It was dark, Xie Jingyi and the others went out and walked towards Xu's house.

Since they came to the capital, they have not paid attention to the Xu family, and they don't know why Xu Tongju made a county order on the outskirts of Beijing. Just like Xie Baolin was a county magistrate in Fuyang at that time, he lived alone in the government office.

Mrs. Xu bought a house in the capital and accompanied Xu Zining in the imperial examination.

When the carriage arrived, two white paper lanterns were already hanging in front of the door. Although he said this to Xie Jingyin, Xie Jingze and Xu Zining used to be old friends of the same class, and there was no reason to get out of the car when they arrived at the door.

The doorkeeper in front of the Xu family obviously recognized them, and when he saw Xie Jingze, he was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice, "Xie Tanhua is here." ”

Xie Jingze bowed his head slightly, and led Song Guangxi and Xie Jingyi into the courtyard gate.

Although this courtyard is not as luxurious as the Xu family when they were in Hangzhou, it is much larger than the Xie family today, which shows that the Xu family is indeed not short of money.

Xu Zixin's coffin was parked in the hall not far from the door, dark and shiny. Mrs. Xu sat on the ground, expressionless, burning paper without a match.

When a woman with a bun saw them coming, she hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you for coming to see off Zixin." ”

This person Xie Jingyi has also seen, it is Xu Zixin's sister-in-law. The Xu family has a total of three sons and one daughter, and the first two have no talent for studying, and they all count on the third Xu Zining.

Xie Jingyi looked over at a glance and saw Guan Huizhi standing in front of the coffin, and Song Guangyao, who was already crying breathlessly.

Xie Jingyi followed Xie Jingze, walked forward, put on incense, and was about to go to see Xu Zixin, when he heard Mrs. Xu say coldly, "You regret not listening to you." Zixin's embarrassment of your sister was also instructed by me, she is all dead, don't blame her. She's a good boy. ”

Xie Jingyi didn't answer, poked his head over, and looked at Xu Zixin in the coffin.

Compared to the day I saw her on the list, she was even thinner, almost skinny, with high cheekbones, and she looked a little scary. Her lips were blue, and although she had been wiped them, if you looked closely, you could still see that there had been blood stains on her nose and ears.

Xie Jingyi had seen a lot of such deaths in his previous life, and he should have died of poisoning.

"Xie San, can you help me go inside to rest? I am tired. Mrs. Xu said, staring at Xie Jingyi's eyes all the time.

Xu Zining, who was standing beside her, saw it, stretched out her hand, and helped Mrs. Xu, "A-Niang, can I help you go?" ”

Mrs. Xu didn't answer Xu Zining's words, and only stared at Xie Jingyi, Xie Jingze chuckled in his heart, and stood in front of Xie Jingyi, about to stop her, but heard a crisp voice coming from behind him, "Okay." ”

"Three!" Xie Jingze shouted anxiously.

Xie Jingyi smiled, "It's a good acquaintance with my son, I helped Mrs. Xu in, she is not a rich wolf, tiger and leopard, and she can't eat me." ”

As she spoke, she helped Mrs. Xu into the backyard.

didn't go far, and came to a small courtyard, which was full of begonias, which should be Xu Zixin's former residence.

The courtyard was quiet, and there was no one.

As soon as Mrs. Xu turned around, tears fell, and her expression became hideous, "Xie San, I only have one daughter, Zixin, she died, and I didn't shed a single tear." You know why? I can't cry, my child died unjustly, if I cry blind, who else will avenge her? ”

"Today and every day, blame me for praising the high and stepping on the low, it is a sin I created, but why should I repay my daughter! Come and repay me! Last night, when the Praetorian Guards came to knock on the door, I learned that Zixin was gone, and I said that she was poisoned to death. ”

"I don't understand, why my good daughter died in Du Qi's place, not only that, but there are many strange yellow papers pasted on her body, which are full of charms. I'm going to report to the official, I said I'm going to Kaifeng Mansion to play drums, guess what? ”

Xie Jingyi looked at Mrs. Xu's somewhat crazy appearance and sighed, "Xu Tongju disagreed, Xu Zining was silent." The other two sons did not take a stand. ”

Mrs. Xu suddenly laughed, "I know, I know, among all the people I have seen, the smartest person is Xie Sanyou, you know everything, like a great fairy." That's right, that's right, those wretches, selfish, all thinking only about themselves. ”

"On weekdays, I keep saying that I only have such a daughter, and I only have such a sister...... But at this time, all I thought about was not being able to offend Du Niangzi, not being able to offend the Du family, and it would affect my career! Ahh ”

"On weekdays, I love the third child more than the new child. Kezi is dead...... I'll never open my eyes again, it's all like this, they can still swallow their anger. Xie San, Xie San, although it is rude and ridiculous, I really don't know who I can find to help me. ”

As soon as they heard that the suspect belonged to the Du family, they were silent, and they didn't dare to say anything. You help me, you help me! ”

Xie Jingyi shook his head, "You can go to Kaifeng Mansion to beat the drum by yourself, Kaifeng Mansion Yin, who is upright, will definitely accept this case, but you didn't go." You are nothing more than Xu Zixin. ”

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she cried out loudly, and she slapped herself violently, "That's right, I'm also a wreck, and our family is all together." It's me who I'm sorry for Zixin, no matter what those bastards do, they were born by myself. Zixin is gone, I have to think about the living...... But, but ...... I'm unwilling! ”

"You came to the capital by the Du family's door, what promise did you give them, including Xu Zixin?"

Mrs. Xu choked and shook her head, "How is it possible?" We gave him a mansion where Zixin was found. And the silver, I took 10,000 taels and gave it to the Du family. ”

"Then before Xu Zixin, can you know Du Qi? I see that she is very thin, I don't know if she has a serious illness or a heart disease? When did you start losing weight? Xie Jingyi asked tentatively.

"I don't know. The Du family has a simple population and no other little ladies. is to intersect, and I also asked my husband to take Zining together. Zixin has never been there, and I don't know when Du Qi attacked my daughter. ”

"When I talked about getting thinner, it was last winter. At that time, you had just come to the capital. Zixin heard that you are from the Yongping Marquis Mansion, and Zining heard that your sister said about family affairs, and both of them were very depressed. We were in the capital, our status was low, and Zixin didn't know any friends, so I asked the two of them to go out for a walk together. ”

So I went to a farm on the outskirts of the city, and there was a land temple nearby, which was said to be quite effective. They went to play for a total of five days, and when they came back, Zixin was happy, and said that he had met a friend called ...... It's called ......"

Mrs. Xu was suddenly stuck.