After sending his uncle away, Gu Chongyang began to continue to investigate the truth, but there was no progress in the matter.

She had no choice but to write down all the clues she had obtained on a piece of paper and think carefully about the relationship.

Wu Dacheng, the second wife, grandma grandma, mother......

She looked over and over again, and always felt that she had overlooked something very important.

On a clear May morning, the sun was shining and lovely, and even the smell of flowers wafted through the air.

Gu Chongyang's fingers tapped lightly on the names of those people, and the surroundings became more and more quiet.

Outside the window, there was a sudden burst of Qingzhi's voice: "...... Frost's affairs are stolen and stolen, what else is there to justify. Go back quickly, I won't help intercede. ”

Gu Chongyang turned his head and asked Lu Wu: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's Shuang'er's aunt who has come several times, and wants Qingzhi to help intercede, so that Shuang'er can continue to come to the house on an errand." Lu Wu said: "She is Qingzhi's aunt, although Qingzhi disagrees, she can't avoid it." ”

"Hmm." Gu Chongyang nodded and pushed open the window so that the sound outside could come more clearly.

A middle-aged woman in a coarse cloth patch was tugging at Qingzhi's clothes and pleading in a low voice.

I don't know what the middle-aged woman said, Qing Zhi suddenly raised her voice: "Don't listen to the wind and rain, there is no way to beat her into a trick, beat her because she was stolen and she died and did not admit her mistake." Since you believe in Frost's words, I can't help it. In short, I won't intercede for her, you will die of this heart. ”

Shuang'er's aunt glanced at it complainingly and wiped her tears: "Girl, you entered the Hou Mansion and became a deputy lady, and you compare your food and clothing with your young lady, where do you know the difficulties outside." Look at the silk and satin you wear, and the gold, silver, and jade you wear on your hands, they are enough for us to chew on for months. ”

"Your uncle-in-law fell off building a house and broke his leg. Our whole family is counting on Frost's share to live, and now that she has been kicked out, what do you want us to do in the future? ”

Shuang'er's mother said and hid her face and cried.

Qing Zhi's voice softened: "Auntie, I didn't know that your family was struggling to make a living, I had already interceded for Shuang'er, but Shuang'er herself didn't admit her mistake." ”

"Ugh." She sighed and said, "That's it, it's useless to say this, I can't help but subsidize you more in the future." ”

"Ah, I saved these five taels of silver." Qingzhi handed a small purse to Shuang'er's mother: "You can take it back to your home, it can support you for two or three months." ”

Shuang'er's mother knew that Shuang'er had no hope of entering the house, so she took the money and left.

Gu Chongyang looked at it and shook his head with disapproval.

Lu Wu hurriedly said: "Miss, don't blame Qingzhi, she has no father or mother, and her aunt brought her up." Now that her aunt came to her and cried poverty, she could not remain indifferent. In the end, she is a good-hearted person. ”

Gu Chongyang didn't know that Qingzhi was a kind person, and she also knew that Qingzhi was brought up by her aunt. But Qingzhi's aunt sold Qingzhi to the Hou Mansion as a slave. Later, seeing that Qingzhi was not only not guilty in the house, but was more blessed than the girls of ordinary small families, he tried every means to send his daughter Shuang'er into the house.

A small family can't live a life, so she has to sell her children and daughters, and she can't be blamed for this.

But later, Qingzhi married Ge Bilian's housekeeper and was beaten and scolded, but Qingzhi's aunt didn't even show her face. Later, Qingzhi died in childbirth, and Qingzhi's aunt was unwilling to collect Qingzhi's body, saying that she had no money to mourn. It was still Luwu who bought a thin coffin for Qingzhi.

That frost will have such a temperament, and her mother is not a good thing.

The mother only thinks about scavenging the silver from Qingzhi, and the daughter is naturally open-minded and ungrateful.

Forget it, don't think about it.

Gu Chongyang shook his head again, wanting to drive away the chaotic thoughts in his mind and continue to think about the relationship between these people on paper.

In the midst of lightning, Gu Chongyang suddenly found that he had overlooked an extremely important key point.

Shuang'er took the money and betrayed her, but she didn't admit it at first, until she got the stolen goods, but she was still shirking her responsibility, in short, she didn't admit her mistakes.

And what about the mother!

's mother is innocent, there is nothing wrong with her and Wu Dacheng, even if others frame her, or even make a good situation for her to fall into a trap, she will definitely not admit it.

Born in a merchant family, her mother's biggest fear is that others will say that she has no manners, so as to ridicule her father.

She may die, but not by someone who grabs the handle. She must argue with reason, and she must wait until her father explains the ins and outs of the matter in front of her father before she dies. If she dies, she must die to save her father's face.

If her father hadn't returned, how could she have died and let someone else pour dirty water on her?

No! She won't.

But my mother was indeed hanged! If her father didn't come back, how could she hang herself?

But what if my father comes back?

Gu Chongyang's face changed greatly, and she stood up suddenly, she didn't know if she was getting up too violently, she felt her temples "suddenly" jumping.

No, it won't.

Her head shook like a rattle, and if her father did come back, how could he not listen to her mother's explanation, how could he let her die?

That's impossible!

She sat down slowly, telling herself not to cup, bow, snake, shadow, grass and trees.

But the thought is not under her control, and with this thought, she can no longer suppress it. Like a spark on the prairie fire, it made her sit still, and her heart was like someone poured a pot of boiling water, churning up and down.

What to do?

Gu Chongyang took a deep breath, and when her mood calmed down a little, she suddenly stood up again and made up her mind: "Luwu, go and call Bibo." ”

Lu Wu was about to go when she heard the words, but Gu Chongyang stopped her again: "Don't go." ”

can't do this, go recklessly, Bibo is his father's person, although he received her money, he may not necessarily do things for her.

Things are difficult, and she can't fight a battle that she is not sure of.

She pondered for a moment, and finally shouted, "Danxin!" ”

Dan Xin walked quickly to her side and asked softly, "Miss, are you going to call Gu Tai to come in?" ”

"No, I don't. You go to the outer courtyard to send a message to Gu Tailai and ask him to check the itinerary of the fourth master on the seventh day of November last year. Gu Chongyang's voice was cold, without the slightest emotion: "You have to check carefully, you can't miss it at all." ”

I actually want to check the fourth master! Dan Xin glanced at Gu Chongyang in surprise and worry, and said yes, Fang hurriedly left.

The spring breeze outside the window is slightly smoky, the flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing, it is the good scenery of May, but Gu Chongyang has no intention of going out to have a look.

If the murderer is not removed, she will not give up.

The affairs of the inner courtyard are not easy to investigate, but the whereabouts of the fourth master are very easy to investigate.

Whether he was sitting in a sedan chair or riding a carriage, he was surrounded by people who served, the sedan chair driver, the coachman, the porter's subordinates, the servants who followed, including the fourth master who went to drink the wedding wine of his colleague to marry his daughter-in-law that day, all of which were under the eyes of the public, not a secret.

And those people can talk as long as they have money, because it's not a secret in the first place, and there's nothing to keep tight.

Gu Tailai quickly brought the news over.

On that day, the fourth master did not go to the ministry at all, he went to drink the wedding wine early in the morning. Because the banquet had not yet opened, the fourth master drank tea and greeted the former colleagues and classmates in the same year, but no one expected that the maid accidentally spilled the tea on the fourth master when serving tea. ”

"When the old man goes out, unlike the lady and the young lady, she will carry the clothes to be replaced, so the fourth master left the colleague's house at that time to go home."

When Kankan was about to arrive at Dongzhimen Street, he met the servant woman who came to look for her at home, and the servant woman looked panicked, and only said that something was wrong at home, but she didn't say what it was. The fourth old man hurried home and rushed into the inner house, and at noon came the news that the fourth lady had died of a heart attack. ”

Listening to the news of Gu Tai's back and forth, Gu Chongyang's hand unconsciously clenched into a fist.

Sure enough, she guessed it. Sure enough, my father came back that day. What didn't see my mother for the last time, and what went to the ministry early in the morning, it's all a lie.

She knew that her mother would not sit still, and she knew that her mother would never die until she saw her father.

But why!

Why would a father let his mother do it instead of stopping him?

Gu Chongyang was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to think about it.

Gu Tailai said again: "Miss, I also heard from the coachman's mouth that Bibo and the master should have gone out that day, but Bibo's mother was sick, he took leave and went home, and it was Qingbo who was on duty that day." He not only followed the master out, but also followed the master into the inner house. ”

Gu Chongyang listened, and his eyebrows couldn't help but raise.

"That's really the only good news out of all the bad news."

My father's two little servants, Bibo is stable and loyal to his father, and he is the person his father relies on the most except for the steward Lin Jinxiao. Qingbo is clever and clever but not stable enough, and his father will give him small things to do, but he prefers Bibo in his heart.

Therefore, Qingbo and Bibo are somewhat at odds.

I didn't expect it to be Qingbo, so he is much easier to buy than Bibo.

Gu Chongyang glanced at Gu Tailai and said, "Since you have found Qingbo's head, there must be other gains." ”

"Miss, the candle shines, and Tai is ashamed." Gu Tailai bent down slightly and said: "Qingbo's parents are dead, and there is only one elder brother who is still there, and his brother is addicted to gambling and has been in major gambling houses all year round. However, he has two tricks at hand, and his ability to come out is very powerful, and he rarely gets caught. ”

Gu Chongyang understood a little in his heart: "Qingbo has a very good relationship with his brother, right?" ”