There was a knock on the door outside. Su Ningxin winked at Shuangbai and asked her to open the door. It was Uncle Qin who was outside. Su Ningxin did not let him in, but went out to talk, "Uncle Qin, what's wrong? "
Uncle Qin nodded slightly, "Sir, there are people from the escort agency looking for you outside."
Su Ningxin frowned. The only person in the escort agency was Zhong Xian. She didn't know what he wanted from her.
Following Uncle Qin to the front yard, as expected by Su Ningxin, the person looking for him was indeed Zhong Xian. Knowing that Su Ningxin could change his appearance, he was not surprised when he saw Su Ningxin's appearance. He just said respectfully, "Master, Something happened in the Su Mansion, you'd better go back as soon as possible."
"Something happened? What happened? Shuanghua shouldn't have arrived at Su Mansion yet, right?" Su Ningxin asked doubtfully.
Zhong Xiyan got closer to Su Ningxin and whispered, "The tea transportation department official who was detained in the government office was assassinated. It may be to silence him. It is said that it is related to the Su government. The officers and soldiers of the government office should go to Su soon." It’s home.”
Su Ningxin subconsciously looked back at Li Yuan's yard and said, "It couldn't have been him!"]
"What does it have to do with the Su family?" Su Ningxin asked with a frown. Logically speaking, a family like the Su family is the easiest to worry about. They don't care about the common people, and they don't have the power of powerful ministers to avoid falling into partisanship. How could it be related to the Su family
"There is a famous doctor living in the Su family. He went to the government prison this morning to treat an official from the Tea Transportation Department." Zhong Xiyan paused and glanced at Su Ningxin, then said, "He brought the assassin in. "
"Zhan Rong." Su Ningxin said in a calm tone. She knew why Zhong Xiyan stopped talking. Zhan Rong became famous because he treated her. Later, the third lady stayed in the Su family, so Zhong Xiyan misunderstood it. Zhan Rong is his subordinate.
It is estimated that there are many people who have such misunderstandings. At least everyone will think that Zhan Rong is backed by the Su family, and Zhan Rong's problems must have been instigated by the Su family.
Now Su Ningxin can roughly guess what happened. Zhan Rong may also have an inextricable relationship with the Ender Pavilion. The plan to enter the Su Mansion may have been started a long time ago.
Zhan Rong helped Li Yuan enter the prison and get close to the officials, giving him a chance to assassinate him. I don’t know whether Li Yuan succeeded, but he must have been injured because of being discovered. After that, he escaped from the city and met Shuang Hua. The carriage took the opportunity to kidnap Shuanghua and wanted to return to Wenzhou City.
It is not clear whether his purpose was to kill the Tea Transportation Department official and try to turn around and assassinate him again, or whether he wanted to lure the person out under the light and then return to Wenzhou to hide.
Su Ning thought for a while and said to Zhong Xiyan, "You stay here first. If there is a moment in the Chamber of Commerce, help me keep an eye on him. Shuangbai and I will go back to Su Mansion to have a look."
"Yes." Zhong Xiyan nodded in agreement.
Su Ningxin took Shuangbai and rode back to the Su Mansion, climbed over the wall and returned to Tinghua Xiaozhu. At this time, Shuanghua had not come back yet. In order to give Su Ningxin enough time, Shuanghua spent a long time in the rouge shop. , so I came back late.
First, they went to the room and changed their clothes. It didn't take long for Shuanghua to return to the courtyard. After shooing away the servants, she took Xiao An back to the room.
Su Ningxin, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, turned to look at her and asked, "What happened? Why do you hear such a mess outside?"
At this time, Shuanghua had already taken off her veil and hat, "The outside of the house was surrounded by the inspector Su and his people. When the servants came back, the soldiers didn't let us in. Fortunately, Xiao An was smart and said that the soldiers were guarding because they were afraid of the assassins escaping. , there is no reason for assassins to throw themselves into a trap, so they allowed us to come in."
Su Ningxin looked at Xiao An with a smile, "You are really smart, little girl."
Xiao An smiled sheepishly and didn't say anything.
Then Su Ningxin looked at Shuanghua again, "You change your clothes, and you and I will go to the old lady's yard later. Shuangbai and Xiao An will stay and guard the yard."
"Yes." The three maids in the room responded.
Xiao An was young, Shuang Bai was impulsive and had old wounds, so Su Ningxin decided to take Shuang Hua out.
Soon after, Su Ningxin led Shuanghua through the garden to the old lady's Zhuyang Courtyard. The maid at the door announced and opened the curtain to invite Su Ningxin in.
Su Ningxin was stunned for a moment after crossing the threshold. She raised her hand and then put it down without leaving a trace, as if she remembered something.
Walking to the middle of the hall, Su Ningxin knelt down and saluted, "I have met my grandmother," and then turned slightly to face the lower body, "I have met Mr. Su."
The person sitting under the old lady was Su Zhan. Su Ningxin was startled when she saw him, and then she breathed a sigh of relief when she remembered that she was wearing a veil.
The old lady didn't know what Su Ningxin was thinking, so she said with a kind face, "Why are you in such a hurry to say hello when you just came back today? You don't know how to have a good rest. The nunnery is poor, and we, Ning'er, have been wronged."
"The nunnery is clean. Ning'er doesn't feel bitter, she just feels calm." Su Ningxin said obediently, and her voice was deliberately changed slightly to appear softer. At least, people could not associate it with the arrogant and domineering Concubine Chen in the palace. .
"Stop standing, come and sit next to grandma." The old lady waved to Su Ningxin, and Su Ningxin sat down obediently.
After that, the old lady held Su Ningxin's hand and looked at Su Zhan, "Xiao Xu, Bachelor Su, we really don't have the person you are looking for in our house. The doctor didn't come back after he left in the morning. It's just that there are many women and children in the house now, so it's inconvenient. Let you send someone to search."
The old lady's eldest son is Marquis Xuanning, who also has a royal title and is very confident in front of the governor Su Zhan.
"Of course Zhan can trust the old lady, but I wonder who the doctor usually gets close to?" Su Zhan asked, his attitude neither condescending nor arrogant.
This time, before the old lady could answer, Su Ningxin said, "Dr. Zhanrong is here to treat me, but I haven't seen him much since he saw the doctor." Su Ningxin thought for a while, "I remember it seems like It was introduced by Li Tongpan’s family, why don’t you ask Li Tongpan?”
Su Zhan took a deep look at Su Ningxin. He always felt that something was wrong with the eldest girl of the Su family, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After looking at it for a while, he said, "Zhan understands. Thank you Miss Su."
Then Su Zhan said to the old lady, "The soldiers outside the house cannot be withdrawn yet. I have offended many people. Please forgive me."
The old lady waved her hand, "It's okay, the old lady doesn't care about this."
"Old Madam, you are very righteous." After saying this, Su Zhan bowed and left.
Seeing Su Zhan leave, the old lady turned to look at Su Ningxin and said with a teasing expression, "Ning'er, what do you think of this little Bachelor Su?"
Su Ningxin was confused, "How?"
Only when she met the old lady's joking eyes did she realize that the old lady was actually trying to match-match her with Su Zhan, and she could only smile helplessly.
(End of chapter)