Chapter Ninety-Seven
"How?" Pei Yuan sat next to Lu Qinghuan, seeing that her brows were tightly knit, as if she was thinking about something, he asked her.
Lu Qinghuan closed her eyes and didn't speak, she thought about it for a long time, but every possible clue listed in her mind was denied by her.
When she heard Pei Yuan's words, she opened her eyes and looked at him, and shook her head in disappointment: "No...... I didn't find anything......"
Pei Yuan saw that she was a little discouraged, and comforted: "It's okay, it's just that I need to talk to everyone Yang Erlang has come into contact with on the way back to Yang's Mansion to see if I can find something, can Qinghuan?" β
Lu Qinghuan nodded heavily, this matter is already related to her, if she doesn't catch the murderer, I'm afraid that this matter will end up on her, let alone looking for Ah Li, I'm afraid she will be questioned.
So Lu Qinghuan and Pei Yuan split into two sides, asking male witnesses on the one hand and female witnesses on the other, while Ah Jia went to Yang Erlang's possible route to find clues again.
In this way, the soldiers were divided into three ways, and finally at sunset, Lu Qinghuan had a harvest.
She asked from a lady that after Yang Erlang was injured, she had met her and made an appointment to travel a few days later.
This lady is an unmarried boudoir woman, who has a private relationship with Yang Erlang, and later heard that Yang Erlang had an accident, she was very sad, and secretly ran to the place where the two met for the last time to remember, which was discovered by Pei Yuan.
Although she is willing to tell the story of her meeting with Yang Erlang, she also hopes that Lu Qinghuan will not reveal her identity to the outside world, after all, she still has to take care of her reputation.
Lu Qinghuan agreed to her, and then returned to Pei Yuan and told him the clues he asked.
The lady who intersected with Yang Erlang said that she didn't get out of the car that day, but just said a few words to Yang Erlang through the car window, and made an appointment to travel a few days later, and when she left, she vaguely heard Yang Erlang talking to a man. Listening to his tone, the man didn't seem to have a very high status, so at that time she thought it was just a servant. β
"It seems that what we are looking for is someone Yang Erlang knows." Pei Yuan quietly listened to what Lu Qinghuan said and said slowly.
Lu Qinghuan also nodded silently, so that at least the scope was narrowed, and then he could only go to the Yang Mansion to learn about all the men that Yang Erlang knew, and see if he could find the person that the woman was talking about.
Yang House.
After Lu Qinghuan checked the clues, he walked into Yang Erlang's courtyard and saw Pei Yuan standing in the sunset, standing tall, a pale golden light happened to fall on his jade-like cheeks, and a pair of deep eyes were also stained with golden luster at the moment, shining, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
She smiled and walked closer quickly, but at this moment she saw an ordinary-looking and petite woman standing opposite Pei Yuan.
This maid Lu Qinghuan knows, her name is Huanxi, although she looks ordinary, but she is very trusted by Yang Erlang, when she came to Yang's Mansion before, she also talked to Huanxi a few words, but at that time, Huanxi was a suspect when she was the murderer, so she was very cold to her.
But at this moment, when Huanxi faced Pei Yuan, his face was not only a smile, but also an obvious light in his eyes, and he didn't know whether it was because of the light or because of shyness, and there was a pale pink luster on his cheeks.
Lu Qinghuan's laughter also faded a little, her footsteps paused slightly, she didn't call Pei Yuan, and quietly approached the two, wanting to hear what Huanxi was saying.
Pei Yuan, who was asking Huanxi, had already noticed her footsteps when Lu Qinghuan had just stepped into the courtyard, and when he waited for a while, he didn't see her come forward, and the smile on Pei Yuan's lips was even worse.
He quickly ended the conversation with Huanxi, turned a blind eye to the regret in her eyes, turned around and walked to Lu Qinghuan's side, and said with a smile: "How long have you been listening?" β
"Knowingly asked."
Pei Yuan smiled again, "You girl, you will be angry when you say you are angry, and I don't know who is used to it!" β
Lu Qinghuan pursed his lips and secretly slandered himself; Isn't that what you're used to!
But she was a little embarrassed to say such words, and she always felt that the relationship between the two was not as intimate as the flirtatious Cheng DΓΉ.
She turned the topic to Huanxi and asked, "Have you ever gained anything?" β
Pei Yuan nodded, glanced back at the direction of Huanxi's departure, and explained to Lu Qinghuan: "According to Huanxi, Yang Erlang has a lot of friends in wine and meat, but he is generous and very righteous, and he has no enmity, and the only one who has a bad relationship with him is probably only Yang Dalang." β
"Sure enough, it's him!" Lu Qinghuan has long been dissatisfied with Yang Dalang, and his impression of him has deteriorated a little at this moment.
"Not really," Pei Yuan shook his head and said lightly: "Although he is the most suspicious and has a motive, we have no evidence to prove that this matter was done by him, so we can't say it now, so as not to startle the snake." β
Lu Qinghuan nodded, she lowered her head and thought for a while, she always felt that this matter was a little strange - Yang Dalang and Yang Erlang have been together for so long, and the relationship between the two is not good, why is it that at this time, Yang Dalang has murderous intentions towards him?
Thinking that before this incident, the biggest movement in the Yang Mansion was that Yang Erlang had gone to the Lu Mansion to propose to him, and before that, Yang Dalang had also proposed to himself, is this the reason?
She suddenly realized one thing - these people, more or less, were involved in her.
"Pei Yuan, can you sue me ......" Lu Qinghuan bit his lip and considered how to speak, but he felt that his thoughts were very ridiculous, and he couldn't say anything.
"What?"
"Why did Yang Erlang marry me? I'll never believe he's really in love with me......"
She couldn't understand why Yang Erlang suddenly proposed marriage, and why did Yang Dalang treat her differently?
Pei Yuan's expression froze slightly, and he sighed, this girl sees too clearly, and I don't know if it's good or bad!
"Perhaps...... Because your mother's surname is Cui......"
"Choi? Are you saying that this qiΔ is all related to the Cui family? Lu Qinghuan asked with a surprised expression.
Pei Yuan nodded slightly, he was a little hesitant, whether to tell Lu Qinghuan that he also valued her identity before approaching her.
"Your uncle Cui Shangshu is one of Her Majesty's most trusted ministers, and the reason for this is because he is the most neutral and does not favor anyone. Now that the empress is weak and sick, it is the time when the political parties are ready to move, and all forces want to win over the Cui family and seek benefits for themselves. β
"So, this Yang family thinks so too?" Lu Qinghuan finally understood why she had only met Yang Erlang and Yang Dalang once, and she was targeted by them, it turned out that this was the reason! But she couldn't figure it out, although her mother was from the Cui family, she was surnamed Lu!
Is this what it is called - the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty?