He Angelica was shocked when he heard this, shook his head and said firmly: "Mrs. Zhizhou, she will definitely not kill anyone!" "Pearl is kind-hearted and will not do anything to premeditate murder; And she is smart and calm, she is a sensible woman, and she will not kill someone by mistake under impulse. There must be a misunderstanding in this, or someone framed it.

The coachman spread his hands and said: "I also heard from the onlookers, they said that two people died in the governor's mansion." ”

"Two? Who! He Angelica's eyes widened.

"An old lady, Lu Zhizhou's aunt; What is the name of a maid......" the coachman scratched his head, "Osmanthus?" Elm? Jujube flowers? ”

"Sophora is dead?!" He Angelica cried out in a lost voice, "How is it possible? On that day, she also went to Luofu to report the good news, saying that Sister Pearl was cured! ”

After hearing this, the coachman nodded: "That's right, it's the locust flower that died." ”

He Angelica was stunned, he couldn't react for a while, Huaihua died, he died, he died in the Zhizhou Mansion! She sent Huaihua to Lufu to take care of the pearl, and selfishly wanted the pearl to leave the locust flower for a long time, so that when she got married, she didn't have to bring a locust flower who only wanted to be a "concubine to marry", which was equivalent to reducing an invisible "love enemy" for herself. Now, Huaihua is dead, should I take some responsibility for this? And the pearl is the murderer, how can it be!

Lu Jiangbei asked: "Was the Qin family accused of killing the old lady, or killing the maid, or the two of them together?" ”

But the coachman just listened to the idea in the crowd, how to answer, Lu Jiangbei narrowed his eyes, and looked back at He Angelica, who was in the city, and then took out a white gauze hat from the corner cabinet of the carriage and put it on for her, holding hands through a layer of handkerchief and saying: "I met with the head of the exhibition on business, he knows my identity, I went to ask about it, he can't help but give face." You only follow behind as my niece, if you have anything you want to say and ask, just ask, and ask Hengzhi first before making a plan. ”

As he spoke, he was about to pull her out of the car, but she raised her head, pulled his sleeve back and asked, "If it was really Pearl who killed someone, and I want to help her get rid of her guilt, and I don't want her to pay for her life, will you help me?" She was in turmoil, and somehow, such a question came out. Is it out of guilt, or is it nostalgia for pearls?

Lu Jiangbei was silent and asked, "Who are you Qin Zhu?" ”

He Angelica lost his mind, blew out a wave of wrinkles behind the white yarn of the hat, and said with a wry smile: "There is no too close relationship, she is the great apprentice who was too good in the water business concept back then, she is very good, she is very good, she is poor and compassionate, I talk to her and do things speculatively, sometimes I am more speculative than Qing'er." And the girl who died was also sent by me to take care of her pregnancy, and she was also the sister-in-law in the view back then, and now one is dead, and the other has become a murderer...... I would never believe that she would kill, and even if I could, she would not. She has been doing chores in the orphanage center of the government for two years, eating bran and vegetables, Qing'er is reluctant to move the place several times, she is quite a wealthy person, but she sees the kind of gains and losses that are lighter than ordinary people, which is what I admire most about her. ”

After Lu Jiangbei listened carefully, he bowed his head and said: "I understand what you mean, it's rare to have someone who fell in love with you, and became Mrs. Zhizhou as a vulgar aunt, and I knew that she was a strange woman when I heard it." Anyway, if you don't want her to get involved, I'll help you this time. ”

"Do you have a way?" He Angelica's eyes lit up, and he looked at Lu Jiangbei pleadingly, not hiding his vulnerability at the moment.

But he covered his two fingers with a white veil, covered part of her eyes, tilted his head and said, "Don't look at me like this, I am also a man, once upon a time...... I have also touched my mortal heart against you. ”

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In the Lu Mansion, some people are arguing, some people are crying, and some people are holding scissors and poking their necks, the sharp tips pierce the skin, and some blood flows out, so that others can't help but be frightened, and persuade bitterly: "Your mother has already gone to the immortals, Miss, you have a good time, how can Zhizhou go?" Old lady Ji is only your daughter, once you kill yourself, won't you stop her? ”

Miss Thistle, who was holding scissors for suicide, wept and said: "Poor my father died early, and there is no brother to rely on at home, when I was at home, my mother discussed with me to sell my thin property, and came to Yangzhou to become a cousin of Zhizhou." Not for anything else, even if he lives in another house outside his house, just for our mother and many men to rely on, saving a lot of trouble of showing up, which is better than in the ancestral hometown. But after staying in Yangzhou for a few days, we learned that my cousin's 'old wife' from a small family was actually an intolerable person. One set in front of people, another set behind people's backs, it's just okay not to treat my mother as an elder, and I don't know what to instigate in front of my cousin, so that my cousin and our mother are separated, but under the New Year's Day, they want to drive us out of the house, is it to make us live on the streets? ”

She said word by word, her delicate face was full of tears, which made people feel pity, and then looked at her whole body, and couldn't help but wind the thin appearance, among the onlookers, eight out of ten people were already looking at her.

Originally, "Zhizhou" was the largest official in Yangzhou except for the prefect Han Fei, and his mansion was not a vegetable market, how could he ask others to wander around, but Lu Zhizhou usually did not have the slightest official frame, although he lived in a big mansion before he got married, he ate loose food at roadside stalls in the morning, noon and evening, and his neighbors knew him, and even children were not afraid of him. Therefore, something happened to his family, and everyone pushed and shoved directly into the door to watch the excitement, and even the county officials couldn't stop the crowd of people who came to watch the excitement.

And Zhan Zhutou is an old and strong hard-backed character, his top boss County Commander Kong Wei, saw Lu Zhizhou nodded and bowed, now there is a major accident in Lu Mansion, Lu Zhizhou's wife Qin Pearl was accused of murdering two people, Zhan Zhutou took a shackle to lock the prisoner back for questioning. Lu Zhizhou was so anxious that Fang's face was angry, and he persuaded him both soft and hard, and a lot of hard words and officialdom were also released, and when it was soft, he was about to kneel and kowtow to Zhan Zhutou, begging him to give him a few days of grace, so that the Lu family could sort out the housework by themselves. But the bullish head still wanted to take away his wife, just seeing that she was a pregnant woman and an official's wife, he was extra kind to hire a soft sedan chair for her and let her "move" to the county government to have a baby.

Lu Zhizhou only refused to let go, the husband and wife held hands, eye to eye, in this noisy environment, you and I got up. Somehow stimulated Lu Zhizhou's cousin Miss Ji, and suddenly, someone saw her scissors on her neck and walked in front of everyone. There was no persuasion of Miss Ji's suicide, and here the Qin family didn't know whether he was frightened or what, holding a big belly, and fell backwards on his stomach.

Lu Zhizhou caught the Qin family in his arms, and shouted the doctor repeatedly, how could there be a ready-made doctor in front of him, even the road was blocked, and he couldn't get in even if he called the doctor. Suddenly Lu Zhizhou was so anxious that he cried loudly, and he rolled up his sleeves from the purple and red official clothes of the fifth grade to wipe his tears, and gradually began to howl. Seeing that the onlookers smacked their tongues, what kind of ability did that Lu Qin's family have, I heard that he was two years older than Lord Zhizhou, and his appearance during pregnancy was not very good-looking.

On the contrary, the sixteen-year-old cousin Miss Thistle, who was as beautiful as a pomegranate flower, and her little neck was also pierced with blood, Lu Zhizhou didn't feel sorry for her once, and didn't even twist her face over there, just hugged his fainting lady with one hand, and pulled her sleeve with the other hand to wipe her tears, and repeatedly asked Zhan Zhutou to give him two days to identify the housework by himself, if it was really a clumsy murder, he would be guilty with her.

Hard-boned people generally have the problem of eating soft and not eating hard, and Zhan Zhutou is no exception, seeing the miserable situation of Lu Zhizhou and his wife who are hard-working mandarin ducks, I can't help but feel compassion. Seeing that the Qin clan was dizzy with a big belly, if there was a good one, it would be two deaths. So Zhan Zhutou also temporarily put aside the idea of arresting the prisoner, asked his subordinates to quickly find a good doctor to see him, and asked another subordinate to find a suitable "temporary detention place" in Lu Mansion for the pregnant woman Qin to stay.

The implication is that the Qin family is not locked up and returned to the county government to investigate?

Lu Zhizhou was overjoyed when he heard this, and when Miss Ji heard this, the scissors under her hand stabbed more blood, and said the words at the beginning of "Poor my father died ......early" Yunyun's words attracted many onlookers to sympathize with her at a young age, her parents died, and she met a ruthless sister-in-law, it was really pitiful. Since she supports her, it is inevitable that some people will whisper that Lu Qin's family is a femme fatale, and she has suffered the whole family of Zhizhou, the woman is not virtuous, and the whole family is fried.

When the old woman who was waiting beside Lu Qin's side heard it, she suddenly became angry, pointed at Miss Ji's nose and scolded: "What's wrong with my wife's small family, she came to Lu Mansion, which one of the whole family is dissatisfied, who is disrespectful, it's your turn for an outsider to talk here!" You blame you for being a daughter of a big family, not living in your own home, but running around the bush to our Lu family, since ancient times, I have never heard of a young lady living with a cousin with a foreign surname, what kind of heart do you have, what is your mother's doing, even the blind people in the house are in the eyes, what a faceless little hoof! A little who seduces a man! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. The old woman's words, of course, made their housework a little clearer, but Miss Ji and her mother dared to love Miss Ji in the name of "kissing", but they actually came to "get married"!

But a subordinate beside the Qin family actually stretched out his hand and pointed at the master's nose and scolded, what kind of family education is this Lu Mansion? Even if a small family buys two servants and has to come to three chapters of the covenant, why doesn't his family distinguish between master and servant? Some people even redoubled their sympathy for Miss Thistle, and said in their hearts, the fact that she had lived in Lu Mansion for a long time was evident from this; That Qin clan trained his subordinates like this, what kind of femme fatale woman she is, guess and know.

But the actual situation is that this scolding old woman is also the first time to scold Miss Thistle like this, and she can't hold back the anger in her heart for several months, and she is full of anger from the old lady Ji, and then she sees that her master's five-month-old fetus is in danger of not being protected, all of which are caused by the mother and daughter of the Ji family. The old woman was furious in her heart, so she jumped out to hold the grievances for the Qin family, the people below were vulgar and accustomed, and they were old and thick-skinned, so they couldn't say anything, but they didn't prevent her words and deeds from representing the Qin family, she was ruthless, and immediately set off the Qin family as a wicked woman.

"The surname Ji is that you are from a big family, why don't you even know the truth that we old women understand?" The mother-in-law crossed her waist, and her face was as evil as a yaksha, "As soon as you came to my house, I looked at your eyebrows and eyes, and I knew that you were not a good person, and when I heard it with my grandmother, she complained about me in turn." I got this field today, and I only complained that her heart was too kind, but as long as she can be hard, you little slut can't be so rampant. ”

Miss Ji cried into tears, public opinion was almost one-sided, and the call for scolding the Qin family became louder and louder. The other subordinates of the Lu Mansion stopped the woman and told her to stop causing trouble for the master, but once the shrew's strength came up, she couldn't stop it for a while.

She blushed and said loudly: "You said that my grandmother was different from her predecessors and queens, but what about you?" When you first came to the house, didn't you blush even when you said a word! How can you speak well now? When you are alone in the background, you do all the humming and chirping things, my wife and son are panicking for you just when they mention it, do you want me to pull it all out for you? I can still bring two witnesses to testify, and let's go back to court!" When the mother-in-law said this, her voice was even higher-pitched, and she shouted to everyone, "What are you doing by rubbing and rubbing yourself behind people's backs, calling my lord's name!" Do you want a man to just look for it on the street, and he can have fun tinkering in the room by himself? Ah, yo, if my mother had raised a daughter like you, she would have strangled her waistband to death! ”

When everyone heard this, they were in an uproar again, and Miss Thistle was shouted out of the boudoir secret in public, and she was immediately ashamed and didn't want to steal her life. Originally, the scissors were intended to threaten them to "act impartially" and lock the Qin family away, but this time it really became a suicide weapon.

I only heard Miss Thistle shouting: "Qin Pearl, our mother and daughter will not let you go if they are ghosts!" I curse you with one corpse and two lives, and you will not die well! Ahh

As long as she is stabbed, there is no reason to live, everyone is frightened, and a few maids and ladies around her go up to snatch the scissors in her hand, and it is too late. The people of the Lu Mansion, who were more interested in the Qin family, were anxious to realize that if Miss Ji stabbed herself to death with a pair of scissors, then this life would also be indirectly counted on the Qin family. Even if the government does not picket, with the notoriety of "forcing the mother and daughter of the Ji family to death", how can the Qin family still gain a foothold in Lufu and even Yangzhou? Even whether the master's official can continue to do it makes people hang their hearts!

However, the scissors did not stab, and Miss Thistle suddenly froze, holding the scissors motionless, as if she had fallen into an evil spirit, and turned into a puppet. For some reason, everyone hurriedly went up and grabbed the scissors, stopping a bloody dispute.

At the same time, a figure in Tsing Yi approached Lu Zhizhou, who had been crying and screaming in the sky, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What do you look like, because you are still a man, Sister Pearl has spoiled you as a big child?" ”

Lu Zhizhou stopped crying, and identified the person with tears in his eyes, it was a girl's voice, her voice was cold and cold, her shape was weak and delicate, she, who was?

"Quickly carry her into the soft sedan chair, I will listen to her pulse, maybe the movement outside is too noisy, stirring the heart, it is not known if it will be quiet," the girl hurriedly ordered, "You go and let someone make a basin of hot water first, and then talk to Zhan Zhutou, someone will talk to him in the back hall." ”