The moon is high in the sky.
The window opened slightly and a figure flipped into the house.
It was Zou Yun who left not long ago.
"Miss Wei, I found it."
Zou Yun's eyes flickered with a strange color, and he said in amazement: "You will never guess who owns the restaurant that sells those food."
"It has something to do with the capital." Or in other words, it has something to do with the Jinyang Marquis Mansion in the capital.
As soon as he saw those fresh foods, Wei Yunlan thought of Xue Linglong and Chen Feng who were far away in the capital.
It had only been two years since I left, but when I mentioned the Marquis of Jinyang's Mansion and the people in the capital again, it felt as if a hundred years had passed.
"Tell me what's going on." Wei Yunlan didn't think that Xue Linglong would come to faraway Huaizhou to open a restaurant. Given that person's high standards, she probably wouldn't look down on a remote place like Huaizhou.
Then, the owner behind the restaurant is someone related to Xue Linglong. I don’t know if they are from the Xue family, the Jinyang Marquis’ Mansion, or someone else in the capital who is involved in the snack business.
"Miss Wei, you guessed correctly. The owner of this restaurant is from the former Jinyang Marquis Mansion. She was a maidservant beside the wife of the prince of Jinyang Marquis Mansion." Zou Yun paused after he finished speaking, and suddenly remembered something. A hint of embarrassment flashed across his eyes, "Miss Wei, I'm talking about the merchant girl Xue Linglong..."
"It's okay, just talk as usual." Although Wei Yunlan had been the wife of the prince of Jinyang Marquis's Mansion, in her heart, that family had nothing to do with her anymore.
No matter how she heard about that family again, she wouldn't feel the slightest bit disturbed.
Perhaps their only relationship in the future is that if Chen Feng and Xue Linglong are still alive and well on the day they return to Beijing, she will send them off with a glass of poisoned wine.
After all, they had forced themselves to death in this way in their previous life.
"Ying Shiqi, who went with me to investigate this matter, used to work in the capital. As you know, there have been news coming back from the capital, and the master has also sent people to keep an eye on the Jinyang Marquis Mansion." Zou Yun explained why she could recognize the maid beside Xue Linglong.
Needless to say, Tianshu Pavilion is very efficient. In just a few hours, they have combined the existing clues and figured out the complete ins and outs of the matter.
"The maid named Cui Tao stole Xue Linglong's banknotes and fled the capital. Now she lives in a small courtyard with two women of similar age, a girl about ten years old, and a baby girl about one or two years old."
"The two girls are named Xiutao and Bitao, and the remaining girl and baby are named Xiaoping and An'an."
After Zou Yun finished speaking, Wei Yunlan had some impression.
The "three peaches" were all the maids surrounding Xue Linglong.
As for Xiaoping and An'an, she had never heard of them.
"Xiao Ping is a mute girl. We asked the people in the restaurant and they said that the boss rescued her from a human trafficker. As for An An, some say she is the boss's daughter, while others say she is the daughter of a deceased sister of the boss's family. In short, Cui Tao and Xiu Tao usually dote on the child named An An, and they would treat her no better than their own daughter."
When Wei Yunlan heard this, a strange look flashed across his eyes. Unexpectedly, Xue Linglong is so vicious, but the maid around her is quite kind-hearted.
"That An An..."
Wei Yunlan had some guesses in his mind.
Meeting her gaze, Zou Yun nodded seriously, "Miss Wei, you and I agree. We also guessed that An An is most likely the daughter of the Marquis of Jinyang and Xue."
Although the Jinyang Marquis' Mansion had never told anyone that the child was missing.
But it was no secret that Xue Linglong moved into the Ling family's villa, gave birth to a child there, and then sent the child back to her mother's family, the Xue family.
The Tianshu Pavilion cannot accommodate many people in the harem and the second prince's mansion, but a small villa of the Ling family should not be a problem.
Xue Linglong later moved to the Qionghua Palace and the Jinyang Marquis' Mansion in the harem. The child she sent back to the Xue family never appeared by her side again.
Also missing along with the child were the two maids who took care of the child.
These two adults and one child just happened to correspond to the people living in the yard of the restaurant owner.
"Miss Wei, look at this..."
"No need to worry about it." Wei Yunlan shook her head and said softly, "Since they are far away from the capital, the past is a thing of the past. Let them live here peacefully. As for the maid who stole the banknotes and ran away, if there is any unfinished business, let's help her deal with it."
"The girl is kind-hearted." Zou Yun said with emotion.
It was also those three girls and the little girl named An An who were lucky enough to meet Miss Wei.
Even with the help of the people left in Beijing by Tianshu Pavilion, no matter how much effort was put into safeguarding the Jinyang Marquis Mansion, no clues could be found about them!
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Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning's team stayed in Huaian City for three full days.
These three days were all very busy.
Huaizhou's agricultural officials and as many as a hundred experienced farmers were gathered in the city to learn how to plant and care for sweet potatoes, a new crop.
In addition, craftsmen who were skilled in fortifications were also called together to create a new agricultural tool that could be used for farmland irrigation based on the drawings brought by Wei Yunlan and his team.
Because Huaizhou had no large rivers or lakes and no water officials in the state, Wei Mingyi discussed with Lord Song and temporarily assigned some personnel to be responsible for this matter.
In the long run, Huaizhou will make peace with Qingzhou and Xingzhou, dig an artificial river, and divert the water of Dan Lake to the south.
By then, we can solve the risk of floods in the wasteland states and the problem of drought in these states, killing two birds with one stone.
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