Chapter 171: Hidden Hatred (I)
Mei'er had many scars on her body, but these scars were all old wounds, and none of them were left in the prison of Nanyang Mansion.
Mer'er's fatal wound was a blow to her head.
Under normal circumstances, a single violent impact is not enough to kill a person. Mer died because she chose the bumpy part of the wall, and there was a rusty nail left in the wall. The nail slammed her head through a strong impact, inducing a brain infection and massive bleeding.
Mer did not die at the time, but only after a period of coma. If the jailer had brought in a doctor in time, and it was a reliable doctor like her, Mei'er might not have died.
"These woundsβ"
"Miss Minglan should have other maids beside her, right? Wish...... Things are not what we think. β
The injuries on Mei'er's body were all beaten by Minglan. Not only Mei'er has it, but also other maids, but because Mei'er is closer to Minglan and has suffered more injuries.
"Minglan why did she beat you?"
"Miss has a bad temper and often gets angry." The maid who replied lowered her head: "When I was in the Ming family before, when the young lady was angry, she threw things, and what was valuable was not valuable, so she didn't look at it, she picked it up and threw it away." The old man really had no choice, so he sent her to the Gu family in Yecheng. β
"What do you mean there's really no way?"
"My lord and wife are nearly forty years old before they had such a daughter, and they have grown up pampered since childhood. Don't say that you are throwing a few things, that is, let people cut off the heads of my old lady and kick them as balls, and it is estimated that they will also seriously consider it. But the current Ming family is different from the previous Ming family, there are a number of rich things, and those that are worthless will cost money to buy them again if they fall. My old lady doesn't feel sorry for those things, but she feels sorry for money. They were worried that if the young lady was allowed to smash it like that, the Ming family would have to finish it sooner or later. β
"The old lady of the Ming family is afraid that Minglan will smash her own house, so aren't you afraid that she will smash the Gu family too?"
"Miss doesn't dare." The maid replied: "The young lady has always lost her temper in front of her family, and she will never get angry when she is outside." The Gu family is the Gu family, not the Ming family. Obviously, it was the young lady who was a guest in the past, but secretly, everyone knew that the young lady was under the fence. Don't say that throwing things, even eating, you have to be cautious. Things can't be smashed, but the temper hasn't changed, what else can Miss do except beat us maids. β
"Does she beat Mei'er often?"
"Yes in previous years, but in the last two years, there have been very few fights."
"Why?"
The slave didn't know, but the slave pondered that there should be two reasons. This is the first one, the young lady has grown up, and her temperament is naturally different from when she was a child, even if she is angry again, at most she will scold two sentences, and rarely do it again. The second is because Mei'er's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, and she thinks about Miss everywhere, and she is very thoughtful. It's too late for the young lady to like her, so how can she beat her again. β
"Then what do you think of the relationship between your young lady and Mei'er?"
"What does it matter if a maid is favored by Miss again? It's nothing more than a master and a servant. β
"I see." Yan Suwen pinched his forehead: "Are you and Mei'er at the Ming family together?" β
"It's not." The maid shook her head: "I came to the Ming family when I was very young, and I can't remember who my father and mother are." β
"What about Mer?"
"Mei'er was eleven when she arrived at Ming's house. Because of his age, he knows how to read words and feelings, especially what to say in what situations. In addition, she is good-looking, and both the lord and the lady like her, so she was arranged to be next to the young lady. Oh, by the way, Miss beat her, not only because Miss has a bad temper, but also because Mei'er is not a girl raised by our Ming family since childhood, Miss thinks she will have two hearts with herself. Moreover, Mei'er is good-looking, and she is not the same as Miss. When I walked to the street, there were many people watching Miss, and there were more people watching Mei'er, and Miss felt uncomfortable, and when she got home, she would be angry with Mei'er. β
"What about Mei'er, is it also submissive?"
"Otherwise, do you fight and scold the young lady? Miss is Miss, maid is maid, no matter how unreasonable Miss is, no matter how wrong she is, she can't say anything when she is a maid. After the maid finished speaking, she seemed to feel that what she said was wrong, so she hurriedly added a few words: "Mei'er really doesn't care in her heart." To be honest, those of us who spend a lot of time with Mei'er don't know what's going on in Mei'er's heart. Although it is common for a young lady to beat a maid, she can be a maid, and she doesn't say it clearly, but she will complain in private. Mei'er never, even if she was beaten by the young lady and bruised all over her body, she didn't say a word. β
Yan Suwen nodded, and asked Yunfei to send the maid out.
"Do you suspect that Mei'er's death was deliberate, because she hated Minglan with her hatred, so she used her death to blame Minglan for it?" Gu Changfeng asked.
"I had these speculations, but after hearing this girl's words, I gave up."
"Why?"
"Is Mei'er afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid, a person who is afraid of death will not leave in such a decisive and painful way."
"I don't think Mei'er is afraid, too. A maid who is not afraid of death, she still has chronic poison on her body, if she really hates Minglan and really wants to take revenge on Minglan and poison Minglan directly, why do you want to poison Nanyang Hou in one fell swoop. Poisoning Nanyang Hou is just to make everyone focus on this case, if the husband makes a move, Minglan will not necessarily die. β
"I'm not going to show favoritism." Newcastle
"I am your wife, so I naturally know that my husband will not show favoritism. But Mei'er didn't know, so it was normal for her to have such guesses and assumptions. Don't talk about Mei'er, doesn't even Miss Minglan herself think that your husband will help her cover up as the prime minister? β
"And then?"
"I always felt that there was something unusual about Mayer's death. It's wrong, it's not abnormal, it's something that doesn't make sense. Yan Su asked and pondered: "Why don't we let Yun Fei go to find out about this Mei'er's background?" Mei'er is a girl bought back by the Ming family, and the old lady of the Ming family must know something. How could an eleven-year-old girl sell herself as a maidservant and suffer these sufferings if it weren't for the great changes in her family? β
"Do you think Mei'er's life experience is related to Nanyang Hou's death?" Gu Yunfei said as he pushed Yan Suwen out of the autopsy room.
"I don't know, I just feel weird." Yan Su asked and stroked his heart: "Especially here, it seems to have a knot." β
"Don't think about it anymore, the truth of the matter will always find out. Running all the way from Yecheng to Nanyang, you didn't have a good rest. Now, the corpse has also been examined, and the suspicions have been said, so teach Yunfei to handle the rest. β
"What about us?"
"You rest first, and when you're rested, I'll show you around. This Nanyang is also a place of outstanding people, and there are many places that are worth seeing. β
"Doesn't the husband have anything else to do?"
"I was ordered to handle the case for my husband, and it was the case of Nanyang Hou that I handled. At present, everything that should be done has been done, and everything that should be investigated is being verified, if even small things need to be done by the husband himself, then I, the dignified Prime Minister of Wei, will not be exhausted. Don't worry, Yunfei will find out what should be checked. β
"Then I'll sleep with confidence, play with confidence, and eat and drink with confidence?"
"That's how it should be, my wife."
"If that's the case, I'm not your wife." Yan Suwen grimaced: "Where are we going to rest?" Is it Nanyang Mansion or Nanyang Hou Mansion? β
"Nanyang Mansion, after all, I'm here to run an errand." Gu Changfeng said and added: "Although there is a Hou character hanging in this Nanyang Hou Mansion, it may not be suitable for Nanyang Mansion. β
"It's all up to the husband." Yan Suwen lightly blessed him, and when he got up, he couldn't help but yawn.
She's really sleepy.
The carriage was bumpy, and although she tried her best to adapt to it, she still felt that half of her body was about to fall apart when she sat down for most of the day.
Gu Yunfei didn't return overnight, and he didn't even see his shadow the next day. After asking Youbai and Errong, I found out that he came back in the middle of the night and did not enter the room, but stood in the courtyard and muttered to Gu Changfeng for a long time. Neither Youbai nor Errong heard what he said, but they only knew that after he finished speaking, he left again, and he didn't come back until dawn.
In the evening of the next day, Gu Yunfei came back, as if he had traveled a long way. When he returned, he was followed by a man. The man, like a woman, was wrapped in black, even though it was dark in the night.
"Master, madam, Yunfei is back!"
"Where have you been?"
"I went out of the far house, and I went to the mountains."
"In the mountains?"
"Well, in the mountains, and in a particularly remote mountain." Gu Yunfei stretched out his arm, and Yan Suwen saw that his right arm was injured, and his clothes were hung one by one by some kind of homemade tool. "It's a big loss, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to stand here and talk to my lord and my wife."
"You sit down first, and I'll treat your wounds first." As soon as Yan Suwen sat down, Youbai handed over the small medicine box.
"It's all flesh wounds, and it's not in the way."
"What's not in the way, look at the rust on it, if you don't clean it up in time, there will be a risk of infection, and when the time comes, you will have tetanus and sepsis, don't you say that I, the lady, didn't remind you."
"Tetanus, I know, what is this sepsis?" Gu Yunfei asked curiously, and shook his head after asking: "It's not as scary as Madam said." I, Gu Yunfei followed Ye Na, which can be regarded as coming from an arrow or a knife, and this injury is as ordinary as eating. I've suffered more serious injuries than this, and there is nothing wrong with it except for a little pain. β
"There's nothing wrong with you, you're still proud." Yan Suwen stretched out his hand and patted him: "Let me tell you, when something is really wrong, it will not be far from you meeting Lord Yama." By the way, you haven't said yet, what are you doing in the mountains? β
"Find someone."
"Looking for someone?"
"Yes, that's her." Gu Yunfei stretched out his hand and pointed at the woman wrapped in black. "She is Mei'er's sister, and she knows Mei'er's affairs best."