In the middle of the night, the firecracker woke up from her dream, and she dreamed that the old lady was entangled with the eldest lady,

The eldest lady pushed the old lady into the water by mistake, and she screamed desperately in fright, but no one came to save her.

I must have heard too much about water today, so I dreamed of such a strange dream.

She tossed and turned, but could no longer sleep, so she simply put on her clothes and went out.

Tonight the locust tree was still empty, she took the opportunity to climb the tree, fell on the trunk of the tree and closed her eyes, and before she knew it, she fell asleep again.

And this sleep, she slept until the sky was slightly bright, and when she heard the rooster crowing in the distance, she suddenly opened her eyes, looked around, and remembered that she had slept on a tree.

Calming down, he rolled over and got down from the tree and headed for the hut.

She didn't know that not far from the foot of the locust tree, a pair of eyes stared at her through the mask for a long, long time.

Ruyu pear blossoms all went to the South Garden.

Firecrackers sit in the yard and have nothing to do, the East Garden doesn't have to go, and the South Park doesn't have to go,

She is now idle like an idler, so she might as well serve the little master in the future.

Anyway, she can always find a backer in Hengfu......

She also thought that it was better to take advantage of this to go with Shan Heng, but she couldn't rest assured that the child in the second lady's belly was not relieved.

Cheng Nianxi has not been eliminated for a day, and the second lady will be in danger for a day, no matter how much the mother-in-law does not miss the old love,

She still couldn't ignore her.

Besides, there is still something that is not clear, by the way, go find peace.

Outside the East Grievance Gate, An Ning didn't know who was waiting there.

"Sister Anning, what are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm waiting for Steward Hu."

"Isn't Steward Hu in charge of the procurement in the house?"

"Well, I asked him to bring me something.

By the way, I took those powders and tested them, and said they were tapioca flour, not anything else. ”

"Is it really tapioca flour?"

"Yes!"

An Ning nodded.

"If it's tapioca flour, why do you want to destroy it secretly?"

The firecrackers were puzzled.

"I don't know, I just think there must be something else, and I went to the front yard yesterday to ask,

West Garden picked up a maid last evening. ”

"West Garden?"

"Could it be the maid you bumped into?" An Ning asked.

"It's not impossible to ......"

"I learned from the housekeeper that the maid's name was Dou'er, and I also found out where her family lived."

"Then we'll go out of the house in a moment and look for it, and see if we can ask anything."

"Good!"

An Ning nodded in agreement, nothing is as important as the old lady's business.

When Steward Hu sent something, the firecracker turned out to be a vermilion hairpin, but it seemed that the girl who was going to marry was different.

I love to dress up more than ever.

Sending Steward Hu away, the two of them went out of the house with the address they found to find the maid named Dou'er.

I didn't want to go to the place, so I found a few houses, and they all said that there was no such person, not even a girl of the same age.

Neighbors also said they had not seen the man.

Are we in the wrong place? Or did she move away?

An Ning looked suspicious, she obviously remembered correctly.

"Maybe the eldest lady sent the ..... away in order to hide people's eyes."

"Is it really the West Garden?" An Ning frowned.

"Go back and check the kitchen, and the man who used to cook the old lady's meal!"

"Hmm!"

An Ning clenched her fists, if the old lady hadn't died of illness, then she would never have been able to forgive herself.

The heart of the firecrackers here is also like her, although she has guessed, but it has never been confirmed,

Now that I think about it, if the old lady really didn't die of illness, what a ridiculous thing it would be!

A few days after the two returned to the East Garden, they checked the kitchen and the people in the East Garden one by one, but did not find any clues.

Half a month has passed, and there is still no progress in the matter, and Firecracker simply doubts whether he really guessed wrong.

"Firecrackers, what are you doing? Tossing these subordinates in the garden all day long. ”

The little young master has always looked groggy and unable to wake up these days, and the dark circles under his eyes are about to flow to his chin.

"It's nothing, little master, let's go to the study and study your homework, right? Sir will be there in a moment, right? ”

"Sir, I have something to do today, I don't come, I always feel tired lately, I can't sleep well,

I'm thinking about going back and getting some sleep. ”

"Then let's go back......"

Firecracker looked at him with a smile.

"But I won't be able to sleep for a while, will you go in and stay with me for a while?"

The little young master came over and tugged at the corner of her clothes.

Look at the fact that since the old lady left, the little young master has been depressed all day long, and everyone has lost a lot of weight.

She was really distressed in her heart, so she nodded and agreed, she dismissed her subordinates and followed the little master back to the room.

In fact, she also understands that as the little master grows up, she should keep her distance.

It's just that this child is what she watched grow up, so she always couldn't be ruthless and spoke harshly to him, presumably in a few years,

He is more mature and steady, and will naturally understand the truth.

As soon as the young master entered the room, he took off his shoes and rolled onto the couch, only to see him pick up the old lady's pillow,

The small body rolled into the quilt, only one head was exposed, and he was looking at her expectantly.

"See what I'm doing?"

For a moment she thought it was funny.

"Tell me a story!"

The little young master stared at the big eyes of the copper bell.

"How old are you and listen to stories."

She pursed her lips in disgust, but walked over obediently.

"I sleep on my grandmother's pillow every night, but I don't dream of her......"

The little young master pouted and complained.

"So you changed it to hugging?"

"Grandmother's pillow is a little hard, my pillow is uncomfortable......"

"A hard pillow is better for your neck."

"I'm still a little softer."

The little master yawned, and Firecracker thought he was going to sleep.

Unexpectedly, this guy was still staring at her strongly, waiting for her to tell a story.

I really convinced him......

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you."

Firecracker deliberately dragged out the tone, and slowly told him a story,

The little master was really asleep.

She saw him holding the pillow and tilting his head, and the pillow was about to fall to the ground.

He stretched out his hand and gently pulled out the pillow, put it on his lap and stroked it gently.

Looking at the scriptures on the pillow, I thought of the old lady, she stretched out her fingers and stroked the words on the pillow one by one,

Some words that the old lady always said before her death sounded in her heart, and she only felt sour and sour in her heart.

After a while, she wanted to put down the pillow, but she didn't want to touch something unusual under the line on the back of the pillow.

The lines didn't look unusual, but they stood out a little to the touch, as if something was hidden under the silk of the pillow.

Thinking of this, Firecracker hurriedly found scissors and carefully cut the silk that wrapped the pillow from the side.

I touched the pillow, and sure enough, I pulled out some fine pieces of hay.

Pick it up and get close to your nose and smell it, and find that there is no taste, could it be because it has been left for a long time?

"What is this?" The firecracker shook the pillow vigorously, and in an instant shook out a few straws that could still be seen in shape.

She carefully put away the hay and quietly found a needle and thread to sew the pillow.

stepped on the bench and stuffed the pillow into the top of the little master's wardrobe, turned around and left quietly.

An Ning here was worried because she had no clue, but she saw firecrackers covering her cuffs and hurriedly looking for her.

"What's wrong?"

An Ning looked at her and the look didn't seem right.

"Let's go out again."

"Huh? Where are you going? Do you have news of that maid? ”

"Come with me first."

Firecrackers couldn't help but pull her up.

An Ning followed her out of the house in a daze, and when she saw that there was no one around, she let go of her hand and whispered.

"I found this ...... under the old lady's pillow"

She opened the handkerchief and handed it to An Ning.

"This ...... What is this? ”

An Ning just wanted to reach for it.

"Don't touch it, I don't know what these are, what if it's poisonous?"

Firecrackers stopped.

"Wow! Oh! ”

An Ning hurriedly retracted her hand in fright.

"You said it was found under the old lady's pillow?"

"Yes!"

Firecracker nodded.

"I coaxed the little young master to sleep today, and when I saw him holding the pillow, I took it, but I didn't want to touch the pillow and there was something wrong.

When I took it apart, I found these. ”

"Let's go! Come with me! I've got somewhere to find out! ”

An Ning took her hand and walked towards the back alley.

The firecrackers followed her around, and just as she was about to turn in no direction, An Ning finally stopped at the mouth of a remote alley.