The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Since Ye Fei found his granddaughter, he naturally wouldn't let her continue to live in this dusty place. He proposed to redeem his granddaughter, pick her up, and then find a remote place to live in seclusion and never come to the capital again.

But Ye Jingshu refused.

Lin Yao was very surprised when she heard the words, "She refused?"

He found it incomprehensible.

Ye Jingshu fell from being an official's daughter to a brothel, and it would be embarrassing if it was spread out. Ye Fei proposed to leave the capital and live in seclusion in order to protect his granddaughter. Ye Jingshu would not understand this intention better.

But she still refused.

"Jingshu warned me that if it's for her benefit, don't get close to Wanhualou, and don't let anyone know my relationship with her." Ye Fei cried.

Lin Yao raised her eyebrows, "In that case, why did Doctor Ye tell me?"

"Because... Jingshu is gone." Ye Fei almost collapsed on the ground, his whole body collapsed.

Lin Yao frowned, disappeared?

"Half a month after Jingshu disappeared, I went to Wanhualou to inquire about Jingshu's whereabouts, but everyone in Wanhualou said that there was no such person, and that I went to the wrong place." But he had already contacted Jingshu. How can I make a mistake if I recognize each other?

Lin Yao felt strange when she heard the words, "You said...the people in Wanhualou said that there is no such person?"

Ye Fei nodded.

Lin Yao pondered for a moment and said, "When did Ye Jingshu disappear?"

"During the next Yuan Festival last year." Ye Fei remembered it clearly.

Next Yuan Festival?

October and a half, also known as Xiayuan Festival.

"Xiayuan Festival..." Lin Yao recalled an incident. In the middle of October last year, Zhou Wenlang competed with Mr. Fu's family for a prostitute in the Wanhua Building. They had a big fight, and the prostitute died in the moat the next day.

The prostitute had an accident in mid-October last year, that is, during the next Yuan Festival.Ye Jingshu is the servant girl next to Wanhualou's oiran, who disappeared during the Xiayuan Festival last year, and everyone in Wanhualou said that there is no such person.

But how could such a living person disappear inexplicably?Doesn't even exist in other people's memories?

Unless some god erased the memory of these people, otherwise...the people in Wanhualou are lying.

But what is so special about Ye Jingshu?People in Wanhualou want to say that there is no such person?

In other words, what secret is hidden behind Ye Jingshu's disappearance?

Lin Yao felt that this Wanhualou was very strange, but he didn't have time to help Ye Fei find Ye Jingshu's whereabouts.

Counting the time, from October [-]th of last year to now, four full months have passed, where did Ye Fei go during these four months?Why did you suddenly come to him for help at this time?

Too much doubt.

Lin Yao couldn't stop thinking about it.

"Doctor Ye, I'll ask someone to clean up the guest room first. You stay at my house temporarily. I will call attention to your granddaughter's whereabouts." As for putting aside her own affairs and looking for Ye Jingshu's whereabouts, Lin Yao is not Ye Fei. Grandson, why bother?

Does he look like a fool?

Ye Fei did not ask Lin Yao to help him find his granddaughter, as long as Lin Yao was willing to be noticed, he would be very grateful.

Asking the servant to come in and take Ye Fei to the guest courtyard to rest, Lin Yao sat in the study for a while, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that there was something wrong with Wanhualou.

After thinking about it, he asked Ye He to deliver letters to Liang Cheng and Gu Zhen, asking them to come over to the house for a talk.

Ye He led the order to retreat.

The Liang residence lived closer to the Lin family, so Liang Cheng rushed over after receiving the letter.

When he arrived at the Lin Mansion, Gu Zhen hadn't come yet.

"I was still thinking that you were going to prepare for the imperial examination, so you didn't dare come to disturb me. You actually took the initiative to ask me to meet. It seems that something is wrong?"

Lin Yao told him about Ye Fei's sudden visit to ask for help, "Do you think there is a problem?"

"There are problems everywhere, and you still ask me? Could it be that you can't feel it yourself?" Liang Cheng raised his eyebrows, "If nothing else, let's just talk about this Ye Jingshu. Ye Fei came to you for help after she disappeared for four months. Is it strange? What did Ye Fei do during the past few months when his granddaughter disappeared? Where is she? What is the relationship between Ye Jingshu and the murdered prostitute in Wanhualou? This incident is full of weirdness .”

Lin Yao seemed to have found a bosom friend, "I also felt weird, so I didn't agree to him right away, I just said to pay attention to him, do you think... Ye Fei lied to me?"

Ye Fei has been looking for Ye Jingshu for seven or eight years. It can be said that he has exhausted his family wealth and made the scene as miserable as tonight.He has paid so much, it can be seen that he is sincere to his granddaughter, and it is related to Ye Jingshu. Lin Yao thinks that he should not lie, but if there is a secret that Lin Yao does not know, Ye Fei lied to him, and then What should I do?

It's not that Lin Yao is cold-hearted, it's that Ye Fei is a bit special.

At the beginning, he was plotted against by Yang Zun and suffered a great loss. He always thought that there was something wrong with Dr. Ye, but he never got hold of Dr. Ye. In front of him, Dr. Ye was willing to give everything in order to find his granddaughter. old man.

Later, the Yang family was unlucky, Yang Long's family was beheaded, and Dr. Ye left Shanhai Academy. After that, there was no news of Dr. Ye.

After not seeing each other for many years, Ye Fei suddenly came to him and asked him for help again. I really can't blame Lin Yao for being so vigilant.

"The information we know is all from Ye Fei. He said he found his granddaughter. He said it himself. Only he knows about it. But what if he didn't find it? He came to you for help, yes Want to plot against you? If you ask someone to go to Wanhualou to ask someone who does not exist, the people in Wanhualou will definitely tell you that there is no such person. In this way, it seems that Ye Fei has nothing to hide from you. But What if he doesn't find Ye Jingshu? Is he lying about all of this?" Liang Cheng has a gentle temper, rarely being so sharp.

Lin Yao couldn't answer any of his questions, because they were all unanswered questions in his heart.

What if Ye Fei lied?

There was silence in the study.

"Master, Second Master Gu is here."

Lin Yao and Liang Cheng came back to their senses, Liang Cheng glanced at him and said, "For this matter, you also called Jing Yun?"

After Gu Zhen got married, friends called each other by words.

Lin Yao sighed, "Multiple people have multiple ways, you can listen to Jingyun's thoughts."

As the two talked, Gu Zhen had already been invited in.

After entering the door, he saw Lin Yao and Liang Cheng sitting opposite each other, he raised his eyebrows, "Yo, so I'm not the only one invited."

"Tian Zhe has encountered a big problem, come here and sit down, and help Tian Zhe solve it." Liang Cheng waved at Gu Zhen, and poured tea for him while talking.

Gu Zhen sat down beside him, wondering, "What's wrong?"

Lin Yao told Ye Fei's story again, and Liang Cheng added one or two.

When it was over, Lin Yao asked him, "What do you think?"

"What do I think?" Gu Zhen frowned tightly, "I think it's very strange."

"What's weird?"

Gu Zhen looked at Lin Yao and said, "Let me ask you, when you encounter something that cannot be solved and you want to ask someone for help, who will you turn to first?"

Without even thinking about it, Lin Yao said directly, "My master, or my teacher."

With a 'snap', Gu Zhen clapped his hands, "It's strange that it's strange here. You and Ye Fei are not related, and he can only think of asking you for help when he encounters such a big problem? Isn't it strange?"

"I just found it strange, so I called you two over." Lin Yao said.

Gu Zhen wondered, "Since you find it strange, why did you ask us to come?"

"What you said makes sense, but Ye Fei has no relatives anymore, he is alone..." Lin Yao didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Gu Zhen, "Lonely? Does he have no relatives? No friends? Something happened. Do you think it's normal to come to you for help from a young man who hasn't entered an official yet?"

Lin Yao was silent.

"I don't think you have forgotten what happened back then, otherwise you wouldn't have called us here today." Seeing that Lin Yao was silent, Gu Zhen took a sip of tea and breathed out.

Lin Yao nodded, "Although I suspect that he stabbed me in the back, but... I have no evidence, it's all my suspicion, and I didn't catch him in the academy back then, and now he suddenly came to the door , I find it strange because on the one hand, on the other hand, I also want to know whether there is someone behind him who is instigating."

"Oh..." Gu Zhen's hanging heart was relieved, knowing that Lin Yao was not out of good intentions, he was relieved, "How do you want to investigate?"

"I'm not good at these. Besides, I still have to prepare for the imperial examination. I don't have much time to spend on irrelevant things. But Ye Fei came to the door today. I feel a little uneasy, so I want to ask Zong Guang and Jing Yun for help." Check him." Lin Yao said.

After hearing Lin Yao's words, Liang Cheng and Gu Zhen looked at each other and said, "This is a trivial matter. We haven't finished taking the exam this year. It just so happens that we have nothing to do, so leave it to us."

"If you need any help, you can take this jade pendant to Ruan Yiran, and tell them that I let you go." Lin Yao took out the jade pendant she had prepared early in the morning and gave it to them.

Gu Zhen smiled and said, "You have already made up your mind to ask us to help, right? Even the tokens are ready."

Lin Yao smiled and said, "Jingyun Huiyan."

"However, is your relationship with Ruan Yiran so good? You can ask him for help when you encounter any problems?" Gu Zhen asked curiously.

Lin Yao said, "I helped him a lot at the beginning, and I have a very close personal relationship these years. Even if I don't have this jade pendant, if I write a letter to him, he will come out to meet me. You are different. You have nothing to do with him. Take If you buy this jade pendant and go to him, he will know that it has something to do with me, and he will naturally help you when the time comes."

Liang Cheng took a deep breath, "You really have a lot of face."

Ruan Yiran is a serious uncle Guo, the emperor's own uncle.He served as a servant in the Ministry of officials, from a senior official of the second rank.

Lin Yao can make an appointment to meet with just a letter, which is really great.

Lin Yao smiled, "It's all about personal friendship." Regarding Ruan Yiran's matter, Lin Yao didn't want to say more, and instead said, "I will trouble you about Ye Fei's matter."

"Don't worry."

Lin Yao personally sent the two of them out of the mansion, and waited for the two to ride away on horseback before Lin Yao turned back.

Lin Yao shared dinner with Lin Ruhai and the others.

My wife has been busy from years to years, and it has not stopped until now.

Years ago, I was busy with New Year's ceremony, and after the year I was busy with Lantern Festival, Daiyu's Jiji ceremony, and then Lin Ruhai's [-]th birthday, and after Lin Ruhai's birthday, Lin Yao's big wedding, thanks to Daiyu's help, otherwise Jia Min must have fainted from exhaustion.

Finished meal.

"I heard that someone is begging to see you outside the mansion today? Did you leave him behind?"

Lin Yao nodded, seeing that Jia Min and Daiyu were both there, she didn't mention it, only said that she was a doctor from the original academy.

"Doctor?" Lin Ruhai was puzzled, "What do you want a doctor to do?"

Lin Yao smiled and said, "Just ask me to help find someone."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai frowned, feeling that it was not that simple, and suddenly noticed Lin Yao blinking at him, and he instantly understood, "The imperial examination is coming soon, follow me to the study in a while."

"Yes, sir."