Several stewards of the palace have been waiting at this gate for a while with umbrellas. The rain was so heavy that they were already soaking wet by this time. But it happened that the wife of the family had to let them come out and wait, and they were very helpless.

"Exactly." Seeing this, Qi Sui hurriedly responded, and asked again about the details of the murder that occurred in Zhuangzi.

However, what the steward said was actually similar to the information passed on by the little guy before. No matter how detailed it is, you won't know what is going on until you enter the Zhuangzi of the Zhu family and see those suspects.

In the courtyard of the Zhu family, under the sound of the dripping rain, the atmosphere was also a little dull.

After entering the gate of the courtyard, Honghui paid attention to the situation around him. I found that in fact, the situation around me was similar to what I imagined, and there was nothing too unusual.

If you really want to say something different... That's the cautious look on the faces of everyone who walks. It's not just the solemnity of the lord of the mansion after his death, as if he is a little more vigilant.

After they saw the people from the Criminal Department coming in official clothes, their faces were a little worried and scared.

"In the past, when Brother Qi went to investigate the case, did the people in those mansions treat us as flood beasts one by one?" Honghui felt very curious, so he couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

When Qi Sui heard this, he also looked around, and then turned his head to Honghui and said, "Actually, it's not always like this. However, it is normal for the people to have a sense of reverence for high-ranking bureaucrats. ”

"Later, when you ask, it's just a normal question."

After Honghui's head was bowed, he took the lead in entering the mourning hall of Zhu's mansion. Before he got close, even under the heavy rain at this time, he could already hear the whimpering cries in the Zhu Mansion.

After entering at this moment, seeing a large group of people kneeling in the room, Honghui suddenly remembered a word. The meaning of the so-called "full of children and grandchildren" is probably like this, right?

The old man of the Zhu family was about forty years old when he passed away. At this age, the eldest son was already married and already had grandchildren. Now several children of four or five years old are kneeling with their heads down.

There are not a few who are still in infancy. One of the women in her early twenties should be Master Zhu's concubine. Now she is pregnant with Liujia, kneeling with a big belly, crying very sadly.

After Honghui took a look at the situation, with the steward entering, Mrs. Zhu, who was still kneeling at the front, seemed to notice the movement behind her at this time, and hurriedly got up.

After Mrs. Zhu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, she walked in front of Honghui and Qi Sui.

"It turns out that the adults of the Criminal Department have already come, please give the master a stick of incense first." Mrs. Zhu's tone was hoarse, and her eyes were red, and it could be seen that she was actually in a very bad mood.

Someone has passed away, and those who come want to offer incense are actually a rule. Qi Sui and Honghui naturally did not refuse, and out of respect for the deceased, they still went to the spirit to offer incense.

After a stick of incense, Mrs. Zhu led the two to the side room. It was a little quieter here, and the sound of the rain around and the crying in the mourning hall were much quieter, and it was not very clear to hear. 7 Q

Mrs. Zhu sat down on the chair with her head down, first took a sip of tea and moistened her throat slightly, and then finally looked up at Honghui and Qi Sui, and let out a heavy breath.

"I'm tired of the two adults of the Criminal Department. This time, I hope that the Criminal Department will come forward to investigate, and I also hope that I can give my master justice. He... Maybe he was killed by the Liu clan! ”

The Liu family is the sixth concubine of the Zhu family's newly married family. But at the age of twenty-eight or eight, he is as beautiful as a flower. She came from a farming family and was poor. The parents also took a fancy to the Zhu family's high dowry, so they married their daughter.

But who knows... Originally, it was said that the Naliu clan was actually voluntary. Although she has a cousin who has grown up since she was a child, she can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart. But the cousin was really poor and couldn't give her a good life.

The Liu family thought about the Zhu family's silver, so he made up his mind to break off this "bad relationship" with his cousin.

But who knows, the night before the Liu family was about to marry into the Zhu family, there was news from my cousin that he had won Xiucai. For their farmers, it is not easy to be admitted to Xiucai, and they can be regarded as Xiucai.

If you work harder in the future, you will be able to lift someone in the middle. When the time comes, it will be the official's wife.

When the Liu family heard the news, they immediately became a little reluctant. The night before they got married, they almost eloped with their cousin and ran away.

But the people of the Liu family are not fools in the end, they know that if they receive the money from the Zhu family, they will inevitably send people over. The Zhu family is a well-known rich family on the outskirts of Beijing, and it is a landlord!

Many of them were able to farm, but it was still the land they rented from the Zhu family. The Liu family is naturally not surprised. Moreover, after they marry their daughters, they will be able to have their own one-third of an acre of land in the future.

For these families, having a field is naturally a great thing. That night, he forcibly sent Liu's sedan chair.

When Liu got on the sedan chair, he probably wanted to open it. No matter how good my cousin is, it is very difficult to lift it. And the days after the middle school may not be as good as the days of marrying Master Zhu, so we still have to boil slowly.

However, Liu, who had been Aunt Liu for a few days, met his cousin by chance.

My cousin was a lot haggard, and his eyes were red when he saw her. The Liu family thought of the old feelings in his heart, and naturally all of them came out at this moment. The two began to secretly correspond.

The correspondence between them was soon discovered by Master Zhu. Master Zhu was very angry, but because Aunt Liu was really beautiful. got older, and was a little soft-hearted, so I still decided to give Aunt Liu a chance.

Outcome... It was not long after this incident that Master Zhu was killed. still, died on this Aunt Liu's bed.

When Mrs. Zhu said this, she always had tears in her eyes. From time to time, I took a handkerchief to wipe my tears, looking very sad. In the end, I sobbed alone for a long time before I came back to my senses.

"Xiao Cui, go and take out the evidence of the Liu family." After Mrs. Zhu came back to her senses for a while, she commanded the little maid beside her. The so-called incriminating evidence is the confession signed by the Liu family.

After a while, the confession was taken up by Xiaocui and presented to Honghui and Qi Sui.