Fortunately, it was in the shade, so the corpse did not decay so quickly, but if it was delayed like this, I am afraid it would not last long.

The prefect also briefly explained the course of the case.

It was the concubine in Sun Yuanwai's family who somehow hanged herself at home, and it was verified that she should have committed suicide, but the people in the concubine's family did not give up, saying that it was impossible for this concubine to commit suicide at all, and Chu Xi really had no choice, just heard that this Shen Lian had some ability, so he called her.

After knowing what happened, Shen Lian told the truth.

"But if that concubine really committed suicide, even if her family doesn't believe it, this is a fact."

"Not necessarily."

Chu Xi's words had a deep meaning, "Later, in the process of our investigation, we found out that the concubine was pregnant, and it was impossible for her to commit suicide at all." ”

These words can be regarded as a reminder to Shen Lian, a person who knows that he is pregnant will most likely not commit suicide, even if it is not for himself, but for the child in his womb, he will definitely not do this.

In that case, things get a little weird.

After coming to the corpse, Shen Lian didn't say anything more and began to observe the corpse seriously.

There are two strangulation marks of different colors on the neck of the deceased, and it is obvious that this concubine must have been strangled to death, and then she was hung up again, pretending to hang herself.

These are the only clues that can be found at the moment, and nothing else.

After Shen Lian explained the principle of the deceased's death, he looked at Chu Xi and asked, "Does this concubine have any enemies?" Or is it too much conflict with other people outside the family? ”

"Probably not."

Chu Xi replied, because after the previous case, they did investigate and did not find such a thing, so they ruled out this possibility at that time.

Even if he had already said so, Shen Lian still didn't think so.

You must know that it is very easy for women to be jealous and jealous, and it is to serve one person at the same time, maybe there are other concubines who are jealous that she is pregnant, and then it is not impossible to do such a thing.

If it is a problem between women, then it is very likely that Sun Yuanwai's main house or other concubines killed the concubine.

Of course, these are just Shen Lian's guesses, and the specific situation will have to wait until you have been there to check them one by one to be clear.

On the way to Sun Yuanwai's house, Shen Lian looked at the uniform Chu Xi and asked, "How does the Sun family decide on this matter now?" ”

"They are also equally puzzled, and they don't understand why the concubine's family has been concluding that the concubine did not commit suicide."

"What about Sun Yuanwai himself?" Chu Xi recalled for a moment, and then replied, "Sun Yuanwai naturally thinks that this is a big fuss, the little concubine hanged herself, and wants me to end the case quickly." ”

After learning these basic information, Shen Lian didn't think about why she had been bowing her head all the way, thinking about this case.

And Yin Chen, who was walking next to her, looked at her serious thinking, and her appreciation for her in her heart couldn't help but deepen a little.

And I feel that she should be the person she needs to help herself, so that what was wronged before should be able to be refuted.

After walking about two kilometers, they went directly to the house of the Yuanwai family.

The decoration of the house is quite magnificent, even if you don't enter it, just from the outside, you know that this family must be a rich family.

After entering, Sun Yuanwai looked at the prefect Chu Xi and brought others again, and was quite dissatisfied.

"I told you before, my little concubine hanged herself, you don't believe it but the case has not been closed, and now you have brought someone to me, what does this mean? Sincerely, you want to disturb my quiet life, don't you? ”

"No, it's not."

Chu Xi hurriedly explained, "This girl is a master at solving cases, but the truth will be revealed in all cases that she has handled, so I specially invited her here in order to give justice to this case." ”

After hearing him say this, Sun Yuanwai looked Shen Lian up and down a few times, and his eyes were full of disdain.

Although he didn't say much, he looked down on this stinky yellow-haired girl a little bit, what could he do? It's not bad to be a concubine with her appearance, but if she comes to solve this case, I'm afraid it will be a bit exaggerated, snorted coldly, didn't say anything more, Sun Yuanwai went directly into the house and didn't pay attention to it.

Next, what Shen Lian has to do is to investigate them one by one, and first ask all the wives and concubines outside Sun Yuan to see who is the most suspicious.

First of all, they came to the main room, Huang's room.

Huang didn't mind this, but calmly told them.

"Ask whatever you want, anyway, you can't ask anything just by asking, the concubine committed suicide, what is there to check here, I really don't know why you waste this time, isn't it good to have that time to rest and drink tea at home?" Hearing Huang's words, Shen Lian didn't mind, but fortunately, she was also cooperative.

"That concubine is already pregnant in her belly, why do you think she committed suicide? Don't you want that child? After hearing this, Huang's face slowly changed, and he looked a little surprised, as if he didn't know that the little concubine was pregnant.

"You say she's pregnant? But how can we not be notified of our pregnancy? And if you're pregnant, why would a good person commit suicide? If there is a boy in the belly, it can also be expensive for the mother and the child. ”

"If you talk about pregnancy, won't it directly become the target of public criticism? It will make those women who have no children jealous, framed, or even killed! Shen Lian deliberately said such a thing in front of the Huang family, just to see what kind of reaction she would have.

On the way back, I learned from Chu Xi that the Huang family has not been out so far, and if it is because of the pregnancy and jealousy, it is not impossible to do something murderous.

However, judging from her reaction and expression just now, she should not know that the concubine was pregnant.

And Chu Xi also learned from the concubine's mother's family, the people in this grandson's family should have no idea about her pregnancy, and it seems that the concubine deliberately concealed it, for fear of being known by others.

After a brief inquiry, Shen Lian stood up, and when she was about to walk out of Huang's room, she asked one last question.

"If the death of this concubine was not a suicide, but someone killed her, who do you think it would be?" For this question, Huang Shi thought about it carefully and said her thoughts.

"If it's really not a suicide, then I think it's more likely that Chunjuan should be killed."

Later, the Huang family also explained that the relationship between the concubine and Chunjuan, who was a concubine, had always been incompatible, and they often quarreled, and occasionally sarcastically mocked each other, and would take the opportunity to ridicule each other when they saw each other's ugliness.

Therefore, if this concubine dies, but he has to say that a person is the most suspicious, then Huang thinks Chunjuan is more suspicious.

Since they had already asked something, it meant that it was not considered that they had gained nothing, and they went directly to find this concubine named Chunjuan again.

Regarding their arrival, Chunjuan did not seem as calm as the Huang family, but was still a little dissatisfied.

It's just that they didn't come for anything else, but because of the death of the little concubine, even if they don't want to pay attention to it, they have to cooperate.

"If there is anything wrong with something, just ask, I am very tired, I want to rest quickly, and I don't have time to spend it here with you."

Although this Chunjuan is just a concubine, her score is much bigger than that of the Huang family, who is the main room, and those who don't know think she is the main room.

"That's the case, we heard that you didn't have a good relationship with that dead concubine before, isn't that the case?" After asking like this, Chunjuan seemed a little unhappy, and her voice became a little harsh and high.

"What do you mean by that, could it be that I killed her? I really look down on her, and I go out with a bad heart to swagger through the market, I wish I wanted to make the other party like me when I saw a man, and I naturally couldn't get used to this kind of unseemly woman. ”