Fortunately, everyone still remembered that there was still a show to watch, and that time had not passed. After eating a little at the pavilion in the middle of the lake, they boarded a boat and followed the Xu family to the main house. The stage was next to the lake, not far away. After playing around for an entire morning, everyone was tired, so they divided into two groups and went to rest with Xu Minglan and Xu Mingwei in their courtyard, and only when the troupe was ready to sing the song, they would wake up.
Fu Ninghui, Fu Quan, Lian Qiubai and Yang Jinxi all followed Xu Minglan to the Xueju. Zhou Ranxing, her two sisters, as well as the two Zuo family sisters followed Xu Mingwei to her moon-nesting. It was not because Fu Ninghui liked Xu Minglan more, but because she was afraid that the two Zuo Family sisters would be cautious with him, she made such arrangements for herself.
Although there were sufficient guest rooms in moon-nesting, Xu Mingwei asked the girls to each take their guests to rest. However, she was unable to fall asleep, and remembering her homework, she brought them to Master Fang to let Mister take a look.
Wan Yi was not at ease, and followed along. Arriving at Master Fang's courtyard, she saw a married woman walking out of her room. Xu Mingwei was curious for a moment, and looked at the man twice, and after thinking for a long while, she remembered that the man was originally served by Lady Ji, with the surname Yin.
Master Fang was surprised to see her at this time, and he asked, "Aren't we having a banquet in front? "How come there's still time?"
Xu Mingwei explained her purpose for coming here, then let Master Fang see the big words she wrote and Xiao kai.
Master Fang nodded his head, and said, "His wrist is stronger than before, I can just barely see a bit of it, and will have to work harder, don't slack off."
Xu Mingwei nodded her head and answered a few more questions from Master Fang, then pretended to ask carelessly, "When I entered the door just now, I saw that Second Aunt was serving a wife, did Second Aunt have any problems with you, Sir?"
Master Fang smiled as he looked at her, "You want to know why Yin Mu Zi is looking for me, right?"
Xu Mingwei's face became even more shocked after being exposed by her words, and she said embarrassedly, "I still can't hide it from mister's eyes. What happened at Second Aunt? "
Against Xu Mingwei's expectations, Master Fang had actually told her the whole story in detail, and then asked her, "Right now, your Second Aunt has suffered a loss in secret, and is not allowed to report it.
The first thing that popped up in Xu Mingwei's mind was a set of gunny sack. She raised a group of random people, and would usually look for someone to live with. When she needed to hire more people, she would call people over and beat them up in a dark alley. Of course, this kind of method cannot be used to answer Master Fang's questions, so she could only think hard and try to figure it out, "I think that Goddess must have also sold medicine to other pregnant women. After carefully investigating, I'll find someone who's easy to control and needs money at home, and report this to the government."
The Master Fang shook his head and asked her, "If that Goddess is convicted, the authorities would ask her what other medicine she sold people, and what would happen if she brought out your Second Aunt?"
Xu Mingwei did not think about this for a moment and couldn't help but be speechless. That's right, if such a disgraceful thing were to be revealed in the court from the Goddess, wouldn't it ruin the Xu Family's reputation?
She could only shake her head. "Other than calling for someone to beat that woman up, the student couldn't think of any other way."
Master Fang didn't know whether to laugh or cry and shook his head, sighing, "You, ah, normally you only know how to do things. If you really do encounter something, it's useless."
Xu Mingwei blushed from what she said. In her two lifetimes, she was already on the verge of success, yet she was actually laughed at by a young lady who was around twenty years old.
Xu Mingwei could not help but be curious, and asked her, "Sir must have thought of something for the Second Aunt, can you tell me what it is?"
Master Fang smiled lightly and waved his away, "I only have one thing to say to you, that Goddess originally sold medicine and took her life. You can think about the rest yourself. Alright, I'm about to have my afternoon nap, you can go by yourself. "
Xu Mingwei's heart was beating really hard, but looking at the expression on Master Fang's face, she did not dare to act shamelessly like a spoiled child, so she could only respectfully bow and leave.
She thought about it again and again while pressing the Master Fang's prompt. She didn't even get a good afternoon nap, as she lay on her bed and tossed and turned, thinking about what idea the Master Fang had for the second room. Could it be that finding the culprit to report to the original culprit was wrong as well? There was not much difference between that and having the culprit report to the original culprit, and the Xu Family might still be involved in this case.
After thinking about it, Xu Mingwei guessed that the people of the second house would finally make a move in the next few days. At the very least, she would have to take advantage of the time when the Old Master Xu and the rest were still not back yet. There was no point in making any wild guesses, she might as well send someone to investigate outside.
Once the decision was made, it would be difficult for the others to find out who was in charge of it. The girls in her courtyard served in the inner chamber and could not easily leave the inner chamber. She wasn't familiar with the servants in the outer court either, what if she were to give an unreliable answer, wouldn't that be a burden to her own family? No matter how she thought about it, the only thing she could use was a green peach. Firstly, she was quite loyal; secondly, Peaches was an outer court servant, so it was easy for her to talk to the servants. However, she was not intelligent enough and did not know how to use it.
The better person in Xu Mingwei's heart was Tie Tou, whom she met at the door when he went home that day. As coachmen, it would be easy for them to find out about the news while walking. However, it was only by chance, she could not determine whether Tie Tou was trustworthy or not, so he could only try using the peaches for now.
So Xu Mingwei told Wan Rong to go to the outer courtyard and find Biluo. When she spoke with Biluo, he did not tell the others to leave, so it was Wan Rong's turn to listen to everything that had happened clearly.
Xu Mingwei had been quietly observing Wan Rong's expression the entire time. Seeing that her expression did not change, she felt even more satisfied. She was not worried that Wan Rong would leak out information, because Wan Rong herself was very clear that the three of them were the only ones in the entire house who knew about this. In the future, if news of this spread, Xu Mingwei would not suspect Bi Tao at all.
She nodded and said, "This servant understands. This servant will definitely pay attention to the movements in the Second Branch."
"Be careful, don't let anyone notice." Xu Mingwei warned her once again before she left the room.
Bi Tao nodded his head vigorously and left. Only Wan Rong was left in her room, looking at Xu Mingwei, her eyes flickering, as though she was calculating something in her heart.
Xu Mingwei did not urge her. She combed her hair slowly with the help of the copper mirror, waiting for her to jump out. Sure enough, after a moment, Wan Rong smiled and took the comb from her hands, and said slowly: How can I let Miss do it herself, it is my fault, I actually got carried away just like that.
Xu Mingwei acknowledged but she did not answer.
Wan Rong looked at the expression on her face, still as indifferent as before, bit her lips and said, "After this servant heard the instructions from the young lady, I have an idea in my heart, and do not know if the young lady is willing to listen."
Xu Mingwei smiled, causing the fish to take the bait, and laughed, "Speak your mind."
Wan Rong gently combed her hair and lowered her voice, saying, "This servant's father was once the overseer of the family, and was kicked out of the palace due to a mistake. "I heard that he's keeping watch outside …"
She worriedly glanced at Xu Mingwei's face, seeing that her expression was normal, she hesitated and said, "I came to look at a casino … This servant thought that if there were all sorts of people here, they might be able to find out what the girl wanted. Miss, please rest assured. This servant has a way to make this servant's father only ask about what he should know. However, in order for this servant to work for me, I will need to spend some money. I don't need that much, just five silvers would be enough. "
Xu Mingwei smiled as he looked at her. She took out a golden melon seed from the pouch on his waist and handed it over to Wan Rong, "Keep as much as you can, it's not easy to go out on a trip. You have to bring some stuff with you at home, and take this opportunity to give your mother an incense stick of time when she is clear."
Wan Rong was finally moved, she tried her best to hold back the tears in her eyes, and said while choking back her sobs, "Thank you miss."
Xu Mingwei acted as if he did not see her loss of composure, and said indifferently: "Go back and tell the butler that I specifically authorized it."
Wan Rong nodded and replied, "Understood, my lady. I'll go home tomorrow. "
Xu Mingwei nodded to indicate that she understood, the two did not talk anymore and went back to clean up. Outside the hall, the girls from the two families had woken up as well.
Zhou Ranxing had been waiting for her for a while, and when she saw Xu Mingwei come out, she immediately changed into a new dress. The material with the dark green and silver lines, was the color only her grandmother would wear, but she looked even more fair and clean when she wore it.
Hearing that, Wan Ting's face changed, she wanted to retort, but was pulled by Wan Rou by the sleeves, and shook her head at her.
Not only were they guests, they were also people they couldn't afford to offend. One was a master and the other was a girl. If Wan Ting really opened her mouth, the Xu Family would lose face.
Xu Mingwei looked back at her with a faint smile, "It's been so long since I called the big sisters to wait, it's my fault."
Not only did she not reply to Zhou Ranxing, she seemed to have spoken generously, making the other party a little stingy.
With that, Xu Mingwei laughed coldly at Zhou Ranxing. Although she did not say anything, the contempt in her eyes could not be hidden, and with the look of "Whatever you want to say, I'll say it lazily and argue with you", Zhou Ranxing almost exploded from anger, but she did not have the time to react, as she was internally injured.
Zhou Ran Zhen acted as if she did not notice the tension between the two, she walked up and smiled, "Seventh Sister being born so beautiful, it's only right for her to dress up a little more. It makes people in a good mood."
Zuo Youlan was afraid that Zhou Ranxing still wanted to say something, so she reminded him softly, "It's almost time, is the show starting soon?"