Ninefold Purple

Naturally, Dou Zhao didn't know that Dou Ming had so many small thoughts. What was Dou Ming's attitude towards her? She didn't want to put a hot face on a cold face. She doesn't care too much, she still has a lot of people to socialize with, and these people will be the focus of her future life.

After coming out of the palace, the time of the unitary hour has passed, and the setting sun is shining golden all over the world.

Song Mo accompanied Dou Zhao in the sedan chair, and the two went back to the mansion talking and laughing.

Yan Chaoqing was waiting for Song Mo in the study.

Both Dou Zhao and Song Mo were a little surprised. [

Yan Chaoqing smiled and said: "It's a letter from my uncle and wife in Haozhou, saying that Miss Twelfth Cousin's wedding will be on the 22nd of this month. At that time, my fourth uncle, wife, Miss Thirteenth Cousin, and Miss Fourteenth Cousin will accompany Miss Twelfth Cousin. Let’s come to the capital together, and let you arrange a house for Miss Twelve Cousins ​​to come out of the cabinet.” Then, he handed a letter to Song Mo.

Dou Zhao didn't understand at all.

Song Mo didn't see the letter immediately, but explained to her: "The twelfth cousin is the eldest daughter of the third uncle. Before my uncle's accident, she was betrothed to Wu Zijie, the eldest son of the banner-bearer Wei Tongzhi Wu Liang. My uncle After the accident, the Jiang family was quickly demoted back to Haozhou, and they didn't care about the marriages of the cousins ​​for a while. Unexpectedly, after the filial piety of the twelve cousins, the Wu family sent people to discuss the marriage. This time it should be It’s to marry off.”

Dou Zhao couldn't help admiring the Wu family: "Then you have to take care of this matter."

Although the Jiang family was down and out, they still had powerful relatives in the British government after all. When they got married, the twelfth lady of the Jiang family could be more respectable.

Yan Chaoqing said with a smile: "I'm afraid I will disappoint my wife—my uncle and wife said that the Wu family has righteousness, and they can't be sympathetic. So this time Miss Twelve will leave the cabinet, whether it is the Jiang family or the Wu family, they will not make it public. Just ask Shizi to find a quieter house. To avoid unnecessary trouble. The uncle and wife also said that she also sent a letter to the Duke, just saying that everything about the fourth uncle and wife's coming to Beijing depends on Grandpa, let the Duke not worry about it."

When Song Mo and Song Yichun fell out, Mrs. Mei was still alive, and Song Mo kept hiding it from Haozhou. Later, Mrs. Mei passed away. Although Song Mo didn't say anything to the people in Haozhou, how many of them were there? Don't hear too much, if you have anything to do, you will contact Song Mo directly, and then say hello to Song Yichun, indifferent and polite.

Song Mo also said: "It's better to follow the wishes of the eldest aunt. Arrange a quiet house for the fourth aunt and a few cousins." He instructed Yan Chaoqing. "Leave this matter to Liao Bifeng!"

During this time, Yan Chaoqing helped Song Mo with the affairs of the Imperial Hospital.He smiled and stepped back.

Song Mo said: "Tomorrow, you will call the people from Yinlou to buy some sets of red gold noodles for Twelve Cousin."

The Jiang family is like this now.Wu Liang did not dislike it, not all members of the Wu family were the same.Dowry with some bright things, direct and straightforward, and can be exchanged for silver when there is an emergency.

Knowing Song Mo's feelings for the Jiang family, Dou Zhao not only helped the twelfth daughter of the Jiang family get four sets of red gold haircuts in the silver building, but also accompanied him with a pair of emerald bracelets, a pair of Hetian jade steps, and a set of southern On the bead face, twenty bolts of silk and satin of various colors.

Jingui and Yingui looked dumbfounded.

Gan Lu thought they had shallow eyelids, so she asked Dou Zhao, "Do you want to prepare some antique calligraphy and paintings? So as not to appear shallow."

Dou Zhao said with a smile: "Since the Jiang family renovates the old house in Haozhou every year, there must be some good things left in the old house. Instead of preparing antique calligraphy and paintings for Miss Twelve, it is better to prepare some new things."

Ganlu smiled embarrassedly.

Chen Jia asked to see him.

He has news so soon!

Dou Zhao was very happy and met Chen Jia in the small flower hall. [

"No matter how the Li family moves, it is impossible not to lose their native place." Chen Jia explained the process to Dou Zhao in detail, "I first went to Shuntian Prefecture to check the Li family's native place, and found that the Li family's native place is still in Shuntian Prefecture. The old neighbors who bought their ancestral house now help to pay for them, so it can be seen that the two families have contacts. According to the habit of our Jinyiwei, if we arrest people for questioning, we will naturally be able to find out the whereabouts of the Li family Because Madam just wanted to know the current situation of Li's house, this method was useless, so I sent my personal entourage to watch over their house."

Dou Zhao couldn't help smiling.

It can be seen that it is right to hand over this matter to Chen Jia.

Ordinary people just want to get this trick, but they can't go to Shuntian Mansion to check it out.

"Because Master Duan said earlier that Li Tiaoniang's elder brother Li Liang is a scholar, I went to Shuntian Mansion to check Li Liang's academic status. He has been retired since the year of Wushen, and he has not passed the college examination for four subjects. He gave up the scientific examination years ago. He was deeply impressed by the teachings of the Shuntian Mansion School. Knowing that I was his distant relative, he called a scholar who had played with Li Liang to come over." Chen Jia said, "Listen to that The scholar said that Li Liang was gloomy, seldom talked with others, and had a small hand. He was not very familiar with Li Liang's situation. He only knew that although he was from the capital, he did not live in the capital. Instead, they live near Kyoto, and no one knows exactly where.

"I went to Shuntian Mansion to check the land of Li's family back then.

"The property of the Li family is in Langfang, and it is managed by an old servant of the Li family. Every sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Liang will come to collect the rent and negotiate. At other times, even the old servant can't find anyone.

"It's just that the situation of the Li family has not been very good in the past few years. The [-] acres of fertile land have gradually become only about ten acres, and Li Liang has not come to collect rent for the past two years."

Dou Zhao couldn't help frowning slightly.

The Li family seemed to be hiding from something.

She remembered Duan Gongyi's words that "in the first two years, people came to ask where the Li family went", and she wanted to know the current situation of the Li family even more.

"That is to say, all the clues are broken." Dou Zhao pondered, "We have to wait for Li Liang to appear by himself?"

Chen Jia laughed when he heard the words, and his ordinary facial features suddenly became lively, and he looked radiant and radiant: "Just as Madam said. I was also beating a drum in my heart at the time. I felt that this was too passive, so I thought of a way." He looked at Dou Zhao cautiously, and said softly, "I asked someone to pretend to be the steward of the British government, and went to the farm to ask about the whereabouts of Li's family. Three days after the man left, we hid near his house for three days and two nights without food or drink before we discovered that the old servant was riding a donkey out of the house.

"I sent seven or eight groups of people to follow him.

"He turned left and right, and on the fifth day, he took the post road to Kyoto and came straight to Kyoto.

"When we get to Kyoto, it's not our Jinyiwei's territory.

"My people followed him and soon found Li Liang."

Dou Zhao's spirit was shaken, and he hurriedly asked, "Where does the Li family live now?"

Chen Jia laughed and said, "It turns out that Li's family lives in Comb Alley not far from Wanming Temple."

Dou Zhao raised his eyebrows.

She knows that place.

Because one street sells combs, the alley behind it is called Combs Alley. When Zhao Zhangru was in Kyoto, she and Zhao Zhangru went to buy a lot of combs. [

"I didn't expect it either." Chen Jia was not surprised by this result, but he was a little surprised when he saw Dou Zhao. In order to take into account Dou Zhao's emotions, he also expressed surprise at this, "The comb alley is from Li's house. Although one is in the south and the other is in the north of the old house, Ertiao Hutong is only two streets away, and Li Liang would actually live there."

"Maybe it's because that place is the most emotional for him." Dou Zhaodao, "Or how many people want to 'return the fallen leaves to their roots' when they get old!"

"That's exactly what Madam said." Chen Jia laughed, "The Li family has moved to several places in the past few years, probably because of their career prospects. The Li family only moved back to Kyoto five years ago."

Dou Zhao nodded slightly, and said, "What is the situation of the Li family now? Is Li's mother still alive? The Li family's fields are almost sold out, what does the Li family rely on now?"

Chen Jiadao: "Li's mother passed away four years ago. Li Liang now makes a living as a bookkeeper for a North-South goods company. He has changed his name to Li Xun. Every year after the first lunar month, he goes south with the second shopkeeper of the goods company, and he doesn't come back until the twelfth lunar month. His wife and children live with him in the south, and there is only one cousin who has been relying on him in the early years, and her husband can go anywhere after her husband's death, and takes a daughter to look after his house in Comb Alley."

Cousin of dead husband?

Dou Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Have you checked the origin of this cousin?"

Hearing this, Chen Jia coughed slightly with an unnatural expression, and said, "According to the neighbors, his widowed cousin is a little dirty... The neighbors all guessed that the so-called cousin who lives in Li Liang's house is not Li Liang's concubine had an affair with Li Liang. Since Li's mother passed away, Li Liang's wife and children followed Li Liang to the south of the Yangtze River and never showed up again. I was a little apprehensive, but I became more and more courageous in the past two years. I once left a Northwest merchant at home for a few days. In the spring of this year, the merchant came again. Maybe Li Liang heard something, the merchant walked in, Li Liang He came back on the back foot, or if the merchant ran fast, he would have been caught by Li Liang.

"In spite of this, the two had a big fight, and Li Liang seemed to have made a move, beating the widow so badly that he brought back some medicinal wine for traumatic injuries.

"I sent people to lie on the roof of their house for a night, and found that although the two had no intercourse, Li Liang had no taboos when he went in and out of the widow's house. It was very casual, not like normal widowed cousins ​​and cousins."

Dou Zhao frowned and said, "Li Liang's cousin doesn't care about her own daughter?"

Chen Jiadao: "Li Liang's cousin's daughter married far away to Baoding last autumn. It is said that the marriage was settled since childhood. It was a distant nephew of Li's family, and Li Liang personally sent the marriage. The reason why Li Liang's cousin The growing fear is also related to the fact that the daughter is married."

Everything sounds normal, but Dou Zhao feels a little uneasy in his heart.

She said: "How old is Chen Jia's cousin? How old is the daughter brought by her cousin?"

Chen Jiadao: "Li Liang's cousin is very beautiful, she looks only 25 or 14 years old, but her daughter was already 28 years old when she got married, I think she is [-] or [-] years old..."

(To be continued)