Chapter 271: Elimination
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If the Zhou family is a native of Beijing, then the women who married into the Zhou family, except for Wu Shiniang, who was born in the capital, are from all over the world. Jiang Yanxue was born in Jinzhong, a local scholar family, moved to the capital with his family when he was young, and married Zhou Lian'an, who was already famous at that time, which was a beautiful conversation of businessman marriage.
Jiang Peiwen is nominally Jiang Yanxue's niece, but in fact she is not related by blood. Jiang Yanxue's third uncle has five sons in the family, but there is no daughter. Jiang San's aunt likes girls, so she discussed with Jiang San's uncle and took a daughter from a distant relative, named Jiang Peiwen. Jiang Peiwen was three years older than Zhou Zhongze, and his marriage with Zhou Zhongze at that time was made up by Jiang Yanxue. Jiang Yanxue strongly recommended Jiang Peiwen to have a gentle temperament, be knowledgeable, and have the good words of "female junior, hugging gold bricks". The father and son of the Zhou family have seen Jiang Peiwen's portrait, and they also think that Jiang Peiwen's face is kind, and his low-eyed appearance is very pleasing, so they agreed with Jiang Yanxue's intention and kissed each other.
Du Ling was born in a family of poetry and calligraphy in Anqing, and his ancestors were all from Shilin. My father was originally a local official, and later transferred to the capital, entered the Guozijian, and became the second-grade superintendent. Du Lingchu's appearance and talent are all superior, and the Du family originally thought that Zhou Xiaoze was born in a businessman and was vulgar. But Zhou Xiao fell in love with Du Lingchu at a glance, and threatened not to marry Feiqing. The Zhou family was helpless, spent a lot of money, put in a lot of effort, and almost found familiar guests from all over the capital to say pro-insurance media for Zhou Xiaoze, and finally made the Du family nod.
Xia Yiyi's ancestor was a nobleman of the previous dynasty, because his father descended to the Li family, and he had to save his family's life. 's life was saved, but the title and fortune were all gone, and I only relied on my old books to live. The days of sitting and eating were not easy, and it didn't take long for Xia's father to fall seriously ill. In order to treat her father, Xia Yiyi met Zhou Xiaoze when she went to Jinmantang to sell her old gold jewelry. Zhou Xiao saw that she was pitiful, not only did he not ask for her belongings, but also paid for her medicine. After Xia's father died, he sent a coffin to Xia's father. Xia Yiyi was helpless, grateful to Zhou Xiaoze, and as soon as her father's mourning period passed, she married into the Zhou family and became Zhou Xiaoze's concubine.
And Wu Siniang and Zhou Zhong are actually a pair of childhood sweethearts. According to Wu Shi Niang, her ancestor was also a goldsmith, and Zhou Kaishun studied under the same door, and in the most difficult time, the Zhou and Wu families used to be crowded under one roof. However, Wu Siniang's grandfather died early, and his father was stupid and talented, so he failed to carry forward the gold-making process like Zhou Lian'an, resulting in poor family morality. Fortunately, the Zhou family remembered the old relationship and often received help, and the two families have always been in contact. Later, when the two of them were in the year of marriage, Wu Siniang was full of expectations for the Zhou family to come to the door to propose, but unexpectedly, she was cut off by Jiang Peiwen, who was far away in Jinzhong.
As for how she willingly married into the Zhou family and became Zhou Zhongze's concubine, Wu Siniang was vague. However, Shen Yueran guessed that it was probably still a "love" word. Wu Shi Niang is careful that there is only one man in Zhou Zhongze, so compared with breaking up, being able to become Zhou Zhongze's concubine is a second choice for her. And Zhou Zhongze's attitude, Shen Yueran can think of it even with her knees, it is nothing more than "Daddy's intention", "Last resort", "Ask for forgiveness" and other lies that specifically coax the little girl.
Hmph, in the final analysis, it's for your own future, men's selfishness! However, after Wu Shiniang married into the Zhou family, she was not neglected, but she somewhat made up for Zhou Zhongze's debt to her.
After figuring out the ins and outs of the Zhou family, Shen Yueran mentioned the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship in Jinmantang again. She said that although she lived in the suburbs of Beijing at that time, not far from the Moon Worship Hall, it happened that her sisters at home were unwell, so she did not go to the scene to watch, which was a pity. Wu Siniang scoffed, no matter if she didn't go, it was all cumbersome rituals, which were boring. She stood behind Zhou Zhongze all night, watching him beat drums and shout, without moving a single step, and in the end her ears were numb and her feet were sore.
Shen Yueran felt a sigh in her heart, Wu Shi Niang's words were a little hypocritical.
Moon worship is an annual event of Jinmantang, and the Zhou family is also a family member, each with its own division of labor. Beating the drum every quarter of an hour is not only convenient for timing, so as not to miss the auspicious time of moon worship, but also a festive move to highlight the golden hall and increase the popularity of moon worship. The drum must be beaten loudly, and the trumpet must be loud, and such a showy task falls on Zhou Zhongze, which shows that his status as a son of the Zhou family cannot be questioned. Wu Siniang complained in her mouth, and she was proud in her heart.
In this way, Wu Shi Niang and Zhou Zhong did not leave the Moon Worship Hall for half a step that night, so they could not be the murderers who killed Lu Su.
Two people were excluded.
She was thinking about how to ask the rest of the Zhou family about their whereabouts that night, and Wu Siniang smiled first.
"Oh, the third brother slipped away that night, did he go to visit you?"
"You didn't say that you lived in the suburbs of Beijing at that time, I didn't think of it, as soon as you said it, I remembered that something was wrong with the third brother that night."
"It's no wonder that you look around all night and look like you're on your mind."
Shen Yueran hung her head and pretended to be shy.
"Did everyone have their own work that night? The husband slipped out, but was he punished by the master? ”
She was noncommittal, and asked what she wanted to inquire about.
Wu Shi Niang said, "Yes, the moon worship began, but the third brother disappeared until half an hour later." That night, the altar was opened, and the nineteen little Taoist children who set up the moon worship bureau were invited by him from the temple, but one of them suddenly had a stomach on the spot and could not play. The mother-in-law said that there was one less unlucky person, so she went to ask her father-in-law. The father-in-law asked him to find the third brother again. The big guy hurriedly looked for the third brother, and after looking for a quarter of an hour, the third brother appeared. ”
"And then? What did he say? Shen Yueran asked.
Wu Siniang pursed her lips and smiled, "Naturally, he can't tell me about the private meeting with the beauty, I will forget what he said now, probably just an excuse for prevarication." However, at that time, everyone was thinking about the Moon Worship Bureau, so they didn't care about his words. ”
"The nineteen Taoist children have all gone through divination in advance, and everyone's birthday, position, and layout that night must be compatible with the Zhou family and Jin Mantang. Once one is missing, it is a mess of the moon worship bureau and a bad omen, and it is strange that the father-in-law and mother-in-law are not nervous. ”
"However, the third brother is careful. It turned out that he had already taken precautions and asked for the moon viewing bureau of 18 people, the moon viewing bureau of 17 people, and the moon prayer bureau of 16 people one by one in advance, and marked and drew them one by one. After making sure that the little Taoist boy with a stomach was indeed unable to play, he took out his drawing paper and asked his father-in-law for his opinion. In the end, the father-in-law decided to temporarily change and adopt a sixteen-person moon prayer bureau, so that the moon worship ceremony started on time that night. ”
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