Chapter 57: The Great Official from the Capital (Change)
Zeng Mansion has been very quiet these days.
Whether it's day or night, everyone tacitly does their own work.
On the sixth night after Qu'er's death, Zeng San's girl came to the courtyard to find Chu Xiaoran again, but this time she didn't let Nianshuang report it.
"I came to Miss Xiaoran this time to thank you for saving your life."
Zeng San Girl pushed a jewelry box in front of Chu Xiaoran as she spoke: "This is the best pair of heads I received when I gave a gift, I hope you will like it." ”
Chu Xiaoran didn't look at the jewelry box, but looked at the face of Miss Zeng San's carefully, she was afraid that she would really lose her eyes last time.
Danfeng eyes, crescent eyebrows, women have such a face, which is a typical ice and snow smart, talented woman.
confirmed more and more her guess last time, Zeng San girl deliberately made it difficult for her to read the double in front of her, as for the purpose......
Chu Xiaoran thought that when she came over tonight, she should be here for a showdown.
Seeing that Chu Xiaoran had been staring at her, the third girl Zeng just sat there quietly with a smile, not angry or embarrassed.
After reading the face, Chu Xiaoran retracted his gaze, looked at the jewelry box on the table, and said, "Third girl, if you have anything to say, I don't like to go around the bend very much." ”
"Actually, I don't like to go around the bush either, but I don't have substantial evidence for this, and I'm afraid you won't believe it."
With the tone and expression of the third girl, Chu Xiaoran felt that what she was about to say was not trivial.
"If this has nothing to do with tomorrow's conjuring spirits, you can ask your father to tell you about it, believe it or not, he will never do anything to you."
"It turns out that even you don't want to care!"
Zeng San got up with a disappointed face, took a step and then stopped, she turned her head and said, "If this matter is related to the safety of Kowloon Town, will you care?" ”
Chu Xiaoran's pupils dilated, she didn't expect that what Miss Zeng wanted to say would be so big.
"Sit down first, let me think."
Chu Xiaoran asked Zeng San's girl to stay first, and he fell into the battle between heaven and man.
Combined with the current situation, it is related to the safety of Kowloon Town, and the biggest possibility is that it is related to the Jin people.
After the Jin people took the Qizhou Mansion, there has been no movement, and it seems that the lack of movement is only superficial, and they have already launched actions against the surrounding counties in private.
If Jiulong Town falls into the hands of the Jin people, she and Chu Mu will not have a peaceful life even if they hide in Zhuangzi, where should they hide then?
There is nowhere to go, so take the initiative before the Jin people make a move.
Even if her strength alone is limited, she can't sit still.
After confirming his mind, Chu Xiaoran said to Zeng San's girl: "Is there a golden eyeliner in Zeng's mansion?" ”
Zeng San looked around cautiously and nodded.
Chu Xiaoran asked again, "That person is the Cao family?" ”
Zeng San nodded again.
Chu Xiaoran let out a long breath, no wonder Zeng San came to her a few days ago, and she didn't leave Cao's three sentences, and mentioned that Cao's was originally from Changzhou, but she didn't like to drink sour plum juice, plus Zeng Jiayi said that her mother had never taken her to Changzhou Province, and mentioned that Cao's loved to eat roasted whole sheep.
Combined with this information, Cao does have a lot of doubts.
"How did you know she's the golden eyeliner?"
"On the night Qu'er died, I saw her sneakily going to the abandoned yard, and I was curious to follow, and found that she was standing alone on the courtyard wall talking to herself, because she was far away, I only listened to a rough idea, as if she thought that Yan had discovered the identity of the eldest lady, and she would drug Yan."
That night, the third girl followed Qu'er to the abandoned courtyard, Qu'er originally wanted to burn paper money, but it was very windy that night, and Qu'er tried several times and was blown out by the wind, so she gave up.
A man sat in the doorway, muttering.
It turned out that Qu'er would go to sit outside the courtyard for one night every year, because Yan died that night.
When the third girl heard that someone had died in the yard, she was so frightened that she didn't dare to listen to it anymore, so she hurried back to her yard.
The next day, I heard that Qu'er died in the yard, and those who saw Qu'er's body said that he died a miserable death, and he was so frightened that he didn't go out for two days.
Stepping out of the courtyard again, that is, the afternoon before yesterday, she learned about Chu Xiaoran's existence from her subordinates, so she mustered up the courage to come to the courtyard, but she didn't know that Mrs. actually sent Nianshuang to follow Chu Xiaoran to serve.
That's why I said something that I didn't have, the purpose was to arouse Chu Xiaoran's suspicion.
"Miss Xiaoran, if the eldest lady is really a spy, she will not watch Qu'er tell the truth of the matter, and when you summon the soul of Miss Qu'er tomorrow, maybe there will be danger."
"What do you do?"
"My mother is the daughter of a small official in Kangzhou Mansion, half a month ago she went back because her grandfather was sick, and I heard a news, I heard that there was a big official in Kaifeng Mansion, which was to deal with the loss of Qizhou Mansion."
Chu Xiaoran understood what Miss Zeng San's meant.
She wanted to go to the Kangzhou Mansion by herself, tell the official about the Zeng Mansion, and then send someone to thoroughly investigate whether the Cao family was really a spy of the Jin people.
As long as there is suspicion, I believe that as long as the official in the capital is not a faint official who goes through the motions, he will thoroughly investigate the Cao family in order to believe it or not.
That's not a bad idea.
It's just that when she arrived at Connecticut Mansion, how did she see the so-called big official?
"I can write a letter to my grandfather, and let him find a way to take you to the official."
"Okay."
There was pen and ink in the room, and the third girl immediately picked up the pen to write a letter, and after writing it, she solemnly handed it to Chu Xiaoran, and took off a silver bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it to Chu Xiaoran: "This bracelet was given to me by my grandfather, and when he sees the bracelet, he will believe that I wrote this letter." ”
The stakes are so high that the Connecticut Mansion is half a day's journey from Kowloon Town, and it takes an hour to get there on a fast horse.
Therefore, Chu Xiaoran had to set off overnight.
The fast horse was prepared by Zeng San, and there was a map of Connecticut on the horse.
"It's very well prepared."
"I originally wanted to go by myself, but the eldest lady has been in charge of the backyard very tightly these days, and I can't get out of the yard at all, so I finally avoided the guards tonight before I could come to see you. There is only one day, and only your skills can reach it. ”
"Don't worry, I'll be back before the spirit summons tomorrow night."
Chu Xiaoran walked towards the Kangzhou Mansion in the moonlight.
When it was almost time, Chu Xiaoran rushed to the city gate of Kangzhou Mansion, and the city gate was closed.
Chu Xiaoran turned over and dismounted, hid the horse, walked to the city wall to transport the five elements of qi, leaped to the city wall, and jumped down from the city wall before the soldiers could react, hiding in the night.
The soldier rubbed his eyes, saw nothing, thought he was dazzled, yawned long, and straightened his back again.