"If the Zhou family really had such a secret back then, it can also explain why the master of the Zhou family placed Mama Zhou and Zhou Yu here, and ordered them not to go out at will." Xing Ruyi nodded: "But I see that Mama Zhou is not so obedient, she is not a person who has her own ideas, Zhou Yu is an adult, why are they so obedient and really stay here?" ”

"If you're used to being in one place, would you like to go out and about?"

Xing Ruyi thought for a while and replied, "If it was the previous Xing Ruyi, probably not. You know me, I'm very homely by nature, don't say go to another city at will, even if it's the adjacent street next to the same city, I don't bother to patronize it. But since I got to know you, I've changed, and I want to see more scenery and experience more things with you. ”

"Zhou Yu is very similar to you at the beginning, or he is the same as many people, he has lived in one place for a long time, and naturally stayed. He wasn't obedient, he just never thought about going to the next place. As for Mama Zhou, she had to stay. First, Zhou Yu is here, she wants to take care of Zhou Yu, so she naturally can't do without it. Second, their food and clothing still depend on the master of the Zhou family, and no matter how unwilling Mama Zhou is, she has to be obedient. ”

"There's one more problem."

"What?"

"You just said that the reason why Mama Zhou is obedient is to rely on the master of the Zhou family to solve the food and clothing of the people in this mansion, but the master of the Zhou family is dead." Xing Ruyi picked up the sachet: "Also, what does this have to do with Mama Zhou's murder of Chun'er's husband?" ”

"Because Mama Zhou recognized Chun'er's husband."

"Recognize Chun'er's husband? What does this mean, it is difficult to do it, they also knew each other before. Even if it's an acquaintance, it's nothing. Everyone lives in the same place, and there are always times when they meet, so this is not a reason for him to be killed. ”

"If it's just an ordinary acquaintance, you naturally can't commit murder, but Chun'er's husband is unusual, at least in Mama Zhou's eyes." The fox gave Xing Ruyi a look that made her patient, and continued: "The old man of the Zhou family goes out to be an official and doesn't come back often, and Mama Zhou is from a maid and can't recognize a few words. Although Chun'er's husband was sick and weak, his knowledge was not bad, and when he was in good spirits in his early years, he often helped people do some work to write letters on behalf of others. ”

"What you mean is that Chun'er's husband once helped Mama Zhou write a letter to the master of the Zhou family, and because Mama Zhou herself does not know how to read, it is very likely that the letter brought back by the master of the Zhou family will also be read by Chun'er's husband. This Zhou's family is not far from Chun'er's house, if Mama Zhou was just killing people for this matter, she should have done it a long time ago, why wait until this time? ”

That's because Mama Zhou only recognizes Chun'er's husband's handwriting, or handwriting. In the eyes of outsiders, Mama Zhou is just Zhou Yu's nurse, but in Mama Zhou's own heart, she is the mistress of the Zhou family and the real steward of the Zhou Mansion here. Naturally, the matter of having someone write letters was handed over to the housekeeper in the house, so she had not really had direct contact with Chun'er's husband before that night. ”

"Then she ......" Xing Ruyi opened his mouth and closed it.

Just as she was about to continue asking, a picture suddenly appeared in her mind. That picture was what she saw when she entered Chun'er's house with Mama Zhou before. The fox is right, although Chun'er's husband has been ill for a long time, but he is a very talented person, in his bedroom, there is a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and a pair of calligraphy and paintings hanging at the head of the bed.

The painting was painted by Chun'er's husband for Chun'er, and the mention is also related to Chun'er, and the inscription is his name. Mama Zhou inadvertently glanced at the calligraphy and painting, and also recognized the handwriting.

If the old man of the Zhou family was really victimized by Mama Zhou, then when she saw those words, she must have been a little flustered. This panic comes from both her ignorance and her weakness, and she fears that Chun'er's husband has learned some of her secrets through the letters she exchanged with the Zhou family master in the past.

Of course, these are all groundless speculations by Mama Zhou. The old man of the Zhou family is not stupid, and he will not be stupid enough to write the secrets of the Zhou family in a letter casually. But people who have ghosts in their hearts see that everyone is a ghost, and Mama Zhou killed Chun'er's husband purely because of her weak heart.

"I probably guessed something, but I still don't understand why Mama Zhou poisoned Chun'er. Chun'er's husband is dead, whether it is outsiders or Chun'er herself, they all think that she is the real murderer. Mama Zhou doesn't need to do anything, just wait patiently, wait for Lord Dong to open the court to hear the case, and pronounce Chun'er to death. Poisoning, and still in the food you deliver, this kind of thing is too unsafe. ”

"Because of the hair hidden in the sachet." The fox pointed to the sachet in Xing Ruyi's hand: "This lotus fish sachet was originally a small object that Zhou Yu and Chun'er were in love, and there was nothing special in itself. As you said before, even if Dong Lingxing knew that the sachet was given by Zhou Yu, he could not come up with evidence to prove that Chun'er's husband's death must be related to Zhou Yu. The reason why Mama Zhou was poisoned was not because she was worried that Dong Lingxing would find out the relationship between Zhou Yu and Chun'er, but because she was worried that he would see the hair hidden in the sachet. ”

"Even if Lord Dong sees the hair, he will only think that it is Chun'er or Zhou Yu's, and he will definitely not think of the Zhou family."

"Yes, people usually think so, but it's a pity that Mama Zhou fell into her own demons, and the previous Oiran case was so miraculous that Mama Zhou had a lot of fears about Dong Lingxing, so she took a risk, bought off the people on duty in prison, and sent the poisoned meal to Chun'er in Zhou Yu's name. Afraid that the plan would fail, she deliberately did not put chopsticks, forcing Chun'er, who was a little clean, to only eat poisonous steamed buns. ”

"But there's still something I don't understand. Why is the hair of the old man of the Zhou family hidden in the sachet that Chun'er carried? Isn't this sachet embroidered by Chun'er for Zhou Yu? ”

"It was all just an accident. These two sachets were originally very ordinary sachets, and they were filled with ordinary spices. After Mama Zhou designed to murder the master of the Zhou family, she left a strand of his hair with a complicated feeling. In her heart, even though the old man of the Zhou family is ruthless, he is also her husband and Zhou Yu's biological father, and among the things that Zhou Yu carries with her, only this sachet can hide things, so she secretly sewed the hair of the old man of the Zhou family into the sachet in private.

However, after a happy encounter between Zhou Yu and Chun'er, the two took each other's sachets by mistake. For Zhou Yu and Chun'er, there is nothing wrong with taking the sachet by mistake, and it is enough to find an opportunity to exchange it in the future. But Zhou Yu told Mama Zhou about it, and Mama Zhou also remembered it.

When Zhou Yu was in a hurry and returned home in despair, telling Mama Zhou that he and Chun'er had killed Chun'er's husband, Mama Zhou's first thing she noticed was the sachet hanging on Zhou Yu's body. Obviously, Zhou Yu didn't have time to change. So, Mama Zhou used the excuse to find Chun'er and went to Chun'er's house. ”

"It's not an excuse. Mama Zhou regards Zhou Yu as the only one in this life, and she must not want him to be involved. I guess that she went to find Chun'er, and she also meant to warn Chun'er. Take the sachet, but in passing. It's just that what Mama Zhou didn't expect was that after Zhou Yu left, Chun'er also escaped because of fear in her heart, and the things that followed happened by mistake. Xing Ruyi sighed: "Did you also inquire about Mama Zhou's things?" Also, how did Mama Zhou design to kill the master of the Zhou family this week? If an incumbent official died, it was impossible for the above not to investigate, if it was investigated, how could Zhou Yu not know. ”

"In your words, you are really a hundred thousand whys. The first question, Mama Zhou's involvement with the Zhou family, half of it was inquired about by me, and half of it was asked by me when I went to the underworld to find the judge. ”

"Don't you say that I haven't remembered it yet, this judge's life and death book should be remembered very clearly. So, how did the old man of the Zhou family die? Mama Zhou is restricted from leaving here, she shouldn't have a chance to kill the old man of the Zhou family, right? ”

"Faith!"

"Letter?"

"The old man of the Zhou family will communicate with Mama Zhou every six months. Regardless of whether Zhou Yu is the child born by Mrs. Zhou, he is the blood of the Zhou family, no matter how much he dislikes Mama Zhou and dislikes this person, he still cares about his son. Therefore, every six months, I will write to ask Zhou Yu about the situation, and at the same time ask someone to bring some silver taels to Mama Zhou for the daily expenses of the house here.

After Mrs. Zhou's death, Mama Zhou originally held some hopes, hoping that the master of the Zhou family could give her a name in front of Zhou Yu, even if it was just a concubine of the Zhou family. But the master of the Zhou family only gave her the identity of a nurse, and she was confined here, so she had already broken off her thoughts in her heart, and even gradually gave birth to some hatred.

She didn't know where she learned the method to contaminate the written credit poison, so that when the Zhou family master read the letter, he would be contaminated with these toxins. Also, she is Mrs. Zhou's personal maid, and she is also familiar with the living habits of the Zhou family, so this poison is very exquisite.

Mama Zhou secretly calculated the time when the old man of the Zhou family was poisoned, and arrived there a few days in advance. After the death of the old man of the Zhou family, she destroyed the letters that had been smoked with poison, and took a strand of Zhou Lao's hair, and then quietly returned to the city.

If an official dies suddenly, Shangfeng will send someone to notify him. But it was Mama Zhou who received the notice, and it was not difficult for her to hide this matter. Zhou Yu was devoted to Chun'er, and he didn't care much about his father. I don't know, but it's normal. ”

"I can't believe that there are so many things hidden in this sachet."

"Most of the things in this world are simple, but they are complicated by people's minds. The so-called suspicious ghost is probably talking about people like Mama Zhou. The fox glanced back at Mama Zhou: "Now, she can be regarded as getting retribution." ”

"Two lives, just let her go?"

"Or else?" The fox looked at Xing Ruyi: "What we said just now cannot be used as evidence in court, nor can it be used as evidence of Mama Zhou's murder, no matter how powerful that Master Dong is, he can't convict her." Everything has its own certainty. ”

"That'...... What about this sachet? ”

"Return the things to their rightful owners!" The fox said and pointed with his hand, and the lotus fish sachet disappeared.

A few years later, Xing Ruyi and the fox passed by here again, and heard that the Zhou family was down, and Zhou Yu had a very difficult life with the stupid Mama Zhou. After a few more years, the down-and-out Zhou Yu chose to commit suicide, and when he died, he only had two discolored sachets hanging on his body. The stupid Mama Zhou froze to death on the side of the road because no one took care of her, and her body was bitten by wild dogs, which made people feel pitiful.