The white horse passed by, time slipped quietly at people's fingertips, and the year was approaching in a blink of an eye.

The streets began to be lit up, and although there have been wars in recent years, they have never reached the capital. This year's harvest is good, and the people can have a good harvest year, walking around the streets and buying New Year's goods, with a joyful smile on their faces.

Lin Chonghan thinks about it now, and still feels that she is suddenly separated from the world, in the past, at this time, she still had to manage the entire inner house in the Gu family, but now in the blink of an eye-

"Chonghan, this is the second brother's newly bought sugar man, you eat it first."

Lin Chonghan sat on the swing in the courtyard, holding the rabbit-like candy man with a smile, knowing that his second brother was still treating himself as a child.

Lin Shijing was pasting Spring Festival couplets in her courtyard, and the little maid on the side was holding paste, he seemed to know what she was thinking, and he didn't raise his head: "You are the youngest in our family, so ah, no matter how old you are, you are still a child in the eyes of your brother." ”

Brother is so good, Lin Chonghan carefully licked the candy man and smiled. The little guys are very discerning, and gently push the swing for her.

"Big brother can't come back this year," Lin Chonghan looked up at the blue sky, "I don't know, I asked Qiu Sanji to bring him winter clothes and spring clothes, big brother received it." ”

"Huh?"

After Lin Shijing finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets, he asked with some surprise: "It's the cold winter moon right now, do you let people bring spring clothes?" ”

"This is where the second brother is careless," Lin Chonghan pinched the sugar man, "It takes a month to get from the capital to Jiangnan, and when you arrive in Jiangnan in the third season of autumn, early spring has arrived, and there will be no shortage of clothes for the eldest brother to wear in the spring." ”

But in fact, both of them know that Lin Yizhou is a hussar general, how can he have no clothes to wear, but this is the sister's care for her brother, and they are happy to see it.

As he spoke, Haruhi walked through the corridors and came to the precincts. Her steps were brisk, obviously in a hurry, and a chill came over her face.

She walked to Lin Chonghan's side in a few steps, and whispered in her ear: "Girl, Yu Qing is dead." ”

Lin Chonghan glanced at her unexpectedly, handed the sugar man to the little guy on the side, and told him to take care of it.

"Second brother, I'll go outside with Kasuga."

"Got it, wrap it tightly. In the spring, you look at your master, don't let her catch a cold. ”

The master and servant walked out of the courtyard and walked slowly down the corridor.

Lin Chonghan asked, "How did you die?" ”

Haruhi looked embarrassed and replied: "It was said that it was just a miscarriage and the wind was blowing, and it was tossed by all kinds of and sold to that kind of place, so ......"

Such an explanation is reasonable enough, but Lin Chonghan has a faint doubt and uneasiness in his heart.

In the distance, there are small servants hanging lanterns on ladders, maids frolicking in the corners of the walls, playing with ropes, and in the deep courtyard, you can vaguely hear the shouts of the vendors on the long street outside.

Lin Chonghan took in the prosperous scene in front of him, but the uneasiness in his heart was even stronger. She and Kasuga looked at each other and whispered, "You tell the front yard to prepare the carriage, and then go find a few strong guys, and we will go to the Yanyu Building." ”

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Yanyulou has been in the capital for a long time, Lin Chonghan has also heard of it, this building is more elegant than the ordinary Qinglou, and there are a lot of Qingqi, but there has never been a news that someone forced Qingqi to pick up customers, presumably the force behind it is not small.

"This girl," the old bustard greeted him with the same face, still smiling, "do you want the girl to accompany you, or do you want ......?"

She waved her handkerchief and motioned for the turtle slave to come over: "You follow him to the side room, there are many guests in this hall, and I am afraid of staining your eyes." ”

Lin Chonghan nodded, wearing a hat and following the turtle slave, there was a drunk guest on the side, mistakenly thinking that she was a new Qingqi, and was just about to open her mouth to tease, but saw that she was followed by several tall and fierce little maids, and the wine immediately woke up halfway, knowing that this was a female guest, and she couldn't be easily offended.

After entering the wing, Chunri asked the maid to wipe the table and stool before letting Lin Chonghan sit down.

Lin Chonghan sat down, asked Haruhi to give the turtle slave some broken silver, and said, "I want to ask your mother about it, there was a new girl named Yu Qing before." ”

Gu Nuhan smiled and took the silver: "You're really late, Yu Qing, this girl has already died...... Well, there's something on her that she can show to you. ”

In a moment, a little maid brought something, which was wrapped in a handkerchief, and Kasuga took it, opened the handkerchief and saw that it was a rattle.

Spring was slightly stunned and turned his head to look at Lin Chonghan.

The turtle slave said: "When Yu Qing was still alive, he often held this rattle, saying that his parents made it when he was a child...... You take it, it's useless to keep it here. ”

Lin Chonghan bowed his head and motioned for Spring to put it away, and she then asked the turtle slave where Yu Qing's body was, and the turtle slave was embarrassed when she heard it.

"Your honor," he said, clutching the piece of silver in both hands, with a restrained expression, "you know, our kind of place...... Human life is cheap, if someone dies...... It was just a straw mat and threw it into a mass grave. ”

Lin Chonghan knew in her heart that after she asked the specific location of the mass grave, she left in a low-key manner wearing a hat. The old bustard stood on the second floor, leaning against the railing with his waist crossed, watching the carriage of the Lin Mansion slowly leave.

on the carriage

Lin Chonghan asked a few servants to go to the mass grave to check people, and he was playing with the rattle, which had faded, but at a glance, he knew that it was carefully preserved by the owner, which was also in line with the turtle slave's statement.

Could it be that Yu Qing really died of natural causes, and it was also impulsive to confuse the bloodline of the Hou Mansion?

Lin Chonghan held a rattle in his hand, returned home with a heavy heart, and subconsciously walked through the winding corridor to the courtyard with his memory, and was just about to enter the house, but was stopped by Lin Shijing.

"Chonghan, what's wrong with you?" Lin Shijing just finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets in her courtyard, and was asking the little maid to pack up her things and prepare to leave, "I can't keep my soul...... Well, rattle? ”

Lin Chonghan came back to his senses and subconsciously handed him the rattle, Lin Shijing took it, looked carefully at the sunlight for a moment, turned around again, and said "Huh".

"Have you gone to visit the Moon Bend Pavilion?"