The first priority was to find someone to serve by my mother's side. She believed that her mother's death must have left a trail. To find clues, the people who serve by the mother's side are especially important.

Especially Mama Wu, who is the first person next to her mother, is the top priority.

"Luwu, there is such a big thing at home, why doesn't Mama Wu come?" Gu Chongyang said: "You go and call Mama Wu over, I have something to ask her." ”

"Miss." Lu Wu choked up and said, "I'm afraid that you will be sad and don't dare to tell you, and Mama Wu also went with Madame." ”

Gu Chongyang was shocked, and almost screamed in surprise: "This is impossible!" ”

Although Mama Wu and her mother have a deep relationship with master and servant, they will have the idea of martyrdom, but they will never do this.

When he was in Botou Town before, Dr. Li Xingchun misdiagnosed his mother as tuberculosis, and he entrusted her to Mama Wu after her death. Mama Wu knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes and kowtowed to her mother, swearing that she would take good care of herself, and the situation was still in front of her.

Mama Wu must not have been martyred, someone must have done something. She was killed.

After thinking about it a thousand times, Gu Chongyang had already stood up: "Where is Mama Wu's body?" ”

"This ......" Lu Wu hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Mama Wu's body should be in the next room." ”

"Take me!"

"Miss, Mama Wu was hanged, she looks very ugly, you better not go to see it." Lu Wu whispered: "Your intentions, Mama Wu will definitely know." ”

All she wanted to know was the truth now. Her mother had already been buried, and she hadn't been able to see her for the last time. She must see if Mama Wu died by throwing herself into the ropes.

She suspected that Mama Wu had been killed, and then disguised as hanging.

With his mind decided, Gu Chongyang strode out: "If you are afraid, then don't go." ”

Lu Wu hurriedly followed, and did not say anything else.

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Because it was not the end of her life, and it was the end of the year, the fourth lady was buried after only seven days.

Now the mourning hall of the Qingyang Marquis Mansion has all been unloaded, and in order to welcome the New Year, it has been re-hung with purple and red decorations, as if the funeral a few days ago did not exist.

Only Gu Chongyang was still wearing a filial piety dress for his mother's funeral, which seemed very out of place in this huge Qingyang Hou Mansion.

Uncle Shen Yucheng is not good at staying in the Gu family for a long time, he can only come to see Gu Chongyang every few days.

Holding Gu Chongyang's hand, he sighed for a long time, but he didn't say the sentence that he wanted to take Gu Chongyang to live at the Shen family.

"Uncle!" Gu Chongyang sent Shen Yucheng to the gate, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he said: "My mother didn't die of illness, someone killed her." ”

Shen Yucheng was taken aback, hurriedly squatted down, and said in a low voice: "Chongyang, where did you hear this?" Who sued you? ”

"It doesn't matter who sues me." Gu Chongyang's eyes flashed with tenacity: "The important thing is that I won't let my mother die in vain." Uncle, you want to help me. ”

Shen Yucheng sighed after hearing this, and touched Gu Chongyang's head lovingly: "Good boy, I know that you are reluctant to give up your mother in your heart, and your uncle is reluctant to do the same as you, but your mother is ......."

Shen Yucheng paused, suppressed the astringency in his eyes and said: "Your mother is indeed suffering from a heart disease, I went to ask the imperial doctor who came later, and he said that it was indeed a violent death from a heart disease." No one harmed her, she died of illness. You will listen to your father obediently in the future, and don't listen to other people's rumors, you know? ”

"That's not a rumor!" Gu Chongyang retorted: "Mother is in good health, not a heart disease, uncle, my mother's death is not a heart disease, but man-made, please believe me." ”

"Who would harm your mother, who was kind, sincere, and affectionate to your father? And no one from the Gu family was there that day, only the second lady was there, she had no grievances with your mother, and she would never harm your mother. If your mother was killed by someone, how could the Gu family be so peaceful? I've checked, and there's no clue at all, only that your mother did die of illness. ”

Shen Yucheng's suppressed tears poured up again, he suppressed the grief in his heart, and persuaded softly: "Chongyang, your mother has been buried in the ground, and the most important thing is that you have to live well, understand?" ”

Uncle is like this, obviously he doesn't believe in himself.

Gu Chongyang was suddenly a little disheartened, and she nodded sullenly: "I know, uncle, don't worry about me." ”

Uncle can't count on it, first, he doesn't believe that his mother was killed, and second, he is a member of the Shen family, so it's not good to be in the Gu family every day.

Tracking down the murderer, she can only rely on herself.

After sending Shen Yucheng away, Gu Chongyang went back.

When she passed by Rongdongyuan, her footsteps couldn't help but pause.

That day, she went to see Mama Wu's body and found that Mama Wu had indeed hanged herself.

She really couldn't figure out how Mama Wu could throw in.

The next day, the news brought by Gu Tailai surprised her even more, not only Mama Wu, but even her mother hanged herself.

How is this possible?

She didn't believe it, ten thousand didn't believe it.

Her footsteps had already entered the Rongdong Courtyard and entered her mother's living room.

"Fourth Miss." Mama Qiu walked up and said very attentively: "The fourth master went to the study, not at home. ”

"I'm not looking for my father, I'm just here to see." Gu Chongyang said: "You don't need to serve here, you can go down." ”

"Then I'll be at the door, and if the young lady has anything to do, call me. Madame is gone, young lady, you must take care of yourself. Mama Qiu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Otherwise, don't say that Mrs. can't rest in peace under Jiuquan, even if we are slaves, we can't bear it in our hearts." ”

In the last life, after her stepmother Ge Bilian entered the door, Mama Qiu was the first to defect to Ge Bilian. Gu Chongyang has always disliked her.

At this moment, Mama Qiu's sadness is how true and how fake is it?

Regarding Mama Qiu's overtures, Gu Chongyang was indifferent: "I know, you step down!" ”

"Yes." Mama Qiu retreated a little embarrassed.

Gu Chongyang stood under the beam, looked up for a long time, and then moved a high stool and climbed up.

The beams were covered with a thick layer of dust, but there was almost no dust in one place, and it was clear that something like brocade silk had stayed on it, and it was particularly eye-catching in the bright light.

But this alone can't be concluded that it must be the traces left by the mother's casting.

Gu Chongyang came down, moved a small stool and stacked it on the high stool, climbed up again, and finally could observe the beam up close.

The beam is a thick and heavy locust wood, because it hangs on the top of the head, people can't see it, so it is only a thin layer of Qi, and the polishing is not very smooth.

Suddenly, Gu Chongyang saw a few very small and thin strands of red silk hanging from the wooden thorns on the beam, her heart shrank suddenly, and she took off the silk with trembling hands.

A large red silk with gold thread on it.

Gu Chongyang closed his eyes unwillingly and helplessly.

She remembered very well that on that day, her mother was dressed very formally because she was waiting for her uncle, and the sweat towel around her waist was in the style of bright red engraved gold silk decorated with pearls, exactly like the silk silk on this beam.

Climbing down from the stool, Gu Chongyang began to lie on the ground and look for things under the bed, under the chair, and in the corners.

She found it.

Under her mother's boxwood dresser, she felt a round pearl.

She took a deep breath and sat limply on the floor.

Gu Tailai was right, his mother did commit suicide.

But why?

Why did she die?

What had happened to force her to take this path?

Even if she doesn't want to live, at least she has to wait for herself to come back, she clearly promised herself that she would live a long life, grow up with herself, and see herself marry a wishful husband.

Why doesn't she speak? Why did he die without saying a word?

There is an unfinished embroidered shoe on the big kang near the window, beautiful shoe patterns, exquisite embroidery, and you can see how ingenious the mother is.

She began to smoke strips, grew fast, and changed her clothes and shoes frequently. This is the spring shoes made for her by her mother, and she was originally going to go to the suburbs in February Erlong to wear.

Unfortunately, she never had a chance to wear it again. Her heart ached, and tears clouded her eyes once more.

Gu Chongyang got up, held the embroidered shoe in his hand, and looked at it, and an idea welled up in his heart.

No, you can't just leave it at that. Even if her mother committed suicide and died, someone must have persecuted her, and it was never her intention.

She must have been very sad when she died, her husband was not around, her only daughter was not around, and her brother was on his way. She must have wanted to wait a little longer, to see her daughter, to see her husband, to see her brother. However, she didn't wait in the end.

Gu Chongyang could imagine that she was hanging on the beam of the house, looking at the embroidered shoes on the kang, her liver and intestines were broken, she was grief-stricken, and her thoughts were discouraged.

The mother cannot die in vain, and the murderer must be punished.

She is her mother's only daughter, she was ignorant in the previous life, and in this life, she must avenge her mother.

Gu Chongyang wiped away his tears, put the embroidered shoes into his arms, glanced at his mother's living room with nostalgia, and strode out of An Rong Courtyard.

"Danxin." Gu Chongyang asked, "Did Gu Tailai deliver the news today?" ”

"Nope." Dan Xin shook his head and said, "There has been no news for two whole days. ”

The day after his mother's death, Gu Chongyang found that the people who had been serving around his mother were gone.

In addition to Mama Wu, who hanged herself, Lu Wu and Du Ruo, who served her mother closely, were also missing. Except for Mama Qiu, everyone else disappeared almost overnight.