In order to delay Qiu Yan and the others, Liang Yi went to deal with Yuan Lang alone. Even though the two of them belonged to the supervisory agency and obeyed the order in the palace, there was a festival three years ago. At the beginning, the General Chapter Yamen was established first, and then there was the existence of the wood chopping department. It was peaceful for many years, until Liang Yi took over as the wood chopping department, no matter how big or small the case would be scrambled. , leading to his demotion and exile.
The Zongzhang Yamen has been without a leader since then. Now that the emperor has recalled Yuan Lang, this Yamen will definitely be united, and the old and new grudges must be settled clearly. As Song Jin said, the festival between Yuan Lang and Liang Yi has not disappeared, and they questioned the need to break into the evidence room. Fortunately, Qiu Yan found clues in time. After Yuan Lang led his men to take away all the evidence, the news was shared with Liang Yi. .
Qiu Yan successfully found the Qiu family's property in Wanyan Building through the rules of surname strokes, but she is more concerned about Liang Yi's situation now, lest Yuan Lang will participate in the emperor's performance due to today's events. Liang Yi was accustomed to this, saying that he was just a whip used by the sage to flick hundreds of officials. Although he was used to it and used it smoothly, he had to change it frequently, otherwise people would turn anger from one whip to the owner of the whip, which is why the emperor suddenly recalled Yuan Lang's key.
Qin Xuan sighed that it was not easy to be an official, and then took the initiative to leave, but when he saw Qiu Yan wearing a gold shackle on her hand, she couldn't help but feel a little tasteful. Qiu Yan suddenly realized that she couldn't help teasing him, jokingly saying that if she could, she might as well find another pair of hand shackles, one on each hand, just like the romance of a man in the world.
After returning to Qiu Mansion, Qiu Yan explained the ins and outs to her family, and provided a jade pendant that appeared in Wanyan Tower. Qiu Yi felt familiar, and it seemed that it was his eldest brother's personal accessories, but now his eldest brother Qiu Xian was repairing the valley in Lianyun Mountain, why did he go to the place of pickling.
Everyone was shocked, and Mrs. Qiu hurriedly sent someone to find Qiu Xian. How could Qiu Xian deny that he had been to Wanyan Building, claiming that he lost his jade pendant when he returned to the house last year, and he, as a person of Qing cultivator, has long since cared about this kind of body. Property, and there is no public announcement, to save trouble.
Since there is no evidence to support Qiu Xian's remarks, most people are dubious, but Qiu Yan thinks that what the uncle said may be true. After all, the third and fourth uncles have more doubts. At this time, Qiu Mei was begging Qiu Yan to let her father go on the grounds of sending the peace charm. Qiu Yan thought that the Qing people were self-cleaning, and her kneeling was superfluous.
That night, Song Jin applied medicine to Liang Yi's wound. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jin suddenly visited and asked her son to leave after caring. Song Jin thought that there were two keys in the golden hand shackle, and thought about going to the cell tomorrow to find it, but Liang Yi spoke out to stop it, staring at the hand shackle in a daze.
The three-day deadline was approaching, and the Qiu family's case had not progressed for a long time. Qiu Yan took Qiu Min to find Xu Niangzi and asked her to help analyze the person most likely to take the jade pendant. Xu Niangzi deliberately revealed that the fourth master Qiu Hong was idle all day, often going to the land of fireworks and willows, owed Qingyin Xiaoban thousands of taels half a year ago, and finally stole more than ten pieces of gold and silverware from Mrs. Qiu's warehouse to use as pawns.
Qiu Yan asked her servants to monitor Qiu Hong's movements, but she accidentally discovered that the fourth lady Mi's behavior was strange, and she went straight to the west of the city without her maid. Qiu Yan and Qingdai followed along, and through inquiries learned that Mi Shi often went to the Heminglou Theater, neither applauding nor rewarding, sitting in the private room facing the street drinking tea for several years, looking at the wontons in the distance from time to time soup.
The stall owner and his wife were dressed in simple clothes. At first glance, they looked like they were born into a poor family, but they were willing to dress up their daughter as precious and precious. In particular, Qiu Yan observed that Mrs. Mi looked across the window and looked at the girl with gentle eyes like water, which made her even more suspicious. After Mi's departure, Qiu Yan took the initiative to talk to the stall owner and his wife, and learned that they were not related to Mi's, but only the daughter's birthday was exactly the same as Mi's son.
Because of this clue, Qiu Yan suddenly thought that Han Shi told her a secret story. It is said that the fourth master Qiu Hong favored Aunt Kou, and almost divorced Mi Shi because of no name, so Qiu Yan had reason to suspect Mi Shi. His son Qiu Di is not his own. Sure enough, Qingdai found the midwife who had gone mad, and from the other party's few words, it was confirmed that Qiu Di and the girl had switched identities.
Originally, Qiu Min wanted to make the matter public, but was rejected by Qiu Yan. If the scandal is exposed, it may not only be driven out of the house, but more likely to be immersed in a pig cage. Qiu Yan admired Mi's courage and means to protect herself, and decided to help her hide it, and repeatedly told Qiu Min not to leak the news.
Considering that tonight was the deadline, Qiu Yan had to make a desperate attempt and summoned everyone in the Qiu Mansion. First, she proved that her uncle was allergic and could not go to the Fengyue site. Then she ruled out the suspicion of the fourth uncle. In the end, only the third uncle, Qiuning, had a problem. . At first, the third master, Qiu Ning, was still fighting for reasons, and even wanted to take Qian to leave the Qiu mansion. How could he know that he hadn't waited to step out of the house? Qiu Yan bluntly said that the government is now investigating the case. will become more serious.
When Qiu Ning heard these words, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, admitting that he stole the jade pendant and went to Wanhua Lou to exchange for fake banknotes, but the banknotes disappeared out of thin air shortly after arriving in the house. Therefore, Qiu Ning said that in order to prevent the confusion between the true and false bank notes, Wanyan Building will give buyers a bottle of special medicinal water, which can be used to detect who has exchanged the bank notes. Qiu Yan asked Madam Xu to go to the third room to fetch the potion. Unexpectedly, Madam Xu emptied the potion without authorization, and this scene was caught by everyone.