I am a consultant in Kaifeng

"Sometimes I really don't understand why such a good person was killed for no reason?" Zhang Long sat opposite Zhan Zhao, holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand.

In Kaifeng mansion, several men around Mr. Bao gathered in the courtyard.

It's not the time to start work yet, they are used to arrive at Kaifeng mansion half an hour earlier, for no other reason, just because Master Bao's home cook is so good, they are used to going to Kaifeng mansion for breakfast.

Breakfast hadn't come yet, Bao Xing put a plate of melon seeds on the table in order not to disturb him from the group of hungry yelling bears, letting them have nothing to eat.

No, this group of men gathered around the table, as if gathering a crowd to gamble, and no one would have guessed that they were eating melon seeds and chatting about family affairs.

When Gongsun Ce told Du Xiaoning about this tradition of Kaifeng Mansion yesterday, Du Xiaoning was stunned for a moment.

Gongsun Ce asked: "Xiao Ning, do you want to come early tomorrow? If so, I will ask Bao Xing to prepare an extra breakfast."

"so I--"

not coming.

When Du Xiaoning was on the verge of speaking, she saw Gongsun Ce looking at her expectantly.

——As if she missed [-] million if she didn't arrive earlier.

Therefore, Du Xiaoning gave up the exquisite dessert that Siyao had prepared for her this morning, and went to Kaifeng Mansion early to listen to their chatter and join the team of cracking melon seeds.

Du Xiaoning held a handful of melon seeds in his hand and listened to the conversation of several people.

Hearing what Zhang Long said, Zhao Hu nodded and said, "A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl is raised in her boudoir, and probably won't have any deep hatred for others. To be honest, I have been in the world for many years, and I have never seen anyone who has the heart to treat a little girl The girl has such a cruel hand."

Wang Chao sighed, "Too bad luck, a poor man."

Ma Han nodded, "Yesterday my lord said that if a person who has done many evil things ends up like this, he deserves what he deserves. But it is said that the fifth girl of the Li family is a kind person, but it is really sad to end up like this."

Du Xiaoning nodded approvingly, then lowered her head, piled the melon seeds in her hands on the table, and began to use them with one mind.

Gongsun Ce glanced at Du Xiaoning, and then asked Zhan Zhao: "Have you sent someone to look for Zhang Ye?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "If the Li family didn't lie, only by finding Zhangye can we know why Li Hui, who was supposed to leave Bianjing, was killed in Bianjing."

Du Xiaoning lowered his head, concentrated on stacking melon seeds, and asked casually, "But what if the Li family lied?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Then we have to find Zhang Ye. Regardless of whether he lied or not, Zhang Ye left Li's house at the same time as Li Hui, didn't he?"

This is true.

Du Xiaoning didn't speak any more.

Gongsun Ce remembered Du Xiaoning's nagging yesterday, and said to Zhan Zhao, "Xiaoning thinks that the Li family lied about Li Hui and Zhang Ye leaving the Li family."

Zhan Zhao looked at Du Xiaoning.

Du Xiaoning didn't look up, and saw her putting melon seeds on the table one by one, very attentive.

What is this doing?

Zhan Zhao poked his head over, and saw a cat made of melon seeds on the table, not lifelike, but cute.

——It’s a fat lucky cat with its paws raised.

Zhan Zhao was speechless.

Du Xiaoning looked up, just in time to meet Zhan Zhao's gaze.

She was not frightened, but instead smiled at him, pointed at the fat cat and asked, "Isn't it cute?"

Du Xiaoning has a pair of phoenix eyes, with thick and curly eyelashes, and at the corner of her eyes, the eyelashes are a little longer, making her eyes extraordinarily beautiful.When she smiled, her phoenix eyes were slightly curved, and there seemed to be broken stars in her eyes, which was very touching.

Zhan Zhao is not blind, so when he met Du Xiaoning's phoenix eyes, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

——Du Sangong's name for the embroidered pillow is not in vain.

That thought flashed in Mr. Zhan's mind, and he immediately remembered the business.

"Why do you think the Li family is lying?"

Du Xiaoning thought it was not easy, because when Li Zhen talked about Li Hui and Zhang Ye, she looked straight at her, which was a completely different reaction from her when she said other things.

It is normal to have eye contact between people, but if the eyes change suddenly and frequently, or even keep staring at others, it may be lying.

Du Xiaoning also tried to listen to Li Zhen's heart, but she couldn't hear anything.

Did Li Zhen have no distracting thoughts at the time?

When you lose a loved one, there will be more or less emotions surging in your heart.

But Li Zhen didn't.

Du Xiaoning felt that it was because Li Zhen was engrossed in the lie she made up. At that moment, she had no distracting thoughts or emotions in her mind except the lie.

But Du Xiaoning couldn't tell Zhan Zhao these words.

It is difficult for people from the future to explain psychology and microexpressions to ancient people hundreds of years ago.

So Du Xiaoning blinked at Zhan Zhao and said, "Because of an ancient and mysterious intuitive power."

——As a qualified embroidered pillow, you dare to speak so unscrupulously.

The corners of Zhan Zhao's eyes twitch slightly.

What the hell?

Mr. Zhan was speechless, so he directly started.He raised his hand and pressed Du Xiaoning's head, "What ancient and mysterious power, it looks like a magic stick."

He looked at Gongsun Ce and said casually: "I see you don't want him to sort out the files in the library. I have to go to Li's mansion later. Didn't he suspect that the Li family is lying? Just let him Come with me."

Gongsun Ce laughed dumbfounded, and looked at Du Xiaoning.

Du Xiaoning bent her beautiful phoenix eyes, very easy-going, "I can do anything."

Gongsun Ce suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, his eyes fell on the fat cat Du Xiaoning made out of melon seeds, and then looked at Du Xiaoning.

"Isn't it fat and handsome and cute?"

Du Xiaoning asked with a smile, then glanced vaguely at Zhan Zhao next to him, with a hint of regret in his tone, "Unfortunately, I can't masturbate."

Gongsun Ce: ""

As we all know, Lord Zhan of Kaifeng Mansion is called the Royal Cat by the emperor.

Although there is no evidence, he suspects that Du Xiaoning is revealing his connotation.

The Li family is a well-known wealthy businessman in Bianjing. The head of the family, Li Dao, died of illness last fall.After Li Dao's death, the Li family's property will be inherited by his son Li Ping.

Li Ping is Li Zhen's younger brother, he is six years old this year, it is impossible for him to take care of the Li family, the current head of the Li family should be someone else.

The Li family is indeed rich. In Bianjing, where every inch of land is expensive, there is actually a house with five entrances, and a courtyard across the east and west.Every plant and tree in the house is very particular. There is a huge artificial lake with waterside swans on the lake and weeping willows planted beside the lake.

In March in Yangchun, the tender green wicker hangs down on the water, and when the wind blows, it gently blows like a girl's hair.

Zhan Zhao wanted to see the steward of Li's mansion, Wang said that on the night of the Lantern Festival, the steward arranged a carriage for Zhang Ye and Li Hui to leave.

Mr. Zhan was waiting for the steward of Li's residence in the hall, and Du Xiaoning who was by his side was chatting with the little maid of Li's residence not far away.

Mr. Du Sanlang, who was in his weak years, has a delicate and good skin. Although he has the Minister of the Ministry of Justice as his backer, he does not bully others. On the contrary, he is very easy-going and can chat with anyone.

I don't know what sweet words Du Xiaoning said to the maids, but the maids laughed happily.

Zhan Zhao, who was holding a teacup, frowned with some headache.

Yesterday Master Bao muttered inadvertently, saying that Kaifeng Mansion does not support idlers, but now a related household is forced to come in, and he doesn't know how to arrange it.After Master Bao muttered, he told Zhan Zhao that I wanted Mr. Gongsun to take him with him for a while, but the emperor suddenly assigned me a task that must be done by Mr. Gongsun. If you have nothing to do, take Du San out as often as possible. Kaifeng mansion added chaos.

Let him take Du San out more?

It's easy to say, such a big relative, who will be the one who will get hurt and cry when he goes home and calls his mother?

Unexpectedly, Lord Bao patted his chest and said: "If you can let him go back and complain to Du Ruoyu, I will ask the emperor to increase your salary."

--The wages of avarice is death.

The ancients did not deceive him sincerely.

For the sake of a possible increase in salary, Mr. Zhan decided to bend his waist for five buckets of rice and take Du Xiaoning with him for a while.

At this time, two little maids passed by, and when they passed by Du Xiaoning, one of the little maids didn't know what to say, and smiled and pushed the companion beside him.

The little maid let out an "ahhh" and fell back.

"Hey, be careful." The third son reached out and helped the little maid.

The round apple face of the little servant girl suddenly turned red, "Master, son, I'm sorry."

"It's okay." The third son's phoenix eyes were slightly curved, and he made way for the two little girls in a personable manner, and he did not forget to tell him, "Be careful when you walk, if you accidentally bump into each other, it will be very sad."

The two little maids secretly glanced at the third young master and left.

Everyone was about to reach the corner, and he still didn't forget to look back at the third young master.

Mr. Zhan, who had witnessed the whole process of the third son helping others, silently took a sip of tea.

During such a cup of tea, Du Xiaoning had already managed to make three passing little maids blush and heartbeat.

how to say?

I feel that the third son is quite busy.

Du Xiaoning watched the two little maids go away, and then walked to Zhan Zhao's side, "You actually made the imperial court officials wait for a long time, and the stewards of Li's house are so busy?"

Zhan Zhao glanced at her with a half-smile.

Du Xiaoning looked around and saw no one around, so he whispered to Zhan Zhao: "On the second day of the Lantern Festival, that is, the night of the sixteenth day of the first month, the steward did prepare a carriage, but no one saw Li Hui and Zhang Ye leaving. The servant girl said that because Li Dao had just passed away, and Aunt Wang was more particular about the auspicious time of day, so Li Hui and Zhang Ye left in the middle of the night, saying that it would be safe to go out at that time."

Going out in the middle of the night, no one is a night owl, it would be strange if someone saw it.

I don't know when, the originally sunny weather suddenly turned gloomy.

Du Xiaoning approached Zhan Zhao with a mysterious look, "I also found out one thing, which may not necessarily be related to Li Hui's death, but you would never think of it."

Mr. Zhan has always been not interested in gossip about other people's family affairs, but this time he followed Du Xiaoning's words and asked, "What's the matter?"

Du Xiaoning: "Aunt Wang is Mrs. Li's biological sister."

Zhan Zhao: "!"

Aunt Wang was the biological mother of the deceased Li Hui and also the biological sister of Mrs. Li.

People in the world say that there is no business without fraud, and that without fraud there is no business. Although this is not absolutely true, in most cases, a businessman without a dim sum machine can't do anything.

Li Dao is a well-known wealthy businessman in Bianjing, with a lot of property and money, as can be seen from the fact that his house was built more exquisitely than the houses of the fourth-rank officials of the dynasty.

Li Dao is rich but has no virtue.

He raised eight aunts in the mansion, and it is said that when he was alive, he even got involved with young maids.

Aunt Wang is Mrs. Li's biological sister. When Li Dao accompanied his wife back to his natal home, he fell in love with his sister-in-law.

It is not uncommon for sisters to work together as a husband, and there is nothing to hide.

But in Li's residence, it was kept secret that Aunt Wang and Mrs. Li were sisters.

Master Zhan, who was wearing royal blue uniform, stroked his saber, slowly put the teacup in his hand on the tea table beside him, and looked at Du Xiaoning fixedly: "Since this matter is kept secret, how can you easily know about it?"

Du Xiaoning smiled and straightened the hem of the frosty clothes, and sat down on the chair next to Mr. Zhan, "Because I'm good-looking and attractive."

Zhan Zhao glanced sideways at Du Xiaoning, "Well, she is indeed good-looking and attractive."

Du Xiaoning was taken aback for a moment, apparently he did not expect Zhan Zhao to have such a reaction.

She curled her lips and decided not to keep her secret, "After Aunt Wang arrived in Li's residence, Mrs. Li didn't care about things. After Mrs. Li passed away, the big maid beside her was kicked out of Dongkuayuan." She said, her chin facing forward The older maid said, "Here, it's that maid sister."

Zhan Zhao: "When we first met, how could she tell you so much?"

The third son, Guang Jiyue, is good at coaxing people, and he can't make any traces of his words, but the person who can be a big maid next to the mistress is not as innocent and naive as those two maids just now.

"When I just entered the door, I heard her whispering to others that her younger brother should be enlightened this year, but the children of poor families are poor. Not only do they have no money to buy pens, ink and paper, but no one is willing to teach. I told her that I am Du Three, if her younger brother wants to read and write, he can go to Baiwei Study to get the pen, ink and paper. If there is no teacher willing to teach him, the second head of Baiwei Study is not bad, and it is more than enough to teach her brother."

Du Xiaoning picked up the cold tea on the coffee table, and took a sip contentedly, "Master Zhan, people always have needs, if you can satisfy others, others will satisfy you."