The south room is generally regarded as the place where guests and servants live.
But that was the rule in ancient times, and now there are basically no servants living in the South House. Most of the people living there are guests who stay overnight after visiting the Mu family.
After all, everyone has a room now, and servants usually go back to their homes after get off work during the day, so no one would choose to stay at Mu's house.
As for the night shift, there are no servants at all.
Of course there is one exception, and that is Butler Li.
Mu Mengzi remembered that Butler Li had lived in the south room since he could remember.
His father Mu Duanru once arranged for him a three-bedroom apartment in the city several times.
As a result, he refused without even thinking about it, and over time his father never mentioned it again.
There are many rooms in the south room. Although they are always unused, they are still cleaned frequently.
Don't even think about it to know who is cleaning.
She glanced at Butler Li.
Only Butler Li at the front can clean the south room.
Butler Li seemed to notice Mu Mengzi's gaze. He turned back and nodded to her as if to say hello.
Mu Mengzi hesitated for a moment but nodded politely in return.
After arranging the room, Butler Li left. When leaving, he did not forget to warn them not to run around. After all, this is the old residence of the Mu family and there are many taboos.
Ling Yun readily agreed.
Mu Mengzi and Senior Xiang Liu's rooms were connected together. Mu Mengzi happened to be sandwiched between them, with Ling Yun on the left and Senior Xiang Liu on the right.
After Butler Li left, the three of them gathered in Mu Mengzi's room.
They looked at the mountains of ledgers, and Mu Mengzi sighed and shook his head.
Moreover, Ling Yun simply ignored the pile of ledgers, while Senior Xiang Liu sat there and drank tea slowly.
Mu Mengzi learned how to check account books when she was a child. Although she hadn't done it for many years, she didn't forget it all.
Although they are pretending to be members of the Judicial Prosecutor's Office, they still have to pretend, otherwise they will be in trouble if the truth is revealed.
Mu Mengzi sat in front of the desk, randomly pulled out a ledger, and flipped through a page.
After pausing for a few seconds, he turned to the next page, neither too fast nor too slow, but he looked like he was checking accounts.
Mu Mengzi looked at this huge flow of funds. Although it was just numbers and words, she was still frightened.
It can easily reach hundreds of millions, and there are losses and profits.
After flipping through it casually a few times, Mu Mengzi put the account book aside, then took out another account book and opened a page at random.
Ling Yun saw that the immortal actually started to look, and quickly said: "Immortal, it doesn't matter whether you look or not. I heard from Elder Weiga that it has always been a common thing to investigate the big families in Kyoto by checking accounts. We are all pretending.
You don’t have to be so serious about pretending.”
When Mu Mengzi heard this, she looked up at the leisurely Ling Yun and said with a smile: "I just took a look."
In fact, Mu Mengzi still wants to see what has happened to the Mu family over the years.
Her father, Mu Duanru, could be said to have devoted his whole life to the business affairs of the Mu family, and the business of the Mu family was even more important than her daughter.
Therefore, Mu Mengzi has never felt the warmth of home in the Mu family since she was a child. She has always been extremely disgusted with the Mu family.
But over the years, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Mu Mengzi couldn't help but learn something about the current situation of the Mu family.
And this account book allowed her to better understand the current situation of the Mu family.
Ling Yun didn't have anything to say. The immortal disciple actually wanted to watch it. He couldn't hold the immortal disciple away from watching it.
"Immortal, tell me, where are we going to start our investigation?"
Ling Yun began to chat with Mu Mengzi about the purpose of the trip.
Mu Mengzi had no intention of telling Ling Yun that she was going to start investigating Butler Li.
While flipping through the account books casually, she asked: "Where do you think we should start checking first?"
Ling Yun thought for a moment and seemed to have thought of something: "When I was in Fangcheng with Mengzi, I rarely heard her mention her parents. How about we start with Mengzi's parents?"
Mu Mengzi couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and glance at Ling Yun. Of course, she was grateful and touched in her heart.
Her mother passed away before she could remember, and her father had been harsh on her since she was a child, which prompted her to escape from the Mu family.
Ling Yun is probably the only person with whom she has a good relationship among the Taoists.
"How about we start with Mu Mengzi's mother who passed away?" Mu Mengzi looked at the account book, but her thoughts wandered away again.
If Hu Zhe's illusion was true.
There is another direction that Mu Mengzi can investigate, that is, there is a small courtyard in the old house that has been sealed for many years.
As for where the small courtyard is, Mu Mengzi doesn't know.
She had lived in the Mu family's old house since she was a child, but she had never seen the small courtyard, which was strange.
Ling Yun was immediately puzzled when he heard Mu Mengzi's words: "I remember Mengzi's mother's name was Li Xiaomeng, but the records seem to say that she passed away when Mengzi was young."
As he spoke, Ling Yun came to the side window and opened the wooden window to look at the flowers and plants outside the courtyard. He continued: "This happened many years ago. If we want to investigate, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"
Mu Mengzi couldn't help but fell into deep thought at the desk. She had indeed considered before that if they wanted to investigate her mother's affairs, they might not be able to find clues at all because of the long time.
But she still didn't want to give up. She wanted to try to see if she could find any clues that had not disappeared.
Mu Mengzi raised her eyebrows and met Ling Yun's gaze. She did not dodge but said deeply: "Instead of investigating Mu Mengzi's father, I think we should investigate her mother!"
Seeing that the immortal was so sure that Mengzi's mother should be investigated, Ling Yun had some speculation in his mind.
Seeing Ling Yun lowering his eyebrows and thinking, Mu Mengzi also thought of a suitable excuse and said: "The reason why I said that Mu Mengzi's mother should be investigated is because."
"Mu Mengzi disappeared when he was a child in the Mu family, but his father has only been looking for him openly over the years, and he has not actively searched for him..."
As she spoke, Mu Mengzi's eyes turned to resentment or dissatisfaction. "The disappearance of the eldest daughter of the Mu family should be a big deal to the Mu family, but you can see that everyone in the Mu family doesn't seem to care much about the eldest daughter of the Mu family!"
Ling Yun came back to his senses and looked at Immortal, seeing that something was wrong with his mood: "Immortal, why are you so concerned about Mengzi's affairs!?"
As soon as these words came out, Mu Mengzi seemed to wake up suddenly, and she was stunned.
What were you just saying?
She didn't know why her emotions seemed to be affected by something. Although she had resentment towards the Mu family, she was a rational person.
In addition, her father taught her to hide her emotions since she was a child...
I lost my temper!
Mu Mengzi rubbed her brow as if she was a little tired: "It's okay, I just felt a little stressed when I met that Fei Yao today!"
She just found an excuse.
Seeing that the immortal's expression was indeed tired, Ling Yun also attributed what was wrong with the immortal to his encounter with Fei Yao.
"Unexpectedly, the immortal asked me to investigate the matter of Mengzi's mother. Then I will pay attention. If there are no results..." Ling Yun said and looked at the immortal who was rubbing his eyebrows.
Mu Mengzi nodded: "It doesn't matter, this is just my guess! If there is no result, there will be no result!"
Ling Yun nodded: "Then I will start investigating tonight..."
After speaking, Ling Yun paused for a moment and then asked, "Do the immortals want to come together?"
Mu Mengzi did not plan to act with Ling Yun because she wanted to find Butler Li.
She found a reason to refuse and said: "No! I'm tired today!"
Ling Yun didn't force it and was about to go back to his room: "If this is the case, then the immortal will have a good rest at night. I will go back and make preparations first."
Mu Mengzi nodded.
After Ling Yun left, Xiang Liu, who had been drinking tea quietly beside him, said, "You go to bed early and I'll keep an eye on Butler Li."
Mu Mengzi glanced at Senior Xiangliu, smiled softly and said, "I'm sorry for bothering you, Senior Xiangliu."
Xiang Liu smiled back and shook his head: "There is no need to be polite between you and me."
After saying that, she withdrew. After leaving the door, Ling Yun squinted her eyes and looked back at Mu Mengzi.
She sensed something was wrong with Mu Mengzi from the very beginning, but she didn't say anything.
Because she hadn't found out what was affecting Mu Mengzi yet, she didn't rush to alert him yet.
Not long after Ling Yun and Xiang Liu left, Mu Mengzi felt dizzy, and fell asleep on the table within a moment.
After Mu Mengzi fell into a deep sleep, a void figure appeared next to Mu Mengzi.
The outline of the figure resembled that of a woman. The shadow stretched out her hand and gently brushed Mu Mengzi's cheek, and then dispersed.
The sudden appearance of this woman did not attract anyone's attention.
In Mu Mengzi's dream.
She dreamed of a woman who was very close to her, but she could never see her face clearly, as if a thin veil of mist blocked her face.
In the dream, she was like a child lying in her arms, warmth filling her heart.
…………
At this time, in the east wing of the Mu family's old house.
A middle-aged man with few black hair was dealing with a pile of documents.
At this time, a man opened the door and came in. He saluted respectfully and said, "Sir, the people from the Judicial Procuratorate are here. I have arranged them in the south room."
The person who spoke was none other than Butler Li, who had settled Mu Mengzi and the others.
The person handling the documents was Mu Mengzi's father, Mu Duanru, the head of the Mu family.
Mu Duanru raised his head, with sharp eyes like an eagle, and said calmly: "Okay!"
The slightly hoarse and deep voice seemed to come from a superior.
Butler Li was about to resign, but Mu Duanru seemed to have thought of something. He hesitated and asked, "By the way, there's no news about her yet?"
Butler Li stopped when he was about to lift his feet. He naturally understood who the man in front of him was talking about.
It is none other than the eldest daughter of the Mu family—Mu Mengzi.
It was said that he called the eldest lady every month, but when he called on time this month, the phone on the other side was turned off.
Butler Li initially thought that the other party's phone was out of battery by chance, but after calling him continuously for the past few days, the situation remained the same.
"Go back to me sir, the lady's phone still can't be reached."
Mu Duanru frowned, as if a storm was brewing: "Then call Fangcheng Taoist!"
Butler Li seemed to have known he would say this: "Sir, I have already called the Taoist in Fangcheng and found out after talking with him."
As he spoke, Butler Li paused and continued: "Taoist master Jiang Qin has disappeared, and the young lady seems to have participated in the national academic competition."
The skin of Mu Duanru's fingers was slightly wrinkled, but the sound of tapping on the table was like muffled thunder.
"Then go check it out!"
Butler Li nodded: "I have arranged for someone to check, otherwise..."
