Yao Qi's expression suddenly changed: "What is this mean by sir?"

Zhang Ping continued: "Have you heard from the second young master mentioned that his ancestors knew a woman who died early?"

Yao Qi almost couldn't help it and said to Zhang Ping, "My father was killed suddenly, and the students were in a state of confusion. If the adults already know something related to the case based on evidence, please inform them in detail. Some... the adults' speculations are really impossible to help the adults prove it. Please forgive me." After saying that, he bowed deeply.

Zhang Ping nodded and told Yao Qi that he wanted to see where the stolen items were located.

Yao Qi secretly calmed down and personally led Zhang Ping to go.

Everyone who was accompanying him also followed. The headmaster said to Zhang Ping: "Sir, the guard has told me several points that the thieves may have come in. I have already checked it."

The Yao family's mansion was very large. When Yao Qi came back to report the funeral, everyone cried in the hall between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, far from the wing room.

Moreover, almost all the members of the Yao Mansion are left behind. Mrs. Yao lives in the southwest, while the rest of the women live in the south. Yao Yuanwai's bedroom is in the northwest of the inner courtyard, and the library is in a separate courtyard behind.

At that time, the servants and servants from the Yao family gathered outside the hall to cry, which was indeed a good time to start.

The headmaster said, forget about the time, no matter where the thief sneaked in, whether he went to Yao Yuanwai's room to steal things, or stole books and then boxes, it was more than enough.

"Sir, do you want to go and have a look?"

Zhang Ping shook his head: "Go to the library."

Yao Qi said: "Since you are passing by the inner courtyard, will the adults look at my father's bedroom first?"

Zhang Ping shook his head again and the group walked straight to the small courtyard where the library was located.

The library has two floors, which is called a library, but in fact it is still a study room. The first and second floors are equipped with tables, brushes and ink, and the layout is very elegant. The hall is divided by carved wooden walls, three rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs, which are very wide. Yao Qi said that all his brothers were locked up here and studied. Yao Yuanwai was also when he was young.

Unfortunately, Yao Yuanwai only passed the county examination, and the three Yao Qi brothers were just scholars.

The bookcases on the first and second floors are placed against the wall, and the booklets are neatly coded. There is also a dark room on the second floor that specializes in storing rare books. There are no windows in the room, four-wall bookshelves, and some drawers are used to store precious calligraphy and painting hanging scrolls.

However, the stolen books were not in the dark room, but were placed on the bookcase on the second floor, and were placed together with some booklets that talk about scenery and playful things.

The headmaster said, "It's really strange. If you come for money, why don't you go into the inner room and steal these books?"

Yao Qi said: "No, no one reads these books on weekdays."

Zhang Ping looked at the original location of the book, and then touched the shelf and the top of the book.

Yao Qi said: "The servants at home are quite diligent. Except for the inner room, they cannot be cleaned without any means. Although the students and brothers do not have the talent to do academic research, they will not let the books be covered with dust."

Xie Fu has been holding some words for a long time and didn't want to do anything more, but for the sake of his conscience, he still whispered to Zhang Ping: "Sister, will you also be tried?"

Zhang Ping immediately said: "For now, there is no need."

Xie Fu sighed in his heart, alas, the first guess is whether there are internal thieves in the house, and this Lord Zhang cannot imagine it.

I really felt owed again just now.

Forget it, for nothing, I have to leave this world forever. When it comes, just be a spectator.

But he felt that his soul had escaped from the hustle and bustle. He watched from afar and saw Zhang Ping bowing to Yao Qi: "Can you pay homage to Mrs. Yao?"

Yao Qi swallowed and said, "Jia Ci is really inconvenient to pay homage to you, I hope you understand."

Zhang Ping lowered his eyelids: "Can you borrow paper and pen?"

There was a ready-made one on the desk. The constable quickly lit the candlestick on the table, and the clerk immediately rushed to the table to grind the ink.

Zhang Ping said: "Can you let me write it alone?"

The people around the table quickly retreated, but Xie Fu, who had been standing next to the bookshelf, seemed to be like a rock in the crowd.

Xie Fu looked at the silhouette of Zhang Ping's pen and thought to himself that there were so many people and eyes. This move was indeed appropriate, but it also felt deliberate. Needless to mention others, even he wanted to glance more and more, what was written on the paper.

Alas... it's all over, but what do you think of these things?

Xie Fu laughed at himself in his heart again, withdrew his gaze, and calmly stopped looking at Zhang Ping's paper.

The screen of the box has been written, and I handed it to Yao Qi: "Please transfer it to Mrs. Yao immediately."

Yao Qi took it, couldn't help but look at the note, raised his eyes again, and met Zhang Ping's gaze.

Zhang Ping nodded to him, meaning that he could see.

Yao Qishun lowered his eyes, pretended that he didn't understand this meaning, bowed to Zhang Ping expressionlessly, and walked out of the library alone.

After leaving the courtyard, Yao Qi couldn't help but quietly unfolded the note under the lights in the corridor. There was only one sentence on the paper-

"Mrs. I asked my servants to check the secrets of the stolen books, please let me know."

Yao Qi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help looking back at the direction of the library, then looked at the notes, hesitated for a while, and continued to walk towards Mrs. Yao's wing.

After a while, Yao Qi hurried back to the library.

"My mother wants to pay a visit to the inner hall, but I wonder if she is willing to move?"

Zhang Ping followed Yao Qi out of the small courtyard where the library was located and walked to a small hall in the inner courtyard.

Two maids in plain clothes stood outside the hall, saluting Zhang Pingfu, opened the door, Zhang Ping and Yao Qi walked into the door one after another, leaving the rest under the steps outside the corridor.

The candles in the hall were bright, and a screen was set up. Zhang Ping bowed to the screen: "The new magistrate of Fengle, Zhang Ping, has met his wife."

The voice of an older woman behind the screen trembled: "I dare not, a civilian woman dares to be a polite lord." She wore a simple white figure and walked out from behind the screen and saluted Zhang Ping, "The unknown Yao Qian, pays homage to the magistrate."

Mrs. Yao is about fifty years old, with gray hair, her eyes so swollen that she cannot see the shape, and her voice is hoarse and can only speak in a low voice.

"The adults are so young. To put it offensively, it seems that age is not a few years older than the youngest son of a civilian woman. Therefore, the civilian woman did not perform a ward of evasion. She would pay her respects to her in person, so she would not blame her."

Zhang Ping said: "I am the younger generation, I would like to thank my wife for being willing to meet."

Mrs. Yao hurriedly bent her knees again: "How can you be so humble and kill the civilian women?"

Zhang Ping said: "Madam, please come up. Those books are very important. I hope the wife will tell you the secrets."

Mrs. Yao raised her eyes and looked at Zhang Ping: "The dog son told the civilian woman that no servant told the adult that the library was asked to see by the civilian woman. The dog son didn't know about this, how did the adult know about it?"

Zhang Ping said: "Those books are not read on weekdays, and the books on both sides are not rare books. The second young master didn't know about the matter of the bookstore, and it was after he went to the yamen. At that time, the sky was already dark, and the books were placed on the upper grid. If you had not taken care of them deliberately, you would take out all the books in the grid to check them, and you would not be sure that there would be fewer ones."

Yao Qi said: "Maybe the servants of my mansion are more meticulous."

Mrs. Yao hurriedly apologized to Zhang Ping, but saw that Zhang Ping did not show an offended look, but looked at Yao Qi seriously and said, "The servants of your mansion are mostly in the capital."

Somehow, looking at Zhang Ping's face, Yao Qi couldn't help but blurt out: "There are still many maids in the inner house."

Zhang Ping said: "The people who clean the library and know the list of books are all men."

Yao Qi ignored Mrs. Yao's urgent obstruction and said in a stern voice: "How can you see it? There are many maids in my house who know how to read."

Zhang Ping looked at him again: "The official asked several young masters to study in the library, and he would never allow Hongxiu to add incense."

Yao Qi choked.

Zhang Ping was right, and after Zhang Ping said this, he immediately realized that the Yao family men who knew the location of those books were actually in the capital, except for him. Even the servants who left behind, just counting the books in the building, may not be able to finish the order until tomorrow morning.

Zhang Ping turned to Mrs. Yao: "At this time, the person who asserted that the book was stolen can only be the person who stole the book and was worried that the book would be lost. Apart from the second son, there is only the wife."

Mrs. Yao's body shook slightly and she lowered her eyes: "Yes, the book was read by a civilian woman."

Zhang Ping stared at her: "Why?" He bowed solemnly and again, "This matter is very important, I hope my wife will inform you."

Mrs. Yao hesitated for a moment and sighed deeply.

"These books are indeed related, and the dog son doesn't know. It was the mother-in-law of the civilian woman who told the civilian woman many years ago. The mother-in-law only said at that time that these books are of great importance. The great-grandfather of the husband once told the civilian woman's father-in-law that if something happened to the family in the family one day, they would send those books to the government."

Zhang Ping asked: "Why?"

Mrs. Yao shook her head: "My mother-in-law also heard the words of my great-grandfather and father-in-law, and she knew the matter before she knew the details. She didn't know the details. It should be the grudge that my great-grandfather had formed in her early years. My great-grandfather thought that it was the affairs of the previous generation. My great-grandfather wanted to return to his hometown for burial after his death, and his family moved back here, and he had always been peaceful. The matter has long passed, so there is no need to scare future generations. Therefore, my grandfather and his grandfather felt that there was no need to let Han'er, Qi'er, and Lu'er know. But my mother-in-law felt that since my great-grandfather had given me this advice, it would make sense, so she told the private woman just in case."

Zhang Ping said: "Madam doesn't know the secrets in the book?"

Mrs. Yao hesitated for a moment and shook her head again: "To be honest, the civilian woman can recognize a few words. She has read these books quietly, but she has not seen any difference."

Zhang Ping frowned. It may be that there are secret notes in the book, and some methods are needed to show their appearance. However, the book has been lost, so it is useless to think too much at this time.

He continued to ask again: "Has the great-grandfather of the official, ever mentioned a woman?"

Mrs. Yao was stunned: "This... the civilian woman has never heard of it."
Chapter completed!