CHAPTER XVIII
Five days have finally passed, the Hou Mansion has hung red silk, and the servants are hurriedly preparing.
When Zhou Yunxue arrived, Zhou Yunxia had already put on a red wedding dress and was putting on the whole blessing lady's face, the old lady was sitting on the side, Zhou Yunxue asked An to stand behind her, and when everything was in order, the little maid also ran in from the door, and said, "Old lady, the groom has arrived at the door." ”
"Got it, go ahead."
Although the old lady got up and smiled, but there was not much joy, Zhou Yunxue helped her to the lobby and sat down, Yong Ninghou was already sitting aside, and at this time, there was naturally no place for Aunt Jing, she could only wipe her tears in her own courtyard, who called her a concubine.
Zhou Yunxia in front of the dresser blushed, and she didn't know whether she was hanged or ashamed, there were no sons in the Hou Mansion and only a few young ladies, so she was exempted from stopping her relatives, and when she saw Shichen, she hurriedly covered her hijab and said, "Hijab and cover, the bride will get married." ”
Helping Zhou Yunxia, who was wearing a wedding dress and covering her head, came out, and the bride shouted, "Kneel down and say goodbye to your parents." ”
Zhou Yunxia knelt on the mat prepared by the maid at her feet, bowed deeply to the old lady and Yong Ninghou on the seat, helped the bride, and the bride led her to go out, but Zhou Yunxia under the hijab paused and said, "Can the third sister help my sister go out?" ”
Yong Ninghou looked at her, and Zhou Yunxue smiled and said, "Why not, my sister will marry my sister and send her sister away." After speaking, he walked over, raised his hand to help her, and said, "Sister, let's go." ”
Zhou Yunxia under the hijab hooked her lips with satisfaction, Wu Changjun outside the door was riding on a horse, wearing a red dress, and her gentle and handsome face attracted the little girl and daughter-in-law who were watching to raise her eyes and peep, with joy on her face, and the congratulations of the people on the side also responded in a good mood.
I don't know who shouted, "The bride is out." Wu Changjun raised his eyes to look, but saw Zhou Yunxue helping Zhou Yunxia in a wedding dress to come out, the smile on his face froze slightly for a moment, and then recovered as before, turned over and dismounted to meet him.
"Xue'er..."Wu Changjun called lightly, Zhou Yunxia under the hijab couldn't see her expression clearly, but the fingertips of the hand holding the apple were white.
Zhou Yunxue raised her head and smiled and said to him, "Wu Gongzi, I handed over my sister to you, you have to treat her well." As he spoke, he let go of the hand holding Zhou Yunxia, took a few steps back, and smiled.
The bride hurriedly took the bride's hand, handed it to the groom, and said, "The bride is on the sedan chair~"
In the commotion of everyone again, Wu Changjun glanced at Zhou Yunxue deeply, took Zhou Yunxia's hand, and helped her into the sedan chair.
Zhou Yunxue turned around and entered the house, looking at Lang Qing's concubine, she was looking forward to the big drama in the evening.
The wedding banquet of the Taishi Mansion was full of friends, even the three princes came, the old lady was already sixty and three, and was sitting on the high seat at this time, bowing to a couple of newcomers, smiling from ear to ear, Wu Mingqing and his wife were also full of smiles when they sat on the lower face.
Licheng, sent the bride into the new house, the guests in the hall have pushed the cup to change the lamp, very happy, after three rounds of wine, everyone is a little drunk, and at this time the closed door was pushed open, a maid stumbled in, everyone turned their heads sideways, and Wu Changjun, who was toasting with the third prince again, frowned and said, "Why are you so flustered?" ”
The little maid knelt on the ground and cried, "Son, something happened in the marriage room." ”
The lobby, which was still lively, was silent for a moment, and the third prince hurriedly got up and teased, "It must be the bride who has lost her temper when she sees that the groom has not returned for a long time, let the cousin of Changjun go and have a look, let's continue to drink, come, I will give you a drink." ”
Everyone will definitely not dare to brush the face of the three princes, everyone pretended not to know anything and raised their glasses, Wu Changjun asked people to pull down the little maid who was still crying, and confessed to everyone, and went to the new house, and at this time in the new house was already standing Mrs. Wu and several noble ladies who were usually good friends with her and the young lady in their house, everyone was shocked and looked at the bed stunned, originally they just wanted to see the bride's lively and lively, but they didn't want to see this scene, and the few young ladies who followed behind screamed in horror, turned around and covered their eyes with a handkerchief, The ladies also carried their daughters in their arms and hurried out of the room.
On the bed, Zhou Yunxia's wedding dress had faded, and a man who was also naked was pressed on the snow-white body, and the two hugged each other tightly, and each of them had a dagger stuck in their chests, and the blood soaked the sheets under them.
"Someone!" Mrs. Wu stared at the two people on the bed, her voice as sharp as a broken gong
"Mother, what's wrong?"
Wu Changjun came in from outside the door, he met several ladies and ladies on the way to leave from the courtyard in a hurry, he greeted them and just left in response, just now he didn't have time to ask what happened to the maid's new house, and when he waited outside the door, he heard the sharp voice of his mother.
The scene of entering the room and the bed came into view, Wu Changjun's eyes widened, and he was speechless in shock, Mrs. Wu turned her head and pulled him and said in horror, "What should Jun'er do?" ”
Wu Changjun was pulled back to his senses by her, and said with a cold face, "Mother, let's go out first, Jingzhao Yin is eating wine in the hall again, and I will invite him over." ”
This kind of thing can't be hidden, and I don't know if it's aimed at their Taishi Mansion or Yongning Marquis Mansion, so it's best to let Jing Zhaoyin investigate.
Mrs. Wu, who was holding her feet and had softened, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and instructed her little servant to invite Jing Zhaoyin, and after a while, Jing Zhaoyin followed the three princes with unsteady steps, and when he saw Wu Changjun, the three princes frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Wu Changjun saluted him and said, "Zhou Yunxia was killed. ”
"What?" The third prince was stunned for a moment, and the huge man also woke up for three minutes, and said, "Where is it?" ”
Wu Changjun was silent, and led the two into the new house, the scene in front of him made the three princes and the huge people stunned on the spot, how much hatred this is, killing people does not count, and ruining the reputation of the bride in this way, not only will the Taishi Mansion and the Yongning Marquis Mansion become the laughing stock of everyone in the future,
The huge man's drinking spirit disappeared in an instant, and he hurriedly said to the little guy behind him, "Go to the yamen to call someone." ”
Something happened in the new house, and was seen by so many ladies and ladies, the banquet in the hall ceremony naturally couldn't go down, Wu Ming Dynasty made amends to everyone, and personally sent them out of the house one by one, rubbing the painful forehead towards the new house in the backyard, Mrs. Wu has been sent back to the house, the three princes and the huge people are still there, the work has arrived, the courtyard is surrounded by officers and soldiers, and the servants who are on errands in the new house are kneeling in the courtyard, and several people have been beaten and are lying on the ground with blood,
Bowing to the two, Wu Mingqing opened his mouth and asked the huge man on the side, "What did your lord ask?" ”
The huge man shook his head and said, "The bride drove out all the slaves in the house when the incident happened, even the maid who accompanied the marriage, and the slaves who were guarding the door said that they did not hear any movement in the house, and they did not find out until Mrs. Wu led people in." ”
"That's not right." Wu Changjun, who had just given Mrs. Wu a return gift, said, "My lord, do you remember the little maid in the lobby just now?" ”
"Yes." The giant man nodded
"When I came to the new house, my mother was just about to call someone to inform someone, and on the way I came, I met all the ladies leaving in a hurry, this is not the right time."
"Are you saying that the little maid wasn't sent by Madame Wu?" The giant man asked
Wu Changjun nodded and said, "That girl is suspicious." ”
"Wu Gongzi, do you remember the appearance of that maid?"
"Yes." After that, Wu Changjun instructed the little maid to take pen and ink and draw the appearance of the maid just now.
The huge man ordered the people to go down and look for it, and by this time he had finished the corpse, washed his hands with ginger slices, and came to tell him.
"My lord, both corpses were stabbed to death in the heart, he is a veteran with a skillful technique, and both corpses were done by the same person, there is no trace of a fight in the room, but..."
"But what?" Lord Song asked
"But the man was put into the room after he died, and most of the bed was covered with the blood of that young lady, and the two of them were taken off their clothes and put in that position after they died.
"Well, let's go down." Lord Song nodded
At this time, a small guy ran in and told Wu Mingqing, "Master, Yong Ninghou is here." ”
Wu Mingqing hurriedly got up and said, "Please." ”
After a while, Zhou Nanzhi, the Marquis of Yongning, was led in, and Master Wu Mingqing and the huge man hurriedly got up to greet each other and said, "Master Hou." ”
"What about Benhou's daughter," Zhou Nanzhi asked coldly
The huge man took him into the new house, and the people inside were about to carry the two corpses out, Zhou Nanzhi opened the white cloth that was covered, and Zhou Yunxia stared at her face and her body was cold.
With a cold face, he shouted angrily at Wu Changjun behind him, "Ben Hou's daughter married you less than a day, and she lost her life, but you should tell Ben Hou what happened, ah?" ”
Wu Changjun knelt down, crying and mourning, "Please punish my father-in-law." ”
"What's the use of punishing, can the daughter of the marquis come back alive? If you don't explain it clearly to Ben Hou, don't blame Ben Hou for bullying people, hum! Zhou Nanzhi was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and stepped out of the room to sit on the chair where the huge man was originally sitting.
"Brother Nan..."Wu Ming Qing Dynasty arched him and said, "We are also helpless when this kind of thing happens, we will definitely find out the murderer and give Brother Nan an explanation." ”
"Hmph~" Zhou Nanzhi didn't fall into him, he stood aside and watched his nose be huge, "What did the huge people find?" ”
The huge person who was named had to say everything he had just found out loud, and he felt a little like a vendetta, but how could Miss Zhou, a boudoir woman, provoke such a ruthless person.
"Did you find the maid?" Zhou Nanzhi said coldly
"No results yet." Looking at the furious Yong Ninghou, the voice of the huge man trembled slightly
"My lord," one of the guards ran in, knelt down on one knee, and said, "The maid's subordinates have not been found, but they have found someone who has seen the maid." ”
"Brought it." Huge humanity
"Yes."
Two guards brought up a small maid, and the big man said, "Tell me where you saw that person." ”
Seeing so many adults, the little maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and shook her body, and said tremblingly, "My lord... The slaves and maids lived in the same room as the person in the painting, and the slaves and maids were bought in because of the lack of manpower for the Taishifu to do happy events, and they were not familiar with each other. ”
"Oh? Have you seen anything unusual about her on weekdays? ”
"Back to my lord, no, but when the accident happened just now, the slave saw her and went back to the house."
"Did you see her come out?" The huge man asked
"Back to my lord... Because of the miscellaneous people, the slave and maid did not pay attention. ”
"Someone, let this little maid take her to the house and search it."
"Yes, my lord."
The guard half-dragged the maid, who had softened into mud, down, and after a while came back to report it, but found nothing.
Zhou Nanzhi got up and said, "Since Benhou's daughter has entered your Taishi's mansion, let's hurry up and set up a mourning hall." With that, he left.
The huge man also said to Wu Mingqing's father and son, "Since that maid is the biggest suspect, the official has someone to post a notice, and he will leave today, and Lord Wu and Wu Gongzi also ask for condolences." ”
Wu Mingqing sent the person to the door, shook his head and ordered his subordinates to replace the red silk that had been hung for a few days with white silk, patted Wu Changjun beside him, sighed and said, "Let's rest first, there are still many things to do tomorrow." ”
Wu Changjun nodded, sighed, sent his father away and went to the guest room to rest, but the original happy day turned into a funeral, and the pain in his heart was only known to himself.