Chapter 196: The Dusty Past
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Zuo Di sighed lightly and said in a low voice: "Sister Witty Words said in the daytime that Brother Yuan was infatuated with a fox spirit in Aunt Sun's mouth a year ago, Sister Witty Words was wrong, the so-called fox spirit was not from outside the house, but Aunt Shen. ”
"I, I ......" Not only Zuo Yuanyu opened his mouth, but the rest of the people were also shocked and speechless.
Aunt Shen retracted her gaze entangled with Zuo Yuan's idiot and threw herself at Zuo Di: "Miss Six hasn't answered the slave maid yet, when did she become suspicious of the slave maid?" ”
Zuo Di said quietly: "If I don't understand, you won't be at ease." She turned her head to look around the bedroom, "The first thing that made me suspicious was the pungent smell of fat and powder that filled the house on the day Aunt Sun was killed. ”
Aunt Shen looked thoughtful.
"I heard that most of the second uncles spend the night here...... cough," Zuo Di peeked at his father's somewhat darkened face, and hurriedly said:
"The smell of fat powder is so strong that even the woman resists when she smells it, how can the second uncle stand it? Therefore, I wonder if someone deliberately sprinkled incense powder in order to cover up other flavors. But what kind of flavor needs to be masked? Most of the men are odorless, and the sachets of the women's houses taste the same......"
"So, that day in the outer courtyard, you smelled the sachet on me." Aunt Shen said, she no longer calls herself a slave.
"Yes," Zuo Di nodded: "Aunt Shen's sachet is very different from others, that is, I don't understand medical science, and I can smell that it is made of herbs, exuding a strong medicinal fragrance." I had doubts at the time, but then I couldn't think of anything you had to do with these things, so I didn't pay much attention to them. ”
"I see, I also said that Miss Six really wants the sachet." Aunt Shen laughed at herself lightly.
"The sachet is only an introduction." Zuo Di didn't answer her and continued: "After walking out of the bedroom that day, when Sister Punch accused the second aunt of killing Aunt Sun, I already felt strange. ”
"Why?"
"Because of Brother Yuan." Zuo Di looked at Zuo Yuan: "At that time, all the evidence pointed to the second aunt, and in the face of Sister Witty's accusations, Brother Yuan actually scolded him. Even if he is not close to his biological mother, it is impossible for him to be so cold. The biggest possibility is that he knew that the murderer was not his second aunt, but someone else. ”
Zuo Yuan smiled miserably: "I didn't expect it to be because of me." ”
"After that, I sent Baoya to inquire about who Brother Yuan usually has a close relationship with in the house. He also sent Baozhi to inquire if other subordinates had an inadvertent encounter when the second aunt had a dispute with her eldest brother-in-law. In addition to that, I also went to find Sister Xinran......"
Zuo Xinran heard this, and couldn't help nodding and said, "Yes, the sixth sister came to me and asked me to inquire about something." ”
"What's the matter?" Du Hongbo, who listened with relish, interjected.
Zuo Xinran glanced at the second lady Zuo and did not make a sound.
Zuo Di said: "The night my grandfather woke up, my second aunt went to visit at night, and the explanation at that time was that I was flustered and subconsciously, but I didn't believe it. I asked Sister Xinran to inquire if anyone had said or done anything to her before the second aunt's night visit. ”
"So, you doubt me......" Aunt Shen sighed lightly, "Miss Six really wants to embarrass the smart people in the world." ”
Zuo Di was noncommittal, and said to himself: "Sister Xinran told me that on the day your grandfather was healed by Sister Ning'er, you went to the West Cross Courtyard to deliver something, and inadvertently mentioned to the second aunt that you had seen a silk flower in your grandfather's room, like a big sister's. Therefore, the second aunt visited at night that night in order to retrieve the silk flowers, and she was always skeptical about whether the eldest sister had been poisoned. ”
Ignoring Aunt Shen's slightly changing expression, Zuo Di continued:
"Baozhi searched for a few days, and finally found the person who witnessed the dispute between the second aunt and the eldest brother-in-law, and I realized that it was not only Aunt Sun who was eavesdropping that day, but also Aunt Shen. It's just that Xiangyun went late, and when she arrived, you were gone. Therefore, Xiangyun told the events of that day clearly in the yamen, and the spearhead was pointed at you again, because only you, who are also the parties, will know that in such detail. ”
Zuo Di paused: "Finally, Baoya, she found out that her brother has no close relatives in the mansion." However, I overheard a message that she thought was insignificant, but which I thought was very important. ”
Zuo Di stared at Aunt Shen intently, and said word by word: "Before you became an aunt, you were Brother Yuan's personal maid!" ”
Aunt Shen's face was finally no longer calm, but joy and sorrow alternated with each other, and she muttered: "Yes, I used to be Young Master Yuan's personal maid. Those days were probably the only happy times I ever had. ”
Zuo Di sighed: "Although all the fingers are pointed at you, I also conclude that the murderer is you." I can figure out your motive for poisoning my grandfather, but I can't figure out your motive for killing Aunt Sun. If it's to blame the second aunt, you should let Aunt Sun live well until ......"
"Until you hear Zuo Qiaoyu's words, you guess that I am the vixen who harmed Young Master Yuan in her mouth."
"Not bad." Zuo Di nodded, "During the day, I thought that Brother Yuan lowered his head to avoid everyone's gaze, but later I found out that he could look directly at others, but he didn't dare to look at you directly." On a whim, if Sister Punchline only knew a little about the fox spirit, and you were the person who Brother Yuan used to be obsessed with, and then was found out by Aunt Sun and given to the second uncle to be an aunt, then you have the motive to kill her! ”
Zuo Di continued: "So, I followed Sister Punchline's words and pretended to believe that Brother Yuan was the murderer. Brother Yuan really guessed the same as I guessed, he also guessed that you were the murderer, so he resolutely admitted that he was the real murderer and wanted to take the blame for you. I lied that the conclusive evidence was still in this room, and I wanted to bet that you would want to destroy the incriminating evidence for him. As it turned out, I was right again. ”
"Smack! Syllable! Aunt Shen stretched out her hand and said with a smile while clapping: "I thought I had looked down on you, but I didn't expect to underestimate you." What you said is basically right, except for one point, I was not given to the second master by Aunt Sun, she actually wanted to bury me alive. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, only the old lady Zuo sighed.
Zuo Yuan's eyes were about to split, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out: "What? She clearly promised to send you out of the house first......"
"yes, you didn't expect her to be so ruthless, did you? Just because I and Young Master Yuan are in love, she is worried about ruining Young Master Yuan's future, so she pretends to send me out of the house first, and then carry me back to be an aunt when Young Master Yuan wins fame. I took her word for it and happily went back to pack my things. Who expected,"
Aunt Shen's face suddenly turned gloomy, and her eyes were full of hatred, "Who would have thought that I would be knocked unconscious as soon as I returned to the room, and when I woke up, I was already half buried in the soil." Aunt Sun is so vicious, in order to let Young Master Yuan completely break her thoughts, she actually wants to bury me alive, if it weren't for the old lady, I would have been a dry bone under the land of Zuofu! ”
"Then why did you become the second uncle's aunt?" Zuo Di couldn't suppress his curiosity and blurted out.
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