It happened so suddenly, not only An Ruolan was startled, but even the old lady was shocked when she heard the news.

Quietly, a big living person is gone.

Huang Ying's death had no warning, and if it weren't for the caretaker's maid who kindly gave her steamed buns, I'm afraid no one would have found out that she had hanged herself.

When the maid who guarded saw the corpse hanging on the beam from the window of the firewood room, she fainted on the spot, and when the person who heard the news opened the door of the firewood room, Huang Ying's face was already bruised, and she was completely out of breath.

Soon, the news of Huang Ying's suicide spread throughout the entire Hou Mansion, and even the front yard was alarmed.

The old marquis was furious and ordered the old lady to find out the truth, and the old lady did not dare to be negligent, so she immediately summoned the maid who was guarding Huang Ying to question.

When An Ruolan returned to the Hou Mansion, the old lady was interrogating the maid named Jasmine, and when she heard the news of Huang Ying's surrender, she immediately rushed to Songhe Hall.

An Ruolan didn't believe that Huang Ying would commit suicide, and would secretly bribe the maid guarding and give her a blood book, which showed that Huang Ying cherished life very much, and it was impossible for her to surrender before the matter was clarified.

It's not suicide, then the only possibility is homicide.

But who has such the ability to come and go freely in the Hou Mansion and kill people silently?

And it was just an ordinary maid who was killed.

The more he delved, the more he didn't understand, An Ruolan only felt that his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't figure it out.

Hurried to Songhe Hall, but saw a bunch of people outside, Mama Wu with a few rough mothers-in-law guarded in front of the door, not letting people get closer.

"Miss, what should I do if I can't get in?" Bai Ling said anxiously.

An Ruolan frowned, and after a deep groan, she walked up to Mama Wu and said, "I have something important to tell my grandmother, and I hope that Mama will report it." ”

Seeing this, the subordinates gathered in front of the door all turned their heads and raised their ears, making a commotion.

Mama Wu glanced at An Ruolan in embarrassment, and after hesitating, she said, "Please wait a moment for Miss Six, and the old slave will go in and pass a message to the old lady." ”

"There's Mama Lao." An Ruolan was short, and Mama Wu turned sideways and only received half a salute.

After explaining to the mothers-in-law who were guarding, Mama Wu pushed open a gap and entered the door, seeing this, the people outside stretched their necks to look inside, and An Ruolan also glanced at it, but except for the curtain, she didn't see anything.

Soon, Mama Wu came out, rolled up her sleeves and said, "The old lady asked Miss Six to go in for questioning, please let Miss Six go in by herself." ”

An Ruolan hurriedly gathered her head and entered the door through the crack in the door where Mama Wu came out.

Seeing this scene, the people who were blocked out of the door became more and more noisy.

Entering the door, the room was quiet, only a few sobs sounded from time to time, An Ruolan lifted the curtain and entered the main hall, raised her eyes and saw the old lady sitting on the main seat with a solemn and solemn face, and there was a trembling girl in Tsing Yi kneeling under the hall, thinking that it was the maid named Jasmine.

"Grandmother." She saluted respectfully, not as casually as usual.

The old lady rubbed her eyebrows and said, "You're back." There was a little relaxation in his expression.

An Ruolan bowed, walked to the old lady's side, pinched the old lady's shoulder, and asked, "Grandmother can interrogate the clue?" ”

The old lady shook her head tiredly and said, "I heard that you have something important to report, but it has something to do with Huang Ying?" ”

"It's really related to the yellow warbler." An Ruolan doesn't plan to hide it, Huang Ying's throwing is not trivial, if someone can sneak into the Hou Mansion to kill people without knowing it, it means that everyone is in danger at all times, and maybe who will suffer next time, human life is not child's play, it is a matter that must be investigated.

When the old lady saw her solemn expression, she knew that Huang Ying's death had another hidden meaning, paused, and said, "You first listen to what this maid said." ”

An Ruolan also wanted to hear the details, so she answered with her head bowed and instructed the maid: "Tell me everything you know, and don't hide anything." ”

Jasmine's face was pale, her face was full of tears, and she was trembling, obviously not recovering from the fright, and she responded with a shudder, and said intermittently: "It was good before, but around the time of today, Huang Ying suddenly said that she was hungry and begged the slave maid to give her some food, and the slave maid saw that she was pitiful, so she went to the kitchen and took two steamed buns and wanted to give them, but it was just ...... I just didn't expect ......"

Speaking of this, her face turned a little paler, and she trembled even more, and she couldn't help crying: "When the slave came back, she was hanging on the beam, her eyes were as wide as copper bells, and she was facing the window." The slave was frightened and immediately screamed......"

Her voice grew faster and faster, her eyes widened unconsciously, her expression distorted, and she was completely lost in fear.

An Ruolan couldn't bear it, and hurriedly interrupted her: "Okay, it's okay." ”

Hearing this, Jasmine, who was still setting off firecrackers, immediately closed her mouth and slowly soothed her expression.

An Ruolan waited for her to recover almost before asking softly, "How long did it take you to go to the kitchen?" ”

"Big, about two quarters of an hour." Jasmine thought for a moment, sobbed and replied, "Because the slave maid gossiped a few words with the other sisters on the way, so it was delayed for some time. ”

An Ruolan nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "You said that Huang Ying was fine before, are you sure she has no thoughts of suicide?" ”

"This ......" Jasmine grabbed the corner of her clothes, hesitated and didn't dare to speak, but when she met An Ruolan's bright eyes, she didn't dare to hide it anymore, and said honestly: "The slave maid is sure, because Huang Ying once asked the slave maid to send a letter to Miss Six for her, saying that as long as Miss Six reads the letter, she will save her." The slave and the slave maid thought that since Huang Ying asked the sixth lady for help, she should not have the idea of committing suicide. ”

"Send a letter to Miss Six? Why didn't you say that? Mama Song, who had been silently guarding the old lady's side, spoke suddenly, and her tone was stern, which scared Jasmine so much that she was busy kowtowing and begging.

"She's telling the truth." An Ruolan said, "Huang Ying did send me a letter, but the letter has been burned by me. She frowned in anguish, knowing that such a thing would happen, and that she would keep the veil, so that it could be used as evidence for now.

Hearing this, the old lady frowned and said, "Since there is no evidence, and there is no reason to find out, it seems that this matter can only be like this." ”

An Ruolan was not ashamed, and lowered her head and said, "The granddaughter is reckless, she should have left that letter." ”

"You don't have to blame yourself for being in the situation you were in, and it was the right thing to do." The old lady sighed and shook her head, then glanced at Mama Song and said, "Hold this maid named Jasmine first." ”

Mama Song whispered yes, raised her voice and called two rough mothers-in-law to come in, and dragged Jasmine down.

An Ruolan saw that Jasmine was also pitiful, so she asked more: "What does grandmother plan to do with that maid?" ”

"This girl first sent a message for Huang Ying, did something she shouldn't do, and then hid it and didn't report it, according to the rules, she was going to be killed with a cane." Mama Song replied on her behalf.

"Cane to death?!" An Ruolan's heart jumped, her fingers trembled slightly, that maid looked at her only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was going to be executed just because she helped deliver the message?

"The main thing is that she knows something she shouldn't know, so she can only deal with it this way so as not to cause a riot." Mama Song saw that she was shocked and puzzled, and explained with an unchanged expression.

But even so, An Ruolan still feels too cruel, she has lost her life, she has lost her loved ones, and she knows how important life is.

Subconsciously pleaded: "Grandmother, why don't you send Jasmine to the country grange, so that she can also prevent her from accidentally leaking the news and disturbing people's hearts?" There's really no need, there's no need to ......"

The old lady raised her hand to interrupt her and said, "I can promise you this time, but Lan'er, you have to remember that you can be soft-hearted now, because you have not yet reached the time to be the master of the house, but you must remember in the future, you must not be soft-hearted, once you are soft-hearted, you will not be able to stand up for authority, and without majesty, how can you control the backyard?" ”

An Ruolan was shocked, and silently said, "My granddaughter remembers." ”

The old lady bowed her head with satisfaction, and whispered a few words to Mama Song, and Mama Song answered, and went out immediately.

An Ruolan thought of Meng and An Ruoxian, who were still locked up in the confinement room, and asked: "Since it is no longer investigated, is grandmother planning to declare that Huang Ying committed suicide in fear of crime?" What should the fifth aunt and sister Xian do? ”

The old lady groaned slightly, and said with her head bowed: "This can only be the case now, I will discuss this matter with your grandfather, if there is really an outsider who sneaks into the Hou Mansion to commit a crime, then make another plan." As for the two in the confinement room, even if they are dead and have no proof, I don't intend to spare them. ”

Hearing this, An Ruolan's mind turned slightly, and she didn't know whether she should intercede for the two of them.

The old lady saw her thoughts, and said with a smile: "I plead here, but it only works once, if you regret not wanting to save the maid, I can allow you to do the latter." ”

"Forehead......" An Ruolan choked, smiled dryly and stopped talking.

Jokes, human lives are at stake, and it is naturally important to save people.

After a while, Mama Song came back and said, "Old lady, according to your instructions, I have sent the maid named Jasmine to the grange in the southern suburbs outside the city, and I have also ordered someone to bring the fifth lady and the tenth lady." ”

The old lady bowed her head and said, "Can you disperse the excitement outside the door?" ”

"Scattered, as soon as I heard that I was going to hit the board, I ran faster than anything else." Mama Song smiled.

An Ruolan heard that Meng Shi and An Ruoxian came over for a while, so she said, "Grandmother, can I hide it for a while?" ”

"What are you hiding?" The old lady wondered.

An Ruolan smiled flatteringly, "Isn't my granddaughter worried that the fifth aunt and the tenth sister will ask the granddaughter to help me intercede, if I don't agree, I'm afraid it won't be good, so I think it's better to hide it." ”

Hearing this, the old lady was amused, the gloom between her eyebrows dissipated, and she waved her hand and said, "Just be clever, go and find a place to hide from the cat." ”

"Huh!" An Ruolan laughed, pretending to sneakily lift her skirt and find a place to hide, this ghostly appearance made the old lady laugh again. R1152