In the dead of night, any noise could be heard clearly, not to mention that the room she wanted was closest to the main street.
Shen Yi touched his chin thoughtfully, “It would be great if we could confirm the identity of that woman.”
Su Yu shook her head, "It's difficult. The Zhu family is so defensive that they don't even have a chance to attack."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "Leave the rest to us. Thank you for your hard work these past two days, cousin."
Su Yu waved her hand, "Why are you being so polite to me!"
After Shen Yi returned, he told Lu Tong about the situation. The two of them discussed how to enter the Zhu family to find out what was going on, and began to make plans for this.
Two days later, Zhu Yixuan came back from the provincial capital with an extremely ugly look on his face.
What made him even more depressed was that the new house was completely different from the Zhu Mansion. From the layout to the planning, there was not the slightest trace of the Zhu Mansion. He couldn't even find the yard where he lived.
The housekeeper hurried over to wait for orders.
Zhu Yixuan frowned, "What's going on with this house?"
The housekeeper explained, "I heard that the houses in the imperial capital are all arranged in this way. The county government has made a unified plan based on the houses in the imperial capital. This is what the eldest young lady said."
When it comes to Cen Mingzhu, Zhu Yixuan paused and showed concern for her for the first time. "How has the young lady adjusted these days? Is there anything wrong?"
The housekeeper shook his head. "Everything is fine with the eldest young lady. She said the house is nice and praised the bath soap and shampoo and facial cleanser sent by the young master. But the old master was very angry. He complained that the yard was not as grand as before and the house was not as spacious as before. He also said he wanted to rebuild it.
The eldest young lady was very angry when she found out, and had a quarrel with the master, saying that she was pregnant and no construction could be done at home because it would be bad for the child. The master was so angry that he started cursing and said many nasty things. The eldest young lady hated the master for this and often poked his heart.
I saw that this was not going to work, so I decided to let the master live in the house next door to separate him from the eldest young lady's wife."
The original Zhu Mansion was very large, and the county government compensated them with four houses, which were all connected.
Zhu Yixuan found the housekeeper's actions meaningless and only asked, "What was the compensation that Madam gave to Ke's mother and son?"
The housekeeper was shocked, wondering why his young master suddenly came to them in advance, but he replied honestly: "Ten thousand taels of silver notes and the house deed and land deed in Pingzhou, just..."
"Just what?" Zhu Yixuan's voice suddenly became sharp.
The housekeeper shuddered and said hurriedly, "It's just that Ke has never been to Pingzhou. After Madam died, I took care of Madam's property and sent someone to Pingzhou. Everything in Pingzhou is normal. The shops and tenants don't even know that they have changed owners. It's just strange that no one has gone to collect rent in the past few years.
It was only then that I realized that Ke was not angry at the time. She really left without a clean slate and did not want to have any relationship with the Zhu family anymore."
With a "bang", Zhu Yixuan slammed the table hard. His mind was in a mess. After a while, he ordered: "Secretly send someone to investigate the whereabouts of Ke's mother and son. Make sure to find them back for me!"
Calculating the time, the child is almost ten years old! Ten years old! If it is delayed any further, the child will really not be able to cultivate feelings with the Zhu family!
The housekeeper was confused and puzzled, but did not dare to ask more questions.
After returning home, he sighed to his wife, "Why did the young master want to find out the whereabouts of Ke's mother and son? The young master's wife was thrown into prison because she found out the whereabouts of Ke's mother and son. How could a small servant like me do something that even the young master's wife couldn't do!"
The housekeeper's wife was also a servant in the Zhu Mansion. When she heard her old man's complaints, she immediately became excited. "Let me tell you, the eldest young master is strange, and the eldest young master's wife is not right either. The maids and old women serving her were all brought back from outside, and there is also a midwife. Even the midwife was prepared in advance. A maid may know medical skills.
There were seven or eight other people serving her. None of the servants in our house could step into the yard of the eldest young lady. I was really curious, so I wanted to go in and find out what was going on under the pretext of delivering something. I couldn't even find the door of the house in the old city, but it was even better here. I was stopped outside the second yard.
Although it is problematic for a woman who has committed a crime to sneak back home, she is so secretive in her own home. There is obviously something fishy going on! What do you think is going on?"
The housekeeper glared at his wife and warned her, "Don't ask about the affairs of the eldest young master's wife. Even the master can't do anything about it. If you dare to ask again, be careful to be killed!"
The housekeeper's wife was startled and muttered, "If you don't want to ask, then don't ask! Who are you trying to scare? But I know the whereabouts of Ke's mother and son."
"What? What did you say?" The butler looked at the person beside him in disbelief, thinking he was hallucinating.
But my wife was very confident, "I'm serious! I used to like chatting around in the city! As we were talking, someone mentioned Shenjiazhuang and the village school they had set up there. I was curious and asked more questions. Guess what?
At first! The man that the lady was looking for went to Shenjiazhuang, but everyone said that the man had a family with him, including a beautiful wife and son. Later, I thought about it carefully and realized that it was the Ke family and their son!
If you want to do this, you have to go to Shenjiazhuang, but the Shenjiazhuang today is no longer the same as before. I heard that a magnificent wall and gate have been built, and many old people are guarding the entrance to the village. Strangers will be stopped and questioned as soon as they enter, and will be driven out if they find something wrong.
Besides, cousin Ke is the wife of the county magistrate. Didn’t you say that the young master and the county magistrate had a falling out? What should we do about this?”
Listening to his wife talking, the housekeeper's heart was beating fast and he almost had a seizure.
He immediately put on his shoes and hurried to Zhu Yixuan to report, "Master, if you want to inquire about the mother and son of the Ke family, you can only find the county magistrate or his wife. I am insignificant and my words are not taken seriously. I am afraid that I can't even enter the county magistrate's house."
Zhu Yixuan was really annoyed. It was Shen Yi again! It seemed that everything had gone wrong for him since he first met Shen Yi. They just had a falling out a while ago. Could it be that he had to beg Shen Yi now?
No! He will never bow to Shen Yi!
"Forget it. Since we can't find out now, let's put it aside for now and talk about it when we have the chance."
He didn't believe that Shen Yi could always move up smoothly. He could only achieve his goal by waiting for Shen Yi to get into trouble before he stepped forward to make demands.
Zhu Yixuan chose to lie low and even became very low-key in his work.
This made Lu Tong and Shen Yi, who were secretly watching the Zhu Mansion, puzzled. They did not think that Zhu Yixuan had compromised, but became more vigilant.
At this time, the caravan set off with strawberry jam, wool sweaters, jewelry and other goods.
Su Tai also followed the caravan into the city and came to Qingfengzhai.
When Su Yu heard the noise, she ran out of the shop and said goodbye to Su Sheng who was riding on a horse.
"Don't look! They've all gone far away!" Su Tai's teasing voice rang out from Su Yu's ears. (End of this chapter)
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