Begonia blinked.

When the carriage stopped, she jumped out of the carriage with one hand, and grabbed the sleeve of the reef with the other: "What do you mean by this, brother?" The Tang family's upbringing grandmother was invited from the capital, didn't we already know about it? What are you suspicious of when you suddenly mention this? ”

Haijiao looked up and saw that Ma Li had already opened the door to greet him, so he glanced at his sister: "Let's talk about it later, you go to see grandpa and grandma first." ”

Haitang had no choice but to let go of him, went back to the main courtyard on his own, and reported to his grandfather and grandmother that he had returned.

Ma asked her, "Are the lanterns beautiful tonight?" Why didn't you buy anything empty-handed? ”

"There are too many people on the street. Sister Wenjun took us up to the teahouse, and looked out from the private room, and the lanterns were also very beautiful. Begonia replied, "Later, I only cared about eating and talking over the fire, and did not go to the street again, so I didn't buy anything." She patted herself on the abdomen, "But I'm well fed and warm, so I didn't run in vain." ”

Ma couldn't help laughing: "Cheng, have fun, and eat and drink enough." Your second uncle went out for a walk, and came back with three or four lights, fooling around! No matter how beautiful the lantern is, that is, it will be placed at home for two or three days, what can you do with that unjust money?! It's better to buy two more bowls of Lantern Festival! ”

Haitang laughed with her grandmother, then quit and returned to the house when she met the reef. She hurriedly followed: "Brother, tell me quickly, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well tonight." ”

Haijiao was helpless, so he had to look out the window, and when he saw that no one was passing by, he lowered his voice and said to Xiaomei: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that when I checked the eyes and ears of the Sun family in Chang'an, I found that only one servant from the Tang family who was purchased from the outer courtyard was bought, and there was no one else." There are at least two or three other people's families, and the more prominent and wealthy the family, the more eyes and ears there are, and it is rarely a single person, and there is no one to answer it.

"The Tang family is in such a situation, my cousin felt strange at the time, and wondered if there was still someone who hadn't found out? The Tang family said that his housekeeper was very strict, and the male and female servants of the family were either domestic slaves who had worked in the Tang family for several lifetimes, or tenants in their hometown, or people selected from the veterans' families. ”

Since the Zhou family has not been found out, but there is a suspicious daughter-in-law newly married by a resident with a foreign surname on the two streets where the Zhou family and the family live together, and it was found that there is a problem, and only one servant of the Tang family in the outer courtyard was bought by money because the brother in the family owed foreign debts, which seems to be very reasonable, whether it is the Shaanxi Dusi or the Chang'an prefect's yamen, they have not continued to investigate.

Hai Jiaoyuan didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but today he heard his little sister talk about the Tang family's upbringing, and he felt that something was wrong.

Since they were invited from the capital to raise their grandmothers, where did they work in the past? If it is said that it is a person who comes out of the palace, then from which palace does it come from? Do they really have nothing to do with the Sun family?

The Tang family's outer courtyard that was found out, how much is it worth as the eyes and ears of the spies? Is it necessary for the Sun family or Du Boqin to inquire how much grain, meat and vegetables the Tang family needs to buy on weekdays? Or is it that even a servant in the Tang family can have access to the information of several Tang generals in the army?

After this man was arrested, no useful information came out. He doesn't seem to be in charge of finding out the news, but just passing on the information that others have heard to a fixed person. The upper family he confessed to was a mother-in-law of the next-door neighbor of the Tang family, and the next family was the owner of a tavern near the Tang family. The former would hide the information he heard on a tall and dense tree in the back garden, the branches of which stretched out over the courtyard wall, and he could touch something at the passage of the Tang family's backyard, and then send it to the latter of the tavern, and the task would be completed. Outsiders will only think that he left the Tang family through the back door and went to a familiar tavern for two drinks, and they will not think that he behaved suspiciously.

The problem is that his mother-in-law didn't know that he had done such a thing. She had never hid anything in the tree in the back garden of her master's house. Her son died on the battlefield, and in order to support a few little grandchildren, she would go into the city to be a servant, how could she be a spy for the Sun family? Although she is a confused and half-deaf old lady, she also knows that the Sun family is not a good person, and she almost caused the Northwest Frontier Army to not be able to pay a pension. She is a military family member who receives a pension, how can she do things for his family?!

This mother-in-law recognized the purchase of the Tang family's outer yard, but the reason was only that she was responsible for the sprinkling and cleaning of the back garden, and she often met with him. But she never passed on any news to him, and she didn't know that he was a spy of the Sun family. He suddenly confessed that she was a spy, and she wanted to bite him!

However, the purchase of the Tang family's outer courtyard also felt that he was wronged. He swore he hadn't lied, and he often found small packages of information on the tree. Several times he had seen the mother-in-law on the other side of the wall, and if she hadn't done it, who had put the little package on the tree?

The owner of the tavern was bribed, and was only responsible for keeping information, and someone would come to pick it up every three days. As for where did the man come from, and by whom did he command? What is the content of the information in the small package? He didn't know anything, and he never peeked or inquired. Except for the purchase from the outer courtyard of the Tang family, which sent the information, he didn't know anyone, and he didn't even know if the source of the information was his mother-in-law.

This clue is broken for the time being. There are still many spies and eyes to be interrogated, and this Cai Mai and the mother-in-law have their own opinions, and others have no time to patiently persuade them to tell the truth, so they have to be detained separately and wait for the New Year.

At the time, Haijiao only listened to this incident as a news story, and after listening to it, it was a problem, but now that I think it is very problematic.

If the mother-in-law of the Tang family's neighbor is just a cover, and the real source of information is somewhere else, then ...... Who dares to guarantee that the person who is really responsible for finding out the intelligence is not hiding in the Tang family? That big tree can be reached by the people next door, and the people of the Tang family can also do it, otherwise it would be impossible for the outer yard to reach out and get the small package on the tree.

More importantly, compared with the Tang family's next-door neighbors, whose family members were middle-level officers stationed in border towns for many years, the Tang family, which had several generals and family members serving in several guards in Shaanxi and Chang'an, was undoubtedly a more valuable source of information.

Is the upbringing grandmother, who is responsible for raising the two young ladies of the Tang family, have a better chance of getting in touch with the family and hearing the intelligence within the Northwest Frontier Army?

The Tang family is still the two generations of in-laws of the Zhou family in the Zhenguo Mansion, and the two families originally intended to continue to marry. If the two nurturing grandmothers follow the young lady's side, will they also have the opportunity to directly contact the family members of the Zhenguo Mansion?

Haijiao told his thoughts one by one, and Haitang felt a chill behind him when he heard it: "I haven't heard that those two nurturing grandmothers have ever come to the Zhenguo Mansion, but if they want to come...... The Zhenguo Mansion should not stop it. The ladies of the Tang family are very favored in front of the Duchess of Zhenguo, and when the New Year's wine is held, the seats they are arranged are very close to the Duchess of Zhenguo, and the attendants accompanying them are naturally not far away. If those two nurturing grandmothers were really spies planted by the Sun family, once they received the order to assassinate, no one would guard against them! ”

Even if the female dependents of the Zhenguo Mansion are not weak women, but within reach, as long as there is a slight relaxation, the wife and daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion may be fatally injured. This is a chilling conjecture.

Begonia took a deep breath: "Can you find a way to confirm?" If there is really a problem with these two grandmothers, it is better to control them as soon as possible. Even if they can't hurt the people of the Zhou family, it's bad to hurt the female relatives of the Tang family. ”

Speaking of this, Begonia's heart moved slightly.

Mrs. Tang suddenly clamored to quit her mother-up, did she notice something?

(End of chapter)