Are these two scholars hiding something?

It is not difficult to find out about the situation of these two scholars, the difficult thing is how to contact them naturally, so that the other party cannot be defensive and hide the words they hide, after all, no one will casually confess their secrets.

Shen Qingyu thought for a while, called Rao Xue and asked in a low voice, "Who was the person around Zhu Er who went to investigate before?" ”

Rao Xue thought for a moment and replied: "It's Qiao Mu'an next to Gongzi." ”

"Qiao Mu'an?" Shen Qingyu repeated the name, and she knew a rough idea of the people commonly used around Shen Qinglin, but the name Qiao Mu'an was very unfamiliar.

Rao Xue explained for her: "He is an orphan, he was originally a slave in the Shen Mansion, and later the master found out that he was very talented in reading, so he found a school to send him to study, but he didn't study for a long time, and then he has been following the master, and he was transferred to the son's side by the master before he came out this time." ”

Hearing this, Shen Qingyu glanced at Rao Xue strangely, Rao Xue is too well-informed as a servant girl, this kind of intelligence is very different from Qiaohe, Qiaohe is a delicate person, and it is not strange to be able to inquire about all kinds of news.

But Rao Xue is a taciturn and sullen gourd, but such a person can clearly know the background of the new person who emerged around Shen Qinglin.

She seems to have been from Wen's side before she came to me! When you think about it, it seems that it is normal to know this.

Shen Qingyu had no reason to think deeply, and said, "You let him go to investigate again, this time focusing on the two scholars who live in Zhu Er's house." ”

"Yes!"

Qiao Mu'an was a little surprised when he received the order, he didn't deliberately hide the strange things about the two scholars from the young lady, but he always thought that the order of this kind of investigation was completely due to the whim of Miss Jiao in the boudoir, and there was no deep meaning.

And he chose to reveal all the information to Shen Qinglin, simply because he knew that no matter whether this information was useful or useless, it was not something he needed to judge.

The difference in his treatment of Shen Qinglin's brother and sister was actually entirely due to the fact that he clearly divided the proportion of the two in his heart.

Shen Qinglin is the person he needs to be responsible for.

So when he received the order, his first reaction was not to listen to the order, but to tell Shen Qinglin about the matter, and only after getting the other party's order to let him investigate went to Zhu Er's house again.

Qiao Mu'an changed into his dusty clothes, hid himself in the crowd, fell far behind the two scholars, and then watched the two enter a gambling house shoulder to shoulder.

The names of these two scholars were known as early as the last investigation, the slightly taller and stronger one was called Xu Liang, and the other was a slightly thinner one called Xue You.

Because these two people often go in and out of places with complex personnel, and they are not deep-minded people, the background is easy to find out.

The two are from the same place, they are not from the same place, and their families have a little assets but are very limited. The only thing that is more special is that Xu Liang said that his distant relatives are big officials with official status.

Qiao Mu'an followed the two people into the gambling house, in order to make his followers not too conspicuous, he chose to be close to the two scholars and placed a few bets randomly.

Time flies, and this time is just an hour.

"Fuck! I'm so unlucky! Xu Liang lost more than a dozen times in a row, and Huo Dadi slapped the only piece of broken silver in the money bag on the table, "I don't believe it, this weighs me down." ”

Don't look at this Xu Liang as a lifter, but his behavior is very rude, and it is much more credible to say that he is a ruffian than to say that he is a scholar.

At this moment, he was obviously red-eyed, sweat was faintly appearing on his face, his face showed a sickly red, and he repeated "Big!" in his mouth. Big! Big! ”

But God didn't pay attention to his eagerness, and the dealer behind the stage opened the dice cup with a bang, "One, three, two small!" ”

Xu Liang quickly lost the only piece of broken silver on his body, and angrily threw away the shriveled money bag in his hand.

After losing all the money, he had no choice but to leave, and before leaving, he said hello to Xue You, who had good luck for the time being, "I'll go back first!" ”

Then got up and staggered out, Qiao Mu'an couldn't weigh it, and decided to leave with Xu Liang.

He gestured to the person who was with him but didn't sit in one place, leaving the other party to continue to look at Xue You, and he followed behind Xu Liang.

Xu Liang is worthy of being a talent who is proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, so he went out of the gambling house, and when he passed by the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, he was stumped by the aunt inside.

The woman dressed in fancy clothes grabbed Xu Liang's clothes, "Xu Gongzi hasn't been here for a few days, and the sisters are all thinking about you!" ”

Xu Liang let out an "ah", and his hand subconsciously reached into his arms to withdraw money, and only after he didn't touch anything did he remember that his money was filled in the gambling house, and now he has no money.

He waved his hand, "Next time, I didn't bring any money this time." ”

Hearing him say that he didn't bring any money, the smile on the woman's face faded a lot, and she frowned and said, "Then don't delay the son!" Childe will come back next time! ”

Xu Liang saw the beauty frowning, and immediately felt distressed, and said, "I'll just go back and get the money, wait for me!" ”

The woman immediately smiled and said, "Then Xu Gongzi, come back quickly, I'll wait for you!" ”

"Good!" "Good!" Xu Liang hurriedly agreed.

Qiao Mu'an, who witnessed all this, couldn't tell for a while whether this fireworks woman was too high-tech or Xu Liang was too easy to deceive.

After Xu Liang said goodbye to the fireworks woman, he hurried back to his residence, seemingly unable to wait for a while.

Seeing the other party enter the house, Qiao Mu'an also followed and secretly followed.

There was a ping-pong sound in the house, Qiao Mu'an looked in from the window, Xu Liangzheng was rummaging through his luggage, he should be looking for money.

After half a day, Xu Liang took out a box from under the bed after standing for half a salary, and from Qiao Mu'an's point of view, he could only see a corner, but he couldn't see what was specifically contained.

Xu Liang seemed to be struggling, and after a while, he stuffed the box back under the bed.

He sighed leisurely, "There is still half a month, how should I live!" ”

He talked to himself like this for a while, and then went to Xue You's room.

Qiao Mu'an quickly thought that he was going to steal other people's money.

Taking advantage of the other party's absence, he sneaked into the house and took out the box from under the bed.

He had expected to see something of great value such as gold and silver. When it was opened, it was much disappointed that the beautiful wooden box contained a piece of cloth with no patterns or words embroidered on it.

What is it?