"Yes, it's that servant Ah Fu. We know that the bead was mistakenly thrown by Tian Mengzheng at Yan Dachuan's house, and of course it was true when he threw it in, but when Yan Dachuan found out and reported to us, the bead had become fake. The one that Meng Zheng threw into it was originally a red pearl; According to Yan Dachuan, what he found was a white bead. This shows that the transformation of the beads was after Meng Zheng put in and before Yan Dachuan found out. ”

Jing Mo asked, "Then did Yan Dachuan change his lie?" ”

Xiaoman said: "No, by no means. I expect that after he received the beads, because the first two symbols were very frightened, he would never have such a greedy act of profit again. Do you remember that Yan Dachuan said that the bead was taken out of the mailbox by his servant Ah Fu and given to him. ”

Jing Mo asked again: "Will this servant be replaced from this?" ”

Xiao Man said: "Because we know that when Meng Zheng threw the pearl, it was on the seventeenth night, but Ah Fu gave the golfer to his master, but it was around midnight on the morning of the next day, the eighteenth. In this way, it seems that he may have found it in the morning, but he delayed it in order to replace the real beads. Isn't that a reasonable assumption? ”

Jing Mo only nodded in agreement, and did not interrupt Nie Xiaoman's analysis.

Xiao Man said: "I found out in the inn last night that the bead was returned from the seventeenth Putty Court, and I immediately realized the reason for the misunderstanding. Further, I became suspicious of this Ah Fu. So I went to see him that night. He thought that he was unaware of the incident, and that the origin and whereabouts of the beads were too strange to be discovered. Unexpectedly, I suddenly went to ask him for beads and revealed his privacy. He panicked for a moment, and he didn't have time to prepare, so he couldn't help but talk about it. ”

"What did he say?"

He said that yesterday morning he stumbled upon an anonymous letter. Of course, he was a little surprised, and when he took it out and looked at it, he felt that there seemed to be something in the envelope, and he became more and more suspicious. He didn't know where it came from, and he didn't know which one it was for, so he opened it privately and took a look, and it turned out to be a strange-shaped orb. He had worked in the shop, and when he saw the light of the bead, although he could not recognize the name, he also knew that it was a treasure. ”

Jing Mo said: "This guy's courage is not small. ”

Xiao Man nodded and continued: "He has never heard that his master has bought beads, and this bead appeared out of thin air like this, and it is too poor to come, and he estimates that his master will never know." He wanted to swallow it up, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he came up with a compromise method. He quietly bought a cheap fake bead. You have always seen that this fake bead is very exquisitely made, and it is not easy to distinguish the real from the fake for a while. Then he hid the real one, wrapped the false one, sealed it in an envelope, and presented it to his master. ”

Jing Mo had never figured out this section before, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but let out an "ah".

As soon as Ah Fu saw his master, Yan Dachuan's surprised state when he saw the bead, he secretly thought that what he expected was right, and his master did not know the origin of the bead as well as he did. Therefore he thought to himself that the tricks he had devised would never be revealed. ”

Jing Mo couldn't help but say: "Well, there are such twists and turns in this, not to mention that it is really unexpected." Then this servant is clearly not an honest man. But when Yan Dachuan's friend Li Fuke recommended him, he also said that he was 'honest and reliable', which made his friend a trap. ”

Nie Xiaoman shook his head and said, "When a person dares to do evil to satisfy his humble desires, we have lost our nature and are no longer ourselves. ”

Jing Mo nodded and asked, "How is this Ah Fu now?" ”

Nie Xiaoman frowned and said, "It stands to reason that he should also be punished for such an act." But because he cried and regretted it again and again, after Yan Dachuan understood the reason, he also interceded with him, and I decided to spare him this time. ”

"Well, that's cheaper for him."

"Perhaps, I see that this man is a first-time offender, and that this is not the same as a direct theft. If the envoy must send him to the police for investigation, it will inevitably cut off his path to rehabilitation. Life is like a cloth made of the silk threads of good and evil; Our good deeds must be whipped by our past transgressions, so that we do not be overly arrogant; Our sins depend on our good deeds to cover them up, so that we do not despair completely. I want to give him a chance, he should be in awe, maybe be a good person. ”

Jingmo asked again: "And the woman's letter to Meng Zheng, how can you fully understand?" Could it be that you have already met with this Lin Su'e? ”

Nie Xiaoman smiled: "Yes, I have seen this little girl, but I have never talked to her. After I parted ways with you at the door of the inn last night, I went back in and talked to Tian Youyu for a few words. I found four love letters and a dirty, torn hat in one of my purse. After reading the four letters, I thought about it a little and the reason for it became clear. At that time, I was already a little sure of the whereabouts of the beads, so I made an appointment with Tian Youyu to come early this morning, and told Old Man Tian to wait for Meng Zheng to go back, he should pretend that nothing happened, and he must not have a seizure immediately. Then I came back once, left a note ~ for you, and then went to the seventeenth of Putti Pavilion to have a look. ”

Nie Xiaoman stretched his legs and joked: "Jingmo, have you understood this story?" In the future, you might as well make up a Kunqu opera, and it might as well be called "Baozhu Yuan"? Do you like it? ”

Jing Mo suddenly said: "Speaking of which, there is one more thing that I am most concerned about. ”

Xiao Man said: "What will happen to this amorous boy and this girl of the Lin family?" ”

Otherwise, Nie Xiaoman suddenly got up, he walked to the window, and stood silent for a while.

Suddenly, Xiaoman turned his head and said coldly: "I think in Wang Shifu's West Chamber, the most scenic thing is the sentence 'May all lovers in the world become dependents'!" ”

Nie Xiaoman's tone was very cold, his face changed slightly, his cheeks were slightly white, his eyes drooped, and his lips trembled slightly. Jing Mo didn't know what Xiao Man's heart touched, and he didn't know what hidden feelings he had caused. It's inconvenient to say anything more.

The room fell silent. At this time, the autumn breeze outside the window was blowing, and bursts of fallen leaves passed by the window, as if to report to people that autumn was deep.

The courtyard is full of moss and red leaves.

When the golden chrysanthemum opens, it is close to the Double Ninth Festival.

The green fan withers the lotus every day.

The smoke and water of the powder pond are as clear as practice.

Try the cool breeze to decant the noodles.

When the word goose comes, it is just to see you on the floor.

A few points of frost cloud shadow.

Whose reed pipe blows autumn resentment.

---- "Butterfly Loves Flowers, Courtyard Moss and Red Leaves" [Song] Yan Jidao