Chapter 40: Found It!
Cheng Nan asked the accompanying guards to salvage the people in the lake.
This man is not a housekeeper, looking at the clothes and fabrics on his body, the coarse clothes and linen should be long-term workers and the like.
Jin Yue stepped forward and took a closer look, and opened her mouth very affirmatively, "The servant is lying in the water, his mouth is closed, his eyes are uncertain, his abdomen is distended like a drum, and there is a sound of beating, he should be drowned!" ”
Song Yan darkened his face, "When will you have an autopsy?" ”
"Back to the little prince, the concubine's father is a doctor, and the doctor and the servant are also similar. It's just that one makes the living open their mouths, and the other makes the dead speak, so much difference! Jin Yue replied respectfully.
This man was not a butler, but why did he drown in the butler's private house? It's weird and weird!
"Humph!" Song Yan turned around and walked out. After taking two steps, he glanced back again, and saw that Jin Yue was still standing on the edge of the lotus pond, with a dark face, "You don't leave yet, what are you doing standing there?" ”
Jin Yue was puzzled, why did she follow him? Thinking that he was a noble little prince, she still saluted respectfully, "Back to the little prince, the concubine wants to see again, there may be any clues around here." There are dead people here, how bad luck is there, please go back! ”
Don't get your precious soles dirty!
Song Yan opened his mouth, and was about to reprimand, but Cheng Nan hurriedly stepped forward, "Little prince, let's go back!" There are people from the government here watching, it will be fine, you can rest assured! ”
"What is the king's heart?" Song Yan gritted his teeth.
Worried about her?
Look at that heartless face, I'd rather look at the dead man twice than look at him more, it's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs! Where he Song Yan walked was not dazzling, but now ...... What a woman without a conscience!
"Young lady!" The official arrived quickly, and the head catcher clenched his fists.
"The body was found in this lake, and it was in that spot." Jin Yue squatted by the lake and pointed ahead, "Judging by the degree of foaming he is, he should have been dead for a long time, at most it was last night." ”
Roughly consistent with last night's assassination, it should have known something and was killed.
The catcher nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the officials hurried along the lake to search for clues.
There are footprints and scratches on the lawn next to it, most of which are slippery feet when they were pushed down, leaving marks. But who pushed it down, it was really suspicious, and there was no clue at all.
Of course, if you can't guess the murderer, the house is a housekeeper, then the housekeeper may become the first suspect!
Jin Yue covered her face, why did she go back again......
When Frost Branch arrived, his face turned pale, "Young lady, are you okay?" ”
"I'm fine, the clue is broken!" Jin Yue sat in the pavilion and watched the people of the mansion searching by the lake, it was really a head or two, "The housekeeper still hasn't found it, but in this housekeeper's private house, a corpse was found." Frostbranch, I'm probably the ...... of the conjuring spirit."
"Bah, bah, young lady, don't talk nonsense." Shuangzhi took a breath, the young lady was fine, and quietly whispered in Jin Yue's ear, "Junshan said that he didn't see the housekeeper walk out of the Qiushui Pavilion last night, and the person may still be in the Fu family." ”
After the accident, the sergeant surrounded the Fu family, and later searched and arrested the Fu family and directly threw all the people of the Fu family into the prison.
Jin Yue straightened up suddenly, "Really? ”
"Seriously!" Frost Branch covered her mouth and nodded.
"Let's go!" Jin Yuenunu's mouth.
The master and servant quietly left the private house.
On the second floor of the teahouse on the street, the window of the Accord was hidden, and Cheng Nan asked in a low voice, "Little Wangye, do you still want to follow?" ”
Song Yan sat and drank tea, his face stiff, "Follow her!" ”
"Yes!" Cheng Nan saluted and went out quickly.
In fact, he didn't know if this was the Lord Jin that the little prince was looking for.
In the Yan Palace, everyone knows how brave the guard commander Jin is, single-handedly breaking into the bandits' den and saving Princess Yan and her female relatives who were robbed by gangsters. Although Lord Jin was carried back in the end, he was rewarded by the imperial court, and King Yan was very important, so she could ask for the title of official title as long as she made meritorious contributions again.
The old prince once said that if Jin Yue was a man, he would definitely make contributions and become a famous general in the dynasty!
Cheng Nan frowned, but now this "Jin Yue" has to use both hands and feet to climb over the wall, and when he falls, he looks like a pile of mud, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like the heroic Jin Commander before!
Jin Yue went back to Fu's house, and after this rush, she was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back.
Fortunately, Shuangzhi will come to trouble, so he directly asked Junshan to go to the kitchen, and the three of them hid behind the stove, talking while eating.
Shuangzhi pinched the chopsticks, didn't lower his mouth for a long time, looked at the young lady in a daze, and held the whole roast chicken and gnawed desperately...... To put it mildly, it's like the reincarnation of a starving ghost, and I almost didn't chew all the chicken bones and swallowed them.
This roast chicken was left over from last night, and for convenience, Jin Yue put the roast chicken in the pot and heated it. The chefs of Fu Mansion have excellent skills, and the roast chicken overnight tastes excellent.
"Young lady, eat slowly!" Junshan hurriedly poured water, "Don't choke." ”
Otherwise, Childe will have to skin him!
"I'm starving!" Jin Yue wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "You continue." ”
Jun Shan nodded, and tightened the white steamed bun in his hand, "The Fu family was searched all over the world at that time, in addition to the secret passage where the slave hid before, there is also a place where people can be hidden, and it is also in Qiushui Pavilion, at that time, that place was specially ordered by the master to be done in private." ”
"Also in the Autumn Water Pavilion?" Jin Yue frowned, "Why didn't you say it before?" ”
"There was an accident in that place before, and then it was locked, and it can't be opened without the master's key. What's more, at that time, the slave thought that the housekeeper had also been arrested, so he didn't think about it so much. Junshan took a bite of steamed buns.
At the other end of Qiushui Pavilion, a group of patrolling sergeants came from time to time, so Junshan would take her to the secret road.
It's dark at night, so it's easy to hide.
Jin Yue paused, "What happened before?" ”
Frost Branch looked confused, but he didn't know much about it.
Junshan lowered his eyes, as if he had something unspeakable and didn't dare to speak.
"That's it! Find someone first. Jin Yue is not an unreasonable person, the cow does not drink water and presses his head strongly, "Why did the housekeeper betray the Fu family?" ”
"The slave thinks that the housekeeper will not betray the Fu family, there must be something hidden here." Jun Shan's voice was very soft, and he tightened the white steamed bun in his hand.
Shuangzhi nodded, looking at Jin Yue with a smile.
"You think so, too?" Jin Yue didn't have much contact with the housekeeper, so naturally he didn't know what kind of person the housekeeper was, but looking at Fu Zhengbai, Junshan, and Shuangzhi, he felt that it was impossible for the housekeeper to betray the Fu family, and he thought that this old housekeeper had a good relationship with everyone.
Could it be that there is something really hidden?
"The old housekeeper is usually a little serious, but he is very kind, he will not favor anyone, if anyone is in trouble, he will also deal with it as appropriate." Shuangzhi explained, "Because the old housekeeper is old and there is not much around him, everyone sometimes thinks that he is the old man of their own family and respects him a lot. ”
Jin Yue pursed her lips and remained silent.
The three of them stayed in the small kitchen for a long time, and it was dark before they figured it out.
At the other end of the Qiushui Pavilion, there are patrolling sergeants passing by from time to time, this is the place where the accident happened, of course, it must be strictly guarded.
After the patrolling sergeants passed, Junshan led them into the rockery.
"The entrance is in the pavilion, the minion doesn't have a key, I don't know if it can be opened, young lady, wait here, if you can open it, you can come back." Jun Shan advised, and glanced at the pavilion not far away.
The gazebo is usually visible, with a marble round table and four small round stools resting in it.
Jin Yue nodded, lay behind the rockery, watched Junshan leap forward, and quickly ran into the pavilion.
The four small stools were rearranged according to a certain position, and Junshan held on to the edge of the round table, gritted his teeth, and turned vigorously. In the darkness, there was the sound of gears grinding, Jun Shan took two steps back, and an entrance immediately appeared in the open space outside the pavilion.
"Young lady!" Junshan called low.
Jin Yue rushed out with her skirt in her hand, followed by the frost branches.
The three of them quickly went down the tunnel, the entrance to the top was quickly closed, and Jun Shan picked up the candle on the wall and took it down, "In this place, Gongzi only brought a slave once, just in case." Young lady, watch your step! ”
It was dark all around, Jin Yue followed behind Jun Shan, and walked forward slowly, the more he went forward, the more cold he felt, and finally the hairs of the whole person stood up, and the feeling of the yin wind was really uncomfortable.
Jin Yue looked back and saw that Shuangzhi's face was white, the little girl was so frightened that her body was about to shrink into a ball.
"Don't be afraid, young lady, we are under the lake, so this place will be a little gloomy." Jun Shan explained, for fear of scaring his young lady, "Further down is the ice vault!" ”
"Why are you putting the freezer here?" Jin Yue was puzzled, "Didn't you say that people wouldn't be allowed to come in at will?" ”
Jun Shan nodded, and appropriately diverted the topic, "Young lady, please come here!" ”
Further on, there is a secret room.
The secret room was not locked, probably because there was a lock outside, so there was no one to take care of it, and there were no other hidden weapons, Junshan pushed open the stone door hard, and there was a sarcophagus inside.
Frightened, Shuangzhi hurriedly hid behind Jin Yue, not daring to poke his head out.
"It's empty." Jun Shan said, "This sarcophagus is made of extraterrestrial stones, and it is reserved for the lord to use after a hundred years, so it is empty now, so don't be afraid." ”
Jin Yue frowned, "I smell blood." ”
Frost Branch was stunned for a moment, "The slave didn't smell anything." ”
Hearing this, Junshan was shocked physically and mentally. There is charcoal in the secret room, and there is a lot of sandalwood, and the strong sandalwood fragrance covers everything that smells, how can it smell blood? "There really is!" Jin Yue bent her waist and walked forward slowly, until she walked to the offering table, and suddenly lifted the tablecloth.
"Butler?"
"Butler!"
The old butler was lying under the offering table, his gray hair was disheveled, and the blood on his shoulder had turned black and coagulated, showing that he had been injured for a long time.
"Quick, get the man out!" Jin Yue said hello, Junshan hurriedly stepped forward, took the old butler out from under the offering table, and gently placed it on the open space on the side, asking him to lie down as much as possible.
"Is the old butler dead?" Frost Branches were shocked.
Jun Shan shook his head and probed the old housekeeper's carotid artery, "It seems that there is still a breath, but I don't know ......"
I don't know if I'll survive.
"Get out of the way!" Jin Yue took out the small porcelain bottle he was carrying with him and poured out a pill from it, "Help, open his mouth!" ”
Junshan complied.
The pill entered the old housekeeper's mouth, and Junshan jerked the old housekeeper's chin, forcing the old housekeeper to swallow.
"It's okay, I can still swallow it!" Jin Yue was relieved, "Help check the wound, if it is a skin injury, it will be troublesome!" ”
Junshan unbuttoned the old butler's shirt, and the old butler had a sharp wound on his shoulder, the skin and flesh turned out, and the blood was dripping.
"When I'm old, wounds heal very slowly, and it's a miracle that such a deep wound can survive. However, thanks to the impromptu response with the old housekeeper, after being injured, he took off his coat and covered the wound as soon as possible! Jin Yue took out the small bag on his waist and opened it, it turned out to be a packet of medicinal powder, and he didn't know what it was.
Shuangzhi was stunned, "Young lady, the slave still thinks that you are carrying silver?!" ”
"My father is a doctor, what's the difference between me carrying medicine and silver?" Jin Yue rolled her eyes, "The silver is in the sleeve, and it can't be put together with my baby bump!" ”
Shuangzhi let out an "oh" and watched Jin Yue sprinkle the medicinal powder on the old butler's shoulder, and then tore off the strip of cloth and asked Junshan to re-bandage the wound for the old butler.
"Hemostasis, gold sore medicine, life-saving pills." Jin Yue took a breath, fine beads of sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead, "Whether he can survive or not depends on whether his life is big enough, I have done everything I can anyway." ”
The life-saving pill is still a life-saving medicine given by my father!
"Thank you, young lady!" Junshan saluted.
Shuangzhi twisted the handkerchief and gently wiped Jin Yue's sweat, "The young lady has worked hard!" ”
About two hours later, Jin Yue had already fallen asleep leaning on the frost branch.
Shuangzhi straightened his body and straightened his waist, for fear that if he shook himself, the young lady would slip to the hand, and he remained motionless for the whole two hours, and Jun Shan also frowned, this little girl was not wrong, she was very loyal to the lord.
"Water ......"
There was a murmur, with a hint of pain.
Jun Shan hurriedly went to the offering table to look around, how could there be water......
Jin Yue was woken up, glanced at Junshan who was rummaging everywhere, and heard the old housekeeper's muttering, and immediately walked to the offering table sleepily, directly pulled out the flower branches that had long been dried up in the vase, and came back with the vase.
"Young lady, that water can't be drunk!" Jun Shan was shocked.
I don't know how long this water has been holding.
Jin Yue poured the water on the handkerchief and gently wiped the lips of the old housekeeper, "This water naturally can't be drunk, the old housekeeper turned around and made this place dirty, Fu Jiuqing still can't eat me?" ”
You can't drink water, moisten your lips, wipe your face, and make the old housekeeper sober and sober, it's still okay. The old butler opened his eyes, his vision was a little blurry, but fortunately his mind was clear.
"Butler?" Jun Shan shouted.
The old butler snorted in pain, and sat weakly, "Quick...... Fast...... Something is going to happen! ”
"Old butler, something has happened!" Frost Branch.
The old housekeeper let out an "oops", his face distorted in pain, "What's wrong?" ”
"When did you faint?" Jin Yue asked.
Previously, the old housekeeper had been closing his eyes, and when he heard Jin Yue's voice, he quickly opened his eyes, "Fifth Young Lady?" Why are you here? This place, the lord does not allow outsiders to enter easily, you ......"
"You've been like this all the time, what rules do you care about it?" Jin Yue rubbed her eyebrows, "Tell me clearly, what's going on?" Otherwise, this sarcophagus will be useful! ”
The old butler was shocked, "What? ”
"Butler, tell me quickly, what's wrong? The master and the sons have been arrested, the crime of assassinating the little prince is unforgivable, if you can't clear the Fu family's charges as soon as possible, it is bound to involve the nine clans! Junshan was concise and to the point.
The old housekeeper breathed slightly, covering his aching shoulders, "That night, when the side concubine entered the house, I followed the master to the door to greet him, and later after sending the side concubine, I found that someone was sneaky, so I followed behind, watching him pass by the autumn water pavilion, and I didn't know where to go?" ”
"Discovered?" Jin Yue said.
The old butler nodded, "Yes, that man didn't say a word, he pulled out the dagger and cut it, I was defenseless!" He was really defenseless, so he took a solid beating. Fortunately, someone passed by, so I took the opportunity to run, but he chased after him...... I had no choice but to go down the secret passage first. ”
"The door of the secret passage...... Did you open it? Jin Yue asked.
The old butler sighed lightly, "During the day, the master asked me to bring flowers in, and I took the key to open the door of the secret passage, and then forgot to relock it. When I saw the side concubine enter the house, I suddenly remembered, so after sending the side concubine at that time, I originally wanted to come to lock it, who knew that I would encounter this. ”
"You can turn such a big stone table?" Frost Branch was surprised.
Jun Shan smiled, "When the housekeeper was young, he followed the master to the north and south, and he knew how to do a little trickery, but this time, it must be careless!" ”
"I thought it was someone from the house, who thought it would be like this." The old housekeeper sighed lightly, "The minions in the house, when I entered the mansion, I carefully selected them one by one, and tried to pick as few eyes as possible." ”
"Can you see what that man looks like?" Jin Yue asked.
The old housekeeper thought for a while, "It was dark at the time, and I couldn't really see it, I could only see a rough one, the face was not too big, the eyes were slender and long, and the mouth was like a cherry mouth?" He is not very tall, and his body is thin. ”
Jin Yue: "......"
Junshan: "......"
Frostbranch: "......"
A black crow flew in front of him, and as described in this way, he walked down the street and grabbed a handful......
Jin Yue pulled the frost branch, "Butler, do you look like a murderer?" ”
The butler laughed dryly, "Young lady, don't be joking!" ”
"It's your old man who is joking with us!" Jin Yue got up, "It's very chaotic outside now, you and Junshan are here for the time being to recuperate, and I'll go with Shuangzhi to find food and drink for you and send it in!" ”
"Thank you, young lady!" The housekeeper hurriedly asked, "Master, ...... he?"
"Locked up in the prison, there will be nothing to do for the time being, I have a three-day period with the little prince, and within three days, he will not touch the people of the Fu family." Jin Yue walked out, and Junshan hurried to send it.
But if you don't catch the moment within three days, it's hard to say. According to the temper of Song Xiaowangye, seize the opportunity, and still have to put the people of the Fu family to death?
Out of the secret room, Jin Yue led the frost branch to leave quickly, and went to the small kitchen to collect some other food and send it back.
After that, she went back to Shangyiyuan.
It's dark, just sleeping.
Frost Branch stood guard at the door, sitting on the bench and dozing off with a small blanket.
When Song Yan came in, Cheng Nan's first reaction was to raise his hand and knock out the frost branch.
The little girl didn't have time to shout, and as soon as she closed her eyes, she was put on the ground by Cheng Nan.
I thought that Jin Yue would have sleepless nights, worried about the safety of the Fu family, but who knew that she had no heart and lungs, and she was sleeping comfortably in bed, and she didn't even know that Song Yan came in.
In the past, she could clearly detect the movement outside the courtyard gate.
However, with such vigilance, she should rarely sleep peacefully, unlike now...... It was a really comfortable sleep.
Song Yan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the person with his eyes closed, his heart was full of sourness, and the last time he saw her was on horseback, she looked at him with slightly red eyes.
He obviously saw the blood on the corner of her lips and knew that the poison in her body had flare up again, but he ...... still said the words that he regretted.
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have let you lead them away." He muttered under his breath.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.
At the stroke of a thought, she never came back.
For a day or two, he didn't realize it.
For ten days and a half months, he only felt that there was no tail behind him, and his mood was still comfortable.
But after a month, she still didn't come back, and he suddenly felt as if something was missing, and everything in Yanwang's mansion was so unpleasant. He began to be anxious, sent someone to find her, sent someone to chase her, but she seemed to have evaporated from the world, and she could not be found. The wedding period is over, and she hasn't come back.
He once postponed the marriage again and again, but he only felt that she was a little strong who couldn't be killed, and if she couldn't beat or scold or leave, she couldn't get to die! But that day, he looked at the big red wedding dress sent by the weaving workshop, and sat in the room for a whole day.
It was also at that time that he realized that Jin Yue would never come back. Song Yan got up and walked slowly outside, the night was confused, and his heart was even more confused. It's obviously exactly the same, why would they be judged as two? This is Fu Jiuqing's wife, so where did her own Jin Yue go?
"Little ......"
Cheng Nan was just about to speak, but Song Yan glanced at him, and he shut up.
Fortunately, it didn't alarm the people in the house.
The three-day period has passed for one day, and there are two more days, if she can't clear the Fu family, Song Yan will not show mercy. With him, there is no mercy!
Inside the cell.
Fu Yunjie walked back and forth, "Old Five, is Jin Yue reliable?" ”
"Second brother, can you sit down, it makes me dizzy!" Fu Yunxiao sat in the corner, "Whether it is reliable or not, our lives are in the hands of that woman, if she has other thoughts, such as ...... If you want the fifth child to die, it's hard to say! Leave it to fate! ”
Fu Yunjie sneered twice, "Old Five, did you mean it?" deliberately set a trap, knowing that you are dying, let everyone accompany you to the funeral? Why is your heart so ruthless? ”
Fu Jiuqing stood under the skylight with his hands in his hands, raising his head slightly.
The moonlight outside, clear and cold, fell from the skylight, plating a layer of silver on his cold white skin, his eyes were half-squinted, his thick eyelashes were like small fans, and there were mottled shadows in the eye sockets, so that people could not see any emotional changes.
"Old Five, did you hear me talking?" Fu Yunjie gritted his teeth.
This sick seedling, how much I hate it, how much I hate it, why don't I die early, but I am happy, and it seems to have improved a lot!
A snow-white pigeon suddenly landed on the skylight and made a low "cooing" sound.
The thin lips gently pulled up the soft arc, and in an instant, it seemed that even the moonlight was warmed.
It's just in time!