Chapter 31: Doubts
Twilight realized that her own girl was just squatting on the wall to be curious about it. She pondered her words and said: "Back to the girl's words, the Fang family is the closest to our house, so the slave maid has also heard a lot of things, but what the slave and maid said is not accurate, the girl listens to it at will, and she can't take it seriously." ”
Ji Erlan nodded, whether it is his own business or someone else's business, it is easy to cause trouble because of his tongue. As a slave and maid, you should not judge right and wrong, this is the rule of being a slave and maid.
Twilight has a calm and cautious temperament, does not take matters into her own hands, and is loyal to her master, which is the reason why Ji Erlan took her to her side.
Twilight continued: "The Fang Mansion has simple personnel, Lord Fang has no concubines, gets along well with Madame Fang, and has a son and a daughter. It's been peaceful for years. It's just that some time ago, a cousin girl suddenly came to Lord Fang's house. I heard that this cousin girl is both talented and beautiful, and she is a rare beauty, originally Lord Fang's aunt asked Mrs. Fang to find a good family affair for this cousin, but who knew that Lord Fang wanted to take her as a concubine. ”
"This is coming from the mouths of the people in their house?"
Xia Dong shook his head: "This slave doesn't know." Although the neighbors who spread this story knew about it, everyone only regarded it as a romantic affair, and they all said that the hero was sad to pass the beauty pass. Who knows, after a period of time, it was rumored that this cousin girl was missing, and it was Mrs. Fang's jealousy that assassinated her. The cousin's family did not give up, and asked Lord Fang to give an explanation. ”
Ji Yun also listened curiously on the side, hugged his shoulder and rubbed his chin with his hand: "But what's the matter?" ”
Ji Erlan said: "Naturally, the cousin girl was killed, the house is haunted, and people are panicking, so they have to do this to appease people." ”
Ji Yun looked at Twilight, and Twilight nodded: "Indeed, as the girl said, I heard that many people heard crying in the middle of the night." ”
"Doesn't it mean that you can't see people alive or dead? So, is this cousin dead? There was a lot of talk in the alley during the day, and he obviously heard it.
Ji Erlan smiled and said nothing: "It's not early, big brother hurry up and go back to rest." ”
Ji Yun also wanted to tell Ji Erlan a few words, just come to another trouble or something, but Dusk didn't say much on the side, so he waved his hand and left first.
Ji Erlan said to Twilight, "Tomorrow morning, my mother and I will visit Fang's house. You prepare some snacks as souvenirs. "When you arrive at your new home, you should visit your neighbors to show your friendliness and come often. Naturally, she could go to the Fang Mansion to take a look.
Twilight obediently agreed, and went to work.
On the second day, Ji Erlan took the Qin family together and went to the Fang Mansion to visit, and the other party politely let them in.
Mrs. Fang was very enthusiastic, but Ji Erlan could feel that she was restless, she was fighting her spirits, and her body didn't seem to be very good, the Qin family was about to go back after sitting for a while, but Mrs. Fang kept earnestly, as if talking to people casually about common things could make her feel a little relieved. The Qin family is kind-hearted, and he also knows that she has been criticized by a lot of rumors recently, and he understands it, so when he sees this, he follows her to sit down and talk.
Mrs. Fang's children, who seemed to be very worried about her body, were also here at this time. Mrs. Fang's eldest son is the little fat man in her memory, and his big name is Fang Qingai.
The two mothers were talking in the house, so they asked the two siblings to entertain Ji Erlan to walk around the house.
Ji Erlan walked to the door, just in time to hear Mrs. Fang say to the Qin family: "My daughter Qingxue, Bill Lan is one year younger......
Although Fang Qingxue was preoccupied, she still gave Ji Erlan guidance on things in the garden. Fang Qingai is the same year as Ji Erlan, but because he is fat, he has not yet jumped up, the whole person is round, and he is listless at this time, he doesn't look like Fang Qingxue's brother, but like his younger brother.
"The two of you seem to be preoccupied, is it because of family matters?" Ji Erlan asked tentatively. Twilight gave her a look on the side, signaling her not to get involved in other people's family affairs, and Ji Erlan felt Twilight's eyes and gave her a look that I knew in my heart.
Lord Fang did not have concubines, so the brothers and sisters of the Fang family had more true temperament than those who grew up in a large number of environments for their children. It is precisely because of this temperament that in her previous life, the little fat man would not shy away from persuading her when he saw her being bullied.
Sure enough, the brother and sister didn't feel that Ji Erlan's question was abrupt, but showed a little closeness because of her outspokenness. Fang Qingai stared at her with round eyes, looked at her for a while, and said with a wilting mouth: "You just moved here to know......"
Fang Qingxue also showed a sad look on her face: "Sister Erlan, I thought you had just moved in and didn't know about my family's affairs before you came to visit, but I didn't expect you to know, so how can you still ...... Aren't you afraid to come to my house? ”
Ji Erlan smiled slightly and said, "The merits are not clear yet." If you avoid it because of rumors, isn't it too cool? ”
Fang Qingxue's beautiful and cute little face wrinkled together, she was moved and sad at the same time, and said, "Sister Erlan, you don't know, these days, many people keep saying that they believe that my mother is not harmful, but they are pointing fingers behind their backs. On weekdays, in the academy, everyone also uses excuses to avoid me...... Rather than this, it's better to ignore me directly, and it hurts people in front of you and behind your back. They're all hypocrites, what is the best female school in the world, I don't want to go again......"
Yingtian Academy was co-founded by Luo Song Yancheng, the four major gates of the capital, in addition to the children and nephews in each family to study in it, there is also a special female school, but the selection of female students is particularly strict, and it is necessary to have the recommendation of respected elders to enter. All the ladies in each house are proud to be able to enter the women's school of Yingtian Academy, and they are competing for the goal of excelling in the women's school.
In this kind of female school, which is peaceful on the surface and fiercely competitive inside, Fang Qingxue is often unbearable.
Ji Erlan comforted: "Don't worry, rumors are rumors after all, although it is not possible to prove Mrs. Fang's innocence yet, but who can prove that Mrs. Fang is the murderer." There will always be a day when the truth will be revealed. ”
Fang Qingxue said in frustration: "But my mother's body is getting worse, I'm worried, if it goes on like this, will she be able to stand it......" said, her eyes couldn't help but turn red, like a poor little white rabbit who was cornered.
Ji Erlan came to repay the favor of the little fat man, so naturally she wouldn't give up after a few words of comfort, so she pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know, what is the temperament of this cousin of Lord Fang?" ”
The brothers and sisters of the Fang family have already developed a close heart because of her comfort and understanding, at this time, naturally they will no longer deliberately avoid this kind of thing that does not need to be hidden, Fang Qingxue thought about it and said: "The little cousin is very beautiful and kind, she is very good to everyone in our family, and she also takes great care of her subordinates. He is respectful and courteous, and he is also very kind to my mother. He's almost a perfect person, isn't he? ”
Fang Qingai nodded: "Well, my little cousin has a soft and quiet temperament, and she doesn't talk much, so she comes to my mother to embroider and gossip every day when she has nothing to do." I can't fault the slightest. ”
Ji Erlan shook his head secretly, perfect? No one is perfect, and there is no perfect person in this world. Unless the person just wants to show the good side of himself to others. "Actually...... I think this is quite suspicious. Do you know where the news that Lord Fang wants to take him as a concubine came from? ”
Fang Qingxue didn't know about this, but said, "My father is not such a person. ”
And Fang Qingai, in the end, is a man, and the things he pays attention to on weekdays are different, and he answered: "My father is strict in governing the family, and the servants and servants don't dare to chew the root of their tongues on weekdays, and when this rumor reached my mother's ears, the neighborhood had already spread all over the neighborhood. I always felt that there was something wrong with this matter, but I couldn't think of it. ”
"I knew something was wrong." Ji Erlan looked at the two of them, she has gone through two lives, and now she is considered a third person, can't she see through this trick? "This rumor is coming from outside, not from your house at all."
Fang Qingxue was stunned for a while when she heard this, Fang Qingai's face suddenly became ugly, and said: "That's right, you're right, my mother was very angry after hearing this rumor, and she interrogated the people in the house but couldn't find out the source of the rumor, everyone said that they heard it elsewhere, I thought they were hard-mouthed, and they didn't take it seriously at all." Sure enough, it's a fan of the authorities. ”
Fang Qingxue was not stupid, she looked at the two of them and asked, "Big brother, Sister Erlan, do you mean that someone deliberately spread such rumors outside?" ”
Fang Qingai nodded slightly, and Ji Erlan asked, "I don't know, did Mrs. Fang have any conflicts and disputes with your little cousin after the rumors spread?" ”
"No, absolutely not!" Fang Qingai assured with great certainty, "My mother herself is not a spicy woman, she never even speaks loudly on weekdays, how can she fight with guests and relatives, or even kill people?" ”
Fang Qingxue continued: "The people in my little cousin's yard said that she just came to talk to my mother as usual, and then she didn't go back, and the two girls who followed her were gone. But on that day, my mother said that my little cousin did not come to her at all. Then, the people brought by her family said that it was my mother who killed my little cousin! ”
Of course, my father didn't believe it, so he told them that he would find out what was going on. But the people didn't find it, and the matter hasn't been clarified, and the house has started to haunt again......"
Of course, the Fang brothers and sisters would not think that their mother was the murderer, and Ji Erlan did not think that it was Mrs. Fang's hand.
As far as she knew, Mrs. Fang was gone shortly after she moved in. Could it be that Mrs. Fang really killed someone and was tortured by demons in her heart, and finally died depressed? This kind of thinking is impossible in Ji Erlan's opinion, will a person who can kill a killer die of illness because his conscience is condemned? Even if it was a mistake to kill someone, how could the death of the little fat man be explained later?