Regarding Ma Xiuying's resignation, Li Ningluo had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't see any flaws, she just felt that Ma Xiuying seemed to have something she didn't want to know.

Li Ningluo thought a little in his heart, and felt that Chu Liuyan said in front of Wu Guogong that he wanted to see Xu Biyi, since he had been here for a long time, it was very likely that Xu Biyi was in Ma Xiuying's room, but he should not be sloppy.

"Since my sister thinks it's okay, there is no need to talk about these things now. Sister, today my little sister made a special trip to greet my sister, my sister will not refuse people thousands of miles away, and she is not even willing to let her sister in. Li Ningluo asked Ma Xiuying coquettishly.

Ma Xiuying naturally understood Li Ningluo's intentions, nothing more than wanting to take a look at her residence and find out Xu Biyi's clues.

Originally, I didn't want to accept her, but I thought about it, now that Xu Biyi is safe in the underground stone room, if she rejects Li Ningluo at this moment, she will be hypocritical and make her suspicious. Li Ningluo will definitely do everything he can to send people to spy again. At that time, even if he was well guarded, but if he was careless, and after a long time, I am afraid that he would not be able to stop Li Ningluo's ears and eyes, if the flaws were revealed at that time, I am afraid that Yu Biyi's sister would be even worse. It's better to ignore it and let her go inside to check it out, if she can cut off her mind and stop staring at this place, it will help Biyi's sister's safety.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiuying smiled and said: "My sister has sharp teeth, my sister has said that she won't let her sister in, since it is my sister who comes to see my sister today, then please come in with me." ”

As she spoke, Ma Xiuying turned around and handed Chu Liuyan a look, and said with a smile: "Miss Chu might as well stay for a while, let's talk well, and the province will be lonely in the house." ”

Chu Liuyan didn't understand Ma Xiuying's intentions, but seeing that there was no panic in the look he handed to him, he was obviously already confident. also responded: "Since Mrs. Ma has a life, Liuyan dares to disobey, just obey Mrs. Madame's orders." ”

Ma Xiuying laughed, then casually took Li Ningluo's hand, and said, "Sister, I'll go with me." ”

Li Ningluo originally thought that Ma Xiuying would find some excuses to push off the matter and not let herself take a look.

Therefore, I didn't expect Ma Xiuying to be so happy at all, and I was slightly stunned in my heart, and when I came back to my senses, I was still hesitant in my heart, and I couldn't help but fall behind. However, seeing Ma Xiuying's warm invitation, she had to bow her head and agree: "My sister is in front, how can my little sister be willing to be big, or ask my sister to go first, and my sister will follow the tail." ”

Seeing Li Ningluo's low and small demeanor, Chu Liuyan on the side felt very strange, but he also admired Ma Xiuying very much in his heart, and he was able to easily gain the upper hand in front of a vicious and ruthless woman like Li Ningluo.

Ma Xiuying smiled and took Li Ningluo's hand and said: "Why should my sister be polite to my sister, although my sister is a good match for Wu Guogong, but today you are a guest, so you should open the door to greet you, but my sister is unwell today and neglects the distinguished guest, how can I go first, or my sister should walk in front." ”

When Li Ningluo heard it, he felt that Ma Xiuying's words were not unreasonable, and now he was extremely favored in front of Wu Guogong, although Ma Xiuying was a good match for Wu Guogong, she also needed to let herself go headlong in order to keep her status.

Thinking about it like this, Li Ningluo felt that it was inevitable to walk ahead.

Since such a thought came to his heart, Li Ningluo no longer insisted on it. said casually: "Since my sister insists on letting it, my sister might as well be respectful." ”

As he spoke, Li Ningluo turned around, walked to a few of his maids and said, "You wait here first, I will follow Sister Ma into the house and enter the house, during this period, you must not walk around and break the rules of the house." ”

In the face of Li Ningluo's reprimand, the maids and maids under his command naturally did not dare to reply, and bowed their heads and answered in unison: "Obey the master's orders, please rest assured." ”

Li Ningluo turned his face and said to Ma Xiuying: "If these maids and maids are not strictly disciplined, they will be lawless, sister, do you say yes." I'm afraid that even the master is not in his eyes. ”

Cui'er, who was behind Ma Xiuying, blushed when she heard this.

Li Ningluo's words of scolding Sang clearly meant that Cui'er had just blocked Li Ningluo's way outside the house, preventing Li Ningluo from easily entering Ma Xiuying's residence.

When Cui'er heard this, she was angry. However, he was limited to the identity of the maid in the house, and he did not dare to defend loudly.

Ma Xiuying also understood the vague reproach of Cui'er in Li Ningluo's words, but as Cui'er's master, it was even more inconvenient to protect her. is quite disgusted in his heart, Li Ningluo can't get along with a little girl.

Li Ningluo saw that Cui'er had deteriorated and Ma Xiuying had no background to defend herself, her mind was open, her mind was relaxed, and she wanted to step in on this move, but suddenly Chu Liuyan said coldly on the side: "The dog of the thief, also barking Yao Shun, not to mention that he doesn't know the inspection, not to mention that it is a sage such as Yao Shun in the previous life, the same is true, today's people are still thick-skinned enough to dare to compare themselves with Yao Shun, how can they blame others." ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui'er naturally clapped her hands and applauded, feeling that Chu Liuyan had made a breath for herself, so she was naturally happy.

Ma Xiuying knew that Chu Liuyan's words must be to protect her maid Cui'er, and she was also happy, but in front of Li Ningluo, she refused to show it easily, so her face was quite calm, as if she had turned a deaf ear.

Li Ningluo also knew that what Chu Liuyan said was in response to his reprimands for Cui'er who had just accused Sang of scolding Huai, but Chu Liuyan's words did not involve him at all, and he was right, and he couldn't refute it for a while, so he had to endure it.

just glanced at Chu Liuyan fiercely, and a malicious look flashed in his eyes, as if to say: "Although you are a military advisor in the army, I am also the concubine of Wu Guogong, if you offend me unscrupulously, be careful of me." In the future, speaking ill of you in front of Wu Guogong will make you depressed in the army. ”

Chu Liuyan didn't take Li Ningluo's intimidating look in his eyes at all, but slowly opened his mouth and said to Li Ningluo: "Life in the world, there are its own ties, and you must be virtuous about people and things." Don't you hear that I respect people for a foot, and people respect me for a foot? If you ignore it and are aggressive, it will naturally be unlikable. ”

Listening to Chu Liuyan's eloquent words, Li Ningluo said with a smile instead of anger: "My sister said well, life is in the world, blessings and disasters are impermanent, so it is natural to be kind to people." If you make enemies on all sides, won't you live a very unhappy life? ”

Chu Liuyan naturally heard Li Ningluo's vague warning to himself not to meddle in his affairs, although he understood that Li Ningluo was unhappy, but Chu Liuyan didn't care, and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he did, even if Li Ningluo blew the pillow wind in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, he might not be able to help himself.

Ma Xiuying saw that the two were about to talk, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You two are my good sisters, so why bother to be rash, why don't you go to the house with me to do it and drink a cup of tea." ”

Saying that, Ma Xiuying turned her head, threw a look at Cui'er behind her and said, "Cui'er, you go to the kitchen and let people soak a pot of good Biluochun to entertain guests." ”

Cui'er responded crisply: "I know the master." The maidservant immediately went and instructed the men in the kitchen to prepare. ”

As she spoke, Cui'er walked to Chu Liuyan's side, smiled at Chu Liuyan and said, "Miss Chu has been to the Duke of Wu Mansion for many days, do you want to let someone prepare some exquisite pastries for the girl." ”

"Being given a pot of tea, it can be regarded as annoying the people in the house, if you still want pastries and other objects, wouldn't it be too much of a nuisance, it is like a nuisance, Miss Cui'er, no need, the pastries are not sensitive." Chu Liuyan said slowly.

Cui'er originally wanted to be angry with Li Ningluo, so she asked like this. Hearing Chu Liuyan say this, he didn't want to be strong, so he left quickly.

Ma Xiuying knew Cui'er's intentions, but she didn't want to offend Li Ningluo too much at the moment, so she smiled and said to Li Ningluo: "Sister, you don't have to mind, as you said, the maids and maids under my sister are spoiled by my sister, and some don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and they are neither big nor small, so they are really not as obedient as the maids under you." ”

When Li Ningluo heard Ma Xiuying say this, she was also a little embarrassed and said: "Sister, my sister is just talking casually, not complaining that my sister's maids don't understand the rules, speaking of which, I also have some wrong places, I shouldn't quarrel with people outside my sister's house, disturb my sister's rest, and ask my sister to forgive me." As he spoke, he thought that Chu Liuyan threw a resentful look, although Li Ningluo's words were ostensibly about Cui'er, but in fact he was vaguely referring to Chu Liuyan.

Ma Xiuying knew that Li Ningluo was still a little upset in her heart about Chu Liuyan's thin face, so she hurriedly replied to Chu Liuyan and said: "Sister, this is not a big deal, when I was young, who didn't have a few quarrels with anyone, if I kept everything in my heart, and wanted to take revenge on the other party, wouldn't the world be disrupted." You don't have to be obsessed, drink a cup of tea with me, dissipate your anger, and it's over. The taste of the best Biluochun is good, and there are not many in the house, so I won't take it out to entertain guests at all. Today, you wait for the two distinguished guests to come together, it can be regarded as fate, it is better to stop the fight and enjoy the tea by the stove. ”

Chu Liuyan saw Ma Xiuying say this and understood that Ma Xiuying's intention was that he didn't want to suffer a loss, so he did so.

Thinking of this, Chu Liuyan turned around and said to Ma Xiuying: "Mrs. Ma is so earnestly invited, Liuyan has no choice but to bother. ”

Li Ningluo was already dissatisfied with Chu Liuyan, so he didn't say anything, just snorted coldly beside him.

Ma Xiuying didn't want the two to tie the knot in front of her, so she smiled and took the hands of the two together, and then smiled at the two and said: "Sisters are of the same heart, so that they can break the gold, and now there should be a strong enemy outside the sky, and the situation is not quiet, how can we intrigue in the house and start a dirty affair in vain." The two sisters listened to their sister's words, don't mess up with yourself, so as not to hurt the harmony. ”

Ma Xiuying's earnest words played a little role, Li Ningluo looked at Chu Liuyan's words, and knew that it was not good to fall out with Chu Liuyan here at the moment, so he turned his head to Ma Xiuying and said: "Sister is serious, how dare Ning Luo go against Miss Chu, Fang Cai's words are just a moment of anger, and the words are just a little hurtful." ”

Although Li Ningluo didn't want to stir up trouble on the surface, in fact, he had no fear, and there was still a sense of what you can do with me.

Chu Liuyan was much calmer, and Ma Xiuying, who had just listened to him, said in the middle, Chu Liuyan already knew that he was still a little unable to calm down today.

Originally, there was no need to go toe-for-tat with Li Ningluo, but now it is in vain to provoke Li Ningluo to be wary of himself, and if he wants to personally investigate Li Ningluo's secrets in the future, I am afraid it will be very difficult.

Thinking of this, Chu Liuyan had to rush to remedy and said: "Mrs. Ma's lesson is that Liuyan's words are indeed a little mean, but they are also unintentional, if you offend Sister Li, please ask your sister to forgive you." ”

Li Ningluo's listening to Chu Liuyan was unusual, he surrendered, his heart was very happy, and his jealousy for Chu Liuyan's sarcastic remarks about his own matter was reduced a little, but he still didn't have a good face, he just snorted coldly and said: "Since Miss Chu is willing to admit her mistakes, and I am not a narrow-minded person, we don't have to mention today's matter in the future." ”

Chu Liuyan said very forbearingly: "Since my sister is so magnanimous, then everything is according to what my sister says." ”

Seeing that Chu Liuyan was still so low-browed, Li Ningluo was relieved, so he turned his head and said to this Ma Xiuying: "Sister Ma, it's a little cold outside, why don't we go into the house together to warm up." ”

Ma Xiuying looked at the situation of Chu Liuyan and Li Ningluo, and knew that although the two were not as harmonious as before, they finally stopped-for-tat with Mai Mang, so she said in a loud voice: "My sister's proposal is very good, and it is indeed a little cold outside the house, so it is better for me to enter together." ”

Saying that, Ma Xiuying led Chu Liuyan and Li Ningluo on the other hand, and walked into the house together.

After entering the house, Li Ningluo had never been here before, and suspected that Ma Xiuying had hidden Xu Biyi in a secret place in the house, so he looked around, looked carefully for a while, and saw that the furnishings in the room were quite simple, but there was also another sense of elegance, there was a Bogu shelf on the wall, and there were a few bronze things from the Zhou Xia period on it, which were obviously old, but I don't know if it was Zhu Yuanzhang's habit or a vassal elegance.

On the walls on all sides, hang a few calligraphy and paintings of Mi Fu Huaisu Zhang Xu, it is not genuine, but each pair is a pen walking dragon and snake posture, not far from the real handiwork, it is extremely gratifying at a glance.

I don't know if it's Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang's own intentions, or what others mean.

In addition, there are some ordinary household objects, such as the Eight Immortals Table and the attached chairs, and there are no other things.

Following Ma Xiuying to the edge of the bed, Li Ningluo quickly glanced at the bed, and the first brocade quilt was placed on it a little messily, it seemed that Ma Xiuying had just gotten up not long ago, so she didn't even pack up the brocade quilt.

Li Ningluo was secretly surprised, he spread his eyes and ears in the mansion, and secretly sent people to search for a few days, almost turning over the entire mansion of Wu Guogong, so painstakingly and lonely, digging three feet into the ground to search for Xu Biyi's hiding place, but there was no trace of it.

There are not many places that have not been searched at the moment, but the most suspicious is where Ma Xiuying usually lives, but now when she comes in, she seems to have found nothing.

Could it be that Xu Biyi had already secretly gotten out of Wu Guogong's mansion, but she just hid it from herself.

But it's not right, according to what the ears and eyes said, didn't Chu Liuyan say in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, that he wanted to see Xu Biyi, and Zhu Yuanzhang just said that the person was handed over to Ma Xiuying, and it was clear where Ma Xiuying was.

Could it be that Chu Liuyan designed to deceive himself, Li Ningluo was shocked in his heart.

But soon felt that this possibility was really very small, even if Chu Liuyan was designing to deceive himself in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang would not argue with Chu Liuyan, it can be seen from the news that Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and Chu Liuyan's rhetoric was not very good.

In this way, the possibility of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chu Liuyan partnering to deceive themselves is almost minimal, if so, Xu Biyi must still be under Ma Xiuying's control.

But in the huge mansion of Wu Guogong, where did Ma Xiuying hide Xu Biyi, and if she was not in the mansion, where would she be.

Li Ningluo couldn't figure out where Xu Biyi lived for a while, after checking the house, Li Ningluo was already sure that Xu Biyi would definitely not be in the house, the only thing that I couldn't see at the moment was a side door next to the wall, Li Ningluo knew that in this pattern, that room was very likely to be used for the maids and maids who were tired and rested for a while. Only that room is a little suspicious right now.

Li Ningluo was thinking in her heart about finding a reason to enter and take a look, but Ma Xiuying's words suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

Ma Xiuying said: "Sister, you see if this house is elegant and clean." ”

Li Ningluo's heart suddenly moved, and suddenly thought of a way, so he stood up, walked to the edge of the Bogu shelf, watched it carefully for a while, and then picked up a Zhou Ding to rub it, and said: "The utensils in my sister's house are clean and gratifying, but most of them are fakes, and they are not in the eyes of experts. ”

Ma Xiuying originally wanted to dispel Li Ningluo's suspicions, so she pretended to be stunned and said: "These are all prepared by Wu Guogong himself, isn't there a real thing?" ”

Li Ningluo smiled and said: "I was originally from the scholar clan, and I saw some such things when I was a child, not to mention anything else, just talk about these calligraphy and paintings on this wall." ”

Saying that, Li Ningluo slid to the side of the calligraphy and painting, watched it carefully, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the people, so he glanced at the side door of the corner of the wall a few times, only to see that there were only a few ordinary objects used by ordinary maidservants in the room, and the pattern was small, and no one could hide it at all. I didn't feel a little disappointed in my heart.

Ma Xiuying asked, "My sister said that this calligraphy and painting are not good." ”

Li Ningluo was shocked and said: "It's not bad, it's just that when this person described the famous posts of the ancients, he came out of the machine, and it seemed to be a game of pen and ink, but the pen power was also good." ”