Qin Yuan smiled and glanced at him sideways, saying softly, "That girl is too smart. When she grows up, she'll probably be even more clever than Hongye. I only noticed the strange behavior of Physician Liu after Xiao Hong sent me a message. I have my own considerations about her, so don't get involved."
That sidelong glance was so alluring that it made Lord Gu's soul almost float away. He immediately laughed and said, "Of course, you have the final say when it comes to hiring people. I just couldn't bear to see her like that, so I mentioned it to you."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Despite being a handsome man and a beautiful woman, Gu Shiliu found it unbearable to look at.
He had no choice but to lower his head.
He sighed inwardly: "Someone like my master will eventually be completely under his control by his wife, and she'll have him firmly under her thumb."
No matter how many precious books General Jin sent, it was useless.
real.
Qin Yuan flipped through the letters from Qin Siyuan and Lin Ziqi, and said casually, "If Madam Zhao really went out during the day, then who killed that old woman? If she died in broad daylight, how come no one saw her? Is someone lying? If the Marquis doesn't investigate properly, once he opens his manor and goes to the camp, who knows what other assignments will be placed on his head? Who will have time to investigate these things? This matter will become an unsolved case. It concerns the origins of the two children, so we can't be careless about Madam Zhao."
That's right, Qin Yuan was planning to keep Gu Jinghui busy.
In her previous life, she followed Lin Ziqi from the beginning as a minor county magistrate in a poor county. As the county's official, she had to manage everything.
When people came to file complaints, Lin Ziqi sometimes had to go to the scene of the crime to carefully investigate.
If there is a suspicious or important case, several prominent officials in the county will gather together to ponder it.
Qin Yuan also frequently analyzed cases with Lin Ziqi.
She always felt that something was amiss with the Zhao family's affairs.
Gu Jinghui felt a chill run down his spine after hearing what was said, and broke out in a cold sweat despite the hot summer weather.
Gu Shiliu looked on with admiration.
These days, they've been so busy that some lines have been neglected because of the ceiling.
From Zihe to the old woman, the lady's words hit the nail on the head, pointing out the areas they had overlooked.
But these very oversights may hold the truth.
Gu Jinghui said, "The old woman who ran back with Sixth Brother's car must have been hiding something. I always said her words were not very credible. One ran away, one died, and the rest we can just go along with."
Gu Shiliu said, "That old woman is very stubborn."
Qin Yuan asked, "Did she escape from the manor first, and then hide under Sixth Master's carriage to come back?"
Gu Shiliu said, "Yes."
Gu Jinghui remained silent.
Qin Yuan slowly unfolded Qin Siyuan's letter, glanced at it a few times, and then said, "That old woman ran out at night because she felt it was safer outside the mansion than inside. She thought it would be safer to follow Sixth Master's carriage back and hide when she was discovered. That's strange. Did that old woman encounter someone outside?"
Gu Shiliu's eyes lit up. "Ever since the manor was sealed off, there's been a group of martial arts practitioners guarding the gates. They don't seem to be spies from other manor houses. I secretly checked on them, and they were very vigilant and didn't dare to follow too closely. Could it be related to this old woman?"
Lord Gu said, "It's not impossible."
Qin Yuan said, "Things have become unusual, which usually indicates something else. The old woman's return either means she thinks the manor hasn't discovered smallpox so quickly and will still allow her to do something, or it's too dangerous outside the manor, while the manor is safer. So who is so wary of the Marquis's manor?"
Gu Shiliu said, "Yes, she insists she knows nothing. We can't just kill her. We might as well spare her life."
If this guess is correct.
What was it outside the mansion that frightened her so much that she was willing to come back?
Qin Yuan opened Lin Ziqi's letter again, glanced at it, and said indifferently, "There is another possibility: this old woman has a great mission and came back to do something, but she was captured instead."
When someone does something, others may speculate about countless reasons and motives.
Gu Shiliu was speechless.
What the lady just said isn't impossible.
Gu Jinghui couldn't sit still any longer and stood up, saying, "Sixteen, let's go to the study to discuss this first."
Gu Shiliu then asked, "Which study?"
"Outer courtyard."
Gu Shiliu: "..."
We just moved back here.
Why are we going back again?
Gu Jinghui had finally managed to come back, so he wasn't going to leave so easily. He said to Qin Yuan, "Weren't you tired just now? Why didn't you take a nap first? If you need anything, just send someone to find me in the outer courtyard, or at the very least, tell Sixteen. Wait for me to have dinner tonight."
Qin Yuan nodded.
Gu Jinghui then got up and hurriedly left with Gu Shiliu.
Hongye and Cuiming hurried in to serve.
Hongye asked curiously, "What's wrong with you, Lord Marquis? You're completely different from this morning."
Qin Yuan casually said, "He was free this morning, but now he has to get down to business."
Cui Ming remained silent.
Seeing that she was reading a letter, Hongye asked, "Does Miss want to reply?"
Qin Yuan said, "Not necessarily."
Hongye had already opened the lid of the inkstone that Lord Gu had ground last time, and said, "There's still ink left."
Qin Yuan glanced at her and laughed, "If the Marquis doesn't say anything to you for three days, I think you'll become dishonest."
Cui Ming said, "It's all because the Marquis said a few nice words to her that she got all cocky again. The other day, she was like a mouse seeing a cat whenever she saw the Marquis."
Hongye said with a straight face, "I was just thinking that I shouldn't waste this good ink. It would be such a waste not to use up this ink. Even the Marquis spent so much time grinding it."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.
Qin Yuan said, "You're being cheeky. What will you do when the Marquis gets angry?"
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