Gu Chen and Bao Cheng rushed to the Anchang Marquis Mansion near noon, and what they wanted was a lunch that didn't cost money.

Hearing this, the two looked at each other quietly, saw the smile in each other's eyes, and immediately followed An Changhou to the side hall.

The lunch in the Marquis of Anchang's Mansion was really as Gu Chen said, extremely rich, and many of them were dishes that Bao Cheng had never seen before.

Seeing this meal full of food tables, Bao Cheng's eyes were extremely bright, at first he was a little embarrassed and couldn't let go, but later he saw An Changhou and Gu Chen pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and they were talking very enthusiastically, no one looked at him at all, so he was not embarrassed, let go of his hands and feet and ate and drank.

Face, how much is face worth a pound, and can this good meal be worth a pound?

The guests and hosts for a meal enjoyed themselves, and Bao Cheng was about to spit out the food, and he could see the roasted meat with one mouth.

An Changhou also swept away the clouds of Fang Cai, rinsed his mouth, and asked Gu Chen with a smile on his face: "Gu Zhenren, is it okay to eat at lunch?" ”

Gu Chen smiled unrelentingly, and nodded with the posture of a master: "Master Hou, let everyone go to the front hall to make it easier to inquire." ”

An Changhou's expression was solemn, and he felt bad when he thought of the troubles in the house, so he hurriedly asked the housekeeper to call someone.

There were not many subordinates in the mansion of the Marquis of Anchang, and after a moment of effort, all the subordinates gathered in the front hall, glanced at the people sitting uneasily, and lowered their heads and whispered a few words.

An Changhou coughed lightly, the people in the front hall suddenly quieted down, the quiet needle drop could be heard, he nodded with satisfaction with his deterrent power, turned his head and asked Gu Chen: "Gu Zhenren, look at this, how do you ask?" ”

Gu Chen glanced over, there were less than 100 people standing in the front hall, there were men and women, they didn't look very old, and it was estimated that the time to enter the mansion would not be very long, his heart sank, thinking of what happened ten years ago, he said lightly: "First call out the people who have been in the mansion for more than ten years." ”

An Changhou was very convinced of Gu Chen, and what he said to him was undeserved, and he quickly glanced at the housekeeper.

The butler nodded at the roster.

The people in this mansion are really as Gu Chen expected, there are not many of them, and even fewer have been doing it for more than ten years, and the housekeeper has named them, and among the less than a hundred people, only nine people have come forward.

Gu Chen nodded at Bao Cheng.

Bao Cheng understood and took the nine people to the side hall next door for questioning.

As soon as the nine people left, the rest of the people were shocked and frightened, not knowing what they were doing, not figuring out what they were doing, and even more afraid that the fire would burn on themselves.

Gu Chen didn't give these people a chance to breathe and think, taking advantage of Bao Cheng's questioning, he picked out the rest of the people according to different errands, and after Bao Cheng asked the nine people, he quickly brought a group of people to the side hall for questioning.

Although Bao Cheng was new to the Department of Internal Guard, he was not familiar with torture, but when he first arrived in Bao Mansion, he was unfamiliar everywhere, for fear of revealing his feet, so he carefully passed two years.

In addition, these subordinates were originally apprehensive, and without being frightened, they poured beans into the bamboo tube, and even poured the matter of Chen sesame seeds and rotten grains clean.

Bao Cheng basically didn't make much effort, but he moved a little more, even coaxed and deceived and scared, and spent more than two hours of effort to ask nearly 100 people in this house, as far as ten years ago to this morning, I remembered a lot of things, but I don't know if these things are useful or not.

He walked out with a thick wad of paper and nodded slightly at Gu Chen.

An Changhou and the others were restless, drank two pots of tea, and couldn't settle down, raised his eyes and saw Bao Cheng walking out, he was like being amnestied, and stood up from the Hu bed at once, got up too violently, his body shook, and glared at Bao Cheng and said: "Bao Zhenren, what's wrong, but, can you find someone?" ”

Bao Cheng nodded: "It's still a little troublesome." ”

An Changhou was frightened, his body shook violently, and he relied on the housekeeper to stand firm, and asked Bao Cheng with a white face: "Bao Zhenren, what, very, is it tricky?" He swallowed fiercely: "Also, is there anything else to save?" ”

Bao Cheng wanted to laugh, but he almost couldn't hold back his laughter, but Gu Chen glared at him, hurriedly held back his smile, and said with a heavy face: "Yes, it's just," he turned his head to look at Gu Chen, and settled down: "I have to go to the eldest girl's yard to have a look." ”

An Changhou obviously didn't trust the hairless Bao Cheng on his mouth, and when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen said seriously: "Big girl, that's the most important place." ”

"Go, go, let's go." As soon as these words came out, An Changhou didn't hesitate for a moment, stood up with a bang, and walked straight out: "Gu Zhenren, as long as you can drive this evil away, Ben Hou will never say anything." ”

Gu Chen nodded: "Master Hou, don't worry, this evil is not difficult to expel it, but it will take a little longer." ”

What is the long time, a lot of silver is spent on An Changhou without distress!

The Marquis of Anchang's Mansion is down-and-out and has begun to sell houses, but it is still much better than ordinary mansions, and there is a clear distinction between inside and outside.

An Jinyue is a female dependent, living in the inner courtyard, and the idle female dependents will not go out of the second door, and An Jinyue, a sick child, will not even go downstairs all year round.

An Changhou took Gu Chen and Bao Cheng into the second gate, and walked for a full moment before arriving outside An Jinyue's boudoir.

The dark plaque was stained with dust, it should have been no one to take care of it for a long time, and the black paint on it cracked and fell off piece by piece.

The two vermilion lacquer gates were hidden, the vermilion lacquer on the doors was dull, and the dark green and light green moss covered half of the white walls, and the weeds were green at the roots of the walls.

This place is barren and desolate, and there is no trace of what a women's boudoir should be.

An Jinyue's position in An Changhou's heart can be seen.

An Changhou didn't feel anything wrong at all, and looked at the hidden door: "This is the courtyard of the big girl." ”

Gu Chen nodded and glanced at Bao Cheng: "The eldest girl's boudoir, I don't know that it is inconvenient to enter the poor road. ”

An Changhou was stunned for a moment, and said very quickly: "Convenient, of course convenient, what's inconvenient." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Gu Chen and the others to say anything, he pushed open the door and politely led Gu Chen and Bao Cheng into the door.

It is a small yard in sight, and the former appearance can be vaguely seen, and the repair is very orderly, but this yard has not been repaired for many years, and there is a dilapidated depression everywhere.

Most of the rocks of Taihu Lake standing on the side of the courtyard have collapsed, and the broken stones are piled up in the pool, but they have not been cleared out.

The water in the four half-man-high vats in the four corners of the courtyard had long since dried up, and only half of the vats of silt remained.

Hearing the sound of the door, the little girl who was playing with the rope in the yard raised her head, and saw An Changhou, who would not come to the yard in the Year of the Monkey, walked in, and with a "plop", the two little girls fell from the small pestle to the ground, trembling and kneeling to say goodbye.

An Changhou was a little angry, this anger was not because these two girls were slack, but because these two girls lost people in front of Gu Chen, and his expression became more and more cold: "What about the big girl?" ”

These two little girls have just arrived, they haven't seen An Changhou much, let alone talked to him, hearing this indifferent voice, the two little girls were so frightened that their souls were scattered, and their voices trembled and couldn't even be sentenced: "Return, go back to Hou Ye's words, girl, in, in the inner room." ”

An Changhou glanced at the two of them deeply, turned his head to Gu Chen and said, "Gu Zhenren, please inside." ”

The three main rooms are not large, and the snow walls are empty and unadorned.

There is a bed table in the room, and two four-fold screens on the left and right separate two inner rooms, one is a bedroom and the other is a study.

Bao Cheng stood at the door, a few rays of sunlight falling on the door, and the cracks on the dilapidated green bricks were illuminated.

The room in the middle of the hospitality was not very bright, and everywhere was dark and stained with a layer of dust, as if no one had touched anything here in a long time.

From the outside of the courtyard, this does not look like a girl's boudoir, but from the inside of the house, it does not look like a girl's boudoir.

A low voice came from behind the fan at the east end.

"Girl, eat a little more, and your body will get better soon."

The voice fell, but no one answered, only the sound of rustling.

The three of them entered the door for a long time, and they didn't deliberately press their steps, but the people in the room didn't seem to hear anything, and no half of them came out.

An Changhou felt that his face in this life had been lost, and the rules had been fed to the dogs!

He stood in the sunlight with a face as black as the bottom of a pot, and coughed heavily.

There was a loud sound behind the fan, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.

The figure flashed behind the fan, and hurriedly walked out of a maid wearing a purple skirt, it is not accurate to say that it is a maidservant, she looks no longer young, she is nearly forty years old, there is no decoration on her bun, she is dressed very plainly, and when she saw An Changhou and the others, her face changed, and she hurriedly saluted: "The maid has seen the Hou Ye." ”

An Changhou was originally going to be furious, but when he saw this servant girl, as if he had been poured down by a basin of cold water, his anger turned into a wisp of embarrassing green smoke in an instant, and he asked impatiently: "What about the big girl?" ”

The maid was neither humble nor arrogant: "Back to the Hou Ye's words, the girl drank the medicine and just lay down." ”

Hearing this, An Changhou became even more impatient, but in front of outsiders, he couldn't ignore it, and bluntly said the words of concern: "Have you invited Lang Zhong to take a look?" ”

The maid's eyes flashed, a little surprised and a little guarded: "Look, the re-prepared recipe decoction medicine." ”

An Changhou muttered: "The medicine does not leave his mouth all year round, he has spent countless silver, and he is still unlucky!" ”

Hearing this, the maid glanced at An Changhou deeply, and only pursed her lips when she thought about humility, but did not say anything unpleasant.

Bao Cheng had just inquired about the subordinates in the mansion, and at a glance he recognized the servant girl in front of him, this maid's name was Chu Shi, and she was one of the few subordinates who had been in the mansion for more than ten years.

He remembered very well that the tenth was the palace maid of the eldest princess Rongzhen, at that time the eldest princess Rongzhen brought a total of eight palace maids, and then married one after another, died of illness, and when the eldest princess of Rongzhen died, there were two palace maids left around him, one was the tenth of the first month, and was given to An Jinyue, according to the tenth of the first month, the other was called the eighth of the first month, and married into the Anning Hou Mansion with An Jinyu.

Bao Cheng glanced at An Changhou quietly, this first ten came out of the palace, and it was the marriage of the eldest princess Rongzhen, no wonder he dared to show An Changhou's face, and no wonder An Changhou was so angry that he wanted to die, but he didn't dare to attack.

Yes, such a father of the opposite sex and inhumanity, someone should treat him well.

After a few words of being scolded by a servant girl who was not soft or hard, An Changhou's face was gloomy, and he was anxious to find a way back, so he didn't care whether he was ashamed or not, and complained to Bao Cheng endlessly: "Bao Zhenren doesn't know, the marriage of the big girl is gone, and even her mother left at a young age, and her own body is not angry, she lies like this day and day, really, it's really unlucky and expensive!" ”

Bao Cheng's heart moved, this An Changhou deliberately turned things upside down and said that he pushed all the unlucky things on his daughter, how much he didn't like this daughter, I'm afraid it wasn't just bad luck and Fei Yinzi.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, pinched his fingers, and said according to An Changhou's meaning: "It's a little inappropriate." ”

An Changhou suddenly showed such a look, and treated Bao Cheng more cautiously, and his politeness was a little excessive: "Then, real people, real people, it may be resolved?" ”

Before Bao Cheng could speak, there was a heavy coughing sound from the fan, coughing so hard that he almost coughed his back to breath.

The man named Chu Shi hurriedly ran into the dormitory and exclaimed, "Big girl! Girl! Her voice suddenly tore apart sharply: "The big girl has gone away!" ”

An Changhou's body did not move, a fleeting panic crossed his face, and he turned his head to look at Bao Cheng.

Bao Cheng was also a little panicked, he had never encountered such a thing, and he hesitated for a while.

Gu Chen reacted quickly, opened the half-worn cyan cotton curtain hanging next to the fan, and walked in quickly.

The bedroom was filled with a strong smell of medicine, which seemed to have accumulated over time, seeping into the warm kang in the room, the bedding, and the depths of the desk.

Bao Cheng finally came back to his senses, secretly spit on himself for not saying a word, and followed Gu Chen's footsteps and walked in, but he didn't go inside, just stood on the fan, opened the cotton curtain, and coldly watched Chu Shi take the white porcelain wide-mouth medicine bowl, and took out a long-necked white porcelain bottle from the drawer, poured a pill of medicine into the bowl, and boiled it with boiling water.

The strong smell of medicine spread in an instant.

Bao Cheng didn't understand medical theory, didn't understand the pulse, and couldn't distinguish the medicinal properties, but what he didn't understand, others understood, he raised his eyes and looked at Gu Chen, only to see Gu Chen's brows frowning slightly, as if he was distinguishing something.

Someone was worried about medicine, and Bao Cheng began to pay attention to other things.

The bedding on the kang is half-old, light-colored, and there is no pattern at all.

There were thin undulations in the futon, and a handful of long dry and dull hair hung down on the edge of the kang.

Bao Cheng's gaze moved down to see the face between the futons now.

The face that has not seen the sun for many years is pale and bloodless, the lips are black, and the thin green tendons on the forehead look a little shocking through the thin skin.

An Jinyue is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, but she looks like she is already full of vicissitudes.

Gu Chen also saw An Jinyue's situation, and couldn't help but pause, he dabbled in a lot of things, knew rough medical skills, and knew the pulse, although he was not proficient in everything, but whether a person was really sick or pretending to be sick, he still knew by touching.

He walked over slowly, put his hand on An Jinyue's wrist, squinted his eyes slightly, and cut his pulse.

When Chu Shi saw this scene, his face changed, he turned his head and glanced at An Changhou gloomily, and then moved his eyes to stare at Gu Chen's movements.

The gaze was fierce, as if as long as Gu Chen hurt An Jinyue for a minute, she would pounce on her and bite it.

Gu Chen turned a deaf ear to the needle-like gaze of the servant, and only continued to cut the pulse by himself.

An Jinyue on the warm kang moved her eyelids, slowly opened her eyes, her black eyes turned around, and when she looked at Gu Chen's face, she suddenly burst into water, and while pulling her arms back, she cried timidly: "You, who are you, you let go, let go of me." ”

Gu Chen raised his head and smiled slowly: "Poor Dao is not a prodigal, and he will not be a thin girl." ”

An Jinyue choked, her face was pale, she glared at Chu Eleven, and said weakly: "Chu Shi, medicine, where is my medicine!" ”

Chu Shi sighed imperceptibly, and steadily brought a bowl of medicine to the front, seeing that Gu Chen had no intention of letting it aside, she quietly took the medicine bowl a little farther away.

Gu Chen looked at the bowl of medicine, his eyes flashed, he turned his head with a cold face, glanced at An Jinyue, and walked out.

As soon as Gu Chen and Bao Cheng walked out, An Changhou hurriedly greeted him: "Gu Zhenren, how is it?" ”

Gu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, pinched his fingers and said: "Master Hou, it's not good, Poor Dao wants to discuss it with his junior brother, this time Poor Dao brought his junior brother here, and he also expected that the situation was tricky, and he needed help." ”

As soon as he heard this, An Changhou's legs were weak, and he almost fell to the ground, holding on to the door frame to stand firmly, and kept wiping his sweat: "Okay, good, everything, everything is up to real people, any way can be made, as long as you can, you can let Ben Hou survive this catastrophe." ”

Hearing this, Bao Cheng lifted his eyelids, glanced at An Changhou, and was suspicious of his hasty gaffe.

Even if An Jinyue was born on Halloween, her life was a little unlucky, even if she was sick and weak all the year round and spent countless medicinal materials and silver money, An Changhou should not be so flustered.

In the face of such a troublesome person, shouldn't his father, who has no sense of responsibility, show disgust? How could it be panicked, and there was a faint fear and fear.

An Changhou walked to the fan again, and said coldly to the first ten days inside: "Take care of the big girl." ”

Chu Shiping responded calmly, turned his head and looked at An Jinyue, who was lying on the kang and breathing weakly.

A gloomy look flashed on An Jinyue's face, and she shook her head towards Chu Shi.

Walking out of the courtyard gate, Gu Chen and Bao Cheng glanced at each other, and said to An Changhou: "The eldest girl's matter is a little tricky, and the poor Dao has to discuss a charter with the junior brother." ”

An Changhou nodded like pounding garlic: "It should be, it should be, Ben Hou ordered someone to clean up the courtyard next door, and the real person should not dislike the shabby." ”

Gu Chen looked like a master who was not stuck in things: "Master Hou arranged it." ”

Always give people some respite.

Gu Chen used Qing Xiu as an excuse to send the servants who were waiting in the guest room, closed the doors and windows, and put on the appearance that no one should enter.

Bao Cheng couldn't bear it anymore, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Gu Zongqi, what's wrong with An Jinyue?" I see you cut her pulse. ”

Gu Chen held the cup, the heat was thick on his face, and he thought: "I cut An Jinyue's pulse, she is indeed weak and sickly, but it is not to the point where she will die immediately, although the smell of medicine in her room is very heavy, but I carefully distinguish it, it is mostly warm tonic medicine, the pill that the maidservant girl opened, I also deliberately looked at it, it is not an ordinary tonic, it smells like it is carefree." ”

"Carefree?" Bao Cheng obviously hadn't heard of this medicine, and was stunned for a moment: "What is it for?" ”

Gu Chen thought about An Jinyue's situation for a while, and was a little embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "That's it, the girl's illness, oops, you don't understand." ”

Bao Cheng's curiosity soared, grabbed Gu Chen, and put on a posture of not giving up if he couldn't ask: "What kind of illness does the girl have?" Seeing Gu Chen turn his head and ignore him, he persevered and continued to ask: "Yes, the menstrual affairs are out of tune, or what?" ”

Gu Chen choked, he couldn't look directly at Bao Cheng, he couldn't understand how Bao Cheng, as a son of a family, could even ask such a question.

He was ashamed of him.

Gu Chen sighed: "Hey, old bag, what are you asking me to say about you?" He paused slightly: "This worry-free san also has a name, called Worry-free Production." ”

With a "flutter", Bao Cheng squirted out a sip of tea, and the tea splashed all over the ground.

His eyes widened, and his eyeballs almost fell to the ground: "What are you talking about?" ”

Gu Chen nodded solemnly: "Yes, you heard it right." ”

Bao Cheng's face was full of shock: "Are you sure?" ”

Gu Chen raised his eyebrows: "I'm not sure, just say it casually, you still take it seriously." ”

"......" Bao Cheng was speechless, if he believed Gu Chen again, he would be a big fool!

After resting for a while, the sun was just setting in the west, and there was a low knock on the door.

Gu Chen glanced at Bao Cheng and motioned for him to open the door.

Bao Cheng pursed his lips, opened the door and looked at it, he was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen sensed that something was wrong, stood up and looked at the door, and snorted: "This is, the eldest girl is invited?" ”

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Chu Shi's face, but thinking of An Jinyue's precarious situation, she still lowered her posture and said in a low voice: "Yes, the eldest girl has invited two real people to talk about it." ”

Gu Chen turned his head and glanced at Bao Cheng, seeing surprise in each other's eyes, he didn't expect An Jinyue to take the initiative to invite.

If they don't, they'll be stupid.

An Jinyue half leaned on the warm kang, it was already early summer, and the weather was hot, but she was still covered with a thick brocade quilt, as if she was extremely cold.

She raised a pale and bloodless face, and when she saw Gu Chen and Bao Cheng being invited, she was not surprised at all, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It seems that I am really ominous." ”