Lin Ruo went to the Criminal Department, and after the trial of the old Qiu Pass of the Shoufu Pavilion, and the Dali Siqing, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Yin Sansi of the Jingzhao Mansion, the matter of acquittal spread again in Bian'an City, and the rumors seemed to have quickly changed the direction of the wind, saying that Lin Ruo was not the murderer, but the Ministry of Shangshu Gu Fu wanted to take advantage of the murder of the second son to pull out this orphan girl who had drawn a line with the Gu family.

The rumors that spread with noses and eyes once again convinced many people.

This time, the one who was pushed to the position of cooking oil on the fire became the Gu family and Gu Ting. Even the spectators who witnessed the clash between Lin Ruo and the Lu family outside the gate of Gu Yannian's mansion that day vividly told the situation they saw with their own eyes that day, and talked about the Lu family who was speechless after being questioned repeatedly by Princess Rong, and even embezzled the dowry relics of Princess Rong's late biological mother, and even made the streets and alleys talk about Lin Ruo, who was only six years old ten years ago, asking the emperor to draw a line with the Gu family.

The immature children of that year, if they had not experienced great bullying, how could they dare to sue the emperor and ask for a change of surname?

Moreover, the pungent face of the Lu family was vividly described in the mouths of those spectators who "saw it with their own eyes", and when they saw Princess Rong, they just stopped politely, and they also spoke evil words to each other, which made everyone believe that Lin Ruo must have been bullied by the Lu family in the past, and he could not bear it, so he begged the emperor to make such a decision.

In Bian'an City, who hasn't heard the name of the gentle and virtuous lord of Hui County? Who doesn't know that Miss Lin often worships Buddha and gives porridge to the good deeds? How could such a good girl, such a powerless woman, kill someone?

Nothing short of nonsense!

But!

Two days after this rumor arose, things reversed again - Princess Rong Lin Ruo was imprisoned!

Moreover, it was Shangshu of the Criminal Department who personally brought people to King Rong's mansion to take them!

In front of everyone's eyes, how can you do it fake? For a while, all kinds of speculations began to boil again, and people related to them inquired carefully, only to know that on the night Gu Yannian was killed, a husband who was working nearby passed by a man wrapped in a black cloak, who was not tall, and looked like a woman, and the smell on this mysterious person was exactly the same as Princess Rong.

I heard that it was because Princess Rong was not in good health, so she was carrying a medicine bag made of broken wormwood, and the fragrance of the medicine was clear, especially in the empty streets at night, so she was even more impressed.

The husband was taken to King Rong's mansion, I don't know which one is Princess Rong, but with that clear smell, he "smelled" out that the black-clothed man that day was Lin Ruo, so the criminal department Shangshu immediately ordered to take people, and detained people directly from King Rong's mansion, Rong Wang Ye Murong Chong tried to forcibly stop it, and finally Wei Qian, the grandson of Xing Guogong and the newly appointed commander of the city defense battalion, came with five hundred soldiers of the city defense battalion and took Lin Ruo away.

This time, the whole case seems to be even more confusing.

King Rong's confession was unanimous, saying that Princess Rong had never gone out to recuperate in the mansion a few days ago; However, Gu Fu, the secretary of the ministry, insisted that the murderer of Gu Yannian was Lin Ruo, and there was ironclad evidence from the blood-stained letters found on Gu Yannian's body and the autopsy report of the Third Division of the case; It had just been proved that the physical evidence letter obtained from Gu Yannian was not written by Lin Ruo, but the husband, who had never seen Princess Rong, was able to identify the man in black who appeared near the murder scene that day as Lin Ruo......

The successive reversals make everyone confused, who is the murderer?

Different speculations are more diverse: it is said that the letter was written by Lin Ruo deliberately asking people to imitate her handwriting, but in fact the murderer was her; Some people say that the general sentence was bribed and deliberately exonerated Lin Ruo; Some people also said that the real culprit knew that Princess Rong had been in poor health, and the medicine bag did not leave her, so she deliberately disguised herself to blame......

All kinds of speculations, true and false.

But the only thing that can be known is that Princess Rong Lin Ruo was really imprisoned this time.

Counting on his fingers, it was exactly the seventh day before Gu Yannian was killed, which is the so-called "first seven". Legend has it that on this day, after the sun sets, the souls of the deceased return home to visit.

The Criminal Department could no longer detain Gu Yannian's body, so it prudently put the person in the coffin and sent it back to Gu Yannian's house.

For the first seven sacrifices, all the closest relatives need to be present, Gu Ting, the Lu family, and their Gu Manni are naturally no exception, and even the nested Gu family's son Gu Yanhui has also arrived. However, the relationship between Gu Yanhui and Gu Yannian is not good, after the death of his younger brother, there is not much sadness on his face at all, and he even looks at Gu Yannian's mansion everywhere, feeling indignant that this younger brother refuses to help.

In contrast, Gu Manni's face has been very bad since she came in, if you look closely, you can find that her whole person has been in a tense state, especially when she saw the coffin in the hall, the whole person trembled unconsciously.

Although it was very subtle, Li saw it.

Li subconsciously clenched his hands.

But she quickly concealed her emotions, returned to a mournful look on her face, bowed to Gu Ting and her party, covered her sleeves and wiped her tears, and said some sad words such as "the husband is wronged" and "how should orphans and widows live". Then "inadvertently" saw Gu Manni's face was not good, and asked a few words with concern.

Lu Shi hurriedly said: "Lan'er has been sad about her second brother's unexpected departure these days, she was sick, and she was just able to get out of bed and walk around today, saying that she would not miss the 'first seven' of the year." ”

Li Shi took Gu Manni's hand and said with relief: "There is Aunt Lao to worry about." However, the sister-in-law also has to take care of her body, her husband has a spirit in the sky, if she sees her sister-in-law's appearance, she will definitely feel guilty and blame herself, and she will not feel at ease. ”

Gu Manni's back was cold, and she barely squeezed out a smile on her pale face: "Thank you for your concern." ”

"Come on," Gu Yanhui's cold voice came, and he mocked coldly, "Why is she worried about the death of her second brother?" is obviously worried about the mourning of the second brother and the postponement of the marriage! ”

Gu Ting shouted angrily: "You shut up for me!" ”

Gu Yanhui was stunned for a moment, immediately pursed his mouth, and muttered in a low voice, "It was originally true", and the daughter-in-law standing next to him heard it, and quickly pulled his sleeve and signaled him to stop talking nonsense.

The Li family hurriedly made a round, prevaricated, and watched the Gu family stand in their position, sighing in their hearts, feeling unworthy for their husband to have such a family.

A gust of night breeze blows, bringing a chill. Gu Yan's three-year-old son shivered from the cold, and Lu felt sorry for his grandson's sleepy and cold appearance, so he asked the nurse to take the child down and rest.

Seeing that Gu Manni was not in a good state, Gu Ting calmed down and sent her to rest.

Gu Yanhui immediately said that he had a headache and wanted to rest, but he was directly glanced at by Gu Ting, and scolded him in a low voice to kneel well, don't make excuses to be lazy. Gu Yanhui pursed his mouth dissatisfied, so he could only continue to kneel, but his mind was thinking about the excuse of urinating and leaving after a while, so he didn't want to be so stupid to guard his brother's spirit. () The female business lord has the fastest update speed. I want to talk about "Female Business Owl" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~