Chapter 39: The Cause
Gu Zhiqing took a sip of water and continued: "That Ran Er, because her father confessed when he was dying that she had to protect her brother at any time to keep the incense of his family, she had no choice but to negotiate with the family of the deceased to use the pharmacy of their family to the family of the deceased. At that time, the assassin history of the review wanted to be investigated again, but was obstructed by the deceased's wife in every way, not only that, but also played tricks in the county government in front of the people, saying that they had framed good people, and she wanted to appeal. ”
"That thorn is scared?" Cen Wei asked.
"Not really." This time it was Sima Ming who spoke: "I have heard of this case, Lord Xu is the chief judge, Lord Xu has been fair and honest all his life, and he encountered this incident at the end of his life, although he was released under the coercion of the family of the deceased, but he also went to check it in private, and determined that the person prescribed the wrong medicine, but there was only one family that caused a death, and that family also cleared the suspicion of the prisoner, Lord Xu found the family to talk about it, the person didn't listen, and finally left Qingqi, Lord Xu was already old, and he fell ill by this anger, and the court approved him in advance to return to his hometown."
"It's really infuriating." Cen Wei said, don't talk about Lord Xu, he wanted to hit people angrily, Cen Wei looked at Gu Zhiqing and said, "After that..."
Gu Zhiqing then recounted the experience, "After her brother came out of prison for two years, that is, last year, after Ran Er arrived at the pharmacy, although he did not have a good time, he finally supported himself by helping people with chores, and he also saved some money, who knew that her brother stayed in prison for two years, not only did not change, but instead intensified and took the money saved by Ran Er to go to the block to gamble, not counting the loss, and owed gambling debts, Ran Er had already had a difficult time to support herself, and now she has an idle brother, Not only did she not have enough to eat, but she was also beaten by her brother. Fortunately, that Ran Er got along well with her neighbors, and knew that she was short of money, so she was introduced to the Hou Mansion. ”
"The monthly income of the Hou Mansion is always higher than the monthly income of the work she used to do." Cen Wei said.
Gu Zhiqing continued: "It's higher than all the work she did before, and my aunt probably knows some things about her family, and she will reward her with some gold and silver jewelry every once in a while, so she quickly paid off the gambling debts she owed before." She thought that her brother would have a lesson from the past, but who knew that not only did not converge but blocked it even more, and lost all of a sudden, because there were too many debts, and the people in the gambling house came to collect the debts two times in three days, and his brother saw that the money could not be paid, so he threatened her If he did not help him pay off the gambling debts, he would sell her to the Qinglou to pick up customers, and Ran Er was so frightened that she had to start stealing her aunt's jewelry or silver. ”
This time, the three people who listened to the story were silent, and after a while, Cen Wei couldn't help it: "It's better to let him go to prison and stay comfortable." ”
"Once when stealing silver, I was almost bumped into by Xing'er.,Fortunately, Xing'er didn't stay in the room for a long time to escape.,But she was scared.,Because I've lost too many things recently.,Aunt became suspicious.,Xing'er was also scared.,I wanted to ask her brother but there was news that my aunt suddenly became seriously ill.,His brother felt that this was a rare opportunity to make money.,So he pretended to be a doctor to defraud the doctor.,It's also thanks to Xing'er didn't read anything.,If you change to a literate person, it's really not so easy to fool.。 In order to earn even the money for those medicines, his brother went to the pharmacy to steal the medicine, and it happened that the person was weak and needed a lot of supplements. ”
Cen Wei: "......"
Cen Wei was stunned for a moment and said, "No, even if it's like this, what is she running?" Why run when you're told there's something wrong with the medicine. ”
Gu Zhiqing replied: "The girl named Ran'er said that she thought that her brother had prescribed the wrong medicine, causing her aunt to vomit blood from her mouth, as for why she ran last night, I guess it has something to do with his brother." ”
Cang Xuan suddenly spoke: "It is estimated that the money in hand is not enough to pay off her brother's gambling debts, and the reason why his brother left her is probably because he wants her to make another profit." ”
"The Hou Mansion is about to be emptied by her brothers and sisters, and it hasn't been returned yet?" Cen Wei was stunned by how much money this person owed to the gambling house.
Gu Zhiqing said: "I asked people to check the sum of all the things, a total of 10,000 taels." ”
"So much? He's going to drive his sister crazy. Cen Wei said angrily.
Gu Zhiqing sighed lightly: "Ran'er's girl is also a pitiful brother like this, and now she is in prison for theft, I am afraid that she will have to confess there for half her life." ”
Cang Xuan was silent for a while and said, "Since they really have nothing to do with those people, then it's strange, why did those killers kill them?" ”
Gu Zhiqing also felt more and more confused about this matter: "Indeed, since you are not an accomplice, you don't need to kill your mouth, why do you want to mobilize people to kill people?" ”
Sima Ming asked, "Cousin, didn't Brother Ran'er and her sister mention anything strange to you?" ”
"I have almost always retold what they told me, do you realize that it is wrong?" Gu Zhiqing looked around at a few people.
Cen Wei said: "I can't see a trace of error. ”
Cang Xuan said: "Maybe Ran Er accidentally bumped into something, but she didn't care about it, but it was very important to the person hiding in the mansion, so those killers were waiting for her at her house." ”
Sima Ming suddenly thought of something, and suddenly stood up: "Cousin, who is guarding my mother now?" ”
Gu Zhiqing replied, "Mu'er, what's wrong?" ”
"I used to guard my mother because of the slow-sex-poison-drug she used to poison her, if she didn't hate it to the bone, how could she do it? In addition, Lord Cen said that after his mother restrained each other, she was poisoned, since it was not them, then these two things were really done by the same person, and that person would not give up. ”
Gu Zhiqing asked in shock, "You mean that my aunt is in danger?" ”
Cangxuan's eyes froze, "Yes, they are all in danger." ”
Although they didn't catch the poisoner, when they caught the two Ran brothers and sisters, it would completely expose her, and it was only a matter of time before the person was caught, so the person was about to jump off the wall.
"What!!"
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Wei Sheng and Wei Qin got Sima Ming's order, and they have been guarding outside Gu Qiutang's door for the past few days, Wei Sheng looked at Wei Qin and said lightly: "I don't know when Madam will be able to think about it, Master Hou has been haggard these days, and even people have lost a lot of weight, and if they continue to survive like this, it is estimated that the body will be unbearable." ”
"Will there be something going on with Prince Cangxuan? I heard Gu Xiang say that Hou Ye stayed at Cangxuan Gongzi last night, and Gu Xiang went to pick up people in the morning and hasn't come back yet, I'm afraid it's because Cangxuan Gongzi and Hou Ye are delayed. ”