Shen Lingjun and Su Musha asked around in the Zhu Mansion, and they didn't know much about the rest except for the body found by the housekeeper who sent tea and water.

According to the words of the next person, Zhu Yizhi is a relatively serious person at home, basically locking himself in the study, and rarely going out to socialize.

Shen Lingjun is strange, Zhu Yizhi is not young, why didn't he marry a wife?

The housekeeper sighed very much, saying that Zhu Yizhi was filial to his mother, because he happened to see his daughter-in-law disrespecting his mother, he wrote a letter of resignation on the spot, and no one listened to him, and even his old mother came out to make peace, but it didn't work.

Later, Zhu Yizhi's heart to marry a wife became weaker and weaker, and his old mother persuaded him several times, but he also dealt with it casually.

When he walked back, Shen Lingjun said, "It's a filial son." ”

Su Musha shook his head: "Foolishness." ”

Just when the two of them came to the courtyard of Zhu Yizhi's study, they saw an old woman coming out of the side path, cutting in front of them, and staggering in the direction of Zhu Yizhi's study.

Looking from the back, the old woman was hunched at the waist, supported by a cane, wearing a short shirt with blue flowers on a white background, with a skirt of the same color, and the materials were all of the highest quality. She walked slowly with each step, until she reached the front of the study, but stopped in the small courtyard and did not move, looking at the door in a distracted manner, as if she was thinking about something.

Shen Lingjun and Su Musha guessed that this person must be Zhu Yizhi's old mother, and it is really the saddest thing in life to lose a child in old age.

Just as Shen Lingjun stepped forward and wanted to interrogate her, Su Musha suddenly grabbed her arm.

Shen Lingjun looked at him with a puzzled look, and the latter motioned for her to look at the corner of the old woman's skirt.

At this look, Shen Lingjun frowned, a large pool of blood on the corner of his skirt came into view, and the bright red in the sun was particularly dazzling.

Probably hearing movement behind her, the old woman shook her body and slowly turned around.

This time, Shen Lingjun and Su Musha were even more surprised, it turned out that not only the corners of the skirt, but also a large patch of blood on the old woman's chest, the blood had solidified, and the white background was dyed red.

The old woman looked at them, her eyes blank and empty, she opened her mouth, found that she could not make a sound, closed her eyes, and finally, tears fell.

Shen Lingjun had a lot of questions she wanted to ask, but the scene in front of her made her a little unbearable.

"Qing'er......" The old woman spoke first, her voice was hoarse, her hands were clasped on crutches, her wrinkled hands trembled slightly, and she said with difficulty: "Qing'er...... I killed it. ”

In another room next to the study, several people sat down one after another.

Ye Qingzhi and Zhao Qi walked in one after another, Ye Qingzhi didn't say anything, sat in the corner with a gloomy face, Zhao Qi followed her, scratched his face, and sat down next to her cheekily.

Ye Qingzhi glanced at Zhao Qi coldly, and the latter replied with a scoundrel smile.

Shen Lingjun glanced at the two of them, and inexplicably felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, although he was puzzled, but there was a bigger mystery at the moment, so he didn't have time to ask for the time being.

After everyone gathered, Shen Lingjun opened his mouth and asked, "Old Madam Zhu, what do you mean by what you just said?" ”

Zhu Yizhi's mother looked down at the ground and lost her mind, and when she heard her words, she slowly raised her head, her cloudy eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and her vicissitudes of life revealed an extremely sad expression. It is a kind of ash that is more mournful than the death of the heart, slowly eroding the old man.

They were too embarrassed to urge such an old man, and after she had calmed down, the old woman finally spoke.

"Wrong, all this is wrong, I made a mistake twenty years ago......" Mrs. Zhu beat her chest and shook her head and cried bitterly with tears streaming down her face.

Shen Lingjun looked at each other, thinking, didn't the old lady suffer too much blow and went insane, right?

Mrs. Zhu took the handkerchief in her hand, wiped away the tears in her eyes, and choked up: "Qing'er and Yi'er are twins......"

The Qing'er in the old lady's mouth should be Zhu Yizhi, he has twin brothers? Shen Lingjun really hadn't heard of this.

Over there, Old Madam Zhu sighed and said, "However, an accident twenty years ago took his brother's life. ”

Shen Lingjun and Su Musha glanced at each other, not knowing what the old lady was talking about, but they still listened patiently.

"From childhood to adulthood, Qing'er has a good personality and is good at studying, whether it is the master of the private school or the neighbors, they all praise this child, saying that he will definitely make a difference in the future." The old lady fell into the memory, her face was calm and trance: "But Yi'er is different, he is stubborn and disobedient, and he can't do well in learning, so he often lets his master study abroad." ”

The autumn sun filtered through the thin window paper, and the room was silent only the hoarse voice of the old lady.

Old Madam Zhu spoke in a very slow tone: "That summer, the two brothers went to swim in the nearby river, and in the end only Qing'er came back, Yi'er...... He drowned......"

After saying this, the old woman was distracted for a long time before she continued: "From that day on, Qing'er became more and more silent, and he became more and more attentive to his studies, and it didn't take long for the master to recommend him to go to the best school in Linxian County. ”

Hearing this, apart from sighing at the loss of a small life, Shen Lingjun and the others didn't hear anything valuable.

Shen Lingjun couldn't help but interrupt, Su Musha patted the back of her hand and motioned to listen.

Zhao Qi didn't pay attention to this side even more, he looked at Ye Qingzhi with empty eyes, Ye Qingzhi was sitting sideways in the corner, the shadow of the tree shone on her through the window, and the branches and leaves swayed with the wind, making her complexion flicker.

Zhao Qi stretched out a finger to tease her, but before the claw could touch it, Ye Qingzhi glared at her fiercely, and retracted around the corner and scratched her head.

"Just the day before leaving...... Old Madam Zhu's body began to tremble again, and her voice trembled slightly: "I found out, I found ......" Old Madam Zhu closed her eyes and tried to stabilize her emotions before she could slowly spit out the words in her mouth: "It's not Yi'er who died, it's Qing'er." ”

Shen Lingjun's black eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "What's going on?" ”

Old Madam Zhu's tears flowed out again, and she said very sadly: "Qing'er and Yi'er originally looked very similar, and it was difficult to tell them clearly, but only I knew that not long after Qing'er was born, the candle flame accidentally burned her back, leaving burns the size of a fingernail. Zhizi Mo Ruomu, Qing'er and Yi'er are similar, their personalities are different, since Yi'er drowned, I found that Qing'er's behavior is different from before. The night before leaving, I proposed that my child should go out to give my son a bath for my mother. I finally confirmed that it was actually Qing'er who died. ”

Ye Qingzhi, who had been silent, asked, "In that case, why is he pretending to be someone else?" ”

Shen Lingjun stood up, patted the old lady, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and Mrs. Zhu raised her head and nodded gratefully.

After a pause, Mrs. Zhu took two breaths and said, "At that time, Yi'er knelt down and pleaded guilty to me, saying that he suddenly had cramps when he watched his brother swim in the water, and he had already grabbed Qing'er's shoulder, but the jealousy in his heart made him let go of his hand again, and he killed Qing'er with his own hands." Yi'er begged me for forgiveness, he said that he regretted it, and he would be Qing'er in the future, and he would live with two people on his back. ”

Old Madam Zhu took a breath and slowly spit it out, she said with great sadness: "What can I do, I have already lost a son, I can't lose another son." ”

Shen Lingjun felt that the psychology of a little child was so complicated, and it was a little scary.

Zhao Qi shook his head: "Rotten wood can't be carved." ”

Su Musha looked at Old Madam Zhu, not knowing whether to sympathize, he asked in his usual indifferent tone: "Since so many years have passed, why are you talking about this matter now?" He also said that he killed Zhu Yizhi - Su Mushu didn't say this, but the others had question marks in their hearts at the same time.

Old Madam Zhu's empty eyes slowly fell on Su Musha, she could see that these people were gorgeous and gorgeous, and their temperament was not ordinary, like darlings in the sun. She thought of her son again, and for many years, she couldn't help but ask herself, if it was really Yi'er who died back then, what would it be like now.

The dead Zhu Yizheng, who was also the pride of the sky, Qing'er, who she never forgot, she selfishly thought about how good it would be for him to be alive.

But every time she had this thought, she couldn't help but feel ashamed, how could she be so vicious.

Old Madam Zhu took a long time to reminisce, and then slowly spoke: "That day, I saw Qing'er with my own eyes...... No, it's Yi'er, he took bribes from others. I realized that after all these years, he had never repented. I was disappointed and heartbroken, and I thought of Qing'er who died innocently and tragically...... I can't let Yi'er make another mistake, I can't ......" In the end, Mrs. Zhu seemed to be talking to herself, repeating three words that she couldn't say.

Shen Lingjun bent his fingers and knocked on his eyebrows, they were checking, this is good, the clue was cut off by the old lady, and he said helplessly: "Who are the people who bribed him." ”

Old Madam Zhu shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know those people, I only heard Yi'er tell them that there will be people who will create chaos at the exam site that day, so that he will have the opportunity to cheat on those people." ”

Chaos on the test site? Shen Lingjun and the others thought at the same time that the so-called chaos was none other than the candidate who committed suicide by folding his pen.

In this way, is Zhu Yizhi also related to Manichaeism?

Shen Lingjun was shocked and said, "Has Lord Zhu been in contact with any strange people recently?" ”

Old Madam Zhu was still in her own thoughts, and it took her a long time to receive Shen Lingjun's question, and she shook her head slowly: "I don't know, Yi'er is a little mysterious whether she goes out or is at home during this time." ”

It was supposed to be a clue, but unfortunately it was broken like this.

Ye Qingzhi looked at Old Madam Zhu and frowned: "Do you know that Zhu Yizhi has been poisoned, even if he is not killed, he will die in less than half a year." ”

"What......" Old Madam Zhu's stiff head was raised vigorously, and she looked at Ye Qingzhi blankly: "No, I don't know." ”

Ye Qingzhi clenched her fist against her chin and said to herself: "It looks like someone else is poisoned." ”

Zhao Qi leaned up with a dead face: "Zhu Yi is poisoned?" ”

Ye Qingzhi flew over with an eye knife, and Zhao Qi sat back again.

Shen Lingjun looked at the two people and asked Su Musha with his eyes: What do these two people mean?

Su Musha thought about it for a while, and felt that according to Ye Qingzhi's personality, it should be Zhao Qi who provoked Ye Qingzhi again.