Sure enough, a trace of guilt flashed across Mr. Chang's face, which was quickly covered up by his sanctimony, "The Qiao family has been in decline in recent years, and my Chang family has received support from my wife. You are just being my concubine, and it's just for your reputation." It doesn't sound good, but she is much richer than Miss Qiao Fu."
Cheng Miao calmly extracted the key words. The current situation of the Chang Mansion was entirely due to the support of his wife.
Cheng Miao suppressed his urge to beat someone with an expressionless face, and his mind was spinning rapidly, how to reject Mr. Chang but still have a reason to stay in the Chang Mansion and avoid failure of the mission.
"You have such an immortal person like your sister-in-law, but you still have thoughts about others." Cheng Miao's palm holding the dagger was slightly sweaty, and she stretched her fingers.
Mr. Chang poured a cup of tea by himself. There was a moment of fear in his expression, but it was covered up without any trace. "It's been a long time for someone to be like a fairy. Besides, she has been hiding things from me until now. We have been married for many years." , she just told me her surname was Wei two days ago."
Mr. Chang sighed, "If I hadn't seen that she was really beautiful and had given birth to Lin'er for me, how could I dare to have such a woman of unknown origin."
When I collected the money, I didn’t mind that the person’s origins were unknown, what a bitch!
But he comes from a wealthy family, his life experience is a mystery, his family name is Wei, why does this feel so similar...
"Furthermore, Madam knows about taking you as my concubine." Just as Cheng Miao had some clues, his train of thought was interrupted by Master Chang's words, "Mrs. Chang...knows?"
"That's natural," Mr. Chang seemed quite proud. He puffed out his chest and stroked his beard with a smile: "Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous lady is quite open-minded in these matters."
Are you enlightened? In front of Cheng Miao's eyes appeared the beautiful Mrs. Chang who did not look like a human woman.
Slightly hasty footsteps came from far and near outside, and it was heard that Lin Zhu was back. Cheng Miao looked at Mr. Chang who obviously didn't want to leave, and started to chase them away, "Mu'er is here, you go back first, I'll think about it." consider."
Hearing Cheng Miao's words, Mr. Chang seemed to have succeeded. He went out happily and met Lin Zhu who was about to enter. He also reached out and patted Lin Zhu's shoulder.
Lin Zhu looked at Mr. Chang walking away inexplicably, "What is he doing here?"
Cheng Miao said with a cold face: "Come and ask me to be your little wife."
Lin Zhu:? ? ? I've only been gone for an hour or two, why did the plot end here?
Cheng Miao shook his head and called the maid to take out the cup used by Master Chang.
The maid didn't ask anything. She had some good qualities that were not passed down to the servants of wealthy families. She took the cup and left the room.
At this time, Cheng Miao was sure that there would be no problem with eating in this dungeon, so he poured tea, rinsed the tea cup, poured the first cup of tea into the flower pot, poured another cup of tea and pushed it to the still panting person. Lin Zhu, "Let me talk about your discovery first."
When it came to business, Lin Zhu became serious, took a sip of water and said: "It's strange to say that the servants of the Chang Mansion are all newly bought this month. I heard that the servants of the Chang Mansion are replaced very frequently, and they will be replaced every six months. , and like to use foreigners.”
"I asked a lot of people and finally found a woman who washed clothes. She seemed to be related to Mr. Chang's mother's maid. She was one of the few in the house who waited on Mrs. Chang before she came in. She was very nice. The one who has the longest time knows the most.”
"Mr. Chang was originally from Luoyang, and he met Mrs. Chang in Shandong. When he returned home, he took his wife back with him. Originally, the old lady did not agree, but she finally agreed to the marriage because of her rich dowry and outstanding appearance. .”
"Two years ago, my wife's sister came to visit her relatives, so my wife matched her up with Mr. Chang's brother. Now the two families live together. At the beginning of this year, my wife and my sister gave birth to a baby boy at the same time, which became a legend for a while."
"Did you say Mr. Chang's name?" Cheng Miao was still very concerned, as if it was an extremely crucial clue.
Lin Zhu also shook his head regretfully, "I asked many people, but many of them didn't know the same characters."
Cheng Miao digested the content and gave Lin Zhu an appreciative look, "Well done."
Lin Zhu blushed slightly and giggled happily, "Sister Miaomiao, do you have any ideas?"
Cheng Miao nodded without hiding anything, "I have some ideas, but they are scattered and cannot be put together. It will take some time."
"I guess the person with the problem is Mrs. Chang." Cheng Miao lowered her eyes and analyzed, "Who is her last name? How come a girl from an innocent family doesn't even want to reveal her name to others."
"And from the information we have received, we can see that the current wealth of the Chang Mansion is inseparable from Mrs. Chang's dowry. But she is just a woman who doesn't even know her mother's family. Where did she get so much silver?"
"By the way, I just passed by the garden and saw a very beautiful young lady. I heard the maid calling her second wife." Lin Zhu added.
Having no clue at the moment, Cheng Miao suppressed his thoughts and put it aside.
After dinner, Lin Zhu sat and looked at the books he took off the bookshelf, "The Chang family really loves flowers. Not to mention the beautiful garden, even the books in the room are for growing flowers and admiring them." .”
Cheng Miao had long discovered that something was wrong with the books in the room. There were no novels or journals, not even poetry collections that ordinary readers should have. They were all about flowers.
Originally, they planned to see if they could find anything together, but Lin Zhu volunteered to take over the task.
In Lin Zhu's words, college entrance examination students are when their brains are at their most developed. Coupled with his usual academic attributes, he cannot say that he has a photographic memory, but his short-term effective memory is still no problem.
Cheng Miao observed for a while and had to admit that Lin Zhu read books very quickly and there was a reason why he became a top student.
When it was almost time for the third watch, Lin Zhu flipped through all the books and said with a grimace, "There are no clues. They are all about flower cultivation, among which peonies have the most flowers."
Peony...the most crucial point vaguely appeared in Cheng Miao's mind, but he could never see it clearly.
Just as Cheng Miao was struggling with his mind, a voice suddenly came from outside the window.
"rustle……"
That's not the sound of people walking.
The rustling sound became louder and louder from far to near, as if something was dragging on the road covered with pebbles, heavy and huge.
Cheng Miao looked stern and quickly took out the fish bone dagger, here it comes!
Lin Zhu's little drowsiness was so frightened that he flew out of the sky. He sat on the chair with stiff hands and feet and watched Cheng Miao quietly walk to the window.
The temperature in the room seemed to have dropped. Lin Zhu swallowed and boldly stood up. He tiptoed to the other side of the window and a thick book appeared in his hand.
Cheng Miao didn't notice where Lin Zhu's space backpack was, but realized that the book should be a prop. Before she could relax, she realized that the sound was about to stop outside their window.
