Boss Qi's family did not look for another residence in the town, and the family lived in the courtyard at the back of the inn. It looks like an ordinary courtyard on the outside, but inside it is a different kind of cave. Shen Yanling and Ning Er changed into black clothes, and entered the residence of Boss Qi's family at night, only to find that this was actually a courtyard layer by layer, which was very exquisitely repaired, and it was completely in the style of a southern garden.

Shen Yanling has never fought unprepared battles, and when she decided to come to find out in person, she had already ordered someone to find out the pattern of the Qi family, and it was also familiar to find it at this time. In fact, Shen Yanling didn't have any ill intentions towards the boss, only because Xia Tian was involved, she would come to find out, and she didn't seem to think that Qingmei would do this if she was really a money fan, and this time she came to find out the hidden secrets.

Qingmei's residence is easy to find, although Qingmei is young, Boss Qi has not been with her, but as a stepwife of Ming Media, Qingmei has been living in the main house with Boss Qi. Shen Yanling and Ning Er avoided the domestic servants who were patrolling, and soon arrived at the main house where Boss Qi and Qingmei lived.

At this time, the lights in the main room were still on, the surrounding maids were all dismissed, and a low voice came from the house. Shen Yanling and Ning Er glanced at each other, squatting under the window with bated breath and eavesdropping.

In the house, Boss Qi sat on a chair, Qingmei stood next to him, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Qi, do you have any news from my mother?"

Boss Qi sighed in a low voice when he heard this, and said: "I have tried my best to send someone to find it, but there is no news yet, if there is no King Jing at that time, that person may have appeared, although King Jing is also kind enough to fear that I will suffer." ”

"I know, His Royal Highness King Jing doesn't know, no wonder him. It's just that the last time I saw Xia Tian, I wanted him to help me again, but until now he hasn't moved, I, I don't even know if he still cares about me. Although it is wrong for me to use him, I genuinely like him. After all, Qingmei is only twelve years old, and she is already crying when she speaks.

Boss Qi sighed, stroked Qingmei's head like he treated his daughter, and comforted: "Maybe it's not that he doesn't care about you anymore." Last time, King Jing told me that Xia Tian had a very powerful uncle, perhaps, he saw through the depth of the water in Qi Mansion and didn't want Xia Tian to come in. That's it, don't be sad, let's find another way, Xia Tian is a person who values love and righteousness, and he will definitely not marry someone else in a short time, and when this matter is over, Uncle Qi will propose marriage for you, okay?"

"Thank you, Uncle Qi, if I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have known how to live! Those people are so despicable that they would have robbed a defenseless woman like my mother to blackmail my father, if it fell into my hands, I would definitely let them feel such a torment. Qingmei mentioned the person who had taken her mother, and she had an angry expression on her face. Boss Qi couldn't help but remember the first time he saw Qingmei, when he had just come back from the field and it was raining heavily, Qingmei rushed to him with water, and said, "Please, Boss Qi, you can marry me! As long as you marry me, no matter what you want me to do, I will never complain, even if I go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I will do it for you!"

Boss Qi started from scratch at the age of fifteen, and to have a family fortune, what kind of woman he has never seen, but he was moved by this child who can't be called a woman. Qingmei is not extremely beautiful, but it gives him a fearless strength, which makes him feel sorry for this child as big as his daughter for no reason. He called Qingmei into the carriage and asked her why she had to marry him. Qingmei has always been smart, and it was not difficult to make up a reason for Boss Qi to keep her, but when she saw Boss Qi's sincere eyes, Qingmei was unwilling to deceive him for half a point, and gave a qiē and a plate. Boss Qi really felt sorry for Qingmei as his daughter, so he agreed to marry Qingmei and enter the door.

Qingmei didn't know where the person who wanted her to seize the Qi family's wealth came from and what the purpose was, and Boss Qi was also curious about who wanted to rob his family wealth, and there was a saying called 'not afraid of thieves stealing, afraid of thieves' Since he knew that someone was going to take away his property, Boss Qi simply planned and prepared to lure the other party out, so as not to have endless troubles, who knew that he was hit by his friend King Jing and poisoned Xia Tian, so the first plan failed.

"Okay, let's rest early! Don't worry, there is always a way, you go to sleep first, I'll go see Yan'er and Cheng'er." Boss Qi said and went out with the lamp and went to the west yard, which must be the residence of the two children.

When Shen Yanling and Ning Er got the news, they felt that it was almost over, so they took up light skills and left the inner courtyard of the Qi family. Originally, I was going back to the inn to live, but I didn't worry about Shangguan Shuitong, so I went to Shangguan Shuitong's house.

Although Shen Yanling and Ning Er did not live in Shangguan Shuitong's house, Shangguan Shuitong still arranged a place for the two of them to live. The two came back late, so they didn't alarm others, and went back to the room to rest, but unexpectedly, the two just turned off the lights and were about to sleep, but someone was knocking on the door outside.

Shen Yanling and Ning Er were very strange, who would come to them at this time, and besides, there were not many people who knew that they lived here. However, although it was strange, the two still opened the door to let people in, but it was a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a brocade robe, standing outside the door. The boy had a baby face, thirteen or fourteen years old with childishness on his face, and when he saw Shen Yanling and Ning Er open the door, he clasped his hands on his chest and said to the two: "My name is Qi Cheng, I am the eldest young master of the Qi family, I saw you coming out of my house with my own eyes, you must have gone to my house to steal something, right?" The boy raised his head slightly, his face was full of pride.

When Ning Er heard this name, her first reaction was some kind of fruit in the twenty-first century, but Shen Yanling was annoyed, they even avoided Boss Qi himself, and they were followed here by a child.

Before Shen Yanling and Ning Er could speak, Qi Cheng opened his mouth and continued: "It's not right for you to steal other people's things in the middle of the night, but, anyway, our family has a lot of money, as long as you promise me a condition, I won't hand you over to the government, how about it?" Qi Cheng tilted his head, trying to make a threatening look on a baby face, which made Ning Er laugh in a low voice.

Shen Yanling tugged at the corners of her mouth, she would be threatened by a child, but she heard Ning Er ask with interest, "So, what are your conditions?"

Seeing Ning Er asking, Qi Cheng thought that the two had agreed to his conditions, so he immediately put on a smile and said, "Actually, it's very simple, I want to run away from home, and I will live in your house in the future, you are not allowed to tell my father!"

Shen Yanling continued to pull the corners of her mouth, what is called a loser, this is a typical example, in order to run away from home, he can actually shield outsiders who steal his own things. Ning Er thought this eldest young master of the Qi family was interesting at this time, and invited him into the house, only to ask him why he ran away from home.

So Qi Cheng began to count all kinds of bad things about his father and the newly married stepmother, the child said that the spit was flying, and he almost slammed a handful of bitter tears in front of them, but the two felt that this child was purely an awkward child, and he couldn't think about it, plus he stayed at home all day and was curious about the outside world.

After Qi Cheng finished pouring the bitter water, Ning Er asked with a smile: "I said Young Master Qi, why did you say that my husband and I went to your house to steal things?"

Qi Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard Ning Er's question, and said, "Why?"

Ning Er smiled slyly and said, "Everyone knows that stealing is illegal, if there is another way out, why should we go to your house to steal things?" You are pampered at home, and there are people to serve you when you eat and dress, but our family is poor and white, let alone find someone to serve you, and you only have green vegetables and radish soup for three meals a day. There is no big house in the house, the family is crammed into a broken thatched house, the ground is full of mud, it is impossible to get feet on rainy days, and there are rats running around at night......"

Ning Er was still describing her family's difficult situation, the broken child who was bent on running away from home was already trembling with fright, this child was not afraid of the sky, but afraid of the rats running around on the ground. And Shen Yanling was holding back a smile on the side, Ning Er described the poverty vividly, if she didn't know that she was the princess of the Phoenix Kingdom, Shen Yanling would have suspected that Ning Er had really suffered like that.

"Liar, you obviously live in such a good place, how can you say that it is a broken thatched house?" Although Qi Cheng was naughty, he was by no means a fool, and pointed out Ning Er's flaws at once.

Ning Er was not annoyed by what she said, and said with a smug smile: "You have also been deceived, right? You said that you are in our business, how can you really live in your own home, you look here, how can we also be a big family, who would suspect that we are thieves!"

Now Shen Yanling really sprayed, his daughter-in-law is too talented, others are trying to get rid of it, she is good, find a way to make people believe that they are thieves. That Qi Cheng was almost about to believe her when Ning Er said it, but Shen Yanling smiled, knocked over Qi Cheng's cognition, looked at Ning Er seriously and said: "You lie to people, you are not thieves, thieves will never say that they are thieves!

Ning Er was recognized by Qi Cheng, and silently complained in her heart that the current broken child is really not easy to fool, raised her eyebrows, and said lightly: "So what? Didn't you say that we are thieves? Moreover, Young Master Qi, your kid is too simple and naïve, do you think this is still your Qi Mansion? This is our place, if we don't want you to tell the story, there are more ways, the simplest is to make you never go back!" Ning Er said and made a fierce expression.

"No, you won't hurt me. You are as beautiful as an immortal, and you will definitely not harm anyone!" Qi Cheng was a little frightened when he heard Ning Er's words, but he refused to beg for mercy, obviously tears were about to flow out, but he still stubbornly raised his head.

Ning'er wanted to tease this rebellious child again, but listened to Shen Yanling say: "Okay, they are all mothers, and they still like to play with children, they really don't grow up." Wind, send the little master back home!"

Qi Cheng was frightened by Ning Er, and when he saw that the wind was cold and didn't say a word, he was scared, so he had to follow the trend honestly.

Only Shen Yanling and Ning Er were left in the room, and after a simple wash, the two fell asleep, Ning Er pillowed Shen Yanling's arm and asked in a low voice, "What do you think about the affairs of the Qi family?"

Shen Yanling looked down at his wife nestled in his arms, probably a little tired, with a faint tiredness on his face, and replied in a low voice: "It must be for the Qi family's Wanguan family wealth, the world always says that money is the root of all evil, but in fact, who can live without money, if you want to do great things, you can't." ”

"Do you suspect that the people who kidnapped Qingmei's mother were raising money for something else?" asked Ning'er.

Shen Yanling agreed.

"Could it be that they are trying to do something bad?" Ning'er asked.

Shen Yanling smiled and said, "It must not be a good thing, otherwise, why would they use such means." ”

"Shall we stop them, then?"

"Hehe, you say, what will happen if we pull Boss Qi to our side?" Shen Yanling smiled, "Maybe I can help Boss Qi, after all, Boss Qi is the richest man in the Golden Dragon, if he stands on the opposite side of us, we will be in trouble." ”

Ning'er agrees with this, the ancients usually valued agriculture over business, but Ning'er, who has modern thoughts, believes that agriculture is good, but it must not be light on business. Therefore, Ning Er said to Shen Yanling: "Maybe you can help them find Qingmei's mother, with the help of the power of the secret door, it should be much easier." After winning the trust of Boss Qi, you can ask the emperor to win him over, and giving the name of an imperial merchant should be said to be beneficial to both the emperor and Boss Qi. ”

Shen Yanling nodded when she heard this, this is indeed a good way, "Yes, I will order someone to do it tomorrow." Now, girl, it's time for us to rest. As he spoke, he hugged Ning'er tightly into his arms.

The next day, because of the effort last night, Shen Yanling and Ning Er slept lazily, and when they got up, Ning Er found that she seemed to have caused a lot of trouble for Shangguan Shui yesterday. When the two got up in the morning, they saw a maid waiting outside the door, saying that Shangguan Shuitong had invited Ning'er and his wife over.

Shen Yanling and Ning Er glanced at each other, followed the maid to the front hall, and asked Shangguan Shuitong why he called them over by the way. Although the maid was not the maid of Yuewang's Mansion, she also knew that Ning Er was Shangguan Shuitong's only sister, so she also respected Ning Er very much, and replied that the landlord and Boss Qi who had returned to Yanlou had come over. Ning Er tugged at the corners of her mouth, wouldn't it be that these two people came to Shangguan Shui Tong to find him!

Shen Yanling looked at Ning Er's expression, smiled silently, took Ning Er's hand, and the two followed the maid to the front hall.

In the front hall, Shangguan Shuitong was entertaining guests with a sad face, he didn't know the boss and father and son at all, although he didn't understand why they came to the door as guests, but as long as they treated each other politely. The trouble is Lou Wanjia's father and daughter, Lou Wanjia is bent on marrying his daughter to him, and Lou Qianqiu is bent on not wanting to marry him, although he and Lou Qianqiu are now considered a united front, but for defeating the shrewd Lou Wanjia, he and Lou Qianqiu are not sure, so they have to push their sister out, hoping that their sister can persuade Lou Wanjia to quit. Although the eldest sister Shangguan Shuiyun has always been a good girl, after six years, his good sister seems to have changed a lot, and she may really be able to help him.