Happy Marriage

"Someone to answer?" Leng Nanxian frowned slightly: "You doubt it"

An Sheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Today, I have re-organized the previous things about her, and I have always had doubts in my heart."

She briefly explained the fact that Aunt Rou had returned late a few days ago, and the yamen officials were sent to the mansion, saying that Xue Zhao colluded with outsiders to abduct and sell Aunt Rou.

"On that day, Aunt Rou testified that the gold jewelry that Xue Zhao used to bribe the traffickers belonged to the Xue family, and the family Xue said that the jewelry had not been worn for a long time, and it was impossible for Aunt Rou to see it. After a big fight with the Xue family, I had to call my father back to the house from Dongcheng."

"Do you mean to say that you suspect that Aunt Rou colluded with outsiders and deliberately framed the Xue family in order to suppress her?"

An Sheng nodded: "It's not impossible."

"But didn't you say before that Concubine Rou is a member of Luoyang Xiangfu and has nothing to rely on in the capital?"

"One thing I didn't mention to Master is that last time we ate at Haizhen Pavilion. When my sister and I were chatting at the window of the restaurant, I saw Concubine Rou come out of the restaurant and get into a car waiting outside the door. carriage.

At that time, I was a little curious and wanted to go out to inquire about it, but I saw Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Housing came out of the restaurant right after him. At that time, I thought that maybe my father and his colleagues were drinking. I was afraid of meeting them, so I didn't go. Then a few days ago, I asked my father to verify that he did not take Aunt Rou to Haizhen Pavilion at all. "

"That is to say, that day, Concubine Rou had a private meeting with someone else in the restaurant, and that person was most likely the minister of the household." Leng Nanxian guessed.

An Sheng nodded firmly: "Xue Zhao once doubted Aunt Rou's identity by mistake. He felt that Aunt Rou didn't behave like a good family girl, so the Xue family tried her again and again, and sent someone to go there. Xiangfucheng has checked and proved that Concubine Rou is indeed lying.

But at that time, Aunt Rou cautiously refuted it. And my father also felt that he had no power or power, and Aunt Rou had absolutely no reason to approach her deliberately, so she didn't believe Xue's suspicion.

But now that something has happened, I think if those people had such a plan long ago, Aunt Rou might be a **** they placed beside my father. But the father was completely unaware, and after listening to Aunt Rou, he even handed over the account book to her for safekeeping. When those people knew that my father had their grip in their hands, they would naturally find a way to put my father to death. "

Leng Nanxian nodded and said: "You are very reasonable, that's why things happened so coincidentally, it was not too late in Canglin, when there was a dispute between Concubine Rou and the Xue family, and your father rushed back to Xia Mansion. When something went wrong. They clearly planned a joint plot, on the one hand to facilitate them to act and set fire, on the other hand, your father's sins are added, and he will die without a doubt, becoming their scapegoat."

Guan Hetian stood up with a snort: "It's too sinister! No wonder my people couldn't find her. If she was hiding in the deep courtyard, my people would really be out of reach."

"But there is one thing that I have been puzzled over, so I have never been sure." An Sheng said hesitantly.

"What's up?"

"Why didn't Concubine Rou destroy the account book on the spot? After leaving the Xia Mansion, send someone back to steal it? Besides, why would the thieves rummage aimlessly after entering the house to steal?"

An Sheng's words were indeed unbelievable, and the three of them fell into confusion for a while, and remained silent for a while.

Leng Nanxian suddenly raised his head, his eyes blazing: "An Sheng, if you were Aunt Rou, would you choose to burn the account book on the spot and never have future troubles?"

An Sheng nodded: "That's natural."

Leng Nanxian smiled slightly: "That's because you didn't put yourself in her shoes! I won't!"

"Why?" An Sheng and Guan Hetian said in unison.

"If you think about it, Concubine Rou and your father can definitely talk about everything together, so you must be well aware of the ruthless means of those people. If the account books are destroyed and your father is executed, then this matter will be very important for you. For them, the only future trouble is Aunt Rou."

"Isn't Aunt Rou and them not in sympathy, a nest of snakes and rats?" Guan Hetian couldn't help but ask the question in his heart.

"If Xue Zhao's speculation is correct, Concubine Rou should be the woman they found in the Fengyue Field. This kind of woman has always been struggling to survive, and she thinks naturally and long-term. She may have realized that she was silenced in the end. Dangerous, so I kept my back."

An Sheng suddenly realized: "I see, Master, you are saying that as long as Aunt Rou has the whereabouts of the account books in her hands, it will not fall into the hands of those people. Aunt Rou has the capital to save her life and can negotiate with those people, right?"

Leng Nanxian nodded: "So, when Concubine Rou left the Xia Mansion, the ledger must not have been with her."

An Sheng also stood up with a snort: "Is it possible that those people haven't found the whereabouts of the account books?"

Leng Nanxian and An Sheng looked at each other: "It is very likely that the ledger is still in the house."

An Sheng couldn't wait: "It was late at night yesterday, and we didn't search carefully enough. Let's go back and search again. What if we find anything?"

Guan Hetian stepped forward and said, "I'm looking for two people to help you find them together."

An Sheng shook his head and refused: "No, Big Brother Guan, there is only so much space in the yard, so there is no need for labor and teachers. And it's better that less people know about it."

Guan Hetian smiled "hehe": "These two are well-known thieves in Chang'an. They are a genius in finding things. Even if the ledger is hidden in a mouse hole, they can find it out for you. Moreover, they are absolutely trustworthy, and they will find it for you. The government has nothing to do with it."

An Sheng was happy when he heard the words, and was naturally happy: "Then there is work."

At the moment, Guan Hetian immediately sent someone to call the two of them, and the group returned to the Xia Mansion in a mighty manner.

Aunt Rou's yard has been searched again by the Xue family, but also found nothing. Seeing that An Sheng brought people back to the mansion, she was unwilling to let the baby fall into An Sheng's hands, and stayed in the yard and refused to leave.

A few people searched carefully, little by little, even on the roof ridge and beams, wherever they could hide things, they searched carefully, but they were still missing.

Xue Shi even dispatched a few servants to dig three feet into the ground in the flowerbed, hoping little by little, and finally left cursing.

An Sheng and Leng Nanxian looked at the messy yard, they all fell silent, and for a while they began to doubt their own judgment.

The sky was getting dark and sinking, and some late-coming birds flew overhead and landed on the eaves to rest.

An Sheng suddenly had an idea.

Under the eaves, there are many sparrow nests. Look for the gap under the tile, and call the grass as the nest.

She pointed under the eaves: "Please help to see the sparrow nest under the eaves."

No one else can do this kind of thing, and the two thieves immediately understood, jumped, and leaped lightly to the roof, and then one hung the golden hook upside down, stretched out his hand to grope, and pulled out a lot of hay and chicken feathers one by one. Get the birds flying.

"Have it!" The man said in surprise, shrinking his hand to the size of a rolling pin, reaching into his **** and pinching out a palm-sized booklet, jumped down, and handed it to An Sheng.

An Sheng suddenly found a treasure, opened the account book, and checked it carefully with Leng Nanxian. There were many numbers and warehouse numbers recorded in it, but he couldn't understand the meaning in a hurry.

An Sheng's body trembled with excitement: "It should be it! Master, can this account book atone for my father?"

Leng Nanxian frowned and said, "What exactly is recorded in this account book, I'm afraid only your father knows it. You need to ask it before you can judge it."

An Sheng gritted his teeth and said confidently: "Tomorrow I will go to Dali Temple to beat drums to redress and hand over this account book."

Leng Nanxian also nodded and said, "Okay! I'll accompany you."

The voice just fell, and I heard the noise of people outside, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, coming straight towards the yard.

Several people looked at each other in dismay, and they didn't understand what was going on, but someone swarmed in and surrounded the yard.

"What does this mean?" Guan Hetian asked first.

A middle-aged man with an eight-character beard walked out of the officers and soldiers. He should be the leader when looking at the official uniform. He glanced at the account book in An Sheng's hand and smiled "hehe": "May I ask this is Xia Ansheng, the second lady of Xia Fu?"

An Sheng nodded ignorantly: "Exactly, may I ask who you are?"

The man smiled slightly at An Sheng: "It is precisely on the order of the boss that I came to Xia Mansion to retrieve this account book in your hand."

An Sheng couldn't help but feel a joy: "Is my father's case turning around again?"

The man nodded: "Exactly. This account book is very important, and I came here to search it on the order of the above. I also ask the second lady to hand over the account book to this official, or take it back to Dali Temple to finalize the case."

An Sheng felt more and more joyful in his heart, as his father's case finally turned around, and this ledger would certainly be able to alleviate his father's guilt: "I was going to Dali Temple to beat the drums to plead for injustice, but the burned Canglin has long since been depleted, but someone deliberately set it on fire. , to cover up the fact that the granary is depleted. My father's handbook should clearly record the depletion of each granary, and please check it out."

The middle-aged man nodded and couldn't wait: "Bring it up and have a look."

Without hesitation, An Sheng was about to step forward, but was stopped by Leng Nanxian: "I haven't asked the adults what to call you? What are the important positions in the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment?"

The middle-aged man squinted at Leng Nanxian, then turned to look at the soldier behind him, and snorted: "Are you doubting my identity? Look at the pomp behind you, and you should know if it's true or not. "

Leng Nanxian smiled slowly: "This account book is related to the life and death of Lord Xia, we must be careful, the Lord did not take the search signature of Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment, the identity is unknown, we always have to know who this account book is given to. In the lobby of another day, there is an explanation for the question."

The man smiled "hehe": "What if I didn't say it?"

Leng Nanxian took An Sheng's account book in his hand, and seemed to flip through it: "Then this account book can't be handed over to adults. Tomorrow we will naturally go to Dali Temple to beat drums and plead for injustice, and hand over this account book to the lobby in person. ."