Chapter 56: Probe II
"Before going out today, I met my big sister by chance, when my sachet fell, or did my big sister pick it up and return it to me, do you remember, big sister?"
Tong Manjiao looked at Tong Qingyan's expressionless appearance, but chuckled twice at her question.
"The county lord means that he doubts me?"
Tong Manjiao's reaction was like the backlash of a poor person who had been wronged, and after Tong Qingyan looked at her, she knew that this person was completely hopeless, and now there is no intention of repentance at all.
"Is it a big sister, the big sister knows in her heart, you need to know that people are watching the sky, if you don't know it, you can't do it unless you do."
"The third sister is so eloquent, those who laugh at you for having no ink on your chest and have to eat, if you are here today, it will be a real eye-opener."
Tong Manjiao's merciless ridicule made Zhou's face extremely ugly, Zhou looked at Tong Huaishan's imminent outburst, and hurriedly reached out and patted Tong Manjiao's arm.
"Jiaojiao, why did you quarrel with your sister when you talked well, apologize quickly, Sister An didn't say anything, you can talk to your sister well."
Zhou's words not only did not comfort Tong Manjiao, but they were like adding fuel to the fire, making this woman who was always gentle and quiet suddenly change as if she were a person.
"You're still going to make me apologize to her?! Why did she squeeze me arrogantly, I just fought back twice, you want me to apologize, why ......"
"Just because she's the county lord!"
Tong Huaishan slapped the case, and the teacup shook twice, and finally fell to the ground and shattered.
Tong Manjiao looked at her father who was so unpretentious to herself for the first time, and was stunned for a few seconds before she began to laugh lightly.
"Yes, she is the lord of the county, I am just the daughter of an ordinary merchant, she can speak and insult me at will, but I can't ridicule her."
Seeing his daughter so sad and down, Tong Huaishan's fatherly feelings, and some regret that he had just reprimanded Tong Manjiao, looked at Tong Qingyan's black and white eyes, and was a little dissatisfied.
"Sister An, now that you are the county lord, you should pay more attention to your words and deeds, where Jiaojiao is not doing well, you say it bluntly, why bother... Why should words be insulting? ”
The old lady who had been sitting on the main seat raised her eyes and looked at the slightly chubby middle-aged man in the hall, the youngest son who should have been favored by herself, the situation of the family back then, and the choices of the two brothers themselves, and now they have become the last businessman, but they are also the ones who have made the greatest contribution to this family.
Now it's a pity that the child below has lost his innocence unconsciously, and it's a pity that as a father, he is still taking care of his daughter who thinks she is a delicate flower.
"Sister An said that you picked up her sachet and returned it to her, so you put the incense pill in? You just have to answer whether I have it or not. ”
"Mother's ......"
"Grandmother ......"
"You all shut up for me, Sister Jiao, you look me in the eye and tell me if you did this."
Mrs. Tong's face is still very bluffing, and when the eyes that seem to see through everything are staring straight at people, people dare not look at them.
"I don't know what incense pills are, the third sister slandered me, my grandmother has always been partial to the third sister, and now she is helping the third sister to bully me in front of outsiders without any evidence."
Of course, the outsider in Tong Manjiao's mouth refers to Song Zhan, the person who was squeezed still stood there without moving, Tong Qingyan listened to Tong Manjiao becoming more and more open-mouthed, and the last bit of kindness left was gone.
"You keep saying that I have no evidence, aren't you curious who saw that there was something wrong with the incense pills in the sachet?"
"What do you mean?!"
Tong Manjiao's eyes were full of vigilance, but she still held her neck high and insisted on her innocence.
"The eldest cousin of the Wen family is proficient in the art of Qihuang, and the incense pill can't escape his nose at all if he has a problem, if it weren't for him, I would take this incense sachet into the palace today, and the fetus in the womb of the third princess and concubine No matter what, none of our Tong family can run away."
"The Wen family is here? When did it arrive? ”
Mrs. Tong really didn't know what else Wen Qi was, and when she heard Tong Qingyan say, she glared at Tong Huaiyuan, Tong Huaiyuan's heart was empty, and she thought about it for a while, it was obviously that kid who secretly followed him into Beijing.
"Wen Qi has given a salute to the elders."
The door of the hall was opened, and Wen Qi walked in with a stone, because Tong Qingyan's idea was originally to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with everyone in Tong Mansion today, but he only ate with the people in Hanlian Garden with grievances, but fortunately, Wen Qi did not mind.
"Thank you cousin for helping the Tong Mansion avoid this catastrophe, and I'll personally cook for you later."
Tong Qingyan tried her best to ignore the burning gaze on the back of her head, and thanked Wen Qi with all her sincerity.
"Okay, hurry up and get things done, I'll wait for my cousin to show off his skills." Wen Qi turned to look at Tong Manjiao, put away her smiling face, and arched her hand towards the old lady, "The fragrance is not as strong as musk, but it will take two or three days to dissipate after contact, and I have already gone to the eldest girl's courtyard to check, and there is no trace of incense in the main house." ”
Tong Manjiao almost didn't stand firm when she heard that Wen Qi had been to her yard, but when she heard that she didn't find any clues, her heartstrings were relaxed.
"Why doesn't the big sister look angry at all?"
"What you said is strange, why should I be angry, Mr. Wen didn't find anything, proving my innocence."
"Big sister has always been a model for famous and noble women, why today my cousin, a foreign man entered your yard without permission and even went to your main house, not only are you not angry, but you look relaxed."
"Don't mess around and confuse the public, no evidence is no evidence."
Seeing that the two sisters were about to quarrel again, Tong Huaishan didn't know what to say, and Zhou was anxious.
"Qingyan girl, you are becoming more and more unruly, without evidence, just because the people in your sister's courtyard took a broken sachet, you want to put such a big charge on your sister's head?!"
"Aunt Zhou, don't worry, listen to me, although I said that there was no trace of incense in the main house, I didn't say that there were no other places."
Wen Qi's words suddenly focused the attention of everyone in the hall, Tong Manjiao pinched the hand that couldn't help but tremble, and stared at him with burning eyes.
"Big girl, if you don't know, you can't do it unless you do. The fragrance of incense was in your personal maid's bedroom, and I smelled it as soon as I entered, which means that this incense pill has been hidden for seven or eight days, to say the least. Qingbi took the same style of sachet as my cousin, and there was a smell of incense in her bedroom, you said that this matter has nothing to do with you, is it possible?! ”
When Tong Huaishan heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately ordered someone to bring Qingbi to confront him.
Tong Manjiao still pursed her lips and refused to admit that she had harmed Tong Qingyan, and the atmosphere in the hall fell into a deathly silence, and it didn't take long to hear a shout.
"Oh no, no! Dead, green... Qingbi is dead......"
"What?!"
Tong Huaiyuan let out a voice in disbelief, everyone in the hall was equally shocked, how could it be so coincidental?! Look at Tong Manjiao again, her palm-sized face turned pale with fright, and finally she couldn't support it and sat on the ground.
With the voice of the next person's report, there was also the cry of double happiness.
"Miss, let my cousin go and take a look, Feiyan is injured and has a lot of blood......"
Now Tong Qingyan can't be calm anymore, Feiyan got her instructions to cooperate with Wen Qi's caretaker certificate, and now Qingbi is dead, but she is injured, which means that Qingbi was killed, and the murderer's martial arts are not low.
Tong Qingyan couldn't take care of Tong Manjiao anymore, she only knew that Feiyan definitely couldn't have anything, and she couldn't take care of the salute because she had something, so she pulled Wen Qi and left with Shuangxi.
Song Zhan looked at the two people running hand in hand, his eyes deepened, he looked at the people who had not yet recovered, and bowed to Tong Huaiyuan.
"My son-in-law is willing to do my part, and I would like you to take a moment here."
"Oh, that's your trouble."
Song Zhan turned around and left with satisfaction, Tong Huaiyuan watched Song Zhan's figure disappear before he suddenly patted his head, this little rabbit cub actually took advantage of himself? !