An Ruochen pondered over the dossier seventeen years ago for several days. That day when she heard that Qi Zheng and the others had returned, she led Chunxiao to Xue's house in a carriage.

Aunt Lu took advantage of this time to go to Zhaofu Restaurant to find out the news.

An Ruochen exchanged a few words with Mrs. Xue, and asked about the An family's attitude, the progress of the matter and Mr. Xue's condition, and Mrs. Xue told them one by one. An Ruochen thought about it after hearing this, and said that he wanted to chat with Mr. Xue.

Mrs. Xue hesitated, fearing that her son who hadn't let go of his promise to the marriage would offend An Ruochen with his words, or that he would really forcefully refuse the marriage after being annoyed by the unhappy conversation. An Ruochen smiled: "I think Mr. Xue is also a soft-hearted person. I will tell him more about my second sister. After I left, my second sister is indeed in a bad situation at home. If Mr. Xue doesn't love After listening, I will come out."

Mrs. Xue's mind has been revealed, so it's hard to refuse. So he led An Ruochen to find Xue Xuran.

Naturally, Xue Xuran didn't want to say polite words to An Ruochen, he couldn't play well with his mother here, so he asked her to go back to rest, and he could discuss with Miss An on his own.

Mrs. Xue naturally gave her son enough face in front of outsiders, she didn't refute, she only served good tea and snacks, and then went out.

In the end, Xue Xuran and An Ruochen were left in the room. Xue Xuran asked bluntly: "What's your business? Want to marry your sister? Didn't you already say it last time?"

An Ruochen said: "I have an old case from seventeen years ago, I would like to ask Mr. Xue to help me inquire about it in private."

Xue Xuran glared at her: "Do you really think Quanping is your An Ruochen's domain? Do you order whoever you want? The prefect is not dead yet."

"Young master is right. I'm just a commoner, so I can't compare with the prefect. Besides, I'm not ordering you, I'm begging you."

Xue Xuran still stared at her: "It's enough to just say please? Who do you think I am?"

"You are the only son of the Xue family. Your father, Xue Shuen, and your mother, Xue Chen, are both from Zhonglan City. You are sixteen this year, and your birthday is November eleventh. Your mother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to you and almost lost her life. You also You almost lost your life, but in the end both mother and child are safe, and God blesses the Xue family. You have been ill since childhood, but you are very smart. You can read at the age of four and recite poetry at the age of six. Your parents are proud of you. You are also a filial child. Knowing that my frailty and illness have caused a lot of trouble for my parents, I tried my best to behave well and not let them worry about it."

Xue Xuran frowned: "Are you showing off that you have checked my house clearly?"

"The investigation is indeed very clear. I also know the business of your Xue family's various businesses, your father's assistant in management, the girl guards around you, which doctors you have seen, and which shops you like to go to."

Xue Xuran's face darkened.

"In order not to waste time, I will not provide evidence one by one to prove that I do know. I will only mention the main points. I also know that you privately raise secret agents and counselors and are suspected of treason."

"This charge is quite heavy." Xue Xuran looked innocent and disapproving.

"I also know that you are very curious. The matter I want to investigate involves the safety of Pingnan. No matter what, your Xue family lives here and lives here. Isn't it true that your secret agents and counselors are using those little brains for Do you protect your parents? Master Xue is an upright person, and he is not very flexible. Doing business in Zhonglan City where dragons and snakes are mixed together, you should be very careful. You also feel sorry for your mother's hard work, thinking that if you can turn things that are not good for the Xue family If you know it in advance and deal with it secretly, your parents will be able to live in peace and comfort. You don't have much time, so you want to take care of them more while you are still around, don't you?"

"Miss An has great powers, she knows everything, and she is in control of everything, why do you need the help of a frail little person like me?" Xue Xuran sneered, "Could it be that the girl wants to seduce me next time, and then force me to marry a girl Second sister."

An Ruochen said sternly: "Whether you marry my second sister or not has nothing to do with me. She may indeed become a means for the spy to kidnap and threaten me, but if it really happens, I will not make any apology for her General, I'm sorry about Da Xiao. The day I desperately escaped from An's house, I had nothing to do with An's house. My second sister was not in harmony with me. The missing sister was my fourth sister. Instead, I I feel more distressed." An Ruochen paused, lowered her eyes, as if recalling for a while, said: "The general told me back then that my life and my fourth sister's life are all behind Da Xiao Anwei."

Xue Xuran didn't take it seriously: "General Long is really righteous."

An Ruochen ignored his tone, and said: "So if Second Sister can marry someone who is not under Qian Pei's orders, I will breathe a sigh of relief, but if she can't marry and is murdered in the end, then it's her fate. , I can't help it."

Xue Xuran frowned and stared at An Ruochen, this guy is playing tricks, right?

Xue Xuran pushed the boat with the current, and said: "Since that's the case, then Miss An doesn't have to worry about your second sister. She doesn't have a good life, so don't blame you."

As a result, An Ruochen also took advantage of the situation and said: "Then Mr. Xue should have no doubts about my request, right?"

"Of course there are." Xue Xuran didn't like her, and said: "Miss An knows that I have a counselor and spies, and also claims that I am suspected of treason, and also knows that I am very unhappy with the girl, how dare the girl Do you believe that I will help you sincerely?"

"The general believes in you, so I will."

Xue Xuran sneered: "If Mr. General says farts are delicious, do you also think farts are delicious?"

"If your lord general needs me to say that, I'll say it. Besides, I think I can use farts to describe myself. Mr. Xue has a big stomach and a broad mind, so he can be trusted and pushed."

Xue Xuran choked, what a slip of the tongue, how could he get himself involved.

He rolled his eyes, and then remembered the eyes An Ruoxi gave him, this thought was really unconvincing.

He said: "Well, if I am willing to investigate this matter for you, you can persuade my mother not to marry you."

An Ruochen shook his head: "That's inappropriate. I didn't persuade your mother to get married. Why should I stop her? Besides, I think the young master's thinking is wrong. In fact, it's good to marry my sister, at least she is pure and kind. What the master said is to marry one. Think about it, if you can’t marry this one, and the most suitable one is gone, then you can make up for the lack of one, and find ten girls who are good but not so suitable to support the joy, wouldn’t you be more happy? trouble?"

Xue Xuran was choked again.

Make up ten for the lack of one, what kind of bullshit!

Xue Xuran was furious: "You threatened me?!" Thinking of ten chattering girls who could roll their eyes around him and called him Mr., he couldn't help but shudder.

An Ruochen smiled: "Why, it's just when I want to ask Mr. Xue, a fool will do such a stupid thing as a threat. If I can't ask Mr. Xue, that is a threat."

Xue Xuran's face darkened, very good, that is, if he helped her, she had to beg him to do something, so she wouldn't treat him like this. If he doesn't help her, she won't be able to ask him anymore, so she will try to get his mother to marry him ten "tonic" joys. Isn't that a threat?

Xue Xuran didn't speak, he was thinking.

An Ruochen looked at his expression, and said: "Young Master Xue is extremely intelligent, so naturally he is not afraid of any threats."

Xue Xuran gave her a white look, that's needless to say.

"It's just that this matter is quite difficult, and the outcome is unpredictable. Maybe there will be nothing, and maybe there will be a shocking discovery. It's a pity that Mr. Xue missed it."

Xue Xuran pouted, and said: "You don't need to provoke me. I don't know you well, but you come to ask me for this matter. If there is no conspiracy, then there is no suitable person around to investigate the case. The prefect and his wife treat you very well. Take care, but you don't ask them for help, is this related to them? In addition, you suspect that there are spies around you, but you don't know who it is?"

An Ruochen blinked his eyes: "I have already praised Mr. Xue for his intelligence."

Xue Xuran frowned: "That's why you are so troublesome, you still want to stuff your second sister into my house."

An Ruochen just learned Xue Xuran's innocent and disapproving face: "I made this matter clear just now. The second sister is not important. Whatever happens to her is fate. Let her go."

Xue Xuran sullenly looked young and old: "Tell me, what is the matter, what do you want to investigate? Let me first hear whether this matter is harmful or not."

When Aunt Lu arrived at Zhaofu Restaurant, she seemed to be passing by on business, and greeted her acquaintances in the restaurant, but she didn't see Qi Zheng after a glance, so she asked him how he was recently. Another waiter told her that Qi Zheng has made great progress, he is reused by the proprietress, and he can go out to do errands. It's not that I just came back in the afternoon, and now I'm reporting to the proprietress' house.

Aunt Lu smiled, chatted a few words about homework, and asked the waiter and Qi Zheng to tell Qi Zheng that she had been here before, don't worry about the child, she has been doing well recently. The waiter readily agreed.

Aunt Lu chatted for a while, bought another box of snacks, and left.

After a while, Qi Zheng returned to Zhaofu Restaurant, and nodded his head when he heard what the running back said. He understood that Aunt Lu knew that he would not stay long in the mansion to report the matter, and would come back no matter what, she was waiting for him in the old place and asked him to report the news.

Qi Zheng was terrified, and after procrastinating for a long time, he couldn't go on, so he bit the bullet and went to see Aunt Lu.

Sure enough, Aunt Lu waited patiently at the old place. Seeing Qi Zheng, he looked at him carefully, patted his head and patted his arm, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, nothing happened."

Qi Zheng felt even more uncomfortable when he heard it, "Ma'am." Are you trying to lie to Aunt Lu? He is struggling.

"What news did you hear?" Aunt Lu asked.

Qi Zheng opened his mouth and lowered his head: "Auntie, I'm sorry. We were discovered before we found anything. We ran back desperately, but nothing was done."

Mrs. Lu was taken aback, and grabbed him: "You were discovered, you escaped? What's the situation, please tell me quickly. Did Qian Pei see you? Have you been tracked when you escaped? Now But there is still danger? Is Zhaofu Restaurant safe? Tell me quickly, I have to find Miss An to find a solution."

Qi Zheng didn't dare to raise his head, the more Mrs. Lu talked about it, the more he felt guilty. Aunt Lu didn't mean to blame him for his ineffectiveness at all, but only cared about his safety.

Qi Zheng bit the bullet and told the lie Zhao Jiahua asked. In fact, everything else was true, except that he climbed up the window and didn't hear anything clearly, and then he was discovered by the thugs. After they escaped back, Zhao Jiahua told them how to tell the outside world, saying that he wanted to see what happened to the girl, and he said everything.

Aunt Lu frowned and thought for a while: "Miss Xiu'er is right. According to Qian Pei's cunning, when he goes back to the inn to inquire, he should know that he is from Zhaofu Restaurant."

Qi Zheng comforted: "Maybe he didn't think much about it."

Aunt Lu glared at him: "Don't take it lightly. Qian Pei's success in this life is not due to virtue. Since he has means, he is not stupid. He is ruthless, you must be careful."

"Okay, okay." Qi Zheng saw that Mrs. Lu was in a hurry, and quickly agreed.

Aunt Lu hurried to leave: "No, I have to go back and report to the girl. Let her figure out a way. If those secret operations want to kill people, what can I do?" Aunt Lu told Qi Zheng to be careful, don't let Strangers approached, don't take orders, etc., Qi Zheng quickly agreed.

Aunt Lu turned and left, Qi Zheng looked at her back with mixed feelings in his heart. "aunt!"

He couldn't hold back, and called Aunt Lu.

Aunt Lu stopped and turned around: "What?"

Qi Zheng choked for a long time, and squeezed out a sentence: "You have to be careful yourself." The person who is suspected of being together with Xiaozuo all day long is the aunt herself.

Aunt Lu smiled at him comfortingly and nodded.

Aunt Lu left. Qi Zheng slammed his head, what to do, if someone really came to silence him, would it be someone sent by Qian Pei or An Ruochen? He was actually really scared. Who is not afraid of death?