"Beware!"

Murong Xi exclaimed in surprise and held her steadily. Zhang Wenxin was taken aback coldly, in fact, just now, she was fully capable of keeping herself from falling, but Murong Xi was too fast, and she didn't have time to react.

The little maids came forward, gossiping about whether she had a sprain, Zhang Wenxin broke herself out of Murong Xi's arms, and waved her hand again and again: "It's okay, it's okay......"

Zhang Wenxin turned around on the spot, saying that he really didn't matter. After this circle, she suddenly found that in addition to these surrounding, there was also a little maid in the yard, who was leaning softly against the door frame with her mouth wide open at this time, and her little face was already pale with fright.

A companion went over and persuaded: "Qiulan, what's wrong with you?" The young lady is fine, don't worry...... Hey, you're not going to get sick again, are you? ”

Zhang Wenxin looked down at the slippery moss on the soles of his shoes, walked to the well platform only one step away, looked at the stones, and took off a little stone chips, and suddenly understood a little.

didn't say anything at the moment, only said: "Mama Zou's children are all in the countryside, and they won't be able to catch up for a while, so we can only keep her awake, Qiulan, it's you tonight." ”

Qiulan looked up in horror: "Ah! I? Young lady ......"

Qiulan couldn't say a sentence, and Zhang Wenxin said again: "It's not early, you can clean up and go." It's an old man in our house, and he doesn't even have a paper burner in front of the spirit, so it's pitiful. ”

After speaking, he didn't stay longer and left with Murong Xi.

Walking to no one's place, Murong Xi asked in a low voice, "Madam suspects Qiulan?" ”

Zhang Wenxin had already compared the stones on the well platform with the stone chips in the depths of Zou's mother's wound, and said, "It is certain that Zou's mother was killed at the well in the miscellaneous courtyard. Qiulan is at least one in the know. ”

After dark, the two of them rushed to the mourning hall in the backyard, where Qiulan was already there, kneeling on an old futon, huddled in a ball, sobbing and adding paper money to the brazier.

Hearing the movement behind her, the little maid shuddered, and when she turned around and found that it was Zhang Wenxin and Murong Xi, she barely settled down and wiped her tears in greeting.

The mourning hall was cold, Zhang Wenxin closed the door with his hand, but he still felt that there was a cold wind scurrying in the house. The flames lit by the paper money also flickered endlessly, as if there were unjust spirits lingering and refusing to leave.

The two of them each put on three sticks of incense, and Zhang Wenxin found a futon to sit down, and looked at the ashes in the brazier for a long time. It wasn't until the night was dark and it was completely quiet outside that he said, "How did Mama Zou die?" ”

"She's ......"

Qiulan was already nervous to the extreme, and when she heard this question, she almost blurted out. But she breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately changed the conversation, lowering her head: "I don't know ......"

There are very few maids in the house who have not been bullied by Zou Ma, and Su Qiu is too, before she went to Qingfeng Ju to be a maid, she did not suffer much from Zou Ma. When such a person died, Zhang Wenxin did not feel sorry. She doesn't want to sell anything, it's just a life lawsuit, only when the truth is revealed, can the living and the dead be at peace.

"Under the shade of the trees in the courtyard, it was dark and damp, and the ground was covered with moss early on. But the well platform was also under the tree, and there was no moss on it. I asked them, and they said, "You were not comfortable resting in the house that day, and when they came back in the evening, they saw that the well had been cleaned."

I suppose you did your laundry that day, right? What color is it a piece of clothing, yellow or green? ”

Qiulan was silent, and she continued: "Mother Zou still brought a few pieces of material, right?" Who made the clothes for her last time? You're the only one here this time, so she should have to look for you, right? Mama Zou's blood stained the well platform, what did you wash it with? Is it those pieces of fabric? Where do you throw them away when you're done with them? ”

"I ......"

After beating the third watch from afar, Qiulan finally couldn't hold back anymore, and said tentatively: "Young lady, if I say it, can you believe me?" ”

Zhang Wenxin nodded: "I only believe in the truth." ”

"Okay."

Qiulan gritted her teeth, threw a large handful of paper money in her hand into the brazier, wiped the tears on her face, and let it go. She said: "I didn't kill Mama Zou, I didn't kill her......"

Qiulan was so emotional that she shouted loudly. Zhang Wenxin hurriedly reassured: "I know." ”

Qiulan sat down slowly and dejectedly, and her voice also lowered with her movements: "It was she who asked me to do some needlework for her, and I refused, she was going to wring off my hand, I just shook her off, who knew that her feet slipped and her head hit the edge of the well, and she ...... And he broke his breath......

I was alone in the yard at the time, and I was afraid...... I'm afraid that I will get into a lawsuit, so I can't argue. He hid her body in the pile of miscellaneous items behind the house, washed the well platform and clothes, and waited until they were asleep at night, and then quietly went out and sank the body into the lake......

Zhang Wenxin didn't speak out immediately, and was silent for a moment before he raised his eyes slightly and looked at Qiulan: "You lied." ”

Qiulan was startled, trembling, but her tone was extremely resolute: "I didn't." ”

"Mama Zou is fat and heavy, you are alone, how can you drag her out so far? If you have snuck away to worship her, I believe it. Throw the corpse, I don't believe it. ”

Qiulan was silent, and Zhang Wenxin slowly took out a small piece of cloth with wisps: "This was found in the place where Zou Ma's body was dumped." The color of this piece of cloth is not on your and Zou's mother's clothes, but it is the same as the fabric worn by the miscellaneous servants in the house. ”

Qiulan hurriedly said: "The miscellaneous servants do rough work every day, and there are some holes in their clothes, which is inevitable......"

"That's right."

Zhang Wenxin carefully rewrapped the piece of cloth: "But ordinary handymen, after the clothes are torn, they either ignore them, or sew a few stitches on the thick branches and leaves, and tear off this piece of cloth and this piece of clothing, I'm afraid it is very unusual." Qiulan, the geese have taken pictures, nothing can really be without a trace. Your needlework is good......"

"Nope! From start to finish, I did it all by myself. Young lady, everything you want to know, I have told you. I beg you, you and the eldest prince should leave quickly......"

Qiulan fell to her knees with a thud and kowtowed like crazy.

"Qiulan, you don't have to be like this. The more drumming ...... just now."

Zhang Wenxin couldn't hold her, and hurriedly called Murong Xi to help. She took the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "The drum just now is the real third watch, and the previous one was the ...... I asked Fu Bo to beat."

Qiulan came back to her senses and sat down on the ground: "Young lady...... You ......"

Zhang Wenxin hurriedly explained: "We didn't hear anything, but ...... There are all kinds of signs that someone must have helped you in the corpse removal lake. If this person is still in the house and sees that you are under suspicion, he will definitely take action......"

Qiulan couldn't cry: "I'm sorry Brother Chunsheng, Brother Chunsheng is just to help me, so he ...... He said that tonight's fourth watch, he will take me away and fly high...... Young lady ......"

The fourth watch is the time when people are sleepy and tired, and the gods are also napping. If it were her, she would also choose the time for the fourth watch.

The mourning hall was quiet again, Su Qiu insisted on protecting Chunsheng, Zhang Wenxin was in trouble for a while, so he set his eyes on Murong Xi.

Murong Xi changed into a candle and looked back at her: "Madame, just take the idea, you don't need to ask me." ”

After dawn the next day, the truth of Zou's mother's death spread throughout the house. The evidence is conclusive, and although Mrs. Pang is reluctant to accept it, she cannot refute it. It's a pity that he died in vain and couldn't make good use of it.

After everyone dispersed from the mourning hall, Mrs. Pang was busy taking care of the funeral, and only Murong Xi's second and third aunts came from the outer mansion across the street to talk to the old lady.

The second aunt Gui wore a red and purple body, and her voice was as bright and open as her clothes, taking advantage of the time when the maids went out to make tea, the short words of the parents suddenly turned around, and said: "Mother-in-law, there are no outsiders in front of you now, so I'll just say it." There are some things that outsiders don't know, and our own family can't hide them.

A few days ago, the night pearl in the house was lost, and the current life lawsuit, has my mother-in-law ever thought about what is the reason for this series of accidents? ”

The old lady's eyebrows twitched, and she savored it carefully, waiting for Gui to continue.

Gui saw the maid coming over with tea, but he immediately kept silent, and waited for the old lady to wave the maid away before he continued: "Mother-in-law, there are some words that have been spread all over our houses. Everyone is talking about this new young lady...... Unlucky! ”

The old lady said, "What's wrong? ”

Gui put down the tea bowl and danced with his eyebrows: "This young lady's life experience, I think you also know it, mother-in-law." Soon after she was born, the old lady of the Zhang family died of illness, and later the old general Zhang's father and son both resigned and returned to the field, and their good future was in vain. That's not all, but later her father and mother died of illness one after another, which ...... This young lady is really fateful, Kefuke Mother, is a big murderer of the Heavenly Evil Lone Star! ”

"Huh?"

The old lady listened to the first half, only to feel that the child's life was miserable, and she almost burst into tears. Who knew that Gui Shi actually answered such a sentence later.

The third aunt Han also showed a slight look of surprise: "Tiansha Lone Star? I said how this is another terrible loss of treasure, and a dead person. It turned out that it was all because of the young lady...... Second sister-in-law, you are still well-informed, otherwise, we will be killed and kept in the dark. ”

The second aunt Gui Shi followed up and said, "Who said it wasn't? In fact, I also had to be instructed by a superior to understand. Once this Heavenly Lone Star is touched, within a few years, the family will be ruined, but it is not a joke. ”

Looking at a clean child, it was said that it was so unbearable. The old lady couldn't believe it: "I think the conscience is a good boy, and those words of the gods can't be nonsense." ”

The second aunt Gui's face was straight: "How is it nonsense?" Mother-in-law, that master is now in the capital, if you don't believe him, invite him into the house, take a look, and you will understand. ”

The third aunt Han smiled and played a round on the side: "Mother-in-law, what the second sister-in-law said." Regardless of whether the young lady is a lonely star, no one can stand the accidents in this mansion several times. Find a master to take a look, it's good to eat a reassuring pill and ask for peace of mind. In the final analysis, our two families no longer live in the Hou Mansion, even if something happens, they can stand by and watch, isn't it that the second sister-in-law is filial to your old man, and she can't bear to see the restlessness of the house, so she has this heart? ”

Although the theory of ghosts and gods cannot be fully believed, in some mysterious and mysterious things, it is impossible to believe it. The old lady was moved by what the two said, so she said: "It's okay, just work hard for your daughter-in-law to invite the master to the house, if it is really something in the house, it is better to deal with it as soon as possible." ”