"Madame means ......"

"These are the two sketches I made, Yan Qing, take a look." Yan Suwen handed the hand-drawn picture to Gu Changfeng: "I don't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so please make do with this painting." The place marked with the red cross is the place where people were burned, and here and here, respectively, are the bedrooms where the male and female protagonists live. ”

Gu Changfeng didn't speak, Yan Su asked and leaned over to him, and surrounded the burning houses with his hands: "Look at it, does this look like a word?" ”

"Hatred."

"Yes, the revenge of revenge, the hatred of hatred. Ordinary people will set fire to the fire when they see it, and they will not even check what these burned houses are like, and what kind of virtue they have burned. But the wind left a trace, the water left a stain, and finally someone recorded the two houses burned down at that time. ”

"It's just a simple record."

"That's right, it's a very simple record, and I stumbled upon the pattern hidden here."

Yan Suwen put the two drawings together, and then connected the burned houses with a pen according to the records: "This is the burned house of the Qian family, and there are detailed records in the records. The Qian and Liu families are both large families, and the layout of the house is similar to that of our Xiangfu, both of which are rectangular. Front yard, atrium, backyard, garden. The fire of the Qian family was ignited from the backyard, and then most of the houses on the left were burned down, and the people of the Qian family were locked in this room. Yan Qing, you see, this room, is not living next to the herringbone overlapping this position. This is Liu's burned house, the fire of Liu's house is relatively large, and there are more houses burned, do you see that these houses burned down by Liu's family are very similar to a nine-character? One person, one nine, adds up to hatred. The Qian and Liu families did not accidentally go to the water, but someone deliberately set the fire, and the person who set the fire was for revenge. ”

"Sisters of the Wei family."

"It should be, but at the moment, I don't have evidence yet, I hope Yunfei can find out what I want."

"Yunfei?"

"Well, I'll ask him to check something for me in the morning, calculate the time, and it's time to come back."

Before Yan Su finished asking, she heard a knock on the door, and she glanced at Gu Changfeng. Gu Changfeng got up, tidied up his clothes and walked out. After a while, the man returned to his room, but he had a letter in his hand.

"How?"

"Madame see for herself." Gu Changfeng handed the letter to Yan Suwen.

The content of the letter is not much, and I read it after a few cursory glances.

The letter said that Mei'er had contracted an epidemic after arriving at Ming's house, and the Ming family was worried, so they placed her outside, and about half a year later, when the Ming family thought that Mei'er had died of illness outside, Mei'er came back by herself. The Ming family found a doctor to see her, and the doctor told Master Ming and Mrs. Ming that Mei'er was very healthy. Considering that Mei'er was a maid bought back with her own money, Master Ming and his wife kept her and asked her to accompany Minglan to Yecheng. Wei Rulan was indeed bought by an official family to be a concubine, and she did meet the palace draft, and was sent to the palace by this official family as a righteous daughter, and then was assigned to marry the Marquis of Nanyang. Judging from the timeline, there seems to be no problem, but the period before Wei Rulan enters the palace is blank. Yan Qing, do you see, does Mei'er's illness and Wei Rulan's teaching before entering the palace and the time of the fire between the Qian and Liu families overlap? ”

"Hmm." Gu Changfeng nodded.

"Something is wrong, it seems that we have to find that Mrs. Rulan back and ask."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to get it back."

"Huh?"

"Yun Fei is afraid that he has fallen into someone else's trap, and the one he brought back is not the real Wei Rulan."

"What do you mean?"

While investigating these things, Yunfei accidentally learned a piece of news. The first wife of Nanyang Hou, that is, Wei Rulan, was indeed dead, and it was not a death of illness as rumored, but a suicide by hanging herself. The person was buried in the ancestral grave of the Nanyang Hou family outside the city, Yun Fei had already asked the Nanyang Mansion to examine the bones, and the one buried in it was indeed Wei Rulan. There is one more thing, Mrs. is afraid that she doesn't know, this Wei family sisters are different from others, they are all born with six fingers. ”

"Six fingers?"

"It should be a disease, the Wei sisters have an extra finger on their right foot. The fingers are small and soft, and they are not easy to see when wearing shoes every day, but there are also some phalanges in the soft fingers. ”

"It's not Wei Rulan, could it be the descendants of the Qian and Liu families?" Yan Suwen narrowed her eyes: "No wonder I think her emotions are wrong, and those scars on her body are not right." Although the scars were disguised, as a doctor, I could still tell which ones were from the injuries and which were from the fire. The Wei Rulan that Yunfei brought back was the aftermath of the disaster, and the reason why she walked like that was also because she was burned by fire. Mei'er, I'm going to see Mei'er's body again, if that person is not Wei Rulan, then Mei'er's death must be something else. ”

"Forget it." Gu Changfeng pressed down Yan Suwen's hand: "There are some things, you don't have to understand them too much, just be clear in your heart." "I love watching Chinese

"You mean it's over, that's it?"

"What's the point of looking it up any further?" Gu Changfeng asked rhetorically: "What the emperor wants to know is nothing more than the cause of Nanyanghou's death, and what the people want is just an answer." What Nanyang Mansion wants is a murderer, and what we want is to make this matter complete. Now, the cause of Nanyang Hou's death has been confirmed, he died of murder, and the murderer was Mei'er, who died in the prison of Nanyang Mansion because of fear and anxiety. As for Minglan , she has her own responsibilities and deserves some punishment. How to punish depends on the emperor to decide. We're done. ”

"If that person is really a descendant of the Qian and Liu families—"

"Even if she finds that fake Wei Rulan, what can Madam do with her? What she said to her wife before was all empty words, and the murder of Mei'er was just Madame's speculation, as long as she didn't admit it, Madame couldn't do anything. ”

"Mei'er died in prison, if the fake Wei Rulan didn't have helpers, she wouldn't have been able to force Mei'er to death in prison."

"The problem is here, Nanyang Mansion is unwilling and will not admit its negligence, especially since I am still standing here. Without evidence, how can Madame be sure that it was the fake Wei Rulan who bribed the jailer and killed Mei'er? ”

Yan Suwen was suddenly deflated: "Then what should I do?" You can't let Mei'er die for no reason. ”

"Mei'er, she's going to die sooner or later. Murdering Nanyang Hou, this crime alone is not as simple as hitting the wall and dying. ”

"What about the fake Wei Rulan, just let it go?"

"Yunfei will take care of it."

Since Gu Changfeng said this, Yan Su asked himself and stopped insisting.

Although it is important to find out the truth, the most important thing is that it is rare to be confused. What Gu Changfeng said is reasonable, it doesn't matter how Nanyang Hou died. It doesn't matter how Mer died. It doesn't matter who the fake Wei Rulan is. What is important as the investigator of the case is how to balance the relationship between all aspects and how to give a result that satisfies all parties. The current result is undoubtedly the best.

On the return trip, Gu Changfeng fell ill, and he still contracted the common disease of wind and cold.

At Yan Suwen's insistence, the group stopped in Pinglin Town and settled in the largest Fenglin Inn in the town.

"It's just a few light thirsts, and I don't need to drink medicine."

"Are you a doctor or am I a doctor?" Yan Su asked and pressed Gu Changfeng's hand: "I'm a doctor, and I'm your wife, so you have to listen to me when it comes to drinking medicine." ”

"I know that you are my wife, but you can drink medicine, why do you have to listen to your wife? I know my physical condition, I don't need to drink medicine, I just take a little rest and I'm fine. ”

"Is your body yours alone?" Yan Su said quickly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he found that this sentence seemed to be ambiguous, his face turned red slightly, and he quickly added: "You used to be strong because you were a person." Yes, you have a mother, but a mother is a mother after all, and you are so old, it's not good to always worry her. I know, I know, because I myself am the same, I only report good news and not bad news, and when I have a minor illness, I also see it by myself and endure it by myself. But everyone is human, whether it is a man or a woman, in their bones, they all want someone to care, someone to take care of, someone to care.

To outsiders, you are Gu Xiangye, the omnipotent Gu Xiangye, but to me, you are just my husband. Now, you are sick, and your wife and I happen to be doctors, so it is my duty to take care of you. ”

Yan Su asked a lot, but Gu Changfeng only heard that sentence: "Your body is not yours alone." He looked at Yan Suwen's slightly red cheeks and handed over his other hand: "Okay, I'll drink." ”

"I'll feed you! I mean, I'm just waiting for you to drink medicine, Lady Husband. Yan Su asked, and had already sent the bowl to Gu Changfeng's lips: "Oh, drink it in one gulp, don't leave the medicine residue." ”

"You won't drink the dregs, right?"

"Oh, I finally know what the weakness of the dignified Gu Xiangye is." Yan Suwen deliberately lengthened his voice: "Gu Xiangye is afraid of drinking medicine, and he is afraid of drinking bitter medicine." ”

"Who said I was afraid of drinking bitter medicine." Gu Changfeng took the medicine bowl and took a sip, then clasped the back of Yan Suwen's head with his hand, and pressed his lips against hers. The bitter smell of medicine was running between each other, and Yan Suwen pushed her away with a little force: "Candied fruit, I have to eat a candied fruit." ”

Gu Changfeng smiled, smiling very cheerfully and looking very good.

"It's not that you're afraid to drink bitter medicine, you just don't want to drink bitter medicine." Gu Changfeng pinched a piece of osmanthus cake and handed it to Yan Su and asked, "Everyone in the world knows that I have a weakness, I used to be my mother, and now I am you." Yan Su asked, you are my weakness, understand? ”

"I'm not your weakness." Yan Su asked awkwardly, took another piece of osmanthus cake and handed it to Gu Changfeng's mouth: "I am the lady who fights side by side with you." ”