It is said that Jia Cong and Feng Ziying explained Chen Ruijin's life experience clearly. After waiting for a few days and seeing that neither he nor King Yan made any move, they knew that they would not make trouble for the time being and could save their worries. It didn't take long for Ansheng to
In the afternoon, he was still on business in the Hanlin Academy, when someone from Feng Ziying suddenly came to call him. It turned out that Lin Luan had gone to the Wucheng Military and Horse Department to report to the official, saying that a little maid she had recently bought died on the street.
A few days ago, Lin Luan claimed that the smallpox prescription belonged to Jia Cong. Feng Ziying asked people to ask why. She only said that Mr. Cong saved her sisters from the palace, and she was happy for him. Feng Ziying didn't believe it.
He ordered people not to scare the snake away, but to secretly stay near her house for a while.
This morning she sent a maid to go shopping. Feng Ziying's people saw the maid poking her head after going out, so they followed her. The maid did not go to the market, but hired a carriage to go to an alley in the north of the city to call for a meal.
Sesame Alley, quietly hiding at the entrance of the alley, waiting. Not long after, a very ordinary blue cloth carriage drove up, and a young woman wearing ordinary cloth got out. Feng Ziying’s spies said, the woman was dressed like a woman, and she was beautiful.
She was as rare as a peony flower, with dignified manners and good manners. It was obvious that she was not an ordinary young woman. The woman entered the alley alone. Lin Luan's maid followed her secretly, and the spies secretly followed the maid. The woman entered
Went to a Wang's noodle shop, the maid ducked and waited nearby, and the spies ducked and waited further away. After half an hour, the woman came out of the noodle shop, walked back to the alley and got into the car. The maid watched the car drive away.
Then I hired a car and went to Rongguo Mansion. I waited under a big locust tree outside the back door for about a while with a stick of incense. A kind-hearted woman came out and talked to her for a long time before going back.
The mother-in-law and the maid hired a car to go to the market to buy things, and finally took the things back to Lin Luan's yard. When they were about to reach the intersection, they suddenly felt a pain in their heart, and soon fell to the ground without any breath. Lin Luan
After hearing the news from the neighbors, I rushed out to have a look. I thought her death was strange, so I went to the government to report the case.
Because the spy was alone, he only followed the maid, not the carriage, and never found out who the beautiful woman was. Fortunately, he knew where the noodle shop was. Feng Ziying sent someone to the noodle shop to check. Everything else was normal, except for one thing.
Great pair - the landlady is extremely beautiful. Beauties are not common, and with Lin Luan and her mirror grinder, the four beauties collided. Feng Ziying immediately suspected that there was some trick here and wanted Jia Cong to help investigate.
The woman in Rongguo Mansion then told him the matter.
Jia Cong suddenly felt that his head was as big as a bucket, and he cursed Shi Li secretly in his heart. He didn't know what he was busy with, and left Lin Luan to cause trouble for nothing. He hurriedly asked the spy what the woman looked like, and hurried on his own
Go back and ask someone to ask. When he returned to the mansion, Jia Cong asked the steward to come over and ask him to check the person seriously.
The steward went down and walked around for a while, then brought a man back and said, "According to what I said, I sound like the old lady Jin in Master Huan San's yard. This old lady usually only cleans the courtyard.
The idle work of pruning flowers and trees is always there, but today there is no one around. The mother-in-law in their class said that her eldest son called her in the morning, and she went back to the yard after lunch.
Then she disappeared again. The villain then called her eldest son to come over."
Jia Cong had already guessed that the old woman was Mrs. Jin, whom the Empress Dowager had bribed in the Rongguo Mansion. Because the Empress Dowager had already tricked them enough, she had not touched the old woman yet. This man must have been gambling gold.
Da Nai asked: "Who came to look for your mother this morning?"
Jin Da didn't look smart. He was frightened. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I don't know this. I told you last night that a maid from another family came to see her today. She has something important to do. Let me ask you."
Go to the back door and guard. Whenever you see a little girl wearing green floral clothes and a yellow headscarf standing under the big locust tree outside the back door, you quickly call her out. The slave follows her instructions. The other slaves don't know.
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Jia Cong was not good at interrogating. He briefly asked about the maid's appearance and then left it to Chen Ruijin. He also ordered people to search for Mrs. Jin carefully. Not long after he ordered her to go down, someone rushed to report that Mrs. Jin was found in the well and she was dead.
After a long time, this matter was no longer fun. Jia Cong hurriedly rode to find Feng Ziying, and told Chen Ruijin to quietly go to Wang's Noodle House, and then go to Jiang's house to ask if the beautiful woman was Xue Baochai.
Feng Ziying was slightly shocked when she heard this: "Dead?"
Jia Cong nodded: "I killed two people in the blink of an eye. I'm afraid I have to go see the widow."
Feng Ziying smiled bitterly and said: "There are more than two. My people just spent some time in Sesame Lane and found out that the widow's man also died unexpectedly, and was also implicated in another being silenced and a missing one."
"ha?"
Feng Ziying shook his head and said: "I knew that the matter was not over yet, but it was not convenient to check." He nodded with his fingers, "The shopkeeper at the front of Yinfengju, the owner of the noodle shop, Lin Luan's little maid, your family's
Mother-in-law."
Jia Cong suddenly trembled: "The people from Yinfengju came to our house to harass me on the eve of Huan's brother's wedding to the princess. The shopkeeper's sudden death was on the day after they got married. Our mother-in-law was born in Huan."
My brother is the one who serves in the courtyard and is responsible for cleaning the courtyard and pruning the flowers and trees. Oh my God... did the princess offend someone or did Brother Huan offend someone? Those two have been on their honeymoon for almost two months and still haven't come back."
Feng Ziying's eyes moved: "Is there any news about the two of them?"
"Yes." Jia Cong said, "I got a message a few days ago. The two of them were visiting the caves and Buddha statues in Luoyang, and they also wrote a few bad poems."
Feng Ziying stood up and took a few steps: "Although I don't know the exact reason, this matter is obviously directed at the two of them. The death of the shopkeeper in front of Yinfengju must have happened unexpectedly." He turned around and nodded at Jia.
Cong, "Your weird temperament." Jia Cong curled his lips. "The noodle shop owner was silenced, I'm afraid it was because he didn't keep his mouth shut. The little maid and the mother-in-law were silenced, so they must be followed by my people and the people behind the scenes will find out.
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Jia Cong touched the back of his head: "Since that little maid was newly bought by Lin Luan, someone might have managed to send it there, or she might have been bribed temporarily. There is probably nothing wrong with Lin Luan, otherwise why would she report it to the police?"
Feng Ziying said: "First let someone check Huan'er's yard carefully to see if there is anything wrong."
Jia Cong said: "No way! Our family is very strict." Feng Ziying glared at him, and Jia Cong said, "Yes, yes, go back and check." After a while, he said again, "How about you help us
Check?"
Feng Ziying thought for a while: "That's fine, I'll have someone check it out and it will be more thorough than yours."
Jia Cong said: "Do you want to investigate Yinfengju? How come the old and new shopkeepers are friends with the same noodle shop owner?"
Feng Ziying said: "I don't know about the one who died. Now the man named Ma is an all-rounder. I'll go and find out tomorrow." Jia Cong agreed, the two talked for a while, and then he went back to his house.
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Unexpectedly, Jia Cong came back before dinner, with a strange look on his face and a frown on his face. Feng Ziying was sitting and thinking about something, trying to straighten out the case. When she saw him, she hurriedly asked, "What are you doing back here?"
Jia Cong sat opposite him and said, "There's no need to check that beautiful woman in the carriage."
"You know?"
"She just came to our house to see me." Jia Cong said, "She is the Jiang family's sister-in-law."
"who?"
"Xue Pan's sister."
Feng Ziying was surprised: "Is it her?"
Jia Cong nodded and said, "I wanted to ask my opinion on something, and I wanted to hide it from Brother Xue. I went to that noodle shop with Brother Xue a few days ago, and seemed to have fallen in love with that beautiful widow.
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Feng Ziying stayed for a long time: "No way! He has been with Liu for so many years, and I haven't even seen him have a fan."
Jia Cong breathed out: "Is that why Sister Xue has a headache? Didn't her son pass through adoption? The widow is also a woman... If she gave birth to a boy and a girl, what is her son? So she went to find the widow today to discuss business.
, gave her three thousand taels of silver and asked her to leave the capital. The widow refused and only said that they were both innocent. She is currently frozen."
Feng Ziying frowned and said: "Xue Pan's sister went to see the widow, how could Lin Luan's maid know?"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "God knows! I asked her when she decided to go, and she said that she was ready yesterday and will go today. I am afraid that someone in the Jiang family was bribed by someone behind the scenes. Besides, even if Brother Xue looks at it,
What does marrying a widow have to do with our family? How did Mrs. Jin get involved?"
Feng Ziying said: "In any case, let's check Huan'er's yard tomorrow." After a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't believe that idiot Xue would fall in love with others. I haven't seen any kind of beauty like him in many years."
Could it be that her sister made a mistake?"
Jia Cong held his cheek in despair and said: "How about we go and ask? I quite like Liu Aiyun. Hey, what's the matter? It's a shame that I always thought Xue Pan was an infatuated seed."
Feng Ziying knocked on the table: "I'll be there tomorrow."
Jia Cong nodded in the palm of his hand: "If I didn't already have a sweetheart, I would never believe in love again." Feng Ziying poked his finger.
Little did he know that the Xue family was also busy at this moment. Xue Pan sat on the main seat with his cheeks puffed up and said, "I won't agree anyway." Next to him sat Liu Aiyun, Xue Baochai and Jiang Zirong.
Baochai smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't there nothing we can do? My sister-in-law doesn't even mind."
Liu Aiyun sat upright: "I mind."
Xue Pan glanced at his sister: "Did you hear that? Your sister-in-law minds."
Baochai advised: "Miss Jiang was doing secret business for the Empress Dowager. If she is dragged to Mr. Feng, wouldn't it be difficult for the Empress Dowager to do this business?"
Xue Pan said: "The title is of no use these days. If you and your mother insist on buying it, I won't stop you. I just treat it as buying noodles for you two. Now that we are involved in such chaos, four or five people have been arrested for no reason.
Why bother to get involved in these things if you are silent? Our family has constant business dealings with Rongguo Mansion, Ping'an Prefecture, and various princes. What is the use of the title? Look, how many of those Gongmen Prince Mansion can still do it?
Live a good life?"
Baochai said: "Buying a title is not like buying prestige. Didn't I see that the Rongguo Mansion also bought it? Apart from the appearance, it is ultimately a sign of loyalty to the court."
Liu Aiyun asked: "Which court?"
Xue Pan immediately followed: "Which court? The Empress Dowager's idea is not as important as that of an ordinary prince."
Baochai said slowly: "Mr. Situ." Then he glanced at her brother and sister-in-law and said, "Our family is already extremely rich. Because we are related to the uncle who merged with Rongguo Mansion in Guangdong and Guangxi, the King of Yan would not touch us. If it weren't for these two
Family, can we still hold on to such a big property? Just think of it as a way to send some money to the Situ family."
Liu Aiyun said: "Auntie, your brother doesn't disapprove of you buying a title, but he disapproves of you hiding the purpose of that noodle shop for the Empress Dowager. Now that the King of Yan is powerful, the Empress Dowager is just a show-off. What if?
He got real information from elsewhere, how can our family explain it to King Yan?"
Baochai said: "The first time the noodle shop discussed the knighthood business was with us. No one has ever discussed it before." Then she looked back at her husband.
Jiang Zirong was pretending to be in a daze, but now he had to say: "That Miss Jiang only said that she covered it up this time."
Xue Pan pointed at his nose and said, "How could I lie?"
Baochai stumbled and said, "You just said that it was inappropriate for you to bewilder her for a moment?"
Xue Pan frowned and said, "She doesn't look like that, so why am I confused? She's not as beautiful as Ai Yun." Then someone laughed.
Xue Baochai hurriedly turned around and said: "Sister Chen, don't just laugh, but also help to persuade me."
Chen Ruijin was sitting in the guest seat. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "It is not difficult to resolve this matter. There is no need for Mr. Xue to worry. Just say that Mrs. Jiang has misunderstood."
Xue Pan clapped his hands and said, "I listen to Sister Chen's words. How could I have seen any widow? They framed me." Xue Baochai snarled again and shook his head.
Chen Ruijin said: "Now it's obvious that that noodle shop is not only selling noodles, but also doing some improper business. Dadong Xue's family just tell Mr. Feng that you were going to discuss business with the widow. Mrs. Jiang misunderstood and provoked
A joke."
Xue Baochai hurriedly said: "If that's the case, why did Sister Chen let me pretend to go to Rongguo Mansion, and then let Brother Cong talk nonsense with Master Feng?"
Chen Ruijin said: "Although Mrs. Jiang is in charge of many businesses of the Xue family, she is a woman after all. Mrs. Jiang, since most men in the world despise women, why not let them underestimate you? Mr. Feng only regards you as a housekeeper with some ability.
This woman is of great benefit to the Xue family."
Xue Baochai felt a little unhappy, so she sat there for a while and said, "What is the origin of that maid who is following me?"
Chen Ruijin said: "Jia Cong will investigate with Mr. Feng."
"You don't know yet?"
"I don't know." Chen Ruijin sighed, "It would be easier if I knew." Now it seems that everything can be covered up, but it is actually a great crisis for Jia Cong. In recent years, through Situ Pan, the Emperor
The Queen Mother and the two Liu families each have their own secrets, hiding three things and exposing two others. If the news leaks out somewhere, or if two parties can come together to carefully check his words and deeds, this guy will be exposed. "Miss Jiang
Don't worry about her being dishonest. That noodle shop is doing secret business, how can it be repaid if the officials know about it? I'm afraid it has closed down and left. Where will it open next time, and what kind of business it will be, there's no telling.
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Xue Pan asked: "What do Sister Chen and Miss Jiang mean by coaxing Feng Ziying into telling her what kind of business that noodle shop really does tomorrow?"
Chen Ruijin smiled slightly: "Smuggling Western firearms." (..)