"What's your name?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"Back to my lord!" , the maid hurriedly stood up.

"Sit down and say, sit down and say", Nie Xiaohu stretched out his right hand and pressed it down in the air.

"Yes," the maid nodded, and sat down slowly.

"The slave's name is Xiaohong."

"Xiaohong, let me ask you, what did you see yesterday?"

"Yesterday?"

Xiaohong thought for a while and said, "When I got up early yesterday morning, I saw Xiaolan stealing the leftover pastries from Mrs. last night, as well as ......."

"Stop, stop", Nie Xiaohu smiled and waved his hand, "Let's start with yesterday afternoon when your wife was going out!" ”

"Yes," Red replied softly.

"Yesterday afternoon, Madame packed up and went out, and I was watching ...... in the yard at that time."

"Wait a minute, doesn't your wife go out with a personal maid?"

"She never brings," Xiaohong shook her head.

"Why is that?"

"I don't know this, Madame often goes out shopping, but she never brings an entourage, and every time she wears a veil, as if she is afraid that everyone will come out, and we don't dare to ask more."

"Veiled?" , Nie Xiaohu's brows furrowed slightly, "Are you saying that your wife is veiled every time she goes out?" ”

"Yes", Red nodded.

"Go on", Nie Xiaohu nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"As soon as Madame walked to the gate of the courtyard, a woman came on the opposite side, and the woman chatted with Madame in front of the gate of the courtyard, and Madame turned around and took her back to her bedroom."

"Do you see what the man looks like?"

"No, the man also has a veil over his face, so he can't see clearly."

"And then?"

"And not long after, Madame and the woman went out of the bedroom and went to the master's study, and at the door of the study, Madame did not know what she said, and then the woman pushed the door and went in, and Madame went out."

"Didn't any of you go into the study? Like pouring a cup of tea or something? ”

"No, Mrs. gave instructions early yesterday morning, saying that the master has important matters to discuss with others, and we are not allowed to approach the study, unless there is a call from the master."

"Go on", Nie Xiaohu nodded.

"The woman entered the master's study, that is, about two quarters of an hour, and came out, and left directly after coming out, and the master was always in the study, because we were not called, and we never dared to go over.

It wasn't until late in the evening that Madame came back from shopping and asked where the master was, and I said that the old man had been in the study, and Madame went into the study, and then ran out screaming, and we knew that the old man had ......."

"How is the relationship between your lord and wife on weekdays?" , Nie Xiaohu suddenly asked.

"Huh?" , Xiaohong was stunned, obviously unprepared for this question.

"I'm asking how your lord and wife have a relationship on weekdays?" , Nie Xiaohu repeated again.

"The old lady is very affectionate and has a good relationship on weekdays!"

"Smack!" With a bang, Nie Xiaohu slapped the table heavily, making Xiaohong tremble in fright.

"Tell the truth!"

"Yes! Be! ”

Xiaohong nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said quickly: "The old lady looks affectionate on the surface, but in fact it is not like that, the old lady often goes out alone, and the old man suspects that the lady has raised a little white face outside."

Every time Madame went out, the lord asked Jixiang to follow her secretly to see where she went and who she met. ”

Xiaohong finished her words in one breath, panting heavily.

Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui looked at each other and smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "How do you know?" ”

"It was Jixiang who whispered to me, he... He said he liked me", Xiaohong's voice grew lower and lower, and her face turned red.

"Who is Jixiang?"

"It's a subordinate of our family, who specializes in serving the master."

"Very good, you can go out", Nie Xiaohu smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, sir!" Xiaohong stood up, bowed, and turned to go out.

"Little stone!"

"Tiger Head!" , Shi Yuning pushed the door from the outside and walked in.

"You go and call the two brothers, go to the Ji family, and bring a subordinate named Jixiang!"

"Got it!"

"What's your name?" , Nie Xiaohu looked at the elderly servant sitting opposite and asked.

"The old slave's name is Tianfu, and he is sixty-three years old this year!" , Tianfu said as he stroked his gray beard under his chin.

"Old man, how many years have you been a servant in the Ji family?"

"It's been fifty years!"

Tianfu said with a smile: "The old servant has been serving the old master since he was thirteen years old, and now the old man can't do heavy work, so he can only go to guard the old house!" ”

"Old man, tell me what you saw in the old mansion outside the city three days ago!" , Cao Xiaohui said on the side.

"Hey!" Tianfu nodded, and suddenly seemed to feel that something was wrong, and then said, "This official, why is your voice so sharp?" Is your throat inflamed? I have ancestral medicine here, three pairs of down, let you recover as before, how about it, do you want to ......"

"Old man, I'm a woman!" , Cao Xiaohui said with a smile.

"Oh! It turned out to be for the female official! Oops, disrespectful, disrespectful! I'm dizzy, I didn't see it for a while, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry! Tianfu apologized vigorously.

"It's okay, old man, you better tell me what you saw in the old mansion outside the city three days ago!"

"Good! Good! ”

Tianfu nodded, thought for a moment, and then said: "It was the afternoon of three days ago, I took a nap in the cabin where I lived, and after waking up, I wanted to go to the old mansion to have a look. ”

"How far is the wooden house you live in from the old house?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.

"Not far, not far, that is, a hundred or ten steps!"

Nie Xiaohu nodded, and then asked, "What do you see?" ”