Zhou Qionghua's fingers tightly clasped the bottom of the piano in his arms, but his face was deferential, and he curtsied and saluted, "Grandmother, you are back." ”

Old Madam Li stared at the dotted cui hairpin on her head for a moment, and then was helped into the inner courtyard by Li Qiuyang. Although Mrs. Li didn't say a word, Zhou Qionghua was scared into a cold sweat, she took the qin back to the small courtyard where she lived, and put the qin on the table.

The housekeeper beside Zhou Qionghua nagged, "The girl is different from us ordinary people, everyone is busy with the matter of moving, but the girl is still interested in playing the piano." ”

Zhou Qionghua, who is delicate and thoughtful on weekdays, was stunned by this matter and did not answer.

The mother-in-law continued, "The sister-in-law of the Li family came over again and told us to bring the fine softness, and when the eldest girl gets married and returns to the door, we will move back to live." If you want the slave and maid to say, what is there to treat here, it is better to live in the house all the time. Slaves and maids have heard that there are ...... in the city."

"Mom, be careful." Zhou Qionghua came back to her senses and said lightly.

The mother-in-law didn't dare to say anything, so she packed up the things in the inner room, and took the maids to clean up the outer house. Zhou Qionghua took a deep breath, and the onion fingers painted with bright red dancome poked into the brocade bag containing the piano, and the fingers carefully groped for the small clay pot under the piano, and the delicate apricot pit was mixed with joy and fear in her eyes.

She pulled the clay pot open, took out a packet of powder from her bosom and carefully poured it in, and then closed the lid. Because of unproficiency and excitement and fear, the pottery cover fell on the table and made a muffled sound, and Zhou Qionghua was so shocked that his cold hair exploded.

Fortunately, the people in the outhouse were packing up their things, and this noise did not alarm them, Zhou Qionghua fumbled for the pottery cover, covered it, and screwed it tightly. Then look around and look for the right place.

In the fifth village, Zhang Xuanya, who was staring at the scorpion in the clay pot, saw that the scorpions climbed to Lijiazhuang a few times in unison, and quickly lost their direction. His eyes were deep, "The female scorpion is still alive, someone must have just fed it." This scorpion is extremely hungry, and it will not starve to death after eating it once a year, and the scorpion bearer has no intention of giving up on it, and will definitely hide it somewhere, waiting for an opportunity to take it again. ”

Zhao Shoujing asked in a low voice, "Master, will the apprentice report this matter to the Li family?" ”

Zhang Xuanya nodded slightly, "Be sure to tell them that clay pots, wooden pots, or items that can hide such things that are larger than a fist cannot be taken out of Zhuangzi." ”

In Lijiazhuang, Mrs. Li's eyebrows were rarely stern, and she instructed Li Zhong's daughter-in-law and Zhong Xiu, "Everything that needs to be loaded into the carriage should be checked one by one, and the same is true for the girls' cages." There are suspicious items, a cover left. ”

When it was time to load the car and set off, Zhou Qionghua, who was holding the qin, walked to the front of the car lightly, but was stopped by Mrs. He raised her hand.

Mrs. He looked respectful, "Cousin, the old lady has ordered, let's stay for two days and come back, you don't have to bring this piano, right?" ”

The little maid beside Zhou Qionghua was gone, and she raised her head and grabbed Bai Dao, "Mom, I don't know, my girl can eat three meals without rice, but she can't go without a piano for a day." If the mother thinks that the piano occupies no space and cannot fit it, the slave and maid will follow the carriage with the piano. ”

Zhou Qionghua restrained the maid and said in a low voice, "It's Qionghua who is not thoughtful." Leaning on the green, put the piano back into the room. ”

The little maid pursed her lips, but obediently put the piano back into the room.

After getting into the carriage, Old Madam Li frowned slightly when she heard about this.

After returning to the Jingzhong Mansion and settling down, Mrs. Li called her son over, and the mother and son closed the door and talked.

"Today in Zhuangzi, my mother saw that Qionghua was restless and seemed to have something to hide, no matter who wanted to harm Xiao Nuan, Qionghua could no longer stay in the house."

Even the loyal and reliable old palace maid who came out of Funing Palace was bought by these people, and Zhou Qionghua, who was concerned about King Sheng and was not deeply involved in the world, was even more likely to be used. If something really happens to Xiao Nuan, the Zhou family and the Li family will be inextricably linked, and it will be too late to regret it.

Li Xiran also understands this, "Princess Yi is pregnant, she can't enter King Yi's mansion, so my mother will help her choose a family business as soon as possible." ”

The Queen Mother didn't get better, and Mrs. Li also knew that this matter couldn't be delayed, "I think King Yi means that he still wants to use the Zhou family, so Qionghua's husband must be found from our clan or King Yi, and when Qiutong goes out, I will be busy with this matter." ”

Li Xiran frowned, wanting his mother to see Zhou Qionghua farther, but if King Yi succeeded, he would need a lot of gold and silver, and the silver mountain of the Zhou family could not be abandoned.

After the Li family moved back to the city, Li Zhong invited Zhang Xuanya into the village, and turned the house where Mama Chen lived upside down, except for an empty dark hole under the bed, nothing else was found.

Zhang Xuanya pinched the soil in the dark cave and sniffed it, without saying a word.

That night, a fire that lit up the night sky burned Lijiazhuang clean, and the sound of firefighting and shouting never stopped.

As soon as it dawned the next day, Qin and Xiaocao got up. Qin was concerned about whether the cotton and vegetables in Zhuangzi would be dried up by the fire, and Xiaocao was curious about what Lijiazhuang looked like now.

When the mother and daughter reached the south side, they found that the fence wall had been burned down. Looking south through this gap, I saw the main courtyard in Lijiazhuang, and the small courtyard where the long-term workers lived was charred and blackened, smoking everywhere, and the smell of charcoal was so smoky that the rhubarb covered his nose.

Coincidentally, Li Xiran, who heard the "bad news" in Beijing, also rushed back to inspect the situation of Zhuangzi, and met the mother and daughter at the gap in the fence wall.

When we met, I had to say hello and say a few words.

Li Xiran was very sorry, "Xi Ran is really ashamed to burn the fence wall of Anren, and Xi Ran will order someone to make up the bamboo fence later." ”

Qin shook his head, "Don't dare to bother adults, we can do this work ourselves." ”

Then after five days, Li Xiran inquired about the news of Mama Chen's family, and when he saw King Sheng in the fifth village, he saw that the fence wall of the fourth village was gone, and it was replaced with a tall brick wall, which covered the village tightly.

This wall separates the inside and outside of the village, and also breaks the connection between Lijiazhuang and the fourth village. In the future, he stood in the field of Lijiazhuang and looked north, and he would never see the busy figure of the Qin family with people again.

Li Xiran had an indescribable regret in his heart, and this energy slowly dissipated after seeing Queen Sheng.

Chen's elderly parents and brother's family of five boarded a southbound boat to visit relatives three days after Chen's return to her hometown to visit relatives, and have since disappeared. Lord Wang, these people should be more auspicious and less auspicious. ”

The third master's subordinates also investigated this, "Fortunately, this matter was discovered early and did not cause a catastrophe." Xiao Wang has strengthened his precautions, and Lord Li must not bother with this anymore. ”

Hearing this, King Sheng already had an eyebrow on his side, and he didn't want to interfere anymore, so Li Xiran put down the matter and talked to him about the major case of the DPRK and China, "In the case of the loss of military rations in Xiliang Mountain, who does the prince think the Holy Council should send to investigate the case?" ”

The 100,000 stone grain and grass transported to the northwest were robbed, and the robbers took the grain and killed the soldiers into the mountains without any trace, and urgently reported to Beijing, Emperor Jianlong was furious and wanted to send Qin to Xiliang to investigate the case.

It is speculated from the left that Emperor Jianlong should have sent King Sheng to Xiliang. But Xiaonuan is pregnant, Hua Concubine is injured, and the Queen Mother is bedridden, Li Xiran knows that King Sheng does not want to leave Beijing at this time.