CHAPTER XXVIII
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Yao Ji steadied herself and regained her previous calm, "It's not her, who else will there be." β
"She prides herself on being a scholar in the Su family, and she looks down on your mother."
"My maternal grandfather's family was also an important minister of the imperial court, and later lived in seclusion in Lingnan, how can I not be worthy of the Su family." Su Tong had heard her mother hear a few words from her grandfather's family, but every time she mentioned the key point, her mother was suddenly silent. Since she was a child, she had never seen anyone from her grandfather's family visit Su Mansion, nor had she ever been to her grandfather's house.
Yaoji stroked Su Tong's hair, with a little pity, "Tong'er, you are still too young to understand the hearts of people in this world. The glory of the ancestors is no longer than three generations. ...... year In short, you have to remember to find out the cause of your father's death and avenge them. β
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Yaoji stood under the tall trees and watched Su Tong leave. The small back, with a bit of perseverance, looks like the third lady.
Third lady, your kindness, Yao Ji remembers.
Until Su Tong was far away, Yao Ji let out a few crisp bird calls from her mouth. A grey sparrow lands at its feet, seemingly unintentionally, picking up the fallen fruit. Yao Ji crouched down, stroked the sparrow's little head, opened her lips, and made a strange sound.
After the sparrow was full, it flapped its wings and flew out of the abandoned courtyard.
Su Tong returned to the wooden house, closed the door, and fell into deep thought. Yao Ji's words echoed in her mind word by word. Mother was really victimized by the old lady? Just because you like the background of the mother? Su Tong faintly felt that there seemed to be a huge conspiracy behind this.
To find out the truth, we must first find out the real cause of my mother's death.
Su Tong listed the people who were related to this matter one by one. The people of the Su family are unreliable, they will never help her find out the truth, and they will never reveal half a word. She doesn't know martial arts, and she is imprisoned here, if she wants to get out, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky, and the only one available may be one person, but I don't know if that person is willing to help.
At night, the abandoned courtyard is exceptionally quiet. Su Shi didn't know which beauty stumbled and didn't appear. Qi Yue waited boredly, and drowsiness gradually came......
Su Tong tiptoed up, walked through the dense barren grass and trees, and came to the corner of the abandoned courtyard. At this time, it was late at night, and the guards on patrol also relaxed their vigilance, leaning against the door to rest, completely unaware that someone was climbing over the wall in the corner not far away.
Su Tong climbed up the tall tree, followed the branches over the wall, and walked towards the firewood house. The firewood house and the abandoned courtyard are adjacent, just a few tens of meters.
The wood door was closed, and it was pitch black inside. Su Tong came to the window in front of the door and tapped lightly three times, "Granny Xiong, open the door, it's me, I'm Hitomi." β
Soon, the door opened.
The old woman hunched over and lit a candle and coughed lightly, "Why are you here?" Didn't you forget your wife? There was a bit of reproach in the words.
Su Tong was stunned, "Granny Xiong, do you remember me?" But that day, you were clearβ"
On that day, she was taken to the firewood room by Mama He, and Granny Xiong only raised her eyes to look at her, like a stranger. She knew that her status was not as good as before, and she didn't dare to get close to Granny Xiong, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to Granny Xiong.
Before the "Cedar Pavilion", the old people were dismissed for various reasons by the old lady and the eldest lady.
Granny Bear seems to have been staying in the firewood room for as long as she can remember. In the eyes of outsiders, Granny Xiong has nothing to do with "Cedar Pavilion". Only she knew that in the middle of the night, Granny Xiong often appeared in the "Cedar Pavilion", and as for what she said to her mother, it was unknown.
But one thing is certain, Granny Bear is by no means an ordinary person. The person who can be favored by his father and mother is not bad.
"How am I?" Granny Xiong said angrily, "You little girl, your wings have grown stiff, dare to contradict my wife?" If I hadn't made a move, you would have died in your mother's womb long ago. When I saw you go to the firewood house that day, I wanted to ask you something, but unexpectedly, you were fine, and before your feet were hot, I ran with the man into the woods, and talked and laughed. It's really a woman's ......."
Granny Bear began to babble.
"It hurt my wife to stay in the forest for a long time, and I am afraid that the man will not have good intentions......"
Su Tong didn't expect that Granny Xiong actually followed her to the forest, "Granny Xiong, you watched me being held hostage, and you didn't help." β
Granny Xiong waved her hand, "That's called hijacking?" He's obviously helping you. β
Su Tong was speechless.
"Granny Bear, I really can't help it...... I suspect that my mother did not die in martyrdom, can you help me find out...... I'm now seen in an abandoned courtyard, and I can't get out at all...... "The people who can be valued by my mother are not ordinary people."
Granny Xiong snorted coldly, "It's late." β
"What's late?" Su Tong was puzzled.
Granny Bear flicked the wick, "You're too late." The cause of your mother's death, I checked back then. I secretly examined her body, and it was poisonous, if I didn't get it wrong, it was arsenic, a lot of arsenic, and it was hard poured into it. β
Granny Xiong was very angry, "Usually she is exquisite, but at a critical moment, she was plotted by someone." β
"Mother......" Su Tong lay on the wooden table and cried lowly. I didn't expect my mother to die so miserably! "Hitomi is not filial...... Hitomi damn it...... "I actually passed the past five years in a daze, and let my mother be wronged."
"Alas-" Granny Xiong sighed heavily, "I'm also a useless, broken body, I know that the third lady was killed, but I can't do anything about it......" said while beating her chest, and the old tears were all over the place, "Third lady, the old slave can't stand you...... The old slave has sent a message to you, but it's a step too late......"
Back then, after the third lady left, she found that there was something unusual in the house. hurriedly sent a message to the third lady, asking her to beware of the people around her, but she didn't expect to be a step too late and was killed alive on the way.
"Granny Xiong, my mother can't die in vain." After crying, Su Tong said in an unusually firm voice.
Granny Bear nodded, "I knew there would be this day, this is the evidence I secretly left back then." β
Granny Xiong got up tremblingly, and pulled out a black wooden box from under the bed, and a small section of hand bones was kept in the box, "This is your mother's hand bone, you only need a professional test to detect arsenic." With that, he took out a yellowed piece of paper at the bottom of the box, on which was written the date of my mother's murder - the third day of the third month of the third month five years ago.
"With such a large amount of arsenic sold, there must be a record in the pharmacy, just check who bought it back then, and you can find the real culprit behind the scenes."
"But I can't get out." Su Tong frowned. Under the management of the eldest lady, the Su Mansion is extremely strict in entering and exiting, and can only enter and exit with her permission.
Granny Xiong reminded, "If you can't get out, someone else can get out, and that person is extremely reliable." β
After that, he said something in Su Tong's ear.
Su Tong stared at Granny Xiong in disbelief, "Can it really work?" β
"If you don't believe it, why come to me for advice." Granny Xiong was slightly dissatisfied.
"Don't dare, don't dare, thank you mother-in-law for mentioning it." Su Tong hurriedly admitted his mistake.