Knock knock.

There was a knock on the door of the house, and the voice of the head came in: "Dongjia, Hu Lao Er has arrived." ”

Li Kun shouted in the house: "Okay, let him in, you go and get busy with yours, Li Yu will let him come to me when he arrives." ”

"Yes. The head should be Li Kun, and then said to Hu Laoer: "Go, pay attention to etiquette, and tell the truth if you ask you, the owner is not an unreasonable person." ”

"Well, thank you, Director. Hu Lao Er thanked him, tidied up his instrument, pushed open the door and entered the house, closed the door casually, Hu Lao Er walked to the middle of the house and was preparing his luggage, but was stopped by Shen Congrong.

Shen Congrong pointed to the stool on the side and said, "You don't have to salute, sit down and say." ”

Hu Lao Erxin said that the owner is not a man? Why is it a young woman speaking? Just as he was hesitating, Li Kun's voice came: "Sir, let you sit down." ”

Only then did Hu Lao Er react and sat on the stool next to him.

After Hu Lao Er sat down, he rubbed his hands on his knees, his eyes rolled around, and he was very nervous.

Shen Congrong saw Hu Laoer's movements, knew that he couldn't relieve him, and didn't comfort him, so he asked directly, "Hu Laoer, when did you come here to work?"

Hu Lao Er replied: "I've been here for eight days. ”

"What about before you came here? Your daughter-in-law said that you disappeared half a month ago, where were the six days before?" Shen calmly rewinded the time.

Hu Lao Er thought for a while and said: "That day I went out to work in the field, the work was done early, I thought about going to the tavern in the town to have a drink, and then met the current owner Li Yu, he hired me to work, he had been following him for six days to move flowers, do some chores, eight days ago he arranged for me to work here, two days ago he said that he would take me to do a job outside, and he only came back yesterday." ”

"Are you saying that Li Yu hired you in the town half a month ago, that is, you have been working with him, and you were arranged to come here eight days ago, and then quickly took you to work outside, so during this period, you didn't have a little time to go home to report the news, or send a letter back?" Shen Congrong felt that Hu Laoer's answer had some questions.

"The proprietor was in a hurry, and I left directly after calling a few of my people, and I also said at the time to go back and put down the farm tools, and tell the family, and the proprietor said: 'No, just throw the farm tools here, the salary is fifteen taels of silver, and I will set off now.'" As soon as I heard fifteen taels, I went straight along. Hu Lao Er explained.

"Departure, where did you follow Li Yu to work in the first six days, and how many people did you go with?" Shen Congrong thought of Hu Lao Er, and said that he didn't specify the location at the beginning, but just said that he followed Li Yu.

"I don't know where it is, but I know that it is a big family, and the owner helps him plant flowers, so I am responsible for moving flowers for the owner, handing tools, planing pits or something, and there are twelve or thirteen people with me. Hu Lao Er replied.

When Hu Lao Er answered for the first time, Li Kun felt that something was wrong, and he almost wanted to speak, but he didn't speak after all, but Shen Congrong saw everything in his eyes. After asking Hu Lao Er, Shen looked at Li Cong calmly and said, "Master Li, do you have anything to say?"

Li Kun heard Shen Congrong ask himself, and hurriedly said: "I think there is something wrong, but I can't say it, half a month ago, Yu'er was indeed sent by me to do work, but that family is not a big family, it is an ordinary businessman, the amount of work is not large, three or five people are enough, how can he go to recruit workers again, more than a dozen people to do work, and it is in a large family?"

Frowning tightly, Li Kun still couldn't say what was wrong, so he could only say: "I think, let's wait for Yu'er to arrive, and then listen to what he says." ”

As soon as Li Kun finished speaking, Hu Lao Er shouted: "What I said is true, there is no trace of concealment." ”

Shen calmly reassured: "Don't be so nervous, no one said that you were lying, but you still have to listen to Li Yu's words and make a comparison." ”

Although Shen Congrong's words calmed Hu Laoer, the atmosphere in the room was obviously a little tense, and the three parties did not speak again, waiting for Li Yu's arrival.

The county seat was not very far from the workshop, and it only took two moments for the little servant to ride a horse to reach the Li Mansion. As soon as he got off the horse, the little guy asked the doorkeeper, "Is Mr. Big in the house?"

The doorkeeper said: "I didn't see Mr. Big go out, I should be distributing tea cakes or something." ”

After the little guy got the information, he rushed to the square to find Li Yu. looked around and found that Li Yu was distributing mountain spring water, and the little guy hurriedly ran over.

"Mr. Big, the owner asked you to go over to the workshop, it seems that you are in a hurry. The little guy gasped.

Li Yu handed the small bucket in his hand to a citizen, clapped his hands, pulled the little guy aside and said, "Did the owner say anything else?"

The little guy nodded again and again: "Yes, the owner asked if there were any new recruits recently, what were they called, what positions were arranged, and after knowing that you were recruited by Mr. Big, the owner said to let you go, yes, the owner also brought two people, a man and a woman." ”

Li Yu roughly understood and said, "Well, I know, you go down to rest, I'll go over." ”

"Yes. The little servant answered, and went down to rest.

Li Yu made a brief arrangement for the disciples who distributed the supplies, and then prepared to change their clothes, but after thinking about it for a while, he still didn't change, and walked to the door and asked the gatekeeper, "Where is the horse ridden by the people who came back?"

The gatekeeper pointed to the position of the bolted horse and said, "It's over there." ”

Li Yu walked over quickly, got on his horse and headed towards the workshop.

When he arrived at the door of the workshop, Li Yu turned over and dismounted, and walked inside while arranging his clothes: "Tie up the horse, where is the owner?"

The little servant held the reins and said, "The owner is in the reception room." ”

"Hmm. Li Yu said that he knew, and then walked to the reception room.

Pushing open the door of the reception room, Li Yu saw Shen Congrong and Li Cang sitting in the top position, Feng Muge stood behind Shen Congrong, and Hu Lao Er sat aside.

Li Yu walked to the middle of the house, saluted Li Kun and said, "Is there something wrong with the owner calling me?"

Then he looked at Shen Congrong and said, "Miss Hu Sheng is also there?"

Li Kun said: "Yu'er must not be rude, this is the future Qintian Supervisor Zheng Rong, I asked you to come because I have something to ask you." ”

After hearing Shen Congrong's true identity, Li Kun was a little surprised, but quickly reacted, and saluted Shen Congrong: "Meet Mr., there were many rudeness before, please don't blame, I don't know what to ask, I must know everything, and I will say everything." ”

On the other side, after Hu Lao Er heard Shen Congrong's identity, his legs were a little shaky, and sweat flowed down, and he didn't know whether to stand up or continue to sit for a while.

Shen Congrong pointed to the stool on the other side and said, "Please sit down, the next question to ask is very important, please answer truthfully." ”