The next day, when Qin Wan came back from the palace, it was Shen Shichu. As soon as he entered the mansion, there was Yumao waiting at the gate of the mansion. Seeing her, she smiled and said, "Miss Nine, Miss Meng and Master Meng have been waiting for you Already!"
Qin Wan's eyes lit up, "Where is it? Take me there!"
Mother Yu smiled and said, "Ms. Meng is in the garden with Young Master Meng. She intended for them to rest and keep warm in the house, but Miss Meng said that Young Master Meng hadn't come out for a long time. Alright, let's take Young Master Meng out for a walk or two, Miss Six will accompany them."
Qin Wan listened, and hurriedly followed Madam Yu towards the garden of the Hou Mansion.
Walking along the winding corridors of the mansion, not long after, Qin Wan saw several figures standing in the garden of the Hou Mansion, Meng Yao was wearing a light blue pleated skirt, covered with a lake blue lotus satin She was wearing a cloak, and next to her was the young master Meng Zichen who had changed into brocade clothes and had a clear look on his face, while beside the two of them, Qin Shuang was talking with a smile.
"Ah, Ninth Sister is back—"
Qin Shuang was the first to see Qin Wan, and quickly shouted, Meng Zichen and Meng Yao turned around together, their eyes lit up, Qin Wan quickly bent his lips to meet him, "I'm late, you've been waiting so long gone."
Meng Yao's blessed body was regarded as a salute, and Meng Zichen also cupped his fists and saluted Qin Wan respectfully.
"Ninth Sister—"
Qin Wan's smile grew stronger, "How does the young master feel today?"
Meng Zichen looked at Qin Wan with a pair of beautiful eyes and smiled, "Since I used the prescription of Ninth Sister, it has improved a lot, so today Sister took me out."
"Is it really much better?"
Qin Wan asked, then turned to look at Meng Yao, did she really feel much better, she would only believe it if Meng Yao told her.
Meng Yao nodded in relief, "What Zichen said is true, otherwise I wouldn't take him out for a walk. It's still cold these days. If it was normal, I would only take him to a warmer place."
Qin Wan believed it now, looked at Meng Zichen again and said, "So you must have taken the medicine obediently, the young master is very powerful!"
Meng Zichen's smile grew wider. Although he was a little weaker and calmer than ordinary children, he was still a child after all. Which child doesn't like to hear praise
"How long have you been shopping? Does the young master feel tired?"
Meng Zichen shook his head subconsciously, but Qin Wan heard his urgent breathing, Qin Wan smiled and said, "How about continuing later? Sit with my sister first, and I'll feel your pulse."
Meng Zichen nodded immediately, and Meng Yao smiled, "He listens to you more now."
Qin Wan bent her lips, "Because I am a doctor, if he doesn't listen to me, I will prescribe bitter medicine to him—"
Meng Zichen listened but was not afraid, "I will drink the medicine prescribed by Ninth Sister, no matter how bitter it is."
Qin Shuang laughed at Meng Zichen with a sweet mouth, and followed Qin Wan and his party to Songfengyuan, entered the door, Fuling Baiying served tea, Qin Wan took Meng Yao and his brother to sit on the couch by the window, Qin Shuang sat Beside Qin Wan, watching Qin Wan ask Meng Zichen for pulse, soon, Qin Wan said with a relaxed expression, "There is some improvement, but this disease needs to be rectified slowly, and there is also a taboo, I will change the prescription again. The young master uses—”
As Qin Wan spoke, he wrote a new prescription. After writing the prescription, he asked Meng Yao for pulse again. However, this time when he asked for pulse, Qin Wan frowned slightly, "Did you sleep well these two days?"
Meng Yao smiled wryly, "As expected, you found out as soon as you probed."
After saying this, Qin Wan immediately knew what was going on in Meng's house, and asked, "What happened?"
Meng Yao sighed softly, "His Royal Highness Prince Rui took people to the Meng Mansion yesterday, called the third aunt, the third brother and the third sister-in-law over, and asked them one by one, and finally tried to see if the third brother could do it." martial arts."
Qin Wan's eyes flashed a little, and he wanted to say something, but he held back, "What about after that?"
Meng Yao smiled wryly, "Of course I didn't try it out. Where does the third brother know martial arts? If the second brother is not dead, it's not bad to say that the second brother knows martial arts. The third brother is so weak, how can he learn martial arts?"
Hearing this, Qin Wan already understood that Yan Chi must have found the clues in the painting, and thus became suspicious of Sanfang. Seeing that Meng Zichen was here, Qin Wan hesitated to speak. You are right about Meng Zichen.
"His Royal Highness probably has a reason for doing this. The murder case is still unsolved. Naturally, he wants to check all the possibilities. Since he has tried the third young master and knows no martial arts, I think he can rule out the third young master's suspicion."
Meng Yao sighed, "Of course it is, this case has to be investigated by the Ministry of Punishment and the Lin'an government office."
"Is it because you can't sleep well?"
Meng Yao smiled wryly, "Yes, the government suspects Sanfang, and I also thought of it. The deaths of Second Uncle and Eldest Brother were indeed mostly caused by people in the house. Thinking of this, I panicked."
Qin Wan looked at it and sighed, "You are weak, so it won't work if you go on like this. You should do more other things to divert your mind on weekdays, so that the medicine won't be effective."
Qin Shuang also said, "Yes, yes, Miss Meng, do something else on weekdays." As if thinking of something, she said, "I have taken a lot of flower seeds these days, and I am going to plant flowers, Miss Meng. Have you ever planted flowers?"
Meng Yao has a very good temper, Qin Shuang is also very lively, and Qin Shuang has not made friends since he arrived in the capital, so he treats Meng Yao very enthusiastically. Seeing what Qin Shuang said, Meng Yao is also a little moved, and I feel embarrassed Rejecting Qin Shuang, he said, "I have never planted flowers myself, what kind of flowers does Miss Six plan to plant?"
When Qin Shuang heard this, she hurriedly introduced it to Meng Yao enthusiastically, and when Meng Yao said that she was going to buy flower seeds, Qin Shuang immediately said, "I don't need you to buy them. I have plenty of them. Let's go, I'll get them for you." go."
After sitting in the room for a while, Meng Yao looked at Qin Wan, who smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll go too."
Looking at Meng Zichen while talking, Meng Zichen hurriedly stood up, "I'll go too!"
In this way, several people left Songfengyuan and headed towards Qin Shuang's Jiangyueyuan together. Qin Shuang and Meng Yao walked in front. Qin Shuang opened up the conversation box and told all the key points of flower planting that he had learned. Meng Yao was not good. He refused, and could only listen. Behind, Qin Wan and Meng Zichen walked side by side, and within a few steps, Meng Zichen suddenly spoke.
"Ninth Sister—"
Qin Wan looked at him sideways, "What's wrong?"
Meng Zichen said in a low voice, "Third brother is a little weird sometimes."
Qin Wan paused, and his eyes darkened, "How do you know?"
Meng Zichen tilted his head and thought for a while, "It seems that eight or nine months ago, when I was not seriously ill, that was the last time I went to Sanfang to play with my third brother. At that time, my third brother was in the yard with my third brother. My sister-in-law enjoyed the cool air, and after I went, the third aunt took cakes and entertained me in the yard. We talked for a while in the yard, and then my third brother and I said that we wanted to paint, so we went into the house together, got paper and pens, and waited. When I came out, I saw my second uncle and elder brother outside the yard. At that time, my third sister-in-law seemed to be a little panicked. She stood up and lowered her head in fear, but... and I saw with my own eyes that the third brother broke the pen in his hand. …”
Qin Wan frowned, "Which hand?"
"The left hand." Meng Zichen was sure, his brows were tightly frowned, and his small face was full of doubts, "It was a thick pen, the pen was broken, and I saw that third brother's hand was pricked red, and he was about to bleed , I said something, but the third brother didn’t care about it at all, I was shocked at the time, because I knew since I was a child that the third brother’s left hand can’t use force, but he broke the pen at that time.”
Many possibilities flashed through Qin Wan's mind, "And then?"
Meng Zichen pursed his lips and said, "I was a little scared at the time, because the third brother's complexion was not very good at that time, and the third sister-in-law was also a little weird, then I went back, and then I got sick, so I didn't go to play with them again Pass."
After thinking for a moment, Qin Wan looked at Meng Zichen's black and white eyes and asked softly, "Then why did you tell me this?"
Meng Zichen took a sneak look at Meng Yao's back, "Because... because I told my sister about this at the time, but my sister didn't believe it at all... my sister knew better than me that my third brother's hand became disabled after being injured. When we were eating together, the third brother’s left hand was trembling even when he was holding the lid of a teacup, let alone holding other things. That day when we went to get paper and pens, his right hand was holding the roll of paper, and his left hand was only holding the teacup. I picked up a pen. If someone told me, I wouldn’t believe it, but I saw it with my own eyes.”
Qin Wan frowned, and turned to look at Meng Yao. When Meng Zichen said it at the beginning, Meng Yao naturally didn't believe it, but when Yan Chi took someone to check on Sanfang's family, Meng Yao remembered what Meng Zichen said, That's why I'm restless and can't sleep.
Qin Wan sighed in her heart. This matter might become Meng Yao's heart disease. Although Yan Chi didn't find out anything, she still guessed. However, she had no reason to verify it, and made herself a lot of troubles for no reason.
Seeing Qin Wan's silence, Meng Ziyi said anxiously, "Ninth Sister, don't you believe me?"
"I believe in you." Qin Wan looked at Meng Zichen, "But don't you need to know more about this? And your sister, your sister is simple-minded, it's normal for her not to believe."
Meng Zichen kept nodding, "I still remember that the third brother's eyes were very fierce at that time. I have never seen him like that. He was staring at the second uncle and the eldest brother. I don't know why. I only know that the fourth uncle and the second uncle There is a contradiction... ”
Qin Wan couldn't help but recall Mencius Yi in court that day. Although he held Xu's hand, his face was full of nervousness, his head and shoulders shrunk, and he looked a little restrained and cowardly.
Such a person will have fierce eyes that can scare Meng Zichen
Qin Wan was full of doubts, Meng Zichen tugged on Qin Wan's sleeve, "Ninth Sister, does the matter in the house have anything to do with Third Brother?"
Qin Wan smiled and comforted her, "I don't know about this either, but you are right to tell me these things, wait a little longer, the government will find out the results, and you will know when the time comes, you are just a little baby, these things After you say it, don't keep it in your heart, okay?"
Meng Zichen nodded, and Qin Wan said again, "Then what kind of person did you think your third brother was?"
"The third brother is timid and doesn't like to talk. Maybe it's because of his stuttering. I don't like seeing people because I have asthma, let alone him, but he treats me and my sister very well. And the third aunt And third sister-in-law, treat us well, that's the only time I saw him when he was angry. "
It's not that Mencius can't get angry, it's just that it's not time to get angry.
Qin Wan was thinking, when Meng Yao turned her head, "What are you talking about?"
In order to speak, Qin Wan and Meng Zichen had already stopped, and they were already a while behind. Qin Wan heard the words and pulled Meng Zichen forward, "I'm talking to the young master if he can plant flowers." Qin Wan said again , "You can plant flowers, but be careful not to get pollen in spring, those things may make you uncomfortable."
Meng Yao nodded, looked at Meng Zichen for a moment, and felt relieved when she saw that there was no abnormality on Meng Zichen's face.
Qin Shuang brought a group of people to Jiangyueyuan, and generously shared the flower seeds with Meng Yao, and the group sat in Jiangyueyuan for a while. Qin Wan picked up another topic and said, Meng Zichen and Meng Yao will leave for the time being. Forget about the matter of the Meng Mansion, Meng Yao left with Meng Zichen when it was getting late.
As soon as Meng Zichen left, Qin Wan went back to Songfengyuan. She walked to the desk and took out the pens one by one. Meng Zichen was the son of Meng Zhou, and both he and Meng Yao He was well-bred, because of this, he would not recognize the thin wolf hair as the thick wolf hair, so Qin Wan picked out all the pens that could barely be called thick wolf hair, and then tried them one by one, and she found that she With all his strength, he only broke the thinnest hair.
Qin Wan gave the pen to Fu Ling again, and Fu Ling tried them one by one, and she was almost the same as her. Then, Qin Wan gave the pen to Bai Ying. is broken.
Both Fu Ling and Bai Ying didn't understand why Qin Wan did this, Qin Wan only asked Bai Ying, "Are you struggling?"
Bai Ying nodded, "Slightly better pen holders are made of hard Cangzhu, and this thick Langhao pen holder is also extremely thick, if you don't use some inner strength just now, the servants can't break it."
Qin Wan listened, and the question in his heart became clear. If Meng Ziyi was a normal adult man, like Yan Chi, like Qin Yan, since men are stronger than women, breaking a pen might not be a big deal. But it's very strange to put it on Mencius Yi. Not only that, Mencius Yi's left hand was injured. Everyone in the Meng Mansion knows that his left hand is weak, and it is a bit difficult to hold a teacup, let alone break the pen holder with bare hands. up.
If so, where is the problem
Meng Zichen said that Meng Wei and his son were standing outside the courtyard of Sanfang, and Xu was very nervous at that time.
Qin Wan frowned and thought for a moment, coupled with what he saw in the painting, he became more and more sure that the relationship between the second and third bedrooms was not so simple, but how to verify such a private matter
"Bai Ying, I'm going to write a letter to His Royal Highness—"
After Qin Wan finished speaking, she hurriedly wrote a text message and handed it to Bai Ying. Bai Ying called Xin Ying, and quickly sent the letter. After waiting for an hour, Xin Ying returned to the back hall of Songfengyuan , Bai Ying took the letter and handed it to Qin Wan. Qin Wan opened the letter, and a flash of wit flashed in his eyes, "Tomorrow, let's go to the Meng Mansion."