Man Bao suddenly felt a little sour in his heart and asked, "There must be some relatives, right?"

The stall owner said: "I haven't heard of it. Why, is Old Scholar Xia really the person you are looking for?"

Seeing that the smile on Man Bao's face had disappeared, Bai Shan hurriedly said: "Maybe so, so I want to find out if they have any relatives at home. If not, who lives in the house where their family originally lived now?"

"But I don't know. Young Master, you can go to Songhua Lane and ask."

Bai Shan thanked him, and the guards who had come to Shangzhou in advance to arrange for them came over and booked an inn for them.

After a few people had some noodles, they went to the inn to put their luggage and rest before asking someone to inquire about Songhua Lane.

The bundle Man Bao found in the mountain contained two property deeds, one for the house and one for the shop;

There are three land deeds and two household registrations. It is also because Xia Xin's household registration has Xia Yan's name on it, so Man Bao can know the name of his grandfather, which makes it easier to find.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to find just her mother's name, because in this era, it was rare for women to have permanent children and move around outside.

The sun was too strong, so Bai Shan put on a bamboo hat and went out, and said to Mr. Zhuang and others who were a little sleepy: "Sir and the old man will rest at home first. Let's go to Songhua Lane to inquire about it first."

Lao Zhoutou immediately assigned Zhou Dalang and Wu Lang and said, "You go with your sister, but you have to watch the person carefully." Don't let the Xia family snatch the person away.

Zhou Wulang felt that his father was overthinking. If there was no one left in his aunt's family, no one in the Xia family would be happy to see Man Bao appear, let alone snatch someone away.

Man Bao said, "Let's inquire separately. Big brother, you and fifth brother go look for this shop. This is the land deed kept by my little...father."

Zhou Dalang reached out to take it, discussed with Wu Lang and nodded, "Then let's go."

"go Go."

Zhou Dalang and Wu Lang were not worried about the three of them traveling alone. In terms of travel experience, the three of them had much more experience than the two brothers.

Because they didn't know how big Shangzhou was, Manbao and the other three took their horses with them when they went out. Daji only brought one guard to follow them.

Five people rode horses through the street, asked people, and then headed to Songhua Lane.

Along the way, the three of them looked around, condescendingly looking at the stalls and shops on both sides of the streets in Shangzhou.

When we turned to Songhua Lane, there were not many people here. It was afternoon, there were only a few children playing in the alley, and there were basically no adults in sight.

Manbao dismounted, looked up at the household number on the portal, and searched downwards, but some families did not register the household number.

Therefore, they couldn't find all of them, but the household numbers generally followed a pattern, so they calculated in their minds, walked down the alley, looked back and forth between the four houses, and then knocked on the door of one house.

You can faintly hear the crow of chickens inside this house, which is obviously occupied by someone.

Several people heard the footsteps, and soon the door opened. Seeing it was a woman, Bai Shan took a step back to let Man Bao step forward.

Manbao smiled subconsciously, bowed first and then asked: "Sister, which one is No. 23, Songhua Lane?"

"No. 23?" She was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "The young lady suddenly asked this. I don't know which house it is. I don't even know my house number."

She walked out of the door and asked with a smile: "Young lady, are you looking for someone? I wonder what his last name is?"

"My surname is Xia," Man Bao paused and said, "I was a scholar more than ten years ago, and his family used to live here."

"We do have a family named Xia here, but there is no scholar. Did you remember it wrong?"

Bai Shan asked, "I wonder which family is named Xia?"

"No, just go to the house facing the door."

The three of them turned to look, thanked her and decided to ask.

Man Bao was a little nervous. After swallowing his saliva, he stepped forward, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

As a result, after she knocked, the door opened a crack, and several people realized that the door had been ajar.

The people inside the door seemed to have heard the movement, and a female voice said loudly: "Come in, the door is not closed."

Man Bao then pushed open the door and could see the entire courtyard at a glance.

There was a pole hanging on the left side of the yard, with a lot of clothes hanging on it, and there was a concierge next to the door. A man walked out of the kitchen wiping his hands. He was slightly stunned when he saw the person standing at the door, and asked: "Who are you? I

I thought it was Mrs. Fang next door."

The three of them hurriedly saluted and said, "Sister-in-law, we are here to find someone."

She frowned and said, "Who are you looking for?"

The eldest sister from the opposite door who was following Manbao and the others to watch the excitement immediately raised her voice: "Sister-in-law Xia, they are here to find a Xia scholar. I told them that there is no scholar in our alley, but they still don't believe it. I don't know if he is from your family."

relative."

Sister-in-law Xia frowned and said, "There are no scholars in our family, are you looking for the wrong one?"

Man Bao looked around the yard, then looked back at her for a while, and asked: "Does this sister-in-law recognize a scholar named Xia Yan?"

Sister-in-law Xia's expression changed slightly, and she subconsciously denied, "I don't know, you are looking in the wrong place."

The three of them were not stupid. They knew there was something going on when they saw her expression was wrong, but Sister-in-law Xia didn't give them a chance to speak again and drove them out directly, "My family is about to cook, you go quickly, don't disturb us...

"

After saying that, he closed the door.

The neighbor sister couldn't help but said: "Sister-in-law Xia, it's already this hour and you still haven't had lunch? Aren't all your children running out to play?"

"Do you want to take more care of our family's affairs? You're a talkative woman who has nothing to do but stares at other people's yards..."

The neighbor's sister obviously didn't expect to be scolded. She was stunned for a moment and then scolded her back, "Ms. Gao, who are you talking about? I kindly gave directions to your relatives, but you not only don't understand good people's hearts, but you also scold them for no reason. Your family doesn't

Have you really done something wrong and you don’t dare to let people find you?"

The two started spitting and quarreling.

Manbao and the other three were so frightened that they backed away and stood aside, watching the two of them quarreling at the waist.

Bai Shan took out his handkerchief and wiped his face, then said with a look of disgust, "I want to wash my face."

Man Bao took a look and said, "I have to ask where the well is here."

Bai Shan nodded, turned around and said, "Let's go and ask those kids in front."

Bai Erlang said: "Just leave like this?"

Bai Shandao: "Otherwise, do you want to stay and quarrel with them?"

He said: "I can't quarrel with her."

Man Bao also said: "I can't make any noise either."

Bai Erlang: "...Then you won't look for it?"

Bai Shan glanced at him and said: "It's been determined, even if it's not this house, it must be related to the people in this house. The rest can be found by the mayor. I don't even know the relationship between them.

How can we talk to them when our eyes are dark?"

He said: "Let's go to the village chief first, or go directly to the county magistrate?"
Chapter completed!