Chapter 6 Peel back the cocoon
Lan E woke up after her injury before, and Shen'er had not recovered yet, so she naturally had no intention of caring about anything else.
Now after a few days of getting along with Wang Ke and his wife and everyone, the more she thinks about it, the more she feels that something is wrong.
The grandmother broke her leg and Wang Xian went crazy and committed murder, which has nothing to do with it on the surface, but it was only a day after the time came, and it was almost Cui Mama who went out of the house to recuperate from her injuries on her front foot, and there was a scene of "sister cannibalism" on her back foot.
Secondly...... It's her suspicion that she does.
She didn't believe in any accidental coincidences, she only believed in the cause and effect of everything, and only believed in manipulation and control.
If no one manipulates the design, with the careful nature of Grandma Cui, don't say that she won't slip, and even if she slips, she won't fall so hard.
Take another 10,000 steps back, even if Cui Mama fell in an accident, if no one instigates her, Wang Xian will hate her and be jealous of her, as a young court trained Wang family daughter, she will not dare to blatantly commit murder, let alone smash her to death, a daughter who is very pampered.
Because if she died, Wang Xian wouldn't be able to live.
She thought about these things repeatedly for a few days, but she couldn't figure out where to start.
Now for a question...... looked at this little girl's eyes and dodged, confirming that she had not guessed wrong.
Since there is no mistake, it is natural to ask clearly.
Lan'e turned over and lay on the pillow, looked at Ah Yi and asked, "Don't you say it yet?" What the hell is going on? ”
"It's not that the slave wants to hide it from the lady, this matter was originally a grandmother's guess......."
Ah Mo leaned in front of the couch and said with a bitter face: "After my grandmother was injured, she told the slave maid to stay away from her mother, and the slave asked her at that time, and the grandmother only said that you should be careful of Chen." ”
Chen?
Lan E's eyes lifted upward: "Which Chen?" ”
"The slave doesn't know." Ah Mo spread her hands and said with a look of chagrin: "The slave maid originally just wanted to secretly find out which Chen family it was, but then the lady was injured, so the matter was put aside." ”
"Left aside?" Lan'e raised her hand to touch the scar.
From the upper level of the house to the low-level servants, there are a total of 100 people, one Chen family...... It's easy to check.
It's just that I have to go back to Chang'an tomorrow, so I have to hurry.
Lan E commanded in a low voice, "Go and call Mama Li in." ”
She spoke in a suppressed voice, and Ah Mo naturally understood that this was to secretly pass on people.
Ah Mo nodded: "The slave knows how to do it." ”
After that, he took the fan and went out, and after a while, he lifted the curtain and came in, and when he came back, he didn't sit on the small pestle, only lowered his eyes and closed his jaw, and stood on the edge of the couch to play the fan in a regular manner.
After a while, Mama Li entered the house.
Lan E didn't wait for her to give a salute and asked in a low voice, "Is there a way for Mama to get the roster of servants in the house?" ”
Mama Li was stunned, and her eyes narrowed instantly.
Lan E nodded to her: "Mama guessed well, I suspect that someone designed Mama Cui's fall at the beginning, and someone added fuel to the fire when Xian Niangzi committed murder." ”
For Lan E to know what she was thinking after just glancing at her, Li Ma didn't feel strange at all, and just said plainly: "The old slave has one." ”
Ah! It really didn't take much effort to get it.
How could this old woman not have a roster in her hands when she was in charge of the torture chamber before?
"Where's the roster?" Lan'e's eyes lit up, she sat up, pointed to the small pestle in front of the couch and said, "Mama just sit down and rest, and ask Ah Mo to get it." ”
Ah Mo threw the fan, and rolled up his sleeves: "I'll get it!" ”
Mama Li didn't look at the little girl, and even less looked at the little pestle, and curtsied and said: "The master is here, the old slave doesn't dare to break the rules." After that, he straightened his waist, lowered his hand and said: "Since the lady is in a hurry, the old slave doesn't need to take any roster, what the lady wants to know, just ask the old slave." ”
What does that mean......
Lan E blinked, simply didn't tell the antecedents, and asked directly: "How many servants are surnamed Chen in the house?" In which yard are you on an errand? ”
Mama Li didn't think about it, so she opened her mouth and said, "There are seventeen servants surnamed Chen in the house. Among them, there are three sixty-year-old women, who are now raised in the back alley; There were four more people, one serving the lady in the main courtyard, the other in charge of the tea and water department in the house, and the other two in the large kitchen. ”
Lan E touched her chin.
In the back alley, these are raised, and if you want to enter the house, you have to recruit the master, so you can rule it out first. The other four ...... Cui's side will be put aside first, and the one in charge of the tea and water division and the two in the big kitchen will be counted as the number one first.
Lan E first wrote down these three people in her heart, and then asked Mama Li: "What do the other ten people do?" ”
According to Lan E's two sentences earlier, Mama Li first reported the seven people she thought were the most suspicious.
Now Lan'e asked again......
Mama Li frowned slightly, and said: "Of the remaining ten people, six of them are children born to families who are less than ten years old, and now Bishan House is taught by Mama Chang and Mama Zhang, and the other four, two stout ones are doing sprinkler cleaning in the torture room, and two clever ones are in this courtyard." ”
Bishan house has high walls on all sides, and those who learn the rules can't get out of the courtyard gate.
Doing a sprinkle sweep in the torture room is really suspicious, and first of all, you can't escape Mama Li's sharp eyes. Just now she didn't rank these two people at the beginning, presumably there was nothing wrong with these two.
There are also two in their own yard, and since Mama Li is there, these two are not to worry.
Pity...... I'm leaving tomorrow.
Even if you peel back the cocoon and check the surname Chen, you may not find it out overnight.
Lan E lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, and said cautiously to Mama Li: "Tomorrow I will leave for Chang'an, I will only ask Mama for one thing, no matter what means and methods are used, Mama can't let this person accompany her." ”
As long as this "Chen family" is left, and the family will return to Chang'an to serve the sick, there will be no master in the mansion, and this person will have no goal.
Without a goal, even if she has all kinds of tricks and tricks, who will she use next?
Li Mama's eyes flashed with appreciation, and only this appreciation flashed, and she drooped her eyelids and said, "Yes, the old slave understands, please ask the lady to allow the old slave to retire." ”
Lan E waved her little hand.
Li Mama Shili withdrew.
Early the next morning.
Mama Li freshened up and dressed up, first instructed the servants to boil water, clean the courtyard, and she went out to the outer courtyard herself.
After stalking around the outer courtyard, Mama Li entered the house next to the gate.
The chief steward of Wei was sitting behind the bookcase and reading the booklet that had been reported, and noticed that the door was dark, and he couldn't help but look up. He hurriedly got up and moved his chair.
Mama Li glanced at him coldly and said, "Did all the courtyards report the people who accompanied him?" I reported it and took a look. He sat down in a chair.
The person who can be in charge of the torture room is naturally the henchman of the big master's henchmen. What's more, when Wang Ke came to Jinyang to take office, Mama Li was the general personally ordered by Mrs. Wang?
Steward Wei didn't think that Mama Li was big at all, leaned over and handed over the booklet he had just read, and asked with a smile: "Is the master want to see it?" Don't worry, if you add people, I'll add another carriage. ”
Mama Li didn't move, only took the pages of the roster and looked through them carefully.