Chapter 28 Cousin and cousin family
Captain Yin brought the man with him. According to Huang Xiaogou's description, he inquired about Caishi Street and Caishi Hutong, and soon found out about this person.
This person's name is Sun Wanqing, from Xianghe. He has been selling vegetables on Caishi Street for several years, and most of the people here know him.
Unfortunately, Captain Yin did not catch anyone. The person from Caishi Street pointed to an empty stall and said, "That is Sun Wanqing's vegetable stall. He set up the stall early in the morning. Later, somehow, he hurriedly closed the stall and left. I asked him why he was so anxious. He said that his cousin sent a message that if there was an urgent matter at home, he would rush back to his hometown."
"His cousin? Is he in the capital too?" asked Captain Yin.
"Yes, I heard that he was a maid in a wealthy family. He had two taels of silver a month. A few days ago, Sun Wanqing didn't set up a stall and said that he was helping his cousin run errands, so he earned ten taels of silver and showed off his appearance." The man smacked his lips. He sold food for two months, and he didn't eat or drink, and he didn't have enough to spend ten taels of silver.
Captain Yin could only take Huang Xiaogou and the Fengyuan clerk back first. After hearing Captain Yin's words, Qin Wei looked at Master Hua: "Mr. Hua, don't you know if there is a maid from Xianghe in your mansion?"
The temples on both sides of Master Hua were leaping. He didn't know whether there was a maid from Xianghe in the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion, but Mrs. Cai was indeed from Xianghe, and many people in the capital knew about this.
"This... I also need to ask the butler to take the roster to check it out." Master Hua was like he was stuck in his throat by a fish bone. His voice was light and fluttering, as if the fish bone could penetrate his throat with a little force the next moment.
"Hey, I remember that cousin Cai's maid named Lanzhi. She was brought by cousin Cai from Xianghe, so she must be from Xianghe."
Hua Jingyao's voice suddenly sounded, and Master Hua was so excited. Isn't that right? A while ago, Mrs. Lu even said to him that Cousin Cai would be as poor as he would be. Even the maid brought from Xianghe also asked the Marquis's mansion to pay monthly money.
Qin Wei's face turned cold and he said, "Come on, go and call that Lanzhi over."
The maid from the Marquis's Mansion would be taken away if he said he would take it away. Moreover, Lanzhi was still the maid of her cousin, and she was not from the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion at all.
This one is the daughter of the Qingyuan Marquis’ Mansion!
Miss cousin Cai Bilian is still in Chunhui Hall, Lanzhi has already returned. She is standing behind her and fanning her one after another.
Mrs. Cai took the medicine and had already returned to the next room and lay down. Hongxiu was with her in the room. Mrs. Lu and her second wife, Cai Bilian, sat in the main room. From time to time, eight or nine-year-old servants came in to report the news.
The main hall was quiet, with only the sound of the second wife eating melon seeds.
A servant rushed in and said, "The eldest lady and the second wife, and the girl beside the third girl brought the cloth shop and the paper shop into the third master's yard, saying that she wanted to set up a mourning hall for the fifth girl!"
Mrs. Lu slapped the table: "It's a rebellion. This is Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion. When will it be the turn of the people in the Princess' Mansion be the best and set up a mourning hall? Will she still have to give a child a glorious burial?"
The second wife snorted and said, "We have seen it just now. The third girl doesn't even care about the old lady's face. Now, in our mansion, the only one who can shock the third girl is the eldest sister-in-law. Then the eldest sister-in-law, let's take a look. She is just a maid. You can't even climb onto the eldest sister-in-law's head, right?"
Speaking of this, the second wife saw Cai Bilian’s eyes in the corner of her eyes, looking unconscious, and she looked absent-minded. The second wife moved her heart and said with a smile: “Oh, the old lady is not feeling well, why didn’t Miss Cousin go over to serve her?”
It would be fine if the second wife didn't say it. After hearing her say this, Mrs. Lu immediately felt the same. In the past, when she pretended to be filial to the old lady, this cousin was more active than those of them as daughters-in-law. Humph, especially when she was in front of the third master, she thought that she wanted to marry not the emperor, but wanted to fill in the house for the third master, and she was worthy!
Mrs. Lu is Mrs. Hou. She holds her own identity and looks down on this cousin who even needs to be cheap even if the maid is a month-to-month period. Now the second wife is on the verge of her head, and Mrs. Lu said with a smile: "Oh, I remember that the cousin loves the fifth girl the most. Once, she made a pair of exquisite little embroidered shoes for the fifth girl. Now the fifth girl is going to hold a funeral, so the cousin cannot sit and ignore it. How can a maid be allowed to mess around in the third master's yard? Why don't you just go over and take a look?"
Cai Bilian's face turned red and red. When she heard Mrs. Lu talk about the pair of embroidered shoes, she quickly explained: "There is a sewing and weaving room in the mansion. How can the fifth girl's shoes be used for me? That day, the sewing and weaving room made a pair of shoes for the fifth girl. I saw that the shoes were small and exquisite, so I showed them to my aunt."
With a puff, the second wife covered her mouth and laughed, saying, "Sister-in-law didn't say anything, but Miss Cousin seemed shy."
Cai Bilian was about to explain again, but the servant who had just arrived ran in again: "It's not good, it's not good, the maid next to the third girl..."
Before the servant finished speaking, Mrs. Lu scolded: "What is bad? This is Chunhui Hall, not the yard of the third master. Don't make things difficult for us if she wants to hold a funeral."
The servant grabbed his head and looked embarrassed: "It's not about the funeral, but about the third girl's maid who led the constable from Shuntian Mansion to come to Chunhui Hall, saying that she was coming to get someone."
"Get someone?"
"What?"
"You say it again!"
Mrs. Lu, the second wife and Cai Bilian, all of them improved.
The servant was about to say it again, when the maid whom Mrs. Lu put it outside came in panic: "Madam, Shuntian Mansion is here to get people, and she is holding chains in her hand."
Holding a chain? This is really going to take someone.
"Who do they want to take?" Cai Bilian asked.
The maid shook her head.
At this moment, a voice was heard outside the room, and the eldest lady winked at the second wife: "Go out and have a look."
The main hall was full of female relatives, and even if they were taking people from Shuntian Mansion, they could not break in casually.
The second wife was reluctant, but there was indeed no one in the room that suited her better than her.
Mrs. Lu is the mistress of the house, the serious Mrs. Hou, and Cai Bilian is a daughter who is not married. But the old lady's mothers were all captured by Hua Jingyao. She is the only one who can go out now.
The second wife walked out reluctantly. Sure enough, the maid named Xiaoxia beside Hua Jingyao was leading four or five yamen runners to stand outside.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that the person coming was just a yamen runner, the second wife's back straightened and looked unhappy.
"Second Mrs., these officials have followed the orders of Lord Qin to bring Miss Lanzhi next to her cousin to ask questions." Xiao Xia took a step forward and said in a regular manner.
"Lanzhi?" The second wife's eyes immediately lit up. Why didn't she say earlier? It turned out that the person who was going to catch Miss Cousin, haha.
Chapter completed!