she couldn't wait to see it with her own eyes, and now she wanted to know.

Feng's mother said: "Those courtyards are all the same, they are all two-entry courtyards, plus a small garden, the garden is very small, but it looks like a dozen steps. She leaned forward, with a mysterious face: "The slave maid heard that Zhou Jiuniang often cries secretly in that small garden. ”

It is said that she shouldn't talk too much about this matter, but she has also had a fateful friendship with Chen Ying, and she is willing to reveal some news.

"Do you know why?" Chen Ying asked along with her words.

Mother Feng laughed: "The third girl forgives her sins, and the slave maid just heard someone say this." He lowered his voice again: "I heard that Zhou Zhu'er was picky about food and clothing, and often asked people to go out to buy wine and food." ”

"Don't they go out on their own?" Chen Ying couldn't help but be curious.

Mother Feng snorted and said disdainfully: "They think, only the old lady has explained, it's okay to go out, don't report the name of the Guogong Mansion if you encounter anything." And they were all honest. ”

Chen Ying nodded thoughtfully.

These two sisters and brothers seem to have stories.

While speaking, the corner door had arrived, and Tang's mother stepped forward to open the door, and there was a sound of iron chains.

"The old lady called someone to pass through the other courtyard in advance, and opened the lock inside first." Mother Tang spoke respectfully.

"Grandmother is very thoughtful, I thank her here first." Chen Ying said sincerely.

Putting aside those metaphysical things, she has always admired Mrs. Xu's shrewdness and sobriety.