The little maid's name is Qi Xia, just like Xiaohong in the royal capital, she was also bought by Jin Yu'e in the tooth store more than a year ago, and she only served Jin Yu'e alone, so she didn't know much.

When she learned of Jin Yu'e's death, Qi Xia first trembled, and then showed a hint of relaxation mixed with guilt from her expression.

In the end, it was a little girl, although she tried her best to cover it up, she still easily asked Yunqi and Lu Anran to catch it.

"Madame has no enemies, and she has no close people." Qi Xia bit her lip, her tears stopped, and the dry marks still remained on her face, "Oh, there is one, the shopkeeper Liu of Liu Ji Shop, Mrs. and him are closer, and the one from the Liu family has also come to make trouble." ”

"Liu Zhiquan, right? Your wife has a close relationship with him, and I heard that it is not unusual. Yunqi said.

Qi Xia was slightly embarrassed, and said vaguely: "Every time Shopkeeper Liu comes over, Mrs. leaves me alone, and I don't know much." ”

It's not easy to talk about such a faceless thing as being a human being, and the two of them can see a little bit from Qi Xia's ominous words, and their hearts are bright.

"After Liu Zhiquan's accident, what did your wife say?"

"Mrs. was depressed for two days, and went to Ye County alone, and after coming back, her mood was much better, and she was the same as usual."

Qi Xia doesn't know, but Lu Anran and Yunqi have understood, Jin Yu'e also has belongings in Ye County, I think Li'er Niang has made trouble once, whether it is for annoyance or intentional avoidance, anyway, the relationship with Liu Zhiquan is not very deep, and she does not rely on men if she is rich.

"Do you know where Jin Yu'e's family business comes from?"

Qi Xia is timid, but she is still smart, thinking that the master's house is gone for no reason, and there are adults from the royal capital who came on purpose, it must be an unusual case, and she racked her brains and thought about it for a long time.

"Madame once saw off a guest, I overheard a sentence, as if talking about a dead husband, business and the like."

Lu Anran looked at her, "Dead husband? What is the last name? ”

"I don't know, Madame usually doesn't mention this."

"What about the guest?"

Qi Xia twisted her eyebrows and thought: "It's still in the middle of summer, Mrs. asked me to go to the restaurant to deliver something once, and I learned that the guest came from afar, not from Yi County, and left after staying for two days." ”

Yunqi wrote down this incident in his heart, and turned around and asked Su Ji to find someone to check, and the person who could make Jin Yu'e confide finally had a clue.

Compared with Wangducheng, Jin Yu'e has been in Yi County for a little longer, so Qi Xia knows a little more than Xiaohong, Lu Anran then asked: "Now that Jin Yu'e has entered the royal capital's household registration, why does she often stay in Yi County, where is she originally from?" ”

"Madame actually doesn't spend much time at home every year, and she often runs around." Qi Xia sighed: "It's not easy for a woman's family to do business. ”

As for Jin Yu'e's origin, Qi Xia said uncertainly: "Madame doesn't have a strong accent when she speaks, but occasionally a few words pop up, like the southwest side, but Madame doesn't talk about her own affairs, and we don't want to ask too much as slaves." ”

Jin Yu'e's death is strange, and the theft here in Yi County is even more strange.

"There is also a way to steal, leave a line in everything, and it is rare to move away like this." Yunqi stepped out of the gate, looking at the vermilion gate, and said with dark eyes slightly sunk.

Mo Yan held a piece of hay that he didn't know where to pull, and said with a smile: "The master is not here, could it be that the little girl is guarding and stealing from others?" ”

Lu Anran happened to pass by him and gave him a 'Are you stupid' look.

Mo Yan glared: "The surname is Lu, you scold me?!" ”

Yunqi hit him on the back of the head with a folding fan, and smiled evilly, "What do you say?" ”

Mo Yan was stunned, spit out the hay in his mouth, and stood upright, "Shizi, please get into the carriage, Miss Lu, please." ”

Lu Anran sat down, raised his eyes and said, "Mo Yan is more lively than watching the moon. ”

"You want to say that Mo Yan is unruly." Yun Qi shook his wide sleeves, lowered his eyes to cover the emotions in his eyes, and said, "Mo Yan saved my brother's life when he was a child. ”

This is the first time Lu Anran has heard from Yun Qi that his half-brother, the eldest son of Yun Wang, who was robbed of the throne of the world, Yun Zheng.

"My brother went out and was attacked by wolves, Mo Yan took a few hunting dogs to save him, and later his father took care of his family, and Mo Yan was sent to the house as a guard." In a few words, Yunqi finished the previous situation.

Lu Anran had the heart to ask again, but he felt that it involved furniture, which was slightly offended, and his eyes showed a little desire to speak and stopped.

How could Yunqi not see it, "I want to ask why Mo Yan saved my brother and followed me instead?" "Because he's afraid of dogs." ”

A smile appeared on the man's handsome face, Lu Anran couldn't see through the truth or falsehood, and the topic also calmed down.

—

The carriage was about to leave the city gate, and someone stopped the way.

Yunqi picked up a corner of the carriage curtain with a folding fan, and there was a woman standing in front of her, carrying a basket in her hand, seeing Yunqi smiled generously: "Childe and Miss are busy, I won't leave the two, there are no good things in this place in Yixian, these few flower cakes are our little heart, and I hope the two of them will not be disgusted." ”

Mo Yan took the basket and lifted the white gauze that covered the ashes, and there were twenty or thirty golden cakes in it, with cinnabar on them, the style was exquisite, no worse than that of the Wangducheng Restaurant Teahouse.

Lu Anran poked half of his head out of the window, "Thank you." ”

Seeing that they accepted it, Li'er Niang breathed a sigh of relief, "Childe and Miss are very gracious, we really have nothing to repay, just a few cakes, it's nothing." ”

"Bear with you for a few days, and after a while someone will look for you." Yunqi Road.

Li'er Niang waved her hand: "I don't mean that, the son can help the best, don't be embarrassed, the girl can have a place to stay, I am already very grateful in my heart, don't be embarrassed for the son because of this." ”

She didn't know the identities of the two, and she had vague guesses, but although she didn't understand the official way, she did business by herself, and she understood that it was not easy for the poor, and the official career was grinding, and the more she was in a high position, she couldn't make a mistake.

Look at those cases where the Nine Clans are beheaded at every turn, how many Houmen ministers and how many ordinary people there are.

Yunqi saw that she was an understanding person, and he was more satisfied, and he didn't mind moving his fingers to add a few women's household registrations in the corners.

When the carriage started, Lu Anran thought about it again and again, and still told Li'er Niang: "Jin Yu'e died in the royal capital. ”

After Li'er Niang was shocked, she was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, "I am not sorry or glad that she is dead, there is no love and hate between me and her." Men can't keep themselves, and what does it matter to women. ”

In the sound of rolling carriages, Lu Anran watched Li'er Niang's face slowly blur, but the open-mindedness on her face remained in her heart.

In the carriage, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly a faint voice sounded, "I can hold it very well." ”

Lu Anran: "......"

It was already night in the back of the king's capital, and he was running back and forth for a day, and it was already terrible just to make the carriage bump, and Lu Anran's eyebrows were sleepy.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, he arrived on his heels after watching the moon and riding a horse.

"There is indeed Ma Liu in the teahouse, who lives in Fulu Village, under the jurisdiction of Yi County, and I heard the shopkeeper say that he took leave early in the morning and left the city. The subordinates originally thought that he might have something to do with Jin Yu'e, so he made a special trip to Fulu Village before returning to the royal capital, but the village said that there was no such person. ”

Watching the moon and dust, his lips were a little chapped, and his brows were furrowed: "Just now, my subordinates asked the guards who were registered at the city gate, and there was no name of Ma Liu on it. ”

Ma Liu is missing, and his identity is still a fake identity.

Fortunately, Guanyue was careful and went to Fulu Village before coming, otherwise he would directly chase after Wang Du and run back.

Yun Qi's dark eyes were slightly deep, and he raised his hand: "I know, you go down to rest first, let Su Ji go to Yixian County to paint a portrait, and find this Ma Liu." ”

Mo Yan took the opportunity to take eye medicine, "Guanyue is getting more and more sloppy now, and he can't even catch a guy who runs the hall." ”

Guanyue glanced at Mo Yan's 'villain's ambition', ignored him, and went down to do something.

"It's a good thing to run." Lu Anran said.

Yun nodded his head, "If there is a ghost in your heart, you will run." "That's the clue right.

Mo Yan held his chin and looked at the sky, it was so difficult to slander a person.

—

On this night, Qiongxian Tower was more lively than ever.

It's not because of the competition for the top brand, nor the open/bud auction, but the Liu Chang and the son, who once again made a big fuss in the Qinglou.

The fireworks gathered in an alley, and it was impossible for Lu Anran to come here by mistake, she came over because of an acquaintance's invitation.

Honggu has turned into a scarlet smoke, but in her, Lu Anran can still see the tenacity of the day's clear bones.

This is a wine shop, not in the Qiongxian Building.

"Miss Lu, forgive me, the slave family can't leave here too far, so I have to wronged Miss." Scarlet Smoke put aside the wine on the table and asked Xiao Er for a pot of tea.

Lu Anran: "I entrusted you with something, you don't need to mind." ”

Scarlet Yan poured tea for Lu Anran first, "Miss sit here for a while, the slave family has arranged for a little girl to wait, and Xianglan will come over to inform her as soon as she comes back." ”

There are not many people who have intersections with Jin Yu'e, and one of them is Xianglan, a woman in the Qinglou who was in the carriage with her when Liu Zhiquan had an accident that day.

As soon as Jin Yu'e had an accident, Su Ji sent someone to find Xianglan, but unfortunately, she picked up a guest two days ago and accompanied her to the next county.

Lu Anran learned that Xianglan was from Qiongxian Building, so he brought a letter to Scarlet Smoke, if she came back, please let me know, I thought Scarlet Smoke sent someone to send a little girl to say it, but I didn't expect her to do her best.

"Like Xianglan, will you often be away with guests?" Lu Anran ate a few more sweet and sour pork ribs for dinner, and at this time he was accumulating food in his stomach, and he couldn't even drink tea, and he felt that it was unruly not to drink it in one sip, so he took a shallow sip, touched his lips and let go.

Scarlet Yan stayed in Qiongxian Tower for a while, looking at people a little more, seeing Lu Anran's move, she sighed in her heart that Miss Lu looked cold, in fact, she had a good temperament, even if she didn't have the intention of drinking tea, in order not to embarrass her, she still gave enough face.

Scarlet Yan gathered the gauze on her body, and said in an ordinary tone: "Some girls want to earn more, so they will spend the night with guests like Xianglan." is arrogant, unwilling to serve others, can play and sing, sell art, and find some taste. ”

smiled, somewhat sarcastic, "But no matter how different the beginning is, in the end, they all go to the same end, Miss Lu knows why?" ”