Zhou Shu's words hit Zhou Han's sore spot, and his face showed pain, and he smiled bitterly, "It's just fate." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and poured it down, and took the wine jug to fill it for himself. After pouring two cups in succession, he sighed again: "Fate always plays tricks on people like this, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow." ”

Stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Shu's arm, "Second brother, if you really like your second brother and sister, treat her well, don't be like me, live in torture and regret for the rest of your life." ”

Zhou Shu looked at his hand that was protruding from drinking wine, slowly raised his eyes, and met his gaze, "Is it because of the concubine?" ”

Zhou Han was stunned for a moment, his eyes fluttering, "Second brother, you ...... What did you say? ”

"It's because of the concubine, right?" Zhou Shu stared at him, taking in the surprise, panic, and dodging in his eyes, "Father told me about you and the eldest lady of the Fang family." ”

Zhou Han's eyes widened in astonishment, "Father...... Father told you? ”

"Yes." Zhou Shu said expressionlessly, "But I still want to hear what the eldest brother has to say." ”

Zhou Han withdrew his hand frozen in mid-air and took a deep breath, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Zhou Shu pursed his lips and said nothing, quietly waiting for him to speak.

Zhou Han grabbed the wine jug, hesitated for a moment, then put it down, and held the empty wine glass tightly, "Second brother, you must know, my eldest sister and I have been raised by my grandmother's side since we were children.

For us, our grandmother is the closest person in the world. I am very saddened by the death of my grandmother. I can't eat well and sleep all the time.

I caught a cold that day, and in the evening it was my turn to go to the mourning hall. I couldn't bear my father's hard work, so I asked my subordinates to hide the illness and went to the mourning hall.

Jing Zhi ...... The eldest lady of the Fang family didn't know how to hear about this, and she couldn't rest assured that I was relieved, so she boiled ginger soup and made snacks, and quietly entered the mourning hall to see me without telling Mrs. Fang.

I was young and impulsive, and I was at a time when I was physically and mentally fragile, and I couldn't help but see the woman I loved. A transgression was made. I happened to be bumped into by my mother who came to bring me soup and snacks......

We both freaked out and fell to our knees and begged for forgiveness. The concubine was not very angry, but only scolded us for being confused and told us not to make a noise. After that, he personally sent the eldest lady of the Fang family back. Cover it up for us.

I thought it would be fine. Who knew that the girl named bamboo paper next to the mother concubine actually spread the things she saw in the mourning hall. After my father heard about it. whipped me, and the eldest lady of the Fang family was also severely punished by Mrs. Fang.

If it weren't for the concubine who came forward to stay, Mrs. Fang would have taken the eldest lady of the Fang family back to the capital that day.

In a word. It's very ugly.

However, we also got a blessing in disguise, and officially exchanged wedding papers, just waiting for my grandmother's filial piety to pass, and then we made a wedding ......"

At that time, his back was scarred, but he didn't feel any pain, only joy. thought that in this way, he would be able to marry the woman he liked smoothly and smoothly, and he would love him to the end.

Who knew that the flat land made waves, and it actually messed up this sure marriage.

"The girl named bamboo paper was beaten by her mother and had a high fever that afternoon. Because the mother-in-law guarding the door did not find out in time, by the time she opened the door to bring her dinner, the person was already dead.

The mother concubine asked someone to bury the bamboo paper, gave her family a large sum of silver for the pension, and promoted the bamboo paper's sister Xiaohuan to a first-class girl, and transferred it from her grandmother's yard to her side for reuse.

Who knew that Xiaohuan had a grudge against his mother, and actually poisoned and killed his mother......"

This time it was Zhou Shu's turn to be surprised, "What does the eldest brother mean, the mother concubine was poisoned by the girl named Xiaohuan?" ”

Zhou Han was stunned for a moment, "Why, my father hasn't told you how my mother died?" ”

"Not yet." Zhou Shu replied casually, and then hurriedly asked, "Big brother, tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

Zhou Han didn't know what King Ji'an told him, but the words had already been spoken, so he could only continue, "The thing is very simple, that is, the girl named Xiaohuan blamed her mother's death on her mother, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of her subordinates to poison the soup that the concubine must drink every day. ”

Wrong!

Zhou Shu clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves, and his eyes were cold.

It's not that simple.

If the mother concubine was killed by Xiaohuan just because of the death of bamboo paper, why did the father kneel and beg for mercy? If it weren't for his father's knees begging for mercy, which aroused his suspicions, he would not have been guarding against everyone in the mansion, training his own manpower since he was a teenager, and secretly tracking down these many years.

He was a young and intelligent man, and everyone he saw could remember it clearly. Especially the people in the courtyard of the concubine, to this day, he can still count them one by one, clear ink, bamboo paper, jade inkstone, lotus pen, Jin's mother, Wu's sister-in-law......

However, the girl named Xiaohuan, he didn't have the slightest impression.

She had worked as an errand in the old lady's yard, and was promoted to a first-class girl by her mother, and there were so many opportunities to show her face in front of him, he should have seen him more than once. I've seen it, but how can I not be impressed?

If he doesn't have a good memory, then why doesn't he remember anyone else, but not her?

"Big brother, that girl named Xiaohuan ......"

"Dead." Without waiting for him to finish asking, Zhou Han first replied, "After poisoning the concubine, she knew that her sin was unforgivable, so she committed suicide by hanging." ”

"What kind of poison did she have?" Zhou Shu asked.

Mr. Su has studied for many years, but he has not figured out what exactly caused Qin's poisoning to death, so it can be seen that it is not an ordinary poison. What is the way for a little girl to get poison that even doctors can't detect?

"This ...... I don't know. Zhou Han said ashamedly, "The eldest lady of the Fang family and I learned the news that the mother concubine was killed by Xiaohuan, and we even blamed ourselves and were afraid, and we both fell seriously ill. By the time we recovered, our mother would have been buried.

The father was grieved and angry because of the murder of his mother's concubine, and disposed of all the people in his mother's courtyard.

I am afraid that you will be even more sad when you learn that your mother is a victim, and you will order us not to tell you the truth. Inevitably, the news that the housewife was killed by the girl was not good, and it was only said that the mother died of a violent illness.

How can I ask so much trouble? ”

After a pause, he said, "Because of this incident, the eldest lady of the Fang family and I are very painful, as long as we see each other, we will remember that the mother concubine died because of us, and I feel guilty."

Due to the repeated funerals at home, it was necessary to wear filial piety, and the matter of marriage had to be put aside for the time being.

After the eldest lady of the Fang family returned to the capital, she wrote me a few letters. Because I had to keep the system for three years, I didn't want to miss her good years, so I only wrote back to her, telling her to forget about me and find another good couple.

It didn't take long for me to hear that she was betrothed to a son of a wealthy family in the capital. I thought that I would never see each other again in this life, but I never expected that after the expiration of the defense period, I would see her again.

At that time, she was already a seventeen-year-old girl, and she was still unmarried......"

――(To be continued......)