C55 (1/2)

The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was filled with a beautiful red glow. Peach colored clouds were drifting along with the wind. In the main room of the Lan Garden, Mu Lan lit up the blue and white porcelain three-legged lotus lamp, and then brought the freshly brewed tea in front of Jin Lan, then she retreated behind her.

”Mama.” Jin Lan called for the Mama Tang softly. Now that Mu Lan was in charge of the Little Maid and her wife, she was a lot more at ease than before. Bi He had already been deliberately sent to the kitchen by her, to take advantage of this time to speak privately.

Mama Tang also understood what was going on. She went up to Jin Lan and said softly, ”Madam, you can't get anything from my house. I only know that Master is going to stay at Shuixie Pavilion for the night.”

Jin Lan's expression became heavy, and when they returned to the residence, although Man Ping's voice was extremely low, she had always been by Madame SHen's side, and had more or less heard some scattered words, including a familiar name, Chun Xiao.

She did not forget about Chun Xiao, the servant who almost caused the Madame SHen to lose his life. Now that Man Ping's face was ugly and his actions were unusually flustered, suspicion immediately arose in her heart. When he came back, he specifically told the Mama Tang to look for a way to enter the Shuixie Pavilion, but he didn't expect Ye Lin to go to the Shuixie Pavilion as well.

Even though the Madame SHen didn't say it explicitly, Jin Lan could guess that the reason she sent Chun Xiao and Ling Shan to the yamen was to fish out the mastermind behind all of this.

”Miss?” Seeing that Jin Wen didn't say anything, the Mama Tang continued, ”Why don't we get someone to go to the Shuixie Pavilion to take a look?”

Jin Lan came back to his senses and shook his head. ”No need.”

No matter what the reason was, since Madame SHen had warned her to go back to the Lan Garden, it was clear that she didn't want her to get involved. No matter how hard she tried to find out, she wouldn't be able to find anything.

She thought for a moment, then looked at Wan Ju who was guarding the door and asked: ”Any news about that medicine store manager?”

When the young lady ordered her to investigate the medicine store manager and the Doctor Gong, it was obvious that Wan Ju had opened her mouth to speak, but why did she ask about this matter in front of her now? The Mama Tang hesitated for a while before replying, ”I went according to what Wan Ju said and found the medicine store, but the shopkeeper and Wan Ju were not the same.”

”Not the same person?” Jin Lan sat up straight and asked doubtfully, ”What's going on?”

”Now, the medicine store's shopkeeper is a woman. Little San asked around and found out that the shopkeeper had passed away a few days ago, leaving behind widows and widows. Since he couldn't manage the funeral and take care of the shop, he decided to leave the shop with his relatives for a few days. Now that everything is ready, that storekeeper's wife took the shop back and continued opening the doors for business. ”

Xiao Sanzi was the nickname of the third son of the Mama Tang, the one who opened up a shop. When Wan Ju went missing, she was the one who helped find him.

Jin Lan's hand that was on the teacup slightly paused, ”So, the person who did this to Wan Ju, was it the female owner's relative?”

”That's why.” ”The relative entrusted by the female shopkeeper is my uncle. He is around fifty years old, which is completely inconsistent with what Wan Ju said, and that shop is not very big. It is said that there has always been only the shopkeeper, and there is basically no waiter.”

Jin Lan lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment. Afterwards, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip. After he gently placed the teacup back, he asked, ”Where did you get all this information from?”

”Other than what Little San asked around for, there was also my daughter-in-law who pretended to buy some common herbs from the store, trying to get close with the female owner.” Mama Tang thought that Jin Lan suspected that there was some trick, so he quickly replied.

It seemed like this milk brother was still a smart person, he knew how to attack from the inside and outside, but what about the shopkeeper that attacked Wan Ju? She wouldn't just quietly search around, right? Jin Lan pondered.

Even though the two were speaking softly, Wan Ju, who was guarding the door, could still hear them. Seeing that Jin Lan was deep in thought and did not speak, she thought for a moment and couldn't help but take a few steps forward, ”Miss, this servant has a way.”

Jin Lan's clear eyes flickered. ”What method?”

”This servant can draw the appearance of that person.” Wan Ju gently replied. He was an expert in drawing female red, so even though he could not draw that person into a lifelike manner, he was not wrong in general terms. Furthermore, to her, that incident was like a nightmare that she could not shake off. Even now, they would appear in her dreams from time to time, so how could she not recognize their appearance?

Hearing that, Jin Lan's expression did not change, but Mama Tang's eyes lit up, ”With a picture, things will be much easier.”

Since Wan Ju was willing, the matter was settled like this. Jin Lan said a few words, then told Wan Ju to go back and draw, the sooner the better.

Mama Tang saw that she didn't ask about Doctor Gong's matters, so she decided to keep her mouth shut and stopped talking.

After Wan Ju left, Jin Lan leaned against the pillow, looking at the candle flame with a slight startled expression.