Jiang Yan returned to her courtyard, and as soon as she sat down, the maid came in and said, "Madam, Master Gao asks to see you." ”

Jiang Yan dealt with the Cao Gang, her face was already very tired, and when she heard this, she sighed slightly, raised her head and said, "Take him in." ”

The maid went out and brought Master Gao in.

Master Gao was holding a wooden box in his hand, and his hands touched in front of Jiang Yan: "Madam, this time Gao was able to cooperate with the Cao Gang at this price, thanks to Madame." I know that Madame likes jade, and this is what I specially collected for Madame, please Madame smile. ”

Jiang Yan took it with a smile: "Master Gao is polite, this is what I should do." As the second lady of the Cao Gang, I naturally want to win a boss like Master Gao for the Cao Gang. ”

Master Gao also said with a smile: "Let's cooperate more in the future." ”

"Nature." Jiang Yan put the box on the table, stood up and said, "I'm a woman, my husband is not here, and it's not good to keep Master Gao for tea, Cui'er, you send Master Gao for me." ”

"Yes."

After Master Gao followed Cui'er away, Jiang Yan immediately opened the wooden box on the table.

Inside is a jade goddess of mercy, fine workmanship, lifelike, and the materials are also good jade.

The price of this Guanyin must be more than the money saved by Master Gao's low-cost cooperation. It seems that this old man Gao has made up his mind to do this kind of errand with her for a long time, so he did not hesitate to spend money this time.

Jiang Yan looked at this Guanyin, and her smile slowly brought two points of self-deprecation.

Sending a child? Send her and whose son?

……

The news also spread to the courtyard on the other side.

"I saw with my own eyes that Master Gao brought a wooden box to give to the second lady, I hid in the tree outside the courtyard and peeked, and found that there was a jade bodhisattva in excellent condition!"

Song Beibei listened to it, and he understood why Jiang Yan insisted on not accepting the Song family's order, but wanted to make a low-cost Gao family's list.

It turned out that I received a kickback.

Now it's okay, when the second master comes back, they will have evidence to expose Jiang Yan.

Song Beibei waited until the men in the courtyard outside couldn't wait to leave, and then went out to find Shen Zhao, wanting to go with him to get some food and come back.

But after knocking on the door of Shen Zhao's room for a long time, he found that he was not there at all.

No wonder he didn't react all morning outside.

So Song Beibei had to go to the kitchen and get some noodles to eat.

It was only in the afternoon that she saw Shen Zhao return.

Song Beibei hurriedly went over and told him about Jiang Yan's withdrawal.

"She definitely can't get rid of that Jade Guanyin now, when the second master comes back and sees Jade Guanyin, she will know who she is!"

Shen Zhao shook his head after hearing this: "I'm afraid things are not that simple. ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"During the day, I went to Lincheng Qinglou to check on Jiang Yan."

"What did you find?"

Shen Zhao was silent for a long time, and said: "She was originally a performer who did not sell her body, she was still an oiran, and many noble sons asked to marry, but she did not agree, but she agreed to the second boss who did not have much money at that time. ”

Song Beibei frowned: "What's wrong?" When you heard that she didn't sell her body, you sympathized with her? ”

Shen Zhao heard that Song Beibei's tone was wrong, and said with a faint smile: "Are you jealous? ”

"I ...... Why should I be jealous? Funny! Song Beibei glared at him, why did this little eunuch talk so much when he grew up!

Song Beibei continued angrily, "I just think that one yard is one yard, Jiang Yan doesn't sell her body, what does it have to do with her taking back the buckle?" ”

"The point is not that she sells her art or not her body, but that she chooses to be the second master. If she was really as greedy for money as she looked, why didn't she just find a son-in-law to marry in the first place? ”

"This ...... This ......" Song Beibei hadn't figured out what to say, when he suddenly heard movement outside.

She and Shen Zhao looked outside together, and Jiang Yan came again.

Jiang Yan originally wanted to see if the men from the Cao Gang were still here, but seeing that they were all gone, she wanted to leave, but she saw Shen Zhao looking at her.

She suddenly stopped leaving, walked over with a smile, and said to Shen Zhao: "Little brother, I heard that our helper went out to transport tea for the Song family this time, and he came back in as little as ten days and half a month, or as long as a year and a half, and he is not here, so you continue to wait for him here?" ”

Shen Zhao ignored her, but Song Beibei couldn't bear it.

"I didn't eat or drink yours, it was Brother Yue who agreed to let us live here, what qualifications do you have to drive us away?"

Jiang Yan was not angry at all, and even reached out and pinched Song Beibei's face: "Little sister, your temper is really big, when did I say that I drove you away?" I'm just kind enough to tell you. ”

Song Beibei hurriedly leaned back, dodging her hand with a look of disgust.

Jiang Yan didn't care, and looked at Shen Zhao again: "Not only will I not drive you away, but you are even very welcome to move to my courtyard and live with me." Little brother, are you coming? I'm good at cooking, would you like to try it? ”

Shen Zhao still didn't answer, but Song Beibei was a little moved.

In the past few days, she didn't dare to go out to eat delicious food, for fear of being seen by the people of the Song family, and arrested her home.

The Cao Gang did not invite the cook to cook, Yue Mingzhu went out to do things honestly, and there was no maid in the yard. I can only eat noodles every day.

She really wants to go get a good meal.

Song Beibei's eyes rolled, and he raised his head and said to Shen Zhao: "Brother Zhaozhao, let's go to the second lady's courtyard for a light meal!" ”

She winked at him as she spoke.

There's just a good reason to go and see what if you can find something?

Shen Zhao glanced at Song Beibei, understood what she meant, and suddenly smiled faintly: "Okay." ”

Song Beibei immediately got up from the stool and said to Jiang Rong with a smile: "Let's go." ”

"......" Jiang Yan didn't expect the two of them to really agree, and thought that the two of them hated that they would refuse.

But she took the initiative to say it, and it was not easy to refuse, so she had to really go to cook.

There are not many people in the courtyard of the second master's house, and there is a maid waiting for Jiang Yan by her side.

After Shen Zhao and Song Beibei arrived over there, Jiang Rong took the maid to cook.

Song Beibei looked outside, and saw that Jiang Yan was cooking seriously, so he hurriedly said to Shen Zhao secretly: "Brother Zhaozhao, let's search quickly and see if we can find any clues." ”

Shen Zhao was not in a hurry at all, and chuckled: "She is relieved to leave the two of us here, there is definitely nothing we want here." ”

Song Beibei looked around, then pointed to a Pixiu jade carving on the shelf and said: "That Pixiu is worth a lot of money at a glance, maybe it was also Jiang Yan who took bribes and ate kickbacks over the years." ”

"Do you have proof? If there is no evidence, what if she says that this was given to her by high-ranking officials and nobles when she used to work in the Qinglou? ”

Song Beibei had no way to refute: "...... Okay, then I'll go and search, and you keep an eye on the movement over there for me. ”

She still didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity easily, and stood up to rummage for clues.

There are too many valuable things in this room, it is estimated that Jiang Rong obtained them by improper means with the help of the identity of the second master, and it is only possible to prove the source of these things without evidence.

Song Beibei looked for a while and found nothing, sighed, and was about to go back to sit down and drink a cup of tea, when he accidentally touched the copper basin on the shelf behind him.

The copper basin fell to the ground, and a crisp "bell" sound came into Shen Zhao's ears.

Shen Zhao turned his head sharply and looked thoughtfully at the copper basin.