When he returned to the Hidden Jade Pavilion, Nan Su waited for Su Junning to wash and lie down, and asked worriedly.

"Miss, you said that the second lady was looking at Qingming outside, why was she next to Mrs. Gao every time, as if she was lost in her mind."

"You've said this many times."

Su Junning said while wiping his face with rose dew and jade ointment.

"The world is always prejudiced against her stepmother, no matter how good she is, she can be easily erased, and if she is not related by blood, it seems that she has turned those good things into the purpose of interests, Xiao Lu has been instilling this idea in her for many years, and she naturally has a deep prejudice against me and my mother."

One is an aunt who is related to him by blood, and she has never seen her own mother, this aunt is half a mother, and she is naturally closer than a strange stepmother.

And Xiao Lu did personally bring Su Yuhui and Su Zhiyi brothers and sisters from birth to almost three years old, and later after leaving Sufu to marry, at first they were still in Bianjing, often came to Sufu, until Su Zhiyi was almost ten years old before going to other places with her husband.

After so many years of indoctrination and brainwashing, no matter how smart a person is, he will be influenced.

There is also a saying that distance produces beauty.

During Su Zhiyi's rebellious period, she often saw Cui's stepmother, and occasionally there were one or two places where she did not do as she wanted, which naturally increased the estrangement.

And Xiao Lu is far away, and there are only sweet words in the correspondence, which makes it seem that her aunt is better.

Hearing Su Junning's words, Nan Su also sighed and shook his head.

The heart said that the second lady can have a long heart, that little Lu is really not a good person.

But after thinking about it, Xiao Lu's family has returned to Beijing, and she has had more contact with her in the future, so I can't say that the second lady will slowly discover the true face of Xiao Lu's family.

The master and servant are the same.

Su Juning also thinks so, but if Su Zhiyi really always treats Xiao Lu as a trusted aunt, then she will suffer a loss in the future, and she should suffer herself.

After taking care of his skin, Su Xiaosi touched his smooth face and rolled to the couch with satisfaction.

She still remembered that she would invite Shen Qianwei to dinner in Yipinju the next day, and she didn't know what interesting things would happen at that time.

Regardless of any manners, Shen Qianwei is still quite fun to get along with.

At a young age, he raised a rough man in the barracks, and he would blush again.

Tsk, isn't it quite innocent?

Thinking of this, Su Juning couldn't help but smile, rolled around on the bed again, and then fell asleep with Su Xiu's soft pillow.

And what she didn't know was that she was sleeping on the soft couch of the boudoir, but at this moment, Shen Qianwei was lying in ambush with more than a dozen officers and soldiers, staring at a black powder workshop, preparing to arrest the people inside.

"My lord, my subordinates have seen clearly, there are only eight people in it, five are from the workshop, and three are here to buy gunpowder, which are the ones we followed."

A slender and thin officer and soldier came back to report the news after reconnaissance.

Shen Qianwei clenched the saber at his waist, nodded, and motioned for him to return to the team first.

"Boss, how do we do it?" Beside him, Zheng Han asked in a low voice.

This incident, as long as the culprit is caught, it is also a meritorious service.

"Don't act rashly yet, we only have knives in our hands, they will inevitably have firearms, that thing is too lethal." Shen Qianwei's eyes were sharp and gloomy, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You send someone back to the infantry yamen to report the news and ask someone to come to support, I am afraid that once the fight starts, they will still have manpower in the shadows, and they can't let the brothers die in vain." ”

Zheng Han nodded, silently withdrew to move his position, and found a reliable person behind him and asked him to go back.

Speaking of which, the clues that can be found today are all due to Shen Qianwei's keen intuition.

Today, it happened to be their team on night patrol, and they found that there were three people dressed in a very low-key manner, walking on the street with their heads buried, and they seemed to be a little nervous when they saw the officers and soldiers.

After Shen Qianwei stepped forward to ask, the other party said that it was a trader who walked the horse, and there was something wrong with the goods, and he had just gone to check it and wanted to go back to the inn.

After asking, Shen Qianwei let the people go, but as soon as the people were far away, he immediately ordered his subordinates to follow.

It turned out that he had just smelled gunpowder on those people.

Nowadays, gunpowder is controlled by the state, and it is mainly used for making munitions and fireworks, but without exception it is controlled by the government.

Those people claimed to be businessmen who walked horses, but they smelled of gunpowder, which couldn't help but make Shen Qianwei suspect that they were smuggling gunpowder.

According to Beidi's law, smuggling gunpowder is a serious crime in the imperial court, and when it comes to such a thing, Shen Qianwei naturally can't ignore it.

So I quietly followed the three people all the way, and found this black workshop for making gunpowder in a deserted house on the outskirts of the city.

These people are doing the thing of licking blood at the tip of a knife, they are all outlaws, once they startle the snake, they will immediately flee without a trace, so they must attack the enemy and capture them on the spot.

When Zheng Han came back, he happened to see the three people who came to buy gunpowder coming out of the workshop, but they were still empty-handed, which was strange.

"Didn't get the deal done?" Zheng Han lowered his voice, "Boss, let them go?" ”

Shen Qianwei's narrow eyes revealed a bit of murderous intent, and he shook the hilt of the knife.

"You take four or five brothers and quietly follow those people to see where they are going, maybe there are big fish behind them."

Zheng Han nodded, and immediately counted a few people and went to follow the three people.

Shen Qianwei continued to lie in ambush, preparing to wait for the support of the infantry yamen to arrive before making a move.

But what he didn't expect was that not long after, a black-covered carriage drove into the small courtyard of the workshop, and then the coachman and the emaciated man who jumped out of the carriage dragged down the two little girls from the carriage.

"Boss, I picked up something good today, and I specially sent it to relieve the boss's boredom!"

The man shouted.

Then I saw the people in the house come out, and the man at the head was very tall and strong, five big and three thick, with a beard, and a few deep or shallow scars on his face, which was not good at first glance.

"Yo, where did you come from?" The man seemed to be very satisfied, and laughed, "I'm busy with business these days, and I'm worried that I don't have time to go out to visit the kiln, but you kid is sensible and sent it to me." ”

"To you, eldest brother, I naturally think about it all the time, this person met in the suburbs, it seems that he is picking herbs to sell for money, younger brother, I brought them back to serve the eldest brother, and they don't have to work hard."

The emaciated man said flatteringly.

Then I saw the strong man with the beard walking towards the two girls who were huddled together and shivering.

After a few glances, he grabbed the one on the left and put it on his shoulder.

"Lao Tzu wants her, the rest of this, reward you, play lightly, don't kill people, leave a life for us to do laundry and cooking, just lack a maid."

After saying that, he laughed and was about to enter the house, and several men behind him quickly surrounded the other girl.

The two girls were so frightened that they cried out for help and struggled desperately, but to no avail.

How could Shen Qianwei endure it, he took out two iron marbles from his purse and shot them out as hidden weapons.

The person who was hit immediately looked up and looked around.

"Who, who is hiding in the shadows to attack Lao Tzu!"