"Mother, Lord Xiang is here again." Yu Zhongyang hurriedly came in, wiped the sweat on his face fiercely, and waved his hand anxiously, and all the subordinates in the room retreated.

Mrs. Yu sat in front of the bed, panting vigorously, with a scarf wrapped around her head, before her head hit the ground and hurt the back of her head.

"How...... Come on, didn't you say you couldn't find it? Mrs. Yu covered her chest with her hands, panting heavily, and sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Mother, I said that I would also check on the people next to you, saying that it might be the hands of the people around you, and the people should be in harmony with the outside." Yu Zhongyang said anxiously.

"You shouldn't have reported it in the first place, that's the kind of thing...... Just wait for me to wake up. Mrs. Yu was angry, stretched out her hand and pointed at her son and scolded, "Can this matter be reported?" There are not enough things in our house, and you went to report the case in person, for fear that others would not know? ”

She knows her own affairs, and the last thing Mrs. Yu wants is for the servants to come to the door.

But Mrs. Yu was still unconscious at that time, and Yu Zhongyang saw that there were too many things lost, so he reported the case in a fit of anger, and now he can't withdraw it.

"You...... I went to tell the lord that I was not in good health, and the doctor said that I should rest well and not be able to see people for the time being. Mrs. Yu exhaled two heavy puffs of turbid breath and said.

"Mother, I have already said so, tell the adult that he can just take a look and ask for himself, and it will not disturb your rest, saying that the thief appears here with you, and the people around you are the most likely."

Yu Zhongyang said urgently.

"Let him check, you go and keep an eye on ...... If you can't find it this time, let him go back, and ...... in the future Don't come. Mrs. Yu gritted her teeth and had to agree, this case was reported by her son, no matter how good it was, she couldn't stop people from investigating the case, "You just say that it means me, break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, and forget it if you can't find anyone." ”

As long as the thought of a servant coming in to inquire about these things, Mrs. Yu felt uneasy in her heart, as if something bad was about to happen.

Fortunately, An's matter has been a long time ago, and the yamen will not ask these questions now, but even if she knows that the yamen does not ask, Mrs. Yu is also very panicked.

I just want to send all the officials away.

Yu Zhongyang got Mrs. Yu's words, went out to greet Mrs. Xiang, and after welcoming people in, he went to the wing room for interrogation, and did not disturb Mrs. Yu.

The subordinates went in again one by one for interrogation, and asked the officials to go to the courtyard to check carefully on the left and right, and the entire courtyard was searched again, avoiding Mrs. Yu's main house, the rooms where the other subordinates lived and the rooms where the sundries were placed, all of which were included in the scope of the search, and Yu Zhongyang led the people of the yamen to investigate.

Xiang himself asked one by one according to the people on the list in the wing, but in the end he didn't ask anything, and he didn't see anything going on.

Xiang Daren frowned, how could he not find out, it was clear that this matter was most likely an internal thief.

Suddenly, Yu Ruiwen's words flashed in his mind, and his heart moved, and he stopped the mother-in-law who wanted to leave after the last trial: "Yesterday, Mrs. Yu took someone to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion?" ”

"Yes, Mrs. Tai wants to bring the fourth girl back." The mother-in-law said respectfully.

"Have you gone?" Look at the mother-in-law of the Marquis Zhengyuan's mansion.

"Slave maid...... Also went. The mother-in-law said.

"Who else has gone besides you, can you call them out one by one?" To the Lord.

The mother-in-law shook her head: "It's not all from Mrs. Tai's yard, but also the rough maid and mother-in-law outside." ”

Mrs. Kantai meant at that time that she wanted to snatch the four girls back, and the rough maid ring and mother-in-law were more powerful than ordinary subordinates, and it was really useful to fight.

"Call a couple from this yard." Xiang looked at her carefully.

The mother-in-law didn't dare to disobey, and after going out, she called six people in, and the number of people who surrounded Mrs. Tai in the past was almost this number.

Six men inquired, and those who could be called were transferred from other places, and the number was twelve.

There is still a shortage of people.

Those present then thought again, and finally found three mothers-in-law from the kitchen in the outer courtyard, so that there were fifteen people.

Fifteen? Sixteen?

"All the people?" Xiang asked with his beard rubbed.

"It's all done, sir." Fifteen respectful retributions.

Lord Xiang's face sank: "What will happen if you know that you have told a lie?" Harboring thieves, the crime will be increased by one degree, and the case will be sent to the yamen, and the official will be in charge. ”

In a word, some people looked as usual, some were very uneasy, looked left and right, and did not dare to agree.

"The Xuanping Marquis Mansion has ordered people for you, sixteen people, who is the other one?" Lord Xiang increased his chips again, whether it was or not, and then he reached out and tapped at the fifteen people present, "That thief is likely to be hiding in the crowd at that time, you think about it again." ”

Everyone looked at each other again, and someone secretly glanced at Lord Xiang, but they didn't dare to speak after all.

"Come on, bring all these people to the side, and ask them one by one." Xiang was silent for a while, and then commanded.

came over and took these dozen people to the house on the side, and after all of them were locked in, they were pulled out one by one and asked again.

This time, there are finally eyebrows, and two mothers-in-law said that they seem to have seen a person, a somewhat ugly girl, but at that time, there was chaos, and they didn't see who it was, but this will definitely not be here, I don't know who it is, there are many people in the house, and sometimes there are people in and out, they really don't know where the ugly girl is.

Some people saw it, some people didn't see it, they all said that it was really chaotic at that time, Mrs. Yu took them to find the three girls of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and along the way to the past, no one maintained order, and everyone was not chaotic.

"My lord, there is a discovery." An official ran in excitedly.

"What discovery?" Xiang sat up straight and said excitedly.

"Your Excellency, please see." The official presented the things in his hand, a pair of broken earrings and a silver hairpin, "My lord, this was found in a rockery cave on the edge of the courtyard, and there are still wet fallen leaves in the rockery, I don't know if this thing was wrapped up, or if someone was really hiding in the rockery at that time." The official reasoned.

Broken earrings, a hairpin?

Xiang Adult's eyebrows were tightly locked, one hand earring, one hand hairpin, these are all things used by women, compared to the maid ring in the house, these things are also valuable, how can they be simply thrown in the rockery.

"My lord, I just said that there is a girl ring missing, and it looks very ugly." The document that helped the adults record, suddenly turned to the page that Fang had just written, and pointed to it.

Something suddenly slipped strangely in Lord Xiang's mind, and his eyes lit up: "A thief, wearing a maid's ring, slipped into the door of the Marquis of Zhengyuan's Mansion, and even went to the Marquis of Xuanping's Mansion after that, and then disappeared here in the Marquis of Zhengyuan's Mansion?" ”

"My lord, Xia Guan thinks it may have something to do with this." The clerk said with a straight face.

He nodded to the adult: "Check...... This disappearing Yahuan, this matter must have something to do with the thieves in the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion, since it was mixed in, long and ugly, you can ask the door guard of the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion. ”

"My lord, the gatekeeper may not see it, or you can ask if there is a carriage entering the mansion that day, if there is a carriage brought in, I am afraid that the people in front of the mansion will not be able to see it."

Instrument proposals.

"Yes, check the carriage." Nod to the adults.

Someone was sent to the front to check the door, and yesterday morning or morning, a carriage entered the house, and there was no check in front of the house.

After a check, I really found that there was, Mrs. Yu's mother-in-law took two maid rings out of the house, saying that it was for Mrs. Yu to find good medicinal materials, at that time it was a carriage out, after coming back, the carriage went directly into the house, and then took two maid rings to get off the carriage, and there were other carriages also in the house, but they had nothing to do with Yahuan, that is, the two housekeepers went out on a trip and did not bring Yahuan.

Under further investigation, this mother-in-law who went out was also among the fifteen people, and she was Mrs. Yu's usual confidant, and she won Mrs. Yu's heart very much, and even more, this was the mother-in-law who found out that Mrs. Yu had an accident, and it was a coincidence that Mrs. Yu had an accident, and the things were stolen, and this mother-in-law also came over......

Brought this mother-in-law to the front again, sank into the face of the adult, and slapped the table hard: "Say, did you collude with the thief to plot the property of the master's family, hurt Mrs. Yu, steal the money, and finally secretly leave through the back door with someone?" ”

"My lord, wronged, the slave doesn't know anything, how could the slave do such a thing."

The mother-in-law was frightened and shouted injustice.

"When you go out to buy medicine, which two rings are you carrying, and where are these two rings now? Why didn't you sleep so late, not to mention that everyone in the yard was asleep? I heard that when you found Mrs. Yu, you still stepped on a foot of mud, where did you go in the middle of the night? Mrs. Yu had an accident, why did you happen to be outside? ”

He sneered at the adults and asked.

"Slave...... Slaves...... It was on the orders of Mrs. Tai...... Something...... Haven't slept yet. The mother-in-law was shocked into a cold sweat, she didn't expect her to have so many flaws, and she didn't dare to be strong at this time, and cried, "My lord, if you don't believe it, go and ask Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Tai will help the slave and maid testify." ”

"Ask Mrs. Yu? If Mrs. Yu knew that an evil slave like you was around, would she still testify for you? Xiang sneered.

"My lord, the slave and maid are really wronged, and everything the slave and maid have done is really what Mrs. Tai meant, slave and maid...... The slave and maid did not dare to talk nonsense, and only asked the adult to give the slave and maid justice. The mother-in-law kowtowed to the adult in a panic, and the forehead turned blue after a few clicks.

"What a sharp-toothed mother-in-law, come on, pull it down and hit ten boards before asking." Xiang said angrily, he can now be sure that there is something wrong with this mother-in-law, and when she speaks, she is obviously hiding something from herself.

"My lord, please wait a moment, our lady asks you to come over." Before the two wolf-like servants pounced, a girl sweating profusely came to the door of the wing room and saluted to the adult, "My lord, our lady has something to say." ”