The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 275: An Oolong Doubt (1)
"Returning to my son, my subordinate has been following the carriage to XX Street XX, and there is no discrepancy with the address that the third lady said. The subordinate wanted to go in and investigate, but was blocked outside, and someone was secretly guarding there. "

"Oh? An inconspicuous little family, why is there someone protecting it in secret?" Dongfang Shizi murmured, not knowing whether he was asking his subordinates or himself.

Just after the second hour, the Zhongyonghou Mansion sent someone to express their thanks.Because most of the people who came were men, Father Shen just bit the bullet and came out to receive them. Who let Brother Qiu and Brother Dong go to the academy? They couldn't arrange for Shen Shuoxing to come out to entertain guests!
After the people who came saw Shen's father, they said hello, put down the two small boxes as a thank you gift, and left.Fortunately, Shen Xuan already mentioned this matter yesterday, Father Shen and Zhou were not too surprised by the sudden gift.

Zhongyonghou's Mansion has already inquired about the situation of Shen's Mansion, and this time the thank you gifts are: three sets of paper, ink, brush and inkstone for Brother Qiu.Dongge and Shen Shuoxing's; the best rouge and gouache.Jewelry and two pieces of soft cloth were given to Zhou Shi and Shen Xuan; there was also a silver note of 1000 taels at the end.

Shen Xuan has decided to teach Shen Shuoxing from today, usually in her study.During lunch, Mrs. Zhou mentioned the matter of the 1000 taels of silver to Shen Xuan.

"Mother, don't worry too much, just accept it." Shen Xuan replied without any burden.

"It's fine to accept other things, but isn't that 1000 taels too much?" Zhou asked anxiously, and he could get 1000 taels for a little effort. Heart panic.

"Mother, don't worry. Although yesterday was just a momentary act of kindness, don't forget the identity of Miss Dongfang. She is the daughter-in-law ordered by the royal family and the future princess. With her identity, these thank you gifts are still few!" Shen Xuan Calmly appeasing.

After seeing Zhou's calm face, Shen Xuan decided to let the matter go and not tell Zhou the facts behind it, so as not to make her more worried.This morning, the dark guard had already reported the ins and outs of the matter to Shen Xuan: Dongfang Chan's carriage was broken by someone arranged by Dongfang Ziyu, a concubine from the Dongfang Mansion.

Dongfang Ziyu is only three months younger than Dongfang Channan, and she is also the daughter of the Zhongyonghou Mansion, why Dongfang Channan can marry into the royal family.Become an upright princess, but she hasn't even made an appointment yet?Dongfang Ziyu was envious and jealous of Dongfang Chanfa, after much deliberation, she decided to get rid of Dongfang Chanfa, and take her place by herself.instead.

When Shen Xuan met Dongfang Chanfan yesterday, their carriage had just had an accident, and when they left for less than a quarter of an hour, "bandits" appeared there.After the bandit came up, he killed all the family guards and a few little maids who stayed there, and when the people sent by the son of Dongfang arrived, no one survived.Bloody scene.

At this time, Shen Xuan thought that she and the people in Zhongyonghou's mansion would not have any intersections again, but she didn't expect that the son of Dongfang would follow her.The leader who came to Shen's residence today to give gifts was Dongfang Shizi's confidant Li Qiang, in order to find out why Shen's residence was protected, it was specially arranged today.Li Qiang entered Shen's mansion openly and aboveboard, looked at it carefully, he also felt a few shallow breaths in the dark, and when he returned to the mansion, he told Elder Dongfang about it.

"You mean, people in the dark have found you?" Dongfang Shizi asked, with no trace of joy or anger in his tone.

"Hui Shizi, this subordinate thinks so. As soon as I entered Shen's residence, this subordinate felt that a gaze was staring at this subordinate." Li Qiang replied carefully, and after a short glance, he replied, "This subordinate also found a A place where the guards are denser."

"Do you know where it is?"

"This subordinate has inquired with the concierge. It belongs to the backyard. It is the only lady in the Shen residence. The subordinate just wanted to ask about Miss Shen, but the concierge stopped talking."

"It seems that Shen's residence is full of mystery!" Dongfang Shizi concluded, then turned his head and continued to ask, "How is Miss Shen's family?"

"The subordinates only saw Miss Shen's father, who looks rather simple and honest. He can't tell lies at first glance, and there are no other problems."

"Send someone to inquire about Shen's residence in private, especially that mysterious Miss Shen. I don't believe that we can't find other information." After a few breaths of silence, Dongfang Shizi gave Li Qiang instructions.

Covered with a veil.Surrounded by extraordinary guards, such a mysterious woman must of course find out her true identity, Dongfang Shizi thought so.

"Yes, this subordinate will make arrangements now." Li Qiang replied in response.

"Is there any clue about the third sister's going out yesterday?" Dongfang Shizi asked again, stopping the other party from leaving.

"Senior Master, this matter seems to be related to Miss Fourth, isn't it?" Li Qiang turned around and replied to Mr. Dongfang, asking if he wanted to teach Miss Fourth secretly.To avenge Miss San.

"Don't intervene, if you can't even solve these matters, how can you secure the position of princess in the future." Dongfang Shizi replied, waving his hand to signal the other party to back down.

After Li Qiang withdrew, he arranged for someone to inquire about Shen's residence privately.For several days in a row, the dark guards reported to Shen Xuan that someone was watching not far from the mansion.

"Those people haven't withdrawn yet?" Shen Xuan asked the void after thinking about it.

"Return to the master, no." Hearing Shen Xuan's inquiry, a person appeared in the dark and stood in front of Shen Xuan to reply.

"Have you checked it out? Are you sure it's the son of Dongfang?" Shen Xuan asked.

"The subordinate followed that man. He watched him enter Zhongyonghou's mansion." The dark guard replied, and added after remembering something, "That man almost sneaked in last night, it seems that he came here for the study of."

After listening to the secret guard's answer, Shen Xuan habitually tapped on the table.Thinking about countermeasures.Shen Xuan didn't expect that he only missed a small loophole, and let the son of Dongfang stare at Shen's house.The guards who had been secretly protecting Brother Qiu and Brother Dong for the past few days also found out about this, which made them very nervous.Dongfang Shizi made people stare at Shen's house, if nothing major happened, he was worried that his actions would cause other troubles.

The Zhongyonghou Mansion holds a very important position in the capital, and there must be hostile forces monitoring Dongfang Shizi's every move. If his actions are seen by the enemy and he is guiding people to the Shen Mansion, then the loss outweighs the gain.Today's Shen residence cannot be compared with these aristocratic families.If it was only Shen Xuan herself, of course she would have nothing to fear, but there is the entire Shen family behind her, so Shen Xuan can't take risks.Nothing could go wrong.

"Go to the man outside the mansion and tell him to tell the master behind him: We will have a gathering at the hotpot restaurant tomorrow at noon." After thinking about it, Shen Xuan ordered to the secret guard.

"Yes." The dark guard replied, and then disappeared in a flash.

(End of this chapter)