The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 462 Discovery
As the night darkened, Bai Qi sent Cui Yongxuan out of the front yard.

Inadvertently catching a glimpse of Liu Yang, Bai Qi asked the guard next to him: "Has Deputy Commander Liu been here all this time?"

"No, I also just saw Deputy Commander Liu, and I heard that Deputy Commander Liu is out on patrol." The guard replied.

Bai Qi thought for a moment, then walked towards Liu Yang.

"You are not on duty today, why don't you take a rest in your room?"

Regarding Bai Qi's intention of coming, Liu Yang knew well, and did not choose to hide his whereabouts: "Recently there are many things in the mansion, and I want to have nothing to do, so I will help patrol, so as to avoid the previous situation from happening again."

The assassin who broke into the mansion in the past has not been found until now, and the defense of the mansion is constantly being strengthened.

Bai Qi didn't think much about it, and said, "It's late at night, you should go back first, as long as I'm here."

"Yes." Liu Yang returned to his room obediently.

Bai Qi asked some more guards, and then went to report to Cui Quan: "My lord, I have already asked the guards in the mansion, Liu Yang has been patrolling the mansion since the morning, except for the people in the mansion, he has not come into contact with anyone else. "

In the end, Bai Qi came to a conclusion: "At present, Liu Yang is not suspicious. The person who sent the letter to the third master should not be him, nor the person he sent."

Cui Quan frowned: "Is he from the mansion?"

Bai Qi thought for a while: "The subordinates have investigated, and there is nothing unusual about the people in the mansion today, but today is the day when the farm stewards report every month, and many farm stewards come and go in and out of the mansion.

"Perhaps, the messengers are hiding among these farm stewards."

Hearing this, Cui Quan ordered: "Check it out for me, and you must find out who sent the letter to the third child."

"Yes."

Four rooms.

Cui Yonglin lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, then he simply got up, put on his clothes and went to the main room.

"Fourth master."

When Yuyi came out with the teapot, she happened to see Cui Yonglin and hurriedly saluted.

"Shh-"

Cui Yonglin motioned her to keep silent, then looked into the room, took her aside, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Didn't I tell you that at least two people should stay in the room to take care of Madam, why are you the only one?

"Where did Mrs. Lu go?"

Yuyi didn't dare to face Cui Yonglin, she lowered her head and replied, "Madam can't sleep, I'll let Mrs. Lu make soothing soup."

"Then why did you come out?" Cui Yonglin asked.

Yuyi raised the teapot in her hand: "Miss Lu is thirsty, I'm going to exchange hot tea."

Hearing this, Cui Yonglin's face darkened: "I said before, there must be no one less person in Madam's room. Lady Lu is not here, and neither are you. If something happens, can you be responsible?"

"Fourth master calm down, I know I'm wrong." Yuyi knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

"Don't make an example, or you will be punished severely." Cui Yonglin finished speaking in a cold tone, and took the teapot from Yuyi's hand.

Yuyi dared not move.

Cui Yonglin walked a few steps, turned around and saw Yuyi was still kneeling on the spot, he was so angry that he walked back and scolded: "Why don't you go back to your room and guard your wife?"

"Yes." Yuyi hurriedly got up, her feet were a little numb, but she didn't dare to delay, and went back to the main room.

Fourth Madam Cui was in the inner room, so when Cui Yonglin changed into a pot of hot tea and entered the room, Fourth Madam Cui did not see Cui Yonglin.

"Take good care of Madam, remember, you can't leave Madam alone." Cui Yonglin instructed carefully before walking out of the room.

On the way back to the study, Cui Yonglin ran into Mrs. Lu who came back from making Anshen soup, and Cui Yonglin taught Mrs. Lu a lesson.

In front of Cui Yonglin, Mrs. Lu humbly admitted her mistake and pleaded guilty. As soon as Cui Yonglin left, Mrs. Lu muttered aggrievedly: "There are few people in the fourth room, and now you want me and Yuyi to stay by Madam's side at the same time, so how can you be on duty?" Well."

But complaints are complaints, fourth master's order is also to worry about Madam, they still have to find a way to do it.

Not long after Cui Yonglin returned to the study, the man in gray quietly entered the study and closed the door.

"Fourth Master, this subordinate is back."

Finally waiting for someone, Cui Yonglin was a little excited, walked out from behind the desk, and asked impatiently: "How? Did you find it?"

The man in gray replied respectfully: "Speaking of which, Sanfang is the same as before, and there is nothing suspicious about it.

"If you have to say something suspicious, it's that Yuanniang sent a maid to deliver snacks to the third master, and the third master was in the study at that time.

"My subordinates conducted a secret investigation. The maid entered the courtyard, but not the study. The servants at the door brought the snacks."

Seriously speaking, there is nothing suspicious about it, but the person who entered the courtyard was sent by Cui Hengyue, so it is a little bit suspicious, because Cui Hengyue is investigating the cause of her brother's death.

Cui Yonglin also thought of this: "Where has Cui Hengyue been to today? What have you done?"

"It's the same as the previous few days. Apart from going to the school, I have been staying in Jinglan Garden and never left the courtyard." The man in gray replied.

Cui Yonglin fell into deep thought, walking around the room unconsciously.

After a long time, Cui Yonglin's expression was still serious, and he said slowly: "The person who sent the letter to the third child must be someone from Yuan Niang."

The man in gray didn't ask why, he waited silently.

Sure enough, Cui Yonglin explained the reason: "The mansion has been silent for 15 years, if other people have already acted, why wait until now?
"Only Yuan Niang, not long after she returned to the mansion, so many incidents happened in the mansion, and she became suspicious of her brother's death, and has been investigating this matter.

"So, what happened today should be caused by her."

The man in gray finally said, "What is fourth master going to do? Do you want to tell the Duke of this matter?"

"No." Cui Yonglin shook his head slightly: "Although my father forgave me, he didn't trust me very much. I don't have any evidence to prove that this matter was done by Yuanniang. Even if I told him, he wouldn't believe it."

"Then what should we do? We can't sit and wait for death, can we?"

"Let me think."

Cui Yonglin went back to the desk and sat down, thought for a while, and finally made up his mind: "If Yuanniang did this, then the person who kidnapped Yuyi last night must be her, or her people.

"Well, you go and try it out."

After hearing the order, the man in gray immediately left the study.

An hour later, the man in gray appeared in Jinglan Court. He quietly opened the window, climbed in, and walked towards the person on the bed.

With a cold light, the man in gray raised a dagger and stabbed at the person on the bed.

Unexpectedly, the person on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, and at the same time grabbed the dagger-holding hand of the gray-clothed man, twisted it hard, and snatched the dagger away.

At this time, the door opened, and a group of people came in with lanterns, and the room became bright instantly.

The gray-clothed man was caught off guard. Seeing that the person who led the intrusion was Cui Hengyue, his expression changed drastically. He looked back at the person who took away his dagger, only to realize that the person lying on the bed just now was Cui Hengyue's maid—Shui Rong.

It turned out to be a member of Chu Palace, no wonder the skill is not weak.

He looked at Cui Hengyue again, only to see the corners of Cui Hengyue's mouth raised, with a bit of pride, she asked: "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)