Chapter 243 - Bodhi (6)
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The corpse had not been fished up yet, and I didn't know whether it was round or flat, but a woman ran in from outside, saying that it was her husband who fell into the well.
Nine times out of ten, this woman is a murderer of her husband.
Xing Ruyi shook her head and looked at the sharp voice, only to see a somewhat familiar woman squeezing in from the other side of the pile.
This woman, Xing Ruyi recognized, she was Zhou Xiaoyu's nurse. Last time, when Zhou Xiaoyu came to the rouge shop to buy Bodhi seeds, this woman followed her, and Xing Ruyi heard Zhou Xiaoyu call her Mother Cui. Cui's mother's man, Xing Ruyi also knew, was in the Zhou Mansion to drive the carriage for the master.
Thinking of this, Xing Ruyi couldn't help but say in his heart again: "This world is really small. ”
Cui's mother separated from everyone, and saw that the two catchers were working hard to salvage, and they rushed directly to the well, ignoring the foul smell emitted from the well, and cried so sadly: "Xianggong, my poor Xianggong, why did you fall into the well." Xianggong, Xianggong, you died so miserably. You're just going, what are you going to do with me and the kids? God, why are you so ruthless that you let my man leave us orphans and widows like this. ”
Among the onlookers, there were also those who knew Cui's mother and began to discuss.
"Isn't this Mother Cui of the Zhou Mansion?"
"It's her, when Miss Zhou was still in the past, she often went out with Miss Zhou to buy things, and she just entered my shop several times."
"Is it her husband who died in the well? Didn't his husband Cui Da drive a car for the Zhou Mansion? This week's house is some distance from our street. How did this man die in this well? ”
"That's right, I heard that this Cui family gave birth to a child in his early years, but the child was gone within a few days of landing. At that time, the wife of the Zhou Mansion had just given birth to Miss Zhou, and she couldn't feed her for physical reasons, so she heard about Cui's affairs, so she sent someone to her house and brought her to the mansion to be a nurse. This Cui family has relied on the Cui family to live a good life. ”
"Didn't I give birth to another one later, I was still a son, and now I am running a business with the young master of the Zhou family, and I heard that he can do it very well. How did this good day give birth to an accident? ”
Everyone talked about it, but Cui's mother didn't care about crying so much that she was heartbroken and her liver and intestines were broken. Xiao Shengzi was originally a soft-hearted person, and when he heard this cry, he couldn't help but walk up to him and persuade: "Sister-in-law Cui, people can't be resurrected after death, and I ask you to mourn and change." ”
"Poor master, poor master, you have to make the decision for my father-in-law. He died unjustly, and he really died unjustly. Look at me, look at me, it's not pitiful. ”
"I'm even more pitiful to see your father-in-law." Chang Tai pushed aside the crowd and walked in with a sword: "Cui, you said that this well is your father-in-law, can you see clearly?" ”
Cui's mother wiped her tears: "Look at what this poor master asked, my own father-in-law, who has been in the same bed for so many years, can I still see the mistake." ”
"There is indeed no one in this world who will admit that his appearance is wrong. But the question is, this corpse has not been salvaged yet, how do you know that the corpse in this well is your father-in-law Cui Da? ”
"I-" Cui's mother was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I heard what others said." My father-in-law has not come back since he went out the night before, and when I inquired around, I heard people say that there was a dead person in this well, and that the person was my father-in-law, Cui Da. I was so sad in my heart that I didn't recognize it carefully. ”
"Really?" Chang Tai asked rhetorically.
Cui Shi wiped his eyes and said, "If the poor master doesn't believe it, just inquire yourself." I'm a woman, and I follow the rules on weekdays. Could it be that the poor master still suspects that I killed my own father-in-law. ”
As he spoke, the body that had fallen into the well was also recovered. Although there was a lot of dirt on the surface of the corpse, the face could still be clearly recognized, it was Cui's mother's husband, Cui Da who was driving the car in the Zhou Mansion.
"Look at it, isn't this my father-in-law Cui Da. It turns out that what the man said is true, my poor husband, my husband. Ignoring the filth on Cui Da's body, Cui's mother threw herself directly on the corpse and cried loudly.
Chang Tai said in a deep voice: "You said that someone else told you, this person, can you tell us who we are?" The person who told you is very likely to be the murderer of your father-in-law. ”
"I don't remember, I was the only one in my heart at the time, where would I see what other people looked like. It's probably a man, about the same height as you. It's a beggar's dress. Yes, yes, it's a beggar's pretend. ”
"Nonsense!" Chang Tai shouted: "If you really remember your father-in-law, how can you not remember what the person who told you the news looks like." Do you want to talk about it here, or do you want to go back to the yamen with us? ”
"What do you mean by this? The woman did not understand. ”
"Don't understand? Okay, tell me, how did you disappear from your father-in-law, Cui Da? ”
"It's going out for a drink." Cui's mother stood up: "Something happened in the house, everyone knows this." The old lady, the young master and the young lady are not in a good mood, and even those of us who are subordinates are not in a good mood. My father-in-law, that is, Cui Da, has been helping to drive the horses for the masters since he came to the house, and the relationship with the young lady is also very good. The young lady was no more, and he was depressed, so he said that he would go out to drink. Who would have thought that this drunk would run here. It's okay to run here, but I even stumbled and fell into Beijing. Blame me, blame me, if I follow him that day, he won't ...... My poor father-in-law, if it weren't for the sake of the child, I would really like to go with you. ”
Xing Ruyi felt her temples bulge twice, she pressed down with her fingertips, and said to Cui's mother, who was still acting: "Cui Da didn't fall into the well, but was murdered." ”
"Who are you? What nonsense are you talking about here. ”
"This is the Ruyi girl from the Ruyi Rouge Shop, and she is the ...... of our government office" Xiao Shengzi pointed to Xing Ruyi and said with some stumbling points: "It's the kind of work that our government invited to help." ”
"Master Sheng, don't talk nonsense, these hands of mine are used to make rouge gouache, where is the work used for autopsy." Xing Ruyi deliberately cocked the orchid and pointed out: "I'm just helping to analyze the case, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." If you are scared of no customers in my shop in the future, I will settle accounts with you. ”
"Yes, it's to help analyze the facts of the case, it's not a trick, it's my slip of the tongue, it's my slip of the tongue. Please have a lot of Ruyi girl, don't worry about me. Xiao Shengzi looked at the left and right of the onlookers, and explained along with Xing Ruyi's hint.
"This girl who sells rouge gouache also knows how to solve cases?"
"Ahem." Chang Tai coughed lightly.
"If this is someone else who sells rouge gouache, naturally he doesn't know how to solve the case, but this Ruyi girl is different. This Ruyi girl was born in an official family, and her ancestors were officials, and she is also a capable person who solves cases. Ruyi girl, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she will be. Let's just ask her for a favor, what is the truth of this case, we still have to go to court to ask about the case, and our master has to make a clear decision. But there is one thing, this wishful girl has a skill that no one else knows, and she can see at a glance how this person died. ”
"So god? You don't need to look at it to know how people die. ”
"Then please tell Miss Ruyi, how did this Cui Da die?"
"Poisoned."
"Nonsense, you talk nonsense, how could my father-in-law be poisoned."
"How does Mother Cui know that your father-in-law was not poisoned?" Xing Ruyi pointed to Cui Da's lips: "The deceased's lips are black, which is clearly what he looks like after being poisoned, why wasn't this Cui Da poisoned?" ”
"If I say no, it's not, my Cui Da is obviously ...... It's clearly ...... Anyway, if it's not poisoned, it's not poisoned. ”
"What's it? Obviously, he was hit in the skull by a heavy object, and then the murderer took advantage of Cui Da's coma to throw him into a dry well, deliberately creating the appearance of accidentally falling into the well. Cui Da's lips are indeed black, but not because of poisoning, but because he is sick. ”
"Xiao Shengzi."
"Yes."
"Bring the Cui family back to the yamen, and ask the master to ascend to the hall for interrogation." Chang Tai glanced at Cui's mother: "Take Cui Da's body back to the mansion together." How Cui Da died, only need to be verified by the government to know. ”
"I'm not going, I'm not going, it's none of my business, it's really none of my business. I don't know anything, I really don't know anything. As soon as she heard that she was going to be taken back, Cui's mother immediately became anxious: "Poor master, poor master, I am wronged, I really don't know anything." ”
"Cui, let me ask you again, do you say it or not."
"Say, I say, I say everything. Poor master, I was really wronged. This girl is right, my father-in-law Cui Da is indeed sick, and it is a very difficult disease. The doctor said that it would take a lot of money to cure the disease. The Zhou family is rich, but no matter how rich the Zhou family is, it is impossible to give us it. There is no way, we really have no way to listen to those people's orders. Miss Chow ...... The young lady was sent over by Cui Da under the arrangement of those people. I thought that as long as we followed their orders, they would give Cui Da money to see a doctor. Who knows, who knows that those people will kill people and kill people. ”
"Those people? Who exactly? ”
"Monks, all monks." Cui's mother swallowed hard: "Although they are wearing the kind of clothes that ordinary people wear, they also wear hats on their heads, and their faces are blocked." But I'm not mistaken. Our young lady has loved to run to the White Horse Temple since she was a child, and I, as a nursing mother, have to follow by my side. I have been in the temple for many years, and I have seen more monks, so I naturally understand. The way those people walked, the tone and movement when they spoke, and even the scent of sandalwood on their bodies were all familiar to me. They are monks, monks, and nine times out of ten, they are the monks in the White Horse Temple. ”