"But I seem to have heard that you said halfway through that you lost something and turned back to the hospital?" Lu Xiaowan dragged her chin and looked at him with bright eyes.

Wu Qiang was shocked, his expression management was extremely poor, and he almost wrote the two big words of heart deficiency directly on his face.

"I ...... I didn't go back......" he muttered, his tone so fluttering that he didn't even believe himself.

Ning Xiuyuan didn't have so much patience to follow the temptation, and slapped the table and said: "Nonsense, take it directly to the official mansion, and you will be willing to say anything after a beating." ”

It was Lu Xiaowan who hurriedly held him down, and said gently to Wu Qiang, who was almost stunned: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I am a sympathetic person, and I will not send you to the government to be beaten." It's just that I'll give you face, and I hope you can also explain things honestly, otherwise in the end, I will have no way, and there is only one way to go. ”

In ancient times, there was no surveillance, and if you encounter this kind of witness, and the suspect has a record in the case, he will definitely not investigate it well, and directly sentence him to another ten or eight years.

Therefore, Lu Xiaowan and Ning Xiuyuan, one sings white-faced and the other red-faced, and they cooperate quite tacitly.

Of course, in fact, Ning Xiuyuan starred in his true colors.

Sure enough, Wu Qiang was a little shaken under such pressure, his lips trembled, and he said tremblingly: "I went back once, but I really went looking for something, and I definitely didn't secretly do anything to the scaffolding!" You think, I don't do it any good to do this! ”

"You don't have a good relationship with most of the people on the construction site, Lao Zhang and they don't mention it for the time being, and the rest of them shouldn't have given you any good looks, right? It's hard to say that you won't have murderous intent in your heart and want to deal with them? ”

"No, no, no, I don't have that idea." Wu Qiang scratched his messy hair, and a look of exhaustion appeared on his face, "I know I deserve all this now, and I don't blame them." I've killed someone, and although that person is guilty for a reason, and I don't regret it, but when the blood comes to my hands, that kind of fear, I don't want to experience it a second time in my life. ”

Wu Qiang seemed to recall something, he hugged his head in pain, and trembled uncontrollably.

Lu Xiaowan lowered her eyes and looked solemn: "Then tell me, what did you lose that day?" ”

She thought that Wu Qiang would tell herself, but the man was silent, his fear of the government was not fake, but at this time, he was unwilling to say a word.

Why?

Is it worth hiding something you have lost?

"If you don't, then I'll assume you're lying. You know, most of them suspect that you did it, if you don't want to tell the truth, I will definitely send you to the government in order to stabilize the people's hearts, after all, I am begging for a living, not charity, I am not a bodhisattva. Lu Xiaowan's words were a lot heavier, and they were no longer as soft as they were at the beginning.

But who knows, she didn't wait for Wu Qiang's reply, but a woman's voice came from the door.

"He's going to look for a veil."

The three people in the room raised their heads in unison and looked towards the door collectively.

I saw a woman in tattered clothes standing in the doorway, her hands tightly holding on to the door frame, and the whole person looked shaky, as if what she had just said had used up all her strength.

"Alan, why are you ......" After Wu Qiang saw the woman, he suddenly became anxious.

"You are?" Lu Xiaowan looked at the woman named Alan suspiciously, and consciously told her that there must be some fascinating gossip story behind this.

Alan calmed down, walked in slowly, and sat directly beside Wu Qiang: "My name is Fang Ruolan, and I am the sister of Wu Qiang's deceased wife. ”

It turned out to be a sister-in-law.

"What did you just say about the veil? Please elaborate on it. ”

Fang Ruolan sighed, took out a handkerchief from her arms, and pushed it to Lu Xiaowan: "It's this handkerchief, he turned back that day just to find this thing." ”

Lu Xiaowan took it and took a look, this handkerchief has been around for a certain number of years, and the material is not silk or splens, just some rough cotton and linen, which looks extremely ordinary. Of course, the premise is to ignore the orchid embroidered in the corner of the veil.

Ning Xiuyuan obviously also noticed the flowers: "Your name is Alan, and there is an orchid here...... This veil is yours, isn't it? ”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the complicated look in his eyes said it all.

"No, you're mistaken, my brother-in-law and I are not the kind of relationship you think. However, it was precisely because it was easy to be misunderstood, so the brother-in-law had no choice but to turn back and take the veil back without anyone finding out. Fang Ruolan's face was as calm as water, frank and open.

She took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "This handkerchief was embroidered by my sister, she is good at housework, but she has no talent for female red." After studying for more than ten years, she can only barely embroider the orchids I taught her. As for why she was taught orchids, as you think, I have the word orchid in my name. This veil was worn by my sister, and it was the only thing she left. ”

I see, so it makes sense.

Wu Qiang cherishes his wife's things the most, and when he finds that he is gone, he will definitely turn back and take them, and this handkerchief is easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings, and he does this for the sake of his sister-in-law.

"I understand, but your dictation alone can't completely clear the charges, and all the results will have to wait for the truth to be revealed." Lu Xiaowan said more tactfully.

Wu Qiang naturally understood, and he still nodded gratefully: "Miss Lu, I am very grateful that you can hire me to work for you regardless of my guilty body, and now you are trying to find the truth instead of putting the blame on me, for this alone, I will do my best to you!" ”

You're too polite.

Compared with Wu Qiang's excited snot and tears, Fang Ruolan was much calmer: "My brother-in-law is too honest, if he can steal chickens and dogs, how can he be mixed up like this." ”

These words were really a bit exciting, and Lu Xiaowan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard it.

Ning Xiuyuan looked very strange: "What are you surprised about?" Your own words are no worse than that. One or two, they are so shameless. ”

When Fang Ruolan heard this, she suddenly became a little more curious about Lu Xiaowan: "It sounds like Miss Lu is also a lover." ”

"Accept and concede, in Xialu Xiaowan, who is famous for not abiding by women's morals and raising little white faces everywhere in Zhengjia Village." Lu Xiaowan arched her hand and showed what it means to be shameless with practical actions.

[You're quite proud, aren't you? Is this something to be proud of? 】

"Ahem, let's not talk about this, Wu Qiang, can you tell me about you and Lao Zhang that day?"

Wu Qiang recalled, while described: "In this way, it was really strange for them yesterday...... When you see me on weekdays, you want to kill me, but yesterday you were inexplicably close to me, and you also gave me food during dinner, and invited me to go back with me after work. ”

"When things go wrong, there must be demons, don't you doubt their motives?" Lu Xiaowan asked rhetorically.

How do you know that when Wu Qiang heard this, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that they are trying to frame me?" Scaffolding is their hands and feet? ”

No, it's not right that you're only reacting now?

You're not honest, okay? It's a miracle that you haven't been abducted and sold by someone when you're so old!

"They must have some kind of conspiracy, but it wasn't what they did, and there is no evidence yet." Lu Xiaowan said, as if she remembered something, "By the way, I heard that you are dressed well these days?" ”

"Ahhhhhhh......h Such a beautiful outfit, don't let me spoil it. ”

Well, now there is even a saying for "flying windfall", which really doesn't look like Wu Qiang did it.

Seeing that it was dark, Lu Xiaowan said a few more words, and then she was about to say goodbye and leave.

"I'll send you off." Fang Ruolan said, then got up directly and followed Lu Xiaowan.

The two walked side by side, like good sisters for many years, directly leaving Ning Xiuyuan behind.

"If I'm not mistaken, are you interested in your brother-in-law?" The two walked out a little distance, and Lu Xiaowan asked without hesitation.

"yes." Fang Ruolan also responded very frankly, "My life is hard, my husband died a few years ago, leaving me and my baby to depend on each other." My brother-in-law has been locked up in it for so many years, and he is in difficulty, and he is still unwilling to give up me and my baby, and he takes care of us a lot, such a man, why don't you tell me not to think about it? But he only has my sister in his heart, and my sister is good to me, and this thought is enough in my heart. ”

Lu Xiaowan paused, and suddenly stopped to look at her: "Do you have any work on weekdays?" ”

"No one uses me, I usually just do some embroidery or something, and take it out and sell it." Fang Ruolan said.

Lu Xiaowan nodded clearly: "My family has always been busy with my mother, and I am also running outside to do business on weekdays, so I really don't have time to help her." So, I want to pay you to come to my house to help, and a month's silver is indispensable for you. ”

If you were an ordinary person, you would have to agree to such a good opportunity.

But Fang Ruolan was not an ordinary person, she shook her head and said, "Let me think about it, I will give you an answer after thinking about it." ”

After sending the people to the entrance of the village, Fang Ruolan turned around and went back.

Now, Ning Xiuyuan was finally able to turn out his curiosity: "You say this, do you think that the murderer is not Wu Qiang, but Lao Zhang and a few of them?" ”

Who knows, Lu Xiaowan shook her head slightly: "It's not them, or rather, it's not them who really do anything to the scaffolding, they can only be regarded as accomplices at most." ”