Qin Wan naturally didn't recognize these former servants of Qin Yi, but Qin Wan had already made preparations to see the steward today. She didn't remember, but Fu Ling did.
Qin Wan's voice was soft, "Han Bo, please get up quickly, how can I not remember you?"
The old man called Han Bo was named Han Li, and he was the old steward of Qin Yi's mansion. After Qin Yi's death, Han Li lived in Qin Yi's villa because of his health, and at the same time locked up the tenants in Qin Yi's mansion. .
Qin Wan leaned over and helped Han Li up himself. Han Li's eyes were red, and he looked Qin Wan up and down for a few moments before turning around, "Quick, come and meet Miss—"
The three people behind were all in their thirties, and the first one was tall and handsome, with gentle brows, and looked a bit like Han Li when he looked closely. He took the two behind him and took a step forward, "Han Dong pays his respects to miss."
The other two also saluted, and Han Li said, "I don't know if Miss still remembers, but this is a child."
Qin Wan looked at Han Dong and nodded, "Of course I haven't forgotten, after a few years, how are Han Bo and Han Guanshi?"
Han Dong hurriedly said, "My father was ill a year ago, but now he is fine, and the villain is fine."
Seeing this, Mrs. Hu stepped forward and said, "Uncle Han is in charge of the village your father left behind, and Han Dong is in charge of those shops. These two are helping Han Dong manage the shops, and those houses, It's also because they worry about it on a daily basis, and at the end of the year, the second brother's family business will also come to the Hou Mansion to report the matter, and when it is cleared up, they will deposit the money and silver in the name of the second brother of the bank."
Qin Wan nodded, "Thank you uncle and aunt for your trouble."
Mrs. Hu didn't care about the money, she just said, "What's there to worry about? Now that you're back, these are all left to you by your father. If you don't understand anything, just ask Uncle Han and Han Dong directly. That's it."
Qin Wan hurriedly responded, and said, "Auntie, I want to go out and see the shop and house left by my father later, so I know what to do."
There is no one in the second room of the Qin family, and now Qin Wan is the master of the second room, so it is only natural for her to visit the shop.
Hu hurriedly said, "Why not, let Yan'er accompany you."
Qin Wan quickly shook her head, "The fourth brother just said that he would accompany me. If the third brother wants to come to something, there is no need to bother the third brother."
Hu smiled and didn't force it, "That's fine."
Qin Wan nodded, then looked at the stack of books placed on the main table, Han Dong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss, these are the accounts of the past two years, if you want to see the previous ones, there are still I'm afraid I won't be able to finish reading today, so I only brought the last two years, the rent from the Zhuangzi, and the income from various shops are all here."
Qin Wan nodded, since she wanted to see the steward, she still had to look at the accounts, and now that these people regarded her as their master, she couldn't let the second room's property go to waste.
Qin Wan looked at Hu Shi and said, "Auntie, you don't need to watch here, you and third brother can go get busy."
If you really want to see these accounts, you still have to look at them for a long time.
Mrs. Hu nodded, "Okay, then you stay here and watch, I'll go and see if the New Year's ceremony for the various houses in the city is ready."
Qin Yan also said, "Then I'm going to the study, I have something to ask someone to look for me."
Qin Wan agreed, sent the two of them away first, and then went to look at the accounts. Qin Wan had never looked at the accounts before, but she was talented, and after a little groping, she saw the way. Although not much, under the management of Han Li and his son, the annual income is not small.
Qin Wan didn't really want to check the accounts for errors and omissions, but it took about a cup of tea to go through them.
When Han Dong and his son saw Qin Wan like this, they agreed with each other.
Qin Wan is young, although the reputation of medical immortals has been resounding in the capital recently, knowing medical skills does not mean that he can do things in other areas. Now it seems that Qin Wan is calm and dignified. Just because of his calm demeanor, he is no longer sixteen A seven-year-old girl is comparable, and she didn't check the details of the accounts carefully, which shows her trust in their father and son.
"It's almost there." Qin Wan put down the brochure and stood up, "The two stewards should go back first, Boss Han and Steward Han stay with me to look at the shop and the house."
The other two stewards were ordered to leave, so Qin Wan asked Han Bo, "Have Han Bo been living in Zhuangzi all these years?"
Han Li nodded, "Yes, I have been living on Zhuangzi."
Qin Wan looked at Han Li again, "Where is Manager Han?"
The corners of Han Li's lips curved slightly, "I usually rest in the shop. I bought a house in the south of the city earlier because it was too far away. I usually don't go back. Only the villain's wife and children live in the house."
Qin Wan nodded, "That's good. It's getting late today. I'll just look at a few shops and houses in the west of the city. Uncle Han wants to go back to Zhuangzi?"
Han Li looked at Qin Wan lovingly, "I won't go back today, I'll just live in the city, and I finally saw Miss, this old slave has to accompany Miss to visit the shop."
Han Li worked for the second room for half his life, and then his son also became the manager of the second room. Qin Wan was moved by this loyalty.
Qin Wan nodded, "That's fine—"
As he said that, Qin Wan was about to go out, but suddenly, Qin Yan strode in from the outside.
Qin Wan was slightly surprised, but Qin Yan said sternly, "Ninth Sister, let's put the shop and the house aside first, and follow me to the study first."
It wasn't long before Qin Yan left, and Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat when he came back so quickly. She had an intuition that it was not easy, and she hurriedly looked at the two of Han Dong, "Then you wait a moment."
Saying that, he and Qin Yan went to the study first, and as soon as they walked out of the front hall, Qin Wan asked, "What happened?"
Qin Yan said, "His Highness Chi and Lord Li are here."
Yanchi? Qin Wan's heart felt a little hot, but he frowned quickly, "Master Li? Which Master Li?"
Qin Yan bent his lips, "Li Muyun, Minister of Dali Temple, they have come here for a while because of the case of the Meng Mansion. Being in the second line, the presiding judges became the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple."
It was about a third-rank official in the court, and it was under the emperor's feet. The small Lin'an government office was naturally not qualified to be the presiding judge. Qin Wan nodded, but her heart tightened slightly. She didn't expect Li Muyun to come too.
The study quickly said, and when he entered the door, he saw Yan Chi and Li Muyun were there, Qin Wan saluted first, and Qin Shu said, "Jiu girl, put those around you first, His Highness Chi and Lord Li came here to You helped."
Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi, then at Li Muyun, with suspicion on his face.
Li Muyun looked at Qin Wan with three points of inquiry and three points of appreciation, "The previous case was helped by Nine Girls. This time, Nine Girls must know about the case of the Meng Mansion. This case is quite complicated, so I want to invite Nine Girls Help again."
Qin Wan subconsciously looked at Yan Chi, and Yan Chi said, "On the way back to the capital, Yan Chi had already seen the autopsy of Nine Girls, and this time the case in Mrs. Meng's house was full of fog, and the emperor was in a hurry, so he thought of Nine Girls. Can Nine Girls be in trouble?"
Qin Wan shook her head, "It would be great if I could help you." Naturally, it was an autopsy to ask her for help, so Qin Wan asked, "When does Your Highness and Master Li want Qin Wan to help with the autopsy?"
Li Muyun looked at Yan Chi, and Yan Chi said, "Of course it's best now."
As he spoke, he asked again, "I heard that you originally planned to go out of the house to see your father's property before his death?"
Qin Wan nodded, Yan Chi smiled and said, "Do you want to identify someone? It's not difficult. After you follow us to the autopsy, I'll accompany you to see it, so it won't delay your business, how about it?"
With Yan Chi's status, Qin Wan would naturally not refuse to ask Qin Wan for help, but Yan Chi offered to accompany Qin Wan afterwards. It can be seen that Qin Wan pursed his lips and hesitated, "This The matter is not in a hurry, Qin Wan can just go with His Highness for a while, if you don't want to see it, we will talk about it later."
Yan Chi had already stood up, "Okay, it's decided like this, you go with me first, and then I'll send you to check the door."
Yan Chi has the most noble status in the room, and he is also the presiding judge of this case. He made a final decision, not to mention that Qin Wan couldn't refuse, even Li Muyun and Qin Shu didn't dare to sit down. Qin Wan smiled wryly, "Okay, then I will trouble Your Highness."
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a trivial matter, since I promised Princess Taichang to take care of you, if you need anything, you can tell me directly."
In front of so many people, Yan Chi moved the Taichang Princess out first, so as not to be suspicious of Qin Guanduo's concerns in the future, and sure enough, Qin Shu heard the words and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Your Highness, Wan girl is fine on weekdays." , just the day before yesterday was unlucky."
Overnight, the story of Yan Chi beating Feng Zhang had spread all over the capital, and Qin Shu didn't shy away from it in front of Li Muyun.
Yan Chi raised his lips, "I walked with Brother Qin Yan on the way back to the capital, so I naturally know how the Hou Mansion takes care of Nine Girls."
Saying that, Yan Chi said goodbye, "The case is the most important, so I won't stay any longer."
Li Muyun also said, "Master Hou, let's take our leave first."
Qin Shu nodded, Qin Wan pulled the cloak on his body and turned to go out, "Are you going to the Meng Mansion? Fu Ling and I are going to get some things. You wait at the gate of the mansion for a while."
Yan Chi and Li Muyun had no objection, and the group separated. After a cup of tea, Qin Wan brought Fu Ling to the gate of the Hou's Mansion. Outside the mansion gate, there were parked the two cars she saw when she returned to the mansion just now. carriage.
Only then did Qin Wan suddenly realize that Yan Chi and Li Muyun had already arrived when she came back.
Yan Chi and Li Muyun were standing beside the carriage. Apart from these two, Qin Ye was also there. Qin Ye had agreed to send her out, so he was very proactive. On the other side, Yan Chi glanced at Qin Ye but said, "You This trip is a deception, it has been arranged over there, it is better to take my carriage on the way, and I will take you back to your residence later."
Qin Ye smiled when he heard the words, "Since that's the case, I will trouble Your Highness."
Qin Wan nodded and got into Yan Chi's carriage.
As soon as he got into the carriage, Yan Chi lifted the curtain and looked out. Qin Ye was standing in front of the mansion gate, watching them leave.
Yan Chi asked, "How is your fourth brother?"
Qin Wan also turned his eyes to look at it for a moment, and only looked away when the carriage started to move.
"It was he who offered to send me into the palace. He was afraid that something would happen to me. Earlier, I wanted to come out to see the shop my father left behind. He was the one who offered to accompany me. He was a bit dedicated."
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, "As far as I know, he just came back not long ago—"
Qin Wan nodded, "Yes, so I also feel that his kindness to me is a bit inexplicable, but on second thought, my uncle is also very concerned about my safety, he seems to be in line with my uncle's mind, and it is reasonable to do so. It makes sense."
Yan Chi said quickly, "Marquis Zhongyong has a lot of thoughts, now that you are of great help to the status of the Marquis, he will naturally not let you have any accidents, as for your fourth brother, as long as he can protect you, he is considered good. "
There were only two people in the carriage, and Qin Wan's expression relaxed a bit. Hearing Yan Chi's tone, the corners of his lips twitched, "How can we say that we are a family now, so they naturally miss me well."
As he said that, Qin Wan turned serious and asked, "How is the case?"
Yan Chi's eyes narrowed, "I haven't found any key clues yet, even now it's still not clear whether the deceased was murdered, the place where he fell into the lake was destroyed, we couldn't find any footprints when we went there, and there are no footprints on his body. There are no obvious injuries, and it looks like he stumbled or committed suicide, but the little boy of the Meng family has been biting his father so hard that he couldn't commit suicide."
Qin Wan hurriedly said, "What about the fourth master of the Meng Mansion? I heard that the fourth master of the Meng Mansion has been arguing about separating the family. It seems that the fourth house of the Meng Mansion has some disagreements with the second house."
Yan Chi bent his lips, "You knew it soon—"
Qin Wan then explained, "Today I saw Mrs. Wu'an Hou. She knows a lot about the Meng Mansion, and my aunt is also concerned about this matter. I heard it when I asked, and I also know that the second master who died I was cheated when I did business before."
Yan Chi nodded, "That's right, the fourth bedroom is indeed involved with the second bedroom, but we have already asked, the fourth master was so drunk when the accident happened that night, he couldn't even get up that night."
Qin Wan frowned, "If that's the case, why did the young master of the Meng Mansion insist that his father would not commit suicide?"
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, "That young master..." He said meaningfully, his tone was a bit unfriendly, as if he didn't think very well of that young master, "He said that his father came here in a big storm, even though there was a business accident and he was dismissed." Sifang blamed it, but his father had a good year, we asked the servant, and the servant said that there was nothing unusual about the deceased these days, and he still went out to entertain and meet guests as usual, even the rewards for the New Year were not missing .”
Qin Wan's face was a bit dignified, "Is it impossible to slip and fall?"
Yan Chi frowned slightly, "It's really impossible, because the young master said that his father didn't know how to swim, and he fell into the water once when he was young, so he was naturally afraid of water. Although there is a lake in the mansion, it is for the beautiful scenery. His father went back and forth, subconsciously taking the corridor on the shore and not taking a shortcut to the lake."
Qin Wan raised her eyebrows, "Isn't it a Chinese New Year banquet? If you're drunk, it's not impossible."
Yan Chi nodded, "Yes, that's why we're not sure if he was murdered. Although the deceased's first wife is still there, their relationship is not good. The deceased usually lives alone in the same courtyard, and he has two An aunt, most of the time would spend the night in the aunt's courtyard. That night, the deceased first ate with the big family, the third bedroom and the fourth bedroom, in the main courtyard of the big room. There was a dispute in the room, and the meal was not pleasant. Later, the deceased returned to the yard of the second room, and set up a table with the young man again. Both father and son got drunk, and the young man was helped by someone. After returning to the dormitory, the deceased said that he wanted to go out for a walk, but he did not come back."
Qin Wan had already learned a lot about the inside story of the Meng Mansion from Qin Shu and Mrs. Song, and now that Yan Chi had told the case in detail, he felt that his eyes were covered in fog for a moment. Clues, but everything, as long as it happened, it must leave traces—"
Yan Chi bent his lips, "This is the reason why I came to the Marquis Mansion to look for you. The government and the public are concerned about this matter. I shouldn't have let you take action, but it is uncertain whether the deceased committed suicide, so the case has stalled. After all, it is a life. And if anyone in the capital can break the game, in my heart, you are the only one."
Yan Chi's eyes were bright, as if he could see Qin Wan's heart at a glance.
Qin Wan's heart beat two beats faster. Whenever and wherever, Yan Chi always seemed to be the person who believed in her the most.
And she said that as long as someone believes in her, she will not let that person down.
What's more, that person is Yan Chi.
Qin Wan raised her lips and smiled warmly, "The Lin'an government office has an autopsy, what do you say there?"
Yan Chi smiled slightly, "The official of the government office said that the deceased fell into the lake by mistake, and there was no trace of murder."
Qin Wan took a light breath when he heard the words, his eyes became serious.