Chapter 119, there is no shore to turn back

Before going to bed, Mingjing remembered that because he had not thought about it carefully, he had let Granny Lu commit suicide, leaving many unsolved mysteries, and he was a little relieved that he couldn't get rid of Baimei, so he came to the cellar again to check, this time he must make sure that nothing goes wrong, otherwise some things will become a secret forever.

Steward Xie is very cautious, not only arranging a strong mother-in-law to guard the cellar, but also sleeping in the house at the entrance of the cellar, so that he can check on Baimei's situation at any time.

Seeing Mingjing come in, he whispered: "For dinner, I sent hot porridge and side dishes, and my mother-in-law fed her some food, and it seemed that she was in good spirits, but she refused to say a word." At night, I arranged for two mothers-in-law to take turns to look at her, and I will live here, and I will take care of anything at any time, so don't worry. ”

Mingjing nodded and went down to check, there was a charcoal basin in it, but she didn't feel cold, Baimei was still curled up on the grass, wrapping herself tightly with the quilt, I don't know if it was a dream or waking up, so I motioned to my mother-in-law to go and check, and the mother-in-law stepped forward to touch her mouth and nose, nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry." ”

Mingjing breathed a sigh of relief, rewarded the woman with a little broken silver, and carefully told her not to be careless, so that she left with confidence.

returned to the house, speculating whether there was a behind-the-scenes conspiracy behind everything that Baimei and Granny Lu did, and whether the death of the sister-in-law was a sudden illness or another cause? I think about it, but I can't understand anything. If the crown prince and the king of Qin stretched out their hands, it seems that they are too big and small, what role can controlling a little girl play, I am afraid that it will only force Ming Che to rebel, if it is Ming and Qing, what is the purpose of his doing this? Is it necessary to put so much effort into dealing with a little girl who does not pose any threat to herself?

After lying down, but he couldn't fall asleep over and over, he thought of Changsheng, remembered her eyes that seemed to be able to see through him, remembered the scene when she was holding Shu'er with magnolia flowers, and suddenly understood what it meant to gain and lose. obviously likes it in her heart, but if she shows it, it will hurt her, so she can only suppress it, and it is obviously close at hand, but it seems that she can't get it for a lifetime, so she can only be entangled. Maybe he finally had to give up on her who would never be a concubine, but could he let go of it in his heart?

Thinking of Changsheng's politeness and detachment from him, and his rejection of people thousands of miles away, he suddenly hated and was happy for a while, and finally fell asleep with a long sigh.

The next day, in a daze, I seemed to hear someone banging on the door in a hurry, and listened carefully to what seemed to be the voice of Steward Xie, and suddenly came to my senses, but something happened to Baimei?

Hurriedly put on a cotton robe and opened the door, Steward Xie knelt down and apologized: "The son is punished, the slave is careless and careless, and this morning I found that Aunt Bai is dead!" ”

Mingjing slumped into his chair with an "ah", and this time, the only clue was broken. He stood up suddenly and stared at Steward Xie: "What the hell is going on?" Isn't there someone staring at you? How did she die? Wasn't it okay last night? Is it suicide again? ”

Xie Chengzhong's face was full of puzzlement and shame, and he said vigorously: "The slave doesn't know what's going on, my bed is above the entrance of the cellar, and you can hear the slightest movement below, yesterday by two sturdy mothers-in-law were on duty in the first half of the night and the second half of the night, I also went down to check when they changed shifts, although Aunt Bai was motionless but her breathing was steady, I only said that she was asleep, and I didn't think much about it, I just told the mother-in-law to watch carefully and go up to sleep, who wants to get up in the morning and hear the mother-in-law shouting below, saying that Aunt Bai is out of breath, I quickly wrapped up my clothes and went down to check, and found that she was really out of breath! ”

Mingjing didn't care about blaming him, hurriedly put on his clothes and went to see, the sky was already numb. The mother-in-law who was on duty in the middle of the night had been taken care of, and was sitting on the ground crying mournfully, and when she saw Steward Xie, she struggled to get up and cried: "I don't know what's going on, my aunt was sleeping well, I kept looking at her, and I only took a nap for a short time before it was almost dawn, and I woke up, and saw that my aunt was still lying there motionless, so I stepped forward to check, but found that she was out of breath!" ”

Mingjing stomped his feet into the cellar indignantly, the charcoal basin had been withdrawn, and Bai Mei was still wrapped in the quilt and curled up together, her posture was exactly the same as last night, and she couldn't see anything abnormal, but the person was dead.

He and Xie Chengzhong stepped forward to take a closer look, but they still couldn't see anything abnormal. Xie Chengzhong said puzzledly: "The slave dares to vouch for her life, there was nothing abnormal last night, could it be that she was kicked hard by the Grand Duke yesterday, and she had internal injuries, and she started to get better, but then she slowly failed?" ”

Mingjing was silent, but his heart recognized it, apart from this, what other reason could make sense?

After breakfast, Ming Che came over and was shocked to learn that Bai Mei was dead. After a careful inspection, I couldn't find any reason after thinking about it, and asked in detail about the situation of the two caretakers, and learned that they were all poor peasant women around, and there were old and young people in the family, who didn't know a single big word, and they hadn't seen anything in the world.

He sighed, and told not to embarrass them, just send them back with a reward for hush money, and he also recognized Xie Chengzhong's words, maybe it was indeed because he kicked and kicked him so hard in anger yesterday that she couldn't support it in the middle of the night and swallowed her breath.

remembered what she and Granny Lu did to Shu'er, and refused to tell the truth when she was dying, and said hatefully: "You can't live if you do your own evil, and you can't blame others." Xinyi is so good to her, but she is full of jealousy, entrusting Shu'er to her, but she is controlled and used by her as a tool, she knows the truth, and would rather die than say it, such a woman is cheap for her to die. ”

Steward Xie asked carefully, "Then what should she do?" Can you send it back to Wugong County? ”

Mingche shook his head: "She's dead, and I don't want to be too ruthless, but she hates the young grandmother so much, don't go back to hurt her, find someone to clean her up and change her clothes, buy a thin coffin and bury it somewhere." Remember not to leak the news, I'll deal with it after a while. ”

Mingjing's heart is also very heavy, if there are really other people behind the scenes, and they can't be found in time, how can they be prevented from harming others?

Thinking of his mother, Jinshu and Changsheng who were far away in the county uncle's mansion, he was suddenly anxious and couldn't wait to fly back to them.

"Big brother, if there's nothing wrong here, I'll go back as soon as possible, I can't let go of my aunt and Shu'er, they are all old and weak orphans, how can I do without my own people around? I won't show up, you ask someone to prepare something for me to bring to the family, and when Mo'er comes back tomorrow, we will go back immediately, don't worry, I will keep an eye on Shu'er in the future and don't let anyone hurt her! ”

Speaking of his beloved daughter, Ming's eyes softened, and when he thought that the day of Mingjing's crown salute was approaching, he said apologetically: "Fortunately, there are still you at home, so I can have a little peace of mind here." The eldest brother is like a father, and my father is gone, I should participate in your crown ceremony, but I can't easily leave Jinyang because of business, but I entrust all the family affairs to you. Tomorrow you will go back, and we brothers will have a few drinks at noon, and I have something to tell you. ”――

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