The slave maid had thought that she had alarmed the yamen, so she should say a clear word. However, after the slave said that the master had quarreled with his wife, the adult did not ask in detail, but only went to verify with the master. Xiaocui was frightened and tears rained down, and she was shocked and sad and incoherent, "Later, the adult said that the uncle concluded that the lady died by accident, and the slave and maid dared not say anything...... Later, the old lady blocked the burial, and the old man almost tore his face with him, and the slave didn't dare to say more. ”

Although Xiao Cui's performance was nothing abnormal, it made Xu Chu's doubts deeper. Her gaze swept over Xiao Cui's face, but she saw that her lips were tightly pursed, as if she was extremely nervous. She pondered for a moment and asked tentatively, "Then why did you throw away the tea?" But has it something to do with the Liu family eight years ago? ”

As soon as these words came out, he saw Xiao Cui straighten up, and then shook his head in panic and said, "No, it's not!" ”

However, who Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang were, seeing the difference in her expression, he knew that what Xiao Cui did was not entirely to preserve the reputation of the Zhang family. I'm afraid that she is still a little selfish, and that selfishness is inseparable from Liu Jiaxing's affairs.

"Zhang's temperament is withdrawn and he doesn't like to deal with people in the house, only you can serve you closely, if my guess is right, you are old acquaintances before you enter the family?"

"No...... The slave is a lowly person, how can she ......" Xiao Cui lowered her head, bit her lower lip tightly and blindly denied it.

However, Xu Chu was not easy to fool, interrupting her crying and continuing: "If that's the case, you should also know Liu Jiaxing!" You secretly threw away the tea leaves and erased the traces of the outsider, probably to hide him. ”

Maybe Xiaocui does have a heart for the good of the Zhang family, but more importantly, she really wants to conceal Liu Jiaxing's existence. And under the uneasiness of these two thoughts, she finally hypnotized herself to accept the former reason, which is also the reason that can make her feel at ease.

In other words, she knows more or less about Zhang's past and Liu Jiaxing's affairs.

"Slaves don't know ......"

Xu Chu squinted his eyes and sneered: "Actually, I don't say whether you and the Zhang family knew each other in the past, just that you, as the only close maid of the Zhang family, can be regarded as some master-servant friendship over the years." If she has any secrets or concerns, she has to say a few words to you. And now you blindly refute, but it is more and more suspicious...... Since you don't want to say it explicitly, I have to ask Lord Huang to send someone to openly visit the vicinity of Zhang's house......"

Having said that, how could Xiao Cui not know that her concealment would only backfire.

"Because the slave maid knows that Brother Liu's family moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the tea was brought by Brother Liu." Xiaocui covered her face and cried, "It must be that Brother Liu came back to take revenge, Mrs. and Master hurt Brother Liu's family back then......"

Eight years ago, Zhang Qiuniang had a marriage contract with her childhood sweetheart Liu Jiaxing. However, before the day of marriage, Zhang Xiucai found out that his daughter was pregnant. He has adhered to etiquette for many years, and he thinks that he is full of poetry and books, and he can't tolerate such dirty things, so he not only has to sue Zhang for domestic rape/adultery, but also withdraw from the marriage.

At that time, Zhang Xiucai had already obtained fame, and his neighbors respectfully believed his words, so when he directly found the head of the Zhang family, the head of the Zhang family directly removed the Liu Jiaxing family without asking the reason.

It was also this incident that made Zhang's father ill, and later Zhang Qiuniang wanted to elope with Liu Jiaxing, but was arrested and forcibly poured abortion pills. Not to mention how Zhang Qiuniang was heartbroken at that time, just said that Liu Jiaxing was beaten half to death on the charge of seducing a good girl, and then his whereabouts are unknown.

Later, Zhang's father and mother moved out of that sad place within a month, and I heard that they went to the south to find their son. But no one knows.

It's been eight years, just when the big guys have forgotten about it. Xiaocui found that her wife actually had a smiling face recently, and she suddenly liked to drink tea. Although she was stupid, she also knew that the tea was not sent by the master.

It wasn't until one day that she found that her wife had taken out the tablet hidden under the Buddha table and burned it, and she realized that she was afraid that Brother Liu had returned.

In fact, Xiao Cui couldn't understand many details of this matter, and just blindly said that she was suddenly sleepy at that time. When Xu Chu asked if she would sleep so deeply on weekdays, Xiao Cui denied it with a little hesitation.

Liu Jiaxing...... Copperplate...... tea, as well as Xiaocui's slumber and the things that Yu Fugui concealed. Among them, there must be something related, but it is also incomprehensible.

Did Liu Jiaxing, who was infamous and nowhere to be found after being violently beaten, really go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang? Where did the father and mother of the Zhang family, who is seriously ill, get the news that their son is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?

With this suspicion, Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang left the wing room, and asked Butler Yu to lead the way to meet Yu Fugui. This person was most likely present at the scene at the time.

As soon as the housekeeper confessed, he stepped forward and bowed and knocked on the door, but he heard a smashing sound in the room, followed by a short hoarse voice full of disgust, "Get out, don't bother me!" ”

Steward Yu sighed, not daring to make his own decisions, so he had to look at Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu as if asking for help. However, he waited for a while and didn't see those people relenting, so he had to continue to knock on the door and say kind words: "Master, it was several officials from the yamen who came to handle the case, and I want to ask about your complaint......

Xu was down to business, and the extremely impatient man in the room didn't smash anything more. When everyone was silent, Steward Yu said very haggardly: "My master has not seen many outsiders recently, so he occasionally asks people to send wine and food in." Therefore, there are many people who are snub and offended, and a few Haihan are invited. ”

"Butler Yu is polite, your wife is newly mourned, and a lawsuit is involved, and it is normal for your lord to be in a bad mood. Now it's that we bother. ”

Just as a few people were greeting and talking, they saw the closed door squeak open from the inside, followed by a pungent sour smell. The smell made the person who only topped his head dizzy, mixed with the smell of wine and vomit, and even Xu Chu couldn't help frowning and took a step back.

Although she was used to seeing rotting corpses and smelling corruption, it was a different thing from what she saw. She looked at the bearded man in front of her, although he was fat, his feet were weak and weak, his lips were dry and dull, and his expression was haggard and unenergetic. It seems that it is really inconvenient for Yu Fugui to meet outsiders......

At the moment, Xu Chu, who was accustomed to all kinds of pungent smells, felt that it was unbearable to be sloppy in wealth and nobility, not to mention Xiao Qinglang, who had a slight habit of cleanliness, and his face was simply like the weather before a thunderstorm, gloomy and gloomy.

Probably because Yu Fugui had been in the dark room for a long time, he felt dazzling and uncomfortable as soon as he went out, and subconsciously raised an arm across his forehead to cover it. Even so, it is not difficult for people to see the vicissitudes of despair.

"It's been so long, and you can't let people settle in the ground, and your government still has a face to go to the door?" Yu Fugui's eyes were red, and his eyes were bruised, which showed that he had drunk too much and had not rested for many days.

"On the old man's day, human life is at stake, so we naturally dare not settle the case hastily. Now the Yamen has verified that Mrs. Zhang did not accidentally suffer a stroke and died suddenly, but died of homicide. Xu Chu arched his hand, but those clear eyes looked at Yu Fugui's expression for a moment.

Normally, unguarded subconscious expressions are the most expressive of emotions, and people's momentary expressions and even changes are naturally the most capable of revealing all kinds of information. Now Zhang's case is a bit complicated, not just a murder case, but also involves a fake copper plate, which is intricately related, and people have to be cautious.

Sure enough, when Yu Fugui heard this, he could clearly see that his jaw was drooping, his lips and mouth were relaxed, his eyes were wide open, and his eyelids and eyebrows were slightly raised. But strangely, his expression of surprise lasted for too long, as if he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and it seemed to be done on purpose.

Then, he clenched his raised palms slightly and placed them near the brow bone or frontal bone. It seems to be inadvertent, but it is enough for Xu Chu to guess something.

Xu Chu is not an expert in psychology, but he studied the topic of micro-expressions when he was studying criminal investigation and justice electives. The former Yu Fugui was too obvious and pretended to be surprised, but the latter was cut off from his line of sight and inadvertently showed guilt.

"This case is still under investigation, and we will need the cooperation of the master later, and we will have to routinely inquire about your mansion."

"Check and check, don't you just want money, what the master has is silver, you don't have to worry about this matter. A bunch of wine bags and rice bags, Qiu Niang obviously died suddenly, so she didn't have to talk about the murderer...... Don't think I'm so foolish, I've already asked someone, Qiu Niang's injuries were caused after death, and it must have been her father's old thing to blackmail the silver. Before Xu Chu could speak again, he saw that Yu Fugui was emotional, and directly stretched out his hand that had just blocked the sun, and wanted to grab Xu Chu's neckline. I saw him move forward angrily, and then he said with red eyes: "I don't have to investigate this matter, otherwise I will definitely sue you for your errand!" ”

The voice had long since lost its previous impatience and disgust, but it was extremely harsh. It can be seen that he really didn't expect the final autopsy result to be like this. However, his sudden attack was unexpected by Xu Chu, who first reprimanded loudly and then moved angrily...... Instead, it seems to have formed a poor response to the terrible or the gestures of avoiding things in his heart.

If he guessed correctly, then the logic should actually be that he knew that Zhang's death was abnormal, but he pretended not to know because of a certain relationship. But why?

is different from Xu Chuman's pondering about wealth, that is, at the same time as Fugui made a move, Xiao Qinglang also made a move. His expression did not change, he only waved his sleeves slightly, and before he could even let people see clearly, he had already used his thumb and index finger to clasp the acupuncture points on Fugui's wrist.