Chapter 51: Under the Old Plum Tree
The ladies in the garden are all human spirits, how can they not see that there is not harmony between the Lin family and Lu Qinghuan.
Let's not talk about Lu Qinghuan's miscarriage of the Lin family, and then he was kicked out of the Lu Mansion to live in the nunnery, in terms of the relationship between the two alone, one is the original concubine, and the other is the stepmother's steproom, how can they get along?
Although the Lin family has always been gentle and virtuous, Lu Qinghuan's reputation in the noble girl circle is not very good, so these ladies naturally feel that even if there is a mistake, it is Lu Qinghuan's fault.
In this way, as soon as they heard that the Lin family also inquired about Lu Qinghuan's in-laws, these ladies felt that the Lin family was really good to this daughter who was not her own.
Lin glanced at everyone, saw that they had a look of pity and appreciation on their faces, pursed their lips and smiled lightly, and asked the lady who was good friends, asking them to pay attention to Lu Qinghuan.
As soon as Lu Qinghuan returned to Qinghuan Pavilion, he sneezed a few times, and Gui Bao, who was sewing cotton clothes for her, looked at her worriedly.
"Lady, but you have a cold? Do I need to ask a doctor to come back and have a look? ”
Lu Qinghuan waved his hand and rubbed his somewhat itchy nose, "Someone must be calculating me!" ”
Gui Bao tilted his head and looked at Lu Qinghuan puzzled: Will you sneeze if you are calculated? What is the reasoning behind this?
However, Lu Qinghuan didn't have time to explain to her at this time, just when Gui Niang came over with a hot meal, she picked up the bowl and began to fill her stomach, she hadn't eaten much for almost a day, and at this time she felt that she was about to eat a pig.
Her eating appearance is not ugly, but the speed is very fast, which makes Gui Niang and Gui Bao on the side stunned for a while.
After a long time, Gui Niang quietly wiped away her tears, Lu Qinghuan grew up under her watch, although she was unhappy in Lu Mansion in the past, at least she had no worries about food and clothing, but now she goes out every day to contact those dead and criminals, and she can't even eat, which really makes her feel distressed.
It's a pity that Lu Qinghuan, who is trying to fill up the rice, doesn't think so, she thinks that her body is too thin, so she plans to eat more, and then exercise stronger, so as not to have an emergency in the future, and the reaction can keep up with the body but can't keep up.
After eating, Lu Qinghuan said that he would practice.
Anyway, basically no one will come to this courtyard on weekdays, and she is not afraid of being seen, so she changed into a lighter riding outfit, and Lu Qinghuan started to run around the yard.
After running for an hour, she stopped panting, took a shower and did not even eat dinner, and fell asleep after lying on the couch for a while.
Before dawn the next day, Lu Qinghuan got up, washed up and exercised in the morning, ate the breakfast prepared by Gui Niang, and called Gui Bao over.
"Guibao, are your injuries healed?" She had promised Gui Bao that she would take her out when she recovered from her injuries, and yesterday she saw that Gui Bao had no problem walking, so she wondered if she should take her out for a walk.
Seeing her nodding, Lu Qinghuan bowed his head and said, "Then I will change you to accompany me out today!" ”
When Gui Bao heard that Lu Qinghuan was going to take her out today, he was so excited that he almost shed tears, and looked at Lu Qinghuan stupidly, and it took a long time to react.
Seeing her react like this, Lu Qinghuan felt a little guilty in his heart, and he was even more sure that he should have taken her out to have a good experience.
When the two of them left the Lu Mansion, they saw Wang Erniu waiting outside the mansion, and Liu Ming, who was standing with him, was haggard.
"Lu Niangzi, are you going to go to Yizhuang or Yamen today?" When Wang Erniu saw Lu Qinghuan, he immediately greeted him.
"Go to the burial ground."
Lu Qinghuan glanced at the silent Liu Ming, her face was a little heavy, in the previous Xia murder case, although Liu Ming did not show favoritism, her judgment was still affected by love, which made her feel a little disappointed.
"Is Liu planning to participate in the corpse shredding case?" Lu Qinghuan's voice was a little cold, Liu Ming immediately heard it, his already haggard face turned even paler, shook his head, and said in a muffled voice: "Pei Yushi ordered me to protect the safety of Lu Niangzi." ”
Lu Qinghuan was stunned, was there anything wrong with her safety?
Since this was the case, Lu Qinghuan didn't bother to dwell on it, and led Gui Bao to get into the carriage, and the four of them quickly headed towards the suburbs.
The bodies were buried under a plum tree, and they were revealed to be found because they had been picked up by wild dogs.
However, because it was discovered too late, the traces at the scene had already been destroyed, and no clues could be found at all.
So when he heard that Lu Qinghuan was going to the burial place, Wang Erniu muttered a little, but he didn't dare to say the questions in his heart.
When I got to the suburbs, under the leadership of Wang Erniu and Liu Ming, I quickly found the old plum tree, and I don't know if it was with the nutrition of these corpses, the plum blossoms on this old plum tree bloomed much more brilliantly than other plum trees.
Lu Qinghuan circled around the plum tree a few times, touched his chin, and then ordered Wang Erniu to find a shovel.
"Shovels? What is it for? Wang Erniu looked at Lu Qinghuan strangely, did she plan to dig this plum tree back?
"You'll find out later." Lu Qinghuan didn't explain, turned his head and told Gui Bao to go back to the carriage and stay, worried that he would scare her later.
Gui Bao shook her head with a pale face, she knew that the rosary accompanied Lu Qinghuan to the murder scene and places like Yizhuang every day. She already felt very terrible when she heard them discuss the topic of corpses and abandoned corpses just now, but when she thought that she was hiding in the carriage alone and couldn't get close to Lu Qinghuan's world, she felt a little unwilling.
"Lady, don't worry about the servant...... The servant ......" Gui Bao gritted his teeth, his face became even more ugly, "The servant is not afraid of ......"
Lu Qinghuan glanced at Gui Bao and knew that she was really hard, and she didn't want to say anything, so she persuaded her softly: "If you feel uncomfortable later, remember to go back to the carriage, do you know?" ”
Gui Bao nodded, relieved. If Lu Qinghuan insisted on letting her go back to the carriage, she would have to do so.
Wang Erniu quickly borrowed two shovels from a nearby farmer's house, one with Liu Ming, and according to Lu Qinghuan's instructions, he began to dig the soil under the old plum tree.
The previous corpse was not buried deeply, and it was just a shallow soil pit at this time, Wang Erniu and Liu Ming continued to dig along this soil pit, and soon dug up some hard objects.
Wang Erniu squatted down and pulled it with his hand, picked up a piece of hard stuff and took a closer look, and suddenly his hair stood on end, and he quickly threw the thing in his hand out, trembling all over, "Bone ...... Bone ......"
Lu Qinghuan couldn't help but the black line, although this Wang Erniu is not a tall man, but in the end he is a man, a bone can be scared like this, it is not easy.
"What you're looking for is bones, what did you throw them away?"
Lu Qinghuan told the two to be careful when digging so as not to damage these bones, and at the same time asked Gui Bao to find a piece of cloth from the carriage and wrap these bones.
As time passed, more and more bones were dug up, piled together like a hill.
Not only Wang Erniu and Liu Ming were surprised, but even Lu Qinghuan was a little frightened, how many people do you have to kill to have so many bones?
And most of these bones are broken and incomplete, apparently like the broken corpses found before, they were chopped up into pieces, and the corpses are buried here.