Soft-waisted little maid

The courtyard where Cai Wan lives is in the west of Yin County, surrounded by mountains and green trees, and close to Hongjia Street and Sun Palace. From the Sun Mansion, you have to cross the Huxi River, then pass the Yuehu Academy, and then continue along a path along the river to see the courtyard that is mostly covered by green trees.

Although the Cai family has no relatives here, Mr. Cai also lived here for a few months many years ago due to official duties. Later, he accidentally fell in love with this courtyard here and thought about buying it. I would also come over for a short stay. This time, I was originally going to come for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I had official business and went to Beijing with my wife to report on my duties, so only Cai Wan came.

But usually there are servants here.

Needless to say, although the people in this other courtyard usually don't come out to show themselves, they just stay in the courtyard, but when something happens, they will still remember that their master is the governor of water transportation, and tell the outside world It's called being arrogant.

Sun Zan finally saw this when he led Xue Ke to the door of Cai Mansion.

"Where are these people waiting? Don't you know where this place is? Don't go out." The doorman was not tall, but he had a strong temper. He stood on the steps and looked down at them.

Sun Zan's casual servant immediately went up to inform: "Brother, we are from the home of Chief Envoy Sun. This is our third young master. Come and ask your steward about something."

"Master Sun San?" the short boy repeated, and then took a look at Sun Zan and Xue Ke who were waiting at the bottom of the steps.

Perhaps it was because Sun Zan had just changed into simple clothes for the sake of convenience, and the carriage looked simple. There was a hint of suspicion in his eyes when he looked at them.

"Wait." He observed the two of them for a while, curled his lips, and sounded impatient.

"You!" The servant of the Sun family is also a well-known figure in Yinxian County. This time he went out with his young master to find a steward of their family. He was polite in his words, but why was this caretaker so arrogant? Why, you actually asked their young master to wait for them? !

This made him so angry that he even wanted to go up and teach someone a lesson, but Sun Zan quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"We are here to figure things out as soon as possible without making any extraneous matters."

The gatekeeper didn't care about them, he turned around and entered the door indifferently.

Xue Ke took advantage of the people to enter and quickly walked to Sun Zan.

"Master, if you are the concierge, you might know if the girl went out last night. But seeing him like this, it shouldn't be easy to get anything out of him."

Sun Zan thought for a while: "If there is something, I am not afraid that I will not be able to ask. I am afraid that the person did not go out from here."

Xue Ke didn’t know what he was going to do, but when he took out a fifty-tael silver note from his arms and handed it to Xue Ke, Xue Ke suddenly realized that rich people still have to be rich, and the way for rich people to solve problems is Simple.

But it was only fifty taels, and she would have to work hard in the Sun Mansion for several years.
  Suddenly a thought flashed through her mind. Anyway, she could read minds directly, otherwise she would hide the fifty taels herself.
  But she turned around and found that Sun Zan saw her staring blankly at the banknote, and quickly gave up the idea in her mind.

After a while, the people inside came out again.

This time, not only was the gatekeeper the same as before, there was also a man who looked to be in his late forties, with a mustache and decent attire. He came out and bowed respectfully to Sun Zan.

"I've met the third young master. I'm not expecting you from afar. I'm really being negligent."

Sun Zan nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, you are the housekeeper of this other courtyard, right?" "That's right, my surname is Dong and my first name is Wenlin. The third young master can just call me "Lao Dong". But I don't know what the third young master is today. Why did you come all the way to find this old slave?"

"Steward Dong, you should know better." Sun Zan looked cold.

His expression swayed, as if he suddenly realized that he was a rich man, and he said quickly: "Oh oh oh, yes, yes, old slave, please come in quickly, please come in quickly."

Several people followed him into the courtyard.

Xue Ke looked around and saw that there was a cave inside this place. Even though it was only half of the Sun Mansion, the planning was exquisite and the layout was clever. It was obviously specially designed by skilled craftsmen. The place Xue Ke passed by, It’s almost a scene in every five steps and a painting in ten steps.

Xue Ke felt a little emotional and couldn't help but said to himself: "It would be a pity that this place is usually so empty."

The old housekeeper paused after hearing this. Although Xue Ke, who was immersed in the beautiful scenery, did not notice it, this scene fell in Sun Zan's eyes.

"Steward Dong, it's unusual for Mr. Cai and the others to come here often?" Sun Zan asked pretending to be casual.

"Not many," Dong Wenlin led the way and turned around to explain to him. "When there are many, they will come two or three times a year, and when there are few, they may not come once a year."

"What about you?" Sun Zan continued to ask, "With so many people in this courtyard, do they usually live in this courtyard when Mr. Cai doesn't come over?"

"Not all of them live here." Dong Wenlin replied perfunctorily. He led several people around a corner, and then arrived at the courtyard where Miss Cai usually lived. However, he did not go in. Instead, he led several people to sit down in a main hall next to the courtyard.

"Miss is not here. I'm sorry that I can't take you in without authorization." Dong Wenlin said, "Third Young Master, please sit here for a while. I will ask someone to bring you tea-"

"What about you?" Sun Zan suddenly spoke, "Don't be busy pouring tea. Please sit down first and answer my words properly."

Seeing Sun Zan's appearance, Xue Ke knew that he might be thinking of something, so he secretly took a few steps closer to Dong Wenlin, trying to find out what was hiding in his heart at the moment.

"Third Young Master, are you here today to interrogate this old slave?" Dong Wenlin smiled awkwardly, "The young lady has disappeared, and the old slave is also anxious to death. The master blames me, but the old slave is the first one who cannot eat. If you leave, why bother asking for trouble?"

This is true.

Sun Zan suddenly smiled. That's how he is. Normally, if he keeps a straight face, people will be scared to death. But he is good-looking. As long as he smiles a little like now, people will immediately feel like a spring breeze: " Butler Dong misunderstood. I just want to know who comes and goes in this house on weekdays. Besides, I just asked you a few questions. By the way, you haven't answered me yet. Do you usually live in this house? It seems like You should have a family now, why don’t you go back home?"

Xue Ke felt the person opposite swallow his saliva.

"The old slave is naturally married, and his wife is also at the house, so there is no need to make a special trip back."

Xue Ke raised his head and glanced at him——

This sentence is a lie.