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Chapter 40 The Murderer Appears?

The three sisters all stood up, and Zhenhua said, "Fourth sister, shall we go?"

Mrs. Liang came over from the next door: "Si girl's birthday is today, so don't go, there's no chance of bad luck."

Min Hua had no choice but to leave by himself.Zhenhua also came out, seeing Ruier was still under the door, she frowned and said, "What are you still doing here?" Ruier looked into the room, knowing that Liang's presence would be even more useless, so she had to go back.

Shuhua and Liang said: "All the four rooms in the big house have gone. If we don't go alone, it will surely come to fruition."

Liang said: "I can't let you run into this bad luck."

Shuhua shook her head: "There is something strange about Huan'er, and the third aunt may not know it. If this person harms Huan'er, it is the same as killing the third aunt. Why would the third aunt not think of a way to save her? According to the third aunt's stubborn temper, once this person is found out Come on, we won't let it go. We can't stand in a conspicuous place right now."

Liang said: "You mean neither side should be offended?"

"That's not the case!" Shuhua shook her head: "You forgot that we all have merchant blood, and we won't do things that are not beneficial. If we don't go today, don't talk about others, even the old lady. "

Mrs. Liang thought for a long time, then slowly said: "That's right. The old lady suddenly said that she wanted to invite female teachers. Judging from the girl in the garden, I'm afraid not everyone will participate. The young lady who has paid homage to female teachers over the years, Either it is to prepare for the draft, even if it is not for this, it is just a matter of saying that the relatives will raise their status a little bit, and the third girl is getting older. Yu Shi said that it is for the girls in the house, I am afraid that there are other plans.——You still think about it comprehensive."

Shuhua smiled, and threw a feather arrow in her hand into the pot, "Who said it wasn't? The maid in the garden just sent her to accompany the ceremony, but I pushed her back. The girl Huan just got closer to that one." , and ended up like this, now we can't be contaminated with her smell."

Liang said: "How do you look at that girl?"

Shuhua stroked the feathers of the feather arrow in her hand, her brows gradually gathered.Half a day later, he said, "It's not like he's only nine years old."

"It doesn't look like it to me, the key is that I'm too calm." Mrs. Liang nodded, paused, and then stood up slightly startled: "Could it be that the woman surnamed Xu took someone else's child and pretended to be your uncle's daughter!"

Shuhua turned her head and glared at her: "You don't need to worry too much. Uncle is not a child, so he won't investigate in secret? If it's fake, can she still live till now?"

After thinking about it, Mrs. Liang shut up immediately.

Ju Guoer secretly brought Liuli a little tabby cat behind Mother Wang's back, with ink balls on the white background, slightly bigger than a palm.When Rui'er came back, one person and one cat were playing with their paws on the embroidery frame.

Rui'er held the box in her arms, and walked to her side after hesitating for a long time.

"Girl, the fourth girl asked the servant to bring the things back."

Liuli raised her head and looked at her.

Rui'er stretched out the box: "The fourth girl confiscated it."

Liuli glanced at the box, said oh, then lowered her head to pat Mo Tuan'er's front paw.

Rui'er didn't accomplish anything, and didn't know what Liuli was thinking, so she stood still for a while.Liu Li picked up Mo Tuan'er and said, "Did she say anything?" Rui'er hurriedly told the whole story, including Min Hua's trip to Sanfang.

Liuli asked, "Have the girls gone?"

Rui'er thought about it for a while: "It seems that the second wife refused to let the fourth girl go, saying that she was afraid of bad luck."

Liuli thought that everyone had gone, and it would not be right for her not to go, besides, she really cared about Huanhua, but Mrs Yu just didn't inform her to go, and Mrs Qi didn't want Huanhua to get in touch with her, so she went rashly, most likely she would Get shut up.If you send Rui'er to go, it's not as real as seeing it with your own eyes.After all, Huanhua's illness always sticks to her heart like a plaster and cannot be torn off.

After taking a nap and embroidering flowers for a while, Tian'er provoked Cuiying again for some reason, and Cuiying's shouts could be heard in the whole courtyard.Nanny Li didn't care about it, she took a cotton ball and put the medicine on her face in front of the mirror.

Liuli called Rui'er in: "Let them fight for now, just watch Mo make a big mistake in the dark. Also, pay attention to see who Cuiying has a lot of contact with on weekdays. Madam Li went to the front When I came back from the hospital, I stopped fighting, and I always felt that something was going to happen."

Rui'er's face became serious at the moment: "This servant understands."

Ever since Nanny Li came to the yard, there was always a feeling of dust and uncertainty. Liuli originally wanted to use her to suppress Cuiying, while she sat on the side and watched the tiger fight, but Yu Shi stepped in to disrupt the situation. Er'er's words were like putting a pimple on Liuli's body, and she didn't know what troubles she would make in order to achieve her goal.

After dinner that day, Madam Li went out with a full meal. Rui'er walked in and said: "Something happened in the big kitchen. Just now, when the servants were bringing the food, the third lady led someone to beat people there. The two wives He lost several teeth and broke his legs from the slap, and was kicked out on the spot with only half a breath left."

Liuli suddenly thought of Huanhua: "What is it for?"

Rui'er glanced at the door, and whispered: "I heard that the third lady found out that someone put talisman water in the girl's food, and the two women who were beaten happened to be seen by the third lady's people. The two talismans that could be burned in time were also found in their bags."

"Who ordered that?"

Ruier was stunned, and said: "It's not a trick, it's just that they can't understand the harsh treatment of people by the chief manager, and want to frame them, so they asked for the talisman outside."

Liuli sneered, picked up a cloth to wipe her hands.

The character you asked for?Only the devil would believe it.Even if they borrowed their courage, they would not dare to do this kind of thing, dare to harm Miss Master, are they tired of work?

After thinking about it, she took out two coins and handed them to Rui'er: "Go and find out the background of those two women, you must be quick."

Rui'er hesitated to answer, Liu Li said: "Inquiring about something requires money, if it's not good, who would tell you?"

Rui'er just put the purse away and put it away.

Liuli was holding a book under the candle, and her mind was full of news about Qi's capture of the murderer who killed Huanhua in the big kitchen. At first, she thought it was Aunt Ning's tricks, but now it seems that the two of them together are not capable.

However, it's always good to find out, at least Huanhua doesn't have to suffer anymore.Speaking of which, he was so sick that he had to press for the funeral, and it was a great luck to find out the murderer suddenly.

On the one hand, Liuli was relieved for Huanhua, but on the other hand, she felt a little uneasy. She always felt that there were some doubts here. For example, isn't this woman too stupid to commit crimes so obviously?

Ruier brought the news at noon the next day.

"Those two women entered the big kitchen in the face of the nanny in charge of the eldest lady's room. The old lady found out about this and called the eldest lady over to give a lecture!"

When Ruier spoke, her eyes sparkled, she looked at Liuli full of expectation, as if she had grasped some important information.Unexpectedly, Liuli just let out an oh, and bowed her head to embroider wholeheartedly.

This incident seemed to be a turmoil and passed away for a while, and it was the second day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was time to go to the main court to pay his respects.

Liuli woke up in the morning and sneezed.It was cloudy again last night, after the winter solstice, the north wind blew like ice knives, and it hurt people's faces. I thought they were startled by the wind when they didn't close the windows at night, so they hurriedly asked Ruier to make ginger tea. I drank two bowls.

Cuiying also yelled that she had a cold early in the morning, and she didn't want to follow her out, so Liuli called Rui'er, and walked through most of He's residence in the cold wind to Anxitang.

Meeting Min Hua outside the threshold, Liu Li said generously, "Morning, Second Girl." Min Hua hesitated, and reluctantly replied "Morning", before bowing his head and entering the room.

A maid under the door whispered behind her back: "...What a bastard, whoever gets it will be unlucky! The eighth girl talked to her twice, and now she has ended up being cast into the water, how pitiful!" Others echoed: "Isn't it? Didn't you see that the second girl didn't hesitate to talk to her just now! I don't know where such a thick-skinned person came from, trying to get close to others!"

Liuli turned her head and saw that it was Biyun's two servant girls, one of them had a big red birthmark under the base of her left ear.

Entering the house, Liuli searched for Huanhua, but saw Mrs. Qi sitting alone under the head of the old lady, still as cold and taciturn.After Liuli asked An to sit on her chair at the end, she turned her head and whispered to Rui'er: "How is the eighth girl?" Rui'er understood, and retreated calmly.

The wives are talking about hiring a female teacher.

Mrs. Yu said: "There are three candidates. One is the sister of Mr. Liufang Library in the middle of Beijing. She is very proficient in poetry. She used to be a female teacher for many big families. The other is from the residence of the third old master in Xihe Mansion. Female teacher, the three girls in the mansion over there are all married, and now they are free. There is another one in Yuwang's mansion. The current female teacher in the palace is surnamed Guo. After the princess got married, she also went to the son-in-law's mansion, and now she is a teacher in Beijing when she is old. Because of her high status, she only works as a family of high-ranking officials and nobles, so Shuxiu is not cheap."

Xihe Mansion is the mansion of the third younger brother of Mrs. He. Because it is in the west of the city, my family calls it Xihe Mansion, and the Shangshu Mansion in the east of the city is called Donghe Mansion.Speaking of which, the three brothers of the He family had vaguely had some conflicts, and these years they have maintained a friendly face, so the old lady frowned when she heard the word Xihe Mansion, and said for a long time: "The one on the west side also That's all, the journey is too far. The Liufang Library is famous, but compared with the eldest princess's female officials, it is not enough in the end."

This is a big truth, what kind of character is the eldest princess's female officer?She is the person who is in charge of the real golden branch, jade leaf and etiquette in the world in the top palace. Compared with the emperor's own sister, there is still a difference between a lady of a second-rank official family.If you can get this female teacher surnamed Guo to teach in person, won't it be a little bit higher status to go out by then?

Mrs. Yu heard what the old lady meant, and immediately said: "What the old lady said is true. This Mrs. Guo has taught a total of eleven ladies from three prefectures, and three of them were selected in the spring draft last year. Now one One has become a nobleman, one has become a female official next to the empress, and the one who is not good is now a secretary."

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