Chapter 153: Hidden Feelings
"You are in prison for the sake of people's lives, and no one is allowed to say it?
What's more, he is also a kind of clue, and now you have killed people, can you be convicted? ”
Zheng Siyuan lowered his head and pursed his lips, obviously he didn't want to admit it, but the current situation made him have to admit it.
"Wechen is willing to accept the punishment, but I can ask the prince to give Wechen a chance, can you keep Wechen until this matter is over, after all, it is about my son's life, I don't want to fool this matter so inexplicably."
Qin Shao still looked at Chu Jiao for this matter.
Chu Jiao didn't object, so he agreed.
"If I find out that you are disrespectful to the princess again, I will cut off your mouth."
Qin Shao left after a fluttering sentence.
After the two of them left, the expression on Zheng Siyuan's face fell.
"My lord, when the two of them said this just now, they were simply slapping you in the face!" The man below said.
Zheng Siyuan had a gloomy face: "Yaotai has always been peaceful before, and it is because the two of them are here that they will make things miserable." ”
The subordinate saw the killing intent in Zheng Siyuan's eyes, and hurriedly said: "Lord Qian's side seems to be very close to him, you see... Do you want to hide it, for the sake of the face of a thousand adults..."
Zheng Siyuan raised his hand to interrupt what he was about to continue.
"There's no need to be overly anxious about this, I'll talk about it later. I'd like to see if they can find out if they can find the real murderer of my son, and when I do, I'll break it to pieces. Zheng Siyuan raised his eyes, full of fierceness.
Chu Jiao set out to investigate the matter of Yihong Mansion when she knew that Boss Chen was innocent, and although her mother's confession did not look like a fake, it still needed to be investigated.
For this reason, Chu Jiao decided to go deep into Yihong Mansion to find out the details of the other party.
But because Yi Honglou had two lives recently, everyone's tone was very tight, and they couldn't ask anything for a while, but Chu Jiao didn't give up.
"I heard that Lingling has a good relationship outside, I don't know if it's true or not?" Chu Jiao asked the girls.
Chu Jiao called many girls, and the girls were surprised when they saw the money.
I can't wait to pounce on them one by one.
"Oh, this master, what are you talking about, aren't all the people who give money good?"
"I can tell you, don't talk to me about those useless things, if you don't want to say, naturally some people say that you are right, right?" Saying that, the Chu family picked up the chin of the girl next to her, and the girl smiled shyly.
"I do know that she has a good friend, but that was two years ago, and he said that he would come to ransom her.
But she is the number one brand of our Red Mansion, so easy for my mother to let her go.
His mother asked him for a hundred taels of gold, but he was just a poor scholar, where was the hundred taels of gold?
We can all see that this is my mother deliberately embarrassing him.
In the end, I really don't know if there is a connection between them, it should be not. ”
"Did you know what the man's name was and where he lived two years ago?"
The woman looked confused: "I really can't remember this, because the time is too long, you know that there are so many benefactors in the Red Mansion, how can the slave family remember it clearly." ”
Chu Jiao said, took out another ingot of gold from her arms, and then held it high: "If anyone knows what the man's surname is and where he lives today, this deposit is hers." ”
"I I know, I remember his surname Hong, I don't remember what his name is Hong, the family was originally not Yaotai, and then the family moved here, there should be an old father in the family, as for where his family lives, I heard my sisters mention that it seems to be in the western suburbs, and the location is not too remote, but I don't know the specifics anymore, I don't know if it's okay?"
Chu Jiao glanced at her deeply: "This gold is yours, and if anyone else can have some effective news, you must tell me as soon as possible, the benefits are indispensable to her." ”
The hearts of the people blossomed, and at the same time they were jealous of the woman who had received the money.
Everyone scrambled to be the first to be the last, and said a lot of news to Chu Jiao, and Chu Jiao naturally spent a lot of money.
But I also got the most effective news.
After Chu Jiao got the news, she immediately went to the western suburbs and inquired about the location of this surnamed Hong near the western suburbs.
"You're talking about Hong Tian, he hasn't been admitted for a few years, but he has been doing some small business recently, and he and his father are also self-sufficient.
I think they're doing a pretty good job. The lady who was selling vegetables next to her couldn't help but say more, and Chu Jiao nodded: "Then I want to ask more, do you know where he lives at home?" ”
"Oh, he's sitting at the end of the corner, you can see him when you walk there, he's usually out doing business at this time."
Chu Jiao thanked the lady with a smile, and then ran to the end of the corner.
But at the end of the corner, there was no Hong Tian's figure.
All Chu Jiang saw was a big black door that was tightly closed, and Chu Jiao stepped forward to slam the door, "Knock knock." ”
She knocked on the door, and it took a long time to hear the slow footsteps inside, and the people inside slowly opened the door, Chu Jiao saw that the man in front of her was wearing a cloth robe, and his hair was delicately combed, but he looked a little messy, with a little haggard between his eyebrows and eyes, and a faint black blue under his eyes, and the corners of his lips were chapped, as if he hadn't drunk water for a long time.
When Hong Tian saw Chu Jiao, a touch of surprise appeared in his eyes, but it was fleeting, he frowned, and asked with low interest: "May I ask who you are?" ”
"Excuse me, I'm sent by the prefect to investigate the case, this is the prefect's token, I hope you can assist me."
Hong Tian looked like he was talking, he was standing at the door, but at this moment he turned sideways and gave up a person's seat, meaning to let Chu Jiao in.
As soon as Chu Jiao entered, she found that the courtyard was all white, plus the coffin in the main hall.
Chu Jiao thought of the eldest lady and the woman in Yihong Mansion just now, and said that she and her father were the only ones in her family.
"I don't know if you know Miss Lingling from Yihong Mansion?"
As soon as the woman's name was mentioned, Chu Jiao's eyes were a little sharper, and she didn't let go of any expression on Hong Tian's face, Hong Tian made a cup of tea for her: "Acquaintance is acquaintance, but that was a few years ago, and we don't have much intersection now." ”
"I heard from the girls in Yihong Mansion that you used to admire her for a long time, and you still want to redeem her, is there really no contact?"
"This girl, my father has just passed away, and my heart is still grieving, why do you bother to bring up old things to expose my scars?"
"It's not that I did it on purpose, I just want to know about the situation, recently the Lingling girl in the Red Mansion has had a big deal, because the son of the Zheng family died on her boat, and Master Zheng is about to behead her?"
Hong Tian still had a sad look on his face, but he couldn't see anything else: "I see, but if you tell me this now, I can't help her, I'm just a small civilian, and I really have nothing to do with her." ”
"But Mother Su of Yihong Mansion said something to me at the time, I know everything now, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to find you." Chu Jiao's pitch-black pupils were all scrutiny.
Hong Tian's face was different for a moment, but he was at a loss: "What do you mean by this?"
I remember that Yihonglou is Zhang's mother, and which is Su's mother? What can I say to you? ”
Hong Tian was puzzled, and Chu Jiao's face changed a little: "Maybe I remembered it wrongly, it was indeed Mother Zhang." Seeing that you are not young, why didn't you marry a wife and have children? ”
"Does that have anything to do with the problem of the case?
I don't think it's very related, I'm afraid it's not a fake, right? ”
Chu Jiao took out the sign just now again, and said carefully: "What I said, whether it has anything to do with this case or not, you must answer truthfully, and this is not your business."
Hong Tian's face was a little bad, but he had to say: "My family is not good, so few women can look down on me."
In addition, I have been busy with my father's business recently, so I have been negligent in the affairs of men and women, and if my father hadn't gone, I was planning to let him choose a family business for me. ”
Saying that, Hong Tian was about to shed tears.
"Oh, how did your father die?" Chu Jiao asked with some concern.
Hong Tian's face gradually returned to normal, only to hear him say: "My father has always been in poor health, but he has been dragging it because he has no money and is sick, you must know that we are all small businesses, and we can't make a lot of money, and then my father's illness is getting worse and worse, and the person is gone." ”
said that Hong Tian's face was painful.
Chu Jiao's face was not as solemn as before, and she continued with him calmly: "According to what you say, what is the disease that has been bad?" I've always asked the doctor to come and see it, what did the doctor say? ”
"The doctor said that it was a problem that had been accumulated over the years, and when it was discovered, there was no chance of recovery." Hong Tian said with some annoyance.
Chu Jiao nodded and didn't say anything more, but she had a doubt in her heart.
"Okay, in that case, I won't bother too much, so let's rest."
After Chu Jiang finished speaking, he left.
Qin Shao was afraid that she would be in danger, so he asked Xiuying to follow.
As soon as Chu Jiao came out, she said to Xiuying: "I've been staring at him for the past few days, if there is anything wrong with him, he must tell me immediately, no matter how big or small, do you understand?"
By the way, you investigate again whether his father's illness is true. Xiuying nodded.
After returning to the mansion, Chu Jiao felt more and more headaches, because this matter seemed to be more difficult to deal with than it seemed.
"Don't think about those things, now that you're back, let's get some rest." Qin Shao skillfully pinched her shoulders.
Chu Jiao closed her eyes and did not refuse, but silently, connecting everything together.
She pondered the reasons why everyone might make a move.
In fact, everyone in this matter is suspicious.
At this time, Qian Ghost and Luo Min came again, saying that they wanted to take her out for a walk.
She didn't want to go, but looking at the fierce expression on Qin Shao's face, it was obvious that she wanted her to go out for a walk and relax, and she also understood, but the case had not been solved yet, and she was always uneasy in her heart.
"Looking at the sad look on your face, you know that the case must not have been solved yet, right?
But why didn't I find out you had this skill before?
Why don't you come and see it for me someday! Luo Min said with a smile.
On Chu Jiao's face, a reluctant smile appeared: "Don't mention it, there is no progress at all now, I think that after the matter of these sons is resolved, there is still an unknown male corpse waiting for me to deal with." ”
Luo Min looked different when he heard this: "Oh, has the male corpse you said anything investigated??" ”
Chu Jiao tilted her head and looked sideways at Luo Min: "I didn't know that you were interested in this kind of thing?" ”
Luo Min smiled: "Isn't this a rush to talk about this?" If you don't like me, don't ask. ”
The Chu family waved their hands: "There's nothing you can't know, the identity of that man has not been determined yet, and I don't know where he came from." ”
Luo Min nodded: "If you want me to say, you can hand over this matter to the government."
The government handles this kind of case, otherwise they would have eaten the monarch's money in vain, and Yao Chi would be unhappy if he knew it. ”
As soon as the prefect was mentioned, Chu Jiao was angry: "Don't mention him, I think he is a mediocre and incompetent mediocre talent, when I went to investigate the case, he secretly tortured the prisoner, the prisoner couldn't stand it, and was tortured to death, how can you say that such an official can gain a foothold in Chenguo, if Chenguo is such an official, how can it be prosperous in the future." ”
"You, there are a lot of big truths, but don't forget what the purpose of this trip is, don't you want to enjoy the mountains and rivers? Now that I'm riddled with trivial things, I'm afraid it doesn't taste good, right? ”
Luo Min took Chu Jiao to wander around for most of the day, after all, if this matter is not resolved for a day, she will not be at peace for a day, and at this time, new news came from Xiuying's side, and Chu Jiao suddenly came to her senses.