Chapter 17: Substitute for the Dead

Ye Li frowned and said, "But Aunt Zhao did cause this miscarriage because she used something that pregnant women can't touch." ”

Zhao Mengru said emotionally: "Master, someone wants to harm Mengru and your child, the master will definitely make the decision for me!"

Wang Suzhi pouted and said, "When you conceived a child, everyone doesn't know, who will harm you?

Zhao Mengru's eyes were red, and she shouted with difficulty: "I used to have two children, and they were all gone.

I just want my child to live well without telling the master, what can there be hidden, you don't want to spew blood!

If you hadn't blocked Mengqin from letting her report to the master, my child wouldn't be so half-dead. You're the one who hurt my child!"

Mu Xi rubbed the corners of his forehead and said: "Luo Chen, Xia Lie, go and search for me, except for the old lady's house, all the other places have been carefully searched for me!" Ye Li, you go and check Mengru's diet to see if there is anything wrong." ”

Mu Qianxun sat on the edge of the bed and held Zhao Mengru's hand, and slowly slid his hand to Zhao Mengru's wrist quietly.

For a moment, pain flashed in Mu Qianxun's eyes, she understood that this child could not be saved after all, even if she forced this child to be born, I am afraid that she would not live for a day.

Mu Qianxun experienced the pain of separation of flesh and blood in his previous life, and he had a special emotion for the child, and he didn't want the child to die in vain.

In about a quarter of an hour or so, Ye Li came in, holding a shallow cardboard box with food scraps in his hand.

Ye Li handed the box to Lang Zhong and said, "Please sir, see if there is any saffron in this thing." I'm afraid that Aunt Zhao who was attracted by this thing almost had a miscarriage. ”

After carefully identifying it, Na Langzhong nodded heavily: "Well, there is indeed a small amount of saffron." ”

After a long time, Luo Chen and Xia Lie also returned.

Luo Chen handed out a paper bag, which was saffron.

Mu Xi asked in a bad voice, "Where did you find this?"

Luo Chen's eyelids drooped and said, "It's in... Found under Miss Chihiro's pillow. ”

The corners of Jin Qianxin's mouth unconsciously raised an arc, and the expression of hiding in the crowd was not conspicuous.

A miscellaneous maid from Mengyingxuan stepped on the snow and said, "That lotus leaf cake seems to have been sent by Miss Chihiro yesterday!"

A room full of people suddenly whispered, and the noisy people were upset.

Mu Xi held his head and looked at Mu Qianxun, as if waiting for Mu Qianxun's explanation.

Mu Qianxun let go of Zhao Mengru's hand, chuckled and didn't speak, but his unfazed expression cleared up a lot of suspicions.

Mu Qianxun looked at Zhao Mengru and said softly, "Auntie, can you trust Xun'er?"

Zhao Mengru was stunned, she didn't seem to expect Mu Qianxun to ask her like this, and then said with a wry smile: "Aunt believes in you, Xun'er will definitely find the murderer for your aunt." ”

Mu Qianxun nodded lightly and said, "First, I have no reason to harm my aunt, what good is this for me?"

Second, if I bought saffron to harm my aunt, how could I put it under my pillow and wait for someone to search for it?

If I were the murderer, I would have hid in someone else's house to get rid of the suspicion. And this time I'm the scapegoat.

Besides, who would leave food scraps until now and not throw them away?

Also, you don't seem to be Aunt Zhao's personal maid, how do you know that the pastry was sent by me yesterday, and you know that it is a lotus leaf cake?"

After that, Mu Qianxun's hand also pointed to the maid named Treading Snow.

Treading Xue knelt down in a panic, but he didn't expect Mu Qianxun to notice her, an inconspicuous maid.

Treadxue clenched his hands tightly, his nails were sunk into the flesh and he didn't feel the pain, his eyes changed rapidly, and he said with a little weakness: "It was sent by Miss, your maid, naturally it was sent by Miss." Lotus leaf cake... I heard it from the house. Miss Chihiro, don't just wronged the slave in order to shirk the blame!"

Mu Qianxun raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh! is it my maid?"

A thin layer of sweat oozed from his head on the snow, and he said in a panic: "Yes... It's this girl!", pointing at Ye Li.

Mu Qianxun smiled and said, "No, it was sent by Qianyan." ”

Treading Xue said without giving up: "Yes, it's the girl who said it in a hurry, the slave maid was in a hurry and said it wrong!"

Zhao Mengru couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Yesterday it was the lotus leaf cake sent by Qianning. ”

Treading the snow, his body trembled violently, and he raised his head to look at Jin Qianxin.

For a moment, tears flowed down his eyes, and he shouted loudly: "Yes, it's all me! Aunt Zhao who I harmed, Miss Chihiro who I framed, it's all me, it's all me!"

With that, he hit his head on the door frame.

Before everyone could react, Taxue had already collapsed in a pool of blood, and then he couldn't breathe.

Everyone knows that a maid can't have such great ability, but they all choose to be silent, and no one can justify this death.

Mu Xi sighed and said: "Treading snow harms my Mu Mansion's heir, and I commit suicide in fear of sin, this matter ends here!"

Mu Qianxun sent a message to Leng Hao and ordered her to investigate the family who stepped on the snow.

A few days later, Leng Hao came with the news that Taxue's family had disappeared a long time ago, and was arrested by Jin Qianxin, and her parents had died when Taxue died, and she was willing to be a substitute for others.

In the afternoon of the same day, Mu Qianxun took Ye Li to Mengyingxuan to visit Zhao Mengru.

Zhao Mengru saw that Mu Qianxun seemed to have something to say, so she took the maids in the house, and now only the three of them were left in the house.

Ye Li knelt down with a plop, her eyes slightly red and said: "The slave maid was originally the daughter of a divine doctor in Yancheng, and my father angered that person's enemy because he saved a person who should not be saved, and the whole family was killed.

Only the slave and maid happened to be away from home that day, so they were able to escape. The slave maid studied medicine with her father since she was a child, and her medical skills were excellent, so the slave maid deceived her aunt that day. ”

Speaking of this, he cried out loud, calmed down and continued: "My aunt's child can't be saved at all, even if she forcibly takes medicine to give birth to her child, she won't live for a day, and the adult's body will be damaged."

And the safflower of that day was not the key, but I was afraid that my aunt would use some harmful things to pregnant women on weekdays, which led to irreparable consequences. ”

Zhao Mengru was stunned for a while, tears fell down her eyes, and she said after a while: "What you said is true?

Ye Li shook his head and said, "The slave maid doesn't know, can I let the slave maid check my aunt's things." ”

Zhao Mengru nodded lightly, and agreed.

Ye Li looked at Zhao Mengru's things carefully, from the futon to the clothes.

When he checked the fat powder, Ye Li frowned slightly and said, "There is a faint musky fragrance in this thing, which is mixed with other spices and ordinary people can't smell it at all." The daily amount is very small, and no one can find out, which is really clever. ”