The farmer has a mall

Chapter 323 Aunt Qiu's Heart

Gu Nanyan didn't have a deep impression of Gu Zhengkang.

He vaguely remembered that he was extremely jealous but lacking in ability.

Moreover, this person is a master who does not look back even when he bumps into the south wall. It is impossible for him to take the initiative to stay away from Queen Mother Shen's faction.

If something happened, it would be fine for them in the west courtyard alone, and the east courtyard might not be able to avoid it.

Gu Nanyan frowned and said, "The most direct way to keep him away from Queen Mother Shen's party is to let him withdraw from the court."

Yu Weisheng's purpose of transferring him to the official department was just to win him over and make him change Gu Yao's mind.

Even if this cannot be achieved, it is always possible to add some chaos to the Zhenbei General's Mansion.

But if Gu Zhengkang loses his official position, and his grandfather sends someone to watch him closely and prevent him from leaving the house during this period, those people with ulterior motives will not be able to get in if they want to use him.

Gu Yao didn't know this, he just wanted to let Gu Zhengkang resign voluntarily, fearing that he would be extremely sad.

Gu Nanyan saw what he was thinking, folded the letter in his hand and handed it back to him.

"Grandfather forgot? The real culprit of grandmother's poisoning has not yet been found out."

This is because she hasn't freed up her hands yet. Since Gu Zhengkang will not take the initiative to retreat, she can only use some means for the safety of the general's mansion.

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Mrs. Gu's medicine was tampered with before, and it was Mrs. Sun in Guo's courtyard who was in charge of boiling the medicine.

According to her, the prescription was given to her by Manager Zheng who was in charge of purchasing it not long after she took office, saying that the doctor changed the prescription.

Grandma Sun didn't doubt it either, and continued to decoct old Madam Gu according to the new prescription.

Later, after interrogating Guanshi Zheng, I realized that his prescription was given to him by the previous steward, and the doctor never changed the prescription for Mrs. Gu!
As for the former steward, Zhao Xiang, when they found him, the house had already been deserted.

Even the pharmacist who was in charge of dispensing the medicine for Mrs. Gu disappeared an hour after Gu Nanyan found out that there was something wrong with the prescription.

At that time, Gu Qing concluded that someone had come out of the house to report the news within this hour, so he asked people to go to the concierge to inquire. The most suspicious person was Nanny Ding from the west courtyard.

Although Nanny Ding is Gu Zhengkang's nanny, she is not much used by Aunt Qiu.

She said that day that she was going out to get medicine for Aunt Qiu, and the pharmacy she went to was Ji Shitang, which was getting medicine for Mrs. Gu.

And the pharmacy clerk hurriedly asked for leave after seeing her.

It's just that there was no real evidence at the time, so Nanny Ding was released again.

This time, since Gu Nanyan intends to bring up the old matter again, and find out the cause of Mrs. Gu's poisoning, it is natural to ask Nanny Ding for questioning first.

Gu Yao asked people to go to the west courtyard to bring Nanny Ding over, and waited in the front hall with Gu Nanyan, but it was Aunt Qiu who came.

Gu Yao frowned: "Why are you here?"

Aunt Qiu first saluted Gu Yaofu, then nodded to Gu Nanyan.

"I heard that you wanted to ask Nanny Ding for questioning, so I came here to have a look." She had a smile on her face and her voice was soft.

Gu Nanyan looked at her for a while, and saw that she was not young, but she was not fat, and her clothes were very decent. Although there were a lot of gray hair on the temples, there was not a single mess of combed hair.

The wrinkles on her face are also much less than Mrs. Gu's, and she thinks she usually pays attention to maintenance.

Seeing Gu Nanyan staring at her all the time, Aunt Qiu was not angry and smiled kindly.

"The general doesn't know that Nanny Ding was seriously ill a few months ago. My concubine saw her pitiful and childless, so she was sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate. Now she is not in the mansion."

As an aunt, she called General Gu Yao, which was very honorable.

"You want to ask Madam something about her poisoning last time?" Aunt Qiu asked hesitantly.

Gu Yao stared at her in amazement, his eyes darkened: "You know about this?"

Aunt Qiu smiled wryly: "There was a lot of commotion at that time, and it even involved people in my concubine's yard, how could I not know."

"Then do you think Nanny Ding is suspicious?" Gu Yao lowered his eyes.

Aunt Qiu thought for a moment, then shook her head hesitantly: "From my own point of view, there shouldn't be any."

"Nurse Ding is a bit tired in doing things, and she has always muddled through. Since Zhengkang was weaned, I seldom use her."

After finishing speaking, she sighed: "But she is Zhengkang's nurse after all, and her family died in the famine. I don't want her to be old and homeless, so I let her be responsible for the purchase of the West Courtyard, so that I can get some money from it, and I will have money when I get older." Get close."

After she finished speaking, she paused, and cast a vague glance at Gu Yao.

"My concubine knows that you suspect that my concubine let Nanny Ding tamper with the medicine, but all these years, my concubine has been living in a corner with Zhengkang and never walked around the east courtyard. Now that my granddaughter has reached the age of marriage, why bother?" This thought."

Her expression was frank, and she didn't dodge Gu Yao's scrutiny.

Hearing this, Gu Yao looked at Gu Nanyan hesitantly.

Aunt Qiu has been very honest these years, never fighting or grabbing, even his wife once lamented that she is a poor woman, and asked him to take care of the west courtyard.

However, Gu Nanyan lowered her eyelids lightly: "In any case, Nanny Ding is a suspect. Grandfather should take the person over and ask him first. If there is nothing suspicious, then he will give some more money and put it back. It's not a loss." what."

Gu Yao thought it was reasonable, so he asked people to pick him up at Aunt Qiu's village.

Aunt Qiu just smiled and didn't make any more noise, she walked quietly to the corner near the door and sat down.

There was no further communication between the two sides.

Since the Zhuangzi was not close, Aunt Qiu asked someone to fetch her embroidered cloth, and discussed the color of the pattern with the maid behind her in a low voice.

Maybe it's because she's getting old and her eyesight is bad, so she took the embroidery apart and took it apart, tossing back and forth for nearly two hours without embroidering a few stitches, but she still continued to toss tirelessly.

Gu Nanyan, who had been observing her, narrowed her eyes.

Although her frankness can show that she is not guilty in this matter, but in any case, this matter involves the West Courtyard, but she still doesn't care about discussing tricks with the servants, her mentality is very approachable.

And generally at her age, few people embroider, not only because of blurred eyes, but also lack of energy.

But she didn't show any sign of impatience.

It can be seen from this that she is a very tolerant and patient person.

Gu Nanyan lowered her eyes calmly, talking to Gu Yao indifferently.

It was not until two hours later that the emaciated Nanny Ding entered the front hall with the help of her servants.

When she entered the door, the first thing she saw was Aunt Qiu. Seeing her looking up at her, Nanny Ding quickly lowered her head.

"The old slave has seen the general."

Her voice was very weak, and even when she was kneeling on the ground, she needed someone to support her to stabilize her figure.

Although the clothes on his body were not patched, the cuffs and the hem of the clothes were frayed.

On the face, the cheekbones are protruding, the cheeks are sunken, and the eyes are black and blue. It is indeed a serious illness.

Coupled with the fact that most of her hair has turned gray in just a few months, she looks older than Aunt Qiu, who is one year younger than her.

Seeing her trembling kneeling hard, Gu Yao asked someone to bring her a chair with a backrest.

"Do you know why Ben asked you to come here?" Gu Yao asked after she sat down firmly.

"I don't know." She replied.

Gu Nanyan looked at her when she heard the sound, she didn't know if she was sick or nervous, her voice was a little unsteady, and her eyelids with age spots couldn't stop trembling.

Gu Nanyan picked up the teacup and skimmed off the foam on it, with a calm expression.

"Do you still remember a guy named Liu Dayong in Jishitang?" she asked.

Nanny Ding's expression froze, and then she covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve and coughed a few times.

During this period, she glanced at Aunt Qiu, but Aunt Qiu didn't notice, and continued to play with her embroidery.

Gu Nanyan didn't seem to notice Nanny Ding's gaze, "The last time my grandfather asked you, you said you didn't know him, but is it true?"

"It's true." Nanny Ding panted a few times with her head bowed, "This old servant has only been to Jishitang a few times, so I don't recognize this person."

"Really." Gu Nanyan smiled lightly and raised his eyebrows, "But Liu Dayong said he recognized you."

Mother Ding was stunned for a moment when she heard the words.

"How is it possible!" Didn't the child run away?
As if seeing her thoughts, Gu Nanyan didn't hold back, "He did run away at that time, but don't forget where this is."

She squinted her eyes: "The person that the General's Mansion and I, Gu Nanyan, are looking for can be found even if it is turned into ashes!"

(End of this chapter)