Chapter 239: Guanyin's Manifestation
Qingshuang wiped Wen Qiran's face, heard the footsteps behind her, and saw that it was Wen Jing, so she said happily: "Lady, after the master drank the medicine, the situation is much better, and there are no more seizures." ”
"Well, I take care of it, and I can't slack off." Wen Jing said, although Wen Qiran looks better, his consciousness is still not clear, and he may go crazy at some point.
"Yes, the slave knows." Qingshuang Road.
"It's been hard, you haven't been home for a few days, how is Guizi's condition?" Wen Jing asked.
"A few days ago, I carried a letter and said that it was still like that, sometimes good and sometimes bad." Qingshuang replied.
Wen Jing took out the silver that had been prepared and handed it to Qingshuang: "I am busy these days, I don't take care of you, and you don't say anything, take these, and the ginseng in the house is also taken to Guizi." ”
Qingshuang excused herself, but finally took the silver, her old mother came to ask for it a few times, she saw that Wen Jing was busy every day, so she couldn't bear it.
"Thank you, lady." Qingshuang said gratefully, this silver is enough for her family's expenses for more than half a year.
"Take good care of the master, I'll go out and find the prince if I have something."
Wen Jing walked out after speaking, she decided to go to Zhao Shenghua's house to see if she could find the missing pages, He Wenhai didn't want to set herself on fire, she could understand, so she didn't ask anymore.
The carriage stopped at the door of Zhao's house, and there was a baby's cry inside, it seemed that Zhao Yanqiu's wife had given birth, but it was a pity that Zhao Shenghua didn't catch up with his grandson.
Wen Jing walked in and put the things in his hand on the table.
"The rice soup is here, and my little grandson is starving." Old Madam Zhao walked over with a smile. When he saw Wen Jing, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked at some pastries and fruits brought by Wen Jing on the table, and his face softened a little.
"I've seen Mrs. Zhao." Wen Jing bowed slightly.
"Lord Wen, please take a seat." Mrs. Zhao said, and after speaking, she walked to the child, and didn't even mention Zhao Shenghua.
Zhao Yanqiu also walked in.
The two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law took the child aside to feed the child, and Zhao Yanqiu said with a smile: "Brother Rong was just five days old, and the milk is not enough, so I can only feed some millet soup to satisfy my hunger." ”
"Congratulations." Wen Jing looked at the happy appearance of a family of four, and there seemed to be no Zhao Shenghua. They live more at ease.
"Lord Wen is here this time. What is it? Zhao Yanqiu asked.
"There's something I want to ask Brother Zhao, did your father leave anything behind before he died?" Wen Jing said bluntly.
Zhao Yanqiu also guessed that Wen Jing must have come for Zhao Shenghua's case, and did not appear displeased. He pondered, "No." Not even a single copper was left. There was nothing but some tattered clothes and some old books. ”
"I don't mean money, can you take me to Lord Zhao's house to have a look?" Wen Jing asked.
Zhao Yanqiu nodded: "Lord Wen, please come with me." You're going to be disappointed, though, because those things don't have any value at all. ”
The two came to a room full of clutter.
"This was originally my father's residence, he and my mother did not live in the same room, after he died, it was idle here, and it was used to put things, in that cabinet, it was all his things before his death, and no one touched it, Lord Wen wanted to see it." Zhao Yanqiu pointed to a cabinet and said.
"Thank you, Brother Zhao."
Wen Jing looked at the house, presumably Zhao Shenghua didn't live at home much, except for a simple bed, a cabinet, and a table, there was no other furniture inside.
After Zhao Yanqiu finished speaking, he walked out, Wen Jing opened the cabinet, looked at some books and letters piled up inside, and thought about whether it would be caught in it, so he began to search carefully.
Half an hour has passed, except for some mouse feces, there is nothing to gain, it seems that Zhao Shenghua is not at home, he has a bad relationship with his family, if he is not at home, where will he put it?
Joe San! Wen Jing popped up the name of a fat man in his head.
After leaving Zhao's house, Wen Jing rushed to Qiao San's house, Qiao Sanpang and his thin wife were having dinner, seeing Wen Jing coming, Qiao Sanpang was so frightened that the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground with a "click", and he was busy picking them up again.
"Is this official so terrible? Or are you a thief? Wen Jing deliberately said coldly.
Qiao San was even more uneasy: "No, no, my lord, sit down." ”
Wen Jing sat down and glanced at Qiao San's shrewd daughter-in-law, Qiao San pushed his daughter-in-law: "Don't go and pour tea for the adults, what is the pestle doing here?" ”
"No need, the official will ask you two something and leave." Wen Jing said coldly.
"Yes, yes, my lord." Qiao San said with a smile, Qiao San's wife still has a shrewd face of "the old paper didn't do anything bad, what can you do with me".
"Zhao Shenghua has ever let go of anything in your place?" Wen Jing asked.
Qiao San didn't think about it and then brushed it off: "No, absolutely nothing!" If there was, I, Qiao Sanfat, would have sent it to you a long time ago. ”
Wen Jing looked at Qiao's third daughter-in-law again, and then took out a silver ingot from her body and put it on the table, ten taels of silver was already a lot for this family that was not wealthy.
Qiao San's daughter-in-law swallowed a mouthful of saliva and pushed Qiao San: "Dead fat man, think about it, did the dead ghost give you anything." ”
Qiao San was told by his daughter-in-law, and he was busy thinking about it, for fear of missing something, and he was more afraid of being scolded by his daughter-in-law than making a fortune.
Qiao San thought about it for a long time, his face was red, and he still didn't come up with anything.
"Although Lao Zhao often invites me to dinner, but he has never sent anything to me, if there is anything valuable, I will definitely give it to my daughter-in-law, she loves to be cheap, if she doesn't remember, then it must be gone." Qiao San gushed endlessly, completely unaware that his mother-in-law was squinting at her.
Wen Jing smiled and said, "It doesn't have to be a valuable, as long as it's given to you by Zhao Shenghua." ”
"Hurry up!" The woman slapped Qiao San on the back of the head.
Qiao San rubbed his head and continued to hold back.
Before Wen Jing could speak, the mother-in-law was already very impatient, and just wanted to pat the back of Qiao San's head again, only to see Qiao San pat his thigh: "I think about it, there is really one!" ”
The mother-in-law smiled, and suddenly became displeased: "You actually hid it secretly from the old lady!" ”
"Don't dare, it's just a worthless Buddha statue, which I put there casually." After Qiao San finished speaking, he stood up and picked up the Guanyin statue next to the Buddha statue.
"Ah, that's it." Qiao San put the statue of Guanyin in front of Wen Jing.
Wen Jing picked up the Guanyin statue and looked at it, it was an ordinary porcelain, not to mention precious, why did Zhao Shenghua give it to Qiao San, and he couldn't help but feel slightly excited in his heart.
"When Zhao Shenghua gave it to you, did you say anything?" Wen Jing asked.
"I can't remember clearly, I just said that I would keep it for a few days, I forgot about it if you didn't mention it, Lao Zhao is also dead, and I don't know what to do with this bottle." Qiao San sighed and said.
I knocked it with my hand, and it didn't look like it was empty, but it wasn't heavy in my hand.
"What's so peculiar about this statue of Guanyin? It can't be some priceless antiquity, right? Mrs. Qiao looked at Wen Jing looking, touching and listening, and couldn't help but doubt, if it was really a priceless antiquity, ten taels of silver would be a big loss!
"This Guanyin statue is just ordinary porcelain, but there seems to be something hidden in it." Wen Jing said softly.
When Mrs. Qiao heard this, she snatched the Guanyin statue in Wen Jing's hand and threw it to the ground, and the Guanyin statue shattered in response.
"What else are you looking at, wouldn't it be nice if it just shattered." Mrs. Qiao clapped her hands proudly and said.
Wen Jing and Qiao San looked at the smug Qiao San mother-in-law with their mouths open, this is a Guanyin statue, and if you say that you will fall, you will fall
Qiao San hurriedly knelt down, folded his hands, said a few sins, and slapped Qiao San's wife again.
"I worship in the morning, I worship in the evening, and I haven't seen the Bodhisattva make our family rich!" Mrs. Qiao scolded.
“”
A wax figure in the shape of Guanyin fell out of the broken Guanyin statue, and there seemed to be something wrapped in the wax statue, Wen Jing crushed the wax figure, and a yellowed paper ball fell out, but it was snatched by Qiao Sanniang.
Mrs. Qiao took a look and found that it was not a silver ticket, so she was disappointed, so she returned it to Wen Jing.
Wen Jing smiled bitterly, this mother-in-law is only afraid that there is only money left in her eyes, although the yellowed paper is stained with wax oil, but she can be sure that it is the missing pages of files, Zhao Shenghua took great pains to hide these pieces of paper, wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside, and then put it into the statue of Guanyin filled with wax oil, and then sealed the statue of Guanyin, ordinary people can't imagine that there is a lot of things inside.
"What is this? Lord Wen. Qiao San said curiously.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, take the money well, if someone asks about it, remember to keep it secret, otherwise it will be the same as Zhao Shenghua." Wen Jing looked at the two of them.
The husband and wife nodded again and again, one was afraid of death, the other was greedy for money, but they were also a natural pair.
Wen Jing put on the curtain fence and walked out, sat in the carriage, and unfolded the three pages
It recorded a very simple case, a eunuch named Liu Junchu, killed a palace maid because of a battle of words and was sentenced to beheading, it seems to be just a very ordinary case, Wen Jing pinched three pieces of paper, no, if it was just such an insignificant case, just a palace maid died, there was no need for Concubine Shu to kill people, and Zhao Shenghua didn't need to hide these pages so deeply, this is definitely not the truth of the case.
Wen Jing thought for a long time, first, this palace maid is very important to Concubine Shu and is Concubine Shu's right-hand man; Second, this palace maid is Concubine Rong, but in order to cover up the truth that Concubine Rong was killed, she said that she was a palace maid, and the latter is more likely.
If this palace maid is really Concubine Rong, then why don't you dispose of this eunuch directly in the palace? It is also necessary to make trouble in the criminal department, so that there are so many sequelae, there is no need to go through such a big effort, and no one with a little intelligence will do this. (To be continued......)