Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Mr. Zhou followed Miss Hua to blackmail the Yang family. Although he only got a small amount of money at that time, Mr. Zhou couldn't hold back anymore. He took the money and went to a nearby brothel at night. He left when it was almost dawn and came back quietly. On the way, I saw Miss Yang's carriage.

A Daoist woman went out in a carriage in a big black sky without any servants. It looked really weird. Mr. Zhou found out that Miss Yang had gone out of the city, but he didn't know where she went.

When Ni Yexin heard it, he felt something was wrong, and said, "Chi Long, don't forget to ask about those bank notes. Zhao Yin, take him down, and get someone to draw a picture of the man who shared the room with Miss Hua in the inn. .”

Chi Long and Zhao Yin immediately said: "Understood."

That's all Mr. Zhou knew, and when he was taken down to continue the portrait, Murong said affectionately, "Shall we go to the Yang family?"

Ni Yexin nodded and said, "You should indeed go to Yang's house and ask."

Ni Yexin took the jewelry on Miss Hua, and then went to Yang's house with Murong.

This early in the morning, when they arrived at the door of Yang's house, just as it was getting dark, they heard the sound of a rooster crowing inside.Ni Yexin couldn't help yawning, and said, "Recently, I wake up earlier than a chicken and go to bed later than a dog."

When Murong Chang heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "This metaphor is very good."

Ni Yexin smiled, and said, "Hero Murong, why don't you use dirty words when you swear."

"You said it yourself." Murong Chang said affectionately.

Ni Yexin said: "Then I'm all for you too. I've worked so hard to investigate the case, isn't it just to find out that snake pattern totem for you?"

Murong Changqing sneered, and said, "If you talk nonsense again, I'll tear your mouth off."

Just as the two people were talking, the door of the Yang family was opened, and a servant came out with a big broom, and it seemed that he had come out to clean it. The servant saw the two people for a moment, and said, "My lords, what are you doing?" Come so early?"

Ni Yexin said friendlyly: "We are here to investigate the case."

The servants naturally knew what they were here for. After all, they always ran this way these days, and they didn't do anything else.

The servant took the two of them in and said, "My lords may have to wait for a while. My master suddenly fell ill last night. The eldest lady took care of him for a long time. She didn't fall asleep almost all night. She may have just fallen asleep right now."

Ni Yexin said: "It doesn't matter, let's wait for a while, you go to work."

The servant nodded, took his big broom and continued to clean.

Ni Yexin entered the courtyard of the snake pattern totem again, walked around the house, and saw a few books on a slip of paper, opened it, and it turned out to be a ledger.

Ni Yexin opened the account book. He had flipped through these before, but he didn't see any clues. Now he spread the account book, took out a letter from his arms, and spread it out on the table.

That letter was the letter Mr. Zhu replied to the Yang family when he was at Mr. Wu's house. Ni Yexin took the letter away last night and kept it on his body.

Ni Yexin compared it and said, "This account book seems to be written by Mr. Zhu, and the notes seem to be the same."

Murong Changqing walked over to take a look, then at the ledger, then at Ni Yexin, and suddenly laughed.

Ni Ye didn't understand, so she looked up at him strangely and said, "What's wrong?"

Murong Chang said affectionately: "How do you know that this ledger and letter were written by one person?"

"Isn't it?" Ni Yexin said strangely: "Look at every word, they are similar. Almost exactly the same, these two copies."

Murong Changqing laughed again, obviously mocking Ni Yexin, he walked over and showed Ni Yexin the letter, and showed him the back of the rice paper.

Murong Changqing said: "This letter and the account book were definitely not written by the same person. If the account book was written by Mr. Zhu himself, then this letter was written by copying Mr. Zhu's notes. Although the copied handwriting is very similar, but The strength of the brush is obviously much stronger than that of Mr. Zhu."

"Didn't Mr. Zhu write this letter?" Ni Yexin asked in surprise, "Who wrote it?"

Ni Ye asked heartily, but he already had an idea in his mind. Could it be that Mr. Wu pretended to be Mr. Zhou and wrote such a letter back to Miss Yang's family?But this letter did not bring any benefits to Mr. Wu, so what is the reason for doing so?

Ni Yexin looked at the ledger suspiciously, someone had already walked into the room, it was Miss Yang and her maid.

Miss Yang was obviously very haggard, probably woken up by their arrival just after she fell asleep, but she looked like a well-bred lady with good etiquette.

Miss Yang said: "You two adults have worked hard. You must have something important to come here so early?"

Ni Yexin now showed the account book and letter to Miss Yang, and asked, "Madam, is this letter really written by your husband? Didn't you realize that it was copied by someone else?"

Miss Yang showed a surprised expression, and said, "Master Ni, what do you mean...? Isn't this letter from my husband?"

Ni Yexin nodded.

Miss Yang said: "This... I really didn't see it. I'm a woman and I don't know too much about it. The servant brought this letter. I thought it was from my husband, and I have arranged it according to the meaning of the letter. thing."

Ni Yexin said: "Ma'am, don't panic."

Miss Yang said: "This is really strange. Who imitated my husband's handwriting? What is his purpose? I really don't understand."

Ni Yexin said: "I don't understand this either, we still have something to ask Madam."

As Ni Yexin said, he took out a jade bracelet from his body, then a pair of earrings, silver hairpins and silver bracelets, and a lot of jewelry, all of which were placed on the table.

When Miss Yang looked at the jewelry, her face showed surprise again, and she was stunned for a second before saying, "This, these are..."

When the maid next to Miss Yang saw these jewelry, she immediately shouted in shock and said, "My lord, where did you find these jewelry? It was lost by my lady. A thief stole a lot of my lady's jewelry in the house." The jewelry, has the thief caught it already?"

"Are these really Madam's?" Ni Yexin asked.

Miss Yang nodded and said, "Yes, it's all mine."

Ni Yexin said: "Madam, can you tell us how these jewelries were lost?"

Speaking of this, the little maid seemed to have something to say, and told them what happened.

The little maid said that on the day the eldest uncle was kidnapped, the eldest lady was so anxious that she ran around several times to the bank to raise money, and was going to redeem the eldest uncle with silver notes.

Everyone in the house panicked that day. After all, it was the first time they encountered such a thing as kidnapping, and the house was in a mess.

That night, the maid found that her lady's jewelry was missing a lot, and many of Miss Yang's beloved jewelry were gone.

As soon as the servant girl looked at it, she immediately thought that someone might have come to steal something because the house was too chaotic.

The maid said: "I asked Xiao Si and the servants, but they didn't see who took the eldest lady's things. I think it's not a habit of stealing, or a servant in the house has dirty hands and feet and stole things in the chaos."

The maid looked for it for a long time, but she couldn't find it.At that time, Miss Yang was worrying about redeeming people, so she didn't care about losing some jewelry, and told the maid to forget it and talk about it later.

The servant girl said: "Unexpectedly, these jewelry were found today!"

Ni Yexin looked at the jewelry and said, "We found this from Miss Hua."

"What? That little rascal?" The servant girl seemed to have a deep prejudice against Miss Hua, and upon hearing this, she said, "She stole my lady's things? It really isn't a good thing."

Miss Yang said: "Don't talk about it, she is... dead, so don't mention it again."

The servant girl had no choice but to shut her mouth and keep silent.

Ni Yexin said: "There is one more thing, we need to ask Madam."

"Please tell me, my lord," said Miss Yang.

Ni Yexin said: "It's Miss Hua's elder brother. He told us that on the third day after your husband left for business, before dawn, you left the city in a carriage? Is there such a thing? Ma'am Where did you go out of town?"

"You man, why are you talking nonsense." The servant girl quit immediately, and the women and Taoists would go out of the city before dawn, and it would be easy for others to think wildly after listening to it.

Miss Yang stopped the maid and said, "It is true."

"Miss!" The servant girl tugged at Miss Yang's sleeve, as if she didn't want her to talk.

Miss Yang waved her hand and said, "Master Ni is investigating the case. If we don't explain the matter clearly, others may suspect us."

The servant girl had nothing to say, but helped Miss Yang tell the whole story.

Mr. Zhu and Miss Yang have been married not long ago, but they have never had a child. This matter has made the family very anxious.The young master of the Yang family is dead, and the Yang family is relying on the children of Mr. Zhu and the young lady.However, the eldest lady's stomach has not moved...

Mr. Zhu came here as a married woman, and he can't take concubines. He hasn't heard a word for so many years.In ancient times, it would never be said that the inability to have children is a matter of the man. Everyone thinks that maybe the eldest lady is unable to have children.

The servant girl said: "There are people out there who are gossips, and they dare not say it in person, but I have heard a lot behind my back. Even that little rascal who didn't know where he came from said that my young lady is..."

The servant girl's eyes were red with anger when she said this, and she continued: "The elder uncle went out to do business, and the elder miss told the master that he wanted to go to a nearby temple to ask for a child. The master agreed, but this is a big deal. The lady didn't want others to know. So before the uncle came back, the eldest lady took me to the temple to seek a child. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, we left before dawn. I didn't expect to be seen by troublesome people gone."

Ni Yexin said: "Can you tell me which temple you went to? Where is it?"

The maid stared and said, "You doubt my words? Do you think I'm talking nonsense?"

Miss Yang hurriedly said: "Out of the city gate, go north. It takes less than half a day to get there by carriage. If you ride a horse, it will be faster. My husband and I have been to that place before. When you go out to inquire, many people We all know."

Ni Yexin nodded and said, "Thank you Madam."

Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing left the door of the Yang family, Ni Yexin immediately said: "Let's go to that temple to see."

Murong Changqing said: "What's wrong with that temple?"