"Yes, Princess." Mama Gong got the order, didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly left the palace of Bac Ninh.

Murong Qi finished the paperwork in the General Administration Department, said goodbye to his former boss and colleagues, and walked out of the yamen. Tomorrow he will go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to officially take office, and today he and two friends made an appointment to have a small gathering at the restaurant at noon.

Seeing that the hour was still early, and the restaurant that had been agreed with was not far away, he sent the carriage and walked along the street in front of the Yamen of the General Administration with only a small servant.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I arrived at the mouth of an alley, and accidentally caught a glimpse of a somewhat familiar back. Stopping to look at it, the old woman had turned into the middle of nowhere.

Murong Qi felt a little strange, so he quietly stepped forward and hid at the mouth of the alley to peek inside. I saw the old woman stop in front of a house in the alley, and the old woman looked left and right to make sure that there was no one, and then knocked on the door of the house.

In a short time the door opened, and the old woman entered the house, and the door was shut.

The accompanying maid also looked at the person and said in a low voice: "Eldest prince, isn't that the palace grandmother next to the princess?" ”

"Have you ever heard that Mama Gong has any relatives living here?" Murong Qi asked.

The little guy shook his head: "I haven't heard of it." Except for a distant nephew who works on an errand in Zhuangzi, Mama Gong doesn't seem to have any other relatives. Besides, even if you go to relatives, you don't have to be so sneaky, right? ”

Murong Qi pondered for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see here." ”

Mama Gong didn't stay long, but she came out in two quarters of an hour.

Murong Qi and the little maid hid behind the guise of a tea shop outside the alley, and watched her turn out of the alley and walk away before turning around and entering the alley.

The alley is a cul-de-sac, ending in someone else's backyard wall. Mama Gong entered the second house at the entrance of the alley, and Murong Qi stopped at the door of the house for a moment, turned around in the alley, and then came out and went straight to the tea shop outside the alley.

There was a while before noon, and there were only two or three customers in the tea shop. Seeing that Murong Qi was wearing a long robe and looking like a rich man, the guy smiled and led him to a more spacious seat: "What does this son want to use?" ”

Murong Qi knew that this kind of small tea shop would not have too good tea, so he ordered a pot of Longjing and two dim sum at random.

After the refreshments came up, the man poured the tea, and Murong Qi stuffed a piece of broken silver to him, and said, "Little second brother, I want to inquire about you about something." Are there any houses around here that you want to rent? ”

The guy was naturally happy to get the reward, and said with a smile: "Does the son want to live by himself, or rent it to someone else?" ”

"Don't hide it from the second brother, I have a distant cousin in my family who wants to come to the capital to study, and I want to find a quiet place to live. I saw that this alley was very secluded, and it was not far from the street, and I guessed that he would be able to match it. Murong Qi pointed to the alley opposite the tea shop.

The guy looked over there and smacked his tongue: "There are no empty houses in this alley." Originally, the middle house had been empty for several years, and it was also occupied last year. ”

Hearing that it was the second family at the entrance of the alley, Murong Qi shook his head regretfully: "Oh? This is not a coincidence. I don't know if there is any possibility of subleasing this one? ”

The guy waved his hand straight: "I think the son should forget it, the master never goes out." I've been living in it for a year, and only one mute mother-in-law occasionally comes out to buy groceries. ”

"So mysterious? Does the little second brother know who lives there? Murong Qi asked curiously.

The man's gossip heart was instantly ignited, and he lowered his voice and said, "Childe really asked the right person." Except for the small one, no one really saw the owner of that house. ”

Murong Qi raised his eyebrows with interest: "Then the little second brother, tell me, what kind of person is it?" ”

The guy said mysteriously: "It's a coincidence, one night last year, I had a bad stomach and got up several times in one night. When I got up in the middle of the night, I heard movement outside, and I looked through the crack in the door, and saw a carriage parked at the entrance of the alley, and a man got out of it. The man was wrapped in a black robe, and even the hood was tightly buttoned. ”

The little guy Murong Qi brought with him laughed out loud: "Little second brother, you are really funny, wrapped tightly, you didn't even look at your face, how can you say that you have seen that person, or the only one you have seen?" ”

The guy was unhappy and rolled his eyes: "Don't interrupt this little brother, listen to me." I have no other characteristics of this person, but I have good eyes, and I can tell from the person's body that she is a woman. Sure enough, when she got to the door, she looked up at the door, and the hood was a little down, and I happened to see it. ”

"What does she look like?" The little guy asked.

"Don't mention it, a face is as white as a ghost, there is no blood at all, but the eyes are black holes. Thanks to my boldness, I would have to be scared out of my way to the rest of the world. The guy touched his arm, and he looked like he had just seen a ghost.

Murong Qi frowned slightly, the woman's face was pale, and her eyes were ...... Somewhere in the depths of memory seems to be awakening.

The little guy snorted disdainfully: "Little second brother, are you making up a story?" ”

"Believe it or not," the man waved his hand impatiently, "I've never told anyone about it, and if it hadn't been for this boy, I'd have forgotten about it." ”

Murong Qi paid for the tea, smiled slightly, and said, "It seems that my cousin has nothing to do with here, so I'll find another place." ”

Out of the tea shop, Murong Qi put away the smile on his face, and whispered a few words in the little girl's ear, and the little girl nodded and went to the arranged restaurant.

It was night, and Ruoping's return to Moyuan Pavilion was approaching. Through the windows of the main house, it can be seen that only a faint oil lamp has been left inside, and the people inside must have slept.

After sitting under the porch for a while, she got up and went back to her room.

The next morning, when Mo Li got up and had breakfast, Ruoping went to her room.

"Miss, yesterday Mama Gong went to Yuxuan."

"Sure enough......" Mo Li's lips hooked a knowing smile, "What else?" ”

"She didn't come back directly after leaving He Yuxuan, but went to a house, stayed for about two quarters of an hour before coming out, and then came back." Ruoping said, "Yesterday I personally followed her, and at the entrance of that house, I saw Murong Qi and his little servant. ”

Murong Qi should have been passing by, and did not appear in front of Mama Gong, but secretly watched her enter the mansion. It wasn't until she left that she went to the tea shop outside the alley and asked the guy who lived in the house. ”

"Last night, I visited the house at night, and there lived a woman and a mute mother-in-law. The woman's face is bloodless, as thin as a handful of firewood, and her steps are vain, so she shouldn't know martial arts. ”

"Oh!? It's interesting. Mo Li raised her eyebrows.