The next afternoon, when Beiwu came back, Xiao Qiao changed into a half-new and light green onion-colored dress, took off her hairpin ring, dressed up like an ordinary family, and wore a slim cover. With Chunniang and Mother Lin, she took a carriage to Yuefu Inn in the city. She left Linniang and waited in the carriage. She took Chunniang and asked the waiter about the man who had settled down a few days ago.

The waiter said, "Mr. Zong Lang is still here. Today, I have come to visit friends and ask for a banquet in the open space in the back hall. I am about to go and add wine."

Chunniang gave the concierge ten big money: "He and I are old acquaintances, and I'm looking for him to have something to do. I'll send you wine."

The waiter saw that the lady wearing a gauze hat was not dressed, but the servant who followed her seemed to be more grand and rich than the mistress in an ordinary family. How could he refuse to agree?

Xiao Qiaozhao gave a waiter just now and came to the back hall.

This Yuefu Inn is also famous in the city. In order to be elegant, it has set up a small courtyard in the back hall and planted several yellow trough bamboos. Although it is late autumn and the weather is getting colder, the yellow trough bamboos are cold-resistant, with yellow leaves and green in the pole leaves, rustling in the wind, and it also has a bit of Jiangnan charm.

Xiao Qiao went to the back hall along a corridor and heard a faint laughter coming with the wind. When he saw a bunch of bamboos, four or five men were sitting or lying on the ground. He was about twenty years old, and the oldest of them were only twenty-five or six, and his posture was wild. Hearing a older man sitting northward, laughing: "I once attached to the Linqing County Magistrate to be his disciple. One day, a treacherous thief Cao came to the court to be the county magistrate in the morning. He had a dream last night that he dreamed that the envoy was promoted and made a fortune, so he came to report. The county magistrate was happy at first and rewarded him. When the next day, he suddenly became furious and blamed him. Do you know why?

When the rest of the people were meditating, they suddenly heard a woman behind him saying, "The responsibility of the warehouse supervisor Cao to arrest the thief at night. He went to sleep and dreamed. He was so dereliction of duty, and he should be punished. I wonder if I guess, is it right?"

Several people on the ground were stunned, and suddenly felt reasonable. They suddenly laughed. They turned around and saw the woman who had just spoken in the open space not far away. She wore a squid on her head, covered with silk veil, and a middle-aged servant was accompanied by a middle-aged servant. I don’t know where the person came, but the few people couldn’t help but look at each other.

One of the men in blue clothes, who was about the same age as Wei Shao, stood tall, wore a long sword on his waist and looked so elegant, which was Zong Ji. He turned around and recognized Chunniang, got up from the ground, tidied up his clothes, and went forward.

Chunniang nodded at him with a smile, called "Lang Jun'an" and handed him a pot of wine.

Xiao Qiao saw Zong Ji's eyes falling to him through the brocade, and he looked confused, and said, "It's so rude to come to visit rashly. I'm very grateful for my letters being sent thousands of miles a day ago. I'm very grateful. I'm passing by today, I'm here to thank you. If you have any trouble, I hope he can forgive me."

When Zong Ji heard her speak, he knew that her identity should be the woman in the Wei Mansion. He was stunned and hurriedly greeted her. Seeing this, the other friends knew that the woman should have something to visit. At this point, the banquet was almost over, so they stood up and said goodbye to leave. After passing by Xiao Qiao, although she could not see her face clearly because of the thin silk, she could still tell that she was a young and beautiful woman. She solved the puzzle of music in one word. It can be seen that she was smart and curious. After that, she couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Zong Ji sent his friend out, and the few of them joked, saying that just a few days later he had arrived in Yuyang, when did he make friends with such an outstanding beauty, and he would not report it, and he would definitely be punished for drinking next time.

Since Zong Ji had guessed the identity of the woman, how could he dare to desecrate her? He quickly denied it and quickly sent her friend away and returned. He came to Xiao Qiao and said respectfully: "I don't know that the lady is coming here, and she is not welcome. Is it useful to get me? But, just give me instructions."

On that day, he was rescued by Bishu and swore to repay him. He heard Bishu and his wife respect the daughter of Yanhou very much. It seemed that they had kindness to them and they regarded her as the benefactor in their hearts. They knew that in her identity, if nothing else, they would not come here to see him in person, so they said this.

Xiao Qiao asked Chunniang to avoid it first, and then said, "My sister specifically mentioned the letter, and Yunzuoxia has a wide range of friendships and is a trustworthy person. Therefore, I came rashly. I really want to ask for it."

As he said that, he lifted the face of Mi's neck and showed his face. Xiang Zongji smiled slightly and nodded.

Zong Ji's eyes fell on her face, his eyes calmed slightly before he realized that he did not dare to look at her eyes again, and said, "I am praised by the Queen. If there is anything, the Queen will give me the order. Zong Ji is heartbroken to repay the kindness of the Lord who saved him that day!"

...

Xiao Qiao left Yuefu Inn and kept meditating on the way back to the house.

Last night, Huang Ma's secretly reported Jiang Ma's sneaky whereabouts, which made Xiao Qiao's already nervous nerves tense again.

In her previous life, Mrs. Xu died of accident, Da Qiao, Zhu, Jiang Yu beside Zhu, and the wife of the village surnamed Li who appeared in her sight for the first time...

So many people seem to be able to wear them in a single line.

Jiang Yu is the confidant of Zhu, Zhu is the mistress of the Wei Mansion, and the wife of the village marquis surnamed Li is a noble lady in Yuyang City. If the two had acquaintance in the past, Zhu now sent Jiang Yu to the door.

But Xiao Qiao's intuition told her that things would not be that simple.

Judging from Huang Ma’s description last night, it is not possible to judge whether Jiang Ma’s secretly went to the house of the Marquis of the Li Township. Was it a dispatch by Zhu or a private action without hiding the Zhu family.

Just as Mrs. Xu was sick and Wei Shao left home again, Jiang Ma said that she was doing such an almost sneaky thing, which is too doubtful.

But in the middle, it seemed like something was missing, which made her unable to reasonably link the relationship between these people.

And the wife of the village marquis surnamed Li, who is the sacred place?

She has been in Yuyang for nearly a year. Most of the noble ladies of Yuyang, Xiao Qiao, have seen them.

She has a good memory. She will never forget anyone she has met even if she only has one glance.

But Xiao Qiao, the wife of the village marquis, was sure that she had never come to Wei's mansion to walk around.

It was originally reasonable to live in simplicity due to her widowhood.

But now, since she broke into her sight in this way at this moment, Xiao Qiao did not intend to let it go.

So she personally found Zong Ji and asked him to help him keep an eye on the village lady, and could not let her go.

In fact, Xiao Qiao also has a male servant who can send him to do business now. But this matter is special, and it is difficult for ordinary people to look at it. The Zong Ji is different. Da Qiao's letter described him as a ranger.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Rangers have been a special social group. They value righteousness over profit, promise a thousand gold, and even repay their confidants with death.

If this golfer Zong Ji was willing to help, the effect would be better than if she handed over the matter to an ordinary person.

But it is difficult for such a wanderer to buy it with money. According to what Da Qiao said in his letter, Zong Ji seemed to be quite loyal. So he wanted to ask him for help based on his relationship with Da Qiao.

She was a little nervous, afraid that she would come to her house like this, so she would be too rash.

Unexpectedly, Zong Ji agreed immediately, and it was not a pity to see his attitude.

This made Xiao Qiao feel a little relieved.

She couldn't help but turn her attention to the medicine Mrs. Xu took again.

She had thought about it repeatedly before that assuming that everything was the same as in the previous life, Mrs. Xu, who was recovering, suddenly died of illness and died of illness, then the most likely thing was that her diet or medicine was tampered with.

So after she made sure that Guo Ma, who was responsible for decoding medicine in Beiwu, had no problem, she repeatedly told her to ensure that she would keep a close eye on each decoding medicine from beginning to end and not leave a single step.

I originally thought it was almost done. Now because of this accident, Xiao Qiao is even more nervous.

As soon as she returned to the Wei Mansion, she told Chunniang not to care about her. Next, before Mrs. Xu recovered and stopped the medicine, she would go and decoct medicine with Mrs. Guo. The kitchen chef should also watch it. If any outsiders approached, tell herself immediately.

Chunniang was a little confused. But the woman's emotions in the past few days also infected her. She did not ask too much and immediately responded.

"When you are cooking medicine, you can just leave it in front of the stove on excuses. There is no need to let anyone know that I sent you to watch it."

Xiao Qiao thought for a while and then ordered again.

...

After Chunniang left, Xiao Qiao pondered for a long time and decided to walk to the east room.

After Wei Yan's incident a few days ago, Mrs. Zhu locked herself in the east room for the rest of the time except for seeing Wei Shao off a few days ago, and didn't want Xiao Qiao to ask for advice.

Xiao Qiao didn't see her for many days.

She wanted to go and test it out and see if Jiang Yu secretly went to the village house of the Marquis. She knew it.

Xiao Qiao arrived at the east room and waited for a while. He didn't even see Jiang Yu. A servant came out and said that the wife was missing and asked her to go back.

Xiao Qiao had no choice but to give up the idea.

...

She actually thought about it, so she simply leaked the news that someone might want to be unfavorable to Mrs. Xu to Mama Zhong and asked her to help prevent it.

But after thinking about it for a while, I still couldn't make up my mind.

If you tell me, I will definitely ask the reason and the person I suspect.

What do you say then?

After all, so far, everything is just my own suspicion, or rather, storm.

Her biggest doubt was Zhu, because only Zhu had the motivation and possibility of starting a move.

But this is by no means a trivial matter. Zhu is the mistress of the Wei family and Wei Shao's mother. She suspected that she was going to kill Mrs. Xu without any evidence. Yu Qing was because she was crazy and disagreeing in front of Mrs. Xu. If she said serious, she would be a ruthless person and had ulterior motives.

Whether in terms of human ethics or common sense, without conclusive evidence, it is impossible for her to reveal any rumors.

So now all she can do is to do her best to prevent it before it happens.

That's all.

...

Chunniang went to the north house. Xiao Qiao called Lin Xi and asked her to go and inquire about the details of the wife of the village named Li. The more detailed the better.

Lin Mama has been in the Wei Mansion for many years and is a native of Yuyang, and she is also smart. It would be best to ask about such local families and give them to her.

Lin Mama agreed and hurriedly left. On the evening of the next day, Xiao Qiao returned to the west room from Mrs. Xu. As soon as she entered, she saw Lin Mama greeting her. Knowing that she had news, she entered the room and closed the door, and asked, "How about it? Did you find out what you found?"

Lin said, "Go back to the daughter, the wife of the village marquis lost her husband a year ago. In order to keep mourning, she returned to her ancestral home in Yuyang. She had been living in Luoyang earlier. After returning, she lived in seclusion and had a very good reputation. She only knew that she had a young son in her family. She really couldn't find out the rest."

Xiao Qiao asked Mom Lin to continue and fell into deep thought.

Luoyang...

The first moment she had a name in her mind: Su Ehuang.

Did Su Ehuang meet the wife of the Township Marquis and meet Jiang Ma?

But Jiang Yu was Zhu's confidant, and Zhu obviously hated Su Ehuang.

What else is there in this that she doesn't know?

What's more, Su Ehuang has left Yuyang now, so she can be sure of this. Because she once heard Mama Zhong say to Mrs. Xu with her own ears that the people from the post house personally sent her out of the city twenty miles away.

Unless she refused to risk angering Mrs. Xu and returned, she stayed at the home of the village madam.

Could it be...

Is Jiang Ma actually Su Ehuang's person also?

Xiao Qiao was shocked by the thought that he suddenly thought of.

If this is true, then the link of the unconnected line that has been bothering me these days will be fully complemented.

Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Zhu, My God, and Su Ehuang...

In other words, in addition to Zhu, there is now another Su Ehuang.

Although she was not in the Wei Mansion, Jiang Mom said that if she was hers, she would not have the chance to attack Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Zhu has a motive to resent Mrs. Xu. Su Ehuang seems to have it too.

Xiao Qiao was immediately frightened and sweaty when her palms blew.

...

On this night, Zhu, Su Ehuang, and Jiang Yu, faces were like lanterns, and she kept appearing in her mind. She had insomnia all night. Early the next morning, she stood up with dark circles and was about to go to the north room. Chunniang came in and quietly told Xiao Qiao that the Zong Langjun had a message early in the morning, asking the daughter to go to the inn again, and he had something to tell the daughter.

Xiao Qiao was shocked and knew that he must have heard something. He hurriedly changed his clothes, took Chunniang and Lin Mother as before, and hurried to the inn.
Chapter completed!