Chapter 760 The Four Maids
This trip back to Tao's house was a fruitful one. Pei Zhan looked at it and wrote a few names on the paper.

Tao Zhen said: "First, Mr. Charu, but I don't think it could be him. Then there are the four maids. Whether they are dead or sold, there will always be some clues left."

Pei Zhan smiled and asked, "If I didn't know who you are, I would be most suspicious of the nanny you say is good at everything."

Tao Zhen knew that he was making fun of him, so he said without raising his head: "The wet nurse is indeed possible, and the original Tao Zhen did not have a biological mother. The wet nurse and her should be very close."

Pei Zhan said, "Okay, I'll ask Xiao Luo to check."

Tao Zhen added: "I tested Mrs. Tao today, which further confirmed my guess. The original owner is really mentally controlling the Tao family."

News about Pei Zhan came quickly. Mr. Lu was a student in the same batch as Tao Qian. Tao Qian passed the exam, and with the blessing of his ancestors, he successfully became an official and stayed in the capital.

Mr. Lu's family was a merchant, and they could barely make a living in the past, but then the recession began. Mr. Lu took the exam several times, and all his family property was lost, and he failed to pass the exam. Tao Qian saw that he was in poverty, so he helped him. The tutor has taught the children of the Tao family to read for some years now. He is a rigid and serious middle-aged man, similar to what Tao Zhen wants.

"Looking at it this way, there is nothing wrong with him." Tao Zhen said: "And I saw that everyone is studying in one place, with maids guarding them around. Mr. Lu has no possibility of meeting the original owner alone."

Next are the four maids. The original owner's naming method is simple and crude. The names of the four maids are all Beginning of Spring, Beginning of Summer, Beginning of Autumn, and Beginning of Winter.

"24 solar terms." Tao Zhen said.

Pei Zhan nodded.

Tao Zhen motioned for him to continue.

So Pei Zhan said: "Three of these four maids are dead, and the remaining one is missing."

Although he knew this might be the result, Tao Zhen was still shocked: "Dead?"

Pei Zhan nodded: "It took me a while to find out. At the beginning of spring, the beginning of summer, and the beginning of winter, one got seriously ill and died suddenly, one slipped and fell into the water, one was knocked down by a carriage and trampled by a horse and died not long after, and the only one died The one named Li Qiu was sold to a widower. The widower drank and hit others. The two had a dispute, and then there was no movement. When people found out the next day, the widower was already dead, and Li Qiu’s whereabouts were unknown since then. Never seen again."

Pei Zhan said: "It's man-made, it's not such a coincidence."

"Then the original owner will become completely alone."

Was it because he was too smart and blocked other people's way, or did he know some great secret and was silenced?
The two discussed for a while, and it was getting late. Pei Zhan didn't want to go back, but Tao Zhen pushed him out.

It was already taboo for her to meet Pei Zhan in private. If he stayed overnight again, it would definitely not be appropriate.

"Can't we just have a meal?" Pei Zhan asked aggrievedly, holding on to the door frame.

Tao Zhen flatly refused and said, "Go home and eat."

Pei Zhan thought about the food cooked by his mother, but he really couldn't get interested in it.

Tao Zhen said: "Buy a few people, my mother will be too busy for such a big house."

She has wanted to do it for a long time, but there has never been a suitable person. Buying it rashly will cause a lot of trouble for the family.

Pei Zhan said yes and he went to buy it.

But he didn't want to leave, so he finally hugged Tao Zhen and kissed her deeply at the door before reluctantly leaving.

Pei Zhan was in a good mood, and Yu Shu asked, "Master, are you going home?"

Pei Zhan shook his head: "Not going back, let's go have some fun."

Yu Shu's eyes sparkled with excitement, he loved having fun the most.

The carriage swayed to the back door of the Pei family. There was a deep alley over there, and at the end was a dilapidated yard that used to belong to the Pei family.

Mrs. Pei is kind-hearted, and the Pei family does not lack the stutter. The servants of the Pei family are old. If they can't do any work, Mrs. Pei arranges for them to take care of themselves here.After the incident in the Pei family, no one cared about these people. Most of them died. Only a lame old man was left looking at the yard and waiting for the masters of the Pei family to return.

Hearing the sound of the carriage, the old man walked out slowly. When he saw Pei Zhan, his cloudy eyes lit up slightly.

"The young master is here." The old man's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like a broken bellows.

"Uncle Zhang." Pei Zhan got off the carriage and followed the old man into the yard.

Yu Shu looked around cautiously, made sure no one was following him, and entered the yard.

Uncle Zhang walked very slowly, so Pei Zhan accompanied him. After walking for a while, Pei Zhan asked, "How are you?"

Zhang Bo said: "Well, once a person is afraid of death, he will not be able to die."

Pei Zhan smiled and said, "That's right."

Yu Shu was a little excited and squeezed the newly prepared "Corpse Transformation Powder" in his arms. Pei Zhan suddenly stopped, glanced at Yu Shu and said, "You look happy?"

Yu Shu denied: "I didn't. Master, you really misunderstood."

Pei Zhan didn't think so, but he didn't say anything.

There are many rooms in the yard. They used to live in the old servants of the Pei family. Before the collapse of the Pei family, they ate and drank every day. They basked in the sun in their free time. The old guys spent their days playing chess and so on. It was very pleasant.

After the Pei family collapsed, no one took care of them. They got sick and died in this yard. There was a large open space behind the yard. The people who used to grow vegetables are now buried with the dead.

The large and small grave mounds look particularly weird, and there is a pit on the side. It was left by Uncle Zhang to him. He sent the old guys away. He originally planned to lie in it by himself. Now the young master of the Pei family After he came back, Uncle Zhang thought that someone was willing to bury him.

Yu Shu was startled by this strange scene, but he was always brave and calmed down quickly, but the person inside was different, whining, as if he was greatly frightened, and heard footsteps voice, but the man shut up.

Pushing open the wooden door, it was eerie inside. Pei Zhan took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands. Yu Shu walked up to the man and kicked him hard.

The lights were lit in the room, the blindfold was taken off the man's face, and he blinked hard.

Pei Zhan walked up to him and looked at him with a chuckle: "Master Wan, we meet again."

Wan Shining's mouth was stuffed with rags and his cheeks were numb. When he saw Pei Zhan, he was shocked and angry.

He knew that Pei Zhan was dishonest, but he didn't expect that Pei Zhan would dare to tie him up like this.

He is so brave.

Wan Shining struggled violently and looked at Pei Zhan with strong hatred in his eyes.

He was counted.

By Pei Zhan!
In the past few days, because the unsatisfactory brother-in-law owed someone a gambling debt, the boy ran away, and the person who vouched for him was his wife. Mrs. Wan doted on her younger brother, and she usually paid off Zhang Chun's gambling debts, but now Even Wan Shining couldn't afford such a large amount of money. He borrowed money from others and sold some of his family's properties to get enough money. Unfortunately, just a few days after the repayment, Zhang Chun... She didn't know where she owed the money. This time Mrs. Wan couldn't get the money out at all, so she asked Wan Shining to think of a way. Wan Shining knew that this brother-in-law couldn't hold up the wall, so even if she paid him back, He will continue to owe money in a few days, and a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit.

He rejected his wife with a cold face. Who would have thought that Mrs. Wan would take the money he gave to the palace to purchase medicinal materials to pay off his brother's gambling debt.

Wan Shining was so angry that he could only find Mrs. Wan and Zhang Chun without telling anyone, but he was brought here as soon as he arrived at Zhang's house.

Wan Shining always thought it was the people from the gambling house, but he didn't expect it to be Pei Zhan.

It turned out to be Pei Zhan, and he felt fear belatedly.

Why did Pei Zhan want to arrest him here...

(End of this chapter)

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