The reason why the Princess Guo County left the guest out was because the government came to the government and said that it was about to tell the old lady beside her to ask. The little maid was not very clear about the specific matter. The little maid said that the old lady could not be found in the Manchu mansion, and the government was very anxious. The housekeeper asked her to come and ask the princess what to do.

Princess Guo knew in his heart that the official came to look for the old nanny, which must be because of the fire in the old nanny's nephew's family. As Mr. Xue said, it was abnormal for anyone with a discerning eye to know if it was a little thoughtful, let alone the experienced official magistrates, who would definitely tell at a glance whether it was an accident or a man-made one.

The problem now is that the old lady has been tied up by the old lady Xue. What will happen? The old lady Xue didn't say it, and she didn't dare to ask, but no matter what, the old lady is not suitable to go to the government to reply, so as not to say anything that shouldn't be said and cause unnecessary trouble for her.

But if the government summons him or her, there will be trouble.

The Princess Guo County was in a dilemma and could only ask the housekeeper to ask the reason first, and then he said that the old lady was old and unwell and was not suitable for going to the government. What words could anyone tell her about it?

The housekeeper went to pass the message to the constable in the yamen. When he came back, he looked panicked and told the Princess Guo County that the people in the yamen were a bit tough, saying that it was a case involving more than ten days of life. How could it be passed on by others?

The old lady was not in a state of discomfort, but if so, the yamen masters would have to disturb her and went to the Prince Guo’s Mansion in person to inquire about the matter.

Princess Guo was very dissatisfied with this. The steward of the dignified county prince’s mansion had received so many high-ranking officials and nobles. How could he be scared by a mere constable?

The housekeeper was very helpless about this. The prince of the county was not in the mansion, so the people outside didn't take the prince of Guo's Mansion seriously. Besides, for some trivial matters, the servants of the prince of Guo's Mansion had a conflict with the people of Yancheng Mansion. The princess of Guo's Mansion did not know about these princesses, and he did not dare to tell the princess of Guo.

In the end, Princess Guo County was unable to do so, so she went to find Lao Tai Concubine Xue to ask for advice.

When the old concubine Xue heard the little maid’s return, she said to the Princess Guo County, “The old lady is old and has returned to her hometown. What should I say in detail, let the Princess Guo County master it by herself.”

The princess of Guojun was in a bad mood and was angry and did the same thing, asking the housekeeper to reply to the people in the government office in this way.

The housekeeper felt something was wrong with this, so he asked the Princess of Guo County again, and if the yamen were asked how the old lady would reply to her hometown.

Princess Guo County asked the housekeeper to take care of her own affairs again, and then left. Mrs. Meng was still waiting for her in the flower hall.

When he returned to the flower hall, Mrs. Meng said, "I asked the princess of the county to consider what I mentioned just now. There are still some things in my mansion, so I won't disturb the princess of the county, so I will say goodbye first."

"Sit down again, and leave after dinner." Princess Guo politely tried to stay.

"Let's go another day, come and disturb me again." Mrs. Meng knew that the other party was just polite and did not really want to keep her for dinner. Besides, she was in a bad mood after talking about a lot of things at home.

The Princess of Guo County personally sent Mrs. Meng to the second gate before returning.

Mrs. Meng got on the carriage and asked the little maid who was guarding the items in the carriage, "Have you seen anyone entering and leaving the Prince's Mansion just now?"

The little maid is thirteen or fourteen years old, and she is just in the carriage when she is active. She naturally has to look around. There is no idle person in front of the prince's mansion. If there are guests coming, she will definitely notice it.

Mrs. Meng guessed that the princess of Guo County had left in a hurry just now, and something must have happened. She didn't care about what happened in their mansion, but if it was an outsider who had something to do, she would ask for it.

Sure enough, the little maid replied: "Madam, I just saw two people wearing constable clothes entering the Prince's Mansion, and I also heard one of them stopping when passing by the carriage and muttered a few words, probably because they didn't know that I was in the carriage and thought there was no one. Oh, the coachman was in a hurry and went to the toilet, so I didn't dare to speak."

"Okay, don't talk about irrelevant topics, just say what the two constables said." Mrs. Meng interrupted the little maid's nonsense. During this period, she didn't like to leave people who were too clever to serve, but stupid people also had the disadvantages of stupidity, such as the one in front of her, and she had to talk about things that were explained clearly in two sentences for half a day.

"Yes, madam." The little maid didn't have any wink at all. Seeing Mrs. Meng showing displeasure, she didn't dare to say anything else, and said, "I heard from one of them that I don't know if the people from Prince Guo's Mansion would let us in? Last time they let us blow the wind in the back door for several hours. The other said, last time it was last time, last time it was just a servant who hurt people, it was no big deal. This time it was a case of more than a dozen lives. I don't believe that they dared to let us wait at the back door. This time we entered through the front door openly to see what they should do? After saying this, they left, and I don't know."

Mrs. Meng frowned. What kind of case is the case of more than a dozen lives?

Prince Guo is not here and the mansion is just a female family. How could he be involved in such a big case? If such a thing happens, I don’t know how much impact it will have on Prince Guo’s Mansion. After all, he will be about to become a relative. If something happens to Prince Guo’s Mansion, it will inevitably affect the Meng family. The Meng family can no longer withstand any trouble.

If he hadn't thought about going back to the countryside, his son's marriage could not be delayed. He finally coaxed his son away from being so impulsive, and he didn't care whether he and his future wife were living well, so he got married first and asked her to hold her grandson as soon as possible.

Of course, if the Meng family had such a thing happened, if the Prince Guo's Mansion refused to let his daughter marry, she would be at will. After she returned to her hometown, she would choose a gentle woman for her son to be a good concubine. Anyway, the imperial edict gave her marriage, and there was no requirement that she could not take a concubine. No matter who was born from, she would be her grandson. It might be better if the Prince Guo's Mansion refused to marry a daughter.

Judging from the style of Princess Guo County, the daughter she taught was not necessarily much better.

Now, let’s go to the yamen to inquire and see what’s going on.

When Mrs. Meng returned home, she sent a clever servant to the yamen to inquire.

Although there are murder cases in Yancheng every day, it is rare to see more than a dozen lives at a time. The servant soon asked back and said that a family was burned to death. The government went to ask about it on a routine basis. The family had a relative who worked in the Princess of Guo County, and was the dowry nanny next to the Princess of Guo County.

It was just that a relative of a servant was burned to death. Mrs. Meng felt relieved. This kind of thing had nothing to do with her, so she didn't have to pay attention to it.

And at this time.

After hearing the constable's words and reports, Zhu Ying was a little unbelievable, "That's it?"

The constable said, "Yes, the housekeeper of the Prince Guo Mansion is so rude. He started to say that he was going to ask, but when he came back, he said that the old lady had returned to the countryside and asked where the old lady's hometown was. He said he didn't know and wanted to ask others again. After asking again, he said that no one remembered it."

Zhu Ying said angrily: "What's going on with you? I've sent you this way? I didn't ask a word of useful information."

The constable was very aggrieved, "They have always been doing things like this. This time, I'm fine. Let's come in and wait. The last time the injury case was directly asked to wait at the entrance of the alley. We were just a small constable, and they ignored it at all."

"That's why you were sent, not ordinary yamen runners. You are constables, and at least they can shock them." Zhu Ying scolded the young constable, "I really don't know how you did it. You can't do anything small."

The young detective dared not talk back.

Another older person said: "Sir, you don't know that the powerful families in Yancheng are the most difficult to deal with. They have always been like this. We really can't do anything about it. Unless they give up official documents, they will refuse and we can't do it either."

Zhu Ying frowned. Didn’t he just ask a servant a few words? Why did the people from the Prince Guo’s Mansion refuse so much? Could it be that there is something else inside?

I heard that this family who died likes to sell some news on weekdays, make money by inquiring about other people's privacy, and occasionally do some blackmail. Could it be that this matter is related to the Prince of Guo County Mansion?

He had no doubt at first. Prince Guo left Yancheng to welcome the Dajing mission for a long time. Prince Guo heard that he had returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors. The mansion was two female relatives, Prince Guo and Prince Xue, and there was nothing messy about it that people could ask for inquiries.

It is logical that it should not have anything to do with this matter, but now the ruling of the prince's mansion seems to be a little unspeakable.

If it weren't for something to do with this matter, there was no need to push back.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying simply made up his mind and just as the young yamen runner said, he formally issued a document to ask the old lady according to the message, saying that she was involved in a murder case, and see how the Prince Guo’s Mansion reacted.

...

At this time, in the Ding Prince's Mansion, Lu Teng also found out some trends through some roundabout channels and reported to Su Yiqing.

Su Yiqing heard that when more than a dozen people were burned to death, her eyelids couldn't help but jump, and then asked Lu Teng: "What is the connection with my Dingwang Mansion at this time?"

How many lives involved is involved is just a relative of the servants of the Prince Guo’s Mansion, and it has nothing to do with the Prince Ding Mansion. Why did Green Vine specifically remind me?

Green Teng said: "That's right. The old lady's nephew likes to inquire about some news. A few days ago, I found out about the matter about Bibolou, which may have caused the death disaster."

"Bibo Tower..." Su Yiqing was even more puzzled. She naturally remembered what Bibo Tower was, but is Bibo Tower related to Prince Guo County Mansion?

Green Teng didn't dare to suck Su Yiqing's appetite and said, "Maybe the old nanny's nephew had found out about some privacy and wanted to threaten whom, so he was silenced."

"Then is this matter related to my Prince Ding Mansion?" Su Yiqing still didn't understand.

Lu Teng said: "Maybe it is related, maybe it is not related. I just heard that Mrs. Meng hopes Miss Lewen can pass the house as soon as possible. She went to the Princess Guo’s Mansion two days ago to discuss the marriage. It seems that the two families are about to become in-laws, so I feel it is necessary to tell the princess."

When mentioning Bibolou reminded Su Yiqing of a long time ago and the death of the brothel woman. At that time, she asked Lu Teng, but Lu Teng's answer was very vague, but now she took the initiative to mention this matter, which is really interesting. Thinking of this, she smiled faintly, "You mentioned this seemingly irrelevant matter to me, right?"

"I dare not." Lu Teng looked a little frightened, "I just told the princess what I found out."

"Is that true?" Su Yiqing refused to comment.

After a while, she said, "Since that's the case, I'll ask you another question, who is the boss behind the scenes in a place like Bibolou? Do you know?"

"I really don't know this." Green Teng answered very directly.

"You can go down now." Su Yiqing said that.

Green Vine retreated respectfully.

Su Yiqing felt something interesting, and after thinking about it, she went directly to find Lian Yufeng.

Lian Yufeng had just returned from the banquet outside and had a faint smell of alcohol on his body. When he saw Su Yiqing coming to him on his own initiative, he seemed very happy and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Su Yiqing nodded and asked directly: "Do you know there is a Bibo Tower in the city?"

"This last time Meng Guang mentioned..." Lian Yufeng looked a little embarrassed, "I just came back from there, and there was a guest holding a banquet, but I really just went to drink and enjoy the singing and dancing. Bibo Tower is different from ordinary brothels, and their singing and dancing are worth watching."

Most women will be unhappy when they hear their husbands say they have just returned from the brothel. Su Yiqing is also an ordinary woman, so she is naturally a little unhappy. However, she is not interested in this now and asked: "Since you have been there, do you know who the boss behind Bibolou is? There should be someone behind such brothels, right?"

In history, places like gambling houses are the most profitable places, so they cannot be opened without support, especially in places like Yancheng where powerful people gather.

Lian Yufeng frowned and said, "What are you asking about this?"

Su Yiqing was a little surprised. Could it be that Lu Teng told her that she had not received Lian Yufeng's consent? If she had not obtained Lian Yufeng's consent, how could Lu Teng dare to make a fuss to tell her about this?

But after thinking about it, Lu Teng has also told her a lot of things recently, including small things that are heard from the streets and some secret things. It is impossible to report every one to Lian Yufeng, as it would take too much time.

Maybe this matter was missed, and Su Yiqing didn't want to tell the green vine, so she said, "It's related to the Meng family. Didn't Meng Guang ask about it last time? I thought about it and still wanted to know who the boss behind the Bibo Tower is."
Chapter completed!