The day before yesterday, Mrs. Fourth was still talking about this matter, and today she got such a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the Li family was shocked.

Now that the eldest master and the fourth master are not there, and the family is supported by the eldest wife, she is also very uncomfortable, but she can only endure it and maintain the posture of the hostess of her family.

She called Steward Liu: "Send a telegram to the fourth master in charge and inform them of the fifth master." ”

After speaking, he followed several other people to comfort Mrs. Five, although the relationship between Mrs. Five and Mrs. Five is not harmonious, basically less gathering and more separation, and the fifth master is merry, but it is also a husband and wife who have been in love, so it is normal for Mrs. Five to not accept it for a while.

Compared with the fifth wife, Ling Li is much calmer, although she is sad, but she is not close to her father when she is a child, she has no time to be sad now, she just thinks that Lin Zichuan can help her find out the cause of her father's death as soon as possible. After two days, after the autopsy and investigation were completed, Lin Zichuan sent back the body of the fifth master, and the Li Mansion was gloomy.

The eldest master and the fourth master will have to come back in two days, and the eldest lady will have to take care of all the big and small matters. "How did the fifth brother die? You have to have an explanation for sending the body back, don't you? ”

Lin Zichuan replied: "We have found out the cause of death, it is caused by excessive opium consumption. Mrs. Fifth came over, and she was a little more conscious than she had just been.

"How could he touch something like that?"

At this time, Du Hong also arrived, she didn't come to mourn, she ran all the way to this side crying and crying when she entered the door, and the people couldn't stop her.

The eldest lady frowned, there were enough bad things in the family, and there was a woman who loved to stir things up, she had never looked down on this kind of born woman, just like the second aunt, but the second aunt was still a sensible woman, and this Du Hong was not easy to mess with.

She gave her a blank look, and was about to let the next man drag her out.

Du Hong hurriedly hid behind Lin Zichuan, shouting while hiding: "I came here today to ask for an explanation, I am pregnant with the child of the fifth master in my belly, although he has already gone." ”

Speaking of this, she gasped a few times and said loudly: "But he is still surnamed Li!" ”

The eldest lady's face changed, she only knew that the fifth master liked to mess with flowers and grass outside, but she didn't know that she had made people's stomachs bigger, she looked at the fifth lady with some reproach, if it weren't for her cowardly nature, ignoring her husband, and letting him mess around outside, she wouldn't let a dancer come to the house to make trouble, so that outsiders would see the jokes.

The fourth wife was a little tired of it, and stepped forward: "Cut, who doesn't know your Du Hong's methods, specializing in seducing rich people's foxes!" You'd better recognize your identity, this is the Li family, not a place you use to sprinkle, who knows if you are carrying the Li family's seed in your belly, maybe it's the wild seed you left behind with the wild man and still delusional about climbing the high branches? ”

When Du Hong heard this, her anger immediately rose, she raised her sleeve to grab the fourth wife's hair, and the two women scuffled in front of everyone.

"Stop!"

The eldest lady roared angrily, so frightened that the two stopped their hands and feet in an instant, and the fifth lady was so angry that she almost fainted again.

"If you are really pregnant with our Li family's child, we will naturally take on the responsibility of taking care of him, and I will ask the doctor to go to your house to check the pulse when the investigation is clear."

The eldest lady has always been steady and dignified, and her words made Du Hong's anger disappear instantly, and she responded: "I believe what my sister-in-law said." ”

He straightened his hair, smoothed the wrinkled corners of his clothes, and swaggered away.

The fourth wife was a little surprised: "Sister-in-law, you won't really let this woman enter the door of our Li family, right?" ”

The eldest lady was silent for a while and replied: "If she really has the fifth seed in her belly, how can we throw his posthumous belly out to suffer?" As for this woman, she won't want to enter our Li family in her life! ”

Lin Zichuan watched the farce for so long, and saw that their emotions had stabilized, so he spoke again: "We have returned the corpse, please rest assured that the ladies will give you an explanation." ”

After that, he turned around and was about to leave, Ling Li stepped forward and grabbed his arm, she looked at Lin Zichuan with a pair of innocent eyes, full of expectation, and explained seriously: "Zichuan, the person I trust the most is you, you must seek justice for my father!" ”

Lin Zichuan glanced at her, a little distressed, this youngest sister, she is not like Linglong who has an uncle with a background, she has to put all her hopes on herself.

He patted her on the shoulder and reassured, "Don't worry! ”

The Li family is a big family and has a better face, so naturally they can't let outsiders know that their fifth master lost his life because of opium smoking, so the funeral is as simple and low-key as possible.

When the Li family grandfather was alive, he was the youngest fifth son Li Binghai, and it was precisely because of this that he developed his lazy and freewheeling temperament.

There are a total of five children in the Li family, the eldest Li Bingcheng, the second is a girl who married early, and the third is Li Yao's father Li Bingxing, the fourth Li Bingrong, and the fifth Li Binghai.

The eldest Li Bingwei and the fourth child are busy opening a pharmacy, they are in the medicinal materials business, and they know that this opium is powerful, and if they smoke it for a long time, people will become in a trance, their bodies will be emaciated, and their brains will be dull.

And once addicted, it is difficult to quit, when the addiction comes up, the whole body is like being eaten by thousands of ants, and people with a weaker will self-harm or even commit suicide!

Although the funeral of the Li Mansion was as low-key as possible, after all, it was a big family and had a wide range of contacts, and many people came one after another, Lin Zichuan's family, Boss Shao's family of Yongji Silk Village, and even Hu Haoping, the director of the Police Department who had a holiday before, also arrived at the scene.

Li Yao and the fifth master have not met several times in total, his death did not touch her very much, but she also felt a trace of sadness in her heart, she remembered her father, the fifth master still has so many people to see him off, so many people are sad and crying for him, and her father, not only did not leave a whole corpse, but also did not even have a decent funeral, the corpse was put for four days before it was hastily buried.

Thinking of this, her nose was a little sour, and she rolled down a few tears, and when she looked up, she happened to see Lin Zichuan staring at her, she hurriedly lowered her head, but she couldn't help but look up at him.

She hoped that he could investigate the case well, give the fifth master an explanation, and give Lingli and her mother a little comfort.

His face was a little haggard, and he didn't even have time to shave his beard, but Lin Zichuan, who had grown a beard, looked a little more stable.

In the evening, the Lin brothers stayed in the house for dinner, and after dinner, Lin Zichuan went to the study with the eldest master and the fourth master to talk about things, probably because there was a new development in the case.

The fifth wife was very haggard for the past two days, so Lingli helped her mother back to the room early, and Linghui followed over to comfort them.

The fourth wife looked like she had nothing to do with herself, and she just went out after dinner, probably to find the wife of which house to play cards, after all, she was busy with family affairs for several days, and she held back for several days, and her hands were already itchy.

The second aunt saw that there were only Li Yao, Lin Zichen, and Taotao with her in the living room, she had a bright brain, she thought of something, pulled Taotao to say hello and left, she didn't know that there was nothing between Li Yao and Lin Zichen for a long time.

Lin Zichen sighed and said, "This world is really chaotic, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to the fifth uncle." ”

"yes, opium is really harmful."

About an hour later, Lin Zichuan came out, but Li Yao called out to him.

"Can I go to the yard?"

Li Yao really felt sorry for Lingli, and now the only one who could comfort her was Lin Zichuan, but Lin Zichuan was too wooden, so she had to take the initiative to say a few words to him.

Lin Zichen glanced at them and said, "You talk first, I'll wait for you here." ”

The moonlight tonight is very good, and the small half of the sky is very transparent, and on the other side of the moon there is a star that is extremely bright, which echoes it, which is very wonderful, because it has just rained, and the air is a little moist, and the steamer is hot during the day, and now the gentle evening breeze is blowing, adding a touch of coolness.

The courtyard of the Li house is very well repaired, and a path is paved at the beginning of spring, saying that it is a path paved with soft goose stones, if people walk barefoot on it, they can also pass through the blood circulation, bypass the rockery stones, and go to the pavilion again, the lamps on the pavilion are faint and faint flames, coupled with the sparkling water surface, the scenery of the place is said to have a hazy beauty.

However, such a beautiful scenery was covered with a layer of cool bitterness because of the changes in the home.

Lin Zichuan was surprised that she called herself out alone, in the past she rarely took the initiative to talk to herself, he still remembered the Chinese New Year's Eve when she first came to the Li Mansion, the first time they were alone in the garden, she was still the same at that time.

He suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"What are you looking for me to say?" He asked.

Li Yao replied: "You also know that Lingli has been very sad recently, she has pinned all her hopes on you, you should know that she likes you?" ”

Lin Zichuan was stunned for a moment.

Li Yao continued: "Originally, I shouldn't have said this, and I shouldn't have kidnapped you with this matter at this juncture, but can you care more about Xia Lingli recently, I really can't bear to see her like that." Lin Zichuan was suddenly a little disappointed, he knew that Lingli liked him, but he really just regarded her as his sister.

He said: "I treat Lingli as a sister, I also regret that this kind of thing happened, don't worry, I will definitely solve the case as soon as possible." ”

"You just think of her as a sister?"

"Yes, there is no such thing as feelings, and I once wanted her to understand, intentionally or unintentionally, that you are her sister, you have time to persuade her."

When Li Yao heard this, she felt a little sorry for Ling Li, but as he said, she couldn't help but feel emotional, she said: "When this matter is over, I will help you persuade her." ”