"Sister Yuan!"
Sheng Yuan was ready to go to the Yin Building to have a look, but before she stepped in, she heard Brother Yu's call. Looking in the direction, the guy smiled at her with a tired face and big white teeth.
"Are you done?" Sheng Yuan thought that Yinlou could come at any time, so she lost interest in walking around, turned around and walked out.
But Anyu ran over and said with a smile: "I'll go shopping with you!"
"Are you not on duty today?" Sheng Yuan waved her hand, "If you are not on duty, come back to my house and talk to me!"
Anyu nodded, and happily raised her big finger with Sheng Yuan: "Your old Duke's skills are so powerful. In the past two days, when I saw Tian'er, I ran to Duke An's Mansion, chasing the old man and scolding him. The old man is being scolded for being stupid!”
The old man he was talking about was his grandfather, Lao An Guogong.
This old man, like the old Duke Sheng, had passed on the title to his son many years ago.
Speaking of which, only the Dukes of Sheng, Zheng, and An, who had stood firm from Yan to Chu, had this kind of preferential treatment for passing on the title in advance. The heirs of other noble families who wanted to inherit the title had to wait until the person with the title was gone. Only if the emperor gives an order to inherit it.
However, even if the father and son of the three families of Sheng, Zheng, and An are both Dukes, the benefits will still be the same. In other words, when the title is passed down, the older generation of Dukes of the three houses will have "the same courtesy as the Duke". ".
This ceremony is the same as that of the Duke of the State. To put it bluntly, it means that the other party does not enjoy the salary and benefits, but only retains the courtesy of the other party as the Duke of the State.
For details, please refer to the officials who retired from retirement and returned to their hometowns.
That is to say, he is indeed a white person, but you cannot really treat him as a white person.
"Don't laugh so obviously!" Sheng Yuan looked at An Yu who was smiling so relievedly and was quite speechless.
This guy has been dancing with joy ever since the Queen Mother suspended Mrs. Ning's treatment as a super-class wife and punished her to copy the laws of Chu.
Looking at him like this, if you don't know, you will definitely not think that they are grandparents.
"I don't want to care about who owes whom! When they take away the title, I will repay their kindness on my father's behalf."
He said this, but after being reminded by Sheng Yuan, the smile on his face became much smaller.
"Your old man is really protective of his shortcomings. When we get married, I will definitely call him 'Grandpa' sincerely! Hehe, I feel like I can't wait!" An Yu rubbed his hands and smiled wickedly.
"Don't say this to my father's face! My father has been mumbling for the past two days, saying that the old man has double standards!"
Anyu nodded quickly, then smacked his lips regretfully: "What a pity, your uncle won't let the old man go out!"
His pity made Sheng Yuan laugh angrily: "You know how old my grandfather is! It's very tiring to chase and scold people, okay? Letting him out for two days is already my uncle's bottom line. ”
"I see our old man is very confident!" Anyu changed his title without leaving any trace.
Sheng Yuan ignored him and just looked at him sideways: "Where were you hiding to watch the excitement? Even my grandfather is very confident?"
"Haha, I was on the other side of the wall!" Anyu discovered that he now truly realized the benefits of practicing martial arts!
"Isn't it just climbing the wall to watch the fun!" Sheng Yuan chose to expose it without hesitation.
"This is called the art of language!" Anyu raised her head without blushing or heart beating wildly.
Sheng Yuan was too lazy to argue with him and strode towards Yongxing Houfu.
Anyu quickly caught up, his mouth still not idle, chattering in Shengyuan's ear.
For a moment, Sheng Yuan felt like she was back in midsummer when the cicadas were chirping.
Fortunately, just when her endurance was about to run out, the side door of Yongxing Hou Mansion appeared in front of them.
Now that we are at home, we can say many things directly.
"How are you doing with the clues provided by Mrs. Yuan?!"
"..." Speaking of this, Anyu pointed at the dark circles under his eyes exaggeratedly, "Did you see it? It's been through these few days!"
Although the clues provided by Mrs. Yuan... were accurate, they seemed to be one step behind the other party. The second grandson of the Lu family has not yet been found. "
Sheng Yuan nodded: "Mrs. Yuan said that their purpose in coming to Beijing was impure... Then how could they leave Beijing if their purpose was not achieved?"
"Yes, but if they have not left the capital, then where can they hide? The inner guards and the city patrol department have screened them several times overtly and covertly, but no trace of them has been found... Is it possible that they can still hide under the ground?"
Anyu doubted the accuracy of Mrs. Yuan's information, but when he thought that unlike Mrs. Ning, she cherished each of her children very much, he could no longer doubt it.
"Anhai is currently detained in the Internal Guard Prison, and Mrs. Liangyuan doesn't dare to play tricks on you."
Sheng Yuan's view was the same as Anyu's, Mrs. Yuan probably wasn't lying.
But since he didn’t lie, what about that person? Is it possible that he really left Beijing?
"Huh? Doesn't the household registration office of Shuntian Prefecture have registration of comings and goings? Didn't you forget to go there to investigate?"
Anyu nodded: "Our eldest brother is now the governor of Shuntian Mansion, I will definitely not forget it!"
"You haven't left the capital yet?" Sheng Yuan asked and saw Anyu nodding firmly.
"Wait a minute, I'll take out the topographic map of Kyoto and take a look."
"Topographic map? Sister Yuan, please don't bother me. The Imperial Guard and City Patrol Department have the topographic map of Kyoto, and we have also studied it..."
Before Anyu finished speaking, his big round eyes were staring at the topographic map spread out by Sheng Yuan on the table.
"This, this, this, why is there still a circle marked with cinnabar?!"
"Are you stupid? This is a map of buying and selling and renting residences in Kyoto! Although it is thicker and contains more information, all the buildings in Kyoto are marked here."
"Do you want to analyze them one by one?" An Yu was interested and leaned over to carefully distinguish the handwriting on the topographic map.
"There is no need to go to such trouble, just think of two things." Sheng Yuan shook her finger and said patiently, "First, mark the residences of people related to the Lu family. Second, find out Houses bought and sold in the past two years will be inspected.”
She said it simply, but An Yu's lips trembled when she heard it: "This is a lot of information!"
"Don't worry, since I can get this topographic map, I can naturally help you get the transaction records." Sheng Yuan clapped her hands to reassure him, "Fortunately, we don't have to go back too far, otherwise it wouldn't be easy."
Anyu nodded and looked at Sheng Yuan with great emotion. Somehow, his sister Yuan was so reliable!
Sheng Yuan did not respond to Anyu's sudden gratitude, and still told him according to his own steps: "There is a saying... called darkness under the lamp, don't make a mistake!"
Anyu suddenly said: "Sister Yuan, are you talking about the Lu family's old house?"
Sheng Yuan nodded and pointed to the topographic map: "Brother Yu, look...it's marked 'Not For Sale' here."
(End of chapter)
